Chapter 423: The Undead Attack (Part 2)
The main group of players arrived at the "Monster Lair" ten minutes ago.
The reason why they didn't charge forward right away was because they were also frightened by the astonishingly large and majestic temple in the canyon, and the huge altar platform that was even more spectacular than the central square of the main city map - this place didn't look like a place where extras and monsters roamed, but instead looked like the stage for the final battle with the villain in a movie!
The two girls Miao Bi Sheng Hua and En Bu Zeng had only sent people from the Qin Guan Blood Alliance to do the exploration mission, and some of the relatives and friends of the players in the alliance. At first glance, it seemed like a sea of skeletons, but in fact, the total number of people was less than a thousand...
Based on the experience of players participating in various large-scale activities, this number of people is really not that impressive - when it came to the random battlefield (airborne Middle-earth battlefield), it was common for three or four thousand people to push a map (pushing the Kenyan Empire garrison or camp) and be wiped out by monsters.
At this time of year, the evening online peak on Earth has just passed, so it's not that we can't call people; but everyone has worked hard for a whole day on the preparatory tasks to get to the stage of defeating the BOSS, and then they have to team up with people to come in and defeat the BOSS and share the money for nothing, which is really unacceptable to anyone.
The players were struggling over whether to call for help, and just sat there on top of the canyon discussing for ten minutes...
Then, these players discovered that all the red-named monsters in the canyon were gathering towards the temple.
Soon after, the players discovered that there were only about sixty humanoid monsters in the canyon (excluding civilian NPCs whose names were shown as yellow under identification).
Most of these humanoid monsters are weaklings at level one or two, and there are only two big BOSS-level monsters.
The LV4 "suspicious cultist elite" is actually the leader of the black-robed men.
The LV5 "suspicious cult leader" is actually the white-robed high priest.
It’s a level five monster, a wizard at that. If players encountered it half a year ago, their heads would be twice as big - monster-shaped ones (demon and beast type) are still okay, even level five warriors, walkers, and knight monsters can be fought (Hal & Wagner Pete: ...), but it is really impossible to beat a wizard monster!
When we went to the eastern part of Odysseus to fight, the two wizards blew us away without any chance to fight back...
Now... players are no longer afraid!
The first echelon of the player's army has been upgraded to level four (mental power has exceeded the 400 threshold), and they are no longer immune to so many skills. When doing the cultist mission in Dutata City, they faced off against several level five humanoid monsters (although they were deformed believers of the Eternal Sleeper rather than mages)!
Two bosses with a bunch of useless minions, what's the point? (The yellow-named NPC is directly ignored by the player)
Damn it!
The players found that the "Monster Lair" was superficially strong and flashy, and without hesitation, they immediately launched a general attack...
A hundred-meter-high cliff is quite challenging for players who usually only do parkour on buildings of ten or twenty meters in height. But falling to death in the game is not a big deal anyway. At most, you can just log off and hide for half an hour and then come back to beg for help. It’s not a big problem!
Considering that the player's weight including skeleton and equipment is only slightly more than half of that of a normal person, and there are so many footholds and fulcrums on the cliff, it shouldn't be a problem for him to temporarily play the role of Spider-Man!
By the time the White Robe High Priest realized something was wrong, hundreds of skilled and courageous players had already slid down into the canyon at high speed, and more players were about to land...
Yang Ying, who was a little afraid of heights, did not dare to climb down like the others. Both Entropy and Miaobishenghua, who were wearing robes, fell to the ground, but she was still hanging in the air.
Yang Ying was startled to see the group of monsters in front of the temple in the canyon moving towards the players. He quickly shouted in the team channel: "Everyone be careful, the monsters are coming!"
"Shit, they can attract aggro from such a distance? The monster alert range here is too large!"
Miaobishenghua, who had just landed in the canyon, was also startled, and hurriedly organized the team that had already landed to prepare to meet the enemy.
In less than half a minute, the black-robed cultists, who were angry about the invasion of the holy land, had rushed to the bottom of the cliff. They were not afraid of the large number of terrifying-looking undead and rushed up with roars.
In less than half a minute, this group of black-robed believers with red eyes and crazy looks were crushed by the undead that outnumbered them ten times...
After defeating the group of cultists, the players were still cursing:
"Why are these weaklings so poor?"
"What kind of rubbish is this? It's worse than a blank slate!!"
"This is what the boss's minion dropped?! It must be poisonous!!"
"The spiders in the Novice Village are more generous than these poor monsters!"
“Scrap!”
This kind of evil god sect, which develops in a small mountain valley and radiates to only two or three small towns, uses most of the resources it obtains to build its headquarters and supply the chief priests and black-robed leaders. It is naturally impossible for the lower-level believers to get a full set of equipment like the private soldiers raised by the nobles.
Anyway, the "enemies" that these lower-class believers usually have to deal with are just two or three civilians who sense something is wrong and want to resist. These civilians often suffer from severe malnutrition... There is no need for the lower-class believers to be very good at fighting.
Including the push, looting... disarming, polite and easy-going greetings and tying up, the players only spent more than a minute on the lower-level believers.
Throwing aside these BOSS minions who had no benefits at all, nearly a thousand players, who were hungry and eager to defeat the BOSS and share the money, rushed to the temple where the two BOSSes were located with a momentum that was crazier and more chaotic than the cultists.
At this time, the white-robed high priest who had ordered all the lower-level believers to intercept the enemy and protect the holy land had just retreated to the secret room deep in the hall with the black-robed leader, and was sweating profusely as he packed up the stored property in the secret room.
"Damn it! How could those brutal Tarantan undead find us here?!"
The white-robed chief priest, who was desperately trying to gather valuables and stuff them into his space ring, started cursing without any manners.
After all, as the Pope of the evil god sect for decades, the white-robed high priest has some knowledge of mysticism - it is impossible for a normal skeleton to know how to rock climb, and the only undead who can do this is the legendary Tarantan undead.
Last year, the news that the Tarantan Undead wiped out the "Eternal Sleeper" sect in the city of Dutata in Adler Territory overnight was reported in the newspapers.
The "Eternal Sleepers" sect developed in big cities and did not have the conditions to build holy lands, temples or altars, but its strength was not weak among the evil god sects - after all, it was a sect that had been developed for more than a hundred years and had not been eliminated, so it still had some financial resources, at least stronger than this sect that was hiding in the mountains and making trouble.
If the players hadn't eliminated all the believers who knew about the "Eternal Sleeper" cult overnight, if the two lazy people hadn't hooked up the young master who was sacrificed to gain the favor of God and intercepted the cultist who tried to escape when he saw that the situation was not good, if Zhao Zhenzhen hadn't directly copied the foundation accumulated by the "Eternal Sleeper" sect over the years, if Yang Qiu hadn't recovered all of the "Eternal Sleeper"'s favored crystals... If any believer escaped or any favored crystal was lost, the "Eternal Sleeper" would be able to make a comeback.
The white-robed high priest, who had read about the demise of the "Eternal Sleeper" sect in the newspaper, knew that the situation was hopeless the moment he saw the undead invading the nameless canyon.
The cult developed by the White Robe High Priest doesn't even have a cult scripture!
After decades of hard work and the sacrifice of thousands of people, they only managed to produce two relatively stable divine crystals!
One is for him alone, and the other is shared by the priests who need to move around in the town and perform "miracles" and the black-robed leader who manages the believers.
In other words, apart from the priests who are not in the holy realm, there are only two high-end fighters who can be used at this moment... Considering the glorious record of the Tarantan Undead, the White Robe High Priest will consider fighting with those undead after he has eaten too much!
The leader of the black-robed group was also very clear about the background of his own sect. He did not say a word and just nervously put gold and silver utensils into his pockets.
Before the two could pack up their valuables, a series of life-threatening "click, click" sounds came from the outer hall.
"Go! Go!"
The white-robed chief priest was so frightened that he no longer cared about the property he had not yet packed up, and rushed towards the secret passage with agility that was inconsistent with his old physique.
Unfortunately, the chief priest of the evil god obviously did not have a deep enough understanding of the speed of the Tarantan undead... Before he could run to the entrance of the secret passage and activate the mechanism, a group of undead rushed into the secret room with their fangs and claws bared...
The black-robed leader, who had grabbed a handful of gold objects and was one step slower than the white-robed high priest, turned his head in surprise and was horrified to see several undead spirits rushing towards his face.
“Aaaaaa——!!”
The leader of the black-robed men had personally admonished lower-level believers who had made mistakes, and had cruelly sent countless "holy servants" who were not obedient enough to hell, but he had no decent combat experience.
The undead, which were neither docile nor harmless but extremely aggressive and hideous, rushed towards them in groups. The black-robed leader, who symbolized absolute authority in the eyes of the lower-level believers and the "holy servants", was like a toothless old dog. He raised his arms in panic, trembling and fear to protect his head.
It was at this moment when the cultist who gained strength and power by sacrificing the lives of others lost his mind and fighting spirit... that he suddenly turned from an ordinary person into an extraordinary seed of the evil god, and lost control.
The evil gods' followers are full of instability and uncertainty. The followers of the "Eternal Sleeper" spent a hundred years to gradually repair the cult, and used many Adler people for experiments. After implanting the "seed of the gods' followers" of the Eternal Sleeper, they were still extremely cautious and would never give up their reason unless their lives were at stake.
The leader of the black-robed men obviously did not have the same strong will as the "Eternal Sleeper" believers.
As for the seed of God's favor in his body, because he did not find out the cult scripture or perform the correct sacrifice, but only relied on the lives of people and luck to piece together the relationship... It is more unstable than the seed of God's favor in the Eternal Sleeper!
Several knight players suddenly felt black in front of their eyes. Before they could react, they were pushed back by some strange force...
"Fuck——"
A knight player cursed instinctively, but before he could finish his curse, his back hit the wall. The impact of the attack from both sides directly turned the knight player into white light.
Along with these knight players, there were also a dozen unlucky walker players who rushed into the secret room and were turned into white light...
The players in the corridor saw that something was wrong ahead and quickly stopped. After taking a closer look, they turned around and ran away, howling: "Retreat, retreat, retreat! Retreat, retreat!!"
The slower players who had just rushed into the hall stopped in confusion: "What the hell? Earthquake? There are earthquakes in the game?"
Before the main group of players lagging behind could figure out the situation, the players who had been chasing the BOSS into the corridor had already rushed out.
The players who witnessed the boss' transformation ran away while shouting, "Get out! It's going to collapse!"
When the players were doing the task of clearing out the cultists in Dutata City, they saw the boss transform. Upon hearing this, they all left the hall without saying a word.
When the players exited the temple and retreated to the stone square in front of the temple, they saw that the arched roof at the rear of the temple had collapsed.
An indescribable creature that was more than ten meters high and more than ten meters wide, with a shell as rough as rock and ten thousand times uglier than Godzilla, and whose specific appearance was difficult to describe in words, emerged half of its body.
Players: “…(° △°(° △° (° △° )”
"——What inspired the artist to design such a weird thing?" Miaobishenghua murmured.
On the other side of the canyon, a black-robed cultist who was in charge of guarding the civilians heard the faint noise, walked out of the wooden house and looked outside.
Because the white-robed high priest wanted to preach the "doctrine", several bonfires were burning in the square in front of the temple, and torches were also inserted on the walls around the temple, providing basic lighting for the core area in the middle section of the canyon.
With the help of the firelight, he could clearly see the terrifying monster that was destroying the temple. The black-robed cultist stood there in a daze for three seconds before falling down without a word...
The seeds of the evil gods are highly dangerous spiritual pollutants for humans.
The monsters that were created by the reverse fusion and deformation of living humans by the seeds of God were also high-risk mental pollutants. Even Agent Stanford, an ordinary person with a strong will, could not look directly at such an indescribable thing.
The players are just soul projections projected from across dimensions. They will be kicked off the line by mental attacks, but will not be affected by mental pollution. However, the weirdness of this monster still shocked the well-informed players.
As a group of players stared in amazement, the monster transformed by the black-robed leader twisted its irregular rock-like extensions so madly that it was impossible to tell which part was which organ or limb, and bit by bit the back half of the majestic temple was demolished into ruins, leaving only half of the front hall standing there alone.
After demolishing most of the temple... this huge and twisted monster, which made the players who loved to fight bosses not know where to start attacking, began to slowly disintegrate...
That's right, disintegration.
This monster, whose mere existence makes people doubt the world, is as fragile as a huge sand sculpture that can be blown away by the wind, or as a huge ink graffiti that can be dissolved by water.
Different from the evil god's favor obtained by the "Eternal Sleeper" believers through sacrifices with the restored cult, the unknown evil god's favor possessed by the leader of the black robes is too unstable, and its power far exceeds the carrying capacity of the "container" of the leader of the black robes; this power is not actively stimulated by the owner, but assimilated into the "container" after the owner's sanity collapses, so it is naturally difficult to last.
In just a few breaths, the monster that even the natural disasters felt they had no idea how to deal with was completely turned into black dust and was blown away by the night wind in the canyon.
"...Could it be that because we've finished all those ridiculous pre-quests, so when it comes to the BOSS-pushing stage, they just arrange a plot-based kill for one of the BOSSes?" The man who was racking his brains to figure out how to defeat this crappy monster ten seconds ago said with a confused look on his face.
Qin Guan, who was standing next to him, was stunned for a moment, then he yelled in horror: "Fuck! Plot kill?! The drop was also hacked, right? "
One word can wake a dreamer up.
The players who had recovered from their confusion immediately rushed into the temple ruins with their teeth bared...
After walking around the crumbling front hall and digging through the rubble, they finally found the "ruins" of the secret room where the BOSS was first discovered. They saw the shiny black polyhedron crystals (divine crystals) and a dozen pure magic crystals shining with purple light between the broken bricks and stones. The players who thought they would be blacklisted cried with joy: "Oh my god, it's good that the idiot planner finally behaved like a human being this time!"
On the Barcelo River, Yang Qiu, who was just quietly riding the boat without provoking anyone, had a blank expression on his face.
I happily jumped into the ruins of the secret room to pick up the dropped items. As soon as I picked up the most valuable God's Crystal, I felt something was wrong. I asked my friends in confusion, "Aren't there supposed to be two BOSSes? Where is the other one? Where is the level 5 BOSS?"
Miao Bishenghua, who was still crawling among the ruins with the hem of his robe lifted up, was stunned when he heard this.
Before the girl could instinctively cast her identification spell at the "ruins" area of the secret room, a strange spiritual suction force suddenly erupted from behind the person who was squatting in the ruins to pick up the fallen medicine, and instantly enveloped more than a hundred players in the fan-shaped area in front of the right side of the secret room's "ruins"...
Miao Bi Sheng Hua just stepped into the range of the strange mental suction. He only had time to utter "ah" before he felt dizzy and the picture in front of him became blurry.
Behind and to the side of the man who was giving me medicine, the high priest in white robe, half of his body buried in the rubble, raised one hand with a look of resentment, five fingers spread out, and pointed at the man who had his back to him.
The black-robed leader lost control, became distorted and ran wild, and the temple collapsed, but these were not enough to kill the high priest whose strength was similar to that of a high-level spellcaster.
But getting injured was inevitable - the undead retreated from the temple through the corridor in time, but he had no time to open the entrance to the secret passage and escape. He had to bite the bullet and rely on the barrier formed by his strong mental strength to endure the destructive power of the deformed monster at a very close distance.
With great difficulty, the deformed black-robed leader finally disappeared from this world completely, and the white-robed chief priest also lost the chance to escape - not only had the secret passage been blocked, but his own lower body was also crushed!
It was not easy to acquire powerful strength and accumulate huge wealth. Now it was time to enjoy them, but at this moment, everything was destroyed by this group of disgusting skeletons... How could the white-robed high priest be willing to accept this!
He will never give in!
He wants to kill these hateful undead spirits that destroy everything he has!
Since the Tarantan undead are immortal and can be resurrected no matter how many times they are killed, he will drag the soul fire of these undead into his spiritual realm!
Completely strangle the soul fire of these damned undead from the spiritual level. I don’t believe that these Tarantan undead can be resurrected!
Yang Qiu, who was watching all this happening from the player's perspective, remained expressionless.
Yang Qiu can deliver power to the player's anchor point and defend against mental attacks for the player... When the player first entered Toby Bennett's mirror space, Yang Qiu defended the player against the last mental attack before Toby Bennett's soul collapsed.
This time Yang Qiu did not interfere, not because he held a grudge against those idiots for always calling him a dog, but because it was completely unnecessary.
Regarding the behavior of the White Robe High Priest who dragged the player (the soul projection) into his own spiritual realm, Yang Qiu could only comment: "Taking on hundreds of filthy-minded earthlings at once in his own spiritual realm... The young man is really thoughtful."
In the weekly (Earth time) event of Exile Town, the inner demons of Hal, Tattle and Rex can slaughter players in the materialized spiritual realm. This is because Yang Qiu not only cut off the connection between the materialized spiritual realm and these three brothers, but also brought in the breath of the void to strengthen the inner demons of these three brothers, and used the special properties of the breath of the void to prohibit the soul projection of players from having any interaction with the spiritual realm that forms the "copy" when entering the "copy".
Contact between matter and matter will leave traces, and the same is true for souls. Although players are only projections of souls, contact and influence from the purely spiritual side can ignore the boundaries of time and space. It only depends on the intensity of the influence.
In short... only the inner demons of Hal and the other two can unilaterally attack players in the field, and players have no room for free play in this specific enhanced spiritual field, and can only "clear the book and fight the boss" step by step.
The white-robed high priest dragged the soul projections of hundreds of players into his own spiritual realm at once, which was equivalent to putting more than a hundred unrestricted and fully polluting huskies into his own home, and allowing these huskies to interact freely with the furniture and furnishings in his home...
This picture is so beautiful.
