After obtaining the information that he wanted …
Qin Shujian made some simple arrangements in the sect and planned to head to the other prefectures immediately.
To him …
Every single evil spirit was worth luck points.
Although the evil spirits were wreaking havoc and seemed very powerful, there were many experts in the Great Zhao Dynasty.
However, there were many strong practitioners in the Great Zhao. There were bound to be powerful people as well. After all, the Marquis of Northern Cloud was a powerful person. The imperial court could not possibly only have one or two powerful people.
If experts of this level were to attack, the evil spirits that had broken out of their seals would not be a match for them.
Furthermore …
Although very few players had reached the Spirit Martial Realm, many of them were at the True Martial Realm.
If so many players swarmed together in the True Dominion, even the evil spirits would be doomed.
From Qin Shujian's point of view …
After obtaining the Imperial Court's identity card, all these evil spirits belonged to him.
A bunch of people were coveting what belonged to him.
To this …
Qin Shujian was very anxious.
…
The Demon Calamity. Sky-Covering skeletons were spreading in all directions.
The Fiendish Qi accompanied the skeletons as they advanced, constantly eroding the ground beneath their feet. Everywhere they passed, living beings were exterminated and turned into a demonic land.
However …
The place where these skeletons were advancing was an even bigger encirclement.
It was an encirclement formed by players to prevent the Demon Calamity from spreading.
Swoosh!
A sword slashed out at lightning speed, causing a black-armored skeleton to retreat continuously.
Zhong Gaojie did not show any mercy. He took a step forward and attacked like a storm. When the sword flashes exploded, a cold glint could be seen.
Every sword slashed out with an extremely fast and ferocious force before accurately landing on the same position of the black-armored skeleton in front of him.
After dozens of sword slashes, the power that had gathered suddenly exploded.
The sword flashes swept past like a crescent moon before the black-armored skeleton's head was chopped off.
When the head fell off, the entire skeleton fell apart instantly. However, the head that fell on the ground did not turn into ashes. Instead, it rolled on the ground, as if it wanted to kill the enemy.
"F * ck! It's still not dead!"
Zhong Gaojie was speechless. Then, he slashed out with all his strength, barely piercing the black armor that protected the head and extinguishing the soul fire inside.
After that …
Only this skeleton could be considered truly dead.
He glanced at his Experience Bar and saw that the Cultivation Method Bar had only jumped a little.
Regarding this.
Zhong Gaojie shook his head in resignation.
These Demonic Disasters gave the least amount of EXP, but they were ridiculously strong. If he had not accepted the Imperial Court's quest, he would not have been willing to raid these monsters.
However — —
Now that players' levels were getting higher, the amount of EXP they needed was also increasing.
Aside from the Demon Beasts in the Endless Mountain Range, there weren't many places for players to grind and level up.
The main reason was because the monsters in other places gave pitiful amounts of experience.
However, if one were to compare them seriously.
Even though the Demonic Calamity gave less EXP, it was only when compared to Demonic Beasts of the same level. However, there were so many of them. If they weren't too hard to kill, it would be a good place to train.
After killing a Devil Calamity Skeleton.
Zhong Gaojie panted slightly, then looked at other positions.
The number of demonic disasters was huge, but the number of players was even greater.
In terms of average strength, the players were not any weaker than the demon disaster.
Therefore, when the two sides fought, the players actually had a lot of advantages. After all, the biggest advantage of the Demonic Calamity was that it could turn any corpse into its own kind.
However, the players didn't have any corpses, so naturally, they couldn't be turned into the Demonic Calamity.
As a result …
The biggest advantage of the Demonic Calamity was gone.
Using the Profound Insight, Zhong Gaojie kept looking for suitable targets. Finally, he locked his eyes on a weaker Demonic Calamity Skeleton and directly attacked it.
The Profound Insight was very useless in the early stages, but it was very useful now. Many players regretted it.
Because the Profound Insight could only be learned in the Novice Village. Once they left the Novice Village, they would not have the opportunity to learn it.
Now that players left the Novice Village, there was almost no Novice Village in the world.
As a result …
The Profound Insight had become an exclusive ability for some people.
At first, this ability could not detect much information, but as it was used more and more, some players could deduce the Profound Insight and the usefulness of this ability gradually increased.
For some people.
Having the Profound Insight could save them a lot of detours.
Even when fighting monsters, they could live a little longer than others.
Because not all powerful monsters would have a ferocious appearance and a terrifying aura.
Some were very well hidden.
If one didn't use the Profound Insight to look, they would fall down in minutes.
At this time, Cao Hong also joined forces with Liu Qinghong and the others. They formed a small group and constantly killed the Demonic Calamity Skeletons around them.
The strength of the Demonic Calamity mainly lay in the bone armor.
The bone armor was hard, and it was difficult for a normal grade weapon to damage it.
At least …
It required a weapon of fourth grade or above to cause a little damage.
However, Cao Hong and the others could be considered to have the support of the Imperial Court and had accumulated a lot of merit points. In addition, they weren't ordinary people in the real world, and now players could also come into contact with spiritual weapons.
Therefore, after paying a relatively large price, Li Qiye was able to make a decision.
They didn't have a spiritual weapon, but for people like Cao Hong and the others, it wasn't a problem to have a spiritual weapon.
Although the skeleton's bone armor was powerful, it couldn't withstand the sharpness of a spiritual weapon.
The long sword pierced through the skeleton's facial bone armor and extinguished the soul fire inside.
After losing the soul fire, the entire skeleton instantly fell apart and completely lost its function.
"How are the people in the other places now?"
Cao Hong asked as he killed the Demonic Calamity Skeletons.
Hearing this.
The others also knew what Cao Hong was talking about. One of the players shook his head and said, "There's no news yet, but they should be similar to us."
"Try to contact them and see if they have any thoughts of rushing in."
As Cao Hong spoke, a black light flashed in front of him. He didn't hesitate to take a step forward and immediately slashed out with his long sword, colliding with the black light.
Bang!
The two collided. The moment the black light broke, a bone blade fell to the ground.
Immediately after.
In the distance, a skeleton with only half a bone blade was standing in the distance. In the next second, another attack came.
It was also at this time.
A huge skeleton bird swooped down from the sky, immediately putting a lot of pressure on the entire team.
The Demonic Calamity was very strong and there were many of them.
Although the players weren't weaker than the Demonic Calamity in all aspects and were even better than it, perhaps that was based on the overall situation.
Seriously speaking, this was the first time he had seen such a thing.
In the face of such a Demonic Calamity, there were still many players who went back to revive.
Every time they died, they would lose a level.
In the past, it would take a few days to train back, but now it might take a month or two, or even more.
So.
Not dying if possible, this was the first standard for players.
For Cao Hong.
There were so many skeletons. If they were to encircle and suppress them for a long time, although they could still kill them, it would take too much time. Moreover, once too many players participated, for them, it would also be a loss of benefits.
In his opinion, compared to the Demonic Calamity Skeletons outside, the real demons that caused the Demonic Calamity were the main show.
In order to reward the demons, the imperial court had also given out generous rewards.
This reward.
Even if they could only revive once or twice, it would definitely not be a loss.
So, many people had their eyes on the demons.
But —
In order to encircle and suppress the demons, they had to break through the blockade of the Demonic Calamity Skeletons. Otherwise, if the two attacked from the front and back, they would only have a dead end.
In this way.
Someone had to join forces and turn into a sharp knife to break in and exterminate the demons.
This was because the Demonic Calamity Skeletons only chased after the smell of the flesh and blood of living beings. The large number of players fighting outside was the target of these things. If a small group of players broke in, they would not attract too much firepower.
This also meant that the people who did this had to be elites.
Upon hearing this.
Liu Qinghong nodded and said, "However, given our current strength, it is not that easy to deal with the demons. It is rumored that these True Dominion demons are comparable to experts who have condensed the Universal Sky Lock."
"So what? The demons' biggest advantage, other than their strength, is their ability to transform the Demonic Calamity."
Cao Hong shook his head and said.
"We can revive. The demons' ability to transform the Demonic Calamity is already useless. What's left is the problem of strength. Although the ones who have condensed the Universal Sky Lock should be very strong, our strength is not weak either."
"Plus … Isn't defeating a powerful BOSS our players' strength?"
Quite a few people agreed with this statement.
How could a monster that was not stronger than the players be called a BOSS?
It was inevitable that the players would be able to defeat a BOSS. Players who had not defeated a BOSS would not have a complete gaming life.
The BOSS in this game was very different from the BOSS in previous games. They could not be defeated as they wished.
However, the game had been open for a long time.
Apart from some powerful BOSSES, such as the Liang Mountain Fort Master, who were still standing strong, many powerful BOSSES had been defeated. Even the True Martial Realm Airborne Realm and the Prominent Sage Realm had been defeated.
However, they had to pay a huge price to do so.
When Liu Qinghong saw this, he did not say anything. Then, he took out his Communication Jade Talisman and sent the message out.
Most of the players who had accepted the mission this time had been randomly selected.
However, some powerful player groups like theirs had left some connections with each other so that they could be used to communicate at such times.
They had the idea of defeating the demons, and so did the other groups.
However, everyone knew that.
A group of dozens of players would not be able to defeat the demons.
It would take at least a few hundred players to defeat the demons, which were rumored to be as strong as the Heavenly Lock of the Universe.
As for how strong the Heavenly Lock of the Universe was, the details could be found by referring to the Liang Mountain Fort Master.
On the other side.
More than twenty players formed a group and kept hunting the Demon Disaster Skeletons.
Every player could release physical invulnerability, which showed that they were at least in the physical invulnerability realm.
Furthermore, they could control their swords with their divine thoughts to kill their enemies in the air.
To be able to do this, one had to at least break through to the Spiritual God Realm.
"Cao Hong has sent a message."
A player released a burst of energy and forced a Demon Disaster Skeleton to retreat. Then, he took out the Communication Jade Talisman at his waist and read the message inside.
Hearing this.
The leader of the group, a young player, happened to be controlling his sword with his divine thoughts. His sword pierced through the air and pierced through a Fallen Bone Demon. Then, he released a burst of energy and killed the Fallen Bone Demon of True Martial Realm Level Four in one hit.
After doing all this, the long sword rolled back and was caught in his hand. Then, he turned his head and looked at that person.
"What did Cao Hong say?"
"He wants to join forces with us to kill that evil demon."
"As expected!"
The young man shook his head and laughed.
That player said, "Cao Hong's group is quite strong. Big Brother, do you want to join them?"
"Going together is not a problem. The important thing is how to split the benefits. Cao Hong won't just come to our side. When the time comes, there will only be one evil demon. There will be more than one team."
When the young man spoke, he paused for a moment and then continued.
"Let's find a chance to meet up with them and then discuss this matter in detail."
"Okay!"
Then, the young man looked at the boundless Demon Disaster in front of him and felt a little afraid.
Fortunately, this was just a game. After players died, there would be no corpses left.
If these things appeared in the real world, the entire world would probably be destroyed.
In the past, he might not have thought so much.
But now, many things in the real world were slowly approaching this world. He couldn't help but worry.
The end of the Age of Dharma.
The recovery of spiritual energy.
However, the young man only thought about it for a moment and then threw this thought away.
It wasn't his turn to think too much now.
Although he was an expert in the Spiritual God Realm in the game, in reality, he was only a cultivator who had barely stepped into the Inner Energy Realm.
Even if the realm in the game could affect the real world, it didn't mean that one would immediately have the same strength as in the game.
In the game, one could level up by killing monsters or taking pills directly.
But in reality, there was no experience bar.
In addition, spiritual energy had just recovered, so having spiritual herbs was almost the same as not having them. Therefore, taking pills had basically become an extravagant hope. Even if there were some pills, they weren't very useful for those in the True Martial Realm.
So until now, there hadn't been any powerful experts in the real world.
At the same time when the young man received the message.
Just as he said, the other players who were fighting against the Demonic Calamity received the same news.
"They have agreed."
Liu Qinghong looked at the Communication Jade Token and then looked at Cao Hong.
"What do you mean?"
As Cao Hong spoke, he didn't stop attacking. A murderous aura rose from his body, and there was a hint of killing intent in the biting cold sword light.
He had exchanged for this sword technique at the government office where he was working.
It was a sword technique that focused on killing enemies and stopping killing with killing.
In terms of power, it was at the top of the True Rank martial arts techniques.
Coupled with his strength at the peak of the True Martial Realm, killing ordinary Demon Disaster Skeletons wasn't a problem at all.
"No problem. It's just that there's only one of us now. If we want to kill it, we need to split the benefits with them in advance."
"Give us a meeting point. We can only negotiate when we meet."
"Okay."
Liu Qinghong immediately picked up the Communication Jade Token and sent the message.
It didn't take long for a reply to arrive.
After a simple communication, Cao Hong immediately shouted, "Everyone, follow me in."
As soon as he finished speaking.
A shocking sword qi erupted and instantly extinguished the soul flames of the two True Martial Realm Demon Disaster Skeletons.
Boom!!
With Cao Hong leading the way, Liu Qinghong's strength wasn't weak at all. When he blasted out his palm energy, a silver needle made of fine iron shot out and instantly pierced the soul flames of the Demon Disaster Skeletons.
In order to deal with these Devil Calamities, one's physical strength was ultimately weaker.
If he used weapons, it would be much easier.
In the vast battlefield of Demon Disaster Skeletons and players, a team of more than 20 players slowly went deeper and deeper, forcibly opening a path.
Seeing this.
Immediately, some players wanted to follow in.
Everyone knew that these people were going in at this time to attack the boss.
The Imperial Court had issued missions to eliminate Demon Disasters, and naturally, there were missions to kill demons.
Especially the latter.
The bountiful rewards of the missions were enough to tempt people.
"Kill them!"
Liu Qinghong saw the players following in the back. As the number of players increased, more and more Demon Disaster Skeletons surrounded them. His face instantly turned cold.
The only reason these players followed him was to get a share of the loot.
But it was fine if they just wanted a share of the loot. It just so happened that solo players were the easiest to spoil.
Perhaps, if these people were to get involved in this matter of exterminating the Evil Devil, then perhaps it would fail.
So.
When he saw that someone was following him, he immediately took out several silver needles from his bosom and threw them out at an extremely fast speed. Under the illumination of the sun, the five silver needles were almost blinded to the point where it was hard to see them clearly.
"Ah!"
A few players who were caught off guard screamed. Some had their eyes pierced, and some had their heads pierced. Some had their throats pierced, and they all dissipated into white light.
At the same time that Liu Qinghong made his move.
The other players also made their moves, forcing back and killing the players following behind them.
Even though they were all players, there were differences between the two.
On one side was an elite team of players who were at least True Martial Realm Level Seven, while on the other side were solo players who had barely entered the True Martial Realm and perhaps not even reached the Physical Invulnerability Realm.
Comparing the two, the gap between the two was huge.
As for what Cao Hong and the others did, it also infuriated many players.
But they could only be angry. There was no other way.
If the Demon Disaster hadn't interfered, it would have been fine. Now that the Demon Disaster had interfered and they had to deal with players stronger than them, these solo players immediately fell into a disadvantage.
Then, under the Demon Disaster's obstruction, the two sides completely separated.
With Cao Hong as the spearhead, he directly pierced into the Demon Disaster and headed in one direction according to the results of the message.
Two hours later.
In a dilapidated village, several teams of players gathered here.
This village used to be full of people. Now, with the outbreak of the Demon Disaster, the people inside were either taken away in advance or devoured by the Demon Disaster. In short, there was no sign of life here.
Only the arrival of players made this place a little livelier.
After Cao Hong and the others arrived, it didn't take long for the other teams to basically all arrive.
Then.
The leaders of several teams met directly.
"Let's cut to the chase. There's only one demon that broke out of the seal here. The imperial court's mission rewards also stipulated that only one demon will be rewarded. So when the time comes, everyone will rely on their own abilities."
After meeting everyone, Cao Hong went straight to the point and said in a deep voice.
"But whichever team completes the mission will have to give 70% of the profits to the other teams."
There were a total of five teams here.
The team that killed the demon would get 30% of the profits. The other teams would divide the remaining 70%. On average, each team would get about 20%, which wasn't a small amount.
The main problem was.
No team alone had the strength to kill the demon. There was only hope if the five teams worked together.
Hearing that.
The others didn't have any objections.
"Sure, but there's one more condition. If anyone dares to hinder or stab us in the back before we kill the Evil Spirit, everyone has to eliminate the hidden danger. Even if they're from the same team, we can't be lenient."
"Okay."
"No problem."
The others, including Cao Hong and Liu Qinghong, didn't have any objections.
This was the right thing to do.
Before killing the evil spirit, if there were people who would drag them down or stab them in the back, then this cooperation would be over.
If things went wrong.
All the teams would die in the hands of the Demon Disaster or the demon.
Those who could enter this place were all at least of the physical invulnerability realm. If they died and dropped a level, it would take at least a month for them to have a chance to cultivate again.
This loss wasn't something that anyone could bear.
After a simple discussion, the few teams.
They directly left the place, pierced through the Demon Disaster that was besieging them, and charged toward the location of the demon according to the intelligence.
Although the demon had broken out of the seal.
Most of them would just stay in the fortress to recover. At the same time, they would also command the Demon Disaster to invade other places to plunder enough energy for them to recover and increase their strength.
Not long after.
A dilapidated fortress appeared in everyone's line of sight.
Although there were no bloodstains on the walls of the fortress, there was a bloody and austere smell, as if there were still undying war spirits howling on it.
The destruction of a fortress usually meant the death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Therefore, the soldiers guarding the fortress were fine before the demon broke out of the seal. But once the demon broke out, the survival rate was close to zero.
At this moment.
A monstrous demonic aura was spreading out from the fortress. The clear sky had long disappeared, leaving only dense demonic aura that gathered into demonic clouds that covered the sky.
When the scorching sun barely penetrated the demonic clouds and shone on the land, there was a kind of oppressive darkness.
Bloody!
Oppressive!
Brutal!
All kinds of inexplicable emotions surged into the hearts of the players, causing many of their expressions to change drastically.
Everyone knew that there were demons in the stronghold.
Even though the devilish skeletons didn't dare to approach the location of the sinister devils before receiving their orders, this place was much less dangerous than other places.
But standing in front of the fortress.
The pressure that Cao Hong and the others felt was even greater than when they faced the mighty Devil Disaster.
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