Chapter 130: The Curse of the Dark Will

Congratulations on successfully copying "Li Ye's" main storyline mission "The Curse of the Dark Will." Do you choose to synchronize the main storyline mission progress?

"Yes!"

Su Nan didn't hesitate and chose to synchronize.

Li Ye's mission had already reached the second stage. If the missions weren't synchronized, Su Nan would fall behind by one stage, and the consequences were unpredictable.

Moreover, if the first-stage mission location was not in Tiger Roar Town, it would be troublesome.

Main Story Mission: The Curse of the Dark Will

In ancient times, a powerful demon fell, and its accumulated malice turned into an immortal dark will. Fortunately, some human strongmen discovered the dark will in time and suppressed it with a formation, intending to erode it completely.

For countless millennia, as time passed, the dark will was gradually eroded, but the formation set up by the ancient experts also decayed, losing the ability to erode the dark will.

Until twenty years ago, the last strand of dark will finally escaped from the decaying formation and tried to possess a Tiger Demon. However, the Tiger Demon's strength was formidable, and the dark will failed to succeed, instead lurking within the Tiger Demon, causing a change in its temperament.

In order to resist the dark will's possession, the Tiger Demon spent most of its time asleep, struggling against the dark will in its slumber. However, this method couldn't truly prevent the dark will's possession, and soon, the Tiger Demon would be completely taken over by it.

Mission Second Stage: Enter the rear mountain of Tiger Roar Town and use a Dark Stone to lure out the dark will.

Mission Difficulty: Four Stars

Mission Rewards: Common Bloodline, Common Demon Scripture, 30 Points of Demon Power, a drop of Dark Blood.

Mission Countdown: 5 days

Due to the copying, the mission's difficulty and rewards remained the same, with common bloodlines and demon scriptures as rewards. However, what mattered most was the second stage of the mission.

"Not only do I need to enter the rear mountain of Tiger Roar Town, but I also need to use a Dark Stone to lure out the dark will."

"What is a Dark Stone?" Su Nan furrowed his brows.

Based on the requirements of the second-stage mission, he could roughly infer the first-stage mission. It was certain that the first-stage mission was related to the Dark Stone, which Li Ye must have obtained.

"I don't have a Dark Stone, does that mean I can't complete this mission at all?" Su Nan's heart sank.

After using a precious main storyline mission copy card, if the copied mission couldn't be completed, it would be like a cruel joke.

Seeing Su Nan's unusual expression, Ji Changfeng asked, "Young friend, what have you thought of?"

Su Nan's mind raced as he said, "Senior, I overheard those foreign visitors before, and it seems that they want to enter the rear mountain because of something related to demons."

"Related to demons?" Ji Changfeng's face changed, and he said gravely, "Young friend, what did you hear?"

"I heard them say that the reason for the Tiger Demon's change in temperament was due to the influence of a strand of dark will. They found a Dark Stone and wanted to use it to lure out the dark will from the Tiger Demon."

Su Nan shared part of the information mentioned in the mission.

"What is the dark will?"

"What is the Dark Stone?"

Song Zhi and the others hadn't heard of a Dark Stone and looked curious.

Ji Changfeng's eyes revealed surprise. "I've heard that you outsiders have unique abilities to know many hidden pieces of information, but I didn't expect you to know about these as well."

After glancing at Song Zhi and the others, Ji Changfeng explained, "The dark will is something similar to a demon's soul that forms from the malice of a demon after its death."

"And the Dark Stone is a stone formed from the accumulation of a demon's residual aura after its death, which has been shaped over tens of thousands of years. It contains pure demon aura and is a treasure for demon creatures to advance their cultivation."

Pure demon aura?

Su Nan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Senior, does the Dark Stone have the power to lure out a demon will just because it contains pure demon aura?"

Ji Changfeng nodded. "Although the dark will is different from demons, pure demon aura is greatly beneficial to it. If those outsiders want to use the Dark Stone to lure out the demon will, it's not impossible."

Hearing this, Su Nan's eyes brightened.

If that was the case, he might have a solution.

He had two items on him that contained demon aura.

One was the ancient demon sword, and the other was the Dark Source Pearl he had recently obtained.

He wasn't sure how attractive the Dark Source Pearl was to demons, but he knew that the ancient demon sword was highly enticing to them.

Compared to the Dark Stone, the ancient demon sword was undoubtedly on a completely different level.

Perhaps he could use the demon sword to replace the Dark Stone and lure out the dark will!

Ji Changfeng looked at Su Nan and continued, "If what you heard is true, maybe we should help those foreign visitors."

"If they can really lure out the dark will from the Tiger Demon, it would also be a good thing for us."

Su Nan nodded, but he was secretly calculating.

Li Ye couldn't ascend the rear mountain, but he could.

He could transform into a ghoul and use Interdimensional Shift. Although the range of Interdimensional Shift was only a kilometer, he could cover eighty percent of the rear mountain area in two uses.

This meant that the obstacles Li Ye faced in climbing the mountain were non-existent for him!

The only thing he needed to consider was finding the Tiger Demon to lure out the dark will.

Thinking about this, Su Nan said, "Yes, helping them enter the rear mountain would be a good thing for us."

"I'll go talk to them again."

Su Nan left the inn and headed downstairs.

Li Ye and the others had already left the inn.

"Did they really go to the rear mountain?" Su Nan thought of a possibility.

He couldn't help but think, "Well, maybe I can use this opportunity to gain some demon power."

Before, he had wanted to hunt down a few people to gain demon power.

If those people really wanted to enter the rear mountain and were attacked by ghouls, he could take advantage of the chaos to make his move!

This is their second attempt to enter the rear mountain.

Last time, they didn't know that climbing the mountain would attract ghouls and suffered a big loss.

Afterwards, they summarized their experience and spent the whole day here, finally discovering a pattern.

At this particular time, there were no ghouls here, making it the most suitable time to enter the rear mountain.

"Don't worry, Brother Ye. Even if we have to use a death respawn, we'll protect you until the last moment!" the group stated firmly.

"Good, as long as we can succeed this time, I, Li Ye, will definitely not let you down!"

Li Ye took a deep breath.

Although he couldn't get Zhang Yang to help, he now saw a glimmer of hope for success.

Without further hesitation, he rushed towards the mountain.

Just as he was about to climb the mountain, it seemed as if he triggered some kind of switch. The ghouls in the distant town trembled simultaneously, and then, as if gone mad, they rushed towards the rear mountain!

"Is... has Li Ye already started?" Su Nan, who was heading towards the rear mountain, immediately understood what was happening when he saw this scene.

Without wasting any more time, he hurried towards the rear mountain at the fastest speed.

"They're coming! Stop them!"

At the foot of the mountain, several players saw the first two ghouls approaching and quickly took action.

All of them had integrated two bloodlines, and their strength was not weak.

The first two ghouls to arrive were quickly killed by the group's joint efforts, turning into a wisp of light smoke.

But before they could celebrate, they suddenly saw a figure approaching them at a much faster speed than the other ghouls.

"Be careful!"

Without thinking, they instinctively attacked the approaching ghoul.

However, they immediately paled as a tremendous force hit them, leaving them with no resistance at all.

Su Nan killed all of them with a single punch.

They died without understanding when Tiger Roar Town had such powerful ghouls!

"Congratulations, you have completed the daily task 'Hunt five foreign visitors,' and 5 demon power points have been awarded."

"Current available demon power: 20 points."

This was enough to upgrade the Dark Wolf Scripture to the Great Perfection!

Without hesitation, he immediately chose to upgrade.

20 demon power points were consumed, and the Dark Wolf Scripture reached the Great Perfection.

"Congratulations on completely upgrading one type of demon scripture to the Great Perfection. You now possess the ability to survive and scavenge in this world."

"Your innate talent, Future Sight, has been enhanced, with an additional 3 uses per day."

The available uses were now 30 times!

"I finally have Future Sight available again!" Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief.

Having grown accustomed to using Future Sight, he found it uncomfortable when he didn't have access to it.

Even though several players had died, the ghouls didn't stop.

The ghouls that arrived were rushing up the mountain like a tidal wave, moving extremely fast.

Su Nan didn't immediately follow the ghouls up the mountain; instead, he looked at his personal information panel.

"You transform into the appearance of a ghoul and want to follow the other ghouls up the mountain."

"Unfortunately, although your transformation technique can perfectly disguise your appearance as a ghoul, you are not a real ghoul."

"As soon as you climbed up the mountain, the ghouls that were originally trying to capture another foreign visitor rushed towards you to tear you apart."

"Fortunately, you are strong, and several ghouls couldn't harm you in the slightest."

"You no longer pay attention to the other ghouls and want to rush up the mountain with your speed."

"Your speed is very fast, and no ghoul can catch up to you. In a moment, you have left all the ghouls behind."

"One minute later, you arrive at the summit of the rear mountain and head east along the mountain range to find the Tiger Demon."

"Two minutes later, you have not found the Tiger Demon, and the entire rear mountain has been occupied by ghouls. A large number of ghouls surround you, and you have no way to escape."

"Three minutes later, your strength is depleted, and you are killed by the countless ghouls."

"You are dead."

"Shapeshifting doesn't work on ghouls?" Su Nan was surprised.

But then he realized that ghouls were not monsters; they were entities created by the Tiger Demon's resentment.

They obviously had their own way of distinguishing their kind, and simply disguising their appearance wouldn't fool them.

"Climbing the mountain is not a problem for me, and finding the Tiger Demon is not a problem either."

"This task doesn't seem to be a challenge for me, just a waste of some Future Sight uses."

(End of this chapter)