As the execution music suddenly grew more intense, the audience's adrenaline surged.

They saw Zhou Ning's clothes fluttering, as he pulled down his hat and crouched slightly, walking unflinchingly through the almost visibly shaped ice mist.

When facing the sword blade that was arcing down towards Archibald, he unhurriedly extended his hand and grasped the opponent's runic sword.

Through a close-up, the audience could see blood gushing from Zhou Ning's hand as he held the blade, yet his gaze remained calm.

He merely curved his lips into a refined smile, and a brilliant white light suddenly appeared in his palm.

Clear golden flames silently flared up, and the opponent's hand seemed to be scorched, causing him to release the runic sword.

“Hiss!”

The runic sword, which had just been emanating biting cold, immediately became obedient, docile, and submissive, then vanished from Zhou Ning's hand.

The players:????

Their first reaction, just like ClearWildWine's, was that someone was stealing equipment.

But before they could even complain, they immediately saw Archibald's eyes, burning with a faint blue flame, flash, and a layered icy shock wave suddenly emanated from his body.

Through a sudden pull-back of the camera, players could clearly see a thick layer of frost instantly crystallizing on the ground, on Zhou Ning's arm, and on his body.

Suddenly, it was as if this place had become the entrance to hell, with all sorts of transparent phantoms crowding out of the void, emitting silent screams, and charging at Zhou Ning like a tide.

Originally, the players should have felt anxious, but amidst the fast-paced execution music, they actually felt a little worried for the enemy.

It wasn't until the phantoms rushed before him that a layer of brilliant white, sunlight-like flames suddenly erupted from Zhou Ning's body.

In less than a second, all the phantoms that had pounced on him were incinerated into ashes.

At this moment, the audience saw Archibald, wearing a black hood, raise his right arm again and extend his palm forward.

His palm rapidly became ethereal, seemingly belonging to ghosts and vengeful spirits, and dozens of black threads suddenly shot out from its center, grabbing towards Zhou Ning.

Zhou Ning was seen being pulled forward a few steps by him, but then he stabilized his figure.

He gave Archibald no chance to breathe; instead, with a *smack*, he once again grasped the opponent's hand, pulled him towards himself, clenched his fist, leaned his body back, wound up for a swing, and landed a fierce straight punch directly on the opponent's face.

At this point, the execution music also reached its climax.

Finally, when Zhou Ning, with a barrage of punches like raindrops accompanying the drumbeats, pounded his opponent for a full half-minute, then drew his dual pistols, smiled, and bid farewell to his opponent, the bullet comments instantly exploded.

“My husband is so handsome I’m crying. Is this what Grantham meant by ‘only good for fighting small fries’? I actually believed him.”

“Upstairs, you’re a man and you’re calling him ‘husband’? Just copying the female fans?”

“Crying! You can always trust Wayne Sterwell, especially when the BGM kicks in.”

“No more talking, I’m watching it again. See you at the beginning in a bit.”

“@Grantham, what do you think of this video?”

“@Grantham, what do you think of this video?”

Grantham looked at the countless bullet comments tagging him, gnashing his teeth in anger, but at this moment, he was powerless to refute.

After all, Wayne Sterwell's strength had truly exceeded his expectations; he was so strong, it was simply unscientific, so he could only feign death for now.

Zhou Ning:...He couldn't help but light another candle for his old friend Grantham.

Both times he had used the Vampire template, Grantham had jumped out; they truly had conflicting horoscopes.

Frankly, what he said wasn't wrong.

If he hadn't kept the Vampire Zhou Ning card up his sleeve... he probably would have already been inviting people to his funeral.

The video was nearing its end here.

Next, the image showed him taking off his hat to bid farewell to the enemy deep in the passageway, protecting two weak players as they left the temple.

Along the way, he moved forward fluidly, and behind his gently fluttering black trench coat, clear golden flames appeared on the bodies of the undead, illuminating the gloomy passageway and the dark, lightless temple space.

Moments later, these undead successively turned into ashes, and there was no further movement.

Then, as he punched a Walrus People to death head-on and rushed out of the main entrance of the temple, the execution music abruptly stopped.

Seeing this, the players finally breathed a sigh of relief, expressing that they had been thoroughly satisfied and had entered a state of post-coital calm.

The subsequent content was relatively uneventful, as Zhou Ning successfully reunited with the expedition team.

His segment concluded here.

The video then showed the situation of another expedition team exploring to the south.

Zhou Ning noticed that the situations on both sides seemed relatively symmetrical; there was also an altar very close to the structure, but besides the undead, there were also some black-robed Cult of the Cursed God members performing prayers near the altar.

They did not attack each other with the undead creatures and coexisted quite harmoniously.

Ultimately, this expedition team's exploration ended with a combined attack from the undead and the Cult of the Cursed God members.

They seemed to be doing everything in their power to prevent the expedition team from entering the structure, and after suffering three deaths, they could only return to the designated meeting point.

After the two expedition teams converged and left the Meteorological Tide, the scene shifted to another side.

Pusimi Shelley, the Son of the Plane from the Ruins Kingdom, was following an academic exchange team from Innek University, preparing to go to Brystone.

The screen went black, and the film concluded.

The audience, who watched it in one sitting, had only one thought: Brilliant!

The entire film had no dull moments; the plot was compact and full of twists and turns.

Especially the performance of the protagonist, Wayne Sterwell, at the end, which was arguably the most exciting battle in an eight-episode series, leaving the audience thoroughly satisfied.

The strength of the protagonist, Wayne Sterwell, was once again put under the microscope for observation, because his performance was simply too explosive, completely overshadowing Leandro, the Son of the Plane from the previous life, and his popularity skyrocketed.

Even the young actor who played “Wayne Sterwell” came out and posted, stating that he had always been trying to grasp Wayne’s character style and would do his best to perform the upcoming scenes well.

Zhou Ning:...Although he felt a bit of impotent rage, this was also the situation he wanted to see: to gain the players' adoration and fervent support.

Only by forming this kind of relationship with the players could he make them lean in a certain direction when facing some choices.

For example, some players might have joined the Cult of the Cursed God and would have to deal with him, but with this relationship, they might abandon that quest and instead follow him.

This was the power of an idol.

Of course, this power also needed to be supported by benefits to make players fight for him.

As a former player, he understood the players' personalities well; they might temporarily help a famous NPC due to goodwill, but without benefits, they would turn around and help the enemy kill him in a minute.

Fortunately, his development strategy was to advance both idol status and benefits simultaneously, neglecting neither.

Going forward, he would continue to implement this strategy.

There was also a beginner village called South Wales County relatively close to Westwood Town, which was also the hometown of his mentor, Professor Wesley.

Zhou Ning decided to go in a few days, to give players time to earn money and experience, and also to give himself some time to do other things, such as further improving his strength.

First and foremost was to get his hands on the mental power enhancing potion from that mysterious old man.