'Divinity Online'. The new breakthrough in the Full-Immersion Virtual Reality technology. After decades of work, Divinity Corp had achieved the impossible. Creating a massive video game world that people can enter and live in as if it were Earth. Their goal was clear, to create a world other than Earth that we can call home.


A place where the laws of reality vanish, and the true ceiling of power shifts completely.


Naturally, the shockwave Divinity Online created across the entire globe was unlike anything else. Every single person has heard of it, even those who have had no interest in video games before.


Giant corporations and even governments immediately rushed to start planning to invest in this new world and just like that, billions of people had their eyes on one single date: the 19th of July.

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Arthur, like everyone else, had heard of the game and was as excited as everyone else to try it, if not even more. With how much he grew bored of his life on earth, this fantasy world was like the divine call he had been searching for. However, there was a very small problem.


He had no money to buy the machine required to access Divinity Online. His wretched life had turned him into a broke teenager with no parents, and no relatives. But, by some kind of luck, he got his hands on one of those machines.

Not knowing what was awaiting him in that world, Arthur was simply seeking one thing... A new opportunity in life and to find a purpose he could work for when he had none so far.


[Welcome to 'Divinity Online'.]

[Assimilation Started...]

As time passed for Arthur and as he watched Exo-Burst in action, the boy was more and more terrified of this skill. It was simply akin to a cheat code when it came to fast battles. Being able to move that fast, hit even faster, and be able to blend with the surroundings, making it almost impossible for the enemy to sense you… It was like fighting a ghost, through and through.


In fact, Arthur could confidently say that fighting that Red Pearl man was a lot easier, even though he could teleport. Not only was it because Exo-Burst was ridiculously faster, but it was also because teleportation didn't make the man camouflage himself, so Arthur could at least deal with it.


Like a raging train, the blob of flesh slammed Arthur at full force, crushing his body and sending him flying into the wooden remains of the ships. He broke through several layers of wood before landing on his back.


Chapter 356 - Chapter 356- Exo-Burst (Part 13)