Chapter 0626: Restricted

Chapter 0626: Limited

Bao Changshou dropped Qin Yun off at his original residence in the outer sect area.

When Qin Yun returned, he saw Jian Mang sitting in the courtyard.

"Jian Mang, how's the Immortal Armory Realm looking?" Qin Yun asked.

"Yan’s in first place with over 6,000 points. Others are catching up too—tenth place is only at around 3,000. You? Still at zero!" Jian Mang replied.

"That she-devil Jian Ruyan, how did her score jump so high all of a sudden?" Qin Yun grumbled.

"She ran into the BlackClad Corps," Jian Mang said with a laugh. "Qin Yun, Yan’s no pushover. Even against the BlackClad Corps, she managed to rack up a ton of points!"

Qin Yun remembered how the BlackClad Corps had given Jian Ruyan special treatment before—pissed him off. He never got that kind of attention.

"Jian Mang, I'm logging into the Immortal Armory City!" Qin Yun said, rushing back to his room.

Once inside the Immortal Armory City, he spawned in a desert—Long Qiaofeng’s territory.

Smirking to himself, he closed his eyes and checked the map, planning to track down Long Qiaofeng.

But just as he was about to move out, he suddenly sensed a dangerous presence approaching.

"You gotta be kidding me! I just got here and already some big shot’s after me!" Qin Yun shouted, bolting into the air.

As he flew up, a dark figure streaked toward him, cutting off his escape.

The one blocking him was a black-clad man wearing a white mask—the leader of the BlackClad Corps.

"It’s you!" Qin Yun blurted out like he’d seen a ghost.

The words barely left his mouth when a blast of freezing energy surged through him, encasing his body in ice.

"Die!"

The masked figure slammed a palm into him, shattering Qin Yun’s frozen form into pieces.

Just like that, Qin Yun—who had barely stepped into the Immortal Armory Realm—got wiped out.

He sat up gasping for air, cursing under his breath, "That bitch went too far! She killed me the second I logged in!"

Now, re-entering the Immortal Armory Realm, he was back to square one.

His Profound Body powers were locked out too—if they weren’t, he could’ve used the Sky Lion Mystic Body to resist the ice and fire.

Flopping back onto the bed, Qin Yun jumped back into the Realm.

This time, he appeared in a safe zone, so he wouldn’t get ganked again.

Each death by the BlackClad Corps cost him 100 points.

Now, Qin Yun was at negative 100!

Players checking the Martial Arts Ranking also noticed his name pop up.

Qin Yun's points had previously been reset to zero, which left everyone baffled, and now they'd even turned negative.

"Isn't that Qin Yun? He’s finally back!"

"Too bad, all his points are gone, and the BlackClad Corps is watching him so closely!"

"This guy, who told him to provoke the BlackClad Corps like that? Now he’s in deep trouble."

Seeing Qin Yun appear in the safe city, the crowd chimed in.

Qin Yun was indeed in deep trouble. Others only knew he had broken into restricted areas, but they didn’t realize how badly he’d pissed off their leader.

"If this keeps up, I’ll never make it into the top ten!" Qin Yun paced anxiously before deciding to purchase beast bones.

With beast bones, he could smith weapons and make talismans, which would allow him to wipe out the BlackClad Corps again.

But to his frustration, all the beast bones in the Immortal Weapon Illusory Realm had disappeared overnight, and there were no beasts left outside either.

This meant Qin Yun couldn’t obtain the materials needed for weapon forging and talisman crafting.

"Damn it, they’re finally restricting me," Qin Yun muttered angrily. "They’re clearly targeting me on purpose."

Out of options, Qin Yun had to think of another way.

He had no points, no other tools, and his Profound Body power was restricted. If he encountered someone like Jian Ruyan, he’d be dead meat.

"Gotta get out of the city and try my luck!" Qin Yun quickly left the safe city.

Not long after exiting, he saw the white-masked man suddenly appear before him.

This time, he wasn’t taken out instantly.

He held his own for a few strikes, but in the end, he still got killed.

Without defensive gear or other weapons to assist him, he didn’t stand a chance against the white-masked man.

"This is bullshit!" Qin Yun was furious after being killed by the white-masked man again.

"Xiao Yun, cool it. There’s always a way!" Ling Yuner comforted him.

Qin Yun took a few deep breaths and logged back into the Immortal Weapon Illusory Realm.

"Looks like I’ll have to go all-out against that guy!" As soon as he entered, he immediately left the city.

Just like before, the white-masked man appeared shortly after he exited.

"You’re really on my ass!" Qin Yun sneered upon seeing the white-masked man.

"I won’t go easy on you unless you have the strength to defeat me," the white-masked man said coldly.

"I will defeat you!" Qin Yun declared, channeling the Nine Ultimate Chaos Force and striking with the Ultimate Dragon Palm.

The furious palm strike roared like an enraged dragon, forming a pale golden palm shadow that surged forward.

The white-masked man flicked his wrist, dispersing Qin Yun’s attack, then instantly flashed behind him and shattered through Qin Yun’s torso.

"Die!"

The white-masked man crowed triumphantly before releasing a powerful icy force, freezing Qin Yun into a block of ice.

Bang!

The white-masked man lunged at Qin Yun, shattering him into smithereens.

After dying, Qin Yun rested for a while before re-entering the Celestial Armory Illusion Realm.

Within less than an hour, he had been killed three times—minus three hundred points!

"If I can kill her once, I’ll earn five thousand points. When you think about it, that’s still a fair trade!"

Qin Yun comforted himself inwardly, suddenly realizing this was actually a great training opportunity.

"Exactly! If you defeat that guy without relying on anything else, your control over martial arts and energy will improve significantly!" Ling Yuner said.

Qin Yun felt the same way.

"I just obtained the Heaven-Piercing-Finger—it's high time I mastered it!" With that, Qin Yun returned to his tent to study the technique.

Two or three hours later, he suddenly saw a black-clad figure walk in.

At the sight of the masked intruder, Qin Yun jolted in alarm.

After being defeated several times by the white-masked man, he had developed a real complex.

The black-clad figure whispered, "Qin Yun, it’s me!"

"Qiaofeng?" Qin Yun replied with pleasant surprise, smiling. "I thought you'd given up on me!"

"How could I?" Long Qiaofeng huffed softly. "Do I look like that kind of person?"

"Don’t you?" Qin Yun chuckled.

Long Qiaofeng let out an annoyed snort and said, "If you want points, go ahead and take down my squad. They’re worth a few hundred points."

"I’d love to, but... I don't have any gear right now. Taking down your squad won’t be easy." Qin Yun sighed.

To wipe out a squad quickly, he would need throwing knives or some improvement in his martial techniques.

"So what’s your plan? At this rate, you won’t make it into the top ten of the Martial Arts Ranking," Long Qiaofeng said. She was currently ranked second.

"I’ll figure something out!" Qin Yun replied. "Qiaofeng, why don’t you go do your thing for now—I’ll find another angle."

Qin Yun had already decided to focus on improving his martial prowess. Only by becoming stronger in this area could he defeat the white-masked man.

Long Qiaofeng nodded. "Alright then. I believe you'll make it into the top ten of the Martial Arts Ranking!"

Qin Yun still had techniques like the Nine Mystic Steps, Ultimate Dragon Palm, and Heaven-Piercing Finger to refine—none of which relied on weapons.

So far, he had only grasped two of the thirty-six strikes of the Ultimate Dragon Palm and was about to learn the third.

The true power of the Ultimate Dragon Palm lay in chaining consecutive strikes together.

Once the first strike was thrown, the second would follow, absorbing the force of the first. The fusion of both palm forces would exponentially increase their power!

The challenge was to seamlessly execute the two strikes without them being countered.

To execute the two palms, one must utilize the powerful Ninefold Primordial Force, which also requires precise control of the palm's explosive force.

Without proper mastery, attempting to strike two palms in succession would fail.

Qin Yun only succeeded occasionally in smoothly executing two palms. If suddenly disrupted by the White Masked One's icy Dao Force, he would fail—and it drained him heavily.

The two consecutive palms were almost released simultaneously in an instant—this was hard enough, let alone three palms in a flash!

If he could seize the opportunity and unleash three Ultimate Dragon Palms in a row, he would surely crush the White Masked One.

Of course, if he could pull off a full thirty-six-palm combo, the power would be unimaginable!

Then there were the Ninefold Steps, which were somewhat easier than the Ultimate Dragon Palm. Qin Yun felt that mastering them within a short time wouldn’t be too difficult.

After staying inside his tent for several days, Qin Yun realized he couldn’t just train alone, so he left the city.

Not long after exiting, the White Masked One arrived.

"This guy just won’t quit. Fine, I’ll use her as my sparring partner!"

Qin Yun immediately channeled the Radiant Mirage through his Ninefold Steps, swiftly moving to evade the White Masked One’s attacks.

While dodging, he kept his fiery Dao Force burning to resist the opponent’s freezing power.

The White Masked One outclassed Qin Yun in both speed and strength.

Knowing he couldn’t last long, Qin Yun signaled Ling Yuner to unleash Super Gravity.

The larger the area Ling Yuner’s gravity covered, the weaker its effect. Weaker, but the wider area improved accuracy.

If the range was narrowed, the gravity became stronger—but if the opponent was fast, they could dodge quickly.

The White Masked One was precisely the fast type, so they had to go wide.

Suddenly, the Super Gravity enveloped the White Masked One, slowing her down big time.

Qin Yun immediately seized the opportunity and unleashed the Ultimate Dragon Palm!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two palms blasted out in a flash, striking the White Masked One from a distance.

Upon impact, she just groaned and shook before shattering free from the Super Gravity.

In an instant, she flashed before Qin Yun and with maximum speed and power, threw a punch that blasted clean through his body, leaving a gaping hole.

"Qin Yun, defeat me, and I’ll let you into that forbidden land!" the White Masked One declared before smashing his skull with another blow.

"Damn it, dead again!" Though defeated, Qin Yun was weirdly pumped: "If I beat this chick, I’ll get to lay hands on the Immortal Essence?"