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Chapter 129: The New Casting Master
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Lu Wu and Bei Li burst out laughing upon hearing Tong Gua's explanation, while Tong Gua gave a grimace.
"Don't mock me. If I can cultivate the Way of Fate to its pinnacle, I will be installed as a deity. Did you know that? Then, I'll be as strong as the Demonic God!"
Bei Li acknowledged his words with a nod. Then, she waved her arm, and immediately a video appeared in the middle of the air. Before long, Tong Gua's cry, originating from the video, resonated across the atmosphere.
"You can disgrace the crane but not kill it. I am fine with you hitting me, scolding me, or insulting me, but please…"
Tong Gua and Lu Wu were both rendered speechless.
"Can you delete it?" Tong Gua pleaded resentfully.
"No!" Bei Li gave a succinct reply.
"Then, can you let me go?" Tong Gua asked expectantly.
"No!"
"Then, can you terminate the soul contract?"
"No!"
Upon hearing Bei Li's answers, Tong Gua stomped his feet in frustration, "What exactly do you want from me now?"
"Stop playing dumb, Big Goose. You should know how much you're worth. I will give you a choice now. You can either allow me to modify your soul and release you, or I can kill you here!"
Bei Li had before considered to modify Tong Gua's soul directly. However, Tong Gua's cultivation had reached the Ghost King Peak Realm, making its soul a solid one. If the modification was done by force, Tong Gua's soul might chip. The only way was to threaten him to give in.
Tong Gua's eyes widened as he stomped his feet again after he heard the two options offered by Bei Li.
"Are you really trying to keep me in bondage? Back when the King of Beiqi was around, I was treated as his honored guest! How about this? I'll be your subordinate and we can forget about this whole soul enslavement? Let's slow down, lest we do something we all regret!"
A soul modification would be a difficult task even for a god. Tong Gua was not confident at all.
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In Tong Gua's opinion, Bei Li was rather mysterious. She was physically weak, yet she was still deemed as a valuable asset by the King of Beiqi. So, under these circumstances, Tong Gua was afraid that she really did have the strength to carry out the task.
"Do I look like I'm trying to negotiate with you?" the mighty sword in Bei Li's hand started to take form as she spoke.
"I heard that crane meat is quite scrumptious," Lu Wu interrupted nonchalantly.
As expected, Bei Li's eyes sparkled at the mention of food. Tong Gua's feathers stood up, feeling uneasy being stared at by Bei Li.
As Bei Li slowly lifted the mighty sword, timid Tong Gua immediately begged for mercy.
"Wait, stop! I agree. But, you have to let me know what to do, right?"
Having Tong Gua agreeing to their terms, Lu Wu and Bei Li immediately showed smiles on their faces.
"You will know soon enough. Release your soul and let the power of the artifact fill it."
As Bei Li spoke, she focused on using the invisible power that flowed out of the artifact to lock Tong Gua in place. The power then infiltrated his body.
"Quit struggling, Big Goose. You wouldn't want your soul to chip, right?"
Bei Li could not help but warn Tong Gua as she modified him.
Big Goose lay spreadeagled on the floor as he looked at the artifact in the sky with a vacant stare. It seemed like he had lost his confidence in the world and did not want to be bothered.
After the modification went on for half an hour, Bei Li heaved a sigh of relief.
Then, she announced it happily to Lu Wu, "Wu, it's done!"
Lu Wu nodded and looked toward Tong Gua who was still lying on the floor.
After the modification, Tong Gua flapped his wings before he slowly rose to his feet. Still, there was a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Little Li, how dare you violate the regulations of the three worlds and take control of normal human powers! You… you're so audacious! Do you know what consequences you'll have to face if you are discovered?"
Tong Gua had now become an NPC in the game, just like the members of the Wood Spirit Clan. The contents of Battle Online, along with the Reincarnation Contract, which forbade him to reveal Lu Wu, Bei Li and the artifact's existence, had all been inscribed on Tong Gua's soul. That was why Lu Wu and Bei Li were not afraid to let Tong Gua learn about this secret.
"You don't need to worry too much. You've already read your Quest Menu and you only need to fulfill your duty. We wouldn't dare do it if we were afraid of getting caught!" Bei Li said confidently.
Tong Gua was terrified. He knew that if these secrets were exposed, they would receive punishments from the world of the immortals and would be doomed.
Tong Gua took a glance at his NPC menu. It felt like he was trapped in a simulation, having no idea where he would be led to next.
[NPC: Tong Gua (Casting Master):
The Ghost King of Beiqi's Illusion Zone, willingly put himself under the patronage of the Beiqi Army after repenting of his sins. Now, he has become the best caster in Beiqi.
NPC Abilities: Complete random quests assigned by Master Tong Gua, or provide materials along with a high amount of soul coins to forge an Epic Level piece of equipment.
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(Note: Provide spiritual materials of King Level or above to forge a Legendary Level piece of equipment.)
Requirements of NPC (self-assessment): Forge five Epic Level pieces of equipment or one Legendary Level piece of equipment everyday. (NPC will be annihilated if the requirement is not fulfilled)
"No way! Five pieces per day? Are you trying to kill me from exhaustion? What if I have no customers that day? Will I be killed? Besides that, forging weapons of such quality would require soul power. Where am I supposed to find that much soul power?"
Bei Li chuckled upon hearing Tong Gua's reply and proceeded to enter another message into Tong Gua's mind.
"Holy shit, extracting soul power and turning them into soul coins. There are tons of soul coins in the hands of the players!" Tong Gua's lips curved in a smile.
"Do I get any bonuses for forging equipment?" the fear inside Tong Gua began to fade as it was slowly replaced by the desire for soul power.
He knew how precious soul power was. Yet, he did not expect the artifact to be able to extract soul power from dead bodies for personal use.
Even though Tong Gua had reached the Ghost King Peak Realm, soul power was still important to him. It was necessary to enhance his strength.
Bei Li took a quick look at Lu Wu and saw him nodding. Then, she said, "The cost of forging an Epic Level weapon is set from 10,000 to 30,000 soul coins. You can have 200 soul coins as a bonus for every weapon made."
Bei Li set the requirement of five pieces per day for Tong Gua to prevent him from loafing on the job. Nevertheless, Lu Wu would provide him with the materials. Even if the equipment could not be sold off, they could still be put on sale in the shop. Therefore, nothing would be wasted at all.
Bei Li had also gone through a list of thorough considerations before she allowed Tong Gua to assign tasks for the players.
Even though Tong Gua could make the players run errands with his task-assigning power, he would still need to compensate them with soul coins for the completed tasks.
Bei Li had even set up an NPC surveillance system in the artifact to warrant fairness for the players. It would make sure all players receive a reward that equated to the tasks issued. Besides, tasks issued by an NPC would need to be assessed by the surveillance system. If the worth of the prize did not match the difficulty of the task, the task would have to be revised.
Lu Wu and Bei Li had discussed the system before and this would be the first time they implemented it. Tong Gua would also be the first NPC who could issue tasks.
Of course, this was also simultaneously made to enhance interactions between players and NPCs, thus elevating the thrill of the game.
Tong Gua, who initially had a gleam of hope, pulled a long face when he heard that forged weapons were only worth 200 soul coins.
"You will get 70 percent and I get 30 percent? Don't you forget that I am a Ghost… fine, I agree!"
Tong Gua, who seemed to be rather resentful, agreed to the terms instantly after he saw the sword that began to take form in Bei Li's hand.
"But Little Li, what exactly is this artifact? How can it be so powerful? If the King of Beiqi owned this back then, he would have been invincible!" Tong Gua was extremely curious. He was clueless about this object. Not only was it able to link the two worlds of Yin and Yang, but it could also extract soul power.
"Mind your own business. You are just an NPC now. I will build a forge for you in the Mansion of the Dead later. Be prepared to start working. You haven't accomplished your task today yet!"
Tong Gua's expression was disheartened after hearing Bei Li's words. He heaved a sigh of despair. Sigh, beggars can't be choosers!
"Don't worry, Big Goose. From now on, you will be our brother. Now that you know the powers of the artifact, do your job well and I will make sure you will live in the lap of luxury every day!" Lu Wu added as he moved forward to pat Big Goose on the shoulder.
"Who is this stupid cat? Your pet? Your mount?" Tong Gua looked at Lu Wu with a disgusted expression.
Tong Gua took a look at Bei Li's height and then took a peek at Lu Wu, subsequently making a wild guess with confidence.
"It is undoubtedly your mount!"
Bei Li was speechless.
The smile was wiped away from Lu Wu's face as the killing intent expanded rapidly in his heart.
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Chapter 130: The Joy Of Boasting Only Lasted Momentarily
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
After a series of brutal beatings, Lu Wu left the Artifact Channel nonchalantly, leaving behind Bei Li and Tong Gua the Ghost King, who was lying on the ground gasping for air.
Tong Gua felt helpless. He had never gotten beaten up before. Yet, he had been walloped three times within just a few hours. Three times!
Bei Li giggled as she looked at Tong Gua, who was sobbing silently. She then waved her arm and sent Tong Gua to the Mansion of the Dead.
In the afternoon, the players realized that there was a new building in the center of the Mansion of the Dead, with a plaque hanging outside the building that read Tong Gua's Forge.
The appearance of a new feature would always catch the attention of players. Thus, many players gathered in front of the workshop, intending to find out about what new feature was added into the game.
As the players approached the building, the settings menu of the forge appeared:
[Tong Gua's Forge:
Settings: Master Tong Gua's residence. He helps players forge customized Epic Level or Legendary Level weapons (Below Level 100).
The players were pleasantly surprised as they read the settings of the forge. However, they soon realized that the doors of the forge were shut tightly. There was no way they could enter it.
The players then noticed a sign that was hung on the window. A few words were scrawled on it:
[Rules and Regulations of Tong Gua's Forge]
1. I will open the forge at any time I want. Do not knock on the door for no reason, or I will thrash you!
2. Do not try to build rapport with me. To me, you all are just weaklings. You are not worthy of my time!
3. Penniless folks stay out of my sight. After all, you will not have the money to pay me.
4. During opening hours, you must shout out 'Master Tong Gua' before you announce what you want.
5. Do not give nonsensical requests when customizing your weapon and also do not try to bargain. Your Lord, Master Tong Gua, is in fact a Ghost King. You should feel honored that you can meet me for free.
6. Tong Gua owns all rights to the rules and regulations stated above. Any opposition will be denied (all appeals will be also rejected).
The players were all dumbfounded as they looked upon the rules set at Tong Gua's Forge.
Is it really fine for an NPC to be so arrogant?
A few players could not be bothered, and started to knock on the door right away. Everyone wanted to see the true face of this Master Tong Gua.
After banging on the door for five minutes, the door burst open! Tong Gua strode out of the room. Half-awake, his eyelids were still heavy.
"Why are you making so much noise? Can't you read the rules?" Tong Gua exclaimed while he tapped the board that was hung by the window.
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The NPCs they had met before in the game were all courteous and polite. It was their first time meeting an NPC as ridiculous as Tong Gua.
"What are you looking at? Have you not seen a Celestial Crane before!" being surrounded by the players, the upset Tong Gua yelled.
"Big Goose, I have completed my quest. Hurry up and forge an Epic Level weapon for me!" a man pushed his way through the crowd and appeared in front of Tong Gua.
When Tong Gua was just about to throw a tantrum, a notification from the artifact rang in his mind.
"Player Lu Zhan has accomplished the quest and will receive the reward: An Epic Level 50 weapon (player is allowed to choose his own parts)."
Tong Gua, who was about to lose his temper, restrained himself as he saw the notification regarding the quest reward. He lifted his head to look at Lu Zhan, eyes filled with resentment.
If it was not for Lu Zhan, he would not have been forced to become an NPC. More importantly, this little brat had beaten him up before. Yet, he had to be the one to forge a customized weapon for him.
Tong Gua was overwhelmed with sorrow. However, he could not disobey the settings of the artifact. Otherwise, he would be wiped out from the game. Thus, he could only remain obedient.
"OK, get your ass in here!"
Right after Lu Zhan entered the forge, Tong Gua slammed the door shut, and further stunned the players outside the door.
On the third day of Tong Gua's appearance, a pinned post in the forum caught Lu Wu's attention.
Assassin_Creed: "Shit, can someone kill this shameless NPC? I can't stand it anymore! He looks at me with disgust every time he sees me on the streets. Have I annoyed him before or something?"
Peppa_Boar: "I initially wanted him to forge an Epic Level weapon for me, but this bastard wanted to charge me 10,000 soul coins! Besides, when I was about to leave he even called me a broke dick under his breath. I was infuriated (angry emoji)!"
Invincible_Loneliness: "You guys got it easy. Do you know what happened to me? The Big Goose requested to borrow money from me just because he didn't have money to buy alcohol from the Wood Spirit Clan! I want to strangle him so badly!"
A_Mammoth: "Fuck, I was late to read this post. That bastard has already borrowed 300 soul coins from me. I was trying to earn his favor, so I lent him the money. I'm regretting it immensely. I wonder if he will ever return my money (heartache)?"
Chief_Of_Demolition_Officers: "Thankfully, I'm always around the coast, and have not been to the Mansion of the Dead lately. That's why I haven't met this rascal. But, I'm already starting to worry about what I should do if I need to forge an Epic Level weapon in the future. What a headache!"
Crayon_Shinchan: "Tong Gua: You weaklings seem to be talking about me. This face slap is the first warning to you! (Image of Big Goose flapping its wings dishing out rapid face slaps)"
God_Slayer replying to Crayon_Shinchan: "You bastard, delete that image now!"
Crayon_Shinchan replying to God_Slayer: "It is already in my emoji collection so I'm not going to delete it. Bite me if you can (laughing emoji)!"
Lu Wu did not know how to react to Tong Gua's deeds. He was a Ghost King, and nevertheless, Lu Wu would let him off the hook as long as he could complete his designated tasks.
At that moment, Tong Gua who started all this commotion sat on a cliff by the seas. He sipped the alcohol and enjoyed the sea breeze. He appeared slightly drunk.
"Ah… I've missed this. The Wood Spirit Clan makes the best wine. Cheers, brothers!" Tong Gua raised his wine glass.
The two people by his side then stretched out their hands as well. They clinked their glasses and finished their drinks in one go.
"Big brother, I… I can understand how you are feeling. It really sucks to be at fate's mercy. Fate is just an asshole!" Ye Chen, who was also wasted, said as he held Tong Gua by the shoulder.
"It… it's worse than that. Back then, I was acknowledged as the strongest Ghost King in Beiqi after all. Look at me now, I am just a blacksmith! I feel miserable," Tong Gua then held onto Ye Chen's shoulder as well. They shared similar sorrow.
"You are my brother now. As your big brother, of course I will not treat you badly. Why don't you learn the Way of Fate from me?"
Ye Chen opened his eyes tipsily upon hearing it, "Way of Fate? Then, I'll have to follow my fate after I learn it? No way. No way."
Tong Gua glared at him after hearing his reply.
"Brother, don't belittle the Way of Fate. Once it's cultivated, you can become a god, who is as powerful as the Demonic God!"
"Really?" Ye Chen's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Why would I lie to you? I will teach you the Way of Fate tomorrow. Once it's cultivated, even Heaven and Earth will be within our reach. Then, we can boast as much as we want!"
Hearing that they could boast heedlessly, the man on Tong Gua's left seemed rather excited.
Immediately, Tong Gua and Ye Chen turned their heads to look at him.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Liu Chai took a sip of his alcohol and revealed a remorseful expression.
"The joy of boasting only lasted momentarily. Now, I can't even enter the Instance Dungeon. My two months of effort have been wasted…"
Tong Gua and Ye Chen ran out of words to reply to Liu Chai.
"Brother, your boast has certainly cost you greatly. You have our condolences!"
Tong Gua and Ye Chen patted Liu Chai on his shoulder to comfort him.
"Oh, yes. Brother Liu Chai, I heard that you are adept with your punches?" Tong Gua took another sip of alcohol before he squinted and asked Liu Chai.
"It's… it's decent, I guess. I'm not afraid to take on anyone single-handedly!"
"You are also my brother. Since Brother Ye has already started learning the Way of Fate with me, I will lead you to a bright path, too."
Liu Chai lifted his head. His eyes were misted by drunken stupor, "What do you mean by a bright path?"
Tong Gua lowered his head and pondered for a moment.
"There is a Dungeon Island in the Void Ocean. A champion with outstanding fighting skills lives there. If Brother Liu Chai can impress him with your talent, you might be able to inherit his legacy!"
Liu Chai was immediately moved by the idea, "Big Brother, how strong is this fighting master?"
"He once had a battle with the King of Beiqi, but he unfortunately lost. However, I reckon that he did not unleash his full potential. At the very least, he was far more powerful than me back then!"
"That's amazing!"
Liu Chai's eyes popped out of his head. He knew that although Tong Gua, who was standing before him, appeared to be a weakling now, he was once the best of the Ghost King Peak Realm.
"He is indeed amazing. However, he has a strange temperament. He doesn't appear like a living thing to me. Instead, he seems more like a puppet. There are no traces of soul power in his body at all. Of course, it's also possible that he conceals it very well. Anyways, he is quite hard to deal with. You must prepare yourself if you're planning to visit him!"
Liu Chai nodded, "I'll go!"
Then, the three of them wrapped their arms around each other's shoulders and enjoyed the wine. Together, they shared their sorrows and shed tears of regret.
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Chapter 131: Descendants Of The Dead
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
At the Captivity Island in the Void Ocean…
A private Specter Ship sailed towards the island from afar. A figure jumped off the ship as it came closer to the shore and then proceeded to stow the Specter Ship.
"I guess it's here," Liu Chai mumbled, after taking a glance at the map to reaffirm their location.
This island was totally different from the islands that Liu Chai had explored before, as it seemed completely barren. There were no trees, the soil was black, and huge carbonized rocks stood everywhere, seemingly rather desolate.
After scanning around, a castle built with black stones on the mountaintop caught Liu Chai's eye in a flash.
According to what Tong Gua had said, the eccentric Fistfighting Master seemed to be living in this castle. Thus, Liu Chai hurriedly headed for the castle.
The island seemed rather peculiar, showing absolutely no signs of life. There were no beasts along the way as well. Liu Chai easily reached the castle on the mountaintop without hindrance.
The castle doors were wide open. Liu Chai was about to step into the castle, when he realized that there was a skeleton sitting by the castle doors. There were a few lines of words written on the skull.
Liu Chai could not understand the characters. However, with the help of the artifact's analyzing ability, the squiggled words gradually turned comprehensible.
……
One day, I died.
Those who loved me missed me dearly, while those who hate me were in high spirits.
On the third day after my death, my corpse was buried deep under the ground. Those who hated me looked at my grave and laughed, while those who loved me did not dare to look as they shed their tears.
Three years later, my body had already decayed. My grave was exposed to wind and rain. Those who hated me occasionally mentioned me after tea, while those who loved me used silent tears to reminisce about me late at night.
A hundred years later, my body was no longer there, leaving only my skeleton. Those who hated me vaguely remembered my name but had forgotten my face, while those who loved me had a short silence when they reminisced about me. However, everything started to fade away.
A thousand years later, my grave was deserted. Those who hated me had forgotten about me, while those who loved me, had also lost their memories about me.
I had become a complete nobody to this world.
I worked diligently all my life, yet I could not bring anything from this world along with me. I was persistent throughout my life, yet I could not bring along any vanity or admiration with me. I wanted to cry, yet I could not make a sound; I wanted to repent, yet it was too late!
Love, hatred, relationships, and revenge. They would no longer serve any purpose when facing death. Many years later, they would all be buried under the ground.
……
Liu Chai felt heartbroken reading those words.
Those words seemed to have a type of power. It was as if there was a hoarse voice narrating his story in the past, having an effect on Liu Chai's emotions.
Liu Chai sighed after looking at the skeleton. Then, he stood up straight and walked into the castle.
At that very moment, a black ray flashed through the eyes of the skull. Then, it disappeared from where it was, and reappeared in front of Liu Chai's eyes, startling him.
"Hello, I'm here to look for someone…"
The skeleton merely remained silent and stared fixedly at Liu Chai. The soul flame in its skull was burning weakly.
Liu Chai felt rather uneasy. He was about to walk around it and make his way in, but the skeleton blocked his path again.
"He… is… already dead…" a hoarse voice sounded in Liu Chai's mind.
Liu Chai was stunned to hear the voice and unconsciously asked, "The Fistfighting Master is dead?"
The skeleton nodded slightly.
Liu Chai was dumbfounded to hear the sudden news. He originally thought he would gain something through his visit here, but unexpectedly, the Fistfighting Master was already dead.
He lifted his head to take another look at the castle, feeling unsatisfied.
Thus, he asked, "Can I have a look inside?"
The skeleton did not reply. Suddenly, the soul fire in its skull blazed furiously, as it grabbed Liu Chai's right hand.
Liu Chai used his left hand to punch the skeleton's jaw in reflex. However, the punch did not cause any damage to the skeleton. Instead, a minus three sign appeared on top of its head in red.
"The heart of a warrior… haha… a talented young one indeed."
"What do you mean by the heart of a warrior? Let go of me!" Liu Chai yelled with rage when he felt the pain in his wrist.
"Didn't you want to learn to fistfight? I can teach you, but you need to promise me one thing," the hoarse voice of the skeleton sounded again in his mind.
"Didn't you say he's dead?" Liu Chai was shocked.
"Do I look alive to you?"
Liu Chai was so dumbfounded he didn't know what to say next…
Liu Chai thought that it actually made sense. This figure before him was actually dead, completely dead.
"So, you are the Fistfighting Master? The one who had a battle with the King of Beiqi? The warrior who lost?"
The skeleton's soul fire flickered. Then, it nodded in response.
Liu Chai became excited seeing that the skeleton had revealed its identity. He never thought that he could inherit his powers that easily.
"Come, hurry up and teach me!"
"You have not made your promise. I will teach you after you have done so."
Liu Chai was dazed, and asked, "What do you want me to promise you?"
"Find Mu Zhiguang's lost memory…"
"Mu Zhiguang? What do you mean?"
The soul flame in the skeleton's head started flickering again. A message then appeared in Liu Chai's mind, allowing him to understand the meaning behind the name, Mu Zhiguang.
Through this vague message, Liu Chai learned about the Mu Tehai Nation, which was once found within the Void Ocean and was known to have great powers.
It was a powerful existence, which once ruled the Void Ocean at the peak of its power.
The source of this message was a little boy who was kept in prison.
His name was Mu Zhiguang, born in the Reign Scepter, which was the most prestigious family in the Mu Tehai Nation.
Since young, he believed that the power of death was the most evil one of all. The power to control death would make a person fall. Yet, as he grew up, he realized that he was different from the rest of the clan. He possessed the most evil Talent of Death, instead of the clan's Oceanic Power.
Thus, he constantly suffered from anxiety and fear, wondering when he would fall. He might even become a henchman of the evil, and a disgrace to the family.
Just as he expected, when the clansmen found out about his Talent of Death, they immediately locked him up. They had even thought of giving him capital punishment.
The remaining messages were rather blurry and fragmented. However, Liu Chai saw the Mu Tehai Nation confronting a strong deadly force coming from the deep seas.
The evil forces from the depths of the sea were too powerful, thus the Mu Tehai Nation gradually declined upon their invasion.
At that moment, a person stepped forward.
In this country where death was detested, he used the power of death to protect the clan.
The world has inflicted torturous pain on me, yet I return the favor with kindness and love.
Mu Zhiguang led his clansmen to revolt, and made their way to the deep seas to rage war against the deadly force.
The messages started becoming even more blurry. The last thing that Liu Chai saw was a Vortex of Death emerging from the bottom of the sea, pulling the entire kingdom down and tearing the island apart.
It was Mu Zhiguang, who controlled death, that used his powers of death. He successfully retrieved the piece of land where his clansmen were staying from the Vortex of Death.
The entire Mu Tehai Nation was completely torn apart, a once glorious country had collapsed.
However, that was not the end of their misery. Those who survived the Vortex of Death were infected by the Power of Death from the bottom of the sea. Their bodies started to rot, as they lost consciousness and turned into zombie ghosts. When Mu Zhiguang saw what happened, he was extremely heartbroken as he could not save them.
He thought of killing them off to release them from their sufferings. Yet, this kind man could not do it. In the end, he chose to lock them up.
……
As he began to regain consciousness, Liu Chai lifted his head and took a glance at the castle.
"Are they locked up in here?"
The skeleton shook his head and replied, "This is just spiritual sustenance which I have built based on my memories. I don't know where they are. I could only remember that my clansmen seemed to be locked up in a castle."
The soul fire in the skeleton's eyes turned dimmed while saying so.
"You are Mu Zhiguang?"
The skeleton shook his head again and said, "I should be a part of his body. I am not the complete Mu Zhiguang. That is why all I remember are parts of his memory. Yet, I cannot recall everything in the past.
Liu Chai frowned upon hearing the skeleton's explanation.
"What should I do? How do I find him?"
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Chapter 132: God's Right Arm
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"Just as I said, go find the rest of Mu Zhiguang's body. Retrieve the lost memories and let me know the final answer."
The skeleton's reply gave Liu Chai a headache. He was here to learn some fistfighting skills, not to find bodies. This did not match his initial objectives.
"Are you willing to?"
[Inheritance Quest 'Death's Child' Unlocked]
Quest details: Find the remaining body parts of Mu Zhiguang
Quest reward: Unknown
Are you willing to take on the quest?
"Boss, where do you expect me to find it? At least give me some hints. It's unethical of you to post a task like this," Liu Chai looked helpless.
The skeleton did not reply to him and merely waited for Liu Chai's answer.
"Fine, I'll do it. Teach me the fistfighting skills."
The soul fire in the skeleton's head flickered again after Liu Chai agreed. It then shook its head.
"The Power of Death in my body has been exhausted. I reckon that I would not exist for long, so I would not be able to teach you fistfighting skills."
"Are you kidding me?" Liu Chai responded in shock immediately.
The skeleton shook its head again as its body started burning up. Then, it transformed into an onyx black liquid and rapidly attached itself onto Liu Chai's right arm.
At that moment, a game notification appeared.
[Gained Incomplete Inheritance: Death's Son]
Inheritance Introduction: Gained the powers of the Death's Son Mu Zhiguang's right arm (Lord's Spirit).
Inheritance Abilities: Gained God's Right Arm (Special Passive), gained Body of the Dead (Special Passive), gained Special Fist Skill (Right Fist), gained Death's Curse (Special Negative State).
[God's Right Arm (Special Passive):
Skill Introduction: Mu Zhiguang's special arm that was transformed from his right arm after the exhaustion of the Power of Death. It still had a strong power, although no divine power remained (Internal Residual Consciousness).
Skill Attributes: Right arm gained 100% power increase, gained special skill (Unbreakable Max); gained special skill (Crush Level 3).
Unbreakable Max: The right arm has no durability consumption and cannot be crushed by powers below the God Level.
Crush Level 3: If God's Right Arm is used to attack the enemy's weapons, there would be chances of damaging enemy's weapons (This effect is affected by the user's power and the quality of the enemy's weapons).
[Body of the Dead (Special Passive):
Skill Introduction: Death was not the end, but another new form of life.
Skill Attributes: After death, it would transform into the Body of the Dead (50% weakening of all attributes) and continue the battle for ten minutes. The cooling time after that would be 24 hours.
[Fistfighting Skill (Right Fist) Level 1:
Skill Introduction: Special abilities derived from God's Right Arm.
Skill Ability: Damages caused by all fighting skills increased by 20% (Because I have yet to learn the true powers of the fist, it can only be used on the right arm).
[Death's Curse (Special Negative State):
Curse Details: A curse made by Mu Zhiguang's right arm before its transformation. If his request is unfulfilled, God's Right Arm will automatically break apart.
Curse Duration: The next body part must be obtained within 365 days, otherwise the quest will be considered a failure.
[Game message, quest updates:
[Inheritance Quest 'Death's Son']
Quest Details: Find Mu Zhiguang's remaining body parts and retrieve his complete memory.
Quest Reward: For each body part collected, a part of Mu Zhiguang's inheritance will be awarded.
(Note: Total number of body parts is unknown. Specific details unknown.)
Liu Chai was stunned for a few seconds after seeing the inheritance attributes which he had suddenly acquired.
He held his right arm that was now full of power. He suddenly did not know how to react, he actually gained the Inherited Power so easily.
However, what made him most speechless was that although the quest was to find the remaining body parts, there were no specific quest instructions. The whereabouts were also ambiguous. Besides that, if the task was not completed, the inheritance would disappear, which gave Liu Chai a headache.
It seemed like he could only find Tong Gua to ask about it.
Liu Chai raised his head helplessly to glance at the stone castle in front of him. After pondering for a moment, he made his way in.
Only this time, no one could stop him anymore.
……
On top of the Cliffs of Desperation, at the same time when Liu Chai received the inheritance…
Suddenly, a weak soul fire appeared in the skull of the skeleton that was sitting next to the pillar pagoda. After moving its mouth a few times, the soul fire went out again.
Meanwhile, the white-haired old man, who was asleep in the wooden house on the mountainside, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Yoo-hoo… it's getting even more lively, even the successor of Mu Zhiguang has appeared. Tsk tsk… interesting, interesting indeed!"
The white-haired old man closed his eyes again after saying so. Soon, the room was filled with loud snoring sounds.
……
Liu Chai realized that the castle was completely empty after entering it, there was nothing placed inside at all.
As the rays of light shone in from outside, one could see that many historical records about the Mu Tehai Nation were carved on the walls of the stone castle.
Liu Chai was not interested in them at all and was about to leave, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure on the left wall.
So, he immediately approached the wall to take a closer look.
The bearded face, the sturdy figure, and also the iconic chest hair. Is that not the Sea King?
Liu Chai's eyes widened roundly.
In the mural, the person who looked very similar to the Sea King, was kneeling in front of a blurry figure and seemed to be swearing allegiance to him.
Fuck, the Sea King was a descendant of the Mu Tehai Nation? Liu Chai's eyes widened in surprise.
At that moment, a pair of blue eyes appeared on the Sea King's figure on the mural.
"Who's the one calling me?"
Liu Chai dared not reply and merely remained silent…
"Who are you, why did you call my name?"
Liu Chai was a bit dumbfounded at that moment. He did not know how exactly did the mural link to the Sea King.
Liu Chai did not have a good impression of the Sea King after interacting with the other members of the Ocean Clan. Besides, this person was bound to be the enemy of all the other players. Thus, Liu Chai simply replied without being polite.
"What's wrong? Can't I give you a call for no reason?"
"How dare you! Who are you? Why do you have telepathic communication abilities that is exclusively used by the Mu Tehai Nation?
"Not only this. Can you see my right hand? I even have your ancestors in my hands!" Liu Chai replied rudely.
"You fucker, you're asking for death. Believe me when I say I'll slap you!"
"Come! If I don't see you within five seconds, you are just a son of a bitch!"
Sea King, "Fuck you!"
Liu Chai, "Fuck you!"
Both began having a war of words, mocking the other party's friends, families, and even their dead ancestors.
As the exchange of profanity continued on, the Sea King suddenly paused in shock and became infuriated.
"You're saying that you have stolen my Son of the Sea?"
"It was me. In fact, I grabbed two of them. I ate them and they were absolutely scrumptious. I even wanted a third one. Do you have more, foolish Sea King? Get me another one to quench my thirst, will you?"
The Sea King exploded in anger. He never thought that the person in front of him was the one who had stolen his treasures.
The Sea King in the Crystal Palace started trembling violently, as wrath overwhelmed him. Intense rage surged within him, as he forcefully slammed the table in front of him.
"Men, call the armies and come with me!"
"Fuck, are you serious?"
"Don't even think of running away. I know where you are, prepare to die!"
"Remember to bring another Son of the Sea when you come over, don't make me wait too long!" Liu Chai pointed out his middle finger as he said so. Then, he waved his right arm and swatted the pair of blue eyes away from the air.
"Phew, that was exciting!" Liu Chai ended the conversation and chuckled. Then, he trotted his way out of the stone palace, and began ambling toward the coast.
"Fleeing after scolding, how thrilling!"
Liu Chai immediately summoned his Specter Ship after arriving at the coast. Then, he swiftly boarded the ship and began sailing toward the Liuli Coast.
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Chapter 133: Oncoming Strike Of The Sea King
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Void Ocean, Captivity Island.
The huge sea creatures cried shrilly, as the entire island was covered with them. They were of various colors and surrounded the periphery of the lonely island.
The Sea King was inside the stone castle on Captivity Island, staring at the mural on the castle wall with a serious expression.
He was certain that this was where the signal came from. Yet, he could not find the being that sent the signal, even after searching the entire island.
To his great surprise, these murals actually recorded the past of the Void Ocean's peak of civilization, the Mu Tehai Nation.
The Sea King scanned the mural briefly, before finally laying his eyes on the blurry figure that he was worshipping.
"Mu Zhiguang!"
As the heir to the throne of the Mu Tehai Nation, how could he be unfamiliar with the nation's savior? In the end, he was also the one who passed the throne to him.
However, these were all done against his own will, as it was the aspiration of the nation's people. Thus, he had no choice but to heed their wishes.
This was ultimately the reason that he chose to betray the Mu Tehai Nation and establish new forces by the Void Ocean. His armies greatly increased in strength after the fall of the Mu Tehai Nation, which made him the Sea King that he was now.
These murals made the Sea King recall certain memories.
However, he was confused about something. A person who was not a descendant of the Mu Tehai clan would not have the ability to use their unique communication method. Logically speaking, the descendants of the Mu Tehai Nation should have all been turned into zombie ghosts, except for Mu Zhiguang, who had disappeared. Why did it appear again?
"Is Mu Zhiguang back?" the Sea King's expression froze suddenly, and his heart could not help but tremble in fear at the speculation.
He knew how powerful the guy who owned the Power of Death was. His powers were godly, and if he went berserk, his power could rival a god's power. Except for the Guardian Spirit Tao Wu who slept seabed all year long, no one else in the entire Void Ocean could go against him.
However, the Sea King thought that his theory was quite ridiculous.
That person actually traveled to the abyss of the sea to avenge his clansmen, and fought against the Dead Clan alone. Hence, he should have died long ago, and it would be impossible for him to return.
The Sea King took a deep breath to calm his troubled mind. Then, he simply turned around and promptly left.
However, the Sea King did consider the armies' expedition this time. He could not afford to be sloppy when dealing with the matters of the Mu Tehai Nation. However, since he did not obtain any results from his investigation, he did not want to travel in vain. He jumped onto the giant whale and let out a deafening howl.
"Debt collection, to the Liuli Coast!"
Following that, the huge army of sea creatures turned around and headed for the Liuli Coast, preparing to find Cha Na and ask for Yin souls.
……
At the Liuli Coast…
Under the dazzling sunlight, the sea breeze was blowing gently. Meanwhile, the sound of waves crashing on the beach, was intertwined with the noisy cries of the seagulls. Everything in front of them was filled with tranquil beauty.
Many leisure players even put up parasols and basked in the sun, as they drank freshly squeezed fruit juice and enjoyed a wonderful holiday life.
Just then, the distant sea suddenly set off a gigantic wave, which rose continuously as it traveled toward the coast.
Countless figures of sea beasts could be seen emerging from the huge wave. The Sea King's army was storming toward the coast menacingly.
The players who witnessed the scene on the coast were absolutely shocked.
However, the players had experiences in dealing with an invasion. This time, they managed to summon other players efficiently. Some had gone to the forum, some entered the live streaming channels, while some others started to announce on the regional channel.
Soon, a large number of players had learned about the news of the invasion at the Liuli Coast. The major guilds began to convene manpower and swarmed toward there as well.
Similarly, Lu Wu and Bei Li found out about the Sea King's invasion and immediately directed their gaze to the Liuli Coast.
"Cha Na!" the Sea King screamed, as soon as he approached the shoreline.
This all-rounding group attack caused the words 'Blood loss' to appear in red above the heads of all the players on the coast.
Players who were familiar with the Sea King's loud voice as he approached, quickly retreated and started waiting for support.
The Sea King's roar echoed through the air again.
The Sea King was rather confused when he got closer.
He had already screamed three times, yet Cha Na had not shown up. Could he be hiding?
The Sea King did not understand what was going on. Then, he leaped from the back of the giant whale and headed toward Cha Na's mansion.
When he reached Cha Na's Ghost King Palace, the Sea King was completely astounded by the scene that greeted him.
In front of Cha Na's Ghost King Palace, there was a wooden sculpture erected at its door. It was molded in the shape of Cha Na lying on the ground and sticking out his tongue to lick a pile of feces.
Most importantly, Cha Na's expression on the wooden sculpture looked extremely happy.
The Sea King was dumbfounded, and was confused about what was going on. Could it be that Cha Na had this kind of hobby?
As the Sea King was deep in his thoughts, countless silhouettes suddenly appeared around him. They were all carrying weapons and approaching him slowly, step by step.
"Where is Cha Na?" the Sea King frowned.
"He is dead!" Wu Guoyi who was at the front, answered without hesitation.
"Dead?" the Sea King was stunned momentarily. As he glanced at the wooden sculpture again, he began to believe that it was true.
"How did he die?"
"He was beaten up and killed by us, in a ruthless way," said a player at the back.
"Then, who is in charge of Liuli District now?"
"It would be us, of course!" the players said in complete unison.
The Sea King spread his hands apart and said, "I don't care who's in charge of this place. Since Cha Na is dead, you shall be the ones to pay his debts for him! The total amount is 200,000 Yin souls, when will you pay the money?"
"Are you crazy, 200,000 soul coins? Fuck you! Where is the Second Commander, bring out the Italian Artillery, I'm going to blow him up!"
"200,000 soul coins? That's just worse than a daylight robbery! You're as greedy as Tao Wu!"
"Where is Tong Gua? Call him over here and give him a double-wing rapid face slap warning. He should know better!"
……
The players started avidly discussing among themselves, while the Sea King's expression started to darken.
"Does this mean all of you don't plan to pay the money?"
"Of course, we will, but can we pay with installments?" Wu Guoyi took a step forward and said with a smile.
"Installments?" the Sea King was dumbfounded, it was his first time hearing this word. "How does an installment work?"
"We'll give you a single soul coin every year. Since the debt is 200,000 soul coins, we'll be able to settle the debt in 200,000 years."
The players burst out laughing when they heard Wu Guoyi's words, while the Sea King's face turned red with fury.
"This means that you want to be my enemy now," said the Sea King with a condescending sneer.
When the players heard him, they tightly gripped their weapons, preparing for an oncoming battle.
Just as a battle was about to break out, a figure walked through the crowd, stepping with the tip of his feet inward. He took a look at Cha Na's sculpture first and froze for a few seconds. Then, he looked at the Sea King.
"Hello… Lord Sea King, what brings you here to the Liuli Coast?"
It was Tong Gua who showed up.
At this point, he had been digitized. He knew that he had an immortal body, so he greeted the Sea King calmly.
"Tong Gua?" the contempt on the Sea King's expression started to fade.
He had heard about the prestigious Tong Gua, he was the strongest Ghost King in the Land of Beiqi besides the King of Beiqi himself. His strength cannot be underestimated, it would not be any weaker than himself.
The Sea King would have no qualms about bullying Cha Na, the Ghost General. However, he would really need to consider the risks if his opponent was Tong Gua.
"Lord Sea King, how did you have the time to visit Beiqi? Did you miss our King of Beiqi?" Tong Gua waltzed to the front of the player with an in-toeing gait.
The Sea King's expression darkened when he heard Tong Gua mention the King of Beiqi. After all, it was no secret in Beiqi that he was insulted by the King of Beiqi before.
"Tong Gua, what are you trying to say!?"
"Nothing. To tell you the truth, Cha Na had always been an eyesore to me, so I killed him a few days ago. Now, Liuli District belongs to me. You have no opinion on this, do you?"
"Yours?"
The Sea King was surprised, but he also had an epiphany. For Tong Gua, murdering Cha Na would be an easy task.
"That's right, it's my territory now. Lord Sea King would not think of asking me for Yin souls, would you?"
The Sea King's expression seemed troubled after hearing the news.
Although he had the confidence to defeat Tong Gua, both of them possessed the greatest strength of a Ghost King. Even if he won, he would have to pay a heavy price. However, it would be embarrassing if he simply left.
Meanwhile, Lu Wu and Bei Li were watching this scene intently. They broke into a cold sweat for Tong Gua, who was simply pretending, as they were afraid that his act would be exposed.
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Chapter 134: Half Ghost Emperor
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The Sea King found it rather perplexing that Tong Gua had claimed ownership of the Liuli Coast.
The collection of protection fees had always revolved around the stronger party receiving it from a weaker party. However, when both parties' abilities were evenly matched, that would make it a difficult task.
"Fine, since Liuli is now your territory, I'll do you a favor. Forget about the Yin souls!"
Tong Gua smiled upon hearing it. However, as he was about to make a reply, the Sea King seemed to be anticipating something.
"Tong Gua, I heard that you're the incarnation of Beiqi's Guardian Spirit. I've always wanted to know how strong you are. Since I'm here today, how about we have a duel?"
The smile on Tong Gua's face stiffened after hearing what he said.
"Err… forget about the duel. I'm quite lazy, so I don't really enjoy fighting."
"We can't just forget about it, it's been a long time since I have encountered an evenly matched opponent. Now that I've met you, I must grab the opportunity."
The Sea King then pointed his finger toward the coast, "Let's do it by the coast, since it would be inconvenient to fight in your territory."
Tong Gua swore silently in his heart. If he refused to fight, he would raise the Sea King's suspicion.
So, he simply coughed and replied, "Lord Sea King, to tell you the truth, I'm consolidating my cultivations recently, to ascend into the realm of Ghost Emperors. At this stage, it is better if I don't use force."
"Ghost Emperor?" the Sea King looked surprised when he heard it.
The realm of Ghost Emperors could only be attained by powerful men, who were at the level of His Excellency. Yet, he did not doubt Tong Gua's words. After all, he heard that Ghost King Tong Gua had reached his peak for many years, it would not be surprising if he was already halfway toward becoming a Ghost Emperor now.
"Very well! I shall come and duel with you next time!"
The Sea King seemed rather solemn when he realized that Tong Gua was almost a Ghost Emperor already.
"Sure, next time," Tong Gua replied calmly.
The Sea King abandoned the thought of ??challenging him, and slammed his right foot onto the ground to propel his body into the sky.
"Boom!"
"Ah!"
As the Sea King made his landing, he created a massive crater on the ground. Tong Gua, who was standing by the side, lost his balance and fell onto the ground.
Displeased, Tong Gua immediately patted his wings and stood up. However, a drop of cold sweat fell from his forehead, as he realized that the Sea King was floating in the sky and looking confusingly at him.
When the players around them saw what happened, they could not help covering their faces. He almost successfully completed his act, yet he could not balance himself in the end.
Tong Gua merely remained silent as he stared at the Sea King.
Then, he laughingly said, "Lord Sea King, why are you still around? Didn't I say it already? We will have our challenge next time."
The Sea King merely kept mum. Suddenly, he lifted his right foot and stamped it in the air.
Instantly, an explosion thundered through the air, as a huge airstream gyrated from the sky and drilled viciously downward.
The players below instantly fell down under the impact of the powerful air currents, and even Tong Gua fell flat on his face.
"Tong Gua! Did you lose the results of your cultivation?" the Sea King could already guess by looking at the situation.
Tong Gua awkwardly rose to his feet and replied, "How could it be? You're my guest from afar. Would you believe it if I said I was acting to please you when I fell?
Tong Gua's explanation made the players around cover their faces in shame again. Did the Big Goose think that the Sea King was an idiot?
The Sea King seemed unconvinced. In order to confirm it, he reached out and grabbed Tong Gua. Tong Gua simply could not resist the overwhelming force and was sucked into the sky.
"You really did lose them. Tong Gua, how did you actually end up like this?"
Tong Gua trembled in fear, but he still stubbornly mumbled in a low voice, "I really… did not lose my cultivation."
"Tong Gua, it's the law of the jungle in the underworld, for the strong to feast on the weak. Now that you have lost your cultivation, you would serve as a great tonic. You can't blame me for it," the Sea King looked pleasantly surprised.
"So what? Since you have lost your cultivation, then your soul flesh would greatly help me in becoming the Ghost Emperor. Why can't I devour you?" while saying so, the Sea King grabbed Tong Gua who was hovering in the air.
Then, the Sea King swiftly zoomed toward the coast, as Tong Gua's sad tears were scattered in the air.
The players below were rendered speechless at this scene…
"Looks like the crisis is gone?"
"Looks like it."
"That means we will be fine, right?"
"Everyone, dismiss. Go and do what you must."
After that, the players left, one by one. As for Tong Gua's destiny, they were not worried at all. In fact, they felt rather happy about it.
After all, this unscrupulous NPC had always been fooling them, which made them rather displeased.
The sea creatures at the coast roared and greeted the Sea King upon seeing his arrival.
After jumping onto the back of the giant whale, the Sea King put Tong Gua down. However, his eyes were still full of astonishment.
Although Tong Gua had lost his cultivation, the Sea King believed that Tong Gua was much more precious than millions of Yin souls. He was still the best tonic.
Meanwhile, Tong Gua seemed extremely bitter and stared at the Sea King resentfully.
"Lord Sea King, we're old friends after all. You are too unethical."
"Unethical? Don't you know the law of the jungle? The weak will always be the prey of the stronger party."
The Sea King shook his head helplessly, as he suddenly found Tong Gua really embarrassing. Compared to his powerful image as the Spirit Guardian of the Land of Beiqi that the Sea King had remembered, he seemed completely different now.
The Sea King waved his arm, causing the seawater by the coast to condense and form a huge wave, as the entire sea creature army retreated from the coast.
Many players, who came to watch the scene on the coast out of curiosity, saw this and waved farewell happily at Tong Gua from a distance.
Tong Gua's resentment grew as he secretly grit his teeth. Don't let me go back, or I will surely seek revenge!
Tong Gua suddenly felt a warm current in his body while he was angry. Then, a layer of green energy appeared on the surface of his body, so he kept staring.
Tong Gua was in tears when he felt that he had regained his powers. He could feel that this time, he had achieved half of a Ghost Emperor's power.
Tong Gua's appearance gradually changed.
Then, he turned over and stood on the back of the giant whale, as he leered at the Sea King mockingly.
"Sea King, I treated you with courtesy, yet you were so aggressive. Don't blame me for being cruel this time."
The Sea King turned his head around in confusion to look at Tong Gua. He could not understand how Tong Gua could suddenly change, even though he was on the ground gritting his teeth a while ago.
"Take my Celestial Crane Kick!"
Tong Gua's launched both of his feet and ruthlessly kicked the Sea King's face. The Sea King was immediately launched from the back of the giant whale, like a cannonball.
After regaining his senses, the Sea King instantly slammed his palms backward to stabilize himself in the air.
However, Tong Gua's arrogant laugh echoed from behind.
"Sea King, you little punk, eat my double-wing face slap!"
The Sea King turned around immediately and roared, thrusting a powerful punch at his opponent.
Although it was a mighty punch, it could not penetrate the green energy around Tong Gua's body, merely creating a few ripples.
Tong Gua sneered loudly as he fluttered his wings.
"Tong Gua's first move, Celestial Crane Wing Attack!"
His wings instantly transformed into thousands of phantoms, constantly hitting the Sea King's face just like spinning wheels.
This force was extremely overpowering. The Sea King yelled and wanted to resist, but the Shield Oceanic Power around his body broke in less than three seconds as the attacks rained on his face.
"Roar!" at this moment, the Sea King slammed his right arm forward and hit Tong Gua again.
Although the attack caused no damage, the Sea King managed to escape Tong Gua's thousand-winged combo using the thrust.
However, before the Sea King could stabilize his body in the air, Tong Gua fluttered his wings and appeared in front of him again.
"Tong Gua's second move, Crazy Fling!"
Tong Gua held the Sea King's arm and threw him over his shoulder. Then, he instantly flew and caught up with the Sea King, before grabbing his arm again and flinging him over his shoulder.
As he was thrown around continuously, the Sea King's figure turned into a blurry rotating shadow that was constantly rolling in the air.
"Tong Gua's third move, Phantom Kick!"
Tong Gua kicked the Sea King around in the air like a ball using his rapid movement.
The Sea King felt bitter as he was being beaten up. Is it really fun for you to pretend to be weak? So he was really acting when he fell last time. Why didn't I appreciate it, I regret it now…
The feeling of being beaten up reminded him of the King of Beiqi, as his heart suddenly felt heavy.
The players who saw the scene on the coast were stunned. Some players immediately opened the streaming forum and broadcast the fight.
Soon, a large number of players entered the live broadcast channel. They were all surprised when they saw the scene.
"Is Big Goose so amazing? He could actually beat a Ghost King?"
"When this guy was drunk previously, he told me that someone like the Sea King wasn't worthy of being his opponent at all. He even mentioned beating up all the Ghost Kings in the Land of Beiqi before, he was not lying after all…"
"Big Goose really put up a good act this time. Sure enough, you can't mess with those who leave it to fate, as exemplified by Ye Chen."
Chapter 134 – Half Ghost Emperor
The Sea King found it rather perplexing that Tong Gua had claimed ownership of the Liuli Coast.
The collection of protection fees had always revolved around the stronger party receiving it from a weaker party. However, when both parties' abilities were evenly matched, that would make it a difficult task.
"Fine, since Liuli is now your territory, I'll do you a favor. Forget about the Yin souls!"
Tong Gua smiled upon hearing it. However, as he was about to make a reply, the Sea King seemed to be anticipating something.
"Tong Gua, I heard that you're the incarnation of Beiqi's Guardian Spirit. I've always wanted to know how strong you are. Since I'm here today, how about we have a duel?"
The smile on Tong Gua's face stiffened after hearing what he said.
"Err… forget about the duel. I'm quite lazy, so I don't really enjoy fighting."
"We can't just forget about it, it's been a long time since I have encountered an evenly matched opponent. Now that I've met you, I must grab the opportunity."
The Sea King then pointed his finger toward the coast, "Let's do it by the coast, since it would be inconvenient to fight in your territory."
Tong Gua swore silently in his heart. If he refused to fight, he would raise the Sea King's suspicion.
So, he simply coughed and replied, "Lord Sea King, to tell you the truth, I'm consolidating my cultivations recently, to ascend into the realm of Ghost Emperors. At this stage, it is better if I don't use force."
"Ghost Emperor?" the Sea King looked surprised when he heard it.
The realm of Ghost Emperors could only be attained by powerful men, who were at the level of His Excellency. Yet, he did not doubt Tong Gua's words. After all, he heard that Ghost King Tong Gua had reached his peak for many years, it would not be surprising if he was already halfway toward becoming a Ghost Emperor now.
"Very well! I shall come and duel with you next time!"
The Sea King seemed rather solemn when he realized that Tong Gua was almost a Ghost Emperor already.
"Sure, next time," Tong Gua replied calmly.
The Sea King abandoned the thought of ??challenging him, and slammed his right foot onto the ground to propel his body into the sky.
"Boom!"
"Ah!"
As the Sea King made his landing, he created a massive crater on the ground. Tong Gua, who was standing by the side, lost his balance and fell onto the ground.
Displeased, Tong Gua immediately patted his wings and stood up. However, a drop of cold sweat fell from his forehead, as he realized that the Sea King was floating in the sky and looking confusingly at him.
When the players around them saw what happened, they could not help covering their faces. He almost successfully completed his act, yet he could not balance himself in the end.
Tong Gua merely remained silent as he stared at the Sea King.
Then, he laughingly said, "Lord Sea King, why are you still around? Didn't I say it already? We will have our challenge next time."
The Sea King merely kept mum. Suddenly, he lifted his right foot and stamped it in the air.
Instantly, an explosion thundered through the air, as a huge airstream gyrated from the sky and drilled viciously downward.
The players below instantly fell down under the impact of the powerful air currents, and even Tong Gua fell flat on his face.
"Tong Gua! Did you lose the results of your cultivation?" the Sea King could already guess by looking at the situation.
Tong Gua awkwardly rose to his feet and replied, "How could it be? You're my guest from afar. Would you believe it if I said I was acting to please you when I fell?
Tong Gua's explanation made the players around cover their faces in shame again. Did the Big Goose think that the Sea King was an idiot?
The Sea King seemed unconvinced. In order to confirm it, he reached out and grabbed Tong Gua. Tong Gua simply could not resist the overwhelming force and was sucked into the sky.
"You really did lose them. Tong Gua, how did you actually end up like this?"
Tong Gua trembled in fear, but he still stubbornly mumbled in a low voice, "I really… did not lose my cultivation."
"Tong Gua, it's the law of the jungle in the underworld, for the strong to feast on the weak. Now that you have lost your cultivation, you would serve as a great tonic. You can't blame me for it," the Sea King looked pleasantly surprised.
"So what? Since you have lost your cultivation, then your soul flesh would greatly help me in becoming the Ghost Emperor. Why can't I devour you?" while saying so, the Sea King grabbed Tong Gua who was hovering in the air.
Then, the Sea King swiftly zoomed toward the coast, as Tong Gua's sad tears were scattered in the air.
The players below were rendered speechless at this scene…
"Looks like the crisis is gone?"
"Looks like it."
"That means we will be fine, right?"
"Everyone, dismiss. Go and do what you must."
After that, the players left, one by one. As for Tong Gua's destiny, they were not worried at all. In fact, they felt rather happy about it.
After all, this unscrupulous NPC had always been fooling them, which made them rather displeased.
The sea creatures at the coast roared and greeted the Sea King upon seeing his arrival.
After jumping onto the back of the giant whale, the Sea King put Tong Gua down. However, his eyes were still full of astonishment.
Although Tong Gua had lost his cultivation, the Sea King believed that Tong Gua was much more precious than millions of Yin souls. He was still the best tonic.
Meanwhile, Tong Gua seemed extremely bitter and stared at the Sea King resentfully.
"Lord Sea King, we're old friends after all. You are too unethical."
"Unethical? Don't you know the law of the jungle? The weak will always be the prey of the stronger party."
The Sea King shook his head helplessly, as he suddenly found Tong Gua really embarrassing. Compared to his powerful image as the Spirit Guardian of the Land of Beiqi that the Sea King had remembered, he seemed completely different now.
The Sea King waved his arm, causing the seawater by the coast to condense and form a huge wave, as the entire sea creature army retreated from the coast.
Many players, who came to watch the scene on the coast out of curiosity, saw this and waved farewell happily at Tong Gua from a distance.
Tong Gua's resentment grew as he secretly grit his teeth. Don't let me go back, or I will surely seek revenge!
Tong Gua suddenly felt a warm current in his body while he was angry. Then, a layer of green energy appeared on the surface of his body, so he kept staring.
Tong Gua was in tears when he felt that he had regained his powers. He could feel that this time, he had achieved half of a Ghost Emperor's power.
Tong Gua's appearance gradually changed.
Then, he turned over and stood on the back of the giant whale, as he leered at the Sea King mockingly.
"Sea King, I treated you with courtesy, yet you were so aggressive. Don't blame me for being cruel this time."
The Sea King turned his head around in confusion to look at Tong Gua. He could not understand how Tong Gua could suddenly change, even though he was on the ground gritting his teeth a while ago.
"Take my Celestial Crane Kick!"
Tong Gua's launched both of his feet and ruthlessly kicked the Sea King's face. The Sea King was immediately launched from the back of the giant whale, like a cannonball.
After regaining his senses, the Sea King instantly slammed his palms backward to stabilize himself in the air.
However, Tong Gua's arrogant laugh echoed from behind.
"Sea King, you little punk, eat my double-wing face slap!"
The Sea King turned around immediately and roared, thrusting a powerful punch at his opponent.
Although it was a mighty punch, it could not penetrate the green energy around Tong Gua's body, merely creating a few ripples.
Tong Gua sneered loudly as he fluttered his wings.
"Tong Gua's first move, Celestial Crane Wing Attack!"
His wings instantly transformed into thousands of phantoms, constantly hitting the Sea King's face just like spinning wheels.
This force was extremely overpowering. The Sea King yelled and wanted to resist, but the Shield Oceanic Power around his body broke in less than three seconds as the attacks rained on his face.
"Roar!" at this moment, the Sea King slammed his right arm forward and hit Tong Gua again.
Although the attack caused no damage, the Sea King managed to escape Tong Gua's thousand-winged combo using the thrust.
However, before the Sea King could stabilize his body in the air, Tong Gua fluttered his wings and appeared in front of him again.
"Tong Gua's second move, Crazy Fling!"
Tong Gua held the Sea King's arm and threw him over his shoulder. Then, he instantly flew and caught up with the Sea King, before grabbing his arm again and flinging him over his shoulder.
As he was thrown around continuously, the Sea King's figure turned into a blurry rotating shadow that was constantly rolling in the air.
"Tong Gua's third move, Phantom Kick!"
Tong Gua kicked the Sea King around in the air like a ball using his rapid movement.
The Sea King felt bitter as he was being beaten up. Is it really fun for you to pretend to be weak? So he was really acting when he fell last time. Why didn't I appreciate it, I regret it now…
The feeling of being beaten up reminded him of the King of Beiqi, as his heart suddenly felt heavy.
The players who saw the scene on the coast were stunned. Some players immediately opened the streaming forum and broadcast the fight.
Soon, a large number of players entered the live broadcast channel. They were all surprised when they saw the scene.
"Is Big Goose so amazing? He could actually beat a Ghost King?"
"When this guy was drunk previously, he told me that someone like the Sea King wasn't worthy of being his opponent at all. He even mentioned beating up all the Ghost Kings in the Land of Beiqi before, he was not lying after all…"
"Big Goose really put up a good act this time. Sure enough, you can't mess with those who leave it to fate, as exemplified by Ye Chen."
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Chapter 135: Return To Origin
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The silhouettes of Tong Gua and the Sea King continuously clashed at one another as they fought in the sky.
Tong Gua was filled with satisfaction and excitement, feeling as though he had come back to life again.
Fighting others is very satisfying and exciting, after all!
However, the Sea King, who was being beaten up, felt as though his bones were about to break.
He had tried to retaliate, but even a powerful Ghost King like him was no match for Tong Gua, who was halfway through his Ghost Emperor class. Both of their powers were on different levels, so he could not defend himself against Tong Gua's attacks.
When the Sea King was about to use his strongest attack and summon the Sea Spirit, Tong Gua suddenly stopped attacking him.
After that, his body suddenly absorbed the green energy. As he floated midair with his legs crossed and his eyes tightly shut, his body slowly began to drift downwards.
"Tong Gua's Ultimate Attack, Return to Origin!"
As Tong Gua's body was descending from the sky, a drop of sweat fell from his forehead, while his heart pounded endlessly.
Hearing that it was an Ultimate Attack, the Sea King was extremely shocked as he originally wanted to use his as well. He seized the opportunity and dodged sideways, feeling toward the horizon.
"Sea King Army! Retreat!"
At that moment, Tong Gua sneakily peered at him with one eye.
Seeing that the Sea King was retreating in fear, Tong Gua's arrogance was ignited again.
"Little Sea King, don't run away! Wait for me to focus my power and face my Ultimate Attack!"
The Sea King did not even turn his head when he heard this. He flew even faster and instantly disappeared into the horizon.
The Sea King Army below was overcome by fear when they saw their King running away. The soldiers desperately forced their sea beasts to hurry, as they followed after the Sea King.
"Splash! Glug!"
Tong Gua suddenly fell into the water. As his body slowly sank into the depths, bubbles of air broke through the water surface…
Other players held their breaths in silence…
A second later, Tong Gua's head resurfaced above the water, frantically flapping his wings against the water's surface.
"Help me! I don't know how to swim, someone quickly please help me!"
Looking at Tong Gua struggling in the sea, the other players that were watching the live stream covered their faces simultaneously, as they all had a similar thought.
This was so embarrassing!
For the players on the coast, they seemed speechless. After exchanging quick glances with each other, they went their separate ways, leaving behind the flailing Tong Gua as the sun set.
……
The threat of the Sea King's attack was neutralized, leaving Lu Wu and Bei Li at a loss for words.
However, they had witnessed Tong Gua's pretending skills before. Thus, they could not help but feel relieved. Judging by the current level of the players' ability, it was too early for them to try and defeat the Sea King.
However, the Sea King's appearance instilled a strong feeling of danger in them. Thus, they fervently discussed the methods to develop Oceanic Power in the forum.
As soon as the battle ended, a certain fan professionally brought up the First Law of the game on the forum.
[The Law of Unpredictable Pretense].
In this post, the professional gamer used Ye Chen and Tong Gua as examples in his detailed analysis, before ultimately arriving at this conclusion.
Unpredictable chance = Pretense!
When one looked at Ye Chen's successes, one could learn something from it. If the time was right, then it would be the time to put on an act.
In no time at all, the Law of Unpredictable Pretense gained immense popularity on the forum.
This type of post was even acknowledged by many other gamers. Someone even went so far as to create a Society of The Mystery of Unpredictable Pretense and spent all day discussing the feasibility of this unpredictability.
Apart from those people with nothing to do, there was another pinned thread that caught Lu Wu's attention.
[Today, I Found Something Unbelievable].
The original poster of the forum thread was a current student. In the morning, he was at the dojo busy practicing Taekwondo with his roommates.
At the time, one of my friends got into a conflict with another Taekwondo student, and they actually prepared to fight it out for real.
Then, my friend was beaten soundly. (Didn't know whether to cry or laugh, honestly!)
However, when I was watching them fight, no matter what was happening, I still felt that their fighting techniques were really weak (perhaps I have this feeling because I have seen many pro-gamers' live streams). Something suddenly came over me and I was about to help avenge my friend (when I entered the fight, I did feel a bit guilty).
I had never fought before and I was not good at fighting. However, since I had already made up my mind, what else could I do? All I could think of were the player killing skills I had learned from the forum, as well as how to use the skills in the game.
In the beginning, I was kicked twice by that rascal and soon lost my advantage. This made me really mad and I was going to give it my all. So, I used the Assassin's Shadow Steps and dodged his attacks. After that, the rascal couldn't even land a kick on me, I was running circles around him.
You guys may not believe what I saw, but I really beat that guy using that method! (I tired him out!)
On the way home, my friends kept looking oddly at me. (Ha ha!)
But after finishing the fight, there was one thing on my mind. It seemed that although we cannot truly use the skills from the game in real life, these battle skills could still be useful.
Just like the Assassin's Special Skill, Shadow Step.
In the game, if this special skill was used, the player's avatar would suddenly become light as a feather. Their steps and movements would be untraceable.
But if used in real-life situations, even though the full effects of the ability might be absent, the nimble footwork would enable one to become extremely agile during fights. This fighting method of retreating in order to advance was really useful.
If you don't believe me, maybe you should put it to the test for real.
(If you get beaten up by others, please don't come after me!)
The appearance of this post instantly garnered great attention from the gamers.
Crayon_Shinchan: "If the original poster has any conscience, can you please come and pay my hospital bill, I'm at the hospital watching TV right now. (Amused Face)"
Strike_Gold: "It's not unusual, this sort of game is made very realistically. If you usually spend a lot of time fighting outdoors, I guarantee you that in real life, your fighting ability will become stronger."
Peppa_Boar: "You're making a fuss out of nothing, haven't you noticed that a lot of pro-gamers are skilled fighters in real-life? If their real-life fighting skills can be adapted into gameplay, then naturally, you can do it too. Of course, this doesn't apply to casting skills. (Amused Face)"
Xueli_The_Strongest: "Come on~ As a Xueli with more than two months of gaming under my belt, I have actually gotten a lot stronger in real life, too. I'm going to try out my skills on my boyfriend tonight. Hehe~"
Broke_Trash: "I feel that everyone has gone off-topic here, the example that he brought up was the use of Shadow Steps. In other words, this sort of ability from the game can be merged with reality. (Apart from casting abilities)"
A_Mammoth: "I can only say that the game is made with great care and detail, but this isn't unusual. For the old Wuxia Adventure games, the characters' skills were all based on real-time recording inputs of real Wushu exponents."
Taoist_Zombie_Hunter: "This game has many easter eggs and hidden opportunities, it's also intertwined with real life. It depends on your luck, whether you can get one or not. I managed to uncover an easter egg using my real-life inside knowledge. How lovely~ That's it for now, I found a treasure in the Nightmare Zone and I'm preparing to search for it!"
Crayon_Shinchan in reply to Taoist_Zombie_Hunter: "OMG, you're the corpse that obtained that eastereEgg? Quick, send me your attributes chart, or I'll report you to the police!"
Taoist_Zombie_Hunter: "Mr. Big Troll, if you mess with me again, believe me, I will dig your ancestral grave (Amused Face)"
Crayon_Shinchan in reply to Taoist_Zombie_Hunter: "So fierce!"
Taoist_Zombie_Hunter in reply to Crayon_Shinchan: "Do not disturb! I'm in the process of digging up graves! Once the player vs player arena opens I'm gonna be famous!"
……
Lu Wu briefly kept an eye on the gamers' discussion about the possibility of using in-game skills in real life, but he felt that no trouble would arise.
According to what Bei Li had said, although the gamers could use a similar type of these skills in real life, they lacked cultivation. Thus, it was impossible for them to use the skills that actually required cultivation.
Most importantly, they were not cultivators. Hence, other than just the shape of those skills, they were clueless about the energy channeling that was needed during the usage of skills. Thus, using them perfectly was impossible.
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Chapter 136: The Big Treasure
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Beiqi, Nightmare Zone.
A silhouette was loitering suspiciously near Nightmare City, with iron shovels in both hands and a gunny sack tied on his waist.
After circling Nightmare City once, Hu He took a compass from his pocket. It was made according to the instructions in the ancient records. He glanced at it for a while, before stretching his hand behind and waving at something.
Something sickly thin appeared from behind him. However, the head of the deformed creature was exceptionally large. It immediately walked forward and took the iron shovels from Hu He's hands. Then, it vigorously dug at the side of the city wall.
From the zombie-finding compass, Hu He could tell that there was definitely a corpse of an immensely strong person within Nightmare City. Its Zombie Energy Value was so strong, its strength greatly outweighed Cha Na's. Hu He's power would definitely increase tremendously if he obtained it.
Although he had thought of entering through the city gates, a Zombie Poison Formation had been placed at the city gates. He barged in twice, but his attempts were futile. The only solution left was for Hu He to find another way.
With the help of the zombie spirit of Cha Na's immense power, a tunnel through the city wall was soon created.
Hu He glanced at the hole, and checked the Zombie Energy Value shown on the compass again, before going through the tunnel.
After entering it, Hu He was surprised when he found that the sky of Nightmare City had numerous coffins floating in the air. Each coffin was tied together by a connecting rope, while the entire city seemed completely empty. Furthermore, the doors of all the large buildings were closed, while pieces of burnt golden paper were strewn all over the streets.
Although this was a terrible sight to behold, Hu He had already prepared himself mentally for it. Thus, without panicking, he brought out his compass again, and began to search for the source of zombie energy in the city.
After determining the location, Hu He hunched forward and began making his way to the center of the city.
As he was walking, he began to feel a little chilly. It felt as though a gust of evil wind was blowing around him, as pieces of the golden paper on the ground fluttered about in the air. The floating coffins shook slightly from the blowing wind, creaking noisily as wood came and brushed against each other.
Hu He shivered slightly, he felt that the place was too bizarre.
However, it did not affect his desire for the powerful corpse, as he continued onward with quickened steps.
After an entire journey on edge, he finally arrived at the central zone. A gigantic blood-red coffin caught his eye, as his digitized compass dinged repeatedly, indicating that the zombie energy was off the charts.
"This is a big treasure!" Hu He's eyes glowed brightly.
However, he did not open the coffin immediately. Instead, he walked around the blood coffin twice, and made Cha Na's zombie spirit touch it several times, to ensure that there was no danger before approaching it.
As he stood next to the blood coffin, he patted the gunny sack and summoned three Zombie Skeleton Warriors from it. Then, Hu He pointed a finger at the blood-red coffin and said…
"Open it!"
Upon hearing the command, the Zombie Skeleton Warriors and zombie spirit of Cha Na immediately approached the blood coffin and began to push the coffin cover.
To Hu He's surprise, the blood coffin's cover was extremely secure. It did not budge an inch, even though it was violently pushed by four zombie spirits.
Hu He felt puzzled, because other than the three Zombie Skeleton Warriors, he knew that the zombie spirit of Cha Na was extremely powerful. His strength could match the top Rune Masters in the game. In fact, he might be even stronger. Even so, they could not open the coffin cover, it must be extremely heavy.
Still, Hu He did not feel discouraged. After collecting his thoughts, he raised the iron shovels in his hand and began to smash the coffin cover.
As Hu He was smashing the blood coffin, Hiderigami who was lying in it and recovering from his injuries, suddenly opened his eyes. Then, he slowly closed them again.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The crashing sounds kept coming from above, causing the deeply asleep Hiderigami to open his eyes again.
A string of Power of Blood Qi began to flow out of Hiderigami's body, and headed toward the coffin cover. However, before it reached the coffin cover, it quickly dissipated.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The cover was being struck endlessly. Hiderigami widened his eyes, he really wanted to kill the rascal who was disrupting his slumber.
However, due to the battle with the Evil God's clone, he suffered heavy injuries and the Power of Blood Qi within him was almost depleted. Currently, he could hardly move.
"Why is it so hard?" after spending nearly all day smashing at it, Hu He wiped his sweat away and bent over to place his ear on the cover of the coffin.
He seemed to have heard something moving inside it.
A moment later, he was certain that he had misheard it, and merely sat on the coffin cover, as he fell deep into his thoughts again.
If he gave up now, he would not be satisfied. However, the coffin cover was too hard to open with his current abilities.
After thinking for a while, Hu He's eyes brightened, as he opened the shop interface and scrolled through the special tools inventory.
[Shorthand Iron Shovel (White): Digging tool
Tool Attributes: Hardness 1, Damage 1
Price: 1 Soul Coin
[Fine Iron Shovel (Blue): Digging tool (Can be used as a weapon)
Tool Attributes: Hardness 3, Damage 3
Price: 15 Soul Coins
……
Hu He scrolled through the list of tools, before stopping at a golden iron shovel.
[Gold Shovel (Purple): Special tool made by Beiqi's best blacksmith.
Tool Attributes: Hardness 10, Damage 12
Tool Special Attributes: Sharpness Level 3
Price: 100 Soul Coins (Warning, this item is a limited item, there are only five left.)
Hu He had a headache while looking at the item prices. However, he grit his teeth and purchased it. Immediately, a gold shovel appeared in his hand.
"Open it for me!" Hu He held the Gold Shovel and vigorously hacked the blood coffin.
"Clang!"
The sound of metal clashing against metal thundered upon each impact. However, Hu He gladly noticed that the Gold Shovel created a tiny dent.
Even though the effect was not tremendous, Hu He knew that there was a possibility. He immediately passed the Gold Shovel to zombie soul Cha Na, who began smashing the coffin open.
However, Hu He felt a little frustrated as the smashing went on. Even though the Gold Shovel could damage the blood coffin, it was taking too long. If this continued, it would take forever to open it.
Seeing as the shovel was a limited item, once it broke, the market would have one less Gold Shovel. He could take advantage of its rarity in the future. Hence, he grit his teeth and bought three more Gold Shovels from the shop. Then, he gave them to the other zombie spirits and ordered all four of them to continue opening it. On the other hand, Hu He merely sat by the side, as he opened the game's built-in forum to pass time.
"Clang clang clang! Bang bang bang! Ding ding ding!"
The sound of metal clashing endlessly reverberated through the air.
Hiderigami, who was still lying inside the blood coffin, opened his eyes widely in annoyance, feeling as though he was going crazy.
He could not fall asleep with the noisy ruckus. Furthermore, the Power of Blood Qi inside that was slowly healing his body, was continually disrupted by the incessant knocking.
"Splurt!"
Hiderigami vomited a lump of regurgitated Blood Qi from his mouth, splattering it all over the inside of the blood coffin.
"Cough cough!" his body's worsening condition made Hiderigami begin to cough uncontrollably.
"Wait!" Hu He had a sharp hearing, and quickly stopped the zombie spirits from continuing. He approached the blood coffin again, and moved his ear closer to listen closely.
"Bang, bang! Is anyone there?"
Hu He asked as he knocked twice on the blood coffin.
A moment later…
As he did not hear any reply, Hu He pointed a finger at the blood coffin and ordered, "Continue smashing!"
"Wait… hold on! Cough, cough!" Hiderigami's weak voice echoed from the blood coffin.
"My goodness, the corpse has come to life!" Hu He's eyes widened in disbelief. Then, he knocked on the coffin twice again and asked, "Are you the one speaking?"
"Cough, cough… that's right, it's me, can you stop banging?"
If Hiderigami had enough energy to open the coffin cover, he would have immediately devoured the people outside.
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Chapter 137: A Turtledove In The Magpie's Nest
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Hu He was momentarily dumbfounded when he learned that there was a living being in it.
According to the ancient records of the Zombie Spirit Sect, incidents of fake zombies or zombie mutations were quite common. However, finding a zombie that could talk was never found in the ancient records. This discovery greatly astonished Hu He.
After mulling it over, Hu He could not help but ask, "Are you alive or are you dead? If you're dead, I will dig you up!"
When Hiderigami heard it, he really wanted to jump out of the blood coffin and wring that person's head off his neck.
"Little brother, there's nothing valuable in this blood coffin, stop trying to smash it. I'll tell you a place with hidden treasure, so quickly leave here," Hu He seemed determined to open the coffin, so Hiderigami could only tempt him away.
"That won't do, I don't want any treasure, my target is this old corpse – you!"
Hearing this, Hiderigami involuntarily spat another mouthful of bloody mist.
Even when he fought the Demonic God's clone, he did not feel as disgruntled as he did now. Since he had exhausted his Blood Qi to heal his head, he could not use his powers for now. However, he wanted nothing more than to jump out and strangle Hu He to death.
"Do you have anything else to say? If there's nothing else, I'm going to continue. All you need to do is continue lying down."
The bloody mist in Hiderigami's eyes began to swirl.
"Wait a minute… since you want corpses, let me tell you a little more about this place. There are 3,000 corpses of the Ghost Supreme Commander Level."
It was a much more effective bait. Hu He, who was going to continue opening the coffin, was obviously tempted by his offer. He immediately slapped the blood coffin and asked, "Where is it, quickly tell me!"
A flash of sly satisfaction appeared in Hiderigami's eyes.
"Can you see the palace beside us? Underneath it, there are 3,000 corpses of the Ghost Supreme Commander Level, leave now."
Upon hearing this, Hu He shifted his gaze toward the gigantic palace behind the blood coffin.
"Hmm, after I dig you out, I'll work on them. Thanks, my brother!" Hu He patted the blood coffin as he spoke. Then, he took a few steps back, and pointed his finger at the blood coffin.
"Smash it!"
In the ancient records, it was written that the people from the Zombie Spirit Sect must not have any compassion for the corpses. Since they were in this line of business, they had to adhere to the rules. Once the excavation had started, it must be completed. This rule was deeply imprinted on Hu He's mind.
Hence, a cacophony of deafening banging thundered again. Hiderigami was still lying in the blood coffin, as absolute irateness overwhelmed his emotions. He vomited mouthfuls of Blood Qi that were regurgitated from the noisy racket.
Meanwhile, Hu He was squatting next to it, as he scrolled through the forum.
"Hey, Little Brother, this blood coffin can't be dug."
A voice suddenly echoed from Hu He's side, and he jolted in shock. As he turned his body around, he noticed a stout man squatting next to him.
"Who are you? Are you in this line of work, too?" Hu He warily asked, as he stood up.
"Me? I'm Little Sha, but I'm not a Zombie Forgemaster like you," the chubby man extended his hand, seemingly friendly.
Hu He was a little confused, but he still shook his hand.
"Then, what are you here for? And, why can't this blood coffin be dug out?"
Little Sha massaged his meaty cheeks and replied, "Do you know who is inside there?"
"Does it matter?" Hu He suddenly said.
Little Sha was speechless momentarily…
"The one inside is Hiderigami, the fiercest zombie of the Ghost Emperor Realm!" Little Sha said under his breath gravely.
Hu He's expression froze as he asked, "Is it really Hiderigami?"
"Of course it is! Hiderigami is recovering from his wounds after his battle with the Demonic God's clone."
"Dig, dig even faster! It's actually Hiderigami!"
Hu He's expression became even more enthusiastic. His biggest goal as a Zombie Forgemaster was to discover powerful people like Hiderigami and the Demonic God.
Upon seeing this, Little Sha could no longer be at ease.
"But that's Hiderigami!"
"Hmm, I actually hoped that it would be the Demonic God. However, Hiderigami is also equally excellent!" Hu He said with a happy expression.
Little Sha was speechless again…
"Aren't you afraid?" Little Sha was completely stunned.
"What is there to be afraid of? At worst, I'll just die," Hu He said calmly.
As a player, the fear of dying did not exist. Especially since Hu He specialized in zombie-forging, he often roamed the different graveyards in Beiqi. He had died many times already. Hence, death was a common occurrence for him, and naturally made him unafraid of it.
"You're a fierce one! The Zombie Forgemasters are certainly fearless," Little Sha's face brimmed with great admiration.
"However, I still need to remind you, Hiderigami chose to heal his wounds here because there is a Yin Soul Eye under the coffin. He's using the pure Yin Zombie Energy from the Yin Soul Eye to heal his wounds. At the same time, it also acts as a seal. If you damage the blood coffin that is on it, the suppressed Evil Yin Soldiers will escape and create havoc in the Land of Beiqi.
Little Sha shook his head furiously as he said it, as though he could not bear to imagine it happening.
Hu He's expression darkened when he heard it, as he asked, "Is it really that serious?"
Little Sha solemnly nodded and replied, "It will be even worse. A long time ago, the Evil Yin Soldiers caused the Land of Beiqi to suffer many years of misery."
"I was wondering why you are so knowledgeable about this, who are you really? Before Hiderigami came here, why didn't the seal break without the Yin Soul Eye suppressing it?" Hu He asked with widened eyes.
Upon hearing his question, Little Sha pointed at a black coffin nearby.
"That coffin is mine. I was the one suppressing the Yin Soul Eye originally. When Hiderigami came, he moved my home away and wanted to occupy the Yin Soul Eye. I was really angry and fought with him, but he knocked me into the air with merely three blows. Luckily, he was heavily wounded and didn't have the spare energy to worry about me. Hence, I was able to survive," Little Sha said with a grateful expression, as though he had escaped the jaws of death.
"You are a Zombie Spirit that has the Spirit Wisdom Manifestation?" Hu He's eyes widened.
The ancient records stated that forged zombie spirits could absorb Yin energy from the heavens and the earth to grow. At later stages, the strong and powerful zombie spirits could even manifest Spirit Wisdom, and become completely new spirits.
However, this was actually the first time that Hu He had ever seen a zombie spirit with the Spirit Wisdom Manifestation.
"That's right, I am also something that Zombie Forgemasters like you created."
"How strong are you?" Hu He's expression gradually became more excited.
"I've been at the peak of the Ghost General level for many years, but I haven't been able to break through it. It's so saddening!" Little Sha massaged his chubby cheeks sadly.
"Then, you are the governor of the Evil Nightmare City, the Evil Ghost General?" Hu He digested this information in shock.
"That's right! After the King of Beiqi conferred the rank of Ghost General on me, I was given the responsibility to suppress the Yin Soul Eye," Little Sha said laughingly as he continued massaging his cheeks.
Upon hearing this, Hu He glanced at the blood coffin and grabbed Little Sha's shoulders. Then, he said with a tempting expression,
"Brother, why don't you help me smash this coffin? Then, you can continue to suppress your Yin Soul Eye, and I can get Hiderigami. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
"But, if he comes out, we won't be able to defeat him," Little Sha was evidently disgruntled.
"Eh… brother, if he really could do it, he would have jumped out and beaten us already. He must be extremely weak now, so we need to take advantage of his sickly condition and take his life! If we miss this opportunity, we won't have the chance when he recovers."
"Cough, cough!" at this moment, the sound of Hiderigami choking came from the blood coffin.
"Do you hear that? Hiderigami doesn't even have the strength to speak now. If you help me to ruthlessly end his life, we can both be in a win-win situation! It'll be perfect!"
Little Sha seemed convinced by Hu He's explanation, but he still looked doubtfully at Hu He and uttered, "Will this really work?"
"It will definitely work!" Hu He sounded extremely sure of himself.
Little Sha's heart wavered when he heard Hu He's confident exclamation.
Even though he was extremely terrified of Hiderigami, Hiderigami was in a period of weakness, just as Hu He said. It would really be an invaluable opportunity to attack him now.
"Alright! I'll help you smash it!" Little Sha ultimately replied, while gritting his teeth.
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Chapter 138: New Downloadable Content 'The Invasion of Evil'
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When Hu He heard that Little Sha was willing to lend a hand, he beamed with great joy. After all, he was at the Ghost General Level and was very powerful. Hence, he immediately took a Gold Shovel from one of the Zombie Skeleton Warriors and passed it to him.
"Brother, let's get on with it, the time for revenge."
Little Sha nodded solemnly, but he did not take the Gold Shovel. Instead, he walked directly to the front of the blood coffin, and smashed the coffin's cover with his fist.
"Bang!"
The strike was extremely powerful, even the ground tremored on impact. Other than the zombie spirit of Cha Na, the other three Zombie Skeleton Warriors were flung into the air.
It was also extremely effective, as he managed to leave a fist mark on the cover of the blood coffin.
"Keep it up!" Hu He shouted excitedly when he noticed this.
"Bang!"
He punched again, landing his fist exactly on the fist mark. The coffin's cover shook violently, as numerous cracks appeared on it.
Hu He was beside himself with excitement. This Ghost General's skills were indeed extraordinary. With only two blows, the blood coffin seemed as though it was going to shatter.
"Walk a tad further away, I'm focusing my power!" Little Sha said this with a serious countenance.
Hearing this, Hu He hurriedly led the zombie spirits away to the back.
Little Sha's body suddenly exuded a dense layer of zombie energy, which instantly gathered on his fist.
"Open!"
Following Little Sha's roar of anger, he heavily pounded the blood coffin, with his right fist that was filled with zombie energy. When the zombie energy came into contact with the blood coffin, it immediately burst open. The spreading zombie energy began to corrode the blood coffin, while making a hissing sound.
"Crack!"
Fine cracks appeared on the cover of the coffin. After the explosion, it revealed the body of Hiderigami, who was lying in the blood coffin.
Seeing this, Hu He immediately walked a couple of steps forward toward the blood coffin. Then, he peeked in.
Hiderigami had his eyes wide open and was angrily glaring at him.
"It really is Hiderigami!"
Hu He had seen Hiderigami's appearance during his fight with the Demonic God.?Hence, he could recognize the person now.
"Evil General, my body has already been tied to the Yin Soul Eye. If I'm moved from the blood coffin, this seal will definitely be broken!" Hiderigami seemed to know that Hu He was someone that he could not reason with, so he directed his gaze at Little Sha instead.
Little Sha's face seemed anxious when he heard it.
"He has beaten you before!" Hu He immediately turned round to tell Little Sha.
"But…"
"He has beaten you before, you need to get revenge! Don't listen to his nonsense!" Hu He began to fan the flames of dissatisfaction because he was afraid that Little Sha might stop him from taking Hiderigami away.
"If I take Hiderigami away, you can return home!"
As he said this, Hu He had a little idea. The zombie spirit Cha Na walked forward and hugged Hiderigami's huge head. Then, he began to drag the person out.
"Evil Ghost General, you will regret this! If the Yin Soul Eye seal is broken, the Evil Yin Soldier will run rampant across Beiqi. All the guilt and wrongdoing will be yours to bear."
Hu He noticed this, and quickly gave some instructions to the other three zombie spirits. Then, he walked forward and helped the zombie spirit Cha Na to slowly move Hiderigami out of the blood coffin.
"Thud!"
Hiderigami's body fell to the ground. Hu He smiled widely, as he was relieved that this trip was not fruitless. He had truly uncovered a big treasure.
However, a clear sound of shattering glass echoed from beneath the blood coffin. Then, the blood coffin began to expel thick and heavy Black Zombie Energy.
The zombie energy quickly coalesced, and rushed to the sky, forming a gigantic Zombie Energy Pillar. Endless painful wailing sounded from inside it, while grotesque faces occasionally floated to its surface.
Hu He was stunned when he saw it. However, Little Sha suddenly cradled his head, as he squatted on the floor, with a face of utter despair.
"We're done for, we're done for! Hiderigami wasn't lying to me, he really did use his body as a medium to connect to the Yin Soul Eye, in order to absorb zombie energy. Now that his body has been moved away, the Yin Soul Eye has been completely destroyed."
Suddenly, a game notification sounded in Hu He's mind.
[Attention all areas, Player Hu He has broken the Yin Soul Eye Seal, the suppressed Evil Yin Soldiers have now been released, activating new downloadable content.]
[New Downloadable Content 'The Invasion of Evil':
Content: 40,000 years ago, in a quest to forge the strongest zombie spirit, a crazy Zombie Forgemaster used the Yin Soul Manifestation Pond as his source of energy, and created a Yin Soul Eye that could release a large amount of zombie energy. Used to sustain zombie souls, this dense zombie energy could be used to strengthen the zombie spirits, and manifest weak inkling consciousness within them.
This weak inkling of conscience gradually turned evil under the gradual irrigation of zombie energy. Thus, an entire evil zombie spirit army was created.
After obtaining immense power, they devoured that crazy Zombie Forgemaster, and made their way out of the Yin Soul Eye, bringing tragedy and misfortune to the Land of Beiqi.
They craved blood and flesh, hungered for devouring their prey, and thirsted for massacring everyone!
Evil Yin Soldiers Introduction: Oddities manifested due to the zombie spirits being flushed with large amounts of zombie energy. Apart from having an extremely strong defense, they are also competent in the Evil Ghost Arts.
Introduction to the Ranks of Evil Yin Soldiers (from lowest to highest): Evil Yin Soldier (Level 80), Evil Zombie Spirit (Level 120), Evil Ferocious Spirit (Level 150), Evil Iron Commander (Level 200), Evil Zombie King (Unknown)
[Accomodation System Officially Activated, Shop Items Update Notification:
Added items are as follows:
[Mahogany Small House (Upgradeable):
During the stage of Evil Brutality, the entire Land of Beiqi would suffer from extremely violent attacks and the outside world would be filled with danger. This type of house is molded from mahogany imbued with spirituality and can resist the attacks of ordinary Evil Yin Soldiers.
Surface area: 20 square meters.
Price: 100 Soul Coins.
[Townhouse Talisman:
The Townhouse Talisman is specially created to repel zombie-type beings. If placed outside the house, it will prevent Evil Yin Soldiers from coming closer. (Ferocious Spirit Level and below)
Price: 200 Soul Coins.
[Spirit of the Door God (Can be upgraded):
Fully-formed Door God that can guard the house, comes with three main upgrade trees, and hundreds of different branches from each tree.
Three Main Upgrade Trees: Ghost Breaker (Combat Type, Price: 100 Soul Coins), Ghost Arts (Spell Type, Price: 200 Soul Coins), Ghost Mountain (Defensive Type, Price: 300 Soul Coins)
……
The sudden activation of this new downloadable content and the appearance of a new accommodation system immediately created a huge sensation throughout the forum.
Crayon_Shinchan: "Fuck, I haven't even finished upgrading my ship, now we suddenly need to upgrade houses as well. It's that bastard Zombie Forgemaster, didn't you just announce that you dug out a treasure? Is this the surprise that you dug out for us? I won't say more, all areas should issue a warrant for this person, kill him with no mercy!"
Xueli_The_Strongest:" I'm dumbfounded, just now I also saw his reply thread about him excavating a treasure. Lo and behold, it's a huge surprise indeed. I agree with the warrant for this person (Gritting teeth)"
Invincible_Loneliness: "Everyone, let's not quarrel now. We should prepare to defend ourselves. The brothers by the coast return to the Mansion of the Dead now! Let's prepare the first line of defense, the creatures are approaching!"
Peppa_Boar: "This bastard Zombie Forgemaster is really troublesome. Are you trying to make the game harder for me? You suddenly throw this survival mode at us, I really want to murder you!"
A_Mammoth: "Actually, I recently came across a new island, and was preparing to improve the deserted land. Now, it looks like I won't be able to do so. Let's immediately return to defend the base camp. Send a warrant out for this person, kill him if you ever see him! (Grits teeth)"
……
At this moment, even Hu He himself was utterly confused.
He raised his head to stare at the evergrowing Zombie Energy Pillar in the sky, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have caused a huge pandemonium.
Suddenly, the Zombie Energy Pillar came into contact with the sky ceiling, causing it to disintegrate instantly, raining uncountable Evil Yin Soldiers on the Lands of Beiqi like falling meteors.
"There's not enough time, run faster!" Little Sha pulled Hu He and flew upward into the sky.
"Wait wait, Hiderigami! We haven't taken Hiderigami yet!" Hu He kept stretching out his hand at the body of Hiderigami during his flight, as his heart was filled with reluctance.
"We don't have enough time. Hiderigami's body is so heavy, you can't bring him with us. Don't kill yourself," Little Sha immediately scolded him as he increased his speed as he shot upwards.
Seeing this, Hu He miserably patted the zombie storage bag. The four bodies of zombie spirits transformed into black mist and traveled into the bag. However, Hiderigami's body gradually drifted further away.
The big treasure was gone… Hu He's eyes were brimming with tears.
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Chapter 139: The Nation's Enemy
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Actually, the appearance of the new content was something that had been pre-determined by Lu Wu and Bei Li.
However, this was also activated as a last resort.
Lu Wu noticed that Hu He was smashing the coffin.
However, Lu Wu's policy was to never interfere and allow the players to act freely. Even though he was gritting his teeth hard as he watched, he held his urge in and let them be.
However, in Lu Wu's opinion, the brutality of the Evil Yin Soldiers had its pros and cons.
One of the advantages was that there would be an increase in creatures for the players to level up with. After all, each time an Evil Yin Soldier was killed, players could collect both experience points and soul coins.
With the huge influx of players, the overall speed of leveling up had decreased. Since they were unable to expand the maps, there was a serious lack of creatures to be farmed in the Land of Beiqi.
This was especially so for the Ghost Mountains. Every day, there were at least a million players trying to level up there. With the appearance of the Evil Yin Soldiers, this problem could be solved.
However, the disadvantage was that the Land of Beiqi would probably be invaded on all fronts.
These Evil Yin Soldiers were extremely powerful. Even if they were not as terrifying as the Sea King or the Rock Ghost King, it would be an uphill task for the current players to defend against their oncoming attacks.
In order to solve this problem, Bei Li found some design drawings in the equipment depot, and created some molds of items that could help defend against the Evil Yin Soldiers. Then, he placed these in the shop to help the players.
However, Lu Wu was not worried about the current situation of the players. After all, this was a matter for the entire Land of Beiqi, not merely the players. For example, the Rock Ghost King, the Nine-Headed Snake King, and the other factions of Beiqi might be invaded, too. The burden of invasion was shared equally.
At the same time, in order to quickly resolve this threat, Lu Wu specially announced three missions to increase the competitiveness of the players.
[Main Quest: Protectors of the Homeland:
Quest Requirements: Defend the Mansion of the Dead and prevent it from being invaded by the Evil Yin Soldiers. (Universal Mission)
Quest Period: Until the end of the Evil Apocalypse.
Quest Rewards: Blue Title (Protectors of the Homeland), Reward: 20 Soul Coins
[Side Quest: Evil Butcher:
Quest Requirements: Kill Evil Yin Soldiers (0/10), Evil Zombie Spirits (0/5), Evil Ferocious Ghosts (0/1)
Quest Rewards: One mahogany house
Point Accumulation Quest: Evil Natural Enemies
Quest Requirements: Form a small party (minimum 10 players), hunt and kill monsters of Evil Ferocious Ghost rank and above. The reward is additional points.
Quest Requirements Part 2: All parties that participate in this point accumulation quest can register their names at the Mansion of the Dead. Parties that have been formed cannot be disbanded during the quest period. The kills of monsters of Evil Ferocious Ghost rank and above, from each member of the party, can be included in the party's total points. Finally, parties that rank in the top 3,000 will be given special rewards.
Top 3,000 Parties Quest Rewards: Red Title (Evil Natural Enemies), 1,000 Soul Coins (per party)
Top 10 parties on the server will be given additional special rewards: Special Door Gods (Drawing Force)
The appearance of these three quests immediately piqued the enthusiasm of the players. Some players that were already at the Mansion of the Dead began to publicly advertise for members to form parties, in preparation to hunt and kill the evil spirits.
With the new invasion, items such as the mahogany houses and talismans became hot-selling items in the shop and their stock was replenished in great amounts.
However, after some thought, Lu Wu added another setting.
In the safety zone at the center of the Mansion of the Dead, players were prohibited from building mahogany houses. However, Lu Wu did not implement the rule in the wild. After all, when hunting and killing, players would use up their physical energy and needed safe zones for short breaks. Thus, these mahogany houses would act as shelters.
The area of the evil spirit's invasion was extremely large. After the Yin Soul Eye was shattered, the entire Land of Beiqi was filled with wandering souls. Large numbers of Evil Yin Soldiers were running rampant and countless spirits were completely destroyed.
Many players in the wild had no idea what had happened. Some were even killed by the spirits falling down from the sky, causing them to disconnect from the game.
The entire forum began to fill with activity, it could be said that the disaster that Hu He created greatly angered all the players.
Hu He instantly became the server's most wanted person. Some rich players even issued posts with rewards of soul coins, stating that they would reward anyone that killed Hu He once and presented a picture proof.
……
The root of the problem, Hu He and Little Sha were squatting together inside a hole in the burial grounds.
"It's over, it's over, we're done for, I've made a huge miatake," Little Sha hugged his chubby head, as he squatted on the ground crying.
He thought of how this quest was issued by the King of Beiqi, and how each of the great factions of Beiqi had vowed to supervise him.
However, this matter was ruined now, so this meant that he was about to be chased after by all the factions in Beiqi.
When he thought of this, Little Sha felt that he would die for sure.
Hu He was looking at all the posts on the forum. They were filled with sinister and murderous intent, causing him to look terrified as he mumbled, "It's all over!"
On this treasure-hunting trip, not only was he unable to obtain Hiderigami, but he had also become the nation's enemy. This made him extremely aggrieved.
After mulling it over, he opened a post and weakly tried to reply with one sentence.
"I didn't do it on purpose. (Crying)"
Immediately, there was an influx of comments below it.
"What a fellow, tell us your address. See if I don't kill you a hundred times! You dare to cause trouble, but you don't have the guts to stomach the consequences?"
"The main character has finally appeared, that's wonderful. Hurry up and come to the Mansion of the Dead, we have gathered an army of over a million people to welcome you. Come here quickly (Slight smile)"
"Where are you right now? Tell me quickly, I will never reveal it. Quickly direct message me to coordinate, brother. All of them want to kill you, only I want to protect you (honest and sincere gaze)"
"Brother, your actions are really excellent. The entire server has to clean up your mess! How amazing! Give you a perfect score!"
"I've sharpened the knife, the only thing left is you. Brother, come home, I don't believe that you won't return to the Mansion of the Dead. Have you seen the latest quests, especially the Party Quest, you can only obtain it from the steward of the Mansion of the Dead (Smile)"
"After discussing it, everyone has decided to kill you into submission. Doesn't that make you happy! Aren't you amazed! Aren't you surprised!"
……
Looking at the replies from all the players, Hu He's eyes filled with tears as he hurriedly closed the forum. He was worried that he would drown himself in his own saliva.
It was certain that he had become an unforgivable target. What could he do now? This game did not allow the players to change usernames, nor could one delete and re-register. He was utterly doomed.
One had become the common enemy for all players, while one had become the common enemy of all the factions of Beiqi. They would surely have to live in fear and constantly hide in the future. The thought of it made them feel extremely miserable, and they could not help but wail bitterly.
Meanwhile, the looming catastrophe also awakened the 3,000 Ghost Commanders who were deeply buried beneath the palace in Nightmare City.
They breached the palace, levitated into the air, and came together in midair to make a gigantic black Hexagram Formation.
When they noticed the arrival of the Ghost Commander Army, large amounts of evil spirits began to float upward and rushed at them with bloodthirst.
"Open!"
At this moment, one of the Ghost Commanders' leaders shouted a command. Then, a ray of blinding light immediately beamed from the formation, as 3,000 Ghost Commanders flew from it at full speed.
No matter how strong the spirits in their path were, they were no match for the Ghost Commanders' formation. It forcefully broke a pathway through them, before increasing its speed and disappearing from the Nightmare Zone, as it moved toward the Cliffs of Desperation.
In a blink of an eye, the black Hexagon Formation appeared at its destination, rapidly landed next to a wooden house at the mountainside.
Noticing the disruption outside the house, a white-haired old man drunkenly opened the door and peered outside. Suddenly, he realized that 3,000 Ghost Commanders were neatly lined in rows before him.
"What are you doing?" the white-haired old man was a little confused.
"Your Majesty, the evil spirits are causing an apocalypse. Hence, we have been awakened, do you wish to battle?"
"It's none of your business! Go back to sleep!"
The white-haired old man swept his gaze across the ranks of the Ghost Commander army, rolling his eyes as he reprimanded them. Then, the wooden door slammed shut with a bang, leaving an army of wide-eyed and thunderstruck Ghost Commanders behind him.
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Chapter 140: The Civilian Players' Fury
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
On the second day after the Yin Soul Eye Seal was broken…
Evil spirits were wandering everywhere in the Land of Beiqi, while the majority of the players took refuge in the Mansion of the Dead, as they transitioned from progression mode to survival mode.
Currently, the players could only go out in small parties to fight; traveling solo was simply suicidal.
Other than a few exceptionally professional players, not many players could fight the spirits alone. A lot of new players had even grouped together in parties of over a hundred people before going out to guarantee their own safety.
At this stage, the players were both pleased and unsatisfied with the current situation.
Even though there were endless creatures to kill, waves of attacks would occasionally rain on the Mansion of the Dead, causing the rate of deaths to become exceptionally high. Therefore, the shop's mahogany houses and other items became must-have items. This allowed Lu Wu to earn a huge sum of money.
At the same time, Lu Wu finally released the long-awaited players' rankings and the raiding parties' rankings leaderboard.
[Players' Ranking Leaderboard:
Number 1: Ao Jian: Level 82, Character Class: Ten Swords Demonic Sect
Number 2: Qi Ming: Level 79, Character Class: Ghost Monster
Number 3: Feng Yuxiu: Level 79, Character Class: Five Elements Warlock
Number 4: Su Xiaoba: Level 79, Character Class: Five Elements Warlock
Number 5: Gu Yu: Level 78, Character Class: Demonic God's Apostle
Number 6: Qing Dou: Level 78, Character Class: Five Elements Warlock
Number 7: Liu Gan: Level 77, Character Class: Mage
Number 8: Ye Xue'er: Level 74, Character Class: Cursed Apostle
……
The leaderboard allowed the players to know the levels of the current top-ranking players during this season.
In order to increase the functionality of the ranking leaderboard, Lu Wu would even give rewards for those who made the leaderboard quarterly.
For the players in the Top 100 of the leaderboard at the end of each quarter, they would receive a blue Pioneer title as a reward (valid for 30 days).
A second ranking was also introduced to allow the players to compare the points of each raiding party.
[Raiding Parties Points Scoreboard:
Number 1: Demolition Officers Team 1 (100 people): 321 points
Number 2: Great Dragon Guild Team 1 (100 people): 320 points
Number 3: Myth Team 1 (100 people): 302 points
Number 4: Demolition Officers Team 3 (100 people): 298 points
Number 5: Avengers Team 1 (100 people): 298 points
……
It was obvious that after the invasion of the evil spirits, compared to the relatively stable players' ranking leaderboard, the competition in the raiding party scoreboard was much more fierce.
At any point in time, the ranking could change when a raiding party killed a high-level spirit in the wild.
For the final reward, the guilds began to play their best again.
At this stage of the invasion of evil, Bei Li had also begun to burn the midnight oil, as they had exhausted their supply of soul coins to create a new building type called the Zombie Forging Room.
After an entire night, the Zombie Forging Room finally emerged at the border of the Mansion of the Dead's safe zone.
[Zombie Forging Room:
Specific Functions: Players can collect dead evil corpses as raw materials, and pass them to the steward of the Zombie Forging Room to obtain Zombie Spirit Points. With enough zombie spirits, players will be able to use the Zombie Forging Room to forge evil beings into a one-time subordinate.
The forging room aimed to increase the game's playability and more importantly, rationalize the game resource mechanics.
The concept of the Zombie Forging Room was originally from Lu Wu, as he felt that leaving the residual corpses of the spirits in the wild was too wasteful. Hence, he asked Bei Li if it was possible to collect and reuse them.
Bei Li immediately patted her chest and replied affirmatively. Soon, she created the Zombie Forging Room.
The principle of the Zombie Forging Room was extremely easy. First, one needed to collect the residual corpses of the evil spirits. Then they had to use the Zombie Forging Room to process and purify them in order to obtain zombie spirit points. Finally, the zombie spirit points could be used to create digitized spirits, like forging a one-time pet that would listen to all instructions (and then disappear after death).
Of course, Lu Wu would charge a fee to forge evil spirits at the Zombie Forging Room. The higher the level of the spirits, the required zombie spirit points for forging and the service fee would also be much higher.
For the players who liked playing as a summoner, the introduction of this mode filled them with immense excitement.
In fact, players could be seen offering high prices for corpses in the safe zone at the Mansion of the Dead. After they had collected an entire sack of evil corpses, they would send it to the Zombie Forging Room to process them into one-time subordinates.
However, the processing of the evil spirits in this mode was not profitable. Ten corpses of similarly ranked spirits needed to be forged to accumulate enough zombie spirit points to forge a digitized evil subordinate of equal rank.
However, this brought excitement to many players, as they could sell the evil corpses for coins as well.
All of the new content made the players feel bitter and happy at the same time. They were bitter because they couldn't stop spending soul coins, and they were happy because the various gameplays created by this new mode were very interesting.
Since it was exceptionally difficult to survive in the wild now, it allowed many players to experience the anxiety and thrill of a terrifying apocalypse.
……
In the burial grounds, two silhouettes were painstakingly making their way forward.
After walking past the Northern part of the burial grounds near the Mansion of the Dead, both of them suddenly curled in and hid behind a huge rock.
Before their eyes, Gu Hui and others from the Myth Guild were surrounding and battling fiercely with a Level 150 Evil Ferocious Spirit.
Although the raiding party comprised of a hundred people, the Evil Ferocious Spirit was truly strong. Gu Yu and the others could not do much against it at the moment, and could only keep grinding away to wear it down.
Luckily, the Evil Ferocious Spirit was battling instinctively and did not have any real desire to fight. Under the teamwork of Gu Yu and the others, the raiding party did not suffer any serious losses or damage.
"What's the matter, should we hide further away?" Little Sha asked a little nervously.
"Alright!" Hu He resolutely answered.
"Wait, wait…" Hu He suddenly stopped Little Sha from running away.
"You are a Ghost General, what are you afraid of? No matter how many people there are, they still can't beat you!"
"Oh, that's right!" Little Sha suddenly replied.
Hu He felt like he wanted to cover his face, as he wondered which Zombie Forgemaster forged an extremely timid yet ridiculously strong zombie spirit like Little Sha.
"So, what should we do now?" the utterly hapless Little Sha asked again.
"Let's hide for now, avoid confrontations at all costs, and safety first!"
Thus, they squatted behind the gigantic rock, listening quietly to the clashing sounds of magic and flesh meshing with the bloodthirsty yelling from the players.
Sun Qi, who was busy treating his party member, furrowed his brows, and looked at the gigantic rock.
"Boss, there's an evil corpse over there, I can smell the thick scent of zombie energy!"
"Go and see, but don't be ambushed. We need to deal with this first," after he had finished speaking, Gu Yu disappeared in a flash, appearing behind the Zombie Ferocious Spirit and forcefully threw a punch at him.
When Sun Qi noticed this, he immediately descended from the air and walked toward the gigantic rock.
Sun Qi was extremely careful to be safe, as he jumped onto the gigantic rock from the side and peered over the edge.
Six pairs of eyes instantly met each other, as the three of them were all astonished.
"Zombie Forgemasters!"
"Dog!"
"My God, a White Phantom!"
The three people shouted shockingly in unison.
"Shush, keep quiet, dog," Hu He's face was adorned with an apologetic smile, as he lowered his voice to speak.
Sun Qi solemnly nodded. Then, he looked to the sky and shouted loudly, "Boss, the bastard Zombie Forgemaster is here. Hurry up you guys, I've caught him!"
"Run!"
Hu He wanted to flee immediately, but a murderous intent flashed in Sun Qi's eyes, as he bit Hu He's arm. No matter how hard Hu He tried, he could not free himself from Sun Qi.
To be honest, the ones who hated Hu He the most were most definitely the civilian players. As one himself, Sun Qi's eyes began to redden.
He still had not obtained the coins to upgrade the ship, but he needed to purchase a house and upgrade it as well. Besides, he would need to upgrade his door god, too. This troublemaker must not be allowed to exist under the same sky as me!
When the parties of the Myth Guild that were attacking the Evil Ferocious Spirit heard the words Zombie Forgemaster, they were thunderstruck. Then, all of them rushed to the gigantic rock and gathered around it, paying no more attention to the Evil Ferocious Spirit.
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Chapter 141: Accomplished The First Killing Attempt
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Upon witnessing the scene, the expression on Little Sha's face changed. When he was about to run away, Hu He used one of his hands to grab Little Sha, saying, "Big brother, let's leave together!"
Just as Little Sha wanted to drag him up, he realized the formation and appearance of many shadows around the boulder. One of the shadow formations was the Demonic's God clone of the defeated Hiderigami.
The color drained from Little Sha's face immediately as he muttered, "Good luck, brother!" Then, he swiftly turned around and fled, vanishing from sight in a blink of an eye.
A dignified Ghost General is scared off just like this?
Hu He was heartbroken, Fuck, I wonder if he could still remember the oath that we used to pledge in the cave, promising to share sufferings and happiness together.
When the people in the Myth Guild came across the most wanted person on the server – Hu He, their facial expressions turned ferocious. They approached him at a fast pace.
This caused Hu He's heart to pound vigorously.
He knew better than anyone else that he could not die at this stage. If he was dead, then he would only respawn in the Mansion of the Dead. He could imagine the horrifying scene of being killed continuously by other players and not being able to leave the safe zone.
"Argh, dog, please let go!" Hu He slapped on the dog's head, trying to free himself from the bite so that he could escape.
Sun Qi groaned and the bite became increasingly tighter.
Having no other choice, Hu He patted his zombie storage bag to summon four zombie spirits in his hands. Three of the four Warriors of Wreckage rushed toward the crowd in the Myth Guild. At that instant, the zombie spirit named Cha Na stretched out his arm to grab the upper and lower jaw of Sun Qi's dog mouth and he started using force.
Upon seeing Cha Na, the zombie spirit, Sun Qi immediately widened his eyes, causing his mouth to open up due to the immense force that was exerted.
"Fuck you!" Hu He who was freed from the constraint, released a forceful strike with his foot, causing Sun Qi to rise high in the air. Subsequently, he extended his hand to make finger gestures during his incantation and said, "Burst!"
The three zombie spirits which were approaching the Myth Guild exploded instantly with smoke and pervaded the air. Hu He seized his golden opportunity to run away as fast as lightning toward the east.
"Cough, cough! Such a bad smell…"
Once the people in the Myth Guild escaped from the dense smoke, they noticed that the dog was standing on the ground with his eyes wide open while Hu He was nowhere to be found.
"Where is he, dog?" Gu Yu questioned hurriedly.
"Boss, this brat is freaking audacious!" Sun Qi was already taken aback, leaving him open-mouthed.
"What do you mean? I am asking you the direction he ran toward," Gu Yu was startled.
"Boss, do you know what I saw just now? It was Cha Na. The skull of Cha Na, the symbol of our Christmas Battle Event was stolen by this bastard!"
Sun Qi remained motionless and expressionless as though he was immobilized out of astonishment.
"The skull of Cha Na?"
At first, Gu Yu was confused and before long, he revealed an astonished expression in his eyes as well.
"This bastard is really crazy! I bet this person must be tired of living for him to do that."
Thinking up to this point, Gu Yu immediately turned on the guild live chat in order to allow a player in the Mansion of the Dead to check if the skull of Cha Na on the city gate was still in place.
One minute later, the members of the guild uploaded a screenshot to the guild channel.
Those who had seen the screenshot were left dumbfounded.
In the photo, a wooden-carved skull of Cha Na was used to replace the original one in the Mansion of the Dead.
If it was not for Sun Qi who had realized it, no one would have found out about it even if they walked in and out all the time. At this moment, everyone was feeling strangely heart-broken.
"Oh my god! This brother is such a cruel character. He must be dreaming of ascending to heaven!"
"Chase, make sure to chase after him. If we do not make him submit, I have no idea what other off-limit things he will be up to."
After that, Gu Yu instructed Sun Qi to lead the way. The whole Myth Guild search party went after Hu He following like maniacs, swearing to eliminate this malignant player.
At this instant, Hu He's face was written with trepidation as he ran away crazily. He knew from the dog's expression that the fact he'd stolen the skull of Cha Na could not be hidden anymore. If he did not escape this time, he would surely be done for.
He fled for his life along the way. However, as he turned around, he was frightened by the sight of a group of assassin players trailing close behind him, utilizing their Shadow Steps.
"Oh my god!" Hu He hoped badly that he could have more pairs of legs so he could run even faster.
Just as Hu He wanted to proceed to escape after crossing over a boulder that was blocking the road, he suddenly felt a sense of heaviness in his body. It seemed as though he was dragged to one side by a driving force.
Hu He felt the urge to resist as his body touched the ground. However, at this moment in time, he came across an elegant and handsome man shaking his head seriously at him.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!" the group of assassins who turned on their Shadow Steps swept over their heads.
Once the man was certain that the assassins were far gone, he waved his hand at Hu He, saying, "Follow me!"
Hu He was a little baffled. Although he was uncertain of the reason why this person had come to his rescue, he still chose to tag along with him.
After crossing the crooked paths within the heap of boulders with the man, the man stopped in his tracks when they reached the empty space surrounded by the boulders.
"You're safe now!"
Hu He was moved and he could not stop expressing his gratitude, "Brother, I truly appreciate your help!"
"Don't mention it! I feel that you've done nothing wrong. After all, it's just a game. To be happy is the most important thing," Murphy patted on Hu He's shoulder and smiled as he uttered.
"What a close confidant!" Hu He grabbed Murphy's hand promptly, showing a face full of excitement.
At this point, he finally discovered that someone could actually understand him. How lucky of him to have a like-minded comrade among the players!
"Haha!"
At this moment, the sound of a sharp weapon piercing the body resonated through the atmosphere. As Hu He's body trembled, he turned around, looking in disbelief. He realized that a cute young lady with long hair cascaded down her shoulders was smiling while stabbing his back with a dagger.
"I…"
Puff! The young lady removed the dagger with a smile and inserted it again.
"Brother, save me!"
Hu He thought he was tracked down by the members of the Myth Guild. Hence, he kept turning his head over, trying to seek help from Murphy, only to realize that Murphy was the one who lifted his dagger and stabbed him in the chest.
Puff!
Hu He's face was totally perplexed. He could not understand why his initial benefactor was trying to murder him right now.
"Backstab!" a gentle shriek of the young lady from behind reverberated around the empty space. Then, a critical strike of scarlet red words appeared above his head.
His vision started to blur…
"Why?" before death, Hu He fixed his gaze at Murphy as he asked in despair.
"It's just a game. To be happy is the most important thing but you upset us…" Murphy replied in a smile.
"Now I know…"
Hu He's body fell to the ground with a loud thud.
At this moment, he felt restless. His gaming experience was by far the worst for him. His sworn brother who was a Ghost General left him behind, and his so-called benefactor laid his hands on him. This world is full of conspiracy. I have no idea how a pure and innocent person like me could survive in the future.
"Little Pomelo, quickly take a screenshot!" the male assassin, Murphy promptly told the young lady.
Upon hearing that, the young lady nodded and utilized the function of the camera. She took three shots of Hu He's dead body.
Later, both of them squatted down next to each other and began to upload the photo of Hu He's murder to the forum.
[Killing target, Zombie Forgemaster, waiting for the reward…]
Crayon_Shinchan: "Congratulations! Congratulations on your first attempt in killing! (Reward: 0.01 soul coins)"
Peppa_Boar: "Such a refreshing feeling. Let's wait for him to respawn in the Mansion of the Dead! (Reward: 20 soul coins)"
Xueli_The_Strongest: "Wah, the malignant guy is finally killed. I was so infuriated when I saw people discussing this guy who stole the skull of Cha Na in the forum. I'm surprised to find out that this guy was murdered so fast. Give you a like! (Reward: 1 soul coin)"
Ye_Xueer_is_the_cutest: "Bravo! The whole world is searching for him right now. The first person attempting to kill him must receive a like from me! (Reward: 100 soul coins)"
Broke_Trash: "I don't mind the fact that he has created the invasion of the evil apocalypse. But I have never thought that he would dare to steal the symbolic item of our battle event, the skull of Cha Na. This is a big deal! Good shot! I'm poor but I'll still give out a reward. (Reward: 10 soul coins)"
Grasshopper_Captain: "No point saying much, keep your reward nicely. (Reward: 10 soul coins)"
Watermelon_Taro: "This is my effort from laboring for money. It's little, hope you don't mind. (Reward: 3 soul coins)"
After the screenshot of Hu He's death was uploaded, the forum became active. Obviously, everyone was elated.
From this, one could tell how much the players hated this malignant player.
At this time, Hu He quit playing the game, took off his virtual reality headset, and stared at the screen blankly with his hollow eyes.
He seemed to be able to imagine the scene of him being enveloped by the players' army within three hours.
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Chapter 142: Twin Souls
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Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the sky along with a downpour.
The trees in the forest swayed vigorously due to the strong wind, forming a rustling sound as they hit each other. It sounded like weeping or probably more like it was recounting a tale.
On the muddy ground, two slim and weak figures snuggled together. The howling wind caused them to tremble and they leaned closer to each other.
At this moment, the boy's thin shirt was torn apart. The back part of his body had a shocking wound. With his skin torn and flesh being exposed, blood ran down his back quietly, forming a tiny stream on the muddy ground.
The color drained from the boy's face. His lips quivered due to the excruciating pain and he pursed his lips to prevent himself from bawling in agony.
"Little Pomelo, I think I am about to die," the boy murmured weakly to the girl in his embrace.
"It won't happen. We promised to escape together and you even said that you are going to tie the knot with me," the girl's face revealed her hope for a wonderful future life. However, deep in her eyes, it was visible that she could not make sense of the situation before her.
Upon hearing that, the boy twitched his pale lips and reached out his hand to caress Little Pomelo's face.
"You must escape from here. Promise me to live your life well."
"Alright, let's get out of here together!" the girl asserted.
A huge amount of blood continued to ooze out. The boy could no longer withstand it, hence he began to gasp for breath.
At this moment, he was so desperate to carry on living his life and to be able to be by Little Pomelo's side to grow older with her and spend his entire life taking care of her.
However, his life seemed to have come to an end at this juncture.
I am not willing to give up… I only hope that… Little Pomelo will be able to escape from here… after I am dead… I beg for your mercy, God…
The boy's vision turned blurry and his head hung low. At this point in time, he seemed to have heard the voices of those people. A scene of the world of blue in the cultivation pool emerged in his eyes.
"What a perfect body experiment… it is something so rare in this Dharma-ending age… in this regard, your serial number will be 410 from now on."
"Having a stable life form… included a trace of extrasensory perception… let's see if it's possible to awaken the special characteristics of his body composition… such a pity, it seems like we have failed this time… 410 you'd better not die… you need to at least last for ten experiments…"
"This is your roommate. Her name is called 423. Both of you'd better not get into a fight, or else you'll know the consequence of it…"
"This is such a shocking discovery… 423! Perhaps we can rely on the special characteristics of her body composition to study the secret of cultivation… you are indeed more powerful than the useless 410…"
"Hahaha… 423… the special characteristics of your body composition have been awakened… you have successfully been integrated with the extrasensory perception… hahaha… we are about to succeed!"
"It's so unexpected to know that the useless 410's special characteristics of body composition have also been successfully stimulated… such a shocking surprise… both you and 423 will become our babies in the laboratory next time…"
The memory before death was leaping and flashing like a film in reverse. Other than the experiments that frightened him, a gentle and soft voice of a girl popped up in his mind.
"410, will we die here?"
"Please don't address me, 410. I have a name, call me Murphy!"
"To be honest, I am not called 423 either. My name is actually Little Pomelo."
"Why do you keep staring at me?"
"I can't see you, I can only feel your presence. Hee-hee."
"Murphy, why do they want to treat us like this? I feel so painful, very painful!"
"Little Pomelo, hang in there! They said you will surely be successful, you won't die!"
"Murphy, I feel like I can't bear with it anymore. It seems like I'm going to die soon. I'm in great despair!"
"Little Pomelo you must persevere. I will surely bring you out of this place!"
"Seriously?"
"I promise!"
"Okay, I believe in you!"
"My mum told me to get married to a man I'm fond of when I grow up, so Murphy I just want to tell you that I like you!"
"Once we have escaped from here, I will marry you!"
"Yes, we will certainly get out of here together."
"Little Pomelo, I can feel that my body is getting stronger. I believe we can leave here soon, very soon!"
"But Murphy, why is my strength not getting stronger? I can only sense as though I have become two of me. It's so weird!"
"Probably, because I am a boy, hee-hee."
"Murphy, are we serious about escaping? But I don't have a clear vision so I can't see the road clearly. What to do?"
"I'm your pair of eyes!"
"It's good to have you!"
Not knowing how long it had passed, Murphy felt as though something was crawling on his face. He slowly opened his eyes to find Little Pomelo sweeping her strand of hair on his face.
"I'm not dead?" Murphy asked in his husky voice.
"Murphy, we will share a life in the future. You are me, and I am you. We will never get separated again!" Little Pomelo held Murphy's hand as she giggled.
"How did you do it?"
"Because I don't want to let you die. Your body slowly turned cold and I almost cried my heart out. I keep telling myself that you must not die, then the other me just entered your body. So, now we share a life together!"
As Little Pomelo was speaking, she stretched out her hand to pinch his cheek.
"Do you feel pain?"
Sensing the slight pain emerging from his cheek, Murphy revealed a smile on his face. He knew for sure that they were together this time.
"So painful, I must pinch you back!" Murphy smiled as he pinched her cheek.
"No way, Murphy, you bully me! I want to pinch you back as well…"
Two bodies who shared a life held their hands together as they stepped out of the forest, moving toward a whole new life.
In such a cruel world, they were determined to survive.
They used to be bullied, experienced hunger and were even cheated before, but they still lived a happy life because they had each other's company.
They thought of going home, returning to their parents' sides. However, on their journey back home, they realized that both of them could not separate from each other. Hence, other things were no longer important anymore.
He was her pair of eyes that could show her the way, brightening up her initial world of darkness.
She was his life that could come to a halt for him, ready to be his gentle harbor.
Out of coincidence, Murphy knew about the existence of a game named Online Battle and realized that this game was like a real world. Hence, he used up all his savings to buy two sets of virtual reality devices, thinking of bringing her in to the real world.
"Murphy, I am getting angry now. You used up all the money and we are going to starve to death soon!"
"Little Pomelo, I heard that one can earn money through this game. I won't make you starve. You need to know if you get hungry, I will certainly be hungry as well."
"I am so sad to realize that you always feed me just to ensure you don't starve yourself."
"That's right so you'll have to make sure to fill your stomach up all the time."
"Alright, I'll listen to you this time."
In order to understand clearly about this game – from ways of earning money to the most profitable character class, Murphy will frequent the forum to seek advice from the experienced players, hoping to get some help.
After receiving a useful hint from Crayon_Shinchan, they found out that assassin players could earn the most money.
After coming into contact with the game content, this was the first time that Little Pomelo had ever experienced a world full of colors. This had resulted in her being deeply into it and once she knew that Murphy chose the position as an assassin, she followed suit. This was all due to the fact that she wanted to earn money with him and work hard together for their happiness.
Thereupon, the game had serial killer couples that accepted Reward Quests.
The strange soul of Murphy and Little Pomelo had indeed attracted the attention of Lu Wu. Hence, he asked Bei Li for more information.
According to Bei Li's explanation, their souls have actually combined with each other and formed an inseparable existence called twin souls.
As Lu Wu was curious, he used to ask a question related to how long they would stay that way.
Bei Li replied, "It will last longer than eternity. Even if they were to be reincarnated and reborn, they are fated to be together forever."
Out of curiosity, Lu Wu paid attention to these two individuals.
There was once during the sunset by the sea, Lu Wu witnessed the scene of both of them holding hands and slowly got out of sight with only a trace of a shadow that came into view.
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Chapter 143: How To Maintain The State Of Combat
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The safe zone of the Mansion of the Dead, Beiqi.
A dense crowd of people gathered around the resurrection point, waiting patiently for the presence of the hated player.
After waiting for about three hours, a figure that everyone anticipated had finally appeared at the resurrection point.
Once he entered the game, Hu He was taken aback after witnessing a large group of players gathered together there waiting for him. He revealed an awkward smile on his face and quickly quit the game, vanishing from sight.
Everyone was speechless.
"Damn it! Did he just run away? He didn't even allow us to vent our anger!"
"Idiot, I thought of asking him to return the skull of Cha Na. What's the point of waiting when he'd just run away like this?"
"I don't believe this brat will ever get back online. C'mon, it's time to fight…"
Therefore, the players started keeping their guard up and Hu He did appear at the resurrection point a few times within this period. However, Hu He would go offline when he found that the group of people there still hadn't dispersed.
After enduring for half a day, Hu He reappeared again, but this time he did not go offline. Instead, he fixed his gaze at everyone with a dispirited expression on his face.
"Hello everyone, don't you find it boring?"
Upon hearing that, some players fetched their chessboards and started playing chess, some players fished out their tea set and began making tea, while others gathered together to play poker cards. All sorts of entertainment were available and no one seemed to have the thought of leaving.
Hu He was dumbfounded at the sight of this. He swore in his heart. What a way to play this game! So, they seriously want to confine me in the safe zone.
Looking at this, the only choice he had was to wait until they exceeded their time limit to be online in order to escape secretly. Hu He felt sad to even think about it.
At this moment, a group of people was approaching from afar.
"Hey brothers, it's time to change shifts. Go ahead and complete your quest if you have one and go hunting if needed."
Once the people surrounding the resurrection point heard that, they packed their things and rose to their feet. One after another left and a new batch of people sat around the resurrection point.
Hu He was utterly out of words.
"Just give up. Every major guild has come into a consensus to be on duty for turns of 24 hours without resting at all. Are you prepared to surrender?"
Gu Yu from the Myth Guild walked a few steps forward and proceeded toward the resurrection point to pat on Hu He's shoulder.
"Isn't it interesting?" Sun Qi asked as he sat by the side of Gu Yu's leg and gnashed his teeth.
"It's so immoral for you all to do that!" Hu He was overwhelmed with sorrow and anger.
"Immoral?" Gu Yu was left stunned upon hearing that. It seemed a bit awkward to hear a word coming out from a person who had dug his own tomb.
"Where was your morality when you stole the skull of Cha Na and replaced it with a wooden-carved one?" Sun Qi who was beside Gu Yu grit his teeth as he retorted.
Hu He waved his hand, indicating that he was extremely dejected. He sat down at the resurrection point without saying a word. He kept looking into the eyes of Gu Yu and the others, making it seem like he was trying to convince them of his sincerity.
"Oh yeah, tomb-digging guy, what did you dig, causing you to be in such great trouble?" Gu Yu and Sun Qi asked out of curiosity as they were playing chess.
This made Hu He recall Hiderigami of whom he almost laid his hands on. He could not help but heave a deep sigh.
"I nearly obtained Hiderigami and almost became the most invincible player. If I possessed Hiderigami, I would never be afraid of anyone and I could do whatever I liked. I was so close!" as he mentioned it, he used both his index finger and thumb to make a gesture, indicating a very short distance.
"Hiderigami!" upon hearing it, Gu Yu felt refreshed all of a sudden.
Even though his Demonic God's Apostles were the strongest in the inherited character class, the disadvantage of his character class was that the progress of development was not systematic. Hence, if he could not develop himself in the long term, then he would certainly be surpassed by latecomers.
Hiderigami was the key to his class development and also his most important task at hand.
"Where is Hiderigami?" Gu Yu questioned hastily.
"He's in Evil Nightmare City. He was trying to recuperate through energy intake from the seal. I wasted a lot of energy to dig him out. Who knows how the fragile seal just broke apart. I feel infuriated just thinking about this," recalling the past provoked Hu He's rage.
"How did you get into the place?" Gu Yu was astonished.
He led a few people to go in with him a few times but they were all blocked by the Zombie Poison Formation. They all died even before entering the place.
"Have you been there as well?" Hu He was startled.
"Quick, tell me! How do you get in?" Gu Yu asked eagerly.
As he listened to this question, Hu He seemed to have thought of something, hence he chuckled as he uttered, "One needs to possess a certain skill to get into the city. Since you're not part of our zombie forging community, for sure you don't know how to be flexible. It's very hard to enter but if you bring me along, I can help you to get in."
Hu He's statement caused Gu Yu to have conflicted feelings.
He finally found out about the way to enter Evil Nightmare City, but it seemed like this awful player was the only one who knew the way. As a result, it left him wondering what he could do.
"Brother, if you want to enter the place, you need me. You can think about it first. I can obviously see through the desire in your eyes," as Hu He knew that the possibility was high, he grinned from ear to ear.
"Boss, we can't let go of this guy. If not, our guild will be done for!" Sun Qi interjected promptly to discourage the seemingly interested Gu Yu from having such a thought.
Gu Yu certainly knew the repercussions. Now, the major guilds came to an agreement to take turns in defending the area so if he released him without authorization, he would surely be besieged.
It was so rare to see hope for class development, hence he did not want to give up too easily.
After much consideration, Gu Yu created a live chat group and added Chen Ziyu, Wu Guoyi, Lu Zhan, Liu Chai, and other leaders into the live chat channel.
Gu Yu: "Fellow brothers, I have something to discuss with all of you!"
Ye Xue'er: "What's the matter?"
Chen Ziyu: "I'm in the midst of killing a ferocious spirit. I'll talk to you later!"
Liu Chai: "Same question, what's up?"
Seeing that the leaders from each major guild were already in the group, Gu Yu started to explain his intention.
Gu Yu: "Fellow brothers, I have something to discuss with all of you! Can I borrow the most-hated player for a bit? I guarantee that I won't let him run away!"
Ye Xue'er: "No!"
Liu Chai: "No 1"
Wu Guoyi: "No 2"
Chen Ziyu: "No 3"
Gu Yu felt a headache when he saw the replies of disapproval from all of them.
But he was not ready to give up the chance for class development. Therefore, upon further deliberation, he tried to explain again and come clean about his difficulty for class development. Without Hu He, it was unlikely that he would be able to accomplish it successfully.
Upon witnessing Gu Yu's sincere manner, the leaders of the major guilds began to hesitate.
As the saying goes, strike the iron while it's hot. Hence, Gu Yu proceeded to promise some benefits and assured the rest that he would surely send him back to the safe zone when they were done. After all his efforts, they finally agreed reluctantly to let him borrow Hu He for a short period of time.
After receiving approval by the major guilds, Gu Yu heaved a sigh of relief. He then averted his gaze toward Hu He.
"Let's go, bring me to Evil Nightmare City, but to ensure you don't run away or go offline, you need to maintain your state of combat."
Upon hearing Gu Yu's statement, Hu He showed a surprised look on his face while thinking of how foolish it would be to not escape.
However, once he heard Gu Yu mention maintaining the state of combat to prevent him from going offline, he was stunned for an instant.
"How can we maintain a constant state of combat?"
"Simple, let the dog bite you along the way!"
Both Hu He and Sun Qi didn't know what to say.
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Chapter 144: Hiderigami Plug
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At the outskirts of Beiqi's Evil Nightmare City.
The Myth Guild led by Gu Yu was slowly making their approach.
The current area around Nightmare City was undoubtedly where evil raged the craziest. In order to avoid attracting the attention of evil spirits, Gu Yu did not bring along with him the entire guild. Instead, he only brought about a few dozen of their most elite players.
As they got nearer to Nightmare City, Gu Yu and the others also noticed a Zombie Energy Pillar which was shooting up to the sky like a smoke signal. At the peak of the Zombie Energy Pillar, dark shadows were continuously falling from it.
Those who saw this could not help but turn their heads and glare at Hu He.
Hu He gave an awkward smile. He stretched his hand out and shook Sun Qi who in turn increased the grip of his teeth which was still clamped on his arm.
"Guy who plays with corpses, how do we get in?" asked Gu Yu who had turned to look at Hu He when they were at the city gates.
"Ahem. The layout of the area around this city gate is fake. It is actually a Zombie Poison Formation. Once a person enters, the zombie poison will penetrate his body and he will most likely die. Thus, we need to take special measures."
When Gu Yu heard this, he felt that this kid actually had some tricks up his sleeve.
"Therefore, we will have to make our way through there!" as he spoke, Hu He pointed at the hole which he dug previously at the side of the city wall.
No one realized how easy it could have been.
"That's it?" Gu Yu was shocked.
"Yes," Hu He nodded.
"Kill him and send him back!"
When the guild's subordinates heard this, they all lifted their huge blades and approached Hu He.
The veins on Hu He's forehead were pounding, "Wait, please don't. It's very dangerous inside as it's all littered with traps. Without me, you guys will never be able to get very far."
"Are there really traps in there?"
"Yes, there are a lot of traps in there. Danger is basically everywhere!" Hu He appeared very serious.
"Alright. You lead the way. Get in!"
Then, the gamers from the Myth Guild followed Hu He as they all squeezed one by one into the hole below.
After they went through the hole, they all realized that the entire Nightmare City was covered with zombie energy. There was a very thick layer on the ground to the point where it reached their knees. Their vision was also blocked by the thin zombie energy sinking from the sky. They could only see things which were about ten feet away from them. From afar, evil low growls were even more frequent than before.
"Big Boss Gu, I've already helped you find Hiderigami so can you let me go now?" Hu He turned his head and asked.
"We'll talk after we find him!" Gu Yu gave him a glare.
Hu He sighed. He then took out a pouch of powder from his bag and gave it to Gu Yu, "Big Boss Gu, this is Loose Zombie Powder. I used a part of Cha Na's head to make this. Once you coat yourself with this, evil will not be able to notice you."
"Oh right, don't use too much of it as I only have this pouch," Hu He said with pain laced in his voice.
When Gu Yu heard this, he accepted the Loose Zombie Powder and poured some out to be applied on his body. Then, he gave it to the person next to him.
[Used Loose Zombie Powder. Buffer shall remain for 30 minutes!]
"You do know some things. You must be a grave robber in real life too, right? It must have also been your ancestors' job, or else how could you have created this class?" Gu Yu asked out of curiosity.
When Hu He heard this, he merely chuckled in reply.
According to the ancient book, those who forged zombies were far more vicious than grave robbers as digging up someone's ancestral tomb was a common occurrence. Moreover, when they were fighting against enemies, they would secretly go to their enemy's ancestral tomb and dig up their ancestors to forge zombie spirits out of them before fighting them head on.
Although Hu He had never felt the feeling of controlling ancestors to beat up their descendants, the thought of it was enough to pleasure him.
After everyone had applied the Loose Zombie Powder, Hu He was shocked to see that Gu Yu had thrown the leftovers into his own private space.
"Big Boss Gu, that is mine…" Hu He said with pain in his voice.
"I know. I'm just afraid that you will run away after this. When all this is done, I will return it to you. Do you not believe me?"
"I do!" Hu He grit his teeth.
Then, Gu Yu and the rest followed where Hu He pointed to begin their path toward the center zone of Nightmare City.
Due to the effects of the powder, during Gu Yu and the others' journey, although they met with a lot of evil spirits, they all avoided them when they smelled their scent and did not make a move toward them.
"Why does this Loose Zombie Powder have this effect?" Mo Lingtian who was right behind Gu Yu could not contain his curiosity any further and asked.
"This powder was made through grinding Cha Na's head. I added in some spiritual materials which I found in order to imitate an evil scent. After applying this, those brainless spirits will think of us as evil as well. Moreover, we would be high level evils, so naturally they would not make a move on us."
When Mo Lingtian heard this, he nodded. However, the way he looked at Hu He changed. After all, which normal person would research these things?
After arriving at Nightmare City's center zone, Hu He's heart was beating fast. Now, what he was most afraid of was that Hiderigami would be gone.
Actually, he also had his own selfish reasons for bringing Gu Yu here.
What Gu Yu wanted was to kill Hiderigami while what he wanted was Hiderigami's corpse. Both their aims could be said to not be in conflict with each other.
If he could truly obtain Hiderigami's corpse, then even if he had to be killed and brought back to the city, he would be willing.
His thoughts were simple. After obtaining Hiderigami's corpse, he would return to the city to concentrate and study meticulously in order to forge Hiderigami's corpse into a zombie spirit.
When that time comes, he could leave the safe zone whenever he wanted. No one could stop him even if he wanted to go out with a handstand.
After pushing away the thick fog, the familiar bloody coffin appeared before everyone's eyes.
Hu He took a few careful steps toward it. He nervously peeked his head out to look within it.
However, when he saw what was inside, Hu He was shocked.
All he saw within the bloody coffin was his sworn brother Little Sha lying peacefully within.
At this moment, Gu Yu and the rest walked forward as well. They, too, peeked their heads to look within. When Gu Yu saw Little Sha who was within the bloody coffin, his expression changed.
"Big Boss Gu, don't be too hasty!" Hu He could sense a murderous aura, hence he quickly placed his hands on Little Sha's head before giving it a strong shake.
When he felt someone shaking him, Little Sha opened his sleepy eyes and looked at Hu He in confusion.
"Good brother!" life was gradually returning to Little Sha's eyes.
If it wasn't because he couldn't beat him, the current Hu He really wanted to start a fight with him. Why did the word brother sound so cheap when it came from his mouth?
"Brother Little Sha, where is Hiderigami? Where did Hiderigami go?"
When Little Sha heard this, he sat up slowly from the bloody coffin, revealing a hole at the bottom of the coffin. Everyone could see that Hiderigami was stuck inside and that he was glaring at them with his head raised high.
Everyone was perplexed.
He took Hiderigami as a cushion?
A common thought appeared in everyone's head, and that was that this kid known as Little Sha was really brave!
"Brother Little Sha, quickly pull Hiderigami out. We need him urgently," Hu He said with bright eyes.
"No! No!" Little Sha shook his head.
"Why?"
"I've turned Hiderigami's body into a plug to block the Yin Soul Eye. Although this cannot stop the flow of zombie energy, it still has some effect. If you pull him out, the seal will be completely destroyed."
They were confused, "Hiderigami? Plug?"
"You're not afraid that he would ingest the zombie energy and recover?" Hu He could not help but ask.
"No. After all, I'm still here. The more zombie energy Hiderigami absorbs, the more I will absorb from him. I can guarantee that he will not recover!" as he spoke, Little Sha rubbed his chubby cheeks.
"Is there no room for negotiation?" Hu He was still slightly unwilling to take this as an answer.
Little Sha shook his head once again.
When Gu Yu saw this, he quickly cast a look at those behind him. The members of the guild then immediately understood what he meant and surrounded the bloody coffin.
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Chapter 145: Listen To My Explanation
Looking at Gu Yu who was about to take action, Hu He swiftly turned around and stopped him.
Gu Yu and others were not aware of Little Sha's ability. However, how could they not? Little Sha might look chubby and harmless, but the capability he revealed when breaking open the coffin still remained fresh in Hu He's memory.
As Hu He saw the suspicious look on Gu Yu and the others' eyes, he lowered his voice as he spoke, "Hehe, he is a Ghost General, so guys, don't look for trouble!"
Upon hearing it, Gu Yu and others quickly turned on Observation Mode.
[Evil Ghost General (Ghost General Peak):
Character Details: The masterpiece of the crazy Zombie Forgemaster. He can still maintain his consciousness after absorbing a great amount of zombie energy and the evil spirit so he is known as the Master of Evilness. He was later summoned to surrender to the King of Beiqi and was conferred as an Evil Ghost General. He has been guarding the Yin Soul Eye Seal in Evil Nightmare City for about 40,000 years.
Looking at the Analysis Menu, Gu Yu and the others widened their eyes and slowly released their weapons at hand.
This is too powerful, we can't bear to offend… can't bear to offend!
"What do we do now?" the depressed Gu Yu looked toward Hu He as he asked.
Hu He stretched out his hand to swing his left arm which was bitten tightly by Sun Qi.
"Boss Gu, take it easy. Believe in me!"
Hu He who was grinning ear to ear gazed at Little Sha. He then opened his mouth, saying, "Brother Sha, are we still brothers?"
"For sure we are brothers. We have become sworn brothers in the cave, certainly, we are brothers for life," Little Sha replied straightforwardly.
Upon hearing this, Hu He gave out a smile, "Big brother, I believe you must be willing to lend a helping hand when it comes to the matter of vital importance to me."
"That's for sure!"
"Give Hiderigami to us!"
"No way!"
"Please give him to me, if not I will be a dead man. You'll never see me again," Hu He pleaded in sorrow.
"Still no way!"
Just as Hu He did not know what to do, Gu Yu shoved him away and looked toward Little Sha with a smile, saying, "Brother Little Sha, do you know what this is?" Gu Yu fetched out a bead condensed with the zombie spirit point from his personal channel.
[Zombie Spirit Bead: This is obtained after purifying the evil zombies in the refined morgue. The zombie spirit point on the inside is up to 542 points.
Looking at the zombie spirit bead, Little Sha showed his look of desire as he rubbed his hands.
"It looks so delicious."
Gu Yu nodded, "It's indeed tasty. Since fate has brought us together, why don't I just give this to you?"
Little Sha nodded hastily, "You'll also be my brother in the future. Quickly hand it over to me!"
Upon seeing his reaction, Gu Yu passed the zombie spirit bead to Little Sha.
Little Sha experienced a surge of excitement. He swallowed the zombie spirit bead once he had taken it from Gu Yu and revealed a sense of satisfaction.
Seeing that Little Sha got hooked on that, Gu Yu fetched out another zombie spirit bead from his personal channel.
"Brother, are you done eating? I still have more!"
"Quick, give it to me now!" Little Sha opened his mouth in amazement.
Without hesitation, Gu Yu handed another zombie spirit bead over to Little Sha.
As he watched Little Sha swallow the bead, Gu Yu thought that he should strike while the iron's hot.
"Brother, I still have lots of them, do you want them all?
Little Sha nodded instantly.
Right after consuming two zombie spirit beads, he was surprised to find that his cultivation of Ghost General Peak showed signs of improvement. He was filled with desire for the zombie spirit beads in his heart. As someone who was simple-minded, he did not realize that Gu Yu was actually trying to set a trap for him.
"I left the rest of my beads outside the city. We can go collect them together."
"How about Hiderigami?" Little Sha revealed a doubtful expression on his face.
As Hu He realized the plan of Gu Yu, he quickly opened his mouth, saying, "Big brother, I can help you to keep an eye on this place. As your brother, I'll make sure to guard this place well."
"I thought you wanted Hiderigami?" Little Sha looked confused.
"Even if I longed for Hiderigami, I'll still need your approval before I can get him. So, feel free to go and collect your beads. I'll discuss further with you when you get back."
"Alright!" Little Sha replied instantly with joy.
"C'mon, let's go and get the beads," Gu Yu said to Little Sha after casting a glance at Hu He.
Little Sha nodded his head and then grabbed Gu Yu's shoulder.
"Let me take you there!"
He took hold of Gu Yu as he was speaking. The two figures soared into the air toward the outside of the city.
As the two figures vanished from sight, Hu He quickly summoned the zombie spirit of Cha Na to proceed and embrace the skull of Hiderigami. He then exerted great force trying to pull it out.
The rest of the people from the Myth Guild felt the urge to help out. However, at this point in time, Gu Yu's voice resounded in the live chat channel.
"Brothers, please don't help, please don't!"
"Why are you just standing there? Faster come and help!" Hu He yelled as he was trying to drag Hiderigami with all his might.
"Ouch! My stomach hurts!"
"Same thing here, my stomach really hurts. Perhaps we are poisoned by the zombie poison."
"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Me too, my stomach is aching so badly."
Hu He was dumbfounded to find the people from the Myth Guild squatting down while holding their tummies. He then turned his gaze toward the only person who was still standing, Mo Lingtian.
"I… I also have a stomachache," Mo Lingtian smiled awkwardly as he gradually crouched down with his head lowered and hands clasping on the head.
Aren't you having a stomachache? Why on earth do you still have time to squat down with your head lowered and hands clasping the head?
Hu He then averted his gaze to the dog who was biting his left arm.
"Ouch, I have a toothache!" the dog mumbled while sobbing.
"I don't care anymore!" Hu He's eyes only had Hiderigami at this time. He used up almost all his energy just to slowly pull Hiderigami out from the cave below the blood coffin.
"Bang!" the ground trembled as a result of Hiderigami's enormous body landing on the ground.
At this moment, the blood coffin changed into twelve spinning beads. Then, these beads started to shake, slowly floated up in the air and suddenly shrank and collided with each other.
"Boom!" a dense surge of zombie energy approached, causing everyone to narrow their eyes.
"Buzz! Buzz!"
The twelve beads spun in a counter-clockwise direction, soar into the sky and exploded when they reached high up the sky. These beads were similar to meteors as they fell upon the same direction of the Land of Beiqi.
Promptly, as everyone was still under amazement, a total of twelve Zombie Energy Pillars from afar shot up to the sky.
[Server Warning: The Evil Seal has been damaged by the player, Hu He, causing the emergence of twelve new Zombie Pillars. Other players, please be cautious as the outside world is extremely dangerous!]
[Game Notification #1: The situation of evil invasion deteriorates and the Zombie Pillars need to be ruined to crack the case of invasion this time. Take note that every Zombie Pillar is guarded by an Evil Ghost General at the initial stage of its ability!]
[Game Notification #2: The Mansion of the Dead is most likely to encounter the invasion of the Evil Army on a large scale. All players, please be ready to defend yourself!]
As these twelve Zombie Energy Pillars appeared, a bigger scale of Evil Yin Soldiers fell upon the ground like raindrops. Many players in the wild were attacked under a state of confusion. They were all killed by the Evil Army, transformed them into rays of light and instantly removed them from the game.
At this moment, it dawned on Mo Lingtian and the others of their boss's effort. They felt lucky to escape from being included in the list of the Server Announcements. What a close call!
The initial smile on Hu He's face when he thought he had successfully obtained Hiderigami froze instantly.
After that, he turned his shoulder over to stare at the people from the Myth Guild in grief and fury.
"I don't know. I'm not part of it, I'm not!"
"It's also none of my business. Don't you see that the message only stated your name?"
"That's true, this is a living thing, too. You can't put the blame on us. If we were not having a stomachache, we would surely help you out."
"Yes, yes, this is part and parcel of life. We can't resist it. My condolences to you."
"Brother, endure your grief. Embrace a new life with a smile on your face!"
Hu He felt as though he was going to explode in rage at this moment.
Am I done for this time? I have caused one huge commotion after another. Do I still have a foothold in this game?
"Ahhhhh, I don't care anymore!" thinking of this, Hu He's eyes reddened and he averted his gaze toward his one and only hope, Hiderigami.
Just then, a shadow landed from the sky. He ran clumsily toward the side of the blood coffin, looking rather hopeless as he turned facing out.
"Big brother, please listen to my explanation!"
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Chapter 146: Plan To Annihilate Their Clan
Big Brother, Please Listen To My Explanation!
Looking into Little Sha's bloodshot eyes, Hu He hurriedly defended himself.
"Explain yourself!" Little Sha's hands slowly clenched into fists.
"Hiderigami started it first!"
"Right after you left, Hiderigami suddenly began to move. He rose to his feet before he escaped from the hole. I wanted to stop him. Unfortunately, I am not capable of doing it with my ability."
"Besides, I also suspect that Hiderigami has been concealing his strength. He's not as weak as he appears. He's been looking for an opportunity. After our big brother left, Hiderigami must have thought that it was his chance to run away. Therefore, he released all his remaining power at once."
Hu He explained with a somber expression, coupled with a few relevant gestures, as if what he said was the exact truth.
Little Sha was glued to the ground upon hearing Hu He's story. Confused, he turned to look at the members of the Myth Guild.
Mo Lingtian and the rest immediately answered with a nod.
"Really?" Little Sha struggled to believe their words.
"No, it's not real…" Hiderigami, who was still lying on the ground, could not hold back any longer.
All of a sudden, the air was filled with awkwardness.
"Big brother, do you believe Hiderigami, who has attacked you, or me?" Hu He questioned furiously.
The innocent Little Sha was stuck in a very difficult position, not knowing who to trust.
After pondering for a moment, Little Sha lifted his gaze to look at Hu He.
"I trust you. You're my brother!"
Upon hearing Little Sha's answer, Hu He was immediately relieved.
"Idiot!" Hiderigami, who was still lying on the ground, was flabbergasted as he heaved a sigh of disappointment.
"Do you see it now, big brother? He's insulting you!" Hu He seized the opportunity to fan the flames of hatred.
"Hiderigami, you tried to harm me. I'll fight with you!" appearing enraged, Little Sha was ready to charge toward Hiderigami.
At this moment, Gu Yu, who was standing aside, acted before Little Sha could, as he rushed to Hiderigami. He lifted his fist and began to thrash Hiderigami.
After landing a few punches on Hiderigami, Gu Yu turned and glanced at Little Sha.
"Let me handle this, brother!"
As he finished his work, he continued to attack Hiderigami mercilessly.
However, Hiderigami had an extremely strong body. Despite the fact that Hiderigami was very weak now, Gu Yu's strenuous punches did not even leave a mark on Hiderigami's skin.
"Aren't you tired?" Hiderigami asked in an indifferent manner.
"Tired, my ass!" Gu Yu, who refused to admit defeat, activated the state of evil body. Immediately, all his attributes were boosted significantly before he landed another powerful punch on Hiderigami.
Being in the evil body state, Gu Yu was burning in a crimson fire. A horn slowly grew from his forehead.
Upon witnessing this scene, Hiderigami and Little Sha's eyes popped out of their heads.
"Demonic God!" they exclaimed in unison.
Hiderigami was especially astonished. Although he knew that he was currently very weak, he was not afraid that he would be killed at all.
After all, he was a zombie. He had been focusing on cultivating his physical body. With his strong physical body of Ghost Emperor Realm, he was confident that no one, including Little Sha, could break his superficial defense.
However, at this moment, fear could be seen in his eyes.
The person he was the most afraid of across the entire Land of Beiqi was undoubtedly the Demonic God.
The existence of the Demonic God was beyond the Ghost Emperor Realm. He was a true God whose name was recorded in the Underworld God List.
Hiderigami had learned about the god's true strengths from his previous fight with the Demonic God's clone. Although it was only a clone, Hiderigami was no match for it. If the Great Emperor of Dong Yue did not stop them toward the end of the fight, he believed that he would not have stayed alive until today.
As a result, Hiderigami was swamped by the fear of death when he, once again, witnessed the power of the Demonic God.
Being under the fearful eyes of Hiderigami and Little Sha, Gu Yu continued his arduous attack.
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"Huff!"
After a good ten minutes of assault, Gu Yu was panting as he finally stopped his actions.
"Aren't you tired?" Hiderigami repeated his question in an unsympathetic manner.
Feeling exhausted, Gu Yu wiped off his sweat.
Hiderigami's strength was beyond his imagination. He had drained every bit of his energy, yet Hiderigami remained absolutely unharmed.
Gu Yu got to his feet before he turned to look at Little Sha, "Is there a way to kill him?"
"No!" Little Sha's answer was succinct and straightforward.
"Then, why did you say that you were going to fight with him?" Gu Yu was bewildered.
"I was merely saying words. He is the elitest of the Ghost Emperor Realm and has been focusing on cultivating his physical body. There's no way for me to break his defense. The best I can do is to land some punches on him to vent my anger."
Upon hearing that, Gu Yu pulled a long face. Then, he turned to look at Hu He.
"What about you? You have been studying about dead bodies. Do you have any idea how to defeat him?"
"Not now. We have to find a quiet place first. The Loose Zombie Powder on us is going to expire soon. Let's leave this place immediately. I'll see if I can temper him with my inherited skill," Hu He answered excitedly, knowing that it was his time to perform when Gu Yu asked for his opinion.
Gu Yu was flustered by Hu He's answer. Yet, he seemed to have run out of other options. Therefore, he could only nod and agree to Hu He's suggestion.
He waved his hand and said, "Please help and move Hiderigami away."
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
At this moment, Gu Yu realized that he was unexpectedly added into a live chat channel.
Chen Ziyu: "Boss Gu, please explain! (angry emoji)"
Ye Xue'er: "Didn't you say that you'll send him back here immediately?"
Liu Chai: "It's complete turmoil out there. Boss Gu, we're waiting for your explanation!"
Wu Guoyi: "Where is he? Where's the player you borrowed?"
Being questioned by the others, Gu Yu was immensely perturbed.
He quickly explained, "Brothers, I'm so sorry. I've accidentally lost him. I didn't expect the player to be so shameless that he'd destroy the seal and jeopardize Beiqi. I will bear the responsibility. I'll provide you with an explanation later. I'm trying to hunt him down and I'll get back to you all soon…"
Then, Gu Yu exited the live chat channel.
Although he had provided an explanation, Gu Yu was wretched, knowing that he would have to spend a huge amount of soul coins to compensate the other guilds. However, he had no choice but to spend the soul coins in order to achieve his class development.
Besides the guild leaders who were affected, the forum was in a state of tumult as well.
Crayon_Shinchan: "Didn't the player stay in the safe zone? Who can explain what happened?"
Xueli_The_Strongest: "Apparently, Boss Chen knows what happened. However, he refused to tell me when I asked him. Sigh~ It seems like something strange happened."
Watermelon_Taro: "This common player has fainted in the toilet due to excessive crying. Our lives are so tough. I hope this survival mode can end as soon as possible. Anyone wants to join me in destroying the Zombie Energy Pillars?"
Peppa_Boar: "You guys are so cowardly. The air is full of evil now. It's a good time to earn some points now. For those who have been complaining about their lack of points, it's time for you to work."
Crayon_Shinchan replied to Peppa_Boar: "That's right. Our Fourth Disaster Army is not afraid of evil! We should start making an arrangement for the evil spirits. (laughing emoji)"
Broke_Trash: "Let's do it. It's time to carry out our plan to annihilate their clan (laughing emoji)!"
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Chapter 147: The Fire Of Revenge
The invasion of the evil spirits had reached a worrisome stage when the seal was completely broken.
All the players who were exploring with their respective parties, were either ambushed and killed by the Evil Troopa or struggling to survive as they made their ways back to the Mansion of the Dead.
Many players were taken aback by the significant yet unexpected increase in the difficulty of the survival mode.
Now, Hu He's reputation as the malignant player had been made famous across the server. He was deemed by the players as an antagonist who was more terrifying than the Ghost King, and had become public enemy number one in the game.
However, the increase in the difficulty had also united the players once again. They began to assemble at the safe zone of the Mansion of the Dead to discuss how to destroy the Zombie Energy Pillar and how to survive through this crisis.
After the discussion, the players decided that it was time for the Beiqi Army of millions of soldiers to go to war again.
At this moment, the members of the Myth Guild, who destroyed the seal, together with Hu He and the rest, were carrying Hiderigami's body as they headed for the Cliffs of Desperation.
Everyone seemed excited when they arrived at the cliffs.
They found a secluded place after they left Evil Nightmare City for Hu He to temper Hiderigami.
Initially, Hu He was extremely confident. However, he began to despair after multiple attempts.
As his character class had been digitised, there was a progress bar on top of him as he tempered the dead body.
When he tempered the skull, the value of the progress bar was slowly increasing.
However, when he tempered Hiderigami, he made absolutely no progress. Although he had applied all the methods that he'd learned from the ancient books, with his current ability, he could never temper Hiderigami, the elitest of the Ghost Emperor Realm.
Eventually, Hu He gave up as he could not even break Hiderigami's defenses, let alone temper him completely.
In fact, he had thought of collecting some herbs that were mentioned in the ancient books to help with the tempering. Yet, his idea was denied by Gu Yu.
Gu Yu reckoned that, with the players' current abilities and Hiderigami's strong physique, there was no way the players could defeat him.
Yet, he knew there was a certain place to bring Hiderigami to. At that place, it would no longer be an issue to break Hiderigami's defense.
Having to carry Hiderigami's heavy body, they were worn out. During the journey, Little Sha had also helped them a couple of times. However, they still had no idea how to carry Hiderigami up the mountain. The journey was thrilling as Gu Yu and his crew were surrounded by innumerable lingering evils. Without the help of the Loose Zombie Powder, they could have been easily swamped by evil.
When they were halfway up the mountain, Gu Yu waved his hand, gesturing the team to take a rest.
Upon getting the signal, the team immediately let go of Hiderigami's body, causing it to fall violently onto the ground.
He took a peek at the Attributes Menu and noticed the red alert on their endurance. Gu Yu wiped off his sweat before he took out some food from his personal channel.
"Have some food, everyone. Our endurance has turned red and we still have a long way to go."
The rest of the team followed suit and took out their food. They found a place to rest before they began to fill their stomachs.
"Boss, apparently there's a hut and it seems occupied!" the guild members exclaimed as they discovered the white-haired old man's hut.
Knowing the place rather well, Gu Yu nodded before he strode toward the hut.
The dog saw what was happening, immediately released its bite grip on Hu He, and followed closely behind Gu Yu.
When he arrived at the front door of the hut, Gu Yu gave it a thought before he reached out to knock on the door.
"Old man, are you there?"
A moment later, the door was slowly opened before the disgusted face of the white-haired old man was revealed.
"Young boy, you're bored and want to hike again?"
The bulging veins on Gu Yu's forehead throbbed and pulsated.
"I happened to pass by and wanted to pay you a visit."
"Now that you've seen me, can I shut my door already?"
The white-haired old man's mean reply had taken Gu Yu aback. He regretted deeply having knocked on the old man's door for no good reason.
"Hey! Isn't this the dog? Why? You want to have another fight with me?" the white-haired old man suddenly noticed Sun Qi's presence.
"I'm not afraid of you! The one who gets drunk first is the loser!" Sun Qi, who refused to take things lying down, snapped at the old man.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yu glared at Sun Qi, "Drink the wine and see what will happen."
Sun Qi was immediately intimidated by Gu Yu's words. He vaguely remembered how he infuriated Gu Yu the last time he was drunk.
Although Sun Qi wished to taste the white-haired old man's wine again, he understood that they had more important business to attend to. Therefore, he had no choice but to give up the wine.
At this moment, a silhouette appeared at the doorstep. Little Sha stared at the white-haired old man, appearing stunned.
"I think I've seen you somewhere before!" Little Sha, who seemed startled, exclaimed.
"Where?" the white-haired old man narrowed his eyes.
"I've no idea and I can't recall anything. However, my instinct tells me that I should be afraid of you."
Little Sha raised his quivering hand as he spoke, as if he was trying to prove his statement.
Both Gu Yu and Sun Qi were rendered speechless.
"Can you guys stop acting like fools? Have the evil spirits polluted your brains with their zombie energy?"
The white-haired old man stared at Little Sha as though he, who was still quivering and appearing extremely frightened, was a madman.
"They're real fools!" a disappointed sigh came from the distance.
Everyone turned to find the source of the voice, only to see Hiderigami, who was still lying on the ground, looking in their direction.
When the crowd was dispersed, Hiderigami could finally take a good look at the white-haired old man's face. Immediately, Hiderigami put on a somber expression.
"You…"
Slap!
A clear and loud slap resonated across the atmosphere. The onlookers were shocked to find a red slap mark on the cheek of Hiderigami, who was supposed to be indestructible.
The slap, which appeared out of nowhere, had absolutely stunned Hiderigami. When he finally regained his composure, he seemed enraged.
"You…"
Slap!
The shadow of another palm was born out of thin hair before it struck across Hiderigami's cheek mercilessly, causing his head to reel.
At that moment, the white-haired old man's voice rang in Hiderigami's head.
"Do you believe that I'll kill you if you make another heedless statement?"
Although Hiderigami was furious for being threatened, he remained quiet, knowing that this old man truly had the ability to kill him.
He knew that the old man, just like himself, had also achieved the Ghost Emperor Realm. Therefore, he might not even be able to defeat the old man even if he was at the peak realm.
Gu Yu and the rest were stunned by the scene, not knowing where the slaps came from.
As they pondered the questions, they turned to gaze at the white-haired old man.
The white-haired old man wore a solemn expression.
"It seems like the power of the Demonic God. I reckon that the Demonic God's seal has become loose."
Gu Yu was flustered.
He then asked in a skeptical manner, "It's really the Demonic God?"
"I suppose it's the Demonic God. Otherwise, how did the energy come from nowhere?" the white-haired old man experienced no flushed cheeks and palpitation as he lied, as if he was merely stating the fact.
The old man's statement further confused Gu Yu. Although the shadow of the palm appeared when Hiderigami was staring at the white-haired old man, it seemed like the languid and weak old man did not have the ability to hurt Hiderigami physically.
"Anyway, don't disturb me. I need to sleep now. There are evil spirits everywhere out there. So, stay on your guard."
The white-haired old man took a glance at the crowd and his eyes eventually fixed on Hiderigami. He gave Hiderigami a menacing glare before he returned to the hut and conveniently shut the door behind him.
A grin appeared on the white-haired old man's face after he entered the hut.
"The evil spirits, Mu Zhiguang, and Hiderigami have all appeared. It's getting merrier now. I am anticipating a good show! Hehe!"
At that instant, Gu Yu and a few others approached Hiderigami who appeared nervous and awkward.
They asked, "Who slapped you?"
Hiderigami did not answer their question. Yet, there was a hint of rage in his eyes.
Seeing that he was receiving no reply, Gu Yu did not dwell on it. He waved his hand and immediately the others went forward to carry Hiderigami's body before they continued their journey to the peak.
After they walked on the mountain road for half an hour, they heard an old hoarse voice in their heads.
"Hiderigami!"
Hiderigami widened his eyes in vigilance the moment he heard the voice that he was rather familiar with. It was from the person whom he was most afraid of — the Demonic God.
"Haha! You actually have the guts to come here. Hahaha!"
It was a hysterical laugh.
"Demonic God, my boss, I've carried out the task that you assigned to me. Yet, I failed to kill him. Therefore, I've brought him to you," Gu Yu quickly explained.
"Good job! You didn't disappoint me. Hahaha!"
Then, a black fog appeared beneath their feet and they immediately lost their balance. The clouds around the mountains ran past their sight as they rode on the black fog and headed for the mountain peak speedily.
Hiderigami was perturbed.
Although the Demonic God had been sealed, they were in his territory and he God could, more or less, release some of his energy. He would be doomed if he was brought to the peak of the mountain.
"Roar!"
Hiderigami's face was flushed red as he put in a strenuous effort to release the original Power of Blood Qi from his blood core. He had to escape from the restraint of the black fog even if he had to break his blood core.
However, when he finally released his Blood Qi, it was immediately subdued by the black fog.
"Hiderigami, stop struggling. There's no way for you to run away from me since you're already here. Nevertheless, you're merely a weakling."
Being called a weakling by the Demonic God, Hiderigami was not furious at all. Instead, he was overwhelmed by immense fear.
Within a blink of an eye, they had gone through the clouds and arrived at the mountain peak. Then, the black fog was dispersed.
At this moment, in front of the pillar pagoda that was built on the mountain peak, a pair of crimson eyes, which were concealed by the black fog, was glaring at Hiderigami.
"Hiderigami! Hiderigami! Hiderigami!"
The overlapping voices resonated in everyone's head. Some voices were mumbling, some were yelling, and some were roaring. The voices triggered their negative emotions before the crowd fell to the ground, one after another, with a stoned expression.
However, the crowd was merely affected by the lingering negative emotions. The main target of the negative emotions was Hiderigami, who was already lying on the ground.
At this instant, the bloody sea within Hiderigami's head was raging with furious waves. The laugh of the bloody boy continued to ring by his ear. He felt like a lonely yacht that was sailing the bloody sea and would be engulfed by the bloody waves at any time.
His fear was growing.
Under the attack of the Demonic God's negative emotions, the fear within Hiderigami was continuously being magnified. He grimaced in pain. Eventually, he could not endure it any longer and began to cry in agony.
"Hahaha. Hiderigami, look how pathetic you are. What happened to your egoistic self who used to be able to manipulate death? You once told me that being weak is a sin. Look at you now, weakling. Hahaha!"
After sensing the fear within Hiderigami, the Demonic God began to laugh hysterically.
He had been waiting for this day for a very long time. He almost thought that he would never be able to take revenge.
This moment was what kept him hopeful as he suffered through the innumerable days within the seal.
The Demonic God was extremely satisfied and pleased as he watched Hiderigami who was shivering in fear.
Despite the fact that they were only suffering from the lingering negative emotions, the players could not deal with it anymore.
Gu Yu begged, "Demonic God, please stop the energy. We can't take it any longer!"
The Demonic God did not answer. He turned to stare at Gu Yu with his crimson eyes silently yet menacingly.
Then, the negative emotions started to fade. Their faces were no longer pale. Yet, there was still a bit of fear that remained on their faces.
They felt as though they had just returned from death's doorsteps.
Among them, Little Sha was suffering the worst. Not only his hands, but his whole body, was quivering.
Witnessing the power of the scariest demonic deity of the Land of Beiqi, his heart almost stopped. This time, he did not even have the strength to run away. He squatted down as he massaged his cheeks, appearing as though he was going to die of fear.
They heard that Gu Yu addressed this man as the Demonic God and had already figured out who the owner of this pair of crimson eyes was. Nevertheless, they had watched the video of the fight between Hiderigami and the Demonic God.
However, save for Gu Yu and the dog Sun Qi, the others only understood the power which was presented by the Demonic God's clone.
"Demonic God, is the mission considered accomplished?"
"Yes, it's accomplished. After we kill Hiderigami, I'll teach you the secret to develop the Blood Seed."
Gu Yu was happy as he heard the Demonic God's answer. He knew that this was his opportunity to grow stronger.
At this moment, a man appeared bashfully beside Gu Yu.
He asked, "Can I have his body after you kill him?"
The crowd remained quiet and curious.
Everyone, including the Demonic God, had their gaze fixed on Hu He.
They were rendered speechless by this man who was obsessed with dead bodies.
"Are you a descendant of the Zombie Forgemasters?" the Demonic God threw a glimpse at Hu He and he immediately unearthed Hu He's background.
Hu He giggled as he scratched his head.
"Sure!"
Hu He was overjoyed upon listening to Demonic God's answer. Yet, Gu Yu was astounded.
He had seen a part of the Demonic God's memory and understood how much hatred the Demonic God held against Hiderigami. He reckoned that the Demonic God would certainly dismember Hiderigami, and did not expect the Demonic God to willingly hand the body of Hiderigami to Hu He.
"Temper it into a zombie spirit and forbid it to rest in peace. That's such a great idea! He can't die so easily. This idea is surprisingly good!"
The Demonic God's reply had answered Gu Yu's doubt. He instinctively turned to look at the gleeful Hu He.
When this boy obtained Hiderigami's body, he might not be able to do anything to the dead body currently. However, if he succeeded in the future, Gu Yu could not imagine how powerful this player would become.
An indestructible body would be turned into a terrifying zombie spirit. Then, he would be basically peerless.
However, as the Demonic God had agreed and Hu He had helped throughout the mission, Gu Yu did not want to go against them.
He said, "Demonic God, do it now!"
The Demonic God, once again, shifted his gaze back to Hiderigami, who seemed extremely agonized and terrified.
The mountain peak briefly quaked before Hiderigami was enveloped and swallowed by a crimson fire.
The fire was extremely domineering. The skin of Hiderigami of the Ghost Emperor Realm immediately split open. Meanwhile, his blood, which was oozing out of his skin, continued to fuel the flare.
"Aaahhhhhh! Demonic God!" the physical pain had awakened Hiderigami's consciousness. He opened his crimson eyes and glared at the Demonic God.
"Enjoy the gift I prepared for you. I've been waiting for this day for a very long time. I didn't expect to be able to hand it to you personally."
After the Demonic God finished his words, a blood pattern appeared beneath Hiderigami's body. A cross with many metal chains slowly materialized at the center of the blood pattern.
"Let me feel your fear before you die. Ha!"
The burning metal chains ensnared Hiderigami and tied him to the cross.
The flare continued to rage as the shadow of the Demonic God slowly appeared behind the burning cross…
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Chapter 148: Class Development
The Demonic God had spent millions of years to prepare the fire of revenge. At this instant, the angry fire was finally blazing as it ignited and engulfed Hiderigami's body mercilessly.
The burning flame stuffed the negative emotions into Hiderigami's head, causing him to cry in agony. His soul was broken by the fire before it turned into smoke and left his body. Then, his soul was absorbed by the Demonic God's shadow.
Gu Yu and the rest were shocked by the scene.
However, they were puzzled as the flame did not harm Hiderigami's physical body and they didn't feel any heat from the fire. However, Hiderigami seemed to be getting increasingly weaker within the fire.
"His soul is burning! Is this how gods deal with their enemies?" upon witnessing the scene, Little Sha was terrified.
The fire continued to rage and Hiderigami could feel that he was at death's door.
At that moment, Hiderigami could see his heyday, when he led the zombie troops to the war, in the raging fire.
His lips curved into a smile as he mocked himself.
Despite the fact that the commoners respected him as if he was a fiery God, he failed to become God and had to live humbly like the ants.
Crack!
His soul was completely broken at this moment. The reputable drought demon, who used to loiter around the underworld, had now been utterly defeated.
"I'll collect your soul and often replay the scene before you die to watch your fearful face. I think I'll never feel lonely again…"
The shadow of the Demonic God slowly faded off before the burning cross broke and turned into shining stars.
Thud! Hiderigami's body fell to the ground.
Hiderigami no longer showed any sign of life. Upon seeing that, Hu He went forward to grab one of Hiderigami's arms before saving it into his personal channel.
"Young boy, you have done a great job! This is what I promised you!"
At this moment, the pillar pagoda began to shake as a force emerged abruptly. Everyone was suffocated by the pressure, as though they were trapped within a cave.
Messages popped up in Gu Yu's mind.
The artifact turned automatically as it digitized all the messages. Then, the messages appeared in the form of an Analysis Menu in Gu Yu's brain.
[Bloody Body of the Demonic God (First Stage of Class Development):
Class Description: Players will obtain a gift from the Demonic God after accomplishing the mission assigned by him. Then, the first level of class development will be completed.
[Blood Qi: The skill can release the player's basic energy. After the player's energy is exhausted, it will recover by two percent for every minute. Players can consume the Blood Qi to boost the recovery of their energy.
Class Ability: the Demonic God's Blessings, Evil Body, Flame of Blood, Sucking of Blood, Evil Eye Stare, Growth of Blood, and Blood Core.
[Demonic God's Blessings (Special Passive): With the blessings of the Demonic God, a god listed on the Underworld God List, players' health will recover by two points for every second.
[Evil Body (intermediate): Activate this skill and it will consume 35 percent of the player's Blood Qi. Meanwhile, all the attributes of the player will be increased by 180 percent and the effect will last for 30 minutes. At the same time, the derivative abilities of the player can be released.
[Flame of Blood (First Stage): Players will be able to summon the Naraka flames and burn a large area, with the player as the locus. The damage can be done within a radius of 25 meters. This skill can only be used when Evil body is activated, and will consume 30 percent of the player's Blood Qi.
[Sucking of Blood (First Stage): Within a radius of 25 to 50 feet, all blood can be absorbed into the player's body after this skill is activated and help to recover the player's Blood Qi points and health points. This skill can only be used when Evil Body is activated, and will consume 10 to 45 percent of the player's Blood Qi.
[Evil Eye Stare: After the Evil Eye Stare is activated, all the targeted opponents who exchange gazes with the player will be affected by negative emotions. The opponents will usually experience confusion, weakness, and other discomfort. This skill can only be used when Evil Body is activated, and will consume 40 percent of the player's Blood Qi. (The effect may differ depending on the target's willpower.)
[Growth of Blood (Golden Growing Skill): Every time the player kills an advanced creature with abundant Blood Qi, the player will be rewarded with two to eight random attribute points of the creature. (The higher the level of the blood core, the higher the limit of the attribute points.)
[Level-one Blood Core (0%): The Seed of the Blood Method has unlimited potential. (The player will gain more experience pointst as the player collects Blood Qi during the Growth of Blood.)
Gu Yu was overjoyed after he read the Attributes Menu and the method to develop his character class, knowing that his efforts were not in vain.
With the class development, not only would his skills improve, but he had also discovered the potential and the future development of his character class.
He was especially thrilled to learn about the Growth of Blood, the Golden Growing Skill. Nevertheless, he felt as if he had hit a jackpot when he found out that he could earn attribute points by killing the creatures of Blood Qi.
"Demonic God, where can I find creatures of Blood Qi?" Gu Yu lifted his gaze excitedly as he asked.
"As long as you can kill an elite of Ghost Commander level and above, you can, more or less, absorb their Blood Qi. However, the best choice is definitely creatures of Blood Qi, like Hiderigami."
Upon listening to the Demonic God's explanation, Gu Yu replied with a firm nod.
Facing the invasion of the evil spirits, there were monsters of high levels everywhere and also plenty of Ghost Commander level spirits. Gu Yu was very excited to flaunt his newfound strength.
"Fine, young boy. You've helped me as I took revenge. Therefore, you can seek help from me if you face any doubt during your cultivation. For now, get lost!" the crimson eyes began to fade away before they disappeared into the pillar pagoda.
"Boss, did we win or lose?" Sun Qi asked curiously.
"We've earned a great profit!" Gu Yu answered with a grin on his face.
Sun Qi put on a grin after he heard that they had earned a profit. Knowing that he had contributed to the quest, he was expecting a handsome reward.
"Shit. Boss, the malignant player has escaped!" the guild members suddenly exclaimed.
Gu Yu turned around and realized that Hu He, who was previously standing there, had vanished from sight.
"Damn!" Gu Yu's good mood was instantly ruined.
"This player…" Gu Yu could already imagine the headache that would haunt him later.
However, this was not a safe zone and they should not stay here for long. After a brief consideration, Gu Yu waved his hand.
"Let's leave this mountain and return to the Mansion of the Dead. It's time to shed some blood for them."
Upon listening to Gu Yu, Sun Qi heaved a sigh of relief. Initially, he thought that he would be condemned by Gu Yu. However, Gu Yu was apparently in a good mood and Sun Qi was lucky to have escaped punishment.Visit web novel. live If You like manga , comics
Following Gu Yu's lead, they headed for the Cliffs of Desperation.
After Gu Yu and his team left, the white-haired old man appeared at the mountain peak.
He strode toward the pillar pagoda before he reached out to slap on it.
"Does revenge feel good?"
"It's not bad!" the crimson eyes of the Demonic God reappeared.
"I can sense that the ruthlessness in you has faded off. I reckon we will be freed soon. That's worth celebrating," the white-haired old man stretched his body as he giggled.
"Are you not afraid that I'll kill you when I get out?"
"If you don't have ruthlessness in you, then I've accomplished the mission she gave me. Following her orders, I'll have to let you out. However, with our close relationship, are you apathetic enough to kill me?" the white-haired man spoke in a melancholic tone as he patted the pillar pagoda.
"That's your promise to her and it has nothing to do with me. Since you're the guard of the seal, you are my enemy, too."
"If that's the case, I will not release you."
"Go away!" the Demonic God's voice resonated across the atmosphere once again.
The white-haired old man giggled as he disappeared into the distance.
Approximately half an hour later, another silhouette appeared at the mountain peak. The owner of the silhouette was none other than Hu He.
He nervously studied his surroundings. After he was certain that he was alone, he burst out laughing.
"Indeed, I've successfully escaped. All of you will idolize me when I finish tempering Hiderigami!"
In the future, he would be able to bring along Hiderigami to fight the Rock Ghost King and defeat the Sea King in the future. Thinking about how the other players would admire him after he won the fight, Hu He was pleased with himself.
After Hu He left the mountain, the crimson eyes of the Demonic God showed up again. He stared at the path Hu He took, appearing astonished.
"How did he make it? Is this the power of reincarnation?"
Hu He was wary throughout the journey as he occasionally checked his surroundings to prevent himself from being ambushed by Gu Yu. He took six long hours before he finally left the mountain.
Hu He wore a broad smile as he stared at the green mountain forest in the distance, feeling as if he had just been reborn.
From now on, the sea is mine to swim and the sky is mine to fly. I will be the hero of the future and my existence will be omnipotent.
"Backstab!" at that moment, a gentle cry came from behind. Hu He was stabbed at his back when his guard was down.
"Pfft!"
The sharp dagger penetrated his back muscle before Hu He turned around, disbelief plastered on his face.
Just as he expected, the attacker was the adorable female assassin.
"It's you again…"
"Pfft!"
At that instant, Hu He felt a sharp pain in his chest.
"Brother, this is not how you play the game…"
Hu He stared at Murphy, the smiling assassin who was standing before him, he had an urge to cry, thinking about how he fell into the hands of these two again.
"You're worth a lot of money…" Murphy was smiling ear to ear.
"Weapon strengthened! Backstab strengthened!"
A silver gleam was immediately cast over the dagger in Little Pomelo's hand before she charged forward with the strengthened stab.
[-198 critical hit]
Wearing an agonized expression, Hu He slowly fell to the ground.
"Life is full of ups and downs and surprises. You'll have to learn to deal with it," Little Pomelo took out a notebook, flipped through the pages before she quoted herself in a charismatic tone.
His vision turned black and white. As he expected, the two killers began to take pictures of him after they killed him, and uploaded it to the forum.
After he exited the game, Hu He quickly logged into the forum. Indeed, many players had commented on the thread posted by the assassin couple.
Hu He became more resentful when he saw the picture of his dead and despaired face that was uploaded to the forum by the assassins.
Why didn't they filter the photo?
Why!?
[Another successful kill. We're waiting to be rewarded. We are also accepting assassination missions with guaranteed efficiency!]
Crayon_Shinchan: "That's great! The malignant player has been killed! We can't let him out of the safe zone ever again! I'll give you a like! (Tip: 0.1 soul coin)"
Watermelon_Taro replied to Crayon_Shinchan: "You're so stingy!"
Crayon_Shinchan replied to Watermelon_Taro: "(rage emoji)"
Xueli_The_Strongest: "You're so skillful! You did both the first kill and the second kill. Are you a killer in real life? (laughing emoji) (Tip: 10 soul coins)"
Invincible_Loneliness (Gu Yu): "You're destined to die. Hahaha! (Tip: 588 soul coins)"
Watermelon_Taro replied to Invincible_Loneliness: "Big Daddy!"
Instant_Coffee: "Bro, are you taking new jobs? I have an enemy. I'll pay you 30 soul coins after you kill him! (Tip: 10 soul coins)"
Ganiran: "Please watch him carefully! I'm really afraid now. Two times, I've been killed by the evil spirits, which came out of nowhere, when I was hunting in the wild. I have the urge to cry every time I recall the incidents. (Hiding my face) (Tip: 20 soul coins)"
Broke_Trash: "You're so strong. Brother, since I've tipped you, please don't accept any mission that requires you to kill me. (Tip: 30 soul coins)"
Looking at the amount of soul coins that continued to increase, Little Pomelo laughed gleefully.
"Murphy, we are rich now!"
"Yes. I hope he can continue to be on the run. Then, we will utilize your skills to track his location, and earn more!" Murphy said as he ruffled Little Pomelo's hair.
They exchanged looks as they giggled.
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Chapter 149: The Construction War
Beiqi, at the periphery of the Ghost Mountains.
There were innumerable evil spirits loitering around the massive Zombie Energy Pillars. Within them, an evil spirit, with its head lifted, was breathing the zombie energy as it continued to absorb the energy into its body.
At that moment, the earth began to quake. The spirits turned to look at the source of the quake.
A crowd of players came into sight.
The players followed Wu Guoyi's order and stopped in their tracks when they saw the Zombie Energy Pillar.
The players in the livestream channel had reached a staggering number of 2.3 million. The main objective of the expedition was to destroy the nearest Zombie Energy Pillar to the Mansion of the Dead.
Recently, the players had been mercilessly abused by the evil spirits. Therefore, they were all rather grudgeful. When Wu Guoyi and his team were trying to recruit people for the expedition, the players were eager to join, wanting to show the Beiqi Army's strength.
"Brothers, we will launch the attack following our plan. The warriors will raid them directly, while the assassins can linger around and kill the remaining spirits. The mages can stay at the back and showcase their skills. The other unique character classes can help according to their respective skills and categories."
Seeing the innumerable amount of evil spirits that began to charge toward them, Wu Guoyi lifted the greatsword in his hand.
"Fall in!" they were about to show evil who would bring the world the real calamity.
"Roar!" the players howled in synchrony.
Then, the mages took a step forward before they began to simultaneously summon the Yin soldiers. Right at that moment, uncountable Yin soldiers were brought to the surface before they climbed out of the ground and formed a blockade of a skeletal army before the troop of players.
"Attack!"
Under Wu Guoyi's command and the mages' manipulation, the Yin soldiers charged toward the evil spirits.
The warriors quickly followed behind the skeletal Yin soldiers and lunged forward.
The Evil Apocalypse and the Fourth Disaster had their first large-scale conflict.
A war had erupted. Not long after the confrontation commenced, the skeletal army, which was acting as a blockade, was immediately defeated and fell to the ground. Following that, the warriors, who were all ready to fight, performed a Groundbreaking Slash upon receiving Wu Guoyi's command.
The red energy arrived in the form of a massive wave before it swamped the evil spirits at the front line and sent them flying.
However, the players were not done yet. At that moment, many water balls took form in the sky before they gathered above the evil spirits, fell onto them and bashed them mercilessly.
Knowing that they had the upper hand, the players were excited.
The amateurs, who had never joined a large-scale battle before, were especially elated. They had previously watched videos of the Beiqi Army's expeditions, but this was their first time participating in one.
"Roar!"
At that moment, the evil, which was hidden in the Zombie Energy Pillar, let out an angry howl, causing the Zombie Energy Pillar to shudder. Unnumbered evil spirits appeared above the players before they rained down behind them.
Upon witnessing this scene, panic was immediately plastered on Wu Guoyi's face before he shouted into the live chat channel.
"Assassins, please return to take care of the evil spirits. Meanwhile, mages, please stay vigilant."
The mages were busy dodging the raining evil spirits. In the meantime, some Five Elements Warlocks, knowing that they could never run away, quickly activated the gold state. Meanwhile, the assassins promptly acted upon Wu Guoyi's command and rushed to the back of the array.
Under Wu Guoyi's lead, the troop of players continued to amend their military tactic. They wiped out the evil spirits at the back of the array before they returned to being aggressive and focused on attacking their enemies.
At that moment, a gigantic silhouette escaped the Zombie Energy Pillar and soared into the sky before it rushed toward the troop of players.
"Everyone, stay vigilant! The Ghost General is here! Brace yourselves!"
Boom!
Immediately after the Evil Ghost General appeared, the array, which was formed by the warriors, was disrupted. Many of the players were killed.
Yet, the players did not fret. Once again, they gathered together and charged toward their enemy.
The players had even defeated Cha Na who was an elite Ghost General. Therefore, they were not afraid of the evil spirit, who was merely a beginner among the Ghost Generals.
All of a sudden, they began to attack the Evil Ghost General heedlessly, assaulting him with overwhelming energy and turning it into a light man.
The Evil Ghost General could not endure such a fierce attack for more than five minutes before it nervously escaped the crowd and returned to the Zombie Energy Pillar.
The players were extremely satisfied by the outcome of their raid.
Their joy lasted for merely a few seconds before the Evil Ghost General, once again, escaped from the Zombie Energy Pillar and soared into the sky before it lunged toward the players.
The players were astonished to discover that the wounds on the Evil Ghost General had completely healed.
"Fuck. That's cheating! How can it heal just by inhaling two breaths of Zombie Energy?"
"I'm going to report this! This is unfathomable!"
"I think we should destroy the Zombie Energy Pillar first. Otherwise, we would never be able to kill all the monsters. If we aren't quick enough to kill them, they will just revive again."
When the players were discussing their strategy, they attacked the Evil Ghost General with their respective skills.
Similarly, the Evil Ghost General did not last for more than a few minutes before he hastily returned to Zombie Energy Pillar to recuperate again. The players were significantly troubled. They reckoned the Evil Ghost General was cheating.
They forced the Evil Ghost General back to the Zombie Energy Pillar again. However, unlike the previous times, the Evil Ghost General did not rush back into action. Instead, it stayed within the Zombie Energy Pillar as it howled to the sky.
The players seized the opportunity to get closer to the Zombie Energy Pillar.
They had finally learned the fact that, only by destroying the Zombie Energy Pillar, they could remove the Evil Ghost General's source of healing. Then, they could regain the upper hand in the battle again.
At that moment, two black meteors struck across the sky and landed beside the Zombie Energy Pillar. Then, two puffs of black smoke signals rose into the sky, forming two huge new Zombie Energy Pillars.
The players were astounded as they saw innumerable evil spirits fall from the top of the Zombie Energy Pillars. Then, two Evil Ghost Generals materialized from their respective Zombie Energy Pillars.
"Fuck!"
Upon witnessing the scene, Wu Guoyi cursed instinctively.
According to their stratagems, they were supposed to attack their enemy in sequence. However, the players were caught off guard by the evil spirits' unusual retaliation that went beyond their expectations.
Three novices of Evil Ghost Generals were as powerful as an entire Evil Troop. This put Wu Guoyi in a critical situation.
After he reconsidered the situation, Wu Guoyi thought it was necessary to amend their strategy. Otherwise, the players would soon be worn out, having to fight against Evil Ghost Generals, who had a stronger healing power.
"Everyone, we'll execute Plan B! The construction war!"
Upon receiving Wu Guoyi's command, the warriors moved forward, while the mages and assassins stopped in their tracks. They took out the mahogany hut from their personal channel and tossed it to the ground. Immediately, many mahogany huts materialized behind them.
"Summon the Door God!"
Many shadows appeared in the sky above the mahogany huts as the players slowly retreated.
"Warriors, stay behind the hut and summon your mahogany huts as well."
The warriors followed Wu Guoyi's order and promptly retired.
The formation was instantly ruined before the evil spirits howled as they pounced toward the troop.
Yet, the Door God struck an attack by throwing one after another ball of energy toward the evil spirits, who were approaching the players, and sent them flying.
The warriors, who were retiring, quickly summoned their mahogany huts to expand their defensive formation.
This was the players' last resort to fight evil — the construction war!
This was suggested by a professional player when they were discussing how to confront the evil spirits.
The Door God summoned by the mahogany huts had the strength to suppress the evils. Meanwhile, the mahogany huts were unyielding and were able to endure the attack of the evil spirits. Stationing Door Gods at the frontline as their first defense, with the players releasing their strengths at the back, they would certainly become an impregnable and sturdy opponent.
At that moment, that one professional player's idea was proven useful in actual combat.
Many Door Gods formed a blockade and stopped the flock of evil spirits at the periphery. There was no way the spirits could break the barrier formed by the Door Gods.
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Chapter 150: Monster-Killing Bot
The blockade formed by the Door Gods was unyielding. Seeing that the evil spirits were forced to retreat, the players cheered gleefully.
"Brothers, those who have enough soul coins to spare, please level up your Door God. We are depending on our Door Gods to win the war!"
After Wu Guoyi spoke, flashes of white light were continuously lit from the array. Many Door Gods were leveled up and their virtual physiques began to expand and solidify.
"Spend all your soul coins to level up your Door God. Stop hesitating! This is the time!"
"Our almighty Door God!"
"It's time to showcase the power of the Beiqi Army. Level up! Level up!"
"Spend all the cash to enhance our strength!"
"Cash grants me power!"
"Can anyone lend me some soul coins? I need 10 more soul coins to level up. Someone, please help me!""read comics on our webnovel.live"
Many of the players opted to level up their Door Gods and white light continued to flash around them.
The leveled-up Door Gods had become more powerful. Some players had unexpectedly cultivated some special abilities within the Door Gods. Door Gods, who were now stronger than ever, mercilessly eliminated the evil spirits that were charging toward the players.
"Follow our strategy. The players at the back, keep your huts and gradually move them forward, one step at a time!"
Upon receiving Wu Guoyi's command, the players at the back promptly stowed their mahogany huts before they rushed to the frontline and resummoned the huts.
With the power of their Door Gods, the players had, once again, launched an aggressive attack. Meanwhile, the evil spirits were incapable of breaking the Door Gods' defenses and could only retreat.
As the Door Gods were battling evil, the mages created a new safe zone. Before long, many Magic Towers were built. The war had been upscaled.
Upon seeing that, the Evil Ghost Generals could no longer take it lying down. They escaped the Zombie Energy Pillars again and rushed toward the blockade formed by the Door Gods.
Before the evil spirits could land, the Door Gods had fastened them in the middle of the air, before they launched energy missiles and forced them to retire.
"Go back and heal yourself!" the players burst out laughing, looking at the frustrated spirits who were trying to run away.
At that moment, the players were rather satisfied with the outcome of their attack. They felt comfortable to launch their attack as they stayed under the Door Gods' protection. Not only that, they could also earn soul coins and gain experience as the Door Gods killed the evil spirits on their behalf. It was as though they had activated a bot to earn more soul coins.
Every time they eliminated a group of evil spirits, the players would move their construction forward as they slowly approached the Zombie Energy Pillars.
At that moment, the players saw a gleam of hope, thinking that they might be able to win the war.
The war between the two disasters continued to expand. One party focused on healing and creating new forces, while the other party was in defensive mode as they attacked steadily with the help of the Door Gods.
The players seemed to have the upper hand in the battle.
Lu Wu, who had been watching all the while, was impressed by the players' resourcefulness.
Lu Wu's perspective was broadened as he saw how the players attacked by pushing their construction toward their enemies. This further assured him that the players had infinite potential when they were given complete freedom to perform.
Facing the players who practiced constant withdrawal as their defensive tactic, the evil spirits howled furiously before they launched multiple attacks at the players. Yet, they failed to destroy the fence that was built by the Door Gods.
Under such circumstances, the three Evil Ghost Generals abruptly stopped in their tracks before they returned to the Zombie Energy Pillars and let out an angry roar.
"Attention, brothers! They're calling for support!" Wu Guoyi quickly warned the players upon seeing what happened.
Just like what they expected, before long, a large number of black shooting stars struck across the sky and fell on the periphery of the players' array. Immediately, the Zombie Energy rose into the sky.
This time, there were a total of twelve Zombie Energy Pillars. The scene had immensely stunned the players.
Aren't we going to handle them one at a time? What are we supposed to do now?
Initially, the players thought that they were being ruthless toward the evil spirits as they were respawning with the help of tools.
However, the Evil Troop repeatedly called for support and created multiple Pools of Revival and Evil Factories, making the players think that the evil spirits were, in fact, more shameless than them.
With the sudden increase in the number of spirits, Wu Guoyi, as the leader, immediately rushed from the back to the center of the array before he yelled his command, "Form an all-around defense. We've been encircled!"
Upon listening to Wu Guoyi's words, the players quickly reduced the size of their line of defense. Leaving the mahogany huts outside the perimeter, they formed an all-around garrison to defend against the evils with a sudden explosion of numbers.
The sudden increase in size of the Evil Troop had once again put the players at a losing position. The players were now struggling to defend themselves.
Occasionally, the players' mahogany huts were ruined. They had no choice but to splurge their soul coins to repair the huts before putting them to use again.
From having the ascendancy to being slightly disadvantaged, the players did not despair. They considered this as a chance to earn money. They continued to assault the enemies outside the periphery with their respective skills, killing the monsters, and earning soul coins.
Under the current circumstances, the common evil spirits were incapable of breaking the line of defense. However, the twelve Evil Ghost Generals were working together to fight the players. The players, who had gotten ready for the fight, gathered their strengths to drive off the twelve Evil Ghost Generals. They had truly become undefeatable.
(Note: The strength of an Evil Ghost General was equivalent to that of a novice Ghost General. They were far weaker than Cha Na, who was about to surpass the Ghost King Realm.)
Soul coins became a very important factor in the war. The soul coins the players earned from killing the evil spirits were spent on leveling up their Door Gods or repairing their mahogany huts. The fight had reached a stalemate.
An hour later.
"My experience has increased by two levels. That's so great! I've just been staying at the same spot as I killed the monsters!"
"The experience of my Door God has increased by two levels. That's so exciting! I hope that these Zombie Energy Pillars can continue to birth more evil. If this persists, we might be able to reach Level 100 collectively."
"I somehow feel at ease. Little evil spirits, please stay strong and continue to throw yourselves at us."
"Spirits, keep it up!"
"Brothers, focus on leveling up your Door Gods. The more powerful your Door God is, the more efficient it is to kill the monsters, and the more experience gained and soul coins earned."
"You're right. Let's level-up our Door Gods first. Activate the bot!"
"I'm somehow envious of the mages. They are able to attack physically alongside the Door Gods and gain experiencee. We, the warriors, can only attack from afar. There's no way we can leave this perimeter."
"I told you that the game is biased toward the mages. They are the strongest character class!"
"Have you not realized that, other than the few professional players, the rest of the players on the leaderboard are all mages? It's true when they say that the mages are the most powerful ones."
"They are only good at killing monsters. The warriors are still the best at one-on-one battle. I think that needs no further elaboration!"
"You're wrong. That's only because you haven't met a Cursed Apostle who has comprehended the Praj?ā Scarification. They are, as of now, the most unfathomable beings."
As the players attacked the Evil Ghost Generals, who were charging toward them, they were chattering within the line of defense, and eventually started to compare the different character classes.
Lu Wu was flustered and, at the same time, entertained by the scene.
The only thing that mattered to him was the amount of soul coins in his artifact that continued to grow.
He was trying to feed one war with another. Lu Wu earned commissions when the players killed the evil spirits, leveled up their Door Gods and repaired their mahogany huts. Lu Wu was pleased with the outcome and was finally hopeful about reviving His Excellency Cangxu.
Seeing how his profit grew, Lu Wu was also glad to witness the relentless birth of the evil spirits, which benefited both the players and him.
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Chapter 151: The Rock Ghost King Had Come To Help (Part 3)
As the battle gradually progressed into its third hour, the situation at hand was still jammed in a deadlock.
Not only were the evil spirits unable to break through, but the players couldn't advance. They were simply driving each other to exhaustion.
In addition, the Zombie Energy Pillars did not disappoint as they continued to create an endless flow of new spirits to join the battle, showering the players with the satisfaction of continually leveling up.
Just as the players thought that the situation would last until they went offline, trees suddenly collapsed, one after another, on the west side of the Ghost Mountains. The silhouettes of numerous gigantic figures entered their field of vision.
Multitudes upon multitudes of shadows of the Tree Demons, Ancient Tree Demons, and Enchanted Trees appeared with no end in sight.
At the same time, a monstrous figure plunged from the sky. The moment it landed on the ground, a majority of the evil spirits were pinned underneath its hefty body.
"Damn it, the Rock Army is here!"
"What are they doing here? Are they friends or foes?"
"Hopefully not the enemy! We might be able to defend against the evil spirits themselves, but I doubt we can defeat the Rock Ghost King!"
"Hold your horses! Don't act rashly!"
……
While the players were anxiously discussing it among themselves, the Tree Demon Army abruptly charged from the west, speedily rushing toward the Evil Army. Then they launched an attack on the Zombie Energy Pillars next to them.
"Roar!"
Accompanied by a ferocious growl of the Rock Ghost King, the area of wood elements drastically expanded. The spirits within the area were swiftly hurled into the air by countless branches and instantly strangled by a powerful force.
The emergence of the Rock Ghost King alarmed the nearest Evil Ghost General. It instantly leaped out from within one of the Zombie Energy Pillars and pounced toward the Rock Ghost King.
However, this time, it no longer had the opportunity to restore its health while facing the Rock Ghost King, who was already at the mid-stage of the Ghost King Realm.
In a flash, thousands of green vines popped up from the ground and wound themselves tightly around the Evil Ghost General, hoisting him into the air.
Along with the fierce roar from the Rock Ghost King, the vines steadily tightened their grip as a glistening, dark, viridescent light glowed from its surface. Soon, it seemed that the Evil Ghost General would not be able to endure it any longer. In the next moment, the vines shredded him into smithereens in the air, which were then scattered onto the ground.
With that, the Rock Ghost King had unveiled his terrifying dominance as the fittest in the Ghost King's Territory. Even the evil spirits of the Ghost General class posed no threat to him.
Below, the battlefront formed by the Ancient Tree Demons was pushing forward relentlessly like a bulldozer. That made it extremely taxing for the evil spirits to defend, and it was evident that they were very overpowered by the vast gap in strength.
After being attacked by the Tree Demon Army, the evils were entirely annihilated. Coupled with the fact that they were subjected to attacks from the Door Gods on the other side, the evil spirits' rate of spawning by the twelve Zombie Energy Pillars were unable to meet their rate of mortality, as they were murdered too quickly.
Witnessing the scene, the players were utterly stunned.
They did not expect that the Rock Ghost King would lend them a helping hand. Thus, they were extremely flustered and befuddled, wondering what was actually happening around them.
After the spirits had been completely annihilated, the Rock Ghost King glanced at the players' camp and then locked his gaze on Wu Guoyi.
"Since I've come to help, why isn't anyone attacking together with me!?"
When they heard this, Wu Guoyi and the other players felt a headache creeping up to them.
Actually, they had not killed enough monsters yet.
Although the Rock Ghost King was being generous, they were quite reluctant to join him. After all, this was a once in a blue moon opportunity for them to farm these monsters.
However, since the balance had already been disrupted, they most probably would not be able to keep it up. Thus, Wu Guoyi immediately announced on the live chat channel…
"All warriors, rise! Prepare to break through and kill!"
Followed by the command to attack from Wu Guoyi, the warriors and assassins began to pierce through the defensive line of the Door Gods by killing the evil spirits.
Meanwhile, the mages stayed within the defense, using long-range spells to assist the front line in their attack.
Faced with attacks from the players and the Tree Demons, the initial advantage that the Evil Army had largely evaporated. Even if the twelve Zombie Energy Pillars ceaselessly produced more evil spirits, it was impossible to withstand the overwhelming assault from the two large armies that had united.
When he saw that the players joined him in the war, a hint of relief flashed through the Rock Ghost King's eyes.
After all, he had contemplated carefully for some time before arriving at the decision to personally lead the army this time.
Due to the existence of Zombie Energy Pillars in the Ghosts Mountain, his North Rocks were often invaded by the evil spirits, which made him feel extremely distressed.
From his experience of a similar invasion 400 centuries ago, he discovered that once any of the Zombie Energy Pillars were attacked, the other Zombie Energy Pillars would be able to sense it and would come forth to provide support.
If he really launched an attack on the Zombie Energy Pillars in the Ghosts Mountains, there would most likely be a heavy price to pay regardless of the outcome.
This was absolutely unacceptable for him. If the Tree Demon Army suffered substantial damages, he could imagine that the new forces in the Mansion of the Dead, who had always kept a watchful eye on the North Rocks, would surely jump at the opportunity to attack them.
However, he did not expect the new forces from the Mansion of the Dead to take the initiative in raiding the Zombie Energy Pillars.
This greatly lifted the Rock Ghost King's attitude. He immediately brought along his army and laid out of sight, far away. Meanwhile, he had been paying close attention to the battle, so that he could leap at any opportunity to gain the upper hand while both parties were at each other's throats.
However, the battle situation was beyond the Rock Ghost King's imagination. Initially, he had thought that the battle would bring significant losses to the new forces since the evil spirits kept emerging endlessly. Unless there was an attack that could completely demolish the Zombie Energy Pillars, dragging out the battle would merely be digging their own graves.
However, after intently watching the battle between the players and evil spirits for four whole hours, the Rock Ghost King suddenly realized that both forces were on equal terms and even the most powerful monsters were being resisted by the players.
Based on the situation, this would unquestionably press on into a never-ending battle.
The Rock Ghost King was dumbfounded, but a new thought suddenly surfaced in his mind. He concocted a plan to ally with this new force and take the initiative to eliminate the evil spirits together.
After all, these new forces consisted of intellectually-developed living beings that could be reasoned with, unlike the spirits who would only battle to fulfill their bloodthirsty instinct. There was still room for negotiation.
Besides, there was another crucial reason. If these players were ultimately wiped out by the evil spirits, then the North Rocks, which was the nearest region to the Ghost Mountains, would risk invasion by the evil spirits born from the twelve Zombie Energy Pillars.
This was equivalent to commencing a full-scale war against the evil spirits. By that time, even if he emerged victorious, he would possibly lose half of his Tree Demon Army.
After careful consideration, the Rock Ghost King finally decided to lead the army to strike and assist the players in uprooting those Zombie Energy Pillars and to put an end to this apocalypse of evil's invasion.
However, he did not realize that the players were entirely unappreciative. They had even begun to exchange quiet murmurs in the live chat channel.
"Don't think that just because you've offered help, I won't be cutting down trees anymore. That's impossible."
"That's right, it is not easy to discover such an ideal place to farm monsters. Now that it's been ruined, somehow I feel it's a pity."
"Thanks for the help, but the trees must be cut. After all, we still haven't gotten enough money to upgrade our boat."
"That's a different matter. We aren't unreasonable people, so we'll have to reduce the number of trees cut by one a day, to maintain the Rock Ghost King's pride."
"That's right, in order to repay the Rock Ghost King for his support, we will cut one less tree a day!"
"You guys are so shameless, but I agree with it!"
……
Witnessing the players' discussions in the live chat channel, Lu Wu felt profoundly ashamed. He felt that if the Rock Ghost King was aware of the players' thoughts, he would probably aid the Evil Army instead and just exterminate these players.
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Chapter 152: Restriction On Cutting Down Trees Was Impossible (Part 4)
After the Rock Ghost King led his army to join the battle, the situation devolved into a one-sided attack.
Meanwhile, the players were heading toward the mahogany hut. The battle had persisted for six hours and apart from the Evil Ghost Generals holed up in the Zombie Energy Pillars, the surrounding evil spirits had all been wiped out.
However, there was still no end in sight. Now, the Rock Ghost King was using his gigantic body to strike one of the twelve Zombie Energy Pillars ruthlessly.
However, the Zombie Energy Pillar was exceedingly solid and sturdy. Even with the tremendous strength of the Rock Ghost King's attacks, it simply refused to collapse.
Meanwhile, the players and Tree Demon Army had surrounded the twelve Zombie Energy Pillars and helped exterminate the newly birthed evils.
No doubt, that matter greatly worried the Rock Ghost King as well. While he was focussing on demolishing the Zombie Energy Pillars, the numbers in his camp would undoubtedly suffer substantial losses while battling against the evil spirits.
Fortunately, there were players there to share the burden of killing the spirits from eight of the Zombie Energy Pillars. The Rock Ghost King's Tree Demon Army simply needed to tackle the evil spirits from the remaining four pillars. Since the pressure had vastly diminished, that enabled the Rock Ghost King to concentrate solely on destroying the Zombie Energy Pillars.
Under the repeated impact from the Rock Ghost King, a crack finally appeared on the Zombie Energy Pillar.
"Destroy!"
The Rock Ghost King's hundred-meter tall body rose straight from the ground and landed fiercely on the crumbling Zombie Energy Pillar that was filled with cracks.
"Boom!"
The towering Zombie Energy Pillar finally toppled, releasing a wave of rich zombie energy.
Then, a black orb emerged from the thick mist and soared into the sky.
However, the Rock Ghost King did nothing to obstruct it. He turned toward a second Zombie Energy Pillar and instantly barreled into it.
Needless to say, the players were baffled. They could not comprehend why the Rock Ghost King would let the orb, which could produce zombie energy, free. However, they did not have any players of a flying character class. Thus, there was naturally nothing they could do to stop it.
They could only watch helplessly as the orb, a potential treasure, drifted off.
While the Rock Ghost King was destroying the second Zombie Energy Pillar, the players seemed quite relaxed. Countless mahogany huts dotted the land around the Zombie Energy Pillars that they were guarding. Once new evil spirits were spawned, they did not even have to act before the Door Gods would proactively annihilate them. In the meantime, all they had to do was use their skills at the Zombie Energy Pillars.
However, the Zombie Energy Pillars were ridiculously stubborn. Not only did the attacks from the players inflict zero damage to them, but the Evil Ghost Generals would also occasionally leap out and attack.
Despite that, they could still easily beat them every time.
The satisfaction from grinding monsters made the players quite reluctant to destroy the Zombie Energy Pillars.
However, it merely remained as a thought, since the existence of evil spirits had thoroughly disrupted the balance in Beiqi. Even if all of these Zombie Energy Pillars were destroyed, evil spirits would still prowl on every inch of the Land of Beiqi at this stage. It would unmistakably be time-consuming to ensure all the spirits were completely eliminated.
"Boom!"
At this moment, a crack surfaced across the second Zombie Energy Pillar. A surge of zombie energy burst from the cracks while a black orb whizzed toward the sky again.
The third pillar…
The fourth pillar…
Just as the Rock Ghost King was about to take down the last Zombie Energy Pillar, Wu Guoyi spoke all of a sudden.
"Rock Ghost King, why don't we just keep this pillar!"
The Rock Ghost King paused in his tracks and turned his head around to stare at him.
"Why?"
"Its existence can help to reduce…"
Initially, Wu Guoyi had wished to say that the Zombie Energy Pillar might help reduce the frequency of trees in the North Rocks being felled by players. However, before half of the sentence tumbled off his tongue, he realized that it would sound too blunt, so he coughed as a disguise.
"Its existence can help to cut back on our energy consumption?"
"What do you mean?" the Rock Ghost King seemed rather perplexed.
This gave Wu Guoyi a sharp headache as he did not know how to respond. He was afraid that if he said it too directly, he would upset the Rock Ghost King and cause him to murder them all on the spot.
"Sure!" replied the Rock Ghost King out of nowhere.
Wu Guoyi was dumbfounded, as he could not comprehend why the Rock Ghost King would suddenly be so easy-going.
"Still, you guys must promise me that you will never invade the North Rocks. In return, I will approve of your position as Beiqi's new force."
"No way, we would rather starve than not cutting down trees!"
"That's right, that's right. Logging is the shortcut to immense wealth. Don't you know that it's as cruel as killing one's parents to stop someone from obtaining wealth?"
"Rock Ghost King, this is your fault. Cutting trees and keeping the Zombie Energy Pillar are two entirely different matters. We need trees to upgrade our boats!"
"If worse comes to worst, we could reduce the number of trees felled by one. It's impossible to stop logging once and for all, as that's the only way to upgrade our boats."
……
This surprising turn of events thrust the players into fervent discussions. Meanwhile, the branches around the Rock Ghost King came to life menacingly, while a vicious glimmering light flashed in his eyes.
Seeing this, Wu Guoyi announced on the live chat channel, "Stop it, the Rock Ghost King is practically fuming. If you guys want to cut down trees, there's not a need to speak about it so openly, just keep it to yourself. In the future, you can just sneak in surreptitiously. For now, we must promise him first!"
Instantly, the chat was plunged into total silence.
Then, Wu Guoyi looked at the Rock Ghost King with a solemn face and said, "Alright, I promise you!"
The dancing branches gradually slowed and retracted as the anger in the Rock Ghost King's eyes seemed to subside. He then stared at Wu Guoyi and said, "I hope that you can keep your promise!"
Wu Guoyi nodded awkwardly.
In actuality, he was merely a temporary commander for the current battle event. Once it ended, he would no longer possess the ability to constrain these players. As such, his promise was not a representation of the agreement with all of the players.
Besides, cutting down trees was the only method for ordinary players to upgrade their boats at this stage. So, it was simply unrealistic to restrict their logging activities.
Moreover, by keeping this Zombie Energy Pillar, it could at least lessen the frequency of players teaming up to cut down trees in the North Rocks. Thus, it would still be considered beneficial for the North Rocks.
After another glance at Wu Guoyi the Rock Ghost King's massive body rose into the air, as he headed toward the North Rocks. Meanwhile, the Tree Demon Army from below steadily retreated.
When the players saw the situation, they also stowed away their mahogany huts and disbanded. They wanted to stop attacking the last Zombie Energy Pillar for a while.
In fact, the sole purpose behind preserving this Zombie Energy Pillar was not because they would not destroy it anymore. After all, the main quest of the ongoing game content was to destroy all Zombie Energy Pillars to advance.
The most important reason they wanted to keep this Zombie Energy Pillar standing was for its continuous supply of evil spirits, so that players could still kill the monsters and easily level up.
Although there were a few million players now, a majority of them were new players. This meant that their overall strength could not be elevated by much. Furthermore, there were only a handful of areas in inner Beiqi where players could grind evil spirits.
In areas like the North Rocks, which was under the command of a Ghost King, players could only enter sneakily as they would not be able to retaliate.
Hence, by conserving this Zombie Energy Pillar, players could develop and grow by relying on the strength of the evil spirits. This was important and absolutely necessary from Wu Guoyi's point of view.
Of course, this was not his decision alone to make, but rather a decision that was made after discussing with the presidents of several influential guilds.
After all, only when the players' overall strength had increased, their hunting range would expand accordingly.
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In Evil Nightmare City, Little Sha reached out and seized the 11th orb that had fallen from the sky. He shoved it into the Yin Soul Eye Seal and resumed waiting, as he sat in the coffin with his hands tucked under his cheeks.
Then, he waited for a very long time…
Little Sha gazed up at the sky blankly.
"Did it lose its way?"
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Chapter 153: Incompatible (Part 5)
After the battle between the players and the evil spirits, a new idea materialized in Lu Wu's mind. It was to subdue the Rock Ghost King for their own use.
After all, what Lu Wu lacked most now was a real dominant power.
Although the Beiqi Army was already considerably powerful, it was still quite weak when facing high-level enemies.
Just like in this current battle, when confronted with an Evil Ghost General, if a player did not possess enough strength to slay it immediately, then the evil would not be eliminated.
Similarly, when a player encountered other powerful creatures, they could be easily defeated. However, it was not a child's play if you wished to keep or kill it.
Currently, there was no one of Ghost Commander Level or above worth showing off on Lu Wu's side, apart from Tong Gua, whose power was remarkably unstable. This was an absolute disadvantage for a player's power.
Therefore, Lu Wu started to ponder if he could tame the Rock Ghost King as part of the power of Beiqi for his own use, then digitize them. If that was successful, he would be able to make up for the players' weakness, allowing the overall strength of the Beiqi Army to rise to another level.
Of course, this was merely one of Lu Wu's many plans for future development. After all, there was still no corresponding power and strength to implement it.
……
The day after the evil invasion crisis ended…
The three-month exclusive authorization signed by Lu Wu and Wu Guoyi had finally reached its expiration date.
These few days, Lu Wu would receive plenty of calls from other gaming platforms each day, in hopes of negotiating for cooperation.
This gave Lu Wu an intense headache, but he naturally would not refuse. After all, this was helpful in promoting the game.
Needless to say, Lu Wu would not give any of these platforms conditions for cooperation that were as great as those he offered Wu Guoyi. In addition to not providing advertising fees, he also stipulated that these few platforms must allow the game Battle Online to appear once a month on the promotional page of their homepage.
In comparison to the terms and conditions that other games put forth for paid advertisements on said platforms, Lu Wu's demand was undoubtedly harsher.
This time, however, none of the platforms rejected Lu Wu's suggestion.
This was because anyone who had gaming knowledge and had experienced the game itself knew how impactful the game would be in the future.
Besides, Lu Wu rejected all suggestions for a face-to-face discussion by the gaming platforms. He ordered for the contracts to be mailed to him, as he refused to discuss them in person.
He did not have that much time to meet them one by one.
After spending a tedious couple of days to read through and sign the several heaps of contracts, Lu Wu could finally let out a sigh of relief.
However, that was not the end of Lu Wu's duties. Once he managed to settle the cooperation matters with local gaming platforms, another swarm of foreign game developers constantly called him, hoping to obtain authorization as international agents as soon as possible.
Yet, Lu Wu turned them all down after detailed discussions.
The reason was pretty simple. The way that they planned to promote Battle Online was different from what Lu Wu had in mind.
The terms that they proposed were basically a one-time buyout of foreign operating rights of the game, on top of a request to activate the soul coin top-up function in the foreign version for profit.
Though they offered high prices, even he himself was short on soul coins. So how could he possibly let them put it on sale? Hence, he declined without a second thought.
However, now the problem was that if the soul coin top-up function was not activated, foreign agents would not be able to use the game Battle Online to earn money. That way, no profit could be generated for them. Not to mention the costly agent fees that they were required to pay, which made this, all in all, a loss-making trade.
Hence, they came up with the buyout system. If they run the game on a buyout system, as long as the game content was attractive enough, it would still be profitable for them.
However, Lu Wu still refused in the end, as a one-off buyout would surely drive out a portion of players. Besides, it was also not agreeable to him.
Lu Wu's firm attitude dismissed a fraction of the agents. But soon, new foreign gaming agents approached him. They made it clear that they could give up the game top-up and buyout system, but asked to slot advertisements into the game in exchange. This was their strategy to make a profit.
Lu Wu still declined the offer.
After all, the gaming agents merely desired profit, while Lu Wu actually cared about how the players' strength could be raised. If advertisements were planted into the game, it would unmistakably tarnish the game experience. So, Lu Wu refused again.
After rejecting all the calls from foreign gaming agents, Lu Wu was faced with a challenging issue. How could he promote the game overseas?
As if he could read Lu Wu's mind and sense his troubles, Wu Guoyi called him that day. He told Lu Wu that he had a plan to expand the gaming platform's market, Platform173, as well as taking in a handful of agents for Battle Online.
Wu Guoyi's idea was simple.
He was optimistic about Battle Online and felt that the game could gain immense fame overseas. It was as simple as that.
As for profits, he had never once thought to count on Battle Online. What he truly wanted was for this game to boost the impact of their platform abroad, thereby driving income from the other sources.
After Lu Wu seriously considered his proposal, he decided to formally cooperate with Wu Guoyi. This was because Wu Guoyi proved that he would not interfere with any progress in the game and at the same time, as an old player, he clearly knew that Lu Wu would never agree with the top-up path.
Although he had always been unclear about Lu Wu's thought processes…
…
After finalizing the matter concerning foreign agencies, Lu Wu received another call from the Black Sea Corporation, informing him that the gaming pods would be officially launched in five days.
Meanwhile, the Jie De Corporation's gaming pods were already officially on sale.
On the day of the release, the Jie De Corporation announced to the public that the game was collaborating with all well-known local game developers. As a result, they could now cancel an array of default limitations set in the game, such as safety timing.
At the same time, they also showcased a series of functions in the gaming pod to the media.
One such feature involved the gaming pods using nutrient solutions to supplement the basic bodily needs of the players after prolonged gaming periods. Another feature demonstrated muscle exercises in order to prevent muscle atrophy. The list was exhaustive.
The emergence of gaming pods instantly exhilarated a majority of domestic players, especially those who had long been dissatisfied with the set safety timing limit of twelve hours on Battle Online. After engaging in the forum discussions, they began to purchase the Jie De Corporation's gaming pods.
On the first day of release, they had received a whopping four million orders for the gaming pods. Thus, they hastily shipped out the stock they had prepared beforehand in large batches. The higher-ups in the Jie De Corporation realized that staying one step ahead indeed gave them a huge advantage. On the other hand, the Black Sea Corporation could only watch helplessly as their market share elapsed, for they lagged behind.
However, the Jie De Corporation did not expect a significant horde of players to post negative feedback about how disappointing the gaming pods were on their official website. They complained that it was incompatible with game operations.
Confronted by this situation, the Jie De Corporation immediately launched an investigation to track down and interrogate players who gave poor ratings.
The Jie De Corporation's leaders fell silent after consolidating the results of player feedback.
The reasons behind the low ratings from players requesting refunds were roughly uniform, "Unable to run Battle Online, it's bad!"
They never anticipated that the gaming pods' inability to run Battle Online would cause such a huge effect.
Following the incident, they commenced a meeting without delay. At last, they hurriedly ordered the technical department to demolish the shield in Battle Online.
However, just as they thought the problem was finally resolved, the players' feedback started to become even more intense. Now, the number of people demanding a refund had gradually surged to about two million.
If the gaming pods were incompatible with game operations, then these players demanding the removal of gaming restrictions could simply wait for them to fix the bug.
Unfortunately, the current problem was that even though Battle Online could be downloaded into the gaming pods, once the game icon was clicked, players would be greeted with a game notification that said,
"This game is not compatible with this device!"
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Chapter 154: The Counterattack Of The Black Sea Corporation
Meanwhile, in the conference room of Jie De Technology Corporation headquarters.
The company's upper management was focused on the data graphs displayed on the screen.
Their faces grew sour when they saw the increasing number of returns. The situation at hand was far more serious than they had envisioned.
At present, the number of unsubscribes had surpassed four million. According to the collected statistics, all of the problems had basically arisen due to the incompatibility to run the game Battle Online.
They had not anticipated harm to themselves when they initially put restrictions on Battle Online.
However, when they recognized the problem and removed the shield, they found out that the game was not compatible with the gaming pods.
Since the gaming pods had just been released, the advantage that the Jie De Corporation originally possessed would be utterly lost if the Black Sea Corporation officially launched its gaming pods while the market was unstable.
Under such circumstances, the company's technology department burned the midnight oil to uncover the problem. However, Battle Online was still incompatible.
Thus, they eventually realized that the problem was with Battle Online, rather than the gaming pods.
Immediately, they contacted Wu Guoyi, as he was the one who facilitated their collaboration with many large companies. Hence, only he would know the game manager's contact information.
Upon receiving the Jie De Corporation's request, Wu Guoyi dialed Lu Wu's cell at once and informed him that the corporate manager wanted to invite him over to talk about the game compatibility issue.
However, Lu Wu refused without a second thought.
Although he had always been quite work-oriented, it was no surprise that he fought back, since it was the Jie De Corporation that first cracked down on Battle Online.
Furthermore, he was merely an insignificant person for now, so he did not want to have any appointments.
At this time, the players were insulting the gaming pods furiously in the Battle Online forum:
Invincible_Loneliness: "The gaming pod is a piece of garbage, claiming to be able to stay online all day? I've canceled my subscription. I really got so happy over nothing."
Crayon_Shinchan: "Another avant-garde game product has just been released. All the users are praising it, let's all buy that. (funny)"
Watermelon_Taro: "I, a poor dog, reluctantly bought one too after seeing everyone purchasing it. Now, it's telling me it's not compatible. I almost bashed it in! Why would I need such a useless thing?"
Xueli_The_Strongest: "It seems that the number of buyers in this forum is nearly four million. I've just checked the Jie De Corporation's official website and almost all the post-sales bad reviews are basically saying that it isn't compatible with Battle Online."
Peppa_Boar replied to Xueli_The_Strongest: "I guess it's only us who need things like gaming pods the most. Other games' security limits are simply not as crazy scary as Battle Online, so basically, more than 80% of players in this forum ordered it, but the result is rather disappointing."
Broke_Trash: "Believe it or not, I've already prepared several boxes of nutrient solutions for my few-month hibernation plans, but in the end… (flips table)!"
Crayon_Shinchan replied to Broke_Trash: "Hibernation is a good word (funny)!"
Assassin_Creed: "If a gaming pod that's compatible with Battle Online exists, trust me, I would sleep for a year. (funny)"
Crayon_Shinchan replied to Assassin_Creed: "Only if you don't die in a year. (funny)"
…
In such a grave situation, the Jie De Corporation repeatedly begged Wu Guoyi to help, but Lu Wu's attitude was firm and he simply gave them the cold shoulder. In the end, the helpless Jie De Corporation came to Battle Online's official web forum and sent a letter of apology to Lu Wu through their suggestion inbox.
Even with that, Lu Wu didn't buy it.
In his head, Lu Wu was clear that if it was not for Battle Online's high popularity among its users, it would probably be destroyed by the Jie De Technology Corporation's firewall this time.
Hence, if the Jie De Technology Corporation's initial intention was to bring him down, a letter of apology by itself would not solve the problem.
So, Lu Wu replied to him with a letter.
The contents were simple. If the Jie De Technology Corporation was willing to take out 5% of the profits from their gaming pods, the developers of Battle Online might be able to work overnight to fix the ongoing incompatibility bug.
Lu Wu's conditions greatly angered the upper management of the Jie De Technology Corporation. All of them declared in the meeting that they were not going to compromise.
However, the crisis was not over yet.
The day after Lu Wu responded to the email, players in Battle Online were all taken back by surprise when an advertisement for the Black Sea Technology Corporation's gaming pods appeared on the game's login interface.
In addition to the gaming pod's many uses, the advertisement also held a message that players cared about the most.
(This gaming pod is perfectly compatible with running Battle Online. By using this gaming pod to log into the game, the 12-hour safe gaming time limit would be lifted.)
The news inevitably sent players into a frenzy again.
After seeing an official assurance that it would work perfectly, the bulk of orders through in-game links hit the Black Sea Corporation like a wave.
Within a single day, the Black Sea Technology Corporation received more than four million orders.
At this point, even the Black Sea Corporation was quite flustered by the overwhelming response.
They thought they were about to lose the battle against the Jie De Corporation, but the tables have turned.
Moreover, the background data indicated that 99% of these orders were directed from the links in Battle Online.
The huge surprise caught the managers of the Black Sea Corporation off guard. After recovering from the shock, they instantly began to prepare their counterattack against the Jie De Technology Corporation. They took the initiative to contact Lu Wu, hoping to cooperate with him in terms of their gaming pods.
After all, the key to this counterattack was Battle Online, which had provided them with countless orders.
This time, they came up with three cooperation strategies for Lu Wu to choose from.
First, awarding a special title with the purchase of a gaming pod.
Second, awarding a certain amount of soul coins with the purchase of a gaming pod.
Third, rewarding additional event quests with the purchase of a gaming pod and upon completion, the players could gain hidden character classes.
At the same time, the Black Sea Corporation also promised to cover for the expenses for all the rewards sent out, in hopes to elevate the influence of their gaming pods.
However, Lu Wu rejected all of them.
Lu Wu was well aware of the Black Sea Corporation's thinking, but it was his principle that outsiders cannot interfere with the game progress.
In the eyes of the Black Sea Corporation, these three conditions could be easily done by Lu Wu.
In reality, Lu Wu was unable to do that. Other than the special title which he could freely issue, generating soul currency and hidden character classes as bonus rewards were simply unrealistic.
If these were made into rewards, especially the hidden character class, Lu Wu was very sure that all players would purchase the gaming pod.
Even the bosses of many major guilds had not come across the opportunity to obtain a hidden character class, not to mention a gaming pod. As such, the rich players would gladly accept the price even if it was marketed at ten times or a hundred times the current price.
Besides, if it was put on sale, Lu Wu could have chosen to sell the hidden character classes directly instead of binding them to the gaming pods.
Although Lu Wu could easily distribute large batches of bonus special titles, this would also affect his game settings.
After all, it did not matter if the attributes of the titles increased the experience achieved from fighting monsters or the character attributes, it would still cost Lu Wu soul coins.
Even increasing the number of free Instance Dungeons or free transports alone would still pose a bad deal for Lu Wu.
Currently, Lu Wu did not need much real money, as long as he had enough to spend. What he needed and lacked most were soul coins.
In addition, this collaboration for promotion would provide Lu Wu with 5% of the profit as long as the Black Sea Corporation's gaming pod was purchased through the built-in link in the game, according to the provisions of the contract.
That was a large sum in itself, which would be enough to cover his expenses.
The Black Sea Corporation was somewhat stunned regarding Lu Wu's rejection, but they eventually relented.
On the other side, the Jie De Technology Corporation was thrown into pandemonium.
They had just discovered that they'd lost an enormous amount of orders to the Black Sea Corporation.
The main reason was solely because of the game Battle Online.
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Chapter 155: Lunar New Year's Event
The Black Sea Corporation was busy shipping out gaming pods while the Jie De Technology Corporation was still struggling with its own issues.
Gamers who got their hands on the gaming pods were undoubtedly thrilled as the 12-hour security shutdown of the server was over as promised by the officials of Battle Online.
The forum was flooded with good reviews for the gaming pods by the Black Sea Corporation.
Broke_Trash: "Awesome! We can finally hibernate, everybody. See you in spring (waving emoji)!"
Assassin_Creed: "You guys are not going to believe this. I've hired a maintenance man to come over on a regular basis to renew the nutrient solution for me. I hereby announce that I'm going to sleep for a whole year! (smirking emoji)"
Crayon_Shinchan replied to Assassin_Creed: "Farewell, young man!"
Xueli_The_Strongest: "I returned the gaming pod of the Jie De Corporation and bought the one from the Black Sea Corporation. As expected, the official recommendation did not disappoint (happy~)"
Watermelon_Taro: "I'm feeling good~ Life has never been so good…"
Cabuda: "I'm so tempted because of you guys. I'm currently saving up to get one, too!"
As the players were excited over the gaming pods, Lu Wu launched the Lunar New Year's event inside the game.
[Lunar New Year's Event Launch Notice:
Event One – Limited Time Auction for New Year's Fashion Sets
Details: A limited time auction of three different styles of fashion sets will be available every night during the event period (Each style is limited to 1,000 pieces, and the top bid is 150,000 dragon coins, each player is limited to one set.)
Event Two – Collection of Fashion Fragments
Details: Killing a monster in the game gives a chance to drop fashion fragments during the event period (the more powerful the monster, the higher the chance to drop fashion fragments). 288 fashion fragments can be synthesized into one of the three fashion sets in the Event Messenger Area.
Introduction of Fashion Sets: With all fashion items from synthesis or auctions as the starter, a certain number of fashion fragments can be used for upgrading or improvisation of appearance.
Event Three – Random Lunar New Year Lucky Money Red Envelopes
Details: There will be chances to obtain lucky money through hidden red envelopes in all areas of Beiqi during the event period. A random number of soul coins between 1 to 1,000 will be rewarded from collecting and opening the red envelopes.
Event Four – Chasing Off the Legendary Nian Beast
Details: A Level 200 monster (the legendary Nian Beast) will be spawned in the Land of Beiqi every hour during the event period. A Blue, Red or Purple Level 55 weapon (randomized), soul coins (randomized), and New Year Messenger title (very low chance) will be dropped upon its death.
Nian Beast: Extremely low damage with very high health.
Note: Players' rewards will be in conjunction with the damage done to the Nian Beast and will go directly into players' personal channels.
The three sets of outfits yet to be released were displayed under the event details.
These three sets were all designed by the omnipotent Bei Li. Lu Wu named them Winter Dance of the Crane, General Dragon's Armor, and Fallen Glory, respectively.
Despite having more than ten sets of outfits for Lu Wu to choose for his template, he only chose these three – the main reason being the desire to cater to the setting of the game.
These three sets had one same characteristic – all of them emitted an ancient charm.
The players were all excited after looking at the three fashion sets. Some players who were professional fashion designers even commented on the outfits with their own opinion in the forum.
[I'm a professional fashion designer. I am in love with these three sets of outfits even though I'm picky. Battle Online has never failed to surprise me, I love it so much! (kisses~)] (Author: AdorkableCluelessGirl)
Well, let me share my opinion on these three fashion sets and give some advice to players who wanted to get a set but didn't know which to choose.
First of all, I'm going to review the first set of the three, called Winter Dance of the Crane.
Fashion Review: The design of this set's appearance is closely related to the theme. The simple yet elegant white which represented the coldness of snow, the edge of the cuffs embellished with crane feathers, coupled with the scarlet color on the hair, was more than perfect as it vividly depicts the image of red-crowned cranes. I just have to give it to the graphic designers of Battle Online that they are absolutely the world's top.
My Proposal: It's a must-buy! What? You don't have the money? Just sell your house, your car, or even your own body. It's Lunar New Year, you really should spend some cash in the game to get new clothes!
The next review is on the second set, the domineering outfit called General Dragon's Armor.
Fashion Review: This set is full of a general style. The dragon on the helmet was shaped in a way as if it could take down the world in fury, not to mention the red tassel flowing like hair. The shoulders, chest, and waist are decorated with ferocious animal heads. The metal texture on the knee shield and the armor scales on both sides highlighted the hardness, with a cloak covering the iron copper body from the back. Even a player who looks weak will instantly appear tall and strong in it. Also, the string tassel that hung low seems to add some gentleness to this thick armor.
My Proposal: Although this set has both a female and male version, it suits male players with tall figures. Wearing it will make you look more mighty and powerful~ I have only one piece of advice. Reload and buy!
Last but not least, my favorite set which is called Fallen Glory.
Fashion Review: This outfit has lavender, lilac, and ivory white as the main tones, which make it appear elegant and chic. The design of the long wide sleeves and slim waistline brought out the ancient charm even more. All the tiny details are remarkable, the butterfly accessory around the waist matches the butterfly embroidery on the shoulder edges perfectly. The softly tailored round toe boots and other details give this set an overall mild and gentle aura like a nice cup of tea, portraying elegance.
My Proposal: Ding~ Sold my house, my car, and my boyfriend! Draw your swords and get ready to fight for the fashion auction tonight!
After reviewing the three sets, I am dying to own these fashion icons, I really like them!
Those who aren't able to get them from the auction, don't be sad. You can still own one of these cool sets by collecting fashion fragments to synthesize one within the specified date.
However, these dazzling sets are only in starter form and they can be upgraded by collecting fashion fragments. They are so irresistible, I am desperate to get one right now.
So, where are my Beiqi Army comrades? Let's kill wild mobs to get these sets!
Finally, I wish all gamers a happy Lunar New Year!
Also, I wish that all of your powers are cut off and your gaming pods explode when the fashion auction starts so that none of you can take it from me (gentle smiling face emoji)!
Replies:
Invincible_Loneliness: "Although this player is a bit black-hearted, she is indeed a professional. Looking at how she praised it, I feel like getting a set of General Dragon's Armor now even though I wasn't really interested in fashion. As for money (sinister laugh emoji), I hope that someone can defeat me, it's so lonely to be on top!"
Crayon_Shinchan lonely replied to Invincible_Loneliness: "Please take care of me during the event tonight! (smirking emoji)"
Invincible_Loneliness replied to Crayon_Shinchan: "I've been enduring you for a long time. Leave your username if you dare, I'm trying to teach you some manners!"
Crayon_Shinchan replied to Invincible_Loneliness: "You should look for it yourself. I'll give in if you're able to do so. (smirking emoji)"
Watermelon_Taro: "The poorest member of this forum is shrinking into a corner once again and starting to cry silently. My heart is distorted from jealousy due to the lack of riches. I need money, need! (crying emoji)"
Xueli_The_Strongest: "This is a war between the rich, I'm looking at my poor boyfriend silently and accepting that I can only collect fashion fragments to synthesize one in order to own a set (crying emoji). Damn it, I want to get Fallen Glory so badly after your praise, I hate you so much (teeth gritting emoji)!"
Peppa_Boar: "Smiling silently here, I'm ready to buy a set on the spot, things that can be settled with money is never an issue. I'd buy the hidden character class too if it's on sale, no matter how much it costs."
A_Large_Wolfdog: "What!? (confused emoji)"
Invincible_Loneliness replied to A_Large_Wolfdog: "Doggy… don't cry. This event doesn't seem to have anything to do with you."
A_Large_Wolfdog replied to Invincible_Loneliness: "(Flips table) Don't stop me, I've given up on myself, I want to destroy the world!"
Crayon_Shinchan replied to A_Large_Wolfdog: "I can't stop laughing, haha, let me comfort you, don't cry…"
A_Large_Wolfdog replied to Crayon_Shinchan: "Leave your username if you dare! (gaze of a large black dog.JPG)"
Gamers had started discussing the fashion sets in the forum even though the event had not even officially started.
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Chapter 156: Fashion Auction
While the players were on the edges of their seats as the time was approaching, Lu Wu finally granted access to the portal for players to purchase Fashion Shop dragon coins with cash.
The players' top-up orders came rushing at the moment the portal was made available.
If it was not for Lu Wu's battle artifact which was a special server, he believed that his original game server would have crashed a long time ago.
The sum of top-up orders reached a whopping total of 3,000,000,000 dragon coins within an hour. There were almost 6,000,000 players at that point, which meant the top-up amount had not even reached its peak yet. The top-up orders were still rushing in and the top-up total was still rising.
Even Lu Wu was dumbfounded due to the mind-blowing top-up total.
If this continued, he was sure that the top-up total would easily exceed 10,000,000,000 when the Fashion Shop officially launched.
This was the first time Lu Wu realized that making money was as easy as pie.
However, Lu Wu would definitely not disappoint the players' trust toward Battle Online.
Lu Wu issued a notice beforehand to the players who would later ask for refunds of their dragon coins as a result of losing bids. The notice assured that dragon coins could be re-exchanged for cash.
After all, the dragon coins could only be used during the fashion events and they were pretty much useless at other times.
Lu Wu planned to make fashion events like this a weekly activity instead of only granting access to the features that allowed players to collect fashion pieces and bid on limited edition fashion during events and celebrations. He decided that these fashion events would be held every Wednesday.
Lu Wu did not need to spend a single soul coin to create fashion items. He only needed to use an artifact to create a prop to collect the fashion fragments when a player had killed a mob.
It literally needed no cost.
The colossal amount of top-ups opened Lu Wu's eyes to the violence and brutality of business.
The event was about to start.
The passionate players in the forum were caring for each other, asking one another if their game consoles were fine, and if they were able to log in to the game.
However, the forum turned into deafening silence with two minutes to spare.
All the players were focused on the Fashion column in the shop, which was still gray at the time. The air was full of suspense as they were waiting for the auction to officially start.
Lu Wu was also observing the players' behaviors. He wanted to see if there would be a surprising and remarkable outcome from this event which was about to be normalized.
All the players immediately clicked on the Fashion column the moment a thread of color appeared on the gray shop column.
The players were full of excitement while looking at the three fashion sets which were officially launched. Each of them started choosing the sets to bid on.
However, the Fashion Shop turned gray again before they could click on anything!
A game message popped up…
[Server Announcement. The three sets for today's event are sold out. The highest bidder is 150,000 dragon coins, the lowest is 150,000 dragon coins. The total amount sold were 3,000 sets. The limited-time fashion auction has ended.]
Lu Wu was taken by surprise.
The players were confused.
Not only was Lu Wu shocked, but the players were also practically stunned.
In their eyes, the Fashion Shop shut down after it was launched for only a short moment.
The players were angered and flocked into the forum to get some insight.
Invincible_Loneliness: "Damn, thank God I immediately bid the highest amount at 150,000 dragon coins once I got into Fashion Shop. That was nerve-racking, they've sold out instantly."
Peppa_Boar: "Wow, I'm shaken up. Did these 3,000 sets only take ten seconds, heck, even five seconds, to be sold out? My internet speed is fast – are all of you hackers or something?"
Xueli_The_Strongest: "(Facepalm emoji) I gave it a try with 10,000 dragon coins. Fashion Shop shut down before I could click anything. I cannot deal with this."
AdorkableCluelessGirl: "Hehe, thankfully I foresaw this and dumped 150,000, the highest bid straight. I was so close to losing my love, the Fallen Glory… I feel great~"
Your_Husband replied to Innocent_Girl: "If it was not for your recommendation, the site might be up for a few seconds more and I could have gotten a set, too. (Blood dripping knife emoji)"
Battle_Angel: "Crying here, I bid 100,000 dragon coins for the Winter Dance of the Crane outfit and I thought I could pause for a moment before raising the bid. Who knew the site would crash within five seconds? It was already too late when I noticed. I regret not bidding more. Please have another auction."
Autumn_Leaves_In_Luoyang: "That was amazing! I got a set of Fallen Glory, thanks to my wise provision that this would happen. All sold out in five seconds, that's some scary shit."
NeverGoingBack: "I managed to get it… *silently passes by* Let me just show it off and laugh at all you green-eyed monsters. (image of fashion set)"
Chaotic_Disturbance: "*Stomping and beating own chest* I missed my chance to show off! I started off with 150,000, too, but I was one step behind."
Watermelon_Taro: "The war between the rich is crazy. May I ask where your money came from? I want to be like you guys and throw money wherever I want to. (jealous)"
Speechless_Heart: "Since it's the Lunar New Year, I wonder if you guys trained your speed by finding hidden red envelopes. I feel attacked, it is impossible to buy anything now. I am ready to do labor for money in the wild. Thankfully, I saved myself a Zombie Energy Pillar. I am prepared to use my blood, sweat, and tears to get myself a set too in these few days."
Crayon_Sinchan: "My liver is going off soon. Thank God I got myself a gaming pod, I am not going offline for a few days, I don't care. I am prepared to slay all the mobs and get the fashion fragments."
The event ended after only five seconds. Many players broke down in tears once they found out the reason.
Nonetheless, the reality could not be changed. They knew that they could only obtain the fashion sets by spamming for the fragments while losing sleep. Hence, they left the Mansion of the Dead, their eyes red and swollen as they started searching for any wild monsters to kill.
That was the day the army of the Fourth Disaster marched out of the safe zone from the Mansion of The Dead. They were prepared to start a war in Beiqi.
Right then, a game notification appeared.
[Server Announcement. The Nian Beast has spawned. Search coordinates from Burial Grounds.]
This notification rocked the players' world. The crowd rushed toward the portal in the Mansion of The Dead instantly.
The Burial Grounds was packed within a split second.
"Nian Beast! Where is the Nian Beast? Let me touch it!"
"Stop pushing me! Look at your map and coordinates. Get out of my way."
"I cannot afford to die so easily this time. Let me touch it at least, it would all be worth it. Everyone gets out of the way!"
Thousands of players swarmed into the Burial Grounds like locusts toward the Nian Beast's spawning spot.
Right at that moment, a humongous creature, fiery red in color, was padding around the area south of the Burial Grounds.
The sudden rush of the player army from the north startled the Nian Beast. It let out a frustrated roar before charging toward the players.
Wang Damang who was at the front line suddenly went pale. He came to a realization that he had been running too fast, he was about to become as dead as a dodo soon.
The Nian Beast was already very near to him and finally bumped into his body, causing him to be thrown a few feet away.
He landed on the ground hard. However, to his surprise, he realized that his health bar only dropped less than one third, which meant that the fall did not cause much damage to him.
Looking at the other players who were rushing toward the Nian Beast, he immediately stood up and rushed over. Since he already knew that the Nian Beast could only cause mild damage, he had nothing to be afraid of.
It was as Wang Damang predicted, the Nian Beast was indeed a New Year's gift from Lu Wu to the players.
Due to the fact that the Nian Beast could not cause much damage, it was impossible for it to kill the players. However, its own health bar was higher than ever.
After the Nian Beast was killed, the rewards for the players were calculated according to the ratio of their damage to the beast's total health.
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Chapter 157: The Curious Hydra King
Although the Nian Beast which spawned in the Burial Grounds had a very high defense and health, it could not hold for more than ten minutes when faced with the attack of millions of players.
Meanwhile, a game message appeared in the players' minds.
The players had either received soul coin rewards or weapons and equipment. None of the players received the special award this time, which made them feel pititful. However, they knew that they still had a chance since the event had just begun.
Seeing the smiles on the players' faces, Lu Wu also smiled with joy.
He had worked hard in advance to create a festive atmosphere of Lunar New Year for the players in the game. The Mansion of the Dead which was originally surrounded by a cold atmosphere was now red with decorations like Chinese-style ornaments, lucky banners, and lanterns. It was filled with the Lunar New Year's atmosphere.
However, the Mansion of the Dead was basically empty due to the launching of the Lunar New Year events, and all of the players had stepped out of the Mansion of the Dead to work hard for their potential rewards.
The players were very occupied that night. Aside from looking for hidden Lunar New Year's red envelopes with lucky money inside and killing wild monsters in order to collect the fashion fragments, they had to rush to attack the Nian Beast which was set to respawn randomly every hour.
The whole Land of Beiqi was full of players scurrying around.
The players' movement had naturally attracted the attention of many Beiqi forces.
However, they had become accustomed to the weird behaviors of this new force. They were fine with it as long as they were not provoking them.
……
Ascension Zone, East Side of Beiqi.
The Hydra King lowered his head while devouring a fanged boar. He raised his head suddenly when the boar was half-eaten.
A crowd of players a distance away was rushing toward his direction.
Although the Hydra King was not intimidated by this new force of Beiqi, he had no intention to mess with it.
The gamers had done two things that concerned him.
Firstly, they killed Cha Na who was not to be underestimated although he was only a Ghost General because he was about to break through the Ghost King's Territory. The new force's ability to kill Cha Na implied that they could beat someone at the level of a Ghost King.
Secondly, the players prevented the invasion of evil.
Although it was done with the help of the Rock Ghost King, the fact that these players were able to negotiate with the Rock Ghost King was remarkable.
After all, he knew the Rock Ghost King's character well. To be able to talk to him, the gamers must have obviously caught his attention on the basis of their abilities.
Although the Hydra King was confident that he could achieve these two things as well since he was already a Ghost King and he had the strength similar to the gamers. He assumed that the gamers would be at the same level as a Ghost King although he was not clear of their exact strength.
Therefore, the Hydra King had never taken the initiative to provoke the new force in Beiqi.
However, with such an extensive attack, the Hydra King realized that a war was about to happen. He immediately raised his head with a furious expression.
It was impossible for him to give up on the Ascension Zone since he had been staying in this area for many years. Since the players had the guts to invade his territory, then they could only settle it with war.
The Hydra King let out a loud roar and ascended into the air when the players stepped into the Ascension Zone. He was about to sweep over the players.
However, the following scene made him stunned.
These millions of players did not even bother him at all. They were shouting and screaming in the open space while demonstrating various skills.
Also, they seemed to be in a very fierce battle.
The Hydra King was stupefied upon witnessing the scene. He immediately looked at the area where the players attacked to look for their target. However, no matter how he looked, there was no other creature in that area.
The performance of the players was so real as if they were really slaughtering each other. The Hydra King rubbed his eyes and fell into an incomprehensible state.
Lu Wu could not help but laugh after looking at that scene.
The Nian Beast was condensed by an artifact so it was not an actual object. It was just like an illusion which only the players could see. The Hydra King clearly misunderstood something here.
Realizing that the players' target was not him, the Hydra King paused mid-air and he did not launch an attack on the players. He only stared at the players while trying to make sense of what they were doing.
Time passed… the Hydra King was unsure whether he was blind or the players below were blind.
As a Ghost King, he could see even the tiny worms wriggling on the ground clearly although he was in mid-air. Moreover, he had nine heads. Even if a pair of his eyes had really gone blind, it was impossible for his remaining sixteen eyes to be blind, too.
However, there were millions of players and ten million eyes below. Comparing the total number of eyes, the Hydra King thought that he was more likely to be blind.
After spectating for about ten minutes, the players who were attacking frantically stopped their attacks at the same time with smiles on their faces.
Then, the players dispersed into different directions like a tide.
The Hydra King was utterly confused.
Staring at the ground which was plowed by the players' spells, the Hydra King could not control his curiosity and flew over.
He then checked the ground carefully. He even plowed the land and searched all over it. However, he could not find a single corpse except for a few small bugs.
It made him even more baffled.
The Hydra King who had no idea what was going on looked at the half-eaten fanged boar in a distance. He had lost his appetite.
It was terrible when one's curiosity was not fed with an answer.
……
Beiqi's Mansion of the Dead.
Two figures went online and appeared in the empty safe zone.
Another figure appeared in the resurrection point.
Looking at Murphy and Little Pomelo in front of him, Hu He grit his teeth while stomping.
"Enough. It's Lunar New Year, can't we just play peacefully? Is there an enmity between us that you guys have to kill the event that I created?"
Murphy and Little Pomelo did not reply. They only stared at Hu He who was dancing at the resurrection point.
"Fine, just wait and see when I refine a Hiderigami. I will surely teach you guys a lesson."
Facing the persistent assassin couple, Hu He felt like he was about to get murdered.
He initially thought that it was a good opportunity for him to escape when all players left the Mansion of the Dead. Who would have thought that this would happen?
"Can't you guys just give me a way out?" Hu He spoke again.
Murphy and Little Pomelo still remained silent and stared at him.
"We'll see!" Hu He said and stomped again before he went offline.
Little Murphy heaved a sigh of relief after Hu He left.
"Let's complete our quests. I don't think that he will be online anytime soon."
"Alright!"
As the two were preparing to leave the safe zone, a Skill Instructor carried some of the Wood Spirit Clan's wine and walked past them with a smile.
"Wait, Instructor!" Murphy called out to the Skill Instructor all of a sudden.
The Skill Instructor turned his head in puzzlement.
"Instructor, we would like to master the Praj?ā Scarification!"
The Skill Instructor remained silent.
"Instructor, you must be familiar with the skill. We really wish to master the Praj?ā Scarification. We have long wanted to ask for your insight."
Looking at the two's sincere faces, the Skill Instructor smiled awkwardly.
"I don't know about that!"
"No, you are so well-skilled, it's impossible for you to be unfamiliar with the Praj?ā Scarification. There must be some hidden quest to be completed in order to trigger the tutorial, so please assign us the quest. We will try our best to complete it no matter how tough it is."
Murphy and Little Pomelo's facial expression was sincere as they were humbly asking for advice.
The Skill Instructor was in tears internally at the moment. To be frank, he wanted to master that skill, too, but he really couldn't.
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Chapter 158: A Fatal Attack
Millions of players were scrambling everywhere while following the event messages during the Lunar New Year event.
It was a strange phenomenon that was quite peculiar for the other forces in the Land of Beiqi to watch. Millions of players would suddenly rush to an area and perform various skills in the air every hour.
The Rock Ghost King who had the most contact with the gamers was the most calm. Other than him, all the other forces in the Land of Beiqi were dumbfounded, especially the Hydra King in the Ascension Zone.
It had appeared three times when the players collectively rushed in and attacked the air madly in one night.
The Hydra King felt like he was going crazy with this group of gamers that night.
He even had the impulse to take the initiative to attack and destroy all these creatures.
……
Skill instructing room in the safe zone – the Mansion of the Dead.
"Instructor, I think we can really try and learn."
Skill Instructor Qu Feng took a sip of Wood Spirit wine. Running out of things to say, he kept staring at Murphy and Little Pomelo in front of him. He was fed up for they still refused to believe that he'd really not mastered the skill.
"Do you guys really want to learn?"
"Yes!" the two of them were astonished as they thought that the Skill Instructor was finally going to teach them.
"Let me tell you something… I heard that Tong Gua from the casting workshop on the opposite side of the street had met with the Cursed Clan who knew how to perform the Praj?ā Scarification. I'm sure that he knows how to practice it. Maybe you guys can try to ask him… and by the way, please don't mention me."
Murphy and Little Pomelo's expression tensed up upon hearing that. They nodded sternly before turning away and walked across the street.
Qu Feng heaved a sigh of relief and retrieved the wine flask as he felt that the crisis had been averted. However, he spat out the freshly-poured wine in his mouth before he could swallow when he noticed the two persistent individuals had turned up at his door once again just staring at him.
"What's the matter now?" Qu Feng wiped his clothes and asked abjectly.
"Instructor, you forgot to assign the quest to us. We did not receive any game message saying that the hidden quest is on."
Qu Feng was speechless.
"It's not a quest, it's merely a guide. The hidden quest should be with Master Tong Gua. Hurry up."
"Oh! You may continue enjoying your wine, instructor. We'll get a carton of Wood Spirit wine to honor you once we have mastered the skill."
Qu Feng nodded quickly upon hearing that.
The two followed Qu Feng's instructions and appeared outside Tong Gua's casting workshop in a jiffy.
However, the two did not enter as there was a sign hung on the door of the casting workshop.
[I am sleeping and I am operating my business whenever I want. I will break the leg of whoever dares to knock on the door!]
The two exchanged glances and Little Pomelo whispered, "Murphy, what should we do?"
"Master Tong Gua only stated that we can't knock on the door, I guess it's fine as long as we don't knock," replied Little Murphy while pointing at the half-open window next to the door.
Little Pomelo was astounded, then nodded. Both of them then proceeded to crawl into the workshop from the window.
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Meanwhile, Tong Gua was lying on the bed, his thunderous snores emanating the scent of alcohol.
"Master Tong Gua! Master Tong Gua!"
The two came to the bedside and proceeded to shake Tong Gua who was sleeping soundly.
However, Tong Gua continued sleeping as if he could not sense anything and revealed no signs of waking up.
"What should we do? The master seems to be heavily drunk," Little Pomelo showed a helpless shrug.
"Let me think of a way," said Murphy while scanning Tong Gua's body before finally focusing on a small earthworm-like appendage between the master's legs.
"No, that's not appropriate…" Little Pomelo seemed to understand his idea but was hesitant about it.
Murphy did not answer but only returned a smile. He then reached out and pinched Tong Gua's earthworm hard.
With his fatal part being attacked, Tong Gua got up immediately with widened eyes. He looked at the two standing beside his bed with disbelief.
"Hi! Master Tong Gua!" the two quickly made a bow.
"You… you guys… fuck…that hurt!"
"Master Tong Gua, we are here to seek your advice."
"Ouch… advice… advice my ass… what have you just done to me?" Tong Gua's face was flushed as he held his crotch, gasping in pain.
"Master, do you know how to cultivate the Praj?ā Scarification?" the two bowed again and asked.
Feeling the sting coming from his lower body, Tong Gua wanted to cry but he had no tears. The fact that he almost lost his little one while he was deep asleep was terrifying for him.
Will I be crippled? Tong Gua had a terrible thought.
Bending over, Tong Gua left the bed trembling while holding the bed for support. He ignored the two, turned around, and walked into a compartment of the house before slamming the door shut.
The two of them waited and Tong Gua returned soon with a red coat and a lifeless expression.
"Master Tong Gua!" the two bowed again quickly upon seeing that.
"Did I ever offend you guys?" Tong Gua questioned in despair.
"Offend you? Master Tong Gua, I think you misunderstood, we are here to seek advice."
Tong Gua did not believe those words at all. He walked in a wobbly manner to the bed and sat down again, his eyes fixed on the two.
"Firstly, tell me how you guys got in here."
Both Murphy and Little Pomelo pointed their fingers toward the window in unison.
Tong Gua felt his teeth aching after one glance. He then asked, "What's your purpose in doing that?"
Tong Gua was actually trying to buy himself some time and see if he could practice predestination to toughen his cultivation and have sweet revenge.
However, his cultivation was at zero and his strength at this stage did not allow him to do things the hard way. He could only reconcile.
"Master Tong Gua, do you know Praj?ā Scarification?"
"Praj?ā Scarification?" Tong Gua was stunned for a moment.
How could he be unfamiliar with this name when it was the most powerful skill of the Cursed Clan? He could still vividly remember the battle that destroyed the Cursed Clan. They were fortunate that the clan elder chose to perform the Praj?ā Scarification day by day. If he was the chosen one, he would surely be doomed.
"Why are you guys asking about this?" Tong Gua was curious.
"We have advanced to Cursed Apostle and we want to master this class's strongest skill, the Praj?ā Scarification to become the strongest assassins!"
"Cursed Apostle?"
Tong Gua was suddenly reminded that these players did have the choice to advance their skills in the direction of the Cursed Clan after class advancement.
Suddenly, Tong Gua started to believe that these two players were not here for revenge.
However, their way of seeking advice made him particularly upset. Although he knew some secrets of the Cursed Clan, he had no intention to share them with these two at all.
"Forget it, both of your qualifications are mediocre and you couldn't possibly master it," Tong Gua said after thinking about it a moment.
"Master Tong Gua, please teach us the Praj?ā Scarification. We will not give up if we can't master the skill!"
"Oh? So what?" Tong Gua's pride was boosted. He rested his left leg on the bed with a proud face.
"We will move you with our sincerity and come often to ask for advice!"
Tong Gua widened his eyes upon listening to the words. How can these two who seem so serious be this shameless?
It was obvious that they wanted to give him another fatal attack.
The hidden threat by the two was indeed effective as Tong Gua was starting to feel sheepish.
His original plan was to return for revenge when he was done practicing predestination to toughen his cultivation. However, the two in front of him were gamers so they were practically immortal. Even if he could get revenge later, his earthworm would definitely be crippled if these two ever came for him in the future.
Feeling wronged, Tong Gua finally looked up.
"I can teach you guys, but I have one condition."
"Go ahead, Master Tong Gua. We will definitely accept it!" their eyes were bright and shining.
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Chapter 159: The Ambitious Rock Ghost King
"Mind you, I can't guarantee that you guys can master it!" Tong Gua added, seeing the two had agreed.
Murphy and Little Pomelo nodded immediately.
"Okay, Master Tong Gua!"
"Then let me tell you about the origin of the Cursed Clan."
"The Cursed Clan are not natives in the land of Beiqi, but a race who moved here from Naraka. It seems that they supported the wrong team during the battle for the monarch position. After the birth of the new monarch, they moved to Beiqi in order to prevent their clan from being exterminated."
"The situation in Beiqi at that time was also very unstable, with two major forces competing for the position of monarch in Beiqi."
"Speaking of that, this clan had a miserable fate. In order to gain a foothold in Beiqi, they chose to support one of the two forces after assessing the strength of both sides. However, they still picked the wrong team. The force they trusted eventually lost, and they were almost annihilated. By the way, the leader of the other winning force was Lu Yan, the latest King of Beiqi, who just passed away recently."
When he thought of the King of Beiqi who treated him well, Tong Gua sighed deeply in his heart.
"Was the Cursed Clan wiped out, too?" asked the two as though they were curious babies.
"Well, they should have been obliterated, but not necessarily destroyed. It is said that a few people survived and fled to the Arctic Abyss with the defeated force. Of course, I'm not sure if it's genuine news, because I was practicing divine power during that time. I had an isolated practice for a long time."
"The Arctic Abyss?" the two immediately opened their map and scrolled to the south.
However, as they had not been to that place before, the map only showed rivers below the Burial Grounds. The rest of the area was covered by map fog.
"Therefore, if you really want to learn the ability of the Cursed Clan, then you have to ask them. If they have survivors, they would have escaped to this Arctic Abyss, because they're unable to survive in other areas of Beiqi."
"Nevertheless, I want to remind you that this Arctic Abyss is almost a forbidden area in Beiqi. It is an eerie place. Although it is located above a geothermal volcano, its glaciers still haven't melted in over hundreds of thousands of years. Instead, it is perennially showered in heavy snow."
"What's more, it is said that the birth of this Arctic Abyss is related to the Ice Snow Clan who was under the first King of Beiqi so it's not a good place anyway. Besides, even if that defeated force really did hide in the Arctic Abyss, the Ice Snow Clan would have wiped them out."
"Hence, you should think about it carefully. Since you are immortal, it is okay to go and play around. If you come across the Ice Snow Clan, don't mess with them because their patriarch who may be alive has reached the Ghost Emperor Realm. Beiqi will be overturned if they get angry."
"I have told you guys everything that I know. What ideas do you have in mind?" Tong Gua looked at them and asked.
"We will go!"
Seeing that the duo was so headstrong, Tong Gua waved his hands. He seemed to be afraid that they might come back to trouble him if they could not find the Cursed Clan. So he spoke again.
"Don't be discouraged if you really can't find them. When you have grown more powerful, you can go to the Naraka Territory. Many races here have the power of the Naraka Realm."
The two of them nodded again and bowed respectfully to Tong Gua. Then, they turned around and made their way to the door and climbed out the window next to it.
Tong Gua was speechless.
"Wait, how did they know that I know the origin of the Cursed Clan?" Tong Gua held his crotch, feeling that something was wrong.
……
In the external world, the big holiday event was still going on.
That very moment, millions of players suddenly appeared airborne as they were transported to the peripheral of the North Rocks. They marched toward the inner part of the North Rocks.
Facing a frenzied wave of players, the Rock Ghost King felt his heart skip a beat. He hastily stopped his subordinates who were preparing to launch an attack.
"Calm down and let these madmen be. They will leave in no time."
It was exactly like what the Rock Ghost King had mentioned. After the players surrounded an area and went crazy for a moment, they all giggled and started to retreat.
"Lord Rock Ghost King, what kind of race are these new forces, and why have we never seen them before?" the steel zombie commander could not help but ask curiously.
There was also a hint of uncertainty in the eyes of the Rock Ghost King. He turned his head to look at the Soul Liberating Envoy Du Yan.
"You were the first to contact them. Do you know their origin?"
Upon hearing that, Du Yan replied respectfully to the Rock Ghost King.
"Lord Rock Ghost King, this force has appeared in the Mansion of the Dead inexplicably after the death of the King of Beiqi. I do not know their origin."
The Rock Ghost King was even more confused after hearing what Du Yan had to say.
How could Ghost Kings like them not know in advance of such a large-scale influx in Beiqi?
The Land of Beiqi could only be accessed through four areas: his North Rocks, the Eastern Liuli, the Western Barren Grassland, and the Southern Arctic Abyss.
First of all, the Arctic Abyss could certainly be ruled out – people could not pass by that area at all. Also, he would have definitely noticed such a massive biological invasion in the North Rocks, so the North Rocks could be excluded, too.
Next, Eastern Liuli was the area where Cha Na was stationed. If they really wanted to come across the Eastern Sea, they would face Cha Na head-on. How could they occupy the Mansion of the Dead before killing Cha Na?
If so, this force might be from the Barren Grassland.
Nevertheless, the Rock Ghost King still felt something was amiss.
As he had addressed those creatures several times, he found that the abilities they mastered obviously came from Beiqi.
Rune Warriors, Sun Chasing Archers, Naraka Realm of the Cursed Clan, and so on were the abilities that once existed in Beiqi. Assuming that those creatures were all from the outside world was probably too much of a coincidence.
As he thought for a moment, the Rock Ghost King's face went pale.
"Du Yan, do you still remember when the King of Beiqi said that he would befall the underworld one day?"
Hearing that, Du Yan arched his hand, "Lord Rock Ghost King, I have indeed heard the King of Beiqi say this before."
"Then, do you remember that the King of Beiqi would include all of the Beiqi Army's heroic spirits of ghost general rank and above – and the enemy's souls that they had killed – in the Valiant Spirits Palace, for enshrinement?"
"I do remember it. The King of Beiqi said that the purpose was to make the future generations remember these former warriors."
At this very moment, the Rock Ghost King's face became extremely dignified.
He recalled something vital.
It seemed that the abilities of the players were related to the deceased warriors who had been included in the Valiant Spirits Palace.
As the Rock Ghost King thought about it, he suddenly had a conjecture.
This new Beiqi force had a great possibility to be related to the late King of Beiqi. Maybe it was the secret force that he had secretly built, in order to achieve his ambition to befall the underworld.
Thinking of this, another thought suddenly surfaced in Rock Ghost King's mind.
If this power was really the secret weapon of the King of Beiqi, could he control it, or would there be a way for him to control it instead?
He did not believe that the King of Beiqi would train a force beyond his control. There must be a way to ensure that this secret weapon would never betray him.
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Chapter 160: Sneak In For Investigation
Mansion of the Dead, Beiqi.
As the players were all outside, the entire safe zone in the Mansion of the Dead looked empty. Although the city was adorned in a fiery red color, it still seemed rather dull with only NPCs occasionally walking along the streets.
At this very moment, a small sapling suddenly emerged from the ground of the mansion's safe zone.
It surveyed around meticulously. After it was sure that no one had discovered it, its two roots pulled out from the ground and moved forward like human feet, one step at a time.
Looking at the familiar streets of the Mansion of the Dead in front of him, the Rock Ghost King was appalled.
This Mansion of the Dead had once been completely demolished, but now most of the buildings were totally restored along with many new ones. Most importantly, these rebuilt buildings were almost the same as the ones before destruction.
Along with astonishment in his heart, he continued to move forward step by step.
His purpose was to investigate why this new Beiqi force emerged and what kind of secrets they possessed.
If these creatures were really the late King of Beiqi's secret force, then the Rock Ghost King felt that he might be able to find the method the King of Beiqi had left to control this force in this place.
The first place he chose to investigate was Beiqi's most important domain hall. After all, if there was a way to control the secret force, King Beiqi would most probably have left it inside that hall.
After he walked across several streets, the Rock Ghost King suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He found a bizarre building with a hammer hanging diagonally on the roof, but what caught his attention was the plaque of the building.
"Tong Gua's Casting Workshop!"
Seeing the name of the building, the Rock Ghost King was startled.
Of course, he knew about Tong Gua's casting ability. He was the best-hidden caster in Beiqi.
However, the Rock Ghost King immediately shook his head as he thought of it.
How could it be? Even if the King of Beiqi wanted Tong Gua's help to cast weapons, he would have to spend a lot of effort in persuading him. According to Tong Gua's personality, he would never open a casting workshop here.
The casting workshop was probably named after Tong Gua the Ghost King because the owner adored him. Having figured it out, the Rock Ghost King immediately took a step. He was ready to continue his journey in the direction of the domain palace.
However, the Rock Ghost King suddenly sensed a breath approaching him. He immediately inserted his roots into the ground, posing as a small sapling grown from the ground, swaying aimlessly in the wind.
"Fuck. What lousy luck! These players must be cheating! How could my luck be so bad? I almost lost my pants! I'm so mad!"
Tong Gua who was not far away was staggering with his feet splaying outward. He held a pot of Muling wine in his hand and scolded himself all the way.
Thinking of the soul coins that he had lost to the players by playing cards, Tong Gua was upset. He could not help but throw the red coat on his shoulders to the ground, then jumped up and stomped on it…
Recognizing the person, a drop of sweat dripped from the Rock Ghost King's forehead. He quickly stabilized his body to prevent himself from being exposed.
After Tong Gua vented his frustration, he picked up his red coat again from the ground and clutched it in his hand. He walked unsteadily to the door of the casting workshop, kicked it open, and walked in.
Seeing this scene, the Rock Ghost King heaved a sigh of relief, his heart filled with horror and doubt.
Tong Gua the Ghost King was the most powerful Ghost King in the land of Beiqi. His status in Beiqi was much higher than him, and someone with whom the Rock Ghost King would never dare to mess with.
He had several points of contact with Tong Gua before. Once he had been severely beaten by Tong Gua who was in a bad mood at that time. The Rock Ghost King still vividly remembered how terrifying Tong Gua's strength was.
Although Tong Gua had disappeared for some time, the King of Beiqi had mentioned that he was having an isolated practice. The king also had said that Tong Gua was half a step away, not far at all, from reaching the Ghost Emperor Realm.
When he saw Tong Gua appear in this place, the Rock Ghost King was full of fear. He was afraid of being discovered and murdered.
The Rock Ghost King was now certain about his own guess.
This new Beiqi force might really be related to the late King of Beiqi, and Tong Gua's so-called months of isolated practice were actually to help the king build up his secret force. This new Beiqi force was not powerful enough to employ Tong Gua as their caster, and there was only one possibility – Tong Gua did it voluntarily.
When he thought of this, the Rock Ghost King was really scared. He was afraid that he would be murdered for knowing too much.
It was even more likely that the deceased king was actually alive.
After spotting Tong Gua, he suddenly felt how naive his previous thoughts were. He was also grateful for not being impulsive.
If he had led the Tree Demon army to attack this place, Tong Gua alone would have already vanquished them.
This very moment, the figure of Tong Gua suddenly appeared at the door again. The Rock Ghost King immediately stopped pondering and tried his best to act as a small sapling, murmuring continuously in his heart, "I'm just a little sapling, you won't find me, I'm just a little tree…"
Upon the Rock Ghost King's horrified gaze, Tong Gua walked directly toward him.
"Ah, since when has this sapling appeared at my door?" Tong Gua looked at the sapling in a daze, apparently baffled.
Tong Gua then reached out his hand and patted the Rock Ghost King who was in the state of a small sapling with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
"Not bad! Not bad at all! Looking good!"
The Rock Ghost King felt that his heart was about to explode. He feared that Tong Gua had already noticed something unusual and would give him a devastating blow.
The Rock Ghost King did not know that Tong Gua had lost his cultivation. His heart was jittering. After all, in his opinion, Tong Gua could easily find out who he truly was with his peak power as the Ghost King.
However, Tong Gua just stared blankly at the Rock Ghost King. The latter felt he might have a heart attack – it was too exhilarating.
"Good tree!" the drunk Tong Gua praised again.
However, the Rock Ghost King was dumbfounded by the next scene. Tong Gua suddenly unzipped and began peeing on him.
"Fuck! I can't stand it anymore!"
Feeling the rush of warm liquid on his body, the Rock Ghost King was going crazy. If it weren't for the rational desire to survive that restrained him, he might just give Tong Gua's body a good slap.
To survive! To survive! Rock Ghost King kept comforting himself, but he was close to collapsing.
"Hoo!"
Tong Gua shook his body with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Pulling up his trousers, Tong Gua glanced at the small tree once more. He could not help but praise it as a good tree again. He then turned around and entered the workshop, closing the door with a loud thud.
Not far away, a small snake hiding in the slab gap that observed the scene gave out a petrified gaze.
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