Chapter 193 Pre-War Hype

The music grew tense and terrifying as the camera zoomed in and out.

It was a bloody human head.

Any players who had been to Ink Village might even recognize the head, the face. It was none other than Captain Lang Wu's face!

The head of the captain of a village appearing on screen! What had happened?

Everyone's interest was piqued.

It had to be said that Jing Yan had a real knack for camera angles. The video was well-paced and immediately grabbed the players' attention.

Next, the outline of the entire Black Cloud appeared, strung with a series of human heads, terrifying and eerie.

With the atmosphere established, the camera rotated one hundred and eighty degrees, revealing the tiny Gu Yue Village, no bigger than a fingernail. Then, the camera swooped down.

Here, Jing Yan had actually taken a shortcut. Since he couldn't film such a scene, he used splicing and post-production to create the effect.

The one hundred and eighty-degree turn was actually a post-processed image.

The swoop down to Gu Yue Village connected with Jing Yan's previously filmed footage, showcasing Fang Yue's calm and profound face from various angles, interspersed with scenes of others fleeing in panic, Fang Yue diligently cultivating, and flashbacks of Gu Yue Village using old footage.

Finally, with rousing and uplifting music, it felt like a great battle was about to break out. The camera locked onto Fang Yue, slowly zoomed out, and the image gradually faded, leaving only the stirring music and the chaotic sounds of battle, the shouts and screams, turned down in volume, for a perfect curtain call.

Watching this video, Fang Yue's heroic image practically leaped off the screen.

The comments section exploded.

"Night's Dawn! Night's Dawn! Night's Dawn!"

"A real man should be like this! Fight the weird, protect our home!"

It was all rather childish but catchy. With a little prompting, many people followed suit, spamming the comments, and the popularity soared.

Jing Yan's mouth almost split into a grin seeing how well it was received.

"Awesome! Yan-ge! Is this real footage? Is Night-ge's Gu Yue Village going to have another village defense battle?"

"What do you think!"

Jing Yan glared at the fatty in charge of post-production and said, "Alright, the effect is great. You guys are responsible for monitoring the data, deleting negative reviews, and posting a few threads to subtly hype things up. You're all veterans, I shouldn't need to remind you. Just watch and do it. I'm going back into the game to film the second half of the story. If I don't die after Night-ge, I should be able to capture some amazing footage."

With that, Jing Yan re-entered the game.

Seeing their boss working so hard, the rest of the studio members threw themselves into their work.

Only occasionally would someone sigh.

"Hey, if Night-ge dies in the village defense battle, we won't be able to make such high-quality, popular videos in the future."

...

In the game, Jing Yan opened his eyes and immediately went to look for Fang Yue, only to find him still cultivating at the earth core, not moving an inch.

At the same time, he noticed that the villagers of Gu Yue Village were rushing in one direction.

It was… towards the village entrance.

Looking up at the sky, even Jing Yan, who didn't care much about life and death, couldn't help but gasp.

The Black Cloud, high above, covered in human heads, was swooping down on Gu Yue Village!

When the massive Black Cloud was seen from afar, it didn't feel like much. The distance made it hard to feel the terrifying pressure.

But now, the huge Black Cloud that blocked the setting sun cast a massive shadow, enveloping everyone at the entrance of Gu Yue Village.

The light dimmed.

Everyone stared blankly at the descending Black Cloud, vaguely able to see the countless human bone kite weirds hidden within!

They were weirds they had never seen before. The bizarre human bone kite shapes made their hearts tremble, and they dared not look directly at them.

"Lord Han, Lord Han! Go quickly and invite Lord Han!"

"Danger! Danger! The Wu Yu Tribe is coming!!"

Some people panicked and scrambled back into the village.

More people directly bore the shock brought by the massive Black Cloud!

It was at this moment that Fang Yue slowly opened his eyes.

A surging aura flowed around him, making him like a drawn bow, a sword unsheathed, full of sharpness!

"Blazing Fire Heart Sutra, sixth level… break!"

Buzz!!

The flames on his body vanished in an instant, completely contained.

After exhausting the cultivation pills Qing Si had given him, and using more than a dozen firestones, Fang Yue had finally successfully broken through to the sixth level of the Blazing Fire Heart Sutra!

"System Notification: Congratulations to player [Night's Dawn] for successfully cultivating. [Blazing Fire Heart Sutra] has been upgraded to the sixth level. Inner force increased by 400 points, Control increased by 40 points, Deflection increased by 20 points."

The sixth level was the last level of the Blazing Fire Heart Sutra in the Late-Heaven Second-Rate Realm.

As long as he broke through to the seventh level, he would be able to successfully advance to the Late-Heaven First-Rate Realm!

But Fang Yue knew with a simple perception that the difficulty was comparable to cultivating the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels all over again, and perhaps even more.

The massive demand meant that even if Fang Yue continued to cultivate day and night with such abundant resources, it would still take a long time to break through.

A breakthrough of a major realm was naturally not that easy.

Fang Yue knew this well, so he was not surprised by the difficulty of the seventh level Heart Sutra.

Slow and steady wins the race. This was originally a matter of grinding and solidifying the foundation.

"Name: Blazing Fire Heart Sutra."

"Level: Late-Heaven First-Rate."

"Level: Sixth Level."

"Restrictions: 50 points of Control."

"Description: Consumes a large amount of lifespan during cultivation. Ignite lifespan, Blazing Fire Self-Immolation, burn the heart to train the body, the Heart Sutra is formed."

"Effect 1: Increases Control by 100 points. Damage increases in [Self-Immolation] state."

"Effect 2: Can store normally accumulated inner force in the [Blazing Fire Jade], unleash [Blazing Fire Burst] in one go. There will be serious aftereffects. Do not use it lightly."

"Note: A Heart Sutra exclusive to long-lived species. Try it if you dare!"

The sixth level of the Blazing Fire Heart Sutra increased Control by a full 100 points!

This effect could be said to be very powerful.

It was just that the lifespan burned fiercely during cultivation, which made Fang Yue feel a bit of heartache.

As the sun set, [Breath of the Night] automatically took effect.

Fang Yue slowly got up, touched the Condensed Ring in his hand, and looked up at the huge Black Cloud pressing down from the sky.

"Wu Yu Tribe, it's time for a battle!"

He opened the attribute list.

"Name: Night's Dawn."

"Realm: Late-Heaven Second-Rate."

"Status: Healthy."

"Health: 400/400."

"Inner Force: 1400/1400."

"Control: 290 [Base: 270] [Status/Buff: +20]."

"Deflection: 270 [Base: 250] [Status/Buff: +20]."

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"Comprehension: 1. [Special Attribute]"

"Talent: Breath of the Night [Human Grade High]."

"Skills: Analytical Eyes [Human Grade Low], Spark Blade Technique 1st Layer [Late-Heaven Third-Rate], Water Sky Blade Technique 1st Layer [Crude Martial Art], Blazing Fire Heart Sutra [Late-Heaven First-Rate/Sixth Layer], Spark Heart Sutra 3rd Layer [Late-Heaven Third-Rate/Max Level]."

"Lifespan: 8 months, 12 days."