Noticing that Cheng Jianyong's strike was quite damaging.

Shen Yun immediately cast a Holy Light Shield on himself and boldly faced Cheng Jianyong's attack head-on.

Clang!

The purple Great Sword clashed with the earthy-yellow Shield, emitting a muffled sound.

Cheng Jianyong's deadly move had no effect; instead, the powerful recoil forced him to take a step back.

At this moment, Shen Yun seized the opportunity and cast 'Wind's Blessing' on himself.

Under the 'Wind's Blessing' state, attack speed and movement speed both increase by 20%.

In an instant, Shen Yun's speed surged.

Then he swung his Big Hammer, pressing forward aggressively.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The Big Hammer continuously hammered at Cheng Jianyong, occasionally mixing in some Shield Strikes.

Cheng Jianyong was forced to retreat continually, just then, a Crystal Stone Hammer suddenly smashed down from above his head.

The strong wind gusted towards him, petrifying Cheng Jianyong, rendering him motionless.

The Big Hammer finally stopped less than five centimeters from Cheng Jianyong's nose.

It was obvious from this spar that Shen Yun had gained the upper hand.

...

"Damn!"

Cheng Jianyong broke out in a cold sweat of shock, "I thought you were really going to swing that hammer at me!"

Shen Yun burst into laughter, "So, Xiaoyongzi, do you admit defeat?"

Cheng Jianyong rolled his eyes at him and complained, "You're just relying on the equipment advantage, otherwise you wouldn't be my match."

However, Shen Yun widened his eyes and retorted, "So what if I rely on equipment? Equipment is a part of strength too."

"Unconvinced? Want to fight another round?"

Seeing Cheng Jianyong soften, Shen Yun also burst into laughter.

Watching the two bickering, Zhang Lianmeng couldn't help but smile from the side.

Just then, a series of system notifications rang in everyone's ears simultaneously.

Announcement: "All survivors, please note! All survivors, please note!"

"Due to unknown reasons, a terrifying Blood Red Disaster will erupt in the Land of the Abandoned Gods!"

"Considering the current strength of the survivors is insufficient to cope with this disaster, we have made the following adjustments to the game content."

"1: The probability of obtaining Advanced Profession Scrolls from chests has been greatly increased."

"2: When survivors defeat Cloud Monsters, the experience value gained is increased by 20%."

"3: To cope with this disaster, regional restrictions have been further lifted, merging zones 1-100 and 101-200 into one large zone, and so on."

"These adjustments will take effect in 1 hour, please prepare all survivors."

"New expansion: 'Blood Tide' is about to go online..."

"With a blood-red sky and distorted bodies, as the mutated monsters swarm out, the Land of the Abandoned Gods will face a Blood Red Disaster..."

...

A barrage of system notifications not only baffled Han Xing and the others.

The tens of billions of survivors on Blue Star were also in an unprecedented state of shock!

Every chat channel in all large zones was almost simultaneously flooded!

"Woah! Bros, did you see the announcement? They say a disaster is about to strike!"

"Saw it, this disaster sounds terrifying, it even forced the system to make adjustments, letting us increase in power faster!"

"Oh my god! There's going to be a merger of zones, turning one hundred zones into one large zone, doesn't that mean we'll go from having thousands simultaneously to nearly a million in one channel?"

A million is indeed a huge number.

The sudden system announcement left everyone in a state of confusion.

The survivors in Zone 107 were also discussing fiercely.

Just then, Han Xing received an unexpected notification.

"Due to your early discovery of the Otherworldly Evil God's plot, revealing an impending disaster, World Impact +53, Legendary Points +5."

Han Xing was stunned. He knew that this system reward was likely because of the monster bird quest from last time.

But why was it given out so late?

At this moment, Zhang Lianmeng also looked tense; it seemed she had heard something too.

Zhang Lianmeng held her collar, bent slightly, and whispered into Han Xing's ear: "Brother Xing, did you hear the notification?"

"The system just said that I discovered the Evil God's plot, and it gave me 5 Legendary Points..."

Han Xing suddenly remembered that Zhang Lianmeng was with him when he was doing that quest. That meant the task was completed by a team of two.

So, it was perfectly normal for the system to reward both of them with Legendary Points.

Han Xing nodded and said, "I heard it, those Legendary Points will be useful later, save them for now."

Currently, the role of Legendary Points is to draw Hidden Profession's Legendary Skills.

Although Zhang Lianmeng has already switched to the Mage Elemental Master, a pure DPS profession, and with the equipment crafted by Han Xing, Zhang Lianmeng's damage is now quite impressive.

But if a better Mage-type Hidden Profession Scroll is found in the future, Han Xing still plans to let Zhang Lianmeng switch again.

But doing so will come at a certain cost.

That is, the level will drop to level 10, and she will have to start leveling up again.

But with Han Xing's leveling speed, he'd quickly help her catch up.

Cheng Jianyong and Shen Yun were just coming back to their senses from the shock.

Before they could open their mouths, Han Xing directly said: "You all heard it, right? A new expansion is about to be released."

"It seems what I told you before might be coming true."

The two nodded solemnly. Just a few days ago, Han Xing had warned them that a disaster might soon occur.

Now, the system notification had confirmed it.

Han Xing continued: "Our plan needs to change a bit too."

"We don't know when Blood Tide will break out, but there's an imminent danger we face."

"After the merge, our zone here will swell from nearly 10,000 people to nearly a million, and by then, this area will be unprecedentedly chaotic!"

"And your territories are still unguarded now!"

"To prevent any accidents, I suggest you immediately return to your territories, fortify them, and then everyone gather in one place."

Cheng Jianyong and Shen Yun nodded immediately after hearing this.

What Han Xing said made perfect sense.

Last time when the regional restrictions were lifted, Zone 107 only had over 9,000 people, yet many bloodshed incidents broke out.

This time, with the merge, the number will directly reach over 900,000!

The probability of encountering other survivors will soar.

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Cheng Jianyong and Shen Yun were just about to teleport away.

Just then, the second system notification appeared.

[As most of the zone's Level Rankings have ended, we are now introducing a new leaderboard, the Cloud Secret Realm Points List.]

[Cloud Secret Realm Points List]: Each time you clear a One-Star Secret Realm, you will receive 1 point. Each time you clear a Two-Star Secret Realm, you will receive 2 points, and so on.]

[The Cloud Secret Realm Points List will last for ten days, and after it ends, ranking rewards will be settled based on the points.]

"Please note: During the event, when survivors clear the Cloud Secret Realm, experience value gained will increase by 30%, and damage dealt to monsters in the Cloud Secret Realm will increase by 10%."

"The process of the Cloud Secret Realm will be modified, and once modifications are complete, there will no longer be cutscenes in all Cloud Secret Realms, and the difficulty will accordingly decrease."

"These modifications will take effect in one day!"

The three looked at each other.

At this moment, Shen Yun said: "Brother Xing, there's a new leaderboard, should we go for a run at the Cloud Secret Realm Points List?"

Han Xing pondered for a moment before asking, "Have you two tried the Cloud Secret Realm before?"

Shen Yun nodded, "Yes, we did."

"Cheng Jianyong and I came across a One-Star Secret Realm before, the level requirement was 7-10, and we decided to challenge it. It took us over an hour."

"However, the reward for clearing it was indeed immense, especially the experience value reward, which was much richer than fighting monsters."

Shen Yun added, "But unfortunately, clearing the Cloud Secret Realm doesn't increase the territory area."

Han Xing nodded and said, "That's right, the experience rewards given inside the Cloud are abundant, and sometimes there are also special item rewards."

"Since this leaderboard has appeared, we might as well make a push for it!"

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