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Chapter 823: Vines suck blood all over the city, trumpet sets out

The judge solemnly declared, "Therefore, formally sentencing Sage Remiel for dereliction of duty renders him unsuitable for the position of Customs Inspector—"

Remiel simply waved his hand: "Privileged exemption!"

The judge stated, "Given the immense value of the power unit and the egregious impact you have caused, your remaining privilege points are insufficient for exemption and will result in a negative number."

Michael was suddenly shocked: "Another negative number? Who exactly is this judge—"

Remiel exclaimed incredulously, "Impossible! I still have 60 privilege points left, isn't that enough? What kind of motivation is so valuable?"

With a wave of the judge's hand, the white room instantly switched to the scene of Tifa exploding in the basement.

Even the developers themselves were astonished: "How did they manage to do that?"

At this time, the area outside the basement was under martial law. Although the basement had exploded, it only blew up the walls, and the assembled power unit was quite intact.

Then the judge waved his hand again, and a module in the unit opened, revealing a shimmering crystal core surrounded by a hazy spatial fluctuation.

Remiel was shocked: "What is this?"

The judge said, "Ancient Void Warship Power Core!"

The crowd erupted in uproar!

Remiel and Metatron's expressions changed drastically: "The NPCs are framing us?"

Remiel was utterly shocked and furious: "I don't admit it! Although I stopped the inspectors from going through the checkpoint, I'm certain that this thing wasn't there when we cleared customs."

The judge said in a deep voice, "Are you questioning the physical evidence at the scene?"

Remiel retorted angrily, "Of course we should question it! Who knows who put it there?"

The judge nodded: "So, do you request a postponement of the trial?"

Remiel paused for a moment, then instinctively replied, "Request an extension."

The judge waved his hand: "Then let's postpone the trial."

The next moment, Remiel was pushed out of the white room and locked in the small dark room again.

Remiel was bewildered: "They've locked me up again?"

Gabriel said urgently, "That's not right. As long as there's no conviction, they should be released. They can't be detained any longer."

Remiel was stunned: "I plead guilty to dereliction of duty!"

Gabriel exclaimed, "So that means the judge can keep detaining you under the pretext of extensions?"

Remiel panicked: "Am I really going to spend all my privileges and end up with a negative balance?"

Metatron panicked even more: "I'm next! Even NPCs are framing me, how am I supposed to deal with that?"

Gabriel exclaimed urgently, "Of course we will deny everything!"

Xila sighed, "Actually, since Chenghua has escaped anyway, just say that it was all Chenghua's doing and that you didn't know anything."

Gabriel retorted irritably, "You're such a bitch!"

Sila laughed, "What else can we do? This is the only way—look, Xiaomei didn't object right away, he hesitated, hahaha!"

Metatron snapped, "You bitch, shut up!"

Just then, the door to Metatron's small dark room opened.

Metatron's heart tightened. Perhaps Sira was right. He believed Tifa could understand his predicament. After all, she was the city lord's daughter; the connection was far too great. No matter what major incident occurred, the Empire could only downplay it. She had the power to take the blame for him…

But it was the breakfast delivery person who came in.

Metatron was stunned: "Just breakfast? Not going to interrogate me?"

The deliveryman shook his head: "It's not within my jurisdiction, I have no comment."

Metatron was stunned: "Did they anticipate that I would shirk the blame and decide to arrest City Flower first?"

Gabriel was taken aback: "So, you've just been locked up like this all this time?"

The group looked at Michael: "Boss, what's up?"

Michael's face turned ashen: "I suspect this judge is the Emperor himself! He's even going so far as to frame us! Is the Emperor truly determined to eliminate all of us sages? Sariel and Raphael should also prepare for the worst. Fortunately, we still have Raziel, Uriel, Samuel, and Sila—four of us who are not under the Emperor's control. Sila, focus on developing your abilities; now is the perfect opportunity for you to leap forward by clearing the ruins."

Sila felt a tremendous sense of responsibility: "Boss..."

Sariel muttered, "Looks like I'll have to make arrangements for my precious mermaid's future too..."

……

Desert ruins.

——雅特娜丝1.99Plus+版提示：您的神匠级机械术成功的扫描核心机组获得图纸《编号A0001》，《A0002》，《A0003》……《A0047》……

Da Chun was fairly satisfied with the scanning speed of the blueprints, but the sheer number of blueprints was terrifying. The first cabinet alone had already yielded dozens of blueprints, and they weren't finished yet. If they scanned the entire server room, there would probably be thousands! Building an aircraft carrier? This game doesn't have to be this realistic, does it?

Then Da Chun heard various howls and running noises coming from outside the house.

Da Chun immediately asked in the Chamber of Commerce channel, "Elder, what's going on?"

Sheila: "President, don't worry, the trolls are hunting down these sand demons all over the city."

Oh yeah?

Although I knew that the Ten Elders' arrangements must have a deeper meaning, since I was going to put on an act, I had to do it seriously.

Da Chun asked, "If the giant monster destroys the sand demon, won't it get the crystal core?"

Sheila replied patiently, "Yes, but that will consume a lot of the troll's energy and stamina. It will make it easier for me to use Divine Descent to concentrate all my strength to eliminate the troll... When that happens, all the crystal cores will explode, saving us the trouble of killing them one by one. So, President, you can rest assured."

That's well-reasoned and supported by evidence; you can rest assured.

But Da Chun's current scanning is easy yet time-consuming, giving him plenty of energy to do other things, like spreading his vines to find and drain the lifeblood of all the slain monsters in the city. That's the entire city's life force; not draining it would be a huge waste. Besides, the vines have only reached the Grandmaster level; they're far from becoming a Divine Craftsman. Maybe draining the lifeblood of a giant monster will make him a Divine Craftsman?
Also, since the Grandmaster-level vines grow quickly, after they spread out, we can also go to a few restaurants to see if they have any Millennium Wine—hmm?

The thought of the Millennium Wine suddenly struck Da Chun, leading him to a plan for the competition. Wine itself has festival-related bonuses, so drinking the Millennium Wine would surely provide a significant boost, right? He could take a few sips of the Millennium Wine first, then explain his "competition luck" at the arena. After all, all he needed to do was let the Ten Elders witness it firsthand. Ordinary players wouldn't need an explanation; let them be surprised and guess—they'd already figure it was related to drinking. And the more blatantly he flaunted his competition luck, the more the Ten Elders would believe he wasn't the type to hide anything…

So, we really have to find this thousand-year-old wine!

In short, first, suck blood.

Da Chun activated his Earth Vein Perception and quickly located the nearest place where a monster had died underground. He then extended his vines over to absorb it.

But this time it's not like the previous electric arc inhalation where you "inhale and exhale" the smoke, keeping it clean and hygienic. This time, you inhale all the raw blood!

Fortunately, the vines have now reached the Grandmaster level and have mutated. If they really can't withstand it, there's plenty of electricity in my own divine realm, so I can electrolyze them there.

When the vines reached their destination, the sand demon was instantly cut in half at the waist, bleeding profusely, and the surrounding sand was completely soaked in its blood.

Start sucking!
—Druid Class Tip: Your Grandmaster-level Vine has absorbed the energy of the corrupting blood of the evil god and suffered a certain degree of corrosive damage. Your Vine skill proficiency has been increased.

Then a small string of "-1" damage numbers slowly floated up.

Okay, that's it? There's no downgrade warning, and the damage is relatively slow, so it's perfectly manageable.

Da Chun checked the Divine Realm again, and black and red blood mist appeared in the Divine Realm, forming two distinct layers with the lightning net in the sky above the Divine Realm.

Since its role is simply to be a trash can, Da Chun doesn't intend to consume electricity to decompose anything; collecting energy this way is fine enough.

Meanwhile, to prevent the trash can from overflowing, Da Chun quickly grew new vine branches to search for corpses in other locations.

It must be said that with ample energy, the vines grew much faster. Very good, then let's go even bigger, branches attacking in all directions. Forget about where the corpses are for now, let's weave a vine net underground throughout the entire city first.

Just then, Ellen's voice came: "Darling, your divine realm has completely turned black. I can't see the trees inside from the outside anymore. Is this okay?"

“Yatenas said there would be no problem…”

Suddenly, Da Chun realized a problem: "Darling, if I'm not here, after you take over my body, can you also take over my divine realm?"

Eileen said with a hint of sourness, "No way! So, darling, you've found someone else?"

Ah, really not? It seems so, I can't use Ellen's divine realm.

Da Chun said urgently, "Yatenas is just the law of creation, but you are my dear, it's different."

Eileen smiled and said, "Actually, this is great. Seeing my darling getting stronger and stronger makes me very happy and gives me a sense of security."

Suddenly, Da Chun had a very inappropriate thought: if, under certain circumstances, that is, if such a situation occurred between husband and wife, could Yatnas be considered a kind of balancing force?

The thought of this made Da Chun uncomfortable, so he quickly changed the subject: "How is everyone's absorption progress now?"

Eileen laughed, "It's only just dawn. Leah is still sleeping. Everyone has been busy all night and is sleeping. How much progress can we expect? However, the Nightmare Knights have started taking turns to rest. The Viscount and the two Barons are carrying the residual soul energy that was spreading outside to the first floor. They haven't had much rest all night."

Ah, I was busy all night... but there were so many things to do that it felt like several days had passed.

Da Chun said, "Darling, you're tired too. You should rest now. I'm here for you."

Eileen laughed and said, "Okay, once I've rested and recovered, I'll help my darling take down this elder!"

Holy crap, I almost forgot about it because I was so busy!

This was just a fleeting thought last night, but I'm afraid... it's still very necessary! Hmph!

"Okay, honey, go and rest."

Over the next hour, Da Chun's vines attacked from all sides, completely forming a net underground in the ruined city. During this process, they encountered the stained sand, which further accelerated the expansion of the vines.

From this point on, Da Chun only needed to sit on the ground and suck blood.

Looking back at his divine realm, it was not only completely black, but the entire island seemed to have grown a size larger, like a black pearl in the blue sea of ​​Ellen, and one could even hear the cheerful cries of crows.

Just as I was feeling relieved, a notification sound came from the small account.

Dachun immediately switched to his trumpet.

—System notification: Your possessed earth spirit, Earth Lotus, has awakened and comprehended the divine domain skill "Dream God".

—System notification: You have achieved further power fusion with Countess Axioms in the Dream God Realm of Earth Lotus. Your Flight skill has gained Grandmaster-level insights, and the effect of your Wing Wind skill has been greatly enhanced.

Da Chun exclaimed in astonishment: "Di Lian, you've comprehended the Dream God's power!?"

Di Lian seemed a little unsatisfied: "Father, after I fell asleep last night, I transformed into a vine covered in flowers, and together with over three hundred tree spirit sisters, I flew through the divine realm with this demon sister. I then comprehended the Dream God, and the demon sister seems to have comprehended something as well; she has become stronger too..."

Ah, that's true. The smaller version has 365 tree spirits spanning thousands of years!
Back when they competed a thousand years ago, they were only the size of a palm. After returning, they were so busy with various things that they didn't even think about it or pay attention. Now—

Da Chun immediately looked at the smaller Forest Goddess's Domain and exclaimed, "Holy crap, it's the size of a child! The size of a little Cupid angel!"

Da Chun seems to be only now realizing just how powerful his alt account is. Liya only has four thousand-year-old flower spirits; the sheer number of his opponents is almost unbelievable! It's only natural that 365 little sister tree spirits could elevate the Earth Lotus to the level of a Dream God. However, seeing that the lake of life essence has shrunk considerably since the competition, he'll have to continue collecting energy to nourish so many little sisters!
Just then, the CEO sister slowly woke up, her eyes filled with seductive charm as she hummed, "My little darling! You're amazing!"

amount……

Dachunhan said: "Sir——"

The CEO stopped Da Chun's mouth with her finger: "Call me baby!"

Is Earth Lotus really that powerful? Did it conquer both body and soul directly?

Da Chun still felt quite accomplished: "Honey! I think I should set off to challenge the 72 pillars."

The CEO exclaimed, "Last night, I dreamt I entered my darling's divine realm, and only then did I realize how incredibly strong he is. A mere 72nd pillar—unless it's the clan leader, the others probably wouldn't stand a chance against you. I fully support you—"

After saying that, he waved his hand, and a spatial portal appeared beside him, from which came out... another familiar magic crystal screen! However, the outer ring of it was blurry and seemed to be full of energy.

The CEO said, "This is called a battlefield assistant. It can directly teleport you to the relevant battlefield. I have already arranged the optimal attack targets and routes for you, all recorded in a task list. You just need to attack according to the order of the list. It can also remind you to leave in time, because many times there is no need to fight to the death. Smashing and burning can achieve the goal, maximizing efficiency. At the same time, you can also command my 20 Earl's personal guards, but they can only follow secretly and be responsible for some cleanup and other tasks. You can command them to do odd jobs and run errands. At the most critical moment, they can also appear, but at that time—well, let them appear if they want. I fully support you."

amount……

This reminded Da Chun of the mission tablet Fafnir gave him, only he later gave it to Wei Shen. The CEO's is clearly much more advanced.

Da Chun asked, "Darling...when did you prepare this so meticulously?"

The CEO smiled and said, "Of course it was when we were happily resting together last night. That's why I asked you to rest. A planned action is better than you wandering around aimlessly without knowing anything."

(End of this chapter)