Chapter 200: Please Choose Your Heroic Soul!

“Damn it, I have to complete three simulated battles before I can queue up?”

Zhong Yi shook his head helplessly as he looked at the ‘Simulated Battle’ option, which was the only one lit up in the game mode.

“It won’t be super, super abnormal again, will it...?”

Zhou Qiaoling felt a chill in her heart.

She recalled that not long ago, when she was bored, she tried out “Immortal Realm Hegemony” and ended up being mercilessly beaten by the beginner tutorial.

“What’s there to be afraid of? We have so many Illusion Realm masters here; how hard can it be?”

Zhou Yue scoffed, then rolled his eyes at Zhong Yi, who was puffing out his chest beside him.

“I’m talking about Junior Sister Li and me. Old Zhong, what are you showing off for?”

“...”

Zhong Yi’s mouth twitched with anger.

“Lao Zhou, you’d better pray there’s no friendly fire in this Illusion Realm, or I’ll show you what a disaster looks like...”

Zhong Yi confirmed the simulated battle option.

The five of them instantly entered a massive altar, each standing on a control panel covered in runes.

【Please select your Hero Soul!】

On the screen of the control panel, a dense array of avatars appeared.

“These little figures, are they Hero Souls?”

Zhong Yi looked at the screen with great interest.

Besides the avatars, the screen also displayed various categories.

Divided by battlefield roles, there were 【Assassin】, 【Warrior】, 【Mage】, 【Support】, 【Tank】, 【Marksman】.

In addition, there were also Cultivator type divisions.

For example, 【Body Cultivator】, 【Sword Cultivator】, 【Spell Cultivator】, 【Artifact Cultivator】...

And faction divisions like 【Righteous Path】, 【Demonic Path】, 【Yao Race】, and so on.

A total of a hundred heroes made the five of them dizzy with choices.

Li Mozhan’s gaze drifted among several hero avatars before settling on a purple-haired woman with cold eyes.

Upon seeing the title 【riven】, Li Mozhan no longer hesitated and decisively selected her.

“A sharp sword, sharp eyes.”

The moment she confirmed her selection, a clear, cold female voice echoed in her ears.

In front of Li Mozhan’s fire altar, the Hero Soul of 【riven】 rose, and her graceful figure walked behind Li Mozhan.

At the same time, Li Mozhan’s clothing transformed into the set worn by 【riven】.

The characters in “Immortal and Demonic Strife” were all products of Lu Ze localizing characters from his previous life’s games.

Of course, the localization of 【riven】 was relatively simple; Lu Ze directly made slight modifications based on the ‘Sword Dancer Immortal’ skin from his previous ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ life.

Each character had their own unique attire or weapons.

Once a player selected a character, they would be possessed by the Hero Soul, manifesting the character’s features.

For example, Li Mozhan at this moment:

Her hair was styled in a bun at the back of her head, three innate talismans appeared between her brows, she held a green longsword, and her clothes transformed into a white and blue short immortal robe.

Li Mozhan raised her arm and looked at the exquisitely crafted sleeve cuffs, seemingly very satisfied.

“Oh, so this is what it means to choose a 【Hero Soul】 to participate in the strife! Junior Brother Lu is truly a genius!”

Zhong Yi’s eyes lit up the moment he saw Li Mozhan possessed by 【riven】.

He smiled and locked onto a Hero Soul called 【Wind Swordsman】.

A grayish-brown haori was wrapped around his neck.

Zhong Yi held a rusty battle sword, a few strands of hair fell across his forehead, and a high ponytail was tied at the back of his head.

He was the spitting image of a wild and uninhibited swordsman.

“Damn it! Old Zhong, you stole my Hero Soul!”

Zhou Yue gnashed his teeth in anger.

He had also set his eyes on 【Wind Swordsman】, but unfortunately, he was a step too slow and Zhong Yi snatched it first.

“Hehe, Junior Brother Lu finally remembered us Body Cultivators~”

Mu Yawen chuckled foolishly.

In the past, when he wanted to find a Body Cultivator, he would search everywhere and still only find a few, and even those weren’t very strong.

This time, when he selected the 【Body Cultivator】 option, a large number of characters appeared.

After much hesitation, Mu Yawen finally chose a character called 【Berserker】.

A metal helmet appeared on his forehead, a pair of heavy axes were held in his hands, and his muscles were fully exposed.

“Hehe~ Fighting, awesome!”

Mu Yawen smiled very happily.

“Oh dear, why are there so many beautiful younger sisters? I don’t know how to choose...”

Zhou Qiaoling mumbled.

On her screen, all the characters that appeared were female.

She was having trouble deciding between 【Sona】 and 【Lux】.

Zhou Yue also frowned deeply.

He looked at the character called 【Brand】 before him, his heart stirring.

Zhou Yue cultivated fire magic, and when his Fiery Azure Lotus rotated, the fiery giant that appeared behind him bore some resemblance to this 【Brand】.

However, 【Brand】 was a Demonic Cultivator, which made him feel a bit awkward.

【Your team is missing a Marksman~】

As the selection time was about to end, the System’s prompt appeared.

Just then, Zhou Yue didn’t know what to choose, so he randomly picked one from the Marksman interface.

“Luban No. 7?”

Zhou Yue found it a bit comical as he watched a strange little metal figure rise from the flames.

Compared to characters like 【Wind Swordsman】 and 【Berserker】, this one didn’t look like a proper Cultivator at all.

However, the selection time had already ended, and Zhou Yue had no intention of changing his choice.

A powerful suction force appeared in the huge abyss in the center of the five people, pulling them into it...

...

The scene flashed.

The five of them appeared in the spring water of the spawn point.

“Wow, how grand!”

Zhong Yi looked around, exclaiming.

“Not bad, not bad. I really hope Junior Brother Lu’s cultivation can improve a bit more, so we can play in even larger Illusion Realms...”

Zhou Yue’s voice appeared.

“Yes... Eh? Lao Zhou, where are you?”

Zhong Yi turned his head but didn’t see Zhou Yue.

Following the direction of the voice, Zhong Yi looked down and burst into laughter instantly.

“Hahahahaha!! Lao Zhou, why did you become so tiny!!!”

“Senior Brother Zhong, stop laughing, I also...”

“Hahahaha, why are you so furry? You two are truly brother and sister!!”

...

Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen held their bellies for a long time, and even the usually serious Li Mozhan showed a hint of a smile.

It turned out that in the last second of selection, Zhou Yue chose 【Luban No. 7】 and Zhou Qiaoling chose 【Scout】.

Both of them transformed into tiny figures.

Zhou Yue looked a bit like a mechanical puppet, while Zhou Qiaoling was furry and wore a green hat on her head.

“Damn it! I just saw that it was the 【Scout】 that my brother fears the most, and it was quite cute, but I didn’t expect...”

Zhou Qiaoling looked very annoyed.

“Bah! Unlucky, unlucky!!”

Zhou Yue clenched his fists in anger, gnashing his teeth.

Looking at his current appearance, he felt like Zhong Yi would mock him for a lifetime!

“Senior Brother Zhong, what should we do now?”

Mu Yawen asked curiously.

“Buy equipment, then go mid lane?”

Zhong Yi scratched his head.

He was also a bit stumped.

In “Cultivator Brawl,” everyone bought equipment, then gathered mid lane, farmed minion waves to level up, and then engaged in team fights.

The terrain in Immortal and Demonic Canyon seemed to be different.

He tried to use his Divine Sense to probe, and found that where there was black fog, his Divine Sense could not penetrate, but he could see the terrain clearly.

There were a total of three routes, and also large areas of jungle surrounded by fog.

A very imposing female voice echoed throughout the entire canyon:

【The enemy will arrive on the battlefield in thirty seconds. Crush them!】

Fortunately, at this moment, a route reminder appeared in each person’s eyes.

“I’ll go mid, Junior Sister Li goes top, Lao Zhou and Junior Sister Qiaoling go bottom, Junior Brother Mu goes... jungle??”

Zhong Yi raised an eyebrow.

He had a premonition that although “Immortal and Demonic Strife” was no longer a mode where one person controlled multiple characters, this mode was likely to be even more interesting than “Immortal Realm Hegemony” and “Cultivator Brawl”!

The five of them, following the Illusion Realm’s prompts, rushed to their respective battlefields.

【All units attack!】