Bizarre Wizard

At that moment, in the center of the mirrored platform, a figure slowly coalesced from illusion into reality. Everyone present immediately turned to look at Jin Sheng, whose face fell into an awkward grimace. He had never expected that the first person to be duplicated would be himself. His original class had been [Shining Spirit Wizard], but as rotten luck would have it, his reward from the previous event had also been a class enhancement stone, making his class rather tricky. [Name: Jin Sheng] [Level: 31] [Class: Bizarre Wizard] [Skills:] [Rule Indoctrination: Using the power of rules, forcibly conscript a Rule Branch spirit to fight on your behalf. Every Rule Branch spirit possesses rules unique to itself; it can only be killed through damage dealt in accordance with its rules.] [Rule of Death: Every 24 hours, you may set five lethal rules for yourself. Aside from these, no attack can inflict damage upon you.] [Rule of Life: Every 24 hours, you may set a rebirth rule for yourself. Upon fulfilling the rule, gain 1 to 10 chances of rebirth depending on its difficulty.] [Rule of Shield: Set three rules for yourself to form a rule shield, reducing damage taken by 75% upon each attack. Each time you are attacked, the conditions recorded in the three rules must be fulfilled.] …… …… Jin Sheng knew very well what he needed to do right now. He promptly displayed his attributes and said, "The five lethal rules I set for myself are: attacked while kissing a woman results in death; tongue struck while sleeping results in death; having one's feces eaten by someone else while defecating results in death; urinating directly onto someone's head while peeing results in death; and attacked on every one hundredth blink results in death. I don't know whether the duplicate's rules are identical to mine, so everyone can give them a try." However, everyone present wore expressions of utter disgust. Try them, my foot! The first and second rules were still relatively normal. Even if the conditions were tricky, a woman or an assassin would still have a chance of pulling them off. But the third rule was completely inhumane. Killing Jin Sheng required eating his shit—what kind of scatological nonsense was that? "Wait, do we have to fulfill all five rules at once, or will any single one work?" Cheng Jian scratched the back of his head, not quite following. Zhang Shou kindly explained, "Fulfilling any one of them is enough. That's why this ability is a double-edged sword. The upside is that aside from those five fatal rules, Captain Jin is practically immortal. The downside is that once someone learns his weaknesses, targeting him becomes very easy." The class-holders nodded in understanding, feeling stirred deep down as well. Jin Sheng had revealed his weaknesses so readily to everyone present—this was undoubtedly a demonstration of profound trust. Such magnanimity was far beyond what ordinary people possessed. "The first four rules are far too difficult to trigger. Right now, we can probably only try the fifth rule. The moment he blinks for the hundredth time, we attack him!" Ximen Wangcai said. In truth, their discussion had been extremely fast, taking barely a dozen seconds. At that moment, the duplicate Jin Sheng opened his eyes. Everyone immediately stared fixedly at them. In the next instant, Jin Sheng pressed a hand to the ground, and a burly spirit materialized. The Rule Branch spirit was completely pale and roughly three and a half meters tall. A single arm was thicker than an entire normal adult man, and countless tiny golden law halos revolved around its body. The moment it was summoned, it let out a furious roar at the crowd, then kicked off the ground, vaulting high into the air and driving a fist down toward them. Zhang Shou stepped out from behind Yu Xian at once and threw a matching punch at the Rule Branch spirit. When their fists collided, Zhang Shou's vital blood energy erupted, turning into plumes of beacon smoke that gathered above his head to form a terrifying phantom of a demonic god. With the demonic god phantom manifested, Zhang Shou's strength surged explosively. All this happened faster than words could tell. Zhang Shou had originally intended to send the Rule Branch spirit flying, but the moment he exerted his force, he found that the spirit was like an immovable mountain. It pressed down directly upon him, forcing him to step back and violently whip his arm to deflect the force, barely saving himself from broken bones. "What immense strength!" Shock washed over Zhang Shou's face. He hadn't expected his own strength to actually fall short of a Rule Branch spirit's. Thud! The Rule Branch spirit slammed its fist onto the mirrored surface with a thunderous boom, yet whatever material the surface was made of, it remained completely unscathed. Having missed its mark, the Rule Branch spirit immediately looked up at Zhang Shou and gave chase once more. "Lin!" Niman frowned and flicked her finger. A golden character for "Lin" shot from her fingertip, expanding rapidly as it flew. Whizzing past Zhang Shou, it slammed heavily into the Rule Branch spirit's body. The character carried immense kinetic force, and given that Niman was now an Enhanced +3 entity, its might was all the more tremendous. Even so, the Rule Branch spirit shattered the character with brute force and threw another vicious punch straight at Zhang Shou. "You think you've got me beat?" "Taste my Shadowless Heavenly Martial Fist!" Seeing a fist larger than an earthen casserole pot crashing down, Zhang Shou yelled in fury. In an instant, his body seemed to split, casting dense phantoms all around. The Rule Branch spirit's punch struck one of the afterimages, which dispersed immediately. "Peerless War Armament: Spear-Axe!" Zhang Shou reappeared behind the Rule Branch spirit, wielding a five-meter-long spear-axe as he cleaved down toward its back. The Rule Branch spirit's reflexes were astonishingly quick. Though its frame was massive—one might even say unwieldy—it was surprisingly limber in practice. Twisting its torso, it punched straight at the spear-axe. Fist collided with weapon, and the spear-axe shattered instantly into pieces. Zhang Shou sucked in a sharp breath at the sight, immediately tossed the shaft aside, and retreated to put distance between them. "I get it now. Its rule must be Absolute Direction," Jin Sheng spoke up at this moment. "Whatever direction its body moves or its fists strike becomes a rule. Movement in that direction becomes absolute, and nothing can stop it." He had already summoned Rule Branch spirits several times before. Though he hadn't been lucky enough like his duplicate to summon such a powerhouse right off the bat, he still had a decent understanding of them. "In other words, fighting it head-on is a guaranteed loss; we can only attack it from behind," Ximen Wangcai analyzed after listening. Niman said calmly, "Why not just surround it? If we attack from four directions simultaneously, I refuse to believe it can block them all." With that, she took a stride forward. Ximen Wangcai drew his sword, and Situ Xingye drew his weapon as well. The three immediately joined the fray. Sure enough, with Zhang Shou drawing the Rule Branch spirit's attention from the front, the other three struck simultaneously. The Rule Branch spirit blocked Ximen Wangcai's sword qi with its other arm, leaving its back exposed to Niman's attack. When Niman's "Lin" character slammed into its back, its body burst like a balloon, effortlessly killed in a single strike.