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Chapter 432: Pinching the Face and Becoming an Ancient God

Zhuge Jun is resurrected and goes to challenge again.

The arrangement of the novice guidance levels in "Blood of Lies" is still very interesting. It does not directly arrange a brainless cutscene or an extremely difficult plot kill. Instead, it is set at a level that an expert can pass it in one try and an ordinary player can pass it within five times.

Moreover, the health of this boss called "Lie Hunter" has been significantly increased, allowing players to have more time to experience the boss's different action modules and moves when using various weapons.

Although players do not have settings such as blood bottles, they can still recover blood by attacking the opponent, and the amount of blood recovered is quite considerable.

As long as you don't passively take hits for a long time, or as long as you are not too careless and perfectly receive two or three sets of skills, you will not die on the spot.

Not only that, the player's Transformation Slash performance was too strong. Zhuge Jun had never practiced seriously at all. Most of the time he just relied on his feeling and used the Transformation Slash to fight the boss and achieved the GP effect.

Once GP is successful, not only will you not lose blood, but you can also interrupt the boss's actions and cause damage to his parts.

The Lie Hunter's body was full of weapons. Every time a weapon was pulled out, one or two blood holes would appear on his body. Every time Zhuge Jun's GP succeeded, these blood holes would bleed profusely.

Not only did the boss's health drop significantly, but after the blood was sprayed onto Zhuge Jun, it also restored a large amount of health at once.

After only dying four times, Zhuge Jun cleared the last bit of the boss's health bar.

"Phew! We got through it safely!

“I can only say that the battle is not that difficult. I think many veterans of action games can complete it in one try.

"Oh my, could it be that Anti-Heaven is merciful this time? Is Blood of Lies not as difficult as everyone thinks?

"Don't compromise with the clumsy players. Everyone is looking forward to a hearty battle."

Zhuge Jun soon felt that his subconscious thoughts were a bit absurd. What kind of company is Ni Tian Tang? They have never let everyone down in terms of making things happen.

The follow-up to "Blood of Lies" will definitely not be that simple.

A cutscene appeared on the screen.

"In the end, you really gave up everything just like me...

“But is it all worth it?
"Take a good look at yourself. Is this what you expected?"

The Lie Hunter's voice echoed in the cathedral and gradually faded away, and his body seemed to be weathered, drying up and breaking into pieces, and finally being blown away like sand and gravel, disappearing without a trace.

However, all his weapons remained where they were.

"Huh? These weapons can actually be picked up."

Zhuge Jun stepped forward and found that all weapons could be picked up, but there would be a prompt when picking them up.

[After a long period of fighting, the weapons of the Liar Hunters have become rusty and dull, and have gone to the end of their lives along with their masters. Even the most skilled craftsmen cannot save them.]

"Oh, I see. So this place is actually equivalent to a training room?

“Players can pick up all the weapons in the game here, try out the attack modules of these weapons, and compare them with the boss’s actions.

“Although these weapons cannot be used directly, they will definitely be encountered in the later game process, so you can choose them in a targeted manner.

“That’s pretty good.”

Zhuge Jun simply picked out some weapons that interested him. He originally liked the cool scythe the most because it looked mighty and majestic, but after trying it he found that it was not particularly easy to use. The attacking movement was a bit clumsy, and the transformation slash movement was also very long, so he was afraid that it would be difficult to operate.

In addition, Zhuge Jun also tried the sword and shield, and quickly determined that it was most likely his best choice in the entire process, and he must obtain it as soon as possible.

Because Sword and Shield are tailor-made for beginners in every aspect!

In light weapon mode, its shield is mounted on the prosthetic limb of its left hand, while its right hand holds a one-handed sword. Not only is the attack action module excellent, but when the defense button is pressed, the prosthetic limb of its left hand is raised, and the shield can just block in front of the body.

Isn't this invincible?
Originally, this defense button looked a bit humorous. It couldn't defend against any attacks, and it would also cause a loss of health and even damage the left arm. But with the shield, wouldn't it be equivalent to directly filling the gap? This defense should be significantly improved, right?

In heavy weapon mode, the shield and one-handed sword are combined to form a shield axe. Although the attack action is obviously slower, the attack distance, toughness and other attributes are significantly enhanced, which should be able to be used to solve some special situations.

Simply put...the perfect weapon!
Of course, dual swords, sickles and other weapons are also very good, but as a general clumsy player, Zhuge Jun still feels that the sword and shield are more suitable for him.

After becoming roughly familiar with these weapons, Zhuge Jun continued to move forward and came to the interactive point of the plot.

This is a large basin.

It is located on a complex and ornate base, and is much larger than an ordinary basin. It is placed under the statue in the cathedral.

When you get close, there will be a prompt: [Gaze at the meditation basin].

After the interaction, the character controlled by Zhuge Jun came to the front of the basin and looked down into the basin. At this time, he was wearing the hunter's iconic clothing, a tricorn hat on his head, and a mask on his face, so his entire face was covered tightly.

But the next second, the character reached out and took off his mask.

Then, the game automatically enters the face-shaping stage.

"Hmm? There's a face-pinching segment, great!"

Zhuge Jun couldn't help but cheer up and prepare to work seriously.

There are basically two ways of dealing with face pinching in mainstream games on the market now. Either face pinching is not allowed at all, such as in games where the protagonist has a strong presence and a clear plot; or face pinching is allowed with an extremely high degree of freedom, to the point where every piece of flesh on the body can be pinched.

In comparison, Zhuge Jun still prefers the latter. After all, face-pinching itself can be regarded as a special kind of pleasure.

The first thing is to change to a female account!
When it comes to face-shaping, players often have two extreme choices. One is to make people ugly in various ways, or even deliberately make them into "ancient god faces", which has a unique aesthetic of ugliness; the other is to make the characters as handsome and beautiful as possible.

Zhuge Jun is a die-hard fan of beauty.

Moreover, he insisted that he would play a female character as long as there were female characters in the game. After all, who wants to keep looking at a man's butt while playing a game?

“Hey, the templates for this face-shaping system are all very good, it’s so hard to choose.

"This one is more in line with my aesthetics, I'll make some minor changes..."

Zhuge Jun found that the face-shaping system of "Blood of Lies" is quite powerful. Each part is divided very finely, and allows players to make infinite adjustments.

He found a favorite among many female face templates, then simply changed the hairstyle and skin color, and made some minor adjustments to the facial details and body shape according to his own preferences.

Although it was just a "slight change", half an hour had passed before I knew it.

After carefully examining his final result, Zhuge Jun finally nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, it's almost time to start killing everyone!"

In the face-shaping interface, in addition to adjusting the appearance, there is also a special option called "Traits", which contains several different options, such as "Tool Proficiency", "Puppet Affinity", "Weapon Master", "Blacksmith Apprentice", "Born Liar", etc.

On the one hand, these trait options will affect the player's initial attributes and provide additional bonuses to a single attribute. On the other hand, they will have some special functional effects.

For example, "Doll Affinity" has the effect that the player's body is naturally more suitable for doll transformation, and the character's weight-bearing attribute is increased by 3 points by default.

In addition, "Weapon Master" allows players to use weapons with lower attribute requirements, and "Blacksmith Apprentice" can reduce the resources required to enhance weapons, etc.

These characteristics are actually similar in themselves and do not have any fundamental impact on the game, so even if you choose the wrong one, it will not cause any harm.

However, if you have determined your own play style in advance, then choosing the right traits can indeed provide some help in the game process.

“Born liar?
"The effect is that the lies you tell are more likely to be believed, and at the same time the character's dexterity attribute is increased by 3 points.

"Can this game still lie?"

Zhuge Jun felt a little bit curious. Although the game was called "Blood of Lies", the official had not previously publicized any special mechanisms or systems related to lies.

But judging from the current situation, "lying" seems to be some kind of special mechanism in this game, and like the equipment enhancement, doll transformation and other systems, it will have a certain impact on the game.

Originally, Zhuge Jun thought that other traits were also pretty good, for example, "Weapon Master" can allow players to save attribute points, while "Blacksmith Apprentice" can reduce the consumption of weapon enhancement stones.

But after considering it, he decisively chose "Born Liar". After all, it is an original system of this game, so it should be very useful, right?

After selecting everything, Zhuge Jun clicked "OK".

The next second, the screen cut back to the previous cutscene. The character took off his mask in the reflection of the meditation basin, and his face was revealed in the water.

Zhuge Jun was originally prepared to admire the beautiful face he had just sculpted, but the next second he almost vomited on the spot.

"Hey! Who is this monster?
"No, I just pinched the face but didn't save it or something? Why did it turn out like this!"

The face in the meditation basin at this moment was completely a terrifying face of an ancient god.

His face was swollen, his skin was bluish purple, his eyes were narrow and his nose was turned outward. His mouth was almost stretched to his ears, and his lips were dark purple.

I'm afraid that even if the players who like to pinch the faces of ancient gods do it on purpose, they may not be able to achieve such an effect.

Zhuge Jun was dumbfounded. What was going on?
I just pinched a beautiful girl, how come she turned into a monster?

Even if it's not saved, it should be the default face, right?
(End of this chapter)