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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"Kill him!"

Wudaba glared at Fang Heng and let out a roar.

Even if he was affected by the spell, the barbarians and savage beasts behind him would be able to tear the necromancer into pieces!

But Wudaba still felt very uneasy.

!!

He felt that Fang Heng was too calm.

Eh? That's…

Suddenly, Wudaba's eyebrows twitched.

He saw that a dark black spirit cage had suddenly appeared in front of Fang Heng.

An enormous pressure came from above.

What was that?!

Wudaba raised his head again and saw a red shadow appear behind Fang Heng.

"BOOM!!!"

The red lifeblood mixed with the aura of the undead suddenly exploded!

A red ripple of energy visible to the naked eye was the first to strike Wudaba's body!

Not good!

Wudaba felt the power contained in the air and subconsciously raised his hands in front of his body!

"BOOM!!!"

The energy collided with Wudaba's body, and his forward-charging figure came to a halt.

The group of savage beasts beside him was sent flying backward by the blood-red ripples.

When Wudaba had just lowered his hands in front of his body, his pupils suddenly shrank again!

"Huu!!"

He saw the red phantom behind Fang Heng, and then the phantom clenched its fist tightly and punched him in the face.

Terrible!

An extremely great sense of oppression pressed down on him!

Wudaba entered a state of stress, and his body was suddenly covered with black rhombus-shaped spikes. He raised his hands in front of his body, and all his defenses were fully activated!

"BOOM!!!"

A fist formed from red lifeblood slammed into Wudaba's body! The black rhombus-shaped spikes on his body were instantly shattered.

"Bang!"

The second explosion of lifeblood sent Wudaba and the group of savage beasts behind him flying!

With one punch, the area around Fang Heng was cleared out.

he entire battlefield fell into a moment of silence.

"Wudaba!" Tuller shouted.

His heart trembled as he stared into the distance.

The terrifying lifeblood power that exploded in the distance even made him feel extremely threatened.

Tuller watched as the red shadow's punch landed on Wudaba's face. He fell heavily to the ground, and it was unknown whether he was still alive or not.

"Old Mo, it's all up to you."

Fang Heng mumbled to himself. He waved his hand and kept the Shrine of Bones, then looked in the direction where Wudaba had been blown away.

Wudaba was heavily injured and lay on the ground, unmoving. The black cuticles on his body were covered in fine cracks, and blood was constantly flowing out from the cracks.

He felt that he had never suffered such a heavy injury before. His entire body was in pain, and he could only barely maintain consciousness.

The barbarians immediately rushed forward to help, and the group of Lickers immediately rushed toward Wudaba.

The two sides once again collided with each other and fell into a chaotic battle!

Mo Jiawei, who had been hiding in the dark for a long time, quickly rushed up and flashed to Wudaba's side. He took out a silver syringe and injected it into Wudaba's neck.

"Chi!!"

Wudaba had already lost his ability to resist, and after being pierced by the needle, his pupils instantly enlarged by several hundred times!

He felt an extremely cold feeling spread throughout his body, followed by an extreme sense of fatigue. He felt as if his body had been frozen and he could not control it. Even his eyelids could not keep open.

After holding on for less than half a second, his vision fell into darkness.

"Hey! Done!"

Mo Jiawei glanced at the game prompt and confirmed that the potion had worked. Then, he gave Fang Heng a thumbs-up from a distance.

Fang Heng heaved a sigh of relief. It would be much easier to deal with the last barbarian now that he had dealt with the first one.

They were surrounded and trapped.

He would just use the corpse ball to completely 'seal' it!

Under Fang Heng's control, a fusion Tyrant form immediately stepped forward and grabbed the unconscious Wudaba. Vines extended from his body, wrapped around him, and carried him on his shoulder. Then, he turned around and returned to the village.

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other.

The crisis was resolved!

"Let's go!"

The trial game had given them a lot of help.

The game prompt had already stated that only three barbarian teams would attack the village.

At the very least, the barbarian race would not send any reinforcements to join the battle in the near future.

The remaining savage beasts and barbarians posed no threat at all.

Slaughter them all and let them become nourishment for the blood pool!

There was no point in staying here, so the two of them left decisively, leaving behind the Lickers to continue eating up the savage beast team.

On the sentry tower, the crowd fell silent for a while when they saw Fang Heng dealing with the demonized barbarians.

Previously, everyone had thought that Fang Heng was a necromancer who was proficient in corpse summoning.

They didn't expect that Fang Heng would give them another shock.

What a terrifying necromancer!

It was the first time that the Empire's people saw Fang Heng using a skill of the undead series. They were all shocked.

Undead spells were known for their power, but he was still able to defeat a barbarian in Tier 2 demonized state with one hit!

Harper looked at Ao Cang, who was still in a daze, and asked, "Did we win?"

Ao Cang was startled by the question and looked down at the battlefield.

Of the two barbarian team leaders, one was dead and the other was trapped.

The remaining barbarians and savage beasts who had lost their commander were no longer a threat to the city wall under the attack of the undead creatures.

So…

Their village had actually managed to defend against the combined attack of the three barbarian teams.

"Isn't it almost time for the barbarians to gather to attack Hani City?" Harper asked.

The surrounding Empire soldiers also cast questioning gazes at Ao Cang, their eyes filled with anticipation.

Ao Cang looked around at the crowd and nodded solemnly.

"Yes, that's right."

It was less than an hour before the barbarian's scheduled attack on Hani City.

There were no signs of more barbarians attacking the village.

No more barbarians would come here!

A small cheer was heard from the sentry tower.

They had really managed to defend the village against the barbarian's attack!

"Don't be too happy yet. The enemy has not completely retreated. Continue to defend the village!"

The morale of the Empire's soldiers was greatly boosted, and they cupped their fists in unison, "Yes!"

Seeing the two of them walking up the tower, Ao Cang cupped his fists and thanked them, "Thank you for your support to the Empire. Thank you for your hard work."

Fang Heng waved his hand, indicating that such a small matter was not worth mentioning at all. "You're welcome. We're all from the Empire. It's what we should do. Luck is on our side this time for us to be able to go so smoothly."

Ma Xiaowan listened to Fang Heng's words and remained silent.

Was it luck?

Was it really over?

She had a feeling that things were not that simple.

If one was targeted by a disaster, it would not be so easy to get through.

She couldn't help but worry for Hani City.

Seeing that the barbarian's attack had come to an end, Fang Heng responded with a few words with a smile. He asked his men to open the city gate and continued to control the zombie clones to move the corpses to the blood altar in the city.

The fight wasn't over yet, and they were already collecting corpses for an evil ritual?

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When the people of the Empire saw the undead creatures that were controlled by Fang Heng begin to move the corpses to the center of the village, their initial joy was immediately diluted by a lot.

Fang Heng waved his hand at the bottom of the sentry tower and absorbed the mutated crystals in the imprint on the back of his hand.

[Hint: The player has obtained Tier 1 mutation crystal*1,281 and Tier 2 mutation crystal*72.]

There were not many Tier 2 mutation crystals.

!!

Fang Heng took a look at the game hint and then looked down at the wall outside the sentry tower.

The leader of the team, Tuller, was still besieged by the armored zombies. He hadn't given the order to retreat yet. The remaining barbarians and savage beasts continued to fight. They rushed toward Tuller again and again, trying to save him.

Seeing that Fang Heng had started to clean up the battlefield and was dragging the bodies of the savage beasts into the city, Tuller tried his best to attack the armored zombies in a hurry, trying to break free from the cage.

Unfortunately, Ma Xiaowan was staring at him from above, and she kept calling the mages to use weakening spells to control him.

It lasted for more than ten minutes, and taking advantage of the fact that Tuller's stamina had dropped, the armored zombies found an opportunity to trap him with their vines!

Following that, more and more armored zombies pounced forward!

Before he could figure out what was going on, he was wrapped into a ball by a dozen armored zombies using vines.

A large number of vine zombies swarmed up from all directions, gradually wrapping around Tuller and turning him into a second zombie ball that was more than six meters tall!

"Let's go to the altar and check…"

…

In the periphery area of Hani City, a large number of savage beasts were heading toward the city.

The leader of the barbarian army, Almonta, was sitting on a war elephant at the rear of the army.

The barbarian teams kept sending back good news.

Soon, the army would be able to assemble in half an hour. They would arrive in Hani City in an hour and officially launch an attack.

"Eh? We've lost contact with Tuller?"

Suddenly, after hearing the latest report from his subordinate, Almonta frowned.

Tuller was the blood descendant of the barbarian leader, and he had always been brave.

They were just dealing with a small village. Why did they suddenly encounter danger?

If the leader of the barbarian race asked about this, he was afraid that he would be in trouble.

"Yes. It is said that Tuller was ambushed when he was attacking a village. The Empire has a team of mages stationed in the village. Tuller's team was intercepted by powerful undead creatures, and a few nearby areas received a small number of defeated soldiers from Tuller's team. There is no news about Tuller at the moment, and it is unknown whether he is dead or alive."

Almonta muttered to himself and thought about it carefully.

Tuller was an idiot! He had fallen into the trap set by the Empire.

However, no matter what, Tuller was still the blood descendant of the barbarian leader.

No matter if he was dead or alive, he had to answer to the leader.

He didn't mind spending a few more hours and just went to the village to take a look.

"Let's go. We'll turn around and take a look at the village,"

"Yes!"

Soon, the team that was originally planning to invade Hani City turned around and set off for the village where Fang Heng was.

…

Hani City.

The defense on the outside was ready.

As long as they could hold on for another 10 hours, the nearest Empire's reinforcements would arrive in Hani City to help them resist the barbarian invasion.

The last ten hours!

The atmosphere on the city wall was somber.

Wei Tao and the others had already made the most optimal arrangement and were only waiting for the enemy to arrive.

According to the intelligence from the Empire, the barbarians were already gathering and were expected to arrive in Hani City within an hour.

However…

Mikhael flipped through the game notifications and said, "Fang Heng is still fighting against the barbarians in the village. He hasn't failed his mission of guarding the village."

According to the progress of the trial game, the barbarians would only attack the main cities of the humans after they had broken through the villages of the players.

Now that there was Fang Heng, the game seemed to be stuck with a bug.

"How did he do it?"

Wei Tao also shook his head, indicating that he could not understand.

How could they defend against the attacks of several barbarian teams with just those poor villages? Was this a joke?

However, Fang Heng had really withstood it!

Suddenly, the shadows of a group of flying creatures appeared in the sky.

"It's the griffins!"

The Empire's guards on the city wall recognized the griffins and waved excitedly at the sky, shouting, "The Empire griffins! The Empire has sent reinforcements!"

More than 20 griffins circled in the air twice before slowly landing in the city.

The young man in the lead was the first to jump down from the griffin's back.

He was wearing a long white robe and exuded a refined aura, but his eyes were filled with a touch of urgency.

When they saw the young man, the City Lord of Hani City, Brian, knelt down on one knee with a group of guards.

"Greetings, Ninth Highness!"

"Ming Yue? Where's Ming Yue?"

Tang Mo didn't look at Brian as his eyes wandered back and forth in the surrounding crowd.

It wasn't until he saw Tang Mingyue standing behind the people that Tang Mo's eyes lit up and he walked over to her.

Mikhael and Wei Tao immediately raised their guard and whispered at the same time, "Be careful."

Tang Mingyue's palms were also slightly sweaty.

She had a special innate skill that made her naturally sensitive to dangerous and powerful lifeforms.

She felt that Tang Mo was very strong!

Tang Mo's aura gave her a sense of danger that was far greater than that of Mikhael and Wei Tao!

No way? He wouldn't make a move in broad daylight, would he?

For a moment, several thoughts flashed through Tang Mingyue's mind. Previously, everyone's main storyline was traced to Tang Mo and they suspected that Tang Mo might have a problem.

Originally, they had wanted to go back to the main city to find Tang Mo. They didn't expect Fang Heng to suddenly trigger the main storyline and directly press fast forward, gradually dragging them into the barbarian invasion stage.

Until now, Tang Mo had personally come forth.

Both Mikhael and Wei Tao felt that the situation was not good.

Not to mention Tang Mo, half of the dozen guards behind him were high-tier mages wearing gorgeous robes!

Tang Mo stood in front of Tang Mingyue and looked at her face for a moment, his hands trembling.

Suddenly, Tang Mo opened his hands and couldn't help pulling Tang Mingyue into his arms.

"Huh?"

Mikhael and Wei Tao, who were about to stop him, were stunned.

They quickly exchanged glances.

What was going on?

Should they make a move?

"I'm here, Mingyue."

Tang Mo whispered in Tang Mingyue's ear, "I won't let anyone hurt you."

Meh?

Tang Mingyue was still in a daze as she was hugged by a stranger.

What was going on? There was something wrong with this guy!

Just as they were wondering, lines of notifications appeared in the players' visions.

[Hint: The player team persisted until Tang Mo's team joined the battlefield.]

[Hint: The player team has received an additional 3 hours of trial time.]

This…

Wei Tao couldn't react in time.

Regardless of Tang Mo's attitude, based on this game hint…

He's a teammate?

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Tang Mingyue noticed that Wei Tao was winking at her. She pushed Tang Mo away and went straight to the point, asking, "You sent someone to follow me? The City Lord's personal guards are your men."

"This…don't be angry."

Tang Mo was at a loss for words.

Seeing Tang Mingyue's questioning look, he was a little anxious and explained, "I'm worried about you, but you don't let me follow you. Sigh, I can't feel at ease, so I can only let someone follow you secretly."

!!

F*ck…

So everything that happened in the past was a misunderstanding?

City Lord Brian's men leaked her whereabouts but the person behind the scene was Tang Mo.

But Tang Mo didn't have any malicious intentions towards them?

It seemed strange.

After thinking about it carefully, it still didn't seem right.

In any case, the dozen or so guards behind Tang Mo were extraordinary.

That was a super strong combat power!

It was no wonder that the game would not give a mission that would definitely fail.

Tang Mo was likely to be the guide given by the mission to improve the strength of their team.

The three of them quickly communicated with their eyes.

As for Tang Mo's identity, it wasn't the most important thing at the moment.

The enemy was already at their doorstep, so they should hold on for as long as they could.

Even if Tang Mo had ulterior motives, he was a super combat power.

It was less than an hour before the barbarian attack on Hani City. They had to make some adjustments and deploy their forces.

Tang Mo's strong participation greatly increased the confidence of Wei Tao's team. Everyone was thinking about adjusting their tactics when several lines of game prompt appeared on the retinas of all the players participating in the trial.

[Hint: The player team has resisted the barbarian's attack on the village.]

[Hint: The player has received an additional 5 hours of trial time.]

[Hint: Due to the player's intervention, the leader of the barbarian army, Almonta, who attacked the Hani City area, has turned to attack the player's village. The vanguard will attack the village in 60 minutes. Please be prepared to defend.]

[Hint: The barbarian's attack on Hani City has been delayed. They will attack Hani City in 240 minutes.]

Delayed again?!

Fang Heng?!

What did he do?

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

In other words, the trial system had closed the loophole on its own, and the barbarian leader directly went to find trouble with Fang Heng.

The good news was that Fang Heng managed to buy at least three more hours for Hani City.

However, what should they do about Fang Heng?

He might be in great danger.

They were already very surprised that Fang Heng could deal with several barbarian teams and remain undefeated. Now, he was facing the pressure of the entire barbarian army…

Few of them quickly communicated with their eyes.

"It's too dangerous to let Fang Heng handle it alone."

Wei Tao said in a low voice, "We have to find a way to get in touch with Fang Heng and ask him for help. We can't waste the other three hours. We can't let down the time Fang Heng has bought for us. Let's try to find the remaining mission lines."

…

In the village, the beasts outside the wall had already dispersed.

In order to collect more blood, Fang Heng issued an order to the zombie team to pursue the beasts.

The Empire guards were cooperating with Fang Heng's zombie team to clean up the battlefield. The mages could finally catch their breath and sat on the sentry tower to meditate and rest.

Suddenly, Fang Heng received a game prompt that the leader of the barbarian army was about to attack the village.

Eh?

The barbarian leader, Almonta?!

Seeing the game prompt, Fang Heng's heart moved. He raised his head and asked, "Everyone, have you heard of Almonta?"

Harper, who had fought the barbarians on the battlefield, nodded and said, "Yes, I have. Almonta is one of the leaders of the barbarian army. He is very powerful."

"I've heard about Almonta. He can enter the Tier 3 demonized state. He once annihilated an entire human army by himself. He's a very difficult opponent."

Tier 3 state…

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help looking at the silver potion in his backpack.

They hadn't even found a way to completely restrict the Tier 2 barbarians, and now there was a Tier 3.

The trial's difficulty increased very quickly.

It was really difficult to deal with without some trump cards.

Hearing Fang Heng's sudden question, Ma Xiaowan couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Mr. Fang, why are you asking this all of a sudden? Are there any changes?"

"It's nothing,"

Fang Heng shook his head and looked into the distance. "Get ready for battle. I have a feeling that Almonta will be here soon."

After hearing what Fang Heng said, the expressions of the people from the Empire changed slightly.

Almonta?!

Shouldn't the leader of the barbarian army attack the main city directly?

Why would they come to a small village like theirs?

Besides, didn't the Empire already send over reliable information?

The barbarians will directly attack Hani City's main city…

Everyone was a little suspicious of Fang Heng's premonition.

Ma Xiaowan believed Fang Heng's words, and her body felt colder.

Everything was normal under the influence of the undead.

"Alright, I'll get someone to make preparations."

Ao Cang took a deep breath.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, it was always right to be prepared for defense in advance.

Even though the Empire guards felt that if the barbarian leader, Almonta, really attacked, it would be useless to set up any more defensive facilities.

Seeing that the Empire's people were in a hurry to take action, Mo Jiawei walked to Fang Heng's side and asked in a low voice, "From what these people are saying, the strength of the Tier 3 barbarian is much higher. Are we really okay with it?"

"I'm not sure,"

Using the elementary game as an example, in a one-on-one battle, the strength of a Tier 2 barbarian was almost equivalent to that of a Duke of the vampires.

However, the barbarians had a weakness of low magic resistance, and the vampires had the advantage of flight.

Fang Heng felt that the Duke of vampires had an advantage.

What kind of level could a Tier 3 barbarian reach?

Could they really stop the Tier 3 barbarian if the latter attack them?

Fang Heng took a look at the game prompt, but he wasn't 100% sure.

"Hmm…"

Fang Heng made a rough estimation in his heart. Including the dragon mosquito group last night, he had obtained a large amount of high-level blood after killing these barbarians.

However, this blood was still close to a third away from awakening the seed of the unknown sacred tree.

He had two options.

The first option was to give up on awakening the unknown sacred tree's seed and use the skill to teleport the Vampire King's coffin here, using the blood to improve his vampire bloodline.

The problem was that even if he was lucky enough to upgrade his bloodline, it would be difficult to deal with this group of barbarians.

So…

The second option was to continue to be greedy!

Weren't the barbarian army coming?

He had to find a way to obtain more blood from the barbarians when they attacked. He had to use their blood to awaken the unknown seed!

He also needed more than 100 Tier 2 mutation crystals to level up his character.

He could make use of this opportunity to level up!

The first option was extremely safe and had no risk, while the second option was extremely risky.

If he did not do it well, all the blood he had collected would go down the drain.

He had no choice, it was too tempting.

Fang Heng's eyes were burning as he looked at Mo Jiawei beside him and asked, "Why don't we try to be greedy?"

"Yes," Mo Jiawei nodded his head firmly and said, "Yes! A wave of greed!"

"Alright, then let's go all out. We'll be greedy!"

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1057 Snap!

Outside the village, the vanguard of the barbarian army was marching toward the village in a formidable manner.

There were too many of them!

On the sentry tower, the Empire guards were extremely nervous. Their foreheads were covered in sweat as they held onto their crossbows tightly.

At first glance, they could only see a dark group of savage beasts and there was no end in sight!

This was only the vanguard of the barbarian army. Most of them were made up of savage beasts.

Ao Cang's expression was grave as he clenched his teeth.

The barbarian army was really coming!

Moreover, the number of enemies was much greater than he had imagined. It was too shocking at first glance!

The scale of the enemy army was huge and the savage beasts in the vanguard legion alone could crush them to death!

How long would it take to shoot all of them to death with the crossbows in their hands?

The sentry tower was silent. The Empire soldiers were all prepared to die.

When they were close enough, the barbarians organized themselves and charged toward the city!

Standing on the sentry tower, everyone could feel the tremor from beneath their feet.

"Attack!!" Ao Cang shouted.

Boom! Boom Boom!

The two old cannons that had just been set up on the sentry tower could easily hit a large number of savage beasts with a single shot.

However, such an attack was almost ineffective against the huge wave of savage beasts.

They could only rely on the necromancer.

The Lickers blocked the city's path. They were like a boat in the middle of a tide, ready to be overturned by the violent beast tide at any moment.

From time to time, Ao Cang and the Empire soldiers would look at the black-robed man standing in front of the group of Lickers.

If the village was destroyed, no one would be able to survive.

They could only choose to believe that this strange necromancer could create another miracle.

"Hu!"

Under the sentry tower, Fang Heng, who was standing at the forefront of the city wall, also took a deep breath. His eyes were burning with excitement.

Facing such a large number of monsters, the smell of blood that hit his face stimulated his nerves. He had never experienced this kind of sensory stimulation. His blood seemed to be agitated as well.

Alright!

There were so many savage beasts!

This was the blood that he desired!

"Charge!!!"

"Kill them!!"

In the vanguard team of the barbarian army, the 16 barbarian team leaders blew the horn of charge!

The armored barbarian bulls let out furious howls and sped up, charging in the direction of the village.

Thousands of armored barbarian bulls were attacking from the front!

Fang Heng controlled his emotions and pointed forward with a serious look.

Summon the Vampire King's coffin!

"Swish!"

A scarlet magic array with strange patterns emerged on the ground in front of Fang Heng.

With the rapid operation of the magic array, the ground in front of Fang Heng trembled violently.

Eh?

Several team leaders in the vanguard of the barbarian army had noticed the strange situation in front of them.

Magical wave?

A human mage?

Doubt rose in their minds, but no one took it to heart.

Strange?

So what?

No one could stop the charge of the armored barbarian bulls!

The barbarians had strong confidence in the impact of the beasts.

"Boom!!!"

A loud noise came from the center of the village in the distance.

The barbarians all looked up at the sky in unison.

What was that?

A blood-red pillar of light rose from the village in front of them. Blood-colored ripples spread out from the light pillar.

Then, the barbarians felt the ground under their feet shake violently. A huge crack appeared in the ground at the entrance of the village!

The captain of the barbarian army, Sanjito, was shocked.

Earth-splitting technique?!

Something was not right!

In the next moment, a dense scarlet lifeblood seeped out from the cracks in the ground!

Sanjito's brows were tightly furrowed. He noticed that something seemed to be slowly emerging from the cracked ground.

It was…a coffin?

A huge coffin rose from the crack in the ground!

The savage beasts at the forefront of the group had already felt a sense of fear from the coffin. It was a fear that came from the instinct of a beast!

The armored barbarian bulls that were originally charging forward gradually became restless. Their charging speeds gradually decreased, and they seemed to be hesitant.

"Ha! Enough of your tricks!"

Did he want to stop them with a strange coffin?

In your dreams!

The commander of the barbarian vanguard battalion, Kulle, had a disdainful expression on his face as he shouted, "Charge! Crush them!"

The red flag held high by the barbarians emitted a dim yellow light.

Under the stimulation of the yellow light, the armored barbarian bulls' eyes turned red. Their anger broke through their fear, and they increased their speed once again as they stomped on the coffin.

Fang Heng stood in place, looking at the rising coffin and the group of armored barbarian bulls coming at him.

Lines of game notifications appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The player has successfully summoned the coffin of the Vampire King.]

[Hint: The remaining duration of the Vampire King's coffin is 60 seconds. Players can extend the summoning time by offering sacrifices to the blood altar.]

[Hint: The longer the summoning of the Vampire King's coffin is maintained, the more blood will be consumed by the altar.]

That's…

On the sentry tower, everyone stared at Fang Heng and the ancient coffin that was summoned in front of him.

The evil aura that was emitted from the coffin made everyone feel apprehensive.

Coffins, Shrine of Bones…

This necromancer made everyone think of disaster.

Faced with the aggressive group of savage beasts, Fang Heng slowly raised his hand.

"Bang!"

An explosion!

The coffin was suddenly opened in front of the group of savage beasts!

In the next moment, a dense lifeblood burst out from the coffin!

Lifeblood ripples spread out with a loud bang!

A figure slowly emerged from the Vampire King's coffin amidst the crimson lifeblood.

The Prince of vampires, Buller, was awakened from his sleep. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around sharply.

Immediately after, two other figures rose from the coffin and floated in front of Fang Heng.

The three Princes of vampires woke up from their hibernation one after another.

The red-eyed armored barbarian bulls were filled with rage and continued to charge forward. The barbarian captains at the front had already sensed the terrifying aura from the Princes of vampires.

Those three…

What was going on?

It was obviously abnormal!

They didn't look like soldiers of the Empire at all.

What kind of strange power was it?

The coffin of the Vampire King was divided into two levels, the upper and lower levels, and the space it could hold was much larger than it looked.

After the Princes woke up, several Dukes of the vampires also woke up from their dormancy and floated behind the three Princes of vampires.

All the vampires looked in Fang Heng's direction and knelt down on one knee respectfully.

"Your Majesty."

Although Fang Heng was wearing a mask and a black robe, he had completely released the vampire aura.

Fang Heng also looked at the other vampires.

It seemed that the plan had succeeded.

Fang Heng nodded to the vampires.

The cost of bringing a Prince directly into the trial was too high, but it could be used for a twist and a bug.

He had left the Princes of vampires and Marquises in the coffins in advance to maintain the hibernation state.

And then…

Snap!

He used the summoning skill to summon both the person and the coffin into the trial world!

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Hehe!

The test was a success!

Since the space inside the coffin was actually limited, Fang Heng could only adopt an elite strategy and forcibly stuff three Princes of vampires and nine Dukes of the vampires into the coffin.

It couldn't be helped. An ordinary Marquis of the vampires didn't have the right to be stuffed into a coffin.

!!

Now, he shall see how far the combat power ceiling of elementary games can go in intermediate games!

With a calm expression, Fang Heng stretched out his hand and pointed forward.

"You've all seen it. Go, I want their blood."

All the vampires looked at Fang Heng with reverence and excitement.

Was this the other world?

His Majesty had already begun to lead them on a campaign against the Otherworld, seizing the blood of the entire world and establishing a new vampire dynasty!

The vampires were extremely sensitive to blood. They had long sensed the rich smell of blood from the beasts. They were already impatient.

"As you wish."

The vampires all turned around to look at the armored barbarian bulls charging at them.

The three Princes of vampires opened their arms at the same time. To deal with such a large number of beasts, a large number of blood bombs was undoubtedly the ideal method. Blood-red balls appeared in the air.

In a few seconds, more than five thousand crimson blood clots formed around the three Princes of vampires.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!!!"

The dense cluster of red balls fell into the group of savage beasts!

Boom! Boom Boom Boom Boom!!!

Every blood-red bomb that fell into the group of savage beasts would cause a violent explosion!

Dust and blood rose from the battlefield.

The charging armored savage beasts were immediately bombarded by the dense blood-colored bombs. Their armors were shattered, and their broken limbs were sent flying!

Large swaths of armored barbarian bulls fell to the ground from the explosion of the lifeblood bombs. The entire battlefield was covered in blood!

Even the air was filled with a faint presence of lifeblood.

The Dukes of the vampires also leaned forward and collected blood from the savage beasts.

The blood was extracted from the corpses on the battlefield and quickly refined by the Dukes of the vampires. They condensed a ball of highly concentrated blood essence and threw it into the Vampire King's coffin behind them.

"Hahaha!!"

Prince Loeb wanted to laugh.

A feast!

It had been a long time since he had seen one. This was a feast for the vampires!

He could already feel the powerful blood power in these savage beasts!

All of this was under the leadership of the new King!

"Gulp Gulp…"

The blood within the Vampire King's coffin was bubbling, further refining and upgrading the high concentration of blood that had been thrown into it.

The barbarian race had never encountered such a powerful vampire spell. The group of beasts was bombarded by the spells and couldn't resist at all. Death and fear caused greater chaos among the beasts.

The barbarians forced the beasts to calm down.

"The situation is not good, let's attack together!"

At the back, Kulle gave an order, and more than a dozen barbarian captains behind him entered the Tier 2 state. They raised their battle axes and attacked the Princes of vampires in front of them!

The blackthorns!

The dense black rhombus-shape spikes shot toward the Princes of vampires in the air.

"Whoosh! Swish!!"

Prince Carl frowned when he heard the sound.

He raised his guard when he first saw these creatures with black spikes all over their bodies.

Seeing the dense black rhombus-shaped spikes coming at him, Loeb did not dare to be nonchalant. With a wave of his hand, a blood-red light curtain opened up in front of him.

"Bang! Bang Bang! Bang Bang Bang!!"

The blackthorns exploded and shattered upon contact with the blood-colored light barrier.

Carl let out a disdainful chuckle and shot out a dozen blood bombs.

Sanjito, who was at the front, quickly put his hands in front of him.

"Boom! Boom Boom!!!"

After a series of lifeblood explosions, Sanjito was sent flying due to the impact of the explosion.

Eh?

Carl let out a soft gasp.

He actually didn't die?

The opponent's defense was actually this strong?

All the vampires above the Duke level had the ability to hover in the air. With the advantage of the air, they could easily avoid the barbarian's attacks.

Moreover, the powerful blackthorn was also suppressed by the Prince of vampires' blood shield.

The three Princes of vampires were dealing with more than a dozen barbarians in their Tier 2 state with ease.

On the sentry tower, the people from the Empire fell silent.

What were those creatures that were resurrected from the coffins?

Could it be…?

Everyone had already imagined many things.

Their expressions became extremely terrifying.

There were four words in their heads.

Forbidden spell-Resurrection of the dead.

It pulled the will of the dead back from the death realm and reinfused it into the broken body.

Only a legendary-level mage could do this!

The enslaved soul would have the strongest combat power before death, and would be enslaved by the necromancer forever!

It was precisely because the necromancy mages were so terrifying that the Empire was afraid of them.

That terrifying necromancer had actually enslaved the souls of so many experts!

Was he…?

For a moment, the atmosphere in the sentry tower was terrifyingly heavy.

Everyone looked at Fang Heng, who was standing beside the coffin of the Vampire King with a calm expression.

Now, they felt that Fang Heng was much more terrifying than that group of barbarians.

[Hint: You are using the skill-Blood Awakening on the target: Unknown seed of the sacred tree.]

[Hint: Current progress of Blood Awakening: 6%.]

The unknown seed of the sacred tree had long been thrown into the coffin of the Vampire King by Fang Heng.

Fang Heng pressed on the coffin with one hand to obtain the game prompts.

The three Princes of the vampires could only use one way to deal with the savage beasts-kill!

They harvested the lives of the savage beasts in large numbers.

At the same time, the Dukes of the vampires also continuously shuttled back and forth among the beasts to kill them. They also collected high-energy blood and poured it into the coffin.

The Princes of vampires had a huge advantage against a Tier 2 barbarian.

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows and looked to the right.

"Blood imprisonment!"

Prince Loeb was already annoyed by those Tier 2 barbarians. He pointed at a Tier 2 barbarian in front of him with a ferocious expression.

It was only a preliminary test at the beginning.

After realizing that the black stratum corneum of the Tier 2 barbarians had a strong defensive ability, the three Princes immediately responded.

Since it was difficult to break through it directly with physical or magical attacks, then he would use the vampire spell to seal it!

After all, this was their first time fighting in the Otherworld and the King was watching behind them. Naturally, they had to put on a good show!

"Swish!!"

The dense blood-colored needles pierced toward Sanjito!

After the needles pierced into the black cuticles on the Tier 2 barbarian's body, they immediately condensed into balls of blood.

Sanjito's heart shook.

The blood quickly spread across his body, and he suddenly lost control of himself.

Just as he was about to struggle, the three Dukes of the vampires suddenly flashed to Sanjito's side and stood in three positions, forming a triangular encirclement.

"Condense!"

The three Dukes of the vampires conjured a vampire spell at the same time.

The shadow of a blood-red coffin appeared behind the barbarian.

The shadow instantly solidified and covered Sanjito's body!

"Boom!!"

The blood-colored coffin closed with a loud bang!

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The three Dukes of the vampires immediately stepped forward and returned with the coffin. They placed the sealed Tier 2 barbarian into the Vampire King's coffin.

"Chi!!"

A thick layer of black blood mist rose from the Vampire King's coffin!

Sanjito was instantly refined and fused into a mass of pure lifeblood.

!!

This…could work too?

On the sentry tower, everyone's faces froze at the sight of this bloody and strange scene.

Fang Heng was delighted to see this scene.

Alright!

The Princes of the vampires had given him another huge surprise.

It made sense. The Prince of the vampires was the top combat power in the elementary game and also the final boss, and it was a bonus that he was using all his strength to deal with the Tier 2 barbarians in the intermediate game.

What excited Fang Heng the most was that the blood of a Tier 2 barbarian contained a huge amount of energy. A Tier 2 barbarian could increase the awakening rate of the unknown seed by 2%!

He only needed to sacrifice another 30 or so to complete the awakening of the sacred tree's seed!

Fang Heng issued another order to the Princes of the vampires.

"Sacrifice them!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

After receiving Fang Heng's order, the Princes of the vampires immediately changed their tactics and began to look for Tier 2 barbarians in the barbarian army to seal them.

Kulle, the commander of the barbarian vanguard battalion in his Tier 2 state, had scarlet eyes.

He had never seen a human with such a strange power as the Prince of the vampires.

Not only did he have the ability to fly in the air, but he also had a variety of long and close combat attacks and defense methods!

He could not see any shortcomings!

The most terrifying thing was the sealing technique!

Once anyone was sealed and thrown into that strange coffin…

"Retreat first!"

The barbarian race wasn't stupid. They immediately turned around and prepared to escape when they saw that the situation was bad.

"Escaping?"

Whoosh!

The Prince of the vampires, Carl, flashed and appeared in front of Kulle, who was trying to escape.

"Chi!!"

Carl suddenly raised his right hand, closed it into a finger, and pointed it at Kulle's heart.

"Ka!!!"

Kulle's face turned pale.

The black cuticles on his chest caved in deeply.

"BOOM!!"

Then, a powerful force blasted Kulle's body backward!

Taking advantage of the force of the explosion, Kulle, who was terrified, fled far away without looking back.

Carl was also taken aback, and he looked down at his finger.

That layer of black stratum corneum actually had such a strong defensive power?

The three Princes of vampires chased after the fleeing Tier 2 barbarian.

However, the only way to deal with a Tier 2 barbarian was to use a curse together with the Duke of the vampires to seal him, so it was quite difficult to hunt him down.

Seeing the Tier 2 barbarian running away in panic under the enemy's pursuit, the morale of the barbarian vanguard plummeted and they felt even more defeated.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the group of Lickers continued to attack and charged toward the group of savage beasts.

In the blink of an eye, the situation on the entire battlefield had a strange reversal.

The group of barbarians and savage beasts that had started the attack began to flee frantically.

The Dukes of the vampires and Lickers took the chance to chase the barbarians away!

On the sentry tower, the Empire's defenders fell into a long silence after seeing this.

No one issued a new order.

Half an hour ago, when they received the news that the barbarian army was about to attack the village, no one had expected things to develop like this.

Not only did they defend the village, but…

They actually started to counterattack?

Due to a large number of savage beasts, the group of savage beasts that lost control and fled in all directions due to fear soon collided with the group of savage beasts that followed behind.

There was even small-scale trampling between the beast groups!

The barbarian vanguard was even more chaotic and the chaos gradually spread to the middle army. The barbarians had thought that this would be a simple victory. They didn't expect the sudden change. The beasts at the front suddenly went berserk. The controlled beasts actually fell into extreme fear and retreated uncontrollably.

The barbarians tried their best to control the savage beasts to calm them down. In order to prevent the group from being scattered by the savage beasts, they were even forced to attack some of the savage beasts.

The barbarians in the middle army couldn't help but feel uneasy.

What was going on?

Why were these savage beasts so afraid?

What was the explosion in front of them?

Why did things suddenly get out of control?

The Princes and Dukes of the vampires finally managed to kill three Tier 2 demonized barbarians. When they came back to their senses and looked for their targets, they found that the remaining Tier 2 barbarians had already escaped. Therefore, they decided to stop chasing. Instead, they released blood bombs in the midst of the chaos!

A large number of barbarians wailed under the blood-red bombs.

The blood and wails stimulated the remaining savage beasts even more, and they fled even more frantically.

Behind the king's coffin not far away, Fang Heng shifted his gaze to the direction of the battlefield.

The Prince of the vampires' long-range magic attack was extremely powerful. Often, a large number of blood bombs would refresh the game, and this was much faster than the Lickers!

Before he knew it, the ground was covered with the corpses of savage beasts and a pile of mutation crystals.

At the back, large groups of zombies also entered the battlefield under Fang Heng's control and began to clean up.

The zombie clones couldn't be bothered to decompose the bodies to obtain items or pick up the mutation crystals. They directly lifted the bodies of the savage beasts and carried them on their backs. They staggered back and threw the corpses of the savage beasts into the blood pool.

[Hint: You have transmuted an unknown mutated beast, refining the beast's blood…]

[Hint: The current progress of the Blood Awakening for the unknown sacred tree's seed: 27.2%.]

It was still too slow.

Fang Heng took a look at the game prompt and shook his head secretly in his heart.

The blood-red light pillar from the blood altar in the center of the village was gradually dimming, and the summoned coffin could only last for another 10 minutes at most.

It would be too late if this continued.

Moreover, the leader of the barbarian army could enter the battlefield at any time. The situation might change by then.

He needed to speed up!

Fang Heng raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Bellamy, cooperate with me and set up the blood magic array ritual!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Duke Bellamy nodded and immediately returned with several Dukes of the vampires behind her.

With Fang Heng controlling the ritual, the remaining eight Dukes of the vampires immediately surrounded the coffin, knelt on the ground, and pressed their hands to the ground at the same time.

"Condense!!"

Bright red blood condensed on the ground, emitting a piercing scarlet light.

The crimson color gradually condensed into the image of a magic array, which slowly rotated under the coffin of the Vampire King.

"Bang! Bang Bang!!"

Under the power of the vampire spell, the bodies of the savage beasts on the shoulders of the zombie clones exploded one after another!

The blood was extracted from the remains of the dead body and turned into a pool of blood. Under the control of the vampire spell, the blood floated toward the coffin of the Vampire King. Then, it was slowly poured into the coffin.

A red mist of blood gradually appeared on the battlefield.

The magic array's area of effect gradually expanded outwards, and more and more corpses on the battlefield were affected.

Drops of red blood were continuously extracted from the corpse, forming a torrent in the air and gathering along the Vampire King's coffin.

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The game prompt quickly popped up on Fang Heng's retina.

[Hint: You have transmuted an unknown mutated beast, refining the beast's blood…]

[Hint: The current progress of the Blood Awakening for the unknown sacred tree's seed: 29.9%…]

[Hint: The current progress of the Blood Awakening for the unknown sacred tree's seed: 31.6%.]

On the sentry tower, seeing the bloody mist on the battlefield and the evil scene in front of the coffin, the Empire guards felt a chill down their spines.

What a terrifying necromancer!

…

As the Prince of the vampires joined the battle, there was a great disturbance in the vanguard of the barbarians.

The chaos quickly spread to the middle army.

The commander of the barbarian army, Almonta, frowned when he realized the chaos ahead.

First, it was the disappearance of the great leader's blood descendants, and now even the vanguard was in trouble?

What kind of secret was this village hiding?!

"I'll go and take a look personally."

Almonta had just stood up and was about to leave when the commander of the vanguard battalion, Kuller, came to him under the protection of two barbarian guards.

Kuller was still in his Tier 2 state, but his expression was very ugly.

Almonta narrowed his eyes and focused on Kuller's wound.

A vortex-like distorted depression appeared on the black cuticles where Kuller's heart was.

It was a rare wound.

In the Tier 2 state, the black stratum corneum on the surface of the barbarian's body had an extremely strong defensive ability.

But he was actually in such a miserable state?

Almonta asked in a deep voice, "What's going on? Why is there such a huge commotion up ahead?"

Kuller didn't know who the three vampires who had suddenly emerged from the coffins were. He gritted his teeth and said, "My Lord, we were ambushed by the Empire at the village entrance."

"What do you mean? There's a group of mages from the Empire in the village?"

Almonta frowned.

It was only a small village. With a large number of armored savage beasts in the team, they could easily flatten it. How did they end up in such a state?

Having escaped death by a hair's breadth, Kuller was still a little scared. He said, "No, it's not just the Empire's mages. My Lord, they are enemies we have never seen before. They are powerful and can use a kind of shield ability, which is quite a counter to our blackthorns."

"In addition, their physical strength is no weaker than ours. The wound on my body was caused by him."

Kuller explained, "They also have an extremely dangerous sealing ability. Once our people are sealed and thrown into the coffin…"

Kuller couldn't help but shiver when he recalled his companions being sealed and turned into ashes after being thrown into coffins.

Almonta's expression was uncertain. He felt a sense of fear from Kuller's voice.

There were many powerhouses in the Empire, and this was not the first time that Kuller had been defeated in a battle.

However, it could make Kuller feel fear…

If what Kuller had said was true, the enemy's shield and sealing ability that could resist the blackthorns had become the barbarian race's weakness.

Who were they?!

Could it be that the Empire had already found a way to deal with the barbarians?

And they chose this time to reveal their trump card?!

Why did it have to be in such a small village?

Almonta had a premonition that the attack on the human city would not go so smoothly.

However, the barbarian race would never give up easily, even if they were badly injured.

"Hmph!" Almonta snorted heavily and said in a deep voice, "Listen to my order! The middle army, attack! Follow me! We'll crush them!"

"Yes!"

Almonta immediately led his elite barbarians to the front of the battlefield.

As he sprinted towards the village, Almonta soon saw the chaos on the battlefield.

There was also a powerful lifeblood fluctuation coming from not far ahead.

What was that?

Almonta was suspicious. He had never encountered such a powerful presence before.

…

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

On the battlefield, the three Princes of the vampires pushed forward!

Each wave of blood-red bombs would cause a huge amount of damage to the vanguard of the barbarian race.

Under the influence of the magic array at the back, the blood on the battlefield was drawn and kept flowing out of the corpses, forming a thick layer of blood mist in the air!

The blood mist was gathering in the direction of the Vampire King's coffin.

Behind him, the thick blood mist gradually condensed into blood water and poured into the Vampire King's coffin.

Suddenly, the three Princes of the vampires who were chasing the barbarian race sensed something at the same time. They turned their heads and looked into the distance.

Blackthorn transformation!

A Tier 3 barbarian!

Almonta's eyes were extremely cold.

Compared to the Tier 2 barbarian, the Tier 3 Almonta's black stratum corneum covered his entire body, and several huge black rhombus-shaped barbs protruded on his back. At first glance, he looked more like a monster full of black spikes.

"Whoosh!!!"

In his blackthorn form, Almonta raised his hand to the air!

"Kakaka…"

More than a dozen blackthorns burst out from his arm and stabbed Prince Carl who was closest to him in the air.

"Boom! Boom Boom!!"

The blackthorns slammed into the blood barrier in front of Carl, causing a violent explosion!

Carl hurriedly dodged and retreated, a look of surprise on his face.

The blackthorns possessed a terrifying explosive power, and had actually managed to penetrate his blood-colored barrier!

Prince Buller and Prince Joel appeared behind Carl.

"Be careful, he's very strong."

"Yes, let's go together," Loeb nodded and said.

Three against one!

Realizing that a strong enemy was approaching, the three Princes of the vampires joined forces and flew toward Almonta.

"Ha!"

Almonta's face showed disdain and mockery. His speed increased again, and slender blackthorns extended from his palms. He used the blackthorns as a melee weapon in an attempt to close in and fight.

The three Princes of the vampires were all battle-hardened bosses in elementary games. They had rich combat experience. When they saw Almonta coming up, they judged that the other party was good at melee combat. They immediately pulled away and fired a series of blood-red bombs in the air toward Almonta!

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of concentrated blood-red bombs bombarded Almonta.

He could not avoid it!

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

In a blood-red explosion, Almonta's body suddenly shot out from the explosion!

It was actually ineffective!

The three Princes of the vampires were surprised, and their hearts sank.

The other party's defensive ability was terrifyingly strong!

Looking closely, the black stratum corneum under Almonta's skin had already crystallized, and its defensive capabilities had increased once again. His entire body was as difficult to attack as a porcupine.

"Find a way to seal him."

The Princes of the vampires had rich combat experience and were aware of Almonta's terrifying defensive ability, so they used their advantage of floating in the air to deal with him.

"Hu!"

Almonta's breathing grew heavy.

The long-range attacks of the blackthorns were blocked by the opponent's barrier, and his strongest close combat ability was unable to be displayed.

They had tried to get close to the enemy several times in a row, but they had all escaped in advance.

He continued to attack the Princes of the vampires in the air, trying to find an opportunity.

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Suddenly, Almonta's pupils shrank, and his speed suddenly exploded. He tightly held the blackthorns in his hand and slashed forward!

Carl, who was being stared at by Almonta, raised an eyebrow.

"Bang!!"

The blackthorns in Almonta's hand exploded in front of him!

The black rhombus-shaped spike exploded and condensed into even smaller black spikes!

Carl immediately activated a blood shield around him.

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

Under the continuous explosions, Carl was forced to retreat.

Several tiny blackthorns broke through the vampire's barrier and pierced into his body.

"Bang! Bang Bang!!!"

The blackthorns immediately caused a second explosion within his body!

The explosion had severely injured Carl's body, and blood was spurting out from his wounds!

"Heh…"

Almonta's eyes revealed a cruel smile as he saw that his attack had succeeded. Just as he was about to pursue and finish off Carl, he suddenly slowed down.

What?

"Vampire spell: Coffin bind."

Loeb and Joel, the two Princes of the vampires, had appeared behind Almonta at some point in time. Their hands were forming seals.

Was it blood?

Almonta lowered his head and looked at his chest.

It was the blood that had splattered out of Carl's body.

The strange blood-red color gradually dissolved into crimson chains on his body, trapping him in place.

In front of him, Carl, who had been sent flying in the air, steadied himself and made the same incantation gesture as the other two Princes of the vampires.

Not good!!

Almonta's pupils suddenly contracted.

However, it was too late. A red coffin's reflection appeared behind him.

"Bang!"

The coffin instantly condensed into a physical form and closed with a bang.

Several red chains tightly locked the coffin.

Carl's mouth was bleeding, and he stared at the coffin that was bound by chains, frowning.

It felt wrong!

The other two Princes of the vampires also had gloomy expressions.

"Boom!!"

There was a violent explosion.

Several huge blackthorns pierced out of the coffin, and the entire coffin exploded!

The three Princes of the vampires were sent flying!

It was a shocking strength.

Carl adjusted his body in the air, looking at Almonta who had broken free from the coffin in the distance.

Other than the disgusting Holy Light, this was the first time he had seen such a difficult enemy.

The three Princes of the vampires quickly exchanged glances in midair.

The Duke of the vampires, Bellamy, appeared in front of the three.

"My Lords, Your Majesty has mentioned that the enemy is very powerful. We only need to collect the blood as soon as possible."

The three Princes of the vampires nodded in unison.

"Roger."

The enemy's defense was extremely high and coupled with the high-strength black rhombus-shaped spikes, even the sealing technique could not control it.

At first glance, he looked invincible.

However, this was not the case.

The other party also had its shortcomings.

For example, he was unable to fly in mid-air.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

The three Princes of the vampires immediately attacked in three different directions!

Below, Almonta, who had broken free from the seal, was panting heavily.

The intense battle stimulated his nerves even more, and the pain made him feel unusually excited.

Almonta was about to fight to the death with the three vampires, but he realized that the enemies were moving in three different directions.

Did they run away?

In the blink of an eye, the three Princes of the vampires threw hundreds of blood bombs at the barbarians.

The barbarian team fell into even greater chaos.

"Despicable human!"

Almonta's pupils suddenly shrank. He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and chased after Prince Carl.

He realized the enemy's tactics.

The other party didn't want to fight him head-on. Instead, he wanted to use his spiritual movement to attack the barbarian army!

"Are you afraid? Trash! You don't even dare to face me!"

Almonta's speed increased once more, and he chased after Carl, his blackthorns blasting forward.

"Haha… idiot."

Carl laughed coldly and retorted.

Even though in his heart, Carl felt that he had been unlucky recently.

There was a one in three chance of being targeted.

Without any other choice, Carl was embroiled in a fight with Almonta from above the chaotic barbarian army. From time to time, he would free his hand to fire a blood bomb at the barbarian army below!

In front of the powerful Prince of vampires, even the high-level savage beasts were defenseless.

After a long chase, Almonta realized that he was no threat to Carl at all, and realized that he had fallen into a trap.

The other party was obviously trying to distract him.

If this continued, the barbarian casualties would only increase.

He had to find a way to counter it.

Suddenly, Almonta turned his head to look at the sky above the battlefield.

The battlefield was shrouded in an ominous blood mist.

The blood mist seemed to be flowing toward the back of the battlefield.

That place was…

The village?

Almonta's pupils shrank.

He noticed the blood-red light pillar rising in the direction of the village.

What was that pillar of light?

The blood mist around them was also flowing toward…

Could it be that their real purpose was to delay time?

D*mn it! He had been played!

Almonta realized that he had been tricked by the Empire's people and was instantly enraged. He immediately gave up on chasing after Carl and charged straight for the center of the village!

"Oh… he finally realized it."

Fang Heng suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Almonta, who was approaching him from a distance.

But it was too late.

Fang Heng glanced at the game prompt.

[Hint: Unknown seed's current awakening level: 100%.]

Half a minute ago, the seed of the sacred tree had absorbed the blood and completed its awakening.

"Your Majesty, please be careful."

After the seed was awakened, the other Dukes of the vampires, including Bellamy, had also finished controlling the ritual magic array.

Seeing the strong enemy coming, they immediately stood in front of Fang Heng with serious expressions.

"Don't fight him head-on," Fang Heng said in a deep voice. "Think of a way to stop him for a moment."

The coffin of the Vampire King could only last for three minutes at most.

The three Princes of the vampires couldn't do anything to the barbarians who were in Tier 3.

They couldn't win this fight.

Then retreat for the time being!

It was still possible for the vampires to delay the barbarians for three minutes.

In short, he had successfully delayed the barbarian's attack on Hani City for at least five hours with the help of the village's defense.

This gave Wei Tao enough time to respond.

Secondly, the seed of the sacred tree has been awakened. After completing this trial, he would return to the Vampire Apocalypse to continue investigating the seed's mission line.

Now, he needed to think about how to safely evacuate the people of the Empire in the village.

It was impossible to protect all the villagers, so he could only sacrifice a portion of them and try to retreat to the Cesar Forest area. If he was lucky, he could buy some time.

Fang Heng thought quickly and subconsciously lowered his head to look at the coffin of the Vampire King.

Inside the coffin lay a crimson seed.

After the catalytic effect of the Blood Awakening skill, the seed of the sacred tree was also covered with a layer of piercing scarlet.

Fang Heng couldn't move his eyes away.

The seed seemed to have an extremely strange magic power that made Fang Heng couldn't help but want to reach out and hold it in his palm.

In theory, when the duration of the Vampire King's coffin summoning ended, everything summoned through the coffin would be reversed and summoned back.

That included the seed, the Princes of the vampires, and the Dukes of the vampire.

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However, this didn't stop Fang Heng from observing the attributes of the seed first.

Fang Heng stretched out his hand and observed the seed in the coffin.

A game prompt appeared on his retina.

[Hint: You have acquired a special unknown seed of the sacred tree (awakened).]

Eh?

Before Fang Heng could check the attributes of the seed of the sacred tree in detail, the seed in his hand bloomed with a blood-red light as if it had a life of its own.

"Ka…"

A slight cracking sound came from the seed and a small crack appeared on its surface.

Immediately after, a green sprout extended out from the crack on the surface!

Fang Heng's pupils contracted slightly. He felt an extremely majestic life force overflowing from the seed!

Oh no, could it be…?

The seed in his hand instantly became boiling hot.

For a moment, Fang Heng couldn't hold it in anymore and let go of his hand.

"Pa…"

The seed fell to the ground with a thud.

As soon as the seed touched the ground, it quickly merged into the earth.

"Quickly retreat!"

Fang Heng realized something and shouted.

The Dukes of the vampires immediately followed Fang Heng and retreated a dozen steps.

"Ka ka ka ka ka ka ka….!"

The thick roots of the plant broke out of the ground and the tree trunk was growing at a crazy speed that could be seen with the naked eye. The ground beneath their feet shook violently, and in the blink of an eye, a towering tree rose!

In just a few seconds, a towering tree that was nearly 20 meters tall extended out from the center of the battlefield. The branches and leaves were so dense that they covered the sky!

It was like a dome that covered a small part of the battlefield!

"That's…"

On the sentry tower, looking down at the giant tree full of life, everyone was completely confused.

Since when did undead spells have anything to do with giant trees?

"You guys, look!"

Chi! Chi Chi Chi Chi…

From the foot of the big tree, dense vines gradually emerged, and the vines quickly spread along the village's outer city wall!

Everyone's expression changed.

Before the guards could figure out the situation and take any countermeasures, the vines had already climbed onto the city wall outside the village and covered it in a thick layer.

It was like a layer of solid armor.

Ma Xiaowan carefully took two steps forward and observed the vines on the city wall with her binoculars.

Upon closer inspection, the creeper vines were covered in fine thorns.

Plop, plop…

The vines continued to dance as if they had a life of their own.

"Whoosh!!"

What?!

Ma Xiaowan was shocked. She immediately put down the telescope and took half a step back.

After a brief pause, the vines once again extended toward the village!

The green vines climbed into the village at an extremely fast speed, attached to the ground along the way, climbed up all the buildings along the way, and even spread to the sentry tower where the group was!

Everyone watched as the vines extended from below until they completely surrounded the sentry tower.

Fortunately, the vines did not seem to be hostile. They only enveloped the outer perimeter of the sentry tower.

Through the observation window of the sentry tower, more vines could be seen wrapping around the village.

In the central area of the village, Qiu Yaokang was studying the blood of a Tier 2 barbarian. He suddenly sensed something and turned to look out the window.

"Chi Chi!"

The next moment, the originally closed wooden window was broken open with a bang, and fine vines spread into the laboratory from the outside.

After the vine entered the laboratory, it quickly climbed toward the corner of the laboratory.

Qiu Yaokang frowned. He grabbed the mixed solution on the table and splashed it on the vines.

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi!!!"

When the mixture was sprinkled on the vines, it immediately made a sizzling sound. A white mist rose from the vines. The vines, which were originally full of vitality, withered and shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But soon, more vines climbed in from the wooden window!

The vines continued to climb toward the corner of the research room.

"Eh?"

Qiu Yaokang frowned and took a few steps back. He looked at the black stone in the corner of the laboratory.

It was the black stone that Fang Heng had carried out from the bottom of the dragon mosquito nest lake not long ago.

There were too many things on hand, so he didn't have time to do a further inspection.

"Chi Chi Chi…"

The vines quickly wrapped around the stone and dragged it out of the room.

After obtaining the black stone, the remaining vines also withdrew from the room.

Qiu Yaokang was puzzled. He walked to the window and squinted his eyes as he looked in the direction the stone was being dragged away. It was in the direction of the village entrance.

Soon, the vines dragged the black stone underground and it disappeared completely.

[Hint: The player has successfully cultivated the sacred tree-Abe Akaya (fused blood form).]

[Hint: The sacred tree-Abe Akaya (fusion blood form) has absorbed unknown power and is currently in a rapid reproduction state.]

Two game hints in bold and red appeared on Fang Heng's retina one after another.

The sacred tree trembled once more, and in the blink of an eye, it had grown two meters higher!

Fang Heng was still a little confused for a moment.

It was too sudden.

The sacred tree was unable to control its growth?

The sacred tree had also absorbed an unknown power?

Where did this unknown power come from?

Before he could check the status of the vampires' sacred tree, Fang Heng felt a sharp aura coming at him. His expression changed and he looked up at Almonta, who was charging at him from a distance.

Almonta was no less shocked than anyone else. What was going on with this giant tree that had grown so much in an instant?

"Chi Chi Chi Chi!!!"

As he charged forward, two sharp giant vine thorns shot out from the ground on his left and right!

The giant barbed vine suddenly stabbed toward Almonta.

"Hu!"

"Huu!!"

Almonta's body was unusually agile, and he dodged several vine attacks in a row, attacking his way forward.

Sharp spikes kept emerging from the ground to attack him.

Suddenly, Almonta's pupils shrank.

The area in front of him was already occupied by the dense growth of vine spikes, and the vine spikes in front of him almost blocked his vision!

"Chi! Chi Chi!!"

The dense spikes made it impossible for Almonta to dodge.

Then he would be reckless and charge through!

Almonta was extremely confident in his skin's defense under the Tier 3 strengthening, and he charged forward.

"BOOM!!!"

The thorny vines struck the right side of Almonta's chest, and the outer layer of the black cuticles on his skin made an uncomfortable sound of friction!

Almonta was knocked back heavily by the vine, and his body froze.

"Phew! Hu hu hu!"

Immediately after, dozens of thin and dense vines darted toward him!

The slender vines wrapped around his wrists and ankles, and more and more vines spread to his body, binding him tightly.

In the blink of an eye, the huge vines wrapped tightly around Almonta, forming a cage of vines!

He was actually locked down by the vines!

In the air, the suspended vampire Dukes of the vampires stared down at Almonta, who was bound by vines.

The cage of vines started to beat rhythmically like a heartbeat after it was wrapped in a few layers.

Suddenly, the vines retracted back into the ground!

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In the blink of an eye, the vine cage on the ground sank into the ground with Almonta, completely disappearing!

It was resolved?

On top of the sentry tower, the people from the Empire held up their binoculars and stared in Almonta's direction.

Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

What kind of terrifying spell was that?!

The necromancer had defeated a barbarian who was in his Tier 3 demonization state?

Fang Heng was also floating in the air. He looked at the place where Almonta was dragged into the ground not far away and suddenly raised his eyebrows.

"BOOM!!!"

A dull explosion came from underground!

Immediately after, dozens of huge black rhombus crystals pierced out of the ground!

Whoosh!

A black shadow burst out from the ground!

After Almonta escaped, he immediately dodged to the back.

Fresh blood dripped down from the cracks on his skin.

What kind of terrifying power was that?

It was rare for Almonta to feel such fear.

After being dragged underground, the powerful pressure almost crushed him into a meat pie!

In addition, the corrosive slime secreted by the spikes even affected the black cuticles on his body.

The three Princes of the vampires couldn't help but look back at the towering tree beside Fang Heng.

They could sense a powerful life force from the protruding tree spikes, as well as an aura that came from the same source as the vampires.

It was very similar, but there were also differences.

Carl saw that Almonta was heavily injured and wanted to escape. He shouted, "Stop him!"

The three Princes of the vampires joined forces and moved forward, firing a large number of blood-red bombs in the direction where Almonta had fled.

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!"

In the midst of the explosion, Almonta, who was covered in blackthorns, rushed in another direction.

"Buzz…"

Suddenly, the three Princes of the vampires stopped in mid-air, and their bodies gradually became faint.

"Tsk, he's lucky," Carl said softly, clearly unhappy.

[Hint: The summoning time of your skill has ended.]

[Hint: The Vampire King's coffin is currently performing a reversal summoning.]

As soon as the notification rang, the coffin of the Vampire King slowly sank into the ground again. The vampires who had been summoned along with the coffin also slowly turned into shadows and disappeared.

Almonta quickly escaped.

However, the battle was not over yet!

The Tier 3 enhanced barbarian army leader, Almonta, had the ability to break through the attack of the sacred tree, but ordinary savage beasts and barbarians could not resist the powerful attack of the vines of the sacred tree!

The vines that pierced out from the ground quickly spread to the front of the battlefield!

Vines and spikes pierced out from the ground. All the savage beasts who didn't have time to escape were dragged into the ground by the vines and spikes, including the dead bodies on the ground!

More and more vines spread out.

Wails and screams filled the entire battlefield!

The barbarians had never seen such terrifying vines before.

The vines were abnormally hard, and it was difficult to cut them even with sharp weapons.

Once they got entangled in the vines…

There was no way of survival!

The morale of the barbarian race collapsed instantly when they saw their companions being dragged into the ground one by one and disappearing completely. They didn't have any will to resist and desperately fled.

The barbarian army had long lost its momentum.

Right now, they only wanted to get as far away from this strange giant tree as possible!

The vine attack lasted for more than ten minutes.

The battlefield once again returned to silence.

The sentry ower fell into a dead silence again.

As for the barbarian race…

They retreated.

Fang Heng stood under the huge tree and browsed the attributes related to the sacred tree.

[Ancient legend-Abe Akaya (fused blood form)(bound to player).]

[Current status: Infancy (Level 3).]

Description: The seed of the sacred tree was born in the Otherworld. Under extremely coincidental circumstances, it fused with a curse to form a new life form.

Description: Abe Akaya can rapidly grow by devouring blood and some special energy, greatly strengthening its body.

Description: This creature is an ancient creature. Player lacks the relevant skills to control it.

Description: Player lacks related skills and cannot communicate with it.

Unable to fully control it?

Fang Heng frowned and touched the trunk of Abe Akaya, the scared tree.

An extremely weak spiritual sense came from the sacred tree.

It was a feeling of dependence and trust.

[Hint: You have been recognized as an ally by Abe Akaya, you have obtained part of its skill description.]

Additional skill 1: Thorn piercing

Skill description: The sacred tree can attack through thorns.

Additional skill 2: Photosynthesis

Skill description: Through photosynthesis, it can quickly restore vitality and increase the giant tree's HP and defense. It can remove negative effects on the target and quickly restore the target's HP.

Additional skill 3: Blood nutrient

Skill description: After a special mutation, the Abe Akaya can entangle the target and drag it underground to absorb its blood and nutrients.

Additional skill 4: Rapid growth.

Skill description: Abe Akaya can rapidly grow in a short time by absorbing a large amount of blood or some special energy.

Additional skill 5: Plant armor

Skill description: Abe Akaya can cover the surface of a building with a layer of vines, providing additional defense protection and thorn effect (the vines will receive some damage when they are attacked by melee physical attacks).

Additional skill 6: Bloody miasma (currently inactive)

Skill description: Through photosynthesis, a miasma mixed with blood toxins can be produced in the area of the sacred tree. The effect of the miasma is to ignore friend or foe.

So it turns out that he had unknowingly raised a pet?

Moreover, it was still in its infancy?

Fang Heng couldn't help looking up at the huge tree beside him.

Such a huge tree and you're telling me that it's still in its infancy?

After thinking about it carefully, Fang Heng felt that it was troublesome.

Although the scared tree was strong, it didn't seem like there was any way to transplant it.

[Hint: The branch of the player's realm mission-World of Forests has been changed.]

[Mission branch options: Please try to grow Abe Akaya into a mature form to obtain more information about the World of Forests. (Simple, this mission branch is recommended).]

Looking at the game prompt that popped up again, Fang Heng pondered in his heart.

Judging from the current situation, he still had to raise the level of the sacred tree of Abe Akaya in this original world?

What a headache!

But speaking of which, the game prompt had said that the scared tree had absorbed some special energy and entered a state of rapid growth.

What did it absorb?

Forget it, let's not think about this for now and focus on the battle.

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at the battlefield ahead.

Under the effect of the scared tree of Abe Akaya, the entire battlefield had been covered in green.

There were sharp spikes and vines everywhere.

All the bodies of the barbarian race and savage beasts were dragged to the ground and devoured by the sacred tree. There was no need to clean up the battlefield.

Amidst the green, there were large patches of crystal blue.

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Looking at the large area of mutation crystals left on the ground, Fang Heng simply waved his hand forward.

If he could gather the 500 Tier 2 mutation crystals he needed to level up, he would definitely have enough!

[Hint: You have obtained Tier 1 mutation crystal*2,871 and Tier 2 mutation crystal*756.]

[Hint: Player has met the current level-up conditions. Do you want to level up?]

[Hint: Player has leveled up to Level 28. Due to the player's innate skill, the player has received an additional 253 zombie clones.]

[Hint: The current number of zombie clones: 1,518.]

[Hint: 2,000 Tier 2 mutation crystals will be consumed to upgrade the player's character level in the next stage.]

As the prompt about the main plot disappeared from his vision, the ground around Fang Heng's feet began to roll again.

The newly-born zombie clones crawled out from the gaps of the pierced vines and stood shakily behind Fang Heng.

Fang Heng clenched his fist lightly.

...

He had not touched the upper limit of intermediate games yet.

His character level could continue to increase!

With the increase in level, the number of zombie clones would gradually increase with each level up, except for the upper limit of some skills that could continue to be increased.

He had just broken through to 1,000 clones not long ago, and now he had 1,500 clones.

"When I return to the prison, I can think of a way to modify a group of Lickers and increase my combat power."

Apart from that, Fang Heng looked at the game prompt.

Players could upgrade their talents for the first time at Level 10.

According to some sources, there would be a second enhancement after the first one, but there was very little information about talent enhancement. There was a rumor that the related explanation would be triggered when the level reached Level 30.

He was currently Level 28, so his next level-up would arrive soon.

…

Three teams of Empire griffins flew high up in the sky in a triangular formation.

...

Under Tang Mingyue's insistence, Tang Mo took the elite griffin regiment to the village for investigation.

From afar, the party could see a large horde of savage beasts on the ground.

"Your Highness, we've reached the maximum distance. If we get any closer, we'll be attacked by the barbarian's falcons."

It was the first time Tang Mingyue and the other players had seen such a huge battle. They were shocked to see the tide-like monster horde.

Wei Tao was worried for Fang Heng.

"Fang Heng has always been a strong individual," Mikhael said in a low voice. "Since he has already learned about the game prompt that the barbarian team is attacking the village in advance, he should be able to make an effective response."

Tang Mo looked into the distance and said, "The barbarians seem to have been attracted by the village. We can find a way to give them a taste of their own medicine. What do you think, President Wen Dun?"

The old mage president, who was wearing a high-tier robe, looked at the rear of the barbarian army in the distance and nodded. He said, "Your Highness, we can cast a forbidden spell together and cause some trouble for the barbarian army…"

After he said that, Wen Dun frowned.

The rest of the mages' expressions also changed slightly.

What was that?

...

Everyone looked into the distance and couldn't help but feel suspicious.

What was that strange power…

Whoosh!

Everyone could see the blood-red pillar of light rising from the village in the distance.

"BOOM! Boom Boom Boom!"

Even further ahead, dense explosions came continuously.

Even though they were riding on the back of the griffin, everyone could still feel the violent shaking of the earth in the distance.

Everyone was bewildered.

"What's that? The barbarian race?"

"It doesn't seem like it." Wen Dun shook his head and said, "The energy fluctuation is very strange. I've never sensed it before."

Tang Mingyue and the others looked at each other and saw the strange look in each other's eyes.

...

Vampires?

Did Fang Heng borrow the strength of the vampires in this trial environment?

If it was Fang Heng, it was really possible.

"You guys, look!"

One of the elite guards saw something extremely shocking and raised his hand to point into the distance.

In the distance, a towering giant tree rose from the ground, and a green color visible to the naked eye spread out in all directions with the giant tree as the center!

That's…?

A tree?

The confusion on everyone's faces deepened.

This time, even Wei Tao and the others could not understand.

They could understand the words of the vampires, but what was with this tree?

...

Tang Mo looked at the high-tier mages behind him and asked, "What's that?"

The group of mages stared at the giant tree in the distance with grave expressions.

"Your Highness, I've never seen such a powerful wood-type spell before. From the spell's effect, it's a powerful forbidden spell."

A forbidden spell?

Tang Mo opened his mouth and looked at the battlefield in front of him, muttering to himself, "There's actually a roaming mage in this village who can cast an unknown forbidden spell on his own?"

The situation in front was unclear and Tang Mo didn't dare take people to check it out.

In just a short moment, the giant tree on the battlefield was already full of leaves. Including the village area, everywhere was gradually covered in green!

Then, the entire barbarian army in front of them fell into great chaos.

One of the elite guards looked forward and said in disbelief, "The barbarian race has fled?"

The barbarian army was in a state of chaos starting from the front army, and soon the riots spread to the entire legion, and the entire army began to flee at high speed!

The barbarian army was quickly collapsing!

...

"This is a good opportunity!"

Tang Mo's eyes narrowed and he turned to look at the high-tier mages. "Take advantage of the enemy's confusion and use a large-scale forbidden spell to cut off their retreat!"

"Yes! Your Highness."

The five mages responded in unison and focused their attention on preparing to cast a large-scale forbidden spell.

Tang Mingyue and the other players who participated in the trial were still confused.

They communicated with each other with crazy eyes.

What was the situation in the village?

Didn't Fang Heng choose to retreat?

And what the hell was that large green forest that was rapidly spreading outward?

How did the barbarian race suddenly collapse?

Before Wei Tao and the others could sort out their thoughts, lines of game prompt appeared in their retinas.

[Hint: The player led the village to defeat the barbarian army of Almonta.]

[Hint: The main storyline has changed.]

[Hint: Tabulating…]

[Hint: The player's trial mission-invasion of the barbarian race has been completed in advance. The player's trial mission score has been greatly increased.]

[Hint: This trial rating has been upgraded to A. The player team can choose to complete this trial in advance and exit the trial.]

[Hint: Before the trial time ends, the player can continue to stay in the trial to explore the subsequent missions and improve the trial rating.]

[Hint: Continuing to stay in the trial may cause the trial rating to drop or even fail.]

[Hint: Player has received an additional 10 hours of trial time. Player's remaining trial time: 25 hours.]

The sudden game prompt stunned all the players.

They subconsciously lowered their heads and looked at the barbarians who were running away in the chaos.

What did that mean?

They really won?

The barbarian race had fled?

The mission was completed just like that?

Winning while lying down?

Immediately after, Wei Tao could not suppress the joy on his face.

Although it felt a little strange, it was the right decision to bring Fang Heng here!

This wave of money was worth it!

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Meteorite fall was a forbidden spell cast by five high-tier mages.

The dense meteorite fireballs fell from the sky, causing great damage to the scattered barbarian army.

The fleeing barbarians had no time to care about Tang Mo and the others in the air.

Half an hour later, the battlefield returned to silence.

With the village as the center, the area within a 500-meter radius was covered in a layer of green vines.

In the sky, the team looked at each other again.

The strange green area in front of them was filled with evil.

"Do you want to go down and take a look?"

"Okay, let's go. Be careful."

After waiting for more than half an hour and flying a few circles in the sky outside the newborn forest, the griffins landed on the edge of the vine forest.

...

The area in front of them had been reduced to a forest covered in vines and tree roots.

The mages could not help but feel shocked when they saw this scene.

Such a powerful field-type spell could even permanently change the environment! He was definitely a legendary mage!

"Chi Chi Chi…"

When everyone heard the sound, they immediately looked in the direction of the sound vigilantly.

At the edge of the vine area, vines continued to spread out from the depths of the forest, wrapping around the barbarian corpses outside the forest area and dragging them into the depths of the forest.

This scene sent a chill down everyone's spine.

Wood attribute field magic?

Why did it look so strange?

They looked at each other, hesitating whether they should enter the forest or not. Then, the vines and roots in front of them quickly wriggled and made a path for them.

Tang Mingyue's eyes lit up. She recognized the figure walking out of the passage at a glance.

...

"Mr. Mo?"

Mo Jiawei had seen the griffins flying in the sky from the sentry tower.

He guessed that the Empire had sent people to investigate and felt that it might be Wei Tao and the others. Thus, he came over to take a look.

"Boss Wei."

Seeing Wei Tao's group, Mo Jiawei clearly relaxed a lot. He shifted his gaze to Tang Mo and the high-tier mages.

Everyone looked at Mo Jiawei, hoping to get a reasonable explanation from him.

As there were outsiders present, Mo Jiawei could not figure out the relationship between these people and Wei Tao's group. He also did not know how to explain such a big scene.

"A lot of things have happened. Anyway, let's go back to the village first."

He might as well bring them back to the village!

"Alright, sorry for the trouble."

As they passed through the dense forest of vines, the vines that were originally blocking their way avoided them and made way for a small path.

...

This seemingly ordinary scene made the mages of the Empire horrified.

What a powerful wood-type field spell!

The usual field-type modification spells often had a time limit, and it was extremely rare to be able to change a field permanently.

They didn't expect the field spell to still be in effect.

Just maintaining such a powerful spell technique required an extremely powerful mental strength, let alone summoning it!

Everyone had seen the giant tree descend with their own eyes, so they naturally did not think that this giant tree was really a tree!

The Mahert Empire had a fixed concept for thousands of years. They believed that an extremely powerful legendary mage had helped them stop the barbarian invasion.

The barbarian race was extremely powerful, but every time the humans encountered a huge crisis, someone would stand up and save them from disaster.

Moreover, the wood-type spells also had a special power that had never been seen before.

Is it an improved spell?

The mages of the Empire were amazed. They discussed in whispers along the way, praising the person who was controlling the spell behind the scenes.

...

The Vice President of the Mage Association, Wen Dun, could not help but sigh, "I didn't expect to see the perpetual field magic that can only be seen in theory today. I was too ignorant. The path of magic is endless."

Tang Mo listened to the discussion of the Empire's mages and secretly nodded.

He asked, "Ming Yue, may I ask who is the master mage who cast this spell?"

"Ahem."

Tang Mingyue had also heard the conversation between the mages. She coughed a few times in embarrassment.

Fang Heng was indeed very strong in some aspects. However, these mages were praising Fang Heng to the skies.

Things like genius mages, legendary mages, the founder of perpetual magic, and so on and so forth. Tang Mingyue and the others were stunned when they heard them.

Good fellow, she had never heard of Fang Heng knowing magic.

Did these natives misunderstand something?

Naturally, Tang Mingyue would not expose her teammate. She forced a smile and said, "We're friends, friends."

"It's good that Mingyue has such a reliable friend. This time, your friend resisted the attack of the barbarian race and helped the Empire greatly."

...

Tang Mo said with a gentle expression, "Don't worry. Your friend is my friend. I will try my best to win more support from the Empire."

After passing through the dense forest of vines, they saw Fang Heng standing under a huge tree.

Fang Heng was a little vexed at the moment.

The village had been completely occupied by the sacred tree of Abe Akaya.

He had tried to communicate with Abe Akaya many times, but there was little effect. He could only feel a small part of the emotions from Abe Akaya.

At least for now, he had not learned how to transplant Abe Akaya. Moreover, Abe Akaya seemed to like this place very much and was a little resistant to the transplant.

Not to mention the transmigration.

What a headache!

The feeling that Abe Akaya gave Fang Heng was that of a child who had just been born with intelligence and it was very emotional.

Fang Heng was trying to build a better relationship with Abe Akaya to see if he could trick it so that he could transplant the plant.

The Empire's guardian army standing behind Fang Heng also didn't dare to speak loudly.

...

They realized that the power of the necromancer in front of them was not someone they could afford to offend.

"Ninth Highness!"

Harper's eyes lit up when he saw Tang Mo, who was surrounded by a group of mages and guards, and he immediately went forward to greet him.

The others had never seen Tang Mo before, but Harper's reaction made them realize that Tang Mo was of high status. So, they all came forward to pay their respects.

"Hello, I'm Tang Mo."

Tang Mo stepped forward and looked at the masked Fang Heng.

He had not expected the legendary mage who had cast such a powerful forbidden spell to be so young.

Tang Mo's admiration for Fang Heng increased.

A powerful mage living in seclusion.

Perhaps he didn't want to reveal his real name.

"Thank you for your help to the Empire."

Fang Heng looked at the young man in front of him who was dressed elegantly.

Empire? Ninth Highness?

Fang Heng didn't know much about the royal family in this aboriginal world, so he looked at Wei Tao and the others.

When he saw Wei Tao and the others nod, he then said, "You're welcome. I'm sorry, but because of me, the village has suffered quite a bit."

The sacred tree, Abe Akaya, seemed to like this village very much. It covered the entire village with a layer of vine armor, so much so that the villagers who were hiding in the village found that their windows and doors were covered with vines and locked in their homes.

Fang Heng spent some time communicating with Abe Akaya before he managed to open the door.

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"If it wasn't for Mr. Fang's help, the entire village would have died at the hands of the barbarians. The effect of spell affected the villagers. This time you have made a great contribution to the Empire. Tang Mo will report it truthfully to the Empire and will not treat you badly."

[Hint: The player has successfully resisted the barbarian invasion. The reputation of the Empire has been raised to friendly. The Empire merit system has been activated.]

[Hint: The player has received 50,000 merit points.]

A row of exchange columns appeared on Fang Heng's retina.

!!

After a quick glance at the exchange column, Fang Heng found that most of the items available for exchange were materials, weapons, and soldiers.

If he improves his friendship with the Empire again, he should be able to unlock more exchangeable items.

Eh?

Fang Heng's eyelids twitched.

Fief?

He only needed 1,000 merit points to obtain a small piece of land from the Empire and become a lord. The lord had the authority to recruit troops and only needed to submit a tax to the Empire every year.

At present, the village had already been occupied by the sacred tree, so there was no way to transplant it.

He could consider exchanging it for a fief.

After becoming a lord, he might be able to avoid some trouble.

Fang Heng looked at the city wall and the village covered with vines behind him and said, "I'm afraid this place can't be inhabited for a short time. I hope to apply to the Empire to become the lord of this fief."

Tang Mo was startled and looked back at the village occupied by vines. He thought, "That's strange, wasn't this spell summoned by you? Right, it must have been an overload spell, so the spell went out of control!"

This kind of thing was common.

"Mr. Fang, you're very benevolent." Tang Mo's expression became gentler and he said, "On behalf of the Empire, I pay my respects to you. You are now the owner of this fief, and the official appointment of the fief will be sent to you in three days."

"In addition, these villagers are all citizens of the Empire. They will also be under your jurisdiction. If you are not willing to take over, I will arrange for them to evacuate as soon as possible."

Benevolent?

The Empire guards and Ma Xiaowan looked at each other.

They thought of the terrifying undead creatures and evil rituals.

The Ninth Prince probably didn't know much about this necromancer…

[Hint: The player has spent 2,000 Empire merit points and obtained the approval of Nanxi Village and the surrounding areas.]

[Hint: Your influence in the world has been slightly increased.]

"This area is not suitable for living. Please help evacuate the villagers."

Fang Heng nodded with satisfaction.

This made the sacred tree a little safer.

Considering the worst-case scenario, he might not even be able to take the sacred tree away until the end of the trial.

Should he just leave the sacred tree Abe Akaya here?

After completing the trial, he would be able to get the space tearing blueprint. At that time, he would find a way to quickly upgrade the space tearing device and enter the intermediate game, then return to solve the transplant problem.

On second thought, this was too big a circle. It was a little unstable.

Even if he had the blueprint, the construction and upgrade of the space tearing device might encounter problems, and there was no way to guarantee the completion of the plan in time.

"I'll get someone to help the villagers evacuate," Tang Mo said to Fang Heng. "Mr. Fang, this time the barbarian army came menacingly. The main cities of the Empire were attacked by barbarians. Tang Mo beseeches Mr. Fang Heng to contribute to the Empire's people."

[Hint: You have triggered an optional main storyline mission-front line battle.]

Mission description: You defeated the barbarian army led by Almonta but the Empire is still under attack. Tang Mo has sent you an invitation to go with you to the front line city under attack to snipe the barbarian army.

Mission requirement: Defeat the barbarians at the front line.

Mission rewards: Additional game trial time and additional trial rating increase.

Fang Heng's eyelids twitched.

To the main battlefield?

However…

Could he really fight the barbarians on the battlefield?

The Tier 3 barbarian was too terrifying.

He had only won by luck and managed to suppress the barbarian with the power of the sacred tree.

There was no way to transplant the sacred tree at the moment, so it was impossible to pull it over to fight.

Borrowing the strength of the vampires was not very feasible.

The Vampire King's coffin had just been summoned, and the cooldown time began again.

Moreover, the Prince of the vampires had just been awakened from a dormant state and had just experienced a battle. Forcibly waking the Prince again would lead to a significant drop in combat power.

Furthermore, the barbarians were currently at war with the Empire, and it would be too late by the time his skills' cooldown was over.

No matter from which perspective, rejoining the battlefield was not a good choice.

He could get some benefits, but not much.

Fang Heng revealed an embarrassed look.

The Vice President of the Mage Association, Wen Dun, who was standing behind Fang Heng, said in a deep voice, "Ninth Highness, I'm afraid you don't know."

"Losing control of the spell will cause great side effects. I'm afraid it will take a while to recuperate before he can recover his strength. The damage to spiritual power is not like physical damage. The damage from forced combat is even more terrifying."

"Ah, I see. I was being rude, please don't mind me."

...

Tang Mo looked at Fang Heng with an apologetic expression.

There was such a powerful legendary mage who could contend with the entire barbarian army on his own. Tang Mo wanted to persuade Fang Heng to help the Empire.

Tang Mo's face was sincere. "Sir suffered such a serious injury for the Empire and I feel uneasy. Why don't you return to the Empire with Mingyue to recuperate? The Empire will definitely do its best to treat you."

[Hint: You have triggered the optional mission-the Empire under the dark clouds.]

Mission title: The Empire under the dark clouds.

Mission description: Under the attack of the barbarians, the Empire is still shrouded in dark clouds. Please return to the Empire's main city to conduct an in-depth investigation and try to trigger the follow-up mission.

Mission requirement: Find the follow-up mission.

The first thing Fang Heng felt when he saw the task prompt was inexplicable.

Then, he thought that this might be a hint from the game.

The starting point of the next phase of the main storyline mission was likely to be in the main city.

Fang Heng thought for a while and then shifted his gaze to Tang Mingyue and the others.

...

Tang Mingyue and the others also looked thoughtful.

There was not much use in staying here.

To the Empire!

There were more resources there.

For example, the purple essence! For example, more research materials related to the barbarian race!

From the start of the game until now, apart from the savage beast invasion, there were many strange hints in the pre-mission line.

Thinking about it carefully, there was still a lot more to explore in the main trial mission. If he wanted to get a higher rating, he had to start from this aspect.

Other than that, there was also the black stone that he had found at the bottom of the lake.

Fang Heng had just communicated with Qiu Yaokang. Based on what happened to the sacred tree Abe Akaya, when it first grew, he could basically conclude that Abe Akaya had absorbed the remaining energy in the black stone, thus achieving the effect of rapid growth.

Therefore, it was all thanks to the stone that they were able to defeat the barbarian army.

The stone was related to the main storyline. He might find more game tips in the main city.

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1067 Deployment

If he could find more stones, wouldn't he be able to help the sacred tree Abe Akaya accelerate its growth rate?

Maybe he could transplant it by then?

Even if he couldn't transport the tree, there were many resources in the Empire. The sacred tree could absorb and devour a wide variety of energy, and it might be able to devour something else.

At the thought of this, Fang Heng immediately nodded and said, "That's good too. I've always wanted to visit the Empire."

"That's great, Mr. Fang. Let's have a good chat after I return from my victory."

Seeing that Tang Mingyue was ready to return to the main city, Tang Mo also felt at ease. After talking to everyone, he left in a hurry and prepared to take people to the nearest front line of the Empire's main city to support them.

After the people of the Empire left, Wei Tao looked at Fang Heng.

He found Fang Heng pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at him.

"Fang Heng, it's all thanks to you this time."

Even now, they still didn't know what had happened or how they had won this trial game.

It didn't matter, they won anyway.

It felt good to win while lying down.

…

Half an hour later, a logistics team of the Empire's griffins set off from the village and brought Fang Heng and the others back to the main city of the Empire.

It would take four hours to fly to the nearest major city in the Empire. From there, they could use the Empire's mage tower to teleport to other major cities.

Qiu Yaokang and two others also followed Fang Heng.

Compared to the excited Sandy, Qiu Yaokang, who had his research interrupted, was very upset.

However, when he heard that he could purchase a high-level laboratory after returning to the main city, Qiu Yaokang reluctantly agreed.

The mission was successfully completed, and everyone relaxed a little. The two sides roughly told each other what had happened after they had separated.

"Let the Empire handle the main battlefield. In fact, even if we go there, we will not be of much use. Returning to the city to trigger the main storyline mission is a better choice."

"However, we need to be even more careful. There are very few players in the Western villages of the Empire, but it will be different once we enter the main city. We will definitely meet many players there, and it will be very troublesome if we are recognized."

"Yes, I understand." Tang Mingyue nodded repeatedly. "It's not easy for us to come to this trial. We have to get a higher trial score, right?"

The players were in a good mood.

After all, they had won while lying down with Fang Heng's help. At most, they had been under a little more mental pressure along the way. Otherwise, the whole process could be said to have been very relaxed.

Although the higher the final rating of the trial, the more rewards one would receive, this time, everyone's original expectation was to pass.

Now, they had already passed and even received an A-level trial rating.

In fact, Tang Mingyue felt that there was still room for compromise.

She continued, "Tang Mo just told me that he will take the Empire's mage team to the Empire's front line to support. It is expected that he will return to the city to meet us after the barbarian invasion is over. We still have some spare time."

Mikhael looked at the crowd and asked, "So, where should we start our investigation next?"

"Art!"

"Scientific research."

"Make money!"

Sandy, Qiu Yaokang and Tang Mingyue said almost in unison.

Sandy's voice was high-pitched and excited, while Qiu Yaokang's voice was much lower.

"Hey! What are you all talking about? Fang Heng! You be the judge."

Sandy looked at Fang Heng with dissatisfaction.

He felt that Fang Heng, as a person chosen by the God of Art, should be able to make a clear judgment.

Fang Heng had a headache.

The three of them didn't sound very reliable.

Wei Tao had the same thoughts as he glanced at Tang Mingyue with dissatisfaction.

It was fine that the two game characters were causing trouble, but Tang Mingyue was also blindly meddling in the game.

Wei Tao coughed lightly and pulled everyone's thoughts back to the right path. He nodded and said, "At present, there are still many missions that we can explore, such as the secrets of the Cesar Forest, the secrets of the underground cave, the coffins that Fang Heng obtained from the cave, and the black stones found at the bottom of the lake in the dragon mosquito nest."

Everyone could not help but start to think along Wei Tao's line of thought.

Fang Heng also squinted his eyes.

He had already thought of the starting point for the next stage of the investigation.

The black stone!

Mikhael frowned and asked, "Wei Tao, do you think these are related to the barbarian invasion? "

"Yes, I do have that feeling. Anyway, let's check it out."

Wei Tao looked at Tang Mingyue as he spoke, "What do you think?"

"Yes, I think you're right!"

On the surface, Tang Mingyue kept nodding her head, but in her heart, she was a little perfunctory. She thought, "You've already paid, so you're the boss. But I still want to make money."

Of course, she couldn't make it too obvious that she was slacking off for money.

Tang Mingyue seemed to have thought of something. She squinted her eyes and looked at Wei Tao with a smile. "The princess of the Empire has a special status and can enter many special areas. I suggest that we divide our work in advance and immediately act after we enter the main city. What do you think, President Tao?"

Wei Tao nodded and said, "That's right. It's less dangerous inside the city. We can buy more time if we split up."

...

"Alright!" Tang Mingyue's eyes lit up. "The follow-up will definitely need financial support. I'll be in charge of the finance part."

After defeating the barbarians, Fang Heng collected some rare materials from a small part of the corpses of the savage beasts.

Even though it was only a small amount, it was enough to exchange for a decent sum of money in the Empire.

In addition, the ears of the barbarian race could also be exchanged for merits in the Empire.

"Fang Heng! Fang Heng!" When Sandy heard that they were going to split up, he was suddenly interested. He raised his hand and said, "Look at me, look at me. I have a good idea."

"What?"

"The Empire Royal Library! Look, look, this is the brochure I found in the village."

Sandy took out an old and worn publicity brochure from his arms.

There were a few black patches on the brochure, which looked like it was used to pad the table legs.

"Alright, we can go there and take a look."

"I'll follow and take a look." It was rare for Qiu Yaokang to be in sync with Sandy. He nodded and said, "There might be research materials related to the barbarians in the library, which can save me a lot of time. Fang Heng, I'll leave the construction of the scientific research laboratory to you. You promised me, and I need to do it as soon as possible."

...

Mikhael shrugged and replied, "I'm fine here. Leave the laboratory to me. I'll get someone to do it."

Originally, in the team division of labor, Wei Tao was good at planning, Mikhael was the strongest in personal combat ability and was responsible for fighting, and Tang Mingyue was good at making money and acting cute. Now with the addition of Fang Heng, Mikhael expressed that there was no use for him and simply helped out.

"Alright," he said. Wei Tao rubbed his temples. "Then I'll be in charge of intelligence gathering and planning. Let me make it clear again. The danger level in the city isn't high, but we have to be careful of players…"

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1068 The Library

There was a huge difference between an intermediate game and a beginner game.

The first was the players.

Most of the players who entered the intermediate games were far stronger than the players in the elementary game world.

After all, they had all chosen to enter intermediate games, so the players' overall quality was relatively higher.

In terms of the number of players, the total number of players in the intermediate game was about one-third of the elementary world.

However, as intermediate games did not have a mirror world server, the player density was only slightly lower than in elementary games.

After entering the Empire, he could already foresee that there will be many players.

Due to the special nature of the trial mission, Wei Tao reminded everyone to be more careful and to hide their identities so that they would not be exposed.

The group rode the Empire griffins into the main city's farm. The City Lord had received news of Tang Mingyue at the first moment and had come to welcome her in advance.

Everyone immediately split up according to what they had discussed earlier.

Under the arrangement of the City Lord's accompanying guards, Fang Heng, Sandy and the rest went to the Empire Royal Library.

The person leading the way was one of the City Lord's knight commanders, a woman with long golden hair named Nicole.

Nicole led the two of them into the Empire Royal Library.

"Dear guests, the first floor of the Empire Royal Library is open to the citizens of the Empire, the second and third floors are open to the nobles, and the fourth and fifth floors require special permission."

The first time she saw Fang Heng, Nicole sensed a strange smell from him.

She nodded and said, "I've already spoken to the management staff. With special permission from Her Highness Mingyue, you may browse as you please in the library."

"Okay, thank you very much."

Sandy's face was filled with excitement as he walked towards the art exhibit books that he was interested in.

Fang Heng admitted that he didn't put his talent points into studying and was naturally uninterested in it. He thought that since Sandy and Qiu Yaokang could discover something about the savage beasts, he didn't need to get involved.

He would just take a cursory look around and see if he could find a way to transplant the sacred tree back home.

Wondering if spells could do that, Fang Heng climbed up one level by one level.

The higher the level of the library, the fewer people there were.

Soon, Fang Heng found a book titled "The General History of Magic in the Empire" on a bookshelf on the outside on the fourth level.

"Spells…"

Fang Heng muttered to himself in a low voice.

In the game world, players usually summarized certain academic studies as spells.

In addition to the completely opposite sacred study and necromancy, there was also the study of elements, natural life, space, and so on.

There was a natural barrier between some academics. So far, no one had heard of anyone who was proficient in all magic-related academics in the game.

As he read on, Fang Heng noticed the natural life science in the spells.

The nature mages used the natural energy in the air to cast all kinds of spells.

The wood element was one of them, and it had a strong vitality.

Would it be able to help the sacred tree complete the transplant?

Fang Heng picked up a book on the introduction to natural life.

As soon as he touched it, a game prompt appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The player's willpower is higher than 45, physique is higher than 60, and intelligence is higher than 50. The learning requirements are met.]

[Hint: The player's current natural science academic talent: 2.2.]

[Hint: The player can choose to learn natural science.]

[Hint: The player currently does not have a bloodline or an academic that conflicts with natural-type academic knowledge, but the number of the player's talents has exceeded the warning value. Additional learning of academic knowledge, bloodline and others will greatly increase the difficulty of cultivation (it will also affect the learned academic knowledge and bloodline). Please choose carefully.]

[Hint: Under the current special trial environment, the player will receive an additional penalty for reading books to learn skills. It is estimated that the player will spend 87 hours mastering academic-elementary nature. Do you wish to learn i?]

87 hours?

It's enough to end the trial several times!

Fang Heng was speechless. He closed the book silently and put it back on the shelf.

It made sense when he thought about it. He could enter the fifth level of the Royal Library so easily because of Tang Mingyue's identity, which was equivalent to a bug in the game. It was reasonable for the game to limit the bugs that could be foreseen.

He was just a little unhappy.

Fang Heng pondered for a while.

Otherwise…

After looking around, Fang Heng gave up the idea of sneakily taking the books away.

Forget it.

In this kind of trial environment, the risk of stealing was too high, and it could easily cause a collapse in the trial.

After thinking for a while, Fang Heng picked up the introductory theory of the spatial system beside him.

Since he was already here, he could test his academic talents.

Fang Heng walked along the bookshelves and made a small half-circle on the fifth floor.

Among all the academic skills he had checked, the tuition fee for spatial learning was the most expensive. It took a full 255 hours to master.

In addition, most of his academic talents were in the range of 0.001-10.

...

He was only very talented in fire elemental spells. It was as high as 98 points!

However, it wasn't very useful.

The mark on the back of his hand had the ability to slowly improve his academic talent.

The prerequisite was to find the correct cultivation method.

It seemed that the effect of learning was quite low, only increasing talent by 0.0001 each time. However, as long as it was combined with talent skills and thousands of zombie clones under his command to train day and night, the efficiency of improvement was extremely terrifying.

For example, his necromancy talent.

And then there was…

Fang Heng squinted his eyes.

The sacred study!

Fang Heng's gaze swept across the "Overview of the Sacred Study" on the bookshelf.

This continent also had a Holy Court.

...

However, the royal family of the Mahert Empire had always been prejudiced and wary of religion. They had strict control over religion, and the development of the Holy Court in the Empire had always been restricted.

Similarly, necromancy scholars were extremely rare on this continent.

Fang Heng roughly flipped through the "Mahert Empire Magic Academic Lecture Notes" in his hands and couldn't help feeling indignant for necromancy.

Due to some people's intentional promotion, necromancy was maliciously defamed on this continent.

It was even considered a symbol of disaster.

Disaster?

What nonsense was this!

Fang Heng was very unhappy.

In the real world, he had received a lot of care from the Necromancer Association and had unconsciously treated himself as a member of necromancy.

Fang Heng put the book back and opened another book.

Eh?

It was actually an undead skill book!

Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

[Hint: The player has fulfilled the skill record conditions.]

[Hint: The player can choose to copy the skill-bone spear into the Book of the Dead. After the copying is completed, the player can use the Book of the Dead to release the skill.]

[Hint: The player's current level of necromancy can only learn a maximum of three elementary necromancy skills. The Book of the Dead can only record a maximum of five spells.]

[Hint: The player can spend 100 merit points to copy it (in the trial state, the consumption is five times that of the normal state).]

[Hint: Do you want to choose spell copy?]

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1069 Ghost Tower

Skill copying?

This was good!

He could copy the skill into the Book of the Dead and use it as a medium to release the skill.

Copied skills were considered derivative skills, so most of them did not have a level. This was similar to the dispelling technique of the holy element.

It was just that the price was a little expensive.

Whatever. At the current stage, he was not interested in anything that could be exchanged with Empire merit points.

"Copy it."

Fang Heng confirmed in a low voice.

[Hint: Player has successfully copied the skill-Bone spear.]

[Skill: Bone spear.]

Skill description: A bone spear extends from the Book of the Dead to battle. The bone spear has an elementary poison effect (the strength of the bone spear is related to the player's level of necromancy, the strength of necromancy talent, and the player's basic attributes, etc.).

Skill description: The bone spear can cause additional damage after being thrown and can be detonated under control. It will cause a dark explosion and bone splash physical damage to the enemy.

Skill cooldown time: 5 minutes

[Hint: The player has successfully recorded the skill-Skeleton slave.]

[Skill: Skeleton slave.]

Skill description: Summon skeleton warriors from corpses to fight for you (strength is related to the player's necromancy level, the strength of necromancy talent, and the player's basic attributes, etc.).

Cooldown time: 3 minutes.

[Hint: The player has successfully recorded the skill-Bone wall.]

[Skill: Bone wall.]

Skill description: Summon a bone wall to block damage. The bone wall lasts for 30 seconds (strength is related to the player's level of necromancy, the strength of necromancy talent, and the player's basic attributes, etc.).

Cooldown time: 2 minutes.

After copying the three skills, Fang Heng heard light footsteps coming from behind.

Fang Heng raised his head and turned around to look at the old man who was walking toward him.

Randolf had a gentle expression. He had been observing Fang Heng for some time.

Most of the people who could enter the library's fifth floor were high-tier elite mages who had been recognized by the Mage Association.

However, he had never seen Fang Heng before.

In addition, the mask on Fang Heng's face was also particularly eye-catching.

Seeing that Fang Heng was reading books related to necromancy, Randolf had an idea and walked up to him.

"Hello, young scholar. I'm the Honorary President of the Mage Association in Griffin City. My name is Randolf."

Fang Heng nodded to the old man.

"Hello, I'm Fang Heng, a necromancer."

Randolf was about to say something when a young man came in from outside and said anxiously, "President, someone is causing trouble on the third floor."

Causing trouble?

Randolf frowned.

What kind of place was the Empire Royal Library? There would still be people causing trouble?

"I'm sorry. I have something to do. If you don't mind, I think we can have a talk later."

Randolf nodded to Fang Heng and left with the young man.

Fang Heng looked in the direction where the two people left and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Someone was causing trouble?

It wouldn't be Sandy, right?

"It wouldn't be…?"

Fang Heng muttered to himself and touched his chin.

He felt that he should not lie to himself.

It was most likely Sandy.

Fang Heng strode forward and followed the two of them down.

…

Just as he reached the second floor, Fang Heng suddenly felt a headache.

He heard a familiar voice.

"What are you guys doing? Why are you stopping us? What right do you have to stop me? If I'm not mistaken, this is the Empire Royal Library. Let me tell you, we were invited here by Her Highness Mingyue. Can you bear the responsibility of offending Her Highness Mingyue?"

Sandy did not care that this was the library, as he rolled around and made a scene as usual by shouting and yelling.

"Ah, I'm not leaving. What's wrong? Are you bullying us outsiders? What do you mean that it's up to you to approve or not? Why? Are you guys preparing to rebel?"

Fang Heng couldn't help but feel surprised when he approached the crowd.

Sandy wasn't the only one who was surrounded by a group of people on the third floor of the library, Victor was there as well.

Sandy became more and more courageous as he fought as if he was helping Victor.

...

More and more mages were attracted and gathered outside to discuss in low voices.

Seeing that Randolf was coming, the crowd quieted down and made way for him.

Randolf looked at the crowd and asked, "What's going on?"

A mage wiped the sweat off his forehead, walked up to Randolf, and whispered in his ear, "President Randolf, they want to retrieve the classified information of the Mage Association, but they can't provide any identification."

"What kind of information do they want to see?" asked Randolf with a frown.

"The construction information of the ghost tower."

The group of people who had just gathered around finally understood what had happened, and the whispers became louder.

In the crowd, the players' expressions suddenly became serious.

Fang Heng squinted his eyes slightly and couldn't help feeling puzzled.

The ghost tower?

What was that?

...

"The ghost tower is the result of the joint research of the Mage Association and the Empire," said Randolf after a moment of silence. "To prevent the information from being leaked, we have an agreement with the Empire that the relevant information can only be accessed when it is needed to be built."

Of course, Sandy would not be scared off so easily and said firmly, "That's right, we're going to build the ghost tower. Can't we?"

Randolf's face was still gentle.

The construction of a mage tower required a large amount of money and rare materials. Just the maintenance cost alone was also extremely high.

A Tier 1 mage tower was still fine, but upgrading to a Tier 2 mage tower would require a massive amount of resources.

It could be said to be a money-burning item.

In the past, the construction of mage towers had always been with the help of the Empire.

The Mage Association naturally hoped to build more mage towers so that they could nurture more mages and raise the status of mages in the Empire.

But the Empire didn't have that much money…

Although mages could earn money, they could also spend it.

It was fortunate that the mage team was an indispensable and powerful support to resist the barbarians. Otherwise, the Empire would not even want to pay the maintenance fee for the mage tower every year.

Moreover, Randolf had not heard that the Empire had any plans to fund a new mage tower.

So he judged that Sandy was most likely lying.

"May I ask where you plan to build the ghost tower, and whether you have obtained the permission of the local lord? Have you gathered all the funds?"

"Permission? Of course, we have one!"

As Sandy spoke, he waved his hand at Fang Heng who was standing behind the crowd. "Mr. Fang! He's asking for permission!"

"That's him. He's the overlord of our territory! He's already here, and you're asking if he allows it?"

All the people present fixed their eyes on Fang Heng at the same time.

All of a sudden, more than a dozen game prompts were refreshed on Fang Heng's retina.

[Hint: Due to your perception, you have discovered a detection skill from a certain player and are immune to this detection effect. Please be careful.]

[Warning: Your identity has been changed in the current trial environment. Please try to avoid interacting with non-trial players.]

[Hint: Due to your perception, you have weakened the effect of a player's detection skill…]

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1070 Hostile Mission

More than a dozen game-related prompts flashed on Fang Heng's retina.

The players…were really troublesome!

Fang Heng was rather speechless.

And Sandy too! Before entering the city, Wei Tao had repeatedly told him to be low-key, but now he had started to attract hatred for himself.

Helplessly, this was just how NPCs were.

Now that things had come to this, Fang Heng simply took a few steps forward and stood in front of everyone with his identity as a participant.

Everyone was secretly suspicious.

Such a young feudal lord and he wanted to build a ghost tower in his territory?

Was he that rich? And why did it have to be the ghost tower?

Was it because he had a powerful necromancy mage under him?

Randolf's eyes also flashed with a bit of surprise. Thinking of Fang Heng's identity as a necromancer, he suddenly had more doubts about the authenticity of constructing the mage tower.

Could it be true? They're going to build a ghost tower?

"You are the feudal lord? May I ask where you are from?"

Fang Heng frowned, lowered his voice, and casually made up a story, "That's right. I've just inherited a piece of the Empire's fief. That's my hometown, and that area is called the Land of Plague."

The Land of Plague?

The mages from the Empire started to whisper among themselves again.

No one had ever heard of this place.

For a moment, many of the mages present began to imagine things.

Why did it sound like a lie?

The players and the natives had different thoughts.

They had already obtained some fragmented identity information about Fang Heng through various detection spells.

Fang Heng, the feudal lord of the Empire and a necromancy mage had a close relationship with Her Highness Mingyue.

With Fang Heng's help, Sandy felt that he had gotten back at them. He snorted proudly, "Hmph Hmph, did you hear that? We have the Empire's fief. If you don't believe me, you can go to Tang Mingyue to verify it! Can you show us the information on the ghost tower? Don't waste our time, okay?"

Faced with Sandy's overbearing attitude, Randolf still had a gentle expression.

He did not question the matter about the feudal lord. Instead, he said, "The mage tower is a shared magic secret between the Mage Association and the Empire. The Mage Association has the responsibility to prevent the secret from being leaked. Therefore, the construction of the mage tower needs to be reviewed and filed by the Mage Association."

Fang Heng was startled when he heard that.

A mage tower?

Fang Heng suddenly realized that the ghost tower was a mage tower that specialized in necromancy!

No wonder Victor was interested.

Oh, right.

The mage tower could be used to quickly teleport between two mage towers through space.

In the current trial game, the mage tower was something similar to a space tearing device.

If he could really build a mage tower and connect to the sacred tree, he would save a lot of time!

"Why does it has to be so troublesome…?" Sandy mumbled softly, before continuing to ask, "How are you going to conduct the audit? "

"We need to confirm your territory and the funds you've raised from the Mage Association, as well as evaluate your ability to build a mage tower. In addition, the operation of the mage tower requires sufficient mage apprentices. The Mage Association will evaluate the situation of the fief. Once the construction is confirmed, the Mage Association will assist the feudal lord in the construction of the mage tower…"

"In addition, the Mage Association receives no less than 20 applications to build a mage tower every year. However, the stock and production of magic cores required for the construction of a mage tower have always been extremely limited. Therefore, the Mage Association will select two applications from each year to approve the construction of the mage tower and provide the magic cores."

While Fang Heng was listening, he suddenly heard a game prompt.

[Hint: It has been detected that the player has the qualification to upgrade the high-tier space tearing device. The mission is being generated…]

[Hint: As the player has received the A-level trial reward in advance and the level-up blueprint reward, the player has received an additional reward mission. The reward mission difficulty has been increased by 100%, and the reward for completion has been increased by 200%.]

[Hint: There will be no punishment for failing the reward mission.]

[Hint: The player has triggered the mission-Magic building.]

Mission title: Magic building.

Mission description: In this world of magical wisdom, humans can fuse spells with buildings to make them more powerful.

Current stage mission requirement: The Mage Association is suspicious of your identity. Please prove your strength, complete the registration with the Mage Association, and obtain the mage tower construction blueprint.

Current stage reward: 25% reduction in construction time and construction cost of the Tier 6 space tearing device. Increases the strength of Tier 6 space-tearing device by 25%.

Mission penalty: None.

Special description: After completing this phase of the mission, you can trigger the next phase of the mission.

[Hint: Adjusting the difficulty level…some players will receive relevant hostile missions.]

Fang Heng was moved.

There was no penalty for failure, and he could even get an additional 200% reward?

Although the difficulty had also increased by 100%, just from the value alone, it was a huge profit!

At the same time, all the players at the scene received the game mission prompt.

[Hint: The player has triggered the team mission: Competitor of the mage tower.]

Mission difficulty: Unknown

...

Mission description: A feudal lord who claims to be a necromancer has come to the Royal Library to borrow books on the construction of the mage tower. He will become a strong competitor for the construction of your mage tower.

Mission requirement: Request from President Randolf an ability assessment to build a mage tower. Defeat Fang Heng in the assessment and stop him from obtaining the mage tower blueprint.

Mission reward: Random A-level mission reward.

The players' expressions changed when they received the mission notification and they looked at each other.

As expected! This necromancer cum feudal lord had also come for the mage tower!

The players were already on their guard when they saw Victor and Sandy looking for information on the mage tower.

To the players, the mage tower was a highly sought-after item.

It was obvious that if they could get their hands on a mage tower, they would be able to reap great benefits.

However, the difficulty of obtaining a mage tower was equally high.

First, they needed to be recognized by a feudal lord. Players could attack a feudal lord by force, bribe, and manipulate behind the scenes; or simply complete Empire missions to increase the Empire's merit points and apply to become a feudal lord.

It was extremely difficult for them to become a feudal lord. Apart from gathering enough merit points, they also needed to have a high affinity with the Empire's royal family.

...

Next, they had to find a way to get a large sum of money to invest in the construction of the mage tower and find a way to convince the high-tier mages to participate in the construction of the mage tower.

Finally, the Mage Association only provided two magic cores to the outside world every year. They also had to face competition from various indigenous people and try to improve their relationship with the Mage Association, hoping to gain an advantage in the distribution of magic cores.

Otherwise, who would have the time to waste on the second or third floor of the library every day? Wasn't it just to increase their favorability rating?!

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Originally, these people were all competitors.

However, now that the party mission had been triggered, everyone's interests were the same.

Stop Fang Heng!

Many people shifted their gaze to one of the players.

Duan Chengbin.

After the sudden barbarian invasion yesterday, many player teams and guilds had mobilized people to the front line to support and freeload on missions. Most of the players who stayed behind had missions on hand or were not strong enough.

Not long ago, Duan Chengbin had made a breakthrough and was accepted as a student by the Vice President of the Mage Association in Griffin City, so he couldn't leave.

He was considered the strongest among all the players present.

Duan Chengbin secretly calculated in his heart. Then, he took a few steps forward and stood in front of Fang Heng, looking at him.

"My Lord, you don't have to be so anxious. There are very few necromancers in the Association and I have many questions for you."

"Eh? Seeking advice?"

Fang Heng's eyes swept over the person who came.

Under the mask, his expression turned serious.

It was very troublesome.

The player's mission was probably to prevent him from obtaining the mage tower construction blueprint.

Several thoughts flashed through Fang Heng's mind in a short time.

Duan Chengbin then turned to President Randolf and said, "President, we'd like to apply for Lord Fang Heng's ability assessment to confirm whether he has the qualifications to build his own mage tower."

"Evaluation? Looking for a fight?"

Fang Heng reached out his hand.

A dark Book of the Dead appeared in his hand. He looked at Vice President Randolf and asked, "President Randolf, do you agree with this ability assessment?"

Randolf thought for a moment.

The Mage Association's ability assessment would usually be carried out within the compound.

Most of the time, it was just a formality.

Just now, he had sent someone to confirm Fang Heng's identity as the feudal lord at the first possible moment and was preparing to find a reason to delay Fang Heng.

If it was confirmed that Fang Heng really wanted to build a mage tower, the Mage Association would naturally be willing to. He was afraid that there would be a problem. The ability assessment was a good excuse to stall for time.

Moreover, he also wanted to see the strength of this necromancer.

Necromancy was too rare in the entire Empire.

"Of course," said Randolf with a gentle expression. "The Mage Association approves of this assessment."

"We can check the mage tower's blueprint after passing the assessment?"

Randolf could feel the confidence in the other's tone.

"Yes, if there's no problem with your status as a feudal lord, you can look up the blueprint of the mage tower. However, the distribution of the magic cores will still need to be decided after you provide the complete application information and the discussion between the Mage Association and the Empire."

Randolf looked around as he spoke. "This is a library. In order to prevent the books from being damaged, we should go to the square to do an ability assessment. What do you think, my Lord?"

"Alright."

…

"What? Did they start fighting? Who are they?"

"One of them is a foreign necromancer from our Association."

"King spirit system?"

"Yes, it's over at the square. They said they wanted the blueprint for constructing the ghost tower, but for some reason, they started fighting. Let's go and take a look."

There were very few mages in the Mage Association who studied necromancy. When they heard that the necromancy mage was participating in the ranking assessment, it immediately caused a huge commotion.

In the square outside the library, more and more players and members of the Mage Association gathered to watch.

Fang Heng's retina was filled with a new round of game prompts.

Thanks to the special fake identity he obtained during the trial, Fang Heng's identity could still be hidden.

Randolf walked to the center of the square.

"There is a certain level of danger in the Mage Association's ability assessment. To ensure safety, as the judge of this trial, I will stop the trial at any time. The trial will be divided into wheel battles. If you can last for ten minutes without being defeated, you will pass the assessment."

Fang Heng shifted his gaze to Randolf, "What about the rules of victory?"

"You lose when you admit defeat, lose the ability to fight, or leave the square."

"Yes." Fang Heng nodded and looked at the elementary mage who was holding a spirit cane. He asked, "Can we start now?"

"The trial assessment begins," Randolf said in a deep voice.

Fang Heng stood still.

The Book of the Dead floated beside him, emitting a faint dark light.

Skill-Bone spear.

Fang Heng slowly pulled out a white bone spear from the Book of the Dead that was levitating in the air.

Holding the bone spear in his hand, he felt a warm touch.

Fang Heng tried to lift the bone spear and swing it in the air twice.

...

The bone spear moved smoothly in the air, just that it was a little light.

Duan Chengbin was not the first to go up.

The test would last for 10 minutes. They had enough time to observe and find Fang Heng's weaknesses.

Let the people from the Mage Association do it first!

Not only Duan Chengbin but most of the people's gazes were focused on Fang Heng.

Eh?!

The crowd couldn't help but be surprised.

They saw Fang Heng holding a bone spear with one hand and rushing straight toward the elementary mage opposite him.

He moved with extreme speed!

Whoosh!

The elementary mage was agile, and he leaped back a few steps, opening up some distance between them while waving his spirit cane.

...

"Wind blade! Phoenix dance!"

In the air, several light blue air blades condensed and whizzed toward Fang Heng.

Fang Heng continued to rush forward.

The speed of the wind blade seemed exceptionally slow in his eyes.

It was much slower than the Prince of the vampire's blood spike!

Fang Heng didn't care at all. He continued to rush towards the elementary mage in front of him, the bone spear in his hand slashing quickly.

"Bang! Bang Bang!!"

The concentrated dense wind blades exploded one after another under Fang Heng's brandishing of the bone spear!

What was this?

Gasps could be heard in the square.

The wind blade was actually split apart by Fang Heng's bone spear!

The elementary mage became distraught.

The battle between mages was all about throwing spells at each other.

Why did he encounter an unreasonable person who was charging at him?

He panicked.

"Be careful!"

Whoosh!

The elementary mage was surprised to see Fang Heng disappear from his sight.

"Chi!!!"

Immediately after, an extremely dry sound could be heard.

The mage's pupils shrank, and a sense of weakness spread throughout his body. He felt a numbing sensation on his right shoulder.

It wasn't a piercing pain, but a numbing sensation.

Not good, he was poisoned!

The mage reacted and lowered his head to look at his right shoulder.

A small white bone spear pierced out from his shoulder and it was stained with bright red blood.

"You've lost," Fang Heng appeared behind the mage and whispered in his ear.

"Bang!!"

A sharp pain came from the elementary mage's back. He was sent flying by Fang Heng's kick and landed outside the square.

Immediately, people surrounded the injured elementary mage and carried him away.

Fang Heng turned his head and looked at Randolf, "The next one, please."

The first elementary mage only lasted less than 10 seconds in Fang Heng's hands.

The square was filled with discussions.

It was not because of Fang Heng's tyrannical strength.

It was normal for a high-tier mage to defeat a low-level mage in a single hit. Sometimes, it would even take less than five seconds.

What they found strange was Fang Heng's combat mode.

Did all necromancy mages fight like this?

This was too strange!

"President Duan, what do you think?"

"Yes, it's very strange,"

Duan Chengbin sized up Fang Heng with a strange look on his face.

Fang Heng's move was clean and neat.

He didn't look like a mage. Instead, he looked more like a warrior of the Empire with extremely strong close combat abilities.

"Do you want to go up and try?"

"Let's wait a little longer,"

As early as three years ago, Duan Chengbin had already passed the Mage Association's intermediate mage assessment. Recently, he was even accepted as a student by one of the Vice Presidents of the Mage Association, making people extremely envious.

This was a team mission, so everyone followed Duan Chengbin's lead.

Duan Chengbin sensed that this mission was extremely difficult and was prepared to continue observing.

The power that the necromancer displayed was very strange.

Moreover, the other party finished off his opponent in a clean and efficient way, which showed that he was extremely confident.

The trial would last for ten minutes, so he could play with the elementary mage and buy some time.

"The timer is still ticking," Randolf said in a deep voice. "Anyone who wants to challenge him can come on stage at any time."

The scene of Fang Heng defeating his opponent cleanly and neatly had already brought pressure to the onlooking mages. For a time, the square was filled with endless discussions, but no one dared to step up.

Based on the ability that Fang Heng had just displayed, he had already crushed an elementary mage.

Going up would be a loss for them.

After waiting for a full minute, the players started to get anxious.

"Brother Duan, what do you say? No one's going up."

Another player also whispered, "This kind of assessment is just a formality. Even the intermediate NPC mages of the Mage Association won't participate in the battle."

"Our people are ready. We can attack together."

Duan Chengbin withdrew his gaze from Fang Heng and took a deep breath.

"Yes, the enemy is very strong. In 10 seconds, we'll attack together."

"Alright, let's go!"

The twenty-odd people immediately scattered.

Duan Chengbin stood on the spot and began to condense his spiritual spell.

After counting down to ten seconds, a thunderbolt was cast at Fang Heng while he jumped to the center of the battlefield.

"Flash!"

"Explosive fireball."

"Ice crystal…"

Almost at the same time, colorful and dense spiritual spells were blasted at Fang Heng from all directions.

More than 20 players stepped into the square at the same time.

Randolf frowned.

The trial did not have a limit on the number of participants. In theory, it was possible for 10,000 people to challenge the trial at the same time.

But very few people would do that.

Having 20 of them attacking together had never happened before.

Moreover, it was not very nice to use spells to launch a sneak attack before going on stage.

Frowning, Fang Heng raised the bone spear in his hand and kept waving it forward, trying to block the spells coming from all directions.

It was extremely troublesome!

A large number of spells had the effect of spiritual tracking, so it was impossible to avoid them and he could only block them!

"BOOM! Boom Boom!!"

The bone spear directly scattered the fireball in the air. The fireballs that exploded in the air could still cause a small amount of damage to him. Luckily, the damage was low.

Fang Heng's health had only dropped by less than 2%, so their attacks were no threat to him at all.

The effect of the undying body immediately filled up the HP that had dropped.

However, the ice crystal spell and other weakening spells were troublesome.

"Boom Boom Boom!!"

After the ice crystal exploded, a layer of frost covered Fang Heng's body, which slowed down his movement speed and attack speed.

Eh?

Fang Heng was about to move subconsciously when he raised his eyebrows.

A swamp had appeared under his feet, and tiny vines extended out from the swamp, binding his feet.

The effect of this spell was very effective against Fang Heng.

Not only was it difficult to dodge, but the additional negative effects couldn't be removed by the undying body effect.

He had to end the battle quickly!

Fang Heng's pupils flickered with a sharp light.

...

There was an uproar in the audience again.

This was crazy!

In such a situation, 80% of the mages would open a magic shield or escape by using spatial spells, while the remaining 19% would choose to use spells to fight.

No one expected that Fang Heng could rely on the bone spear in his hand to block the magic attacks continuously!

Fang Heng was still persevering!

At first glance, the colorful spiritual spells were completely smashed away by Fang Heng's bone spear! He was not affected at all!

When Duan Chengbin saw his intermediate-level thunderbolt spells being destroyed by Fang Heng's bone spear, his eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

He could clearly see that Fang Heng had been affected by the AoE damage and the paralyzing effect of the thunderbolt.

But why did he look like he wasn't injured at all, and he could still continue fighting?

"Continue! Let's see how long he can last!"

Duan Chengbin had just given the order when he suddenly froze.

...

"Whoosh!!"

On the field, a black mist suddenly rose up with Fang Heng as the center.

The thick fog filled with the aura of death spread out rapidly and enveloped Fang Heng in the blink of an eye, isolating him from everyone's sight.

Duan Chengbin and the other players were shocked.

No, this wasn't an ordinary black mist.

Not only did the fog block their vision, but it also blocked their aura perception!

To mages, this was extremely fatal.

After the players lost their perceptual target lock on Fang Heng, they could only rely on their feelings and cast AoE spells at the possible locations where Fang Heng might be.

Whoosh!!!

Suddenly, a black shadow swept out from the side of the black mist!

Skeleton?

Everyone was shocked when they saw the jade-like skeleton covered in pitch-black bones.

The King Guard held a long black bone saber and went straight to a player in front of him.

Randolf stared at the King Guard with a serious expression.

Undead-type summoned creatures, skeletons?

It was completely different from the concept of the slow and weak skeletons!

Why was it so fast?

The players who were being approached by the King Guard were shocked. Their minds were under great pressure, and their hearts were in a mess. Two fireballs were fired forward.

"Bang! Bang!!"

The two fireballs landed on the King Guard one after another and exploded!

"Huu!"

The King Guard scuttled out of the explosion of flames. It seemed to be unaffected. The long sword in its hand slashed forward, drawing a black light in the air.

"Shield."

Randolf's brows were tightly locked together as he formed a seal with both of his hands.

"Buzz…"

A shield appeared in front of the players.

"BOOM!!!"

The moment the shield was opened, it was destroyed by the King Guard!

The players protected by the shield were also sent flying out of the battle circle in the aftermath of the explosion.

Very strong!

All the mages in the square turned their eyes to the King Guard.

What's with that skeleton?

How could its strength be so high?

The soul fire in the eyes of the King Guard summoned by the Shrine of Bones flickered, and it continued to chase after another player.

"F*ck! Don't come over!"

Seeing his companion's miserable state, the other player quickly threw seven or eight wind blades at the King Guard.

The wind blades hit the King Guard and left two tiny scratches on its black bone armor.

"F*ck!"

Seeing that the wind blade was ineffective, the player cursed and admitted his bad luck. He directly jumped out of the battle square and surrendered.

Wuwuwuwuwu!!

The King Guard changed its direction again and chased after the next player.

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1073 Guard

"Don't panic. Use control-type spells to control it first!!"

His teammates fell one after another, and a layer of cold sweat seeped out of Duan Chengbin's forehead as he loudly commanded.

The sudden appearance of the King Guard increased the pressure on him.

He could only rely on various negative spells to weaken it and then think of countermeasures to solve the problem.

Everything was under control!

"Boom Boom Boom!!"

A large number of control-type spells were thrown at the King Guard.

Unlike Fang Heng, the battle style of the King Guard was more fierce. It directly withstood the explosive magic damage and fought through them one by one.

In a short while, six players left the battlefield one after another.

Duan Chengbin glared at the King Guard.

The King Guard was also restricted and weakened by the negative effects of various spells. Its movement speed was also reduced.

It was considered stable.

All of a sudden, Duan Chengbin's heart thumped violently. From the corner of his eyes, he saw a figure darting out of the black mist!

This was bad!

It was Fang Heng!

Fang Heng broke free of the spell's restraint and dashed out of the aura of the death realm. He immediately dashed toward the nearest mage player.

The bone spear in his hand was thrust forward!

"Chi!!"

The mage watched helplessly as the white bone spear in Fang Heng's hand swept across his face, leaving a bloody mark.

"Bang!!!"

A sharp pain came from his lower abdomen, and he was sent flying with a kick.

Fang Heng controlled the King Guard and they rushed into the group of mages from two directions to kill them.

He would start from the weak ones!

F*ck!!

Duan Chengbin cursed in his heart when he saw his teammates falling one after another.

Was Fang Heng's combat mode learned from the undead skeletons?

Dealing with one King Guard was already the limit, and now they had to deal with two of them.

Were all necromancy mages monsters? And there had to be two such monsters!

In the blink of an eye, more than ten players were slaughtered by Fang Heng and the King Guard.

The mages' attacks were unable to cause any effective damage to Fang Heng and the King Guard. Once they got close, they lost all hope and were killed almost instantly.

The opponent was clearly using the most basic undead skill, but his ability was so…

Duan Chengbin clenched his teeth tightly.

No, he was going to lose.

The difference in strength between the two sides was too great!

He had to use scrolls!

Go all out!

Boom!

Duan Chengbin made his decision and took out a scroll from his backpack.

"Gather the lightning!"

All of Duan Chengbin's spiritual energy was instantly sucked out!

The purple light gathered at the tip of the staff.

An extremely faint blue shadow condensed behind Duan Chengbin, and the shadow made a posture of drawing a bow and shooting an arrow.

Whoosh!

The light blue arrow formed by the electric awns shot toward Fang Heng.

Fang Heng was rushing toward a mage player when he suddenly felt a sense of danger.

He quickly changed his target and stood still. He turned around to face the incoming arrow and formed a seal with his hands.

The dark Book of the Dead floated in front of Fang Heng.

"Bone wall!"

A huge wall of bones rose from the ground.

"Boom!"

In an instant, a three-meter-tall bone wall rose from the ground in front of Fang Heng!

That's…

Duan Chengbin's pupils contracted, and a hint of despair flashed through his eyes.

Bone barrier?

...

Randolf's eyes were also full of surprise.

It was only an elementary skill of the undead element. An ordinary beginner necromancy mage would be able to summon a shield-sized barrier. However, Fang Heng could actually summon such a tall and thick bone barrier?

Could he be a master necromancy mage?

"BOOM!!!"

The lightning arrow exploded on the bone barrier!

A hint of disappointment and hatred flashed through Duan Chengbin's eyes.

He didn't hate Fang Heng, but he hated this stupid mission!

What a f*cking mission!

Not only did he fail the mission, he even lost a magic scroll and offended a powerful necromancy mage NPC!

What a huge loss!

The difficulty of this mission was only worth an A-level random reward?

...

He didn't want the reward anymore!

"Swish!"

Fang Heng scuttled out from behind the exploded bone barrier and arrived in front of Duan Chengbin, throwing a punch forward.

Seeing that his opponent didn't put up any resistance, Fang Heng loosened his fist a little.

"Bang!!!"

A shield appeared in front of Duan Chengbin.

Duan Chengbin was blasted out of the battle ring by a punch and flew backward.

"President Duan?"

Seeing that their leader had been defeated, the remaining players who were still holding on immediately cried out in their hearts.

The King Guard and Fang Heng wouldn't give them a chance. They immediately chased after the remaining players.

In less than half a minute, the players in the battle circle either surrendered themselves or were directly thrown out of the battle circle by Fang Heng and the King Guard.

Only Fang Heng and the King Guard were left on the field.

Randolf looked around again and nodded, "Is there anyone else who wants to continue the challenge?"

For a moment, the square fell into a brief silence.

The mages couldn't help but wonder what would happen if they went up to challenge it. Most people came to the same conclusion: They couldn't win against Fang Heng.

Suddenly, the crowd opened up a path.

What's going on…?

Nicole led a few Empire guards and hurriedly entered the crowd.

What was going on?

Did they start fighting just like that?

She had just returned to the City Lord's castle to report and immediately received the news that Her Highness Mingyue urgently summoned Fang Heng.

Just as she was about to come and pick up Fang Heng, she heard the news that Fang Heng was fighting with the Mage Association and rushed over to check.

Seeing everyone's dagger-drawn looks, Nicole felt inexplicable.

Nicole looked at Randolf and asked, "Mr. Randolf, Fang Heng is the distinguished guest of Her Highness Mingyue. He is a feudal lord who has just received his fief. May I ask if there is any misunderstanding?"

Most of the people in the square recognized Nicole.

She was one of the guards of Griffin City.

So, this necromancer was really the feudal lord?

The square was filled with soft discussions again.

Duan Chengbin was protected by Randolf's magic shield. In fact, he was not in a bad condition and did not suffer many injuries. He had recovered his spiritual energy a little. However, when he heard Nicole's words, his mood became even worse.

He had already known the identity of the feudal lord Fang Heng through the game's prompts.

Now, he had offended a powerful feudal lord.

Shouldn't he think of a way to apologize?

"Nicole, it was just a misunderstanding. I have just accepted Mr. Randolf's assessment from the Mage Association and exchanged my experiences with the people from the Mage Association. I really cherish this opportunity."

Fang Heng looked at Randolf and asked, "Mr. Randolf, I passed the assessment, right?"

Randolf glanced at the mages in the square again and asked, "Is there anyone else willing to take the challenge?"

Seeing that no one responded, Randolf replied gently, "Congratulations, young man. Your strength is amazing. I've already had someone make a copy of the blueprint you wanted. Please come with me to receive it."

Under everyone's gaze, Randolf brought Fang Heng back to the library.

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1074 A Deal

In the Royal Library, Randolf handed over a magic scroll to Fang Heng.

[Hint: You have obtained a magic blueprint-ghost tower.]

[Item: Magic blueprint-ghost tower (magic replica).]

Description: After consuming this scroll, you can learn how to build the ghost tower.

!!

Description: As this item is a spell replica, the blueprint will disappear completely after use.

[Hint: The player has obtained the construction blueprint of the ghost tower.]

[Hint: The player has completed the current mission. The construction time and consumption of the Tier 6 space tearing device have been reduced by 25%, and the strength of the Tier 6 space tearing device has been increased by 25%.]

[Hint: The player has triggered the next phase of the mission-build the ghost tower.]

Mission requirement: Please build the ghost tower (Tier 1) before the end of the trial.

Current stage reward: Player's Tier 6 space tearing device construction time and consumption will be reduced by 25%, and the strength of the Tier 6 space tearing device will be increased by 25% (can be stacked with the reward of the first stage).

Failure penalty: None (if the current mission fails, the first stage rewards that have been obtained will still be retained).]

Fang Heng quickly scanned through the game prompt.

He finally understood.

The difficulty of the second phase of the mission was time.

The construction of the ghost tower required a large amount of time and resources, and the time for the trial was extremely limited.

"Thank you," he said.

Fang Heng put away the blueprint and handed it to Victor.

Victor immediately lowered his head and started reading.

Randolf nodded and said, "Lord Fang Heng, the construction of the mage tower is very difficult. If you need any help, the Mage Association is willing to help you. In addition, the construction of the mage tower requires magic cores. The distribution of magic cores each year is extremely limited. Please submit the relevant information applicable to the Mage Association as soon as possible."

"Thank you. I'll be as fast as I can. I'm afraid that Her Highness Mingyue has summoned me urgently for something urgent. I'll take my leave first."

Fang Heng nodded at Randolf and turned to look at Nicole. He said, "Take me to see Her Highness Mingyue."

Nicole watched as Victor put away the ghost tower construction blueprint, her mind filled with question marks.

She thought, "So you're here in the library to look for the mage tower construction map? You're preparing to build a ghost tower in your fief?"

"Nicole?"

"O-okay. Her Highness is waiting for you. Please follow me," said Nicole as she regained her senses.

Seeing Fang Heng leaving in a hurry with a few people, Randolph felt strange.

The construction of a mage tower was not something that could be done in a day. Ordinary people would be begging the Mage Association for help, but why did it seem that he…

He didn't seem to need any help at all?

…

"Huh? Wait, Fang Heng, are we just leaving like this?"

Outside the library, Sandy was still a little upset and kept talking to Fang Heng.

"The way those people looked at us just now was obviously different. They're definitely targeting us. Shouldn't we teach them a lesson? "

"No need…"

Fang Heng felt helpless and gave Sandy a perfunctory answer.

Looking for trouble with the players?

There was really no need for that.

Fang Heng felt that it was understandable that everyone wanted to complete the task.

Moreover, the time of the trial was limited. Fang Heng really had no time or interest to take revenge on these players.

Wouldn't it be better to use this time to get more rewards?

Fang Heng looked at Victor and asked, "Victor, how's the blueprint? Can you think of a way to study or duplicate it?"

"There's no way to duplicate it."

Victor was a little disappointed, he shook his head and said, "I've just checked it. This is a special copy of a magic blueprint. It can only be used once unless we can find the original blueprint."

Fang Heng had no choice but to take back the scroll from Victor and crush it in his hand.

The scroll turned into stars and floated in the air, then merged into Fang Heng's body.

A warm memory flowed into his mind.

[Hint: Player has completed architectural learning-ghost tower (Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3).]

Fang Heng opened the mission panel as he walked forward, reading the relevant instructions for the construction of the ghost tower.

"Hmm…."

After roughly scanning through the description of the ghost tower, Fang Heng unconsciously frowned again.

Mage towers were divided into first, second, and third tiers.

The first tier of the ghost tower did not have the teleportation function. It needed to be upgraded to the second tier before it could be used.

In short, he had to do it step by step.

The current mission only required him to build a Tier 1 mage tower.

The construction of the ghost tower was not as difficult as imagined. It could be built as long as the resources were gathered.

...

In terms of manpower, he had the help of a large number of zombie clones, and it was not a big problem to build the ghost tower in a short time.

In terms of special resources, perhaps due to the scarcity of necromancers, the ghost crystal was not in high demand on the market. It could be bought as long as one had money.

Other than the magic cores that Randolf had repeatedly emphasized, the problem now was money.

Purchasing the building materials for a ghost tower required a large amount of money.

Where could he get the money?

Ask the Empire for some?

With Tang Mingyue's ability, could she borrow money from the Empire?

While Fang Heng was thinking, he suddenly found that Nicole, who was leading the way, had stopped and he almost bumped into her.

Nicole turned around and said, "Lord Fang Heng, Her Highness Mingyue is waiting for you on the second floor of the restaurant. She ordered that no one is allowed to approach. I will not bring you in. Please forgive me."

After saying that, Nicole gestured.

The Empire guards behind them stepped forward and guarded all the entrances and exits of the restaurant.

...

Sandy was stunned, "What? We can't go in?"

Nicole hesitated for a moment before nodding, "Her Majesty Mingyue is referring to anyone. The two of you can take a rest in the hotel next door."

Sandy pouted and looked at Fang Heng unhappily, saying, "Fang Heng, I think there's something wrong with Tang Mingyue."

"Yes, she has a problem."

Fang Heng gave a perfunctory reply and shrugged his shoulders. He said, "You guys wait in the next room for a while. I'll be right out."

After saying that, Fang Heng walked into the restaurant.

The customers in the restaurant had been driven away in advance.

As soon as Fang Heng went up to the second floor, he saw Tang Mingyue sitting at a table and waving to him, "Fang Heng, over here! This way!"

Seeing Tang Mingyue's excited look, Fang Heng couldn't help but feel strange.

He walked forward and sat opposite Tang Mingyue, asking, "Any findings?"

"Of course not."

Tang Mingyue tilted her head and sneaked a glance at the second-floor entrance behind Fang Heng. She asked in a low voice, "Wei Tao and the others didn't follow you all the way here, right?"

"Ah? No, why do you ask?"

"Phew, that's good."

Tang Mingyue relaxed for a moment and continued to look at Fang Heng. She said in a low voice, "I've thought of a way to make money, but I'm short of manpower. You're the first one I thought of. How about it, interesting, right? Are you interested in joining?"

Making money?

Fang Heng was moved.

He was just short of money, and Tang Mingyue already had a plan?

"Tell me about it."

"Yes, yes." Tang Mingyue carefully looked behind Fang Heng and whispered, "We have to keep the money a secret. We can't tell Wei Tao and the others. Promise me first."

"Why?"

"Aiya, why do you have so many whys? Are you doing it or not?"

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Tang Mingyue's burning eyes were fixed on Fang Heng, and her eyes became even brighter. "Trust me, it's definitely a big deal. I'll definitely get a lot of money. I'll stop after I'm done with this. By then, I'll go back to the elementary game and be a big landlord…"

"Alright, what are you going to do?"

"I got a special identity in the trial this time. I've thought about it, and I can use my identity as a member of the royal family to make a big deal out of it,"

"Specifically?" Fang Heng's eyelids twitched and asked.

"Do you know about the Empire's royal treasury? I've asked around, and it's secretly built in the military materials warehouse in the Empire's capital."

"I've tried it before, but we can't sell things for King of Gods' points in this trial game, nor can we trade with players or NPCs for King of Gods' points."

Tang Mingyue's eyes were shining and she said, "But we can take it slow. First, we'll take out the treasures from the treasury, then find a place to hide them. After this trial, we'll think of a way to return to the game to cash in the treasures."

After hearing Tang Mingyue's general plan, Fang Heng opened his mouth.

He thought, "You're really something! Tang Mingyue! Fleece from the Empire? Did you start thinking about this money-making method as soon as you got the identity of a Princess?"

After thinking about it carefully, this plan was still very risky.

If there were any slip-ups during the execution, it would be troublesome if the Empire found out.

No wonder Tang Mingyue was so sneaky and did not dare to tell Wei Tao.

She didn't pay attention to the trial's main storyline, but only focus on these crooked ways, right?

Tang Mingyue looked at Fang Heng expectantly, "How is it? What do you think of my idea?"

It couldn't be said to be whimsical, but it was also bold.

However…it was pretty good!

The Empire's royal treasury! What kind of treasure could be hidden inside?

Fang Heng's heart was itching.

He could be greedy this time!

Fang Heng lowered his head and thought for a while. Then he raised his head and asked, "Looking at you, you haven't been planning this for a long time, have you?"

"Don't, don't talk nonsense. What do you mean by planning for a long time?"

Tang Mingyue's face blushed as Fang Heng's words hit the nail on the head. She turned her head and waved her hand in denial, not daring to look Fang Heng in the eye.

"Impossible, am I that kind of person? I've taken someone else's money, so I'll naturally do things for them sincerely. Now that I've passed the assessment, it's not completely impossible for me to slack off. Don't go out and talk nonsense, you'll ruin my reputation."

Fang Heng looked at Tang Mingyue from the corner of his eyes.

Others are trying to figure out how to complete the main trial, and she was here trying to make money?

Wei Tao's people were really unreliable.

Tang Mingyue turned her head and looked at Fang Heng seriously, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Are you going to do it or not? "

Fang Heng looked at Tang Mingyue and said sternly, "After we're done, we'll split it 70-30. I'll take 70, you take 30."

Tang Mingyue extended her fist at Fang Heng.

"70-30 split! It's a deal!"

Fang Heng clenched his fist and touched it with Tang Minyue's. He looked at the time and said, "There are three hours left before we meet up with Wei Tao and the others. Shall we go and check out the situation now?"

"Yes, yes," Tang Mingyue said and nodded repeatedly. "I've already made the arrangements. We can set off for the capital now."

…

Two hours later.

Fang Heng and the other two were escorted by a group of guards to the Empire's main city, Atama, through the mage tower.

The Empire's military warehouse was located on the right side of the center of the Imperial City. Large amounts of the Empire's military supplies were stored here.

The barbarians launched a surprise attack on the border, and the entire Empire entered a state of martial law. The protection of the Empire's military material storage warehouse was even tighter.

The entire warehouse took up a large area. Due to the different types of resources stored in the large warehouse, the interior of the warehouse was also divided into many areas, and the Empire's military corps was in charge of daily defense.

Very few people knew that the Empire's royal treasury was also stored here.

Tang Mingyue entered the warehouse under the guidance of the guard. After a series of identity verification, she entered the secret area built under the warehouse.

At the entrance of the royal treasury.

"You guys wait at the door."

Tang Mingyue's tone was cold.

She waved her hand to signal the guards to wait at the door and led Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei into the royal treasury.

The bright night pearls illuminated the entire cave.

Large golden treasure chests were casually abandoned in the cave.

The high-quality magic crystal core exuded a colorful texture and glowed under the reflection of the gold.

"So much…money…"

Tang Mingyue mumbled to herself. For a moment, she was a little dazed.

Mo Jiawei also stood at the side and was at a loss for words.

Fang Heng was also surprised. He pushed Tang Mingyue's shoulder and whispered, "Wake up, what's your next step?"

"Let's try and see if we can bring some out."

Mo Jiawei was the first to recover from his shock. He walked forward and tried to touch one of the treasure chests.

"F*ck, no, I can't get it without permission."

...

Tang Mingyue also came back to her senses. She wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and followed him to the nearest treasure chest.

She also received a notification that she could not bring it with her.

After trying out a few treasure chests in a row, Tang Mingyue finally accepted her fate. She stopped, her eyes full of unwillingness.

"The Empire has set up a magic seal on the treasure chests here. Once they are moved, an alarm will be triggered, and the guards will rush in to check."

Mo Jiawei looked at Tang Mingyue with eager eyes. He asked, "What do you mean? You can't even take your own things?"

Tang Mingyue spread her hands, her tone full of helplessness.

"Who asked me to be a fake… and I'm a girl, not the rightful heir to the royal family."

"Alright, let's look around carefully and see if there are any other discoveries."

The three of them looked at each other and nodded in unison. They then began to explore the large cave.

The entire warehouse room was set up with a magic prohibition spell, and the aura of most of the items was sealed. However, Fang Heng could still sense the subtle power fluctuations of some items that leaked out from the seal.

Following the fluctuation of power, Fang Heng walked to the front of a golden box.

...

The box was filled with thin sheets the size of a mirror.

Some runes were also carved on the thin sheet.

What was this?

Puzzled, Fang Heng reached out his hand and touched the rune mark.

[Item: Magic core.]

Description: A magic core specially produced by the Mage Association. It is a necessary material for building a mage tower. Due to the scarcity of raw materials, production is extremely limited.

Special description: A treasure stored in the Empire's treasury. Under the current environment, this item is protected and cannot be put into the bag.

[Warning: If this object is moved, attacked, sealed, or triggered by any person, the Empire will view him as an enemy.]

[Warning: In the current state of the game, the player cannot trade with other players.]

This is… a magic core?!

The necessary material for building a mage tower?

Upon closer inspection, the box was covered with rune marks and was filled with more than 50 cores!

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1076 Broken!

F*ck, the Mage Association even said that the production was limited…

The Empire was truly rich!

What if he sold so many magic cores for money…

Fang Heng took a deep breath and shifted his gaze to the other side.

The golden treasure chest was filled with purple light.

What the? Purple essence?!

Enemy of the barbarian race, the purple essence!

Five full golden boxes of purple essence!

Fang Heng walked to the box and was almost blinded by the purple essence.

F*ck!

This amount of purple essence was enough for him to forge several sets of equipment!

"Fang Heng! Fang Heng! Quickly come and look at this!"

Mo Jiawei opened an extremely large golden box and let out a cry of surprise. He then called Fang Heng over to check it.

Fang Heng put down the purple essence in front of him and walked to Mo Jiawei's side.

What the f*ck?

Fang Heng's eyes lit up immediately.

There was a black stone in the golden box!

An unknown stone?!

Fang Heng stretched out his hand and touched the stone.

That's right!

It was this familiar feeling. There were even fine holes on the surface of the stone.

Compared to the black stone found at the bottom of the lake in the dragon mosquito nest, the stone hidden in the treasury was bigger, and the power it contained was more obvious.

If only he could bring it back for the sacred tree to devour…

Fang Heng's heart started to beat violently.

There were so many treasures in the royal treasury!

This was completely beyond Fang Heng's expectations.

However…

Everything was good, but how could he take them out?

Fang Heng felt a little headache again. He covered his forehead and lowered his head, deep in thought.

Fang Heng had also carefully observed the defense situation of the guards outside the royal treasury when he was led by the Empire guard to enter the royal treasury.

It was very strict!

There was a sentry every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. There were also all kinds of magic gears and traps.

Tang Mingyue returned to Fang Heng's side after circling around the treasury for a while.

Almost every item in the treasury of the Mahert Empire's royal family was of high quality. Any item that was casually taken out could be exchanged for at least a few dozen King of Gods' points.

If he could sell them all, he would definitely make a fortune!

Tang Mingyue looked at Fang Heng with anticipation and asked, "Fang Heng, how is it?"

"Ah? What do you mean how is it?"

"Get that thing out!" Tang Mingyue looked carefully at the entrance of the treasury and lowered her voice. "I heard that you used to be very good at digging sewers. Should we also dig a tunnel and think of a way to take out all the treasures in the treasury?"

"Eh…"

Fang Heng was speechless for a moment.

So she planned to work with him so that he could dig a sewer?

She was too…

Reckless?

Fang Heng looked around at the defense of the treasure house.

Digging a sewer here did not seem feasible.

The Empire had set up a large number of magic seals in the treasury, and any slight movement or touch would trigger a magic alarm.

Even if there were none, the loud noise and tremors caused by the digging of the tunnel were too obvious.

The guards outside would definitely notice.

"It's too difficult. There will be a lot of noise when digging the tunnel. The success rate is almost zero."

"Ah, then what should we do…"

Tang Mingyue's face fell when she heard that.

"Fang Heng, why don't we follow the barbarians and fight the Empire?" she gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "When the barbarians invade the main city, we can take advantage of the chaos and steal the treasury."

Mo Jiawei, who was listening from the side, was shocked.

"What? Help the barbarian race fight against the Empire? Be a snitch?"

...

Fang Heng thought, "Good fellow, are you sure you won't be beaten to death by Wei Tao by doing this?"

Fang Heng looked at Tang Mingyue and seemed to have thought of something.

Create chaos…

"I think you're right," Fang Heng said.

"What?" Tang Mingyue's interest was piqued and she asked, "Will this move work? Will the barbarian race trust us?"

"No, no, it's too troublesome to rely on the barbarians. We can't contact them and it's easy to conflict with the trial's main storyline mission. But…"

Fang Heng stopped talking and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"But what? The greater the risk, the greater the reward. It's not easy to come to this trial, so I can't make a loss."

Seeing Fang Heng suddenly stop hesitating, Tang Mingyue thought that he was scared and tried to goad him. She looked at Fang Heng and asked, "You're scared? This is my last job. After this, we'll stop. I'll go find my handsome boy, and you go find your fair lady."

What nonsense was this?

Fang Heng squinted his eyes and organized his thoughts. He then raised his head and said, "There's no need to go through the trouble of looking for the barbarians. The royal treasury is connected to the Empire's heavy military material warehouse. I'm just thinking about what would happen if we find a way to blow up the Empire's military material warehouse."

...

"Blow up?"

Tang Mingyue's heart skipped a beat, and then her eyes lit up.

Mo Jiawei's heart turned cold when he heard that.

Blow up the Empire's military warehouse?

"Are you guys crazy? Why did it sound more unreliable and risky than being a traitor to the barbarians?"

"Yes."

Fang Heng nodded and said, "Think of a way to cause a huge explosion here. By then, the entire warehouse will fall into great chaos. The situation is urgent. You can think of a way to take over the temporary control of the warehouse as the Empire's Princess. Order the guards to evacuate the materials in the royal treasury for the purpose of protection."

"Sure, sure!"

Tang Mingyue's heart was surging with emotions as she listened. She nodded repeatedly. Looking at Fang Heng, she felt that she had found a confidant, and her eyes were full of excitement.

"When the time comes, we'll send people to receive them in advance and take all the resources in the treasury!"

Mo Jiawei felt a chill down his spine as he listened to the two of them discussing.

It can't be, right? Why did it sound like Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue, these two villains, were very dangerous?

The barbarians were crazy, right? They could only fight the Empire head-on, but the two of them were plotting to ignite an explosion behind the scene. They were like terrorists!

"Okay, the problem now is that if we want to cause huge chaos in the warehouse, a small explosion is definitely not enough."

"En…"

Following Fang Heng's train of thought, Tang Mingyue lowered her head and pondered.

"There must be an explosion of a certain scale to cause enough chaos in the camp."

"We need to have the ability to enter the Empire's warehouse," Fang Heng said. "We also need to have the courage to send the explosives into the warehouse. It's best if we can push the blame on them so that we can get out safely after it's done."

Tang Mingyue agreed, "Yeah, the barbarians definitely can't. We can't convince them to help us. Besides, with my ability, I can't allow too many unknown items and people to be sent here for a stroll…"

Suddenly, Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng's eyes met.

"Players!" The two of them said almost in unison.

That's right, players!

Who was the most courageous in the game? Of course, it was the players!

As long as there were benefits, anything could be stuffed into the Empire's warehouse, not to mention explosives.

Mo Jiawei carefully swallowed his saliva.

Oh no, they were serious!

"Two big bosses, we're in the middle of a trial, right? It's dangerous to communicate with players, right? Moreover, the players aren't stupid. They don't have to offend the Empire…"

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"The trial isn't a big problem. Be careful when you work and try not to be discovered by the players. I think we don't have to come into contact with the players directly. We can find ways to guide the players to help us."

"Yes, yes, yes, we'll guide them from the side."

When it came to making money, Tang Mingyue's brain worked quickly, and her potential was fully unleashed. She was full of energy. "I'll use my identity as the Empire's Princess to fool, ah, no, to guide…"

Mo Jiawei felt that the two of them were delusional and said, "The players aren't stupid, right? How should we guide them?"

Fang Heng suddenly recalled the blueprint of the mage tower he had just seen in the Mage Association and squinted his eyes.

"What do you guys think of using the mage tower as an excuse?"

"Mage tower?"

"That's right. We can use the mage tower as an excuse and promise the players benefits. We will get the players to prepare the building materials for the mage tower and send them to the Empire warehouse for later use."

Fang Heng added, "I've seen the materials used to build the mage tower. One of them is a mixed black crystal. This crystal is unstable and will explode easily when it comes into contact with the fire element crystal core in the Empire warehouse. It's also very powerful."

"Ah! It's feasible! Fang Heng is a genius!"

Tang Mingyue's cheeks were flushed with excitement as she looked at Fang Heng with a burning gaze.

Waa!

This person was actually so greedy!

If it really went as smoothly as Fang Heng said…

This would be a big haul!

"Okay, let's follow this plan," Tang Mingyue replied. It was obvious that this was not the first time Tang Mingyue had done this. She looked at Fang Heng excitedly and asked, "By the way, how do we trick the players into coming here?"

In a short period of time, Fang Heng had perfected his hoodwinking plan.

"Let me think. Well, actually, we don't need to trick all the players. We only need to trick some of them."

"We will promise the player forces to help them build a mage tower, but we need them to provide some materials. The materials provided will be temporarily stored in the Empire's warehouse. The players will never expect their materials to be used by us."

"Amazing!" Tang Mingyue added, "In order to increase credibility, I can write a guarantee letter with my identity as the Empire's Princess and write to them personally! With the Empire's endorsement, the players will not suspect anything!"

Looking at Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue's crazy plan that was gradually being perfected, Mo Jiawei's heart was beating wildly.

It could really be played like this?

Who had the players offended? It was just a game and they had to be tricked by the two of them?

After thinking about it carefully, Mo Jiawei felt that if he was a player who did not know about the situation, he would definitely be deceived!

After all, the Empire's Princess had endorsed the construction of the mage tower, and the materials needed were also given to the Empire for temporary safekeeping.

At first glance, there seemed to be no risk at all.

Scary… So this was the World Lord's setup?

Mo Jiawei could not help but shiver.

Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue quickly made a decision and then roughly discussed the details.

In order to ensure the success rate of the operation, the two of them decided to immediately start thinking of ways to trick the players into investing. When they were almost done, they would carry out the explosion plan when the trial was almost over.

At that time, even if the robbery failed, they could find a way to quickly exit the trial game and run away to minimize the risk.

After sorting out his thoughts, Fang Heng found that there was still a problem to be solved.

After snatching the materials from the Empire, they had to find a place to store them, which was a little troublesome.

The place where the materials were hidden could not be too far away. After all, there were too many good things in the royal treasury. It would be difficult to bring so many treasures out after robbing.

Secondly, they also needed to ensure the safety and secrecy of the treasure's hiding place.

After thinking about it, the two decided to take a break for now and think of a way to trick the players into preparing the materials.

After making her decision, Tang Mingyue excitedly pulled Fang Heng out of the treasury, ready to find some players to test the waters.

The three of them had just walked out of the Empire's heavy warehouse when the guard outside the warehouse handed over a letter respectfully. "Your Highness Mingyue, please check and accept your letter."

Tang Mingyue took the envelope with some dissatisfaction. After opening it, she gave it a cursory glance and her face fell.

"What's wrong?"

"Wei Tao is looking for us. He wants us to gather at Griffin City. He has made a major discovery."

Tang Mingyue couldn't help sighing when she was suddenly interrupted in her money-making plan.

She looked at Fang Heng for help, "Fang Heng, what should we do?"

"Let's go and find Wei Tao together."

Fang Heng shrugged and said, "Don't forget that we're still in the trial. Only by digging out more missions can we get more time to stay. Stay alert. This is also for money."

"You're right," Tang Mingyue said. She patted her cheeks and cheered herself up. "What about our plan to trick the players? Who to find? This matter can't be delayed, we have to deal with this immediately…"

"Are there any players in your team that you can trust?"

Tang Mingyue waved her hands and said, "Don't talk about it. None of the people on my team are reliable. They definitely can't do such an important thing."

Fang Heng thought for a while.

Mo Jiawei also had to follow the team and was unable to split himself up.

Qiu Yaokang was currently focused on research, and he might even join the team later. It was unlikely that he could fool the players.

As for Victor, he was an honest man, and it was difficult for him to fool people.

Only Sandy.

Although that guy was a time bomb in the team, he was very good at bluffing.

...

Letting Sandy do this might have a miraculous effect.

Moreover, Sandy was also an NPC, so no matter what, he would not be recognized by the players and would affect the game's rating. It could be said that this was like exploiting a small bug in the game and reducing some of the risks.

He had no choice. He could not find anyone else, so he could only make do with it.

"Okay, leave this to me. I'll find someone to trick the players. I need a letter written by you," Fang Heng said after some thought.

"Okay, I'll write it for you now."

…

An hour later, at the griffins' taming point in Griffin City.

Amidst the sounds, Wei Tao and the rest gathered together again.

Seeing that everyone had gathered on time, Wei Tao could not help but sigh.

It was not easy.

The first was to exchange information.

...

"I've found a shop with the Tianli Mercenary," said Mikhael. "We've spent some money to bribe them into using it as our temporary stop."

"Our people have just moved the spoils of war in, and Mr. Qiu has already started to study them."

"We are also more or less aware of the situation in the city. The Empire is focusing on dealing with the invasion of the barbarians. The first batch of the Empire's reinforcements has arrived at the main cities that are under attack. They should have already fought with the barbarians."

Wei Tao nodded and then looked at the others and asked, "How's the situation on your side?"

Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue looked at each other and shook their heads in unison, "We didn't find anything."

"Ahem, I followed the line of the murals on the coffin."

Mo Jiawei felt an inexplicable pain in his balls when he heard Fang Heng's answer.

He continued, "We can now confirm that the ancestor who founded the Empire, Andrast, once had a close relationship with the subterranean resident beasts we found in the catacombs. However, when I looked through the records, I found that the statements in the records are very vague. Some say that they are allies, some say that they are enemies, and some say that they are followers. No matter which one it is, it doesn't seem very reliable."

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"In addition, from the latest report provided by the military, it is suspected that the barbarian invasion this time is related to the abnormality of the ley lines a few months ago."

"After the anomaly in the ley lines occurred, many cracked passages leading to the catacombs appeared in many territories of the Empire. Most of them are concentrated in the northern and southern regions of the Empire."

"The Empire's military headquarters suspected that the barbarians transferred their forces through the tunnel under the ley lines. That's why they attacked the Empire from the West, catching the Empire off guard."

"However, the Empire has recovered. All aspects of the Empire are optimistic about the barbarian invasion. That's the general situation."

!!

After saying that, Mo Jiawei glanced at Tang Mingyue who was beside him.

His investigation had been going well, and he had wanted to continue the investigation along the clues of the earth vein's unusual movement. He had thought of coming back to Tang Mingyue to ask for the investigation authority.

Good Lord. As a result, he was dragged to the capital of the Empire by Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng to fish for money as soon as he arrived.

"Thank you, everyone has worked hard."

Wei Tao didn't notice Tang Mingyue's strange behavior. He nodded and said, "I didn't expect our investigations to be together. However, my starting point is different from yours. I started my investigation from the background and identity of my team."

"Except for Tang Mingyue, the rest of us were mercenaries hired by her. Everyone's initial identity was different. As the investigation went deeper, I also found out about the cave-dwelling beast."

"I found something interesting. Come and take a look."

As he spoke, Wei Tao took out a map and spread it out in front of everyone.

He pointed at a spot.

"About a week ago, the Empire discovered an entrance to a catacombs' passageway outside the main city."

As Wei Tao spoke, he shifted his gaze to Tang Mingyue.

"Due to some special reasons, Tang Mingyue personally led a team to investigate. It's not clear what exactly happened during the investigation, but after the investigation ended and they left the catacombs, Tang Mingyue immediately ordered the entire catacombs to be sealed off, and no one is allowed to enter or leave."

Everyone looked at Tang Mingyue in unison.

"Meh?"

Tang Mingyue was at a loss. She shook her head and said, "I don't know,"

"Yes, just like you, we don't have any of these memories."

Wei Tao continued, "After this incident, Tang Mingyue recruited outsiders to form our team in a low-profile manner. We then secretly went to the catacombs' crack passageway outside Hani City to investigate. After that, it should be what we experienced when we entered the trial game."

"From the analysis of some scattered clues, we concluded that the original exploration team that entered the outer cave of Hani City should be larger in scale, and there was even a translator who knew the language of the cave's resident beasts. However, they encountered danger in the process of entering the cave, which led to casualties."

Mikhael rubbed his temples and tried to analyze, "Alright, let's make a reasonable guess. Could it be that Tang Mingyue found some clues in the catacombs and then went to search in Hani City? "

"Yes, I think the same as you."

Wei Tao continued, "I'm very lucky. While I was investigating, I found a scholar from the Empire who studied the cave-dwelling beasts. He was the one who brought Tang Mingyue into the cave."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

"And then?" asked Mikhael. "What did Tang Mingyue experience at that time?"

"They don't remember anything. They only remember accompanying Her Highness Mingyue into the cave. After leaving the cave, they were asked to enter the mage tower and voluntarily erase their memories related to the cave."

Fang Heng's brows were tightly knitted. Voluntarily erasing memories?

It seemed that they had encountered some special event that had a great impact and needed to be kept absolutely confidential.

It was very likely to be related to the mission!

Wei Tao then waited for a few minutes, giving everyone ample time to think.

Then, Wei Tao looked around at everyone.

"We don't know what exactly happened in the cave, but I think everything is connected."

"I suggest that the next step of our investigation is to use the cave as a breakthrough point and enter the cave again to investigate. Of course, this time we can bring along a translator who is proficient in the language of the creatures living in the cave. What do you all think?"

Fang Heng secretly gave Wei Tao a thumbs-up.

Not bad, a clear goal, and clear thinking.

With Wei Tao around, it would not be a big problem for him and Tang Mingyue to slack off.

Everyone looked at each other and nodded, "No problem."

"We'll do as Brother Tao says."

…

The catacombs found inside the Empire were located in a mountain range outside the Empire's main city, Atama.

The party first entered the Empire's main city through the teleportation channel. After that, the griffin team flew toward the mountain range.

After about an hour and a half, the team arrived at the military camp outside the entrance of the catacombs.

Ever since Tang Mingyue issued the order to seal off the catacombs, the Empire's military headquarters had set up a camp here and stationed troops there 24 hours a day. No one was allowed to enter or leave the catacombs.

Tang Mingyue led the Empire's team of guards and the players down from the griffin and met up with the Empire's guards outside.

The Empire soldier in charge of guarding the garrison stepped forward and reported with cupped fists, "Your Highness Mingyue!"

Tang Mingyue nodded and shifted her gaze to the entrance of the cave not far away. She asked, "How's the situation in the cave recently?"

"Ever since you gave the order, we've strictly sealed off the cave and expelled merchants and mercenary groups who tried to explore the cave. Recently, the frequency of these people appearing has increased a lot."

"Also, recently, we can often hear loud noises coming from the depths of the cave. This phenomenon is more serious in the middle of the night, and many soldiers can't get a good rest at night."

Fang Heng and the others couldn't help but look at each other after listening to the soldier officer's narration. They recalled the scene when they had just entered the trial.

This damn place wouldn't collapse too, right?

Since they were already here, they had to go in and take a look.

"Hmm, take a few people with you and follow me. The rest of you will continue to guard the outside."

...

"Yes!"

After listening to the report, Tang Mingyue led the team into the cave to explore.

This time, Tang Mingyue had personally come to explore the catacombs, and the elite Empire guards who had accompanied her were also extravagantly grouped with five Empire mages.

The two mages cast a flash spell.

The soft light dispelled the darkness.

The cave wasn't deep. After walking a dozen steps, they saw a huge crack in the ground.

Everyone tried to reach out with the torch in their hands, trying to light up the area below the crack.

The crack was very deep, and it was impossible to see the bottom with the naked eye.

The camp guard nodded and said, "Your Highness Mingyue, the catacomb is in the deepest part of the crack. As for what's down there, we've never entered it, so we don't know."

"Well, get ready. We'll go down for an examination."

The Empire's elite team was already prepared. They immediately set up ropes and used them to climb down.

...

Soon, the rope ladder was set up.

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After climbing down for about 90 meters, they finally reached the deepest part.

Fang Heng was in the middle of the team.

He surveyed his surroundings and realized that he was in the familiar catacombs area again.

An open area supported by stone pillars.

!!

The stone pillars were naturally formed with fluorescent stones that emitted a faint light. There were also strange fungi growing around them, many of which could emit a dim light.

The visibility in the catacombs was not as good as the outside world, but it was not completely impossible to see.

Fortunately, at least the catacombs did not show any signs of collapsing.

Fang Heng heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

Mo Jiawei turned around and looked at Argyll, a very thin middle-aged man at the back of the team.

"Hey, expert, what do you say?"

Argyll followed the team down the rock wall. He looked around at the scene around the cave. His memory seemed to have been triggered, and he stood in place in a daze.

A mage's forgetting spell required the cooperation of the caster, and the effect was extremely effective.

But occasionally, some profound memories would leave a mark in his brain, such as some residual images.

"Nothing, I just saw some images. I think we were exploring this way back then."

As he spoke, Argyll stretched out his hand and pointed to the side.

"Okay, let's go. Be careful."

The group did not waste any time and followed Argyll's directions carefully.

As they went deeper, the surrounding catacomb environment gradually changed.

Huge pillars were used as support and they were more than ten times denser than before.

Another stone forest area?

Fang Heng frowned.

All of a sudden, the players' hearts skipped a beat as a game notification popped up.

[Hint: The current player team has entered a special environment.]

[Hint: The player has triggered the main trial mission-Guardian of the catacombs.]

Mission: Guardian of the catacombs.

Mission difficulty: C.

Mission description: Search for clues. You have tried to explore the catacombs that were caused by the earth vein anomaly. Please try to continue exploring and trigger the mission.

Mission requirement: Explore until a new mission is triggered.

The players exchanged glances.

It seemed that they had guessed correctly this time. The catacombs had a close connection with the main storyline.

C-level missions were not that difficult.

"Wait!"

Fang Heng, who was walking in front of the team, suddenly raised his hand to signal the team to stop. He whispered, "Guys, listen."

Listening carefully, everyone could hear the sound of fighting coming from afar.

It sounded a little intense.

Wei Tao's expression turned serious as he waved to a young man in his team, "Art, go and take a look at the situation first. Pay attention to hiding and don't alert the other party. If you find anything, come back and report immediately."

"Roger."

In this team battle, the players brought in many players with special talents.

Art was one of them. He was extremely good at concealing his aura and scouting.

Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

He saw the figure of the player named Art gradually fade into the air until he blended into the background of the entire cave.

What further surprised Fang Heng was that Art's aura had also dropped to the lowest point.

If not for careful observation, it would have been impossible to notice.

As Art walked forward, his aura gradually disappeared from Fang Heng's perception.

After about three minutes, Art returned and revealed himself in the air.

"I've checked. There's a small team of cave-dwelling beasts fighting a large horned dragon beast. It looks like they're hunting."

Hunting?

The crowd frowned and looked at each other.

"From our previous analysis, we can't be sure that the cave-dwelling beast is the enemy," Wei Tao said softly.

"It's very likely that Tang Mingyue has reached some kind of agreement with the cave-dwelling beast. The box we found in the cave before is probably what the cave-dwelling beast wanted to give us."

"So they're giving us an empty box?"

Mo Jiawei felt that things were not that simple. He shrunk his neck and looked at Tang Mingyue. He whispered, "Don't tell me he's a liar?"

"We can't rule out this possibility. Fortunately, we've brought an expert who knows the language of the creatures living in the cave. We should be able to communicate with them."

Wei Tao thought for a moment and continued, "Let's go closer and take a look. We can consider helping the cave-dwelling beasts. We can try to communicate with them in a friendly manner."

...

Everyone nodded in agreement.

It was best not to make a move if possible.

"If the cave-dwelling beasts in the catacombs refuse to cooperate, then capture them alive. It's the same as getting information from their mouths." As he spoke, he flipped the blade in his hand, nodded, and said, "Leave this to me."

Time was of the essence in the trial. Seeing that no one had any objections, Wei Tao immediately waved his hand to confirm the action.

The team carefully explored the area where the cave-dwelling beasts were fighting.

Fang Heng was walking in front of the team, a layer of dark light attached to his pupils.

Not far ahead, there were about twelve cave-dwelling beasts in a team.

They surrounded a large horned dragon beast in an orderly manner.

The horned dragon beast had a strong and huge body, and its skin was covered with thick scales. It had already been firmly trapped by the large network of cave-dwelling beasts and was struggling on the spot.

"Horned dragon beasts are very common magic creatures in the catacombs. Their bodies are generally large. This is considered a large one."

Argyll, the catacombs expert, followed beside the crowd and explained in a low voice, "Its attack method is magic attack and impact. It's safer to use long-range attacks."

...

Wei Tao nodded his head and sized up the battle.

The horned dragon beast relied on its unique magic talent to continuously release magical earth spikes in the surroundings, trying to cause damage to the team of cave-dwelling beasts.

The ground beneath the cave-dwelling beasts' feet was constantly jutting out, but they seemed to have some kind of special ability that allowed them to dodge in advance in most situations.

"Go! Help them!"

At Tang Mingyue's command, she led the players and scuttled out from the back.

The elites of the Empire drew their bows and aimed at the horned dragon beast.

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi!"

A dense rain of arrows continued to fall.

The arrows used by the Empire's elite soldiers all had the effect of armor break. They pierced deep into the horned dragon beast's body, leaving many wounds.

The horned dragon beast was trapped in the net and couldn't dodge. It could only take the beating passively. It let out a shrill cry and struggled even more.

However, the more it struggled, the faster the blood flowed out of the wound.

When the cave-dwelling beasts saw the human team enter the battlefield, they were a little confused at first.

However, they quickly stabilized themselves and backed away in cooperation. In the end, they simply left the range of the battle and carefully observed the group of humans and the horned dragon beast.

Soon, the horned dragon beast trapped in the net stopped breathing.

It was only then that the group realized that the team of cave-dwelling beasts behind them had gathered around a batch of materials and was on guard.

"Maybe they're not a hunting team, but a transport team. They were attacked by the horned dragon beast while transporting the materials."

Everyone looked at each other.

The catacomb expert Argyll took the lead, shouting "Gulu Gulu" sounds, and led the group forward carefully, trying to communicate with the other team of cave-dwelling beasts.

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1080 The Devil

Hearing Argyll's shout, the hostility of the cave-dwelling beasts seemed to have reduced a little, and they also responded with a gurgling sound.

Fang Heng looked at Argyll communicating with this group of cave-dwelling beasts.

However, it seemed that Argyll's skills were not very good. After talking and gesturing for a long time, the cave-dwelling beasts still looked a little confused.

Mo Jiawei was getting a little impatient. He walked to Argyll's side and asked in a low voice, "How is it? What did they say?"

"They're a small team responsible for transporting ores and supplies nearby. They were transporting a batch of important supplies when they were attacked by the horned dragon beast halfway."

Argyll nodded and continued, "He thanked us for our help. I asked him where we could meet their leader, but he didn't seem willing to take us there. He said something strange. It seems that the earth vein has encountered a major crisis recently…"

As he spoke, Argyll's brows furrowed tightly. He looked at the cave-dwelling beast in front of him, which was constantly making rumbling sounds, and his face showed a puzzled expression.

"Hurry up," Mikhael urged. "Just tell him that the Princess of the Empire wants to talk to their leader."

"Alright, I'll try."

Argyll nodded again and gave Tang Mingyue a questioning look.

"Yes, I'll do it."

Tang Mingyue had the self-awareness of being a tool, and she walked to Argyll's side as support.

Argyll cleared his throat and was about to say something when suddenly, the team leader of the cave-dwelling beasts became nervous after noticing Tang Mingyue. He raised his spear and pointed it at her.

After staring at Tang Mingyue for more than ten seconds, the team leader became extremely excited again. He waved the spear in his hand randomly and growled threateningly.

Some of the other cave-dwelling beasts were also acting strangely. They became visibly nervous, and even their hands holding the bone spears were trembling.

What did that mean? Why were they reacting so strongly?

Tang Mingyue was a little confused.

"Gulu Gulu!!!"

Just as Argyll was wondering, the leader of the cave-dwelling beasts suddenly let out a howl, and the dozen or so of the beasts behind him turned around and ran.

The cave-dwelling beasts ran in a panic as if they had discovered something extremely terrifying. They even abandoned the supplies they were transporting, and some even threw away the weapons in their hands, fleeing in all directions.

Did they run away?

It had happened so suddenly that Mikhael did not have time to react and chase after them.

In the blink of an eye, the cave-dwelling beasts scattered like birds and beasts, quickly disappearing into the depths of the cave.

Eh…

Didn't someone say that they were transporting very important materials?

The crowd could not help but look at Tang Mingyue.

They were still chatting happily at the beginning. Why did it change after seeing Tang Mingyue?

Were they so scared that they didn't even want their materials?

Wasn't this change in attitude a little too fast?

"Meh?" Tang Mingyue was also confused. "Why are you all looking at me?"

Mo Jiawei frowned, adjusted his wording, and asked carefully, "After all, humans and the cave-dwelling beasts in the catacombs have different aesthetic standards. Could it be that they think you're too ugly? Did you scare them?"

"Get lost!"

Tang Mingyue looked at the professional interpreter and asked, "Can you do it or not? What did they say?"

Argyll looked at Tang Mingyue from head to toe.

After all, humans had a limited understanding of the language system of the cave-dwelling beasts, and their pronunciation was not accurate, so he could only say that he knew a little.

During a conversation, he could guarantee that his accuracy was about 60 to 70% by guessing.

Argyll pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "I'm sure. They were shouting a very special word when they were running. I often see this word in books. If it was in our more common language, it would be similar to 'devil',' demon', etc."

Devil?

The crowd looked at Tang Mingyue again.

Tang Mingyue also blinked her eyes, feeling even more innocent.

Why did she suddenly become a devil?

Fang Heng walked forward and casually rummaged through the wooden cart left behind by the cave-dwelling beasts when they escaped.

There were boxes of crystals in the cart.

Fang Heng picked up a piece of crystal and observed it on his palm.

[Item: Black cloud crystal.]

Quality: Extremely high.

Description: A relatively rare ore, usually used as a magic and alchemy material.

So it was an ore.

The cart was filled with special black cloud crystal ores. If he remembered correctly, the production of this kind of ore was not high above the ground.

There were a lot of black cloud crystals on the cart, but almost every piece of ore was of the best quality.

Fang Heng stuffed two sets of crystals into his backpack.

"Ahem."

Wei Tao coughed lightly to pull everyone's attention back and said, "Don't make wild guesses. Since they're a small team that's transporting ore, there might be an mining area occupied by the cave-dwelling beasts in the cave nearby. Let's chase them and see what we can find."

"Alright."

...

Everyone nodded one after another, but in their hearts, they were thinking that the next time they encountered a cave-dwelling beast in the catacombs, they should not let Tang Mingyue go out to meet people first.

After a simple preparation, the team moved forward again.

It was a peaceful journey.

Fang Heng continued to move forward along the dense stone forest. After walking for about 15 minutes, he saw an underground mining area that was being mined.

The group stopped outside the mining area to observe.

The entire mining area was unusually quiet, and not a single person could be seen.

The interior of the exploitation site was extremely chaotic.

Many of the digging tools and the half-mined ore had been thrown to the side in a mess. There were also many overturned ore boxes on the right.

A large number of mined ores were packed into boxes and thrown to the side.

It was as if the mining area had suddenly encountered a crisis, and the miners hurriedly evacuated.

Outside the exploitation site was a temporary camp for the cave-dwelling beasts.

...

The construction level of the cave-dwelling beasts did not seem to be high, and the camp looked very dilapidated.

Wei Tao walked into the temporary camp and did a rough check before saying in a deep voice, the traces are still very new. They should have just evacuated not long ago. It couldn't have been more than half an hour.

Upon hearing this, everyone could not help but look at Tang Mingyue.

Could it be that the cave-dwelling beasts in the catacombs had chosen to run away because they had received news of Tang Mingyue's arrival?

Being stared at by everyone, Tang Mingyue suddenly felt baffled. "Why are you all looking at me? I have nothing to do with this."

Wei Tao said in a low voice, "Let's search the camp and the surroundings first and see if we can find anything."

"Yes!"

Everyone answered in unison and began to search the mining area.

Fang Heng walked to the side and started to study the ore area.

Black cloud crystal mine.

This mine was not bad!

If the catacombs world was not so dangerous, he could consider letting the zombie clones collect ores here and sell them outside. Black cloud crystals were also one of the necessary materials for the construction of the ghost tower, but the demand was not that high.

It was naturally best to have ready-made ones, as he didn't need to spend money to buy them outside.

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1081 The Altar

"Ahem."

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Tang Mingyue walked to Fang Heng's side, coughed lightly, and asked in a low voice, "Fang Heng, what do you say?"

"Eh? What?"

"How about we steal the things from the royal treasury and hide them here? Isn't it safer than hiding outside?"

"Hmm…"

Fang Heng thought for a while and re-examined the surrounding environment.

"It's a little difficult. It's hidden enough, but the nearby cave-dwelling beasts will always be a hidden danger. We need to find a way to deal with them."

"Yes, yes, it's best to pull them into the team…Do you think you can bribe them with some money?"

While Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng were slacking off and discussing, the players had gathered some information in the temporary camp of the cave-dwelling beasts in the cave.

"Everyone, come and take a look."

Mo Jiawei found a piece of animal skin in an old box at the back of the campsite and showed the lines on the animal skin to everyone. "Look, doesn't this look like a map?"

"A map?!"

It really was!

In addition to the map-like patterns on the animal skin, there were also some crooked hieroglyphics.

Argyll's eyes lit up, and he pushed the crowd aside to check the animal's skin for a moment. With an excited expression, he nodded and confirmed, "That's right, it's a map! You have found the map of this area!"

Wei Tao asked, "Can you find the stronghold of the cave-dwelling beasts through the map?"

"Yes, this marked location has been circled. It should be an extremely important place for cave-dwelling beasts. The text next to it says that it is the 'altar' of the cave-dwelling beasts. You can definitely find their gathering place there."

As soon as he finished speaking, the game prompt appeared on the players 'retinas again.

[Hint: The player has completed the current stage of the trial mission-exploration of the catacombs. You will be awarded an extra hour of game time.]

[Hint: You have triggered the next stage of the trial mission-the 'altar' on the map.]

Mission title: Altar on the map.

Mission difficulty: D

Mission description: Please protect Argyll from death and follow the map to find the special 'altar'.

Mission reward: Additional trial game time.

Time remaining: 50 minutes. (If the mission is not completed before the remaining time is up, the trial will end and you will enter the evaluation stage.)

The players looked at each other.

The difficulty of the mission was even lower than the previous search.

But…

Fang Heng had a strange feeling.

He had a feeling that the game was deliberately guiding them in a certain direction.

It was very likely a trap.

Helplessly, in the trial game, even if he knew it was a trap, he could only brace himself and move forward.

Wei Tao had the same feeling. He carefully read the game prompt three times, then shifted his gaze to Argyll again and confirmed with him, "Are there any other hints on the map?"

"Ah?" Argyll looked down at the map again and shook his head. "There's nothing else."

If it was any other time, Wei Tao might still seek stability and continue to explore before taking action.

However, the time given for the mission was extremely limited. There was no time for him to seek stability.

This was also one of the difficulties of the trial game.

"Alright, let's go take a look at the 'altar'."

…..

Following the map, the party advanced toward the 'altar'.

At some point in time, the atmosphere within the team had become heavy, as if it was shrouded in a layer of dark clouds.

Along the way, Fang Heng had a feeling that he was being spied on.

Fang Heng was not the only one who felt it. The others also felt it.

It was the cave-dwelling beasts.

In the dark, there were countless eyes watching their every move.

Halfway through, Wei Tao also tried to come into contact with the cave-dwelling beasts in the dark and even attacked them.

But they were all ineffective.

They didn't show up, only hiding in the dark and watching from afar.

"It's just in front."

Following the location marked on the map, they left the dense stone forest area and saw the building in front of them. Everyone could not help but be shocked.

The temple!

They actually saw a temple built underground!

Argyll was the first to step forward, his eyes full of disbelief. He muttered to himself in a low voice, "It's impossible for the construction level of the cave-dwelling beast to be so high…"

Fang Heng followed him and stood in front of the temple, carefully looking at the whole temple.

...

Huge black stone pillars stood outside the temple. The stone pillars were carved with various strange beasts that lived in the catacomb's world.

Looking deeper into the temple, the walls and stone pillars were made of a kind of black stone brick crystal. Each crystal brick was carved with delicate patterns, emitting a dark luster.

The silence in the surroundings made people feel even more strange.

"Shasha…"

Suddenly, a soft sound came from the temple.

Everyone looked forward in unison.

A cave-dwelling beast holding a bone spear walked out of the palace.

It wore a bone necklace and strange ornaments on its neck, which were obviously different from the cave-dwelling beast they had seen before.

It looked like an elite creature.

The cave-dwelling beast stood at the entrance of the temple, facing the crowd, and made a gurgling sound from its mouth.

Fang Heng looked at Argyll and asked, "What is it talking about?"

...

Argyll was a little scared and whispered, "It seems to be welcoming us into the temple. It wants us to follow it in to complete the prayer."

Everyone looked at each other.

Prayer?

Fang Heng felt more and more uneasy. He couldn't help but take another look at the game prompt.

A small number of zombies had committed suicide when they returned to the Empire's main city, and there were still 47 minutes left before they could complete their rebirth.

Tang Mingyue also stared at the temple in front of them and said in a low voice, "Everyone, this palace gives me a very bad feeling. It's very dangerous."

Mo Jiawei used his detection talent to check on the cave-dwelling beast and said, "It's an elite creature, the priest of the cave-dwelling beasts."

"Yes."

Wei Tao nodded and said, "Don't rush in. Try to communicate with him."

As he spoke, Wei Tao looked at Argyll and said, "Tell him that we have no ill intentions. We want to talk to their leader."

"By the way, don't tell him about Tang Mingyue. Just say that we're sent by the Empire. We're here with good intentions, representing the human empire to talk to their leader."

Argyll nodded and took another half-step forward, trying to communicate with the cave-dwelling beast.

The two of them exchanged a few words in the air, and Argyll retreated again.

"What do you mean?"

"He is very insistent. Those who come to the altar must go through a prayer ritual. As for meeting the leader, we can discuss it later."

As he said that, the game notification appeared in everyone's vision again.

[Hint: The player has completed the stage of the mission and has received an extra hour of trial time, triggering the next stage-the unknown prayer.]

Mission title: The unknown prayer.

Mission difficulty: A

Mission description: Please follow the priest of the cave-dwelling beasts in the catacombs to complete the prayer.

Mission reward: Additional trial time.

Time remaining: 15 minutes. (If the mission is not completed before the remaining time is up, the trial will end and you will enter the evaluation stage.)

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Seeing the game prompt, Mikhael frowned and said, "No, we don't have time. Let's follow him to pray. Let's see what kind of tricks he can play!"

As Wei Tao spoke, he looked at everyone and reminded them, "Get ready for battle. Leave a team outside to stand guard."

Led by Mikhael, the group carefully followed behind the priest of the cave-dwelling beasts into the temple.

The elite cave-dwelling beast led the way at the front.

After entering the temple, everyone found that there was only a straight corridor in front of them.

The two sides of the corridor were extremely wide. It was impossible to see the boundaries in the darkness as if the darkness could absorb all light.

A player suddenly whispered, "Everyone, be careful. My special talent can detect the number of enemies around us. We've been surrounded by a large number of enemies. There are at least thousands of them."

Hearing this, everyone's heart sank again, and they all clenched their weapons.

"I still have 45 minutes left on the cooldown time of my summoning skill," Fang Heng added. "If we encounter any danger, you can consider delaying the time."

"Yes…."

The group discussed in low voices as they carefully followed the priest.

Soon, the group arrived at the end of the corridor.

The end of the tunnel was connected to a huge circular hall.

It was the same borderless hall, and the floor was made of bricks of different colors to form three circles.

The closer they were to the center, the lighter the color of the crystal bricks.

The hall was shrouded in darkness.

The cave-dwelling beast walked to the center of the hall and stopped again.

He faced Argyll, and his mouth once again made a gurgling sound.

Argyll frowned and explained to the crowd, "He wants us to stand in the middle of the hall and pray with him."

"Tell him that we want to know who we are praying to."

Argyll nodded and tried to communicate with the cave-dwelling beast. He shook his head and said, "No, he's insistent. He doesn't want to continue communicating with us. He only wants us to complete our prayers, or he won't answer any of our questions."

As he spoke, the priest slowly retreated from the inner circle and stood on the outer circle, pointing the bone spear in his hand towards the inner circle.

Argyll frowned and said, "He asked us to enter the inner circle and start praying."

"He's playing tricks. Wei Tao, you decide. What should we do?"

Wei Tao looked at the remaining time and said in a low voice, "Follow the mission and complete the prayer. The mission difficulty is A-level, so everyone, keep your spirits up."

Following Argyll's guidance, everyone stepped forward and surrounded the inner circle in the center of the hall.

The priest of the cave-dwelling beasts stood at the edge of the outer circle, made a praying gesture, and closed his eyes.

Mo Jiawei was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong? What does this mean?"

Argyll nodded. "Just learn from him. It's just for show."

Everyone followed suit and got into their positions, closing their eyes.

Fang Heng looked at the others and closed his eyes as well. He released his perception to make sure that he could react at the first moment when he encountered danger.

"Clack…"

Eh?

All of a sudden, Fang Heng noticed a slight vibration coming from under his feet and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

What was that?

A mechanism?

Suddenly, Mikhael also noticed that something was wrong. He opened his eyes and shouted, "Not good! Be careful!"

"BOOM!"

Following that, there was an explosion from the bottom of their feet, and a violent tremor came from the ground.

What the hell?

The players and the accompanying guards realized that something was wrong and immediately wanted to retreat. However, the entire ground suddenly caved in!

In his panic, Mo Jiawei subconsciously tried to grab onto anything besides him to keep his balance.

But he couldn't do it!

In the state of weightlessness, everyone screamed as they fell down with the stone slab under their feet!

It was indeed a trap!

Fang Heng remained calm and transformed into a bat, floating in the air.

He watched as the floor beneath his feet shattered into many pieces, and the players and the Empire soldiers fell down together.

Several other players, including Mikhael, were floating in the air with some special power.

Looking down, the rest of the people were falling into the darkness.

Fang Heng quickly looked at the other side of the cave-dwelling beasts that led them into the hall.

At this time, he had already retreated, and a dark mass of cave-dwelling beasts appeared from the darkness around him. They raised their bone spears and approached the inner circle of the hall.

This was troublesome!

Just as Fang Heng was thinking about how to save his teammates, he suddenly felt a huge shadow looming over him.

What the hell!

...

"Fang Heng! Be careful!"

He looked up and saw the ceiling of the hall crashing down from above.

Damn it!

In the chaos, Fang Heng could only choose to fly down.

After flying down for about 20 meters at a high speed, Fang Heng saw a dim yellow light flashing below.

"Mud trap!"

The magic scroll in Wei Tao's hand started to burn.

The originally solid ground below was affected by the magic and quickly softened into a swamp.

Tang Mingyue also raised her staff in front of her.

"Water dragon, break!"

BOOM!!

...

The magical elements condensed into a water dragon and blasted toward the mud below.

The muddy ground was corroded by the water and softened a little.

"Bang! Bang Bang…"

The players and soldiers of the Empire fell to the ground in a mess.

Fang Heng felt a little relieved in his heart. Then, another heavy collision sound came from above his head.

"BOOM!!!"

The ceiling that was falling from above was stuck in the groove of the vertical passage.

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat. He then transformed back into his human form and landed steadily in a swamp on the ground.

"Hu…."

Wei Tao heaved a sigh of relief.

The magic scroll-swamp trap, which was worth 2,000 King of Gods' points, was also reduced to ashes.

Ever since he entered the temple, Wei Tao had been on high alert.

The difficulty of the mission, which was A-level, was a huge hint.

Fortunately, they reacted in time and the losses were still within control.

Most of the players participating in this trial were combat-type elite players. Falling from such a height could not guarantee that they would not be in one piece. A few of them with weak mental fortitude had directly withdrawn from the trial before they landed.

The remaining players more or less had life-saving skills. After landing, they immediately used various recovery potions to recover their HP.

The soldiers who came with him were all elites of the Empire, and they had excellent physical fitness. Most of them only suffered minor injuries when they fell into the wet mud.

The three mages of the Empire had learned elementary levitation spells, which could slow down the speed of their fall from the sky. They could also bring Argyll along with them to slowly fall from the sky.

"Brothers, are you all right?"

"I'm fine."

"It's alright, I can continue."

Fang Heng looked around and observed the surrounding terrain again.

They were in a circular hall, and the exit in front of them was a straight passage, with no end in sight.

Fang Heng flicked his wrist and took out the Book of Creation to treat a few unlucky elite soldiers of the Empire who were seriously injured.

While the party members were busy treating their wounds, a strange sound suddenly came from the hall.

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1083 The Pursuit

"Brothers, it's that one."

Mo Jiawei furrowed his brows and gestured to the back of the hall.

As they looked in the direction that Mo Jiawei was pointing at, many of them noticed that there was a huge greenish-gray human-shaped stone statue standing close to the wall behind the circular hall.

It was over five meters tall and was carved out of hard gray stone.

!!

The stone statue's overall carving was relatively rough, and only its outline could be seen, let alone its facial expression. It was in a posture of lowering its head, giving off the feeling that it was looking down on everyone from high above, making people feel a strong sense of oppression from the bottom of their hearts.

Whoosh!

Two rays of azure blue light suddenly appeared in the pupils of the stone statue's face. It looked extremely strange in the dark catacombs.

"Ka, ka ka ka ka…"

With the sound of a mechanism being activated, the stone statue started to shake slightly in front of everyone.

The ground under everyone's feet also shook slightly.

The layer of sand and rock that had been attached to the stone statue fell off in large chunks, revealing the dark metallic luster beneath.

Sensing that the situation was not good, everyone on the team immediately backed away for a distance.

"Not good!" Mo Jiawei's heart skipped a beat and he shouted, "It's going to move!"

The stone statue's movements were a little stiff and it stepped forward with one foot.

"Retreat!"

"Chi Chi! Chi Chi Chi!"

The elites from the Empire immediately retaliated, and a dense rain of arrows fell on the giant stone statue.

"Ding Ding Ding…"

The arrows that landed on the stone statue bounced off one after another, even letting out the sound of metal colliding.

The arrows specially made by the Empire could easily penetrate the skin of the horned dragon beast, but they could not break the defense of the stone statue!

"Thump!!!"

The giant stone statue stomped heavily on the floor, causing the entire circular hall to shake and leaving a massive footprint on the ground.

"Use fire spells!"

"Boom! Boom Boom!!!"

Several fireballs smashed into the stone statue, and after a few sparks, they completely dissipated.

Magic was not effective against it.

How should they fight this battle?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and a cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Mo Jiawei covered his left eye with one hand and said in a deep voice, "The legendary creature, Udaram, is a powerful life form created by the cave-dwelling beasts through the fusion of alchemy and soul sacrifice. It is powered by the core of its body. It has been a guardian of the cave-dwelling beasts for generations and has the special ability to devour."

Upon hearing the words "legendary creature", everyone's expression changed.

These creatures were either extremely powerful or had some very special abilities.

Evidently, the alchemy giant in front of them was a combat type and would be very difficult to deal with.

"What's its weakness?"

As he spoke, Mikhael had already rushed toward the giant and shouted, "Weakness!"

"No, there's no weakness in the description…"

"BOOM!!!"

The long sword in Mikhael's hand struck out, and a dark blade light streaked across the air.

A slight distortion appeared in the space.

"Bang!!!"

There was a metallic explosion, and Mikhael was sent flying backward.

The alchemy giant only paused for a moment, and a layer of stones fell from the place where it was hit by Mikhael. Then, it continued to chase after the crowd.

It was like seeing a ghost.

Mikhael stepped back and looked at the detailed game log. His face was gloomy.

He had been training in the intermediate game world and had been practicing his swordsmanship. He believed that he was not inferior to anyone in a head-on battle. He did not expect that this mediated move only took out 400 HP from the other party.

It was far from what he had expected!

"Its movement speed isn't fast, and its attack power is limited. Think of a way to retreat and slowly grind it down."

Wei Tao knew how terrifying Mikhael's swordsmanship was. Seeing that Mikhael was also helpless, he immediately gave up on the frontal attack and signaled the team to start retreating.

The people on the team were all elites. After receiving the order, they immediately lined up and retreated through the tunnel behind them while attacking the alchemy giant.

In fact, due to its huge size, even though the alchemy giant Udaram's movements were stiff, it was able to cover three to four meters with every step it took.

The team had no choice but to run forward, occasionally turning back to launch a symbolic attack.

This could not go on!

Everyone ran along the tunnel with all their might and in fact, they had to keep on accelerating!

Fang Heng frowned.

Not to mention the Empire's elite teams, the team's physical fitness was limited, and they could not maintain high-speed running for long periods of time.

...

He wasn't afraid. He could probably escape even if he transformed into a bat and flew into the sky. But what about the others?

He had to think of a way.

"Whoosh…"

Eh?

Everyone was stunned.

It stopped?

Udaram, who was halfway behind them, raised its fist and punched the ground.

"BOOM!!!"

Everyone's feet trembled violently!

"Be careful!"

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi!"

...

Suddenly, dozens of sharp spikes shot out from the stone floor under everyone's feet, and the team fell into chaos.

The ground in front of them quickly bulged, and a large rock blocked their way.

"Thump! Thump Thump!!"

The alchemy body continued to catch up from behind.

"F*ck!"

Mikhael's pupils shrank. He leaned forward and rushed forward, drawing his sword and slashing forward.

Whoosh!

A slight spatial distortion appeared in the area where the sword blade had passed through.

"BOOM!!!"

Crushed stones flew in all directions.

The rock wall was blasted open by the sword!

"Let's go!"

Seeing that Mikhael's attack had succeeded, the players' morale was greatly boosted, and they immediately continued to run forward along the broken rock wall.

After running for more than five minutes, everyone's physical fitness began to decline.

Mo Jiawei also felt tired. He furrowed his brows and said, "Brothers, we'll be caught if this continues. Quickly think of a way."

"Yes, there's something wrong with this passage as well."

They had been running for more than five minutes. According to the players' abilities, they had moved forward for at least two kilometers. However, the straight passage in front of them seemed to be endless, which made Fang Heng feel uneasy.

Why would the cave-dwelling beasts set up a passage here?

Wouldn't it be better to trap them on the spot and fight with the alchemy body?

Fang Heng had a strange feeling that the cave-dwelling beasts were trying to drive them away somewhere.

Fortunately, the passage was long enough, or the players would not know what to do.

Every time Udaram stopped casting a skill, the players would be in a state of shock.

As their physical strength decreased, the team's escape speed began to slow down.

While he was thinking, a few players were injured by magic attacks and chose to quit the game.

The team started to lose members.

"Don't worry, let's think of a way to escape, there surely must be something."

There must be a way, there must be!

Wei Tao concentrated on thinking of a way out.

The trial game was just a test. As long as the player's ability reached a certain limit, they would definitely not face a certain death situation.

Suddenly, Wei Tao saw Fang Heng nodding to him.

"Wei Tao, I have an idea."

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Wei Tao was taken aback for a moment, then he felt delighted inside. He asked, "What way?"

"This method is quite costly, and Ming Yue also injected capital…"

Tang Mingyue seemed to have realized something. She turned her head and looked at Fang Heng, "You're crazy!"

As she spoke, Tang Mingyue kept winking wildly at Fang Heng.

!!

What the hell! Was he trying to reveal their plan just like that? Didn't he know how much she paid? What about her money-making plan?

Fang Heng immediately shot a look back.

If they were to be wiped out here, they would not even have this trial. Without the trial, what kind of money-making plan would there be?

Alright then…

Tang Mingyue finally understood. She quickly turned her head and changed her words, "Brother Tao, the friendship price is 2,000 King of Gods' points! Brother and sister relationship is one thing, but the price can't be any lower…"

So you still have a trump card that you haven't shown yet?

Wei Tao agreed immediately. He said, "Hurry up and use it! The Federation did! I'll settle the bill after we get out!"

"Brother Tao is so domineering! Wild spending!"

Tang Mingyue's spirit was lifted when she heard this. She shouted, "Fang Heng, Mikhael, help me block that big stupid guy. 20 seconds will do!"

"I understand! Leave it to me!"

With a solemn expression, Mikhael leaped to the right lightly, stepped on the wall, and flew back with the force of the recoil. The long sword in his hand once again bloomed with sword light.

"BOOM!"

The sword ray exploded when it hit the alchemy body!

The alchemy body, which was striding forward, paused again.

"Swish!"

Mikhael had already prepared in advance. After the attack, he pushed back with the force of the rebound, and his body passed by Fang Heng.

Fang Heng stood still, the Book of the Dead in front of him emitting a faint dark light.

"Bone wall!"

Switching to his necromancy form, Fang Heng lowered his body and pressed both hands on the ground.

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!"

Three giant bone barriers rose from the ground, sealing the passage!

It was the first time that Mikhael saw Fang Heng using undead spells to summon the bone wall and he felt that this was Fang Heng's true strength.

The giant-sized alchemy body did not slow down at all and charged straight at the bone barrier.

"Bang!!"

There was a loud explosion.

The first bone barrier was broken by the alchemy body Udaram without any surprises.

At the same time, the speed of its charge was greatly reduced.

Then came the second barrier, and Udaram had no choice but to clench his fist and advance.

"BOOM!!"

The second bone barrier was also smashed.

The speed of the alchemy body had completely stopped. He took two steps forward and clenched his fist again.

"BOOM!"

As the third bone barrier was shattered, Mikhael's figure emerged from the broken pieces of the bone barrier and his long sword slashed forward again.

"BOOM!"

The long sword's spatial distortion and explosion effect caused the alchemy body to fall back.

The attack had delayed him for a few more seconds.

"Quick, retreat!"

After a successful attack, Mikhael turned around and looked back. He was stunned.

What was going on?

Inflatable lifeboats?

At the back of the tunnel, there were more than ten inflatable lifeboats messily placed.

When he took a closer look, everyone was already sitting in the inflatable lifeboat. Tang Mingyue was waving at him and urging him to hurry!

Mikhael couldn't figure out what Tang Mingyue was going to do, so he simply gave up thinking and followed Fang Heng into the lifeboat.

"Do it!"

Seeing that Mikhael was about to step onto the lifeboat, Tang Mingyue held the staff in front of her with both hands and poured her spiritual power into it.

"Water dragon, break!"

BOOM!!

The huge stream of water condensed into a dragon's head in front of Tang Mingyue. It roared and attacked the giant alchemy lifeform behind!

The power of the high-level spell was extraordinary, and the giant alchemy lifeform, which had yet to increase its speed, was blasted back again.

"Explode! A great waterfall!"

...

"Water curtain!"

"Water pressure-floating."

"Water cannon!"

At the same time, Tang Mingyue's subordinates also threw out a dozen magic scrolls at the giant alchemy lifeform.

A large number of high-level water spells directly caused a huge amount of water to accumulate in the passage.

In a short period of time, the water burst from the back of the group, and the huge water current pushed the people in the lifeboat forward quickly!

The distance between everyone and the alchemy body behind them was rapidly increasing!

F*ck…

"This works too?"

Wei Tao was surprised.

There was such a move?

...

Turning back to look at Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng, Wei Tao's face was full of doubt.

But why would they put inflatable lifeboats in their backpacks?

When did they do it? Was it when they split up?

Could they have predicted this scene?

Wei Tao fell into deep doubt again.

He felt that Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue were setting up a big trap.

Mo Jiawei sat in the lifeboat which was moving forward quickly along the current. However, he did not know why he felt pain in his heart.

He now knew that Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng had discussed about it and finally decided on a method to quickly transfer the materials stolen from the Empire's treasury.

They still hadn't given up on the sewers!

You're really something! Her Highness Mingyue!

This inflatable lifeboat and water-type spell scroll were definitely prepared for the transfer of resources from the Empire's treasury!

"Hehe, what do you think, Fang Heng?"

Seeing that her first move had worked, Tang Mingyue wrinkled her nose complacently. She extended her fist toward Fang Heng and said, "The plan is a success!"

Fang Heng couldn't help but nod when he saw that the strategy had been successfully executed. He stretched out his fist and bumped it with Tang Mingyue's.

"Alright, alright."

Tang Mingyue's plan was quite reliable.

Originally, they were prepared to transfer the stolen materials from the Empire's treasury into the newly excavated sewer and store them in lifeboats. Then, they would rely on magic to create a large amount of water and use the force of the current to wash the goods downstream. Then, they would explode on the spot and completely bury the treasures underground.

"How many scrolls are left?" Fang Heng asked in a low voice.

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Tang Mingyue's good mood immediately disappeared, and then she felt her heartache again.

Water-type scrolls were priceless in the outside world, and she had to rely on her status as a member of the Empire royal family to get all the water-type scrolls from the Mage Association.

This wave was all used up!

Oh no, she could only use her royal status once. It was impossible to get so many water-type scrolls in such a short time!

And also, she could not tell Wei Tao about the origin of these scrolls.

From a certain point of view, these scrolls were worth about 100,000 Empire merit points. Tang Mingyue had obtained them for free by spamming her face. It could be considered as additional compensation for the difficulty of the game trial for the weaker teams.

Tang Mingyue sneaked a glance at Wei Tao, who was at the side, and pondered where she could get another wave of scrolls.

In any case, the situation had finally eased for the time being.

Everyone, who was about to run out of stamina, finally had a chance to breathe.

Looking at the large alchemy lifeform that was deeply submerged in the water behind him, Mikhael could not help but take a deep breath.

The main body of the alchemy lifeform was extremely heavy, and its mobility was further restricted by a large amount of water gathered.

However, this move could not cause any substantial damage to the alchemy lifeform.

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1085 Dupe

The surrounding water was quickly receding and he could clearly feel the impact of the water gradually decreasing. The speed of the lifeboat was also decreasing.

He believed that the alchemy lifeform would soon catch up with them again.

However, there was nothing he could do. This seemed to be the best situation.

At least for now, they could catch their breath, quickly recover their strength and think of countermeasures.

Wei Tao asked, "Mingyue, do you have any scrolls left?"

"No, I've used them all."

Everyone lowered their heads and pondered again, wondering what method they could use to escape from this place.

Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue continued to communicate with their eyes.

"Ah? Are the scrolls really gone?"

"Really, I have none already. I didn't lie to him."

"You're not holding back? This isn't like you."

"Ah, damn it. The situation was too urgent just now. Furthermore, you were urging me to use them again. I didn't think that much."

"Alright… We'll think of another way when we get out."

After thinking hard for a long time with his head lowered, Mikhael still couldn't think of a solution. Just as he raised his head, he caught the scene of Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue casting amorous glances at each other.

"Why are you guys always looking at each other? Are you hiding something from us?"

"You're wrong!"

"I didn't."

Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue stopped talking at the same time. They turned to look at Mikhael and said in unison.

Mikhael's brows furrowed tightly. He felt that something was off.

Just as everyone was thinking about a solution, a line of game notifications suddenly appeared on everyone's retina.

[Hint: The player team and feudal lord Ainette have reached an agreement to build a mage tower. The player has triggered a side mission-the Empire's line of defense-the ghost tower.]

Side mission: The Empire's line of defense-the ghost tower.

Side mission description: The player team and the feudal lord of the Empire, Ainette, have agreed to build a ghost tower in his territory. Lord Ainette will provide support for the construction work.]

Mission reward: Slight increase in the trial score, additional trial time, Empire merit points, and so on.

Failure penalty: Penalty on the player's trial score, the player's friendship with the Empire will be reduced, and the player's reputation with the Empire will be greatly reduced.

What was going on?

After seeing the game hints, the players who were running for their lives turned their eyes to Fang Heng at the same time.

Fang Heng was also stunned. He opened his mouth and subconsciously turned his head to look at Tang Mingyue.

Tang Mingyue also looked at Fang Heng.

Everyone's eyes were filled with question marks.

What was going on?

What did you do this time?

Soon, Fang Heng thought of Sandy.

He must be the one behind this!

What was that Sandy doing outside?

If he was asked to dupe the players into building the ghost tower, how did he end up duping the feudal lord as well?

Wasn't this just messing around?

Wei Tao also noticed Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue looking at each other.

The strange feeling was getting more and more obvious.

The two of them seemed to be quite close recently, and they were in action together just now. The arrangement of the emergency inflatable lifeboat was also planned by the two of them.

Wei Tao started to feel a headache.

He had thought that Tang Mingyue was the only unstable factor in the team and Fang Heng was the only one who was good at causing trouble.

From the looks of it, the two of them had joined forces?

"You're really not hiding anything from us?" Wei Tao asked with a deep voice.

"How could that be?"

"That's impossible."

Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng said in unison.

[Hint: The player team and the feudal lord Bronita have reached an agreement to build a mage tower. After joining the multi-party agreement, the player's side mission-the Empire's linen of defense-change of the ghost tower (click here for more details).]

[Hint: The player team and feudal lord Bauman have reached an agreement to build a mage tower…]

[Hint: …]

[Hint: …]

A series of game notifications appeared on his retina.

Wei Tao looked at Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue and took a deep breath.

It wouldn't be, right?

...

Fine, if they were not in cahoots, surely they had to explain to him what was going on with these game hints about all these collaborations to build the ghost tower.

Wei Tao's pain in the balls was becoming more and more obvious.

Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue looked at each other again.

Why were there more and more game hints about building a mage tower together?

He let Sandy dupe the players, how did he end up duping the feudal lords?

Fang Heng looked through the game notifications in his mind and revealed a strange expression.

In just a few words, Sandy had reached an agreement with the six feudal lords to build a mage tower.

He had to admit that Sandy's business capabilities were really…

High!

Sandy was really a talent, no wonder he was chosen by the God of Art.

"Ahem."

...

Fang Heng coughed lightly and tried to push the blame away.

"You know, an NPC in my team always does unexpected things. It's hard for me to control him, but don't worry, I've checked. The game's penalty isn't that big, and the construction of the mage tower takes a long time."

"Yes, yes, yes," Tang Mingyue had initially thought that something had gone wrong with Sandy's plan, so she tried to smooth things over. "The mission doesn't have a time limit. Even if we fail, we'll be out of the trial by then. It's okay."

"Alright, this is the crucial moment of the trial. Don't do anything, brothers."

Wei Tao's tone carried a hint of pleading. As he spoke, he rubbed his slightly swollen temples.

Now that the team was facing a crisis, and these two time bombs in the team were showing signs of exploding, he was really tired.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Wei Tao took in a deep breath.

There was no time to get to the bottom of this.

After all, what Fang Heng said was right. This side mission was wonderful, but it didn't seem to affect the main storyline mission that much. There was no punishment either, so it could be put aside for the time being.

Wei Tao pulled everyone's attention back and said, "The water current won't last for long. Does anyone have any other ideas?"

"Under normal circumstances, you'll need to find the core to deal with such alchemy creatures. You'll be able to completely destroy them by destroying their core."

In order to quickly change the topic, Tang Mingyue also began to analyze seriously. She said, "I've been observing all the way just now, but I haven't found the core position of the alchemy body. Maybe the core is hidden inside the body."

"This is going to be very difficult. We have to first break through its external defenses."

Mo Jiawei took a glance at Wei Tao and expressed his sympathy for him. He sighed and said, "It's very difficult to defeat the alchemy body head-on, but the game doesn't specify that we must defeat it. Why don't we think about how to trap it? "

Tang Mingyue nodded and added, "Or we can run away."

Fang Heng looked at the end of the pitch-black passage in front of him and said, "Let's stall for time. There's less than half an hour left before the cooldown time for my summoning is up."

Everyone immediately thought of Fang Heng's special ability to summon zombies.

"Can we get rid of him through summoning?" Wei Tao looked at Fang Heng and asked.

"Well, I don't think it'll be a big problem."

Fang Heng nodded.

After the pursuit and entanglement earlier, he realized that the giant alchemy lifeform only had two very simple attack modes.

The first type relied on its alloy metal body to perform physical attacks such as crashing, sweeping and stomping. The second type was earth spike-type spells.

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