Ultimate Liberation is quite good. If I can't win, I can burn my life force, then revive through Herd Spirit after death... But if I can't win, I can just hide in the dorm.

King's Aura seems to shift the focus of my charm towards 'kingliness', which is also pretty good. However, I don't have any aura skills, so choosing it feels a bit wasteful.

Overlord is the most suitable; raw numbers explain everything.

The effect bonuses from Attribute Talents are all percentages, which is incredibly exaggerated.

Xu Lang already has the "Principle of Force". Stacking Overlord on top of that would make his damage skyrocket.

But after careful consideration, Xu Lang still chose Ultimate Liberation.

For no other reason than to see just how ferocious Corpse Liberation Immortal + Rakshasa True Form + Ultimate Liberation could be!

Also, what if Heart of Reverse Entropy could be used to exploit a bug with Ultimate Liberation?

Compared to before, Xu Lang's way of doing things has become much bolder.

After all, there are eleven resurrection tokens lying in the Grave Pasture.

...

After returning to the real world, Xu Lang rested his mind on the bed for a while before diving back into the simulation dream.

His Nightmare Essence wasn't much, but it was enough to support two simulations for the Spirit Limit Break Trial.

The second Spirit Attribute Limit Break Trial had no enemies, just a special space of utter darkness.

Here, there was a gramophone, its soundtracks utterly chaotic, enough to drive one's mind into confusion.

Enduring for three minutes without going insane counted as passing; failing meant death.

That's right, just three minutes.

But these three minutes nearly cost Xu Lang his life!

He sat on a sandalwood chair, his face contorted as if enduring torture, his gaze fixed unwaveringly on the gramophone ahead.

[Nightmare Eye · Ancient God Gramophone: A gramophone that recorded the murmurs of an Ancient God]

Xu Lang wasn't a specialist in the spiritual domain. He could only rely on the information displayed by Nightmare Eye as an anchor to reality, reminding himself that he was not a multicolored centipede, not talking rotten flesh, not a star at the bottom of the sea.

...

After passing the two simulation trials, Xu Lang took out a mirror.

In the mirror, he saw himself drenched in sweat, his pupils bloodshot.

[SAN value: 60]

[Nightmare Eye · SAN value: Mental health index. Decrease during game time does not affect real attributes.]

"The spiritual domain is my weak point."

Xu Lang took a deep breath, took out three pieces of bubblegum, and was about to toss them into his mouth when his gaze suddenly focused.

[SAN value: 61]

[SAN value: 62]

His SAN value was automatically recovering, and at a decent speed!

Xu Lang was a bit stunned. He touched the quilt and suddenly felt a wave of warmth and coziness.

The Nightmare Bed was working!

"So, things that make you feel comfortable and secure can restore SAN value. Well, indeed, no other item can compare to sleeping on the Nightmare Bed."

"This new gameplay element of SAN value probably won't affect me much."

Xu Lang hadn't expected the Nightmare Bed to have this hidden function. He quietly waited for his SAN value to fully recover before beginning the true body trial.

...

"Zha'qor ithg'nah Cthugha dral'kesh Fomal'ith… Ia! Vhoor! Cthugha shagg'rath!"

"Ia! Ia! Cthugha fhtagn!"

"Vivat in aeternitate!"

"I am the fire, I am the calamity, I burn eternally among the stars!"

Knowing he was participating in the Spirit Limit Break Trial with his true body made the experience feel different again.

Xu Lang felt even greater pressure.

His mind was filled with murmurs and bizarre imagery; the information received in one minute surpassed what he'd normally receive in a year.

Fortunately, Nightmare Eye remained active, using the Ancient God Gramophone as an anchor point, preventing his spirit from truly becoming lost.

"Ah!!!!" Xu Lang suddenly let out a sharp scream. While forcibly maintaining composure, he flung out the Scarlet Herding Chains, hooking the Ancient God Gramophone and pulling it back towards him.

The moment the Ancient God Gramophone fell into his embrace, the three minutes ended precisely.

*Click~*

The Ancient God Gramophone stopped, motionless.

Xu Lang covered the Ancient God Gramophone with his coat, unwilling to look at it any longer, and fixed his gaze straight ahead.

Where he looked, there were five clusters of deep purple flames.

Two of them flew into his forehead.

[Power and Will: Your will is above all, transcending all things. Spirit resistance increased by 300%. Effect of intimidation-type skills increased by 300%.]

[Mad Spirit: Soul capacity greatly increased. Learning one skill or a hundred skills makes no difference to you.]

These were the two spirit talents he didn't choose during his first Spirit Limit Break. Now, they were all returned to him.

Furthermore, he now had to choose one more from three other spirit talents.

If the Constitution Talents from the second Constitution Limit Break Trial were about raw numerical power, then the Spirit Talents appearing in the second Spirit Limit Break Trial were pure Mechanic Monsters.

[Mind Over Matter: The soul can transcend the body and exist independently, plundering entities from the material world, including living beings and inorganic matter, to form a new body. This body will automatically conform to the original form of the physical body.]

[Transcendence to Sainthood: Comprehension and learning aptitude surpass the current racial level. Even through repetitive training, Mythical-grade universal skills can be pushed to higher levels.]

[Light of the Mind: Awaken an active-type spirit talent that transcends physical laws.]

"Isn't Mind Over Matter just a different form of possession? And the soul carries all the information of the original body, forcibly altering the life form of the possessed. This talent, in the hands of a schemer, could let them survive until the very end."

"Light of the Mind, transcending physical laws. The Nightmare Lord's abilities also transcend physical laws. I wonder if the two are comparable."

Xu Lang clicked his tongue.

After much deliberation, he finally chose Transcendence to Sainthood.

This skill was an operational-type skill, which he preferred.

Although the Nightmare Coins needed to upgrade skills aren't much now, saving a bit here and there is still good.

...

Two hours had passed since the first simulation limit break.

Cao Yaxuan and the others still hadn't returned.

Xu Lang sent Tong Qi a private message, and she replied immediately.

The girls had already returned to the Safe Zone, but were currently selling the supplies they farmed in the Blood Mist World and weren't in a hurry to come back.

[Tong Qi: Lang Ge, Sister Yaxuan wants to go check out the Forbidden Land.]

[Xu Lang: Not allowed.]

[Tong Qi: Okay.]

Without prior simulation, Xu Lang would not enter a Forbidden Land.

The name alone sounded extraordinary.

"The Blood Empire truly was a powerful nation!" Xu Lang exclaimed, looking at the two standard long blades before him.

Taking and keeping things was pretty much Xu Lang's standard procedure.

These were all spoils of war.

[Blood Empire Standard Long Blade]

[Type: Long Blade]

[Level: 30]

[Rarity: Rare]

[Lethality: 10000]

[Durability: 5800/5800]

[Effect 1 (Penetration): Sharpness increased by 500 points.]

[Effect 2 (Seal): Targets hit rapidly lose energy.]

[Decomposition yields: Black Gold X50]

[Introduction: Only the elite soldiers of the Blood Empire are worthy of wielding this blade. Powerful and sharp, it is also a symbol of honor...]

The black blade of the Blood Empire Standard Long Blade still bore stains of blood, as if it had slaughtered living beings long ago.

"Handsome enough, but the lethality is too low, not even as high as my Blood Pelican Demon Blade." Xu Lang flicked the blade with his finger and stored both weapons away.

Then, with lingering fear, he took out the Ancient God Gramophone.

After a glance, he put it back into his backpack. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Honestly, he didn't even dare to decompose this thing. He'd find something compatible to fuse it with later to avoid causing some disaster.

The dorm is indeed safe, provided you don't bring danger home!

People didn't have this awareness before, but now it's different.

As the Mad King Building's level increases, so does its mystique and danger. Players have already fallen victim, even during rest periods.

Taking advantage of Cao Yaxuan and the others not being back yet, Xu Lang closed his eyes and fell asleep once more.

Next, he still needed to go Pioneering, so the quality of his combat readiness needed improvement.

It was time for a round of fusing the Blood Pelican Demon Blade.