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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1233 Profited?

The Empire's elite glanced at Chadwick who was beside Deng Wen and said in a deep voice, "Yes, we have searched the city carefully and only found a few undead creatures. With the help of the Empire's mage team, we quickly cleared the area, and we didn't find any other traces of the enemies."

Why wasn't anyone there?

Did they run away?

That was impossible. There were so many undead creatures and also a group of people from the Empire.

How did they manage to escape in such a short time?

Chadwick opened his mouth and was about to ask when he saw a familiar soldier running over from a distance.

"Reporting to Your Lordship!"

The soldier glanced at General Deng Wen who was next to Chadwick and hesitated.

"Speak!"

"Yes! Your Lordship, we have just checked the military warehouse in the city and your private warehouse. We found that a large number of materials stored in the warehouse have been cleared out, leaving only a small portion of abandoned and invalid materials. In addition, all the materials that we have seized before have disappeared."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Chadwick's heart skipped a beat, and he almost fainted on the spot.

His eyes were bloodshot as he grabbed the soldier and stared at him. He asked, "Are you sure? All gone?"

The soldier's forehead was covered in sweat. He knew that this was a matter of great importance and didn't speak carelessly. He quickly nodded and continued, "My Lord, we've checked a few times, and there's really nothing left."

F*ck!

Bandits!

A group of bandits! They ransacked the entire city's warehouse and ran away!

It was like seeing a ghost!

The resources in the private warehouse were his savings for decades!

In less than half a day, they were all robbed!

Chadwick surged with anger.

But…

How did they do it?

General Deng Wen also had a suspicious look on his face.

This was very strange.

When he arrived with his team, he immediately surrounded the entire city. He was sure that the enemy had not escaped, and his men had not been attacked.

They were talking about living people and they were carrying so many supplies. Did they actually sneak away right under his nose?

How did they do it?

The other feudal lords of the Empire also had the same thought. One of them couldn't help but look at Chadwick and asked, "Are there any other secret passages in the city that lead to the outside world?"

"That's impossible… This is impossible…"

However, the truth was staring right in front of him. Chadwick was a little unconfident. He muttered to himself blankly, "There can't be another secret passage in the city that I don't know about."

While they were talking, another soldier rushed forward and said, "Reporting, Commander! We found a Tier 2 mage tower in the abandoned mining area. We suspect that the enemy might have used the Tier 2 mage tower to teleport out of the city."

The mage tower!

Hearing this, everyone turned to look at Chadwick.

This idiot! Why didn't he tell them that there was a Tier 2 teleportation mage tower in the city?

With a mage tower, wouldn't it be easy to transport a large number of resources?

That was impossible!

Chadwick's first reaction was that it was impossible.

What damned mage tower!

Since when did his territory have a Tier 2 mage tower?

When did this happen?

As a feudal lord, how could he not know?

"That's impossible…"

The moment the words came out of his mouth, Chadwick suddenly realized something.

Could it be…

He remembered that about two days ago, he and Fang Heng had signed a Tier 2 mage tower construction agreement, agreeing to build a Tier 2 mage tower in his territory.

Initially, he had discussed with Mo Jiawei that he had already prepared most of the construction materials and was just waiting for the site to be selected.

Could it be…

A terrifying thought rose in Chadwick's mind.

Could it be that Fang Heng had built a Tier 2 mage tower in his territory in just one afternoon?

He even used the teleportation ability of a Tier 2 mage tower to teleport resources and undead troops.

Was this a bluff?

But how did he do it?

Deng Wen saw the ghostly expression on Chadwick's face and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Chadwick's throat rolled, and his thoughts were going wild. He muttered, "I suddenly thought, is it possible… This Tier 2 mage tower was built by Fang Heng of the Land of Plague not long ago?"

Everyone looked at Lord Chadwick as if they were looking at a complete fool.

A new one?

Did Fang Heng build a Tier 2 mage tower in just one afternoon?

Who was he trying to fool?

However, after thinking about it carefully, there were only a few cities in the Empire that had Tier 2 mage towers, and Lincoln City was clearly not one of them.

Then, what was the deal with the mage tower that was discovered in the city?

Soon, everyone fell into silence.

Deng Wen could not help but frown and said in a deep voice, "Go! Take us to the mage tower."

"Yes!"

Soon, the soldier led the army to the abandoned mining area outside the city.

Lord Chadwick had a strange expression on his face when he saw the Tier 2 mage tower that stood tall on the ground.

Really… There was really a mage tower…

The other feudal lords who had followed him also revealed looks of surprise.

"Lord Chadwick, is this mage tower really newly built?"

Seeing the mage tower with his own eyes, Chadwick was also shocked. He immediately refuted, "Of course! I swear on the honor of my family!"

"Then what's up with it?"

In the crowd, a feudal lord said with an excited expression, "It's Fang Heng! He must have built it here!"

After the feudal lord's reminder, everyone also recalled the agreement that Lord Fang Heng had signed with the other feudal lords not long ago.

There were still many Empires that thought it was a scam.

Especially after the royal family announced that the Land of Plague had betrayed the country.

Those feudal lords who had rushed to sign the contract with Fang Heng before had become the laughingstock of others.

But now…

They saw with their own eyes that a mage tower was standing in front of them.

Everything could not be faked.

At this moment, a mage walked out of the mage tower.

The mage Azno was stunned to see so many people outside the door.

The Empire's mages had also come with the army this time, and Azno was the Vice President of the mages.

Azno had immediately entered the mage tower to check it out when he saw it, and he had just come out.

"Mr. Azno!"

Someone in the party recognized Azno as one of the deputy commanders of the royal mages and nodded at him. He asked, "Have you checked the mage tower?"

Only then did Azno react. He nodded and said, "Commander Deng, I've just checked the mage tower. This is a Tier 2 ghost tower with the undead element. The mage tower's construction traces are very new, and it was indeed built not too long ago. There are also signs of a teleportation spell being activated, so it must have teleported something through the teleportation passage not long ago."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and began to whisper.

It was true! Everything was real!

It wasn't a big deal for Fang Heng to escape from the heavy encirclement, but the fact that the Land of Plague could build a mage tower in just half a day shocked them!

If this news were to spread out, it would definitely cause a huge uproar among the various feudal lords in the Empire.

Suddenly, the feudal lords looked at Chadwick with envy.

He had profited!

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Only Deng Wen's expression turned even gloomier. He was extremely worried.

He didn't know what method Fang Heng had used to quickly invade the central region of the Empire with a large number of undead creatures. He also built a Tier 2 mage tower in just half a day and then teleport through the Tier 2 mage tower.

The most important point was that if Fang Heng's guerrilla tactics of ambushing Lincoln City and quickly teleport away could be replicated, it would be very troublesome for the Empire to deal with it.

Perhaps the best solution was to directly attack the Land of Plague.

However, from the news from the royal guards, the invasion of the Land of Plague was met with great obstacles.

Several players who had come with the team were also shocked.

The construction of a Tier 2 mage tower was completed in a day?

When did the Tier 2 mage tower become so cheap?

What kind of opponent were they facing?

Hearing that, Lord Chadwick's heart thumped rapidly, and his breathing became heavy. He stared at Azno and asked, "Is the mage tower still working?"

"Yes, it's still working," Azno replied. "We've checked, and the mage tower is intact. However, the other party deliberately erased the traces of the teleportation passagel before leaving, so we can't track it in the opposite direction."

Upon hearing this, Chadwick couldn't help but stand still and stare at the mage tower in front of him.

A mage tower.

A complete Tier 2 mage tower.

His territory now had a complete Tier 2 mage tower!

For a moment, he didn't even know if this was a loss or a gain.

Although they had not fought this battle, the city had been captured by the enemy, his family had completely lost face, and the other feudal lords had laughed at them. The resources that had been accumulated in the city for many years had also been robbed.

Even if the entire city was destroyed, it would still require a large sum of money to repair.

But…

His territory had truly obtained a Tier 2 mage tower!

With a mage tower, once the teleportation passage was opened, not only would the city's defensive power increase, but it would also greatly increase the city's appeal to mages. He could also nurture the territory's mage team and connect to the Empire's trade network, greatly increasing the speed of the city's development.

Damn it!

He wondered if Fang Heng will be in charge of the free repair of the mage tower in the future. He remembered there was such a clause in the contract. Now that he had calmed down and recalled the whole thing, Chadwick was extremely regretful.

He regretted falling out with Fang Heng.

Back then, he was too stupid to believe the nonsense of the royal family!

If he had chosen not to do anything, his territory would not have suffered such a huge loss, and he would have even gotten a free Tier 2 mage tower!

That would be perfect.

Just as everyone was deep in thought, Buno, the bishop of the Holy Court Church, and a few other church members walked out of the mine behind them.

Bumo's expression was grave.

He had just seen a tunnel that had been excavated in the mine, and he had even found the sealed entrance to the underground abyss in the depths of the tunnel!

Just as the Book of Prayers had predicted, the entrance to the abyss was sealed by an alchemy magic array, but the seal had clearly been damaged to a large extent.

The evil aura continued to overflow from the seal.

The most terrifying thing had happened. Just as he had guessed before, the goal of this trip to the Land of Plague was to seal it!

A disaster was coming!

Buno was extremely uneasy. He explained to the others, "Everyone, I've just brought some people to check the cave. The evil force buried underground has eroded the entrance of the seal. We need to seal the entire mining area immediately and prevent anyone from entering and leaving. We need to find a way to repair the seal…"

"Alright, alright,"

Hearing this familiar nonsense again, Lord Chadwick became more and more impatient and casually waved his hand.

"I will leave it to the Holy Court to seal off the mine, but I want you to ensure that the poisonous gas does not leak out. Do you understand?"

After this incident, Chadwick's tolerance for the long-winded Holy Court was almost at its limit.

They were bragging so much that it shook the heavens. They kept talking about the end of the world and that only the Holy Light could save them.

And the result?

They couldn't even defeat the ordinary undead in the Land of Plague.

A bunch of trash!

If it wasn't for the fact that there was a strange poisonous gas in the mine that would affect the miners, and the mining area indeed needed the help of the Holy Court, Chadwick wouldn't have bothered with them!

Chadwick even suddenly felt that compared to the Holy Court, Lord Fang Heng was more reliable.

He said he would help him build a mage tower, and even though they fell out, he still kept true to his words.

In terms of strength, there was nothing to say. He had also seen it with his own eyes.

If he had gone to Lord Fang Heng directly, he might have helped to solve the problem in the iron mine.

"The Holy Court will do its best."

The bishop of the Holy Court took a deep breath and nodded.

Around them, many players heard what Buno said, and their eyes suddenly shone.

There was an unknown seal hidden in this strange abandoned mine, and the target of the Land of Plague was that seal?

The players' minds became active as if they had smelled the scent of a large-scale mission.

…

Under the moonlight, Fang Heng's group was divided into two teams, each riding on the back of two giant falcons, rushing toward the capital of the Empire.

Giant falcons were scarce and there were only five of them in the entire barbarian race.

Compared to ordinary falcons, high-level giant falcons were fiercer and more powerful. They could also fly at high altitudes and were faster.

[Hint: You have completed the contract to build a Tier 2 ghost tower with the Lord of the Empire, Chadwick. Your friendship with Lord Chadwick has greatly increased. Your friendship with Lord Chadwick has increased to 'friendly'.]

[Hint: The news of you building a Tier 2 ghost tower in Lincoln City is gradually spreading throughout the Empire. Your friendship with the various feudal lords has changed (click here for more details).]

Eh?

Looking at the game prompt that suddenly appeared, Fang Heng couldn't help but let out a soft gasp.

What did the prompt mean? They were already enemies, so how could they still complete the mission?

Their friendliness increased so much? They were clearly hostile before, but they suddenly became friendly?

Fang Heng even suspected that he might have seen it wrong. He then carefully looked through the mission hints.

He was a little surprised.

He found that not only Lord Chadwick, but his friendliness with more than 20 other feudal lords of the Empire had also recovered. The hostile status that was originally red had now become green which meant friendly and normal.

"Strange…"

Fang Heng couldn't help muttering to himself.

The effects of a Tier 2 mage tower were that good? His affinity with the various feudal lords had increased so much?

Seeing Fang Heng deep in thought, Tang Mingyue couldn't help but ask, "Fang Heng, what's wrong? Did you find something?"

"No, it's nothing,"

It was a good thing to increase friendliness with the feudal lords. It was better to have more friends than enemies.

If their friendship level improved, they might even be able to continue working together to build a mage tower to complete their missions.

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1235 Hired Thugs

Now was not the time to pay attention to this matter.

Fang Heng stopped thinking about it and looked at the side mission on the mission panel.

The location of the mission target is located in the inner city area of the capital of the Empire of the Atama royal family.

Along the way, the mission target had been pushed forward several times, and the current mission objective had changed greatly.

Mission title: Depths of the underground palace.

Mission description: While your party is searching the underground palace, you have discovered that Salvador is using the royal army to conduct live research on strange, infected creatures.

Mission requirement: Explore the entire underground palace.

Current mission completion rate: 36% (If the completion rate is higher than 80%, there is a chance to trigger the next stage of the mission. The higher the completion rate, the lower the difficulty of the subsequent missions.)

Remaining mission time: 2 hours and 56 minutes (the next phase of the mission will be automatically triggered when the mission time is up. If the mission completion rate is lower than 60%, the next phase of the mission will not be triggered).

About an hour ago, the mission completion rate was already at 36%.

After such a long time without any movement, Fang Heng suspected that Wei Tao and the others might have encountered some trouble.

However, Wei Tao and Mikhael's names were still on the trial team. At least they were still safe.

While thinking, Fang Heng looked at the Empire's main city that he was about to reach in the distance.

"Fang Heng, we're about to enter the main city area of the Empire. There's a mage tower in the central Imperial City that can sense high altitude. The falcon will be detected by the mage tower if it continues to approach."

After a period of unconsciousness, Wangnet had fully recovered.

When he woke up, Wangnet realized that his injuries had miraculously recovered!

He was pleasantly surprised and felt a sense of relief.

He had thought that he had fallen into a desperate situation and had a slim chance of survival, but he did not expect fate to play such a big joke on him!

He actually recovered and the pain in his body had been completely healed!

Although Qiu Yaokang had warned him that the virus would still slowly eat into his body, at least he would not be in danger of losing his time for now.

After learning that the sacred tree in the Land of Plague had a powerful healing power, Wangnet summoned the giant falcon back to the barbarian tribe and persuaded the two leaders of the small barbarian tribes who were also suffering from the backlash of the 'demonic seed' to come to the Land of Plague for treatment.

At first, the two leaders of the small barbarian tribes had some doubts about this, and they came to try because they trusted Wangnet.

They did not expect that after entering the Land of Plague, their bodies, which were on the verge of collapse, would recover as quickly as Wangnet had said after being treated by the sacred tree!

After being tortured by the demonic seed for so many years, the chief of the barbarian tribe finally realized that he had been reborn. The barbarians didn't know what kind of virus it was. They only knew that the Land of Plague really had a way to cure diseases!

It just so happened that when he heard that Fang Heng was going to the royal family to investigate the 'demonic seed', Wangnet took the initiative to offer a helping hand.

The two barbarian patriarchs, who had just received Fang Heng's favor, also joined in with their elite guards.

Fang Heng agreed readily.

This time, the infiltration of the Imperial City was very dangerous. The two barbarian leaders and the accompanying guards were all Tier 2 demonized!

It was naturally the best to have such a powerful helper to help!

The barbarian race was very sincere. Knowing that Fang Heng was in a hurry, they even brought two giant falcons, which were extremely rare among the barbarian race, and rushed to the capital of the Empire with the others.

Wangnet looked down at the Empire city and asked, "What do we do?"

Fang Heng took a look at the time limit of the task and thought that it would waste more time if he took a big detour and sneaked in. It was better to break in directly.

"Don't worry, just charge in!"

"Alright!"

Wangnet replied and controlled the giant falcon to fly low.

"Mingyue, think of a way to cause some commotion in the Imperial City."

"Alright! Leave it to me!"

Tang Mingyue flicked her wrist and took out a dark gold magic scroll from her backpack.

She only knew ice-type and water-type spells.

But it was different with the support of a spell scroll.

Tang Mingyue had gotten a lot of spell scrolls from the raid on Lincoln City's armory, and she had also replenished her ammunition.

Buzzzzzz!

The giant falcon swooped down from the sky.

Looking down, the Imperial City was brightly lit, and a large number of guards could be seen gathered in the inner city.

Tang Mingyue aimed in one direction and activated her spiritual power. The magic scroll in her hand emitted a ball of dark golden light.

"Night meteor, burst!"

Several huge fireballs and boulders were raised in the air. The flaming boulders scattered in all directions and smashed down at the Imperial City area below!

"Woof! Swiftly!"

Fireballs and huge rocks kept falling from the sky into the Imperial City!

"Chi…"

Suddenly, a dark light flashed in the sky above the Imperial City.

A light-colored defensive barrier rose from the center of the Empire's Imperial City.

"Boom! Boom Boom!!"

Several meteorites and fireballs exploded on the rising shield, spreading out violent energy fluctuations.

Eh? A shield?

Seeing that, Fang Heng raised his eyebrows.

"BOOM! BOOM!"

The defensive shield only blocked the inner city, and more meteorites and fireballs were scattered randomly around the outer city.

The meteorites and fireballs eventually landed on the ground and palace buildings of the Imperial City, blasting huge holes. Then, the landing area was quickly ignited and burned.

Warren said, "Your Highness, it's a magic barrier. There's an anti-magic force field in the higher areas of the inner city. We can only attack the outer area."

"Alright!"

Tang Mingyue replied, and another high-level fire scroll appeared in her palm.

"BOOM! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

The huge fireballs continued to smash toward the outer city area of the Imperial City. In just a short moment, the entire Imperial City was ablaze with flames.

Tang Mingyue was in a good mood.

This was how spells were cast!

After all, the only thing a spell scroll needed to consume was spiritual power.

With the help of the 'demonic seed', Tang Mingyue's spiritual power was almost infinite. As long as she had a scroll, she could continuously cast large-scale fire-type spells.

In less than 20 seconds, more than a dozen large-scale fire-type spell scrolls were used up. Looking at the city that had fallen into chaos below, Tang Mingyue pouted. She felt like she was using money to kill them.

What a loss!

If she had known that the enhancement of the demonic seed was so powerful, she would have learned the more powerful branch of the fire element.

Fang Heng was observing the situation below from the back of the giant falcon, frowning.

The Imperial City was divided into an inner city and an outer city. The attacks on the inner city were blocked, and only the fire spells affected the outer city. A large number of the Empire's soldiers, who were originally on guard, went to the fire point outside the city to help.

After finding an empty position, Fang Heng stretched out his hand and said, "Go! To the right! There aren't many people over there, so think of a way to break through!"

"Alright!"

Wangnet replied and continued to fly towards another area with weak defense.

Under the cover of the night, the falcon flew into the air, and everyone could already see the griffin rising into the sky from the right side of the Empire.

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1236 Occupied

The Empire's response was equally fast. After discovering that the enemy was in the sky, they immediately sent out the griffins team to counterattack.

However, the griffins' ability to fight in the air was limited, especially at night. Their vision was not very good and they were at a great disadvantage.

"The griffins are here. There are many of them. It will be troublesome if we get entangled with them."

Warren glanced at the height of the ground and said in a deep voice, "Jump down, I'll protect everyone."

Sandy looked down and instantly felt extremely dizzy, "Ah? So high?"

Seeing that no one answered, he looked back and saw that Warren had already jumped down from the back of the giant-sized falcon.

"Yes, let's go."

Fang Heng nodded to Sandy, who looked a little nervous, and then jumped down directly.

Everyone followed and jumped off the back of the giant-sized falcon.

Warren landed on the ground first. He stretched out his hands and pressed them on the ground.

"Buzz!"

An alchemy magic array appeared on the ground.

The people who were falling in midair immediately felt a strange force coming from below. It surrounded them and brought them to slow down until they landed.

"Phew… Exciting!"

Sandy experienced the thrill of a high-altitude extreme jump and landed on the ground as well. He touched his beating heart and looked at Warren. "This thing is quite interesting. Mentor Warren, teach me in the future."

"Yes, of course, you can learn it if you want to. Wait until we go back."

Fang Heng looked around and saw that the griffins chasing them in the air were led away by two giant-sized falcons and were flying higher into the sky.

The entire Imperial City was thrown into chaos by the explosion.

The area they had chosen to land at had the least number of Empire guards, and not far ahead was the northern entrance of the inner city.

"The mission prompted that the target location is in the inner city. Let's go. We'll find a way to sneak into the inner city and take a look while it's still chaotic."

After saying that, Fang Heng immediately led everyone and rushed toward the entrance of the inner city.

Fang Heng couldn't help frowning when he was halfway there.

In front of them, a tall inner city wall blocked their way.

The security at the entrance of the north gate was much stricter than he had imagined!

The guards on the city wall were in a serious state.

Judging from the situation they saw from the sky, there were even more patrolling guards in the royal family's inner city area after they barged into the inner city. They would be surrounded if they were not careful.

It was very troublesome!

Wangnet also noticed the situation and said in a deep voice, "Fang Heng, there are too many guards of the Empire in the inner city. It's very difficult to break in by force. I'll bring some people to help you attract the attention of the guards. You guys take advantage of the chaos and sneak in to investigate. Don't worry about us. This group of people can't stop me."

Time was short, and Fang Heng didn't have a better idea at the moment. He nodded and said, "Good! Brother, I'll leave it to you!"

Wangnet then took out a whistle and threw it at Fang Heng.

"This is my clan's whistle. When you retreat, blow the whistle and I will bring the falcon to receive you."

"Yes!"

Fang Heng replied. He slowed down and separated from the barbarian team led by Wangnet, heading to the other side where it was even darker.

Wangnet waved his hand and led the group of Tier 2 barbarians forward.

At the northern entrance of the inner city, the guards' expressions were extremely grave.

Not long ago, the royal alarm was triggered, and the Imperial City was attacked by an unknown force. The entire Imperial City entered a state of martial law, and the guards at the northern entrance were all on high alert.

Sure enough, after more than an hour, the second wave of spell attacks came from the sky!

Before the guards of the northern city could rejoice that they were lucky enough not to be affected by the large-scale spell, they suddenly noticed several intruders emerging from the darkness ahead.

"Who is it?!"

"Stop!"

"Not good! There are invaders!"

When they saw Wangnet's group, the city wall immediately set up a dense number of bows and arrows, aiming at them.

"Be alert!"

"Prepare to fire!"

Wangnet's face was serious as he led the six high-level barbarian warriors to enter the Tier 2 demonized state.

In an instant, the pitch-black cuticles covered the entire surface of the barbarian's body, and fine black jujube-like thorns extended from the cuticles!

The speed of the seven of them increased once again!

Wangnet's eyes were filled with excitement.

His body, which had been on the verge of collapse, was healed by the sacred tree. He found that the pain he had suffered was gone, and he could release 100% of his strength.

This kind of feeling was unprecedented, and it even made him have the impulse to find someone to fight right now!

"Blackthorn!"

The dense black spikes pierced forward from the surface of his body, flying toward the guards on the high walls.

The guards on the city wall were shocked and raised their steel shields to block.

"It's the barbarian race! Use the purple essence arrow!"

"Listen to my command!"

"Fire!!"

The guards on the city wall had never seen such a bold barbarian who dared to invade the Imperial City at night with only a few people!

The arrows mixed with purple essence powder were the most suitable for dealing with the barbarians!

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

A wave of arrows rained down, and the sergeant who was guarding the northern entrance of the Imperial City suddenly had a change in expression. A thin layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Not good!

The purple essence arrow could only penetrate the outer layer of the barbarian's body!

This meant that the invader was not an ordinary demonized barbarian!

A Tier 2 barbarian!

What the h*ll was happening?

Were the barbarians crazy?

Most of the barbarians with Tier 2 demonic ability were the elites of the barbarian race. Many of them were the leaders of small barbarian tribes. How could they have come together to attack the Imperial City?

"Be careful! It's a Tier 2 demonized barbarian!"

The sergeant gritted his teeth and forced himself to remain calm. He shouted, "Shoot them! Sound the alarm! Don't let them rush up! Stop them! The reinforcements will be here soon!"

Taking advantage of the gap in the rain of arrows, seven Tier 2 demonized barbarians, led by Wangnet, directly climbed up the wall!

"D*mn it!"

"Kill!"

The difference between the two sides was too big. The guards could not stop the Tier 2 barbarians at all. They broke through the city wall almost in the blink of an eye.

The battle above the city wall was intense!

Soon, in the chaos, the Empire's alarm sounded again, and the city gate was opened easily by Wangnet.

Fang Heng also took the opportunity to pass through the entrance of the inner city with the others.

"You guys go first."

As he spoke, Wangnet looked into the distance and released his aura. His eyes were filled with a strong desire to fight. "The old sword saint of the Empire is coming. I didn't have a good time last time, so I'll teach him a lesson this time!"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you!"

Fang Heng answered and followed the others to the inner city.

An ear-piercing alarm sounded at the north gate of the Imperial City, and the small teams of soldiers of the Empire who received the alarm rushed over to help.

"Go! Over there!"

After entering the inner city, Fang Heng roughly identified the direction and led the group to the direction where there were fewer people.

The troublesome thing was that they did not know the exact location of Wei Tao's mission and could only try their luck.

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1237 Turmoil

"Wait! Your Highness Mingyue! Wait for me!"

Hearing the shout from behind, Fang Heng suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the entrance of the city wall.

A soldier of the Empire waved at them as he quickly chased after them.

There was actually someone who was secretly following them.

How troublesome!

Fang Heng muttered to himself. He moved quickly and dashed toward the man.

The Empire's soldier saw Fang Heng rushing toward him and immediately felt an extremely strong oppressive aura coming from the front. In a panic, he waved to Tang Mingyue and said, "We're together! I'm Ed's friend! We're on the same side!"

Eh?

Player?

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat. He stopped in front of the man and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on? Where's Ed?"

Wu Shijiang heaved a huge sigh of relief.

The overwhelming pressure made him feel a little breathless.

"Calm down and speak slowly."

Wu Shijiang composed himself.

Ever since the team was in trouble, he had been looking for an opportunity to hide in the dark and had been online and offline to report the situation. When he had just come online, he suddenly found that the north gate was being attacked by the barbarian race. Before he could figure out the situation, he saw Tang Mingyue and the others leaving from the north gate, so he immediately rushed over.

"Earlier, Commander Ed led a large group of people into the Empire's city to investigate. I followed the team's arrangement to hide among the guards at the north gate. I went offline to report the news at any time."

Mo Jiawei continued to ask, "Where are they now?" How's their mission going?"

"We've run into big trouble with the mission. When the team entered the underground palace, they discovered the mutated soldiers that Salvador was secretly researching. They were extremely powerful, and it took us a lot of effort to defeat them."

"After that, we encountered the Empire's soldiers who came to help, but Salvador and his men blocked them. In order to protect everyone, Tang Mo and the other commanders chose to stay and were temporarily detained by Empire."

The mission had failed?

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat and he quickly glanced at the game log.

No, the mission was still in the process of being executed, and the time was still ticking. Wei Tao and Mikhael had not left the trial either. At least, they were not dead.

Fang Heng lowered his head and assessed the current situation. Then he continued to ask, "Tang Mo is now trapped in prison? Do you know where it is?"

"Yes."

Wu Shijiang nodded and said, "I know they're being detained in the inner city. I'll have to go offline to find out their exact location. I'm sure I can find it."

"Yes, be quick."

Wu Shijiang nodded. His figure suddenly faded in the air, and his movements and expressions completely stiffened.

Two minutes later, Wu Shijiang's body gradually recovered, and his wooden face gradually revealed a serious expression.

"Lord Fang Heng, Salvador is in the main hall interrogating Tang Mo and the others. There are guards on the third and outer third floors of the main hall, as well as the Empire's sword saint and royal mages. If we go in now, we'll be courting death."

"Commander told us to retreat first and then think of a way to rescue Tang Mo and the others. We now have evidence of the Empire's secret research. Although it is not complete, we should be able to persuade some people to overthrow Salvador's rule with our many years of relationship."

Fang Heng couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

With the protection of the Empire sword saint and a large number of Empire guards, and with the fact that Salvador was not easy to deal with, it would be difficult to force his way through.

Tang Mingyue thought for a while, then whispered in Fang Heng's ear, "Fang Heng, even if the royal guards are not here, the internal defense of the Imperial City is still extremely terrifying. It is indeed difficult to attack by force. Let's come back later to think of a way to save Wei Tao and the others."

Fang Heng touched his chin and raised his head to look at Tang Mingyue.

It was better to change the strategy than to force their way through the layers of guards to save Tang Mo.

For example…

Go to the underground palace and complete the mission!

Being stared at by Fang Heng, Tang Mingyue blinked her eyes blankly, "Meh? What's the matter?"

Fang Heng asked, "The high-level guards of the Empire are now gathered in the city to guard the royal palace. Does this mean that the guards of the underground palace are weaker?"

Without waiting for the others to answer, Fang Heng immediately made a decision and said in a deep voice, "We won't go to the main hall to save them, nor will we retreat. We'll go directly to the underground palace!"

The current location of the mission was the mysterious underground palace of the royal family, and there were more than two hours left.

He didn't care about Wei Tao and Tang Mo. Running to complete the mission was the best choice!

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Wu Shijiang's mouth was wide open. He didn't expect Fang Heng to make such a choice.

He couldn't help but ask, "Just us?"

They had gathered eight players from the top ten guilds in the barbarian game world to go to the underground palace, but they still failed to complete the mission and were almost wiped out. Now, they were going there with such a small number of people?

Was he joking?

"Hey, hey, what do you mean by that tone?" Sandy was rather unhappy as he looked at Wu Shijiang and asked, "Do you know who blew up the Empire's ancestral grave? That's right, the few of us!"

"No, I didn't mean that."

Wu Shijiang smiled apologetically, but he was also laughing bitterly in his heart.

No matter how he thought about it, he didn't think it was a good idea to go directly to the underground palace.

Fang Heng looked at Wu Shijiang and asked, "Do you know the exact location of the underground palace?"

He was really thinking of going there?

Wu Shijiang paused for a moment and said, "Uh, I can go and ask."

"Hurry!"

After waiting for another two minutes, Wu Shijiang hurriedly went offline.

Unlike before, Wu Shijiang's expression was much more excited after he went online, and his eyes lit up.

"Your Highness Mingyue, Lord Fang Heng, the guards of the underground palace are very weak now. It's the best time for us to sneak in."

As Wu Shijiang spoke, he looked at Sandy carefully and organized his words, "But it is very dangerous below the underground palace. There are also soldiers of the Empire who have been infected and mutated. Previously, our entire team did not manage to take advantage of them. It will be extremely difficult to complete the exploration."

'Extremely difficult' was already a very tactful way of saying it. In fact, Wu Shijiang felt that this mission was impossible to complete.

"However, we can think of a way to infiltrate the underground palace and gather evidence of Salvador's secret research on the demons and his manipulation of the Empire's royal family. With this evidence, we can convince and obtain the support of the various feudal lords and factions of the Empire, helping us overthrow Salvador's rule. This is extremely important to us."

While they were talking, a game prompt suddenly appeared on the retinas of Fang Heng and the other two.

[Hint: Player has triggered a side mission-Turmoil in the Empire.]

Mission title: Turmoil in the Empire.

Mission description: You have discovered that Salvador is secretly controlling the entire Empire and conducting research on the demonic seed in the underground palace. Tang Mo, one of the successors of the Empire's royal family, wants to overthrow Salvador's rule.

Mission requirement: Please find evidence of Salvador's research on the 'demonic seed' and his secret manipulation of the Empire's royal family. From there, you can obtain the support of more feudal lords and factions in the Empire.

Current mission completion rate: 17% (The completion rate of the mission will affect the difficulty of the subsequent missions and the final reward. If the completion rate is lower than 10% at the end of the mission, the mission will be considered a failure).

Description: Under the current trial environment, the normal reward of the player's side mission will be converted into the additional trial score and additional trial time.

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1238 Evidence of a Crime

Eh?

It's actually a double mission?

Fang Heng quickly scanned through the task hint and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Even Tang Mo was involved?

What did that mean? Were they going to overthrow Salvador's rule?

The entire Empire was in turmoil?

Why was it so sudden?

Fang Heng felt that something was wrong.

He, Tang Mingyue, and Mo Jiawei quickly exchanged glances with one another.

No matter what, he could first think of a way to investigate the underground palace of the royal family.

"Alright, lead the way."

"Yes!"

Wu Shijiang nodded his head and gathered his nerves. He then led the group toward the Hall of Divine Martial Arts.

…

Offline, late at night, on the upper floor of the central building in the North District of the Federation, a video conference was being held.

Including Ed's Prilla Gaming Guild, the top management of eight large guilds in the barbarian game world had gathered. Their think tanks were also working overnight in their respective company headquarters.

Not long ago, they encountered a difficult situation in the process of carrying out their plan to seize control of the Empire.

The person in charge of the offline session was Li Xue.

They were mainly in charge of integrating all kinds of information inside and outside the game and providing real-time mission guidance to Ed's team through the discussion and analysis of various think tanks.

She was also one of the main schemers in the invasion of the royal family.

After all the calculations, they still underestimated the strength of the intermediate game world.

The danger level of the underground palace was far beyond their expectations!

Halfway through the exploration mission, the player team was attacked by the Empire's soldiers who had been transformed by the demonic seed. The team suffered great losses as a result, and they were then chased by the Empire's troops.

Tang Mo was forced to temporarily surrender in order to protect everyone and was imprisoned by Salvador.

The entire mission line was almost completely destroyed!

The only reason why everyone could continue was that they had triggered another side mission, which was to collect evidence of Salvador secretly manipulating the royal family and to form an alliance against the Empire.

Thinking back to the entire mission, Lee Xue realized that she had made a mistake.

She had overestimated the players and underestimated the Empire.

The difficulty of the underground palace exploration mission was impossible for them to complete with their current strength!

It was impossible to take over the Empire in one strike.

The players' analysis team all agreed that the game's intended direction was the division of the Empire.

Unfortunately, it was too late for them to come to this conclusion.

If they had gathered Salvador's evidence in the underground palace from the start, they might have been able to increase the completion rate of the evidence-gathering mission to about 40%.

This way, they would be able to obtain the help of more feudal lords in the war against the Empire.

Helplessly, since things had already come to this, they could only think of a way to redeem themselves from the follow-up mission.

The think tank was originally discussing how to save Tang Mo when they suddenly received a surprising piece of news.

Lord Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue had appeared!

They had broken through the inner city with their own strength and even Lord Fang Heng wanted to run to save Tang Mo!

The think tank had already analyzed it hundreds of times. Directly running to rescue Tang Mo was undoubtedly the worst plan!

Even if Tang Mo died, they would still have Tang Mingyue, a not-so-useful substitute.

However, what if Tang Mingyue was also killed there?

Fortunately, Lord Fang Heng didn't insist on taking the risk and chose to enter the underground palace to investigate.

Li Xue also quickly realized the feasibility of Fang Heng's strategy.

Taking advantage of the fact that the underground palace was unguarded, he sneaked in to explore the underground palace again.

The royal family would never expect them to return!

The think tank immediately came to the conclusion that this was a great opportunity to collect evidence of Salvador's crimes!

One must know that Lord Fang Heng was very powerful.

In addition, with them providing information and support offline, it was possible to collect more evidence before Empire reacted. It was also possible to find a way to complete the mission to more than 50%!

Hence, the mission objective changed.

The player team temporarily didn't think of a way to rescue the imprisoned Tang Mo. Instead, they concentrated all their strength to cooperate with Fang Heng and do their best to provide support to Lord Fang Heng and the others!

After making her decision, Li Xue said in a deep voice, "Everyone, let's buck up. The game has only just begun. Let's work together and do our best to help Lord Fang Heng enter the underground palace. We must collect evidence of Salvador's crime."

"I want to keep an eye on the Empire's movements at all times. Report to me as soon as you have any news, and then pass it on to Wu Shijiang. Everything must be done as soon as possible, understand?"

"Team 2, and Team 3, analyze and estimate the current defense information of the underground palace. I want a report within five minutes."

"Team 5, report the situation of the guards at the Hall of Divine Martial Arts immediately and set up an analysis model. I want to give Fang Heng at least half an hour to explore the underground palace after occupying the Hall of Divine Martial Arts."

"Understood!"

The whole team's spirit was roused, and they immediately split up and began to move.

Li Xue clenched her fists tightly.

They had underestimated the enemy earlier.

If she was given another chance to choose, she would definitely choose to take a huge risk and wait for Fang Heng to come back before attacking the royal family.

But who could really predict in advance?

When she first chose to formulate the assault plan, it was the best solution after integrating all the current information.

Now, all the bets were on Fang Heng again!

In order for the follow-up mission to proceed smoothly, she must increase the completion rate of the mission to collect evidence to more than 50%!

…

Fang Heng didn't know that there were thousands of elite players outside who were paying attention to his every move. At this time, he was following the team all the way to the underground palace.

He opened his character panel to analyze his current available combat power.

After a series of battles, he had almost used up all his trump cards.

There were only about 20 Lickers that were about to be resurrected. Other than that, all of the zombies' big moves were on cooldown.

Unfortunately, the mission had a time limit, so he could only brace himself and try.

With the help of his friend's report on the survival radio station, Wu Shijiang led his team around the city, avoiding the reinforcement and patrol teams, and quickly found the entrance of the Hall of Divine Martial Arts.

There was a small team of guards at the entrance, and they were currently standing guard outside the Hall of Divine Martial Arts.

From a distance, these eight soldiers were all high-level guards responsible for guarding the royal family's inner city. They had not yet reached the strength of the royal guards.

Wu Shijiang looked at the information sent by the survival radio station and said anxiously, "Lord Fang Heng, there is a wave of guards outside the Hall of Divine Martial Arts. We need to deal with them as soon as possible. In six minutes, a patrol team will pass by the Hall of Divine Martial Arts. We need at least two minutes to get into position to avoid the guards' detection. If we wait for the next wave, it will take 15 minutes."

"Yes."

Fang Heng nodded and shifted his gaze to Tang Mingyue.

Tang Mingyue understood the look in Fang Heng's eyes. She took out a magic scroll from her backpack and nodded to Fang Heng.

"Do it!"

"Thunder array."

As she poured her spiritual power into it, the magic scroll in Tang Mingyue's hand suddenly glowed with a red light.

A red lightning formation suddenly appeared under the soldiers' feet.

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1239 Sudden Entry

Purple lightning flashed, and more than a dozen soldiers were paralyzed at the same time!

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei rushed forward at once and started to attack.

The paralyzed guard could not resist at all. Just as he recovered from the paralysis, his body was immediately covered in a layer of frost, and he was frozen.

"Condense ice curse."

Relying on Tang Mingyue's powerful spell control, Fang Heng switch to the bloodthirst long sword and slashed at the Empire's soldiers.

On the side, Wu Shijiang looked at the three's powerful combat strength and couldn't help but secretly click his tongue.

It was true that Her Highness Mingyue's spiritual energy was terrifyingly vast.

However, this kind of fighting style…

It was really extravagant.

The eight guards of the Empire were continuously controlled by Tang Mingyue's switching of various spells until they died without a single sound.

"Let's go!"

After dealing with the guards at the door, Fang Heng called out softly and quickly led everyone into the Hall of Divine Martial Arts.

Wu Shijiang immediately checked the room after he stepped into the hall. He quickly found the decorative wall in the corner of the room.

"Lord Fang Heng, this is the disc that controls the entrance to the underground palace. It can only be activated by someone who knows alchemy."

"I'll do it."

Warren said as he walked forward. He came to the wall and lowered his head to check the round disc for a moment. He then reached out and gently pressed the ball.

"Ka ka ka…"

A unique alchemy machine sound rang out, and the floor slowly lifted up, revealing a huge passage entrance leading down.

It had opened!

Wu Shijiang's eyes lit up as he looked at the crowd and reminded them, "Your Highness Mingyue, Lord Fang Heng, the area below is the underground palace. My spiritual connection with the outside world will be temporarily blocked. Everyone, be careful."

Although it was called telepathy, it was actually the communication of the survival radio station.

Some special areas in the game would block communication to increase the difficulty.

Fang Heng naturally understood and didn't expose him. He nodded and reminded everyone, "Alright, be careful."

After saying that, Fang Heng took the lead and stepped in.

….

In the underground palace of the royal family, the walls on both sides of the palace were made of special stone. There was a burning lamp on the wall at a certain distance to illuminate the surroundings.

There was a straight passage leading to the depths ahead.

Perhaps it was due to the frequent transportation of the enlightenment stone replicas, but the entire underground passage was built very wide.

There were no guards in the entire passage.

Time was limited, so everyone sped up their exploration.

"Previously, when our team was searching the underground palace, we encountered some of the Empire's guards. Later on, during the search, we found Salvador's experimental subject, which he used to control the mutated demons. The ordinary Empire's guards are easy to deal with, but the soldiers who have been mutated are very difficult to deal with."

Wu Shijiang walked forward and shared with everyone the information he had gathered during the exploration of the underground palace.

Soon, everyone came to a fork in the road.

Wu Shijiang raised his hand and pointed to the entrance on the right side of the passage. He said, "We encountered a fork in the road earlier, so we first followed the right side of the area to investigate. Deep in the area is a live sample laboratory built by the Empire. There, we found evidence of Salvador using the military to carry out an unknown experiment."

"At that time, we didn't have the time to collect evidence. We wanted to explore the underground palace to find more information, so we came back and explored the left area."

Wu Shijiang thought that Fang Heng and the others were all game characters. There were some things that he couldn't explain clearly and could only be vague.

Due to the completion rate of the mission, Ed's team had triggered two missions at the same time: collecting evidence of Salvador's rebellion and exploring the underground palace.

And both missions had a completion rate.

Due to time constraints, the team's think tank decided to follow the original plan and complete the underground palace search mission first. They would strive to cut the Gordian knot and directly seize the royal family.

Of course, the team also had a way out. They left a small team of players to continue to stay in the same place to search for clues, which was why there was the last 16% incomplete mission rate.

At least they weren't completely annihilated.

Wu Shijiang pointed to the passage on the left and said, "There is a long way to go in that passage. The deeper part of the passage is where Salvador conducted his experiments. When we were checking, we triggered some magic arrays, and halfway through, some of the subjects suddenly came back to life. We are in big trouble."

"My Lord, let's hurry up and move. Go to the right passage."

As he spoke, Wu Shijiang had already taken two steps toward the right intersection. When he turned around, he found that Fang Heng was still standing in the same place without moving. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

After they found evidence of Salvador's crimes, they would have to find a way to escape. The longer they stayed, the more dangerous it would be.

"The information we're looking for should be in the left area. The danger level there is the lowest, and we shouldn't encounter too many Empire guards."

Fang Heng didn't answer. He just stood there and looked at the front of the passage, asking in a low voice, "Did you guys feel anything?"

Upon hearing that, they followed Fang Heng's gaze and looked at the entrance of the passage in front of them.

"Yes." Warren nodded, his expression was also serious, and he said in a deep voice, "It's the power of the 'demonic seed'. There's a demonic seed in the depths of the passage."

"There's also the enlightenment stone,"

Tang Mingyue also nodded. She said, "I'm sure. It's not a replica. It's the spiritual power fluctuation of the enlightenment stone."

Warren also tried to sense it and nodded. "Yes, that's right,"

Fang Heng took another glance at the task prompt.

He had no interest in the mission to collect evidence of Salvador's crimes.

After all, this mission involved the internal strife of the Empire.

If there was internal strife, it would take at least half a month. By then, the trial would have ended and he would have left the trial game.

If it was convenient, he wouldn't mind giving it a try. However, there were only two hours left on the time limit of the underground palace mission.

Naturally, he had no time to waste.

Moreover, the underground palace exploration mission was related to the 'demonic seed', and there was also the enlightenment stone, which was obviously more important.

First, he had to focus on exploring the entire underground palace.

Fang Heng asked, "What about the front? What's in front of the passage?"

"I'm not sure," Wu Shijiang's brows furrowed as he looked carefully at the entrance of the passage and replied, "Lord Fang Heng, we haven't had the time to fully explore the left area before we were blocked by the Empire's reinforcements."

"Yes."

Fang Heng fixed his eyes on the passage in front of him.

Wei Tao's team had already explored most of the laboratories on the left and right, but they had not explored the front.

Hence, if he wanted to increase his completion rate, he had to go to the front and take a look.

The demonic seed was also there.

Fang Heng immediately made a decision and strode toward the passage in front.

"Ah, no, that way, that way is…"

Wu Shijiang was shocked when he saw Fang Heng hesitating and walking forward, "Lord Fang Heng, we are going in the wrong way. The research room is on the right side of the passage."

"Don't worry."

Mo Jiawei followed him and patted Wu Shijiang's shoulder calmly. He said, "Just follow behind us and learn from us."

"Ah, this…"

The passage in front of them had not been explored, and it was undoubtedly the most dangerous area.

Seeing that everyone had followed, Wu Shijiang couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He could only grit his teeth and follow.

The group had just advanced a short distance when they heard heavy footsteps coming from the other end of the passage.

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1240 Imprisonment

"BOOM!"

"Thump! Dong!"

Fang Heng raised his head and looked into the distance. A tall figure was walking back and forth at the passage opening.

Sensing an unfamiliar presence approaching, the monster slowly turned its head.

Fang Heng also looked at the monster.

He was not a normal human.

He was about two meters tall and his muscles were anomaly strong. He was wearing thick armor on his torso and he held a heavy hammer in his hands. His eyes were flashing red.

"Be careful! He's a mutated soldier of the Empire! Using a purple essence weapon can deal five times the damage!"

Seeing this, Wu Shijiang quickly relayed the information to Fang Heng and took two steps back to hide behind the team.

He had not participated in the previous underground palace exploration, but he had heard about it from his team members.

The strength of these mutated soldiers was terrifying.

Previously, when several major gaming teams had joined forces to explore the underground palace, they had suffered a great loss because of them!

They were extremely difficult to deal with even if a targeted purple essence weapon was used!

"Thump! Thump thump!!"

The mutated soldier raised his heavy hammer and slowly accelerated toward the crowd!

"Hu!"

A cold wind with ice crystals blew in the underground palace.

Tang Mingyue had no intention of retreating. She raised her staff in front of her and gathered her spells.

"Ka ka ka…"

A layer of ice crystal quickly covered the body of the muscular monster, and its speed slowed down uncontrollably.

"Whoosh!!!"

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei dashed forward, one on the left and one on the right.

The bloodthirst long sword quickly slashed forward!

"Swish!"

The long sword cut a long and narrow wound on the mutated soldier's body, and dark red blood spurted out from the wound!

[Hint: You have dealt 328 points of damage to the infected elite soldier of the Empire. The bloodthirst sting has been passively activated. You have received 164 points of health recovery and 0.3 points of strength attribute…]

"Hu!"

The mutated elite soldier of the Empire swung his huge hammer forward.

"Thump!!!"

A crack appeared on the ground as the iron hammer hit it. Fang Heng's body stopped.

[Hint: You have received a shock effect.]

Fang Heng squinted his eyes and made a judgment on the spot.

The enemy's normal attacks had a negative effect of shock for about 0.3 seconds.

However, it was not dangerous.

His attack pattern was too simple, and his attack speed was too slow.

After all, with the help of Tang Mingyue's ice-type skills, the agility attribute of the mutated elite soldier had been weakened by a large portion.

"Woof! Whoosh!"

Fang Heng charged forward again, and the two alchemy magic arrays beside him rotated one after another.

The two Lickers that were the first to resurrect dashed out from the magic array and attacked the mutated elite soldier from the front and back.

"Hu!"

The mutated elite soldier swung the heavy hammer again!

He had high resistance to all attributes, but his combat style was somewhat simple.

"BOOM!!"

The heavy hammer struck the ground once again, and the charging Licker was also interrupted for half a second.

Unfortunately for the mutated soldier, Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei managed to dodge the attack easily.

Under Tang Mingyue's continuous control of ice-type spells, the mutated soldier was unable to attack the agile Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei.

Even the Lickers were able to easily dodge the attacks.

Under Fang Heng, Mo Jiawei, and the two Lickers' slow grinding, the infected mutated soldier finally collapsed.

Fang Heng frowned and realized that the underground palace exploration might not be as easy as he had imagined.

It took more than three minutes to deal with a normal mutated soldier. The difficulty of the subsequent missions would only be higher.

If the fusion Tyrant form was here, it should be able to handle the mutated soldier with ease.

Unfortunately, most of the zombie clones still needed some time before they could be successfully resurrected.

Wu Shijiang was watching nervously from the side.

Fortunately, Her Highness Mingyue and Lord Fang Heng weren't normal people. The three of them easily dealt with an infected soldier.

However, if they went any deeper, they might encounter even more infected soldiers.

Wu Shijiang couldn't help but look at Tang Mingyue. He asked, "Your Highness, are you all right?"

"It's no big deal, I'm fine."

Tang Mingyue sensed the state of her spiritual power and felt that she was still at her peak.

"Yes, let's go!"

Fang Heng called out and continued to move forward with everyone.

Wu Shijiang was helpless when he saw that they were determined to explore the underground palace.

He was wondering if he should go offline to report the situation to the others. Before he went offline, he looked up and saw that Fang Heng and the others had already run forward. He didn't dare to stay any longer and rushed forward quickly.

…

In the Imperial Palace, Ed was still in the game.

Previously, they had encountered the royal family's pursuers while exploring the underground palace and had been surrounded like dumplings.

Just as he was preparing to fight to the death, he did not expect to trigger a special optional mission.

Surrender temporarily or fight to the death.

In order to protect the players, Ed chose to follow His Highness Tang Mo and temporarily surrender in exchange for the players to leave the royal family.

As a result, the player team was able to leave with the collected information while Tang Mo and a small number of high-level players were temporarily locked in the secret prison below the royal palace.

In conclusion, they had lost this battle, but they had not completely lost.

Especially after hearing that Lord Fang Heng was coming.

Lord Fang Heng had the ability to turn something rotten into something magical. He would definitely be able to lead them through the numerous dangers and kill a bloody path out!

Ed was extremely anxious and switched between going online and offline from time to time. He kept communicating with the team and paid attention to Lord Fang Heng's actions.

Now, he had pinned all his hopes on Fang Heng.

They hoped that Fang Heng would be able to collect more evidence of Salvador's crimes to pave the way for their next mission.

The players' think tank integrated Fang Heng's strength assessment and believed that Lord Fang Heng should be able to increase the completion rate of the evidence collection mission to 40-60%.

Ed felt that this group of think tanks did not understand Lord Fang Heng and underestimated him.

Lord Fang Heng had so many tricks up his sleeve and had set up such a deep scheme. Everything in the game was within his control! Ed would not be surprised even if he managed to raise his mission completion to 100%.

However, what made people nervous was that more than 10 minutes had passed since Fang Heng entered the underground palace, but the mission completion rate had not changed.

"There's no hurry. He probably hasn't arrived yet. There's no hurry, no hurry…"

Ed muttered to himself. While comforting himself, he couldn't help going offline every few minutes to get first-hand news about Fang Heng.

After he went online again, Ed heard footsteps from afar.

He looked out of the prison and saw Tang Mo being led by a group of guards back to the prison. He was locked up in the prison diagonally opposite him.

"Your Highness!"

Once the guard left, the imprisoned players looked at Tang Mo with questioning eyes.

After being detained, Salvador personally talked to Tang Mo. The conversation had lasted for more than two hours and had just ended.

Ed was eager to know what Salvador had said to Tang Mo.

Tang Mo looked at the crowd and nodded.

The conversation between him and Salvador was not pleasant.

"The royal guards encountered a lot of trouble when they attacked the Land of Plague. Lord Fang Heng's attack on Lincoln City also gave the Empire a headache. Salvador felt threatened and hoped that I could help him deal with the Land of Plague."

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1241 Alive

"I refused."

Tang Mo's expression was serious as he roughly described the contents of his previous conversation with Salvador, "He kept us because he wanted to use us as a bargaining chip to blackmail Lord Fang Heng and Mingyue."

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

It was good that he had value. There was hope as long as he was alive!

Everyone present was a guild leader of a large guild, so their mental fortitude was far beyond ordinary people's. After so many years of playing the game, they encountered more dangerous situations than this.

They also had some life-saving items on them. If they were given some time, they would have a good chance of escaping from here.

After all, outside the game, the think tank players were already thinking of ways to save everyone.

It would be a complete tragedy if they were killed just like that.

Tang Mo's face was filled with resentment. He didn't want to be a burden.

"Your Highness, there is no need to blame yourself."

Ed consoled softly, "We still have a chance. Lord Fang Heng has already sneaked into the underground palace of the Imperial City to collect information. By then, the feudal lords of the Empire and the various forces on the continent will know Salvador's true color."

"Lord Fang Heng? He's in the underground palace too?"

Tang Mo thought of Fang Heng and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Salvador's fear of Fang Heng had reached an extreme level during their previous conversation.

What kind of strange power did the Land of Plague have that could make Salvador so afraid?

While they were talking, a Vice President of the gaming union at the side let out a soft gasp.

"Eh?"

What's wrong?

Ed looked at him with a questioning gaze.

The man said in a low voice, "There's a change in the mission."

Ed's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately opened the mission panel to check.

What?

Ed's pupils shrank when he found the mission column and saw the completion rate.

What was going on?

There were no changes to the mission details of collecting Salvador's crimes. Instead, the progress of the mission to explore the underground palace was increasing rapidly.

Within the time they were talking, the completion rate had increased by 5%!

The presidents of the other major guilds also noticed this strange scene and tried to communicate with each other with their eyes.

What had happened?

Didn't Li Xue say that Lord Fang Heng infiltrated the underground palace to search for evidence of Salvador's crimes? Why did he start exploring the underground palace again?

At this moment, Li Xue, who was giving orders offline, was also flustered.

What was going on?

Why did the mission of collecting evidence not change, but the completion rate of the underground palace exploration increased?

Moreover, the speed of completion was unexpectedly fast. It increased by 10% all of a sudden!

However, they didn't know the exact situation in the underground palace.

Ever since he found out that Fang Heng and the others had successfully entered the underground palace, Wu Shijiang had completely lost contact with them.

What kind of unexpected situation did they encounter in the underground palace?

Everyone was extremely anxious.

Tang Mingyue and Lord Fang Heng were the most crucial members of the mission. If anything happened to them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Supervisor."

A player came online to report, "The Empire's sword saint and the barbarians have had an intense conflict at the northern city entrance. Most of the Empire's inner city patrol teams have gone over to support them. The remaining two patrol teams passed by the Hall of Divine Martial Arts. Our people found a way to sneak past them."

"Yes, well done."

Li Xue nodded her head.

In this way, they managed to buy some time for Fang Heng and the others.

The player hesitated and asked, "Do we need the people at the entrance of the Hall of Divine Martial Arts to go in and investigate?"

Li Xue frowned and thought for a moment before shaking her head, "There's no need. Stay where you are and wait for orders. All we can do now is to trust them."

….

In the underground palace's passageway, Mo Jiawei lured the five infected mutated soldiers behind him and ran quickly along the passage.

When he saw Fang Heng and the rest from afar, Mo Jiawei shouted, "Mingyue! Help me!"

Seeing this, Tang Mingyue frowned. She held her breath and concentrated. She raised her hand and threw out dozens of icicles.

"Bang! Bang Bang!!!"

The dense icicles landed on the five infected mutated soldiers, instantly covering them with a layer of frost.

Affected by the frost, the speed of the infected mutated soldiers has been greatly reduced.

Sandy, who was hiding behind the team, saw Mo Jiawei bringing a large group of infected soldiers over. He was so frightened that he shouted, "I told you to lure them one by one? Why did you lure so many at once?"

Mo Jiawei shouted in response as he ran, "I didn't want to either. I've been tricked!"

"It's okay, I can handle it."

Fang Heng was fighting with an infected mutated soldier. The bloodthirst thorn long sword in his hand was already red to the point of turning purple!

"Chi! Chi Chi!"

Fang Heng's figure flashed in front of the infected mutated soldiers and at the same time, he slashed his sword forward.

Compared to before, the movements of the infected mutated soldiers on the opposite side were a little stiff. In front of Fang Heng, it was like a wooden stake that did not move at all.

"Chi! Chi Chi!"

A layer of red blood covered the bloodthirst thorn long sword, and when the sword was swung, it left an afterimage.

The additional skills of the vampires' holy weapon, blood blade and afterimage, were activated at the same time!

One strike, two strikes, three strikes…

The speed of Fang Heng's sword was so fast that it was hard to see clearly in the dark passage.

[Hint: You have dealt 810 points of damage to the infected mutated elite soldier of the Empire. The bloodthirst thorn has been passively activated. You have received 405 HP recovery and 0.3 agility attribute absorption.]

[Hint: You are in the blood shadow state. The blood shadow has performed an additional attack, causing 158 damage to the infected mutated elite soldier of the Empire. The bloodthirst thorn has been passively activated. You have received 79 HP recovery and 0.3 strength attribute absorbed…]

[Hint: You have dealt damage to the infected…]

The additional skill of the holy weapon of the vampires, the blood shadow combo slash, after each melee attack, the blood-red afterimages will trigger an additional 1/3 attack.

Although the additional attack would repeatedly deduct the enemy's defense points, and the actual number of attacks was much less than expected, this attack could also trigger the bloodthirst thorn's passive effect!

After figuring out the enemy's attack mode, Fang Heng immediately came up with a countermeasure.

With the bloodthirst thorn's special effect of extracting attributes, he continuously scraped and extracted attributes from the infected mutated soldiers.

With the continuous and concentrated attacks, the increase in his agility attribute increased more and more. The attack speed of his sword also became faster, and the attack output saw a gradual increase. The speed of attribute absorption also increased once again, entering a positive cycle!

The interval between the attacks of the infected mutated soldier, whose attributes were extracted by Fang Heng, became longer and longer until later on, he seemed to be struggling even to lift the heavy hammer.

Fang Heng slashed more than 20 times in a row before he realized that the infected mutated soldier had once again raised his heavy hammer and was ready to attack.

"BOOM!!"

The moment the heavy hammer fell, Fang Heng dodged to the right side of the infected mutated soldier in advance and raised his long sword again to attack wildly.

He went on to scrape the soldier continuously.

A series of red numbers appeared above the infected mutated soldier's head.

He didn't have to focus on the strength of the attack, as long as his attack left a shallow mark each time.

But even so, after thousands of continuous attacks, Fang Heng's attack output had also increased greatly with the addition of his strength attribute!

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1242 Scraping

"Boom!!"

The infected mutated soldier's HP was emptied. He swayed a few times in front of Fang Heng and then fell to the ground on his back.

[Hint: You have killed an infected mutated elite soldier of the Empire. Your mission exploration rate has increased by 1.5%. Your trial score has increased slightly.]

Fang Heng shifted his gaze to the five infected mutated soldiers who were chasing after Mo Jiawei. He raised his sword and attacked them again.

The bloodthirst thorn's absorption attribute could only last for a short five minutes. In order to not waste time, he cooperated with Mo Jiawei and let the latter go to the front to lure the monsters. This was a seamless connection.

The two infected mutated soldiers who were charging to the front, one on the left and one on the right, saw Fang Heng and swung their giant hammers forward almost at the same time.

"Boom!"

"Boom!!"

Two consecutive shock attacks, one in front and one at the back, sent the area around the landing point into a state of shock!

"I've seen a ghost."

Mo Jiawei cursed under his breath. He was so frightened that he quickly retreated to avoid the attack range.

This really wasn't for humans to play with!

It was fine if they fought with these monsters one-on-one, but once they start to accumulate, the monsters would be able to use their hammers to stun and shake the ground continuously.

Fang Heng was also affected by the shock effect. His body that was charging forward paused in mid-air and immediately recovered from the shock by relying on his undying body. He drew out his long sword and aimed at the nearest infected mutated soldier and started slashing.

With the cooperation of Tang Mingyue's ice-type control spell, red numbers kept appearing above the heads of the infected mutated soldiers.

Fang Heng had already gotten used to the rhythm of the attack.

In fact, the infected mutated soldiers had strong bodies and were using heavy weapons like hammers, which needed to be used within a certain range. When a few of them gathered together, they looked a little bloated, and it was difficult for them to launch effective attacks.

In addition to Tang Mingyue's spell control and the absorption agility attribute bonus of the bloodthirst thorn, Fang Heng dodged the attacks with ease.

Not to mention, there was also the additional fault tolerance provided by the undying effect.

Even if he made a mistake, it wouldn't be fatal. He wouldn't die even if he was hit a few times.

Fang Heng was in the mood to chat while avoiding the attacks of the infected mutated soldiers.

"What's the situation? Why did you attract so many of them?"

Seeing that Fang Heng could handle it, Mo Jiawei heaved a sigh of relief. He took a few steps back and explained, "I've already reached the end of the tunnel. There's a dark area at the end of the tunnel, and I can't see clearly. When I walked in, I found that there were mutated soldiers inside. I quickly turned around and ran, and they immediately pursued me."

Fang Heng asked, "Can't see clearly? Are there more infected soldiers inside?"

Mo Jiawei recalled and said, "The situation was too urgent at that time, so I didn't take a close look. There should be quite a few more."

Fang Heng frowned and took a look at the game hint.

One infected mutated soldier could provide about 1.5% of the exploration points. The more he farmed, the greater the increase in exploration points.

He had to face it. He might as well continue farming!

The mission exploration points were full, and he could wait for a few days!

"Alright, let's go and lure another wave over!"

Mo Jiawei had the same thought. After hearing Fang Heng's words, his eyes lit up and he gulped down a mouthful of the potion, "Alright, let's continue. It's fine as long as you can hold on!"

On the other side, Wu Shijiang was listening to the conversation between Fang Heng and the others, his face full of surprise.

Lord Fang Heng was able to easily dodge the attacks of five infected mutated soldiers and even seize the opportunity to counterattack?

But he was only a King spirit system mage!

Wu Shijiang had witnessed the entire process of Fang Heng killing monsters.

From the fear they felt when they first encountered the infected mutated soldiers, to the sight of Fang Heng and the other two skillfully cooperating to defeat the enemy, and then to Mo Jiawei's cooperation to lure monsters, they quickly pulled monsters and killed them one by one.

Until now, after he had gotten used to it, he could even pull a group of monsters in one wave.

After all, their elite team, which was formed by the top 10 teams in the land of barbarians, was almost wiped out by these infected mutated soldiers!

But Fang Heng and the others?

Why did they look so relaxed?

Wu Shijiang suddenly came back to his senses and remembered his mission.

He couldn't help at the moment, but he finally had a chance to go offline and communicate with the players. He hurriedly nodded and said to everyone, "Everyone, I'm going offline to check out the situation outside. I'll be back soon!"

Fang Heng focused his attention and maintained the rhythm of scraping the infected mutated soldiers. He nodded and said, "Alright, hurry and come back!"

Wu Shijiang nodded and immediately logged out of the game.

….

Offline, a group of players was guarding the gaming cabin. Seeing the cabin door open, the players gathered around, and more than a dozen synchronized video cameras were aimed at Wu Shijiang's face.

The scene was directly transmitted to each of the sub-venues.

The team leader rushed over and asked, "Wu Shijiang, what's the current situation in the underground palace?"

Wu Shijiang ignored the dizziness he felt after logging out of the game and quickly explained what had happened after entering the underground palace.

"They only have three people?"

After listening to Wu Shijiang's general explanation of the situation in the underground palace, everyone's faces revealed a look of disbelief.

The player team rated Lord Fang Heng's strength as S-level, which was one rank lower than Wangnet's. He was equivalent to a legendary mage.

Of course, in the domain with the sacred tree in the Land of Plague, it could reach SS-level, the same level as Wangnet.

In theory, it wasn't impossible for Fang Heng to deal with the infected soldiers. However, it definitely wouldn't be that easy.

Wu Shijiang nodded his head.

He really wanted to say that only Fang Heng and Her Highness Mingyue were actually involved in the fight. Mo Jiawei was just helping to lure the monsters from the side.

"It seems that Lord Fang Heng has a way to deal with the infected mutated soldiers."

On the other side, Li Xue heard Wu Shijiang's words through a remote video call. She lowered her head, thought for a moment before pressing the control button, and asked, "What does Lord Fang Heng want to do? Did they want to explore the entire underground palace? Or are they more interested in the demonic seed in the underground palace?"

Wu Shijiang heard the questions through the video and hesitated for a moment.

He said with some uncertainty, "Lord Fang Heng didn't say. However, I think they want to search the entire underground palace thoroughly. The area at the end of the passage is dark. Mr. Mo has already started to lure monsters to kill them. We should continue to explore later."

Everyone fell into a short silence as they turned to look at Li Xue.

Lord Fang Heng's strength was much stronger than they had expected and could easily deal with the infected mutated soldiers.

This way, it was not impossible to search the entire underground palace.

Could it be…

Fang Heng didn't want to collect any evidence of Salvador's crimes from the beginning. Instead, he wanted to explore the entire underground palace.

Li Xue felt it as well.

There might be something in the underground palace that Lord Fang Heng was very concerned about. The real purpose of Fang Heng and the others infiltrating the underground palace was to explore something.

The good news was that the game had tacitly acknowledged the relationship between the player team and Lord Fang Heng as teammates. During the process of exploring the underground palace, their mission completion rate was also constantly increasing.

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1243 Binding

No matter what Fang Heng's ultimate goal was, Wu Shijiang was extremely important. If Wu Shijiang wasn't present, the game's default mission wouldn't have any player participating, and the mission completion rate wouldn't increase.

After thinking through this, Li Xue immediately said, "Wu Shijiang, go online first. Tell Lord Fang Heng not to force himself. If you encounter any problems, contact us. We will provide you with protection offline."

"Understood!"

Wu Shijiang replied. With the help of the others, he quickly closed the game cabin and prepared to return to the game.

"There's more! The difficulty of the follow-up mission will only be higher. If you can't do it, think of a way to persuade Lord Fang Heng to return and collect the evidence. Don't fight to the death."

"Alright!"

After closing the game cabin, Wu Shijiang went online again.

Li Xue looked up at the big screen.

In just a short while, the completion of the underground palace mission had been raised to 57.3%.

Soon, it would reach the minimum limit of 60% to trigger the next mission.

Li Xue was still extremely worried.

What would be the next stage of the mission?

Could Lord Fang Heng and Her Highness Mingyue really complete it?

…..

[Hint: You have killed an infected elite mutated soldier of the Empire. Your mission exploration rate has increased by 1.2%. Your trial score has increased slightly.]

[Hint: Current mission exploration: 133.8%.]

Another infected mutated soldier fell down heavily in front of Fang Heng.

Fang Heng pulled back his long sword and subconsciously wanted to pursue his next target. However, he found that there were no more enemies in the passage.

Did it end?

"It's all done."

Mo Jiawei went back and forth with the monsters for five rounds before he nodded and said, "The infected soldiers at the end of the passage have all been lured over by me. As for the deeper parts, it's too dark, so I didn't dare to go further in."

"Yes."

Fang Heng lowered his head and took a look at the task.

The current exploration rate had exceeded 100%, and the next phase of the mission had not been triggered.

"Let's go and take a look."

Mo Jiawei led the way and continued to lead the group to the end of the passage.

Soon, everyone arrived at the black open area at the end that Mo Jiawei had mentioned.

Standing at the entrance of the passage, everyone stopped in unison.

Wu Shijiang nervously looked into the depths of the pitch-black space. He couldn't see anything, but there was a very uncomfortable feeling in his heart as if some kind of threat was lurking in the darkness.

"Chi!"

Wu Shijiang took out a torch from his backpack and lit it.

The darkness around them swallowed up most of the flames.

A faint light provided illumination.

Warren frowned and said in a deep voice, "Fang Heng, I can feel it. The demonic seed is not far from us. Besides that, I can also feel the spiritual power fluctuation of the enlightenment stone."

"Yes."

Fang Heng nodded.

He could feel it too. The spiritual power fluctuation of the enlightenment stone was extremely obvious.

Fang Heng raised his hand, and the Book of Creation, which was emitting a dark golden light, appeared in his palm.

"Brilliance."

Whoosh, whoosh whoosh!

The three light orbs were floating at a low altitude, dispersing the darkness and slowly spreading out to illuminate the surroundings.

The effects of the spell were much better than a torch.

Everyone was able to see the surroundings of the open area clearly.

It was a shocking sight. Different from the outside world, the surrounding walls and ground were full of potholes.

It looked like this area had been built before, but had been destroyed after the construction was completed.

The entire underground palace's walls and floor were made of a special stone, and its hardness was dozens of times higher than ordinary stones. When the infected mutated soldier smashed it with a hammer earlier, there were only a few cracks.

To be able to destroy the passage to this extent…

What could it be?

"Let's go in and take a look. Be careful and follow me."

"Yes."

Everyone was on high alert and looked around vigilantly. They slowly followed behind Fang Heng and groped their way closer.

The further they went, the more spacious it became. The light could provide a sense of security.

Fang Heng walked at the front of the team, following the guidance of the enlightenment stone's spiritual power fluctuation.

All of a sudden, Fang Heng felt an extremely strong sense of danger.

Almost at the same time, a huge shadow suddenly emerged from the darkness and attacked his right side!

"Be careful!"

"Swish!!"

Fang Heng didn't have time to turn his head. He saw a dark brown object coming at him from the corner of his eye. He raised the bloodthirst thorn long sword and stabbed it fiercely.

"BOOM!"

A strange sound of metal clashing rang out!

Fang Heng felt as if he had hit a piece of metal. Then, a huge force hit him and he was forced to take two steps back before he could stand firm.

Looking back, the object that had launched the attack had completely disappeared.

Sandy broke out in a cold sweat from the sudden attack and exclaimed, "What was that thing just now?"

Everyone quickly gathered together and carefully watched their surroundings.

Fang Heng took a look at the game log.

[Hint: You have attacked an unknown life form. The attack was blocked by the unknown life form. The damage is exempted.]

"It's a creature that extends from the wall."

Warren could see it more clearly and said in a deep voice, "A dark brown tentacle-like creature. It's huge, and from its appearance, it looks like a black stone eel from the underground world. This kind of creature usually hides in the cracks of the underground rock walls and is afraid of light, but I've never seen such a large black stone eel."

In the cracks of the rock wall?

Fang Heng's pupils were covered with a red glow as he looked at the wall in the darkness on his right.

"Be careful, I'll go check it out."

Fang Heng left the team and walked forward step by step until he came to the wall on the right and observed it carefully.

Eh?

There seemed to be something dark under the pockmarked wall.

Frowning, Fang Heng raised his hand and stabbed the wall with his sword.

"Swish!"

The bloodthirst thorn longsword pierced through the wall for less than two centimeters. The creature hidden under the wall seemed to have sensed the damage and quickly moved a few times. It wriggled deeper and quickly disappeared from sight.

Fang Heng frowned and turned around to look at the people behind him.

Mo Jiawei initially wanted to use the detection skill to see who the enemy was, but he helplessly put down his left hand that was covering his right eye and shook his head, "No, the time is too short. I can't find the target. I can't see clearly."

"Fang Heng!!"

Tang Mingyue suddenly exclaimed.

Just as Fang Heng's back was facing the wall, more than a dozen black tentacles suddenly stretched out from the wall behind him!

Whoosh!!

Fang Heng's pupils suddenly contracted.

Teleportation!

Fang Heng immediately reacted and teleported forward.

However, the speed of the dark brown tentacles climbing was beyond imagination. In addition, Fang Heng was not on guard against his feet. The moment he teleported, several tentacles emerged from the pothole-filled ground under his feet and climbed up his ankle to his body.

Fang Heng was immediately trapped in place, and the tentacles on the wall stabbed at him!

Not good!

Fang Heng squinted his eyes and waved the long sword in his hand quickly.

'Chi!!" "Thump!!!"

There was another crash.

The first two black tentacles were knocked away! The remaining tentacles wrapped around him!

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1244 Blood-sucking

In the blink of an eye, Fang Heng felt that his body was entangled by the huge tentacle. Then, a huge strength pulled him toward the wall!

"Fang Heng!"

Tang Mingyue was anxious. She raised her hand and a light green scroll appeared.

Wind blade, thousand dance.

A dense light green wind-type spell boomed towards the black tentacle.

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

The green wind blade collided with the black tentacle and exploded!

Not only was the spell attack ineffective, but it also triggered the black tentacle's ferocity!

More and more dark-brown tentacles gushed out from the cracks in the surrounding walls!

Tang Mingyue's eyes flashed with surprise. She raised her staff high again.

"Ice crystal storm."

The cold wind howled in the dark space!

The ice-type spell still had no effect on the tentacles!

The ice crystals that quickly appeared on the brown tentacles were completely broken before they could fully condense!

"Chi!!!"

Fang Heng's pupils suddenly shrank.

What?

The tentacle attached to his body extended fine needles, and they pierced through his skin. Blood seeped out from under his skin and the tentacle greedily absorbed the blood.

A row of more than ten lines of game prompts quickly refreshed his retina.

[Hint: You have been affected by the blood-draining effect of an unknown lifeform. You have received 21 points of maximum HP damage (this damage will slowly increase within 24 hours)…]

Fang Heng was even more surprised.

What kind of monster was it? It was able to absorb his blood, and it was damage that targeted the upper limit of his HP.

Wu Shijiang was hiding behind Warren. Because he was too nervous, his body was trembling uncontrollably.

What was going on?

What were those black tentacles? Even Lord Fang Heng didn't have the chance to struggle and was controlled by them.

A high-tier spell had no effect on it?

"Fang Heng! Be careful!"

Tang Mingyue realized that the tentacle creature was not easy to deal with, so she took out the most powerful fire spell scroll from her backpack.

She poured her power of the will into the spell scroll, and the entire scroll emitted a scarlet light in her palm.

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi!!"

Eh?

Tang Mingyue's hand trembled, and she immediately stopped releasing the spell scroll.

All of a sudden, the black tentacle creature that was sucking Fang Heng's blood seemed to have been stimulated and started dancing crazily.

It was as if they had met their natural enemy. They immediately let go of Fang Heng, who was under their control, as if they had been electrocuted, and retreated back to the bottom of the stone crack at an even faster speed.

"Chi Chi Chi…"

In less than a second, the tentacle lifeform had completely retreated into the cracks in the stone wall and disappeared.

Everything was back to normal.

Ah, this…

Wu Shijiang's body trembled as he watched the scene before him.

What was going on?

Just now, Lord Fang Heng was about to be controlled. Why did the tentacle creature retreat in the blink of an eye?

It gave him the feeling that these strange creatures were even more afraid of Lord Fang Heng.

Fang Heng was also a little puzzled. He lowered his head and looked at the place on his arm where his blood was just sucked out.

The wound had already completely healed in an instant.

Tang Mingyue took two steps forward and asked in confusion, "Fang Heng? Are you alright?"

"Yes, I am alright."

He raised his head and saw several people looking at him with questioning eyes. Fang Heng couldn't help shaking his head.

He didn't know why, but the tentacle suddenly gave up on attacking.

While thinking, Fang Heng looked at the wall full of holes.

He walked up to the wall and checked it carefully. The black stream-like life form that had been faintly visible in the wall had disappeared.

Perhaps he had sneaked deeper into the wall.

Mo Jiawei heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the crisis had passed. He then carefully checked the information he had just obtained through his detection talent and compiled it.

"The thing that attacked us just now was an infected organism. It only has the intelligence of a primitive being, and it fights with its instincts. It can absorb blood to increase its strength, and it might be one of Salvador's experimental subjects."

It was a high-level creature, so Mo Jiawei could only obtain very little information through his innate skill.

"It's the original devouring body…"

Fang Heng muttered to himself after hearing Mo Jiawei's explanation.

He suddenly understood.

According to Qiu Yaokang's theory, the original devouring body was also a creature that had mutated under the influence of the 'demonic seed' virus, and there was a virus in its body.

And he had a Hila virus of a higher level in his body.

This monster was sucking his blood?

Was he suffering from indigestion?

It was no wonder that they seemed to have seen a ghost and disappeared so quickly after sucking the blood.

After thinking it through, Fang Heng felt a little lucky.

"Let's go. Don't worry about it. Let's continue."

While speaking, Fang Heng checked the surrounding walls and nodded, "They shouldn't appear again in the near future."

Wu Shijiang opened his mouth and wanted to ask Fang Heng how he dealt with these monsters.

Seeing that everyone was already moving forward, he chose to keep his mouth shut and follow the team.

After this round of attacks, the rest of the journey became a little safer.

After seven minutes of walking, the path ahead gradually widened. The potholes on the floor and the surrounding walls had also become flat.

Sandy noticed that something was not quite right and could not help but squat down to check the ground. He let out a surprised sound and frowned, "Fang Heng, the floor and stones here are different. They're mixed with purple essence crystals, and the proportion is quite high."

Eh? Really?

Tang Mingyue also squatted down to check, and her eyes lit up.

There was a large amount of purple essence on the floor, so much so that they seemed to be purple stars on the ground.

So much purple essence, if she could take it all away, she could sell it for a large sum of money!

Tang Mingyue pondered in her heart, but she said, "No wonder the Empire's purple essence has always been short in supply. It turns out that they've all been spent here."

Fang Heng nodded and said, "Yes. It should be the creator's special arrangement. The purple essence can restrain the demonic seed virus. It also has an effect on the original devouring body."

Because of the purple essence, this area was relatively safe. Everyone followed the direction of the spiritual power fluctuations coming from the enlightenment stone.

After a while, Fang Heng, who was walking in the front, stopped again and took a look at the game prompt.

In less than 10 minutes, the completion rate of the underground palace exploration mission had increased by almost 200%.

"What's wrong?"

Wu Shijiang carefully peeked his head out from behind Fang Heng and looked into the distance.

Even further away, it was pitch-black, and nothing could be seen.

Fang Heng's pupils were covered with a layer of red light and his expression was grave.

Through the night vision ability of the vampire's double pupils, he saw carts full of enlightenment stone replicas piled up in the depths ahead.

Several black tentacles that he had seen before reached out from the depths and wrapped around the enlightenment stone replicas.

The tentacle was dozens of times larger than the one that had attacked him before, and it would take about three or four people to hold it.

It seemed like they were absorbing the strength of the enlightenment stone.

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1245 Control

Once again, Fang Heng looked at the right side of the pile of enlightenment stone replicas behind him, and his pupils shrank involuntarily.

Besides the small pile of enlightenment stone replicas, there were three very large pieces of enlightenment stones.

However, the strange thing was that, in theory, the spiritual power fluctuations emitted by the three enlightenment stones should be extremely large, but he could only sense a small part of it.

The night vision ability provided by vampires was limited, and he could not see anything after that.

"Be careful, there's an enemy in front. Follow behind me."

Fang Heng reminded them. He increased the coverage of his brilliance spell to the maximum with his mental strength and led everyone forward slowly.

As soon as he got close, two game prompts appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The player is approaching an unknown source of infection. The player's infection index will be greatly affected. Please be careful.]

[Hint: You have a special constitution. Ignore the effects of this infection.]

The rest of the team also received the game notification and quickly exchanged glances.

Wu Shijiang was shocked.

Oh no, it was an infection!

He realized that the air around him was infected, and he didn't have any items on him that could resist the infection.

The infection index in the mission attribute bar increased rapidly.

Tang Mingyue was well prepared before she came. She immediately threw a bottle of medicine to Sandy and another bottle to Wu Shijiang.

Wu Shijiang took the blue potion, and a line of game prompts appeared.

[Hint: You have obtained a refined beginner-level infection resistance potion.]

Description: A special infection-resistant agent that can greatly reduce the effects of infection. The effect is outstanding, but the duration is short. Repeated use within 72 hours will greatly reduce the effect.

Duration: 20 minutes. The effect will gradually decline as time passes.

Wu Shijiang was stunned, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. He turned to look at Tang Mingyue.

Her Highness Mingyue had even created this kind of anti-infection drug that targeted the demonic seed.

"Drink it."

"Alright."

Wu Shijiang nodded and quickly gulped down the medicine.

As they continued forward, they soon saw a mine cart filled with enlightenment stone replicas.

Several giant dark brown tentacles wrapped around the enlightenment stone replicas as if they were alive. They contracted and undulated as if they were breathing.

Everyone looked at each other and saw the strange look in each other's eyes.

Were they absorbing the power of the enlightenment stone?

It was a pity that Qiu Yaokang was still researching the crystallized form of the demonic seed in the Land of Plague and did not follow them. Otherwise, he would have found more useful clues.

Sensing the approach of Fang Heng and the others, the black tentacles stopped absorbing and stood up from their crouching state, pointing their sharp ends at Fang Heng and the others.

Warren kept a distance from them and observed them. He asked in a low voice, "Are they absorbing the enlightenment stone replicas?"

According to Qiu Yaokang's theory, the enlightenment stone is a form of energy that can be absorbed by living creatures. In comparison, infected creatures need it more.

Mo Jiawei was also puzzled and asked, "So Salvador was trying to feed this monster by researching the enlightenment stone?"

[Hint: The player team has discovered a mysterious creature. The underground palace exploration rate has increased by an additional 50%.]

Sandy observed his surroundings and his eyes suddenly lit up. He pointed forward and said, "Look over there."

Looking in the direction Sandy was pointing at, there were a few steps that extended upwards not far ahead.

Above the steps was a raised round platform.

The round platform was huge.

What was strange was that the tentacles of the original devouring body extended out of the ground around the edge of the round platform.

Eh?

Warren asked, "An alchemy magic array?"

He looked at the edge of the round platform and noticed that there was a magic array flashing on the ground.

It was obvious that the magic array was in operation.

Huge tentacles extended out from the magic array that was still in operation, forming a circle.

Warren said with a frown, "It's a spatial magic array."

The original devouring body used the spatial alchemy magic array as an exit, and its huge tentacles gradually extended outside through the space channel, so that they could absorb the power of the enlightenment stone replicas.

Fang Heng observed from a distance and pondered.

It was obvious that someone had deliberately set this up.

"What do we do?"

Warren said in a deep voice, "In my opinion, the original devouring body should be sealed in a deeper place. These holes are space passages opened by alchemy magic arrays to feed the original devouring body."

Mo Jiawei asked. "So, we can get rid of these original devouring bodies by turning off the magic array, right?"

Warren nodded and replied, "Yes."

It sounded simple, but it would be difficult to rush over and shut down the magic arrays.

The ordinary tentacles he had encountered before were immune to most magic damage, so the dozen or so huge tentacles in front of him did not seem easy to deal with.

Wu Shijiang, who was hiding at the back, suggested, "Should I destroy the alchemy magic array with long-range attacks?"

"It's very difficult. Doing so will make the original devouring bodies hostile. They haven't taken the initiative to attack yet. If we anger them later, it will be even more troublesome."

While everyone was discussing, Fang Heng said, "I have an idea."

"What?"

Fang Heng didn't continue to explain.

Under everyone's gaze, he took two steps forward and faced the alchemy magic array on the round platform in the distance.

All of a sudden, a scarlet alchemy magic array was reflected in the pupil of Fang Heng's right eye!

In response, the alchemy magic array on the ground in the distance emitted a faint red light.

Talent-Omniscient eye (alchemy)

Fang Heng's right eye had inherited the effects of the omniscient eye.

To condense the seal, he only needs to consume HP and mental strength to control the alchemy magic array within a certain distance

The game prompts refreshed one after another.

[Hint: Your talent-omniscient eye (alchemy) is in effect. You are controlling the operation of the magic circle from a distance. An additional 210 health points have been consumed.]

[Hint: Your talent-omniscient eye (alchemy) is in effect…]

Seeing that the magic array started to operate out of thin air, Warren was stunned and looked at Fang Heng in surprise.

Fresh red blood was flowing down from the corner of Fang Heng's right eye.

Was it Sydney's omniscient eye?

How could this be?

Sydney's omniscient eye was extremely famous in the Empire's alchemy world. Long-range control of alchemy magic arrays was one of its representative abilities.

Warren knew that Fang Heng obtained Sydney's omniscient eye in the Imperial mausoleum and had successfully transplanted it. However, he had never expected that Fang Heng could directly use the power of the eyeball.

With the current alchemy technology, a normal organ transplant would not be able to exert 100% of its power, and there would be a strong rejection reaction.

This was especially true for powerful organs like the omniscient eye.

"Ka ka ka…"

While he was still in shock, Warren felt a faint tremble under his feet.

The magic array, which had been running in a positive direction, began to run in reverse under the red light.

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1246 A Reversal

The huge tentacle that extended from the alchemy magic array sensed something. It slowly left the enlightenment stone replicas and returned to the magic array.

A moment later, the ground returned to its calm state.

"Are you alright?"

Tang Mingyue stepped forward and helped Fang Heng up. The blood and tears flowing from his right eye made him look very bad.

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

Fang Heng said as he wiped off the blood from the corner of his eyes.

It only looked a little scary on the outside, but there was actually no damage.

The spiritual power and life force consumed by controlling the alchemy eyes were not instantly deducted but passed away slowly.

With the undying body's HP recovery effect, he could completely ignore the loss of HP.

Fang Heng took the lead to walk forward and observe.

There were a lot of carts on the ground in front of him, and there were still a lot of unused enlightenment stone replicas in them.

There were also three huge black enlightenment stones piled up on the right side.

It was much bigger than all the enlightenment stones he had found before combined!

If he were to bring so many of them back for the sacred tree to devour…

Did he strike it rich?

Fang Heng walked forward and tried to touch the enlightenment stone with his hand. He immediately frowned.

Warren walked to Fang Heng's side and said, "The energy in the enlightenment stone has been absorbed."

"Yes."

Fang Heng nodded and looked disappointed.

Just like the enlightenment stone they had found at the bottom of the lake, this stone only looked big on the surface, but the energy contained in it had been mostly absorbed.

The remaining energy was about the same as a palm-sized enlightenment stone.

If he spent more effort to bring them back…

It was of no use, but it was a pity to throw them away.

"Let's go and take a look at the round platform."

Fang Heng strode forward and went up the steps in front to explore.

The round platform had a diameter of about twenty meters, and the edges of the platform were engraved with a magic array. In the center of the platform was a black entrance that led to the bottom.

Fang Heng walked to the center and stood in front of the entrance to observe.

The diameter of the entrance was less than one meter. Looking down from the edge of the entrance, all he could see was darkness.

He couldn't see the end of it.

Warren stood beside Fang Heng with a serious expression and said, "You must be careful. I can sense a very strong fluctuation of the demonic seed's power inside."

"Yes."

Fang Heng agreed and tried to take out a high-energy crystal ore from his backpack, throwing it down the hole.

The crystal fell and was quickly swallowed by the darkness below, completely disappearing from sight without a sound.

Seeing this, Sandy could not help but swallow his saliva and asked softly, "No way. Could this place be one of the entrances to the endless abyss? I remember that there should only be one entrance near the Imperial City."

"Hmm, not necessarily."

Warren looked up and said, "This is a spatial magic array. I think the original devouring body should be sealed under it."

Everyone subconsciously raised their heads and followed Warren's gaze.

A large alchemy magic array appeared on the ceiling!

The fine lines inside the magic array indicated its level.

At the same time, several game prompts appeared on his retina.

[Hint: You have discovered the sealed land of an unknown life form. The completion rate of your mission-underground palace exploration has increased by 100%. Your underground palace exploration rate has reached 300%. You have triggered an additional reward mission-unknown raised life form.]

[Hint: The player team has triggered the additional mission reward-unknown life form.]

Mission title: Unknown life form.

Mission difficulty: A-SS.

Mission description: You have discovered an unknown life form that Salvador is raising in the underground palace.

Mission requirement: Release/investigate/kill the unknown life form that Salvador is rearing.

Time remaining: 56 minutes 26 seconds.

Current mission completion rate: 0%

Mission reward: ??? (When the time is up, the system will calculate the reward based on the completion level.)

An additional triggered side reward mission!

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat. He quickly took a look at the underground palace exploration mission and found that the remaining time limit of both missions was the same.

And from the mission description, there were many ways to complete the mission.

According to the difficulty classification, choosing to kill the unknown life form would give the highest level of reward, but only releasing the unknown life form would only guarantee a minimum reward.

There was no doubt that it was extremely dangerous to explore the depths of the abyss under the current circumstances.

If an unknown life form was released…

Fang Heng couldn't help squinting his eyes.

Releasing it was currently the simplest choice. It didn't require much control. He just had to destroy the main seal on the ceiling. When the time came, he could try to destroy it head-on.

Run if you can't win.

After all, the Empire would help them clean up their mess.

Wu Shijiang was also looking at the mission notifications. Just as he was about to go offline and discuss with his think tank to make the best decision, a red game notification suddenly appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The emergency button of the player's gaming cabin has been touched. The player can choose to enter the nearest safe area to go offline. If the player is in a non-safe area, there will be great risks.]

Not good!

This was the emergency signal he used to contact Li Xue's team!

Wu Shijiang's expression suddenly changed as he immediately looked up at the crowd and said, "Your Highness Mingyue, Lord Fang Heng, the Empire's people have already discovered the abnormality of the Hall of Divine Martial Arts. They have already broken through the outer perimeter of the Hall of Divine Martial Arts and are chasing after us!"

Fang Heng shrugged his shoulders and looked at the crowd. His tone was slightly helpless as he said, "It seems that we have no choice."

First, he would release the original devouring body and then he would assess the situation.

"Yes." After cooperating for so long, Tang Mingyue and Mo Jiawei understood Fang Heng's intention without saying it out loud. They nodded in unison and said, "Hurry up and do it."

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at the magic array above.

The alchemy pupil in his right eye was spinning rapidly!

The alchemy magic array that had been slowly rotating on the ceiling was affected. It gradually stopped, then slowly turned in the opposite direction, and even began to spin rapidly!

"Bang!"

The alchemy magic array on the ceiling exploded!

"BOOM! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

A heavy, muffled sound came from under everyone's feet!

Fang Heng squinted his eyes as if he had a bad premonition.

"Not good, retreat!"

After saying that, Fang Heng led everyone to retreat backward quickly!

….

In the underground palace, the commander of the royal guards, Xiao Yun, led the team and advanced quickly through the underground palace.

Not long ago, after receiving an emergency report that the Empire's inner city was under attack, he temporarily stopped the attack on the Land of Plague and returned to the Empire with a few high-level elites of the royal guards.

At the same time, the Empire's sword saint Rio Tinto was also with the reinforcement team.

There was a long and narrow wound on Rio Tinto's arm, which had just undergone emergency treatment and was simply bandaged.

Previously, he had been attracted by the Tier 2 barbarians who had invaded the Empire's Imperial City. It had taken him some effort to resist the barbarians.

Till now, Rio Tinto was still a little shocked.

Compared to the last time they had met, Wangnet's strength had increased yet again. He had misjudged his opponent's strength and had accidentally injured his arm.

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1247 Chaos

"The Empire's people must be prepared for this. I suspect that they have colluded with the barbarians) who broke into the inner city. "

Xiao Yun had received Salvador's orders to stop the intruders. He was extremely anxious as he said, "Everyone, we need to hurry up. We need to capture the intruders as soon as possible."

In addition to the elite guards of the Empire, President Ovian, the president of the Alchemy Society, as well as Vice President Milavic were also present.

Ovian followed the group unhurriedly and nodded, "There's no need to panic. There are infected mutated soldiers guarding the depths of the underground palace. In addition, the original devouring body will also take the initiative to attack outsiders. There won't be any problems."

Xiao Yun didn't know much about the underground palace and frowned, "I heard that His Majesty left some research materials in the laboratory. If these materials are leaked, it will be very disadvantageous for His Majesty to control the Empire…"

"You mean the secret lab? My invisibility magic array is unique and cannot be discovered by anyone. Moreover, the secret passage was personally set up by His Majesty, and even I don't know the entrance to the passage."

Xiao Yun didn't say anything more, but he was a bit unhappy with Ovian's arrogance.

"BOOM!"

All of a sudden, there was a dull vibration sound under everyone's feet, followed by the ground shaking violently.

The sudden tremor stunned everyone.

Ovian's eyes were filled with surprise.

"What happened?"

Everyone turned to look at Ovian.

Ovian was the one who had been involved in the construction of the entire underground palace.

Ovian thought of something, and his expression became a little strange. He muttered to himself, "It's the original devouring body… It's impossible, this is impossible…"

The sword saint Rio Tinto's expression turned grave. He felt something stirring beneath his feet, constantly accumulating power.

Xiao Yun also felt extremely uneasy, and asked, "What do you mean impossible? What happened?"

"BOOM! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

Without waiting for Ovian's reply, a deafening boom came from the depths of the underground palace.

"There might be a problem with the seal in the depths of the underground palace. The original devouring body might have some strange movements."

Xiao Yun said in a deep voice, "Lead the way! Hurry up! Let's go to the depths of the sealed land to check!"

…

Outside the Empire's Imperial City, in the sky, two giant falcons were flying around the city at high speed.

Wangnet had just had a fight with the sword saint, Rio Tinto.

He felt great.

Without the torment of his illness, Wangnet felt that his combat ability had returned to its peak!

If it wasn't for those annoying helpers who were by Rio Tinto's side, he had the confidence to take him down in a 1-on-1!

After being forced back, Wangnet led his men to control the falcons and set up a base around the Empire, ready to return at any time.

"Chief, it has already been an hour. Is Lord Fang Heng alright? Should we try to sneak in and investigate?"

"Don't worry, he wouldn't have any problem."

Wangnet was very confident in Fang Heng. As he spoke, he suddenly sensed something and looked down in the direction of the Imperial City.

"BOOM! Boom Boom Boom!!!"

The center of the Imperial City began to shake violently!

As the earth trembled, four huge black tentacle-like objects pierced out of the ground and extended high into the sky!

The huge tentacles waved wildly under the night sky, attacking the surrounding buildings wantonly.

From a distance, the barbarians could feel a dangerous aura from the tentacles.

What kind of monster was that?

Everyone's faces were filled with surprise.

"Chief, what's that?"

Wangnet was also confused, but he quickly stopped thinking about it and laughed, "Don't worry about it. It's just Salvador's trinket. Let Fang Heng handle it."

…

In the secret prison below the royal family, Ed and the others were anxiously waiting for Fang Heng's information.

Just a moment ago, they received news that the royal guards and the sword saint of the Empire, Rio Tinto, had led a large number of soldiers to search the underground palace.

They must have found Fang Heng!

Lord Fang Heng and her Highness Mingyue were very powerful, but when they thought of the fact that their enemies include the Empire's sword saint and the elites of the Empire's royal guards…

Could he really beat them?

The players were getting more and more nervous.

Looking at the mission, in less than an hour, they had seen the progress of the underground palace exploration mission slowly increase from 36% to over 100% and then over 200%.

In fact, there was even a sudden huge jump of more than 300%! There was even an additional reward mission!

Before the players could figure out what they had to do or how to complete the mission, they suddenly felt a violent tremor under their feet.

What was going on?

Everyone had different expressions.

Mikhael and Wei Tao, the two of them who were also trapped in the prison, were even more anxious. They shifted their gaze to Ed and the other players.

They all understood that with Fang Heng's participation, the probability of changes in the mission was extremely high.

A player hurriedly came online and looked around at the crowd. He nodded and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, a strange black tentacle creature has risen from the ground in the center of the Imperial City. It seems to have lost control and is attacking everything around it!"

"We've determined that the black-tentacled creature was a modified version of the original devouring body that Salvador had secretly raised. Lord Fang Heng might have broken the seal hidden in the underground palace, causing part of the original devouring body to escape."

Tang Mo's expression changed slightly when he heard this. He walked to the iron bars and asked the player, "Where's Mingyue? How are they?"

"Your Highness, please be at ease. Her Highness Mingyue is not in danger for the time being."

"In addition, Your Highness, Salvador has already gone to investigate."

Tang Mo frowned.

"No, I have to leave this place."

"Your Highness, please be patient. Now is not the best time. Please believe in Lord Fang Heng."

…

In the outer city area of the Imperial City, Tang Wu was standing in front of the window.

Through the window, Tang Wu was shocked to see the terrifying tentacles rising from the inner city.

The Archbishop of the Holy Court, Karkkila, walked up to Tang Wu and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I didn't expect the evil hidden under the Imperial City to appear so quickly. You've already seen the darkness of Salvador. It's time for us to take action."

Tang Wu took a deep breath.

Everything the Holy Court said came true.

"So this is the demon?"

"No, it's only a part of the demon. Salvador's power is not enough to control the demons. The power of the abyssal demons is far more terrifying than this."

"Yes."

Tang Mo nodded solemnly.

Salvador had been secretly researching the demons.

Tang Wu had always yearned for the position of heir to the royal family.

He was also very clear that it was almost impossible for him to inherit the throne with his current reputation and ability.

Tang Wu was about to give up, but the Holy Court came to him and wanted to cooperate with him.

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1248 Secret laboratory

Tang Wu had considered for some time and had yet to make a final decision.

He had doubts about everything the Holy Court said.

But today, he had personally witnessed the demon that was hiding under the Imperial City.

Cooperating with the Holy Court was the last resort he could think of.

If everything went smoothly, with the help of the Holy Court, he would be able to take over the Empire, and the Holy Court would be able to gain the Empire's support in spreading their religion.

"Please remember our agreement, Your Highness."

"Yes!"

Tang Wu took a deep breath and his eyes were filled with determination as he said, "Go, let's go to the temple."

….

In the underground palace, after breaking the seal on the ceiling, Fang Heng and the others saw with their own eyes four giant-sized tentacles darting out from the broken ground!

The huge tentacles even broke through the ceiling and penetrated the entire underground palace!

Everyone carefully observed the root area of the giant-sized tentacles.

"Original devouring body modified form."

Mo Jiawei shook his head at Fang Heng.

This thing's level was too high, and the information he could obtain through detection could be counted on his fingers.

"Creak creak creak…"

A small amount of sticky fluid emerged from the black hole in the center of the round platform. It looked like it was wrapped in layers of dark brown material.

It was like a strange mollusk.

The original devouring body that had crawled out of the round platform was only a small part of its main body. It was still slowly wriggling, as if it was trying to slowly break free from a narrow opening.

The original devouring body modified form was such a disgusting creature?

Just one look at it made Wu Shijiang's scalp go numb.

"Be careful!"

Whoosh!

A tiny tentacle suddenly extended from the original devouring body's dark brown fluid-like body and swept toward Fang Heng and the others.

The crowd quickly retreated.

"BOOM!!"

The ground where Fang Heng had been standing was smashed into a shallow pit.

Chi Chi Chi Chi!!

Several sharp tentacles continued to chase after the group!

Fang Heng frowned and quickly retreated. At the same time, he cut his right palm with the bloodthirst thorn long sword and threw his right hand forward.

Blood spurted out of his palm and splattered on the tentacle of the original devouring body.

"Chi Chi!"

The tentacle twitched a few times as if it had been electrocuted. Then, it quickly shrank back and settled at the entrance of the cave, returning to its previous liquidized state.

Wu Shijiang followed behind Warren and peeked his head out to observe carefully. His heart was beating rapidly.

What a powerful monster!

It couldn't be defeated easily!

Fortunately, the monster was more afraid of Lord Fang Heng.

Therefore, Lord Fang Heng was more terrifying than that creature?

Wu Shijiang's imagination ran wild and he couldn't help but shift his gaze to Fang Heng.

He noticed that Fang Heng was staring at the original devouring body and thinking.

Looking at him…

He couldn't be thinking about how to deal with this monster, right?

Wu Shijiang shivered for no reason. Just as he was about to ask something, several lines of game prompts flashed across his retina.

[Hint: The player team has unlocked the initial seal and released the initial stage of the unknown life form. The mission completion rate has increased. The player can choose to continue to completely release or kill the unknown life form to increase the mission completion rate.]

[Hint: The player has completed the underground palace exploration quest. The player has triggered the next stage of Salvador's secret.]

Mission title: Salvador's secret.

Mission difficulty: SSA.

Mission description: The unknown lifeform that Salvador has been raising in the underground palace has found an exit to escape from its cage. It has been trapped in the darkness for a long time, and it desires true freedom.

Mission requirement: Find Salvador's secret laboratory in the underground palace and find out the truth about the unknown lifeform.

[Hint: As the player's exploration mission completion rate is higher than 300%, you have received an additional reward of detailed guidance for the next step of the mission. Please follow the mission guidance to the mission location. The difficulty of this mission has been reduced to A.]

The game prompt quickly faded away, and a light blue arrow appeared on his retina, pointing to the rear area.

New mission! And there was even a guide!

Compared to dealing with the original devouring body, the new mission in front of him was obviously more reliable!

When Wu Shijiang saw the mission appear, he was overjoyed.

He thought that Fang Heng and the others were all NPCs and couldn't get the game prompt, so he quickly found an excuse and said, "Your Highness, my friend has just sent me a message. Salvador has a secret lab in the underground palace. Please follow me!"

Fang Heng and the others quickly looked at each other.

What if they could find the weakness of the original devouring body in the laboratory?

"Let's go!"

No one hesitated and immediately followed Wu Shijiang.

Wu Shijiang was very anxious as he followed the mission guide and ran forward.

From time to time, the original devouring body's tentacles behind them would chase after them again, and Fang Heng would cut his wrist and kill them by flicking his blood on them until they left the dark passage completely.

Wu Shijiang looked at Fang Heng's move with envy and thought that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would ask for some HP from Fang Heng to save his life.

Originally, the difficulty of the mission was SS. The player had to find the hidden laboratory area while being chased by the original devouring body.

Now, there was a reward mission prompt that directly suggested that he could find the hidden area, and Fang Heng's blood could directly expel the original devouring body.

Wu Shijiang felt the difficulty of the mission had decreased from SS to C.

He found the right person!

Sometimes, choices were far more important than hard work.

The group followed Wu Shijiang and arrived at an ordinary wall.

The wall looked ordinary, but the light blue arrow on his retina clearly pointed to a corner on the right side of the wall.

Wu Shijiang couldn't see anything strange in the corner, so he pointed at the mission area and said anxiously, "There! There must be something wrong with that wall!"

Fang Heng had already seen the location of the mission given in the prompt. He stared at that area and checked it carefully.

"It's a concealment alchemy magic array."

Warren stepped forward and his body floated in the air. He reached out his hands and pressed them on the wall.

"Chi…"

A hidden rune mark appeared on the wall. After the mark was activated, it quickly faded.

Everyone looked at each other.

Warren explained, "The alchemy magic array has been activated. The entrance should be in another area."

Wu Shijiang took a look and realized that the direction of the arrow had changed again. He quickly said, "Yes, over there!"

Along the way, the group found and activated two hidden alchemy magic arrays. Finally, they followed the directions and entered the secret tunnel area behind the wall. At the end of the tunnel, they found Salvador's secret laboratory.

[Hint: The player has discovered Salvador's secret lab in the underground palace.]

Fang Heng stepped into the laboratory first and searched around.

It was a room that wasn't too big. It was more like a study room with a simple layout than a laboratory.

The moment Sandy entered the room, he was immediately attracted by a row of bookshelves on the right side of the door.

He quickly walked forward, picked up a book from the shelf, and quickly flipped through it.

"Brothers, it's Salvador's record book!"

Sandy was pleasantly surprised.

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1249 The Research

[Hint: The player team has obtained Salvador's notebook (this item cannot be placed in the backpack). This item is evidence of Salvador's crimes. If you bring it out of the underground palace, the mission completion rate of the player team's current mission-collecting evidence will be increased by an additional 80%.]

Eh? Was there such a good thing?

Seeing the game hint, Wu Shijiang was overjoyed.

The others also gathered around to watch.

While Sandy was flipping through the books, Fang Heng took the opportunity to quickly observe the overall structure of the room.

The room was very simple.

There was an experimental table, a desk, four chairs, and a bed next to it. The experimental table was kept very clean. There were some paper and pens on the table, as well as two bottles of potions, one blue and one red, in glass bottles.

It seemed that Salvador had worked here before.

Fang Heng walked forward and tried to pick up the potions.

[Hint: The player has obtained an item potion (light blue), and an unknown potion (light red).]

[Hint: The player has not mastered the relevant academic knowledge and cannot conduct experiments to obtain part of the potion information.]

Fang Heng frowned slightly.

He turned around and saw that Wu Shijiang was still studying Salvador's notebook. Fang Heng then put the potion into the player's backpack and continued to look at the desk on his right.

The desk was very clean, and there were two drawers under the desk.

He opened the drawer. The first drawer was filled with bottles and jars.

There were about 40 bottles of potions similar to the light blue and light red potions found on the experimental table just now, and each bottle had an experiment code number attached to it.

Fang Heng stuffed all of them into his backpack, ready to bring them back for Qiu Yaokang to study and analyze.

He opened the second drawer.

The drawer was stuffed with a few books filled with research materials.

There was also a portrait of a young girl at the bottom of the book. The portrait seemed to be quite old and had already turned yellow.

Fang Heng opened the portrait and looked at it for a moment. Then he looked at the back of the portrait and found a name written on it: Molly Ann Salvador.

"Damn, this is too despicable…"

Sandy quickly read through Salvador's notebook and could not help but shout.

"Fang Heng, it turns out to be this guy! Salvador was the one who stole the remains of the late Emperor Andrast!"

"What?"

Fang Heng also walked over and asked, "What's the situation?"

"To put it simply, Salvador's research into the demons was not for the sake of obtaining power. He simply wanted to revive his sister."

Sister?

Fang Heng couldn't help but think of the portrait he had just found, "You mean Molly Ann? "

"Yes, that's her. It's said that when Molly Ann was very young, she was diagnosed with a terminal illness called bone-eating disease, and she could not live past the age of 17. This illness is very common in the blood of the royal family, and there are rumors that it is a curse of the royal family. In order to save his sister, Salvador did a lot of research, and he believes that the illness is related to the 'demonic seed'. They have all inherited aAndrast's blood, which is why they are affected by the demonic seed."

Mo Jiawei asked, "What happened after that?"

"After Molly Ann's death, Salvador had been brooding over it. In order to resurrect Molly Ann, he tried many methods. In order to study the abnormality of his bloodline in depth, he did not hesitate to sneak into the Imperial mausoleum and steal Andrast's remains."

Mo Jiawei pouted in dissatisfaction and complained in a low voice, "He's a bit of a dog. It turns out that the person who excavated the royal family's ancestral grave before us was this brat."

"Since then, Salvador had been secretly studying the demonic seed. Unfortunately, his progress was very limited."

"Until a few years ago, when the earth trembled, Salvador accidentally discovered a special creature called the black stone eel. It had the ability to resurrect from the dead."

When Wu Shijiang heard this, he couldn't help but shrink his neck and ask, "It can't be the original devouring body, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's the one. In order to obtain a bloodline similar to his sister's, Salvador used himself as a first-generation test subject. I think he succeeded."

"According to the notebook, Salvador had completed the first step of the experiment. His body was fused with the remains of the Empire's previous Emperor and the power of the black stone eel. However, the power was very difficult to control, and Salvador suffered from a backlash that was several times stronger than the Empire's ancestor."

Fang Heng frowned slightly after hearing that.

So Salvador's strength was not weak? He's considered a powerful boss?

"After that, Salvador modified the steps of the fusion, but he seemed to have encountered some problems when he carried out the fusion with Molly Ann. He did not succeed, but he did not fail either. She was the monster we saw in the underground palace."

Sandy quickly flipped through the subsequent contents in the notebook, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

The more he read, the more he could not understand the experimental data.

Qiu Yaokang was better at this, but unfortunately, he didn't come with them.

After flipping through the entire notebook, Sandy looked disappointed, "I don't know about the rest. The number of living humans and resources needed for in-depth research on the 'demonic seed' is increasing. It is impossible to rely on the resources in Salvador's territory alone. Furthermore, Salvador needs similar bloodlines for his experiments. Hence, he set his sights on the royal family."

Sandy thought to himself that Salvador was really ruthless. He had first dug up his own family's ancestral grave and even targeted people of his own bloodline.

"The underground palace was built a few years ago. The original devouring body needed to absorb enlightenment stones to grow, but there were not enough, so he thought of developing a replica of the enlightenment stone."

Fang Heng raised his head again and took a look at the other books on the shelf.

"What about these?"

Mo Jiawei helplessly spread his hands and said, "Most of the books are in the language of the ancient Empire. We can't understand them."

Sandy flipped through the books and explained, "They are all books on the study of 'demonic seeds'. They are the notes left behind by the first Saint. Salvador has collected many books on this. We can take them back and study them."

[Hint: The player unlocked part of the information related to the original devouring body. The mission completion rate of collecting evidence will be increased by an additional 30%.]

[Hint: The player completed the current mission-Salvador's secret.]

[Hint: The player still has some side missions that have not been settled. The mission will enter the settlement stage after the mission is settled.]

Fang Heng's eyes quickly scanned through the game hint.

The completion rate of exploring the underground palace could be increased further. For example, he could completely release the original devouring body that had been sealed, or even kill it directly!

There was still more than half an hour left for the mission.

When the time limit of the mission was over, the mission would automatically enter the final stage of settlement.

Fang Heng still wanted to be greedy this time.

He couldn't help but raise his head and ask, "Is there a way to deal with the original devouring body modified form in the book?"

Sandy lowered his head again and flipped the notebook back a few pages quickly, saying, "Not really. The original devouring body grows by absorbing a large amount of energy from the enlightenment stone. It will go berserk after a long time without absorbing energy."

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1250 Plundering

Warren closed the research data in his hand and said, "The original devouring body has completed the fusion with the late King's skeleton demonic seed. It has a powerful resurrection ability, but its weakness is its low intelligence. Because the fusion with the primitive life form black stone eel has always lived underground, its resistance to the light attribute is very low."

"Because the original devouring body does not possess high-tier intelligence, it only acts according to its primitive instincts. Salvador has been troubled by this and has been trying to find a way to control it."

"I just found an experimental notebook that mentioned that the original form of the black stone eel would be stimulated by a plant called the thorny spicy flower and enter a state of berserk. Salvador had extracted a high concentration of the thorny spicy flower to form a red potion that could stimulate the original devouring body and make it go crazy."

"Based on the principles of the red potion, Salvador has been trying to develop a light blue potion that can temporarily put the original devouring body into a state of calm. He can use it to control it. So far, he has made quite a bit of progress in the research of the light blue potion."

Fang Heng immediately recalled the two-colored potions he found on the table and took a look at his character backpack.

There was an additional line of explanation on the back of the potion.

[Item: Salvador's research potion (code light blue).]

Description: Salvador's medicine has a calming effect on the original devouring body modified form, but its effects are limited. (There was a sticker with the number 827 on the back of the potion.)

After receiving so much information from the laboratory, Wu Shijiang was a little confused. He quickly said, "Everyone, please wait a moment. I'll go and talk to my companions. They might have a way to deal with the original devouring body."

Wu Shijiang hurriedly went offline as he spoke. His figure became a little dimmer and his expression became wooden.

Seeing Wu Shijiang go offline, Tang Mingyue frowned and asked, "Fang Heng, what should we do now?"

"It's a pity that there's no way to deal with the original devouring body in the notebook, and all the skills are on cooldown. I'm afraid I can't beat it.

Fang Heng really wanted to take this opportunity to finish off the original devouring body. However, considering that all his skills were on cooldown, he couldn't take it head-on even if he wanted to.

"Let's wait and hear what Wu Shijiang has to say. The players might have a way."

"Yes."

Everyone continued to read the books and waited quietly.

This time, Wu Shijiang took a little longer to log off.

Wu Shijiang was already in a hurry, and he was sweating profusely.

After logging off, he hurriedly relayed all the information he had obtained from the secret laboratory to Li Xue's team. He also learned about what had happened in the outside world from Li Xue's team. He didn't even wait for the think tank to come up with a plan before he hurriedly logged back online.

"How's the situation?" Mo Jiawei asked.

Wu Shijiang wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Our offline party has already started gathering information and analyzing the original devouring body. We'll have the results in two minutes. Based on the current information we've gathered, we estimate that the original devouring body is an SSS-level creature that can't be defeated. Li Xue suggests that we immediately think of a way to retreat. Also, the original devouring body's tentacles have just appeared in the royal family, causing a small disturbance in the Empire's inner city."

"The royal guards and the sword saint are still searching for us in the underground palace. We might run into them halfway, so we need to be extra careful. Also, there's news that Salvador might be here in person."

"Oh right, there's another strange thing."

As Wu Shijiang said this, he couldn't help but look at Tang Mingyue and ask, "Your Highness, how much do you know about Tang Wu?"

Tang Wu?

Tang Mingyue was very surprised. She really wanted to shake her head and say that she had no idea who this person was.

"I don't know much, why do you ask?"

"Is that so? We've also discovered something very strange. His Highness Tang Wu led the people of the Holy Court into the Imperial City's inner city and even clashed with the guards at the city gate. We suspect that they're also here for the 'demonic seed' incident."

Fang Heng frowned after hearing that.

Every time Wu Shijiang went offline, he would bring back some bad news.

Not only was there no way to deal with the original devouring body but there was also the inexplicable Tang Wu and the Holy Court.

Mo Jiawei looked at Fang Heng and asked, "Fang Heng, what should we do?"

Fang Heng touched his chin.

Alright, he shall not think about the Boss's original devouring body for the time being.

Giving up was giving up, but he still had to find a way to maximize his benefits.

While thinking, Fang Heng flicked his wrist and took out the red potion that he had just found in the drawer of the desk.

"We naturally have to leave if we can't beat him, but before we leave, we can put something in the original devouring body and create some disturbance. We can also leave with His Highness Tang Mo."

At the sight of the red potion in Fang Heng's hand, everyone's pupils shrank and they immediately associated it with Fang Heng's intention.

Mo Jiawei grinned and asked, "Are you saying that we should give Salvador some trouble?"

"Ha, that's a must."

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other and smiled.

After working together for such a long time, Mo Jiawei understood him. Tang Mingyue glanced at the books on the cabinet and asked, "Shall we take the books here as well?"

The books on the bookshelves had the attributes of the mission items. After taking them out of the underground palace, they could be attached to the completion rate of the mission-collecting evidence. They could not be put into his backpack for the time being, but they would be helpful for Qiu Yaokang's future research.

"Yes, I'll take the books here first. I'll go back to find the original devouring body and take some samples from it."

It was impossible to kill the original devouring body. It was better to ignore this side mission and take advantage of the chaos to escape with Tang Mo and the others.

Of course, the entire Imperial City was only a little chaotic at the moment.

He would use the red potion to stimulate the original devouring body and completely release the seal! Make the Imperial City more chaotic!

The more chaotic it was, the easier it was for him to fish.

"Ah? Wait, I… I…"

Wu Shijiang didn't expect Fang Heng's thinking to be so unpredictable.

How did it suddenly become rescuing Tang Mo?

He calmed down and thought about what Fang Heng had said.

The more he thought about it, the more shocked he became.

If everything was really as Fang Heng said, then it was really possible for them to successfully rescue Tang Mo from the prison!

Even though he had a vague feeling that something was wrong, Wu Shijiang was too nervous to find any loopholes.

Regardless of whether Fang Heng's plan was flawed or not, it was always right to go offline and report to Li Xue. If there was a problem, he would check and fill in the gaps.

It was best if there was no problem. They could also contact Tang Mo's group to prepare for evacuation in advance.

Wu Shijiang composed himself and continued, "Lord Fang Heng, I'm going offline to communicate with my friends. Tang Mo is locked up in the dungeon with our people. We can prepare in advance and cooperate to let Tang Mo escape from the dungeon faster."

It was naturally best to have the cooperation of the players. Fang Heng nodded and said, "Alright, go quickly!"

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1251 The Big Plan

Offline, in the barbarian game world, the top player union gathered in front of the screen.

Once again, everyone saw Wu Shijiang's face in the video and learned what Fang Heng was going to do next.

To put it simply, Fang Heng wanted to cause the original devouring body to go into a state of berserk to break the seal and use it to cause great chaos in the Imperial City, taking the opportunity to save Tang Mo and his team.

After learning of the entire plan, Li Xue was stunned on the spot for half a second.

He was crazy!

This was what Li Xue was thinking.

"The Empire's sword saint, the royal guards, and a large number of royal guards are searching for you in the underground palace. You'll definitely meet them halfway back. How confident are you?"

"Also, can the original devouring body break through the seal after being enraged?"

"Even if you succeed by luck, what happens after you stimulate it? The original devouring body is an SSS-level creature. How confident are you that Lord Fang Heng and Her Highness Mingyue can escape?"

Li Xue glared at Wu Shijiang, "Answer my questions!"

"This, this…"

Wu Shijiang was stunned by Li Xue's series of questions and couldn't say a word.

He had been following Fang Heng so smoothly that he had almost forgotten that he had been in the most dangerous underground palace area in the game.

The underground palace, where the elites of eight top gaming guilds had almost been wiped out!

After Li Xue's interrogation, Wu Shijiang finally realized how crazy Lord Fang Heng's plan was.

Li Xue knew that time was of the essence. From the look on Wu Shijiang's face, she knew that he hadn't even thought about this.

She took a deep breath and asked, "How confident is Lord Fang Heng?"

This question brought Wu Shijiang back to his senses.

He recalled Fang Heng's calm and confident look when he talked about the plan.

Wu Shijiang suddenly felt a little more confident and nodded. "Lord Fang Heng is very confident,"

Li Xue's pupils suddenly shrank.

Very confident?

"President Li."

A player carefully walked up and whispered in his ear, "The think tank department just gave a model analysis. The success rate is less than 10%. It is recommended to give up."

Li Xue was silent for a moment.

She rarely hesitated like she was now.

Her rationality told her that Fang Heng's plan was too risky and the success rate was too low. It was better to choose a more secure plan.

But there was a voice in her heart that told her to give it a try.

Once he succeeded, the benefits he would obtain would be equally huge!

"President Li."

Wu Shijiang's big face was facing the electronic screen, "I think that Lord Fang Heng can do it. We can trust him."

Li Xue nodded, "Okay, tell Lord Fang Heng that we'll do our best to cooperate."

An inexplicable excitement rose in Wu Shijiang's heart. He nodded and said, "Yes! I'll go back now!"

After saying that, Wu Shijiang closed the game cabin and returned to the game with the cooperation of everyone.

"Inform Ed and tell them that Fang Heng is about to completely release the original devouring body under the underground palace and cause a riot in the Imperial City. Tell them to get ready to escape from the prison in the chaos."

"Action team, immediately draw up a rescue operation plan and a feasibility report. Where's the movement report of the Empire's guards? Hurry up!"

"Understood!"

"Think of a way to destroy the Imperial City's central magic array. I need to keep it out of effect for at least a minute! You have to do it no matter what, understand?"

"Yes!"

Li Xue swiftly finished assigning the tasks and looked around at the busy crowd before walking to the window.

She looked at the night sky outside and let out a deep breath.

A few of the vice-guild leaders walked to Li Xue's side.

Everyone present was a professional team of players. They wouldn't question Li Xue's decisions during this time. Even if they did, they would wait until the matter was over.

There was only one voice in this critical period, and they could only move toward a common goal.

However, the risk of this choice was too high, and they felt a little uneasy.

"Li Xue, don't worry. Whether we win or lose this time, we'll bear it together."

"Thank you. I know that everyone is very worried. It's useless to say anything now. However, I'm not as uneasy as you think. Instead, I think that we have a good chance of winning."

The crowd couldn't help but raise their eyebrows in surprise.

What kind of magic did Fang Heng have to make Li Xue, who had always been known for her calm and collected nature, risk everything in a single gamble regardless of data analysis?

"You guys."

Li Xue turned around and swept her gaze across all the higher-ups of the player union with a grave expression and said, "What I'm thinking about now isn't whether Fang Heng can enrage and release the original devouring body to cause chaos in the entire Imperial City. Since he said he can do it, I'm willing to believe him and acquiesce that he can do it."

Everyone's brows furrowed again.

"What I'm thinking now is that everything has come true like what Fang Heng said. What should we do next?"

Li Xue looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "I'll only make my move after I've made a plan. It's time to think about how to kill Salvador and take control of the royal family."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people around her changed.

In the original plan, the player team would find evidence of Salvador's rebellion and then join forces with Tang Mo to kill Salvador and completely take control of the royal family!

But unfortunately, they encountered an unexpected incident while exploring the underground palace.

The existence of an SSS-level life form in the underground palace was beyond their expectations.

Now, if everything went smoothly and Fang Heng set things right, would they be able to continue killing Salvador as planned?

From the information that Wu Shijiang had just obtained, Salvador had already fused with a portion of the demonic seed's power.

This point coincided with the information that the player teams had obtained in advance.

Everyone fell into a brief silence as they looked at each other.

Several high-level players of the major guilds quickly reached an agreement and nodded, "Good! Let's do as you say."

…

In the underground palace, President Ovian of the Alchemy Society led the royal guards into the depths of the underground palace.

He really couldn't figure it out.

The seal inside the underground palace was extremely tight. Not only were there infected mutated soldiers guarding it, but there were also the original devouring bodies in the deeper parts.

How could it be easily invaded by outsiders?

Or was there a problem with the original devouring body itself?

The commander of the royal guards, Xiao Yun, was also filled with doubt.

Who was the invader? He even colluded with the barbarians.

Could it be Fang Heng?

No, shouldn't he be in the Land of Plague now?

Xiao Yun's face was gloomy as he followed the group.

It was also his first time venturing deep into the underground palace.

Xiao Yun had heard that there was something terrifying sealed in the depths of the underground palace, and it was something that could not be revealed.

Now, that thing might be exposed.

Not far away, when Xiao Yun's team passed through the passage, a magic array appeared on the stone wall at the edge of the passage.

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1252 The Face

Fang Heng took the lead and stepped out of the magic array, followed by the others.

As he watched the royal guards gradually disappear at the end of the pathway, Wu Shijiang's heart was still beating wildly.

He looked at Fang Heng beside him and asked in a low voice, "What do we do? The royal guards are heading toward the original devouring body, and the Empire's sword saint Rio Tinto is also on the team. Shall we chase after them?"

"No need."

Fang Heng narrowed his eyes, took out a bone whistle from his backpack, threw it to Tang Mingyue, and said, "Let's split up. I'll follow them alone. It's not easy to sneak in with more people. I'll find a way to leave after I deal with the chaos caused by the original devouring body. You guys go and meet Tang Mo. After that, contact Wangnet through the bone whistle and leave first."

Tang Mingyue took the bone whistle and nodded, "Alright, be careful. We'll be waiting for you to come back."

"Let's go!"

Fang Heng, Tang Mingyue, and the others quickly separated and dodged to both sides of the pathway.

Chi Chi Chi…

Fang Heng's figure quickly turned into a bat in the passage and flew to a higher place, chasing in the direction of the royal guard.

Xiao Yun and the others didn't know that Fang Heng had been secretly watching them from behind. They were rushing toward the direction of the original devouring body in the depths of the cave.

After entering the dark tunnel, the soldiers of the Empire raised their torches to light up the surroundings.

Everyone could already feel the slight vibrations coming from under their feet.

"Wait a moment!"

President Ovian of the Alchemy Society suddenly extended his hand to stop everyone.

He took out a few bottles of potion from his backpack and said, "Apply this on your forehead."

The soldiers were curious. They all looked at Ovian, waiting for him to give an explanation.

Ovian, however, remained silent.

Xiao Yun said in a deep voice, "Do as President Ovian says!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers quickly spread the medicine on their foreheads and then continued to move forward.

In the shadow not far away, Fang Heng was hanging upside down on the ceiling of the rock wall.

Seeing the soldiers applying the medicine to their foreheads, their eyes revealed a playful look.

What a strange potion.

Was it used to deal with the original devouring body?

"Swish!"

Fang Heng fell from the air and returned to his human form. He took a few steps forward and picked up the glass bottle that the soldiers had abandoned on the ground.

[Item: Empty potion bottle.]

Description: This potion bottle once contained a potion with unknown effects.

Description: There is a small amount of potion residue in the potion bottle. If the player has mastered the relevant academic skills, the effect of this potion can be analyzed through research.

Fang Heng tried to put the remaining drops of the potion in his palm and applied it on his forehead like the soldiers of the Empire.

[Hint: The player has obtained the aura-concealing effect, which can reduce the hostility of the original devouring body for three hours.]

So it was like this.

Fang Heng seemed to have understood something.

The first time he passed through this path, he was attacked by the original devouring body hidden in the wall. Fortunately, his blood had a great restraint against the original devouring body and directly scared it away, allowing him to pass smoothly.

The Empire clearly knew the characteristics of the original devouring body and had prepared countermeasures in advance.

While thinking, Fang Heng slowly walked to the wall.

Upon closer inspection, there was something black flowing in the cracks of the wall.

"Original devouring body…"

Fang Heng muttered to himself in a low voice. Then, he took out a bottle of light red potion from his backpack and quickly unscrewed the cap.

"Come, I'll find some fun for you."

"Chi!"

Fang Heng said as he splashed the red potion on the wall.

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi!!!"

All of a sudden, the original devouring body was violently stimulated, and dark brown tentacles suddenly emerged from the wall.

Success!

Fang Heng's eyes lit up and he stretched his hand forward.

The black tentacle wrapped around Fang Heng's arm in an instant, and then fine spikes extended from the tentacle.

The sharp spikes pierced through Fang Heng's skin and greedily sucked his blood.

However, less than half a second after it absorbed the blood, the black tentacle frantically retreated as if it had been electrocuted.

"Ha…"

Fang Heng retracted his hand slowly and turned his head to look at the front of the passage.

Soon, a shrill cry came from the passage ahead.

Fang Heng transformed into his bat form again and activated his stealth mode. He hid in the darkness and pursued the enemy quickly.

….

"Be alert!"

In the middle of the passage, Xiao Yun's team was under the frenzied attack of the original devouring body!

"Swish!"

A white light flashed.

The sword saint Rio Tinto swung his long sword in the air, cutting one of the tentacles in half.

However, more black tentacles extended out of the wall, bypassing the sword saint and attacking the Empire soldiers behind him.

Xiao Yun looked at Ovian and asked, "What's going on? What's that thing in the crack in the wall!"

"It's the original devouring body. It might have been stimulated."

Ovian's face was dark.

He didn't know what had happened either. Why did the original devouring body hiding in the rock wall suddenly become so agitated when they were only halfway there? Even the medicine that had been applied with the extract of the original devouring body couldn't stop its attack!

The original devouring body modified form was Salvador's secret, and he could not reveal it to anyone.

"Think of a way!"

"There's no other way, we can only force our way out!"

For a time, the entire team was held back by the original devouring body and fell into great chaos.

In the extreme chaos, no one noticed a bat flying across the high ceiling in the shadows.

Fang Heng passed by the Empire's soldiers who were fighting with the original devouring body in advance and moved forward along the passage, quickly arriving at the familiar space of the round platform.

"Chi Chi Chi!!"

As soon as he stepped into the space, hundreds of tiny tentacles darted toward him.

Fang Heng was well prepared. He cut his right palm and threw it forward.

"Chi!"

Blood spurted out from the cut in his palm!

When the tentacles came into contact with the blood, it was as if they had met their natural enemy. They curled up at an even faster speed.

After a few consecutive probes, the original devouring body seemed to have become familiar with Fang Heng's aura and knew that his blood was poisonous. It became quiet and it no longer took the initiative to find trouble with Fang Heng.

Fang Heng became extremely vigilant and carefully moved forward step by step, trying to see the situation of the original devouring body.

More than a dozen huge tentacles shot out from the ground around the deep hole in the center of the round platform, penetrating the top of the underground palace.

Originally, there was a pool of black liquid in the center of the black hole.

Unlike when they left, the black fluid had covered a large area of the round platform.

It should be the original devouring body modified form without a doubt.

Fang Heng observed the original devouring body and walked forward slowly. His pupils suddenly shrank.

That was…

Fang Heng saw a human face wrapped in black fluid.

Fang Heng had just seen that face!

"Molly Ann Salvador…"

Fang Heng muttered to himself.

Only her head and face were left, there was no body.

Its face was mixed with a half-black, viscous liquid. Its eyes were closed, and its face was somewhat distorted. It was completely unclear if it was still alive.

Did Salvador's resurrection succeed? And he even became such a monster?

The twisted face wriggled a few times as if it heard someone calling her name.

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1253 Infuriated

Fang Heng frowned.

After entering the game, he saw many strange creatures, but Molly Ann still made Fang Heng feel very uncomfortable. He really wanted to go up and help her relieve her pain completely right now.

"Chi Chi…"

The fluid was still wriggling slightly as if it was still trying to climb out of the hole in the round table.

Fang Heng took a deep breath and suppressed the uneasiness in his heart. He took a few steps forward, took out the sample collector, and stabbed it into the jelly-like black original devouring body.

"Chi!"

The original devouring body didn't have much reaction after being pierced by the needles. It twisted slightly and stopped moving.

It seemed that its sense of pain had also been weakened.

Fang Heng pondered and a channeling bar appeared above his head.

[Hint: You are collecting a sample of the original devouring body.]

[Hint: The player has obtained a sample of the original devouring body (special creature).]

Fang Heng quickly drew a few tubes of grayish-brown liquid and looked up at the ceiling again.

Most of the ceiling had been destroyed by the tentacles.

Originally, the entire seal was divided into two parts, the outer seal on the ceiling had been completely destroyed, and there should be an inner seal below the cave.

The mutated original devouring body was blocking the entrance of the cave. Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for him to personally go down and undo the seal, and he would not have enough time.

"Brother, do you want freedom?"

Fang Heng thought for a while and said in a low voice. Then, he flicked his wrist and took out several bottles of red potion from his backpack.

The original devouring body didn't move and continued to wriggle slowly.

"I know you want to, but you still have to rely on yourself."

For safety's sake, Fang Heng took a dozen steps back and threw a few bottles of potion at the original devouring body.

Whoosh!

He flicked his hand and threw a crystal forward.

"Bang!!!"

The bottle that was still in mid-air was shattered by the crystal! The dark red potion was sprinkled on the original devouring body.

The red potion quickly merged into the body of the original devouring body at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the original dark brown fluid was stained dark red.

Whoosh!!!

Fang Heng's pupils suddenly shrank. He suddenly sensed a great threat and immediately jumped up on the spot, jumping back at the fastest speed.

"Thump! Thump thump!"

The ground shook violently again and again as if something was struggling under the ground trying to break free of its cage!

"It seems to be effective."

Fang Heng's eyes lit up, and he continued to throw bottles of red potion at the original devouring body.

In just a short while, more than 20 bottles of red potions were thrown out.

The original devouring body's dark brown fluid body also had a dark red color.

Traces of dark red flowed along the original devouring body and gradually spread to the entire body, including the part that was still sealed in the cave.

Fang Heng could feel that the ground was shaking more and more violently.

"Thump!"

"Thump Thump!!"

The original devouring body kept pounding the ground under his feet.

An extremely powerful force was gathering!

Fang Heng retreated slowly and simply transformed into a bat, hanging upside down on the wall and ceiling.

"BOOM!!!"

There was a loud explosion!

A thick tentacle shot out from the ground! It directly pierced into the sky!

"Thump! Thump Thump!"

The sounds of the attacks continued.

Huge cracks appeared on the ground!

More than a dozen tentacles reached out from the ground and pierced the ceiling of the underground palace, waving wildly.

It was settled.

It seemed that the effect of the potion was better than he had imagined.

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at the ceiling.

The giant tentacle of the original devouring body penetrated a large part of the ceiling, and he could even see the night sky outside the underground palace through the hole.

It was time to leave. It would be troublesome if they ran into the royal guards.

Just as Fang Heng was about to leave, he vaguely heard a sound coming from the passage above the underground palace.

"Hurry up! The demons hidden in the underground palace are right ahead!"

"Follow me!"

Eh?

What was going on? Did the people of the Empire come?

And from above?

Could it be Salvador?

It was very possible!

Fang Heng's heart sank, and several thoughts flashed through his mind.

No, if he went up now, he would just happen to bump into someone.

Wait a little longer!

Fang Heng flapped his wings again and flew into the dark. He hung upside down in an unremarkable corner and continued to observe.

Soon, the group entered the underground palace.

Fang Heng sized up the person in the dark.

He didn't know any of these people.

However, they were dressed like members of the royal family.

The people from the Holy Court also followed them?

That was strange.

When did the Holy Court get so close to the royal family?

Moreover, they had easily come over from above, and the original devouring body had ignored them. It seemed like they were completely immune to the original devouring body's attacks.

Salvador's research on the original devouring body had already reached this stage?

Fang Heng's heart sank.

Not good. If Salvador wasn't attacked by the original devouring body, it would be difficult for Tang Mo to escape!

Therefore, he could only rely on himself to stall them!

Fang Heng hid in the dark and continued to observe.

Tang Wu and the people from the Holy Court descended from the sky.

Seeing that a portion of the original devouring body had already crawled out from the depths of the cave, he couldn't help but reveal a grave expression.

The archbishop of the Holy Court, Karkkila, looked up at the destroyed cave and said in a deep voice, "The seal has been greatly damaged, and it doesn't seem to be Salvador's doing."

The seal was actually destroyed to this extent?

Why did the original devouring body become so crazy?

Was it related to Tang Mo?

Karkkila was suspicious.

"Creak creak creak creak…"

As if sensing his breath, the mutated original devouring body slowly wriggled, and Molly Ann's face, wrapped in fluid, appeared in front of everyone.

Tang Wu's guards were all shocked by this disgusting creature and subconsciously drew their swords.

"Senators, as you can see, these are all evidence of Salvador's crimes. In order to resurrect his sister, who had died hundreds of years ago, Salvador committed all kinds of crimes. He had gone mad."

The accompanying Council of Elders was silent. They were also shocked by the scene before them.

One of the old men said, "Yes, it's Salvador's sister, Molly Ann."

Tang Wu nodded at the senators respectfully.

"The Council of Elders, please make a decision."

In order to smoothly inherit the throne, Tang Wu sent an invitation to the Council of Elders to cooperate.

Even though the authority and power of the Council of Elders had been weakened to the lowest point during the reign of the previous Emperor of the Empire, the power of the Council of Elders had been greatly weakened.

The senators looked at each other and nodded in unison.

An old man with a white beard stepped forward and said, "Your Highness Tang Wu, Salvador has disregarded the interests of the Empire and the royal family for his own selfish reasons, and has caused a disaster. The Council of Elders has declared him guilty, and he is no longer fit to be the acting monarch."

Satisfied, Tang Wu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, senators, for your fair judgment."

Before tonight's events, the Council of Elders had communicated with Tang Wu several times.

Both sides had reached a tacit understanding.

They would stand on Tang Wu's side.

Once Tang Wu became the new emperor, he would regain all the rights of the Council of Elders.

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1254 Opportunity

Tang Wu clenched his fists, feeling excited. He did not expect this day to come so quickly!

"Bishop, it's your turn now. We need purification, purify it immediately."

"Yes, just as we agreed."

Karkkila glanced at Tang Wu, nodded, and reached out his hand.

A dark golden Book of Creation appeared in his palm.

Now was the best time to completely destroy the original devouring body!

The dozens of knights who had come with him gathered behind Karkkila to guard him. The judge of the Holy Court also stepped forward and gathered their mental strength on Karkkila, praying silently together.

Not far away, Fang Heng could hear the conversation clearly and could not help but be surprised.

It was Tang Wu.

The successor of the Empire.

They were not Salvador's men.

But why were they not affected by the original devouring body?

Fang Heng frowned and quickly recalled the contents of the information he had read before.

The Council of Elders did not have any real power, and its influence was extremely limited. As for its strength, it was also very ordinary.

The Holy Court?

Fang Heng then shifted his gaze to Karkkila and the people from the Holy Court.

From what they said, it seemed that they had the ability to completely get rid of the original devouring bodies.

Fang Heng couldn't help but be tempted.

The Holy Court should not have noticed him.

Let's wait and see, maybe he could strike and steal the BOSS?

…

In the night sky outside the Imperial City of the Empire, seeing more and more tentacles emerging from the ground, Wangnet could not help but smile.

The alarm within the royal family sounded, and the entire royal family was in complete chaos. A large number of royal guards kept pouring into the city to help.

If his guess was right, this was Fang Heng's masterpiece again.

This guy was really amazing.

"Let's go. We'll get closer and prepare to receive them."

"Yes! Leader!"

The giant falcon approached at a low altitude.

At the same time, in the secret prison below the royal family's main palace, everyone could feel the violent shaking from beneath their feet.

Wei Tao's eyes were filled with excitement and he couldn't help but clench his fist.

It must be Fang Heng!

He made his move!

Just as he was thinking, a player, who was a Vice President, hurriedly came online and looked at everyone with an anxious expression. He said, "Everyone, Lord Fang Heng has settled it! The original devouring body has broken through a part of the seal, and a large number of its giant tentacles are reaching out from the underground palace, continuing to cause damage to the royal family. The Imperial City is in chaos now, and most of the guards outside the hall have been deployed."

"Where are our people?" Ed asked, his spirits lifted. "Have you arranged everything?"

"Yes, the people outside are already destroying the alchemy magic array. In two minutes, they will find a way to stop the operation of the royal family's mage tower in the inner city and block the force field of the magic array. Li Xue told us that they will ensure that the magic array will be blocked for at least one minute. We need to use the escape scroll to complete the retreat in this one minute."

"Good! Split into two groups. We'll leave in two minutes!"

During their imprisonment, the players had already come up with an escape plan.

Ed took out an ancient scroll from his bag, and the other guild leader took out the same scroll.

As a short-distance random group teleportation scroll, it could teleport 1-9 players to a random ground area within 500-1000 meters.

Including Tang Mo, there were a total of 15 people imprisoned here. Two scrolls were enough for everyone to escape.

When the players had surrendered to the royal family, they had already traded four scrolls and planned their escape.

The prison fell into a moment of silence, with only the heavy breathing of the players.

Almost all the players lowered their heads to check the game time.

Two minutes passed.

"Success! The magic disorder state is gone, hurry!"

"Ka ka ka…"

Losing the effect of the magic seal, a player's muscles swelled, and the veins on his forehead popped out. He held the metal bars of the prison with both hands and forcefully broke a huge hole in the bars, and he peeked out from inside.

The magic runes engraved on the alloy bars could trigger the alarm, but now that the central magic array's force field had lost its effect, the runes had lost their effect as well.

All the other players also tried their best to break free from prison. They quickly gathered together and split into two groups.

For safety's sake, Tang Mo's team had nine people and they were the strongest among the rest.

"Let's go!"

Looking around at the crowd one last time, Ed prayed in his heart that the teleportation scroll would be powerful. He crushed the scroll with force.

"Chi…"

A faint light enveloped everyone and they quickly disappeared.

In almost an instant, the teleportation was completed.

When he opened his eyes again, Ed immediately raised his head and saw the night sky outside the hall.

They were out!

Luck was on their side!

They had successfully left the palace and arrived in the outside world!

Ed was overjoyed.

Wei Tao said in a low voice, "Look, that one."

Looking at where Wei Tao was pointing, everyone could not help but reveal a strange expression.

Under the night sky, several tentacles shot up into the sky and danced wildly, attacking everything within the Imperial City.

From time to time, the Empire's soldiers would be rolled up by the tentacles and lifted into the air before being crushed alive.

Tang Mo looked at the Empire soldiers fighting with the original devouring body and couldn't help clenching his fists.

His heart was filled with hatred.

Salvador had raised such a monster in the Imperial City! He had killed so many loyal soldiers of the Empire!

It was unforgivable!

"Your Highness, we have to leave quickly."

"What about Mingyue? Why don't I see her?"

"Your Highness, please wait a moment. We'll contact each other again."

After leaving the Empire's prison, the player's survival radio station was unlocked again. Ed and the other players quickly communicated with each other through the game's in-game communication device and learned about Lord Fang Heng and his team.

"Your Highness, Her Highness Mingyue has just left the underground palace and is now heading to the west gate. We can meet there and then leave the imperial family with the help of the barbarian's falcon."

Ed looked at Tang Mo and said, "Your Highness, it's too dangerous here. We'll escort you out first."

"Okay, sure."

Tang Mo was comforted when he thought about Tang Mingyue and immediately turned to leave. He had just taken two steps when he found that only the two people were following him. He couldn't help looking back. He asked, "What about you guys? You're not following us?"

"Your Highness, we have more important matters to attend to. We'll be back soon, so don't worry."

"What is it?"

Ed's expression was grave as he nodded and explained, "We know that Salvador is heading to the underground palace."

Tang Mo faintly realized something and his pupils shrank. He asked, "What do you mean?"

"Your Highness, forgive me for being blunt, but this is a good opportunity for us to deal with Salvador. You don't have to risk your life. Just wait for our good news."

Ed was full of confidence in this plan.

In fact, their original plan was to let Tang Mo see the evidence and then assassinate Salvador to seize the royal power!

However, he encountered some trouble in the process of exploring the underground palace.

Fortunately, they had a reliable teammate.

He had turned the entire situation around with his own strength!

This was their best chance to deal with Salvador!

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1255 Out of Control

Tang Mo looked at Ed

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Mo said, "I'll go with you!"

Ed was surprised and wanted to stop him, "Your Highness… It's too dangerous to deal with Salvador, please be careful…"

Tang Mo wasn't involved in the plan to assassinate Salvador. After all, Tang Mo's personal strength wasn't strong. He was more of a symbol that represented the identity of the royal family.

It would be even more troublesome if they encountered danger along the way.

Tang Mo raised his hand to stop him. He said, "Ed, you don't have to continue. I have royal family blood in me. This is a responsibility I must shoulder."

Ed quickly exchanged glances with Wei Tao and the others. Seeing that time was running out, he did not continue to persuade him, "Alright, please be careful, Your Highness."

Another player president remarked, "Salvador's location has been marked out. He's in the area of the original devouring body. We'll go there now."

….

The entire Imperial City area was once again in chaos.

A huge tentacle rose from the ground and attacked everything around them.

The alarm was triggered, and the royal family guards came in groups to help and began to raise their longbows to fight back.

Fire!!

A dense rain of arrows flew toward the giant tentacles.

The captain of the royal guards frowned.

Ordinary arrows could not penetrate the hard surface of the original devouring body's tentacle. Only arrows mixed with purple essence could penetrate the surface of the tentacles and cause slight damage.

For the huge body of the original devouring body, the damage was minimal!

After a round of arrows, the tentacles did not suffer much damage. Instead, the royal guards began to retreat to keep a distance from the giant tentacles.

Salvador rushed over with a group of guards, and he clenched his fists when he saw the Empire's defenders fighting the original devouring body.

"Your Majesty!"

"Retreat!"

Salvador gestured to the guards behind him to form a line. He walked forward alone and faced the original devouring body.

Whoosh!

Salvador glowed with a blue light as he tried to control the original devouring body from a distance.

But it was ineffective!

The original devouring body fell into an unprecedented madness! It was still waving its tentacle around, attacking in all directions, and did not respond to Salvador's mental connection.

Salvador's psychic energy was pushed to its limit!

Two streams of blood flowed down from Salvador's eyes.

What exactly was going on?!

Salvador was shocked.

He had spent several years of research to calm the original devouring body down. Recently, his research made a major discovery. With the help of potions, he could try to enter a temporary spiritual perception with the original devouring body.

However, this time, the original devouring body didn't have any mental energy response.

He could feel the madness and anger from the original devouring body.

Salvador tried to calm him down, but his mental connection was instantly devoured by the madness of the original devouring body.

Salvador's personal advisor, Theo, took two steps forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, we can't continue like this. You'll lose control if we continue."

"Molly Ann…"

Salvador muttered to himself. He had given up on controlling the creature with his psychic energy, but his eyes were still filled with anxiety.

That bunch of trash from the Alchemy Society!

The president of the Society, Ovian, had once used his head to guarantee that there would be no problems with the underground palace!

But now!

Where did Ovian go?

What had happened below the underground palace?

The passage in front was blocked by the frenzied original devouring body. Huge cracks appeared on the ground, and tentacles constantly sprang out of the cracks and attacked the surroundings.

It was too late to go around the entrance of the Hall of Divine Martial Arts's underground palace to investigate it.

Salvador turned around and said, "Aruway! Step forward!"

"Yes!"

A well-built young man walked out from behind Salvador.

"Your Majesty!"

"Open up a path through the crack in front. We need to find the source of the tentacle."

"Yes!"

Aruway replied in a muffled voice. He took two steps forward and came to a crack in the ground. He raised his fist and punched the ground.

"Bang!"

The ground trembled violently under Aruway's punch!

Crushed stones flew everywhere.

Aruway's expression did not change as he raised his fist again.

"Bang! Bang Bang Bang!"

The royal guards who came with him were surprised.

He had long heard that Salvador's personal guard, Aruway, had extraordinary brute force since he was young. He could actually smash a path through the ground?

While the royal guards were still in shock, they suddenly saw a team rushing over from the right.

Looking carefully, it turned out to be Tang Mo's group.

They had actually escaped from the prison?

Tang Mo and the player players quickly chased after Salvador. When they saw Salvador, they were like enemies, their eyes turned red.

"Salvador!"

Salvador also turned his head and stared at Tang Mo's group, his eyes filled with anger.

Too many things had happened tonight and all of them were related to Tang Mo!

"Tang Mo! Good, very good! You're the one who did this!"

"Salvador! Stop your pretense, the crimes you have committed against the Empire have already been exposed! In order to resurrect your sister, you didn't hesitate to disturb the peace of the ancestors, sneak into the Imperial mausoleum, steal the corpses of the Empire's ancestors, and study the demonic seed. You even used the lives of the Empire's soldiers to study the demonic seed. Even my grandfather's death from a serious illness was related to you!"

Tang Mo looked at him without fear, his eyes also filled with extreme anger.

"You are the one who created these mutated tentacle lifeforms! Do you still want to pretend?"

In the face of Tang Mo's accusation, the surrounding royal guards were shocked and turned to look at Salvador.

What was going on?

What was Tang Mo saying?

The remains of the Empire's ancestors? Secret experiments?

So this tentacle monster was actually Salvador's doing?

Due to the sudden appearance of the devouring tentacle, the Imperial City's inner city was in chaos. A large number of Empire soldiers were resisting and many people heard Tang Mo's words. They all looked at Salvador with strange expressions.

"Oh, so you already know. It seems that you've found my laboratory. The people in the Alchemy Society are a bunch of idiots. I shouldn't have believed them."

Salvador sneered but his face remained calm despite his extreme anger. He looked at Tang Mo and shook his head, "Tang Mo. It's a pity that you were a very good experimental subject. Why do you have to force me…"

"You know what? My research was about to succeed, and she could already sense my spirit, but you …"

Salvador's body was trembling in anger, and he was on the verge of losing control. His bones were making strange sounds.

"Creak, creak, creak, creak, creak, creak…"

"You've ruined everything!" Salvador roared.

In front of everyone, Salvador's face began to squirm!

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1256 Dissolving

Salvador's face seemed to be melting, and his skin was falling off his bones.

As if he was shedding his skin, pieces of muscle tissue fell off his bones, and even the bones gradually dissolved, until an extremely strange life form was formed in front of everyone!

It had no skin, and its body was covered in a layer of gray-brown squirming bacteria. It looked like a demon that had crawled out of hell!

"Gulp…"

More and more of the fungus' slimy liquid flowed down Salvador's body, leaving a carpet of fungus on the ground that quickly spread to the surrounding area!

Salvador had lost his original appearance, only a shadow wrapped in bacteria and two eye-catching orange eyes.

"Your, Your Majesty…"

Salvador's personal advisor, Theo, saw that he had entered the demonized state in front of him, and his eyes were filled with extreme fear. He could not help but retreat.

Just as he took a small step back, he suddenly felt a strange feeling of something sticking to the bottom of his feet.

He looked down and saw that his feet had been covered with a layer of fungus.

"Gulp gulp…"

The creep began to climb up from the ground.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty!"

Theo's face was ashen. He realized that he had completely lost control of his lower body and could not struggle at all.

The creep quickly spread from his feet to his body, until it completely enveloped Theo, forming a cylindrical body.

"Chi… Gulp…"

In less than two seconds, the outer layer of the fungus began to fall off and fall to the ground, forming a carpet that spread out in all directions.

Everyone's expression changed.

Where's Theo?

Upon closer inspection, Theo, who was originally wrapped in the bacteria, had long disappeared!

In less than two seconds, he was completely absorbed by the bacteria and became the new creep!

It was too terrifying!

Witnessing Theo's brutal death, the guards that Salvador had brought with him turned pale. They all backed away, afraid that they would be the next Theo if they got close to the creep!

However, it was already too late for some of the Empire's soldiers to think about it. Most of the creeps had already spread to their feet and wrapped around the feet of more than ten guards, trapping them in place.

"What's going on?"

"His Majesty has been possessed by the demon!!"

"Be careful of the creep!"

"Retreat! Quickly retreat!"

When the soldiers of the Empire saw Salvador, who had been reduced to a monster, as well as the creep under their feet, they shouted in panic and quickly retreated.

Seeing this, the player immediately shouted, "Soldiers of the Empire! Be careful! It's the demonic seed! Salvador tried to use the strength of the demonic seed, but he has been devoured by the demonic seed. He has lost his mind and become a monster!"

"Your Highness!" Ed was overjoyed at the chaos in front of him. He immediately looked at Tang Mo and said anxiously, "Make your move. Make use of your charisma as the successor of the royal family. Now is our best chance!"

"Yes!"

Tang Mo nodded and looked at Empire soldiers, shouting, "Soldiers of the Empire, listen up! Salvador has committed many crimes and is no longer worthy of being the leader of the Empire. He has become a demon who has killed innocent people. Follow me and kill the demon!"

"Yes, sir!"

One side was the official successor of the Empire, Tang Mo, while the other side was the crazy monster that Salvador had become.

The Empire's soldiers didn't hesitate to make a choice and stand on Tang Mo's side.

Ed and the rest of the players were relieved to see this, and they even wanted to pop open champagne to celebrate!

Success!

Lord Fang Heng was too powerful!

After completing Salvador's crime collection mission to 200%, he could easily obtain the Empire's recognition and obtain the royal power.

He had never thought that Salvador would be reduced to a monster in front of everyone!

It was an unexpected surprise!

Right now, they only needed to deal with the demonized Salvador.

In fact, the player teams had long been prepared for the final boss battle.

Salvador had been hiding in the royal family for a long time, and the players had managed to find out some information about him. They had confirmed that Salvador was related to the 'demon' research, and Li Xue had long since determined that Salvador had the ability to demonize.

In addition to the information Fang Heng had obtained from Salvador's book, they were sure that Salvador had used the 'demonic seed' to experiment on himself.

The boss battle was already within their expectations.

Mikhael and Wei Tao looked at each other and nodded.

"Let's attack together and kill him!"

At the same time, a line of game notifications appeared on the player's retina.

[Hint: The player has triggered a special mission-punishment.]

…

In the underground palace, Fang Heng was hanging upside down in the shadow of the ceiling alone, observing the group of people from the Holy Court not far away.

The archbishop, Karkkila, placed his scepter upright on the ground, emitting a golden light.

After the light bloomed, a large, dark-gold barrier of light formed in the center of the barrier, enveloping the team.

The original devouring body seemed to be wary of the holy light attribute and did not take the initiative to attack.

Archbishop Karkkila stood in front of the round platform in a praying posture and silently chanted.

A golden light gradually bloomed in front of him.

The original devouring body on the round platform sensed the threat and began to shrink back slightly.

The golden light attacked and slowly spread along the entrance of the deep cave until it entered the deep cave.

"Zi Zi Zi, Zi…"

A sizzling sound that sounded like boiling water evaporating came from the bottom of the cave.

The original devouring body felt something. It constantly struggled to crawl out of the deep hole, and its speed of escape became faster and faster.

Fang Heng secretly observed the Holy Court's actions from a distance and couldn't help muttering in his heart.

"The people of the Holy Court are too strange…"

They were actually controlling the holy light to wear down the seal at the bottom of the deep cave?

What were they trying to do?

Why did it look like he wanted to help the original devouring body break free from the deep hole?

All of a sudden, Fang Heng felt someone looking at him. He looked in the direction of the gaze alertly.

Tang Wu and the accompanying guards were guarding behind Karkkila and were looking back vigilantly.

Among them, an old man from the Council of Elders seemed to have noticed something in his direction and was searching in that area.

"Not good, I'm about to be discovered."

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat. He immediately retracted his gaze and then consumed his physical strength again to activate the hiding skill to reduce his presence.

The old man looked at the area where Fang Heng was in the distance and had some doubts in his heart. He was about to take two steps forward to investigate again when he heard hurried footsteps coming from the back of the underground palace's passageway, so he stopped.

The other guard reported to Tang Wu in a low voice, "Your Highness Tang Wu, they should be here."

"Yes."

Tang Wu nodded and turned around to welcome the person.

At the back of the tunnel, Xiao Yun led the team that was searching for the underground palace.

Everyone's attention was drawn to Xiao Yun's group.

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1257 Persuasion

Xiao Yun looked very miserable at this time. His clothes were stained with a lot of blood, and there were people in the team who were injured. They were barely able to move forward with the help of their teammates.

The passage earlier was too dangerous!

Xiao Yun had spent a lot of effort to escape from the original devouring body's grasp in the crack in the wall and reach the central region. The entire team had paid a huge price for this.

Seeing the people gathered in front of the round platform, Xiao Yun's expression changed and he pointed his sword forward.

He found it! The intruders of the underground palace!

But when he saw the face of the leader, Xiao Yun was stunned.

How could it be him?!

He was one of the royal family heirs to the imperial Empire, Tang Wu!

Seeing that the man had raised his weapon, the guards and the knights behind Tang Wu immediately got into formation.

The two sides raised their weapons and confronted each other.

Xiao Yun was shocked.

He had been trying to figure out who had invaded the underground palace in secret and caused a great disturbance in the Imperial City, including the attack on the Empire's Imperial City with barbarians.

However, he never thought that the person behind all this would be Tang Wu!

The president of the Alchemy Society, Ovian, who had come with Xiao Yun, had a dark expression on his face.

This was terrible!

He saw that more than half of the original devouring body on the round platform had already crawled out of the deep hole! The semi-fluid body of the original devouring body had already covered more than half of the round platform.

And those people from the Holy Court!

What were they doing?

Were they helping the original devouring body break free from the seal?

This was crazy! The world had gone crazy!

Ovian quickly stopped him and asked loudly, "What are you guys doing? Quickly stop!"

Tang Wu's gaze swept across Ovian in disdain. He didn't answer and ignored him. He then looked at Xiao Yun and said in a deep voice, "Commander Xiao, you're here just in time. Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"

A few thoughts flashed through Xiao Yun's mind, as he gritted his teeth and cupped his fists, "Your Highness."

"Commander Xiao, do you know about the dirty things Salvador has done?"

Xiao Yun's expression changed.

Even if he didn't say everything, he naturally knew a little.

"It seems like you don't want to tell me. I'll tell you. Salvador murdered the late Emperor and secretly raised demons in the royal family." Tang Wu stared at Xiao Yun and continued, "The evidence is right in front of you. This news will spread throughout the Empire very quickly. Salvador will no longer be the king. Do you know what you should do now? "

Xiao Yun frowned and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, please be careful with your words. Do you have any evidence for what you've said?"

"Hmph! There will be evidence!"

Tang Wu's expression changed and he snorted, "You're so close to Salvador that you know what he's done. I'll give you one last chance. Do you want to die with him or do something for me? I can promise you that as long as you work for me, I'll let bygones be bygones, and I'll even give you heavy responsibilities!"

Xiao Yun's expression changed several times.

Fang Heng was secretly watching from a distance. When he heard the conversation between the two, he couldn't help but encourage them secretly.

Don't agree with it!

Fight!

Hurry up and fight!

He could only find an opportunity to fish when there was a dispute!

Fang Heng was secretly cheering for Xiao Yun in his heart when he suddenly noticed several game prompts flashing on his retina.

[Hint: The player's current mission-the Empire rebellion mission has changed.]

[Hint: The player has collected a large amount of evidence of Salvador's crimes. The mission completion rate is more than 200%. The subsequent mission progress has been changed.]

[Hint: The player team has completed the mission-expose Salvador's true colors. The player team has gained a large amount of Empire reputation and the player team's friendship with Tang Mo has greatly increased.]

[Hint: The player team has triggered the current mission-Punishment.]

Mission title: Punishment.

Mission description: Salvador has been secretly controlling the royal family and has committed various crimes. He has lost control and entered demonized state. Please help to kill Salvador.

Mission requirement: Kill mutated Salvador.

Mission reward: A large number of reputation points for the Empire, and a large number of reputation points for the Empire's successor (unlocked in the subsequent missions).

Seeing the task prompt, Fang Heng raised his eyebrows again.

Eh? What was this situation?

Did Ed trigger a mission?

Didn't they already run away?

Why was he fighting with Salvador?

Wait, Salvador was also in his demonized form?

While he was thinking, Fang Heng saw a white-haired old man from the Council of Elders walking out from behind Tang Wu.

"Xiao Yun, are you still going to be so stubborn?"

Xiao Yun's face changed when he saw the old man.

"7th Grandpa."

"Kneel down! I told you to kneel!" The old man shouted at Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and knelt on one knee.

Tang Wu felt relieved.

Xiao Yun's 7th Grandpa was one of the senators, and using the Council of Elders to control Xiao Yun was part of his plan.

"Get up. It's a great thing to repent. From now on, listen to His Majesty Tang Wu's orders. His Majesty has already promised the Council of Elders that he will let bygones be bygones."

"Yes! 7th Grandpa."

Xiao Yun immediately made a decision and bowed to Tang Wu, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Good, good, good." Tang Wu revealed a warm smile, "I'll still need Commander Xiao's help in the future."

The rest of the royal guards that followed Xiao Yun were led by the commander. The rest of the Empire soldiers hesitated for a moment before they followed suit and chose to submit to Tang Wu.

Ovian saw that Xiao Yun had surrendered so easily and was shocked. He took a few steps back and pointed at Xiao Yun, "Xiao Yun! You dare to betray…"

Along the way, Xiao Yun had been extremely unhappy with Ovian. Frowning, he sternly interrupted, "Capture him!"

"Yes!"

The royal guards immediately stepped forward and held Ovian in place.

"You!"

As an alchemist, Ovian wasn't very strong. He wanted to resist, but dozens of auras had locked onto him. He had no choice but to give up and be controlled by several royal guards.

"Are you all crazy? Do you know what you are doing? You're all traitors!"

Ovian looked at the royal guards and the Empire sword saint with them, he shouted with his last bit of hope, "Rio Tinto! Do you see them? Hurry up and help!"

Everyone shifted their gazes to the Empire's sword saint Rio Tinto with caution.

Rio Tinto frowned.

When he was young, he received the favor of the Empire royal family and made an oath to protect the royal family. However, it was obvious that the situation before him was beyond his ability.

"I've seen it. Back then, I did promise that I would do my best to protect the royal family for a period of time. As for now, it's not convenient for me to intervene if your imperial family is facing some problems."

Rio Tinto shook his head and turned to Tang Wu. He said, "When everything is settled, I'll keep my promise and continue to be loyal to the royal family."

Tang Wu was a little upset when he heard that, but he still cupped his hands respectfully to Rio Tinto.

It was not a wise move to have a sword saint as an enemy at this time.

"Thank you, Mr. Rio Tinto."

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1258 Gathering

Seeing that the dust had settled, one of Tang Wu's personal guards whispered, "Your Highness, we can leave this to the Holy Court. The most important thing now is to find Salvador. Only by taking him down can we take over the royal family."

"Yes."

Tang Wu nodded heavily.

He had stayed here to recruit Xiao Yun and his group.

"Let's go! Go find Salvador! It's time to settle this score with him!"

The archbishop of the Holy Court, Karkkila, was still controlling the magic array. Seeing this, he said in a deep voice, "His Majesty can rest in peace. Leave this to us."

"Alright."

Under the protection of the holy light shield, Tang Wu led everyone up the underground palace through the breach.

Fang Heng hid in the dark and witnessed everything that happened. He watched Tang Wu and the others leave the underground palace.

"It's a pity that they didn't fight."

And the president of the Alchemy Society was too weak. He was captured without even putting up a fight.

Boring, really boring.

Fang Heng felt a little unhappy.

He wasn't interested in the rebellion missions of the Empire. Instead, he was more interested in the people of the Holy Court.

As the seal hidden in the deep cave was gradually destroyed, more than half of the original devouring body had escaped!

More and more giant tentacles broke out from the ground of the round platform and shot up until they broke through the top of the underground palace.

The original devouring body also became crazier and crazier. Its giant tentacles began to twist and wave.

The holy light shield enveloped everything so that the wildly dancing tentacles outside could not affect the spell.

The judge, Gustavo, was a little worried. He looked at the archbishop and whispered, "Lord Bishop."

"It's fine,"

Archbishop Karkkila said in a deep voice, "Seal it. Just release it and act according to plan."

"Yes!" All the judges replied in unison.

"Oh…"

Fang Heng squinted his eyes slightly.

It was very strange.

The Holy Court's actions were strange.

What were they trying to do?

Eh?

The entire underground palace began to shake uncontrollably.

"BOOM!"

A violent explosion came from the bottom of the cave!

A viscous, liquid-like substance spewed out from the deep hole along with the explosion!

At the same time, huge falling rocks kept falling from the ceiling, blocking the entrance of the deep cave.

A dark brown fluid-like substance flowed out of the cracks in the rock.

The original devouring body had already completely broken free from the deep cave!

Karkkila's expression was grave as he shouted, "Move out!"

The golden light bloomed again!

The outer layer of the golden shield surrounded the original devouring body that had just escaped!

"Huu!"

A faint golden flame burned on the body of the original devouring body!

Fang Heng's pupils shrank.

The holy flame!

The Holy Court's archbishop was using a high-level holy elemental spell. The holy flame was said to be able to dispel all evil.

The original devouring body was a creature that was afraid of light and fire.

It just so happened that the holy flame was the ultimate fusion of the light and fire attributes!

The original devouring body was extremely afraid of the holy flame. Its liquidized body was burned, and it immediately contracted and twisted. Its exposed body writhed crazily!

"Chi Chi Chi!!!"

Fine tentacles sprang out of the original devouring body and bombarded the light screen condensed by the Holy Court!

Ripples appeared on the light screen.

The attack was ineffective!

The burning holy flame continued to wear down the original devouring body.

The giant tentacle outside the light curtain felt that its body was injured, and its struggle became more and more intense. It kept waving, trying to attack the outer holy light shield.

"Thump! Thump thump!"

The huge tentacles hit the outer shield, making a dull impact sound.

Suddenly, the eyes of Molly Ann's face in the middle of the fluid suddenly opened, and a strange shriek came out of her mouth.

"Buzz!!"

The scepter that Karkkila had placed on the ground shone with a dark golden light.

The three layers of the holy light shield on the inside and outside absorbed the sound waves again!

The screech attack was once again nullified!

Fang Heng felt the aftermath of the attack and was a little surprised. He lowered his head and looked at the scepter of the Holy Court.

The scepter must be extraordinary to be able to withstand all the attacks of an SSS-level creature.

The Holy Court had come prepared this time.

The original devouring body modified form was probably going to be purified.

Fang Heng quickly measured the difference in combat power between the two sides and pondered when to go down and finish the job.

No.

The Holy Court's position was obviously more cautious. They had not reached their limit yet and still had a lot of strength left.

Going down now was no different from courting death.

Wait a little longer!

…

Within the Imperial City, Tang Mingyue and the others were originally rushing to the west side of the city to meet up with Tang Mo. They had just walked halfway when they learned from Wu Shijiang that Ed's team was planning to kill Salvador.

What? So Wei Tao and the others were also playing this big?

They wanted to join forces with the players to take over the entire royal family?

Tang Mingyue and Mo Jiawei were shocked for a few seconds. They quickly came up with a plan and decided not to run anymore. Instead, they went to meet up with the players and help them seize control of the royal family. They would also meet up with Wei Tao and the others at the same time.

Soon, they returned to the central area of the Imperial City and saw a group of players fighting the creep.

The entire area in front of him was covered with a layer of gray-brown, squirming creep.

The life form continued to gather from the creep and finally turned into a gray-brown human figure. It twisted and turned into the outline of a tall figure in the air.

"Where's Salvador? That's the monster?"

Just from its appearance, Tang Mingyue could not associate it with Salvador.

Mo Jiawei furrowed his brows and covered his right eye with his hand. He used his innate skill to check the monster's information.

"Yes, that's him. He's the product of a failed experiment. Salvador has lost his mind."

Sandy was stunned, "Ah? You said it failed? Didn't the notebook say that Salvador did the experiment himself and succeeded?"

"Maybe he just thinks he succeeded, or maybe to him, as long as he gets the experimental data, it's a success."

Mo Jiawei explained softly.

According to the information obtained from his talent skill, Salvador's combat rating was not higher than the original devouring body in the underground palace.

"Salvador's experiments have yielded valuable data. However, he has also suffered from the backlash of the demonic seed and needs to rely on the purple essence to suppress it. His mind is also extremely unstable, and it is extremely easy for him to lose control and enter this state of neither human nor ghost. Furthermore, he has lost his memory of this period of time."

Mo Jiawei quickly communicated with the others about the information he had obtained through his communication skill and reminded them, "Everyone, be careful of the creep under your feet. Don't get infected by it. It has a very strong infection ability."

"I see it! Wei Tao is over there!"

"Let's go and meet them."

Everyone nodded and followed Wei Tao's direction to join the battle against the mutated Salvador.

Not far away, Tang Mo was commanding the Empire's soldiers to fight against Salvador's creep. He kept a distance and released purple essence arrows at the creep to stop it from spreading. Seeing Tang Mingyue return safely, he felt a little relieved. He nodded at her from a distance and continued to command the Empire's soldiers.

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1259 Ferocious-looking

"Brother, what's the situation?"

When he finally found Wei Tao and his teammates, Mo Jiawei's mind was filled with question marks. He quickly asked, "Why did you suddenly get involved with the Empire? Are you going to become the King? That's good! Brother! I didn't expect you to be so greedy."

Huh?

Wei Tao also opened his mouth and did not know how to answer.

Shouldn't he be the one asking this question?

Wasn't he the one who tricked the group of players into instigating Tang Mo to rebel against the Empire?

They had no other choice but to board the pirate ship.

Why did he start to shift the blame?

Tang Mingyue condensed several ice crystal thorns and attacked mutated Salvador in the distance. She also rushed over to join them. She turned her eyes to the other side and asked with a frown, "What's going on? Isn't that the commander of the royal guards, Xiao Yun? Why is he also dealing with Salvador?"

On the other side, another team of the Empire's men was dealing with Salvador. The two sides seemed to be on different sides, and they were still on high alert.

Tang Mingyue saw Xiao Yun in the crowd with a single glance, and her face was filled with doubt.

"Your Highness Mingyue, we've run into a huge problem."

When Ed saw Tang Mingyue, he explained in a low voice, "That's one of the heirs of the Empire, Tang Wu. He's not very capable, and people didn't think highly of him. We didn't expect him to have the support of the Imperial Council of Elders. I think he's here for the throne."

Ed's player team was in for yet another tragedy. They were about to pop a bottle of champagne to celebrate, but a strong competitor suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Tang Mo's plan to seize the royal family was a huge variable!

The moment Li Xue's team received the news, they immediately began to gather information and model the battle. They measured the strength of both sides and prepared to find the best battle plan.

Ed whispered, "We might have to fight them later. Anyway, let's think of a way to deal with Salvador first. We have to save some of our strength!"

"Alright!"

Tang Mingyue nodded as she spoke. She looked around and asked, "Where's Fang Heng?"

"He didn't come out with you?" Ed was also a little surprised. He shook his head and said, "He's not here. I don't see him."

…

In Lincoln City, around the abandoned mining area, several players emerged from the bushes and carefully observed the entrance of the mine that was temporarily sealed off by a wooden fence.

"I heard that something has happened in the Empire. General Deng Wen has been summoned back urgently and has just left the city with his troops."

"Yes."

The leader of the Mida Mercenary Group, Li Cheng, nodded and scanned the periphery of the mine entrance.

About ten minutes ago, the bishop of the Holy Court had left with his men, leaving only four Holy Court disciples to guard the entrance of the mine.

There must be something wrong for them to be so sneaky!

"Be careful, let's move!"

"Roger!"

In the dark, several players groped toward the entrance of the mine ahead. Suddenly, they revealed themselves from the dark and released control skills from a distance to launch a sneak attack, quickly knocking out the four Holy Court disciples at the entrance of the mine.

Regiment commander Li Cheng led his men out of the forest and sized up the pitch-black entrance of the mine. Everyone followed suit and lit their torches.

"Let's go."

Li Cheng took the lead and stepped into the mine.

Soon, they found the mine tunnel that Fang Heng had broken open. They went deeper into the tunnel and came to an empty room area.

The players immediately started searching the mine.

"Brother, I found it! Come over and take a look."

One of the players quickly discovered the alchemy magic array on the ground.

Golden talismans were stuck on the alchemy magic array.

It seemed to be the work of the Holy Court.

One of the team's players, who had some knowledge of alchemy, stepped forward and squatted down to inspect the alchemy magic array.

"Boss, it's an alchemy magic array. It looks like it has been repaired."

"It seems like something is sealed underground?"

Li Cheng licked his slightly dry lips and walked forward to observe.

Previously, they had accidentally overheard the conversation between the Holy Court and the feudal lord and learned that there was a seal hidden in the deep cave.

Lord Fang Heng had gone to great lengths to come here for this seal!

What good thing was inside the seal? And it even involved the undead and the Holy Court?

The rest of the players also caught the scent of a high-level mission and could not help but get excited. They all looked at Li Cheng, "What do you mean?"

Li Cheng nodded and said, "Yes! Let's do it!"

The Mida Mercenary Group was originally a small group formed by a few like-minded friends. It was not easy to find a big mission, so how could they be afraid?

A rotten life! If he didn't give it his all, when would he be able to stand out?

"Be careful, everyone."

Li Cheng walked forward under everyone's gaze and tried to lift the golden talisman paper.

"Chi! Chi Chi Chi!!!"

As soon as the talisman paper was lifted, a wisp of black aura spread out through the paper.

There's hope!

Li Cheng tore off all the talisman paper, revealing the alchemy magical array below.

Other than a few wisps of black smoke, there were no game notifications.

Still no reaction?

Li Cheng's brows were tightly furrowed. He simply pulled out his long sword and quickly slashed a few times on the magic array.

There was finally a reaction!

The seal broke open, revealing a crack that led to the bottom.

"Chi Chi!"

Black aura was constantly leaking out from the cracks!

"Boss! Not good, the infection index is rising very quickly!"

The player suddenly realized that the infection index in their character attribute panel was soaring!

What was that?

An undead?

Why wasn't there a mission notification?

Li Cheng looked at an assistant beside him and shouted, "Hurry up!"

The team assistant immediately took out a black stone from his pocket and threw it under the crack in the seal.

The forbidden stone. It was an item that can break normal seals.

Although it was only an advanced item, the team had spent a lot of effort to obtain it.

This stone was the trump card that allowed them to venture deep into the mine!

However, after the forbidden stone fell into the crack, there was no movement at all.

The black aura continued to flow out of the hole.

What was going on? Why wasn't there any game prompt?

Just as Li Cheng was feeling puzzled, he suddenly felt a weak vibration coming from under his feet.

Suddenly, Li Cheng's expression changed greatly.

"Not good! Run!"

Just as he turned around, a mission notification appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The player has triggered a special mission-signs of destruction.]

After reading the mission description, Li Cheng's face turned even paler.

It's over, he made a big mess.

….

In the depths of the underground palace, Fang Heng was watching every move of the Holy Court in the distance.

The original devouring body writhed and struggled madly under the burning of the holy flame!

Realizing that their lives were in danger, the giant tentacles around them became extremely crazy, waving and trying to attack the Holy Court team.

However, the Holy Court once again displayed the power of the turtle shell.

The five giant barriers blocked the attacks of all the giant tentacles, but the underground palace was almost destroyed.

The original devouring body gradually twisted under the burning of the holy flame. Finally, it completely lost its ability to resist and was burned into a pile of ashes.

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1260 Fission

"Chi Chi Chi…"

The giant-sized tentacles that had been shaking violently in an attempt to attack the holy light barrier also withered quickly as if they had been drained of water. They fell to the ground and cracked into powder.

Judge Gustavo walked forward and supported the tottering Karkkila. He said with concern, "Archbishop, are you alright?"

"Well, it's fine. I've just overused my spiritual power."

After continuously using the holy flame to dispel the flames at high intensity, Archbishop Karkkila looked weak. His eyes were fixed on the ashes left behind after the death of the original devouring body.

"Bishop, it…"

Gustavo also noticed ashes' strange behavior. After a moment of hesitation, he lowered his voice and asked, "You're not taking it away? Are you going to leave it here?"

After a few seconds of silence, Karkkila said in a deep voice, "Without darkness, light has no meaning to exist. Do you understand?"

Gustavo was startled.

"You're worried…"

Karkkila shook his head and stopped Gustavo from continuing. He picked up the scepter on the ground and continued, "His Highness Tang Wu has been down there for a long time, and he hasn't returned. He must have run into some trouble. Missy, Milton, you two stay here and guard the entrance. The rest of you, follow me. We'll help His Highness deal with Salvador."

"Yes! Lord Bishop!"

Gustavao's gaze swept over the burnt ruins one last time, and he nodded solemnly. He left two Holy Paladins of the Holy Court to continue guarding the place and led the rest of the Holy Court to follow the bishop to climb up the broken exit of the underground palace.

In the distance, Fang Heng still didn't dare to make any movements. He looked in the direction of the round platform from a distance.

Damn, what a loss!

He had been hiding in the dark all this time, and even when the original devouring body was destroyed, he didn't find a suitable opportunity to attack.

The turtle shell of the holy light was too hard, even the giant-sized tentacle could not break it. Fang Heng did not want to make a useless attempt.

As he was thinking, a game prompt suddenly appeared.

[Hint: Your zombie clone-Licker has been resurrected.]

Not good!

Fang Heng was shocked.

The Lickers that had been resurrected in the underground palace had either died at the hands of the original devouring body or were hidden in Fang Heng's secret laboratory.

He didn't notice that the countdown for the resurrection of the two zombie clones had ended and they automatically entered the resurrection state.

Whoosh!!

Two dark red magic arrays appeared beside him.

The magic array was particularly eye-catching in the dark space!

"Who's there?!"

The two Holy Paladins of the Holy Court who were left behind to guard the place sensed something strange and immediately turned back to look in the direction of Fang Heng.

Chi! Chi!

Two Lickers emerged from the magic array one after the other, charging straight at the Holy Paladins!

He had no choice but to do it!

Seeing this, Fang Heng immediately returned to his human form from his bat form. He flew down and sprinted toward the Empire's Holy Paladins.

While he was running, the bloodthirst thorn long sword in his hand immediately switched to the heavy hammer that he had picked up from the infected mutated soldier not long ago.

The hammer's attributes were average, and it did not have any additional skills. The equipment's attribute requirements were very high, and ordinary players really did not have a use for it.

Fang Heng felt that it was quite convenient to use.

It was heavy and hard enough!

He understood the Holy Court too well!

Against the turtle shell of the Holy Court, a weapon like a long sword would be like scratching an itch, and it would be difficult to break through the outer defense. It was better to use a heavy weapon!

Hu!!

Fang Heng lifted his heavy hammer and drew a gust of wind in the air. Then, he teleported and moved forward, appearing in front of the Holy Paladin out of thin air!

The huge hammer smashed toward the Holy Paladin.

The Holy Paladin's pupils shrank.

He was still wondering why the enemy had attacked in advance, but he didn't expect the other party to have the ability to teleport. In an instant, the huge hammer had already appeared in front of him.

"Thump!!!"

An extremely dull sound rang out.

The Holy Paladin couldn't dodge in time and let out a muffled groan as he was sent flying!

"BOOM!"

The Holy Paladin's body slammed into the wall behind him, creating a large hole in the wall. The holy light shield that enveloped his body began to crack.

Eh?

Seeing this, Fang Heng was surprised.

The hammer didn't break the turtle shell?

Compared to the period during the Vampire Apocalypse, his various attributes had clearly improved, and he should have been stronger.

How troublesome!

Fang Heng immediately realized one thing.

Compared to the elementary world of the vampires, the Holy Paladins in the intermediate games were even more turtle-like!

Whoosh!

Seeing that the holy light shield on the Holy Paladin's body, which had been broken, began to repair itself, Fang Heng dodged forward again, lifted the heavy hammer again, and began to attack.

The three Lickers that had just been resurrected immediately charged at the other Holy Paladin, tightly entangling him and unable to provide any assistance.

"Die!"

"Huu!!"

Fang Heng lifted the heavy hammer and smashed it fiercely again!

"BOOM!"

The Paladin's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he once again raised his holy light shield to resist!

He felt like he had encountered a terrifying human-shaped monster that he had never seen before!

"Thump! Thump thump!!"

Fang Heng's big hammer was so heavy that he couldn't launch an effective counterattack at all. Helplessly, he could only use his holy power to resist it with all his might. But every time he resisted, his internal injuries became more serious.

After being hit more than ten times in a row, his internal injuries had accumulated to the limit. The holy light shield broke and exploded. The Holy Paladin also spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

"It's really hard."

Fang Heng waved his right hand, which was sore from the recoil, and focused on the next Holy Paladin.

It was too troublesome.

It took him a full minute to deal with a Holy Paladin!

It was a good thing that he had just held back the greed in his heart and did not bite the bullet to snatch the last strike of the original devouring boss and the holy light scepter. Otherwise, he would definitely have failed.

Thinking of this, Fang Heng lifted his heavy hammer and rushed to another Holy Paladin.

"Demons! Go to hell!"

The remaining Holy Paladin was still fighting with the Lickers. Seeing his companion's tragic death, his eyes turned red. He swept away the two Lickers and raised his heavy sword to slash at Fang Heng.

"BOOM!"

The heavy hammer hit the heavy sword, and the Holy Paladin was sent flying.

Fang Heng's hands were numb for a moment, but they recovered instantly. He chased after the Holy Paladin who was sent flying again and repeatedly swung his heavy hammer to smash him.

After another ten or so hits, a line of game prompts appeared.

[Hint: You have killed a high-level Holy Paladin of the Holy Court. Your friendship with the Holy Court has been greatly reduced. You have obtained a Tier 1 mutation crystal*1.]

After dealing with two Holy Paladins in a row, Fang Heng roughly glanced at the prompt and turned around to explore the round platform.

The hole in the center of the platform had been completely sealed off by the broken rocks.

The original devouring body had completely disappeared, leaving only a little ash left on the ground after the holy flame had burned it.

Have they all been cleaned up?

"It's a pity,"

Fang Heng was a little disappointed.

The original devouring body mutated form had been killed by the game character, so he could not get any rewards.

Eh?

Fang Heng noticed something out of the corner of his eye and raised his eyebrows.

There was a small pile of ashes the size of a fingernail on the edge of the round table.

At first glance, Fang Heng thought it was just ordinary ashes.

However, his high perception attribute made him realize that something was not quite right.

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1261 Choice

He turned his head and carefully observed the pile of ashes.

Eh? What was that?

Fang Heng realized that the ashes were moving in a strange way.

He observed patiently and found that the ashes around him seemed to be slowly gathering towards the pile of ashes.

Fang Heng's heart started to beat faster.

Not dead yet?

That's right!

Resurrection!

Fang Heng immediately understood!

Resurrection was one of the characteristics of the original devouring body.

It was specifically because of this characteristic that Salvador chose to use the black stone eel to fuse with Molly Ann, wanting to completely revive Molly Ann!

Therefore, the original devouring body was not completely dead yet!

Fang Heng's breathing unconsciously became heavier, and he patiently stopped to observe.

The surrounding ashes of the original devouring body gathered towards the center at a very slow speed, forming a pile of black ashes in the center. The charred surface of the pile slowly faded to reveal a dark brown color below.

That's right! It was reviving, even though the revival speed was anomaly slow.

Fang Heng's pupils contracted.

Then, was there any way for him to kill it and get the reward…

"Whoosh!"

Fang Heng drew his bloodthirst thorn long sword and stabbed it at the pile of ashes.

[Hint: You have dealt 823 damage to the reviving mutated original devouring body. Through the effect of the bloodthirst thorn long sword, you have absorbed 0.3 strength and 411 HP from the mutant.]

The original devouring body was cut in half by the sword. The two halves of the jelly-like dark brown original devouring body began to slowly gather and fuse together.

Fang Heng frowned.

No, it was ineffective.

At the very least, ordinary physical attacks could not kill it completely.

"Then… How about this?"

Fang Heng narrowed his eyes and had another idea.

He slowly lifted the bloodthirst thorn and placed it on his palm.

"Chi!!"

The long sword left a wound on his palm, and he slowly reached his hand forward and placed it on the dark brown original devouring body.

Fresh blood dripped down his palm.

"Chi!!!"

The moment the blood touched the original devouring body, the original devouring body started to boil!

A greenish-black smoke rose from the original devouring body!

[Hint: You have dealt 29,123 damage to the resurrected original devouring body.]

It was effective!

The abnormal appearance of the original devouring body and the game hint value were all hinting at this point!

Fang Heng was excited. He cut his healed palm again and controlled the blood to drip down.

"Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi!!"

As the blood continued to corrode the original devouring body, Fang Heng watched as the resurrected mutated original devouring body burned rapidly!

A few seconds later, the original devouring body stopped burning. It left behind a mass of black colloids on the ground.

Suddenly, several lines of game hints appeared on his retina.

[Hint: You have eliminated the mutated original devouring body. As the damage you dealt to the mutated original devouring body did not exceed 10%, you cannot receive the full reward.]

[Hint: The player's trial score has increased significantly.]

[Hint: You have obtained Tier 3 mutation crystals*2.]

Good!

Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

Two Tier 3 mutation crystals!

Aside from a large number of Tier 2 mutation crystals, he also needed a total of 10 Tier 3 mutation crystals to level up.

Previously, he had killed Sydney, but he hadn't received the full reward for killing the original devouring body, so he only had two.

Five more.

What about the others? What else?

Fang Heng's gaze continued to search the colloid left behind by the original devouring body.

He found it.

After completely killing the resurrecting mutated original devouring body, a thumb-sized pitch-black crystal was left on the colloid.

Fang Heng's eyes lit up. He picked up the crystal and observed it.

[Hint: Player has obtained an item-mutated original devouring body crystal.]

[Item: Mutated original devouring body crystal.]

Description: If the player's soul is not controlled after death, a random part of the body will enter an automatic resurrection state after 12 hours (the resurrection state lasts for 30 minutes).]

Description: One-time consumable, effective in the backpack.

"Oh… Not bad, not bad."

Fang Heng nodded. He was quite satisfied with the treasures dropped by the original devouring body.

After all, it was only the last hit, so the reward was greatly reduced. Otherwise, an SSS-level creature could drop better items.

As for this crystal, its effect was average.

Fang Heng believed that he had a very strong ability to survive. He also had similar resurrection abilities. The Vampire King's coffin had resurrection effects, and the rebirth device that he had found in the Zombie Apocalypse game could also complete resurrection.

In comparison, the resurrection effect of the original devouring body crystal was not very stable, and the conditions for using it were more stringent.

Fang Heng incurred a debt of a sum of King of Gods' points for upgrading the crystallized zombies, so he was considering selling the crystal to repay the debt.

After all, the conditions for resurrection were harsh for Fang Heng. Items like this that could revive and save lives could definitely be sold at a high price in the game!

Fang Heng was in a good mood after picking up a free reward. Just as he was about to leave, several lines of game hints flashed by.

[Hint: The player's current mission-the divided Empire, has changed. Mission triggered-choosing the heir.]

Mission title: Choosing the heir

Mission description: Salvador's rebellion has caused the Empire's royal family to fall into chaos. Tang Wu and Tang Mo are both interested in fighting for the heir to the Empire's royal family. You can choose to pledge allegiance to one of them.

Mission requirement: Choose any heir to the royal family and swear allegiance to him.

[Hint: Your choice has a high probability of leading the game in a different direction. Please choose carefully.]

[Hint: If you betray the Empire again after pledging your loyalty, your Empire reputation will be greatly reduced.]

[Hint: Player, please choose the person you are loyal to among the heirs of the royal family. The heir will receive an additional portion of your Empire reputation.]

[Hint: The player's current reputation has reached the limit. The player can choose to create a new Empire.]

[Warning: The difficulty of creating a new regime is set as an "impossible mission". After selecting it, the affinity with all Empire's feudal lords will be restored to the lowest value and cannot be increased. Later operations such as cooperating with Empire's feudal lords and persuading them to surrender will not be possible. Please choose carefully.]

Eh?

What did that mean?

Fang Heng frowned and checked the mission description again.

Internal strife in the Empire? To choose a person to rely on, or be independent?

There was less than a week left in the trial, and he still had to complete the trial's main storyline. The game still wanted him to be independent in such a short period of time?

Independent my ass!

Moreover, it was not easy for him to form friendships with the various feudal lords. He was also preparing to build mage towers all over the world to deal with the abyssal demon.

If his affinity with the Empire's feudal lords regressed to hatred, how could he continue playing?

But the problem was that it was very easy for problems to arise when one randomly chose a person to pledge allegiance to.

Fang Heng's gaze quickly swept across the candidates and suddenly saw a familiar name.

Tang Mingyue?

Among all the candidates, Tang Mingyue's reputation as the heir of the Empire was the lowest.

As a woman, Tang Mingyue was not qualified to be the heir according to the Empire's tradition, but the game still tacitly acknowledged her royal bloodline.

Who cares!

Fang Heng himself was not very interested in the Empire's mission. He only chose Tang Mingyue to avoid trouble in the future.

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1262 Omen

As soon as he made his choice, the game hint popped up again.

[Hint: The player has chosen to pledge allegiance to Tang Mingyue.]

[Hint: The player has completed an additional mission-kill the mutated original devouring body. The player's Empire reputation has increased greatly. Tang Mingyue's heir to the Empire reputation has increased greatly.]

[Hint: The player party's current ring mission-Salvador's secret entry has been completed.]

[Hint: The player has successfully explored the underground palace. The exploration rate of the underground palace has exceeded 300%. The reward score has increased… The player has discovered Salvador's secret research room. The reward score increased… the player has successfully discovered the secret of the original devouring body. The reward score increased… the player successfully partially released the original devouring body and killed it. The reward has increased.]

[Hint: In the trial environment, the player's normal reward has been converted into the trial score and additional trial time. The player's trial score has been greatly increased, and the player has obtained an additional 35 hours of trial time.]

[Hint: The player's current trial score has been raised to SS.]

[Hint: The player's Empire reputation has greatly increased. The player's friendliness with the Empire's feudal lords has greatly increased.]

[Hint: Tang Mingyue's heir to the Empire reputation has increased greatly.]

[Hint: The player has received a special mission reward-Molly Ann's wish.]

The game hint flashed across his retina.

Fang Heng deliberately ignored the information about Tang Mingyue's heir to the Empire reputation and started to check his backpack for rewards.

A dark silver necklace appeared in his backpack.

Fang Heng took the necklace out of his backpack and checked its attributes.

[Item-Molly Ann's wish (necklace).]

Level: Legacy (Unique)(Bind after equipping).

After equipping the necklace, the player's hidden attribute charm will be increased by 10 points. The success rate of casting elemental-type skills will be increased by 5%. An additional 60 points of spirit attribute and 10 points of physique attribute will be added.

Additional skill: Blessing.

Skill description: When wearing this necklace, you can block up to three physical lethal attacks (Restores once every 72 hours, up to three times).

Additional skill: Chain casting (elemental)

Skill description: When casting an elemental spell, there is a 50% chance of casting another elemental spell of the same level (still requires mental strength. If mental strength is insufficient, it will enter a backlash state).

Additional skill: Cherish

Skill description: Give the necklace to a female character to permanently increase friendliness and the upper limit of friendliness.

Fang Heng carefully checked the necklace's attributes and frowned unconsciously.

Oh, it was magical elemental equipment.

It was pretty good. Just the 60 points of spirit attribute and the 5% success rate of casting elemental skills were enough to drive players crazy.

Moreover, being immune to three physical lethal attacks was also an extremely rare life-saving attribute. Even a non-elemental player could use it!

However, this attribute was the same as his undying body.

As for the additional casting effect of the elemental system, it is also very good.

Fang Heng made a rough estimate in his heart.

Through the pupil of alchemy, he would be able to learn elementalism in the future. He could also use it himself. At most, he would waste a blessing skill.

But was this necessary?

The necklace was like icing on the cake, but it was not very practical.

He might as well sell it for money!

Most of the items that dropped in intermediate games could not be traded. A necklace with such comprehensive effects could definitely be sold at a high price!

That's right! Sell it for money!

A great harvest!

Fang Heng made his decision and put the necklace back into his backpack.

Other than that, there were also the friendliness and reputation points of the various feudal lords. It was fine to do without Tang Mingyue's heir to the Empire reputation.

He was too lazy to focus on it, nor did he expect Tang Mingyue to fight to become the heir of the Empire.

Fang Heng was in a good mood. He looked around to see if there was anything left behind.

Eh?

What was that?

Fang Heng frowned again.

Upon closer inspection, a black aura could be vaguely seen from the cracks in the rocks that covered the deep cave in the middle of the round platform.

Aura?

The black aura gradually spread out and a game hint appeared.

[Hint: The player has been affected by an unknown aura, infection index has increased greatly.]

[Hint: There is a special virus in the player's body, immune to the current concentration of infection.]

Fang Heng was suspicious and walked forward to continue observing the stone. The black aura kept seeping out from the cracks in the rocks.

Strange, the bottom of the stone was originally the abyss where the original devouring body was sealed.

Why was there a black aura coming out from it? Could there be something hidden below?

Just as he was thinking about it, a line of game hints appeared again.

[Hint: The player has triggered a special mission-omen of destruction.]

Mission title: Omen of destruction.

Mission description: The abyss buried deep in the Empire has been disturbed. The black plague has once again swept through the Empire. Is this a sign of destruction or enlightenment for the future?

Mission requirement: To survive.

Fang Heng's pupils contracted.

What was going on?

The mission requirement was to survive?

"Buzz…"

What was that?

Fang Heng turned around and looked in the direction of the sound.

The sound came from the black sticky substance left behind after the mutated original devouring body was killed. It was squirming slowly.

Resurrected again?

Fang Heng's pupils contracted.

That wasn't right. The game had clearly hinted to him that he had completed the all-kill. Even the ring mission to explore the underground palace had entered the settlement state.

Would the game give you a bug so that you can farm monsters back and forth?

Fang Heng stared at the squirming black gel. The outer layer of the jelly-like substance slowly faded away, revealing a dark brown fluid underneath.

The original devouring body was reviving at an extremely fast speed!

No!

Fang Heng stared at the original devouring body.

It was not its own resurrection ability, but the power of the surrounding black fog!

Fang Heng realized that the black gel was absorbing the surrounding black aura!

The plague aura!

It was the aura of the abyssal demon.

Damn it!

Even though he did not know what had happened, Fang Heng had already sensed it.

The abyssal demon was resurrected in advance!

Fang Heng looked vigilant. He drew his long sword and cut his wrist, staining the sword with blood.

"Chi! Chi Chi!!"

Several black tentacles shot out from the black crystal and charged at Fang Heng!

….

In the Imperial City, Salvador had completely lost his mind and was relying on the biological instincts of the original devouring body to fight against the Empire.

The player team cooperated with the royal guards to use the purple essence weapons to attack and stop the Salvador bacteria from spreading further.

Fire and Holy Light attribute attacks could effectively deal damage to the bacteria.

After a period of trial and error, the Empire's people began to use fire spells and Holy Light spells to eliminate the remaining traces of the creep on the ground.

The area covered by the creep gradually shrank, leaving only a small area.

"He's about to die."

The mages of the Empire also joined the battle.

Several legendary mages of the Empire conjured the Initial Flame at the same time.

"Boom!!"

The pale blue flames attached themselves to the Salvador bacteria and continued to burn.

Under the effect of the Initial Flame, the Salvador bacteria struggled frantically.

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1263 A Trap

The mission did not give a kill hint yet, but Salvador was surrounded by the crowd, and it looked like he could no longer resist.

No one could get any closer.

Tang Mo and Tang Wu continued to use long-range attacks to deal with Salvador but they couldn't kill him completely! The Empire's soldiers who tried to charge forward and attack in close combat did not succeed. Instead, they were entangled by the creep and became its nourishment again.

Tang Mo and Tang Wu were clearly divided by the burning creep in the center and were wary of each other.

"Ha…"

Tang Wu looked at Tang Mo from afar and whispered, "Brother, so you've also noticed the schemes of Salvador. With your help, we can successfully get rid of the vermin of the Empire. You must be tired at this time of the night. You should go back to your territory first. Leave the rest to me."

The players frowned.

Tang Wu's sudden appearance was not part of the plan.

Originally, they had wanted to seize the royal family's throne after killing Salvador, but now, Tang Wu had suddenly appeared.

Li Xue's analysis report had also been sent not long ago.

According to the conclusion of the team's comprehensive analysis, Tang Mo would encounter many obstacles after successfully taking over the Empire, including other feudal lords who were not convinced. Tang Wu was just one of the internal and external troubles.

However, they didn't expect Tang Wu to make a move at this critical time and bring great trouble to the team.

Li Xue felt that this was most likely the difficulty given by the game.

Tang Mo didn't speak. He looked at Tang Wu and stood there thinking about something.

Tang Wu took half a step forward and stared at Tang Mo. He asked, "What's wrong? Do you want to fight with me?"

"I was the first to discover Salvador's scheme, and I was the one who found someone to seal the demon in the underground palace. Now Salvador is under my control, and you want to fight with me? Tell me, what right do you have!"

Tang Mo's lips moved and he was speechless.

He had spent most of his time in the territory, so he didn't know much about what was happening within the royal family. If it weren't for Ed and his group, he would still be in the dark.

Tang Wu looked at the players behind Tang Mo and said, "And all of you, very good. You all have also contributed to debunking Salvador's conspiracy. Now, if you help me, I will give you the same as Tang Mo, in fact, I will give you even more!"

Tang Wu turned his head and stared at Tang Mo again, "Tang Mo, I am more suitable to control this Empire than you!"

Suddenly, lines of game hints appeared on the players' retinas.

[Hint: Player's current mission-the divided Empire, has changed. Mission triggered-choosing the heir.]

Mission title: Choosing the heir.

Mission description: Salvador's rebellion has caused the Empire's royal family to fall into chaos. Tang Wu and Tang Mo are both interested in fighting for the heir to the Empire's royal family. You can choose to be loyal to one of them.

Mission requirement: Choose any heir to the royal family and swear allegiance to him.

[Hint: Your choice has a high probability of leading the game in a different direction. Please choose carefully.]

[Hint: If you betray the Empire again after pledging your loyalty, your Empire reputation will be greatly reduced.]

[Hint: Player, please choose the person you are loyal to among the heirs of the Empire's royal family. The heir will receive an additional portion of your Empire reputation.]

Ed and the other players quickly exchanged glances.

The game had finally progressed to this point, but Tang Wu had to appear.

Now that they had encountered a choice-type mission, how should they choose?

In terms of personal ability, Tang Wu wasn't as good as Tang Mo in all aspects.

However, the players didn't need to choose a wise ruler of the Empire. Instead, they needed to choose the safest way to complete the mission and obtain the reward as soon as possible.

Focus on the present.

If they choose Tang Mo, they would have to continue fighting Tang Wu.

Their enemies include the Empire's Council of Elders, the royal family's mages, the royal guards, and the Holy Court.

There was even the Empire's sword saint eyeing them from afar.

On Tang Mo's side, there were only the players and the royal guards who had just surrendered and weren't loyal enough.

The difference was obvious.

Everyone was in deep thought.

How about…

Why not just give in?

They weren't familiar with Tang Mo.

If they could go for the simple option, they could complete this mission and still be rewarded, although the reward might be lesser.

Compared to the huge risk, surrendering was much easier. It could quickly resolve the internal strife in the royal family.

The guild leaders present had the same thought.

Ed had the same idea at first. His eyes swept over Tang Mo and his expression changed slightly. He stopped Tang Mo and said, "Everyone, wait!"

No!

No way! They couldn't give in!

The seemingly simple option of joining Tang Wu was actually the biggest trap!

Tang Mo didn't seem to have any background but he still had Tang Mingyue behind him, and that terrifying Lord Fang Heng of the Land of Plague!

The most important person was none other than Fang Heng!

All players looked at Ed.

Ed said in a deep voice, "Everyone, don't forget that we still have the abyssal demon to deal with. Moreover, they are on the same side as the Holy Court. The Holy Court once said that the Land of Plague is the source of this disaster."

Everyone's expression changed as they immediately understood Ed's hint, and their hearts skipped a beat.

That was close!

They almost fell for it!

Everyone thought of Lord Fang Heng.

The abyssal demon and the legacies of the Empire's Saints!

Seizing the Empire was only the first step of the mission.

Lord Fang Heng had a bigger plan!

It seemed like they had chosen a better plan by defecting to Tang Wu, but in reality, once they pledged allegiance to Tang Wu, they would be standing on the side of the Holy Court and would be standing on the opposite side of Lord Fang Heng.

A player hurriedly logged in and whispered, "The offline analysis has come to a conclusion. With our current ability to fight Tang Wu, the winning rate is only 10%. The model analysis shows that the best choice is to immediately take His Highness Tang Mo away from the Imperial City. This will lead to the division of the Empire. The Empire's feudal lords will choose their successors to surrender and the Empire will fall into a period of civil strife."

"Also, Li Xue asked me to tell everyone that the Holy Court has already allied with Tang Wu, so you must not pledge allegiance to Tang Wu. "

As soon as he finished speaking, the game hint popped up on the players' retinas again.

[Hint: In the player team, the feudal lord of the Land of Plague, Fang Heng, has chosen to pledge allegiance to one of the heirs of the Empire, Tang Mingyue.]

[Hint: Fang Heng has successfully killed the abyssal demon. Tang Mingyue's heir to the Empire reputation has increased greatly.]

[Hint: Player's current mission-exploring the underground palace, has entered a settlement state… player will be rewarded according to their contribution…]

For a moment, the players were stunned when they saw several hints suddenly appear.

What was going on?

Tang Mingyue?!

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1264 Loyalty

Why did Fang Heng suddenly pledge his loyalty to Tang Mingyue?

Everyone looked at Tang Mingyue at the same time.

Tang Mingyue was also stunned when she saw the game hint.

What was Fang Heng doing?

Wasn't it the custom of the Empire that only men could become successors?

Ed frowned.

He looked at the game mission options again and found that the game description suggested choosing between Tang Mo and Tang Wu to pledge loyalty to. In fact, he could choose any successor of the Empire in the subsequent options.

Lord Fang Heng had already taken the lead, so what was there to hesitate about?

Ed immediately opened the mission panel and chose to swear allegiance to Tang Mingyue.

[Hint: In the player team, Ed has chosen to swear allegiance to Tang Mingyue.]

[Hint: Tang Mingyue's heir to the Empire reputation has increased slightly.]

When the player team saw Ed's game hint appear, they reacted one by one.

They were already tied together with the Saint's legacy mission. In any case, they were already grasshoppers on the same rope.

Since Lord Fang Heng and Ed had chosen to swear allegiance to Tang Mingyue, what were they waiting for?

They would just choose Tang Mingyue!

The entire plan to overthrow the Empire was part of Lord Fang Heng's plan. He must have his reasons for choosing Tang Mingyue as the successor.

At least compared to Tang Mo, Tang Mingyue was more obedient.

Tang Mingyue was completely dumbfounded.

Ever since the mission hint of Fang Heng pledging his loyalty to her refreshed, game notifications kept on appearing on her retina. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of notifications appeared.

There were players who constantly pledged their loyalty to her, and strangely, there were even Empire soldiers in the mix as well.

"Good! Very good!" Seeing this, Tang Wu was so angry that he laughed and said sternly, "You made a decision that you will regret for the rest of your life! Catch them! Don't let any of them off!"

Ed said in a deep voice, "Your Highness Mingyue, we can't stay here for long. We'll escort you out first."

"Yes!"

Tang Mingyue agreed immediately.

If they couldn't beat them, it would be better for them to make a run!

Tang Mingyue felt that everything was arranged by Fang Heng.

Otherwise, why would he leave her the bone whistle in advance and let her run away with her men?

Tang Mingyue took out her bone whistle and was about to escape when suddenly, the entire ground on the right side of the area in front of her exploded with violent fluctuations again!

"Boom! Boom Boom!!"

Huge cracks appeared on the ground and more than a dozen huge tentacles extended from the ground and darted into the air!

What was going on?

Everyone turned around and looked at the area on the right.

The original devouring body?

Seeing the original devouring body that had just been destroyed appear again, Tang Wu's eyes were filled with surprise. He turned to look at the people of the Holy Court and asked, "What happened?"

The archbishop of the Holy Court, Karkkila, had a strange expression on his face.

Impossible!

He had clearly destroyed the original devouring body, leaving behind only a pile of ashes.

Although the original devouring body could revive indefinitely, based on his understanding of the original devouring body, it would take at least half a year for it to complete its initial recovery under the condition of a lack of energy supply, but now…

"Boom!!! Boom Boom!!!"

The earth shook violently!

Violent black tentacles constantly rose from the cracks in the ground of the ruins, soaring high into the air, crazily attacking everything around them.

Tang Wu and his group, who were the closest to the ruins, became the primary targets of the original devouring body.

On the other side, Tang Mingyue and the others who were preparing to escape were also shocked.

The game hint clearly said that the original devouring body had been destroyed by Fang Heng. Why did so many original devouring bodies suddenly appear?

Suddenly, one of Ed's players saw something and shouted at a figure in the distance, "Lord Fang Heng!"

Everyone immediately followed the player's gaze.

A human figure jumped out from the ground while being chased by several giant tentacles.

It was undoubtedly Fang Heng!

"It's him!"

Karkkila also noticed Fang Heng, who had emerged from below. His face darkened as he pointed at Fang Heng and shouted, "He is the one who controls the entire underground palace! Everything started because of him! The undead feudal lord of the Land of Plague! He's the incarnation of disaster! The source of the disaster!"

Fang Heng was being chased away by the tentacles of the original devouring body. After being corroded and revived by the plague aura, the strength of the original devouring body increased once again!

He could only rely on the deterrence of his own blood against the tentacles to forcefully hold on.

Hearing the shouts from afar, Fang Heng couldn't help but look over.

The Holy Court?

He was the incarnation of disaster? Why didn't he know about this?

They were already trying to shift the blame on him?

"Chase after him! Stop him!!"

Tang Wu's twenty soldiers who were closest to him immediately chased after Fang Heng.

"Fang Heng! Don't go over there. It's dangerous!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Fang Heng could not help but look at Tang Mingyue, who was waving at him from afar.

Eh? She still hadn't run?

Fang Heng was suspicious and quickly ran toward Tang Mingyue.

Hmm?

As he dashed toward Tang Mingyue and the others, Fang Heng caught sight of the burning creep in front of him.

Covered in a dark brown carpet of bacteria, mutated Salvador was burning with blue flames. Disgusting liquid bacteria kept dripping from his body. No facial features or body could be seen on the entire body, only two orange-yellow eyes attached to the bacteria.

Fang Heng noticed the monster in front of him and subconsciously drew his sword to slash forward.

Fang Heng had always been accustomed to aiming his sword at the two orange-yellow eyeballs.

"Chi!!!"

The blood-red long sword that was smeared with his own blood swept forward and cut Salvador in half like a knife cutting through tofu!

"Gulp…"

The bacteria life form created by Salvador's mutation rapidly rotted under Fang Heng's sword. A large number of bacteria fell to the ground and scattered in all directions, unable to return to their original state.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene.

They had spent so much effort to kill Salvador, yet the latter was easily killed by Fang Heng's sword.

How did he do it?

[Hint: You have dealt 1,024 damage to the mutated Salvador bacteria. You have killed the mutated Salvador bacteria. As the damage you have dealt to the mutated Salvador bacteria has not reached 10% of the total damage, your kill reward has been weakened. You have obtained a Tier 3 mutation crystal*1. Your trial score has increased and you have obtained an additional 10 hours of trial game time.]

[Hint: Your reputation in the Empire has increased greatly. Your friendship with the various feudal lords of the Empire has increased greatly (click here to check the details).]

[Hint: Tang Mingyue's heir to the Empire reputation has increased slightly.]

The other players also received the hint that Fang Heng had killed Salvador and looked at Fang Heng in disbelief.

Fang Heng was also stunned.

This thing was actually a new life form formed after Salvador absorbed the demonic seed.

It was so weak?

After recovering from his shock, Fang Heng immediately reacted. His gaze quickly swept across the bacteria that was continuously scattering.

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