Global Game: AFK In The Zombie Apocalypse Game

by Stayrr

Fang Heng was transmigrated to a parallel world and his soul was forced into the body of a man who had just committed suicide. Huh? What? Every human here was being forced to join a game? Those who refused would be killed? Wait? This suicide dude was a pro gamer? He had the highest S-rank talent sill, the Zombie Clone? Damn! The S-rank skill evolved! My zombie clones could auto hu

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1022 Lake Surface

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Shit!

Ma Xiaowan frowned.

The two necromancers were, unfortunately, right.

There were still dragon mosquitoes that had not been cleared!

Having lost their geographical advantage, the mercenary groups were barely able to deal with this group of dragon mosquitoes.

!!

Ma Xiaowan's first reaction was to think of a way to retreat. However, before she could say anything, the six fusion Tyrant forms in front of the team had already rushed forward.

Without saying a word, they swung the tree trunks in their hands!

"Whoosh!" The sounds of something coming through the wind could be heard.

Many of the dragon mosquitoes that were hit by the trunks fainted.

Chi, chi, chi…

The group of Lickers at the back of the team rushed forward and attacked the fainted dragon mosquitoes on the ground.

The dragon mosquitoes were not to be trifled with. Seeing their companions being attacked, they immediately pounced as well.

Ma Xiaowan watched in all seriousness and to her surprise, found that the undead creatures could actually hold back the group of dragon mosquitoes.

"Fire!"

Ma Xiaowan had a lot of experience in team command. After the initial shock, she recovered and gave the order to attack.

This was a great opportunity, and they couldn't waste it!

From a distance, the mercenaries launched a collective attack on the group of dragon mosquitoes.

The dense rain of arrows fell on the group, and batches of dragon mosquitoes fell.

The party cooperated with the zombie team effectively and cleaned up a wave of 500 dragon mosquitoes in just over 10 minutes.

Fang Heng waved his hand and put the dozens of dropped Tier-1 mutation crystals into his pocket.

Everything else was good, but the drop rate was a little low.

"Hu…" Ma Xiaowan secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

She was very glad to have brought Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei along this time.

Otherwise, not only would they not be able to defeat the dragon mosquitoes, they would probably have to sacrifice a few high-tier scrolls to escape.

So be it if they were to be plagued by bad luck!

Fang Heng put away the mutation crystals and a layer of red light covered his pupils before he looked around again.

"It seems that the dragon mosquito swarm hasn't been cleared yet."

The guide asked, "The swarm of dragon mosquitoes came from that direction. Should we continue to explore further? I remember that there should be a lake there which is quite big. There are some rare herbs growing around it."

The mission was not completed, so they naturally had to go deeper.

"Of course," Fang Heng nodded, "Since we're already here, let's continue to move forward and have a look."

The mercenaries gathered their bearings and continued to move forward.

They had just walked a short distance when they heard buzzing sounds in the distance once more.

This time, it was different. The sounds came from a further place.

The sounds were very dense. It was as if they had returned to the time when a large number of dragon mosquitoes had gathered.

Everyone couldn't help but stop in their tracks, their hearts trembling.

It seemed that a large number of dragon mosquitoes had gathered somewhere in the distance.

"The sound is coming from there."

Fang Heng thought for a while and said, "Large numbers of people easily attract the attention of the dragon mosquitoes. Let's retreat first. Later, we'll find a few who have learned aura concealment to go deeper and explore with us."

"Yes," Ma Xiaowan agreed with Fang Heng's suggestion and nodded her head. Soon, she selected a few players from the team. Together with Fang Heng and the others, they formed a small team of eight. They carefully entered the shrubbery and groped forward.

Along the way, everyone on the team held their breath and focused, trying not to make a sound.

They gradually fumbled forward in the short thicket for five minutes.

Mo Jiawei pried away the tree branches hanging down in front of him.

Hmm?

There was an empty space not far ahead. Behind the empty space was a large lake.

The moonlight shone on the surface of the lake, giving off a pale glow.

This, this is…

Mo Jiawei could not help but cover his mouth to stop himself from shouting.

He felt as if he had seen a ghost!

Everyone followed Mo Jiawei's line of sight and looked over. With that, all of them had gloomy and extremely unsightly expressions.

Fang Heng leaned over to observe and then frowned as well.

Above the lake, large groups of dragon mosquitoes had gathered. They were a dense blanket of black that almost covered the entire lake!

What was even more terrifying was that there were white dragon mosquito pupae on the surface of the lake!

The pupae were densely arranged on the surface of the lake. When the wind blew, they swayed in the direction of the wind, making the onlookers' scalps tingle.

From time to time, dragon mosquitoes would break out of the cocoons and fly into the sky.

Ma Xiaowan's face turned pale.

The pupae almost covered the lake, and her trypophobia was about to act up!

Mo Jiawei could not help but exclaim in a low voice, "What the hell! I had been wondering where so many dragon mosquitoes came from, so it turns out they have built their nest here!"

[Hint: The player has discovered the nest of the dragon mosquitoes. The target of the current side mission, in-depth investigation, has been changed. Please try to clear the nest.]

[Mission title: In-depth investigation]

[Mission description: you have discovered the nest of the dragon mosquitoes. Why are they here? Please try to clear the dragon mosquitoes' nest.]

[Mission reward: 10 hours of additional trial time]

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other after receiving the mission notification.

As expected, this side mission wouldn't be that simple!

The 10-hour bonus trial time reward was not that easy to get!

Ma Xiaowan's heart was in chaos, and so was her brain.

She had never thought that she would encounter such a situation before coming here.

What to do? What should she do?

If they did not destroy the pupae completely, the dragon mosquitoes would breed again, and the Chambers of Commerce would still not be able to collect materials from the forest in peace!

Fang Heng rubbed his chin and said while thinking, "It seems like we have to think of a way to get rid of these pupae."

Hmm, it's not enough to just clear the pupae to complete the mission. It would be best to take care of the dragon mosquitoes as well. After all, that would be a huge sum of mutation crystals!

Ma Xiaowan's mind was in a mess. After hearing what Fang Heng said, she subconsciously nodded in agreement, "Ah, yes, this…"

Fang Heng was looking at the pupae on the surface of the lake and thinking of something when he suddenly noticed something. He frowned again and said, "Look over there!"

Everyone looked in the direction that Fang Heng was pointing and their expressions became more solemn.

In the distance, there was a giant dragon mosquito more than five meters long hovering on the lake's surface, slowly flying in the direction of the group.

Including its wings, it looked more than eight meters long from a distance, just like a huge monster!

It was the leader of the giant-sized dragon mosquitoes.

Just by looking at its size, the mercenaries felt a strong sense of oppression from far away.

In addition, there was a dense group of dragon mosquitoes nearby.

The deputy commander, Ku Nuo, who had come along, couldn't help but gulp and said in a low voice, "Everyone, the leader of the dragon mosquitoes should be patrolling. It's not coming for us, but it's still too dangerous here. We'll be in trouble if it senses us. I suggest that we retreat first, then think of a way."

"You're right. It's not safe here. Let's go back first."

The mercenaries nodded in agreement and quickly returned the way they came.

Ma Xiaowan and the others only heaved a sigh of relief after everyone had carefully retreated and regrouped with the waiting team.

It was only then that they realized that their backs had unknowingly been soaked in a cold sweat.

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1023 Snatch

The mercenary group learned about what had just happened from Ma Xiaowan, and they were all shocked and broke out into cold sweats.

There were countless pupae, adult mosquitoes, and even the leader of the giant-sized dragon mosquitoes!

This fight was not going to happen.

No one wanted to stay here any longer for fear of being noticed by the dragon mosquitoes.

"Everyone, the situation has changed. We'd better go back and report to the Chamber of Commerce first. We'll think of a way to ask the army to help."

"Let's go back and discuss it. It'll not be good if we're discovered."

"That's right. Okay, let's go back first."

"Heh…"

Ma Xiaowan was discussing their return when she suddenly heard a chuckle. She could not help but turn around to look at Fang Heng.

Fang Heng's eyes were filled with greed.

The number of dragon mosquitoes hidden was unexpected. If they could find a way to wipe them out all at once…

Then, it would not be a dream to reach level 27!

But what method could they use to kill this wave of monsters?

Seeing Fang Heng's strange behavior, Ma Xiaowan felt a little scared and asked carefully, "Do the two of you have any thoughts?"

"Oh, nothing. I thought that going back now won't be so easy the next time I came."

Fang Heng looked at Ma Xiaowan and said, "You all saw the white pupae on the lake just now. I think many dragon mosquitoes will hatch again after some time. Now is the best time for us to attack. It's a pity to give up."

Ma Xiaowan fell silent.

Ma Xiaowan and the others also looked at Fang Heng with strange looks.

They all thought that the two necromancy mages had gone crazy.

A pity?

My ass!

With such a dense mass of dragon mosquitos, it was already a blessing to remain alive.

What else did they want?

Indeed, if they could clear out these pupae, they could get a lot of rewards from the Chamber of Commerce.

However, no matter how good the reward was, one had to be alive to receive it!

Ma Xiaowan did not want to offend the two necromancy mages. She smiled stiffly and declined, "It's a pity, but our abilities are limited. A commander-level creature is beyond our capabilities. I'm afraid only the Empire's regular army can deal with such a large-scale mass of dragon mosquitoes."

"Alright, since you insist on leaving, I won't force you."

Fang Heng spread his hands.

"I have a friend nearby. He might have a way to deal with these dragon mosquitoes."

"What? Friend? Nearby?"

A necromancy mage's friend?

Ma Xiaowan was stunned.

"Anyway, I still want to try."

The party's vice commander, Ku Nuo, asked in surprise, "You guys aren't leaving?"

"Well, we still have to stay behind to verify some things. Since you're ready to leave, I wonder if you can provide me with some help."

Fang Heng said with a gentle smile.

He already had a preliminary battle plan in his mind.

However, he still needed some verification and cooperation.

…

Half an hour later, Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei were hiding in the short thicket, looking at the lake from afar.

The two of them discussed for a moment.

"Well, I've given it some thought, and the plan is feasible," Mo Jiawei said.

"Alright! Let's do it!"

Fang Heng was very straightforward. He directly controlled the fusion Tyrant form to appear from a distance and swaggered toward the lake.

The fusion Tyrant form's body was huge and hard to hide, so he might as well not hide!

Whoosh…

The dragon mosquitos on the surface of the lake immediately noticed the intruder. They gathered around the fusion Tyrant form in an attempt to kill the intruder.

Almost instantly, the fusion Tyrant form was surrounded by the dragon mosquitoes.

The dense needle attacks fell on the body of the fusion Tyrant form like raindrops.

The HP of the fusion Tyrant form was dropping rapidly!

It was reduced to 8%.

Then, its HP started to jump between 8-20%.

The lasting effect was too practical against physical attack units!

No matter how he was stabbed, he would not die!

The fusion Tyrant form rushed forward against the crazy attacks of the dragon mosquito swarm. When it reached the lake, it opened its big hand, grabbed a handful of pupae, and then ran back without looking back.

"Huh?"

The dragon mosquitoes were a little confused at first.

Then, they were infuriated.

Was it snatching their pupae?

The act of the fusion Tyrant form had successfully incited the anger of the entire tribe!

The swarm of dragon mosquitoes on the river's surface stirred up as they chased after the fusion Tyrant form.

Fang Heng, observing in secret, wiped the sweat off his forehead.

He felt his scalp numb when he saw the black mass of dragon mosquitoes chasing after him.

It was no wonder Ma Xiaowan's mercenary group ran away quickly after hearing his plan.

Being targeted by these dragon mosquitos was indeed very miserable.

Fortunately, the fusion Tyrant form had attracted their anger, and they overlooked Fang Heng and the other man secretly observing from a distance.

"Yes, let's go after them."

Fang Heng patted Mo Jiawei's shoulder and chased after him.

He wanted to test the extent of the dragon mosquitoes' protection of their pupae.

After all, Fang Heng once heard that many insects did not care about their offspring's survival. There were also cases where they ate pupae as food.

"Let's go!"

Along the way, many dragon mosquitoes chased after the fusion Tyrant form that had stolen the pupae, constantly making buzzing sounds.

Even when they left the Cesar forest and crossed the stream, the dragon mosquitos still persevered in their pursuit.

Swish!

"Even the Cesar forest can't stop them?" Mo Jiawei cursed softly. "This hatred is more significant than we expected."

"Well, let's test it again and see how long they will chase after it."

…

In the forest, on the trade route back to the village, Ma Xiaowan's team hurried on with their journey.

Ma Xiaowan did not know why, but she had a bad feeling.

To try to attract that wave of dragon mosquitos and kill them?

Recalling the nonsense that the two necromancy mages, Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei, had spouted, Ma Xiaowan had a deeper understanding of them.

Yes, they are a bunch of lunatics.

Ma Xiaowan did not want to cause any trouble, so she returned to the camp and the village overnight.

What if Fang Heng and the others lured the monsters to their camp?

Necromancy mages were the incarnations of disasters!

There seemed to be a voice in Ma Xiaowan's heart telling her to stay away from Fang Heng.

The further, the better.

Finally, she had slipped away.

However, they encountered many dragon mosquitoes this time, and it was confirmed that there was a large nest of dragon mosquitoes in Cesar forest. What should they do in the future?

If she did not deal with the dragon mosquito nest, wouldn't she be unable to go to the Chamber of Commerce's Cesar forest in the future?

Based on the size of the Wantong Chamber of Commerce, they could not afford to hire people to clean up the nests of the dragon mosquitoes.

No one would take this kind of job even if they were offered money.

Would the empire intervene if they asked for help from the empire's military?

Lost in her thoughts, Ma Xiaowan's ears twitched, and her brows furrowed.

She seemed to have heard a buzzing sound.

They were already far away from the Cesar Forest, so how could they still hear these buzzing noises?

Is it chronic tinnitus?

After all, she had heard this annoying sound for a long time. It was so torturous that Ma Xiaowan did not feel good.

A scout from the mercenary group ran over in a hurry and reported, "Not good! Captain, there's a large number of dragon mosquitoes coming towards us from behind."

"What?"

When Ma Xiaowan heard the report, she stood rooted to the ground.

"What did you just say?"

"Captain, a large number of dragon mosquitos are chasing us from behind."

"Why would they be?"

Ma Xiaowan immediately took the telescope and looked back.

Far away, on the trade route at the back of the group, two tall men as tall as small mountains were running wildly.

Behind them, a large swarm of dragon mosquitos was chasing after them.

These two big and tall guys…

Flesh puppets?

After taking a closer look, Ma Xiaowan's face turned pale.

Weren't the flesh puppet holding the pupae of the dragon mosquitos she had seen on the lake?

In a daze, Ma Xiaowan's ears echoed Fang Heng's crazy words about luring monsters and killing all of them in one go.

Crazy!

Necromancy mages were a bunch of lunatics!

Had they stolen the pupae of the dragon mosquitoes?

What were they thinking?

This monster-luring technique was horrible!

Indeed, the legends were true.

Necromancy mages were all disasters!

Ma Xiaowan's head hurt severely, and she could not help but hold her forehead.

To be safe, she had already fled with her team that night, but she did not expect to meet them again.

They were plagued by disaster!

Seeing the dense swarm of dragon mosquitoes chasing after them, the mercenary group was extraordinarily nervous and asked, "Commander, we should…"

"Line up! Prepare for battle!"

Ma Xiaowan gritted her teeth.

What else could she do?

They could not run away, and trying to escape would only cause more significant losses!

It was better to fight face-to-face.

At the very least, the flesh puppet could share the firepower.

Ma Xiaowan's eyes quickly scanned the surroundings. The two necromancy mages should be nearby.

Fang Heng and his peer were following the swarm of dragon mosquitoes from a distance and were stunned when they saw Ma Xiaowan's team in the distance.

This mercenary group seemed to be a little unlucky.

Mo Jiawei pursed his lips and said, "Mmmmm, I heard that the merchants had built a road in the forest for the convenience of transporting supplies. It seems that this is the only road. We will meet."

"So that's how it is. It seems like I have to help them."

Seeing that Ma Xiaowan's team was in a defensive position, ready to face the enemy, Fang Heng gave them a thumbs up in his heart.

If they had run away from the dragon mosquitos, they would suffer heavy losses, so it was better to fight them head-on.

Fortunately, after a long chase, a large portion of the dragon mosquitoes had fallen behind halfway, and the number of dragon mosquitoes chasing them had been reduced to one-tenth.

Under Fang Heng's control, the fusion Tyrant form suddenly slowed down when it was about to approach the mercenary group.

They protected the pupae they had snatched with one hand and clenched their other hand into a fist to attack the swarm of dragon mosquitoes chasing them.

"Fire!"

Ma Xiaowan immediately ordered.

A dense rain of arrows shot out from the mercenary group, and dragon mosquito corpses fell to the ground one after another.

The mercenary group was experienced in battle. They immediately lit dragon-spine fir tree leaves in front of the team and released thick smoke to disperse the dragon mosquitoes.

The intelligence of the dragon mosquitos was limited, and most were utterly enraged by the tyrant Body Fusion.

After being attacked, only a tiny number of dragon mosquitoes chased after the mercenary group, while most stared at the fusion Tyrant form and attacked.

Seeing this, Ma Xiaowan finally heaved a sigh of relief.

She would first deal with the dragon mosquitoes that attacked the mercenary group, then slowly deal with the rest that was angered by the fusion Tyrant form.

Relying on the fusion Tyrant form as a human shield, the group of lickers that caught up with them took half an hour before completely clearing the dragon mosquitoes.

Only then did Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei slowly step out of the dense forest.

"It's great to have met you guys."

Fang Heng thanked Ma Xiaowan and the others, then waved his hand at the corpses of the dragon mosquitoes on the ground.

The blue crystals mixed with the dead bodies flew into Fang Heng's hand.

[ Hint: Player has obtained 97 Tier 1 mutation crystals. ]

Ma Xiaowan looked at Fang Heng, feeling bitter in her heart.

If she could, she would not have helped.

She was unlucky!

"This group of dragon mosquitos has been chasing us. I wouldn't have known what to do if I didn't meet you."

Fang Heng chuckled, "I don't have any reward to offer. Why don't I give you a share of the pupae we robbed?"

As he spoke, the fusion Tyrant form walked up and handed the pupae over.

Ma Xiaowan's face stiffened again.

She had not wanted the pupae!

This wasn't good. What if more dragon mosquitos came after them?

Ma Xiaowan felt that her smile must have been very stiff.

"Thank you. We appreciate your kindness. But pupae are not very useful to us, and I'm a little allergic to these things."

"I see. That's a pity. What about you guys? You're welcome to have them."

Fang Heng looked at the other mercenary group leaders behind Ma Xiaowan.

"No, no."

"I don't need it…"

"Thank you, but I don't need it."

Everyone politely waved their hands as if they were avoiding the God of Trouble.

"Alright."

Fang Heng thought that pupae should be pretty valuable and had research value. Why did no one want them?

He shrugged his shoulders helplessly and naturally followed the mercenary group.

After all, he had caused some trouble for others, so he decided to protect them for a while.

Seeing Fang Heng and the others joining the team so naturally, Ma Xiaowan was terrified.

However, she did not dare to drive away Fang Heng and the other person.

Helplessly, she could only bring the two of them along.

When the team was close to the forest entrance, Fang Heng finally proposed to split up. He also asked Ma Xiaowan for some dragon-spine fir tree leaves for research purposes.

Hearing that Fang Heng was going to leave, Ma Xiaowan immediately separated the trunk full of dragon-spine fir tree leaves without caring about their intention.

"Old Mr. Mo, I keep feeling strange about this group of people."

Fang Heng touched his chin and pondered as he watched Ma Xiaowan and the others head toward the village in a panic.

"It's a little strange."

Mo Jiawei did not take the mercenary group to heart. He patted Fang Heng's shoulder and said, "Brother, don't overthink it. We've already gotten the dragon mosquito pupae. Let's quickly get Genius Qiu to study them. Don't let Wei Tao and the others stay here for too long."

"Alright."

The two of them discussed and returned to the temporary camp in the forest.

In the middle of the night, torches around the temporary camp illuminated the whole base as if it were daytime.

A small number of lickers were patrolling around the camp.

Sandy had just completed a masterpiece, but no one could appreciate it, so he wandered around the door gloomily.

Coincidentally, he saw Fang Heng returning with the fusion Tyrant form. His eyes lit up at once, and he waved at them excitedly.

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1025 The Fog

"Oh! Fang Heng! You're back! I've already restored the basic patterns on the stone chest!"

"Well done! Where's Qiu Yaokang?"

"What?"

Fang Heng was concerned about leveling up and killing monsters and thus looked for Qiu Yaokang.

Sandy turned his head to look in the direction of the laboratory, "I haven't seen him. He should still be in the laboratory."

Mo Jiawei ran to the laboratory and called Qiu Yaokang, "Genius Qiu, we finally found you. We brought back a lot of good stuff this time. Come take a look!"

"Good stuff?"

Qiu Yaokang was still setting up the temporary laboratory. When he heard the good news, he was tempted and came out to take a look.

"Oh, interesting. They seem to be some mutated mosquitoes."

Qiu Yaokang's interest was piqued when he saw the dragon mosquito pupae and corpses outside the laboratory.

He walked to the front of the pupae, put on his gloves, and checked them. He then took out a pen from his pocket and poked them. "Is this a native species of this world? It's fascinating research material. Help me move it in. I need to go into the laboratory to check it in detail."

"Okay, okay. Do it as soon as possible. We're in a hurry."

Fang Heng controlled the zombie clones to move the bodies and pupae of the dragon mosquitoes into the room and briefly told them what they had encountered on the way.

Sandy also stuck his head in to listen.

"Oh right, these are leaves of the dragon-spine fir tree."

"Okay, I got it."

Qiu Yaokang took the leaves from Fang Heng and nodded. He blocked the three of them at the door with his body and closed the door behind him.

Fang Heng and the other two looked at each other outside the door.

Well, he was used to it. Qiu Yaokang never wanted to be disturbed when he was researching.

"Fang Heng! Fang Heng!" Sandy stood in front of Fang Heng excitedly, waving his hands and feet to attract Fang Heng's attention. He said, "Alright, alright, it's my turn now. You'll never guess what I saw on that mysterious stone chest!"

Fang Heng's attention was attracted, and he could not help but ask, "What? What is it?"

"It's a mural! It's a narrative mural!"

"Oh? You've restored it?" Fang Heng asked in surprise.

"Of course! I'm the only artistic genius who can restore it!"

Sandy chattered excitedly, pulling Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei to the wooden cabin in the camp.

"You guys would never have thought that the murals would be zoomed in and carved in a tiny area. God, I've never seen this kind of art before! It was so imaginative, and that carving ability was unheard of! Look, this is the image I restored after I enlarged it twenty times."

Seeing the murals on the wall restored, Fang Heng was surprised.

This was…

Fang Heng's expression gradually turned grave after carefully examining the mural's contents.

The first mural depicted a disaster.

Like fire, the entire forest and village were on fire, and dead bodies were everywhere.

Then, in ruins, a group of people surrounded a rock as if arguing about something.

After the argument, one of them tried to touch the stone.

Immediately after, the scene suddenly became extremely strange. The person who touched the stone became weird as if he had turned into a ghost or demon.

The people who had been watching were frightened and fled in all directions.

Mo Jiawei observed the stream of consciousness on the mural, touched his chin, and asked, "Look, those monsters with bone spears in their hands, aren't they the cave hosts that we've been to underground not long ago?"

"Yes, they look similar. Then, besides them, are the bigger ones humans?"

"Yes."

"It looks like they were discussing something and even had a fight."

"What is that stone?" Fang Heng asked suspiciously.

"Who knows?"

At the end of the scene, the parasite in the cave made a stone box and put the stones into it.

Fang Heng touched his chin and muttered in his heart.

So, the thing initially placed in the stone box was some stone?

But why was Tang Mingyue's exploration box empty?

Who had snatched the stone away first?

Upon closer inspection, the stone in the last image was much smaller than the previous stones, and the shape was not quite the same.

Could there be two types of stones?

There were too many questions.

"Hah. It's a work of art, right?" Sandy was delighted with his artistic recovery ability. He looked at Fang Heng pridefully and asked, "Fang Heng, what do you think?"

Fang Heng's thoughts were interrupted, and he gave Sandy a thumbs up, "Good!"

"Haha." Sandy's sense of vanity was instantly satisfied, and he said with a smile, "I told you, you definitely wouldn't lose out by bringing me to this trial. Oh, right. Other than this, I also discovered something."

"There's more? What is it?"

"It's the mark on the outside of the stone box. After I restored the mark on the outside of the stone box, I found a mark similar to the white whale at the bottom. It's the emblem of the Mahert Empire royal family, the Andrast family that established the entire dynasty!"

Frowning, Fang Heng looked at the mural again. "Are you trying to say that one group of people on the mural is likely to be the emperor's ancestors?"

"What?" Sandy blinked his eyes and shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, no, I'm just saying that my talent in art restoration is one of a kind!"

…

While Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei were pondering over the main storyline, Tang Mingyue and the others were still looking for the mole in Hani City.

"I saw a ghost! It's not him. We've checked everything."

"Our thinking should be correct. The princess's secret trip this time is strictly confidential. Only these three people in Hani City can know the news."

"But we've investigated them all. There's nothing wrong with these three people."

"Is there a problem with the direction of the investigation?"

"Could it be that the mole isn't in Hani City?"

"No, the game prompt is in the city. That can't be wrong."

"Think about it carefully. There must be something that we've overlooked."

The players felt tired.

After endless effort, everyone felt like they had returned to the starting point.

Why was this game so challenging?

In the silence, Zhong Zhi, who played the role of the think tank in the team, raised his head and analyzed, "After carefully recalling everything that happened after we arrived in Hany City, I think we've missed one person."

"Who is it?"

"City Lord Klein."

Everyone was stunned.

City Lord?

The one who gave the mission was the criminal who leaked the information.

The players looked at one another.

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1026 Mixed

"That's not right. Klein doesn't look like it. According to Klein, we were affected by a particular poisonous gas after entering the cave, and part of our memories was forgotten. He knew in advance that we had lost part of our memories, so it was easy to fool us. There's no need…"

Zhong Zhi turned to look at the man and interrupted, "So, how do you know he's not lying about his memory loss?"

The crowd fell silent again.

Wei Tao made a prompt decision. "Let's go. Don't waste time here. We'll find Brian and ask him about the situation."

"Yes, for safety's sake, be prepared to fall out with each other this time."

As they were discussing, a game prompt appeared on their retina.

[ Prompt: Your party member has completed the side mission. Your party has received an additional 2 hours of trial time. ]

What?

The team members looked at each other.

Teammates? A side mission?

What was going on?

After being stunned for a moment, Mikhael was the first to react. He asked tentatively, "Fang Heng?"

That was right!

It was Fang Heng!

Who else could it be other than him?

It was so late at night. Why did he not hurry over to meet up with them? Instead, he ran off to do a side mission.

Everyone looked at each other, feeling a little annoyed.

Wei Tao took a deep breath and said, "All right. Let's ignore Fang Heng for now. I believe he knows what he's doing. Let's continue with the main storyline."

"Yes."

…

After hearing Fang Heng's words in the small village outside the forest, Ma Xiaowan was stunned. "What do you want?"

"Kerosene. Or some other oil."

Fang Heng explained, "It's the middle of the night. The merchants in the village have closed their doors. It's not appropriate to rob them by force. So, I came to you for help. You seem to have some connections with them."

"Uh, yes…"

Ma Xiaowan felt bitter.

What bad luck!

Why was she being pestered by the two necromancy mages?

Originally, Ma Xiaowan was prepared to lead the mercenary group back to Hani City after returning to the village.

Unfortunately, the mercenary group had been tired for most of the night, and their morale was low. They could not continue to travel through the night.

In addition to the persuasion of the accompanying team, Ma Xiaowan could only let the mercenary group rest in the village for the time being and set off again at noon the next day.

The mercenary group had just settled in their accommodation. Then, she saw Fang Heng and the other man.

"Do you need a lot of it? We still have some kerosene left in our supplies."

"I'm afraid it's not enough. We need a lot. The more, the better."

Ma Xiaowan was helpless.

Why did he suddenly need so much kerosene in the middle of the night?

Wait a minute, why did they want those things?

The Deputy Commander of the mercenary group, Ku Nuo, suddenly thought of something. His expression changed, and he asked tentatively, "You two want so much kerosene. Don't tell me you want to burn the pupae on the lake?"

Fang Heng nodded and said matter-of-factly, "Yes, you're right."

"What?"

Ma Xiaowan was once again shocked by the necromancy mages' shocking train of thought.

Crazy!

A bunch of lunatics!

Previously, the dragon mosquitoes had chased the two of them across half the forest just by picking up a few pupae.

And now, he wanted to burn all the pupae on the lake?

Who knew what these berserk dragon mosquitos would do?

The dragon mosquitoes would not let him go.

Ma Xiaowan felt a chill run down her back, and two words appeared in her heart.

Bad luck!

This would not do. The village would be in danger if this continued.

They could not stay in the village for long either. Once the sun rose, the mercenary group must quickly leave.

It was too dangerous!

Well, the further away from these two necromancy mages, the better.

Ma Xiaowan's expression changed several times in a short time. She was already thinking about how to escape as soon as possible.

"I hope to get the assistance of your mercenary group," Fang Heng cupped his hands and said in a friendly manner.

Ma Xiaowan and her assistant, Ku Nuo, looked at each other.

What else could they do?

The origins of these two necromancy mages were too mysterious, and they were terrifyingly powerful!

They could not afford to offend them!

"We're in contact with the merchants. We can help you get the kerosene as soon as possible, but I still don't recommend you burn the pupae on the lake. It's too dangerous."

"Thank you for your help. Please send the kerosene to the village entrance as soon as possible. I've already marked the receiving location on the map."

Hearing Ma Xiaowan's agreement, Fang Heng immediately ignored her advice and handed her the map with the marked assembly point.

"Also, do you have any extra leaves from the dragon-spine fir tree used to repel the dragon mosquitos? We also want to buy some. The more, the better." Fang Heng nodded. "As for the reward, I don't want the commission reward for clearing the dragon mosquitos. I'll leave it all to your mercenary group to decide."

…

"It's just in front."

Two hours later, under the protection of the mercenary group, the workers hired by the merchant pushed carts into the forest and arrived at the location marked on the map.

The workers were extremely surprised by the newly built temporary camp in the forest.

The forest was filled with danger. Who would have the guts to set up a camp here?

When did this happen?

What made the merchants and workers feel even more strange was that all kinds of wood materials were piled up near the camp, and even furnaces were burning.

It was extraordinary.

The campsite seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

Which merchant had sent over so many resources?

Everyone looked at each other and was suspicious when a young man walked out of the cabin.

His face was cold and arrogant. "Have you brought the things? I hate the noise, so please be gentle when you place it. Thank you."

Hearing this, the workers shut up and began to unload the goods on the spot.

Qiu Yaokang turned around and returned to the wooden house. He closed the door and walked to the experimental table. He carefully poured a purple powder from the beaker and placed it in front of Fang Heng.

"I've tested the leaves of the dragon-spine fir tree. After burning, it produces a mixed gas. This gas can cause a temporary coma to the dragon mosquitos."

"Is it just a temporary coma?"

Fang Heng was a bit disappointed.

The mercenary group had once used the smoke produced by the dragon-spine fir tree's burning leaves to block the dragon mosquitoes' attack.

He initially thought that it was something like a pesticide.

"I've roughly analyzed it and briefly concluded that I've found a mixture of Icaridin and a unique plant component in the leaf. I've extracted it."

Qiu Yaokang held the analysis materials in his hand. "Also, the method you proposed to use high temperatures to deal with the dragon mosquito pupae is feasible. The pupae are afraid of fire and have good flammable properties. Setting fire is a shortcut to solving the problem."

Fang Heng's eyes lit up. "So the mixed burning plan I mentioned before feasible?"

"Of course, it's nothing more than mixing the extracted mixture with kerosene. After burning it, it will emit a stimulating smoke that will cause the dragon mosquitoes to be unconscious." Qiu Yaokang's face was calm. "It's not difficult to do this. You only need to try a little bit of introductory chemistry."

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1027 The Beginning

Qiu Yaokang looked at the sky outside and said, "Due to the limitation of the experimental equipment, it will take time to extract and mix. If we want to get a particular oil concentration, we'll probably have to wait until daybreak tomorrow."

Daybreak?

Fang Heng could not help but take a look at the game time.

It was already half past three in the morning.

The time had dragged on for a bit too long. As for Wei Tao…

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other.

Who cares!

He could make up for the extra 10 hours if he completed the mission.

"Yes, the extraction work can be handed over to the zombies, and I'll complete the refinement work."

Qiu Yaokang nodded and continued, "There's another thing I'm more concerned about."

Mo Jiawei came over curiously and asked, "What? Did you find something else?"

"My research on the pupae has found that it takes at least a month for ordinary dragon mosquitoes to enter the adult stage from the pupa state. The only difference from the life forms in our world is…"

Qiu Yaokang stopped talking and led Fang Heng and the others to the experiment table at the side, falling into deep thought.

On the experimental table was a dissected corpse of the dragon mosquito pupa.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm thinking about how to explain scientific discovery in a way you can understand."

Mo Jiawei was silent for a moment.

"Come on, say it."

"Well, let's put it less appropriately. According to the law of energy conservation, the dragon mosquitoes' hatching process requires energy. According to your description, the current dragon mosquito community can't possibly have such mighty power to hatch so many offspring."

Mo Jiawei and Fang Heng exchanged glances.

This was indeed strange.

"During the testing process, I found that the liquid outside the body of the dragon mosquito pupa contained a trace of energy. I suspect that there is something wrong with the lake water." Qiu Yaokang touched his chin and said, "It's very likely that the lake water originally contained a high concentration of energy. However, after leaving the lake, the energy in the liquid quickly disappeared."

"I see. Alright, I'll check the water carefully the next time."

Fang Heng made a mental note and decided to investigate the lake water later.

…

The sun was shining on the lake at dawn the next day in the Cesar forest.

A gentle breeze blew, and the layers of white cocoons on the water's surface swayed with the wind.

In the short thicket not far from the lake, Mo Jiawei pushed aside the branch beside him and whispered, "It's coming! The round trip will take about 20 minutes."

"Alright."

Fang Heng was also observing the water in the distance with his telescope.

The lake's surface was huge and covered with white cocoons.

The leader of the dragon mosquitos patrolled the surface of the lake without rest or sleep. It would appear once every 20 minutes.

They tried not to attract the attention of the leader.

Fang Heng waited patiently. When the patrol time of the dragon mosquito leader was over, he immediately controlled the fusion Tyrant form and began the action.

"Let's go!"

The fusion Tyrant form that was not far away immediately started to move, dragging the heavy cart behind him toward the lake.

Fang Heng spent most of the night controlling his zombie clone to extract liquid components from the leaves of the dragon-spine fir tree.

The zombies were using the wooden utensils and tools they had just made to do the delicate work of extracting.

Fortunately, Fang Heng had meager requirements for the performance of the extracted solution.

It was acceptable as long as it could be used.

Ultimately, the zombie clones took away the barrel of mixed kerosene that Qiu Yaokang had successfully made.

It filled up a total of 18 large carts!

The fusion Tyrant form used the vines growing from its body to pull the cart forward.

Far away, many dragon mosquitos on the lake's surface had discovered the fusion Tyrant form.

They recognized the guy who had stolen their pupae!

The enemies' eyes turned red when they saw the scene.

Immediately, a swarm of densely packed dragon mosquitoes rushed toward the fusion Tyrant form.

The dozen or so fusion Tyrant forms were already used to it, and they did not even bat an eye when they saw the swarm of dragon mosquitoes.

They continued dragging the cart behind them slowly.

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz…

The dragon mosquito swarm immediately attacked!

The long-range needle attacks swept over in a concentrated wave.

Countless needles pierced into the bodies of the fusion Tyrant forms.

There was no reaction. On the contrary, filled with needles, the fusion Tyrant forms looked more intimidating.

The dragon mosquitos also rushed up and surrounded them in a dense circle. They began to use their needles to peck and attack.

It was still ineffective!

They felt like they were pecking at a rotten turtle shell!

No matter how hard they tried, they could not stop the fusion Tyrant forms from advancing.

The densely-packed dragon mosquitoes began to turn around and tried attacking the cart behind the fusion Tyrant forms.

Unexpectedly, Fang Heng was well prepared.

Behind them, many vine-like zombies wrapped their vines around the boxes of mixed kerosene, covering them with their bodies and protecting the carts with their lives!

The fusion Tyrant forms had long been accustomed to the attacks of the dragon mosquito swarm, and they relied on their undying bodies to resist the damage!

Taking the attack head-on, they dragged their heavy bodies forward and slowly approached the lake.

Mo Jiawei was anxious as he counted the time. He could not help but urge them in his heart, "Hurry, hurry up. Just a little faster…"

The dragon mosquitos noticed the fusion Tyrant forms moving toward the lake again. They knew they were up to no good and would attack the pupae, so they shot them crazily!

More dragon mosquitoes swarmed up, almost blocking their vision.

The fusion Tyrant forms crashed into them until they reached the lakeside, and they threw the cart full of oil barrels into the lake!

Then, they turned around and left.

What were they doing?

The dragon mosquitos were slightly afraid of water. They were at a loss for a moment.

A moment later, the zombies attached to the cart with vine entanglement skills also entered the lake.

A small portion of the dragon mosquitoes chased after the fusion Tyrant forms and continued to attack. The remaining dragon mosquitoes were like headless flies, wandering around the lake's surface, constantly making buzzing sounds.

Everything seemed to have returned to normal.

Gurgle…

Only the gurgling sounds of water and oil were heard.

The special kerosene floated to the lake's surface after it leaked out of the broken box.

After more than ten minutes during which the fusion Tyrant forms made two transportation trips, one could notice that a layer of special kerosene had gushed out of the lake.

The oil was spreading rapidly around the lake!

"It's almost time. The leader of the dragon mosquitos will be back soon."

Mo Jiawei rubbed his hands and took a deep breath. He felt as excited and nervous as he was when he blew up a manure pit as a child.

"Fang Heng, how is it? Are you starting?"

"Yes, let's start."

Fang Heng looked excited and nodded his head. He called a licker over.

Creak creak creak…

Fang Heng lit a match and threw it at the licker beside him.

Swish!

Whoosh!

The licker's body was covered in kerosene, and the moment it came into contact with the flame, its entire body was instantly surrounded by intense flames.

"Charge!"

1028 Special Effects

Whoosh!

The burning licker moved toward the lake.

The dragon mosquitoes also noticed the licker that was on fire.

What was that thing?

The burning licker also gave off a very unpleasant smell, preventing the dragon mosquitoes from getting close.

However…

Seeing the licker rushing towards the lake, the dragon mosquitoes realized their pupae were under threat, so they braced themselves and ran towards the licker.

"Whoosh!"

The licker sped up madly and charged forward, taking the damage and passing through the swarm of dragon mosquitoes.

Just as the licker was about to charge into the lake, a large shadow suddenly swept across the surface.

The leader of the dragon mosquitos!

"Bang!"

The leader used its body to crash into the burning licker, causing it to fly backward.

Immediately after, many dragon mosquitoes surrounded the licker, preventing it from moving!

"F*ck!"

Mo Jiawei could not help but curse as he observed through the telescope in the distance.

"Don't panic. It's just a small matter."

Fang Heng licked his lips.

He still had a backup plan.

In the next moment, 20 lickers covered in flames appeared from all corners of the forest.

They charged at the lake from all directions at the same time!

Wow!

"Awesome!"

Mo Jiawei's eyes lit up, and he excitedly patted Fang Heng's shoulder. "Big brother! You're awesome!"

The leader of the dragon mosquitos panicked.

High-level creatures were naturally sensitive to threats, which was why they had stopped the lickers from entering the lake.

However, there were suddenly so many lickers.

The leader of the dragon mosquitoes quickly pounced on the burning lickers, trying to stop them. However, it had no way of preventing so many lickers from coming to the lake simultaneously!

Whoosh!

A licker broke through the dense swarm of dragon mosquitos and leaped high above the lake!

Plop!

The dragon mosquito jumped into the lake.

Boom!

Almost instantly, flames soared into the sky.

The layer of oil floating on the lake's surface was ignited and burned wildly!

All the pupae on the lake's surface were instantly ignited!

Thick smoke rose from the lake!

"Hahahaha! Success! It's done!"

Mo Jiawei, watching from a distance with a pair of binoculars, could not help but slap his thigh and shout in excitement.

Realizing that the pupae were being destroyed, the dragon mosquito community went crazy.

Fang Heng could hear buzzing sounds constantly in his ears!

The dragon mosquitoes on the lake's surface flew around like an exploding pot.

They were highly anxious!

They wanted to save the pupae but were afraid of fire, so they had no way to do anything!

Therefore, they wanted to rely on the wind when they flapped their wings to extinguish the flames.

However, the fire only got bigger!

The lake was covered in black smoke.

Game hints refreshed crazily on Fang Heng's retina.

[ Hint: You have destroyed the pupa. ]

[ Hint: You have destroyed the pupa. ]

[ Hint: You have destroyed the pupa. ]

[ Hint: The poisonous smoke you released has an unknown effect on the dragon mosquitos. ]

Looking at the burning camp and the frantic dragon mosquitoes in the distance, Mo Jiawei felt highly pleased. He could not help but mutter, "This feels so good. So good."

Fang Heng's eyes were also filled with excitement, and he was even looking forward to something else.

"Hah. The show has just begun."

The thick black smoke was mixed with a pungent smell from the burning of the pupae and the distinct smell of the burning leaves of the dragon-spine fir tree.

The dragon mosquitoes were like headless ants scurrying around on the surface of the lake.

They did not realize the real threat!

"Watch!"

Fang Heng exclaimed in his heart.

The first dragon mosquito that had absorbed a large amount of poisonous gas fell from the sky in a dazed state.

Soon, the group of dragon mosquitoes began to fall one by one!

Chi!

After the dragon mosquitoes fell into the water, they were immediately stained by the kerosene and became fuel, adding more fire to the lake!

Everything was burning crazily!

"F*ck! They are poisoned! Poisoned!" Mo Jiawei was pleasantly surprised. He turned around and looked at Fang Heng, "Am I right? An extract from dragon-spine fir tree leaves!"

Mo Jiawei suddenly understood!

"Hahahahaha. That's for sure. Genius Qiu is awesome!"

Seeing that the plan was successful, Fang Heng laughed out loud.

It was worth bringing Qiu Yaokang and the others to the trial!

Fang Heng added a dragon-spine fir tree pesticide to the oil to take advantage of the dragon mosquitoes' protection of their pupae.

The longer the dragon mosquitoes stayed on the lake, the more pesticide they inhaled, and the easier for them to become unconscious and fall from the sky.

Once they fell into the sea of fire, they would be covered in oil, and their entire body would start burning.

No chance of survival!

The game hints at Fang Heng's retina flashed crazily.

[ Hint: You have destroyed the dragon mosquito. ]

[ Hint: You have destroyed the dragon mosquito. ]

[ Hint: You have destroyed the elite dragon mosquito. ]

[ Hint: You have destroyed the dragon mosquito. ]

Cool!

This was much more efficient than last night!

Moreover, since the game had determined that Fang Heng had contributed a lot to the kill, the drop rate of the mutation crystals was higher than last night!

Fang Heng could already see the mutated blue crystals on the lake's surface and under the flames!

He had earned so much!

He would reach level 27 this time!

It was just that he was too far away and could not get it directly.

He would wait a while longer.

Fang Heng suppressed the anxiety in his heart.

"Hey, Fang Heng! Look! Look!"

Mo Jiawei noticed something and pointed to his right.

What? The leader of the dragon mosquitos!

When the commander-level life form realized that many larvae had died, it flew back from a distance in anger.

It might have sensed that the thick smoke on the lake was poisonous, so it stayed nearby.

In a panic, it flapped its wings at the edge of the lake, trying to extinguish the fire.

Unfortunately, it was impossible!

A low-level creature like it would never put out the oil personally concocted by Qiu Yaokang!

Fang Heng sneered disdainfully in his heart and squinted his eyes.

"Lovely. I dare you not to leave," thought Fang Heng.

"I'll get rid of you too!"

Not far away, the fusion Tyrant forms who had completed their transportation mission jumped into the burning lake.

After that, they rolled on the water's surface, and their bodies were immediately set ablaze.

Immediately after, they charged toward the dragon mosquito leader.

The leader was utterly infuriated. Seeing the incoming fusion Tyrant forms, it pecked forward with the sharp spikes in its mouth.

Poke!

A pitch-black hole was instantly pierced through the body of a fusion Tyrant form!

Black and stinky blood flowed out of the holes.

The eyes of the dragon mosquito leader revealed a human-like fear.

Did it not kill him?

The next moment, the burning fusion Tyrant form held the dragon mosquito leader tightly with its arms. Thin, burning vines extended from its body and wrapped around the dragon mosquito leader.

Unfortunately, the vines were quickly burned to a crisp due to the fire's additional effect.

The fire effect looked intimidating, but the actual binding product was almost non-existent.

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1029 Bloodthirst Thorn

The leader of the dragon mosquitoes was indeed frightened.

In a panic, it flapped its wings and tried to fly higher to shake off the fusion Tyrant form.

As soon as it flew into the air, the fusion Tyrant forms chasing after it rushed up one after another. They stomped on the ground and leaped into the air, grabbing the leader tightly!

Bang Bang!

Following that, more and more fusion Tyrant forms pounced on the dragon mosquito leader, grabbing it tightly.

The dragon mosquito leader could not support the weight of five or six fusion Tyrant forms. It tottered in the air for less than 10 seconds before swooping toward the lake.

Boom!

After coming into contact with the layer of burning oil on the lake's surface, the leader began to burn wildly, struggling violently!

Unfortunately, the dragon mosquito leader's strength attribute was not high, to begin with. All of its skills were restrained by the fusion Tyrant form. In addition, it was affected by the poisonous smoke, and its attributes were further weakened!

No matter how hard it struggled, it could not escape the combined control of the six fusion Tyrant forms. It was also forced to endure the torture of the oil and poisonous smoke in the sea of fire.

Its HP continued to drop.

The fire burned for an hour.

The game hints at Fang Heng's retina updated at a slower rate.

There were no surviving dragon mosquitoes on the lake's surface, leaving behind a layer of dark gray ash and mutated blue crystals.

Hah. He had earned a lot this time.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Awesome!

"Let's go and take a look."

The two of them walked to the lakeside. Large patches of burning kerosene on the lake's surface were still filled with an unpleasant smell.

Fang Heng stretched out his hand and raised it.

A dense mass of mutation crystals on the lake's surface was sucked into his hand.

[ Hint: The player has obtained 3703 Tier 1 mutation crystals and one high-energy mutation crystal ]

[ Hint: The player has met the requirements to level up. Do you wish to level up? ]

[ Hint: The player has leveled up to level: 27. Due to the player's innate skill, the player has obtained an additional 211 zombie clones. ]

[ Hint: The current number of zombie clones: 1265 ]

[ Hint: 500 Tier 2 mutation crystals will be consumed to upgrade the player's character level in the next stage. ]

Whoo!

Cool!

There were more than 200 zombie clones when he leveled up from level 1 to level 17. Now, he could get so many after leveling up once!

These were all productivity and combat strength!

Fang Heng was extremely excited!

He wondered when he would be able to reach 10000 zombie clones.

The ground around his feet began to roll, and more than 200 zombie clones struggled to climb. They gathered together shakily and lined up behind Fang Heng, making a big scene.

Fang Heng observed the game promptly.

The higher the character's level, the more difficult it would be to level up in the subsequent games.

The next step to reach level 27 required the Tier 2 mutation crystals to kill higher-level creatures.

This was also within his expectations.

Fang Heng passed the Tier 1 mutation crystals to Mo Jiawei, allowing him to level up and increase his combat strength.

Mo Jiawei had been stuck at level 20 for a long time.

After all, there were limited resources in the elementary games. Not everyone could farm vast resources to level up like Fang Heng.

Most of the high-level players who stayed in the elementary games were few. The players either overdid it or entered the intermediate-level games early.

After Mo Jiawei obtained the mutation crystals, he happily began to transform the mutation crystals into evolution crystals, and he leveled up continuously.

It was time to return to Hani City and meet up with the others.

Completing the mission would give them an additional 10 hours, which could be considered as making up for the time they spent.

What? No, why had the mission completion notification not been refreshed?

Wasn't the dragon mosquito nest already destroyed?

Fang Heng felt strange and raised his head to look at the lake again.

Many dragon mosquitoes and their pupae had been wholly burned. A black substance floated on the lake's surface, and it was apparent that it was impossible to collect any valuable props and blood from the corpses.

Well, this was still a little imperfect.

Wait, what was that?

Fang Heng's eyes lit up when he saw the silver light reflected by the sunlight.

It was a long sword.

Fang Heng controlled the licker to enter the lake and pick up the long sword floating on the lake's surface.

[ Hint: The player has obtained an item: Bloodthirst Thorn (bound) ]

[ Item: Bloodthirst Thorn ]

[ Type: Long sword ]

[ Rarity: Perfect ]

[ Property: Lithe ]

[ Description: A long sword made from the sharp thorns of mutated dragon mosquitoes. It is unusually light and possesses a portion of the abilities of mutated dragon mosquitoes. ]

[ After equipping, players will receive: ]

[ Strength 5. ]

[ Physical strength 5. ]

[ Agility 5. ]

[ Equipment Requirement: Player level: 18, agility: 25 ]

[ Additional Skill: Bloodthirst (passive effect, can be released actively) ]

[ Skill Description: After attacking an enemy with a stab and causing damage, you can absorb the enemy's strength and immediately recover 50% of the attack's HP. You can randomly drink 0.3 of the enemy's strength, stamina, or agility attributes (attribute absorption duration: 5 minutes, ineffective against friendly units). After active skill release, attribute absorption duration is increased to 20 minutes (cooldown time: 8 hours). ]

[ Unique Description: This effect is ineffective on certain unique life forms (such as zombies, souls, machinery, elements, etc.) And most life forms without blood. ]

That was not bad.

It should be a treasure that arrived after killing the dragon mosquito leader.

Fang Heng observed the attributes of the weapon for a while. At the same time, several ways to play with this weapon emerged in his mind.

It seemed that he was fortunate this time.

Judging from the weapon's attributes, the dragon mosquito leader was not as simple as it looked.

The leader's needle attack could not only absorb HP to recover itself but also absorb attributes.

This was terrifying.

It was only because its enemy was the zombie clones, so it could not absorb any attributes or blood.

In addition, they had planned and set up a poisonous sea of fire in advance. Only then did they use the terrain advantage to eliminate the leader quickly.

Fang Heng tried to wave the long sword in the air a few times and then frowned.

It did not feel very comfortable.

He still preferred the feeling of using the big hammer.

This weapon was too light, and he was not used to using it.

Initially, he wanted to trade it with Mo Jiawei, but unfortunately, the weapon was bound and could not be traded.

Unlike the elementary games, the equipment dropped by the monsters in the intermediate games was mainly bound. Usually, only the player with the highest killing contribution could obtain the right to use it.

"Forget it. I don't have any suitable weapons on hand. This Bloodthirst Thorn can be a quick transition to deal with some unique situations," thought Fang Heng.

For example, he could activate his skills before fighting tiny monsters to increase his attributes.

"Fang Heng, what's that? Someone's coming?"

"What?"

Fang Heng noticed Mo Jiawei was looking up at the sky with a frown.

He also raised his head and looked at the sky.

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1030 Ambush

In the distance, a black dot flew over the lake's surface.

"It seems to be coming here! Hide!"

There was nothing to hide from in the surroundings. Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei jumped into the water at once and hid among the grayish-black remains on the lake's surface.

He looked up and saw an eagle circling in the air.

The eagle had a vast body, and its wings were more than six meters wide.

There seemed to be someone standing on the back of the eagle, looking down.

Fang Heng was shocked.

"A human?"

Mo Jiawei immediately covered his left eye with one hand and tried to figure out the other party's identity.

[ Character: Unknown ]

[ Hint: Your perception is much lower than the opponent's. Your detection has failed. ]

[ Hint: Your actions may attract the attention of extraordinary people. ]

Mo Jiawei was stunned.

This was the first time he had encountered such a hint.

Only the Prince of Vampires was a bit stronger in the previous elementary games, but the intermediate game differed.

The eagle circling in the sky seemed to be only scouting. It did not stay long and soon flapped its wings and gradually left their sight.

Mo Jiawei said in a deep voice, "Fang Heng, this is a unique NPC. His perception is powerful. I can't get any information from him."

"I see."

Fang Heng looked away from the sky and shook his head, "Forget it. Let's not worry about it. Let's focus on the main storyline first. Let's find a way to complete the main task first."

"Yes, yes." Mo Jiawei was about to agree when he looked at the game hint. "This is strange. Wasn't the dragon mosquito nest already destroyed? Why isn't there a notification that the mission is complete?"

Fang Heng also found it strange and opened the mission panel again to check.

The first stage of the side mission was to investigate the cause of the appearance of the dragon mosquitoes. The second stage was to destroy the nest.

There was a tick at the end of the second phase of the quest, which meant that it had been completed.

"It seems like we have to continue our investigation."

Fang Heng looked at the lake and said thoughtfully, "I remember Qiu Yaokang said that this lake might contain a lot of energy to breed dragon mosquitoes."

Mo Jiawei suddenly understood. "Are you trying to say that there's something under the lake?"

"Yes."

Fang Heng looked at Mo Jiawei without saying a word. He only nodded in agreement.

"What?!"

Mo Jiawei blinked a few times before asking, "Shall we go into the water and take a look?"

"The lake is so big. I'm waiting for you to give the order to choose a place to investigate."

"Big Brother, don't do this. I don't know how to choose a place. You can't always use metaphysics."

As Mo Jiawei spoke, he suddenly raised his eyebrows as if he had discovered something.

"What's wrong?"

Mo Jiawei pointed at the lake not far behind Fang Heng and said, "Fang Heng, look. Didn't bubbles come up from there?"

What?

Fang Heng turned his head and looked in the direction Mo Jiawei was pointing at.

Looking at the peaceful lake, Fang Heng also showed a suspicious look.

What? Were there bubbles?

Whatever. If Mo Jiawei said there was, then there was!

"Let's go and look," Fang Heng said immediately.

The two of them had learned skills related to swimming and diving in elementary games, so they did not waste any time and jumped into the water, swimming toward the bottom of the lake.

…

At the vanguard camp of the barbarian race, the young barbarian general Luo jumped down from the back of the Griffin and strode into the tent.

In the tent, more than ten barbarians were discussing something.

Loke looked around and shouted, "Commander, there was a strange movement in the dragon mosquito nest. When I checked, the nest had been destroyed, and there were signs of human activity. To avoid alerting the enemy, I did not reveal my identity."

The tent instantly fell silent.

The young barbarian Commander, Ulmoye, was expressionless. It was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

A moment later, Ulmoye let out a disdainful sneer. Heh, humans are indeed challenging to deal with.

An elder of the barbarian tribe looked at Ulmoye and said, "Commander, the humans may have already noticed our plan. I suggest we take action immediately."

"What about you guys?"

"Commander, the ambush is ready. Since the dragon mosquito nest has been destroyed, there is no need for us to wait any longer. I suggest we attack immediately to avoid any trouble."

"Yes. Go on!" Ulmoye nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Yes, sir!"

The barbarian officers were all excited. They left their tents one by one, ready to lead their men to invade the human territory.

Luo was the last to leave. After everyone had left, he asked, "Commander, do we need to retrieve the Stone of Origin?"

"There's no need to waste any more time. The remaining energy in it has been exhausted. You should also take your men and set off immediately."

"Yes!"

…

Outside the city gate of Hani City, the City Lord Brian had his brows tightly furrowed, and his face was filled with pain.

He apologized to Tang Mingyue for the fifth time. "Princess, I didn't expect Hart to be such a person. I didn't discipline my subordinates well enough. I'm humiliated. Please punish me, Princess!"

Tang Mingyue sighed heavily in her heart.

She also wanted to beat up Brian to vent her anger.

It was this idiot who wasted an entire night to find the traitor!

But so what if she beat him up to vent her anger?

It might even affect their relationship and make the subsequent quests more difficult.

Her heart was tired.

This game was challenging to play!

Before this, everyone had already prepared to confront City Lord Brian, so they were mentally prepared.

They did not expect the plot to change after finding Brian.

After investigating for a long time, they found no problem with Brian, but it was actually with the City Lord's guard, Hart.

The City Lord, Brian, was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

His guard had been hiding by his side for more than twenty years and had won his trust.

Who knew he was a traitor? Who the f*ck could stand this?

Fortunately, Tang Mingyue had returned safely this time. Otherwise, he, a mere City Lord, would have been finished!

"I'll make up for my mistake."

Tang Mingyue was helpless.

She was under a lot of pressure.

For this mission, the player team had already wasted more than ten hours.

Then, the follow-up mission came.

The traitor committed suicide by swallowing medicine after being found.

However, the players still had many means. After searching the soul's memory, they found some clues.

It was related to the Ninth Prince!

Unless…

What a good show of fighting for the throne!

Tang Mingyue conjured up a Palace drama in her mind.

She was already starting to feel a headache, and her temples were twitching.

However, after the traitor committed suicide, there was no news of completing the game's main storyline.

Did he have to go to the Empire's central city to confront the Ninth Prince after completing the mission?

Wei Tao gathered everyone for a discussion, and in the end, they decided to split up again.

Tang Mingyue and Wei Tao returned to the capital of the Empire, Atamai, to continue their search for the traitor.

Riding the Imperial Military Griffins in Hani City would only take three hours.

Of course, this time, Tang Mingyue's trip was a secret, which required the City Lord to coordinate and mobilize the Empire's military resources in an emergency.

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1031 No-show

Noticing the anxiety of Tang Mingyue and the others, Brian comforted them, "Your Highness, I've sent someone to communicate and coordinate our later preparations. The griffin farm will soon send someone to pick us up. It'll be fast…"

Wei Tao looked at the remaining time of the trial and felt uneasy.

He couldn't help but look up at the end of the road outside the city.

Their trip to Hani City this time had been full of difficulties. They had wasted too much time investigating.

He couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if he had chosen to let Fang Heng come with them.

Would Fang Heng notice the problem?

Also, why wasn't Fang Heng here yet?

They had agreed to meet in the morning, but why was he a no-show?

Could it be that he was delayed by a side mission?

At first, Wei Tao and the others were planning to wait for Fang Heng to come, then discuss the investigation in the Empire's main city with him.

Wei Tao wanted to bring Fang Heng along to the Empire's capital, Atama.

Just as he was thinking, two crisp chirps came from the sky.

The Empire's griffins circled twice in the air before slowly landing in front of the group.

Tang Mingyue's eyes lit up.

The Empire's griffins had gray and white feathers, with a cluster of white on the top of their heads. Their eyes were bright and they looked quite handsome.

"Gugu!"

The griffins were not afraid of people at all. One looked at Tang Mingyue curiously and even jumped two steps forward to her side, then rubbed her cheek affectionately.

"Gugu!"

The breeder took a few more glances at Tang Mingyue.

That was strange. Other than the caretaker, griffins were rarely this close to humans.

"City Lord," The breeder cupped his fists at the City Lord.

"Yes, this is the secret investigation team sent by the Empire. There is important military information that needs to be reported back to the main city immediately. Take them there right now and ensure their safety, understand?"

"Yes!" The leader of the breeders looked at Tang Mingyue and the others, "Officers, are we leaving now?"

The group took one last look at the end of the small path outside the city.

They still couldn't see Fang Heng's figure.

They could only hear the "gugu" sounds that the Empire's griffins let out when playing with Tang Mingyue at the side.

It was impossible to go offline and contact the outside world during the trial mission, and they couldn't contact others through the survival radio either, so it was likely that they would not be able to contact Fang Heng.

"Ahem," Wei Tao coughed lightly to draw everyone's attention back, "Forget it, we can't wait anymore. Fang Heng might have been delayed by some emergency. Yu Sheng, your talent skill might be useful. This time, you will come with us to the main city."

"Yes!"

Wei Tao then looked at Mikhael, "I'll leave the team to you for this period."

"Don't worry, leave it to me. I'll continue the exploration mission with my men."

Tang Mingyue had already sat on a griffin's back with the help of the breeder.

It was her first time riding such a flying mount, so she was quite excited. She gently stroked the feathers on the back of the griffin.

"Alright, alright. Don't worry about Fang Heng. He's stronger than us. He's definitely living a better life than us."

"I'm not worried about his safety. I'm just afraid that he'll do something…"

As Wei Tao was speaking, he suddenly stopped.

Several lines of game hints appeared on the retinas of all the trial players.

[Hints: The player team has completed the mission, exterminating the dragon mosquito nest. The players have received an extra 10 hours of trial game time.]

[Hint: The players' main mission has been triggered, the barbarian race's ambition.]

[Mission: The barbarian race's ambition.]

[Mission description: The dragon mosquito nest has been destroyed. The barbarians have made a wrong judgment and launched an attack on the cities in the southern part of the Empire in advance (all barbarian units' attributes will be reduced by 10%). The major border cities in the southern part of the Empire and some of the northern parts will be attacked.]

[Mission description: Hani City is one of the barbarians' attack targets. The barbarians' first step will be to attack the surrounding villages and military bases of Hani City. Please assist in guarding the villages near Hani City and stop the barbarians' attack! (The barbarians will launch a full attack on the defensive facilities and villages outside Hani City within 60 minutes.)]

[Mission requirement: Protect the villages and military facilities around Hani City. Delay the barbarians' attack until a new main quest is triggered. (When 90% of the affiliated military buildings, territories, and villages outside Hany City fall, the mission will automatically be deemed as a failure.)]

[Failure penalty: Enter the follow-up side mission, protecting Hani City.]

[Mission hint: The players can choose to give up the mission to protect the villages and trigger the next stage of the mission, protecting Hani City.]

Seeing the lines of mission hints, everyone fell silent.

Wei Tao's expression was indecipherable.

There was too much information in the game hints, and he couldn't digest it for a while.

10 hours of extra trial time?

Barbarian invasion?

Protect Hani City?

What was happening?

Tang Mingyue was also confused.

When she looked up, she saw that everyone's faces were also filled with the same inexplicable shock.

What the hell was Fang Heng doing?

As everyone else remained silent, Wei Tao said in a deep voice, "This is troublesome. It seems that the main mission of this trial is related to the barbarians."

Hearing Wei Tao's words, everyone started to realize the severity of the problem.

So this trial mission was related to the invasion of the barbarians?

Did they need to stop the barbarian invasion?

Anyone who could become a World Lord in the Zombie Apocalypse was no idiot. Just by looking at the game hints, they could immediately make connections and analyze a lot of information.

Everyone quickly communicated with their eyes.

The more they thought about it, the more surprised they were.

How did Fang Heng do it? To think he started with a side mission and greatly advanced the game's progress?

"Umm… What's wrong?"

Everything had been fine just a moment ago, but when he saw the atmosphere in the team suddenly become extremely heavy, City Lord Brian was a little confused.

That's strange, Her Highness Ming Yue had just been urging them to return to the main city in a hurry, so why was she hesitating now?

"Your Highness, we…" Brian asked carefully, "Are we still setting off?"

"No," Tang Mingyue turned to Brian and said, "Brian, the barbarians are attacking the Empire. Their army will soon invade Hani City. Get the operations department into position immediately and send a distress signal to the Empire for help!"

"Huh? How could it be?"

Tang Mingyue's expression turned serious and she said sternly, "Go!"

Brian realized that Tang Mingyue was not joking. His expression changed immediately, "Yes!"

It was difficult to resist a barbarian invasion just by relying on the players' strength, so they had to find a way to borrow some strength.

The game might have given Tang Mingyue the identity of the Empire's Princess due to the consideration of difficulty.

Everyone looked at each other and saw the worry on each other's faces.

They hoped that the Empire would be a reliable ally.

"Everyone," Mikhael said suddenly, "Have you realized that the main mission of finding the spy has not disappeared yet? Now, both main missions are in parallel."

"What?"

Everyone looked at the mission list carefully and found that it was just as he had said.

"Do you think the Ninth Prince is related to the barbarians?" Mikhael asked quietly.

Everyone was shocked.

It was, after all, a main mission, and the probability of the two being completely unrelated was extremely small.

"F*ck, what if he backstabs us?"

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At the bottom of the lake in Cesar forest, Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei were looking at each other.

Following Mo Jiawei's direction, they soon found a black stone under the lake.

In the beginning, Fang Heng felt that the stone contained energy fluctuations.

Just as they discussed moving the stone up to study it, lines of games appeared unexpectedly when their fingers touched the stone.

Main storyline?

The barbarian race invasion?

There was too much information, and Fang Heng found it challenging to digest.

They should deal with this rock first!

Fang Heng lowered his head again to observe the properties of the rock.

[ Item: Unknown ]

[ Description: An unknown rock. ]

[ Description: This unique item can not be placed in the backpack or pass through the time passage. ]

The stone was not heavy, but he could not put it in his backpack.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei nodded and gestured to the water's surface.

Mo Jiawei immediately understood and cooperated with Fang Heng to fish the stone out of the deep bottom of the lake.

After much effort, they finally dragged the stone to the water and threw it on the river bank.

Fang Heng climbed out of the lake and observed the rock.

It was extraordinary.

It was unknown what unique material the stone was made of, but its surface was extremely rough, and there were even fine holes.

Energy fluctuations continued to leak out from the holes on the stone's surface.

Fang Heng touched his chin.

According to Qiu Yaokang, the dragon mosquito pupae needed to absorb a large amount of energy to hatch, and the energy required to hatch was from this big stone.

He thought of the stone chest he had obtained in the cave.

A mural on the outside of the stone box depicted a group of people cutting and dividing the stones.

Could it be the same type of stone?

Mo Jiawei thought of Sandy's drawing and turned his head to ask, "Fang Heng, why don't we bring it back for Qiu Yaokang to study?"

"Yes."

He was unsure what to think of it, so he might take the stone back for Qiu Yaokang to check.

But then again, what was the situation with the game hint regarding the barbarian race invasion just now?

Fang Heng opened the hint for the game's main storyline and rechecked it.

His eyes lit up when he saw the news that the barbarians were about to attack the villages near Hani City.

"We only triggered the mission after touching the stone. It seems like these two incidents are related," Mo Jiawei analyzed.

"Yeah, I think so too."

Mo Jiawei continued, "Aren't the barbarians able to control wild beasts? In my opinion, the dragon mosquitoes were bred by the barbarians as they wanted to use their power to deal with the human empire. Since we destroyed the nest in advance, they decided to lay their cards on the table and directly attack the human cities. They've revealed their true intentions."

"That's reasonable," Fang Heng agreed.

"The barbarians will attack several major border cities, including Hani City. What's our next step? Are you going to meet up with Wei Tao?"

The next step?

Of course, it was to protect the village and complete the mission!

The barbarian race!

He wondered if he would obtain a Tier 2 mutation crystal after killing them.

Oh, right, there was also blood!

Fang Heng's eyes flickered with a touch of expectation, and he said, "The team trial mission is shared. Wei Tao should have received the mission notification. They should have a mission arranged. Let's not find them. We'll go back to the main storyline."

"Alright."

While he was talking, the fusion Tyrant forms walked over under Fang Heng's control. They lifted the big stone on the ground and wrapped it tightly with vines.

"Let's go!"

…

In the village outside the forest, the Tianli Mercenary slept for a few hours before dragging themselves out of bed to pack up and prepare for their journey.

Necromancy mages were genuinely terrifying.

Ma Xiaowan and the other mercenary group commanders were still in shock after what had happened last night.

Ma Xiaowan felt it was better to run away and hide in the city before the gates of Hani City closed tonight.

In short, the further away they were from the two troublemakers, the better.

The team was preparing supplies and getting ready to set off when Ma Xiaowan suddenly heard a noise outside.

She looked out of the window and noticed a commotion in the village.

A mercenary group member ran into the room in a hurry.

"Commander! Something bad has happened."

Ma Xiaowan's heart sank.

As expected, disaster still came!

Ma Xiaowan had already anticipated that something unexpected would happen, so she calmly asked, "What is it? Hurry up and tell me!"

"The Empire's army stationed in the village suddenly announced martial law. The entire town has been completely sealed off, and all access prohibited."

"What?"

Ma Xiaowan was stunned.

What was going on? Was the Empire making a big move?

Why was the disaster so terrible this time?

While she was still in shock, another subordinate hurriedly ran in from the door and reported, "Commander Ma, the deputy commander of the Empire's 78th legion stationed in the village, Ao Cang, invites you for a discussion immediately. He says that there's an important matter, and it's extremely urgent."

"Do you know what it is?" asked Ma Xiaowan.

He carefully swallowed his saliva before saying, "It seems that the barbarian race has invaded."

The barbarian race?

Ma Xiaowan's heart sank, and an unspeakable fear rose.

This was not good!

In recent years, there have been incidents of savage beasts attacking human empires. However, the savage beasts constantly attacked the northern regions of the Empire. This time, they were attacking from the South.

…

At this moment, Fang Heng had just returned to the temporary stronghold in the forest with many harvested materials.

After reaching level 27, Fang Heng had more than 300 regular zombie clones as coolies.

After waiting for a while, the proliferation effect would appear, and their work would double.

The only thing they lacked now was iron ore to mass-produce ironware.

Otherwise, the zombie clones could be equipped with high-tier collection tools on a large scale and improve their efficiency.

Qiu Yaokang took a closer look at the stone that Fang Heng brought back and immediately asked someone to get it into the research room to study it.

Fang Heng controlled the zombie clones to build fortifications outside the temporary camp and then sent a small number of lickers to the Cesar Forest's periphery to investigate the barbarians' movements.

Were the barbarians preparing to attack the human empires?

He could stop them here!

He would give them a head-on blow!

Then, it would be a mass slaughter.

Fang Heng thought to himself in satisfaction.

He did not know what level the barbarians were and what mutation crystals they could provide.

It would be great if a Tier 2 mutation crystal appeared. He would probably be able to level up two or three more times.

If he were lucky, he might even be able to awaken the sacred tree's seed.

Fang Heng was moved.

From the analysis of the game's background information Wei Tao had obtained, the barbarians were generally muscular and did not look much different from ordinary humans.

They had a unique bloodline that was passed down from ancient times. Their physical strength and brute force far exceeded ordinary people, and they could erupt with extraordinary combat ability when they were on the verge of death.

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1033 A Mistake

These were not the most terrifying things.

Some barbarians could master the method of entering Tier 2 after being stimulated mentally, and their strength would experience explosive growth.

However, the barbarian's overall lifespan would also be greatly reduced after entering Tier 2.

After a long period of research, the Empire's scholars believed that the barbarian's Tier 2 state was a combat technique that consumed one's life potential.

They were using their lives in exchange for a short period of strengthening.

It was undeniable that the barbarians posed a great threat to the Empire.

Under the pressure of the barbarians, the Empire integrated and unified the martial arts cultivation system, and this was passed down within the Empire's military.

After that, martial arts techniques were gradually promoted and spread widely in the Empire.

The barbarians could not learn this technique.

Before entering the trial, Fang Heng had been thinking about learning human cultivation techniques if he had the opportunity.

After all, the cultivation technique was widely circulated and could be considered a common product. It should not be difficult to learn.

Fang Heng retracted his gaze. He had to set up a defensive line as soon as possible and quickly upgrade the level of the blood altar.

The fusion Tyrant forms worked with the Lickers to return to the entrance of the Cesar Forest, constantly transporting the dragon mosquito's blood back and refining it through the blood pool.

Very good!

Now, they just had to wait for the barbarians to arrive and confront them directly.

Fang Heng was in high spirits.

It was said that the barbarians didn't know magic and only knew physical attacks.

If the information was right, his zombie team would be invincible!

If everything goes well, he would be able to gather enough blood in one go and summon the Vampire King's coffin as soon as possible…

…

Time passed by.

The sun was high in the sky. The continuous chirping of insects could be heard in the forest.

The temporary camp was set up with three layers of defensive lines. It had been two hours since the game prompt had sounded. It was still calm.

Fang Heng gulped down a bottle of coffee while searching for the game prompts.

"Something's not right…"

Didn't the game prompt say that the barbarians would attack in 60 minutes?

Where were they?

A feint?

Were they trying to use tactics?

Even the mission prompts could be fake?

Mo Jiawei was also a little anxious from waiting. He turned around and asked, "God, there's still no movement?"

"No, I didn't,"

Fang Heng furrowed his brows and carefully looked through the game notifications.

This was really weird!

In order to discover the enemy as soon as possible, he had specially sent two teams of Lickers to intercept them at the entrance of the Cesar Forest domain.

However, two hours had passed, and there was not even a single monster in sight.

Could it be that there was a change in the mission?

Mo Jiawei was also out of ideas and asked, "Then what should we do? Are we still going to continue waiting?"

Fang Heng stole a glance at Mo Jiawei and wondered if he was starting to exert his strength again.

Alright, what should they do now?

Fang Heng was also a little conflicted.

After all, the mission hint had told him that he had to defend the village, so it should be a good thing that no one was attacking the village.

However, if the enemy really did not come, how was he going to farm for mutation crystals to level up?

And how could he obtain a large amount of blood to awaken the sacred tree?

While thinking, Fang Heng opened the game's mission panel and took a look at the mission description.

Suddenly, Fang Heng noticed a detail and realized something.

Terrible!

"Not good!"

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"I made a mistake! The mission we triggered is to defend the villages near Hani City," Fang Heng explained with his brows tightly knitted.

"Yes, that's right. That's why we're waiting here. Once the barbarians come out, we'll teach them a lesson."

"Yes, because of the dragon mosquitoes, we've determined that the barbarian's attack is coming from Cesar Forest. But is that really the case…?"

Ha?

When Mo Jiawei heard that, he finally reacted. He opened his mouth and said, "The Cesar Forest is a no-man's land. In fact, it's not the barbarian's territory. So, you're saying that the barbarians would not attack from the forest's direction?"

"D*mn! The barbarians have divided themselves into multiple attack points and are attacking the villages and military facilities around Hani City at the same time. Cesar Forest should have been one of the attack points of the barbarians, but we have already exterminated the wave of dragon mosquitoes in the forest ahead of time. Of course, there's nothing for us to wait here!"

Fang Heng had already figured it out. He cursed in a low voice, "Let's go. Let's hurry back to the village. We should be able to make it in time."

After saying that, Fang Heng immediately controlled the zombie team to take action. He brought his weapon and headed back to the village in a grandiose manner.

…

The camp was not far from the village and it would only take around ten minutes to get there.

Fang Heng stood on the back of the fusion Tyrant form and advanced at full speed.

From afar, Fang Heng saw the village surrounded by wooden fences in the distance and felt a little relieved.

"It's not too bad. The village was not attacked. We made it in time."

"We've probably destroyed most of the dragon mosquito nests," Mo Jiawei said. "This village isn't the first target of the savage beasts either."

"Yes, let's go to the village to take a look."

Fang Heng controlled a large group of zombies and rushed toward the village.

Not far away, on the lookout tower above the village, seeing the horde of zombies outside, the faces of the guards on duty turned green.

What kind of monsters were those?

A zombie horde?

Wasn't it the barbarian race that was attacking? Why did it become a zombie horde?!

"Dong Dong Dong!!!"

The alarm in the city was immediately sounded.

The guards from the Empire all turned pale.

"Eh? No, it's Boss Fang's undead creatures!"

Ma Xiaowan had been invited to help the Empire guard the village, and she immediately reacted when she saw the zombies outside.

"You know them?"

The deputy commander of the Empire's guard legion, Ao Cang, frowned.

"Yes, I've worked with them before. They shouldn't be here with ill intentions."

Ma Xiaowan responded, but her mood didn't improve at all.

She felt that things had gotten worse.

The village was finished!

The catastrophe had come to their village!

If she had known earlier, she would have run the moment she detected the catastrophe!

"Is that so…"

Ao Cang didn't know what Ma Xiaowan was thinking. He looked at the horde of zombies outside and couldn't help but feel a chill.

"Be alert!"

Ao Cang didn't dare to let his guard down. He raised his hand to signal the army to be on guard.

The archers on the city wall raised their bows and took aim.

Ma Xiaowan's mercenaries all looked dejected, and they didn't seem to have any intention of attacking the zombies outside. They just stood there in a daze.

Bow and arrow?

It's no use…

Last night, even the dragon mosquito needles couldn't kill the zombies, so how could they be stopped by bows and arrows?

Was this a joke?

Stop pretending.

They were too lazy to draw their bows.

Sure enough, just as Ma Xiaowan had said, the undead creatures stopped outside the village.

A young man wearing a mask and a gray robe walked out of the zombie horde.

Fang Heng walked to the entrance of the village, looked up at the figure on the sentry tower behind the wooden fence, and said loudly, "No offense, but I'm a necromancer. My friends call me Boss Fang. I heard that the Empire is under attack by the barbarians, so I want to help. I mean no harm."

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1034 Rescue

On the high platform, Ao Cang's brows were tightly knitted.

The other party's background was unknown and he was leading so many zombies outside. If they opened the village gates and let them in, what would happen if they were enemies with malicious intent?

The most suspicious thing was, how did this necromancy mage know about the barbarian invasion?

Ao Cang turned to Ma Xiaowan and asked, "Are they reliable?"

!!

Ma Xiaowan's face was bitter.

She wasn't sure if they were reliable. As for whether being them would bring disaster, that was true.

After all, ever since she met Fang Heng, danger had come one after another.

Ao Cang's heart sank when he saw the struggle on Ma Xiaowan's face.

Ma Xiaowan sighed, "In my opinion, we should let them in."

After all, even if they really wanted to stop him, they couldn't!

Let's not be stubborn and just let them in while the other party was still asking nicely.

Ao Cang noticed Ma Xiaowan's expression and could guess what was going on. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He was the deputy commander of the Empire's seventh guard legion. Due to his family's prestige in the Army for generations, he had come to the small village to train and gain experience.

Who would have thought that they would encounter such an unexpected incident?

The Empire's troops stationed in the village were only a small team of 50 soldiers with average strength.

The most reliable combat strength at this point was Ma Xiaowan's group of mercenaries instead.

Seeing that this group of mercenaries didn't have the slightest bit of desire to fight against the other party, Ao Cang suddenly lost his desire to fight as well.

Since it was certain he could not defeat the necromancy mage, he might as well not offend him.

Rather, they might have to rely on him to save the village instead.

Ao Cang raised his hand to signal the crowd to open the gate. At the same time, he stood on the sentry tower, cupped his hands to Fang Heng, and said very politely, " "Respected necromancy mage, I am the deputy commander of the Empire's seventh army legion, Ao Cang. I am in charge of the safety of the village. Your undead creatures may cause fear among the civilians, so please try not to bring a large number of undead creatures into the city."

Fang Heng nodded in agreement after hearing the polite words of the other party. He simply left the zombie team outside the door and entered the village with Mo Jiawei.

After climbing up the wooden sentry tower, Fang Heng saw Ma Xiaowan, who was standing beside Ao Cang with a bitter expression on her face.

Fang Heng nodded to her since they were old acquaintances.

Ma Xiaowan responded with a stiff smile. She really wanted to cry.

Seeing that Fang Heng really didn't bring any zombies into the city, Ao Cang heaved a sigh of relief.

After introducing each other, Ao Cang told Fang Heng about the current situation of the village, "Mr. Fang, we've just received an urgent message from the Empire. The barbarians are invading the empire on a large scale, and the Empire's reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible. We just need to hold on for a while and wait for the reinforcements to arrive…"

"Yes."

Fang Heng listened to Ao Cang's statement and shifted his gaze to the village.

The current goal of the barbarians was to attack the village, so he might as well build a blood altar in the village.

By using the village as a defensive stronghold, he would not have to transport blood back and forth then, which would save him a lot of trouble.

Well, the premise was that he could win.

Just as he was thinking, two war horses galloped over from the right side of the village.

On the sentry tower, a guard recognized one of the men on the warhorse and immediately reported, "Commander, that's Shrek. I know him. I've worked with him before! He was supposed to be in charge of guarding the forest outpost."

Shrek, who was riding toward the village on his warhorse, also noticed the figure on the guard tower. He waved his hand and shouted in the direction of the sentry tower, "Reporting! I'm private third class, Shrek! The front lines at the outpost in the forest are being threatened by the barbarians and the outpost has fallen. Commander Ding Wu is leading the remaining troops to resist the barbarians. We have received orders from Commander Ding Wu to report that the barbarians will be here soon. Please be prepared for battle!"

Everyone's heart sank again.

The entire village was enveloped in an extremely tense atmosphere.

The defensive measures and forces of the sentry towers were much stronger than that of their village.

Yet, they were destroyed?

Wasn't that a little too fast?

Ma Xiaowan couldn't help but turn around and look at Fang Heng.

Disaster!

It hasn't even been two minutes, right? And the enemy was already coming to their door!

"Don't be afraid!" Ao Cang forced himself to calm down, "Everyone, listen to my orders! Prepare your defenses! We have to stop the barbarians outside the village! Fight for the Empire!"

"Fight for the Empire!" The crowd shouted in unison.

[Hint: Some of the subsidiary buildings (including villages, outposts, mines, etc.) outside Hani City have fallen. Player, please be careful. (Currently, the barbarians have controlled/destroyed 28% of the subsidiary buildings outside Hani City.]

[Hint: The barbarian team is chasing after the remaining soldiers at the outpost. The barbarian team is estimated to arrive at the player's current village in 45 minutes. Please be prepared.]

Two lines of game hints refreshed. Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other.

"What a coincidence," Fang Heng said, "Why don't we take the initiative to attack and take this opportunity to test the strength of the barbarians?"

Before Mo Jiawei could answer, Ao Cang was stunned, "Now?"

To think he wanted to take the initiative to attack. Was he crazy?

He even suspected that he had heard wrong.

"No problem," Mo Jiawei nodded.

Ao Cang realized that Fang Heng seemed to be the one in charge, so he turned back to look at Fang Heng and confirmed with him again, "Are you guys going to take the initiative to attack?"

Fang Heng nodded and took a glance at the wooden defense facilities outside the village.

"The village's defensive facilities are rather ordinary, and their defensive capabilities are extremely limited. Rather than wasting time here, it's better to face the enemy head-on and have a higher chance of winning."

Saying that the village's defense was rather ordinary was already respecting them. In truth, it was simply broken!

It wasn't even as reliable as the wooden fortifications that the zombies had temporarily set up.

"By the way, I'm taking that soldier with me."

Without waiting for Ao Cang's reply, Fang Heng patted Mo Jiawei's shoulder and said, "Let's go!

"No, wait, you guys…" Ao Cang wanted to stop him, but he couldn't.

As he watched Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei jump down from the sentry tower and head straight for the east side of the village, Ao Cang couldn't help but look at Ma Xiaowan, "They're taking the initiative to attack? Who are they? Are they really reliable?"

"Yes, maybe…"

Ma Xiaowan's face was bitter. She was also a little uncertain.

After all, she and the entire mercenary team had witnessed the power of the undead last night.

However, this "power" was only relative to the dragon mosquitos, which were low-intelligence life forms.

When it came to dealing with the barbarian army, were those necromancy mages really reliable?

The barbarians were a group of extremely terrifying beings!

Just thinking about them made one's heart turn cold.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei rushed toward the soldiers outside the village. At the same time, the zombie team gathered outside the village followed Fang Heng's movements, and turned around.

The two soldiers on the warhorses had not realized the severity of the problem.

When they saw Fang Heng and his companion running toward them, they said anxiously, "Gentlemen, this is an urgent military situation. The outpost in the forest has fallen. Deputy Commander Ding Wu is trying his best to delay the barbarian's advance. I need to see commander Ao Cang immediately…"

"I know. Take me there," Fang Heng interrupted.

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1035 Front

Shrek was taken aback, "Huh? What?"

"Turn around and lead the way. I've already discussed this with Ao Cang. We're going to save your guild leader."

Rescue?

Shrek was shocked and thought, "Just the four of us?"

Before he could say it out, he felt a tremor coming from the bottom of his feet.

Looking behind Fang Heng, he saw more than a dozen tall flesh monsters.

What was that?

In addition to the flesh monsters, there were also large groups of ghouls behind them.

"This…"

Both of their eyes widened to the size of copper bells.

What kind of monsters were those?

The undead?!

…

On the trade route, the commander, Ding Wu, led more than 30 of his defeated soldiers and quickly retreated in the direction of the village.

When the barbarian race invaded, other than the large cities that could hold them back, the defensive capabilities of the small villages around the city would not be able to stop them!

Fresh blood continued to ooze out of the wounds, and the armor on Ding Wu's body was already stained red.

Behind them, a large number of barbarian troops were chasing them at high speeds.

The barbarian race had a unique skill. They could control wolves, bears, falcons, lions, tigers, and a series of other jungle beasts to fight.

This time, the barbarians adopted the usual plundering tactic. They divided their army into hundreds of small teams and attacked the human strongholds outside the city, including villages, strongholds, mines, sentry outposts, and so on.

Each team consisted of 30-100 barbarians and a large number of controlled beasts.

Although it was a small team, there were more than 500 actual combat units, and their combat ability was much higher than ordinary human teams.

"Can we escape…?"

Ding Wu panted heavily. He could already hear the roars of the wild beasts behind him and feel the tremors of the earth.

"Don't give up. There's a cave up ahead. Let's go in and hide! Just hold on for a little longer, and reinforcements will come to save us!"

"Here!!"

The soldiers immediately headed to the right and entered the forest, hiding in the cave.

The cave was naturally formed. It wasn't deep, but the entrance was narrow. It was easy to defend but hard to attack.

The soldiers had just set up a simple fence at the entrance of the cave when the ground began to shake violently.

A large black mass of beasts pressed over from the distance.

Ding Wu gritted his teeth and commanded, "Listen to my command. Everyone, attack!!"

A dense rain of arrows fell forward.

The blood and pain further stimulated the savage beasts!

The barbarians controlled their beasts to rush into the cave and they blocked the entrance of the cave within a short span of time!

Ding Wu and his team were instantly swallowed by the beast tide.

They could only rely on the rock wall behind them as support to avoid being attacked from all directions. However, the team was also trapped on the spot, unable to escape.

At most, they could only stall for time.

How many minutes could they drag this out?

Ding Wu mechanically waved his hands and slashed forward.

There were a dozen more wounds on his body. He felt his energy rapidly depleting, and his vision was becoming more and more blurry.

Suddenly, an excited voice rang in his ears.

"Boss! Brothers! Look…there's a disturbance in the rear of the barbarian race. The reinforcements are really here!"

Ding Wu's spirit was suddenly lifted when he heard the news.

Reinforcement?!

There were really reinforcements?

How could this be?

Ding Wu was already prepared to sacrifice himself to buy more time for the village.

He knew the situation outside better than anyone else. The teams stationed in the nearby villages did not exceed 100 people at most. How could they have the capacity to leave the villages alone and come to the outside world to help?

Ding Wu forced himself to look outside, and his face was filled with disbelief.

At the back of the team, more than a dozen horrifying-looking monsters were fighting with the savage beasts.

Soon after, more dark brown life forms rushed toward the barbarian race.

That's…

Ding Wu frowned.

Ghouls?

It was the undead!

The Lickers launched a surprise attack from the back of the barbarian race. They rushed into the barbarian-and-beast group and began to swing their sharp claws to kill!

One of the Lickers' sharp claws cut the skin of the savage bear. In retaliation, the savage bear also slapped the Licker's head, sending it flying away!

However, after the Licker fell to the ground, it turned around and charged over again as if nothing had happened.

The wounds on the savage bear's body were still bleeding!

"Roar!!!!"

The leader of the barbarian team, Birkin, opened his eyes wide and let out a beastly roar.

A sneak attack?

Despicable human!

The barbarians were stunned at first.

Birkin immediately gave the order after discovering that the rear was being attacked. He personally led his subordinates to charge toward the fusion Tyrant forms and ghouls.

The two sides immediately started fighting.

The collision of blood!

Birkin raised his dark silver axe and jumped up high, hacking down at a Licker.

"Swish!"

With a swing of the axe, half of the Licker's body was cut off!

"Roar!"

Birkin let out a roar as if he was venting.

However, he soon discovered something strange and a hint of surprise flashed through his eyes.

The Licker that was sent flying landed on the ground. Half of its body continuously twitched and twisted on the ground. Following that, it straightened its body in an extremely strange posture, and a new body started to regrow at a speed visible to the naked eye!

What?

It could still recover and fight after being cut in half?

Birkin was frightened by the scene in front of him.

He had never seen a creature with such a strong life force other than the illusion-colored gecko!

No! This kind of recovery ability was even stronger than the illusion-colored gecko!

Whoosh!

Just as Birkin was in a daze, the recovered Licker once again waved its sharp claws and charged at him.

"Get lost!"

Birkin shouted as he raised his axe and smashed it at the Licker.

"Thump!"

The axe was powerful and the Licker's bones made a cracking sound. Its body was twisted by the impact and it was sent flying.

Birkin looked in the direction that the Licker had flown and was once again surprised.

"Creak Creak Creak…"

In the air, its twisted limbs quickly straightened and completely recovered by the time it landed. It once again jumped up and rushed towards Birkin.

Birkin was extremely shocked.

Why did it turn out like this?

If even he found the ghouls troublesome, then his men would be terrified…

Birkin looked around out of the corner of his eye.

Relying on their fearless and reckless attack mode, the Lickers killed the savage beasts!

In the distance, Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei were also carefully observing.

The barbarian race had the ability to control savage beasts.

The abilities of these savage beasts were not weak.

For example, the savage bear's tyrannical strength attribute could even send a Licker flying with a slap!

However, to Fang Heng, the effect of the undying body was a bug.

It was a nightmare for enemies who lacked magic damage output!

So what if the Licker was sent flying with a slap?

It wouldn't die anyway!

In addition, the physical strength of the barbarians was also very terrifying. Their strength and physique were far beyond ordinary people. Most of them used heavy weapons to attack, such as axes, heavy hammers, and giant swords. Almost every attack could trigger the additional effect of severed limbs or shattered bones!

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1036 Blackthorn

However, all of these were useless against Fang Heng!

The immunity to physical damage and the regeneration of severed limbs made the Lickers a nightmare for the barbarians.

In just five to six minutes, this barbarian team was already on the verge of collapsing.

Eh?!

Just as he was thinking, Fang Heng's passive skill, the beast's instinct, came into effect. He suddenly sensed a threat coming from his right and immediately turned his head to look in that direction.

Birkin's eyes burst out with scarlet light.

That's…

The Tier 2 form of the barbarian race?

Fang Heng raised his vigilance and carefully sized up Birkin.

After entering Tier 2, the barbarian's body didn't change much. However, a layer of dark black substance seeped out of his skin.

He couldn't see what it was clearly from far away, but it gave Fang Heng the feeling that it was something similar to armor.

Then, black spikes that were visible to the naked eye extended from the barbarian's black-covered body.

Were they sharp spikes?!

Fang Heng frowned.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two Lickers, one on the left and one on the right, flew towards Birkin, who had entered Tier 2.

Birkin raised his hand.

"Chi Chi Chi!!"

The dense black rhombus-shaped spikes that seeped out of his body shot out at an extremely fast speed, instantly piercing into the body of the Licker. The Licker was immediately sent flying by the massive impact of the spikes.

"Thump! Thump!"

The two Lickers were sent flying and hit the rock wall behind them, making a heavy impact sound. After landing, they rolled and were about to attack again.

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

The dense black spikes exploded within the Licker's body!

The Licker's body was blasted into a bloody mess by the spikes!

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!"

The Licker's body was constantly being hit by the explosions, and its recovery speed was not even able to keep up with the speed of the explosions within its body.

Continuous explosions?

Fang Heng was surprised when he saw this.

It could be played like this?

Birkin saw these strange ghouls and was a hundred times more shocked than Fang Heng.

Even the blackthorn couldn't do anything to them!

What kind of monsters were these?

"Whoosh!!!"

After entering Tier 2, Birkin's speed increased greatly once again. He rushed forward and arrived at the center of the group of Lickers.

"Give them all to me! Get lost!"

Birkin suddenly opened his hands.

"Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi!!"

Countless fine black rhombus-shaped spikes burst out from the surface of Birkin's body!

A large number of Lickers that could not dodge in time were sent flying by the spikes, falling into a cycle of explosion and self-recovery.

Although they were not dead, they had temporarily lost their ability to attack.

"Retreat!" Birkin said in a deep voice.

"Yes!!"

Under Birkin's lead, the savage beasts quickly retreated like a tide.

Fang Heng didn't continue to pursue this. He looked in Birkin's direction and frowned. The high-level creatures in intermediate games were indeed difficult to deal with!

Birken had been suppressed by the Lickers and still managed to escape.

This time, Fang Heng came with the intention of finding out the enemy's situation. He felt that there was no need to waste time chasing after them. He immediately opened the game log to check the details of the battle just now.

The black rhombus-shaped spike that extended out from Birkin's body was a combination of piercing, poison, and explosion damage. The first step was piercing damage, and the second step was to continuously explode within the Licker's body, causing a huge combination of explosion and poison damage.

Fortunately, no matter if it was piercing, poison, or explosion damage, they could be restrained by Fang Heng's passive skill, undying body.

It couldn't kill off the Licker.

However, due to the explosion of the rhombus-shaped spike, the Licker would lose its ability to fight for a period of time.

Thinking about it carefully, the spikes that extended from the surface of the barbarians' bodies could be launched from any part of their bodies after they entered Tier 2 form. It was as difficult as attacking a hedgehog.

This was extremely difficult to deal with.

Fang Heng touched his chin.

The barbarian race was very strange. He had to bring their corpses back and let Qiu Yaokang examine them.

It would be best if he could find a way to restrain the black rhombus-shaped spikes of the barbarians.

Fang Heng shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He waved his hand at the battlefield in front of him, and the mutation crystals on the ground were absorbed into his palm.

[Hint: You have obtained Tier 1 mutation crystal*29 and Tier 2 mutation crystal*1.]

Eh! He had a Tier 2 crystal in his hands!

Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

Although there was only one, it meant great hope.

The barbarian race could drop Tier 2 crystals!

On the side, seeing that the barbarians were defeated and retreated, Shrek, who had followed Fang Heng to come to the rescue, was so shocked that his mouth was wide open.

They really won!

The terrifying barbarians had actually fled from these undead creatures!

This was something he had never dreamed of!

Shrek, who had witnessed the entire battle, opened his mouth, but he could not say anything for a long time.

"What are you thinking about?"

Fang Heng patted Shrek's shoulder and said, "Let's go. We'll have a good chat with your captain."

Only then did Shrek come back to his senses. He nodded and said, "Ah, yes…Captain…"

In the cave not far away, Ding Wu's team also saw the barbarian's retreat.

Everyone on the team was shocked by the zombies.

It felt like a dream.

The barbarians were already scary enough, but this group of zombies was even more terrifying!

Their bodies had already been blown to pieces but they could still fight again?

The most terrifying thing was that after the battle, only the corpses of the savage beasts and barbarians were left on the battlefield. The undead creatures did not lose any members! They were still at their peak condition!

Where the hell did they come from?!

While Ding Wu and the others were still in shock, the group of Lickers in the forest opened up a path.

"Captain! Is everyone alright?"

Shrek led Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei into the cave through the group of Lickers. Seeing that the captain was still alive, he was overjoyed.

"Shrek!"

The Empire's guardian team was similarly excited.

Shrek had really found reinforcements to save them!

Ding Wu put his hand on the wall. He smiled when he saw Shrek and gave him a thumbs up.

"You rascal, well done!"

This action pulled on his wound and Ding Wu's face turned even paler in pain. He frowned.

"Captain?"

Shrek quickly came up to support Ding Wu. He anxiously turned around and said to Fang Heng, "Boss Fang, the captain is severely injured and needs to go back to the village for treatment. Please help us."

"I don't need it. You can take the other injured people back to the village first. Don't worry about me."

"Captain, what are you talking about?"

"It's already too late."

Ding Wu shook his head and smiled bitterly. He took off his heavy armor and pointed at the wound on his armpit.

The wound torn open by the beast's claw had completely turned black, and black water mixed with blood kept oozing out of the wound, emitting a foul smell.

"It's the mixed poison of savage beasts. I've seen this kind of poison many times. It's too deep. It's too late to go back now."

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1037 Life-preserving

Shrek's eyes turned red when he saw that.

"Captain…"

[Hint: Due to your intervention, you have saved Ding Wu's team. Your friendship with the Empire's military has increased.]

[Hint: Due to your intervention, the barbarian's attack on the village will be delayed for a short time. It is estimated that the barbarians will attack the player's current village in 90 minutes.]

Fang Heng looked at the game prompts and switched to the sacred study form. He raised his hand and took out the Book of Creation from his backpack.

"You don't mind me interrupting you, right?" Fang Heng looked at Ding Wu. "I think you can still be saved."

Seeing the necromancer take out a holy-type Book of Creation, the surrounding people were all surprised.

"Ahem," Mo Jiawei coughed lightly and explained, "Boss Fang has learned some dispel spells, and they're effective against the toxins. Do you want to try?"

What the hell?

You necromancers know how to do this?

Aren't you usually the ones who do the poisoning?

Everyone looked at Fang Heng. The inherent ideas that had been instilled in them since they were young had been greatly impacted, and they couldn't accept them for a while.

Mo Jiawei chuckled and said, "Since ancient times, medicine and poison can't be separated. You guys can't do anything about it, can you? Why don't you let us try?"

Fang Heng didn't care about the others' gazes. Without waiting for the others to answer, he directly raised his hand.

The Book of Creation in his hand emitted a weak light.

A gentle golden light shone down.

Ding Wu was bathed in the Holy Light, revealing a relaxed expression.

The black poison on the wound gradually dimmed.

"It's really gone!"

Shrek was pleasantly surprised. He immediately went forward to check the wound.

Without the support of equipment, the effect of Fang Heng's dispel skill was average.

After performing the dispel spell more than ten times in a row, the poison in Ding Wu's body was mostly gone.

Ding Wu's face was still pale, but at least his situation had stabilized.

He did not expect necromancers to be able to heal and really bring the dead back to life.

Who would want to die if they could live?

Ding Wu stood up with the help of Shrek and expressed his gratitude to Fang Heng.

"Boss Fang, you saved my life. If I can help you with anything in the future, I'll do my best."

Under the mask, Fang Heng showed an interested look.

"There's no need to wait. I just have something to ask you now."

Ding Wu's face turned serious and said, "As long as I can do it."

"I've always been curious about the Empire's body-strengthening technique and wanted to study it. I heard that this technique was created by the imperial family of the Empire and was originally from the military of the Empire. I wonder if you can teach us."

Just this?

Ding Wu was puzzled.

The Empire's soldiers were learning Mahert Empire's cultivation techniques, and almost everyone knew them.

"Is it very troublesome? Then forget it. "

Fang Heng waved his hand.

"No, no, it's not troublesome at all," Ding Wu said. He only felt strange and asked, "Boss Fang, are you sure you want to learn this?"

"Yes."

"Alright," he said.

"Leave the cave and rest," Ding Wu said to his men. "Shrek, you will stay here with me."

"Yes!"

After the others left the cave, Ding Wu nodded to Fang Heng and said, "Boss Fang, the Empire's body-strengthening techniques have always been taught to the students step by step. I can't move freely due to my injuries. Shrek, can you demonstrate it to him?"

"Yes!"

Shrek stepped forward and began to demonstrate the technique in front of the two.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei were standing at the side and watching.

Ding Wu continued to explain, "Almost everyone in the Empire knows the body-strengthening techniques. Most of the techniques that are circulated outside are only five to ten styles. There are fifteen styles in the military, and only sergeants and above can learn them. Outsiders can get their hands on them with a little effort. As for the 18 styles, it's very difficult to get them. You can only exchange them after you have made a military contribution to the Empire. Moreover, the Empire strictly prohibits private teaching."

"Apart from that, I've heard that there are 25 styles at most in body-strengthening techniques, and they've always been firmly grasped by the imperial family. At least, I've never heard of anyone who has mastered them."

"A few years ago, I made a contribution during the war and received 18 styles of cultivation techniques as a reward from the Empire. Although the Empire has repeatedly banned the dissemination of these techniques, I have privately passed them to my trusted brothers who have been following me for a few years. This way, they will have a higher chance of survival on the battlefield."

Ding Wu's character was more straightforward, and he directly taught Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei 18 styles.

"Boss Fang saved my life, so these 18 styles are not worth mentioning. Just don't tell others that you got them from us."

"Of course," Fang Heng agreed.

As he spoke, Shrek finished a set of fist techniques and got into a fighting stance.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei glanced at each other.

It was a bit like a fitness exercise, but there were a few movements that seemed a little difficult. They required extraordinary strength and body flexibility, which ordinary people couldn't do.

[Hint: You have observed Shrek's body-strengthening technique. Your intelligence has reached the required value and you have met the learning requirements.]

[Hint: All of the player's basic attributes have accumulated to 100 points and the prerequisite conditions have been met. The player can learn the skill-internal breath life-preserving skill (18 styles).]

Skill: Internal breath life-preserving skill.

Skill type: Bloodline type

Description: Can be learned by humans.

Description: A body-strengthening technique circulated within the Mahert Empire. It can gradually improve the adaptability and strength of the human body. Everyone can learn it (originated from the Barbaric World).]

[Hint: It has been detected that the current player has some conflicting bloodlines and academics.]

[Hint: This conflict is not authoritative.]

[Hint: The player can still learn this skill, but leveling up this skill will increase the difficulty by a large amount. At the same time, some of the skills you have learned will also increase in difficulty by a large amount when you continue to level up.]

Another conflict!

Fang Heng felt a bit of pain in his balls.

Thinking about it carefully, he already had so many academic bloodline skills, and the probability of skills clashing was countless times higher than that of ordinary people.

Conflicts were reasonable, it was just a matter of how big or small the conflict was.

At the very least, he could learn it, unlike the demon hunter bloodline that directly conflicted with his bloodline.

There's no pressure in learning more skills, he would learn them!

All players who learn multiple academic and bloodline skills at the same time will have a huge increase in the difficulty of leveling up.

Under normal circumstances, it was extremely rare for a player to learn four academic bloodlines at the same time.

Furthermore, it had to be an academic bloodline that did not have any conflicts.

Otherwise, it would take a few years to advance one level in academia, and it would take decades to advance one-tier. Who could stand that?

Mo Jiawei had also received a notification from the game. His demon hunter bloodline did not conflict with the human's life-preserving cultivation technique.

He learned it decisively.

If it wasn't useful, he could just spend more King of Gods' points later to forget it.

[Hint: You have learned the internal breath life-preserving skill (18 styles).]

Skill: Internal breath life-preserving skill (18 styles)

Type: Bloodline type

Learning prerequisite: Character level: Level 10, physique: 10, strength: 10, agility 10, intelligence: 10, perception: 10, all base attributes added up to more than 100.

Highest level skill: Level 18

Skill effect: Upon learning a skill, you will immediately gain strength 2, agility 2, physique 2, perception 2; additional skill level*0.5 all attributes, slightly increases wound healing speed.

Additional description: This skill is incomplete. Supplementing the skill's cultivation technique can increase the highest level of the skill and the efficiency of the skill's level upgrade.

Additional description: This skill will be replaced by a higher-level skill/cultivation technique of the same attribute. After being replaced, the skill's experience points will be emptied.

Current experience points required for upgrade: 0/50,000

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Fang Heng quickly scanned through the game prompt.

Ding Wu sat on the ground to rest. He looked at Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei, who were deep in thought, and nodded. "Everyone in the Empire knows this set of martial arts, but not many are proficient in it. Shrek has demonstrated it once just now. Now, you can try it. I'll help you correct your mistakes."

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei nodded, got into position, and began to practice.

They practiced a set of fist techniques of the life-preserving technique on the spot. Ding Wu sat beside them and guided them, correcting the wrong movements step by step.

After practicing a set of cultivation techniques, Fang Heng felt that his whole body was steaming.

It was really effective.

The game hint appeared on Fang Heng's retina.

[Hint: The player has successfully practiced the internal breath life-preserving skill. The internal breath life-preserving skill experience point 1.]

[Hint: The player has received guidance from a special character-Ding Wu, internal breath life-preserving skill experience points 100.]

Fang Heng took a look at the game hint and was secretly speechless.

One practice only gave 1 experience point, but leveling up a skill required 50,000 practices?

And this was only Level 1. As he leveled up, the experience required would also increase significantly.

Fang Heng couldn't help but look at the excited Mo Jiawei and asked in a low voice, "How many experience points do you need to go to the next level?"

"120." Mo Jiawei nodded. "That's pretty fast. I'll be able to level up after practicing on the spot a dozen more times."

F*ck!

Fang Heng cursed in his heart and was quite speechless.

He had learned too many conflicting bloodline academic skills.

Even with the God-level academic integration skill, he still needed 50,000 experience points to complete the upgrade. The difficulty of cultivation was hundreds of times higher than Mo Jiawei's.

Fortunately, he had a cheat.

Fang Heng was already thinking of using hacks when he got back.

Forget about the Lickers, it would be difficult for them to do gymnastics.

It shouldn't be hard for ordinary zombies to practice the cultivation technique, right?

After the barbarian invasion came to an end, he would immediately find a place to try it.

After all, there were too many people around, so he didn't want to attract too much attention.

Well, he had to keep a low profile.

After resting for a while in the cave, Fang Heng watched Mo Jiawei practice his life-preserving cultivation technique more than ten times in high spirits and raised the skill level to Level 2. There was a hint of envy in his eyes.

Then, the vine zombies and ordinary zombies that followed the team also came over.

Under Fang Heng's control, the zombies loaded all the bodies of the savage beasts and barbarians on the battlefield into the trucks and took them away.

"Done, let's go back!"

…

"They're back!"

From afar, the soldiers on the sentry tower saw the return of Fang Heng, Ding Wu, and the others. They immediately shouted excitedly, their faces full of excitement.

The morale of the Empire's team guarding the village was greatly boosted!

The gate of the village opened immediately, and Ao Cang personally led Fang Heng and the others into the village.

After listening to Ding Wu's story, everyone looked at Fang Heng with even more surprise.

Even the barbarian team was defeated?

The Empire's soldiers who had been through battlefields knew very well that a Tier 2 barbarian was terrifying. It usually took several teams of the Empire to work together with the Empire's mages to kill them. If they were not careful, they would have to pay a high price.

How could undead creatures be so ridiculously strong?

Fang Heng looked at Ao Cang and said, "Commander Ao Cang, the barbarian team has only been defeated temporarily. I don't think they will stop their attack just like that. They will come and find us soon. I want to find an open space in the village for research and defense. Well, I also need some supplies. I hope you can help me."

"Yes, yes, I will."

Seeing that Fang Heng had saved Ding Wu's team, Ao Cang no longer had any doubts about Fang Heng. He immediately nodded and said, "The villagers are now gathered at the west side of the village. Other than these, the Empire can expropriate the other places. In addition, you can expropriate the materials in the village. After the barbarian invasion ends, the Empire will deal with the aftermath."

"Alright, I need a furnace, ironware, a brick kiln, carts, and a lot of tools."

"Hutt, go with Boss Fang. Let him know if you need anything," Ao Cang said with a nod.

"Yes!"

Fang Heng cupped his hands at Ao Cang courteously, "Thank you so much."

He was quite satisfied with Ao Cang's cooperative attitude.

Since he was ready to turn the village into a temporary camp, he had to make some changes.

Right now, the village's defensive capabilities were simply too weak.

Fang Heng immediately controlled the ordinary zombies to transport the supplies into the town. He nodded to Mo Jiawei and said, "Old Mr. Mo, you follow them to the village and choose a place. We're going to build something. Go to the village and get all the materials that can be used. I'll go to the temporary camp in the forest and get the people and materials."

"Okay, leave it to me. I'll get it done right away."

Mo Jiawei agreed and left with Hutt in a hurry.

Fang Heng thought for a while, then turned to look at Ao Cang and asked, "Commander Ao Cang, are there any mines in this area? Where else can we mine clay…"

"Ah?"

Hearing Fang Heng's question, Ao Cang's eyes were full of confusion.

Why was he thinking about mines when they were facing a great enemy?

"Yes, there are. There aren't many nearby mines, and there might be barbarians in the wild if you're far away. I'll get someone to get you the specific map."

"Alright, just pass it to Mo Jiawei later."

Fang Heng replied and immediately climbed onto the shoulder of the fusion Tyrant form. He then led the zombies back to the temporary camp.

Time was tight.

According to the current defense facilities of the village, if one or two small barbarian teams came, they could still resist with the help of the zombie team. But to stop a large number of Tier 2 barbarians was simply wishful thinking!

Anyway, he had to find a way to reinforce it!

With the God-level engineer Victor around, it shouldn't be difficult to produce some quick-drying cement and city walls…

Fang Heng stood on the shoulder of the fusion Tyrant form and fell into deep thought.

At the back of the team, the vine zombies were pushing cart after cart, following the fusion Tyrant form at the front, slowly advancing into the forest area.

…

An hour later.

Furnaces, brick kilns, and cement harvesters were lined up in rows on the empty land in the village.

The zombie clones continued to shuttle back and forth.

They transported carts of raw materials for making bricks and cement back and forth.

At the sentry tower at the village's entrance, Ao Cang was silent for a moment as he watched the zombie horde moving clay coal mines into the village and carrying out large-scale construction in the village.

It was as if they have seen a ghost!

Were they really undead creatures?

Since when could zombies start producing?

Ma Xiaowan's group of mercenaries was also shocked speechless.

Last night, they witnessed the zombies' construction skills.

Now it's even worse!

Even brick kilns and mixers had been made!

Were they trying to reinforce the entire village with brick walls?

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1039 Construction

Near the brick kiln area divided by the village, a large blood altar was built by Fang Heng.

Fang Heng nodded in satisfaction.

In most cases, the size of the blood altar did not affect the effect of the altar.

The main purpose of the expansion was for the blood pool.

A large blood altar's blood pool could contain more blood, which slightly increased the smelting efficiency.

A large amount of blood transferred from the temporary stronghold in the forest was poured into the blood pool in buckets.

In addition, brick walls and quick-drying cement were also in the process of being produced.

Based on an improved formula specially customized by Victor, the brick wall was made with a large amount of shrapnel given the existing conditions. Although the defense was much weaker, it was extremely efficient.

Now, they just had to wait for the first batch of bricks to come out and let the zombie clones go out to reinforce the outer wall of the village.

By then, the wooden fences at the entrance of the village would all be torn down and replaced with brick walls. The defensive capabilities of the village would be greatly improved.

The only problem was that there were several mines near the village, but there were no iron ore resources.

In order to solve this problem, the only way was to collect iron weapons from the village and reforge them into iron blocks.

Fang Heng turned his head and saw Mo Jiawei walking toward him with Qiu Yaokang.

Qiu Yaokang's face was filled with displeasure. He was not in a good mood after his research was interrupted. He was a little reluctant when he was brought here.

The research lab in this place had not been fully built!

Fang Heng knew Qiu Yaokang's character, so he rushed to speak before the latter, "Qiu Yaokang, you're just in time. I've made a huge discovery!"

Qiu Yaokang, who was about to complain to Fang Heng, was immediately attracted by the discovery.

"Eh? What did you discover?"

"It's the barbarian race."

Fang Heng then explained in detail what happened during the battle with the barbarians, emphasizing the Tier 2 of the barbarian race and the strange black rhombus-shaped spikes that extended from the barbarian's body.

After listening to Fang Heng's detailed explanation, Qiu Yaokang frowned, his fingers rhythmically patting his pants, deep in thought.

"Interesting."

Qiu Yaokang was very interested in the barbarian race that could enter Tier 2.

"It sounds like a transformation of a life form. Mo Jiawei's demon hunter bloodline has a similar ability. Have you found a live sample for research? If it's possible, I'd like to dissect and study it in detail."

Qiu Yaokang said as he glanced at Mo Jiawei.

At the side, Mo Jiawei noticed Qiu Yaokang's emotionless eyes on him and shivered for no reason.

"Ah, it's also related to me, a demon hunter?"

Mo Jiawei suddenly wondered if he would see himself on Qiu Yaokang's dissection table when he went online one day.

"It's nothing. It doesn't matter much." Qiu Yaokang continued, "From what you just said, the strength mode of operation of Tier 2 demon hunters is very different from that of Tier 2 barbarians."

"The method that demon hunters use is to stimulate their senses to change the activity of the body's cells, thus achieving an enhanced effect. The barbarians are different. After Tier 2, they can extend black, rhombus-shaped spikes from their bodies. The spikes not only have poisonous effects, but they can also control explosions. This physical change is really interesting."

"I'm afraid it'll be a little difficult to bring back live samples…" Fang Heng smiled bitterly and explained, "When I first encountered such a troublesome creature, I did manage to get some barbarian corpses, but they were all ordinary barbarians."

"It's not comparable. It's best if we can get a Tier 2 barbarian."

"Alright, I'll try my best later."

"Yes, the laboratory has to be completed as soon as possible. Otherwise, a lot of research will not be able to be done."

"Alright, alright. We'll be quick."

Speaking of research, Qiu Yaokang suddenly forgot about his complaint and focused his eyes on the pile of dead beasts and barbarian corpses not far away.

Without saying anything, he walked straight forward and took a few tubes of samples from the barbarian's body. Then, he ran to the area where the experimental equipment was piled up and started to study and analyze it in the open.

On the other side, the zombie clones also started to drag the bodies of the savage beasts and barbarians into the blood pool to be melted.

"Chi Chi Chi…"

When the corpses were placed in the blood pool, a green flame that was several meters high immediately rose up.

Since Fang Heng was only controlling the modified zombies, they couldn't simply extract the blood essence from the corpses like the high-tier vampires. Therefore, they could only use the stupid way to transport all the corpses back and pour them directly into the blood pool to refine the blood essence.

Fang Heng's eyes lit up at the sight of the rising flames.

That's amazing!

The higher the flame, the stronger the blood.

This meant that the blood of the barbarian race contained a great amount of blood power!

If everything went well, Qiu Yaokang would have found a way to deal with Tier 2 barbarians when the city wall was completed. By then, many barbarians would come to attack the village and end up dead. Then, wouldn't he be able to collect blood essence without limit?

Level up and soon he could awaken the sacred tree!

Thinking of this, Fang Heng was excited.

On the sentry tower not far away, Ao Cang and the other mercenary groups turned even paler when they saw Fang Heng holding an evil ritual in the center of the village.

"What are the undead doing? Is that a sacrifice?"

"Necromancers do things unscrupulously. No wonder they will lead to disasters."

"You can't say that. Necromancers might be evil and eccentric, but they are helping us."

As everyone was discussing, one of the guards' eyelids twitched. He pointed to a place not far away and shouted, "Hey, look over there!"

In the eastern area of the village, the zombies took out the freshly baked bricks from the brick kiln.

Bricks?

The zombies loaded the bricks into the trucks one by one.

Soon, the fusion Tyrant forms dragged the brick trucks toward the east side of the village.

"This…"

Everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva as they looked at each other.

The brick wall had really been created!

If there really was a city wall, the village's defensive capabilities would be greatly improved! It would also increase their chances of resisting the barbarian attack.

However, could he really do it?

Building a city wall required a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

Besides, in such a short time…

With just these undead?

Outside the village, a large number of zombie clones followed Fang Heng's instructions and began to build brick walls in full swing.

Very good!

Victor was supervising from the side. He picked up a stone brick from the ground and checked its various attributes, nodding in satisfaction.

Mo Jiawei asked, "How is it? Victor? Can we guarantee that it'll be completed?"

"Yes, the strength of the bricks has met the standard. It is guaranteed that they will have a preliminary defensive ability in three hours, their hardness will reach 70% of their peak in ten hours, and they will reach the best state of hardness in 48 hours."

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"Well done! Victor!"

Fang Heng praised.

It was the right decision to bring three God-level NPCs!

If it wasn't for Victor's help in improving the brick formula and furnace design, as well as the design of the village's wall defense according to the current environment, he would probably have to rely on the zombie clones to strengthen the village with the most primitive wood.

The effect was naturally much worse.

Seeing that the defense of the village was complete, Fang Heng lowered his head to check the mission hints.

After more than half an hour, the barbarian race had already occupied more than 70% of the village areas and affiliated buildings around Hani City.

Apart from that, the Empire had already declared the fall of a smaller border city.

Fang Heng thought to himself, "Since the Empire could stand for so many years under the attack of the barbarians, their strength shouldn't be too bad. They should have already reacted and are on the way to rescue us."

He still had to hold on for a little longer.

[Hint: It is estimated that the barbarians will attack the player's current village in 40 minutes.]

There were 40 minutes left.

The construction of the brick wall had just begun, and even if it was completed in 40 minutes, it would not be able to completely dry to ensure the protective ability of the wall.

Instead of waiting in the village, it was better to find a way to disturb the barbarians and delay their attack!

Yes, he shall do that!

At the same time, he would also find a way to get another Tier 2 barbarian for Qiu Yaokang to study.

Right, he should also get more blood back!

Fang Heng's wishful thinking was going wild.

The target was to harass and kill the barbarians near the village.

Therefore, they only needed to bring a small number of ordinary zombies and vine zombies. After all, their movement speed was too slow, and they needed to stay here to continue strengthening and building the village.

The main battle creatures would be the fusion Tyrant forms and the Lickers.

Fang Heng didn't have time to rest. He raised his head and gulped down a bottle of coffee, then nodded to Mo Jiawei.

"Go! Let's go out and find trouble with the barbarian race."

"Alright," Mo Jiawei nodded excitedly. "Where are you going to fight?"

"Yes, I have a target."

Fang Heng nodded.

He had already sent out a group of Lickers to scout the area.

Through the game prompts, Fang Heng had already made some rough judgments about the situation in the outside world.

Overall, the situation in the area around Hani City was terrible.

The Empire had met the enemy head-on without any preparation and had almost collapsed under the barbarian's attack.

"There's an Empire outpost being attacked by the barbarians five kilometers away from us. We'll try to go and rescue it."

"Alright!"

…

In the area of Hany City, at the Empire's outpost.

The outpost was built halfway up the mountain, and with the geographical advantage, the Empire guards put up a desperate resistance.

After two waves of attacks from the savage beasts controlled by the barbarian race, the number of enemies at the foot of the mountain didn't decrease at all. Instead, more and more savage beasts controlled by the barbarian race came and occupied the foot of the mountain.

Harper's face darkened.

He was still trying to boost morale.

"There's still a chance. Don't be scared by the barbarians. We can use the outpost to defend the city…"

The Empire's soldiers had grave expressions on their faces, and they were prepared to fight to the death.

The barbarian race and the humans had been fighting each other for many years. The two sides had already formed a deadly enmity. Once the sentry outpost was broken, no one would be able to escape.

"Captain, there seems to be a situation outside."

Harper took a telescope from one of his men and looked down the mountain. His expression changed immediately, and he was filled with surprise.

What was going on? The barbarians at the back were in chaos?

Could it be the Empire's reinforcements?

That's not right!

Harper was well aware that the Empire's defensive force had been deployed to the northern region in recent years, so it was impossible for reinforcements to arrive so soon.

"Captain, some of the beasts at the foot of the mountain are already in chaos. Should we go up and help?"

Harper narrowed his eyes.

He didn't think that the barbarians would play any tricks to lure them into going out and then ambush them.

"Brothers, our chance is here! Follow me! Let's kill our way out together!"

"Yes!"

At the foot of the mountain, under the lead of the fusion Tyrant forms, a large number of Lickers swarmed into the group of savage beasts.

It was a one-sided massacre!

The barbarian team was made up of a large number of savage beasts and a small number of barbarians.

The strength of the savage beasts varied. If they were to be compared, they would be roughly equivalent to the strength of the elementary to high-tier vampires in the Vampire Apocalypse.

The group of Lickers relied on their high attributes and the effect of their undying body skill to directly explode!

Han Lu, the captain of the barbarian team, was greatly surprised.

When he first saw this group of undead creatures, he didn't think much of them. He directly controlled the savage beasts to rush forward and face them head-on!

Initially, the savage beasts were able to hold on and resist, but as they fought, Han Lu found that the number of savage beasts had decreased significantly, while the number of undead creatures had not decreased at all.

Han Lu waved the fanatical battleaxe in his hand and ruthlessly hacked forward!

He had clearly cut the Licker in half, but the Licker had quickly regrown after that!

This was the first time Han Lu had ever encountered such a strange undead!

"Kill them!"

Seeing that the number of beasts in the surrounding area was gradually being devoured, Han Lu's ferocity was triggered. He led the barbarians behind him and rushed forward to attack the fusion Tyrant form.

In Han Lu's eyes, the fusion Tyrant form was the leader of this group of ghouls.

As long as he could get rid of the fusion Tyrant form, he would be able to completely destroy this group of zombies!

BOOM!!

The fusion Tyrant form raised its fist and smashed it toward Han Lu.

"Thump!!!"

Its fist struck the battleaxe that Han Lu had set up, producing a dull sound of impact.

Han Lu was forced to retreat, his eyes filled with shock.

This monster's strength was actually this great?

"Roar!!!!"

Han Lu let out a roar, his eyes bloodshot and his skin instantly covered in a layer of black stratum corneum.

Fine black, rhombus-shaped spikes seeped out of the black cuticles on the surface of his body.

"He's here!"

Fang Heng, who was hiding in the dark, had his eyes lit up.

Last time, the Tier 2 barbarian had escaped. This time, he had to find a way to capture him alive!

"Chi Chi Chi!!"

Han Lu raised his hand forward, and fine spikes instantly shot out from his body, directly blasting the body of the Tyrant form!

The black rhombus-shaped spikes exploded with a powerful impact that caused the fusion Tyrant form to take half a step back.

"Bang! Bang Bang!!"

Following that, the spikes that pierced into the fusion Tyrant form began to explode, continuously forcing the fusion Tyrant form into a stunned state.

"F*ck, this guy is so hard to deal with."

Mo Jiawei could not help but wipe the sweat off his forehead.

The monsters in intermediate games were indeed difficult to deal with.

A barbarian in his Tier 2 state could actually remain undefeated under the siege of more than ten fusion Tyrant forms.

He even had the upper hand!

If Wei Tao's team encountered the Tier 2 barbarians, they would probably suffer a huge loss.

The shock in Han Lu's heart was far more intense than Mo Jiawei's.

What monster?

The blackthorn, which had always been successful, was actually ineffective against these monsters!

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1041 Surrounded

In the long history of the war with the Empire, the barbarians had relied on the blackthorn to fight and had almost never failed in dealing with the Empire's close combat units.

Other than the full-armored knights of the Empire, this was the first time Han Lu had encountered such a troublesome creature!

"Let's see how long you can last!"

Han Lu's eyes were bloodshot as his fists continuously bombarded the fusion Tyrant form. The black spikes that were overflowing from his fists continuously pierced into the body of the fusion Tyrant form!

"Boom! Boom Boom!"

The fusion Tyrant form was like a sandbag, constantly enduring Han Lu's attacks.

Eh?

As they fought, Han Lu suddenly realized that something was wrong.

There were fewer and fewer beast companions around.

What was going on?

He scanned his surroundings and found that he was surrounded by a group of Lickers!

Not far away, Fang Heng squinted his eyes and said in a low voice, "It seems like we've been discovered."

When he first noticed Han Lu, he immediately adjusted the Licker's attack pattern, maintaining their formation while nibbling away at the surrounding beast groups. They surrounded Han Lu and then gradually pulled back to defend.

"F*ck, this monster's physical strength is a little too good." Mo Jiawei complained in a low voice, "He's trying to run away. What should we do?"

Han Lu had been fighting a high-intensity battle for more than ten minutes, but his physical strength did not seem to be decreasing at all.

Upon realizing that he had been surrounded, Han Lu also began to regain his senses.

Whoosh!

Han Lu immediately flew toward the right side of the space.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"

A dozen Lickers immediately stepped forward to fill in the gaps, firmly blocking Han Lu.

"Roar!!!!"

Han Lu let out a bestial roar, and the black rhombus-shaped spikes on his body shot out at full speed, blasting away a large group of Lickers in front of him.

Fang Heng found that it took time for the rhombus-shaped spikes to extend from the body of a Tier 2 barbarian.

Even though the time needed to grow was very short, at the very least, this meant that his skills had a cooldown interval!

"Chi Chi Chi!"

Under Fang Heng's control, more than ten Lickers pounced forward to fill in the gaps.

Han Lu immediately dodged to the right to avoid being bitten by the group of Lickers.

This was the first time he had encountered such a difficult creature!

Han Lu surveyed his surroundings. More and more Lickers were beginning to move closer to him.

On the contrary, the number of savage beasts in the vicinity was decreasing rapidly.

Upon closer inspection, the group of savage beasts had already started to flee in all directions.

It was not easy to control a savage beast. Once the battle was in a disadvantageous position, the savage beast might run away out of fear.

The remaining barbarian soldiers also fell one by one under the attacks of the Lickers.

The thought of retreating had already sprouted in Han Lu's heart.

If this continues, he was going to be trapped here to die!

It was time to retreat.

Not far away, Harper led the Empire army down the mountain to work with the undead creatures and kill a small number of the savage beasts. Then, he saw the savage beasts scattering.

As they continued to descend the mountain, they discovered that Han Lu was entangled with a group of ghouls and fusion Tyrant forms. Immediately, their expressions changed.

What was going on with these undead creatures?

There was also the Tier 2 barbarian with explosive power.

The Empire army felt a chill run down their spines.

It was too terrifying!

The undead had actually surrounded the Tier 2 barbarian in the center!

"Captain, let's go!"

Harper raised his hand and gestured for him to keep quiet. "Shh," he said. "Watch carefully and don't go any closer."

"Understood."

The subordinate had just agreed when he suddenly raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but shout, "Not good, he's running away!"

Han Lu realized that the situation was not good, so he turned around and charged toward the area on the right where the Lickers were the least concentrated.

"Roar!!!!"

Han Lu once again let out a beastly roar, and the sharp spikes on his body wildly shot out, blasting away the surrounding Lickers and passing through the gaps between them!

"Boom! Boom!"

The explosion caused the group of Lickers in front of them to be stunned.

Lickers immediately rushed up from the left and right to block the attack.

Han Lu suddenly raised his hand forward, and the bones in his body crackled. Black, rhombus-shaped spikes rapidly extended from his palm, forming a long crystal whip made of black spikes in the blink of an eye!

Whoosh!!!

As the long whip flew forward, the dense, rhombus-shaped spikes exploded in the air!

"Hiss! Hiss!!!"

The black rhombus-shaped spikes pierced into the group of Lickers.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

The second wave of Lickers was pushed back, and the continuous explosions caused them to freeze, losing their ability to fight.

F*ck!

Mo Jiawei was anxious. After fighting with him for so long, he still managed to escape?

Whoosh!

Mo Jiawei felt a gust of wind passing by him. When he looked again, Fang Heng was already running in the direction where Han Lu had escaped.

Fang Heng!!

After breaking free from the Lickers' restraints, Han Lu charged forward.

Occasionally, a few Lickers that came to fill in the gap were knocked away by his powerful body!

All of a sudden, Han Lu's brows furrowed. He found a figure quickly approaching him from the right.

It was a young man wearing a mask, a black robe, and a dark golden scepter.

His face could not be seen, but Han Lu could sense that this person was unusually young.

It was him!

A strong instinct told Han Lu that this young man was controlling the zombie horde.

The Empire's necromancer?

Did he want to stop him?

Han Lu had just used his special ability once, and the black spikes on his body had not yet condensed, so he could not attack from a distance.

He snorted disdainfully in his heart and wanted to rush over directly.

If possible, he will kill him while he's at it!

Eh?

What?

Han Lu was stunned.

He saw the black-robed man in front of him raise the scepter in his hand and smash it toward him.

"BOOM!!!"

A dull collision sound.

Han Lu's charging state was interrupted, and Fang Heng also retreated a few steps before he could stand firm.

Han Lu was extremely surprised.

Wasn't the other party a necromancer? How could he be on par with him in terms of strength?

Han Lu paused for a moment, then charged forward without hesitation.

The black rhombus-shaped spikes on the surface of his body had re-condensed.

Kill him!

Han Lu didn't conceal his killing intent in the slightest. He suddenly raised his hand.

Chi Chi Chi!!!

The fine, rhombus-shaped spikes pierced toward Fang Heng!

Fang Heng also raised his hand and a gray-black altar floated in front of him.

The holy weapon-Shrine of Bones!

At first, Fang Heng just wanted to try and bring the Shrine of Bones into the trial. He thought it would cost him at least a few thousand or tens of thousands of points.

He did not expect the price of bringing the Shrine of Bones into the trial to be 0 points!

He picked up a bargain!

Fang Heng naturally brought it in!

The power of the soul gathered behind Fang Heng.

Eh? What was that?

Han Lu's pupils suddenly shrank as he rushed forward. He saw a red shadow appear behind Fang Heng.

The moment the reflection appeared, Han Lu felt his shoulder sink as an extremely great pressure pressed down on his body!

Han Lu realized that something was wrong, but it was already too late.

"BOOM!!!"

1042 Bombardment

Powerful lifeblood suddenly exploded!

Red lifeblood ripples visible to the naked eye began to spread out from the phantom of the Vampire King!

"Bang! Bang Bang Bang!!!"

The spreading lifeblood instantly exploded when it came into contact with the black, rhombus-shaped spikes that were still in midair!

What kind of power was that?

Han Lu was shocked to the extreme, and an extreme sense of danger rose in his heart. Suddenly, fine black rhombus-shaped spikes grew on the surface of his body, and he used his hands to block in front of him, wrapping his entire body in the spikes.

"BOOM!!!"

The phantom of the Vampire King raised his massive fist and smashed it toward Han Lu.

"THUMP!!!"

As the blood-red phantom's fist struck him head-on, the rhombus-shaped spikes on Han Lu's body exploded one after another, and he was sent flying backward. The black cuticles on the surface of his body were covered in fine cracks.

Bang!

Han Lu fell heavily to the ground, completely losing his ability to fight.

Eh?

He didn't even die!

Fang Heng was even more surprised after taking a glance at the game hint.

How could a Tier 2 barbarian's defense be so amazing?

"Chi Chi Chi…"

The surrounding Lickers immediately began to surround the fallen Han Lu.

They kept leaving wounds on Han Lu's body with their sharp claws.

More than a dozen vine zombie clones behind him also staggered up under Fang Heng's control, picked up the sample collectors and began to stab at Han Lu.

[Hint: You have collected 12 live samples of a Tier 2 barbarian, Han Lu.]

In the beginning, Fang Heng wanted to capture the barbarian alive and bring it back for Qiu Yaokang to dissect.

However, after the tough battle, Fang Heng had completely given up on this idea.

His combat power and vitality were too terrifying.

Even with the help of the phantom of the Vampire King, he could not kill a Tier 2 barbarian directly!

It was very risky to bring him back by force.

It would be troublesome if there were any mishaps during transportation or research.

After extracting more than a dozen live samples, the group of Lickers completely emptied Han Lu's HP.

[Hint: You have killed the barbarian's elite team captain, Han Lu. Your reputation in the human Empire has increased.]

[Hint: In the human Empire, you can cut off the ears of the barbarian team captains as spoils of war and exchange them for various rewards from the major human cities in the Empire.]

[Hint: As you have defeated the barbarian team, the barbarian's attack on the player's village will be delayed.]

[Hint: It is estimated that the barbarians will attack the village in 70 minutes.]

After confirming the game hint of Han Lu's death, Fang Heng heaved a sigh of relief.

The barbarian leader didn't drop anything after his death. His ears should be considered a compensation reward in the game.

Fang Heng thought about it and looked up at the battlefield behind him.

He reached out his hand, and the large patch of pale blue mutation crystals left on the battlefield was sucked into his palm.

[Hint: Player has obtained Tier 1 mutation crystal*347 and Tier 2 mutation crystal*31.]

Harper and the others in the dense forest were shocked to see Fang Heng kill a Tier 2 barbarian.

There was no vampire in this world. They regarded Fang Heng as a powerful necromancer. The move using the aura of the dead just now was naturally a powerful spell of the necromancer.

Harper noticed Fang Heng's gaze and walked out of the forest with his men.

"Thank you for your help. I'm Harper, a sentry guard from the Empire."

"Yes." Fang Heng nodded and said, "I'm a necromancer from a nearby village. Captain Ao Cang is in charge of guarding the village."

Harper heaved a huge sigh of relief when Fang Heng mentioned Ao Cang.

Fang Heng didn't look like an enemy.

Necromancers were too strange, and the Empire guards were rather wary of Fang Heng.

Fang Heng also felt it, but he didn't care.

This time, he did not disappoint. He finally got a Tier 2 barbarian's live sample and body. He had to send the body back as soon as possible. Hopefully, Qiu Yaokang could find something useful.

Fang Heng looked at the dead bodies of the beasts around him, then turned to Harper and said, "If you don't mind, do me a favor. I need to collect these corpses. Are there any carts or transportation tools in the outpost?"

"Alright, alright. The outpost has all the means of transportation. No problem."

Harper agreed and immediately ordered his men to return to the outpost to collect the carts and help Fang Heng load the savage beasts' corpses.

Some of the materials could be collected from the bodies of savage beasts and sold for a good price.

Harper did not think that Fang Heng would sell the items for money at this critical moment.

Evil necromancers.

Corpses were the best spellcasting material for them!

"Thank you," he said.

"The barbarian invasion will continue," Fang Heng continued. "Are you going to stay here or go back to the village with us?"

"Ah, this.."

Harper was stunned for a moment. He did not expect Fang Heng was going to transport so many savage beast corpses back to the village.

"Are you going to send these savage beast corpses back to the village?"

"Yes."

Harper was bewildered.

The village's defense facilities were backward, so shouldn't it be safer to stay at the outpost?

Noticing Harper's hesitation, Fang Heng nodded and said, "It's fine. We'll return to the village immediately after we're done loading the savage beast corpses. You can continue to stay at the outpost."

Harper thought for a while and immediately realized the meaning of Fang Heng's move.

"No, that's not what I meant. I'll go back with you."

The outpost was the Empire's military defense facility and the number one target of the barbarian's attack. It was foreseeable that the barbarian troops would come in waves later. Without Fang Heng, how long could they hold out by themselves?

It would take at least half a day for the Empire's reinforcements to arrive.

Staying here was definitely death!

It would be better to follow Fang Heng's team back to the village.

After all, the barbarian's current attacks were carried out in small teams. The village where Fang Heng was located was at the edge of Hani City. If he was lucky enough, the barbarian teams might ignore the village and attack Hani City directly after the village resisted a few waves of barbarian teams.

At that time, they might still be able to survive.

Protecting a village was also a form of protection, and it was the same as contributing to the Empire.

Harper would have led his men back to Hani City to defend the outpost if not for the fact that the outpost was too far away from the city and might be attacked by the barbarians on the way.

"However…"

Harper turned to his men, who were helping to collect the savage beast corpses, and asked, "With so many corpses, wouldn't it be a little inconvenient to transport them?"

"It's fine. I'll take care of the transportation. I have a way."

Hearing that Harper was going to leave with him, Fang Heng was overjoyed. He couldn't help but look at the outpost halfway up the mountain.

Not bad, not bad. Harper and the others would return to the village with him. In that case, he could take all the iron equipment, tools, and other supplies in the sentry tower with him.

After smelting, they could be used to forge many tools.

After all, there was a lack of iron ore resources around the village, and the materials for making iron could only be recycled.

Taking everything into account, taking the initiative to attack was definitely not a loss.

"Eh…"

As Harper looked at Fang Heng's eyes which were looking around the outpost and seemed to be filled with greed, he felt a little weird and sensed that something was not right.

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Half an hour later, at the top of the village's sentry tower, Ao Cang saw a large group of zombies rushing toward the village.

They also brought along a large number of carts. The carts were full of materials. There were many bodies of savage beasts, as well as tools and equipment.

He couldn't tell what it was, but it felt weird.

One of the guards hesitated for a moment and looked at Ao Cang, "Captain, we…"

"Let's go, we'll go and receive them together!"

"Yes!"

The entrance of the village opened and the Empire's guards came to receive them.

Harper was accompanying and protecting the group of zombies.

He had the same thoughts as Ao Cang.

Zombies could help transport supplies?

The zombies had almost turned the entire sentry tower upside down and emptied all the supplies!

Even some rare stones were broken by the zombies and brought back.

Why did it feel like they had encountered a group of bandits?

Harper had asked Fang Heng about this along the way.

Fang Heng said that the barbarian army would attack and occupy the outpost soon.

He could make a loss, but he couldn't let the barbarians profit.

Therefore, he might as well take them all away!

Harper fell silent for a long time.

It sounded logical but he still felt that something was not right.

Harper was once again shocked by the village before his eyes.

Wait a minute, what happened to this small village?

Why did they start building the wall already?

After more than half an hour, the wall on the east side of the village had begun to take shape.

The zombies were still building it.

After 12 hours of non-combat state, the number of normal working zombies had doubled, and the labor force had increased.

Over 2,000 normal zombies that had their building gathering skill leveled up to 20 were working non-stop, so their efficiency was naturally not slow.

The only limitation was the production speed of materials and tools such as furnaces mixers.

Harper was still sighing when he saw Ao Cang coming out of the village to greet him.

"Captain Ao Cang."

"Harper? It's great that you're all fine. I'll still need your help to protect the village."

"Of course."

After capturing the able-bodied men from the outpost to join the village guard group, Ao Cang's mood improved slightly.

After a simple greeting, Ao Cang led the group to the camp of the temporary village and explained to Fang Heng and Harper the crisis the Empire was facing.

Under normal circumstances, the Empire's communication network was mainly through the flying creature, the blue nestling, and the mage tower.

As mages were extremely rare in the entire Malhert Empire, the Empire could not rely solely on mages to build an effective communication network. Only a few main cities of the Empire had professional mage towers that could quickly transmit information from a few large main cities.

After the invasion of the barbarians, the falcons controlled by the barbarians won air superiority, and the communication of humans was greatly limited.

The intelligence report that had just returned from the Empire was not very optimistic.

Most of the city had been occupied by the barbarian race. It was estimated that the barbarian race would launch a full-scale attack on the city in three hours.

The atmosphere in the camp was unusually heavy.

The bad news was that most of the outer areas of Hani City had been occupied by the barbarians, which meant that there would be many barbarian teams targeting their village.

The good news was that theoretically, they only needed to hold out for three hours. By then, the barbarian army commander would launch a general attack on Hani City, and they would probably be able to catch their breath.

Of course, if Hani City was taken down, their days would be even harder.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other.

Was that true?

Just three more hours?

From the mission hints, it didn't seem that simple.

Well, Fang Heng decided not to think too much about it and focused on the current mission line.

The mission prompted that the next wave of barbarian attacks would arrive in 38 minutes.

Fang Heng looked up at the wall being built outside the village and nodded, "My zombies have detected a small barbarian team approaching the village. They will arrive in about half an hour. Captain Ao Cang, please be prepared for battle."

Ao Cang's expression was grave as he nodded, "Yes, don't worry. I will be in charge of coordinating the troops and mercenary groups to protect the village."

Ma Xiaowan nodded and said, "There's a group of mages on our team. They were originally used to deal with dragon mosquitoes. They should be able to help us."

"That's great, " Ao Cang said gratefully. "With the group of mages, we can also restrict the demonized barbarians."

Having experienced two battles with the barbarian race, Fang Heng had a general idea of the barbarian team's combat strength.

Basically, every barbarian team would have one barbarian who could enter Tier 2.

In the Empire, many people called this state 'demonization'.

Before entering the trial, Fang Heng had already filled up the souls in the Shrine of Bones.

He could use the Vampire King's soul skill again. At least, it would be no problem for him to deal with another wave of barbarian teams.

The difficulty was in the follow-up.

The barbarians came in waves, and their strength would only get stronger and stronger.

Fang Heng suddenly raised his head ad asked, "The Empire and the barbarians have been at war for so many years. Don't they have any ways to deal with the Tier 2 barbarians?"

This question made the faces of the few officers from the Empire freeze.

That's right, they really didn't have any good strategies.

"It's just that we are not strong enough. The high-level officers of the Empire are powerful. They naturally have the ability to deal with demonized barbarians. In addition, the barbarians have a high resistance to magic. We can also weaken and control them with magic."

Magic?

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, there is also a type of crystal called purple essence. Using it to make weapons can cause great damage to the demonized barbarian race. However, the annual production of purple essence is extremely rare. It is usually used as a strategic material reserve. Our remote village naturally doesn't have it."

Ao Cang continued to explain, "A few of the Empire's army commanders have been stationed in the northern region of the Empire. They immediately set off after receiving the news. They're already on the way to send reinforcements. The Empire's mages are also rushing here."

Fang Heng shrugged his shoulders, "Why is the defense of Hani City so lax?"

Harper gave a helpless expression and replied, "On one hand, we're being too lax. On the other hand, this place has never been invaded by barbarians before. But this time, it's really strange. The barbarians invaded from the vast forest area on the west side of the Empire. It's very unusual."

"That's why we're so passive."

"Everyone, keep holding on. When the Empire's reinforcements arrive, the barbarians will naturally retreat."

Seeing that there was no practical value in their discussion, they could only passively defend themselves.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other.

It was really difficult.

Why was the difficulty of this trial mission so high?

If it were not for the help of the zombie clones, the two of them would have given up on the mission of guarding the village and retreated to Hani City to be the last guards.

Harper said with a sigh, "It's a pity that we lack purple essence. Otherwise, we would have been able to deal with the demonized barbarians."

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1044 Purple Essence

Mo Jiawei touched his chin with a suspicious look on his face and asked, "What exactly is purple essence?"

Ma Xiaowan coughed and explained, "Purple essence is a special mixture of ores. Our Tianli Mercenary often cooperates with a few large chambers of commerce to undertake the Empire's business and acquire purple essence. Some large chambers of commerce have the formula to produce purple essence."

"There is a key ingredient in the formula that requires medicinal herbs from the Cesar Forest, so the Empire will spend a lot of money to buy…"

Hmm…

!!

Why did it trace back to Cesar Forest?

As Ma Xiaowan explained, she raised her hand to signal to the mercenary group's assistant, Ku Nuo.

Ku Nuo quickly walked up with an exquisite little box.

After he opened the box, a dark purple crystal was seen lying in the center.

"This is the purple essence."

Although the crystal was as small as a grain of rice, it could be sold for a sky-high price on the black market.

"This piece is too small."

Harper had once fought against the barbarians on the Empire's front line, and he couldn't help but shake his head at the sight of such a small piece of purple essence.

"Unless you can accurately hit the heart of the barbarian in the demonized state, such a small piece of crystal will at most be fixed on the tip of the sword and cause a little trouble to the barbarian race. It will be worn out very quickly."

Fang Heng's eyes lit up when he saw the small piece of purple essence.

After waiting for a long time, he finally found something substantial.

"If you don't mind, how about letting me study it?"

Everyone looked at Fang Heng one after another.

"Sure."

Ma Xiaowan felt a bit of heartache at giving up the purple essence, but in this situation, her life was the most important.

Although the two necromancers were strange, their abilities were definitely top-notch.

Who knows, he might be able to research something.

[Hint: Due to your friendship with the Empire village guardian team, you have received a small piece of purple essence*1.]

"Thank you," he said.

Fang Heng didn't stand on ceremony. He picked up the purple crystal from the box and looked at it carefully.

[Item: Purple essence (small).]

Description: Dark purple crystal, looks very ornamental.

Description: You lack related skills, unable to obtain more valuable information.

Description: You can try to use the skill 'basic occult' to analyze the purple essence (this test may cause damage to the purple essence).

Fang Heng kept the purple essence.

He would look for Qiu Yaokang to study it!

…

Outside the village, the zombies transported the resources they had obtained from this trip to a temporary open space. Then, they began to send the corpses of the savage beast to the blood altar in the center of the village as a sacrifice.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei rushed to Qiu Yaokang for help.

"Oh?"

Qiu Yaokang was studying the barbarian's blood. When he saw the live sample Fang Heng brought back, he immediately became interested. He put down his research and walked over to take the purple essence crystal and the sample collector from Fang Heng.

After listening to Fang Heng's explanation, Qiu Yaokang examined the small piece of purple essence in his hand with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "It can cause great damage to the barbarian race in their Tier 2 state?"

"Yeah, I also think it's weird."

Fang Heng shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the zombies that came with him, "By the way, I just got a barbarian's corpse that could transform into Tier 2. Study it well. I spent a lot of effort obtaining it."

"Yes, leave the body outside first. The laboratory's conditions are outdated, so we can only do preliminary research. Don't have too much hope."

Without waiting for their response, Qiu Yaokang brought the samples and the purple essence into the temporary research room.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other helplessly. Then, they turned around and ran to the blood altar in the center of the village.

The altar emitted a scarlet light.

As the zombie clones continued to throw the savage beast corpses into the blood pool, green flames kept rising.

Fang Heng took a look at the cooldown time of the skill of summoning the blood coffin.

Under the effects of the altar, the skill's cooldown time was left at more than five hours, and it was still accelerating.

Victor was sitting on the grass patch not far from the altar. He picked up the cigarette he carried with him and took a comfortable puff.

The furnace, brick kiln and mixed cement were all completed, so he could take a break.

"Do you want one?"

From a distance, Victor showed Fang Heng the cigarette in his hand.

"No, I can't enjoy it."

Fang Heng walked over to Victor, looked around, and asked, "Why don't I see Sandy? Do you know where he went?"

"He went to the village for a walk. He said it was boring, so he went to chat with the villagers. He said he wanted to understand the cultural background of this world so that he could evaluate the art of this world in the future."

Fang Heng nodded and stopped enquiring about him.

[Hint: The barbarians have controlled/destroyed 80% of the subsidiary buildings outside Hani City.]

[Hint: The barbarian team is heading towards your village. They will attack the village in 15 minutes. Please be careful.]

"They're here so quickly…"

…

In the village outside the forest, under the control of the barbarian team leader Ventalita, the dense group of savage beasts roared and swarmed toward the village in front of them!

The barbarian team was almost invincible as they broke into the Empire's territory. They had already occupied six towns in a row.

Ventalita didn't even care about these dilapidated villages until he saw the towering city wall in front of them.

Huh?! City wall?

Ventalita felt strange.

"Why is there a city wall here?" This strange thought flashed through Ventalita's mind.

Hmph! It's just a city wall!

Did they want to stop the barbarian attack with just this city wall?

Don't dream about it!

"Charge! The warriors blessed by the gods! Break them down!"

A dense rain of arrows was shot from the sentry tower behind the city wall and into the herd of savage beasts.

The smell of blood stimulated the savage beasts even more.

The savage beasts accelerated to charge!

Suddenly, Ventalita frowned.

What was going on?

The gate of the village in front of them had actually opened?

"Thump!! Dong Dong Dong!!!"

A few tall monsters walked out of the city gate with heavy steps, and around them were groups of humanoid creatures.

Whoosh! Whoosh Whoosh!!

What were those things?

Ventalita was surprised.

The group of Lickers rushed toward the group of savage beasts!

The next moment, the savage beasts at the front of the barbarian team collided with the Lickers!

The two torrents of blood and flesh collided with each other!

The center of the battle was like a meat grinder and the smell of blood instantly filled the entire battlefield!

On the sentry tower, Ao Cang and Ma Xiaowan's mercenary group were silent, their hearts filled with fear.

This was the first time they had seen a group of undead creatures fighting a group of beasts.

The level of bloodiness was beyond their expectations.

Fang Heng stood at the side with a very calm expression.

The undying effect was almost invincible against a group of savage beasts.

As long as they didn't encounter any barbarians that had entered the Tier 2 state, this wave of savage beasts would be a lost cause.

Qiu Yaokang followed behind Fang Heng and was firmly guarded by several Empire guards.

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The village's laboratory had not been completed yet, so he could not carry out further research. Therefore, he took the opportunity to see the Tier 2 transformation process of the barbarians and the so-called black rhombus-shaped spikes in actual combat.

Ventalita's expression quickly turned ugly.

The beasts were dying quickly!

Those were not ordinary undead!

The sharp claws of the ghouls had the effect of breaking armor. They could easily cut through the hard skin of the beasts, leaving long and narrow wounds on the bodies of the beasts.

The enemy's attack was extremely powerful!

What was even more terrifying was that they also had a terrifying self-recovery ability!

He had never seen such strange ghouls!

"Roar!!!"

Ventalita immediately entered the Tier 2 state. A layer of black cuticles emerged from the surface of his skin, and fine black rhombus-shaped spikes extended out from the cuticles.

"It's here!"

The Tier 2 barbarian with black stratum corneum all over his body was very easy to recognize. At a glance, Ao Cang saw Ventalita, who was charging at the forefront of the battlefield, and shouted, "Mages! Attack!"

More than a dozen mages standing on the sentry tower immediately waved their scepters and cast various weakening spells at Ventalita.

"Ice crystal!"

"Slow!"

"Fear of the unknown!"

"Ignite!"

"Will destruction!"

More than a dozen negative spell techniques were cast on Ventalita.

Eh?

The effect was so good?

Fang Heng, who was watching from the side, was overjoyed when he saw this.

A Tier 2 barbarian was very strong and difficult to deal with, but its resistance to magic was almost zero!

With more than a dozen debuffs on his body, Ventalita's forward speed suddenly decreased, and his movements became extremely stiff.

Fang Heng found that Ventalita's threat had been greatly reduced!

Even the Lickers were faster than him!

Fang Heng couldn't help but look back at Ma Xiaowan, who heaved a sigh of relief.

This teammate is not bad!

However, the mages of the Empire had their limitations.

They were not good at close combat and needed the protection of their teammates on the battlefield.

If he were to bring this group of mages to battle in the wild, they would die if they were not careful and got close to a savage beast.

However, for the defense of a city, the mages were very effective.

At this moment, Fang Heng suddenly felt that the situation in Wei Tao's Hani City was still optimistic.

Ma Xiaowan didn't know what Fang Heng was thinking. She was still nervously staring at the bottom of the city wall.

The Empire's mages were extremely difficult to train, and training more than ten mages consumed a large number of the Tianli Mercenary's resources every year. If one of them were to die, she would be heartbroken.

"Roar!!!"

Ventalita was under the control of the mages and felt extremely uncomfortable. He roared again and raised his hand at the mages above the tower.

"Chi Chi Chi!!!"

The dense black rhombus-shaped spikes attacked the mages.

At the side, the Empire's guardian soldiers, who were already prepared, immediately raised their shields that were more than half a meter thick and blocked in front of the mages.

"Thump! Thump Thump!!"

The black rhombus-shaped spikes struck the shield one after another, piercing several centimeters deep into it.

Eh?

What was going on? It didn't explode?

"Quick, show me your shield!"

Qiu Yaokang, who had just witnessed the Tier 2 barbarian's transformation, was extremely excited. He had long been interested in the black rhombus-shaped spikes. He quickly called a soldier to bring the shield over for inspection.

The two soldiers carried their heavy alloy shields and returned to the rear.

Fang Heng was also a little curious. He lowered his head to observe and study the black rhombus-shaped spikes on the shield with Qiu Yaokang.

The spikes were black rhomboid, and the front section was extremely sharp. Just from their appearance, they looked like crystals.

Qiu Yaokang looked at the rhombus-shaped spike with a serious expression. He looked at Fang Heng beside him and said, "Try it. Take one down and check it."

"Yes, move aside, be careful it may explode."

Fang Heng was worried that the black spike would suddenly explode. He waited until Qiu Yaokang was far away before he reached out his hand and grabbed the handle of the black spike.

The rhombus-shaped spike was bone-piercingly cold in his hand, and its surface was extremely smooth.

Chi!

Fang Heng pulled out the entire black spike with force. There was no explosion.

"Interesting."

Qiu Yaokang came over and took the black rhombus-shaped crystal from Fang Heng's hand and observed it carefully. After a while, he seemed to have discovered something and stuck his head out to look down the city wall.

Ventalita was fighting while being surrounded by Lickers.

The rhombus-shaped black crystal will cause continuous explosions after piercing into the Licker's body, causing secondary damage to the Licker.

To the Lickers, the explosion damage was not scary. The most troublesome thing was that the stun effect of the continuous explosions would cause them to lose their combat ability for a period of time.

"Did you find anything?"

Qiu Yaokang thought for a while and explained in a way that Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei could understand, "According to my judgment, the black rhombus-shaped crystal is no longer under the control of the host after leaving the body, such as the hornet's sting."

"Of course, I know that. But why didn't it explode?" Mo Jiawei asked.

"My guess is that it should be related to blood."

As Qiu Yaokang spoke, he threw the black rhombus-shaped crystal in his hand somewhere outside the city wall.

"Pa!"

The sharp spike landed on a large pool of blood.

Just half a second after it touched the blood, the spike exploded with a bang. The rhombus-shaped spike exploded into several tiny spike pieces. When the pieces came into contact with the blood, they exploded again to form smaller spikes, which kept circulating into the explosion.

"It seems that I was right," Qiu Yaokang nodded. "The explosion was caused by some kind of elemental reaction between the crystal and the blood. As for the so-called delayed explosion, it was probably due to insufficient elemental reaction."

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other, indicating that they understood a little. But it didn't seem to be of much use.

"Can you think of a way to stop the spikes from exploding?" Fang Heng asked.

As long as the spikes did not continuously explode inside the Licker's body, the threat of the entire Tier 2 barbarian race would be greatly reduced.

Qiu Yaokang thought for a while and replied, "I can't answer your question for now. I want to do an experiment."

"Sure, what experiment?"

Huh?

Ma Xiaowan, Ao Cang, and the others, who were listening to the discussion, couldn't help but swallow their saliva. They carefully looked at Qiu Yaokang and the others, who were discussing seriously.

How could they still be in the mood to do research at a time like this?

Experiment?

Are you kidding me?

Did he not treat the barbarians as humans anymore?

To be honest, the Empire and the barbarians had been fighting for a long time, but this was the first time they had heard that the explosion of the black spikes was related to blood.

The people of the Empire all had a fixed concept that the explosion of the black rhombus-shaped spikes was controlled by the barbarians.

"It's very difficult for the spikes on ordinary animals to regrow in a short period of time. However, the barbarians seem to have a very strong weapon regeneration ability. I'm very curious about this ability."

Qiu Yaokang looked down at Ventalita, who had entered Tier 2 combat state, and his face showed an interested look.

"That's why I want to try and see how many spikes he can produce from his body."

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Ah?

Hearing Qiu Yaokang's words, everyone was stunned.

Why did this experiment sound so inhumane?

"Hmm…."

Fang Heng stroked his chin, thinking about the feasibility of the experiment.

Qiu Yaokang continued, "Also, the material of this crystal is very strange. I need to collect more spike crystals for research. I need to find a way to solve the problem of the spikes exploding after being in contact with blood."

"Alright," Fang Heng agreed immediately.

With the help of the mages, the Tier 2 barbarian's movement speed was greatly reduced.

Currently, the barbarian team leader was being controlled by the Lickers. Now was the best time to use him as a test subject!

Qiu Yaokang looked at Ma Xiaowan and the others and said, "You've all heard it. I wonder if we can get the mages from your mercenary group to cooperate with us and help us with a simple little experiment."

Simple little experiment?

Ma Xiaowan finally understood why necromancers were called disasters on the continent.

This simple little experiment was the source of disaster!

Ma Xiaowan looked at Fang Heng, who was standing beside Qiu Yaokang and tried her best to squeeze out a smile that wasn't too ugly.

"O-okay."

"If you want to get the spikes, you must first withstand the piercing damage of the spikes…"

Qiu Yaokang lowered his head and thought for a while. He soon had an idea. He turned to look at Ao Cang and asked, "Do you have any thick armor? The thicker the better."

"There is, but…"

Captain Ao Cang hesitated for a moment. He really wanted to say that very few people would wear this kind of thick armor.

It was too heavy!

Once it was put on, it would be impossible to move, turning one into a living turtle shell.

Fang Heng interrupted, "Captain Ao Cang, please hurry."

"Okay, I'll get someone to get it from the warehouse for you."

"I'll go with you."

Very quickly, a few soldiers found the heavy armor that the Empire had kept for many years in the village warehouse.

A group of soldiers dragged heavy boxes to the bottom of the sentry tower.

The boxes were piled up in a forgotten corner in the deepest part of the warehouse, so much so that they were covered with cobwebs.

Opening the lid, a thick layer of dust spread out from the box.

"Come, I'll have to trouble everyone to do me a favor."

Fang Heng controlled the vine zombie clones to come over and put on a layer of armor with the help of the soldiers.

Done!

The zombie clone had inherited some of Fang Heng's attributes, and its vitality attribute fully met the equipment requirements of the armor.

As for the negative effects such as movement speed and attack speed that would be inflicted upon heavy armor, they didn't have much of an effect on the vine zombie's slow movements.

Fang Heng found the equipment hint of the vine zombie from the dense and constantly refreshing game battle hints. After making sure that there was no problem, he made a hand gesture to Qiu Yaokang, who was on the sentry tower, indicating that everything was ready.

"Yes, let's begin the test."

Qiu Yaokang stood on the sentry tower and muttered to himself in a low voice. He took out a pen and paper and responded to Fang Heng with a gesture.

Under Fang Heng's control, 32 vine zombies in heavy armor walked toward the stone wall.

On the battlefield, Ventalita was having a headache from the human spells.

He did not expect such a troublesome group of mages to be hiding in a small village!

What made him even more uneasy was that the beasts controlled by the barbarians were dying out quickly.

Eh? What was that?

Ventalita noticed a large number of armored human soldiers walking out of the village. They were wrapped in thick armor from head to tail. As the armor was too thick, it even swayed a little when they walked.

Looking at the direction they're heading towards…

"Huh?"

They were heading toward him?

Ventalita raised an eyebrow. He suddenly realized that the ghouls around him had retreated consciously, and several weakening spells had enveloped him.

He immediately felt his shoulder sink, and his body became extremely tired.

Troublesome humans!

Did they think that they could restrain him with these ridiculous armored soldiers?

Ventalita's heart was filled with anger as he raised his hand.

Fine black, rhombus-shaped spikes shot out from the surface of his body.

"Chi Chi Chi!!!"

The dense spikes bombarded the thick armor of the armored soldiers, piercing into their armor.

The zombie was hit by a huge impact, and it was knocked back more than two meters along with its armor. It fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

Ventalita frowned.

The outer layer of the soldier's armor was much thicker than he had imagined! The blackthorns actually couldn't break it!

After landing on the ground, the armored zombie struggled for a moment before slowly standing up and approaching Ventalita.

What?

Ventalita sensed something. His range of movement became smaller and smaller. He was about to be surrounded by the Empire's tin men!

"Get lost!!"

Ventalita roared and dodged to the right.

However, with more than ten layers of debuffs on him, he was only slightly faster than the Empire's tin men.

Two tin men blocked Ventalita's path ahead of time.

"Thump!!!"

There was a heavy crash!

Ventalita had wanted to rely on his strong body to knock the armored warriors of the Empire away, but he did not expect to suffer a hidden loss!

His body hit the iron sheet, making a heavy sound.

Ventalita was knocked back a few steps, and the two tin men in front of him were also knocked back more than a meter and fell to the ground.

However, before Ventalita could stand still, two tin men on both sides came up to fill the gap and firmly blocked him.

"Chi Chi Chi!!!"

Several sharp spikes shot out from the black cuticles on the surface of his body and ruthlessly pierced forward!

The two armored zombies were once again sent flying by the spikes!

"Whoosh! Whoosh Whoosh!"

Ventalita had just dodged the pursuit of the armored zombies when the Lickers on the outermost perimeter immediately rushed up to fill in the gap.

Ventalita had no choice but to retreat again.

After a few times, the armors of the Empire's armored soldiers were already full of black spikes.

Those damn soldiers of the Empire!

This happened a few times, and Ventalita was going crazy.

He realized that no matter how many times these soldiers were knocked down, they could get up and approach him again, surrounding him tightly in the center!

This group of soldiers seemed to have an extremely tenacious belief. They down again and again, and stood up again and again, walking towards him with determined steps!

However, Ventaally had no other choice!

Affected by the spell effects of the mages on the sentry tower in the distance, his movement speed had been greatly reduced, and he could not escape from the encirclement of the tin men at all!

Good! Then he might as well find a way to kill them completely!

Ventalita gritted his teeth and rushed towards one of the tinmen. He raised his hand, trying to remove the iron mask on the man's face.

Eh? It can't be opened?

Ventalita was stunned for a moment. He exerted force with his right hand and removed the mask from the face of the armored soldier.

"Chi!"

What the hell!

Ventalita's pupils shrank.

He saw a pale and rotten face under the armor.

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1047 The Torture

"Chi Chi Chi!!"

The next moment, fine vines sprang out from under the rotten skin and wrapped around the iron mask.

"Ka!!"

The mask was once again pulled back by the vines!

!!

What was that?!

A zombie?!

With a quick glance, Ventalita was shocked to the core.

"Thump!!!"

One of the tin men rushed forward and took the initiative to attack Ventalita, knocking him back.

Ventalita took two steps back and steadied himself.

The tin man who had taken the initiative to hit him was sent flying by him and fell to the ground. He struggled on the ground, his movements looking extremely funny.

However, Ventalita could not laugh no matter what.

The face he had seen under the armor just now was still lingering in his mind. He felt a sense of fear.

On the sentry tower, everyone fell silent as they saw Ventalita struggling desperately in the midst of the armored zombies.

A chill that rose from the bottom of their hearts enveloped everyone.

Before the barbarians attacked the village, no one had thought that it would turn into such a situation.

They seemed to be able to empathize with the pain Ventalita was currently suffering.

There was even a little bit of sympathy.

From time to time, someone would secretly observe the expressions of Fang Heng and Qiu Yaokang.

Qiu Yaokang had a serious look on his face. He kept taking notes as if he was recording data. He looked very serious.

Fang Heng, on the other hand, revealed a contemplative look.

This was the small test you guys were talking about? You ain't human!

Ao Cang took a deep breath and warned himself again that these powerful necromancers were his teammates.

Fang Heng's eyes were fixed on Ventalita, who was struggling non-stop, and he couldn't help but touch his chin.

Armored zombie?

It seemed interesting.

It was meaty enough!

But thinking about it carefully, the zombie clone already had the effect of the undying body. There was no need to put on the armor and become so meaty. It was adequate enough to deal with Tier 2 barbarians.

Moreover, there was no way to mass-produce this thick iron armor at the current stage. There was really no need.

Fang Heng gave up the idea very quickly. The physical defense set wouldn't do, but it would be great if he could change it to the magic-immune set. He would have to spend money to get a set no matter what.

Eh?

It didn't seem impossible.

Fang Heng suddenly recalled an enchantment coating that he had once seen somewhere. A layer of coating could be applied to the armor to increase its magic resistance.

Well, he would continue to look for an opportunity to study it after a period of time.

"Oh, it seems that my guess was right…"

Qiu Yaokang kept writing on the paper and muttered, "It's been 10 minutes. The black spikes on the barbarians' bodies are growing slower."

The crowd looked at the barbarians who were struggling to hold on and then at Qiu Yaokang who was muttering to himself.

Ma Xiaowan really wanted to say, "Is there a need to test this?"

Wasn't that Tier 2 barbarian just tired?

Necromancers are really…

Disaster!

Fang Heng turned his eyes to the rear of the battlefield again.

After Ventalita was trapped, the rest of the barbarians and beasts were killed by the fusion Tyrant forms and Lickers.

When less than one-third of the group was left, the group of savage beasts started to riot. They began to scatter uncontrollably.

Ventalita was panting heavily.

His physical strength had been greatly consumed, and his struggles were becoming weaker and weaker.

"There's no sign of him exiting Tier 2 state. It seems that maintaining Tier 2 won't consume too much physical energy. Anyway, I'll just trap him first and collect more rhombus-shaped spikes. The current level of the laboratory is low, so I can only do a differentiated test, which will consume a lot of spikes."

Qiu Yaokang put away his notebook and said casually, "I'll go back and take a look at the layout of the laboratory first. Oh, and record the time and see if he will automatically exit the Tier 2 state."

"Go ahead. There's no problem here. I'll get someone to send you the spikes later."

Fang Heng nodded to Qiu Yaokang.

He then looked at Ma Xiaowan and the vice commander of the Empire army, Ao Cang, and asked in a negotiating tone, "I still want to keep the barbarians to continue my research. Can I trouble the mages to temporarily trap him?"

Was this not enough?

Were they really going to torture the barbarian to death?

Ao Cang and Ma Xiaowan looked at each other and felt a chill run down their spines.

"I have no objections. But I'm worried that the other barbarian teams will come to their aid at any time. At that time, we will face a lot of pressure when we face many demonized barbarians at the same time."

"Yes," Ma Xiaowan said. "And casting spells continuously will consume a lot of the mages' energy. If we encounter more barbarians attacking the town, the mages' control will be weakened a lot."

"It's okay. We just need to maintain the situation for the time being. I have a way to deal with the barbarians in the future."

"Uh, okay…"

Outside the village, Ventalita's face was stiff.

He was entangled!

He realized that these tin men couldn't actually cause any substantial damage to him. They didn't even have weapons in their hands, so the most they could do was collision damage.

And in most cases, after the collision attack, the group of tin men would also sway and fall to the ground.

However, Ventalita could do nothing about it!

The thick armor on the tin men blocked his blackthorns, and each of his attacks seemed to be bombarding a wall.

Although walls could be broken, these tin men would quickly recover after being knocked down!

He looked around and saw that the barbarians and beasts under his command were being devoured and scattered!

The enemy had even begun to collect the spoils of war.

The group of terrifying undead creatures walked out of the village, constantly dragging the corpses of savage beasts into the town.

The fear and anger in Ventalita's heart were ignited. Black rhombus-shaped spikes emerged from the surface of her body again, and he once again madly crashed into the two nearest tin men.

…

Hani City.

Ever since the Empire's emergency invasion alarm was sounded, the troops on duty in the villages around Hani City immediately retreated and returned to Hani City.

They would defend Hani City and fight to the death with the barbarians!

During this period of time, other than increasing their defense, Wei Tao and the rest had also made various arrangements.

They even tried to ambush a small barbarian team.

The strength of the barbarian team left a deep impression.

Wei Tao realized that they couldn't win!

The Tier 2 barbarian was terrifyingly strong, and those strange black rhombus-shaped spikes made people extremely afraid.

When Wei Tao realized that the situation was not good, he immediately chose to retreat with his team.

Fortunately, the team didn't lose any members.

The players' morale plummeted, and many of them wondered if there was a problem with the mission process.

How could they fight this?

After some discussion, Wei Tao decided to use Hani City as the base for defense, giving up on the villages nearby and using the strength of the Empire to defend Hani City.

Tang Mingyue's identity was special. At least, she could give most of the orders to the city and control it in advance.

The players had buried a large number of explosives around the city in advance. If the barbarians dared to attack, they would definitely suffer a big loss!

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Of course, these arrangements could only be delayed as much as possible.

The city wall of Hani City and the 100-man team of mages in the city were their biggest reliance.

"You mean purple essence?"

In the main city's conference hall, Brian nodded and said, "Purple essence is indeed very useful against the demonized barbarians. However, the production of purple essence is very rare, and weapons with purple essence added to them will also wear out very easily."

!!

"There are only three purple essence weapons left in the city, and only the blades are coated with a layer of purple essence crystal. These three swords have been granted to the three knight commanders of the city guardian knights."

They were discussing the pre-war strategy meeting when a soldier knocked on the door and entered.

"City Lord, the Empire has sent us the latest intelligence."

Brian took the information from his subordinate and frowned after a quick look.

Bad news!

Seeing Brian's worried face, Wei Tao asked, "How's the situation?"

"The barbarians will invade the Empire by guerilla warfare as usual," Brian shook his head and handed the letter over for everyone to read. "It's terrible. The barbarian leader who led the invasion of Hani City is Almonta."

At this point, Brian paused and said in a deep voice, "Almonta has a Tier 3 barbarian mutation ability."

Tier 3!

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air and felt the pressure on their bodies was extremely great.

They couldn't even defeat Tier 2, let alone Tier 3!

The City Lord, Brian, also sighed in his heart.

The strength of the Tier 3 barbarian was much stronger than that of the Tier 2 barbarian. It was not something that a small city like theirs could resist.

This was not the worst.

Almonta was a blood relative of the royal family of the barbarians. According to the intelligence, the team he led had the largest number of savage beasts! In the past, it had dealt a devastating blow to the Empire's front line.

A vast army of savage beasts!

Brian could already imagine the entire city surrounded by the beast army.

How long could their city last against Almonta's attacks?

Their only hope now was the Empire's reinforcements.

They hoped that the Empire's reinforcements would be able to come back in time to save them.

Now that they had encountered great trouble, everyone couldn't help but think of Fang Heng.

"By the way, where's Fang Heng? Did he send any news? He's the one who triggered the mission. Could he have any information that can help us?"

"I've been looking for him outside, but there's no news yet."

Wei Tao shook his head and said, "The barbarian invasion cut off our information transmission. It's very difficult to contact Fang Heng. Besides, we don't know his exact location."

"I'm a little worried. Although Fang Heng has ignored us twice, it's still a little strange that we haven't heard from him for such a long time. Logically speaking, he should have returned to Hani City immediately to meet us in such a situation."

Tang Mingyue was a little worried. She looked at the crowd and asked, "Will he be in danger and be unable to make it back?"

"I don't think so…"

Mikhael shrugged.

Originally, when he first met Fang Heng, Mikhael was a little disdainful of him.

He didn't expect Fang Heng to be able to completely control the world of the vampires in just half a month!

It was only then that Mikhael realized that Fang Heng was not an ordinary person. It was absolutely impossible to achieve this by relying on luck alone!

Therefore, he found a way to get secret information from the Federation and studied Fang Heng's means of completing the mission in detail from all aspects.

After looking at it, Mikhael was shocked.

Mikhael continued, "Fang Heng often does things unexpectedly. If you tell me that he has turned his back on the barbarian and is helping to fight against the Empire, I'll still believe it."

"You're exaggerating a little."

As they were discussing, a line of game notifications appeared on their retina.

[Hint: The player's trial team has successfully resisted the barbarian team that invaded the village for 30 minutes. The player has successfully delayed the barbarian's attack. The barbarian attack on Hani City will be delayed by 1 hour. The player will receive an extra hour of trial time.]

[Hint: The village has attracted the attention of the barbarians.]

[Hint: The three barbarian teams will arrive and invade the village in 40 minutes.]

When everyone saw the sudden notification, Wei Tao closed his mouth and fell into silence.

Fang Heng exerted his strength again!

They were idling here, so who else was left in the village to resist the barbarians?

Of course, it was Fang Heng!

Mikhael looked at the crowd with an expression that said, "Told you, I'm right."

Tang Mingyue's face lit up and her eyes brightened. "Awesome! Fang Heng has a way to deal with the barbarian team? That's a Tier 2 barbarian!"

Right, right, there was no need to panic. Things weren't that bad. They still had a big shot to cover them!

As a World Lord, Tang Mingyue didn't have the self-awareness of a big shot. She just wanted to lie flat and wait for Fang Heng to take her away.

"Indeed," Wei Tao nodded and looked at the mission notification again, but he shook his head. "There is no doubt that Fang Heng is very strong. But look at the mission hints carefully."

"Hmm…" Mikhael looked at the game hint and nodded. "According to the description of the mission hint, Fang Heng's team did not defeat the barbarian team. Instead, they used some kind of method to persist in the attack of the barbarian team."

"In short, he bought us a lot of time, and there are trial rewards."

The estimated time of the barbarian's attack on Hani City was delayed by another hour.

Wonderful!

An hour was enough for them to set up more defensive facilities in the city.

"By the way, Your Highness, this is the letter that the Empire sent me to pass to you."

Brian carefully took out an envelope with a gold rim and handed it to Tang Mingyue with both hands.

"For me?"

Tang Mingyue was a little surprised. She reached out to take the envelope and opened it.

Chi…

A gentle light flashed.

Tang Mingyue frowned.

A spell had been cast on the envelope, and it could only be opened after a special bloodline was verified. Otherwise, the envelope would be completely destroyed.

She opened the letter and read it. The writer expressed his concern for Tang Mingyue and repeatedly told her not to be afraid and to stay in Hani City. The other party had already brought the Empire's elite team of mages and the Empire royal guards to protect her.

They had urgently mobilized the Empire griffins to head to Hani City and were expected to arrive within two hours at most.

After reading it carefully, the concern and anxiety contained in the letter even made Tang Mingyue feel a little touched by the protection.

When she saw the signature at the end, Tang Mingyue's face suddenly stiffened.

What the hell! The person who came to rescue her was actually…

He was her brother in name.

His Ninth Highness?

[Hint: Due to the player's intervention, some mission lines have been changed. The player has received an extra two hours of trial time.]

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1049 Injection

"Boom!"

At the blood altar in the center of the village, the green flame once again shot up into the sky.

[Hint: Player's current skill-blood summoning's cooldown time has been reset.]

[Hint: Continuing the ritual during the summoning process can greatly increase the summoning duration.]

[Hint: As the summoning duration increases, blood consumption will also gradually increase.]

Fang Heng looked at the game hint and fell into deep thought.

According to the plan, in order to awaken the unknown sacred tree's seed, he needed to summon the coffin of the Vampire King and extend the duration of the coffin as much as possible.

Well, the safest plan was to prepare a large amount of blood in advance.

[Hint: The three barbarian teams will arrive and invade the village in 40 minutes.]

Here it comes again!

It just so happened that he was lacking blood, and the enemy came over to deliver materials.

Only the Tier 2 barbarian in the barbarian race was a little troublesome.

With the current strength of the village's mages, they might not be able to defend against the invasion of three barbarian teams at the same time.

"What should I do…?" Fang Heng touched his chin, feeling a little worried.

"Fang Heng! Fang Heng!!"

Mo Jiawei ran over excitedly and shouted along the way, "Fang Heng, Genius Qiu has made a big discovery. He's asking you to go over and take a look."

"I'll be there immediately."

Fang Heng replied and followed Mo Jiawei to look for Qiu Yaokang.

In the newly built wooden house of the basic research Institute, Qiu Yaokang was fiddling with something in front of the research device with a serious expression.

"Genius Qiu, I've called Fang Heng over. Where's the big discovery?"

"Well, don't be so anxious. Take a look at this first."

Qiu Yaokang gestured to another test bench beside him and went over. He took out a transparent flask, which contained the black rhombus-shaped spikes he had extracted from the barbarian who was in Tier 2 demonized state.

Then, he used a tweezer to take out a rice-sized purple essence from another vessel.

The tweezer held the purple essence and slowly approached the spike.

"Chi!"

As soon as the two came into contact, the black rhombus-shaped spikes melted away as if they were being corroded.

Mo Jiawei was shocked and asked, "What's the situation?"

Qiu Yaokang nodded and said, "The black rhombus-shaped crystal that condensed on the surface of the Tier 2 barbarian is a compound. Due to the current experimental environment, there is no way to analyze it in detail. As for the purple essence, it is very interesting."

"Interesting?"

"Well, to be precise, purple essence is an undiscovered mix of bacteria. I think it should be a creature unique to this world."

"Ah? Bacteria?"

"Yes, it's a very strange bacteria. It can devour and break down prismatic crystals, and even devour the flesh and blood of barbarians."

Qiu Yaokang nodded. His eyes were deep as he thought, "It's as if this bacteria was born to suppress the barbarians."

Fang Heng frowned.

"I don't have any experimental evidence, but based on my many years of experience, it's almost impossible for this bacteria to form naturally. I think purple essence should be a bacteria that has been specially cultivated."

"In addition, I've also conducted a preliminary autopsy analysis on the barbarian corpses. Their body structure is more than 99% similar to that of humans. More specific analysis will have to wait until the laboratory is upgraded."

As he spoke, Qiu Yaokang took out a silver box from under the experiment table.

"And this, this is the experimental potion I developed using the purple essence."

Fang Heng's eyes lit up, "New potion? How's the effect?"

"Against a Tier 2 barbarian, there is a 72% chance that the injection will freeze the barbarian's muscles."

"Freeze?" Fang Heng asked with a puzzled look.

"Well, you can think of it as a deep coma. It's a deep paralysis of the muscles and organs on the physical level. Even if you're attacked, you can't wake up."

Qiu Yaokang said as he opened the box, revealing the syringes and potions inside.

"Purple essence is rare, and the potions can't be mass-produced. There are only twelve potions in total. Use them sparingly."

"Genius Qiu! You're awesome!"

Mo Jiawei came closer and looked at the box of potions. He could not help but rub his hands in excitement. He was thankful that Fang Heng was wise enough to bring Qiu Yaokang here for the trial.

He alone was definitely comparable to an entire team!

Qiu Yaokang continued, "The needle was also made with purple essence. It can easily penetrate the black stratum corneum of a Tier 2 barbarian. Try to recycle it as much as possible."

"But there's only a 72% success rate. What if it fails?"

"Then inject another time," Qiu Yaokang said as he glanced at Mo Jiawei and said calmly. "But if it's you, there shouldn't be such a problem."

Mo Jiawei shivered when he saw Qiu Yaokang's gaze, which was filled with the desire to dissect him. "Well, okay, pretend I didn't ask."

[Hint: The player has received ABU21834 experimental potion (made by Qiu Yaokang)*12.]

[Item: ABU21834 experimental potion.]

Description: A potion that has unknown effects on Tier 2 barbarians.

…

On the city wall, looking at Ventalita, who was constantly being hit and tortured by the armored zombies, Ma Xiaowan's heart sank.

The two sides were clearly at each other's throats just now, but seeing the enemy being tortured so badly, Ma Xiaowan couldn't bear it and even wanted to give him a quick death.

The others' expressions did not look good either.

Everyone had the same thought.

It was too tragic!

Ventalita panted heavily as he was constantly hit back and forth by the tin man. The growth of the Black Diamond-shaped spikes on his body had become extremely slow.

Fang Heng came to the sentry tower and looked at Ventalita, who was being besieged by the armored zombies and was lost in thought for a moment.

It seemed that the growth of the spikes on the barbarian's body was limited.

As if…

If he could use some method…

Fang Heng felt a flash of inspiration in his mind.

Mo Jiawei interrupted Fang Heng's thoughts and asked, "Fang Heng, it's almost time, right? Why don't we give him a shot to test the effect?"

"Ah, oh, okay…"

Fang Heng came back to his senses.

For now, he had to test the effects of the injection.

He looked at Mo Jiawei and asked, "You do it?"

Mo Jiawei looked at the Tier 2 barbarian below him and felt a little guilty. He said, "I think it's better if you do it. Show me an example."

"Come, let's go together."

Fang Heng said as he jumped down from the sentry tower.

Mo Jiawei nodded and followed him down.

Ventalita's physical strength had reached its limit, and he fought tenaciously with his willpower.

Seeing Fang Heng appear, Ventalita seized the last chance and immediately pounced on him.

However, after being slowed by spells and being abused for more than 50 minutes, his physical strength could not keep up at all.

Whoosh!!

Fang Heng teleported in front of Ventalita and appeared behind him.

"Bang!!"

He punched forward.

Fang Heng frowned.

The cuticles on the Tier 2 barbarian's skin were extremely hard and rough. When he punched them, he felt pain.

Ventalita was even more miserable. He was thrown into a group of tin men after being punched by Fang Heng.

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1050 Follow-up

Mo Jiawei had already transformed into a Tier 2 demon hunter, and a layer of mysterious patterns appeared on his skin. He sped up and dashed to Ventalita's side. He raised his hand and the silver needle was inserted into Ventalita's neck.

"Chi!"

The needle had been modified by Qiu Yaokang and was coated with purple essence. He smoothly pierced the needle into Ventalita's black skin which was as hard as iron.

"You!"

Ventalita let out a furious roar after being ambushed. He wanted to say something, but he suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold flowing from his shoulder into his whole body. His body was extremely tired, and he felt as if his entire body was going to freeze.

Following that, Ventalita's vision turned black and he fainted completely.

Exhale…

It seemed like he had succeeded.

Genius Qiu was still powerful!

Mo Jiawei heaved a sigh of relief and looked excited. He turned to Fang Heng and asked, "How should we handle this?"

"Yes, bring him back and burn him."

As he spoke, the zombie clones slowly walked out of the city gate. Together, they carried the unconscious Ventalita and walked toward the central blood altar.

"BOOM!!!"

A moment later, the blood altar in the village was once again ablaze with flames.

The people on the sentry tower looked at each other and felt a bone-chilling cold.

Even the Tier 2 barbarian was sacrificed?

Terrifying undead!

"Captain!" A soldier hurried over and reported to the captain, "Report, three barbarian teams are heading toward the sentry tower!"

"Get ready for battle. Quickly invite Mr. Fang Heng over," Ao Cang said in a deep voice with a serious expression.

…

Denton's barbarian team was also a little confused when they saw the tall city wall in front of them.

That's weird, wasn't it just a small village?

What's with this tall city wall?

Why did it feel like the village's defensive capabilities were comparable to a city's?

In the barbarian race, status was measured by valor and military achievements.

Every time they invaded human territory, it was a great opportunity for the barbarian team leaders to gain battle merits.

Because of this, the barbarian army leader would always adopt a scattered strategy when leading the attack on the city area. He would let the barbarian teams fight for military achievements and divide the villages and affiliated military facilities on the periphery of the city to make the humans feel fear and show the barbarian's bravery. Then, they would concentrate their forces to attack the city together.

The barbarian guard saw Denton's hesitation and asked, "Captain, are we going up? Tuller's team is about to catch up."

"Tell them to get lost! This village is ours!"

Seeing that another team was approaching and trying to snatch his merit, despite his suspicions, Denton still shouted and led the team to charge toward the city wall.

Denton felt a little more at ease when he was closer to the village. He noticed that the walls of the city seemed to have just been built and were not yet stable.

"Charge! Follow me and crush them!"

The group of savage beasts let out a roar under Denton's guidance and charged toward the village ahead.

A rain of arrows fell from the sentry towers on the inner side of the city wall.

"Shoot their eyes!"

Ao Cang shouted with his longbow in hand.

The number of savage beasts in this wave was almost double that of the previous wave!

There were even a large number of armored barbarian bulls in the forefront!

The armored barbarian bulls were heavy units controlled by the barbarian race. Their attack mode was mainly collision. The scales on their bodies could block most of the damage and could also cause a large impact on the city walls. They were usually used by the barbarian race as a means of charging and sieging.

A savage beast that was extremely difficult to deal with!

Their eyes were their weakness.

However, it was extremely difficult to aim at the armored barbarian bull's eyes from a distance.

The pain and the smell of blood stimulated the beasts even more. They began to speed up and charged toward the outer wall like heavy tanks.

Denton saw that the beasts were about to hit the city wall. Suddenly, the city gate slowly opened in front of the beasts.

"Thump! Thump Thump Thump!"

More than a dozen fusion Tyrant forms stepped forward with heavy steps and blocked the city wall.

What was that?

Corpse puppets?

Denton's eyes twitched.

Who cared what they were?! Crush them!

"Charge over!!"

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!!"

Instantly, the armored barbarian bull's power fiercely collided with the fusion Tyrant form.

Even though the fusion Tyrant form was huge and heavy, it was still knocked around by the charging armored barbarian bull and fell into a dizzy state.

The armored barbarian bull's charge was also blocked by the fusion Tyrant form.

Denton was shocked.

What kind of monster was that? They could even stop the charging armored barbarian bulls?

Following that, the second wave of Lickers came out from behind the fusion Tyrant forms and charged toward the savage beasts at the front.

The Lickers engaged in close combat. After sticking close, they immediately used their sharp claws to cut open wounds on the armored barbarian bull's body.

The wound was not deep.

In the past, when the Lickers dealt with savage beasts, most of them only had the terrifying effect of limbs and flesh flying everywhere.

After all, the Lickers' sharp claws had armor-piercing properties and could ignore the enemy's defense. They would often leave a large gash in the enemy's defense, and when they encountered someone with a weak defense, the limb-breaking effect would be triggered.

This time, they were defeated by the armored barbarian bulls?

On the sentry tower, Fang Heng frowned and opened the game log to check the detailed information.

The bull's hard armor could block most of the attacks from sharp weapons and reduce the damage received.

The Licker's sharpened claws had three effects: Armor break, bleeding, and virus.

It seemed like the Lickers were the perfect counter to the armored barbarian bulls, but in reality, the armor penetration effect could only ignore 200 points of defense. The defense of the barbarian bulls was slightly stronger than that of the Lickers.

The final result was that he could only leave long and thin wounds on the armored barbarian bull's body.

Luckily, the Lickers had armor break effects, or else it would have been even more troublesome.

On the guard tower, the people of the Okura Empire had a layer of cold sweat on their foreheads.

They didn't know what Fang Heng was thinking, but they were very puzzled. What kind of mutation had the ghouls gone through?

It was actually able to break through the armor of the armored barbarian bull!

Charge!!!

Seeing that the group of savage beasts was in a disadvantageous position, Denton immediately entered Tier 2 state. His body was covered with a layer of dark stratum corneum, and he led the barbarian team to charge forward.

"Attack together with me!"

Denton swung his great axe and joined the battle.

Seeing Denton charging at them, the mages behind Ma Xiaowan immediately reacted and prepared for battle.

"Wu…"

Fang Heng stood on the city wall and said, "Don't be anxious. Wait for my hand signal and accept the challenge."

"Alright!"

The group of mages on the city wall held their magic staves tightly, waiting for Fang Heng's order to start casting spells.

Fang Heng consciously controlled the group of Lickers to retreat.

Denton took the bait as expected. He continued his journey valiantly, continuously splitting apart the Lickers in his way, and charged toward the bottom of the city wall.

Fang Heng's face turned solemn, "Now! Do it!"

After hearing Fang Heng's order, the mages all took action.

"Icicles! Painful torture! Weakened curse!"

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1051 Suppressed

As he stepped down the city wall, a series of weakening spells fell on Denton's head.

Denton's forward charging motion was suddenly halted, and a great sense of weakness came from his body. The battle axe in his hand became much heavier.

F*ck!

He was too careless!

Who would have thought that there would be a team of mages in this village?

Denton realized that something was wrong. Just as he was about to retreat from the attack range of the mages of the Empire, a group of Lickers quickly surrounded him and blocked his way out.

Then, Denton saw a group of armored soldiers of the Empire walking out of the city gate.

The way the soldiers walked looked rather strange, but they quickly surrounded him.

Success!

It was the same routine, the same move!

On the sentry tower, Ma Xiaowan saw Denton being surrounded and immediately felt relieved.

Now that the demonized barbarian team leader was trapped, they would be safe!

Ma Xiaowan was about to say something when a guard holding a telescope hurriedly shouted, "Commander, there are two more barbarian teams behind us."

Damn it! How did they come so fast?

Ma Xiaowan couldn't help but glance at Fang Heng.

Everyone's expression also changed.

"Damned barbarians!"

Ma Xiaowan raised her telescope and looked into the distance. Behind Denton's team, two barbarian teams had gathered together and were quickly approaching the village.

The two barbarian team leaders who were leading the two teams thought they were late, but they didn't expect to find Denton's team in a tough battle, so they laughed and came over to share the military merits.

The barbarian team's morale was greatly boosted when they saw the reinforcements joining the battle!

"Boss Fang, our mages have limited control, and we can't deal with three Tier 2 barbarians at the same time," Ma Xiaowan said anxiously.

"Yes."

Fang Heng answered with a soft "hmm."

He stood on the sentry tower and didn't say a word. He just stared at the Tier 2 barbarian who was surrounded by the zombies.

There was a prerequisite for using the tin men to temporarily control the barbarians.

As long as the Empire's mages on the city wall stopped using weakening spells to control them, the Tier 2 barbarians would be able to break free from the zombies' encirclement immediately!

At the moment, the Tier 2 barbarian was still very strong. It was very dangerous to go down and inject a needle into a barbarian now, and the success rate was hard to guarantee.

After all, the Tier 2 barbarian was covered with black spikes, which made him as difficult to deal with as a hedgehog. It was extremely difficult to insert needles rashly.

Perhaps he could consider using another method.

"Mr. Fang, we're going to take action now. I'm afraid we'll lose time if we delay any longer…"

Ma Xiaowan couldn't help but urge him in a low voice when she saw Fang Heng standing there for a long time without moving.

Ao Cang didn't say anything but looked at Fang Heng with eager eyes.

Mo Jiawei could not help but ask, "Old Fang, should we go down and kill one of them first?"

"I have an idea."

"Idea?"

Hearing Fang Heng's words, everyone on the sentry tower looked at him.

"A strategy."

Fang Heng raised his head and looked into the distance. He could try this move before the reinforcements of the barbarians arrived.

Give it a try!

After making his decision, Fang Heng immediately controlled a large number of ordinary zombies and vine zombies to gather at the city gate.

He turned to Ma Xiaowan and said, "Help me. You must try your best to control that Tier 2 barbarian, especially his strength attribute. Find a way to suppress his strength!"

"Okay! Let's suppress his strength as much as possible. The spell's duration is at most two minutes."

Ma Xiaowan's spirit was lifted, and she made a hand gesture to the team of mages behind her.

The group of mages immediately stopped saving their skills' cooldowns and mental strength and cast all kinds of weakening spells on Denton.

Outside the city wall, Denton felt his body sink again after being attacked by the dense weakening spells. He was as slow as an old machine that had been running for hundreds of years.

He couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Damn humans!

Suddenly, Denton realized that something was wrong.

The tin men who had gathered around him took the initiative to attack, which was a rare sight. They actually swayed and surrounded him.

With Fang Heng's strength attribute and the enhancement of the heavy armor, the armored zombies weren't weak at all.

"Thump!!!"

Denton had just blasted away a few armored men with his black rhombus-shaped spikes when a few more tin men came up to him from the right. He could only use his strong body to ram into them.

"Boom!"

The tin men were knocked to the ground, and Denton also took a few steps back.

The remaining group of tin men started to surround him.

"Get lost!!!"

Denton roared as the black spikes all over his body exploded in all directions!

The group of tin men was knocked off their feet by the black rhombus-shaped spikes, and a large number of them fell.

Denton frowned.

Taking advantage of the time between the spikes, many Lickers appeared from behind the group of tin men. They pounced on him and used their sharp claws to grab onto his body, hanging onto him.

They didn't attack but just hung on his body.

Denton instantly felt his body sink again, and his movement speed was reduced once more. He grabbed one of the Lickers, tore it off his body, and threw it far away.

However, more Lickers pounced on him from afar.

In fact, this situation was not difficult for Denton to deal with.

In at most another second, the black spikes on his body would grow again, and he could directly use the black spikes to send the Lickers flying!

However, Denton suddenly felt an extremely uneasy feeling rising from the bottom of his heart.

This group of ghouls was abnormal!

Such an attack was clearly premeditated!

"Boom!"

A second later, the black spikes around Denton's body erupted again!

The blackthorns once again blasted away the 20-odd Lickers that were clinging to him!

As the Lickers were sent flying, the blackthorns that had pierced into their bodies exploded continuously, causing them to lose their ability to fight.

Taking advantage of the Licker's body to block the explosive blackthorns, one of the tin men found an opportunity and pounced on Denton from behind.

The tin man's hands were tightly wrapped around Denton's body.

Denton's pupils constricted as he tried to break free.

"Chi Chi Chi!"

What?

To his horror, he discovered that fine vines were extending out from the gaps of the tin man's thick armor!

There were sharp spikes on the vines!

Under his Tier 2 state, the black cuticle could completely resist the penetration of the vines, but the vines wrapped around him layer by layer, binding the two of them together!

What was going on?

Denton was a little flustered. The second and third tin man surrounded him, and the fine vines wrapped around him again!

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen tin men and Denton were stuck together in a pile, tightly wrapped by layers of vines!

Denton's forehead was covered in a layer of cold sweat. He felt as if his body was being squeezed by a group of extremely heavy iron blocks, and there was almost no space for him to exert his strength to resist!

What was this?

On the sentry tower, the Empire's team was also a little dumbfounded.

More than a dozen metal-skinned men had actually wrapped Denton up into a ball!

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1052 The Seal

A ball?

Under Fang Heng's conscious control, Denton, which was in the center, was wrapped tightly by the vines of the zombies in thick iron armor. It looked like a ball from a high place.

What was the necromancer trying to do?

With a frown, Ma Xiaowan said anxiously, "Boss Fang, the spiritual spell attack has lost its target. We can't continue to restrict the ability of the Tier 2 barbarian."

"Well, there's no hurry. It's enough," Fang Heng said and raised his hand.

Everyone looked down.

To their surprise, they found that the 'round ball' surrounded by the tin men started rolling slowly under Fang Heng's conscious control.

It rolled towards the village gate!

"Open the door!"

Ao Cang was stunned. He suddenly realized something and shouted, "Hurry up! Open the city gate!"

The guards hurriedly opened the city gate.

The ball continued to roll forward. It rolled towards the zombie horde inside the city gate.

"Wu…"

As the zombies whimpered, they pounced on the round ball in groups.

The ordinary zombies used their hands to hold onto the armored zombies, while the vine zombies used the vines that extended from their bodies to reinforce them.

Under the surprised gazes of the people in the sentry tower, the number of circles on the ball increased as the zombies continued to pile on it layer by layer!

In just a short moment, it expanded from half a meter to more than six meters high, almost reaching the height of the village's outer city wall!

In the center of the corpse ball, Denton, a Tier 2 barbarian, was trapped in the center of the tin men.

It was hard for him to imagine what was happening outside. He only felt that the world was spinning around him, and the pressure on his body was getting greater and greater!

What was going on?

Denton wanted to struggle free, but he found that he was completely suppressed!

The fine blackthorns on his body couldn't stop flying outwards.

However, he couldn't push away the tin men that were pressing down on him!

Denton felt like he was a sandwich cookie under high pressure. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't relax his body in the slightest. He didn't even have the space to raise his fist and exert force!

The sentry tower was eerily quiet and only the heavy breathing of the crowd was left.

Mo Jiawei was also shocked.

Big Brother! There was such a tactic?

"Hehe… can't run away now, can he?"

Hearing Fang Heng's mumbling, everyone couldn't help turning their heads to look at him with a bit of fear in their eyes.

Could this be the rumored necromancy spell?

It was hard to imagine how desperate it was to be trapped in a horde of corpses!

What a terrifying necromancer!

Fang Heng was in a good mood after the first successful attempt at the tactic. He felt that this tactic could be promoted in the future.

It was extremely effective against certain creatures.

Hmm, I'll give it a name.

"It's called… the corpse seal?"

"Mm! Version 1.0!"

Fang Heng tried again with full concentration.

The zombies were more difficult to control after they gathered into a six-meter high ball. He could barely control the zombie meat to roll into the village and then pile it up outside the village. He was going to deal with Denton slowly after he dealt with the barbarians outside.

Behind them, the two barbarian teams who had rushed over also saw the terrifying ball of zombies.

However, they didn't know what was sealed in the center of the corpse ball. They just watched as the corpse ball rolled into the village.

The leader of the barbarian team, Tuller, laughed in disdain and said, "Denton, that idiot. He can't even take down a village after so long!"

"Why are there undead here?" Wudaba was calmer and said in a deep voice, "What's going on with Denton? Why don't I see him?"

"Hahaha, you're always thinking about other things, I can't care about that, I'll go first! I'll discuss it with you after we take down the village!"

Tuller laughed loudly as he spoke. He signaled his barbarian team to speed up and pass by Wudaba's team. They were to rush toward the village first.

Wudaba frowned. He thought for a moment, then waved his hand for his team to follow.

As a matter of fact, Denton had been surrounded by the armored zombies before he was turned into a ball of corpses. Therefore, very few barbarians had seen Denton's fate. Most of them didn't know that their Captain had been 'sealed'.

"Hahaha! Rush over! Crush them!"

…

The addition of Tuller's team greatly boosted the morale of the barbarian team!

A large number of savage beasts roared and rushed into the battlefield.

The Lickers were limited in number and were still slowly devouring the barbarian troops on the battlefield.

As the Lickers' killing rate was not fast, it seemed that a large number of armored savage beasts were still able to resist the attacks at the front of the team.

This gave the following Tuller's team an illusion.

There was a chance!

The two sides were still in a stalemate!

As he charged into the group of undead creatures, he did not feel that the group of undead creatures was difficult to deal with.

"Thump! Dong!"

One of the fusion Tyrant forms stepped forward and tried to stop him.

The ugly fusion Tyrant form caused a sense of disgust to rise in Tuller's heart.

"Get lost!"

Tuller's pupils contracted. He waved his heavy spear and pierced the eye on the heart of the fusion Tyrant form.

"Chii!"

Stinky pus burst out of the eyeball!

"Roar!"

The fusion Tyrant form let out a painful howl and took a few steps back. It knelt on the ground with one knee and temporarily lost the ability to fight.

"Hmph, you can't even withstand a single blow!"

Tuller laughed disdainfully and led the group of savage beasts toward the village gate.

"Charge! Defeat them!"

Like a sharp sword, the team led by Tuller tore a hole in the defensive net of the Lickers that had gathered in front of them!

Behind Tuller's team, Wudaba was frowning.

He realized that this group of undead creatures was not as easy to deal with as they seemed!

At first glance, it looked like the Lickers' defensive line had been torn apart by Tuller. However, these Lickers didn't suffer many casualties. They quickly regained their fighting strength and once again gathered toward the barbarians.

The savage beasts that Wudaba had led to reinforce Tuller's team wanted to catch up to Tuller's team, but they were met with great resistance!

He had a strange feeling as if the undead creatures were trying to seduce him.

Lure the enemy in?

This sentence appeared in Wudaba's mind.

On the sentry tower, countless gazes were fixed on Tuller. Everyone was watching Tuller's every move, and they were all extremely nervous.

"Boss Fang, is it ready?" Ma Xiaowan couldn't help but ask.

"Let's wait for him to come closer."

When he saw the two barbarian teams joining the battle at the same time, Fang Heng immediately focused his attention on the two barbarian leaders.

As long as the leader of the team was killed, the remaining barbarians and savage beasts would be the nourishment for the blood pool!

"Don't worry. Look at my hand signal. We'll act according to the plan."

"Yeah, leave it to us," Ma Xiaowan nodded.

"Bos. Fang, be careful!"

Fang Heng turned around and glanced at Mo Jiawei, "Let's go together!"

Mo Jiawei was also a little nervous. He took a deep breath and patted his cheeks. He pulled himself together and said, "Alright! Motherf*cker!"

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The two of them jumped down from the sentry tower one after the other and headed straight for the battlefield.

The more the battle progressed, the more courageous Tuller's team became. Just as they were about to reach the city wall, they suddenly felt a weight on their bodies.

More than a dozen debuffs hit him, and his body instantly felt extremely weak.

Damn it!

It was the mage!

They were everywhere!

Tuller raised his head and looked at the mages on the sentry tower with a venomous gaze.

"Dong! Dong!!"

On his right, another fusion Tyrant form was charging toward him.

"Chi!!"

Tuller thrust his heavy spear forward again.

Eh?

Tuller frowned. This time, he realized that something was not quite right.

"Boom!!!"

The heavy spear pierced through the body of the fusion Tyrant form, but the fist of the fusion Tyrant form was still coming toward him.

Not good!

Tuller's reaction was extremely fast. He immediately entered Tier 2, and a layer of pitch-black stratum corneum was attached to his body!

"Thump!!!"

Tuller was knocked off his mount by the fusion Tyrant form's punch and fell not far away.

At the same time, a few more weakening spells were cast on him from the sentry tower, and a large number of Lickers immediately closed in on him.

"Get lost!"

With a furious expression, Tuller raised his hand in the direction of the Licker's attack, and fine black rhombus-shaped spikes pierced out from his body.

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi!!"

The attacking Lickers were struck by the blackthorns, and were sent flying!

Most of the Lickers pounced on the savage beasts and barbarian companions behind him.

Eh?

Soon, Tuller realized something strange.

From the corner of his eye, he saw more than a dozen heavily armored soldiers of the Empire walking out of the village gate.

The armored soldiers swarmed toward him unsteadily. They didn't attack him but tried to surround him.

What was going on?

What was the Empire trying to do?

These armored soldiers wanted to surround him?

A disdainful sneer appeared on the corner of Tuller's mouth. He charged toward the armored soldiers, wanting to blow the armored soldiers away with his spear.

The muscles on his right arm bulged, and Tuller thrust his spear forward with all his might!

"Boom!!"

There was an extremely heavy iron strike. The armored soldiers were blown back by the spear and fell to the ground, rolling.

Tuller's pupils contracted.

What was going on?

The armor worn by the soldiers of the Empire absorbed a large amount of damage, and the spear only left a heavy dent in their armor!

This was completely different from what Tuller had expected!

Although the strength of his attack had been greatly weakened by the negative effects of the Empire mages' spells, it should not be to the extent that it could not even break the outer layer of the armor, right?

More than ten armored soldiers of the Empire gathered around him and formed a circle.

This was terrible!

Tuller frowned.

He realized something. His range of movement was restricted by the armored soldiers!

"Get lost!!"

Tuller raised his hand, and fine blackthorns shot toward an armored soldier!

"Thump thump thump!!!"

After a series of clanging sounds, the armored soldier fell back onto the ground, his armor full of fine blackthorns.

It fell to the ground and struggled to get up. It was a funny sight.

The rest of the armored soldiers began to cross over and fill in the gaps, surrounding Tuller in the center.

Tuller clenched his fists tightly.

The group of impenetrable armored soldiers blocked him like a few walls!

Despicable human!!

Tuller's eyes widened. He once again tried to burst out with speed to blast the armored soldiers away, but his body was shrouded in a layer of negative weakening spells.

After a few exchanges, Tuller suddenly felt a dark gaze peeking at him from behind.

He turned his head and looked behind him.

Tuller saw a young man in a black robe and a mask sizing him up. He was holding a gray-black book in his hand.

"It's you!!"

The moment he saw Fang Heng, he had a strong premonition.

It was this young man who was controlling the undead!

"Chi Chi Chi!"

He raised his hand and the fine spikes attacked Fang Heng.

A huge figure stepped out from the side and blocked Fang Heng with its body.

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!!"

The dense black rhombus-shaped spikes pierced into the body of the fusion Tyrant form, triggering the second explosion.

Even the fusion Tyrant form was unable to resist the crazy explosion of the blackthorns within its body and temporarily lost its combat ability.

Fang Heng hid behind the fusion Tyrant form and looked at Tuller calmly, his eyes cold.

This kind of gaze made Tuller's hair stand on end.

He had already realized it. He had fallen into the enemy's trap!

What did that mysterious man want to do? Who was he?

Just as he was thinking, the roars of the savage beasts came from behind the team.

Tuller glanced behind him.

It was Wudaba!

Wudaba's team had come to save him!

At the rear of the team, Wudaba noticed that Tuller was trapped below the city. He also noticed the heavily armored Empire soldiers and mages on the sentry towers.

This was troublesome!

This pig-like teammate! Rushing over in such a hurry, he had really fallen into the humans' trap!

Wudaba already had the intention to retreat. But on second thought, it didn't seem right.

Tuller's identity was special. He was the blood descendant of the barbarian leader. If he turned around and ran away, he might get into trouble when he returned.

However, the undead creatures in front of him were too strange, and a deep fear rose in his heart.

In a few short seconds, Wudaba made his decision.

He had to give it a try!

He wanted to see if he could save Tuller so that he could have an explanation. If it didn't work, he would retreat!

There were not many mages from the Empire on the sentry tower, and they could not trap two people at the same time!

Seeing that Wudaba had brought his men over, Tuller immediately shouted, "Wudaba! That person! Hurry! Get rid of him! He's the one controlling the undead!"

Wudaba immediately shifted his gaze to Fang Heng.

The moment he saw Fang Heng, a strong sense of uneasiness rose in his heart.

It was him!

Fang Heng was also staring at Wudaba intently.

It couldn't be helped. A Tier 2 barbarian's entire body was covered in pitch-black stratum corneum, and it was too easy to identify!

Wudaba immediately raised his hand at Fang Heng.

Chi Chi Chi Chi!!

The fine, rhombus-shaped spikes attacked Fang Heng from the front.

Fang Heng was prepared for this. Another dozen or so Lickers sprang out from behind him, using their bodies to block the blackthorns' attack.

Necromancer!

Wudaba narrowed his eyes.

He felt that the book floating in Fang Heng's hand was very similar to the Book of the Dead in the description.

He was the one controlling the undead creatures!

Getting rid of him would help Tuller escape.

"Swish!"

In his Tier 2 state, Wudaba rushed at Fang Heng at full speed!

"Hurry up! Help him!"

Ma Xiaowan shouted from the sentry tower.

Immediately, several magic spells enveloped Wudaba and his speed suddenly decreased.

However, there were still a large number of barbarians and savage beasts following behind him!

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