Lu Ce listened to the voice in his ear, feeling somewhat confused.
"What weapon?"
Although he had been forcibly awakened by [War] earlier and learned about what happened during his Gluttony stage.
The weapon binding information had appeared on his game interface; if he didn't hear it, he simply didn't hear it.
Moreover, in Lu Ce's memory, no weapon that could compare to the Extreme Path Battle Axe had appeared in previous games.
How could this be an exclusive weapon?
Relying on that utterly irresistible drowsiness, Lu Ce forced his eyes open.
The first thing he saw was the long rod piercing through his chest right in front of him.
Lu Ce: ......
This thing does seem to be a problem indeed.
[Spend 10,000 points to separate the weapon from your flesh and blood?]
So this was the weapon that could be bound by Gluttony?
Lu Ce was initially surprised, but as soon as he heard that this game wanted to charge him points again, he immediately felt somewhat speechless.
Fortunately, as currency, what these points could exchange for was quite limited, and since he didn't really need them, he had never used them much.
Otherwise, with these sky-high consumption rates every time, he really might not be able to handle it.
"Maybe I should specifically exchange for some points in the future."
"Separate!"
With Lu Ce's command, ten thousand points instantly evaporated, and at the same time, the long rod began slowly pulling out from Lu Ce's body!
Although there was no feeling of pain, this sensation was still thoroughly creepy...
When the thing was completely extracted, Lu Ce finally focused his gaze to see its full appearance.
About three meters in length, its appearance gave an exceptionally thick and heavy feeling - definitely a heavy weapon.
"What should this thing be called? The Golden Cudgel?"
Looking curiously at the rod before him, Lu Ce subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch it.
But that's when he discovered he couldn't lift his hand at all, as if the Sloth mask had overloaded, leaving him too exhausted to have any mobility.
Is the third stage of Gluttony this difficult...
Fortunately, as thoughts flashed through his mind, the weapon's description automatically popped up before his eyes.
[Weapon: Heart-Piercing Thunder.]
[Quality: Divine Weapon!]
Divine Weapon?!
This thing isn't even broken?
[Note: Divine Weapon is a weapon quality. Current weapon power is at ordinary legendary level. Weapon abilities can grow.]
[Bind?]
"Bind!"
This time Lu Ce didn't hesitate at all, quickly binding it first regardless.
After all, no matter how you looked at it, a divine weapon-level item meant he was making a huge profit.
[Gluttony exclusive weapon binding successful!]
[Currently bound exclusive weapon masks: Pride, Gluttony.]
Weapon Trait: Heart-Piercing Thunder is essentially divine substance and energy. Its external form is not its true body. The user can disassemble and reassemble it at will.
[Note: When activated with the Gluttony mask, special effects can be used.]
[Special Effect 1, Thunderclap: Heart-Piercing Thunder can summon lightning, using thunder power, with special suppression effects against evil entities.]
[Special Effect 2, Energy Storage: Heart-Piercing Thunder can store energy that Gluttony has devoured but cannot absorb, up to divine weapon level.]
With a ding sound indicating successful binding, a large amount of weapon description instantly appeared before Lu Ce, almost too much for him to take in at once.
He never expected this thick rod to have so many variations and functions.
You should know, his Pride's Extreme Path Battle Axe didn't have this many tricks.
Being divine substance meant that in a certain sense, this rod of his was equivalent to being a "god"!
No wonder it's called a divine weapon. Looking at it this way, this is probably the most sinister and bizarre weapon within the entire CHOSEN'S PARADISE!
This life-risking venture was really worth it!
Unfortunately, the remaining part was discarded by [War].
Recalling what [War] had said earlier, Lu Ce felt somewhat heavy-hearted.
He still hadn't figured out what this so-called [Agony] was about, and now another "god" had already set their sights on him.
He also didn't know which "line" He was referring to when He said Lu Ce had "crossed that line."
From now on, every improvement in his strength would mean advancing toward a hostile deity, right?
Damn! So that means the stronger he gets, the closer he is to death?
Shaking his head, he didn't have the energy to think about those problems now. As the game deepened, what he faced were things no one in this world had ever encountered before.
He could only forge ahead alone, but... he had been mentally prepared for this anyway.
Closing his eyes, he rested his body and mind, listening to the report sounds in his ear.
[Current participant count: 8,254,347]
[Completed players: 1,565,441]
[Perfect clearance players: 1,072!]
[Your clearance evaluation: SSS grade, perfect clearance! Current consecutive perfect clearance count: 11!]
[Rewards being calculated.]
[This round's points: 7,000. Due to earlier repair consumption, reduced by 30,000.]
[Perfect clearance reward: For outstanding performance, rewarded with one unit of Dimensional Backpack slot.]
[This round's reward items: High-grade Recovery Potion*5, Game Exit Coin*1, Divine Weapon-level exclusive weapon, Heart-Piercing Thunder! War Command Sword!]
After roughly listening once and confirming no weapon could surpass his Heart-Piercing Thunder, Lu Ce basically already felt like sleeping.
With an exclusive weapon of divine weapon level, everything else was unimportant.
However, it was worth mentioning that every time he came into contact with a "god," he would receive a related divine command.
But this time with [War], it was the War Command Sword - a sword-shaped object about ten centimeters long, seemingly like a pendant.
This thing... is probably His mark on me...
Thinking this final thought, Lu Ce could no longer hold on, enjoying the game's body repair as he sank into deep sleep.
......
In the dim room, Lu Ce slept so deeply he completely lost awareness of where he was.
Earlier, [War] forcibly stripping away his rationality had caused terrifying consumption - damage that body repair couldn't solve.
He could only keep sleeping.
As a result, he completely couldn't hear the continuous sounds from his phone on the bedside table.
Buzz...
Missed calls: 17.
Lu Ce was completely dead to the world.
....
On the other side, in Xie Antong's room, her hand holding the phone began to tremble.
It can't be...
It couldn't really be this time!?
In the previous game, she saw very clearly - she and Perfect Life were forcibly kicked out, but Lu Ce himself remained in [War]'s hands the entire time!
And she had received a "perfect clearance" evaluation!
She wasn't sure if this was a special situation similar to when they encountered [Despair] last time, resulting in more than one perfect clearance.
Or if that person who should have achieved perfect clearance... didn't make it out...
When she didn't know how many times her call went unanswered, Xie Antong heavily threw her phone to the ground and stood up abruptly.
"No!"