Scourge Messenger

Chapter 334 Mysterious Divine Power Reward

boom!
When the Ascending Dragon Servant killed a Corpse Demon, the Corpse Demon suddenly exploded, blowing away all the surrounding demons and houses. Two layers of Yan Qing's defensive barrier were also blown apart.

But he couldn't care less about his own condition and hurriedly activated a new puppet to replace the old one that had been blown up.

They were facing a team of six demons, all of whom were level 3 demons. Once defeated, they would gain at least four level 3 puppet cards and one advanced transformation card.

However, the larger the demon army, the stronger the demons, far beyond what the literal data of the puppet card can describe. For example, the third-tier puppets summoned by Yan Qing would basically be killed by other third-tier demons in two or three hits. However, the current Ascended Dragon Servant has more than 4,000 attack power, and no third-tier demon is a match for it in one hit, so it is not difficult to deal with.

The difficulty lies in protecting the ascended dragon servants.

Although the Flesh and Blood Cage Bracelet can control the puppet, it cannot issue very precise commands. It can only give commands like 'charge,' 'retreat,' and 'go there,' and it can't even specify which target to attack; the puppet has to figure that out on its own. If the Ascended Dragon Servant is allowed to fight indiscriminately, it will die in less than two battles, and today's development will have to come to an end.

Therefore, their battle plan revolved around kite tactics. First, the Ascended Dragon Servant would not enter the battlefield immediately, but instead send two other cannon fodder to engage the enemy. Second, Murong Hui would use the Lightning Blade to slow down the demons' movement speed, creating a time difference of 'outnumbering the weak'. Then, Ying Ru would stab the demons from behind at the fastest speed. As for Yan Qing, he was responsible for using the cards.

Now that he has three puppet slots, and after defeating the demon team, he can obtain many puppet cards, naturally mastering a tactic: reinforcements. Whenever an old puppet dies, Yan Qing immediately activates a new puppet, always keeping three puppets on the battlefield, trying to preserve the health of the Ascended Dragon Servant, and using the other puppets as cannon fodder.

As the last demon fell to the ground, Yan Qing immediately put on his goldfish-shaped goggles and looked around. Suddenly, he pointed in one direction and said, "They came from that direction!"

"Come this way!" Murong Hui quickly planned an escape route.

The deeper you venture into the Guiding Lands, the more likely you are to encounter the Centaurs and other messengers. In particular, no one in the Guiding Lands fights demons, so any sound of battle is as conspicuous as shouting in the local chat, "Everyone, look at me! I have an announcement to make!"

While fleeing, Yan Qing took a moment to examine the puppet cards, and suddenly his eyes lit up:
"Third-stage Elemental Spirit - Storm Inheritor"

Initial attack power: 800

Initial HP: 800

"Trait - Avalanche - Legacy: When this Puppet card is removed, if a Elemental is discovered, the Elemental will gain all the attributes of this Puppet card."

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"Three-fold Elemental Spirit - Yin-Yang Lantern"

Initial attack power: 300

Initial HP: 500

"Trait - Yin Yang: When other elemental spirits are removed, obtain an original copy of that elemental spirit. This can be triggered once a day."

Yan Qing's heart stirred, recalling a change card called "Accumulated Avalanche" from yesterday. "Accumulated Avalanche" can transfer all the attributes of one puppet to other puppets.

If you use "Accumulated Avalanche" on "Storm Legacy", three things will happen: "Storm Legacy" discovers a new elemental spirit, which gains all of "Storm Legacy's" attributes; "Accumulated Avalanche" transfers "Storm Legacy's" attributes to another puppet; and the Yin-Yang Lantern creates a new "Storm Legacy".

In other words, the attributes of the "Storm Successor" have been transferred twice!

The initial 800/800 stats of the "Storm Inheritor" are not much, but what if Yan Qing raises it first? For example, he could transfer the 4200/3200 stats of the Ascended Dragon Servant to the "Storm Inheritor," and then do the same thing again, and Yan Qing would have two puppets with a combined 4200/3200 stats! This is much faster than raising a puppet; it's a direct copy and stack!
Don't forget, the Yin-Yang Lantern also copied a new "Storm Successor". Yan Qing could do it again, first transferring the physiques of the other puppets to Storm, and then doubling the attribute transfer with Avalanche Storm.

This is no different from stepping on one's own foot to ascend to heaven; it's an exponential growth. Yan Qing could easily destroy the Demon Gathering Land with a single punch in just a few rounds. But once he calmed down, he quickly realized the biggest challenge: how to efficiently acquire the "Accumulated Avalanche" variation card?

Aside from amusement park rides and random monster drops, Yan Qing knew nothing else about avenues for obtaining them. However, the elemental spirit's characteristic was called avalanche, and transformation cards also had avalanche effects, leading Yan Qing to reasonably suspect the existence of a fourth-tier elemental spirit puppet capable of generating avalanches. But right now, there simply wasn't one; without enough avalanches, they couldn't be stacked up.

Challenge the fourth-tier demon team? Yan Qing hesitated. It wasn't that he couldn't win. If he used [Resurrection] on the Ascended Dragon Servant, he could eventually summon four immortal soul dragon servants. Then, they would only need to move around and dodge, and the soul dragon servants would naturally wear down the fourth-tier demon team.

However, this method can only be used once, and after that, they can find a hot spring hut to rest today. More importantly, the fourth-tier demons are all in the heart of the Demon Gathering Land. If the battle drags on, the Hundred Guards will definitely gather and surround them, which is too risky.

Therefore, it is best to challenge the fourth-tier demon near the end of the day. This way, even if all the puppets are destroyed, they can be replenished after the midnight refresh.

Even while hiding in a general store, Yan Qing was still considering his next lineup. "Goldfish Goggles" spotted the Imperial Guards again and immediately said, "They're catching up."

"Ugh, so annoying!" Murong Hui stuffed the beef jerky mixed with spicy strips into her mouth. The battle was too physically demanding, and she needed to replenish her energy frequently. "Let's just take the portal and leave this place!"

While they were traveling, Ying Rushi handed a water bottle to Yan Qing. Yan Qing unscrewed it and gulped down a large mouthful. After catching his breath, he was about to finish the second sip when Ying Rushi reached out her hand: "I haven't drunk any yet."

"Huh? I thought this was for me." Yan Qing was taken aback. "But I've already had some. Maybe we should wait a bit—"

"No need, I don't mind."

Ying Rushi took the water bottle and took a big gulp, but perhaps because of the strenuous exercise, her face was flushed and steaming. At this moment, Murong Hui snatched the water bottle away, gulped it down, and gasped for breath, saying, "I'm alive again! I almost choked to death!"

"Can't you eat a little slower?" Ying Ru was happy to be able to change the subject with Murong Hui's help.

Just then, a deafeningly loud sound suddenly came from the sky!

They looked up and saw the dragon breathing fire, circling in the sky, its roar like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting! As the dragon roared, the cave ceiling shook violently, and chunks of rock fell, turning into flames as they fell, crashing to the ground and causing minor tremors!

From the opening in the rock, ferocious and monstrous demons crawled out! Some resembled lava mantises, each of their eight arms gripping a giant scythe; others resembled crimson phoenixes, their cries like those of phoenixes and cranes, so intense that one could feel one's eyes burning just by looking at them from afar!
The most terrifying thing is that a huge and blazing darkness crawls out of the big hole in the middle!

Its body seemed to be made of shadow, yet it was filled with scorching flames. It had no legs, only two enormous arms, from which molten lava dripped every second. When it landed on the ground, the entire Guiding Lands trembled, and dark winds swept across the land, stirring ripples of fear in everyone's hearts.

"This is..." Yan Qing stared in disbelief.

“It’s the sixth day, they should have arrived by now.” Murong Hui wasn’t surprised at all: “The true masters of the Demon Gathering Land, the True Demon and the Eight Demons.”

On the sixth day of the Demon Gathering Land, which is the day after the messenger can leave, nine extremely powerful demons will appear. Eight of them are great demons that are suspected to be at the fifth level, while the true demon located in the center of the Demon Gathering Land is considered to be a demon king at the sixth level. Not to mention mortal messengers, even Foundation Establishment messengers could be killed by it with a single punch.

They undoubtedly harbor enormous secrets, but only mortals can enter the Demon Gathering Land. If there were a hundred or a thousand Rank 3 cultivators attacking them with a death-defying spirit, they might be able to wear down these demons who have no concept of escape and only know how to fight head-on. But where in the Central Plains would there be so many Rank 3 cultivators? Even if there were so many, how could Rank 3 cultivators possibly throw their lives away? They're not without legs, can't they just run away?

Therefore, although the True Demon and the Eight Demons have existed for countless years, no one has ever killed them, nor does anyone know what reward they would receive upon their death. However, Yan Qing now knows.

He raised his bracelet, looked at the illusory transformation card that had suddenly appeared, and couldn't help but swallow hard.
"Confront the Demon of Other-Transformation: You will be teleported to the Demon of Other-Transformation. This transformation card will be generated daily until the Demon of Other-Transformation is defeated."

The player who has the greatest merit in killing the Demon of Freedom and Innocence will be selected to possess a profound divine ability. This ability will not be counted as a Foundation Establishment ability and cannot be used for ascension or seeking gold.

If a player is killed by a character in Normal Mode/Asura Mode, they will receive one 'Divine Power Point'. Creating a new character consumes this 'Divine Power Point' and grants a derivative Divine Power. (Divine Power Points are refunded upon deleting a Divine Power character.)
If killed by a real-mode character, all real-mode characters under the account will gain derivative imagery abilities.

(End of this chapter)