The black clouds kept rolling, and pale white lightning flashed from time to time.
A majestic Demon Fortress stood tall on the hillside, surrounded by patrolling Demon troops.
They were in teams of ten, holding torches as they patrolled around the fortress.
Outside the fortress, behind a huge rock at the bottom of the hillside.
A few Demons were hiding behind the rock, peeking their heads out.
They were wearing standard Demon armor made from the scales of Abyss Scaled Beasts, and their bodies emitted a strong evil aura. They were relatively petite among the Demons, but they looked very tall.
They didn't look like Demons that had evolved in the Abyss Mother Nest. Instead, they looked like Demons that had fallen from the material world.
The Demon at the front glanced at the fortress on the hillside, then turned to his companions and said,
"Everyone, the Demon Fortress in front of Big Sister's mission is the Demon Fortress."
Then, he looked at one of the Devils and asked, "What's the matter?
"Cyber, what should we do next?"
The Demon was silent for a few seconds, as if checking something, then said, "Brother Mu, the mission has been updated.
It's to sneak into the fortress, find the Plane Door, and cover at least one player to successfully enter without being discovered. "
"What if we're discovered?"
"Then the reward will be halved. Also, tear open the golden scroll that Big Sister gave us."
Cyber said.
Then, he thought for a moment, looked at the other Demons behind him, and said to the leader, "Brother Mu, we're going to sneak into the fortress.
You'll be in command. I don't have much experience leading a team, so I'm afraid something might go wrong. "
When the leader of the Evil Demons heard that, he pondered for a moment before exhaling.
"Alright then …"
Then, he looked at the others.
"Everyone, check your equipment. Don't give yourself away. Also … check how long the aura concealment spell lasts. If it's not enough, I still have a few aura concealment scrolls that Big Sister gave us."
Hearing his words, the rest of the demons nodded and began to check their bodies.
One of the demons took off the ferocious helmet on his head, revealing a sweaty face.
He wasn't a Demon, but an Elf.
However, his aura seemed to be concealed by some kind of magic, and he was disguised as a Demon.
He fanned himself and stuck out his tongue.
"Ha … this demon's armor is really hot. It's suffocating. Running all the way is really tiring."
The leading Evil Demon frowned and looked at him.
"Put on your helmet, Dema. Don't make any mistakes at the crucial moment."
"Uh … Okay, Brother Mu."
The "demon" who was reprimanded put on the helmet embarrassedly.
"Alright, let's take a rest and recharge our energy. Then, we'll continue forward."
The leader of the devils retracted his gaze and said.
After that, the group of people sat down and began to rest, drink water, and check their equipment.
The elves who had snuck into the vicinity of the fortress were none other than the players who had accepted the quest from Eve.
After a day of desperate running, they finally arrived at the location of the mission.
And now, the exploration mission was about to officially begin.
After resting for a while, the players adjusted themselves to their best condition.
"Is everyone ready?"
Li Mu asked.
The other nine nodded in agreement.
"Then let's go. We'll follow the other demons and sneak in through the front door …"
Li Mu said.
"Main entrance? Isn't there any other way? "
Salty Meow asked.
"I'm afraid not. I've observed for a while. The fortress is heavily guarded."
Li Mu shook his head.
Then, he changed the topic.
"But … the patrol teams are all ten-man squads. No one checked when we entered the fortress. I think we can also pretend to be a patrol team."
"No wonder Zero wanted us to form a ten-man squad."
Dema nodded thoughtfully.
"Alright, let's go! I'll take the lead. Those with high combat strength will walk behind me. In order to prevent any unexpected situations … Wait! Meow Meow, don't come up! You walk at the back. Let Boxed Lunch and Dema walk in front. "
Li Mu said.
"Tsk … My combat strength is the best among the Mages …"
Salty Meow complained.
But in the end, she obediently walked to the back of the team.
High damage output did not mean that her combat ability was strong.
"Also … Dema, don't go looking for trouble."
Li Mu reminded a certain someone.
Demacia was a little resentful.
"Don't worry, Brother Mu. Am I so untrustworthy?"
"Not at all."
Dema and Salty Meow said in unison.
Demacia was speechless.
"Pfft …"
Looking at the big shots of the entire server bickering, Cyber could not help but laugh out loud.
"Alright, be quiet from now on. If there's anything, just type in the chat. Don't talk."
Li Mu said.
The other players nodded.
Then, the group followed the example of the other demon patrol teams. They lit the torches made of grease and Devil's Vines and walked toward the fortress.
As they approached the fortress, there were more and more demon patrols nearby. The players became more and more focused. At the same time, they became more and more nervous.
However, to everyone's relief, Big Sister's disguise was indeed impressive. They were not stopped by the demons until they swaggered to the gate of the fortress.
Two tall demons stood at the gate of the fortress. They emitted an aura that made them tremble in fear.
These were two demons whose strength had reached the Gold rank.
Demons with such strength were already Demon Overlords in the minds of the players. However, they were only gatekeepers here.
After seeing the group of people, the two tall demons instantly cast their gazes over.
Being locked on by the powerful aura, the players' nerves were stretched to the limit in an instant. They were ready to fight or run at any time.
However, the demons only glanced at them before looking away uninterestedly.
The players heaved a sigh of relief.
"We've passed! We can sneak in now. Everyone, be alert. Don't expose yourselves! "
Li Mu typed.
Then, he led the nine of them and officially sneaked into the fortress …
After entering the tall walls of the fortress, their vision suddenly opened up.
What greeted their eyes were demon tents. Demons could be seen going in and out from time to time.
Further away, in the center of the tents, there were pieces of flesh made up of blackish-red sarcomas and dendritic membranes. They flickered with a dark red light. The sarcomas in the center were constantly beating like a heart.
From time to time, they could see Abyssal Worms being spat out by the "heart". They were collected by the Inferior Demons and brought to a huge pit at the side.
There were a few huge pits. The players even saw Inferior Demons with mucus all over their bodies crawling out. They were then chased into another pit by some Great Demons.
"Abyssal Mother Nest …"
Boxed Lunch typed in the chat channel.
Seeing his message, everyone's heart skipped a beat.
The Abyssal Mother Nest was a "machine" that produced demons. It could produce a large number of Abyssal Worms.
The Abyssal Worms would devour each other and evolve into low-level little demons, which were Inferior Demons. Their strength was at the Black Iron rank.
If the Inferior Demons continued to devour each other, they would evolve into Great Demons with Silver rank strength.
Great Demons were the main force of the Demon army.
This … was one of the main ways the Abyss replenished the blood of the Demon army.
After playing for so long, the players already knew this information. Without a doubt, the fortress in front of them was the base of the Demon army's production.
"Cyber, share the location of the mission."
Li Mu typed.
"Okay."
Cyber started to control the game system.
Looking at the highlighted location on the minimap, Li Mu nodded silently. Then, he led the team and continued to move forward carefully.
They were lucky. There were many Demons patrolling in the fortress, and they were all moving in groups of ten.
Because of this, their disguise didn't attract too much attention.
After going around a few Abyssal Mother Nests, they finally arrived at the highlighted location on the minimap.
They were Planar Gates that were constantly rotating.
From time to time, they could see powerful Demons walking out.
There weren't any Demons guarding the Dimension Door. Instead, there was a pitch-black Cerberus lying beside the Dimension Door, snoring.
Between its breaths, red sparks could be seen constantly spurting out from its nostrils. The terrifying pressure made every Demon that passed by unconsciously become cautious. Their eyes were filled with fear when they looked at it.
Feeling the terrifying pressure that made them unable to resist, the players' hearts were in their throats.
Abyssal myth …
The same thought appeared in their minds at the same time.
"Cyber, there are too many Dimension Doors here. Which one is the one mentioned in the mission?"
Li Mu typed.
Cyber swallowed a mouthful of saliva and marked the target on the minimap.
Looking at the marked target, everyone felt their scalps go numb.
The marked Planar Gate was none other than the one closest to the Cerberus, which was dozens of meters long.
It was right below it.
"Damn … I knew it. This mission can't be that simple."
Demacia complained in the chat channel.
Li Mu looked at the sleeping Cerberus and then at the other players.
After pondering for a moment, he typed.
"Everyone, be careful. Don't wake it up."
"When we're close to the Dimension Door, I'll say jump. Then, don't hesitate and jump in!"
"Salty Meow, take the golden scroll that Big Sister gave you. If we're discovered, tear it up immediately."
The players sent an "OK" emoji in the chat channel. Then, they followed Li Mu and continued to approach carefully.
They tiptoed, and their hearts pounded with the Cerberus' breathing.
However, their good luck finally came to an end.
"Hey! You guys! Why aren't you patrolling properly? Why are you disturbing Lord Cerberus?! "(Demon language)
Behind them, a demon's roar came.
They saw a Demon Lord standing more than 200 meters away, looking at them with an unfriendly gaze.
The next second, the Cerberus' snoring stopped.
Oh no!
The same thought appeared in their minds at the same time.
"Run! Charge into the Planar Gate! "
Li Mu stopped typing and said quickly.
After that, the players didn't hesitate and quickly ran toward the Dimension Door under the Cerberus.
However, before they could get close to the Dimension Door, the Cerberus opened its eyes.
Three pairs of scarlet eyes looked at the players. In an instant, the players felt an extremely evil aura lock onto them, and an unprecedented fear arose in their hearts.
This kind of fear was so real that even Boxed Lunch, who had the strongest psychological ability, stopped running.
They … couldn't move.
It wasn't because of physical control, but because of fear.
[Fear Intimidate]
"Roar!"
The Cerberus let out a roar at them, and a foul stench spewed out from its mouth, almost causing them to faint from the stench …
A cold light flashed in the Cerberus' eyes, and it waved its claws toward the players.
We can't dodge it!
This thought appeared in the players' minds.
"Salty Meow!"
Li Mu roared with a trembling voice.
Salty Meow gritted his teeth and struggled to tear the golden scroll in his hand.
Golden light bloomed in the scroll. Then, before the Cerberus' huge claws could land, a white arm suddenly appeared from the depths of the void and blocked it.
There wasn't too much holy light, and there weren't too many fancy special effects like before.
Under the players' astonished gazes, the void in front of them distorted, and a beautiful figure appeared.
Demacia's eyes widened, and his mouth formed an "O" shape.
"F * ck … Nu … Goddess?"
The figure that appeared in front of the players was none other than the Goddess of Life, Eve, who was dressed in godly equipment.
This time, her appearance was unprecedentedly low-key.
She tapped the Cerberus' claws lightly, and a faint ripple spread out, and the Cerberus' body instantly stiffened.
A red light flashed across the Cerberus' body. That was the Withering Heart that Eve had activated.
In the next second, this Abyss Mythical creature trembled slightly and turned into ashes.
At this moment, most of the Devils in the fortress hadn't noticed what had happened. Only the Devil Lord not far away widened his eyes in horror.
Instant kill …
The players were invigorated.
However, before they could catch their breath, a total of thirteen powerful auras suddenly rose in all directions of the fortress.
Under the shocked gazes of the players, figures with auras more terrifying than the Cerberus that the Goddess had just killed appeared in the sky one after another …
They formed a circle and surrounded the entire Devil Fortress.
The dark Abyss Power continued to gather, and the dark clouds in the sky were dyed black.
Looking at the dozens of Abyss Mythical creatures that suddenly appeared around her, Eve's expression wasn't flustered at all.
She didn't hesitate. While she created a stream of Divine Power and threw a few players into the Dimension Door, she summoned the Reversal Door and prepared to escape.
However, after casting the summoning, the Reversal Door that appeared in front of her didn't succeed in opening a space channel.
At the same time, the players that were thrown into the Dimension Door fell out again.
As for the constantly rotating Planar Gate, it shattered with a loud bang and turned into nothingness.
Seeing this scene, Eve frowned slightly.
The next moment, four purple pillars of light rose into the sky and formed a huge cage that enveloped the entire Devil Fortress.
Immediately after, the most powerful of the thirteen auras walked out.
An octopus-like head, blue-black scales, a loose robe …
It was the Abyss Demon God Leviathan with great Divine Power.
However, the aura on his body wasn't so powerful that it made people despair.
Obviously, he didn't come here with his original body, but an avatar.
Even so, he still had the power of a mid-level Divine Power.
He sneered at the beautiful figure that was surrounded and said, "She's a beautiful woman.
"Her Holiness the Goddess of Life, we finally meet.
"How is it? Do you like the gift we prepared?"
Looking at the Fifth Demon God that dominated the third level of Hell, Eve's expression gradually became serious.
The worst-case scenario had finally appeared.
This was really a conspiracy against her, and the other party had a way to seal the Reversal Door's ability!
Eve didn't hesitate and instantly burned the Divine Power in her avatar. The power of her avatar soared all the way from a weak Divine Power to a mid-level Divine Power that was the same as her original body!
This was a new ability that she had obtained after her godly soul had completely solidified and inherited everything from her predecessor. She could temporarily raise the power of her avatar to the same level as her original body.
Not only that, but this avatar of the True God could also form a certain connection with her original body and borrow 30% of the original body's Divine Territory's power to a certain extent!
This was also the trump card that Eve wanted to explore when she knew that it might be a conspiracy.
Of course, there was a price to pay for using such power.
And the price was that the longer the peak power and the weakened Divine Territory lasted, the greater the damage to the avatar.
In the most serious case, it might even cause the avatar to collapse directly.
But now, she couldn't care less.
Eve's Divine Power surged, and a golden light bloomed. Light gold and light green intertwined photons flew and scattered, forming a sacred territory.
Within the territory, flowers bloomed and plants grew.
It was a weakened version of the Divine Territory of Life and Nature.
With two Divine Territories superimposed, even if it was a weakened version, it was still stronger than an ordinary True God!
Feeling the powerful power on her body, a trace of fear flashed across the faces of the dozens of Abyss Mythical Gods that surrounded her.
Even Leviathan's eyes were filled with a hint of graveness.
After Eve summoned the Sword of Damocles, her solemn expression turned into shock and anger.
"The Sword of Damocles?!"
The Sword of Damocles!
As an ancient demon god, Leviathan also recognized this famous true god weapon that had the ability of [Absolute Severing].
Eve didn't hesitate. She waved the divine sword and slashed at the four light pillars that formed the cage …
She could sense that it was this cage that was imprisoning the power of the Reversal Door!
As long as she cut this cage, she could restart the Reversal Door.
The golden sword slashed down and hit the purple light pillar.
Then, the purple light pillar suddenly collapsed.
However, before Eve could breathe a sigh of relief, she saw a trace of mockery in Leviathan's eyes from the corner of her eye.
Oh no …
Eve's heart sank a little.
The next moment, the light pillar that was cut by Eve suddenly exploded, and the other three light pillars also exploded at the same time.
Space suddenly distorted, and the exploded light pillars gathered in the center, forming a huge vortex above the fortress, sucking in everything around it …
Even Eve, because she was too close to the vortex, was directly pulled in.
A moment later, the world returned to calm.
At this moment, the Demon Fortress on the ground was gone.
What was left was only a terrifying crater with a radius of a thousand meters.
"Lord Leviathan, how was it? We only lost some demons and a three-headed hellhound, and the Goddess of Life was locked up by us. "
An old voice sounded behind Leviathan.
Leviathan looked back at the other party and snorted.
"She was only locked up first. If we had attacked together just now, we might have been able to keep her here."
The old voice continued:
"But in that case, it would be difficult for the seal to maintain in the aftermath of the battle, and she would have a chance to break the seal and escape."
"Even if we really won, how many of the Legends here would still be alive? Lord Leviathan, you don't want to lose too many people, right? After all … you still have to attack the world of Segers. "
"So … it's better to seal the Goddess of Life in like this …"
"After entering the world you sealed, her divine artifact will lose effect, and she will also become your prisoner."
"If you destroy the source of her faith, she will completely become water without a source."
"When her power is exhausted, you can easily take everything from her … You don't even need to fight."
"Moreover, her appearance can also impact the faith of those creatures you want to subdue …"
Hearing this, Leviathan's expression gradually eased.
But soon, his brows furrowed slightly again.
"What if she subdues those creatures in the plane?"
"Do you think it's possible?"
The old voice asked in return.
Leviathan chuckled and sneered.
"Of course not. It's impossible just because she's in charge of the priesthood of life and nature. Or rather … I'm looking forward to what choice she will make after seeing her own people … "
As he spoke, he looked to the north.
That was the direction of the player stronghold.
Leviathan's gaze suddenly became ferocious.
"After waiting for so long, it's time to launch an attack …"
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