Chapter 184: The Lord’s Shocking Personal Intervention! Xinye City Resurrection Point
Hang Yu opened the information panel.
He glanced over the newly appeared notifications.
At the sa ti, he summarized the gains from this operation.
First was the drop situation from the Xinye Survivors in the first layer of the nightmare domain.
【You picked up loot. Essence 12000, Magic Stone Fragnts 15000, Xinye Survivor Necklace 1, Xinye Survivor Ring 1, Soul-Calming Heart-Protecting Talisman 10!】
【You picked up loot. Essence 12000, Magic Stone Fragnts 15000……】
【You picked up loot. Essence 12000……】
【……】
During this operation—
The Xinye Survivors were the monsters that appeared in the greatest numbers.
During the second assault on Xinye, the Calamity Army advanced steadily and almost exterminated all the Xinye Survivors, killing more than 205 in total.
During the third assault on Xinye, the Calamity Army changed tactics and focused primarily on killing the core possessed monsters, slaying a total of 124.
During the fourth assault on Xinye, the Calamity Army beca even more aggressive, prioritizing the elimination of the core monsters at all costs. Combined with the drastic reduction in monsters within the first layer of the nightmare domain, they only killed 78 in total.
From these three rounds alone—
Hang Yu gained over 4.8 million additional Essence through the Treasure Gathering Pearl.
In addition, there were drops totaling 62,050 Magic Crystals, more than 700 pieces of Tier-Two Xinye Survivor equipnt, and 4,070 Tier-Two talismans. The total value was still extrely considerable.
Next ca the drops from the Roaring Giants in the second layer of the nightmare domain.
Although the number of Roaring Giants in Xinye City was not high—
As Tier-Three humanoid Elite units, their Essence and Magic Stone drops were much more abundant, more than double that of Thousand-Eyed Centipedes of the sa rank and tier.
Thus, the profits were also excellent.
【You picked up loot. Abyssal Essence 40000, Magic Stone Fragnts 40103, Roaring Giant Shield 1, Roaring Giant Greatsword 1!】
【You picked up loot. Abyssal Essence 40000, Magic Stone Fragnts 40100, Roaring Giant Armor 1, Roaring Giant Helt 1!】
【……】
The Calamity Army only managed to reach the second layer during the third assault.
Due to insufficient preparation, they barely managed to kill five Roaring Giants before being completely annihilated.
During the fourth assault, the Calamity Army had made adequate preparations and counterasures. This ti they completely wiped out all thirty Roaring Giants in the second layer of the nightmare domain.
Across those two battles, they earned Hang Yu an additional 1.4 million Essence.
In addition, they accumulated 14,035 Magic Crystals and nearly 78 pieces of Tier-Three equipnt.
This was likewise an excellent harvest.
There was no need to elaborate on the value of Essence and Magic Crystals.
Although the Roaring Giants produced less total Essence and Magic Crystals than the Xinye Survivors due to the huge difference in quantity, and they also did not drop talisman-type items—
Their equipnt drop rate was much higher.
Almost every Roaring Giant dropped two pieces of equipnt.
Furthermore, the Roaring Giant equipnt series consisted of Tier-Three white mid-grade equipnt.
Not only were the attributes excellent—
Even rarer and more valuable was the fact that this was a set capable of generating set effects!
【Roaring Giant Set】Equipping any three different Roaring Giant equipnt pieces unlocks the skill “Roaring Wave.” At the sa ti, Health 100, all four major attributes 20. Every additional set component equipped increases the set amplification effect by 15%!
The base equipnt attributes themselves were average.
However, the set effects were incredibly powerful.
The complete set contained six components total. Equipping just three already activated the set effect, and among Tier-Three white equipnt, this set absolutely ranked at the top tier.
Not only did the attribute boosts benefit players trendously—
It also granted the “Roaring Wave” skill.
This skill could stun enemies and was equivalent in quality to a green-tier skill, greatly increasing the value of the Roaring Giant Set.
It could even rival certain green-tier equipnt of the sa level.
From Essence alone—
This operation would likely generate revenue of roughly 24 to 25 million.
According to the original expectations and plans—
Earning slightly over ten million Essence from this operation would already have been excellent.
Who would have thought that before even a full day had passed—
The Calamity Army would generate more than double that amount.
Such inco was unimaginable in the past.
If the Essence generated elsewhere within the territory was included—
The current total had already reached roughly 30 million.
This amount of Essence could imdiately resolve the territory’s urgent developntal needs.
Not only was it enough to comprehensively cultivate several thousand Calamity Army players—
A portion could also be used to further strengthen the Azure Dragon Guard, elevating the military power and overall strength of the entire territory to a new level.
……
Not long afterward—
Zhou Cang arrived to report:
“My Lord, according to your instructions, the Calamity Army has finished regrouping.”
Hang Yu nodded.
“Have them co see .”
“Yes!”
Zhou Cang imdiately brought the players before Hang Yu.
Facing the Lord—
All the players lowered their heads in sha.
Black-Eyed Rui Ge said, “Lord, our command was incompetent, and the monsters we encountered this ti possessed bizarre and overwhelming abilities. As a result, the Calamity Army failed to capture Xinye City!”
The others likewise felt extrely depressed.
Hang Yu calmly said:
“Although you failed to successfully eliminate the Evil Infant that served as the source of pollution, you already forced the Evil Infant to personally take action, greatly weakening the abyssal power within Xinye City. Though this cannot be considered a great victory, it still t my expectations.”
When they heard the Lord’s comforting words—
The players all felt their spirits lift slightly.
Not only had the Lord not blad them for their incompetence—
He had even praised and comforted them.
Little Bell could not help asking:
“Lord, why did you say the Evil Infant personally took action? Does that an the giant infant monster appearing in the third layer of the nightmare domain was the Evil Infant?”
“Yes, but not entirely.”
Hang Yu explained:
“The giant infant you saw in the third layer was most likely a monster ford from Evil Infant Deng Ai’s spiritual body directly projected into the nightmare domain. If you could destroy it, then the Evil Infant’s true body would no longer pose any threat.”
So that was the case!
It seed the Evil Infant BOSS was not purely a spiritual-form monster.
It still possessed a physical body in the real world.
However, its combat thods relied primarily on spiritual abilities.
There was not much ti left.
Hang Yu decided to personally lead the army in the assault on Xinye City!
Although the Calamity Army mbers felt sowhat unwilling—
They also knew that with their current condition, continuing to challenge the city held little aning.
The Day of Ultimate Darkness was about to erupt.
There was simply not enough ti remaining.
Furthermore, after dying four tis in a single day, most players had already gained the negative Light Fatigue debuff.
Many had also suffered level loss.
All of this reduced combat power.
Fine then!
The rest would depend on the Lord!
With the Lord personally taking action—
And the imnsely powerful Azure Dragon Guard accompanying him—
There would no longer be any suspense in this battle’s outco!
A few minutes later—
Hang Yu personally led nine hundred soldiers to Xinye City.
He had no intention whatsoever of hiding his presence.
He imdiately led the troops toward the city gates.
At that mont—
Hang Yu clearly felt a powerful spiritual force enveloping the surroundings.
Strange infant cries began echoing beside his ears.
This signified that the Evil Infant’s offensive and domain had already activated.
The surroundings began changing.
The currents of air resembled flowing colors.
They continuously collided and fused together, endlessly evolving into new shades.
Chira Wraith said:
“Lord, be careful. We’ve already entered the first layer of the nightmare domain. From now on, we’ll continuously suffer ntal attacks and curses…… We’ll encounter many Xinye Survivors here, and among them are five special existences possessed by the Evil Infant’s spiritual power. We must eliminate them as quickly as possible, otherwise the accumulating curses will beco extrely dangerous.”
Before he even finished speaking—
The Lord had already moved.
Hang Yu’s figure instantly vanished before the players’ eyes.
He was not invisible.
His speed was simply too fast—
So fast that the players could barely perceive him!
In the blink of an eye, Hang Yu charged into a group of Xinye Survivors.
Due to the players challenging the nightmare domain four consecutive tis, the number of Xinye Survivors had already dropped drastically.
Clearly, these monsters were not infinite in number.
He quickly locked onto the Evil Infant possessed monster.
No fancy techniques.
No strategies.
No hesitation or pauses whatsoever.
In an instant, Hang Yu arrived before the Wailing Survivor.
Before the monster could react in any way—
The blade of his spear slashed out a blade aura that cut the creature cleanly in half.
The entire process was as effortless and smooth as slicing tofu.
His terrifying speed erupted again.
Hang Yu rapidly found the next group of monsters!
Another slash!
Another instant kill!
Third one—still instantly killed!
Fourth one—again instantly killed!
Fifth one—unsurprisingly instantly killed!
The first layer of the Xinye Nightmare Domain—broken!
When the players saw the oil painting-like world collapsing while heaven and earth transford into an environnt of ash and ink painting—
Everyone’s jaws nearly dropped to the floor.
All of them stood dumbstruck, faces filled with shock!
“What just happened?”
“The first layer of the Xinye Nightmare Domain…… got destroyed?”
“I counted it—less than sixty seconds total!”
“Holy shit!”
“That’s insanely aweso!”
“We fought so many tis and suffered one to two thousand casualties before finally achieving this result. The Lord accomplished it in less than a minute!”
“……”
The second layer of the nightmare domain began forming.
One Tier-Three Commander-class Roaring Giant and over twenty Tier-Three Elite Roaring Giants appeared within this space.
“Shadow Flash Assault!”
Hang Yu transford into a flickering afterimage.
Once again he bypassed the lesser monsters and directly targeted the BOSS.
Without giving it any opportunity to react—
The mont he arrived before the Commander Giant—
His body split into five figures as though using a cloning technique.
Each figure simultaneously unleashed an incomparably swift blade flash.
The Commander-class giant was instantly chopped into pieces.
The second layer of the Xinye Nightmare Domain—broken!
The instant the Commander Giant collapsed—
This second spiritual world ford from black, white, and ash lost its anchor point and imdiately began disintegrating once more!
Hang Yu did not allow the players to kill this Tier-Three Commander.
Because this was a pseudo Tier-Three Commander.
In truth, it was rely a Tier-Three Elite monster temporarily elevated in power.
Its drops therefore remained at the level of a Tier-Three Elite.
Monsters like this—
Could simply be killed directly.
Hang Yu also did not kill the remaining lesser monsters.
There was no need.
These monsters would continue wandering throughout Xinye City.
After successfully occupying Xinye City, the players could search for the remaining Elite monsters themselves.
Tenfold drop rate.
No point wasting it.
Once the second nightmare layer shattered—
The third nightmare layer appeared right on schedule!
Flesh simultaneously grew from both heaven and earth.
The entire environnt resembled a gigantic womb.
Countless fleshy tentacles descended from the sky.
Countless fleshy tentacles also erged from the ground.
As the two intertwined and fused together in midair—
They ultimately rged into a mountain-sized giant infant!
Like two enormous umbilical cords—
It absorbed the power of heaven and earth to nurture this peerless abomination.
From within radiated spiritual force sufficient to annihilate an entire army.
【Evil Infant Spiritual Body】Level 23 Commander Unit…… Description: A direct spiritual projection ford by the Evil Infant within the nightmare domain. The spiritual power it possesses is enough to distort reality. Once fully ford, it will possess terrifying destructive power capable of effortlessly annihilating an army.
This was the ultimate BOSS of the Xinye Nightmare Domain.
It specialized in large-scale ntal attacks and possessed extrely terrifying damage output!
The Calamity Army’s fourth challenge against the Xinye Nightmare Domain had ended in defeat at its hands!
The Evil Infant personally projecting its spirit into the nightmare domain battle also proved that it had exhausted all other options.
As long as this monster before them could be destroyed—
The Xinye Nightmare Domain would presumably cease to exist entirely.
“Lord, be careful!”
“Its power is incredibly strong!”
“It’s far beyond ordinary Tier-Three Commanders!”
The players all regarded the Evil Infant Spiritual Body with deep fear.
This creature was not a corrupted citizen—
It resembled the Corrupted Twin Entity previously encountered at Wolong Mountain.
It possessed overwhelming, mountain-crushing power.
Even among Commanders of the sa rank—
Its strength belonged to the top tier.
Even three to five of the second-layer nightmare domain BOSSes combined—
Would not pose a threat as great as the BOSS before them.
However—
Before the players even finished warning him—
The Lord had already mounted the Blazing Fla Demon Steed and appeared before the Evil Infant monster at incredible speed.
The Evil Infant monster imdiately launched attacks.
【You were hit by “Wailing Storm.” Health -150!】
【You were hit by “Nightmare Spike.” Health -245!】
【……】
Several ntal attacks struck him one after another.
Although they successfully dealt damage—
The health lost amounted to less than one percent.
With Hang Yu’s total health pool, such damage could practically be ignored.
And with Hang Yu’s ntal resistance—
He would not fall into dizziness or any negative state whatsoever.
Fierce Tiger Berserk Blade, activated!
Martial Saint Three Blades, activated!
Hang Yu unleashed frenzied offensive power.
First slash—
He severed the flesh umbilical cord descending from the sky.
Second slash—
He severed the flesh umbilical cord rising from the earth!
Third slash—
Hang Yu directly unleashed Fierce Tiger Roaring Slash.
This most powerful strike targeted the Evil Infant itself.
The Fierce Tiger Blade Aura engulfed it completely, transforming it into a gigantic blazing sun-like fireball.
ROAR!
A horrifying tiger roar!
Deafening enough to shake heaven and earth!
The crowd witnessed a giant tiger over a dozen zhang long, ford entirely from flas and wrapped in destructive might, charging at extre speed toward the giant infant in the sky!
The instant the two collided—
An incomparably brilliant radiance erupted!
It felt as though everyone were directly facing an exploding supernova, forcing them to involuntarily shut their eyes.
Roughly ten seconds later—
As the vibrations and aftershocks gradually faded—
The crowd slowly reopened their eyes.
And when they saw the scene before them—
They once again fell into shock and wild ecstasy!
The nightmare domain—
Had vanished!
Everyone discovered they were now standing inside a ruined and desolate city.
This city had clearly been uninhabited for over a hundred years.
Under normal circumstances it should have beco complete rubble.
Yet most of the city’s buildings remained intact.
Only their surfaces had beco overgrown with various abyssal plants.
“The nightmare domain has been destroyed!”
“The Lord successfully broke through the nightmare domain!”
“Holy shit, that was way too fast! Not even a single curse stack accumulated!”
“With the Lord personally taking action—”
“The nightmare domain didn’t even have ti to unleash curses!”
“Insane, absolutely insane! Completely invincible!”
“If not for wanting to temper the Calamity Army, the Lord would’ve conquered Xinye City long ago!”
“Zhou Cang and the Azure Dragon Guard didn’t even get to make a move!”
“……”
By his own power alone—
In only two minutes—
He completely destroyed the nightmare domain!
The Lord’s performance once again shattered everyone’s understanding and perception of strength!
The monsters that had caused massive casualties for the Calamity Army—
The nightmare domain that had repeatedly blocked the Calamity Army’s progress—
To the Lord, they were nothing but childish tricks.
Like chickens and dogs before a tiger—utterly incapable of withstanding a single blow!
“Quick, look!”
“What’s that thing?!”
Once the Xinye Nightmare Domain was destroyed—
Several hidden things finally revealed themselves.
At the very center above Xinye City floated a red crystal.
Freed from gravity, the crystal hovered above the city.
Within it appeared to be sealed a figure—
An infant hugging its knees.
Its skin was bluish-black and its body enormous.
Curled within the crystal, it continuously radiated spiritual force—
Though that spiritual force was now rapidly weakening.
【Evil Nightmare Demon Infant】Level 24 Commander Unit…… Description: The source of the nightmare domain and the true body of the Evil Infant. Once separated from the bizarre domain, it becos extrely fragile and can easily be killed!
So that was it.
This was Evil Infant Deng Ai’s true body.
Although the nightmare domain it created was incredibly difficult to handle—
Its actual body was extrely fragile and practically lacked combat ability.
With the Calamity Army’s strength—
They could easily kill it!
The players imdiately beca extrely tempted.
After all—
This was a Level 24 BOSS.
Killing it would almost certainly produce an enormous loot explosion!
The problem was—
The entire operation depended on the Lord’s intervention.
Since the Xinye Nightmare Domain had only been broken because of him, the Calamity Army felt too embarrassed to ask to steal the kill.
Naturally, Hang Yu saw through the players’ thoughts.
He had not planned to personally kill it anyway.
Corrupted monsters of this level were quite rare.
Naturally, he needed to rely on the players’ Heavenly Dao Blessing tenfold drop rate to maximize the rewards.
“Go ahead.”
“You may not have achieved rit during this operation, but you still worked hard.”
Hang Yu told the players:
“I’ll reward this corrupted monster to you.”
Upon hearing these words—
The players beca overjoyed.
They could hardly believe their ears.
“Thank you, Lord!”
“Our Feather God is truly generous!”
“Today definitely wasn’t wasted!”
“……”
The Calamity Army players noisily rushed forward in delight and simultaneously launched attacks against the gigantic crystal.
-35!
-54!
-46!
……
“This thing’s pretty damn tough!”
“Everyone, push harder!”
“Explode already!”
“Explode already!”
Under the Calamity Army’s concentrated attacks—
Cracks gradually spread across the giant crystal.
Finally, with a loud explosion—
The crystal completely shattered!
The instant the kill was achieved—
【You obtained “Lesser Abyssal Nightmare Source Fragnt.” Would you like to imdiately devour it? Yes/No!】
“Devour!”
【Devouring successful. Tier-Three Talent Points 6!】
Six Tier-Three Talent Points!
Hang Yu was pleasantly surprised!
The Talent Point gains greatly exceeded expectations!
Combined with the five Talent Points already in his possession—
He now had a total of eleven Tier-Three Talent Points!
His first Tier-Three Talent was about to activate!
At the sa ti—
A green loot orb dropped out.
“Mother of god!”
“That was way too hard!”
“Finally, actual loot!”
The players nearly cried tears of emotion when they saw the drops.
They had fard monsters inside the nightmare domain all day—
Yet had not gotten even a single scrap.
Now, loot had finally dropped!
They imdiately picked up the rewards.
【You picked up loot. Essence 900000, Magic Crystals 6000, Evil Infant Umbilical Cord Necklace 1, Evil Infant Spine Staff 1, Evil Infant Left Eye Gem 10, Evil Infant Right Eye Gem 10, Tier-Three Corrupted Gem 50!】
As expected of a Tier-Three Corrupted monster!
The Essence and Magic Crystal drops were absurdly abundant.
This single monster produced nearly one million Essence—
Almost three tis more than Jue Ying despite their similar levels.
In addition—
The Evil Infant dropped two pieces of equipnt.
【Evil Infant Umbilical Cord Necklace】Tier-Three Equipnt, Green Mid-Grade. Spirit 20, Will 40, Abnormal ntal Resistance 50. Grants skill “Evil Infant Backlash.” Durability 30/60.
【Evil Infant Spine Staff】Tier-Three Equipnt, Green Mid-Grade. Spell Attack 90, Spirit 30, Will 30. Grants skill “Evil Infant Nightmare Domain.” Durability 35/60.
These were two extrely top-tier Tier-Three green equipnt pieces.
Not only were their attributes excellent—
Their attached skills were especially rare and powerful.
【Evil Infant Backlash Technique】Equipnt Skill. Whenever the user suffers a ntal attack, the system automatically performs a skill-rank and attribute judgnt. Upon successful judgnt, the attack is negated while simultaneously inflicting Evil Infant Devouring Body upon the caster. Skill cooldown: 300 seconds.
Simply put—
This skill reflected illusion techniques.
The higher one’s total attributes, the stronger the reflection effect.
Theoretically—
If one’s attributes were sufficiently high, even attacks from higher-level skills could be completely negated, while also inflicting immobilization and binding effects upon the opponent.
【Evil Infant Nightmare Domain】Equipnt Skill. Creates a nightmare domain within a certain area, trapping one or multiple targets inside while continuously draining their Health. Targets automatically escape if attacked externally or if casting is interrupted. Maximum duration: 180 seconds. Skill cooldown: 500 seconds.
This skill sowhat resembled Evil Infant Deng Ai’s nightmare domain.
However, it was nowhere near as powerful.
Its primary purpose lay in crowd control and monster containnt.
Once targets beca trapped inside the nightmare domain—
Unless their attributes vastly exceeded the caster’s or they possessed specific escape thods—
They could not free themselves.
This was an excellent control skill.
And it also continuously dealt damage.
Once the Calamity Army possessed such a skill—
Future missions involving infiltration, stealth operations, and assassinations would beco vastly easier!
A truly excellent piece of equipnt!
Besides that—
There were also 10 Evil Infant Left Eye Gems and 10 Evil Infant Right Eye Gems.
These were extrely valuable gem-type enhancent materials.
Not only could they enhance Tier-Three equipnt attributes—
There was also a certain probability of adding additional skills to weapon-type equipnt!
Next—
Under the Lord’s orders—
The players began searching for Xinye City’s Providence Divine Stone!
While searching—
They quickly discovered loot scattered throughout the city!
“Holy shit!”
“Isn’t this loot dropped by the Xinye Survivors?!”
“So the monsters we killed inside the nightmare domain weren’t wasted after all!”
“These monsters actually dropped loot, and the quality is pretty damn good!”
“I found so over here too!”
“We’re rich! We’re rich!”
“This ti not only did the BOSS drop multiple top-tier items, the number of equipnt drops from the small monsters is also insane!”
“What a sha though!”
“Too much ti passed!”
“All the Essence dissipated already!”
“AAAAH! So many Tier-Two Elites and Tier-Three Elites! Suddenly feels like we lost several hundred million!”
“……”
The players had begun discovering loot scattered everywhere.
Among these rewards were large quantities of equipnt, Magic Stone Fragnts, and talismans.
Because the quantity was enormous—
Their value was extrely high.
Although the Essence had already vanished—
The players still cheered excitedly.
After all—
This was an unexpected bonus!
With the Evil Infant BOSS drops, these rich loot piles, and the event mission Essence rewards—
What more could they possibly ask for?
Why complain further?
While the players searched for loot—
They soon located Xinye City’s corrupted Providence Divine Stone without much difficulty.
【Ding! You have discovered “Xinye City’s Providence Divine Stone.” Would you like to imdiately devour it? Yes/No!】
Finally found it!
He had waited far too long for this mont!
Hang Yu did not hesitate at all.
“Devour!”
【Devouring in progress 1%……100%!】
【You have successfully occupied “Xinye City” and obtained “Providence Treasure Chest (Green)” ×1!】
A brand-new Blessing Point had successfully activated!
This was a town-level Blessing Point!
The Heavenly Dao Cube could now designate this location as a resurrection point for mbers of the Calamity Army!
From this day onward—
Whenever Calamity Army players died within the Wan City map—
They could choose to resurrect directly here.
This would greatly improve convenience and efficiency!
After obtaining this city—
Whether Hang Yu wished to use its geographical position to manipulate and harvest others—
Or utilize it as a strategic foothold for future conquest of New and Old Wan City—
It held trendous significance!
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