Chapter 196: Killing Qian Yu

[Main Quest: Wrath of the Demon Emperor]

[Task 3: Hunt 720 ordinary foreign visitors, 12 spirit-grade foreign visitors.]

[Task Difficulty: Four Stars]

[Task Reward: Spirit-grade bloodline, spirit-grade demon manual, 45 demon power points, one spirit-grade item]

Compared to the second stage of the quest, the number of ordinary players that needed to be killed had tripled, and the number of spirit-grade players had quadrupled!

There were only a little over five hundred ordinary players present, and even if they were all killed, it wouldn't be enough. However, if all the spirit-grade players were killed, it would barely suffice.

"Unfortunately, the reward isn't an ancient demon bloodline!"

Looking at the final task reward, Suna couldn't help but lament.

The slaughter continued.

Without Zhang Yang, there was no one who could match him.

As foreseen, Suna wreaked havoc in all directions.

In just three minutes, half of the players present had been killed!

Four spirit-grade players had also been killed, and notifications about being able to plunder aura fortune points kept popping up, but Suna paid them no attention.

If he were to plunder aura fortune points now, it would undoubtedly expose his identity.

"Why hasn't Zhang Yang come online yet? If he doesn't come online soon, we're all going to die."

"Damn Zhang Yang, he's ruined us. He didn't log out of the game earlier, and now he logs out at this time."

...

People complained, lamented, and even cursed Zhang Yang in various ways.

Who would have thought that the savior they were hoping for was actually the person hunting them down right now?

"He truly deserves to be the top-ranked player. His strength is beyond our comparison," Qian Yu said with amazement.

This was the first time he had seen Suna in action, and even though he tried to overestimate Suna's strength, he now realized that he had still underestimated him.

Another three minutes passed.

Most of the players on the scene had been killed, and the remaining players were in complete panic. It was clear to everyone that if they continued like this, they were heading for certain death.

"Run! Run as fast as you can! We're no match for him at all!"

People scattered and fled in all directions, and Suna, as foreseen, chose one direction to chase after them.

A thousand meters away from the battlefield, on a small hill.

Yang Zheng watched the situation in the field and was deeply shocked.

Beside him, the short-haired woman said, "It seems like we came here for nothing. His strength is too formidable; he doesn't need our help at all."

Yang Zheng furrowed his brows. "But how can it be so coincidental that as soon as Zhang Yang logged out, Wang Nan came out?"

The short-haired woman also sensed the problem and pondered for a moment. "Is it possible that Zhang Yang and Wang Nan know each other, and maybe they have a close relationship?"

"Could it be that this time, Zhang Yang's agreement to come here was part of a plan set up by Zhang Yang and Wang Nan?"

"This possibility is not impossible..." Yang Zheng's eyes flickered as he contemplated something.

Suna chased after a group of players.

A moment later.

In a dense forest, Zhang Yang fought against Wang Nan.

"Zhang Yang is online! That's great, Zhang Yang is online!"

One minute later, someone noticed Zhang Yang and couldn't help but shout with joy, quickly spreading the news.

A little while later.

The players who had originally fled gathered again and started to cooperate with Zhang Yang to deal with Suna.

Three minutes later.

Wang Nan showed signs of exhaustion, and Zhang Yang unleashed his recently acquired racial talent, the "Domain of Destruction."

This was the first time he had used the Domain of Destruction, and as he activated this talent, he immediately had the illusion that he could control everything.

In the world, the forces of fire, water, and lightning that he had previously found difficult to perceive flowed out of him like a tide, various powers were pulled and quickly gathered towards him.

In the midst of this gathering of power, a double-winged serpent condensed, which was more than twice the size of what he had previously summoned at full strength.

The violent force surged, and Suna had the feeling that even mid-Xuan level or even peak-Xuan level demons would be severely damaged by this strike.

And this was without the added power of the Secret Power Element.

"Is this the effect of controlling the forces of heaven and earth? The increase in strength is too significant!" Suna was amazed.

Just by merging with a bloodline and gaining a talent, his strength had soared dramatically. This clearly demonstrated how powerful the Dragon Turtle bloodline's talent was.

The double-winged serpent descended with a thunderous force, covering an area of a thousand meters, and many people didn't even have time to react before they were killed.

When everything was over, only the ghost-faced figure, Qian Yu, Zhou Cheng, and the fourth-ranked player on the contribution leaderboard, Zhuang Bin, remained in the field.

These few players were all physique-based players with strong bodies and were able to withstand the shockwaves.

"Is Wang Nan dead?"

"He's dead! Wang Nan was actually defeated by Zhang Yang!"

"Terrifying! Is this the strength of the first and second-ranked players? It's too unbelievable!"

From a distance, a dozen or so ordinary players who had escaped came to their senses.

They looked at the forest that had been leveled and were filled with shock.

At this moment, the ghost-faced figure, who had been watching from afar without taking action the whole time, walked over.

"Hahaha, Zhang Yang, you did a great job. Don't worry, I will soon deliver what I promised you," the ghost-faced figure laughed.

Upon hearing this, Suna's lips curled up in a subtle, almost imperceptible smirk.

The Heaven's Mandate Society wanted to trap Zhou Cheng, Qian Yu, and the others together. He didn't mind; it was like watching one dog bite another, and he was more than happy to see it happen.

However, the ghost-faced man's escape, as foreseen just now, was something Suna absolutely would not allow.

He wanted the magic seed, and he also wanted to kill the man!

Just as he had foreseen, the ghost-faced man flipped his hand and took out a black box, throwing it towards the place where Suna had just battled with his avatar.

If possible, Suna would have liked to retrieve the box, as it clearly contained something extraordinary.

However, after a brief thought, he gave up on the idea.

It was better to avoid contact with such a dangerous, malevolent item filled with dark energy.

Besides, even if he wanted to take it, he wouldn't have had the chance.

During the process of the box being thrown by the ghost-faced man, it had already slowly opened.

By the time it landed, it was completely open.

"A hand? Whose demon's hand is that?"

Seeing the hand inside the black box, Qian Yu and his companions were both surprised and curious. They knew that this was what the Heaven's Mandate Society intended to use against Wang Nan.

However, before they could ponder any further, a rolling, repulsive aura began to emanate from the box.

At the same time, the ghost-faced man took out a teleportation stone and tried to use it.

"Trying to escape? It's too late!"

Suna had been standing beside the ghost-faced man all along, waiting for this moment.

With the power of the Secret Power Element enhancing his Psychic Energy, he launched an attack on the ghost-faced man.

He wasn't afraid of revealing his ability to use Psychic Energy because, in his eyes, the ghost-faced man was already a dead man, a genuine dead man.

Once he found the opening, the ghost-faced man's consciousness was instantly blank, leaving him stunned in place.

Without using the Berserk Specter Body, Suna's Psychic Energy might not have had much effect on a mid-Xuan level demon, but against a player at the early Spirit level, it was more than sufficient.

Suna grabbed the ghost-faced man's hand as he tried to use the teleportation stone, crushing the bones in his hand and taking the unused teleportation stone from him.

Then, he threw the ghost-faced man towards the black box emitting malevolent energy.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

Even until the moment the ghost-faced man was thrown into the black box, he couldn't break free from the effects of the Psychic attack.

As a torrent of malevolent energy poured into his body, the bloodlines within the ghost-faced man's body began to conflict. It wasn't until then that he finally regained consciousness.

"Ah... Save me..."

The ghost-faced man screamed in agony. His body, under the influence of the malevolent energy, sprouted hair resembling the spikes of an unknown demon creature, sharp as needles.

Demonization!

This was a sign of losing control!

"This..." Qian Yu and Zhou Cheng saw this scene and their faces changed drastically.

They weren't ordinary players; how could they not see the problem? In an instant, they understood the Heaven's Mandate Society's plan, and they were filled with shock and anger.

How could they have imagined that the Heaven's Mandate Society would actually want to deal with them together?

What benefit did they have in dealing with them?

They couldn't figure it out, but now was not the time to dwell on these thoughts.

"Run!"

Realizing the problem, the two of them didn't hesitate and quickly retreated as fast as they could.

However, the malevolent energy spread too quickly, and they were forced to use their respective trump cards.

At the same time they left, Suna also used his Heavenly Teleportation to escape.

The three figures disappeared, but the fourth-ranked player on the contribution leaderboard, Zhuang Bin, was not so lucky.

He didn't have something similar to teleport, and he couldn't escape in time. He was consumed by the rolling malevolent energy.

In the distance, Yang Zheng and the others, who had been watching all of this, also had their faces change dramatically.

"Not good, let's go!"

As official players groomed by the system, Yang Zheng and the short-haired woman had their own lifesaving items. He grabbed the short-haired woman and shattered a jade pendant.

Their figures disappeared.

In a forest two kilometers away, Suna's figure appeared.

He looked at the area shrouded in malevolent energy, confirmed the direction, and quickly headed towards the exit of the cave's space.

Ten minutes later.

He arrived at the exit of the cave's space.

By now, his appearance had changed, and he had assumed the identity of Wang Nan!

He planned to exit as Wang Nan. After all, the chaos earlier meant that no one saw whether Wang Nan had truly died or if he had used a lifesaving method to escape.

Leaving as Wang Nan made sense, as Wang Nan had the key to exit the cave's space.

"Qian Yu teamed up with the Heaven's Mandate Society to come after me. If I have the opportunity to kill him, I won't let it slip."

"Just as I foresaw, I left earlier as Zhang Yang's identity,

 so it wouldn't be wise to attack Qian Yu for no reason."

"Now, leaving as Wang Nan, I have no reservations!"

Taking out the treasure map, Suna placed it on the array disk. With the activation of his bloodline power, the array formation rotated.

After storing the treasure map, in the next moment, his figure disappeared from the array disk.

Inside the cave's space.

Qian Yu's face was extremely gloomy.

This operation was successful, but at the last moment, the Heaven's Mandate Society almost got the better of him. If he didn't have a means of escape, he might have really been in trouble this time.

"Heaven's Mandate Society! This matter is not over!"

Qian Yu's voice was ice-cold.

He took a deep breath and took quite some time to regain his composure.

"Wang Nan is doomed this time!"

"I wonder if that Zhang Yang managed to escape?"

Qian Yu's eyes flickered, and at this moment, he suddenly hoped that the Heaven's Mandate Society's plan would succeed.

If both Wang Nan and Zhang Yang were in trouble, then the only competitor on the leaderboard would be Lang Thirteen!

Just as he was thinking this, a voice suddenly rang out at an unexpected moment, interrupting his thoughts:

"Why? Do you want me dead that badly?"

Suna's voice echoed, and Qian Yu was instantly startled.

When he saw Wang Nan on the array disk, he was utterly shocked, as if he had seen a ghost. He was left dumbfounded.

Wasn't he dead?

Where did he get the key to this cave's space?

Questions flashed through his mind, and Qian Yu instinctively said, "It's impossible, you're not..."

But as he spoke, he seemed to realize something and said, "I understand now. You weren't killed by that Zhang Yang at all. You must have used some kind of life-saving method to teleport away at the last moment!"

Qian Yu's face turned extremely gloomy.

Failure!

This operation plan had completely and utterly failed.

Not only did they fail to kill Wang Nan, but they also didn't trap him in the cave's space. Instead, he had tracked them down.

Suna smiled and said, "You're quite clever, but you've made the wrong choice. Today, you're destined to pay the price for your choices."

He didn't want to engage in a verbal battle with Qian Yu; he went straight for the attack.

Two minutes later, Suna left the cave and headed in the direction of Tianyun County.

Qian Yu was dead.

He contributed a Spirit-level player's spot for the "Wrath of the Demon Emperor" mission.

The trip to the Ancient Greats' cave ended.

Although he didn't obtain the final inheritance, his gains were enormous.

He not only fused with the Dragon Turtle's essence blood but also consumed a Dragon Blood Fruit.

Compared to before, his strength had improved significantly.

"720 ordinary players, 435 completed, 12 Spirit-level players, still lacking 4."

A total of 14 Spirit-level players were involved in this operation. Except for the ghost-faced man and Zhuang Bin, only Zhou Cheng escaped. Suna killed the remaining 11.

Three of the spots were counted towards the second-tier mission, leaving eight spots for the third-tier mission.

"Spirit-level players from Tianyun County and Hongshan County have all been killed once. It's unlikely we'll be able to fill the remaining four spots in the next two days. We'll have to wait for more Spirit-level players to break through."

After checking Lang Thirteen's mission, Suna turned his attention to the second branch mission, "Human Crisis."

There were just over twenty hours left before the second demon attack on the Celestial Barrier. 

"It seems impossible to reach the Profound level before this mission begins."

Sighing, according to his original plan, he wanted to hunt a large number of demons during this mission, similar to the previous one, to at least have one character break through to the Profound level.

Now, while he had enough demon power, he was stuck because he lacked the last ancient demon bloodline from Lang Thirteen.

"There shouldn't be a problem with not breaking through to the Profound level. With my current strength, I can easily defeat even intermediate-level Profound-level demons. I'm just worried that there might be unexpected circumstances when the mission starts."

Last time, near the end of the mission, two of the formation nodes in Yongzhou County and Busan County were broken.

This time, the situation was even more dire than before, and it was very likely that some nodes would be broken shortly after the mission started.

In that case, the suppression of demons by the nodes would weaken further, and the strength of the demons he would face would increase again. At that time, his strength might not be sufficient.

"Last time, the branch mission started at noon in the real world."

"But this time, it's midnight, exactly when the game refreshes. For me, this is a good opportunity."

During the game refresh, players lose the ability to quit the game without restrictions.

Once the battle starts, the game will treat it as a dangerous environment, making it impossible for players to log out. The final outcome can be easily imagined.

Perhaps he could use this opportunity to allow Lang Thirteen to earn a large number of contribution points.

Suna left Hongshan County, but this operation by the Heaven's Mandate Society had caused a massive shock in the real world.

(End of this chapter)