Chapter 1: Reborn Five Years Ago

  The moment he opened his eyes, Duan Chen had already found himself standing in the center of a small village. At this moment, flashes of white light flickered and rose from the village, followed by the appearance of people dressed in linen clothes.

  "This is... Ancient Beast Village!" As Duan Chen opened the map, a flash of excitement suddenly appeared in his eyes. Ancient Beast Village, he had actually been transported to Ancient Beast Village. His past self was not born in Ancient Beast Village, but it seemed that his past self had not entered the game so early either!

  "The only mission, the only mission......" At this moment, Duan Chen's mind suddenly flashed with a hint of madness. Gu Shou Village had only one mission, a one-time mission, and that mission created a person.

  "The Tyrant's Blood Splatters Across a Thousand Miles!" In Duan Chen's mind, an image of a domineering figure emerged, proud and violent, viewing everything as nothing. The reputation of the "Tyrant's Blood Splattering Across a Thousand Miles" from five years ago was unmatched at that time.

  "Blood splattered across the land and Laughing Cyan Life, the two greatest peaks of 'Contend for Hegemony'!" In Duan Chen's mind, two completely different figures emerged. One was the arrogant and overbearing warrior, Violent King Blood Splattered Across the Land, while the other was Ling Emperor Laughing Cyan Life, known as the number one wandering swordsman in Contend for Hegemony. The two had clashed countless times in Contend for Hegemony, always ending in a draw. These two individuals' fame in Contend for Hegemony far surpassed Duan Chen's at that time.

  At that time, Duan Chen was also a well-known master, but compared to these few peak figures, he was still far, far behind!

  "The first ultimate technique of Blood Splashing Thousand Miles is the Fierce God's Brutal Qi! And the origin of this Fierce God's Brutal Qi is right here!" Duan Chen's eyes had already revealed a hint of joy. In his memory, Blood Splashing Thousand Miles was only made public four years later. He had completed a hidden unique task in the Ancient Beast Village and obtained this crazy skill. At that time, Blood Splashing Thousand Miles was just taken out to show off the process of doing the task, without any other thoughts. After all, this was a one-time task, and it was impossible to accept this task again after completion.

  "If I had known that blood would splatter everywhere, I would have reincarnated to take his only task. But now, who knows if he will still say such detailed things!" Duan Chen's eyes were filled with an eerie smile as he muttered to himself.

  "Although it's like this, I'm a bit sorry for Blood Splashing Thousand Miles, but what can I do? Who told me to find out earlier than you!" Duan Chen showed a hint of a smile and muttered to himself. In his memory, he had only discovered that task after reaching level 9, and as a result, he had lingered in the newbie village for nearly half a month.

  "It was worth it to spend half a month in exchange for one of the strongest killing moves, Blood Splattering a Thousand Miles!" This is what Xiao Cang Sheng said after hearing about the process of obtaining the Blood Splattering a Thousand Miles skill.

  "Even if it's just half a year, I think it's worth it!" Duan Chen thought of this sentence and couldn't help but say out loud. The skill that splattered blood everywhere was simply to the point of reversing heaven, at that time, if Blood Splattering Thousand Miles didn't have this skill, perhaps he wouldn't have been able to withstand Xiao Cangsheng's attack.

  As more and more people gathered in the newbie village, Duan Chen couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile. He turned his body and quickly walked towards a residential house inside the newbie village. The door was half open, and Duan Chen directly walked in. A series of sighs could be heard coming from inside.

  "Indeed, it's here!" Duan Chen walked into the house and saw an old man sitting inside, smoking with his head down. Next to him, a child of seven or eight years old was lying on the bed, with slightly darkened skin, apparently showing symptoms of poisoning. Seeing this scene, Duan Chen's eyes suddenly lit up. It was said that Xue Manli had accidentally entered the house and received this task.

  "Old man, may I ask if there's anything I can help you with?" Duan Chen asked the old man with a nervous tone.

  "Who?" The old man glanced at Duan Chen, then shook his head and continued to smoke his pipe, as if he hadn't heard Duan Chen's question.

  A flash of understanding flickered in Duan Chen's eyes. If it were an ordinary person, they would have turned around and left upon seeing this scene. Fortunately, he knew the entire conversation between Blood Splashing Thousand Miles and the elder, otherwise, he might have done the same.

  "Old man, this child is ill, isn't he?" Duan Chen pointed to the child lying on the sickbed and asked the old man.

  "Poisoned!" The old man was stunned when he heard Duan Chen mention the child, and then spoke out.

  "Oh, hurry up and detoxify!" Upon hearing this, Duan Chen hastily put on a worried look and shouted at the old man.

  "It's no use, the doctor has come to see him and it's no use!" The old man's eyes flashed with a hint of confusion, saying: "The doctor said that unless we can get the inner elixir of the fierce beast on North Mountain to save his life, otherwise, my little grandson will not survive!"

  Upon hearing this, Duan Chen revealed a hint of a smile, and his eyes flashed with a sense of triumph. The ferocious beast on Mount Bei was the key to the mission!

  "In that case, what are you waiting for? Go and kill that ferocious beast quickly!" Duan Chen shouted loudly at the old man.

  "Do you think I don't want to? But who's going to do it?" The old man raised his head, looked at Duan Chen with excitement, and shouted: "The ferocious beast on the North Mountain has already evolved to an extremely powerful level. The villagers can't even hide from it, how can they possibly go kill it?"

  "I'm going!" Duan Chen looked at the old man, a hint of triumph flashing in his eyes as he spoke.

  "Who are you?" The old man glanced at Duan Chen, his eyes revealing a hint of disdain. "You can't even beat me, how could you possibly kill that ferocious beast!"

  Upon hearing this, Duan Chen's face suddenly revealed a hint of bitterness. The old man in front of him was an NPC, but he also had a level display - 8th level. Compared to his own zero-level self, the old man seemed to be much stronger. At that time, Xue Manzi was a 9th-level player who had just accepted this task, but it seemed that Duan Chen had arrived too early.

  "I have talent, I guarantee it, I will be stronger than you!" At this moment, Duan Chen could only accept the task with a stiff upper lip.

  "My little grandson is like this, and it can only be so!" Upon hearing this, the old man couldn't help but flash a hint of bitterness. Immediately afterwards, he gritted his teeth and said to Duan Chen: "The doctor has said that my little grandson can only live for one more month. I hope you can obtain the inner dan of that fierce beast within a month!"

  "System Prompt: Player Kuang Chen, do you accept the hidden task 'Fierce Beast's Inner Dan'? Task Requirements: Slay the level 25 BOSS Ancient Fierce Beast that is rampaging in Newbie Village. Time limit for the task is one month. If the task fails, the player will be punished. Punishment includes resetting to level zero and being unable to gain any experience within a week."

  Although I had prepared for it, looking at this punishment still made me reveal a wry smile. Having my level reset to zero wasn't anything, after all, from level one to ten, it would only take two or three days at most. What was truly depressing was that I wouldn't be able to gain any experience within a week, which meant I'd be trapped in the newbie village for over ten days, unable to do anything.

  "Accepted!" Gritting his teeth, Duan Chen directly took on the task. The only mission, regardless of success or failure, could not be taken again. This was the rule of the one-time mission. He remembered that Xue Man Li had spent half a month in the newbie village, a city lacking monsters, to level up to 20 and then soloed the fierce beast.