Chapter 1 The Beginning

Zhang Yuanqing closely followed Shanhe Yongcun, continuing to guide the dream, stirring up decades of memories hidden in his mind.

It was this disaster that swallowed all the members of the Tongzhou Association's North China Branch, and the murderer has not yet been brought to justice.

Soon, Shanhe Yongcun rushed into the sea of fire, took out a black pearl and held it in his mouth. Instantly, a layer of water vapor enveloped his body, resisting the high temperature of the flames.

Shanhe Yongcun ran wildly in the village, along the way were collapsed simple houses. There was no trace of villagers on the road, and he couldn't even see a single corpse.

But the pungent burnt smell reminded him that the villagers had not escaped, but had silently burned to death in their houses.

Finally, Shanhe Yongcun stopped in front of a thatched house with a courtyard. This was the village's public hall and also the stronghold of the North China Branch.

The villagers strongly supported the North China Branch's war of resistance, scrimping and saving to provide them with food, and giving up their most imposing ancestral hall as the branch's stronghold.

Shanhe Yongcun rushed through the half-collapsed gate and entered the ancestral hall. The main hall had already collapsed, broken tiles were scattered all over the ground, and burning beams were lying across the room.

One charred corpse after another lay in the sea of fire, some tilted to the side, some overlapping each other, and some lying across the corridor.

His former comrades were all buried in the fiery city. Shanhe Yongcun stood blankly in the sea of fire, his emotions of anger and sadness seemingly ignited by the flames.

The hand holding the rifle had bulging veins. Suddenly, his body stiffened, and a chill, like a cold snake, crawled along his spine to the top of his head.

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly turned his head and saw a terrifying ghostly figure standing five meters behind Shanhe Yongcun. The ghostly figure seemed to be made of shadows, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.

Zhang Yuanqing tried hard to examine the ghostly figure, wanting to see its appearance and identify its profession, but the ghostly figure was purely a shadow, without any attributes.

He suddenly understood that the ghostly figure was Shanhe Yongcun's feeling and imagination of the murderer, not the murderer's real face.

Decades ago, on the night the North China Branch was destroyed, Shanhe Yongcun encountered the real murderer, but he didn't turn around. Therefore, the murderer became a shadow in his mind.

"Leave here," the ghostly figure said in a low, hoarse voice.

Shanhe Yongcun stood still, seemingly frightened.

"Leave here," the ghostly figure said again, its voice hoarse as if enduring some kind of pain: "Before I completely lose control."

In the dream, Shanhe Yongcun's inner fear exploded. Anger, hatred, and sadness were suppressed by the instinct to survive. He turned his head and ran, stumbling and panicking, as if a fierce ghost was chasing him.

The entire dream began to shake and collapse.

Zhang Yuanqing knew that Shanhe Yongcun was about to wake up. He had stirred up the shadow hidden in the other party's heart for decades. The strong instinct to survive would make Shanhe Yongcun break free from the dream, just like someone waking up from a nightmare.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately left the dream and returned to the front yard of the villa.

"Alas, Shanhe Yongcun didn't see the appearance or professional characteristics of the mastermind behind the scenes. Well, if he had seen the murderer's face, he would have been silenced long ago. The fact that he is still alive is precisely because he doesn't know anything."

Did the murderer seem to have a problem with his mental state, killing people out of control, or was he bewitched by an evil profession? Or was his spirit manipulated? The person who did it was not weak, at least a Saint realm peak, otherwise how could he have killed all the members of the North China Branch, even if he attacked in a sneak attack, he was still very powerful.

Zhang Yuanqing felt a little regretful, but it was also within expectations.

Shanhe Yongcun, who was sleeping, moved his eyebrows, about to wake up. Zhang Yuanqing took out a white jade净瓶 (jing ping) and tilted the mouth of the jade 净瓶 (jing ping), aiming it at the black-robed centenarian and whispering, "收! (Shōu!)" (Absorb!)

A vortex of air was generated at the mouth of the bottle, sucking Shanhe Yongcun in. The white jade净瓶 (jing ping) was borrowed from the Xiahou family head. Its function was sealing!

Tools and creatures absorbed into the jade净瓶 (jing ping) will have their spiritual power sealed, unable to open the item column, unable to enter the family space, and unable to have their souls leave their bodies.

In order to borrow this item, Zhang Yuanqing mortgaged the Devouring Sky Beast to the Xiahou family head.

The Xiahou family head was very satisfied and kept hinting that it didn't matter if it was damaged, it didn't matter at all.

If the 净瓶 (jing ping) was damaged, the Devouring Sky Beast would be his.

Zhang Yuanqing put away the jade 净瓶 (jing ping) and looked at Zhai Cai, who was playing with the ink sword, and said, "I have two more targets, but I probably won't have time today. You stay in Fujiawan these days. The subsequent battles will require you to help set up the barrier. Dark Night Rose has two Night Watchers, namely the third guardian, a surgeon."

The one who attacked him on the private plane.

There is also one called Shaman, who is the seventh guardian.

The activity areas of these two guardians are in the information, but the storage of his teleportation jade talisman and the tools to use the Eye of the Sky are not enough.

The former needs to be borrowed from Vice President Pan Xi, and the latter needs to mobilize the Sovereigns in the organization.

Xiahou Aotian has not yet left the instance and cannot help refine the Three Talents Pill. There are still nine days until the 35-day deadline. In these nine days, I only need to catch three Night Watchers, and then wait for Xiahou Aotian to return to reality.

It just so happens that I can also choose an S-level instance.

Zhang Yuanqing secretly calculated in his mind.

His current experience value is 11%. The spiritual蕴 (yun) of the two level-seven Night Watchers combined will definitely push him to level nine. The safest way is to enter another S-level instance, and then take the Three Talents Pill at the moment of clearing it.

With the Tortoise Shell Diagram, his success rate in clearing the S-level will be greatly increased, and there will be no risk to his life.

When Zhai Cai heard that he still had to work, he quickly asked, "Is there any reward?"

"What's the point of talking about rewards between brothers? It's so vulgar," Zhang Yuanqing sternly reprimanded.

In the God's War instance, in the vast, rootless desert, Fu Qingxuan held her sword in front of her, blocking the Eight-Armed Hammer of the Heavenly King of Terror. One blow made her retreat hundreds of feet, raising a cloud of dust.

In the center of this 600-square-kilometer desert is a pillar of light that shoots into the clouds. In the pillar of light is a black boulder hundreds of meters high. The stone has a metallic luster, is extremely hard, and has the characteristic of constantly bonding.

No matter how strong the attack it receives, no matter how broken it is, it will quickly recover.

This is 息壤 (Xīrǎng), the divine object left by Nüwa to mend the sky in legends. It is a demigod-level item and the core on which the Lord of the Central Plains relies to achieve Dao.

In addition to being strong and restoring itself, 息壤 (Xīrǎng) can also communicate with the earth's veins, providing a constant stream of spiritual power. It can also refine a small world into a domain, making it the strongest and most stubborn item in the world.

Demigods are engaged in fierce battles around 息壤 (Xīrǎng). The scarlet sea of fire turned the desert into lava, burning all matter in the world. The lava instantly turned into nothingness, and nothingness evolved into all kinds of things, which were then dispelled by the clear dragon's roar and pure golden light. The rushing sea water formed a Ze country, and bizarre sea beasts were born in the water. The sea beasts then became畸变 (jībiàn) monsters, turning against their masters, but were torn apart by the spores falling on them, turning into nutrients, and growing into endless forests.

The forest was then蚕食 (cánshí) by dense蛊虫 (gǔ chóng), which ate up the nutrients and bred rapidly.

It turned into thousands of races and was finally burned clean by a fire.

In this process, the rules of heaven and earth sometimes peak and sometimes change. The shifting and異明 (yìmíng) demons and gods are constantly switching, either spitting out poisonous smoke or calling out the names of the orderly demigods, causing the demigod level to畸变 (jībiàn).

The 3% of the orderly demigods have grown horns and tails. Every time this happens, there is always a loud cry of an infant, causing the bellies of the demigods in the evil camp to bulge and暗结 (ànjié) beads.

The Spirit Realm repeatedly reorganized and collapsed matter, consuming the remaining spiritual power of the demigods,勉励 (miǎnlì) maintaining the operation of the instance.

After the Sun Battle began, the orderly demigods, under the command of Fu Qingxuan, first had the most mobile Void Demigod take the Lord of the Central Plains and the Goddess of Beauty to the core of a Great Formation.

Each Great Formation in an instance covers 500-700 square kilometers, and the total area exceeds 1,000 square kilometers, comparable to a small country.

The core method of occupying the formation is to bathe in the pillar of light for five minutes.

Then, the remaining demigods gathered to a formation to gain control of the formation.

If the evil camp also gathered its forces, and the orderly camp's main force fought head-on, then Fu Qingxuan and others' task was to hold them back.

With the characteristics of the Lord of the Central Plains and the Goddess of Beauty, it would be difficult for one or two demigods to kill or defeat them.

The two of them could then successfully take control of the two Great Formations.

And if the evil camp split its forces, then the formation core on the side of the main force would be stable first. Then, the Void Demigod would lead reinforcements to support the Goddess of Beauty and the Lord of the Central Plains according to the enemy's troop deployment.

The Star Lord and the old ancestor of the Liu family deduced and占卜 (zhānbǔ), resulting in a good omen.

Unexpectedly, the orderly demigods were quickly slapped in the face. The two Illusion Gods created illusions to confuse the demigods, causing them to think that the evil camp's main force was attacking the orderly main force, directly展开 (zhǎnkāi) a decisive battle.

In fact, the main force of the evil camp had already divided into two groups under the protection of Ling Tuo's Lunar Eclipse, attacking the Goddess of Beauty and the Lord of the Central Plains.

The Goddess of Beauty had no choice but to retreat. The main force of the orderly camp reported the situation. Fu Qingxuan made a decisive decision, leaving the old ancestor of the Xie family, the old ancestor of the Liu family, and the chairman of Tianfa to guard the formation and seize the core. The others fully supported the Lord of the Central Plains.

Thus, there was this demigod-level melee!

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The wind was mixed with暴雨 (bàoyǔ),汹涌 (xiōngyǒng) slapping his face.乌云 (wūyún) covered the sky, and一道道 (yīdào dào) lightning occasionally flashed, illuminating the dim天地 (tiāndì).

After the濃霧 (nóngwù) dissipated,不知何处而来 (bùzhī héchù ér lái) floods淹没 (yānmò) this vast大地 (dàdì),化为 (huàwéi)濁浪滔天 (zhuólàng tāotiān) the澤国 (zéguó).

The陣亡 (zhènwáng) bodies,畸变 (jībiàn) monsters,勇猛 (yǒngměng) beasts, and尚在战斗 (shàngzài zhàndòu) both sides,统统 (tǒngtǒng)被滔天的 (bèi tāotiān de)洪水分散 (hóngshuǐ fēnsàn), either沉入底 (chénrù dǐ) or艰难 (jiānnán) struggling于 (yú) the surface.

The Demon Eye Heavenly King raised his body, changing himself into a giant several丈 (zhàng) tall,才 (cái)勉强 (miǎnqiáng)跋涉 (báshè) in the flood.

At this time, his left eye已经消失 (yǐjīng xiāoshī),剩下 (shèngxià)血肉 (xuèròu)模糊 (móhú)的 (de)空洞眼眶 (kōngdòng yǎnkuàng),三勇八臂 (sānyǒng bābì)只剩一头三臂 (zhī shèng yī tóu sānbì),余者 (yúzhě)皆断 (jiē duàn),创口 (chuāngkǒu)血肉 (xuèròu)蠕动 (rúdòng),却怎么 (què zěnme)也苌不出 (yě cháng bù chū)新的肢体 (xīnde zhītǐ).

这一路行来 (zhè yīlù xínglái), he被雄鹰 (bèi xióngyīng)啄瞎 (zhuóxiā)了眼睛 (le yǎnjīng),被木箭 (bèi mùjiàn)射穿 (shèchuān)了胸膛 (le xiōngtáng),被剑气 (bèi jiànqì)斩断 (zhǎnduàn)了头颅 (le tóulú),被火焰 (bèi huǒyàn)炸断 (zhàduàn)了臂膀 (le bìbǎng).

敌人 (dírén)全部死亡 (quánbù sǐwáng),而 (ér)他还在继续前行 (tā hái zài jìxù qiánxíng).身体里 (shēntǐ lǐ)多种力量 (duōzhǒng lìliàng)碰撞 (pèngzhuàng),难以 (nányǐ)拔除 (báchú).越往里 (yuè wǎng lǐ)敌人 (dírén)和战友 (hé zhànyǒu)越少 (yuè shǎo),没人敢 (méirén gǎn)插足 (chāzú)半神间 (bànshén jiān)的决战 (de juézhàn),因此 (yīncǐ)他嗜血 (tā shìxiě)狂暴 (kuángbào)无从 (wúcóng)施展 (shīzhǎn),生命源液 (shēngmìng yuányè)早已耗尽 (zǎoyǐ hàojìn),但研 (dàn yán)耳畔 (ěrpàn)的 (de)夔牛 (kuíniú)鼓 (gǔ)让他心脏 (ràng tā xīnzàng)不停抽搐 (bùtíng chōuchù),魔眼 (móyǎn)天王 (tiānwáng)感觉自己 (gǎnjué zìjǐ)快油尽灯枯 (kuài yóujìndēngkū)了 (le),随时 (suíshí)都会 (dūhuì)原地猝死 (yuándì cùsǐ).

But he 不屈 (bùqū)的战天 (de zhàntiān)意志 (yìzhì)和 (hé)狂热 (kuángrè)的 (de)理想 (lǐxiǎng),驱使 (qūshǐ)着 (zhe)他不停 (tā bùtíng)前进 (qiánjìn).

Today is the last day of the instance. Although thick fog covers the sky and there is no timer in the instance, he has been calculating the time in his heart.

However, the Demon Eye only remembers the approximate time and cannot pinpoint it to the second. Perhaps the next second, his main quest will end and he will return to reality, leaving the instance.

Before that, he must trigger the "hidden plot" and gain the favor of the Supreme Existence, so that he can have the power to be comparable to or even surpass the peak Sovereign.

He did not doubt the Fearful Heavenly King's information because the Ponderosa Pine Battle's rank was high enough. It was normal for there to be demigod-level power collisions.

Normally, in an eight-level instance, demigods are, at most, background characters and are unlikely to appear. Therefore, the Ponderosa Pine instance does have a hidden plot.

After an unknown amount of time, he, who was wading upstream against the flood, bypassed a mountain range and saw several of the main characters of the Ponderosa Pine Battle in a flash of lightning.

A huge figure, as tall as a mountain, with skin as black as ink, was covered in blood-colored runes. Just looking at those runes would make the Demon Eye, who had cultivated the "Enchanting Eye" to the highest level, feel dizzy and have chaotic spiritual power.

He, like the ancient war gods, had three heads and eight arms, but the eight arms and three heads that were condensed showed no signs of illusion and were as real as can be.

The Demon Eye had only seen this kind of solidified, real dharma body in the Asura's body.

But the aura of rage, loftiness, and majesty on his body was something that the Demon Eye had never sensed in the Asura. At this moment, the Demon God Chi You's body was covered in burns and wounds. The weapons held in his eight arms were completely broken. Two of his heads were split, and one was missing its skull cap. Only the middle head remained intact.

To the left and right of the Demon God Chi You were two giants. On the left was a fire giant several hundred meters tall. Its body was made of magma, with a long beard and hair, wearing a fire robe and a crimson crown. Its facial features were clear, its features were upright, and its eyes were filled with anger at all times.

Wearing a jade green robe, its body was like rolling sand, with a hundred-flower crown on its head and a miniature mountain peak in its hand. Wolves, leopards, and jackals surrounded him, and eagles circled above his head.

And in the cloud layer above the three demigods' heads hovered a golden dragon. It had scales, claws, and a pair of huge wings. The horn on its forehead was not a deer's horn, but a bull's horn.

This was a Western dragon.

The dragon lowered its head from the cloud layer and spewed out a pillar of lightning that was too thick to imagine.

The pillar of white lightning engulfed the three-headed and eight-armed and heavily pressed down. Fire dragons wrapped around the lightning pillar and spiraled upwards.

Three forces joined forces to encircle and suppress him.

The lightning then went out, revealing the Demon God Hua's carbonized body. Then came the "wuwu" wails, and huge wind blades broke through the clouds and rushed toward the earth.

The Demon God Chi You's body, which had split off from the army, fell on the ground. Some were twitching, and the sound of the wind howled again, like wind blades cutting off the sleeves' limbs.

The Demon Eye Heavenly King, who witnessed all this, ran towards the Demon God's remains, stubbornly running toward a battlefield that did not belong to him.

"Boom!"

As soon as he approached, a bolt of lightning struck, instantly carbonizing him. The light in his one eye dimmed.

The Demon Eye's body and mind fell to the ground, making a huge sound.