The Omniversal Merchant-Chapter 198: A Game That Affects Reality!

ine as well!"

Three surprised voices broke the silence, immediately drawing everyone's attention.

Wei Qingzhu, Song Qiuying, and Lin Wanshuang were stunned.

They could clearly feel the changes in their cultivation bases—

Compared to when they first arrived at Origin Mall, their spiritual power had grown by nearly 10%!

"What? You got stronger?" Murong Haitang asked, puzzled.

The rest of the group looked just as confused.

Why only them?

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If they had gained strength, why hadn't anyone else?

Slowly, all eyes turned toward Luo Chuan, who was casually standing near the store's entrance.

Yao Ziyan, watching the situation unfold, looked curious but not at all surprised.

It seemed that the boss had done something outrageous again.

After spending so much time in Origin Mall, Yao Ziyan had become completely desensitized to the impossible.

Luo Chuan stood up and walked into the store.

His gaze fell on the three girls.

"Think carefully—what exactly happened in casual mode?"

Wei Qingzhu and the others froze.

Then, realization hit.

Their eyes widened in shock.

"You don't mean... the elixir?!" Wei Qingzhu muttered, feeling dazed.

Wasn't that just part of the game?

Even if they ate it, shouldn't the effects stay in the game?

How could it actually affect their real cultivation base?!

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"What are you guys talking about?"

The surrounding players were confused.

They had no idea what Luo Chuan and the three girls were discussing.

Wei Qingzhu quickly explained—

How they had discovered the Star Leaf Fruit inside casual mode.

How they had eaten it—and how, upon returning to the real world, they found their cultivation had truly increased.

When she finished speaking, the entire store fell into a stunned silence.

Everyone was too shocked to even react.

Several breaths later, Elder Bai let out a wry chuckle.

"The things in the boss's shop... are always this shocking."

"A game item affecting the real world?" Bu Lige muttered in disbelief. "How... how is that even possible?"

All eyes turned to Luo Chuan.

They were all burning with curiosity.

Luo Chuan's expression remained calm.

"I told you before—casual mode is no different from the real world."

His voice was flat, but his words sent shockwaves through everyone's minds.

A storm of speculation brewed among the players.

Did he mean...

Was casual mode actually a fully functional world?

Had Luo Chuan refined an entire reality into the game Tower of Trials?

With the boss's power, that wasn't impossible.

The more they thought about it—

The scarier the implications became.

If players could gain real cultivation progress inside casual mode...

Then wasn't it technically a second reality?

Somewhere they could grow stronger without any risk?

This... was far beyond anything they had imagined!

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Luo Chuan watched their changing expressions with amusement.

Good.

His mysterious, all-powerful boss image had just gotten another upgrade.

Then—

"Boss!" Murong Haitang suddenly spoke up, her voice trembling slightly.

She had just remembered something.

"In the game, I obtained a skill—Curse of the Dark Night."

Her breathing quickened.

"Does that mean... I can use it in the real world too?"

Luo Chuan nodded.

"That's right."

Murong Haitang staggered, feeling dizzy from shock.

A heavenly-grade martial skill... acquired just like that?

For free?!

Even if this were a cultivation novel, no author would dare write something this absurd!