By the time Lin Xiao was done with his preparations, he already had 21 leaders, 4 lords, 5 enhanced elites, and 241 elites under his command. There were not many normal cannon fodder NPCs, only 352 of them. He had sold all the extra normal demon imprints. He did not need too many normal NPCs, so he planned to go the elite route.
The 21 leaders were one lurker, four priests, two ice mages, two fire mages, two thunder mages, and two arcane mages. There were four archers, and the four warriors remained the same.
However, there were three super warriors with lord templates, one astral mage with lord templates, and five enhanced elites with warrior templates.
There were so many more leaders than the lower level enhanced elites. Only he could do this. Other players were already very strong if they had a leader as their subordinate.
A total of 500 people left the expeditionary fortress. Under the watchful eyes of the players along the way, they slowly left the expeditionary fortress's sphere of influence. They passed the sentries at the edge of the fortress and continued to move forward.
Two days later, the team left the expeditionary fortress's sphere of influence, and the surrounding environment suddenly became bad.
When the Otherworld's Gate was first opened, the area was filled with lava and evil energy. The air contained hot poisonous gas. It was the mages of the main world who purified the air and transformed the land, which made the area slightly more normal.
Now that they were far away from that area, the red and barren land in front of them was the real face of this foreign world.
This world had been destroyed by the demons. It was not clear whether it was completely destroyed. At least, from what he could see, this world was already destroyed. Normal people could not survive in this environment.
When leaving the expeditionary fortress, Lin Xiao prepared a lot of living materials. He was already prepared to travel for a few years.
There were demons everywhere on the road. Most of them were wandering wild monsters. They were all local creatures transformed by the power of demons. There were very few regular demon soldiers, and even fewer organized demon camps.
In fact, Lin Xiao could not understand why the major races of the main world would pay such a high price to enter this foreign world that was obviously destroyed. What resources could there be in this world?
If there were no resources, why would they pay such a high price? Was it just because of the influence of the ruler in the underworld?
This should only be one of the reasons. There must be other reasons.
However, he couldn't get the answer because it was very difficult for players to get involved in the world of the native NPCs. Even if they did get involved in the communication, they wouldn't be able to get the deeper secrets.
At the very least, after the expeditionary army's fortress was established, many leaders and heroic overlords of various races had entered the depths of this foreign land. Even now, there was no news of them. No one knew what they were doing.
In the second month after leaving the expeditionary fortress, the team encountered a hundred-meter-tall, Level 81 Lord-tier super Demonic Molten Giant as they passed through the central road of a lava swamp mixed with green demonic energy. It should be a super-sized Molten Elemental or Fire Giant that had been corrupted by the demonic energy. It emerged from a large lava lake in the middle of the swamp and attacked the team.
This time, his first Lord-tier Boss, the Astral Magician, showed off his powerful Astral Magic. He used Astral Chains to bind this super Fel Molten Giant. A group of leaders and three Lord-tier Warriors surrounded and controlled the Molten Giant. It took them half an hour to kill this Lord-tier Super Boss with more than 13,000,000 HP.
It dropped a purple demonic mark and a T5-tier belt called the Molten Giant King's Ring. The Giant's Ring could be used as a belt for humans.
There was also a purple Epic-grade Molten Giant King's Heart. It could be decomposed into precious materials for enchantment, or made into accessories or equipment. Of course, if it was given to a normal Fire Elemental or Molten Elemental, it could be upgraded to a Lord-tier Molten Elemental Leader.
After passing through the lava swamp, the team came to an even more barren wasteland.
This should be a hilly area, but the crimson hills were all cracked open. There were cracks and potholes everywhere. In the middle of the hills, he saw a sword mark that was more than ten meters wide and forty to fifty meters deep. He guessed that a long time ago, there had been a great battle between the natives of the foreign land and the demonic army.
From the sword mark, he could infer that there must have been a demigod or above in this foreign land. Only a demigod or above could create such a terrifying power mark.
The demigod level was probably above Level 90. According to the increasing difficulty of leveling up, he probably would not reach Level 90 even in a hundred years.
There were many monsters wandering in the hills. Most of them were scorpions, centipedes, wild boars, snakes, insects, and other creatures with strong survival abilities. After being demonized, their bodies were enlarged by dozens or even hundreds of times. Their levels were about the same as the expeditionary army's fortress, which was Level 55 and above. Occasionally, there were Elites mixed in.
The team did not encounter any big bosses in this area. Instead, they safely passed through the collapsed hills and came to …
A two-kilometer wide abyss with endless twists and turns. Looking down, the thick fog rolled like a bottomless abyss, cutting off the road in front of them.
The space here was chaotic. From time to time, they could see rocks floating and falling in the air. There were many stones of different sizes rolling in the fog in the abyss. This scene reminded Lin Xiao of the edge of a broken plane he had seen before. The plane's crystal wall was broken, and the plane's land was exposed to the void. It was eroded by the void energy and became barren. Large pieces of land fell off and floated into the void to be crushed.
Lin Xiao looked up at the sky. There was no sun or moon in the dark sky. There were only bright auroras crossing the void. These auroras were the source of light in this world.
"Could it be that this plane is really broken?"
Even if it was not broken, it was probably close.
The road ahead was blocked, so they could only change direction.
After walking along the right path for almost a month, the abyss became more and more sparse until it was less than ten meters wide and stopped abruptly. It was blocked by an entire mountain peak. The group passed through this place and entered a vast and desolate plain.
On the barren plain, there were countless demons. There was not a single tree to be seen, let alone grass.
To be honest, if they did not bring enough water and food when they came out, they would have to turn back because of the lack of food and water.
Less than two days after entering the plains, he found a demon army camp. Lin Xiao, who was bored to death along the way, excitedly ordered his subordinates to prepare to attack the army camp.
Two hours later, the team rested for a while in the camp full of demon corpses and continued their journey.
On the eleventh day after entering the plain, he found a player called Sunset Breeze in a place two to three months away from the expeditionary army's stronghold. He was a level 68 Elf Lurker. Normal Elves only had a level cap of 65. The fact that he dared to go so far without dying meant that he was an elite player.
It was rare to meet a player, so they chatted along the way.
From what Sunset Breeze said, he did not originally go so far. Instead, he accidentally activated a one-way teleportation circle and was teleported to an unknown place.
The place he teleported to was very far away. It was already beyond the respawn range of the expeditionary army's stronghold. During that time, he died a few times, but he respawned at random places. He did not respawn at the expeditionary army's stronghold that was bound to his Hearthstone.
With no other choice, he wandered around aimlessly. It took him more than a year to find his way here.
After asking about his experience, Lin Xiao had a sudden inspiration. He used the route back to the expeditionary army's stronghold and a thousand gold to buy a map from Sunset Breeze. It was a map that showed where Sunset Breeze was teleported to, as well as where he had been in the past year.
Sunset Breeze happily agreed. After the transaction, he could not wait to go home.
Lin Xiao couldn't wait to check the map he received from the trade. He realized that Sunset Breeze had gone to more places than he had imagined, and the map was more detailed than he had imagined. Not only had he personally gone to many places, but he had also heard from Sunset Breeze that he had met some natives who were still alive in the Outlands. He had exchanged more information from these natives and expanded the map. There were many places Sunset Breeze hadn't been to.
According to the map, his current location, including the expeditionary army's stronghold, was in a large map called the Hellfire Plains. It was much larger than the map of the Main World.
It sounded inconceivable. After all, he had left the expeditionary army's stronghold for several months. However, in reality, he had not left this large map.
This large map called the Hellfire Plains was one of the seven remaining parts of the Main World. It was also one of the most barren places. It was also one of the largest battlefields against the demons.
The plains he was in now was called the Blood Wasteland. It was the edge of the battlefield where the natives resisted the demons. At that time, countless lives had died here. The bottomless abyss that separated the Blood Wasteland from the other side was the main battlefield of the final battle. The natives' powerhouses and the demon army's powerhouses had fought a decisive battle there. The natives' powerhouses jointly killed a demon army's commander, which led to the wrath of the highest demon commander. With a single strike, he shattered the entire world into pieces, forming the continent that was now pieced together by several giant fragments that floated in the distorted void.
The Hellfire Plains was located in the east of the Main World. The Gate to the Main World was located in the most eastern part of the Hellfire Plains.
He was currently in the west of the plains. If he continued to head west, he would enter the ruins of the natives' kingdom. There, the undead ran amok. Their endless hatred for demons could not be forgotten even in death. The undead would madly attack demons. As long as a demon spawned, it would be attacked by the undead. Therefore, it was one of the few places that did not have demons or demonized creatures.
According to Sunset Breeze, if you killed enough demons, you would enter the Shatar Ruins. Although your relationship with the undead would be cold, you would not be actively attacked.
According to past experience, if you could find a powerhouse among the undead in the ruins, you might be able to unlock a unique reputation system.
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