Scourge Messenger

Chapter 467 Hope for Immortality

Deng Jin became increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed.

It wasn't because Yan Qing and the others were incredibly strong. Although they were indeed quite good, they were only considered good within the 'Fourth-Stage Foundation Establishment' level. Deng Jin could tell that their strength wasn't suppressed by the secret realm, and their use of supernatural abilities was quite rudimentary, suggesting they had only recently achieved Foundation Establishment. Even if Deng Jin and Wei Bai intentionally concealed their abilities, and Wei Bai had to tank damage, their output efficiency was still much higher than theirs. If there were an output ranking, the two of them would definitely be far ahead.

Even if they are once-in-a-century geniuses, Deng Jin and Wei Bai have lived for many centuries. Being a genius is just the threshold that allows people to see them.

What truly moved Deng Jin and Wei Bai was the strategy devised by Yan Qing and his team! To be precise, it was the advanced nature of the strategy itself!
"Seventy-five percent health," Jiang Shi suddenly said. "Prepare for a counterattack and pinpointing."

As mentioned before, Jiang Shi will not participate in the battle, but only in necessary tactical operations and is responsible for stating the current health of the Weeping Taoist and the killing move to be launched next. Therefore, although she has no output, her functionality is by no means low.

In fact, Deng Jin and Wei Bai were quite curious, because in all their years of life, they had never discovered any token that could detect the Demon King's blood volume, nor had they ever seen any similar powers or supernatural abilities.

They fully understood how important 'checking health' was in dungeon raids.

A detailed guide to the secret realm will inevitably include a specific phase where messengers are instructed to slow their attacks. This is because if the fight continues, the Demon King will unleash his deadly attack. Before that, the messengers must fully restore their health, otherwise they will easily be overwhelmed by the Demon King's onslaught. However, this "health-lowering" often relies entirely on the messengers' intuition, making it very easy to make mistakes. If a token could accurately detect the Demon King's health, the messenger team's output efficiency and safety would both be significantly improved.

Just the fact that Jiang Shin can detect blood levels means that even without the identity of the Treasure Fairy, she would be a target for various forces to recruit.

"Melee group assemble, ranged group take your positions!" Yan Qing gave the order. He, Ning Xiaoxiao, Shang Xinlei, and Jiang Shidu stood in the circle in the direction of the Weeping Taoist, while Wei Bai, Yaoshiyuan, Ying Rushi, and Deng Jin stood close to the Weeping Taoist's legs.

At that moment, the sound of millions of people weeping, laughing, angry, and reveling filled the air at the "Never-Ending Feast." The Weeping Taoist clasped his hands together, his face displaying four emotions simultaneously: joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. Four dice appeared in the sky around the arena and began to spin.

"You may kill sentient beings, enjoy other men's women, but I will not give them to you; you are all lying!"

A myriad of brilliant lights erupted from the Weeping Daoist, repelling Yan Qing and the other three, knocking them right under the dice. At the same time, the dice fell, striking them and shattering nearly half of their defensive barrier.

Wei Bai and the other melee fighters were unharmed. The area under the feet of the Weeping Taoist was an absolutely safe zone. In theory, everyone could hide inside to avoid this move. However, if no one 'triggered' the dice, the four dice would fall and cause four instances of damage to the entire field. Apart from the Shieldbearer, almost no one could withstand it, which would lead to the team's failure!
The Demon King's killing move can be divided into two problems: [repelling] and [catching the dice]. However, under Yan Qing's arrangement, both problems were solved at the same time. It was a very clever solution, perfectly matching the Demon King's mechanics to a seamless level. However, to be honest, it wasn't anything special. Anyone could use this solution to break the killing move.

But it is precisely because 'anyone can solve the problem using this method' that Deng Jinwei Bai attaches such importance to this strategy.

If it were them, how would they handle this deadly move? They'd probably find four teammates from the start who could withstand the knockback and have them positioned under the dice to catch the roll. Using the knockback to deal with catching the dice, like Yan Qing did, is something they neither dare to think of nor dare to do!
The reason is simple: if the killing move isn't countered, the cost is a wipeout, which equals death, and no one can afford that risk. What if someone mispositions and fails to catch it in time? What if the Demon King only uses the [Dice] skill and not the [Knockback] skill?

This is a matter of life and death; who would dare to be negligent?
They would rather pay ten times the price to guarantee a 100% success rate in countering the killing move than entrust their lives to such an 'efficient' and 'fancy' solution. Therefore, Deng Jin and Wei Bai understood that Jiang Shi and his group dared to do this because of their 'unbreakable alliance.' As long as they weren't instantly wiped out, they could recover—they had ample room for error!

This is a completely different strategy from the mainstream approach. It is an efficient tactic based on the collection of summoning stones. It dares to try to deal with the Demon King's killing moves at the lowest cost. It requires almost no improvisation. You only need to follow the orders of the commander 'dog (Yan Qing)' and focus on attacking the Demon King. As a result, everyone is not only very safe, but also fights very quickly. The faster you fight, the fewer times the Demon King will use his killing moves, further increasing the team's safety.

It was only at this point that Deng Jinwei truly realized the value of "recruitment" and the "unbreakable alliance".

If the Treasure Pavilion can change the world's landscape, then "Recruitment" can raise the upper limit of messengers!
Jiang Shi's team is now conquering the Blissful Immortal Palace as easily as going on a picnic, so even the Desperate Situation won't be able to stop them... Given time, they will be qualified to consistently clear the Desperate Situation!
What is this concept?
Clearing the perilous level will grant you the Gold element!
It should be noted that the Limit Secret Realm is the upper limit that the messenger can normally pass. Any higher Secret Realm depends almost entirely on luck. Not to mention the Imperial Flow Court, the Eternal Heaven, the Twelve Dragon Poem Clans, and the Fire Worship Sect, even the Heavenly Court of the Immortal Venerable lineage does not have the ability to reliably pass the Secret Realm. Even if they can pass the Secret Realm, there is a very high probability that they will lose a lot of sixth-level lives.

Beneath the feet of every Rank 7 Immortal Lord lies a mountain of bones, piled up like those of Rank 6 Golden Core cultivators!

That's not the most surprising thing. What if Jiang Shi's "Summoning and Gathering" could also be used in the Seventh-Rank Secret Realm?

The Seventh Rank Ultimate Secret Realm has a chance to produce Imperial Edicts! However, the difficulty of the Seventh Rank Secret Realm is beyond imagination, and the Immortal Lords are extremely afraid of death. They are usually scattered all over the country and it is difficult for them to gather together. Therefore, even though there are Ultimate Secret Realms in various places, the success rate is still very low.

The method of "summoning and gathering" can perfectly solve all the pain points of the Seventh-Rank Immortal Lord!
If there is a "conscription gathering", the frequency of conquering the seventh-level ultimate secret realm will increase significantly, and the power level of the entire world will experience an explosive leap.

The day Jiang Shiqi ascends to immortality will be the day the major powers split apart. At that time, a large number of mortal immortals will definitely follow Jiang Shi. Gangs, blood ties, and ideals will all seem insignificant at this moment. Everyone's eyes will only reflect the figure of Jiang Shi.

Because Jiang Shi represents the path to immortality, the future, and the hope for further progress! The seventh revolution is not her end, but the beginning of the entire world!
(End of this chapter)