Virus King - Chapter 343

Chapter 343: Changes to the Level Rankings! The Drop of the Soul Pearl!

TL: YYang

[Your Han King: Wahh, Lord Bai, you’re finally back! Quickly think of a solution! Sister Liu was one of the earliest comrades to join our Group Chat No. 001!]

[Overlord: What solution could there even be? I’m starting to doubt whether that Soul Pearl even works!]

[Shui Chuan: Enough, stop wasting time. Lord Bai is probably already thinking of a plan.]

[Sword Immortal: The issue is that the Soul-Devouring Beast’s drop rate is absolutely awful. If it weren’t for Old Dao’s signature skill being its core ability, I’d question whether that thing even exists!]

[True False Illusion: Lord Bai, that Soul-Devouring Beast is a level 26 Demonic Beast with bizarre skills. It can make people lose their five senses, erase spiritual power, and even temporarily control others. You absolutely can’t take it lightly!]

[Heir to the Five-Strike Lightning Whip: Don’t use our mortal perspective to judge Lord Bai. Even though his level has only increased by 1 over the past ten days, I believe his strength has definitely skyrocketed!]

[Your Han King: Holy crap! Everyone, look at the Level Rankings! What just happened?!]

Han Xiao’s sudden message stunned everyone. Shortly after, they noticed something unusual on the Level Rankings, which, despite having stayed stagnant for a long time, now displayed two major changes.

One, the most obvious, was that the leaderboard, previously dominated by Chen Bai, had a strange and unique new figure taking first place!

[1: Rika, Current Level: 25. Current Profession: Crimson Weaver. Faction: Dragon Nation.]

Indeed, the first place on the leaderboard had suddenly changed. Not only that, but the new leader was now three levels ahead of Chen Bai, the previous second place!

This unexpected shift left Group Chat No. 001, which had been focused on treating Liu Huai, in absolute shock.

[Sword Immortal: What the hell?! Where did this person with the surname “Li” come from?!]

[Ding Ding: Is that even a surname in the Hundred Family Names?]

[Your Han King: Honestly, this name feels familiar. I think I’ve heard it before somewhere.]

[Heir to the Five-Strike Lightning Whip: Could it be from the Biochemical Zombie World?]

[Your Han King: I can’t quite recall, but it does seem familiar.]

[Crow: That’s normal. There are tons of names out there. It’s not like duplicates don’t exist on the leaderboard.]

[True False Illusion: By the way, wasn’t that guy from the Lighthouse Nation who was insta-killed by the White Emperor, Anthony, using this profession before?!]

Indeed, there was another significant change within the top ten rankings. Anthony, now ranked sixth, had experienced a shift in his profession.

[6: Anthony, Current Level: 17. Current Profession: Shapeshifting Druid (S-Rank). Faction: Lighthouse Nation.]

Anthony’s profession had transformed from the Trickster Clown to the Shapeshifting Druid.

This revelation shocked many and left others pondering. Apparently, professions could change after a profession transfer?

Even Chen Bai himself might not have known about this phenomenon. In the previous timeline, the Thousand-Shifter’s profession had always been Trickster Clown and its advanced evolution forms. Profession changes had never occurred before.

Clearly, after his earlier defeat, this top Evolver of the Lighthouse Nation had encountered some kind of special opportunity.

[Liu King: Can you all stop going off-topic?! I already said even the ancestor of our clan couldn’t restore Sister Liu’s condition. At best, it can only be suppressed! Come up with something quickly!]

[Sword Immortal: What can we do? Our time in Mount Shu is already up. We spent all the Contribution Tokens to raise our Mount Shu Token grades. Now we can only rely on Lord Bai. Speaking of which, where did he disappear to after dropping a single message?]

[Heir to the Five-Strike Lightning Whip: He’s probably reading the chat logs. @Bai, Lord Bai, stop reading! I’ll summarize it for you.]

Perhaps Ma Er’s mention did the trick, as Chen Bai reappeared before everyone’s eyes shortly after.

[Bai: The Soul-Devouring Beast is on the 2nd Layer of the Demon-Sealing Pagoda, right? Can you confirm it works?]

[True False Illusion: Don’t worry, Lord Bai. I can vouch for it. While I can’t guarantee an immediate cure, it will definitely be effective! As long as Sister Liu regains consciousness briefly to allocate her talents, it’ll work!]

[Heir to the Five-Strike Lightning Whip: Ugh, the drop rate for that thing is so low. We haven’t seen a single one after all this time. Honestly, I’m not even sure one will be enough.]

[Overlord: Pfft, do you think Lord Bai’s luck is as bad as yours? Anyway, at least the Demon-Sealing Pagoda doesn’t have an entry cooldown. You can just keep going in!]

[Crow: What does luck have to do with this? My drop rate is already high, okay?]

[Overlord: I don’t believe it. Ten times zero is still zero! You’re all cursed!]

[Heir to the Five-Strike Lightning Whip: Hey! While I idolize Lord Bai forever, I’ll argue this point! That thing’s drop rate is just too low. And even though Lord Bai is strong, repeatedly heading to the 2nd Layer of the Demon-Sealing Pagoda will waste time…]

However, just as the group continued their heated debate, Chen Bai’s message appeared once more.

[Bai: “Soul Pearls” ×3. Is this the thing you’re talking about? @True False Illusion]

The entire chat fell silent instantly.

In less than ten minutes of conversation, the group suddenly found themselves staring at the description and attributes of three pitch-black pearls. Everything was clear and real, yet surreal at the same time.

[Heir to the Five-Strike Lightning Whip: Holy crap?! Lord Bai already killed it three times? And all three times dropped one?!]

[Bai: No, I killed one, and it dropped three of these things.]

One kill. Three drops.

Three…

Drops.

The chat, which had been lively moments ago, descended into utter silence.

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The Hundred Family Names is a record of Chinese surnames in the Chinese cultural circle. It was written in the early Northern Song Dynasty and was edited by a scholar-bureaucrat from Qiantang County. According to relevant data, a total of 411 surnames were included, which was later expanded to 504, including 444 single surnames and 60 compound surnames .