Chapter 164: Alliance Against the Wolf

"Brother Zhou, what should we do? This demon is too strong!" Ma Hua and Li Ye both looked serious.

They were no longer thinking about hunting Su Nan in his wolf form.

They were not concerned about accumulating a large number of contribution points right now. Instead, they were thinking about how to deal with the wolf demon's attacks.

"Let's log out of the game first and then figure out a plan!" Zhou Cheng said reluctantly but with no other choice. He knew that if he didn't leave now, he might die here today, facing the terror of Su Nan.

The three of them logged out of the game, preparing to wait for another opportunity.

Next, following the plan he foresaw, Su Nan, while pretending to barely defend himself against the attacks of five peak-level spiritual martial artists from the Point Star Sect, fled the battlefield.

After a while, several warriors glared at Su Nan about two to three miles away from the Golden Radiance Pagoda.

"Demon, even if we die today, we will kill you!" In their eyes, what was originally a favorable situation had been ruined by Su Nan, the wolf demon. They were full of anger and murderous intent towards him.

"You want to kill me? You're still far from it!" Su Nan didn't waste any time and unleashed his full power. In Lang Shisan's sub-quest, killing warriors also awarded contribution points. In just a few breaths, his contribution points skyrocketed by 512 points, reaching 2,915 points!

Four peak-level spiritual martial artists added 128 points each to his contribution.

After consuming the remaining bottles of Jade Marrow Elixir, Su Nan quickly headed towards the Martial King Temple.

Two minutes later.

Martial King Temple.

There were no longer any traces of players here, either they had died or logged out of the game. The only ones left were struggling martial artists.

Su Nan switched his character to Zhang Yang.

"Director Zhang! It's Director Zhang!"

"Great! Director Zhang has finally come. We're saved!"

In front of the Martial King Temple, the members of the Demon Slayer Division, who were on the verge of collapse, were overjoyed when they saw Su Nan.

"Director Zhang, you've finally arrived," Tian He finally sighed in relief.

"You've been waiting for a long time," Su Nan said apologetically and then glanced at everyone. "Don't take action. Leave this to me."

With that, he released the power of fire from his body, engulfing the surrounding demons.

This was the first time he had used the power of fire after refining the Flame Essence.

Although he already knew how powerful the power of fire was, when he actually used it, Su Nan realized that, under the influence of the Flame Essence, the power of fire was much more terrifying than he had imagined! Not to mention ordinary-level demons, even spiritual-level demons would die upon contact with it!

Flames surged, turning into a sea of fire that enveloped the demons. The scorching heat filled the air, and screams echoed one after another.

"How can Director Zhang's flames be so powerful?" Tian He was shocked, and even though those flames didn't engulf him, he felt a suffocating palpitation.

Su Nan was slaughtering everywhere. Compared to the players at the Golden Radiance Pagoda, there were ten times fewer demons here, but they brought in more contribution points.

Eight or nine minutes later, except for dozens of demons fleeing, Su Nan had killed over six hundred ordinary-level demons.

Most of these demons were at the mid and late stages of ordinary-level, with only a small number at the peak stage.

Even so, they provided him with nearly 1,600 contribution points.

And that didn't include spiritual-level demons.

Out of the more than 150 spiritual-level demons, Su Nan killed just over 120.

Most of them were at the initial and middle stages of the spiritual level.

There were very few at the late stage and peak stage of the spiritual level.

However, compared to ordinary-level demons, these spiritual-level demons brought in even more contribution points.

At the initial stage of the spiritual level, it was 16 points, the middle stage was 32 points, the late stage was 64 points, and the peak stage was 128 points! Like ordinary-level demons, the contribution points doubled with each small realm upgrade. Over 120 spiritual-level demons brought him over 2,900 contribution points.

Adding in the contribution from ordinary-level demons, Zhang Yang's contribution points reached a terrifying 4,830 points!

That was nearly 1,900 points more than Lang Shisan.

Zhang Yang had also completed two of his three daily tasks today.

In addition to the task "Revenge for the Former Demon Slayer Division Director," the task of hunting ordinary-level demons was completed when he arrived at the Martial King Temple.

On the other hand, the task "Hunt Down the Mastermind Behind the Chen Er Dog Disappearance Case" was unexpectedly completed after killing a monkey-faced demon.

A total of 20 demon power points were obtained, and his available demon power reached 86 points!

He could now raise another bloodline demon skill to the Grand Mastery level.

Unfortunately, he didn't have any spare bloodline demon skills on him right now.

"He's not someone we can deal with. Let's go!" Just like the situation he foresaw, during the process of being surrounded by more than a dozen spiritual-level peak demons, as eight demons were killed in succession, the remaining spiritual-level peak demons became completely terrified.

Their strong survival instinct made them no longer care about the Demon Emperor's orders, and they scattered and fled.

During this process, Su Nan took special care of a heavily armored man and successfully killed him.

"Is this really our Director Zhang?"

"I've heard that Director Zhang has the ability to kill spiritual-level peak demons. Now that I see it for myself, the rumors are not exaggerated!"

"How can he only kill spiritual-level peak demons? Even if a profound-level demon comes, Director Zhang can still kill it!"

The crisis was averted.

The warriors guarding the Martial King Temple were all stunned, completely overwhelmed by Su Nan's strength, and they remained in a daze for a long time.

Only Tian He and a few others knew that Su Nan had the ability to kill profound-level demons, so they weren't too shocked.

"Commander Tian, I'll leave this to you. I have something else to attend to!" After a quick exchange with Tian He, Su Nan rushed back to the Golden Radiance Pagoda.

This time, he took on the appearance of Wang Nan!

As Su Nan returned to the Golden Radiance Pagoda and continued to swiftly harvest demons in Wang Nan's form, posts about the wolf demon facing tens of thousands of players quickly went viral on the forum.

"Are you kidding me? Even a profound-level demon couldn't possibly take on tens of thousands of players alone. This demon is definitely not just a spiritual-level creature!"

"I heard that the Point Star Sect originally intended to leave the heavily injured demon to Zhou Cheng to finish off. I thought that Zhou Cheng's contributions this time would be in the top three, but now it seems that even making it into the top ten is questionable."

"Zhou Cheng, Li Ye, and Ma Hua are really unlucky. They were robbed by the wolf demon just yesterday, suffering heavy losses, and today, their survival missions are also disrupted by the wolf demon."

On the forum, many screenshots of wolves rushing in and out among tens of thousands of players were posted, causing an uproar among many players.

The reason why Su Nan's wolf demon form had garnered attention before was due to its ability to plunder the aura of fortune, which set it apart from other demons.

Now, after witnessing Su Nan taking on tens of thousands of players, many people were even more curious about him.

If they didn't know that they were no match for him, many players even thought about coming to Tianyun County to try to hunt down the wolf demon and see if they could gain something from it.

"Fortunately, no matter how strong the wolf demon is, it's still just a demon. Its rate of power growth is limited, and it can't compare to us players."

"That's right, we're not the wolf demon's match right now, but if we encounter it again a month later, who knows who will kill whom!"

"I've decided to establish an Alliance Against the Wolf. In a month, we'll hunt down the wolf demon. Is anyone interested in joining?"

A player named Pang Zuo posted this.

He was obviously not an unknown ordinary player. As soon as the post was made, it immediately attracted a large number of player responses.

"Isn't this Pang Zuo, ranked 18th on the realm leaderboard! Pang Zuo is also planning to take action against the wolf demon?"

"How could I miss out on something like this? Count me in!"

"I want to join too..."

Many players wanted to join the team to hunt down the wolf demon, and for a while, the topic of hunting the wolf demon became extremely popular.

However, this situation didn't last long.

Soon, a new post diverted everyone's attention.

"Shocking! In the Martial King Temple of Tianyun County, a mysterious player appeared out of nowhere, sweeping through the demon army. According to speculation, that player is suspected to be Wang Nan, the current number one on the leaderboard!"

Wang Nan!

Just two words were enough to attract everyone's attention.

"What? Wang Nan has finally appeared in the game?"

"Tianyun County again! It's Tianyun County again. Zhou Cheng, a great god, is in Tianyun County, Zhang Yang, a great god, is in Tianyun County, and now Wang Nan, a great god, has also appeared in Tianyun County. What kind of Fengshui treasure land is Tianyun County?"

In the eyes of players, the most mysterious figures on the leaderboard were undoubtedly Wang Nan, who ranked first, and Lang Shisan, who ranked second.

Wang Nan had been the number one player among them since the beginning of the game.

As for Lang Shisan, he was considered the most likely player to surpass Wang Nan and had never revealed himself as Su Nan.

As for Wang Nan's identity, only a very small number of people had seen it.

This was also the first time that Su Nan had officially appeared in the game as Wang Nan, naturally attracting the attention of players.

Clicking on the post, you could see Su Nan, in the form of Wang Nan, killing demons in the midst of a demon army.

In his hands, ordinary demons were no match for a single punch, and even spiritual-level demons couldn't stop him.

"Wang Nan, the great god, is just too strong. He easily kills even peak-level spiritual-level demons!"

"How can anyone else compare to Wang Nan the Great God? Even with the help of sect forces, they probably can't surpass Wang Nan!"

"No need to look anymore; Wang Nan the Great God must have secured the top spot on the contribution leaderboard this time!"

Many players were excited, feeling as if it was they themselves who were killing demons amidst a horde of monsters, not Su Nan.

On the other hand, Zhou Cheng, who had been monitoring the situation at the Golden Radiance Pagoda, naturally received the news as well.

In his villa, a young man rushed in and said, "President, that Wang Nan has appeared!"

"Wang Nan? Where is he?" When he heard Wang Nan's name, Zhou Cheng's already gloomy expression grew even darker.

He had never let go of the incident at the Heavenly Wolf Valley.

He had always believed that the person who had taken his "Yao Emperor's Blood Legacy" mission was Wang Nan.

In his eyes, if it weren't for Wang Nan taking his mission, he wouldn't have been killed so easily by the wolf demon later on. His strength wouldn't have plummeted, and he would have definitely secured a spot in the top three rankings.

"That Wang Nan is currently at our guarded Golden Radiance Pagoda. He probably also accepted the task of guarding the Golden Radiance Pagoda and is currently killing those monsters."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Zhou Cheng's face lit up, and he immediately asked, "Did that wolf demon target him?"

At this moment, he actually hoped that the wolf demon would kill Wang Nan.

Unfortunately, he was disappointed.

The young man shook his head and said, "No, after being pursued by five spiritual-level peak warriors from the Point Star Sect, that wolf demon never returned."

"And as for Wang Nan, he has already killed most of the monsters attacking the Golden Radiance Pagoda by himself!"

"What? Almost finished?" Zhou Cheng was momentarily stunned and couldn't sit still. "That's impossible!"

"Among those monsters, there are more than a dozen peak-level spiritual-level monsters. How could he be their match?"

"Believe it or not, President, take a look." The young man opened the forum and showed Zhou Cheng the posts.

Seeing the content of the posts on the forum, even though Zhou Cheng was unwilling to believe it, he had to accept reality.

"Why is it like this? Even if he has two spiritual-level bloodlines at the Grand Completion stage, he shouldn't be that strong."

Zhou Cheng was puzzled.

After all, he was ranked fifth on the leaderboard, but when compared to Wang Nan, he realized that the gap between fifth and first seemed unusually large.

The young man said, "President, most of the monsters attacking the Golden Radiance Pagoda have been killed by Wang Nan, and there's been no sign of that wolf demon."

"Should we log back into the game now? With this opportunity, we might still be able to hunt down some of the remaining monsters."

Although picking up the leftovers from others wasn't in line with the identity of their top three guild, they naturally wanted to gain some benefits. Otherwise, waiting for the mission settlement and ending up at the bottom would be even more embarrassing.

After a moment of contemplation, Zhou Cheng said, "Have everyone log back into the game!"

...

In the game, Su Nan had already dealt with most of the monsters attacking the Golden Radiance Pagoda, leaving only over a hundred monsters scattered and fleeing.

And he had gained nearly the same amount of contribution points as Zhang Yang.

Moreover, because he had killed several more spiritual-level monsters, he had an additional two hundred points more than Zhang Yang.

He now had 5,008 points!

As for the daily tasks, except for the task to hunt down the paper puppet demons at the City God Temple, the other two tasks had been completed.

Another 20 points of demon power had been added, and his available demon power had reached 106 points!

After collecting all the demon corpses, Su Nan didn't linger and quickly left.

Shortly after he left, the players who had logged out of the game received news of the demon's cleanup and began to log back in.

In no time, thousands of players appeared around the Golden Radiance Pagoda once again.

"How can Wang Nan be this terrifying? He actually killed all those monsters!"

"This is unbelievable! Although he's ranked first, he only fused two spiritual-level bloodlines, so how did he manage to kill so many monsters?"

Everyone stared at the empty battlefield in shock.

"Not all of those monsters were killed by Wang Nan; there are still over a hundred monsters that got away."

"Chase them! Those are contribution points; we can't let them get away!"

The player army reacted swiftly, immediately forming teams of more than a dozen people each and scattering in all directions, trying to hunt down the escaping monsters.

No one noticed that in the distance, on a small hill, Su Nan, who had transformed into a wolf demon again, saw this scene and smiled.

The hunt had begun again.

This time, his target was a group of twenty players.

Among that group, there was a player he was familiar with, Li Ye!

He planned to kill Li Ye, the ranked sixth spiritual-level player, in order to complete Lang Shisan's main storyline's first stage.

(End of this chapter)