Th-this Light Curse effect already completely outclasses the Shadow Curse of any S-tier skill!

After all, the Shadow Curse still requires sacrificing a Shadow Puppet as a cost.

The strength of the curse depends on how much is sacrificed.

It only temporarily seals Glyph Abilities.

The sealing duration is based on the attributes of the Shadow Puppet sacrificed.

But this Light Curse…

It’s a guaranteed 0-point instant death effect!

And the loss of Glyph Abilities here…

Seems to be permanent, not temporary!

Plus, the trigger condition for this Light Curse is way simpler than Shadow Curse!

All you need to do is casually use the skill 【Holy Purification】.

And if the target is a dark-type being, the Light Curse will descend!

Th-this is basically the same as being able to one-shot any dark-type being!

And on top of that, both S-tier skills come with the insanely broken “Light Scorch” effect!

At first, Jiang Ye saw how often this effect appeared on both skills and thought it wasn’t that great.

But this effect…

Is just way too insane, isn’t it?

Right now, this No.6 Replica only has two offensive skills.

The third one, 【Light and Shadow Escape】, is clearly an escape move.

But both offensive skills come with Light Scorch.

Which means, as long as No.6 gets into a fight, and the enemy is a dark-type being…

Then just landing a hit triggers the Light Scorch effect.

And the end result of Light Scorch is death!

It continuously erodes the soul until the Eerie Soul is completely destroyed…

Isn’t this basically—

As long as his Light-type skills hit a dark-type being, that target is 100% doomed?!

This…

This is basically like not even giving people a chance to spar for fun!

Once he makes a move, it’s a fight to the death!

The more Jiang Ye thought about it, the weirder this Light-type ability seemed compared to the dark-type one!

So, on Replica No.1’s side, he asked the Blackened Replica again.

But this time, before he could even clearly describe his question…

Just mentioning “Light-type” ability made him notice a visible change in the Blackened Replica’s expression.

Jiang Ye felt something in his heart and stopped explaining, directly asked:

“I was wondering, if dark-type abilities are countered by light-type ones, what about dark-type beings?”

“Do you know, in the Doomsday Apartment’s setting, exactly what kind of beings are classified as ‘dark-type’?”

The Blackened Replica answered immediately: “I’m a dark-type being.”

“Also, any being with Glyph Abilities is a dark-type.”

“Human players who awaken dark-type abilities also count as dark-type.”

“And all Eerie beings, undead beings…”

“You could say, in the entire Doomsday Apartment, over 80% of the beings are dark-type.”

“Only a small portion of human players haven’t turned into dark-types yet.”

Holy sh*t…

Wait, what…

Jiang Ye originally thought this No.6 Replica’s anti-dark-type effect was crazy strong…

Maybe it’s because there actually weren’t that many dark-type beings?

So maybe the skill wasn’t that overpowered?

But he never expected that, according to the Blackened Replica, 80% of Doomsday Apartment is dark-type…

This, this, this…

Doesn’t that mean 80% of all beings in Doomsday Apartment are hard-countered by this broken No.6 Replica?!

Logically speaking, Jiang Ye should be happy about that.

After all, it means this No.6 Replica is basically invincible!

But Jiang Ye wasn’t dumb.

He could faintly feel something was off.

And the Blackened Replica’s reaction was also unusual.

After explaining what counted as “dark-type beings,” the Blackened Replica continued answering the question about the “Light-type ability”:

“Just like you guessed, Light counters Dark—absolutely.”

“And this counter is ridiculous.”

“Basically, Light-type skills casually killing enemies with 10x their Combat Power isn’t even rare.”

“And that’s just with sub-S-tier skills. That’s the usual level of suppression.”

“The truly broken ones are the S-tier Light-type skills.”

“Almost every offensive S-tier Light skill comes with a ‘Light Scorch’ effect against dark-type beings.”

“This effect plants an eternal light point onto the dark-type being’s soul.”

“As long as they’re alive, they’ll keep suffering soul-burning agony from that undying light.”

“It’s said the pain is unbearable.”

“And it causes continuous soul damage.”

“A dark-type being hit with Light Scorch—even if they survive, their soul will leak like a deflating balloon, slowly withering away…”

“Until it completely vanishes.”

When he said that, even the Blackened Replica’s usually calm tone carried a trace of lingering fear.

He paused for a moment, then continued:

“Now imagine if you were a dark-type being…”

“What would your attitude be toward Light-type abilities?”

Jiang Ye froze and swallowed hard.

It took him a while to squeeze out a few words:

“Fear. And… total hatred!”

He imagined himself in the shoes of a dark-type being, and a crystal-clear thought surfaced in his mind:

“Light-type abilities are just too ridiculous!”

“They’re even scarier than a virus! They shouldn’t exist!”

“They must be wiped out completely—no survivors allowed! We can’t let anyone with a Light-type ability grow stronger!”

“Otherwise, the entire Doomsday Apartment is screwed!!”

That was pretty much Jiang Ye shouting hoarsely from his dry throat.

Pure instinct, raw emotion.

The Blackened Replica simply nodded:

“Exactly.”

“That’s the consensus among Doomsday Apartment players.”

“And the hatred Doomsday players feel toward Light-type abilities… goes way deeper than what you just imagined.”

“Because some players have actually experienced the pain of Light Scorch…”

“Because the ones who truly master S-tier Light skills… their power level is beyond your imagination…”

“……”

The Blackened Replica’s tone still carried that lingering dread.

But Jiang Ye just listened silently, indifferent.

Deep down, he couldn’t help but grumble—

Sorry, these S-tier Light skills aren’t beyond my imagination at all.

Because what’s in your imagination… has already become my reality!

Originally, Jiang Ye was planning to ask the Blackened Replica if this No.6 Replica’s skill set was weird.

But now, he had zero interest in asking anymore.

That “invincible” joy had completely vanished thanks to the Blackened Replica’s explanation.

Yeah, this No.6 Replica was absurdly overpowered—like, shoulder-to-shoulder with the sun level.

But the problem is, the hate he’ll draw is maxed out…

If he dares to reveal this No.6 Replica’s ability even once…

He probably won’t even have time to touch the sky or shake hands with the sun before he’s exposed and dead on the spot, right?!

If an average player awakened such a busted Light-type ability, they’d be suffocated to death from the frustration!

You’ve got a god-tier ability that could solo the entire Doomsday Apartment…

But in the end, you can’t use it!

And it could get you killed at any time!

But Jiang Ye was different.

He didn’t just have this one ability.

Worst case, he could just keep this Replica hidden away and treat it like a lucky charm…

Sigh, just like that, most of the joy from obtaining such a broken Replica disappeared.

If he’d known, he might as well have spent Survival Points on Cross-Apartment travel instead.

But then again, maybe not.

This No.6 Replica was definitely the most valuable one of all his Replicas.

It was just so absurdly powerful, it became too much of a good thing.

Jiang Ye sighed in his heart, while also starting to feel nervous—

This No.6 Replica was just too dangerous.

He couldn’t feel at ease leaving it in Room 2025, where Apartment Administrators could barge in anytime.

Coincidentally, No.2 Replica had just gotten a room in Apartment 9999 for making it onto the War God Ranking.

So he quickly used the Replica Reflection Mirror to duplicate No.2 Replica.

Then swapped No.2’s Mirror Replica with No.6 Replica in a Replica Swap.

Just like that, he completed an “illegal transfer” between apartments—

No.6 Replica was teleported to Apartment 9999 without spending a single Survival Point.

Only, as soon as he arrived, he caught the attention of Apartment 9999.

Wan Xin: 【??? What the hell? How did this guy named Huang Bo get into our apartment? I had surveillance running on the rooftop, and nothing got through!】

You Ya: 【Isn’t it obvious? He didn’t come through the rooftop Cross-Apartment transfer. He must’ve gotten a room from the War God Ranking. Didn’t you just get yours that way, Brother Wan?】

Chen Xing: 【No, wait! There was no one named Huang Bo at the bottom of the War God Ranking! And look at the Ranking Board—his name’s not there either!】

【You know what that means? It means he’s not even Level 1!】

【What??? It was already crazy enough when that Level 1 Jiang Ye transferred between apartments, and now there’s a freaking Level 0 Huang Bo?!】

【And he didn’t come through the War God Ranking or the rooftop transfer… so how the hell did he get here??】

For a while, the players in the “Loving Water Chat Group” of Apartment 9999 were buzzing with speculation.

Now and then, someone would even @ “Huang Bo” directly.

Jiang Ye thought it over for a moment and didn’t reply at all.

He figured this No.6 Replica was basically a ticking time bomb.

It could explode any day now, and the fugitive life could begin at any moment.

He couldn’t let No.6 Replica have any connection to the identity of “Jiang Ye,” just in case things went south later.

So he decided to make Huang Bo a mysterious figure who never spoke in the group.

Of course, in Apartment 1010, there were classmates who noticed too—

That apartment had two “Cross-Apartment” players show up: one named Qu Xing, the other named Huang Bo.

In the chat group, people guessed that Qu Xing and Huang Bo were likely in some kind of predator-prey relationship.

And in the end, they figured Qu Xing must’ve killed the one chasing him—Huang Bo.

Which would explain why Huang Bo’s name in the member list had grayed out.

But Qu Xing’s name was still lit up.

He hadn’t made it onto the Ranking Board either.

Everyone was confused, but since both were Cross-Apartment bigshots, no one dared offend them.

Even their chat messages were cautious, afraid these “Cross-Apartment bosses” were cold-blooded killers.

Jiang Ye just kept an eye on the discussions in both Apartment 9999 and 1010, but didn’t get involved.

After sorting that out, No.2 Replica resumed matchmaking duels.

As for his Main Body, he directly used Replica Possession to attach No.5 Replica to himself.

Then, using the Main Body, he activated No.5’s S-tier skill 【Shadow Form】 and put on a 【Disguise Mask】.

This time, the Disguise Mask used the invisibility effect.

With the invisibility layered over Shadow Form—which ignored all detection methods—

It meant that basically no one would be able to sense his hidden Main Body!

In addition, the Blackened Replica came along as an escort.

With such thorough preparations,

His Main Body finally left Room 2025 and headed toward Room 2064.

Replicas No.3 and No.4 stayed in Apartment 2025 as Replica Swap anchors.

Of course, Jiang Ye wanted his Main Body to go to the safer Apartment 9999 too.

But the problem was, the Replica Swap skill couldn’t be used on the Main Body.

So the Main Body couldn’t move as freely as the Replicas.

Luckily, nothing unexpected happened on the way from 2025 to 2064.

And at this time, the 【Crown】 effect from the 【Dice of Fate】 was still active.

With full prep plus a stroke of good luck, there was no chance anything would go wrong.

He made it to Room 2064 without a hitch.

The Blackened Replica smoothly transformed into the appearance of the White-Clad Woman and knocked on the door.

As usual, it was the White-Clad Woman’s Personal Assistant Robot that answered.

It didn’t notice anything unusual and welcomed its “owner” in.

Jiang Ye’s completely undetectable, invisible Main Body took this chance to follow the Blackened Replica into Room 2064.

However…

Almost the instant his Main Body stepped inside Room 2064—

He felt as if a flash of golden light swept across his vision.

And in his ears, a familiar ringing sound echoed.

The scene was so surreal, it almost made him feel like he’d jumped into Reset and got blown up by Auntie Explosion.

But very quickly…

As his consciousness flickered in the golden light, then sharpened,

As he slowly opened his eyes to the sound of that bell,

What he saw was a setting all too familiar—

At the front podium stood the proctor, Teacher Zhou Qiong.

In a gentle voice, she said: “Everyone, please stop writing and leave the exam room. Go home for lunch and prepare for the afternoon exam.”

All around him, students were packing up their stationery and getting up to leave.

The test papers stayed on the desks, waiting for Teacher Zhou to collect them.

Some students had clearly finished early and bolted as soon as the bell rang.

Within moments, the whole exam room was empty except for Jiang Ye.

Zhou Qiong had already reminded him several times to leave quickly.

Seeing that he wasn’t moving, she asked with concern:

“Jiang Ye? Are you feeling unwell?”

“I…” Jiang Ye swallowed hard, a dazed expression on his face, like he had no idea what day or year it was.

He looked down at the test paper, then up at Teacher Zhou.

After a long pause, he mumbled, “N-no, I just… I think I had a dream…”

Zhou Qiong looked at him again and asked, “You’re really not feeling sick?”

Knowing Jiang Ye’s personality, he didn’t like bothering others. Of course, he was going to say he was fine and leave.

But something strange gnawed at his mind, making him slap himself on the forehead.

Each smack was harder than the last, scaring the hell out of Teacher Zhou.

She grabbed his hand and rushed out, “Y-you—you okay? Didn’t finish your test, fine, but don’t go doing anything crazy!”

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