Chapter 167: Overnight Fortune

Main Quest: Wrath of the Demon Emperor

Secondary Quest 2: Hunt 240 ordinary extraterrestrial visitors and three spirit-level extraterrestrial visitors.

Quest Difficulty: Three Stars

Quest Reward: Spirit-level bloodline, Spirit-level Demon Scripture, 30 Demon Power.

Time Remaining for Quest: 7 days

As expected, the number of players to be hunted in the second stage of the quest was more than doubled compared to the first stage.

Hunting ordinary players was relatively simple, and he had already completed that part. Now, he only needed to find three spirit-level extraterrestrial visitors.

"Three isn't too many. Waiting for the players to use up their contribution points, my strength should increase rapidly again, and there will be more spirit-level players by then."

Closing the quest panel, he looked at the Demon Scripture Bloodline in his hand.

It was a bloodline from a creature called the Jade Horned Sheep. To Su Nan's surprise, this creature controlled the power of vitality, which was exactly what he needed.

"Fusion!"

Without any hesitation, he currently had over a hundred Demon Power, and there was no better time to fuse the bloodline.

Two or three minutes later, on Su Nan's character panel, the third bloodline appeared.

"Upgrade."

Consuming Demon Power, the Demon Scripture quickly advanced.

It consumed a total of eighty Demon Power, and the Jade Horned Sheep bloodline was upgraded to Great Perfection.

His future foresight had increased again, and he could now use it 45 times a day!

At the same time, on the Realm Leaderboard, Su Nan's ranking surpassed Wang Nan for the first time, making him first.

Su Nan didn't pay much attention to it. After all, they were all his alternate characters, and being first or second didn't make much difference.

"I have 56 Demon Power left. Unfortunately, there are no suitable Demon Scripture Bloodlines. Looks like I need to make a trip to the Heavenly Palace Pavilion."

Su Nan turned around and left. He planned to go to the Heavenly Palace Pavilion to purchase the Demon Scripture Bloodlines he needed for the future.

While there were spirit-level Demon Scripture Bloodlines available in the Contribution Store, he preferred to use Demon Blood instead of Contribution Points.

Before that, however, he needed to return to the Demon-Slaying Division.

Previously, when he was hunting monsters as Zhang Yang, he didn't have time to collect the bodies, so he had asked Zhu Chen to take care of it.

Now, he needed to exchange those bodies for Demon Blood.

Su Nan's appearance changed, and he transformed back into Zhang Yang as he headed towards the Demon-Slaying Division.

He had no idea that, as his three characters once again ascended to the top three positions on the Contribution Ranking, a storm of intrigue aimed at recruiting him had already begun spreading throughout the Demon and Monster World.

In one of the nine counties, Fengxi County, on top of a tall tower, a woman in her forties looked at a young man in his twenties and quickly asked, "How did it go? How many contribution points did you gain this time, and what's your ranking?"

The young man in front of the woman was in his early twenties, with a handsome appearance and a refined demeanor, giving off a refreshing feeling. If any other players from Fengxi County were present, they would immediately recognize that the young man was Zhuang Bin, who had just climbed to the fourth position on the Contribution Ranking.

The woman was Ouyang Bai, the head of the Tai Xu Sect in Fengxi County.

Zhuang Bin respectfully replied, "Master, this time, your disciple gained a total of over 1,800 contribution points and is ranked fourth."

"Fourth?" Ouyang Bai furrowed her brows.

This ranking was lower than she had expected.

"Yes, the three people ahead of your disciple have gained around 5,000 points each, and the one remaining has earned nearly 4,000 points," Zhuang Bin said, revealing the gap between him and the top three, with the intention of putting pressure on Ouyang Bai to prepare for obtaining more contribution points next time.

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Bai was surprised. "What? You only gained around 1,800 contribution points, and they earned so much more? Which sect are they from?"

Guarding the nodes of the protective formation was no child's play. It was a battlefield where their primary task was to kill enemies. It was impossible for them to save all the monsters for one person to kill. In a situation where the enemy was stronger than them, it was even more difficult to accumulate contribution points.

Ouyang Bai couldn't understand how those other sects managed to earn so many contribution points.

"I don't know which sect they belong to specifically, but I heard that the person ranked first has no sect. He single-handedly killed all the monster armies. As for the second-ranked person, I heard that he is the head of the Demon-Slaying Division," Zhuang Bin said, revealing the information he had gathered. "It seems that they have both achieved this feat."

"Killed all the monster armies by himself?" Ouyang Bai was even more astonished, and a hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes. She fell silent for a moment before asking, "What's the name of the person ranked first?"

"His name is Wang Nan, and he is also currently ranked first on the Realm Leaderboard."

"Wang Nan?" Ouyang Bai whispered and looked at Zhuang Bin. She seemed to have made a decision. "Do you have a way to contact this Wang Nan?"

"Contact him?" Zhuang Bin was taken aback. He had a bad feeling about this.

After a moment of contemplation, he understood. Ouyang Bai was planning to recruit Wang Nan!

How could this be? If Wang Nan really joined, there would be no place for him in the Tai Xu Sect.

Zhuang Bin felt a sense of crisis and immediately shook his head. "I don't. Wang Nan is very mysterious. This is the first time he has appeared, and no one can contact him."

"Find a way to contact him. Tell him that if he is willing to join our Tai Xu Sect, I can make the decision to appoint him as the sect's Holy Son!"

Holy Son?

When Zhuang Bin heard this, his eyes turned green. He felt as if he was shooting himself in the foot. What was a Holy Son? That was the person who would inherit the position of the sect master in the future! Although he was being heavily nurtured by the Tai Xu Sect, his current status was only that of a direct disciple. He was still far from being a Holy Son!

But he was confident that as long as he continued to develop according to the current trend, the position of Holy Son would be his sooner or later.

However, now, his cheap master was planning to appoint someone he had never met before as the Holy Son. How could he accept that?

In an instant, Zhuang Bin felt a strong sense of jealousy and hostility towards the unknown Wang Nan.

At the same time, similar scenes were unfolding in other counties.

"The Great Sun Golden Body Sutra, the Yellow Court Pregnancy Scripture, the Heavenly Origin Scripture! These are all famous ancient scriptures that even the ones we have collected from the Three Sects and Six Schools cannot compare to!"

"The Art Seed has

 already been exchanged, so it must be Wang Nan. Could it be that he has already cultivated one of these ancient scriptures and has the ability to use the Art Seed?"

"Go and order that no matter what the cost, we must recruit Wang Nan!"

If, in the past, Su Nan's first-place ranking on the leaderboard had only made major forces pay some attention, they now found it impossible to remain indifferent.

Realm levels did not necessarily represent true strength. They were well aware that while the extraterrestrial visitors they had cultivated might have powerful techniques within their own ranks, achieving what Su Nan had done was almost impossible.

The Demon-Slaying Division.

The fierce battle had just ended, and the atmosphere was still tense. Many people were still immersed in the life-and-death struggle they had just experienced.

"Lord Commander!"

When they saw Su Nan arrive, the members of the Demon-Slaying Division immediately stood up, their eyes filled with admiration.

Previously, they had only known that their Lord Commander possessed the strength to rival a spirit-level peak, but they had never seen him in action.

Tonight, they were completely impressed by Su Nan's strength.

Chapter 167: Overnight Fortune

"Lord Commander, this time you've killed a total of 623 ordinary-level monsters and 124 spirit-level monsters, and we've exchanged all their essence blood for you."

"You've earned 4,700 Zhuyao Points for hunting monsters this time."

Zhu Chen handed over the monster essence blood to Su Nan, who glanced at it. There were approximately 800 drops of essence blood from ordinary-level monsters and about 180 drops from spirit-level monsters.

In total, it amounted to about 260 drops of spirit-level monster blood.

And this didn't include the monsters he had hunted under the identity of Wang Nan.

Wang Nan had earned more Contribution Points than Zhang Yang, so naturally, he had more essence blood as well. This meant that his gains this time were at least 530 drops of spirit-level essence blood.

Calling it an overnight fortune would not be an exaggeration!

The calculation method for Zhuyao Points was the same as that for Contribution Points, and he had gained over 4,800 Contribution Points. Naturally, he had earned nearly the same amount of Zhuyao Points.

However, since it was a manual calculation, there might have been some discrepancies during the tally, so the Zhuyao Points he obtained this time were slightly less than his Contribution Points.

"It's a pity that the monsters I hunted under the identity of Wang Nan don't earn Zhuyao Points. Otherwise, I could have earned a considerable amount of Zhuyao Points this time," Su Nan lamented inwardly.

But there was nothing he could do about it unless he had Wang Nan join the Zhuyao Division. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to enjoy the benefits of the Zhuyao Division.

Leaving the Zhuyao Division, Su Nan headed straight for the Heavenly Palace Pavilion.

He needed to purchase the monster scripture bloodlines he would need in the future.

Combining spirit-level bloodlines with spirit-level monster scriptures required twelve drops of spirit-level essence blood each. He had already fused seven different spirit-level bloodlines, so he only needed to purchase one more elemental bloodline and one more physique bloodline.

This way, he would have three bloodlines fused for each system, and for the final one, he planned to follow the same path as when he was at the ordinary level and choose to fuse an ancient monster bloodline.

"Three kinds of ancient monster bloodlines are a bit tricky. If necessary, I'll have to exchange them from the in-game store."

Although he intended to accumulate Contribution Points to exchange for ancient scriptures, it was clear that he wouldn't be able to accumulate enough with all three of his characters. Wang Nan's Contribution Points had already been spent, and looking at it now, only Zhang Yang had a chance to accumulate enough Contribution Points for the exchange of ancient scriptures.

As a result, the Contribution Points of his other two characters could be used more freely.

"Excuse me, sir, what can I assist you with?"

This time, Su Nan had come in the guise of Wang Nan, and his intention was to sell the monster corpses he had on hand.

The monsters were killed by Wang Nan, so it made sense for Wang Nan to sell them.

"I want to sell these monster corpses," Su Nan said, waving his hand, and a large pile of monster corpses appeared in the hall.

"Wow! So many monster corpses!"

Seeing the sudden appearance of a large pile of corpses, the players who happened to be in the Heavenly Palace Pavilion were all taken aback by the scene.

Even the receptionist girl was dumbfounded. It was her first time seeing someone produce so many monster corpses at once.

"Please wait, sir. I'll immediately have someone come to count these corpses for you," the girl responded, quickly calling for assistance.

At this moment, a player finally recognized Su Nan and excitedly shouted, "It's Wang Nan! It's the great Wang Nan!"

"I knew it! Who else could produce so many monster corpses in one go? It's indeed the great Wang Nan!"

"Great Wang Nan, my name is Liu Xiaoting. Can I add you as a friend, pretty please?" A provocatively dressed girl immediately approached Su Nan, her face filled with anticipation.

"Great Wang Nan..."

Several players in the Heavenly Palace Pavilion quickly surrounded Su Nan, and news of his arrival at the Heavenly Palace spread rapidly.

Su Nan furrowed his brows, suddenly regretting coming in the guise of Wang Nan. He had become too conspicuous, and as soon as he was recognized, he was bound to attract the attention and harassment of players, which was not what he wanted.

Fortunately, the receptionist girl had brought a few more girls over and, after a few minutes, had counted all the monster corpses.

As expected, Su Nan received 270 drops of spirit-level essence blood in the end.

After finally shaking off the players' entanglement with great difficulty, Su Nan found a secluded spot and changed his appearance once more, then returned to the Heavenly Palace Pavilion.

Twenty-four drops of spirit-level essence blood were spent, and he obtained two bloodlines.

Unfortunately, he had originally intended to try using foresight to learn the method of condensing his innate essence blood from the Heavenly Palace Pavilion.

However, the foresight only provided a rough outline of the method, with no specific details.

Innate essence blood was different from regular essence blood. Regular essence blood could be easily forced out of the body by controlling one's strength. However, innate essence blood required a specific method of manipulating the bloodlines in a certain way.

Unfortunately, he had no choice but to spend ten drops of spirit-level essence blood to purchase the complete method of condensing innate essence blood.

"Condensing innate essence blood is not something that can be achieved in one go. It requires gradual progress, with three hours of practice each day, continuously for three days to condense it."

"Innate essence blood is of great significance to a martial artist. During the condensing process, one's spiritual energy and mental strength will be rapidly consumed. If not careful, the essence blood may not condense, and the practitioner could suffer from severe exhaustion and even death."

After carefully reading the method of condensing innate essence blood, Su Nan knew what to do.

The consumption of spiritual energy and mental strength was not a concern for him, as he had the secret power of the Mettle system. His spiritual energy and mental strength far exceeded those of other martial artists, and even if he fell short, he could replenish them with Vitality.

What was troublesome was that he had to dedicate three hours each day to the condensation process.

"I'll complete today's daily quests first, and then I'll start condensing my innate essence blood."

With nine tasks for three characters, he had only two three-star quests left to complete: "Seeking revenge for the former Zhuyao Division Commander" and "Hunting a Paper Puppet Monster."

Checking the time, it was just after 1 p.m. in the real world, and in the game, it was the early hours of the morning. It was the perfect time to complete the "Hunting a Paper Puppet Monster" quest.

City God Temple.

Su Nan arrived once again.

Under the night sky, the City God Temple had lost its daytime aura of incense and had returned to its eerie and sinister atmosphere, as if it were a gaping abyss ready to devour anyone and anything that passed through.

Su Nan didn't dare to approach too closely and began using

 foresight from a safe distance.

(End of this chapter)