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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1086 Control

He wasn't afraid of physical damage, furthermore, the latter spell had a swing before casting, so it was relatively easy to dodge.

The most important thing was that although the earth spike spell was triggered by magic, the damage it caused was a physical type of piercing damage.

In short, the undead effect of the zombie clones could easily negate all fatal damage from the giant alchemy lifeforms!

And almost all alchemy creatures had a weakness.

They did not possess the ability to regenerate!

If they were damaged, they would have to go back and find an alchemist to repair them.

In most cases, this weakness wasn't a weakness, but if the opponent was a zombie clone, it would be a weakness.

Fang Heng made an estimation.

He could use a large number of zombie clones to grind the alchemy creature to death!

"Alright, we'll think of a way to stall for time."

Wei Tao immediately made a decision.

Although Fang Heng was a busybody, his strength was absolutely reliable!

The water current carried the inflatable lifeboat forward for a full five minutes before it began to slow down significantly.

Everyone got off the lifeboat and continued to move forward in the water.

A thin layer of water was left on the ground.

Eh? That was strange.

Looking down, Fang Heng suddenly realized that the whole passage was not flat, but a slightly slanted one. The water kept flowing in the darkness ahead.

"BOOM!"

Fang Heng tried to reach out his hand and hit the wall beside him with a heavy hammer.

The wall was made of a special dark-colored brick wall, which was extremely strong. A punch only left a faint mark.

Fang Heng touched his chin and raised his head to look up.

The top of the passage was also a solid dark brick wall, set at a height of six meters, a little higher than the giant alchemy body. It seemed to be deliberately designed.

In comparison, only the ground was rougher.

The team continued to move forward at a faster speed. Seeing Fang Heng stop at the side and thinking, Mikhael couldn't help but ask, "You found something? Can you think of a way to set up a trap?"

"It's very difficult."

Was he supposed to dig a big hole in the ground?

Considering the alchemy lifeform's size, it would be very difficult to dig a deep pit to accommodate the alchemy lifeform without the help of the zombie clones.

Just as he was thinking, heavy footsteps came from the back of the passage.

Damn it, it's here again!

"Be careful, it's coming!"

The group immediately sped up, hoping to put some distance between them and the giant alchemy lifeform behind them.

"Thump! Thump thump!!"

After running forward for a moment, the giant alchemy lifeform caught up from behind.

This time, everyone was prepared in advance. They continued to run forward while using various means to slow down the giant alchemy lifeform behind them.

However, they were helpless against such an impenetrable iron sheet. Everyone's attacks were limited.

After delaying for a full ten minutes, Fang Heng's expression suddenly became serious.

The cooldown time was up!

He quickly turned his head to the back and pretended to take out the Book of the Dead and put it in front of him.

"Whoosh! Whoosh Whoosh!"

Many alchemy magic arrays started to condense in the air around Fang Heng.

The alchemy magic arrays spun rapidly, and the first batch of Lickers scuttled out of the magic arrays, charging straight at the giant alchemy lifeform.

The rest of his companions were running back madly. When they saw Fang Heng's actions, their hearts skipped a beat.

They're here?

They were all elite players who had played the Zombie Apocalypse game before. Wei Tao and the others were very familiar with the Lickers.

They couldn't help but slow down and turn around to see what method Fang Heng was going to use to deal with the giant alchemy body.

Chi Chi Chi Chi!!

The Lickers waved their sharp claws and created metallic sparks on the alchemy body.

Almost instantly, more than 20 Lickers were attached to the giant alchemy body.

At the same time, a series of game prompts refreshed quickly on Fang Heng's retina.

[Hint: Your zombie clone, the Licker, has dealt 3 points of damage to Udaram (ancient creatures are immune to some damage).]

[Hint: Your zombie clone, the Licker…]

Damage immunity?

Fang Heng frowned.

More and more magic arrays were spinning rapidly around Fang Heng's feet.

...

The zombie clones crawled out of the magic arrays and staggered toward the giant alchemy body.

"Chi Chi…"

As it got closer, fine vines spread from the zombie's body and wrapped around the giant alchemy body.

In less than a minute, everyone found that the giant alchemy body was covered with zombies and Lickers!

Due to the entanglement of the zombie clones, the movement speed of the alchemy body was greatly affected.

Wei Tao indicated for the team to slow down and carefully observe the state of the giant alchemy lifeform behind them.

The giant alchemy lifeform was unable to withstand the attacks of the zombies on its body. It had no choice but to stop and scratch its body, trying to get rid of the zombies hanging on it.

However, the Lickers and zombie clones were extremely tenacious. Just as it shook them off, they frantically climbed up the alchemy body.

Due to its huge size, the alchemy creature's movements were unusually clumsy. It could not even lay hands on the Licker that was hanging on its back.

"Ka!"

The alchemy lifeform reached out and grabbed a Licker that was hanging on its face, holding it tightly in its hand.

...

"Bang!!"

The next moment, the Licker was crushed by the alchemy lifeform!

Broken limbs flew everywhere!

The bloody scene sent chills down the players' spines.

However, the next moment, the players were surprised to find that the limbs that were left on the ground twitched a few times, and then grew back at a strange speed!

Limb regeneration!

Mikhael's eyes widened.

When did the Licker's resurrection ability become so terrifying? It could be restored after being crushed?

More and more zombie clones crawled out of the alchemy magic arrays and continued to pounce on the giant alchemy body.

The giant alchemy body kept waving its hands to pull the zombies off its body. For a moment, it was trapped in place by a group of zombies!

A legendary creature was suppressed so easily?

They had been chased by the alchemy lifeform before. But now, the alchemy lifeform was so easily dealt with by zombies. Everyone felt that this was not real.

Upon seeing this, Mo Jiawei knew that Fang Heng had complete control of the situation. He leaned against the wall, took out a piece of bread from his backpack, and started to gnaw on it to speed up the recovery of his physical strength.

In other words, he was currently in a trial state. Under normal circumstances, he would have left a sleeping bag on the spot and gone offline to sleep.

Fang Heng had the same thought.

The alchemy lifeform had thick skin and flesh, and its HP was also extremely high. Even if many ants could kill an elephant, it would still take some time.

Wei Tao and the others looked at each other.

They had long analyzed and studied Fang Heng's background through various internal data. They knew that Fang Heng's zombie clones were very powerful and had a strong self-regeneration ability.

However, he didn't expect their recovery ability to be strengthened to this extent.

Now that they had witnessed it with their own eyes, the shock they felt was far more intense than what they had read off the records.

"Huu."

Fang Heng heaved a sigh of relief and took a few steps back. He turned his head to look at the others and said, "It's under control for now, but it'll probably take a long time to get rid of it completely. Let's think of a way to get out of this place."

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1087 The Elder

Wei Tao carefully looked at the giant alchemy creature that was surrounded by zombies and asked, "Fang Heng, are they really okay?"

"Of course, no problem at all."

"Alright."

Wei Tao retracted his gaze from the alchemy body.

He chose to believe in Fang Heng.

In fact, he didn't have a better choice in this situation.

Everyone rested for a moment and after some discussion, they decided to continue exploring the place.

However, this time, everyone slowed down and carefully searched along the way to see if there were any hidden traps.

The pathway seemed to be endless.

After wandering for more than half an hour, Fang Heng took a look at the game hints.

Including the Lickers, there were more than 200 zombie clones that were targeting the alchemy body and scratching at it continuously. Finally, they managed to scratch away 25% of the alchemy body's HP. At this speed, they would have to continue scratching for another two hours!

"Guys, look! We've reached the end!"

Fang Heng raised his head and looked ahead.

Finally, a bronze door appeared at the end of the passage.

The metal door looked very simple, and there were no patterns on it. When he got closer, he found that the door was half-open, as if it had been pushed open a gap.

Dark light seeped out from the door.

Wei Tao nodded to Art, who was at the back of the team.

"Go and investigate."

"Alright."

Art walked to the front of the team. His figure once again faded into the air and carefully groped into the hall to investigate.

A moment later, Art retreated and revealed himself in front of everyone. He nodded and said, "There's a dilapidated hall inside. There's a cave-dwelling beast sitting near the center. I'm not sure if it's alive, so I didn't dare to get too close to check."

Wei Tao's heart skipped a beat. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go in and take a look. Be careful."

With Mikhael leading the team, everyone entered through the gap in the door.

Fang Heng followed in the middle of the team. The first thing he did after entering the hall was to look at the scene in the hall.

The interior of the hall was very spacious, but it was also extremely messy. Large pieces of gravel and shrapnel that had been broken by brute force were everywhere. Large cracks appeared on the ground as if it had experienced a fierce battle.

What was even more strange was that it seemed like no one had been here for a long time.

Many dark-colored plants grew out from the cracks in the rocks, and many of the broken rocks were covered with a layer of spores.

In addition to the entrance they had entered from, the oval-shaped hall was connected to more than a dozen other entrances.

"Guys, look! There are murals!"

Argyll's eyes lit up.

He noticed the mural on the wall and called out to it in a low voice. He quickly moved closer to the right wall.

Everyone's attention was also attracted by Argyll's shouts, and their eyes moved to the murals on the wall.

The walls around the hall were filled with murals. Most of them had been damaged due to strong impact. Some of the murals had a large amount of gravel piled up in front of them, while other murals were completely destroyed.

Argyll was very excited to see these murals.

A big discovery! This was an unprecedented discovery!

These murals might contain secrets related to the clan of the cave-dwelling beasts!

"Quick, help me move the stones away. There is important information on the murals"

Argyll was so excited that he was a little incoherent. He said, "The secret behind the clan of the cave-dwelling creatures is likely related to the construction of this place. We might be able to find a way to leave this place."

As he spoke, Argyll had already walked toward the mural in front of him. He tried to move the stones that were piled up in front of the mural, wanting to see the whole picture of the mural clearly.

Tang Mingyue nodded and said, "Yes, let's go and help him."

A few of the Empire's elites also stepped forward to help Argyll clean up the gravel in front of the mural.

"Hey, that person, don't you think…"

On the other hand, Mo Jiawei's expression was grave as he pointed to the front.

There was a stone chair on the right side of the center of the hall, and a figure was sitting on the chair.

It was a cave-dwelling beast!

Buzzzzzz!

The moment they saw the cave-dwelling beast, everyone was shocked!

They clearly saw the wrist of the cave-dwelling beast move and grab the bone spear in its hand.

Everyone instantly raised their guard and assumed a vigilant posture.

"Be careful! Don't go near it yet!"

This place looked a little strange. Wei Tao gestured with his hand and carefully observed his surroundings to see if there were any traps or hidden dangers.

Mo Jiawei covered his left eye with one hand and tried to get information about the other party.

"The elder of the cave-dwelling beasts, Evil Bones, be careful. The game has indicated that he is a commander-level creature, and is extremely unstable."

A commander-level monster!

...

Everyone became even more cautious when they heard this.

"Should I try to communicate with him?"

Argyll, who was directing a few soldiers to move the gravel away, was also attracted by the crowd's shouts and asked in a low voice.

Before anyone could answer, suddenly, everyone heard a light sound.

"Ka ka ka…"

The cave-dwelling beast seemed to have been in the same position for a long time. When he slowly turned his head, his bones and joints made cracking sounds.

He slowly turned his head, moving his entire face toward the entrance of the cave.

A strange expression appeared on the face of the cave-dwelling beast elder, Evil Bones.

His gaze swept across everyone's faces until it landed on Tang Mingyue.

Whoosh!

Evil Bones jumped up from his stone chair without any warning, raising his bone spear and charging straight at Tang Mingyue!

...

His speed was extremely fast and swift, and even formed a shadow in the air!

Mikhael stepped forward and stood in front of Tang Mingyue. He unsheathed his long sword and made a sword cry.

"Whoosh!!"

Evil Bones nimbly leaped back and dodged to avoid Mikhael's attack range.

A sinister smile appeared on the corner of Mikhael's mouth. He instantly exerted force on his feet and moved forward by a meter as if he had teleported. At the same time, he slashed his long sword forward horizontally!

The blade of the sword seemed to be distorted as it tore through space.

"BOOM!!"

The distortion of space caused an explosion!

Evil Bones flew out from the explosion and quickly attacked the other side.

"This .."

Unscathed?!

Mikhael was surprised.

A sense of powerlessness rose in his heart, and he even began to doubt himself.

He was using a type of swordsmanship that could trigger spatial distortion and cause explosive damage by tearing space. This move dealt great damage and had been successful in previous games.

However, ever since he had entered the game, he had first encountered the demonized barbarian, then the giant alchemy creature, and now this strange cave-dwelling beast!

He couldn't beat any of them!

"Water, bitter prison!"

Seeing this, Tang Mingyue immediately cast a spell to try and control Evil Bones.

Several water curtains appeared around Evil Bones.

"Gah!"

Evil Bones let out a strange hiss and thrust his bone spear forward.

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"BOOM!!"

The water curtain exploded!

Taking advantage of the moment when Evil Bones broke free from the water curtain, Fang Heng dashed forward and thrust his white bone spear at Evil Bones.

"Chi… Ka!!"

Fang Heng's pupils were slightly locked.

The feeling wasn't right!

After the bone spear pierced into the opponent's muscles, it was firmly stuck.

Not good!

"Hu!"

Evil Bones raised his bone spear and slashed at Fang Heng.

The bone spear grazed Fang Heng's shoulder, leaving a bloody cut.

Eh?!

The contents of the game log shocked Fang Heng.

[Hint: You have received damage from the bone spear -482.]

[Hint: You have received an unknown poisonous effect.]

[Hint: The poison effect has a higher weightage. The poison cannot be completely removed by the effect of the undying body.]

[Hint: You have been poisoned by an unknown poison. Your HP has been reduced by 45 points.]

The poison damage could not be removed?

In his impression, the judgment level of the undying body skill was extremely high, so why was it still unable to remove the poison?

Fang Heng was a little surprised.

Fortunately, the poison's effect was not strong, and the self-recovery ability of the undying body completely offset the damage of the poison.

He didn't know how long the poison would last, but he could see that the poison's damage was decreasing.

Fang Heng pulled out the bone spear from Evil Bones' body and quickly retreated.

"Chi!"

Eh?!

His opponent wasn't even bleeding?

Fang Heng's pupils shrank as he stared at Evil Bones.

As his vampire bloodline level gradually increased, his sensitivity to blood also increased rapidly.

Those ordinary cave-dwelling beasts outside would be bleeding after being attacked by him, but Evil Bones didn't!

Why?

When he looked again, he saw that there were many wriggling red tentacles under Evil Bones' skin.

What was that?!

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat, but before he could take a closer look, Evil Bones' skin, which had been pierced by the bone spear, healed in an instant.

What a powerful healing ability!

Fang Heng was sighing when he heard a loud bang.

An azure lightning bolt fell from the sky and struck Evil Bones' head.

As he was struck, Evil Bones entered a state of temporary paralysis, his body frozen on the spot.

Wei Tao shouted, "Little Liu!"

Whoosh!

A dark shadow appeared behind Evil Bones.

The orange-red dagger was placed on Evil Bones' neck.

"Chi!!!"

The blade of the knife gently drew a circle along his neck.

An upside-down pentagram mark appeared where the heart of the cave-dwelling beast was.

"Ka!"

Evil Bones' head flew up!

After the successful attack, the facial muscles of Liu Yi, the player who launched the sneak attack, began to melt at an extremely fast speed, which was particularly terrifying.

"I'm out of the trial."

Liu Yi gritted his teeth and his figure gradually became illusionary.

Talent skill-sacrificial killing technique.

A powerful single-target killing skill!

After using it, there was a 50% chance that the caster will die immediately. Even if the caster didn't die, all of his attributes would be greatly weakened for a month. The price was extremely high.

However, this skill was an excellent extreme one-for-one skill in the trial game!

"Bang!"

...

With his head cut off, the body of the cave-dwelling beast stayed in place for half a second, then fell back powerlessly until he fell heavily to the ground.

"Brother Tao! He's strong!"

Seeing this, Tang Mingyue was overjoyed and gave Wei Tao a thumbs up.

There were many strange talents like this in the Federation!

The monster's defense and speed were too fast, and it gave Tang Mingyue too much pressure.

Wei Tao did not reply, only staring at the body of the cave-dwelling beast.

Something was not right!

The game didn't give a death notification for Evil Bones!

When everyone saw Wei Tao's expression, they also realized something was wrong and continued looking at Evil Bones' corpse.

"Chi Chi Chi… Chi…"

Red tentacles extended from the neck of the cave-dwelling beast.

...

The headless Evil Bones stood up in a weird position.

It didn't have a head and looked very strange.

The entire hall fell into a moment of silence.

He didn't even die from this?

Everyone was extremely shocked.

Suddenly, they heard Argyll's shout.

"Be careful! He would be reborn! He can reincarnate infinitely, he is an undead creature!"

Argyll seemed to have discovered a big secret. He waved his hands and shouted, his eyes full of disbelief. "Look, up on the mural! This monster had lived for thousands of years! He's a demon!"

As Tang Mingyue listened to Argyll screaming and shouting at the top of his lungs, she had the urge to go up and strangle him right now.

Did he even need to say that?

Wasn't the situation in front of them obvious?

As she thought of this, Tang Mingyue shifted her gaze to a mural that had just been cleared out.

On the mural, the images of demons were depicted in an extremely strange way. They seemed to be able to resurrect an infinite number of times. No matter if they were burned, beheaded, buried, or sacrificed, they could not be destroyed.

Fang Heng also turned his head and glanced at the mural, trying to find the answer from it.

Eh? That was…

Suddenly, Fang Heng's eyelids twitched slightly.

On the wall, there was a mural depicting the power of a demon with a few strange, crooked characters written in the corner.

The strokes of the characters were familiar. At first, Fang Heng thought it might be the special language of the cave-dwelling beasts in the cave.

But suddenly, Fang Heng felt that these characters were extremely familiar as if he had seen them somewhere before.

Right, it was the alchemist language!

Fang Heng stared at the small paragraph of words on the mural.

It was not written clearly, but it formed a noun.

Fang Heng's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Ouroboros!"

The strange name made Fang Heng's heart beat violently again.

This was the third time he had seen this name.

Upon closer inspection, these characters seemed to have been added after the completion of the mural.

"Mingyue! Be careful!"

A hurried warning sound brought Fang Heng back to his senses.

Fang Heng looked to the other side. The headless cave-dwelling beast stood up in an extremely strange posture again and tied to attack Tang Mingyue again.

Tang Mingyue quickly retreated, her staff in front of her.

"Water dragon, break!"

"BOOM!!!"

The powerful water-type spell knocked Evil Bones back, and at the same time, Mikhael led a few other players to attack Evil Bones.

Fang Heng quickly withdrew his gaze from the mural.

Now was not the time to think about this. He had to think of a way to solve the current crisis.

Fang Heng quickly joined the battlefield.

The headless cave-dwelling beast's speed was slower than before.

On the other hand, countless red tendrils also extended out from the crack on Evil Bones' head, trying to crawl towards his body.

This scene was particularly strange to everyone.

No one wanted to get close to the head so easily. The three Empire mages in the team kept using spells to blow the head away from the body.

Suddenly, Argyll, who was observing the mural, shouted again, "Everyone, I think I've found the exit!"

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1089 Climbing

"Where?"

"Up there! The exit is up there! Above the main hall!"

Looking up, everyone realized that the space above the hall was pitch black.

They couldn't see the ceiling.

Wei Tao said in a low voice, "Let's go and take a look!"

The two players who had learned flight-type skills immediately flew into the air.

Fang Heng and Mikhael looked at each other and nodded in unison.

"Go!"

The two once again attacked the headless Evil Bones from the left and right, trying to tie him down to buy time for the others.

"I found it! There's a rope ladder!"

After floating up to a height of nearly eight meters, the scouting players found that there were ropes hanging down from the rock walls around them. They immediately showed joy and shouted down.

"Well done!"

They had finally found the exit!

Wei Tao felt that he had finally seen the light of hope for this stupid mission and quickly analyzed the current situation.

The sacrificial mission was already in a state of completion, and there were no subsequent mission prompts triggered…

Of course, he had to think of a way to escape first!

"Retreat!"

The team players were all elites. After hearing Wei Tao's command to retreat, they immediately climbed up through the gaps in the brick wall.

Eh? Running away?

Fang Heng was stunned.

He still wanted to stay on a little more to see if he could kill the monster in front of him.

It was very difficult now, but soon, the second batch of zombie clones would be resurrected, and perhaps he could find the other party's weakness.

"You guys go first. I'll block him and catch up with you soon."

Hearing this, Wei Tao thought Fang Heng wanted to break away from the team and was about to refuse him initially. Instead of letting Fang Heng stay, it was better to sacrifice two players and buy some time.

However, seeing Fang Heng's insistence, he changed his words, "Alright!"

Fang Heng looked at Evil Bones, who was not far away from him. He had a very strange feeling. There might be some secret on Evil Bones. This secret was even related to Ouroboros.

After a while, seeing that most of the other team members had already climbed up the rock wall, Mikhael said to Fang Heng, "Let's go too."

"You go first, don't worry about me. I want to try and see if I can deal with him."

Fang Heng stared at Evil Bones, his eyes flashing with a strong desire to fight.

Mikhael was stunned.

Get rid of him?

Deal with this monster?

What the hell was he talking about?!

"You better go first."

"Alright, be careful."

Mikhael nodded at Fang Heng, pulled Argyll who was beside him, and levitated in mid-air.

"Wait, Argyll, stay."

Ah? Stay?

Argyll's face turned pale when he heard Fang Heng's words.

He really wanted to stay and study the murals. The discovery of the cave-dwelling beast would definitely go down in history!

But … To study it under the eyes of this monster?

Argyll instinctively felt fear.

He felt that his life was more important.

"Yes, stay!" Fang Heng said.

Fang Heng could not let Argyll leave because he wanted him to stay on and look at the information on the mural.

It was also good that the others had left. Fang Heng didn't want too many people to know about the secret of Ouroboros.

"Don't worry, you will be safe."

Argyll knew that Fang Heng was being serious, so he immediately shouted, "Don't! Don't!"

Of course, Mikhael would not listen to Argyll. He released his hand, and Argyll fell from a height of half a meter.

Argyll immediately hid behind a big rock on the edge of the wall after he landed.

Evil Bones' first target seemed to have locked onto Tang Mingyue. Realizing that everyone was trying to escape, he also tried to climb up the rock wall.

Fang Heng pressed his hands on the ground.

"Bone wall!"

"Bang! Bang Bang!!"

...

Three bone barriers shot out from the wall, blocking Evil Bones' path.

"BOOM!"

Evil Bones' bone spear pierced forward, shattering the bone barrier!

The next moment, Fang Heng came up to him from below the wall and thrust the bone spear forward.

"Chi!!"

The bone spear pierced into the muscle beneath Evil Bones' skin once more, deeply embedded within.

Hu!

Fang Heng pulled out the bone spear and took a few steps back.

The two of them fell from the rock wall at the same time.

Almost at the same time, the time for the second batch of zombie clones to resurrect had come.

Chi Chi Chi!

...

Dozens of magic arrays circled around Fang Heng. The Lickers opened their mouths wide, revealing their ferocious fangs, and scuttled out of the magic arrays one after another.

Evil Bones wanted to chase after Tang Mingyue, but he was not good at climbing. He was also constantly attacked by the Lickers.

Fang Heng squinted his eyes, feeling extremely strange in his heart.

He had thought that it would be an extremely troublesome battle, but it turned out to be quite easy.

The key was that Evil Bones' hatred was targeted at Tang Mingyue.

But why?

Why was his hatred locked on Tang Mingyue?

Fang Heng frowned and thought about it. Then he lowered his head and looked at the task prompt.

No, he still didn't find any related hints.

Argyll was hiding behind a rock, watching the battle in the distance, his heart palpitating in fear.

He saw Evil Bones trying to climb up the rock wall to chase after Tang Mingyue and the rest, but he was pulled down by the Lickers again and again.

"Don't just stand there. Study the murals first."

"Oh, Okay, okay…"

Argyll took a few deep breaths and remained calm.

He turned around and saw more than 20 zombies working together to clean up the debris on the edge of the wall.

Two new murals were revealed in front of him.

Eh? The two murals seemed to be…

…

At the top of the oval-shaped hall, Wei Tao and the others were climbing up the rope.

In the beginning, Wei Tao could still hear the sounds of battle and collisions from below, but later on, the sounds became softer and softer.

Most of the flying abilities that the players had could not be maintained for a long time, and they had to rest with the help of the ropes from time to time.

The passage above them seemed to be endless. They had been climbing for more than 30 minutes.

Finally, the area above them began to narrow.

Eh?

What was this?

Wei Tao, who was climbing at the front of the team, felt his heart jump.

He noticed that the walls around him had a layer of slender spikes protruding out.

A trap?

"Purple essence! It's actually purple essence!"

A player who had learned how to analyze ores shouted out in surprise.

These protruding spikes were all made up of purple essence!

Wei Tao felt even more strange.

Purple essence?

Using the purple essence as a trap? Wasn't this a little too extravagant?

Moreover, wasn't the purple essence used to deal with the barbarian race? Why was it set up here? Wouldn't it be better to replace it with metal spikes?

The players who climbed up the rope later also noticed the purple essence that pierced through the wall.

Mo Jiawei was puzzled and asked, "This purple essence doesn't seem to grow normally. It seems to have been placed here on purpose. What was it used for? A trap?"

Everyone was suspicious and their first reaction was that this was a trap.

"Don't care if it's a trap, let's keep them! Keep all of them!"

Tang Mingyue's eyes brightened when she saw the purple essence. Even her tone became hurried.

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It was the purple essence! It was a good thing to use against the barbarian race!

So much purple essence! They could be sold for a high price!

She could profit from it!

As she thought of this, Tang Mingyue reached out to pull out the purple essence.

!!

"Chi!!"

Suddenly, Tang Mingyue's expression changed.

The moment she touched the purple essence, she felt a sharp pain on her fingertips. The sharp pain instantly spread across her entire palm, as if her palm was being burned!

What was going on? Tang Mingyue was so scared that she immediately retracted her hand.

Her entire palm was red as if it had been burned, and it even felt numb!

Tang Mingyue turned to look at the others.

The purple essence was deeply embedded in the wall and was extremely hard. It would take a lot of effort to remove it.

The other players were currently holding the tip of the purple essence with one hand and continuously swinging their weapons with the other, trying to cut the purple essence off.

No one was like her, unable to come into contact with the purple essence.

Wei Tao noticed Tang Mingyue's strange behavior. He looked at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tang Mingyue frowned and replied, "I don't know. I feel like I'm in trouble."

After hearing Tang Mingyue's description of the purple essence and the effect it had on her, everyone was confused.

Thinking about it carefully, Tang Mingyue had more than one strange point.

First, she had been called a demon by the cave-dwelling beasts, then she had been chased by the elder of the cave-dwelling beasts below, and now she was affected by the purple essence.

No matter how they thought about it, something didn't feel right.

"Where's the game prompt? Is there anything in the game log?" asked Mikhael. "What's the hint?"

Tang Mingyue flipped through the game log and was shocked again.

[Hint: Player received damage from purple essence -572.]

She had just touched the purple essence lightly and she had lost a quarter of her HP. If she held the purple essence in her hand, wouldn't she die immediately?

"It said that I lost a quarter of my HP. There's no other description."

Wei Tao frowned and said in a low voice, "There is indeed a problem. Anyway, let's take the purple essence first. We'll discuss it after we get out."

Everyone nodded and continued to cut down the purple essence spikes around the passage and put them into their backpacks.

After cutting off the purple essence and storing it in their bags, the group followed him and climbed about ten meters before finally reaching the top.

The opening at the top was blocked by a large piece of purple essence stone.

"Leave it to me,"

Mikhael suddenly jumped up, his body suspended in mid-air, and drew his sword.

The sword light flashed.

"BOOM!"

The explosion caused by the spatial fluctuation in a small area blew the purple essence into several pieces, revealing the passage above.

With his sharp eyes and deft hands, Mikhael quickly put the purple essence shards into his backpack.

"Let's go!"

Seeing that the hole had been broken open, everyone immediately climbed out of the hole.

He climbed out of the cave and saw a familiar cave area.

The interior of the cave was rather spacious, and there was a winding passage in front.

Mo Jiawei gasped with lingering fear as he finally managed to overcome the crisis.

After confirming that there was no danger in the surroundings, Wei Tao indicated for the team to rest and recover their strength, count the casualties, and wait for Fang Heng to come out of the cave.

After resting for more than ten minutes, Tang Mingyue was a little anxious when she realized that Fang Heng had not appeared for a long time.

"Why is Fang Heng not out yet? Did he run into trouble?"

Mikhael shrugged and said, "There's no need to wait for him. Before we left, he told me that he wanted to try and see if he could kill the elder of the cave-dwelling beasts."

"…"

Hearing what Mikhael said, everyone fell into silence again.

A monster.

As expected, only monsters could deal with monsters.

"Ahem." Seeing that the situation was a little awkward, Mo Jiawei cleared his throat to break the silence and asked, "Do you guys think that the purple essence spikes at the entrance are used to prevent the cave-dwelling beast elder from escaping?"

Wei Tao followed Mo Jiawei's train of thought and agreed, "Yes, that's very likely."

Tang Mingyue looked bitter. She muttered, "I think it might be to prevent me from escaping…"

"Let's give it a try. We can throw a piece of purple essence down. It might help Fang Heng."

As he spoke, Mikhael took out a larger piece of purple essence from his backpack, wrote a note, stuck it on the stone, and threw it into the cave.

"Just in time. Let's give Fang Heng a hint and tell him that we've already gotten out of trouble."

…

...

In the oval-shaped hall, at this moment, the head of the elder had already reattached to his body.

Evil Bones had completely lost Tang Mingyue's aura and began to chase after Fang Heng.

The Lickers surrounded Evil Bones and tried to slow it down.

Unfortunately, after losing the debuffs of the spell, Evil Bones' movement speed was too fast, and it was difficult for ordinary Lickers to catch up.

"Bang!!!"

Evil Bones thrust his spear forward!

The bone spear blasted a hole in Fang Heng's chest. Fang Heng was pushed back by the impact and hit the wall behind him.

Chi Chi Chi Chi!!

Taking advantage of this, the surrounding Lickers immediately swarmed toward Evil Bones.

"Oh!"

Argyll shouted, his heart aching for the large mural that had been destroyed by Fang Heng.

...

Fang Heng gritted his teeth and endured the pain as he quickly rolled over and got up. The wound on his chest was healing quickly.

After the initial panic, Fang Heng had already gotten used to the rhythm of the battle.

In any case, with the health recovery effect of the undying body, the two sides couldn't kill each other.

Furthermore, with the help of the Lickers, the margin for error was extremely high.

The only thing he needed to do was to protect Argyll's safety.

While thinking, Fang Heng glanced at Argyll, who was beside him.

The zombie clones had already cleaned up the debris on the edge of the wall and were surrounding Argyll to protect him.

Argyll was studying the stone murals under great mental pressure. He was very nervous, and from time to time, he would sneak a glance at Fang Heng, who was fighting with Evil Bones.

Fang Heng noticed Argyll's gaze and asked, "How is it? Did you find anything?"

"Okay, okay. We're now in the sealed area of the cave-dwelling beast's forbidden sealed area. It's used to seal demons."

Fang Heng's brows were tightly locked together. He picked up the bone spear again and rushed towards Evil Bones, "Continue, continue."

"The sealed area is filled with countless monsters, and Evil Bones might be the guardian of the seal."

Argyll scratched his head. The information described in the mural was difficult for him to understand for a moment.

"Not only Evil Bones, but the alchemy lifeform we saw before was also the same. From the murals, a powerful human alchemist extracted the power of the evil demon from a body and sealed it in the alchemy lifeform, using it as a source of energy to drive it to protect the peace of the underground world."

"I don't understand many of the murals. I think they say that in order to obtain enough power to protect the seal, the elder also turned himself into a demon.

"Yes, what else?"

"That's all. The rest of the murals are incomplete. It's too difficult to guess blindly based on the broken murals. I need time to calm down and study it."

Fang Heng squinted and asked, "What does the Ouroboros on the mural mean?"

"Ah? What?"

Argyll was at a loss.

"Bang!!"

As he spoke, Fang Heng was once again blasted away by Evil Bones' spear and smashed into a pile of gravel.

Fang Heng supported himself with the wall and stood up again. He pointed to a mural on the right and asked, "What's this line of words?"

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1091 Seal

Argyll's eyelids twitched as if he had just discovered this line of words. He frowned and looked at it carefully, then said, "That's strange. This isn't the language of the cave-dwelling beasts. I don't understand it. This painting is saying that the demon has great power and has brought great danger to the underground world."

"Alright."

Fang Heng was a little disappointed and continued to ask, "Have you memorized the murals?"

"Yes, I've noted it down."

!!

Starting from the intermediate game, players could not use recording and other functions in the game. Therefore, they could only rely on items such as memory or physical cameras or video recorders in the game.

For this trial, some of Wei Tao's team members brought cameras, but Fang Heng didn't.

Fang Heng wasn't in a hurry. He shrugged and said, "Okay, memorize it again. Be more detailed."

Argyll's face was bitter. He just wanted to leave this damn place as soon as possible. "Fang Heng, actually, uh, I think it's enough."

"Alright, move aside."

"Ah?"

Argyll was stunned. He saw the nearby zombies walk up to the mural and try to pull it down from the stone wall.

"Fang Heng, this… What are you trying to do?"

"Find a way to take them away for research. You just said that we need to find a place to study them quietly."

Fang Heng's tone was flat. Wasn't this obvious?

"Ah, this…"

"The murals here have a lot of research value. Remember the location and layout of the original murals, and try to restore them after moving out."

After hearing Fang Heng's words, Argyll felt that he could not refute him.

Seeing that Evil Bones was about to break through the Lickers' encirclement, Fang Heng raised his bone spear and charged forward again.

Fang Heng had already made a plan in his mind.

Unlike the alchemy lifeform outside, the Evil Bones had a powerful HP recovery ability. It wasn't something that could be killed by grinding his HP.

He was going to take it slow and wait for the zombie clones to grind the legendary alchemy body outside to death. He would study it after that.

What if there were related clues on the alchemy body?

It was not easy to see a high-level legendary creature, so he had to get something from it.

Fang Heng realized that after Tang Mingyue left, Evil Bones' desire to attack had decreased a lot.

Eh?

Just as he was charging toward Evil Bones, Fang Heng's brows twitched and he dodged to the side.

""

A huge dark purple stone fell from a high place and landed heavily beside Fang Heng.

Eh? Purple essence?

Seeing the stone at his feet, Fang Heng's heart moved.

Upon closer inspection, there was a note attached to the purple essence.

"There's an exit up there. We've temporarily escaped. Try the purple essence. Perhaps it'll be able to deal with that monster."

Fang Heng read the contents of the note in a low voice and squinted his eyes.

That's strange, wasn't the purple essence used to deal with barbarians? It could also deal with cave-dwelling beasts?

Fang Heng's sharp senses told him that there might be some connection between the two.

Alright, he would give it a try!

Fang Heng clenched his fist and punched the purple essence with all his might.

"Bang!!"

The purple essence was extremely hard. It took Fang Heng more than a dozen punches to break the large piece of purple essence apart. He picked up a sharp spike-shaped purple essence from the ground and held it in his palm, stuffing the rest into his backpack.

"Hu!"

After a short delay, Evil Bones had already broken free from the Lickers' restraints and was charging at Fang Heng.

The bone spear drew a cyclone in the air.

"Chi!!!"

Evil Bones' bone spear pierced through the right side of Fang Heng's heart.

Fang Heng endured the intense pain coming from his body and swung the purple essence at Evil Bones.

"Chi!!!"

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat.

It was effective!

The purple essence was different from before. It easily cut open Evil Bones' skin and muscles, leaving a long and narrow mark on his body.

"Roar!"

Evil Bones let out a strange howl and kicked Fang Heng backward. At the same time, he pulled out his bone spear and jumped back quickly, carefully keeping a distance from Fang Heng. It seemed that he was extremely afraid of the purple essence in Fang Heng's hand.

The wounds on his body that had been cut open by the purple essence were exposed with bright red tendrils. However, the wounds did not heal as easily as they had just done. Instead, they were constantly squirming.

Fang Heng was sent flying again. The wound on his body that was pierced by the bone spear was healing rapidly.

Enduring the pain, he carefully checked the game log again.

...

[Hint: You have dealt damage to Evil Bones.]

That was strange.

It seemed like the purple essence had taken effect, but the game log showed that Evil Bones' HP had not decreased at all!

"Fang Heng, it's purple essence. I know, that thing is purple essence! We can think of a way to seal it with purple essence!"

Argyll shouted excitedly when he saw Fang Heng's action. He pointed at another mural on the side.

"There's a method of sealing an evil demon by a cave-dwelling beast on the mural. Hurry up and try it!"

Oh?

Fang Heng turned around and looked at the mural that Argyll was pointing at.

On the mural, a strange demon was stabbed to death and nailed to a brown-colored stone slab. There were eight different marks on his body.

The spikes were also drawn in detail by a small half of the mural, and they looked 70% to 80% similar to purple essence.

It might be effective.

...

It was worth a try!

Fang Heng clenched the purple essence spike in his hand again and charged at Evil Bones.

The surrounding Lickers pounced on Evil Bones again to buy time for Fang Heng.

Evil Bones was instinctively afraid of the purple essence in Fang Heng's hands, so he did not take the initiative to attack.

This was a good opportunity!

Fang Heng's figure flitted through the air and arrived in front of Evil Bones.

Teleportation!

"Chi!!"

The purple essence spike easily pierced through Evil Bones' right wrist.

Fang Heng exerted force in his hand.

"BOOM!!"

Evil Bones was nailed to the wall behind him after the purple essence pierced through his wrist. He let out another hiss and struggled madly, waving his bone spear and stabbing wildly at Fang Heng!

In an instant, Fang Heng's body was pierced several times by the bone spear.

Fang Heng endured the pain and took out another purple essence spike from his bag, aiming at Evil Bones' shoulder and stabbing it!

"Chi! Chi Chi!!"

What?!

Fang Heng's pupils shrank.

A crack appeared on Evil Bones' wide forehead! Dense red tentacles emerged from the cracks and condensed into sharp spikes, grabbing at him.

The distance between them was too close! The red wriggling tentacle was almost in front of him in an instant!

Chi!

Two red tentacle-like spikes pierced deeply into Fang Heng's body.

This was terrible!

Fang Heng's heart tightened. He felt an extremely strong sense of soreness and numbness from the place where he was pierced by the tentacles.

Poison?

[Hint: You have been attacked by an unknown source… you received 433 points of damage.]

[Hint: Authenticating…]

[Hint: You have received the undying body effect. You are immune to the negative effects of this attack.]

Immune?

The numbing sensation on his body quickly dissipated. Fang Heng waved the purple essence in his hand again and hacked at the tentacle!

Chi!

The purple essence spikes cut the tentacle apart like it was tofu.

"Chi Chi Chi…"

The remaining tentacles quickly retracted back into his body.

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1092 Reward Mission

Continue!

Fang Heng took out another fragment of the purple essence spike from his backpack.

"Bang! Bang Bang!!"

Four purple essence spikes stabbed into Evil Bones' body.

!!

Evil Bones had been nailed to the wall, unable to move.

Continue!

Fang Heng took out the last remaining large piece of cracked purple essence and smashed it down with his fist again.

"Bang!!!"

The stones shattered and fell to the ground, forming cones of different sizes.

Picking up the purple essence spike shard from the ground, Fang Heng continued to aim at Evil Bones' body!

The last spike was aimed at the heart of the cave-dwelling beast.

"Ka!!"

Evil Bones was nailed to the wall.

It was done.

Fang Heng let out a deep breath and checked the game prompt again.

There was still no description.

Even though the cave-dwelling beast was unconscious and had lost all ability to fight, his HP was still full.

Argyll, who was hiding behind a rock, peeked out his head carefully and looked at Fang Heng.

He only walked out carefully after he was sure that the monster had been completely controlled.

"Is he dead?"

"No, he's not dead yet, but he's under control for now."

Evil Bones looked no different from a dead person, but the game prompt was very clear.

He was still alive!

Fang Heng had the Lickers gather around Evil Bones and took two steps back to sit on a protruding rock ruin. He then looked around at the murals.

"Is there a way to completely destroy it in the mural?"

Argyll also looked at the murals behind them with Fang Heng. He shook his head and said, "There might be relevant information in the last few murals, but they've been destroyed. I can't make wild guesses in this situation. If the murals can be repaired, there might be a possibility."

Repair?

Fang Heng thought of Sandy.

This kind of mural could barely be considered a work of art, right? Would Sandy be able to complete the restoration if he was here?

No.

It was too troublesome to go back and forth, so he might as well bring all the remains back.

While he was thinking, a line of game prompt appeared on Fang Heng's retina.

[Hint: The player has completed the mission-unknown prayer. The player will receive an extra two hours of trial time.]

[Hint: The mission route is evolving…]

[Hint: The player has completed the current underground world exploration mission and triggered an additional optional reward mission-the ancient forbidden land (this mission is divided into two phases. The total reward will be obtained after completing the second phase).]

Reward mission title: The suspicious forbidden land.

Current first phase difficulty: C.

Current first phase of the mission: Escape from the altar. You have lost the path you are looking for. Please try to find the trigger point according to the mission hints.

Mission requirement: Find a new mission trigger point.

Fang Heng carefully checked the game prompt, thinking that Wei Tao and the others had probably found the exit and triggered the reward mission.

A light green arrow appeared on his retina, indicating the location of the next mission trigger point.

Argyll walked up carefully toward Fang Heng while observing Evil Bones, who was nailed to the wall, from afar. He asked, "Fang Heng? What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Fang Heng decided not to rush to complete the additional reward mission, and let Wei Tao and the others explore it first.

"What else did you find on the murals?"

"No, no, Fang Heng, let's go quickly."

Argyll shook his head and pointed at a mural in the corner of the hall. He said, "The mural says that there is more than one alchemy guardian here. It will be troublesome if more alchemy guardians come after us."

Eh? Was there such a good thing?

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. He looked at Argyll with a surprised look, "Alchemy guardian? You mean the alchemy creature we just saw?"

"Yes, it's the big guy that has been chasing us for a long time."

Argyll did not notice the flash of joy in Fang Heng's eyes and explained, "That thing is very terrifying. From the description of the mural, there is an alchemy monster guarding every entrance. If they are also triggered and chase us together, we will be finished."

Alright! Great news!

To the zombie clones, the alchemy creature was not a threat at all!

Since they were already here, wouldn't they just finish this wave together?

...

"No hurry, Argyll. We're not in a hurry."

Fang Heng steadied his mind and opened the game log to check the battle situation between the zombie clones and the giant alchemy creature in the passage.

Hmm, not bad! The alchemy creature still had 18% HP left!

Fang Heng once again shifted his gaze to Argyll, "Let's go. Come with me. Let's see how the alchemy creature is doing."

"Ah?!"

Fang Heng squinted at Evil Bones, who was pinned to the wall, and shrugged, "Or you can stay here alone."

Stay here alone?

Argyll suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and he couldn't help but shrink his neck, "Okay, I'll follow you…"

At the same time, on the upper level of the hall, after a short rest, Wei Tao's team began to look for a way out. Soon, the group left the cave through the passage. Only then did everyone realize that the cave they were in was a heavily guarded area.

There were a large number of cave-dwelling beasts outside the cave.

After receiving feedback from the scouting players, Wei Tao and the rest thought that it would be a tough battle and were all prepared to fight.

...

They did not expect that as soon as they came out of the cave, the cave-dwelling beasts on the outer edge of the cave seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying and began to flee frantically. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the dark underground world.

Everyone in Wei Tao's team looked at each other and then at Tang Mingyue.

Tang Mingyue explained with a bitter face, "Listen to me, it has nothing to do with me, really."

Immediately after, the game prompt regarding the reward mission refreshed.

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the mission, and they opened it to check the details.

Wei Tao said in a low voice, "We've just gone through a few consecutive battles. Everyone is tired and needs to replenish. In theory, we've already obtained a large amount of purple essence, so we can consider retreating. As for the reward mission, there's no time limit. We can go out and rest for a while. We'll come back after replenishing our supplies. What do you all think? "

Tang Mingyue thought for a moment and said, "Brother Tao, isn't it a waste of time to go back and forth like this? I suggest that we check out the reward mission and see how difficult it is. If the mission is too difficult, we should just give up on it."

Mikhael took out the map to compare and said, "There's one more problem. We're lost now. I agree with Tang Mingyue's suggestion. Instead of aimlessly looking for an exit in the underground world, it's better to follow the mission hints and save time."

Seeing that everyone agreed to continue pursuing the reward mission target, Wei Tao nodded his head, "Okay, then let's continue to explore. Oh, by the way, leave a note for Fang Heng."

"Yes, I'll write it."

Everyone left a note and followed the mission hint.

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1093 Awakening

Half an hour later in the underground tunnel, the giant alchemy body's HP was almost depleted. It was covered with Lickers and vine zombies, but it still staggered forward.

The blue light in his eyes was getting dimmer and dimmer.

"Bang!"

As the last bit of HP was depleted, the giant alchemy body fell to the ground.

!!

BOOM!

With a loud explosion, the entire giant fell apart in front of Fang Heng, turning into a piece of metal debris.

[Hint: Your zombie clone Licker has dealt 3-point damage to Udaram (legendary creatures are immune to some damage).]

[Hint: Udaram has lost his combat ability.]

Eh?

Fang Heng carefully read the game log again and looked at the ruins piled up in the corridor vigilantly.

Why were there no killed hints?

A light blue book was floating above the giant alchemy body.

Fang Heng stretched out his hand and pointed at the book.

[Hint: Player has obtained the book-Taylor's Alchemy Beginner Guide (bound).]

Book: Taylor's Alchemy Beginner Guide (bound).

Description: After reading the book, player can grasp basic alchemy. If player has grasped alchemy, additional alchemy experience points can be obtained. ]

Description: Alchemy is an academic skill.

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows.

Alchemy!

As a matter of fact, Fang Heng had come into contact with some branches of alchemy when he was studying sealing art and necromancy.

Learn!

Fang Heng threw the book to a zombie clone behind him and forced the zombie to enter reading mode.

Alchemy was not only a powerful academic skill, but it was also very useful in many tasks, often with amazing effects.

Many high-level player guilds and companies would give special care to these players.

"F-Fang Heng…"

Argyll quickly hid behind Fang Heng and pulled Fang Heng's shoulder. He looked very flustered and whispered, "That guy is moving!"

Fang Heng stared at the remains of the giant alchemy body that had fallen.

A few zombie clones walked up and moved the metal pieces that were covering the top away.

Eh? That was …

Argyll was already shouting excitedly, "Core! Fang Heng, that's the core driver! I've seen it on the murals! The core stone slab."

Among the broken pieces of metal, there was a metal plate about two meters long.

Alchemy runes were engraved on the metal plate.

This was not the strangest thing!

A monster was pressed against the metal plate!

The monster had no skin, and the red tentacles that extended from its muscles were still wriggling and twisting.

He was nailed to the metal plate by eight sharp nails made of purple essence.

Fang Heng felt as if he had seen this strange life form somewhere before.

Argyll shouted excitedly, "Monster! Fang Heng! It's the sealed monster in the mural!"

Fang Heng also thought of it immediately!

The monster in front of him was extremely similar to the cave-dwelling beast that he had just nailed to the stone slab!

"I got it!" Argyll felt like he had understood everything. "That's what the murals described!"

"The evil demon was nailed to the stone slab by the Holy crystal and stored in the puppet lifeform, guarding the underground world forever."

"Fang Heng, the things on the murals are real… Oh my God, this is a huge discovery. This is definitely an unprecedented discovery."

Argyll's heart was beating fast, and he was so excited that he was incoherent.

"That guy has lived for thousands of years? Fang Heng, we've discovered a new species. What kind of monster is this demon…"

Fang Heng stared at the monster on the stone slab and couldn't help squinting his eyes.

He finally understood that the evil creature on the stone slab was also a part of the legendary creature, Udaram. Thus, the game would not judge it as a kill if he only killed the outer alchemy body.

However, the game still dropped a skill book as a reward.

Fang Heng continued to think with his head lowered.

So, even the cave-dwelling beast did not know how to kill it?

What were the so-called demons?

Whatever! He would bring them back for research!

This underground trip was not bad. If Qiu Yaokang knew that he had obtained a research subject that had lived for thousands of years, he would be very excited.

While thinking, Fang Heng controlled several zombie clones to lift the metal plate together.

...

Fang Heng took a look at Argyll, who was so excited that he was speaking incoherently. He nodded and said, "Argyll, I understand. This is a big discovery for you. Keep your voice down. Let's go."

"Good, good…"

Not only did the zombies lift the metal plate, but they also took away the fragments of the giant alchemy body.

It was not hard to imagine the parts and materials that could be used to construct a powerful legendary alchemy lifeform.

It definitely had research value!

Even if it was to be sold for money.

In addition, other than this alchemy body, there were also giant alchemy bodies at the end of the other passages.

All of them in one go!

Tear them all down and take them away!

Fang Heng was a little excited. He commanded the zombies to bring the remains of the giant alchemy creature back to the oval-shaped hall in the center.

…

...

After returning to the hall, Fang Heng continued to control his zombie clones to enter the hall and leave through another bronze door, looking for the next giant alchemy creature to kill.

While the hack was going on, Fang Heng touched his chin and fixed his eyes on Evil Bones, who was on the wall.

Since he was prepared to take away all the alchemy lifeforms, why not go one step further and take away the sealed Evil Bones as well?

It was a huge risk.

Evil Bones was very powerful, and the seal he had created on the spot was not very stable. What if something happened halfway…

Well, it was the trial world anyway, so what if it was an accident?

However, he still had to prepare a backup plan.

Thinking of this, Fang Heng took out a box of living sample collectors from his backpack and prepared to collect a few living samples from Evil Bones.

Let's save the capital first!

Even if there was an accident, there would be research samples.

Several zombie clones picked up the sample collector from the box and staggered forward, ready to inject into Evil Bones.

"Chi!"

With one needle, a channeling bar appeared above the zombie clones' heads.

Suddenly, the unconscious Evil Bones raised his head and opened his mouth, revealing his sharp teeth.

Fang Heng's pupils shrank. He immediately took out a longer purple essence spike and got into a fighting stance.

He's awake?!

In the next moment, a gargling sound came from Evil Bones' mouth.

Argyll immediately hid in a corner behind the rock when he noticed the strange behavior of Evil Bones.

Argyll was shocked when he heard Evil Bones' voice. He peeked his head out from behind the rock.

"He's communicating with us?!"

Argyll was surprised, but he did not dare to come out from behind the rock. He responded in the same grumbling voice.

Fang Heng frowned.

Argyll was talking to the cave-dwelling beast one sentence at a time.

Very quickly, Argyll's face revealed an extremely shocked expression.

He stood there in a daze, his eyes full of doubt and disbelief.

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1094 The Saint

Fang Heng asked, "Who is he? What did he say?"

"He…" Argyll came back to his senses and gulped. "He claims to be the guardian elder of the underground cave-dwelling clan, Evil Bones. He has been guarding the sealed land for thousands of years."

Argyll felt that the amount of information was too much for him to digest. He looked at Fang Heng and continued, "He's here to guard the demons."

"Continue. Explain clearly, what exactly are the demons?"

!!

Argyll tried to organize his thoughts and explain to Fang Heng from the beginning.

"A long time ago, we found a demonic seed with great power. At that time, the patriarch of the cave-dwelling beasts and the humans made an agreement to store one of the boxes that sealed the demonic seed in the underground world."

"An accidental crisis led to the spread of demonic seed in the underground world, and some of the cave-dwelling beasts were controlled by the demonic seed. Evil Bones was one of them."

"However, Evil Bones managed to resist the demonic seed's corrosion with his strong willpower. The remaining group of cave-dwelling beasts that were controlled by the demonic seed went crazy. After they obtained the demonic seed and possessed great power, they began to frantically devour their own kind. They were completely uncontrollable."

"The most terrible thing was that the leader of the cave-dwelling beasts can't kill the monsters no matter how hard he tried. Only the Holy crystal can cause short-term damage to them."

"With the help of the humans, the cave-dwelling beasts survived the crisis and built this underground palace. All the evil demons controlled by the demonic seed were sealed into alchemy lifeforms to protect the underground world, forever guarding the sealed area."

Fang Heng frowned and muttered to himself in a low voice, "Demonic seed…"

"Evil Bones isn't completely immune to the demonic seed's corrosion. Most of the time, he's in a chaotic state. He only remembers to guard this underground sealed area. Only a few times can he regain his sanity."

"The Holy crystal made him feel extreme pain, but it also suppressed the demonic seed in his body, so he regained his consciousness."

Argyll looked carefully at Evil Bones, the elder of the cave-dwelling beasts, who was trapped on the wall. He then turned back to Fang Heng and said, "Fang Heng, there's one more important thing. I think I translated it correctly."

"What?"

"Evil Bones told me that Tang Mingyue is a demon," Argyll said, word by word.

Fang Heng's pupils shrank as he turned his head and stared at Evil Bones.

"When did that happen?"

Argyll turned his head again to communicate with the elder.

The elder was nailed to the wall, his mouth making a gurgling sound.

"It's been a long time since he's seen a newborn demon. The demonic seed in Tang Mingyue's body is still in incubation and will erupt soon."

"Where's the evidence?"

"There's a demonic seed in Evil Bones too, so I can't be wrong. If I have to prove it, the most obvious change in humans after being corroded by the demonic seed is that there will be red wriggling blood vessels in its eyes."

Blood vessels?

Fang Heng pondered with rapt attention.

Indeed, when he thought about it carefully, he remembered that Tang Mingyue's eyes were bloodshot.

Ever since they entered the trial game, they hadn't slept or rested at all. It was very normal for their eyes to be bloodshot. Fang Heng naturally didn't think too much about it at that time.

Fang Heng scratched his head, feeling that things had become very troublesome all of a sudden.

A demon?

Tang Mingyue? Why her?

Argyll suddenly turned around and looked at Fang Heng with a strange expression.

"What?"

"He's asking about your identity."

"Me?"

"He said that any enemy whose blood is attacked by the demonic touch will become the demon's slave and go crazy. But you didn't. You're completely immune to the demonic touch's attack."

Argyll looked at Fang Heng and said carefully, "Evil Bones said that he felt that the demon within him was afraid of you. He asked about your true identity."

Different?

Blood?!

Fang Heng thought of the attack he had received when he was fighting against Evil Bones.

The game prompted that the special effect of this attack had been nullified.

His first reaction was that it was due to the vampire bloodline!

Was that why the vampire bloodline could restrain demons?

Several thoughts flashed through Fang Heng's mind.

"Fang Heng, he asked who are you? It was the first time he felt the fear of the demonic seed."

Fang Heng suppressed the suspicion in his heart, nodded, and said, "Tell him that I'm a Saint from the human race and I'm here to save them. I can feel the power of the demon recovering. I can save their race."

Ha? A Saint? You?

Argyll was stunned.

"Translate the words to him!"

"Alright."

Argyll agreed and began to translate Fang Heng's words to the elder of the cave-dwelling beasts.

Evil Bones listened to Argyll's translation, his face showing surprise and doubt.

A Saint? Would he be able to save the entire clan of cave-dwelling beasts from the hands of the sinister demons?

Fang Heng looked calm as he stood still and stared at Evil Bones.

Argyll communicated with Evil Bones for a while, then turned to Fang Heng again, "He wants you to prove it."

...

Fang Heng thought for a while.

If his guess was correct and that the vampire bloodline caused the evil demon to be afraid, would the vampire blood affect it?

Fang Heng took a few steps forward and cut his palm with a small knife.

"Chi"

Blood gushed out from the cut and condensed into a ball of blood under Fang Heng's control, floating in the air.

The wound on his palm was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The blood ball floated towards Evil Bones.

As the blood ball got closer, Evil Bones' body started to shake uncontrollably once more as he let out a low roar.

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows and attacked the monster that was fixed on the alchemy metal plate not far away.

"Chi!!!"

Once it came into contact with the blood, the monster struggled violently. The tentacles on the surface of its body contracted crazily, and green smoke was emitted.

...

It was actually effective?

So the blood of the vampires could partially suppress monsters?

Why?

Could it be that the vampires were also related to this world?

Fang Heng frowned and felt that his intelligence was not enough. There were not enough clues.

It was better to hand it over to Qiu Yaokang for testing after they returned so that they could gather more clues.

Argyll was also looking at Fang Heng in shock.

What the hell was this guy's blood?

[Hint: You have gained the trust of the elder of the cave-dwelling beast, Evil Bones.]

[Hint: You have reached the reverence level with the cave-dwelling beast race.]

Fang Heng saw two red prompts refresh on his retina. He immediately raised his head and said, "Ask Evil Bones if he's willing to cooperate."

Argyll came back to his senses and immediately translated Fang Heng's words to Evil Bones.

Evil Bones, who was also in shock, nodded his head.

"He said that he is willing to cooperate and follow the Saint's guidance. Not only him, but as long as the evil demons can be dispelled, the entire clan of the cave-dwelling beasts is willing to follow the Saint's guidance."

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1095 Guidance

Argyll carefully translated Evil Bones's words to Fang Heng, feeling extremely strange in his heart.

This was a big deal.

Even the entire clan of cave-dwelling beasts in the catacombs are willing to listen to Fang Heng's guidance?

Wasn't Fang Heng a necromancer?

Could he be a descendant of the ancient Saints?

Everything that happened here gave Argyll a strange sense of surrealism.

Fang Heng's heart also moved.

He had thought that it would be good enough if he could trick Evil Bones, but now, he could trick the entire clan of cave-dwelling beasts?

This seemed to be an unexpected surprise.

There were a lot of ores and materials in the underground world, and he could get them along the way. Tang Mingyue's plan to steal the royal treasury could also make use of the cave-dwelling beasts…

Argyll looked at Fang Heng, who was deep in thought with his head lowered, and whispered, "Fang Heng, he wants us to let him out. What should we do? Could he be lying to us about everything he said?"

"I don't think so."

Fang Heng looked at the game prompt and continued, "Ask Evil Bones if he can control the demonic seed in his body."

Argyll tried to communicate with Evil Bones again, then nodded and said, "He said he can. The power of the demonic seed in his body has been suppressed by more than half. However, he hopes that you can give him a bottle of blood. If he feels the power of the demonic seed in his body come back, he will immediately drink this bottle of blood to restrain the corrosion of the demonic seed."

Fang Heng's face stiffened when he heard that.

In the past, he had always been thinking of ways to get someone else's blood. Now, karma had come.

"Alright," he said.

Argyll continued, "There's still one more problem with Evil Bones. The only reason he's still alive is because of the demonic seed's power. There's a purple essence trap above the exit that can restrain the demonic seed. Therefore, we need to destroy the purple essence trap before we leave."

A purple essence trap?

Fang Heng looked up at the sky and thought of the purple essence stone that had just fallen from the sky.

If it was Tang Mingyue, these purple essence traps should have been removed, right?

"Alright. I'll help him."

As he spoke, Fang Heng walked forward and pulled out the purple essence that had pierced Evil Bones' body…

Twenty minutes later, Fang Heng, Argyll, and Evil Bones crawled out of the tunnel.

Just as Fang Heng had thought, the purple essence at the exit had been completely extracted by Tang Mingyue and her group.

After being sealed underground for thousands of years, Evil Bones felt like he had been reborn.

He took Fang Heng and Argyll to the entrance of the cave and made a gurgling sound from his mouth.

Very quickly, a large number of bone spear-wielding creatures appeared from the shadows, slowly gathering towards Evil Bones.

Evil Bones and the other cave-dwelling beasts conversed.

The cave-dwelling beasts guarding the seal did not know what was happening below, so they were all very careful.

This person claimed to be the seal guardian elder, Evil Bones. He was the sage who was carved on the legacy stone wall?

And beside Evil Bones was a human Saint who could save their entire race from the demonic seed?

Hearing Evil Bones' words, the cave-dwelling beasts were shocked.

Evil Bones conversed with his tribe for a moment, and the surrounding horde of cave-dwelling beasts once again retreated into the shadows.

Argyll nodded to Fang Heng and explained, "It's been too long. They can't confirm the identity of Evil Bones now. They've already gone to find the priest and leader of the tribe."

"Alright." Fang Heng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Let's go find Wei Tao and the others first."

…

On the other side of the underground world, Wei Tao and the rest followed the mission instructions and moved forward.

Walking and stopping, the group gradually entered a relatively open area. There were no plants or spores, and there were piles of boulders scattered around.

There was a rustling sound not far away. It was a waterfall.

The underground water fell into the pool from the top of the waterfall, making a deafening sound of flowing water.

Wei Tao gestured and led his team to hide behind a huge rock.

[Hint: The player has completed the first phase of the reward mission, triggering the second phase of the reward mission-kill.]

Mission title: Kill.

Mission difficulty: S.

Mission requirement: Kill the barbarian teams gathered at the entrance of the underground waterfall and complete the exploration of the barbarian camp's surroundings.

Mission reward: Additional trial time.

Mission time limit: 2 hours.

The reward mission was actually related to the barbarian team!

This was too unexpected!

Wei Tao used the night vision telescope to observe the situation in the direction of the waterfall.

The barbarian team's camp was located on the edge of the waterfall. From the size of the camp, there were at least hundreds of barbarians.

How should they deal with them?

Wei Tao and the others quickly exchanged glances.

...

S-level mission difficulty.

Do it!

The previous missions were all unclear, and it was not easy to find such a simple and easy-to-understand killing mission. A hint of fighting spirit flashed in Mikhael's eyes.

Tang Mingyue asked, "Brother Tao? What do you think?"

"Oh…"

Wei Tao muttered to himself and still hesitated.

It was still uncertain how many enemies there were in the barbarian camp, and how many barbarians could enter Tier 1 of the demonized state.

Considering the difficulty of the S-level mission, it was not safe to act rashly.

Mikhael, on the other hand, was eager to try and said, "We've just collected a lot of purple essences. Even if we encounter a demonized barbarian, we'll still have the power to fight."

Wei Tao frowned, "You all want to fight head-on? "

"Yes, I suggest we give it a try."

...

Tang Mingyue looked at the countdown timer and continued, "The time limit of the task is only two hours. I don't know if Fang Heng can come to help in time. I suggest we take action immediately. At most, we can find a way to escape if we can't win."

"Alright, let's do it. Have you checked the explosives we brought?"

"Yes, bring them all. Leave them to me. My people will set them up."

Explosives could be used in many situations, and any larger player party would carry them.

The previous missions were all unexpected situations, and the team had no time to set up explosives in advance. Now, they could finally be put to use.

A moment later, Mikhael and his men had finished planting the bombs in the surrounding area and nodded to the crowd.

Wei Tao led the remaining players and elite soldiers to spread out and hide behind the large rocks.

"I'll go lure them out."

With that, Mikhael nodded to the crowd and flew toward the barbarian camp.

"Wuwuwu!!"

As soon as they got close to the barbarian camp, the entire camp rang with a piercing alarm.

The barbarian soldiers guarding the entrance were a little surprised to see Mikhael coming alone. Then, they immediately sounded the alarm, picked up their axes, and rushed at Mikhael.

"Ha."

A look of disdain appeared on Mikhael's face. His long sword drew a dark light in the air.

"BOOM!"

The two barbarian guards vomited blood and were sent flying by the explosion of the sword light!

Mikhael lit up a bag of explosives and threw it into the barbarian camp.

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1096 Flank

"BOOM!!!"

An explosion was heard from the barbarian camp. Then, more barbarian guards rushed out of the camp.

Seeing that he had successfully attracted the aggro, Mikhael turned around and ran back without delay.

A large number of barbarians followed.

After a successful wave of luring the enemy, Mikhael led the pursuers into the explosive ambush area behind them.

Success!

The barbarian race's intelligence was really not high. They were easily lured out!

Tang Mingyue's eyes lit up. She immediately signaled the team to detonate the explosives!

"Boom Boom Boom!!!"

Almost at the same time, a large number of explosives exploded under the feet of the barbarian guards!

The barbarian team felt as if the sky was falling and the earth was splitting apart. They were blown away by the sudden explosion and immediately fell into chaos.

The elite soldiers of the Empire at the back started to shoot arrows at the barbarian team.

"Roar!!!!"

In the chaos, there were still barbarians who held their battle axes high and charged toward the player team without any regard for their lives.

"Go!!"

Since entering the cave, it was the first time Wei Tao's team had encountered such a tough battle.

As for the giant alchemy body and the Evil Bones, what were they?

They were not humans to begin with!

Two of the barbarian team leaders had entered the Tier 1 demonized state. The surface of their bodies secreted a black cuticle that wrapped around their bodies, and fine black spikes emerged from the cuticles.

Not good! They were Tier 1 barbarians, and there were two of them!

Just as Tang Mingyue was complaining in her heart, she suddenly saw a figure flash past her.

Whoosh!

Mikhael's figure turned into a flash of lightning and rushed toward the two Tier 1 demonized barbarians.

Chi!

A dark purple light flashed in the air, tearing a twisted crack in space!

"BOOM!!!"

With a loud explosion, the two Tier 1 demonized barbarians were sent flying by Mikhael.

"Hmph, that's all you've got."

Mikhael raised a thin and long purple essence with one hand and pointed it to the front. The corner of his mouth let out a disdainful cold snort.

The first time he saw the demonized barbarian, Mikhael was indeed shocked.

The black stratum corneum's defense could even resist the damage from spatial fluctuations and explosions.

But it was different now.

With the purple essence long sword that could break through the outer layer of the barbarian's skin and the mages at the back of the team who could cast negative states to repel the enemy, it was not a problem for him to deal with two Tier 1 demonized barbarians at the same time!

Seeing how brave Mikhael was, Tang Mingyue and Wei Tao looked at each other.

There was hope!

As long as Mikhael could hold back the two Tier 1 demonized barbarians, they could overcome the remaining ordinary barbarians by relying on the strength of the team!

Good! This was a sure win!

Just as he was thinking, Wei Tao felt something pressing toward them from the distance.

He took a closer look.

That was …

"A flying snake?"

Wei Tao's expression changed drastically.

It was a dark green snake-shaped lifeform. Its body was smaller than the average snake, about a meter long. Its abdomen was larger than the average snake's, and there were two fleshy wings on both sides of its body below its head, allowing it to fly in the air.

In the distance, the flying snake flicked its tongue and flew toward the player team.

It wasn't just one, but a large black mass of dark green flying snakes!

There was no end in sight!

The flying snake was one of the creatures that could be controlled by the barbarian race. The player team had done their homework before this.

The HP of ordinary flying snakes were not high, and they were only slightly stronger than ordinary dragon mosquitos. They relied on their sharp teeth and the poisonous acid they spat out as their main mode of attack.

But the players didn't expect to encounter such a dense group of flying snakes in the underground world!

The dense swarm of flying snakes instantly made the players lose their will to fight.

What the hell!

With so many flying snakes, a single mouthful of venom from one of them could turn them into fools.

Forget it, they couldn't beat them all!

Tang Mingyue's face turned black when she saw the flying snakes.

...

There was definitely a problem with the difficulty setting of the trial game this time.

S-level difficulty?

With so many flying snakes, it could definitely be counted as an SSS-level difficulty!

"Retreat!"

Wei Tao saw the dense flying snakes and instantly knew that this battle could not be fought.

He still had a few magic scrolls as his trump cards, but he knew that even if he used all his trump cards, he would not be able to completely annihilate these flying snakes!

There were too many of them!

There was no point in wasting his trump card here!

It was better to retreat quickly.

"Let's go!"

Wei Tao cursed in his heart and quickly commanded the players to retreat.

...

Everything was going according to plan, but who knew that such a large number of flying snakes would appear?

The party began to retreat in an orderly manner.

Mikhael was fighting with two Tier 1 demonized barbarians. When he heard that they were going to retreat, he was a little upset.

It wasn't easy for them to face the enemy head-on, but they didn't expect the enemy to start using human wave tactics again.

F*ck, they could not afford to play this round!

Helplessly, the dense and endless group of flying snakes in front of them made Mikhael's scalp tingle. He could only retreat quickly.

The team maintained their formation and retreated in an orderly manner.

Unfortunately, the party's speed of retreat could not keep up with the pursuit of the barbarians and the flying snakes!

Seeing that the flying snakes were about to catch up, Wei Tao reached out and grabbed the red pendant hanging in front of his chest. At the same time, he threw a scroll at the group of flying snakes that were pouncing at him.

"Raging flames, burning city!"

The pendant emitted a scorching red light.

"BOOM!!"

The ancient scroll in Wei Tao's hand turned into a flame and instantly spread forward!

A large area in front of him was instantly engulfed in a sea of flames!

The barbarians and the flying snakes had an instinctive fear of fire, so they immediately slowed down.

The player team quickly retreated!

Before Mikhael could even heave a sigh of relief, his heart suddenly tightened.

Looking back, the short delay did not last more than 30 seconds. When the fire died down a little, a large number of flying snakes flew out of the sea of fire and continued to pounce at the player team!

There were still traces of burning on the flying snake's body.

He couldn't even block this?

Seeing that the flying snakes behind were getting closer and closer to the team, cold sweat broke out on Mikhael's forehead.

"Mingyue! Think of a way to stop them."

"I really don't have anymore. I've already used up all my scrolls. Water-type techniques are useless."

Tang Mingyue was also anxious.

She also wanted to help.

If the team died here, wouldn't her follow-up money-making plan go to waste?

But Tang Mingyue really had no choice! She had already used up most of the scrolls she had on her, and the remaining spells were single-target attacks. They were completely useless against the vast number of flying snakes.

"Brothers, we're in trouble. Look ahead!"

Mo Jiawei, who was running for his life, saw something. Cold sweat rolled down his cheeks as he shouted.

Everyone looked forward and their hearts sank again.

When it rains, it pours!

In the darkness ahead, a large number of cave-dwelling beasts had appeared out of nowhere.

The group of cave-dwelling beasts held bone spears in their hands and stood in a row in a throwing posture.

Seeing the cave-dwelling creatures, the players broke out in cold sweat.

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1097 Teammates?

F*ck! Why now of all times?

"The cave-dwelling beast has learned how to attack from both sides?"

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi!!"

The dense white bone spears streaked through the air. They were going to be wiped out!

An S-level difficulty mission was actually this terrifying?

The team was at a loss for a moment. Wei Tao instantly felt like he had stepped into a huge trap. The cave-dwelling beasts and the barbarians had joined forces. They had been surrounded like dumplings!

Damn it! He should have considered this long ago!

The barbarians had invaded the Empire through the underground passage, so it was reasonable for them to join forces with the cave-dwelling beasts!

Now was not the time to regret! He had to think of a way to break out of this situation!

Wei Tao forced himself to look for an opportunity to turn the tables.

"Hurry up! Release the defensive barrier!"

The two assistants in Wei Tao's team pulled out a scroll from their backpacks at the same time.

"Buzz!!"

A light purple barrier enveloped everyone in the team.

Mikhael also reached out and grabbed a white crystal, ready to withstand this wave of attacks.

Eh?!

Something didn't seem right.

"Chi! Chi Chi!"

The dense bone spears swept past the defensive barrier that the two players had set up.

What was going on? Did the bone spears miss?

It was fine if one of them was off, but all of them were off?

Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked up at the trajectory of the bone spears in the air.

The bone spears swept past the top of the player team and plunged straight into the group of flying snakes that were chasing after them.

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!"

The bone spears exploded crazily after landing on the flying snakes!

The flying snakes, which had already lost a portion of their HP from the flames, were now heavily injured, and large numbers of them fell to the ground.

The players were shocked and could not help but gasp.

What was going on? The target of the cave-dwelling beasts was actually the flying snakes. Were they teammates? Was the team saved?

The players were still a little confused and didn't understand the situation.

After the first wave of bone spears had been released, the second and third rows of cave-dwelling beasts behind them brought up new bone spears.

The first row of cave-dwelling beasts continued to throw their bone spears.

The team worked together in an orderly manner, attacking the group of flying snakes in waves.

"F*ck!"

Mo Jiawei cursed in a low voice.

The cave-dwelling beasts were even working together as a team!

The dense bone spears fell into the group of flying snakes, causing a large number of group injuries.

But the strange thing was, why did these cave-dwelling beasts suddenly become their teammates?

Or were they overthinking? These cave-dwelling beasts just happened to be there, and they wanted to kill both of them?

Wei Tao realized that his team was stuck in the middle of the battle between the barbarians and the cave-dwelling beasts.

He was at a loss and did not know how to deal with the current situation.

To move forward or retreat backward?

What if the cave-dwelling beasts suddenly turned against them? Was there still a way out?

Just as he was caught in a dilemma, one of the players suddenly noticed something and shouted in surprise, "Brother Tao! Look, it's Mr. Fang! F*ck, he's mixed in with the cave-dwelling beasts! I knew that Mr. Fang had a backup plan!"

Everyone was stunned and turned to look in the direction the player was pointing.

What? Fang Heng?

Immediately after, they saw Fang Heng mixing in with the cave-dwelling beasts.

Fang Heng was standing next to the leader of the cave-dwelling beasts. Beside him, Argyll was shouting something with his hands raised, but his voice was completely drowned out by the nearby explosion.

Looking at the shape of his mouth, he seemed to be shouting...

"Is it 'teammates'?"

So...

What was happening?

Earlier on, the cave-dwelling beasts were still trying to pursue and kill them. After more than an hour, Fang Heng managed to trick the cave-dwelling beasts into becoming his teammates.

Wei Tao's mind was in a mess.

He knew that Fang Heng had a lot of tricks up his sleeves, but what he did was really amazing.

That was too exaggerated.

If he had not seen it with his own eyes...

"Brother Tao, they're teammates, they're really teammates!"

Tang Mingyue's face lit up.

Wei Tao immediately came back to his senses. He threw away all the messy thoughts in his mind and focused on commanding the current team.

He could confirm that the cave-dwelling beasts were on their side.

This way, their team would have the ability to deal with the dense group of flying snakes!

As for the barbarians, the Empire's elites and player teams would be able to stop them!

Wei Tao's brain quickly assessed the battle situation.

There was a high chance that he could complete the trial reward mission!

The bone spears of the cave-dwelling beasts had already blocked the path of the flying snakes. What they needed to do was to defend their positions and not let the barbarians get close.

Wei Tao said in a deep voice, "Move, get into formation, and prepare for battle! Don't let the enemy get close to the rear! Mikhael, let's help stop them!"

"Oh, alright."

Mikhael was full of fighting spirit. He raised the purple essence sword in his hand and rushed into the barbarians in front of him.

The players and the barbarians began a fierce melee battle.

Fang Heng was standing at the back of the battlefield, talking to the leader of the cave-dwelling beasts through Argyll.

The cave-dwelling beasts were somewhat excited. The leader was explaining the origin of these barbarians to Fang Heng.

The area occupied by the barbarians had always been a forbidden area for the cave-dwelling beasts. It had been forcibly occupied by the barbarians some time ago.

In fact, the cave-dwelling beasts had already discovered this group of barbarians, but they couldn't do anything to the barbarians when they were in their demonized state.

The black stratum corneum's defensive capabilities after being demonized were simply too astonishing. The cave-dwelling beasts were completely unable to defeat them.

As a result, they could only watch helplessly as the barbarian race occupied the forbidden land.

It was only when Fang Heng expressed his willingness to help completely eliminate this group of barbarians that the leader of the cave-dwelling beasts readily agreed and immediately led the warriors of his clan to reclaim their lost land.

Argyll translated the leader's words to Fang Heng, "Well, Fang Heng, they are very grateful to you for helping them regain their territory."

"You're welcome,"

Fang Heng said with a smile.

His zombie clones were still in the underground sealed area attacking the remaining giant alchemy bodies. It would have been a headache to encounter so many flying snakes.

Fortunately, the cave-dwelling beasts could help.

"Fang Heng, they are willing to follow the guidance of the Saint and are willing to help you completely destroy the demonic seed and let the underground world return to peace."

"Yes, of course. Maintaining the peace of the underground world is what we've always been pursuing."

Fang Heng nodded and said, "It's impossible to completely destroy the demonic seed in a day. For this, we need to make a lot of equipment and tools. Well, we want to mine some minerals from the underground world."

Huh?

Argyll was stunned for a moment, then translated Fang Heng's words.

"The leader said that there is no problem with the mining of the ores. They are also very willing to help, but they are a little worried about Princess Mingyue's condition."

"Tang Mingyue will be fine."

Fang Heng shifted his gaze to the center of the battlefield again as he spoke.

The group of flying snakes fell wave after wave under the bombardment of the bone spears.

Unfortunately, he didn't have many contribution points, so the drop rate was very limited.

In any case, the flying snake would only drop a Tier 1 mutation crystal, so it did not matter much.

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1098 Water Curtain

With the purple essence in his hand, Mikhael displayed his might on the battlefield. He even had a slight advantage when dealing with two Tier 1 demonized barbarians.

The massacre went on for more than half an hour. The battle began to come to an end as the two Tier 1 demonized barbarians fled.

Although Mikhael could temporarily suppress the two Tier 1 demonized barbarians, he couldn't really make them stay.

Without the leader of the team, the remaining barbarian team fell into chaos and quickly scattered.

Wei Tao didn't command his team to chase. Instead, he maintained the formation.

With the lesson learned, Wei Tao let Tang Mingyue stay at the back of the team and walked toward Fang Heng with Mikhael.

"Fang Heng, it's a good thing you came in time to help us. Otherwise, we would be in trouble."

Wei Tao sighed and rejoiced in his heart.

He felt that he had really made a fortune by bringing Fang Heng into the game!

Without Fang Heng, they might still be fighting the barbarians in Hani City.

Fang Heng smiled, "I'm quite lucky. I just happened to make it."

Mikhael also nodded at Fang Heng to express his gratitude. He then shifted his gaze to the group of cave-dwelling beasts at the side and asked, "But Fang Heng, what's the situation with them?"

Fang Heng and Argyll looked at each other.

On the way here, they had already learned a lot from the leader of the cave-dwelling creatures.

"The cave-dwelling creatures have made a contract with the human ancestors. Many of the things that happened before were misunderstandings. I'll explain these later. The mission has not been completed yet, so let's search the battlefield first."

Wei Tao looked at the mission notification.

The reward mission required him to kill the barbarian team and explore the barbarian camp area.

Most of the barbarians had been killed, and the remaining barbarian camp needed to be explored carefully.

The time limit for the mission was already half over, so it was better to complete the remaining exploration.

Wei Tao nodded, "Yes, okay, let's think of a way to complete the mission first."

"The leader said that there is a cave behind the waterfall at the edge of the camp. The inside of the cave has always been a forbidden area for the cave-dwelling beasts. They think that the barbarians are probably here for the forbidden area behind the cave."

Argyll communicated with the leader of the cave-dwelling creatures for a while, then looked at the crowd and continued to explain, "The cave-dwelling beasts believe that the clansmen who enter the forbidden area will be cursed, so they usually don't go near the forbidden area. They will wait for us here."

"Mm, tell them that we're going to check the inside of the forbidden area."

The cave-dwelling beasts didn't stop Fang Heng and his group from entering the forbidden area, nor did they go any further into the forbidden area. They obediently stayed where they were.

The barbarian team had been completely defeated, leaving only a small number of flying snakes flying over from the distance.

Without the help of the barbarians, the flying snakes were no longer a threat to the players.

The team of players cleared the remaining flying snakes along the way and once again advanced in the direction of the camp.

Soon, they entered the area of the barbarian camp. Wei Tao signaled for the accompanying players to spread out and search.

Fang Heng shifted his gaze to the waterfall on the right.

As soon as he entered the barbarian camp, he sensed a weak energy fluctuation coming from the direction of the waterfall.

Tang Mingyue also sensed something. She could not help but look at the waterfall and said, "Did you all feel it? There's an energy fluctuation behind the waterfall."

Wei Tao and Mikhael looked at each other.

The two of them were far less sensitive to the fluctuations of power than Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng, so they didn't feel anything.

"The leader of the cave-dwelling creatures also mentioned the forbidden area behind the waterfall. It seems that there are indeed some clues there. Everyone, be careful. Let's go and take a look first."

The group followed the passage beside the waterfall and slanted through the smooth passage until they arrived in front of the cave behind the waterfall's water curtain.

Looking at the scene inside the cave, everyone's faces suddenly changed.

Bug eggs!

The ceiling of the cave was filled with a large number of brown eggs.

Each of the eggs was about the size of a hornet's nest, and a large number of them had already cracked, with green mucus dripping from the broken holes.

There was a sour smell in the air.

"It's the eggs of the flying snake. It seems that the group of flying snakes was born here."

Mo Jiawei endured his disgust and took a few steps forward. He used his detection skill to check the condition of the eggs.

Tang Mingyue stood at the door. She felt that it was too disgusting inside and didn't want to get close, "Hurry up and think of a way to get rid of them."

"Hey, Fang Heng, look at that."

Mo Jiawei noticed something. He pulled Fang Heng beside him and pointed to the center of the cave.

"Yes, that's right."

Fang Heng also squinted his eyes.

He had long noticed the black rock in the depths of the cave.

This was it!

Fang Heng slowly walked into the depths of the cave until he came to the front of the rock. He stretched out his hand and touched the black rock.

A line of game notifications appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The player has obtained an unknown rock.]

[Item: Unknown rock.]

Description: Unknown rock.

Description: This special item cannot be placed in the backpack or pass through the time passage.

That's right! This was it!

There was one at the bottom of the lake in Cesar Forest, and another in the royal treasury.

This was the third piece!

Although Fang Heng was not sure what the rock was, he was sure of one thing.

The rock contained powerful energy that could be absorbed by the sacred tree!

Fang Heng could feel that the power contained in this black rock was much greater than the one he found at the bottom of the Cesar Forest Lake, but it was a little smaller than the one hidden in the royal treasury.

If the sacred tree could devour it, it would probably be able to upgrade again.

He didn't make a loss this time!

He would bring it back for the sacred tree to devour!

Thinking of this, Fang Heng raised his head and looked at the dense eggs on the ceiling of the rock wall, deep in thought.

Combined with the large swarm of dragon mosquitoes he had seen in the Cesar Forest, if he was not wrong, the barbarians might have used the power of the black rock to speed up the growth of the flying snakes and dragon mosquitoes...

So the barbarians might know the origin of the rock?

Also, this is a forbidden area for the cave-dwelling beasts, so this rock was originally hidden here?

Would the cave-dwelling beasts know about the rock's origin?

While Fang Heng was thinking, the players, led by Wei Tao, had already taken out flamethrowers to clean up the eggs left in the cave.

When the entire cave had been cleared, line after line of game notifications appeared in everyone's vision.

[Hint: The player team has completed the reward mission-kill.]

[Hint: The player team has received an additional 24 hours of trial time.]

[Hint: The player team has received an additional friendship rating with the cave-dwelling beasts. The player team has received an additional 50,000 Empire merit points.]

...

Half an hour later, Fang Heng and the others arrived at a camp under the leadership of the cave-dwelling beasts.

Argyll translated the leader's words to the crowd, albeit with difficulty.

"Well, yes, if I'm not mistaken, that's what it is. It said that a long time ago, the ancestors of the cave-dwelling beasts had reached an agreement with the Empire. They would store the demonic seed in the underground world, but some time ago, there was a strange movement in the underground world, and the barbarians wanted to plunder the demonic seed."

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1099 Demonic Seed

"The cave-dwelling beasts couldn't resist the barbarians, so they asked the humans for help."

"After negotiation, the cave-dwelling beasts want to return the demonic seed to the human, which is Your Highness Mingyue."

Everyone listened to Argyll's explanation and could not help but look at each other.

Demonic seed? What the hell was that?

"Then?" Wei Tao asked.

"The last time we met here, the cave-dwelling beasts had already verified your royal identity. Originally, Your Highness would have gone to the underground world in the Cesar Forest area to retrieve the demonic seed and find a way to completely destroy it."

Argyll looked at Tang Mingyue carefully as he spoke. "But according to the leader of the cave-dwelling beasts, Your Highness Mingyue's team encountered an accidental collapse of the underground world's passage halfway, and they were attacked by the barbarians. After that, Your Highness Mingyue opened the box that sealed the demonic seed for some unknown reason."

"Now that Your Highness has obtained the demonic seed's power, it's very likely that she'll become a powerful demon. That's why the cave-dwelling beasts tried to lure us into the underground sealed area where the demon is located. They wanted to use Evil Bones's power to seal Your Highness Mingyue."

"Demonic seed? Me?"

Tang Mingyue pointed at the tip of her nose, looking confused. "Are you sure you didn't translate wrong? Or were they mistaken? When did I get the power of a demonic seed?"

Argyll looked at Tang Mingyue seriously and said, "Your Highness Mingyue, they are very sure that you have obtained the power of the demonic seed. You have just obtained the initial stage of the power, so it may not be obvious. However, the wriggling blood vessels in your eyes are telling signs."

Everyone looked at Tang Mingyue in unison.

Tang Mingyue's eyes were not bloodshot, but upon closer inspection, the blood vessels in her eyes were indeed wriggling.

Tang Mingyue's heart sank when she saw that everyone was looking at her with increasingly strange expressions.

It couldn't be, right? Could it be that what they had said was true?

Fang Heng didn't dwell on the matter of whether Tang Mingyue had become a demon or not. He continued to ask, "Alright, what exactly is a demonic seed?"

Argyll seemed to be in a difficult position. He tried to translate, "They can't explain it clearly. From the information on the murals, the humans and barbarians have obtained great power from the demonic seed. However, power comes with an expensive price. Most people will be lost in the power of the demonic seed and become its puppets."

Everyone looked at each other again.

According to his explanation, the demonic seed seemed to be a good thing that could increase one's ability attributes. Tang Mingyue had profited?

Mo Jiawei scratched his head and asked suspiciously, "But that's not right. The box we found at the beginning of the trial was empty. How could there be a demonic seed? Not to mention the power of the demonic seed. Tang Mingyue also didn't get the game hint."

Tang Mingyue echoed, "That's right! I still don't have any relevant game hints."

"The game hint can't be used as direct evidence. It could also be the difficulty of the mission," Wei Tao looked at Argyll as he spoke. "Translate it for them. Ask him questions about the empty box."

After the leader of the cave-dwelling beasts heard Argyll's question, he started to discuss it with the elders behind him. Then, he told Argyll a lot of things, looking a little excited.

Argyll wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the crowd again, "They said it's impossible. The demonic seed has been guarded by the clan of cave-dwelling beasts for generations, and the human Saint took a long time to make the box so that he could seal the demonic seed. The cave-dwelling beasts did open the box a long time ago to resolve the crisis but ever since then, no one has touched it again. It can't be there's nothing inside."

Tang Mingyue frowned as she listened.

She felt that the behavior of these cave-dwelling beasts was too real and did not seem to be deceptive at all.

So there must be a problem?

What was the problem?

"Alright."

There were a lot of doubts, but Fang Heng didn't care if more doubts appeared. He continued to ask, "I have two questions. First, what is that stone we found behind the water curtain? Second, we saw a mural outside the black box that sealed the demonic seed. What do those murals mean?"

Argyll gestured to communicate with the leader again, then frowned and said, "The murals were drawn by our ancestors. It is said that the ancestors of humans, barbarians, and the cave-dwelling beasts accidentally obtained the power of the demonic seed from a huge rock, but at the same time they obtained the power, they were also cursed."

"They believe that this terrifying power will cause the destruction of the world, so they unanimously decided to hand the demonic seed over to the cave-dwelling beasts for safekeeping."

"Later on, there was a crisis in the underground world. In order to deal with the out-of-control abyssal giant scale dragon, some of the cave-dwelling beasts wanted to borrow the power of the demonic seed."

"The demonic seed was leaked during that period. Fortunately, a human Saint helped to create a seal and an alchemy lifeform underground. It was then that Evil Bones obtained the power of the demonic seed."

"They don't know what the black stone you found at the back of the cave is either. They only know that it was passed down by our ancestors, and our ancestors didn't allow any descendant to approach it."

After listening to Argyll's explanation, everyone fell silent again.

Demonic seed... The stone...

Fang Heng muttered to himself in his heart.

Everything was related to the demonic seed, but the box that originally contained the demonic seed was empty.

As he was thinking, Argyll continued, "Fang Heng, the leader of the cave-dwelling beasts said that many barbarians have invaded the underground world recently, causing massive trouble for the underground world. He hopes that we can help defeat the barbarians."

While Fang Heng and the rest of the players were thinking, a game prompt appeared on their retinas.

[Hint: The player team has triggered the main storyline mission-demonic seed.]

Mission title: Demonic seed.

Mission difficulty: SSS.

Mission requirement: You have reached an agreement with the clan of the cave-dwelling beasts. Please try to find out the truth about the demonic seed and help the cave-dwelling beasts get rid of the demonic seed's curse.

Mission reward: Substantial increase in the trial rating.

Wei Tao and the others looked at each other and instantly revealed bitter expressions.

An SSS-level mission difficulty...

They had almost been wiped out in the S-level mission. If it weren't for Fang Heng's help, they might have already failed and quit the game.

And now, SSS-level?

"Ahem."

Wei Tao coughed lightly and tried to boost the team's morale. He said, "This mission is different from the ones we've encountered before. We don't have to solve it through battle. After all, the difficulty of the mission also includes the decryption part. We still have a chance."

After recognizing the difference between fantasy and reality, Wei Tao's wording changed from "I can definitely get it" to "We still have a chance."

Fang Heng shrugged.

He and Tang Mingyue communicated with their eyes crazily.

Good news!

Who cares about the main storyline mission, who cares about the demonic seed!

In short, they had an additional 24 hours of trial time, and they could even find an excuse to slack off!

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"Ahem."

After Tang Mingyue and Fang Heng finished their discussion, she coughed and said, "Everyone, we still need more information to investigate this part of the mission. The time for the trial game is limited, so I suggest that we split up and investigate."

Fang Heng understood and was the first one to nod, "Yes, I agree!"

Mikhael spread out his hands, looking like he was fine with anything.

Wei Tao thought for a while and nodded, "That's good. Everyone is tired from the journey. Let's rest after we return. After resting, we'll look for an entry point to investigate. Once there's a breakthrough, we'll gather again."

Fang Heng said, "My vampire bloodline is effective in suppressing the demonic seed. I can find a breakthrough from the demonic seed. There are still clues in the previous underground sealed cave. I will follow this clue and investigate."

Mo Jiawei felt a pain in the ass. He shrunk his neck and said, "I'll be in charge of Qiu Yaokang's research."

"I'll be in charge of looking up the historical information of the Empire and see if there are any records of demonic seeds in the human Empire. It will make it easier for me to investigate my identity."

As Tang Mingyue spoke, she looked at Wei Tao and Mikhael, "Brother Tao, Brother Mikhael, why don't the two of you work a little harder and follow up on the clue of the barbarian race in the underground world? I feel that the barbarian race in the underground world is a little strange."

Mikhael and Wei Tao looked at each other.

The two of them stayed in the underground world to deal with the barbarians?

Indeed, with Tang Mingyue's identity, it would be more convenient to investigate the Empire. Fang Heng had a special bloodline, so he was also very suitable to investigate the demonic seed.

As for them, one was good at commanding, and the other was good at fighting head-on. It would be best to cooperate with each other to deal with the barbarians.

This arrangement was quite reasonable.

But for some reason, Wei Tao felt that something was a little strange.

Mikhael did not think too much about it. He just felt that he did not enjoy the fight just now, so he nodded and said, "Just as well. I want to fight with the barbarians again."

With the purple essence, Mikhael believed that it would not be a big problem to deal with the barbarians.

"Alright, let's follow this arrangement."

Seeing that everyone agreed, Wei Tao did not continue to think and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, yes. Let's leave the ground first and go to the human camp outside to rest and reorganize..."

...

Success!

Looking at Wei Tao and Mikhael who had been tricked away, Fang Heng reached out his hand to touch Tang Mingyue's fist in celebration.

Tang Mingyue could no longer suppress the joy on her face.

Now that there were no outsiders, she could finally discuss the money-making plan with Fang Heng.

Who cared about the trial's main storyline plot? Who cared about the demonic seed?

So what if they got an SSS-level rating for the main storyline?

After this, they would be able to live a good life for the rest of their lives!

Fang Heng continued to use Argyll to communicate with the leader of the cave-dwelling creatures. He was ready to use the power of the cave-dwelling creatures to dig a passage from the underground world to the main city area of the Empire. At the same time, he also asked the leader of the cave-dwelling creatures to prepare a safe place to store the supplies. He also vowed that these things were extremely important to the elimination of evil demons.

The cave-dwelling beasts trusted Fang Heng very much, so they immediately started making arrangements.

Seeing that things were going extremely smoothly, Tang Mingyue's mood became even better, "Oh right, Fang Heng, what's wrong with Sandy? Didn't you ask him to dupe the players? How did he get involved with those feudal lords?"

Hearing Sandy's name, Fang Heng couldn't help but have a headache. He shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. I'll ask him face-to-face after we get out."

"Eh? You're not going back?"

"Let's wait a little longer. I still have something to deal with,"

Fang Heng said and took a look at the game prompt.

There were still more than a dozen controlled giant alchemy bodies in the underground sealed area. He still had to go and collect materials. In addition, he also had to bring back the black energy source rock from the forbidden area.

"Alright, let's split up. I'll think of a way to get some water-type scrolls first. Fang Heng, let me tell you, we really lost a lot in the first wave. It wasn't easy to get water-type scrolls..."

"Wait."

Fang Heng stopped Tang Mingyue, who was about to leave. With a serious expression, he sized her up again.

"Meh? Why?"

"Stand there and don't move. Give me your hand."

"Oh."

Tang Mingyue obediently extended her arm.

Fang Heng took out a living sample collector from his backpack and injected a needle into Tang Mingyue's arm.

"There's a high chance that there's something wrong with the demonic seed in your body. This trial is not ordinary. I thought about it, and I still think that your starting character's background identity is too powerful. It might be a trap in the game."

As he spoke, Fang Heng handed the sample collector to Mo Jiawei and said, "I'll leave it to you, Old Mo. We'll act separately. After we get out, you can go to Qiu Yaokang and have a look. He might have found something."

"Alright, leave it to me."

...

When Fang Heng returned to the underground sealed area again, the zombie clones had already moved the remains of the large alchemy body into the oval-shaped hall.

The zombie clone had just finished reading the alchemy book.

A large amount of alchemy knowledge gushed into Fang Heng's mind. He closed his eyes and tried to comprehend the contents of alchemy.

After a while, Fang Heng opened his eyes.

[Hint: The player has finished reading Taylor's Alchemy Beginner Guide.]

[Hint: The player has mastered basic alchemy Level 1.]

Academic: Basic alchemy.

Description: Basic alchemy is the prerequisite for learning most alchemy skills. The player can make and break down basic alchemy items and can obtain some information from some alchemy items.

Description: This skill can be upgraded to Level 20.

"My basic level is still too low. Anyway, I'll try to level up quickly."

Fang Heng muttered to himself in a low voice after checking the skill description. He then walked to the alchemy fragments piled on the ground and reached out his hand to touch a piece of discarded iron sheet.

After learning the alchemy skill, there were a few more notifications on his retina.

[Hint: You have discovered the remains of the alchemy body of the legendary creature-Udaram.]

[Hint: The player has mastered alchemy. The player can try to extract alchemy fragments and special alchemy metals from the remains.]

[Hint: Your alchemy level is low and you are unable to understand advanced alchemy concepts. The success rate of dismantling has been reduced.]

Fang Heng looked at the game prompt, stood up again, and controlled two nearby zombie clones to move forward.

The zombie came to the remains and began to decompose the ruins. A channeling bar that only Fang Heng could see appeared above its head.

The channeling bar seemed to be more than two minutes long.

"Ka..."

Just after 30 seconds, the channeling bar flashed and was immediately interrupted.

A line of game prompt appeared on his retina.

[Hint: Your zombie clone has failed to dismantle the remains of the legendary creature, Udaram. You have received alchemy experience points 1, alchemy talent 0.0001, and the remains have not been destroyed.]

Ha!

"It's done!"

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Despite the failure of dismantling, Fang Heng still snapped his fingers in excitement!

He would tear him down first and gain experience points!

With a wave of his hand, more than 50 zombie clones in the hall gathered around the wreckage. Strips of dismantling bars appeared above their heads, and they began to farm for experience points and talent points.

A series of game prompts began to appear on Fang Heng's retina.

[Hint: Your zombie clone has tried to dismantle... dismantling failed. You have received alchemy talent 0.0001...]

[Hint: ...]

[Hint: Your zombie clone has obtained Type III radiant metal alloy*1 through dismantling. You have a subtle understanding of the legendary creature, Udaram. Your alchemy experience points 12, your alchemy talent 0.0004.]

[Hint: Your alchemy level has raised to Level 3.]

[Hint: You have a partial understanding of the legendary creature-Udaram. You can try to repair it. Current repair success rate: 0.0001%. Alchemy body's overall recovery success rate: 0%.]

Within a mere five minutes, his alchemy skill had reached Level 3.

Eh? It could be repaired?

Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

Although the current probability of repairing the parts was close to 0%, it seemed that the metal fragments obtained from the alchemy ruins could be used for repairing.

The wool came from the sheep's body.

As long as he continued to dismantle and repair it, he could quickly gain experience and talent points.

The premise was that he had to be lucky enough to encounter a small probability of completely destroying the entire part during the process of dismantling.

Very good!

Fang Heng immediately divided the zombie clones into two groups. One group was responsible for dismantling, and the other group was responsible for repairing. This was in a bid to maintain a balance.

[Hint: Your zombie clone has failed to dismantle. You have received alchemy experience points 1 and alchemy talent 0.0001.]

[Hint: Your zombie clone has failed in repairing. You have received alchemy experience points 1, your alchemy...]

After a few tries, the game prompt refreshed quickly on Fang Heng's retina. His experience and talent points began to increase rapidly as expected.

Fang Heng couldn't help but lower his head and think when he saw the experience bar on the skill panel slowly rising.

Speaking of which, who was the human Saint who created the high-tier alchemy lifeform?

According to what the leader of the cave-dwelling creatures had said, the human Saint had built quite a number of large teleportation arrays in the underground world for the convenience of teleportation.

But unfortunately, because too much time had passed, the cave-dwelling beasts did not know how to maintain it, and most of the teleportation arrays had lost their effectiveness.

That's strange. Since the human Saint could build teleportation arrays in the underground world, why couldn't they be seen on land? Why were there only teleportation portals like the mage towers?

The Saint seemed to understand the so-called evil demons very well.

Perhaps it would be a good choice to start investigating the Saint.

The most suitable person to investigate this matter should be Tang Mingyue. Her identity as the princess of the Empire could allow her to assess the Empire's confidential information with ease.

Fang Heng felt that since they all belonged to the human camp, the Empire and the Saint should have a deep connection.

Well, if Tang Mingyue were to investigate...

Tang Mingyue's face appeared in Fang Heng's mind.

Uh, forget it...

He should just let her focus on making money. She was suitable for that.

Fang Heng shook his head and gave up on this unrealistic idea.

In just ten minutes, his alchemy had reached Level 6, but the remains were still the same size.

Fang Heng estimated that by simply dismantling and repairing the legendary creature, Udaram, he could definitely level up his alchemy level to Level 20!

Not only that but there were still more than a dozen Udaramas left in the underground sealed area. If he killed them all, he would probably be able to obtain alchemy-related books.

If he was lucky enough to get a skill upgrade book, he could even upgrade his skill to the intermediate level!

"Well, it seems that I have to leave some of the zombie clones here."

While thinking, Fang Heng focused his eyes on the wall of the hall.

He also had to bring the murals and wreckage with him and think of a way to get Sandy to repair them.

Yes, take them away!

He would also take away the monster sealed in the alchemy body for Qiu Yaokang to study.

Take them all away!

Pack them up and take them away!

...

After spending some time sorting out his gains from this trip to the underground world, Fang Heng returned to Griffin City three hours later.

After entering the flying breeding base in Griffin City, Fang Heng asked the staff to bring the stone slabs and fragments to the temporary research institute where Sandy and Qiu Yaokang were located.

In the research institute, Qiu Yaokang's laboratory door was tightly shut. He seemed to be conducting some urgent research.

Fang Heng knew that it was not a good time to disturb Qiu Yaokang.

Sandy was sitting on a chair in the hall, wiping his sweat and gulping down cups of water, looking like he had worked hard.

"Sandy!"

When he turned his head and saw Fang Heng, Sandy stood up from his chair immediately, his face full of excitement, "Fang Heng, let me tell you, we've made a big profit this time!"

Uh... Made a big profit?

Really?

Fang Heng looked at Sandy with deep suspicion.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I've completed all the tasks you gave me perfectly. Oh, no, I've even doubled the completion!"

Sandy said with exultation and couldn't help but praise himself, "It's not that I want to say this, but Fang Heng, I'm simply a genius! I'm so touched by my own genius that I'm crying!"

"Ahem." Fang Heng couldn't help but cough and interrupted, "Sandy, I heard rumors that you signed a contract with the feudal lords to build a mage tower?"

"Yes, yes, yes. You've heard about it too, right? It's that contract!"

Sandy put on an 'I'm very strong, I'm very powerful' look and said, "I was just about to tell you. Come, come, come, sit down and talk, we've earned big!"

Seeing Sandy's excited look, Fang Heng felt a headache.

"Didn't we agree to dupe the players only? Why are the feudal lords involved?"

"That's right. I went to the players to fool them at first, but those players were very smart. I've already mentioned Your Highness Mingyue, but they were still suspicious of me. They said that the feudal lord's permission was required to build a mage tower, so they couldn't make the decision."

Fang Heng sat opposite Sandy and asked, "So you went to find the feudal lord?"

"Of course, am I the type of person to give up when faced with a little difficulty? After that, I had them introduce me to the feudal lords, and I briefly explained the matter to them."

Fang Heng opened his mouth and couldn't believe it, "Don't tell me that the feudal lords and the others agreed?"

"Um, they didn't agree at first, but I told them that this project is personally under the charge of Your Highness Mingyue. Randolf will supervise the funds throughout the process, and all the materials will be handed over to the Empire for storage first. The entire construction process and financial control will be fully monitored by the Mage Association, and it can only be used during the construction of the mage tower. We can even sign a contract."

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"Considering the extremely favorable price we offered, as long as they provide 5% of the funds needed to build the mage tower, and the fact that I promised to provide them with 10 years of free maintenance and daily repairs, the feudal lords were very happy to accept my proposal."

"But don't worry, there's one thing I didn't compromise on. After the mage tower is completed, we'll have full access to the mage tower, while they'll only have access and the right to call for emergency summons during wartime."

Hearing Sandy's series of machine gun-like outputs, Fang Heng's mind was in a mess.

So it was really that simple? Did he fool this group of feudal lords?

"Wait, who is Randolf?"

"You forgot? It's the old man we met at the Mage Association. I heard that he's the Vice President of the Mage Association. I've memorized their names." Sandy felt that it was very common to bluff so he shrugged his shoulders. "I just mentioned his name casually and I didn't expect it to be so useful."

"By the way, Fang Heng, what's next is the most important. I asked them for the deposit for the construction of the mage tower!"

"Ah? They gave it to you?"

"Yes."

Deposit?

They actually paid him?

Did these feudal lords really give a deposit so easily?

Fang Heng's eyes also lit up.

Sandy was really a talent!

Fang Heng took a deep breath and asked, "How much is the deposit?"

"5% of the total cost for the construction of the mage tower!"

So much?!

Fang Heng's eyes lit up at once.

According to the market price, building a mage tower required a lot of rare materials, manpower, and resources. It even required the cooperation of professional mages, including the priceless magic cores.

The total cost was definitely a high one!

Even though it was only 5%, the 5% deposit provided by a feudal lord alone was enough to buy several mines.

Fang Heng's heart started to beat faster.

Was there such a good thing?

"Yes, yes." Sandy nodded his head in a hurry, his face filled with excitement, and said, "We cheated a huge sum of money! The problem now is how to spend this money. The deposit is now in the care of the Mage Association. According to the agreement, this money can only be used to buy materials and for the losses during the construction of the mage tower. I wonder if it's easier to negotiate and fool them by using Randolf's background..."

A talent! What a talent!

Fang Heng stared at Sandy.

The more he looked, the more he felt that Sandy was a talent!

As for how he was going to spend the money?

It was too simple!

He was going to build a mage tower in the village outside Hani City. Building a mage tower naturally required a large number of resources.

Originally, Fang Heng was prepared to spend time and effort to let the zombies mine and collect. If they encountered rare materials that couldn't be collected, they would have to find ways to raise money to buy them.

The efficiency of doing so was actually very low, and he was not confident that he could finish it before the end of the trial.

But it was different now!

With this deposit, he could return to the village and build the ghost tower!

He had to complete the space tearing device reward mission first!

In any case, the deposit would be used to raise funds for the construction of the mage tower. He would be using the deposit to buy materials for the construction of the mage tower.

There was nothing wrong with that!

As for the materials bought to build the mage tower...

Who cares!

Fang Heng looked at Sandy with a burning gaze, "When will our deposit arrive?"

"Most of the deposit has been sent over, and it's now in the hands of the Mage Association."

"Well done, Sandy! I'll go to the Mage Association now."

"Ah, alright! I'll go with you!"

"No, no, no, Sandy, I have a more important task for you. This is a task entrusted to you by the God of Art. I think you are the only one in the world who can do it."

"Oh ho? I'm the only one who can do it?" Sandy's eyes brightened up immediately and his expression changed, "What is it?"

Fang Heng gave a simple explanation of what he found in the underground world, "It's like this. I found mysterious murals in the underground world. Unfortunately, some of the murals were..."

...

In the player guild stronghold, Duan Chengbin was filled with regret.

He wished he could give himself two tight slaps!

How could he have been blinded by greed that time?

For the sake of an A-level mission, he had offended a powerful necromancer for no reason!

The road was too narrow!

Duan Chengbin was wondering if he should go to the powerful necromancer to apologize and give him some gifts.

Suddenly, a player ran in from outside and whispered, "There was a rumor outside that in order to resist the invasion of the barbarians, the royal family of the Empire is preparing to invest a large sum of money and entrust a mysterious necromancer to build a ghost tower in the Empire."

"Yes."

Duan Chengbin nodded. He felt even more upset when he heard this.

This matched!

The necromancer he had seen at the Mage Association was the one who had built the ghost tower!

He didn't expect him to have such an influential background and to be able to get the support of the Empire's royal family.

"Also, that necromancer has already communicated with the various feudal lords of the Empire to build mage towers in their fiefs and signed construction contracts with them. Currently, the first batch of cooperation will be with 20 feudal lords, and the construction of the mage towers is expected to be completed within a week."

"Ah? How many did you say?"

Duan Chengbin was shocked.

"To build twenty mage towers in the Empire within a week? Are you sure you're not lying?"

"I'm afraid it's true. The necromancer has been personally authorized by the Empire's royal family, Her Highness Mingyue. It has been confirmed."

"We've also conducted some investigations in private. Her Highness, Mingyue has authorized the necromancer to be in charge of the construction and management of the mage tower. The feudal lords only need to agree to build the mage tower and pay a very low amount of financial and material support. They will also be completely exempted from the subsequent maintenance fees."

"Some of the feudal lords have already agreed to build their mage towers, and they've even readily paid the deposit.

The subordinate hesitated for a moment and continued, "It is said that as long as they provide 5% of the capital and a small portion of the materials, the feudal lord will get a free ghost tower in his territory after a week."

"And it's still so cheap?"

Duan Chengbin's brows were tightly locked.

The price was too favorable, and the time was too short.

No matter how he looked at it, he seemed like a scam.

He kept feeling like there was a huge pit in front of him.

The subordinate hesitated for a moment and continued, "President, if there are really that many mage towers to be built this year, I'm afraid we won't be able to get the magic core. I've already heard rumors that the Mage Association might not approve the construction of any new mage towers this year."

That's right! He had almost forgotten about the magic cores!

Duan Chengbin suddenly came to his senses.

Magic cores were essential tools for the construction of a mage tower, and the Empire's annual production of magic cores was extremely limited. It was said that in recent years, not a single piece had been produced.

If this was true, it meant that the royal family of the Empire would use up 20 magic cores in a week.

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How could they still get the magic cores when 20 of them had been used up? This wasn't a joke!

Duan Chengbin was anxious. He stood up from his chair with a 'swoosh' and kept walking in circles in the room.

What to do?

Was there any way to solve this predicament?

Eh?

Suddenly, Duan Chengbin thought of something. He could not help but stop in his tracks, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The Prilla Gaming Guild!

With the necromancer incident, the most his guild could do was delay the construction of the mage tower.

In terms of losses, the Prilla Gaming Guild should be the one that suffered the most, right?

They would definitely not surrender without a fight.

He would just let them charge at the front and fight with the necromancer.

His own small guild would just watch from behind.

After figuring this out, Duan Chengbin was no longer so anxious.

Even if the sky collapsed, there would be a bigger one to hold it up.

He might even be able to get a share of the soup if he crushed the bigger one.

…

Prilla Gaming Guild was widely recognized as the number one gaming guild in the barbarian world. More than 80% of its players learned magic-type academic skills.

In fact, in all of the intermediate game worlds, the Prilla Gaming Guild could be ranked at the top.

In the real world, most of the players of the Prilla Gaming Guild were gathered in the Northern Federation, and there were also guild buildings in the city.

The Prilla Gaming Guild had a close working relationship with the Northern Federation.

The guild had always been ambitious and wanted to expand its influence to the entire barbarian world.

It was noon, and the atmosphere within the Prilla Gaming Guild was a little heavy.

The sudden appearance of a necromancer was extremely bad news to them.

The relationship between the Prilla Gaming Guild, the Empire's royal family, and the various feudal lords was pretty good. They also cooperated with each other, and even the guild leader himself was a feudal lord.

With the guild's strength, the guild would undertake the construction and subsequent maintenance of mage towers from various major construction companies. Every year, the guild would be able to gather a lot of resources from the feudal lords and the Empire.

In the guild's plan, they would gradually expand the influence of the guild in the mage world through the mage tower, and even gradually influence the entire Mage Association, until they finally controlled the Empire's royal family!

The ownership of the mage tower was a very important part of their plan.

Now, Fang Heng's appearance had disrupted their plan.

After the news of the mysterious necromancer accepting a commission to build a mage tower spread, the Prilla Gaming Guild immediately launched an investigation.

Mysterious!

The background investigation of necromancer Fang Heng could only be described as 'mysterious'.

"The investigation was very difficult, and there was very little information available. Her Highness Mingyue has rarely appeared in public, and this is the first time she has appeared in public as a member of the royal family. In addition, Her Highness does not have any territory of the Empire."

"As for necromancer Fang Heng, we haven't found anything yet. There are rumors that he came from the Land of Plague and is the new feudal lord of the Land of Plague. He is also very powerful."

Everyone in the guild listened to the investigation report and pondered.

"After His Majesty was seriously ill, Tang Mingyue suddenly began to take action. Is there any connection between the two?"

"I'm not sure. Whether it's qualifications, power, background, identity, or personal strength and charm, Tang Mingyue doesn't meet the conditions to inherit the royal family. This matter should have nothing to do with the competition for the successor of the royal family."

"Have you found out the source of their financial support?" asked Ed, the leader of the guild.

"It's strange. The royal family's financial situation hasn't been very good in recent years, and they haven't been very generous with the maintenance fees they promised us each year. So, I think this money doesn't come from the Empire."

"If it's not the Empire, where is it from?"

"Which family can take out so much money at once? To build 20 mage towers at one go? And in just a week?"

In the hall, the guild players were confused.

"In addition, the construction period of the mage tower is only a short week. In theory, whether it's time, money, or even the magic cores necessary for the construction of the mage tower, necromancer Fang Heng can't complete the construction of the mage tower in a week."

The players looked at each other.

Everyone had the same thought.

Scammers?

But the Empire's royal family vouched for the scammers?

Her Highness Mingyue was also deceived?

Alright, even if they were scammers, what were they trying to scam?

The construction materials provided by the feudal lords would be stored in the Empire military warehouse, and the funds would be handed over to the royal family. When they were used, the Mage Association would be a third party to oversee them.

Everyone racked their brains, but they still didn't know what the person behind the scenes wanted to deceive.

Could it be that he wanted to use this to raise the price of materials?

There seemed to be a slight possibility that they could investigate in this direction.

Ed picked up the readings on the table and read them.

The Four Seas Trading Company would be in charge of the supplies this time.

...

The Four Seas Trading Company was a large chamber of commerce. Perhaps they would know something?

President Ed had always been a very suspicious person.

Without knowing the other party's purpose, he felt uneasy to make a move.

"President, many feudal lords who are interested in working with us to build mage towers are preparing to renew their contracts with the necromancer. We've tried our best to appease them, but the other party's prices are too favorable."

Ed's headache was getting worse.

The subordinate continued, "Also, President, there are two other feudal lords who want to terminate the cooperation with us to build the mage tower. They think that the annual maintenance fee of our mage tower is too expensive. I heard that the necromancer provides follow-up maintenance insurance for free. They want to stop the use of the mage tower in the territory and find the necromancer to build a new one. It will cost a little more initially, but the subsequent maintenance fees can be waived…"

This…

Upon hearing this, Ed was at a loss.

In order to save on the maintenance costs of the mage tower, they would stop using the old mage tower and replace it with a new one?

This kind of thing could happen?

Ed rubbed his swollen temples.

...

After all, the necromancer only required them to pay 5% to build a mage tower. It was possible that such a ridiculous thing was possible.

Suddenly, a line of game notifications appeared on the retinas of the players in the meeting room.

[Hint: You have triggered the hostile mission-suspicious necromancer.]

Mission title: Suspicious necromancer.

Mission difficulty: Unknown.

Mission requirement: The unexpected appearance of the feudal lord of the Land of Plague, Fang Heng, has caused quite a stir in the Empire. He is signing contracts with various feudal lords of the Empire to build mage towers. You may think that this is a huge scam. Please try to expose Fang Heng's scam or break the contracts between Fang Heng and the major feudal lords.

Mission reward: Random A level team reward. Guild's friendship with various empires will increase.

Mission time limit: 24 hours.

All the players looked at each other when they saw the sudden mission.

Hostile mission!

The situation was gotten worse!

Hostile missions meant that it was a mission between players.

This meant that there was a high probability of a player making a move behind necromancer Fang Heng!

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The worst-case scenario had happened.

Someone was actually targeting their guild in secret!

Ed narrowed his eyes.

Now it seemed that a player was secretly playing a big game of chess, and his ambition was so big that he wanted to kill their entire guild!

What was terrifying was that such a powerful opponent had been hiding in the dark all along.

Ed looked at the crowd.

To the guild, the A-level team reward wasn't that important. What they needed the most was to get rid of this hidden opponent and obtain the feudal lord's friendship.

"Let's look for the Mage Association and get them to provide proof that a necromancer is able to build an association. We will also investigate a few large guilds and see who is targeting us in the dark."

"Alright, we'll contact the Mage Association immediately."

"Wait!"

Ed rubbed his chin and reached out to stop him, "We have a good relationship with many feudal lords. Send them invitations and try to gather as many feudal lords as possible. Tell them the truth of the matter. We're going to completely expose necromancer Fang Heng's true colors!"

"Alright!"

….

"Mr. Fang Heng, I've been looking for you. You left in a hurry last time."

When he saw Fang Heng, who had come to find him in a hurry at the Mage Association, Randolf felt that this young necromancer in front of him was more and more unpredictable.

"I'm sorry, I had some urgent matters to attend to. I came over immediately after I finished."

"Mm, alright. I was looking for you as well. There are many things we need to discuss regarding the construction of the ghost tower."

Seeing Fang Heng leave in a hurry after getting the blueprint, Randolf even thought that Fang Heng was a liar for a moment.

Randolf was a relatively simple scholar.

He had always wanted to contribute to the development of the academic community.

He had never expected that the Mage Association's vault would suddenly receive funds from various feudal lords after Fang Heng had left for a period of time.

After asking around, he found out that Fang Heng was already talking about cooperation with the feudal lords, and was even preparing to build a large number of ghost towers within the Empire!

Her Highness Mingyue had appointed the Mage Association as a third party to oversee the construction of the ghost tower. She even appointed him to be in charge of the use of funds.

Randolf was a little confused.

He wasn't familiar with Her Highness Mingyue at all, and he didn't even talk much with Fang Heng. Why did she suddenly let him be in charge of so many funds?

Of course, building more mage towers was a good thing for Randolf. It was to promote learning. Randolf would also take full responsibility for this and provide all the help he could.

"Yes, Mr. Randolf, I'm here to apply for the construction funds for the mage tower." This time, Fang Heng came with the city supervisor of the Four Seas Trading Company. As he spoke, he handed over the list of materials he had prepared.

"This is the first batch of materials that I need. I hope that the Mage Association can review and provide the funds as soon as possible. The purchase and transportation of the materials will be handed over to the Four Seas Trading Company. What do you think? "

"Alright, there's no problem with the list of goods. I'll contact the Four Seas chamber of commerce now."

Randolf quickly checked the list of materials, then raised his head and said, "The qualification review of the Land of Plague has been passed, and the procedures are all in accordance with the regulations. However, as the supervisor, the Mage Association will also supervise the use of the materials. In addition, the Mage Association will review and disclose the use of every sum of money."

"Of course, no problem."

Randolf hesitated for a moment and asked, "Fang Heng, I heard that the feudal lords who are working with you only need to provide 5% of the initial funds to build the mage tower, and you don't even charge any maintenance fees. I'm not doubting you, but I'm just very curious. Is this amount of money really enough to build the mage tower?"

"Hahaha, of course."

Fang Heng chuckled and added in his heart, of course not!

Randolf suppressed the doubts in his heart and nodded, "Alright, I'll communicate with the Four Seas Trading Company immediately. Where will the first batch of materials be transported to?"

"My hometown, the Land of Plague."

Randolf was stunned.

The manager of the Four Seas Trading Company, who was following Fang Heng, took out a map and showed it to Randolf. He explained, "The exact location of the Land of Plague is outside Hani City, near the Cesar Forest area."

"Yeah, it's a little far."

Randolf looked at the area on the map and frowned, "The Empire is currently facing a war with the barbarians. The griffins in the city can't fly. It will take at least two days to transport the goods by land."

"Hani City is currently at the front line of the war with the barbarians. The situation is not looking good. Our Mage Association will send people to protect them, but time may be tight. Are you sure you can complete the construction of the mage tower within seven days? "

Fang Heng was also stunned when he heard that, "What did you say? Seven days?"

"Didn't you make an agreement with the various feudal lords of the Empire to complete the construction of the mage tower within seven days?"

"Oh, yes, yes, yes."

Fang Heng reacted.

It was probably something Sandy said casually to trick the feudal lords into signing the contract.

It was not important.

In any case, it wouldn't take seven days. By then, he would have already left the trial game.

Randolf felt that Fang Heng was acting weird and suggested, "It's very difficult to build a ghost tower in the Land of Plague. It takes a lot of time to transport the materials. Fang Heng, would it be better to build a mage tower in a closed area?"

Fang Heng waved his hand, "No, let's start from the Land of Plague. We don't need two days. We have a special route."

"A special route?"

Randolf was confused.

With the distance between the periphery of Hani City and Griffon City, no matter how special the route was, it would be impossible to shorten the time to a day, right?

"Hahaha, I'll have to trouble you to purchase materials from the outside world. As for the special route, you'll know when the time comes."

...

Fang Heng patted Randolf's shoulder in a friendly manner.

Suddenly, a red warning appeared on his retina.

[Warning: As you have used the background influence of a special character in this trial to exceed the critical value, a warning has been triggered. According to the trial rules, some players in the intermediate game will receive relevant hostile missions. Please be careful.]

Fang Heng squinted his eyes.

It was indeed easy to do things with the help of Tang Mingyue's royal identity.

However, the trial would also have corresponding countermeasures.

The manager of the Four Seas Trading Company bowed to Fang Heng and Randolf respectfully, "Thank you for your support."

"We'll be gathering some of the rare materials needed to build the mage tower from the major cities. The rest of the common materials will be prepared by the warehouse of the trading firm in Hani City. For this, we'll need to borrow the teleportation channel of the Mage Association. Is that okay? "

"Alright," said Randolf with a nod. "I'll talk to the Mage Association about the teleportation passage."

Fang Heng thanked Randolf, "Thank you so much."

"You're welcome. We're all travelers on the path of exploring the truth, so we should help each other."

...

What a good man!

This was what a devout scholar was.

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The manager of the chamber of commerce calculated for a moment and said, "With the support of the mage tower's teleportation channel, the first batch of supplies will be ready in two hours. We'll escort them to Hani City together."

"Very good. We'll gather at the starting point in two hours."

The three of them made an agreement and were about to do their own things when Fang Heng thought of something and asked, "By the way, Mr. Randolf, I've heard rumors about the Saint while I was studying necromancy. Do you know anything about the Saint?"

"Saint…"

Randolf recalled, "I haven't heard this name for a long time. The Saint was once established by a group of scholars. They even built a Holy City in the North of the Empire. It was said that the Holy City was destroyed in a disaster. Not only did the Saint completely disappear, but even the academic research classics in the Holy City were destroyed along with the Holy City."

Randolf shook his head and sighed, "If the rumors are true, it would be a tragedy."

"If that's the case, it's a pity."

Fang Heng felt helpless.

Fine, the lead on the Saint was also lost.

He thought, "Forget it, I'd better focus on building the mage tower and completing the reward mission."

…

"What? So fast?"

The players of Prilla Gaming Guild felt immense pressure when they learned that the Mage Association had purchased the supplies and was preparing to transport them back to Hani City.

They were indeed a group of professional scammers. They acted so quickly.

Fortunately, they weren't a small guild that could be easily manipulated.

After receiving the news, Ed, the president of the guild, immediately counted all his men and rushed to the Mage Guild in an aggressive manner, trying to stop Fang Heng and his group.

"President, many feudal lords have already gathered at the Mage Guild, but they are still a little skeptical."

"It's fine. We'll expose the necromancer's lie personally."

"Alright. In addition, President, and many other feudal lords who are hesitating about whether to build a mage tower will also head to the Mage Guild when they hear this news. They want to see for themselves whether the construction agreement of the necromancers is a scam."

"Good, beautifully done! Let them all come, the more the better!"

Ed nodded.

Public execution!

This way, he could also gain some favorability from the other feudal lords.

Ed was a reliable person, and he had even asked the Federation before the operation.

Recently, the Federation didn't make any big moves.

As such, the necromancy mage had nothing to do with the Federation.

Now that they were fully prepared, everyone was ready to expose Fang Heng!

Cut the weeds and eliminate the roots!

"By the way, what's the situation with the necromancer and Her Highness Mingyue?"

"Yes, there is. The necromancer has set up the gathering point of the supplies in a very remote place outside of Griffin City. They will set off in half an hour. I heard that they have a special route to Hani City."

Ed raised an eyebrow.

Special route?

Were they trying to steal supplies?

Did these people deliberately set up the assembly point outside the Empire to put on a show of embezzlement?

At this moment, Ed suddenly had an idea.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the possibility of this guess was extremely high!

Hehe, I see.

"And as for Her Highness Mingyue, a few feudal lords went to the royal family to verify the authenticity of the building of the ghost tower and wanted to confront Tang Mingyue face to face. But I heard that Tang Mingyue was not in the city. It seems that she had left as soon as she received the news."

Was it…

Did Tang Mingyue panic when she saw the feudal lords' suspicion?

A cold smile appeared on Ed's face.

No matter what, they definitely had a problem!

"Tell those feudal lords to bring more guards. We might be in danger this time."

…..

Tang Mingyue rode on her griffin and hurried to the assembly point where Fang Heng had gathered outside Griffin City.

She was very anxious.

In the beginning, she was still in the royal palace, trying to trick the royal family into giving her some high-level scrolls. She was planning to empty the royal treasury.

She didn't expect to suddenly receive news that several feudal lords who had signed contracts with Fang Heng went to the royal family to ask for an explanation about the construction of the mage tower.

Following that was a series of mission trigger notifications.

Explanation?

She was a liar! What other explanation could there be?

The punishment for failing the mission would reduce the influence of the royal family, and she might even be grounded by the royal family.

Her royal family's influence wasn't high, to begin with, so this was even more dangerous.

In her panic, Tang Mingyue decided to ignore the royal family and the mission. She quickly went to find Fang Heng to discuss countermeasures.

...

Along the way, game notifications kept popping up on Tang Mingyue's retina.

The influence of the royal family continued to decline.

She felt that she was really screwed up by Sandy this time.

It was one thing to deceive the players, but now that he had deceived the feudal lords, what good could it be?

She had to find Fang Heng as soon as possible. While the name of the 'Royal Princess' was still useful, she could directly carry out the plan to get money and then withdraw from the trial!

Fang Heng didn't know that the outside world had caused a great uproar. He was checking the game log and remotely controlling the zombie horde.

The plates were too big, and it was particularly difficult to control the zombie clones.

In the Land of Plague, a group of zombies had to be controlled to excavate and transport the nearby ore resources, and another group had to lay the foundation for the construction of the mage tower.

The zombies in the underground world were still scratching the giant alchemy bodies, leaving a portion of the zombie clones to level up.

The results were quite gratifying.

After a few hours, the zombie clones killed two more large alchemy creatures. If he was lucky, he might even get some more treasures. His basic alchemy level had also reached the maximum level of 20.

...

In addition, Fang Heng also controlled two Lickers to follow Wei Tao's team.

They had an agreement with Wei Tao to use the Lickers as a bridge between the two sides.

If Wei Tao's team had a major discovery, Wei Tao would use lightning spells to attack the Lickers. If he encountered danger, he would use fire spells to attack the Lickers.

Similarly, if Fang Heng encountered a major discovery, the Lickers would take the initiative to attack Mikhael. If they encountered danger, the Lickers would attack Wei Tao.

More professionally, they could also use the interval between attacks to represent Morse code and transmit verbal messages.

This was the theory, but the implementation of Morse code was quite difficult.

At the moment, Wei Tao's side was still considered calm. They might not have really encountered the barbarian race of the underground world yet.

"Fang Heng!!"

Hearing someone calling his name, Fang Heng couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Tang Mingyue jumped down from the griffin's back and landed in front of Fang Heng, panting heavily.

Fang Heng had a bad premonition in his heart. He asked, "Is the Empire in trouble?"

"You've guessed it again. It's the feudal lords from the Empire. They probably felt that they were deceived and had just gone to the royal family to verify it. Now, a large number of feudal lords have gone to the Mage Association to withdraw their funds."

Fang Heng squinted his eyes.

He had been discovered?

So fast?

That didn't seem right.

They were just talking about it, how did they find out?

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"How did you get discovered?"

"I'm not sure. It seems like there's someone behind this."

"This time, the leader is Lord Brent. He is very prestigious among the major feudal lords in the Empire. After the feudal lords felt that they were deceived, they personally came with their guards to demand an explanation."

Fang Heng, this matter has been blown up. The royal family might hold me accountable. Also, many feudal lords are rushing to the Mage Association after learning about this.

"There are also many feudal lords who have not reached an agreement with us to build the building. They will soon come to the assembly point with the Mage Association to confront us."

Tang Mingyue looked at Fang Heng and said anxiously, "Fang Heng, don't worry about this mess. Follow me and run away. Let's go to the royal treasury and see if we can cheat some…"

"Don't be in such a hurry." Fang Heng waved his hand, indicating for Tang Mingyue to calm down. "Did we lie to those feudal lords?"

Tang Mingyue was a little confused, "You didn't? "

"We do want to cooperate with the various feudal lords of the Empire to build the ghost tower. We are the righteous side, and everything we do is for the Empire, to build a strong line of defense for the Empire."

Tang Mingyue blinked.

Was he lying to himself?

"Don't worry, leave it to me. It's too early to give up now. We still have a chance."

Fang Heng said and looked into the distance.

"The people from the Four Seas Trading Company were already waiting in place, waiting for the materials to arrive before setting off together."

The preparations for the cave-dwelling beasts should be almost complete.

….

Outside the forest of the assembly point, the Mage Association escorted the Four Seas Trading Company's supply team to the material assembly point where Fang Heng was.

Randolf had a headache.

Not long ago, Lord Brent brought a large group of feudal lords to find him and said that necromancer Fang Heng might be a liar. The Empire had no intention of building a team of mages.

Fang Heng didn't have the ability to build the ghost tower in large quantities!

A liar?

Even though Fang Heng had many suspicious points, Randolf didn't think so.

Lord Brent was a veteran feudal lord of the Empire. Under his call, the feudal lords united and clamored to seek an explanation from Fang Heng.

Randolf also wanted to solve the problem, so he appeased the feudal lords and brought them to the material assembly point to find Fang Heng.

Of course, the elite guards of the feudal lords also followed along.

Along the way, more and more feudal lords joined the party, and Randolf watched as the party expanded from the original 50 to 600 members.

It was ten times more.

The feudal lords' trust in Ed increased as they watched him walk further and further into the dark forest.

This forest seemed to be very well hidden, very suitable for an ambush!

Hence, Ed's judgment was very accurate!

The necromancer's goal was really to seize resources!

"Luckily, you reminded me, Ed, or else more feudal lords would have been tricked."

"I was a little suspicious at the time. If it wasn't for the royal family's guarantee…"

The Empire's suzerains who came with him felt that there was something wrong with Fang Heng. They complained all the way and were angry.

They had actually been tricked!

The most infuriating thing was that the magic seal and personal signature of Her Highness Mingyue could not be faked!

But who cared?

Losing some money was a small matter. If word of this got out, the outside world would only say that the feudal lords had been cheated by an unknown necromancer for some small profits!

After signing the contract with Fang Heng, they would become the laughingstock of the other feudal lords and nobles!

Were they shameless?

"This matter isn't over yet. Once I catch that liar myself, I'll personally go to the royal family to demand an explanation!"

"That's right, our life is getting worse by the day. What do they want? Are you trying to squeeze our hard-earned money dry?"

Lord Brent was a feudal lord, and at the same time, he also had part of the Empire's bloodline in him, so he had a prominent reputation in the entire Empire.

"Hmph, don't worry. When I return, I will personally look for Her Highness. I will definitely give everyone a satisfactory explanation!"

The players from the Prilla Guild were in a good mood as they listened to the furious discussion of the feudal lords.

They felt that they had already won this round.

"My feudal lords," Ed advised, "Please don't be in a hurry to make your judgment. Her Highness Mingyue may have been deceived by outsiders."

When they received the news that Princess Mingyue had escaped from the royal family, the players of the Prilla Gaming Guild were ready to pop a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

They heard that when Princess Mingyue left, she was in a hurry.

She was obviously feeling guilty!

She was going to run!

The players had already guessed the follow-up mission, and there were only two possibilities.

First, they ran to the target location of the mission aggressively, only to find that the scammer had already escaped, triggering the follow-up mission to continue searching for the mastermind behind the scenes.

Of course, there was a second possibility that had a lower probability.

...

The necromancer was very bold and decided to fight with his life on the line. He would kill them at the ambush point and steal their goods.

In order to prevent Fang Heng from doing anything desperate, the elite team of Ed's guild had almost turned out at full strength this time, and the feudal lords had also brought their accompanying teams of guards.

How could a team of 600 to 700 elite players possibly lose to a single necromancer?

Therefore, this wave was in the bag!

Unlike the other players, Ed did not speak much at the moment as he felt that the mission this time was too smooth.

It was so smooth that it made him feel a little uneasy.

He couldn't help but think of the worst possible scenario.

When they arrived at the gathering point, the next mission they would trigger would likely be to track down the criminal.

This was troublesome.

They knew very little about necromancers. As for Her Highness Mingyue, she had a very high status, so it would be very difficult to get information from her.

The Wantong Chamber of Commerce, which was responsible for the supply and transportation of materials, had a complicated mood at the moment.

...

Hearing that Fang Heng might be a liar, they were a little flustered.

These feudal lords were not people to be trifled with. What if their chamber of commerce took the blame and lost money?

Everyone on the team had their own thoughts. They gradually went deeper into the forest, raised their vigilance, and prepared to deal with an ambush.

Soon, they found a transport team of more than ten people at the scheduled assembly point not far ahead.

"Eh? He didn't run?"

Ed's heart skipped a beat and he immediately gave his teammates a look.

"Yes," Maliku nodded. "I've used magic eyes to investigate. There's no ambush nearby."

"Her Highness Mingyue is also on the team."

Lord Brent frowned and raised his hand.

The guards of the feudal lord who had come with the team quickly stepped forward and surrounded Fang Heng and his group in the middle, looking vigilant.

Fang Heng's side didn't take any action and let everyone surround them.

Lord Brent came forward with many feudal lords and cupped his hands. Your Highness, you're here too? "

Tang Mingyue did not recognize Lord Brent, so she hummed softly in acknowledgment, her face showing her displeasure.

"I can't? What's the meaning of bringing so many people here? Are you trying to capture me?"

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Lord Brent felt that Tang Mingyue's tone was not friendly, so he explained gently, "Your Highness Mingyue, please don't misunderstand. There are rumors outside that Your Highness has been deceived by someone. We are worried about your safety, so we came to take a look."

"Deceived? Are you talking about me?"

Fang Heng stood up from behind the stone and walked to Tang Mingyue.

"Nice to meet you. I'm the feudal lord of the Land of Plague, Fang Heng."

"You must be the feudal lord who is cooperating with us, right? Now that everyone has seen Her Highness Mingyue, you can be at ease. It's almost time, have you prepared the goods? We'll be setting off now."

Everyone was stunned by what Fang Heng said.

Ed and the other players were not used to it either.

This doesn't seem to be the same as the original plan.

Seeing everyone's puzzled expression, Fang Heng frowned and said, "Do the feudal lords want to come along? The transportation of resources is not dangerous, we appreciate your kindness."

"Liar, stop pretending. We've seen through your lies."

Maliku walked out of the crowd and confronted Fang Heng.

"We've already confirmed with the Empire that this year's financial expenditure did not include the budget for the construction of a mage tower. The royal family also does not have plans to build a large number of ghost towers. You're a liar!"

"Fang Heng, what else do you have to say?"

"You guys are here for this?" Fang Heng looked around at the crowd and shook his head, "Who told you that I need to borrow the Empire's financial resources? "

Maliku was stunned when he heard this.

The feudal lords were also confused.

What did he mean? Not using the Empire's finances? What about the money? Where did the money come from?

"I am the one who signed the agreement with the feudal lords. Our agreement did not mention any financial support from the Empire. As for the plan to build the ghost tower, this is the first time I've heard of it."

Fang Heng looked at Maliku, "Any more questions? We only have seven days to build the ghost tower. If you delay the construction, are you willing to pay the compensation for the breach of contract on our behalf?"

The feudal lords looked at each other.

They felt that the young necromancer in front of them exuded a strange and confident aura.

From what he said, he was planning to build a mage tower by himself?

A member of the chambers of commerce handed over Fang Heng's qualification documents.

Lord Brent checked the feudal lord's qualification certificate and nodded, "There's no problem with his aptitude. He's a feudal lord who has just received the Empire's fief."

Ed said in a deep voice, "How can a feudal lord who just received a fief have so much money to build a mage tower? Don't be fooled by him, there must be a problem with him!"

Fang Heng shifted his gaze to Ed.

"Other than being a feudal lord, I'm also a necromancer. Naturally, I know how to build a mage tower. In addition, building a ghost tower is mutually beneficial thing for the Land of Plague and the feudal lords. Unrelated personnel, please step aside. I'm leaving."

"Building a mage tower requires a magic core. You don't have that many cores to build."

"We have a way to solve this." Fang Heng shook his head and looked at the feudal lords, "If you want to tear up the contract, then I'm sorry. According to the compensation terms, the deposit that has been paid will not be returned."

The feudal lords looked at each other.

They've already given the money, and he wanted to tear up the contract? Wasn't this stupid?

Ed looked at Fang Heng, who refused to listen to anything, and suddenly felt that the problem was tricky.

He had thought of many possibilities, but he had never thought that Fang Heng would be so stubborn.

At present, they really didn't have any solid evidence to prove that Fang Heng was a liar.

Of course, Fang Heng would give himself away after a while.

There was no way he could complete the construction of the mage tower!

However, the problem was that the time limit for the task was only 24 hours. Once the time was up, the task would be judged as a failure immediately. At that time, it would be meaningless for them to expose Fang Heng's scam.

Suddenly, Ed had an idea and said, "I heard that this batch of supplies is going to the Land of Plague. Mr. Randolf told us that you have a secret route that can quickly return to and from Hani City and Griffin City."

"We can go together and take a look at the construction of the mage tower, right?"

Another feudal lord also reacted and said, "Yes, yes, yes, we're going to visit together!"

"Indeed, but the construction of a mage tower is a secret. If this secret is accidentally leaked…" Fang Heng looked at the crowd and said, "You must know that the barbarian's infiltration of humans has been getting more and more intense recently…"

The feudal lords were unhappy and asked, "What do you mean? You're saying that we'll leak the situation?"

"Ahem."

Tang Mingyue coughed lightly and said, "Fang Heng, the feudal lords here have all made great contributions to the Empire. Please don't say that."

"I'm sorry." Fang Heng bowed to Tang Mingyue and showed an embarrassed expression, "Since Your Highness Mingyue has vouched for it, we can visit it. However, the journey to the Land of Plague is expensive…"

Lord Brent did not care about such a small amount of money. He nodded and interrupted, "Good! It's settled then, I'll pay for it!"

"If that's the case, please follow us,"

Fang Heng waved his hand, signaling the Four Seas chamber of commerce to lead the way.

"Dear feudal lords, please do not let your guard down." Ed walked into the midst of the feudal lords and reminded them in a low voice, "Be careful of them ambushing and snatching supplies on the way."

"Don't worry,"

Lord Brent shook his head and looked at the middle-aged man beside him.

He was one of the four famous sword saints of the Empire, Chepo.

With him here, they wouldn't be afraid even if they encountered the entire barbarian army!

Seeing that the crowd had finally reached an agreement, the manager of the chamber of commerce heaved a sigh of relief in his heart and signaled for the team to move forward.

...

The large team of nearly a thousand people slowly advanced along the path that opened up in the forest.

After walking along the path for nearly 300 meters, the path was blocked by a continuous mountain range.

A dead end?

Ed frowned.

He noticed that the Mage Association leading the way didn't stop, but went along the mountain range to the right.

Soon, a deep cave appeared in front of everyone.

Seeing the chamber of commerce's people enter the cave with torches, the feudal lord's team stopped in their tracks and hesitated at the entrance of the cave.

"Lord Fang Heng, where are we going?"

"It's a cave, a special passage," said Fang Heng concisely.

"Ah? The route you're pointing out requires us to pass through the cave?"

"Yes,"

...

Fang Heng said and followed the chambers of commerce in front of him into the cave, leaving the people at the door hesitating.

Special passage? Or was he trying to lure them into a dangerous cave, and then think of a way to ambush them?

The pitch-black cave made the feudal lords feel that Fang Heng was playing tricks!

"Ha, it's quite interesting. Let's go in and take a look."

Lord Brent wasn't the least bit flustered.

With the Empire's sword saint accompanying them, they were not afraid of Fang Heng playing any tricks.

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1108 Working Partner

"Yes, everyone, be careful. There might be an ambush."

Ed felt that the mission was not as simple as it seemed, so he reminded the players in the guild and entered the cave with his team.

The cave was pitch black, but it was much bigger than he had imagined.

The feudal lords' guards also lit up their torches to light up the surroundings.

!!

After walking for about ten minutes, they came to an underground sewer.

He raised his torch and looked over. A large number of wooden boats had already been prepared on the water.

More than a dozen members of the chamber of commerce had already known the route in advance and called for the follow-up personnel to move the boxes of materials onto the wooden boat.

The feudal lords looked at each other.

An underground waterway?

This was the first time they had heard of such an underground river outside of Griffin City.

Could it be that Fang Heng didn't lie?

Did he really find a secret passage to Hani City?

Fang Heng turned around and looked at the feudal lords, "I'm sorry, everyone. I didn't know that so many people would come together, so I didn't prepare too many wooden boats."

"It's alright," Lord brownart nodded. "My guards are all elites. Let them follow behind us and swim over."

"Alright," he said.

After transporting the supplies, the team quickly went down along the current. In less than 20 minutes, the wooden boat in front was stopped by the net rope in front of them.

The team of guards behind him also climbed up to the shore.

Ed's team looked around cautiously.

This place was…

The underground world?!

Ed's pupils suddenly shrank, and his heart couldn't help but beat violently.

Ever since the incident with the ley lines, the underground world had gradually entered the players' field of vision.

Many players were very interested in the underground world and explored it more than once.

There were powerful monsters living in the underground world, as well as a powerful race called the cave-dwelling beasts.

Suddenly, there was a sizzling sound in the darkness.

"Be careful! Be on alert!"

The guards of the feudal lords were all elites, and after discovering the strange sound, they immediately spread out and stood guard, protecting the feudal lords in the middle.

After patrolling in the dark for a moment, the guards all looked forward and raised their weapons.

In front of him, a large number of short black shadows gradually emerged from the darkness.

It's the cave-dwelling beasts!

Everyone couldn't help but feel nervous.

There were too many cave-dwelling beasts coming from all directions!

They were densely packed! They had practically surrounded their entire 1000-man team!

This was terrible!

Ed's heart tightened.

Was this Fang Heng's backup plan? Relying on the power of the cave-dwelling beasts to deal with the feudal lords?

Chepo coldly looked around.

So these were cave-dwelling beasts. They were just a bunch of ants. No matter how many ants there were, they couldn't shake the dragon.

"Everyone, don't be nervous. We're all friends."

Fang Heng waved his hand, signaling the others to put down their weapons. He then walked out of the crowd and slowly walked forward.

The cave-dwelling beasts that appeared from the dark also put down their bone spears.

Argyll, who had come with the cave-dwelling beasts, walked out from the crowd of densely packed cave-dwelling beasts. He hurried forward and greeted, "Lord Fang Heng, Your Highness Mingyue!"

"Hmm, how is it?"

"It's almost done,"

"Well done. Lead the way."

What was going on?

Seeing that Fang Heng and the cave-dwelling beasts were communicating with each other so skillfully, the onlookers were amazed.

"The cave-dwelling beasts are actually getting along with Fang Heng?"

Lord Brent was even more curious now. He asked, "Lord Fang Heng, this is…"

"In fact, humans have always lived in peace with the cave-dwelling beasts. A long time ago, they even had an agreement to cooperate."

"Yes, as you can see, the Land of Plague and the cave-dwelling beasts have always been working closely together. It's all thanks to the help of the cave-dwelling beasts that we were able to find a convenient passage to the town."

Hearing what Fang Heng said, all the feudal lords were shocked and couldn't help but whisper to each other.

The feudal lord of the Land of Plague had joined forces with the cave-dwelling beasts?

How did he do it?

...

Randolf also looked at Fang Heng in surprise.

He had done some research on the species of cave-dwelling beasts, and he knew their characteristics very well.

It was definitely not as easy as Fang Heng had said if he wanted to join forces with the cave-dwelling beasts!

"Let's go," he said.

Seeing that the members of the chambers of commerce had already moved the materials off the ship, Fang Heng waved his hand, indicating that the team was to continue moving forward.

The cave-dwelling beasts were leading the way in front, while the feudal lords' team followed the chambers of commerce to transport supplies.

As they walked forward, the feudal lords who were discussing while walking became more and more surprised.

Cooperate with the cave-dwelling beasts? Exploring the underground world?

This kind of thing would definitely cause a sensation if it got out!

Judging from the behavior of the cave-dwelling beasts, this was no longer a simple cooperation. They even felt that the cave-dwelling beasts were very respectful to Fang Heng!

How did he do it?

...

One of the feudal lords couldn't help but ask, "Lord Fang Heng, how did you manage to work together with the cave-dwelling beasts?"

"Maybe it's because we share the same ideals."

Fang Heng lied casually.

The feudal lords and their followers exchanged glances with each other.

Now, no one thought that Fang Heng was a liar.

The person in front of them was unfathomable!

If he could have such a relationship with the cave-dwelling beasts, why would he spend so much effort to cheat them of this little money?

You must be joking!

Unlike the excited feudal lords, Ed's team fell silent.

What was going on? How could this be? This was completely different from what they had expected!

What should he do?

Seeing the state of the feudal lords, Ed realized that this mission might be bad.

Eh?

Why did he stop?

Ed looked up.

In front of them, the team had completely stopped.

What's the matter now?

Ed walked out of the crowd.

Seeing Fang Heng standing in front of a large stone magic array, he was once again in great shock.

Fang Heng faced the many feudal lords and spoke with fervor and assurance, "Everyone, this is the magical teleportation array left behind by the ancient Saint. We will rely on the magical teleportation array to carry out long-distance teleportation because the teleportation array needs to consume magic crystals as its energy source…"

"Is this really an ancient magic array?"

Randolf's eyes glowed with a strange light. He stepped forward and touched the rune on the stone that was used to construct the magic array.

He had never seen such mystical runes before!

It also contained alchemy knowledge!

Randolf was so shocked that his hands were shaking uncontrollably.

When he was young, he had only read a few words about ancient magical arrays in a book. He didn't expect to see it with his own eyes in this place!

It was true! It really was an ancient magical array!

And it could still be used!

Even though it had been through the passage of time, the huge stones used to construct the magic array had been greatly worn down.

Fang Heng looked at Randolf and nodded, "Yes. According to the cave-dwelling beasts, the Saint once built a large number of magic arrays in the underground world."

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1109 Teleportation

"Amazing, too amazing."

Randolf checked the magic array carefully and couldn't help but praise it.

The magic array was mixed with extremely complicated alchemy structures, which were difficult to understand without careful study.

Seeing Randolf's excited look, the crowd couldn't help but look at Fang Heng again.

The necromancer from the Land of Plague.

It was too extraordinary!

Lord Brent looked at Randolf, who was excitedly studying the magic array and then at Ed, who was still in shock."What do you think, Ed? Is this really a magic array?"

Ed opened his mouth.

For a moment, he didn't know how to answer.

Even Randolf had confirmed it, so how could it be fake?

That's not right!

Ed read through the mission tips again.

The game mission clearly stated that he had to find a way to expose Fang Heng's scam.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Ed's mind!

Damn it! He had been misled!

The scam in the mission description might not be referring to tricking the feudal lords into signing the contract to build the mage tower!

Bad.

He had thought that Fang Heng was just an ordinary swindler.

He did not expect…

Fang Heng's scam was much bigger than he had originally thought!

"Ed, Lord Brent is asking you a question."

The other feudal lords who came along looked at Ed with dissatisfaction.

In the beginning, the feudal lords all thought that Fang Heng was a liar, but now no one thought so anymore.

Fang Heng didn't look like a liar at all.

A feudal lord of the Empire's fief, a feudal lord who had a good personal relationship with the Royal Princess, and was respected by the underground world's cave-dwelling beasts!

Sneakily swindling their money?

It was impossible!

"This, I think should be real."

Ed came back to his senses and said, "My Lords, the magic array doesn't mean that he has the ability to build a mage tower. Let's continue to observe."

While they were talking, a few of the cave-dwelling beasts came over and said something to Argyll.

"They said that the energy might not be enough," Argyll explained to Fang Heng.

Fang Heng glanced at the crowd and said calmly, "Everyone, as I said, activating the large-scale magic array requires a large number of magic crystals as energy. The prepared magic crystals are already insufficient, and we have too many people this time. If we forcefully transport them…"

"Lord Fang Heng, don't worry. I still have some magic crystals in my territory. There aren't many, but they'll be enough for you to use for a while."

Lord Brent was all smiles.

He liked to make friends, especially capable friends like this. He immediately waved his hand.

One of Lord Brent's guards walked forward, took out a beautifully decorated box, and handed it to Fang Heng.

"Use this magical crystal first."

Fang Heng opened the box.

There was a light blue magical crystal in the box.

Seeing the gemstone, the feudal lords couldn't help but let out a soft cry of surprise.

Tang Mingyue couldn't even move her eyes away.

High-tier magic crystal!

Only after killing a high-level savage beast would there be a chance of obtaining it from its corpse.

Such a perfect magic core could be sold for tens of thousands of dollars outside!

In Sandy's words, it was a work of art!

Could it be used as the energy source for the teleportation magic array?

Such a waste?

Tang Mingyue felt a throbbing pain in her heart.

Fang Heng was also shocked and took another look at Lord Brent.

He seemed to be a fat sheep?

"Alright," he said.

Fang Heng then looked at Randolf, "I'm sorry, President Randolf. We don't have much time."

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. This is the first time I've seen ancient teleportation magic array. I was a little too excited."

Randolf, who was still engrossed in examining the runes on the magic array, realized that he had been too excited. He waved his hands apologetically and retreated from the magic array.

...

The cave-dwelling beasts started to install the power source and prepared to activate the teleportation channel.

Following the instructions of the cave-dwelling beasts, the feudal lords' team also entered the teleportation zone in the center of the magic array.

A moment later, the magic array was activated.

The dim yellow light gradually enveloped everyone inside until they disappeared into the cave.

After a moment of weightlessness and dizziness, when they opened their eyes again, they found that they had appeared in another large-scale teleportation array.

It seems like this trip went smoothly.

Fang Heng looked around and continued, "We've already teleported to the Hani City area. Next, we'll head to the Land of Plague."

The cave-dwelling beasts continued to move, helping the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce transport the supplies.

Randolf took a deep breath and cupped his hands to Fang Heng.

"Fang Heng, the ancient magical teleportation array here is too precious for the research of the Mage Association. We would like to investigate it. I wonder if you can help to communicate with the cave-dwelling beasts?"

"Of course, you can. There are many teleportation magic arrays in the underground world that are broken and can't be used due to a lack of maintenance. It would be great if we can find a way to repair them. The cave-dwelling beasts are willing to help."

...

Fang Heng agreed without hesitation.

It was just research. What if he could repair the rest of the teleportation magic array?

Wouldn't the underground world be able to do whatever it wanted?

Moreover, Randolf had been helping him a lot.

"That's great, that's great." Randolf was rarely this excited. He pulled Fang Heng and kept thanking him, "I don't know how to thank you. You can understand my feelings, right? "

"You're welcome, Mr. Randolf. By the way, I still need your help with something after this."

Randolf suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded, "Lord Fang Heng, if you need my help, I will do my best."

After the teleportation was completed, the team continued to move forward under the leadership of the cave-dwelling beast.

The faces of the players from Prilla's Guild were getting uglier and uglier.

Things seemed to be developing in an unexpected direction.

The situation was getting worse!

The team slowly moved forward, and after a moment, the feudal lords found something wrong again.

"Lord Fang Heng, what are those?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

At the back of the team, a large number of cave-dwelling beasts had unknowingly joined the team at the back. They were pulling old carts with large boxes on them.

The group was getting bigger and bigger.

"That's right, Lord Fang Heng. What are they doing?"

"Don't worry, everyone. It's a cooperation between the Land of Plague and the cave-dwelling beasts."

"Ah?"

"Yes, to be honest, the underground world has rich ore reserves. We've reached an agreement with the parasite in the cave. We'll find a way to mine the ore in the underground world and transport it back to the surface."

Hearing this, everyone was once again in shock.

One of the feudal lords asked in disbelief, "So, Lord Fang Heng, these are all ores?"

"Yes, the ores will be directly transported outside Hani City. We will gather there and transport the materials into the Land of Plague. These are all necessary materials for the construction of the ghost tower."

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Ore resources!

It was only then that everyone realized that everything Fang Heng said was true.

The Land of Plague really didn't need the support of the Empire's resources!

With an endless supply of ore resources from the underground world, what was the point of building a ghost tower?

The feudal lord's throat couldn't help but roll, "May I ask, Lord Fang Heng, how many mineral reserves are there in the underground world?"

"The mineral reserves that have been explored are less than half of the Empire's storage. But as you all know, the underground world is also dangerous. Even the cave-dwelling beasts that live in the underground world have not fully explored the entire underground world."

Hearing this, everyone was once again shocked.

Half! It was half the amount!

So many ores?

If they could find a way to develop it…

From the very beginning, they had determined that Fang Heng was a liar!

However, when they entered the cave and saw the cave-dwelling beasts, they wavered.

A big shot who could cooperate with the entire cave!

Did he need to scam people?

This feeling of doubt only grew stronger and stronger when they saw Fang Heng easily get ores and resources from the cave-dwelling beasts in the cave.

He already owned a mine, why would he care about trivial money?

Tou must be joking!

Maybe the scammer wasn't Fang Heng, but this group of people who claimed to be from the Prilla Guild!

They were the real liars!

They had almost been tricked!

"Ahem, Lord Fang Heng."

One of the feudal lords who had come with him looked a little embarrassed. After witnessing Fang Heng's powerful strength, he wanted to give himself two tight slaps.

Why did he reject Sandy when the latter offered to work with him?

"Lord Fang Heng, please forgive my arrogance and rudeness before.. would like to express my sincerest apologies to you. I just want to ask about the person who built the mage tower… Uh, yeah… Do you still have a slot?"

Fang Heng was stunned when he saw the feudal lord acting coy.

Ha?

The remaining spots?

He turned around to look at Tang Mingyue subconsciously.

Tang Mingyue was also confused.

What did that mean?

Tang Mingyue couldn't figure it out for a while.

A large portion of the feudal lords who came along this time were here to watch the show and make a fool of themselves. In fact, none of them had signed a contract with Sandy.

Because it was too cheap, many feudal lords thought it might be a scam at the beginning.

But now it seemed…

A scam?

This wasn't a scam!

Everyone could see the exchange of glances between Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue.

They could not help but recall the scene of Sandy promoting himself to them.

This was the opportunity that Her Highness Mingyue had fought for them!

The first batch of the Empire's ghost towers.

There were only twenty spots in total!

First come, first served!

F*ck!

With that thought in mind, a dozen malicious gazes were immediately directed at Ed's team.

Damn the Prilla Guild!

Despicable foreigner!

He actually lied that Fang Heng was a scammer?

He was the real liar!

He must have wanted to seize the 20 spots to cooperate with Fang Heng!

Seeing Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue's hesitation, Lord Barov gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Fang Heng, please promise us. We're willing to pay an additional 5% of the total construction price of the mage tower as compensation. Please don't refuse!"

"That's right, we're also willing to pay an extra 5% of the total construction price! The first batch of mage tower construction slots had already been filled up. If there's no other way, the second batch should be fine, right? The second batch! Let's register for the second batch."

Tang Mingyue was overjoyed. She was a little worried that her lie would be exposed. Now, this group of people was actually fighting to give them money!

Fang Heng, you're really a genius at making money!

The king of the swindler world!

...

Tang Mingyue looked at Fang Heng with eyes full of admiration!

Promise them! Quickly agree with them!

She kept winking at Fang Heng, afraid that this group of feudal lords would suddenly turn around and go back on their words.

Seeing that Fang Heng was still a little hesitant, Tang Mingyue sighed in admiration. Fang Heng's acting skills were truly superb!

She couldn't help but say, "Lords, you've indeed put us in a difficult position. However, Lord Fang Heng, please believe in the sincerity of the Empire's feudal lords. The Empire does need to build a large number of mage towers to resist the barbarian attack. Please help us. Please help the Empire!"

"That's right, Lord Fang Heng, please help us."

"We were in the wrong previously. We were bewitched by someone with ulterior motives…"

Fang Heng opened his mouth when he saw Tang Mingyue's sincere eyes.

Did she love acting so much?

He really didn't need that much money.

Originally, with the cooperation of more than a dozen feudal lords, the funds obtained, the support of the cave-dwelling beasts, and even the zombie clones could dig for ores themselves …

...

Building a Tier 2 ghost tower was not a problem.

It was a trial in the first place, and the money that was scammed was stored at the Mage Association and could not be used.

He had too much money to use, and he couldn't bring it back after the trial…

However, the feudal lords had already given him the money, so how could he refuse?

Ed and the other players knew what they were feeling when they saw Fang Heng's embarrassed look.

The situation had already reversed to the point where they could not understand.

Was Fang Heng a liar or not?

Why did he look like he didn't want to accept it when they were offering him money?

What did he want?

"Sigh, alright." Fang Heng sighed helplessly, "It's all for the Empire."

"That's great, we can provide 10% of the total construction funds for the Land of Plague in the early stages, and the funds will be handed over to the Mage Association for safekeeping. The rest of the terms will be as agreed upon previously, what do you think? "

"Ahem." Tang Mingyue didn't forget the important matter. She glanced at Fang Heng and added, "There are still some materials. This batch of materials is rather scarce, so we'll send them to the Empire's main city's military storage for safekeeping. Seven days is very tight, so it's best to do it as soon as possible."

"Alright, alright, I definitely won't forget. As for the supplies, I'll definitely be able to deliver them to the Empire's main cities within 12 hours."

Lord Barov's face was filled with joy, and he quickly called the territory manager to hand over a paper contract.

Lord Barov stamped the contract with the feudal lord's seal and handed it to Fang Heng, looking at him eagerly.

Ha?

He even brought a contract with him?

Fang Heng was really taken aback by the work efficiency.

Helplessly, since things had already come to this, he should just sign it.

Fang Heng took a look at the contract and conveniently pressed his thumbprint on it.

[Hint: You have reached an agreement with Lord Barov to build a mage tower (ghost tower).]

[Hint: The player team has reached an agreement with more than 12 feudal lords of the Empire to build the ghost tower. The player's current side mission-the Empire's line of defense-the ghost tower has changed.]

Side mission: The Empire's line of defense-the ghost tower.

Side mission description: The player party and the Empire's feudal lords have agreed to build the ghost tower within seven days to defend against the invasion of the entire barbarian race.]

Time limit: 7 days.

Mission reward: Increase in the trial score, friendship with the various feudal lords of the Empire, Empire merit points, and so on.

Failure penalty: The trial score will be reduced. The player's relationship with the Empire will be reduced. The player's reputation with the Empire will be greatly reduced.

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"The two of them…" Wei Tao thought for a while and nodded, "We should have found quite a few clues in the Empire."

As the two of them were talking, a line of game notifications appeared on their retina.

[Hint: Player Fang Heng and Lord Barov have signed the mage tower construction agreement. Team's current side mission: the Empire's line of defense-the ghost tower has changed.]

Mikhael and Wei Tao shut their mouths at the same time and fell into silence as they looked at the game prompt.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.

Cooperation? Build a ghost tower?

What was that?

Didn't they say that it was Fang Heng's NPCs who messed around with the construction of the mage tower?

It had only been a while since they parted, and the two of them had already come down personally?

Wei Tao instantly felt his headache come back.

"Ahem." Mikhael coughed lightly and helped Fang Heng to make up for it. He said in a tone that even he himself could not believe, "There is no possibility. This is just an accident…"

Wei Tao held it in for a long time before sighing, "I hope so."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than ten game notifications popped up.

[Hint: Player Fang Heng has signed. contract with the Lord of the Empire. Joshua.]

The two of them looked at each other and no longer had the mood to continue talking.

…

"Lord Fang Heng."

At the entrance of a crack in the ground outside Hani City, Ma Xiaowan's team of more than 100 people had been waiting here for a long time.

In addition to them, there were also several thousand teams escorting supplies waiting on the right side of the forest.

Seeing Fang Heng walking out of the crack again, Ma Xiaowan's heart was full of bitterness.

Disaster!

It really was a disaster!

Ma Xiaowan had personally witnessed how the small town, which had been affected by the disaster, had gradually become an uninhabited land of plague.

Fortunately, the townspeople had all evacuated and returned to Hani City to take refuge.

Initially, Ma Xiaowan thought that the matter had come to an end and was ready to leave with her team. She did not expect that the Tianli Mercenary group, which had a cooperation agreement with the Four Seas chamber of commerce, would receive another mission to protect the transportation of goods.

"Ma Xiaowan, what a coincidence, we meet again."

"Yeah, what a coincidence."

Ma Xiaowan felt bitter.

As expected, Fang Heng came over in person. She had to face the attack of the disaster personally.

"Yes," Ma Xiaowan said, "Thank you for your trust. We, the Tianli Mercenary Group, will take on this escort mission.

Fang Heng was very satisfied with Sandy's arrangement.

After all, he had already worked with the Tianli Mercenary group once before, and most of his secrets had already been exposed.

Letting the heavenly dawn mercenary group help transport the supplies would minimize the risk.

"I'm sorry, we might have to wait for a little longer this time. There was an accident on the way, and there might be a lot of people accompanying us to visit the Land of Plague."

"O-okay."

Ma Xiaowan couldn't help but curse in her heart.

Tour the Land of Plague?

Just how stupid and suicidal was he to do such a thing?

As she was thinking, Ma Xiaowan saw the Empire's feudal lords and elite guards walking out of the cracks in the ground.

Ma Xiaowan's expression gradually stiffened.

She slowly turned her head and looked at Fang Heng beside her, "These feudal lords are the visiting group you mentioned? Ah, yes."

Fang Heng explained very naturally, "They are all feudal lords who have cooperated with the Land of Plague. Don't neglect them."

He was crazy.

The world had gone crazy!

Other people would not even have the time to run away when they saw the necromancer, so what was going on with this group of the Empire's feudal lords?

Ma Xiaowan suddenly felt as if her world had been shattered.

She watched as a team of nearly a thousand people walked out of the crack.

"Can we go now?"

"Ah? Alright, alright." Ma Xiaowan came back to her senses and waved to the mercenary in charge of transporting the supplies.

The team slowly moved forward, transporting supplies to the village covered by the sacred tree.

Along the way, Ma Xiaowan was shocked to see Fang Heng talking and laughing with the other Empire's feudal lords.

Who was Fang Heng?

His influence in the Empire was so great.

Different from before, when they came, the feudal lords were aggressive and wanted to ask Fang Heng for an explanation.

...

But now, the feudal lords were in a good mood.

Especially those who had just signed a new contract with Fang Heng.

They all felt that they had profited. They had finally made it to the last high-speed train at the last moment!

Those feudal lords who couldn't buy a ticket and couldn't build a mage tower, let them cry!

The feudal lords who had signed the contract in advance were even happier. They all felt that their investments were extremely shrewd.

That group of wronged people, they spent twice the money and were still giggling over there?

What's there to be happy about?!

As everyone's mood improved, the team's atmosphere immediately became cheerful. Following the team was like a pleasant trip.

"Lord Fang Heng, have you repaired this area?"

"Yes, indeed."

Fang Heng nodded his head and continued to chat.

...

In order to facilitate the transportation of supplies, he spent a lot of time getting the zombie clones to clear and widen the road between the exit of the underworld world and the village.

Now, it only took less than two hours to transport supplies from the cave entrance to the village.

"No wonder. I've been to this place before. I remember that the trade route here wasn't as easy to walk on back then."

One of the feudal lords sighed.

The feudal lords chatted and laughed as they moved forward. Soon, a huge tree that stood tall in the sky appeared in their sight.

"Eh? Lord Fang Heng, what is that giant tree?"

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at the sacred tree, Abe Akaya, in the distance.

"Yes, it's cultivated by me. It's The sacred tree of the Land of Plague and can protect my fief from outside disturbances."

It was the first time the feudal lords had seen such a huge tree, and they couldn't help but praise it.

"It's so magnificent. I've never seen such a big ancient tree. You must have spent a lot of energy to cultivate this tree, right?"

"Yes,"

Fang Heng nodded in response. He couldn't help but turn around and take a look at the box containing the unknown stone.

He thought, "Let's move it back for the sacred tree to swallow and see how many levels it can upgrade!!"

The sword saint, Chepo, gazed at the giant tree in the distance, his fingers touching the long sword at his waist.

He could sense that the huge tree in the distance was extremely dangerous. It was definitely not as simple as what Fang Heng had described.

The party followed the trade route and stopped in front of the forest.

The path ahead was blocked by layers of vines and roots.

Fang Heng walked to the front of the team.

"Chi Chi Chi…"

However, the trees and vines in front of them quickly moved away, and a small path for people to pass through quickly appeared.

Such a scene made the feudal lords click their tongues in wonder.

Randolf was stunned, his eyes were filled with surprise.

He was more shocked than anyone else!

His first impression of the forest and the giant trees was that they were a huge field of magic.

However, he felt that something was wrong after getting closer.

He could feel a strong life force from the forest.

The magic waves were very weak.

Therefore, he thought that this forest was formed naturally.

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1112 Fluctuation

"The two of them…" Wei Tao thought for a while and nodded, "We should have found quite a few clues in the Empire."

As the two of them were talking, a line of game notifications appeared on their retina.

[Hint: Player Fang Heng and Lord Barov have signed the mage tower construction agreement. Team's current side mission: fhe Empire's line of defense-the ghost tower has changed.]

Mikhael and Wei Tao shut their mouths at the same time and fell into silence as they looked at the game prompt.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.

Cooperation? Build a ghost tower?

What was that?

Didn't they say that it was Fang Heng's NPCs who messed around with the construction of the mage tower?

It had only been a while since they parted, and the two of them had already come down personally?

Wei Tao instantly felt his headache come back.

"Ahem." Mikhael coughed lightly and helped Fang Heng to make up for it. He said in a tone that even he himself could not believe, "There is no possibility. This is just an accident…"

Wei Tao held it in for a long time before sighing, "I hope so."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than ten game notifications popped up.

[Hint: Player Fang Heng has signed a contract with the feudal lord of the Empire, Joshua.]

The two of them looked at each other and no longer had the mood to continue talking.

…

"Lord Fang Heng."

At the entrance of a crack in the ground outside Hani City, Ma Xiaowan's team of more than 100 people had been waiting there for a long time.

In addition to them, there were also several thousand teams escorting supplies waiting on the right side of the forest.

Seeing Fang Heng walking out of the crack again, Ma Xiaowan's heart was full of bitterness.

Disaster!

It really was a disaster!

Ma Xiaowan had personally witnessed how the small town, which had been affected by the disaster, had gradually become an uninhabited Land of Plague.

Fortunately, the townspeople had all evacuated and returned to Hani City to take refuge.

Initially, Ma Xiaowan thought that the matter had come to an end and was ready to leave with her team. She did not expect that the Tianli Mercenary group, which had a cooperation agreement with the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, would receive another mission to protect the transportation of goods.

"Ma Xiaowan, what a coincidence, we meet again."

"Yeah, what a coincidence."

Ma Xiaowan felt bitter.

As expected, Fang Heng came over in person. She had to face the attack of the disaster personally.

"Yes," Ma Xiaowan said, "Thank you for your trust. We, the Tianli Mercenary Group, will take on this escort mission."

Fang Heng was very satisfied with Sandy's arrangement.

After all, he had already worked with the Tianli Mercenary Group once before, and most of his secrets had already been exposed.

Letting the Tianli Mercenary Group help transport the supplies would minimize the risk.

"I'm sorry, we might have to wait for a little longer this time. There was an accident on the way, and there might be a lot of people accompanying us to visit the Land of Plague."

"O-okay."

Ma Xiaowan couldn't help but curse in her heart.

Tour the Land of Plague?

Just how stupid and suicidal was he to do such a thing?

As she was thinking, Ma Xiaowan saw the Empire's feudal lords and elite guards walking out of the cracks in the ground.

Ma Xiaowan's expression gradually stiffened.

She slowly turned her head and looked at Fang Heng beside her, "These feudal lords are the visiting group you mentioned? "

"Ah, yes."

Fang Heng explained very naturally, "They are all feudal lords who have cooperated with the Land of Plague. Don't neglect them."

He was crazy.

The world had gone crazy!

Other people would not even have the time to run away when they saw the necromancer, so what was going on with this group of Empire feudal lords?

Ma Xiaowan suddenly felt as if her world had been shattered.

She watched as a team of nearly a thousand people walked out of the crack.

"Can we go now?"

"Ah? Alright, alright."

Ma Xiaowan came back to her senses and waved to the mercenary in charge of transporting the supplies.

The team slowly moved forward, transporting supplies to the village covered by the sacred tree.

Along the way, Ma Xiaowan was shocked to see Fang Heng talking and laughing with the other Empire's feudal lords.

Who was Fang Heng?

...

His influence in the Empire was so great?

Different from before, when they came, the feudal lords were aggressive and wanted to ask Fang Heng for an explanation.

But now, the feudal lords were in a good mood.

Especially those who had just signed a new contract with Fang Heng.

They all felt that they had profited!

They had finally made it to the last high-speed train at the last moment!

Those feudal lords who couldn't buy a ticket and couldn't build a mage tower, let them cry!

The feudal lords who had signed the contract in advance were even happier.

They all felt that their investments were extremely shrewd.

That group of wronged people, they spent twice the money and were still giggling over there?

What's there to be happy about!

...

As everyone's mood improved, the team's atmosphere immediately became cheerful. Following the team was like a pleasant trip.

"Lord Fang Heng, have you repaired this area?"

"Yes, indeed."

Fang Heng nodded his head and continued to chat.

In order to facilitate the transportation of supplies, he spent a lot of time getting the zombie clones to clear and widen the road between the exit of the underworld crack and the village.

Now, it only took less than two hours to transport supplies from the cave entrance to the village.

"No wonder. I've been to this place before. I remember that the trade route here wasn't as easy to walk on back then."

One of the feudal lords sighed.

The feudal lords chatted and laughed as they moved forward. Soon, a huge tree that stood tall in the sky appeared in their sight.

"Eh? Lord Fang Heng, what is that giant tree?"

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at the sacred tree, Abe Chiye, in the distance.

"Yes, it's cultivated by me. It's The sacred tree of the Land of Plague and can protect my fief from outside disturbances."

It was the first time the feudal lords had seen such a huge tree, and they couldn't help but praise it.

"It's so magnificent. I've never seen such a big ancient tree. You must have spent a lot of energy cultivating this tree, right?"

"Yes,"

Fang Heng nodded in response. He couldn't help but turn around and take a look at the box containing the unknown stone.

Let's move it back for the sacred tree to swallow and see how many levels it can upgrade!

The sword saint, Chepo, gazed at the giant tree in the distance, his fingers touching the long sword at his waist.

He could sense that the huge tree in the distance was extremely dangerous. It was definitely not as simple as what Fang Heng had described.

The party followed the trade route and stopped in front of the forest.

The path ahead was blocked by layers of vines and roots.

Fang Heng walked to the front of the team.

"Chi Chi Chi…"

However, the trees and vines in front of them quickly moved away, and a small path for people to pass through quickly appeared.

Such a scene made the feudal lords click their tongues in wonder.

Randolf was stunned, his eyes were filled with surprise.

He was more shocked than anyone else!

His first impression of the forest and the giant tree was that they were a huge field of magic.

However, he felt that something was wrong after getting closer.

He could feel a strong life force from the forest.

The magic waves were very weak.

Therefore, he thought that this forest was formed naturally.

(Sorry for the slip of hand, the previous chapter and this chapter were sent in the wrong order. The content of the previous chapter has been modified, and the chapter name cannot be changed for the time being.)

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1113 Deduction

However, after seeing the vines rapidly withdraw, his judgment was completely overturned!

How could a naturally formed forest be controlled by Fang Heng?

That's right! This was field magic, and it was an extremely powerful continuous field magic!

Heavens!

He had read about such powerful and permanent field magic in books. It was so powerful that it could permanently change the appearance of the field, and the strength of the magic was even higher than forbidden spells.

Randolf's heart was beating faster.

The powerful field magic was also set up by Fang Heng?

But the strange thing was, wasn't Fang Heng a necromancer?

Why was this spell filled with exuberant vitality?

Randolf reexamined Fang Heng and couldn't help but ask, "Lord Fang Heng, is this field-type magic?"

"Uh… Yes."

Fang Heng didn't know how to explain this forest and there were so many people looking around. Therefore, he answered with a soft "yes".

Randolf was shocked after hearing Fang Heng's answer.

He knew that it was very impolite to ask others about advanced magic, so he cast an apologetic look at Fang Heng and continued to follow the team.

Randolf decided to study hard first and then find an opportunity to ask Fang Heng for advice in the future.

After entering the forest that was covered in vines and roots, the sword saint Chepo's expression became even more serious. His eyes wandered over Fang Heng from time to time.

An undead feudal lord?

However, he could sense an extremely strong life force in this forest!

This life force seemed to be at odds with the wails of the undead coming from the depths of the forest.

Chepo's expression became even more serious.

He felt the pressure.

If they were to encounter any danger, he might not be able to protect Lord Brent.

As they went deeper into the forest, everyone heard the wails of the undead.

Recalling the undead creatures controlled by Fang Heng, Ma Xiaowan shrank her neck and felt an instinctive discomfort in her heart.

The feudal lords didn't care too much.

Fang Heng was a necromancer. Necromancers had the ability to summon and control the spirits of the dead.

Therefore, wasn't it normal for undead creatures to exist in the Land of Plague which was Fang Heng's territory?

Following the passage into the central area of the Land of Plague, everyone was once again shocked by the scene in front of them.

Undead!

The undead creatures that were sent to the underground to be resurrected were carrying out the work of transporting supplies!

The foundation of the ghost tower had already been built, and the prototype of the five-meter-tall mage tower was already in front of everyone.

"This…"

Undead creatures could be used to transport and build materials?

Could they really do that?

It was simply unheard of!

Necromancers were extremely rare in the human Empire, and they knew very little about them. They had never heard of dead creatures being able to control and transport resources.

For a moment, the feudal lords were speechless, their eyes full of shock.

The players from the Prilla Gaming Guild were even more surprised.

This was… impossible. Undead creatures could also be used for construction?

The intelligence of the summoned undead creatures was almost non-existent. They were just puppets that could only accept the simplest instructions!

It was not entirely impossible for them to transport supplies, but for a high-level necromancer, controlling an undead creature to transport supplies alone required full concentration of mental power.

The losses outweighed the gains!

Not to mention controlling so many spirits at the same time.

It was simply impossible!

Regardless of how Fang Heng did it, the players suddenly realized one thing.

In the Land of Plague, the materials needed to build a mage tower were provided by the underground world, and the undead could be used as free labor. In that case, it seemed reasonable that the construction of the ghost tower would not cost much.

Seeing the half-built mage tower in front of him, Randolf was even more shocked!

He had just given the ghost tower construction scroll to Fang Heng yesterday.

More than half of it was already built today?

And these undead creatures, these undead creatures were too extraordinary.

Ordinary undead zombies only knew how to attack. Since when could they carry out strange actions such as transporting and building?

First, he had discovered the cave-dwelling beasts in the underground world, then the ancient teleportation magic array, and the mysterious field magic and sacred tree. Now, he had seen the rapidly built ghost tower and the strange undead creatures.

Today, the excitement he had felt along the way was more than the experience of the past ten years combined!

Randolf's heart started to beat faster.

...

He realized that necromancer Fang Heng's knowledge was far above his!

Necromancy…

It was truly unfathomable!

When Tang Mingyue saw the mage tower built in the village, her eyes flashed with a touch of confusion.

She turned her head and looked at Fang Heng.

Wait a minute.

She thought, "What did that mean? You're not lying to me, are you? You're not really thinking of building a mage tower, are you?"

Wrong!!

Tang Mingyue looked at Fang Heng.

He was in character!

A real liar would even lie to himself!

...

First lie to himself, then lie to others!

"Hahaha, I've learned something new. I didn't know that necromancy could reach such a level. This trip wasn't in vain."

"Lord Fang Heng, I'll leave the construction of the ghost tower to you."

"So there are so many 'blacksmiths' here. Will the ghost tower be completed soon?"

"That's natural."

The feudal lords' tour group was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

They didn't know much about spells, so they were far less shocked than the others.

Seeing the mage tower under construction, everyone was even more at ease.

The mage tower was already under construction, and it would be completed in two days. How could it be fake?

Prilla's team of players remained silent.

They coldly sized up the layout of the entire Land of Plague.

Ed stared at the transport team behind him. He saw them move the box containing the enlightenment stones to the bottom of the sacred tree and put it there casually.

With a bitter smile, Sarwen said in a low voice, "Boss, we…"

"Leave it to me, I'll handle it."

Ed waved his hand and walked forward with a smile on his face, "Lord Fang Heng, as far as I know, the construction of the mage tower also requires magic cores. The number of magic cores supplied by the Empire every year is extremely small. Do you have a way to get that many magic cores?"

"Of course."

Fang Heng nodded his head. He had told enough lies along the way, and now he was speaking without any hesitation, "It's not just about the magic core. All the construction materials have been prepared and stored in the ghost tower. However, there are a lot of traps set up. For safety reasons, I won't be bringing you to see it."

The feudal lords couldn't help but raise their heads, looking at the top of the ghost tower and nodding in agreement.

Their trust in Fang Heng was on the rise now, and no one was making a fuss about going for a checkup.

Ed's heart skipped a beat, and he continued, "Is there anything wrong with letting the undead build the ghost tower? Would the quality of the construction be affected? We just don't know when the mage tower will be completed, so we want to stay and see it with our own eyes."

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1114 Rejection

Upon hearing this, some feudal feudal lords immediately echoed, "That's right, Lord Fang Heng. We have nothing to do anyway. Let's stay and take a look."

"Yes, we also want to stay and watch."

Fang Heng had already noticed Ed on the way here.

This guy should be the player who triggered the hostile mission.

!!

Fang Heng pondered for a while and replied, "I'm afraid we can't stay here. The aura of the undead in the Land of Plague is very strong, and it's harmful to the human body. Moreover, there's no food supply here, not even a place to sleep."

When the feudal lords heard that they couldn't even eat or sleep in peace, they immediately stopped insisting.

"Forget it, let's go back to Hani City first. We'll visit when you're done. It should be done in two days, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes. We'll come back in two days."

[Hint: You have triggered the side mission-the feudal lords' expectations.]

Mission title: The feudal lords' expectations.

Mission difficulty: SS

Mission description: The feudal lords hope to be able to inspect the construction of the ghost tower.

Mission requirement: Complete the construction of the ghost tower in the Land of Plague within 2 days and pass the feudal lords' inspection.

Mission reward: Friendship with the Empire and feudal lords, additional trial game time.

Failure penalty: Friendship with the feudal lords will decrease.

…

Two hours later, after touring the entire Land of Plague, the feudal lords were divided into two groups.

One of them had returned to the city due to some matters in the territory, while the other returned to Hani City, preparing to go to the Land of Plague to check on the ghost tower's construction progress in two days.

After Prilla Gaming Guild tried their best to calm down the feudal lords who were angry at the deception, they returned to Hani City.

The things that happened along the way made them feel a ball of fire in their hearts.

The players wanted to expose Fang Heng's true identity. However, they did not expect that after following Fang Heng into the Land of Plague for a while, these feudal lords seemed to have been brainwashed and rushed to sign an agreement with Fang Heng to build a mage tower.

On the contrary, they helped Fang Heng to promote his products successfully?

Damn it!

After such a mess, the favorability between the Gaming Guild and the various feudal lords had dropped by a huge amount.

Not only did they fail to complete the mission, but they also lost a large sum of money!

Unlike most of the players, Ed was very calm. He re-checked the mission description.

He didn't think the situation was that bad.

The mission had not failed yet, and they still had time to redeem themselves.

And…

Ed narrowed his eyes.

The enlightenment stone!

Compared to this mission, the information on the enlightenment stone was the biggest reward!

He had wanted to stay in the Land of Plague to obtain the enlightenment stone.

"Everyone, we still have a chance." Ed looked around at the players from the guild. "The Land of Plague is indeed strong. We've underestimated them."

"Don't tell me that it's just…"

Everyone felt extremely aggrieved.

"No, we still have a chance."

The players all turned to look at Ed.

A chance?

"When I was in the Land of Plague, I paid special attention to it. The defense of the Land of Plague is not strong, and there are no people from the Empire to help guard it." Ed narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "We can think of a way to destroy the Land of Plague."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

At first, they felt that this idea was a little crazy.

However, after thinking about it carefully, ever since the Empire army withdrew from the village, there were only wandering zombies and low city walls left in the Land of Plague.

Such a defensive ability was almost equivalent to nothing!

As long as all the magic cores stored in the Land of Plague were destroyed, the Land of Plague would lose the ability to build mage towers, which would naturally break the agreement signed between Fang Heng and the feudal lords.

It was crazy, but also very effective!

Or even!

They could also plunder the magic core that they had been dreaming of from Fang Heng's hands!

But could they really do it?

"I know this is very difficult. The Land of Plague is far from as simple as they seem on the surface. We definitely can't do it with our strength alone, so we need teammates."

Ed licked the corner of his mouth and looked at Sarwen, who had just entered the meeting room. He asked, "Sarwen, have you contacted Mr. Wan?"

As the leading player's guild, the players' first priority was profit. As for cooperating with the barbarians, it was not impossible. They might even take the initiative to try to contact the barbarians.

If there was a mission, he would naturally try to receive it.

Just a month ago, they triggered a mission prompt related to the enlightenment stone when they came into contact with the barbarians.

...

However, they did not expect to find the enlightenment stone in the underground world!

Sarwen's face was a little stiff, "President, Mr. Wan has rejected our proposal to cooperate."

He rejected it?

"Why?" Ed asked, surprised;

"Mr. Wan said that the Land of Plague was not simple."

Sarwen recalled what he had said to Wangnet and frowned, "He warned us to be careful and not act rashly before we were fully prepared. However, he also promised that if we could help him obtain the enlightenment stone, he would still provide us with generous compensation."

Everyone could not help but look puzzled.

Wangnet was one of the successors of the barbarian leader.

Ever since they suffered a crushing defeat in a battle with the humans a few years ago, they had disappeared without a trace.

And more than a month ago, the team had come into contact with him through various pre-missions and even triggered a mission related to the enlightenment stone.

The rewards given by the mission were unusually generous.

...

The entire team was moved.

"President, Mr. Wan is not willing to cooperate. Let's go on our own!"

"No, the risk is too high."

Ed rubbed his temples.

He was already afraid of the Land of Plague.

Now, even Wangnet was extremely careful with the Land of Plague.

This only increased the uneasiness in his heart.

After some thought, Ed said, "Since Wangnet is not willing, what about the other barbarians? I'm sure there will be many people interested in the enlightenment stone."

"Brother," said Sarwen, "We haven't been in contact with the other barbarians for long. It's not safe to work with them. It's very risky."

"Yes, indeed."

Ed lowered his head and thought carefully. When he raised his head again, he had already made a decision, "High risk, high reward."

Everyone was calculating in their hearts.

"President, there's a situation!" A player rushed into the meeting room. "We just found out that Hani City was originally one of the first targets of the barbarian army. It was that necromancer who suddenly appeared in the village and led the Tianli Mercenary Group and the Empire guards to defend the main city, completely defeating the barbarian army!"

Defeat the barbarian army?

The news was so shocking that the room fell silent for a moment.

With just that run-down village?

Could he defeat the entire barbarian army?

Was there a problem somewhere?

The players were shocked and exchanged glances with each other.

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Ed, on the other hand, heaved a sigh of relief.

He had always had a strong premonition that the Land of Plague had a backup plan.

Now that his premonition had been confirmed, he felt relieved.

As long as he could find out the other party's trump card, he could naturally think of a way to make a targeted arrangement.

!!

"What's the specifics?"

The player shook his head, "We're still trying to find out. The information on the Empire's side has been blocked. The barbarians should have more accurate information. Currently, we've heard from the people that the barbarians' defeat is related to the giant tree that suddenly grew."

Giant tree?

Everyone exchanged glances.

"That giant tree…" Ed mumbled to himself, "It seems like we need to find a way to deal with that giant tree…"

"Fire-type spells can naturally restrain these trees."

…

[Hint: The Land of Plague has been recognized by the Empire.]

[Hint: The news that the Land of Plague is resisting the invasion of the barbarians has spread.]

[Hint: Your reputation in the Empire has increased slightly.]

[Hint: The friendliness between you and the various feudal lords of the Empire has changed (click here for more details).]

[Hint: The Land of Plague has attracted the attention of some special forces.]

After spending a lot of effort, Fang Heng finally saw off the Empire's feudal lords who came to visit. He finally heaved a sigh of relief and went to the sacred tree alone.

From the spiritual sense of the sacred tree, Abe Akaya, came a sense of joy and affection.

"Yes." Fang Heng nodded and pointed to the black stone on the right side of the big tree, saying, "I prepared it for you."

"Chi Chi Chi…"

With Fang Heng's permission, the vines spreading on the ground around them wriggled quickly and wrapped around the black stone.

"Chi!!"

The entire stone was instantly dragged into the cracked ground.

A moment later, the sacred tree Abe Akaya's body bloomed with a light green light again.

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

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

Fang Heng saw that the sacred tree was growing rapidly!

The giant tree sprang up again. The branches and leaves quickly extended and grew in all directions. The forest that was covered by the sacred tree expanded once again!

On the outskirts of the forest, Ma Xiaowan's team, who was directing the team to transport supplies, couldn't help but look up at the giant tree in the center of the Land of Plague not far away.

Over there…

What happened?

"Hu…"

A gentle breeze blew.

Specks of light fell on the transport team like dust.

The light green dust seemed to have a strange power that swept away the fatigue on everyone's body.

Ma Xiaowan was stunned. She raised her right hand in front of her in disbelief.

Vitality?

The light green dust contained a powerful life force. There was a warm feeling on the right side of her shoulder.

It was an internal injury left behind by a poisoning a few years ago that was not cleaned in time. Ma Xiaowan had been searching for a cure for years. But now, it was actually healing itself!

"Chi Chi Chi …"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

The forest grew and spread again!

The dense vines and roots quickly spread toward the group along the border of the forest. In the blink of an eye, the entire transport team was surrounded, and then they spread further behind.

…

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

[Current status: Infancy (Level 8).]

Three hours later, two rows of game prompt appeared on Fang Heng's retina.

The sacred tree had risen from Level 3 to Level 8. This time, the upgrade took a lot of time.

Fang Heng felt that the spiritual connection between him and Abe Akaya had become closer, but they still couldn't communicate further.

It was still not enough.

The sacred tree was still in its infant form, and it was estimated that it would have to be upgraded to a mature form to trigger new skills.

Maybe he would only be able to change it after it reached Level 10?

This time, he had also brought a lot of ores, all of which were said to contain energy.

He also tried to let Abe Akaya devour these ores, but the effect was very weak.

...

It seemed that he needed to find more black stones.

For example, the piece in the royal treasury.

Fang Heng looked away from the sacred tree while thinking.

At present, most of the materials needed for the construction of the ghost tower had been prepared, and a small portion of the remaining materials would be transported from Hani City.

As for the construction, the efficiency of the hundreds of zombie clones, which did not consume any physical strength, was terrifying!

If everything went well, the construction would probably be completed by tomorrow.

Of course, in order to complete the ghost tower, he was still lacking the most important thing.

Magic core.

Fang Heng pursed his lips and continued to think.

It would be too slow to apply for the magic core through the Mage Association. The newly triggered mission also required the construction of the ghost tower to be completed within two days.

Well, the plan had been brought forward. They might as well make a move on the treasury!

...

Directly rob the Empire's treasury!

The other treasures that he had obtained could be temporarily stored in the underground world, but the magic core and the black stone in the Empire's treasury were in urgent need. He had to get his hands on them as soon as possible.

Hmm, he had to think of a way to set up the plan in advance. If everything went well, he would take action tonight!

Right! Just like this!

He would discuss tonight's plan with Tang Mingyue.

Eh? What about Tang Mingyue?

Where did she go?

Thinking back, she seemed to have just left with the other feudal lords of the Empire.

"Gugugugu…"

Just as he was thinking, Fang Heng heard the cry of a griffin coming from the sky.

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at the sky, then gently tapped his fingers.

"Chi Chi Chi…"

The vines that covered the sky gradually dispersed.

Tang Mingyue jumped down from the back of the griffin that was circling in the air.

Tang Mingyue landed and stood in front of Fang Heng.

Her face was flushed with excitement, "Phew, Fang Heng, you're so amazing. You've duped this group of feudal lords into a daze! They were all praising you when we sent them back!"

Tang Mingyue felt that Fang Heng was really invincible now.

He could still be nonchalant for cheating others of their money.

In comparison, she still had a long way to go on the path of a swindler.

"An accident… This was just an accident."

Fang Heng coughed lightly, thinking, "Why do you have such a look of admiration?"

It seemed as if he was always good at lying.

"By the way, let's not talk about this." Fang Heng quickly changed the topic, "How's the progress in the Empire's treasury? "

"I was just about to talk to you about this."

Speaking of money, Tang Mingyue immediately became serious. She nodded and said, "The resources that we have agreed upon with the feudal lords have already been sent to the military supply warehouse in the capital of the Empire. The only problem now is the lack of water-type scrolls."

"Because of the war with the barbarians, we can't continue to cheat the Mage Association and the Empire of water-type scrolls. I just accompanied the feudal lords back to Hani City to try to cheat some water-type scrolls from them."

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1116 A Reminder

Fang Heng thought Tang Mingyue could do it.

He didn't forget his business and was a trustworthy companion.

He couldn't help but nod and ask, "Yes, yes, and then? What was the result?"

"They do have a few scrolls and are willing to provide them to us, but they can't give them to us for free. We'll have to buy them.

"The problem is that we don't have any spare money in our account."

Tang Mingyue looked very worried and placed all her hopes on Fang Heng, "Those feudal lords are quite interested in you. Why don't you go and show your face? Let's see if we can swindle some of it from them."

Fang Heng frowned.

He had indeed scammed a lot of money from the Lord, but the money was under the supervision of the Mage Association and could only be used for the construction of the mage tower.

"Alright, let's go and try to find those feudal lords."

Tang Mingyue was in high spirits as she replied, "Okay, let's go together."

The two of them discussed and prepared to ride the Griffin back to Hani City.

Coincidentally, Ma Xiaowan's team had just returned to the Land of Plague with a batch of supplies.

Along the way, Ma Xiaowan was in a dilemma.

Disaster.

She did not want to get too close to the Necromancer, but things did not go as she wished.

In any case, Fang Heng had indeed saved her entire mercenary group.

So be it if it's a disaster!

The Tianli Mercenary group's code of conduct had always been to repay kindness.

Ma Xiaowan left the group to unload the goods near the ghost tower and walked alone toward Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue.

"Lord Fang Heng, Your Highness Mingyue, do you know the Prilla Gaming Guild?"

Fang Heng and Ma Xiaowan were about to leave when they were stopped by Ma Xiaowan. They couldn't help raising their eyebrows.

The Prilla Gaming Guild?

Ed?

Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue couldn't help but look at each other.

This time, it was this guild that had gathered the feudal lords together.

It was most likely that the Prilla Gaming Guild had received a hostile mission, which was why they were targeting them.

Fang Heng nodded, "I've heard of it. Why?"

Ma Xiaowan's face was serious as she spoke, "Lord Fang Heng, we just found out some strange things."

Fang Heng was puzzled and looked at Ma Xiaowan, "Huh?"

"The Prilla Guild has just purchased a batch of kerosene from the major chambers of commerce in Hani City."

Kerosene…

Fang Heng squinted his eyes and immediately realized something.

Ma Xiaowan looked at Fang Heng and continued, "He also contacted our mercenary group in private. It seems like he's trying to find out how we managed to transport supplies through the forest on the outskirts of the Land of Plague. He's also asking if he can help us secretly transport a batch of supplies into the Land of Plague."

Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue immediately understood what was going on.

Prilla wanted to attack the Land of Plague!

Tang Mingyue's expression changed slightly.

Fang Heng, however, didn't panic at all.

He thought to himself, isn't this the same as seeking death?

The sacred tree was terrifyingly powerful. It had destroyed the entire barbarian army. Why would it be afraid of a player team?

Moreover, the sacred tree had just devoured a large piece of black energy, and its level had increased again.

He was not afraid of a mere player guild.

"Just let them come, I'll kill as many as they come," Fang Heng suddenly thought of something as he touched his chin.

He turned his head to look at Tang Mingyue.

What a coincidence, he seemed to be short of money to buy the spell scroll.

Perhaps he could get it from the Prilla Gaming Guild …

Oh… Make a fortune?

Seeing Fang Heng deep in thought, Ma Xiaowan couldn't help but ask, "Lord Fang Heng?"

"Okay, sure. What did you say to them?" Fang Heng raised his head and asked.

Ma Xiaowan's face was serious as she said, "Lord Fang Heng, please rest assured. My team will not reveal any information about the Land of Plague. I guarantee it with my reputation."

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. I'm saying that the Prilla Guild is quite sincere, so why don't we…" Fang Heng smiled and looked at Ma Xiaowan. "Do you want to make money?"

"Huh?" Ma Xiaowan was stunned.

"What I'm saying is, we can work together to earn a sum of money from the Prilla Guild. What do you think? We'll split it 60-40 after it's done."

Fang Heng moved closer to Ma Xiaowan and whispered something in her ear.

Ma Xiaowan looked at Fang Heng in a daze.

...

Looking at Fang Heng's serious expression, Ma Xiaowan thought he must be crazy.

"You… Lord Fang Heng, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Of course, I'm sure. Just state your price. State a higher price and we'll all be able to make a profit."

Ma Xiaowan stared at Fang Heng for a moment and then asked with a bitter smile, "What about the runes? Where am I supposed to get runes?"

"It's simple,"

Fang Heng took out a piece of black cloud crystal that had just been mined from the underground world from the player's backpack, took out a carving knife, and engraved a dozen messy alchemy runes on it.

"Take this, use this."

Ma Xiaowan took the seemingly random rune and looked at Fang Heng with suspicion, "Are you sure this will work?"

"Of course, it's definitely useful."

"Alright, I'll give it a try."

…

...

Under the intentional or unintentional propaganda of the various feudal lords, the news of the construction of the Land of Plague and the ghost tower quickly spread throughout the human Empire.

The news of the necromancer defeating the barbarian army also spread quickly.

As night fell, the barbarian army led by Revere emerged from the catacombs and secretly set off for the Land of Plague.

Surprise attack!

The entire team was made up of barbarians who had the ability to enter Tier 1.

They were extremely powerful.

With the help of the underground passage, the barbarian team only needed half an hour to reach the Land of Plague!

He looked up. With the help of the moonlight, Revere could already see the huge sacred tree in the distance.

A hint of greed appeared in Revere's eyes.

It was no wonder that the Land of Plague had the power to defeat the entire barbarian army.

It turned out that he had used the enlightenment stone!

Along the way, Revere met up with Prilla's team of players, all the way to the edge of the forest surrounded by vines and roots.

Looking at the forest that was surrounded by layers of vines and tree roots, Ed could not help but frown.

He felt that something was wrong.

It seemed that the forest wasn't that wide when they came here during the day.

Ed felt a sense of danger.

That was strange.

Could it be that the forest had suddenly expanded again?

Revere also stopped in his tracks and looked at the quiet forest in front of him.

This was the sacred tree that scared Almonta out of his wits?

Originally, when he found out that the village had the enlightenment stone, he went to look for Almonta, who had returned from defeat.

In the beginning, he had planned to take Almonta back for revenge and to seize the enlightenment stone.

However, not only did Almonta not agree to Revere's request, he even warned him to be careful.

Revere didn't care about that.

He shifted his gaze to Ed and said, "Ed, according to our agreement, your mages will deal with this forest."

"Okay, leave it to us."

Ed nodded solemnly and took out a black rune crystal from his bag.

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1117 Runestone

"Good stuff!"

Revere's eyes lit up as he glanced at the rune in Ed's hand.

Humans had always been good at infighting.

With the runestone, they could easily invade the interior of the Land of Plague.

Ed heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the rune was working.

He had bought the rune crystal from the Tianli Mercenary Group during the day, and it had taken him a lot of effort.

The heavenly dawn mercenary group relied on the power of the rune crystals to transport supplies to and from the Land of Plague.

This time, Ed bought a total of three pieces, spending a total of 500,000 Empire bunis.

This amount of money was enough to buy more than 20 high-level spell scrolls.

The entire player guild's income for more than half a year.

It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel heartache.

However, Ed knew that this investment was necessary.

Once his plan succeeded, he would be able to obtain a magic core from the ghost tower, and that would be a huge profit!

He would take this gamble!

Ed nodded at the players behind him.

The players stepped forward and entered the path that the vines had cleared, pouring the kerosene they had brought with them on the layers of vines and roots.

The forest was very quiet, and the players poured kerosene on it.

It seemed that they had already treated everyone as their teammates under the effect of the talisman.

After pouring more than half of the kerosene on them, the players retreated again.

"Fireball!"

Ed raised his scepter and threw a fireball at the forest ahead.

The fireball hit the root that protruded from the ground.

BOOM!!

The kerosene was instantly ignited.

The area in front of them was immediately engulfed in a sea of flames!

The two mage players raised their staffs at the same time. "Strong wind, strike!"

The wind-type spell pushed the flames deeper into the forest!

Under the effect of the oil and wind-type spells, the sea of fire quickly spread into the forest!

Under the burning of the flames, the trees and vines let out a weak squeak, gradually turning black, charred, and burned to ashes.

Ed stood still and looked into the distance.

"BOOM! Boom Boom Boom!!"

A moment later, a violent explosion resounded through the sky.

It was a success!

Hearing the explosion, a smile appeared on Ed's face.

The explosion came from the depths of the forest.

Following the violent explosion, a cloud of thick smoke rose from the distance.

Looking up, the giant tree that covered the sky had already been engulfed in flames!

The fire lit up the sky!

Hehe…

Seeing this, Revere laughed coldly in his heart.

Almonta was truly an inflexible fool.

The giant forest's sacred tree did look very dangerous at first glance.

But now?

Wouldn't the problem be solved by burning it directly?

"Let's go!"

Revere raised his battle axe and led the team into the forest.

Ed nodded and led the players to follow.

Fire was very effective against such flammable vines and trees.

In addition, he had also bribed several of the Tianli mercenaries to send carriages of high explosives and embers into the Land of Plague, deliberately dumping them around the tree of God.

Of course, the Tianli Mercenary Group would have to pay extra for these tasks.

Two hundred thousand Bunis.

There was no room for negotiation.

The good news was that it seemed like everything was worth it!

His plan was exceptionally successful!

...

Ed glanced at his backpack.

He still had five high-tier fire magic scrolls that he could save for later.

As long as they cleared the forest blocking their way, they would leave the rest to the barbarians.

According to the deal with the barbarians, as long as they could break into the Land of Plague, they could get the magic core and everything would belong to the barbarians.

…

Hani City.

Lord Brent was in an exceptionally good mood today.

He personally hosted a banquet in the city's tallest Tianfu Pavilion Restaurant to entertain the feudal lords.

The banquet was filled with singing and dancing.

The feudal lords raised their glasses in celebration.

Everything that had happened during the day made them feel like they had made a huge profit!

...

After the territory had a mage tower, it would be able to attract mages to join and improve the territory's power. There would also be an annual income, and after upgrading the mage tower, it would also have the ability to teleport.

Most importantly, these mage towers did not require any maintenance fees!

After the tour, many feudal lords returned to their own territories.

However, there were still many feudal lords who had nothing to do.

After learning that Fang Heng would be completing the ghost tower in two days, they were not in a hurry. They planned to stay in Hani City for two days and play. When the time came, they would go and see the situation after the ghost tower was completed.

Slightly tipsy, Lord Brent suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet shake.

Then, there was a commotion outside.

Lord Brent frowned and shouted towards the door, "What's going on? Why is it so noisy?"

A feudal lord's guard pushed the door open and reported, "My Lord, there's a fire outside."

Was it on fire?

Lord Blout immediately sobered up from the alcohol.

"Where's the fire?"

"My Lord, please be at ease. It's not in Hani City, but in the forest far away."

The forest?

It didn't matter, he couldn't burn it all.

Lord Brent was still thinking, when he saw the sword saint beside him, Chepo, stand up.

With a solemn expression, Chepo walked to the window and looked from a distance.

"What's wrong, Chepo?"

"I'm afraid the Land of Plague is in trouble," Chepo said in a deep voice.

"Ah?"

Lord Brent didn't understand for a moment.

He couldn't help but stand up and walk to Chepo's side to look out the window.

Lord Brent saw a large red cloud in the distance reflected by the flames.

"That place is …"

"Hmm, judging from the location, the fire is in the direction of the Land of Plague.

Lord Brent was shocked.

He immediately thought of the forest he saw during the day.

The large areas of the forest along the way to the village had almost been cleared.

Other than the Land of Plague, where else could there be such a big fire and such a big movement?

Brent suddenly became anxious and shouted, "Hurry up! Everyone, let's go put out the fire together!"

"My Lord, it's getting late, and it's very dangerous to move at night. We'll need an hour to get there."

"Don't talk nonsense! I'll go now!"

"Yes!"

"Also, have the City Lord go with us! Send the army over to support! Immediately! Now!"

The other feudal lords were also anxious, and they quickly called for the accompanying guards to go to the rescue.

Motherf*cker!

The Land of Plague! That was the ghost tower they had invested in!

There were many high-level materials, including magic cores, and even Fang Heng was left in the Land of Plague…

If something were to happen …

He didn't dare to think about it!

The feudal lords who stayed in the city immediately ordered their men to prepare their warhorses and rushed to the plague area.

…

In the Land of Plague, above the half-completed ghost tower, Fang Heng looked into the distance.

A hint of anticipation flashed in his eyes as he watched the team of players approach the ghost tower.

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