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Chapter 180 Moonstone Mountain! The Lunar Eclipse Beast!

After a while, the teleportation array on the border of the Pale Plains flashed with teleportation light again, and the swordsman with a knife stepped out of the teleportation array.

He looked around, slightly puzzled. The expected reinforcements from the Black Moon World's native inhabitants hadn't arrived, and there were no sounds of fierce fighting in the distance. This scene made Thasos feel somewhat uneasy.

'Could the city be shrouded in an illusion?'
'No, that's not right. I possess extremely high willpower attributes and won't be easily affected by illusions. It must be for some other reason.'
Thasos placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, his muscles slightly tense, ready to engage in battle at any moment and face any possible surprise attack.

He walked slowly to the top of the city wall and saw warriors standing there, stunned. These Moon Warriors stared blankly in the direction outside the city, and some even quietly dropped their weapons.

"What's the situation now?"

Thassos asked the question, and at the same time subconsciously stepped forward, looking towards the direction outside the city.

Then, he also fell silent.

The Pale Plain is called the Pale Plain because there are many plants on the plain that shimmer with white light, giving the plain a pale color.

Now, countless plants that once glowed white are now stained with the color of blood, and red spots appear in the corners of the piles of monster corpses, making the scene look like a hellish inferno.

The pitch-black demonic flames burned fiercely; they were fires formed from the power of the demonic abyss. As they burned, they devoured and engulfed the flesh and blood of the monsters, emitting a soft "sizzling" sound. Every now and then, pieces of the monster's corpse would fall from the pile, making a chaotic clattering sound. There were also weak, mournful cries from the monsters that seemed to come from nowhere.

In the very center of this hell, on a mountain of corpses and remains made up of countless monster remains, a young man sat quietly.

His body leaned slightly forward, one arm casually resting on his knee, while the other arm, bound with the Moon Chain, hung limply at his side. The Moon Chain, radiating a dark purple light, hung naturally, its chain stained with indelible blood, its end submerged in a stream of crimson.

"Tick!"

Blood dripped down, the blood seeping from the pile of corpses falling into the stream where the chains were located. The various colors of blood seeping from the mountain of corpses flowed downstream, gathering into small rivers in the pits at the foot of the mountain, emitting a pungent and foul odor.

"Whoo~"

Ye Mingqiu slowly stood up. The short rest was enough to restore his physical strength and spiritual energy. If the Blood Spear were still there, he wouldn't even need to rest to restore his physical strength. The Blood Spear would give him powerful endurance through the Blood Crystal link.

A blood-red killing intent quietly rose up, burning like an invisible blood flame.

This wasn't something he intentionally released; rather, it was due to the excessive killing of too many monsters in a short period, which amplified his killing momentum and caused it to dissipate somewhat uncontrollably for a short time. He would be able to stabilize it after a short period of adjustment.

On the city wall, Thassos finally came to his senses and quickly realized a rather serious problem.

That is.
He came here to fight the monster horde and earn military merits to exchange for treasures, but now that the monsters have all been killed, he has no more monsters or military merits to earn!

OMG!

So what should I do now?
What else can I do?
"As expected of the Bloodthirsty Tyrant, it so easily crushed the monster horde. It is no less powerful than another monster. With such a strong being around, our world is safe."

A soldier clenched his fist, a smile of excitement spreading across his face as he muttered to himself.

"Another monster? What's going on?"

Thassos quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Huh? You didn't know? There's a monster called Shattered Star over there in the Silent Sea that wiped out the entire monster tide."

The soldier looked puzzled, as if he were looking at a primitive man without internet access. The Black Moon World had relatively advanced alchemy technology, and could exchange alchemical products to quickly transmit various important information to other areas.

However, Thasos, who had only recently arrived in this world, clearly hadn't acquired this method of communication, and his information channels were relatively closed.

Ignoring Thasos's shocked and bewildered expression, the soldier continued, "Now we've secured the Silent Sea and the Pale Plains, two of the three most dangerous places on our border. Only the Shadow Algae Jungle remains, and we don't know if any monsters like them have emerged."

Just as Thasos was about to say something more, Ye Mingqiu rushed over quickly, moving as fast as a speeding train, with a terrifying momentum.

He stomped his foot on the city wall, causing a large dent in the ground, and stared intently at the quartermaster standing next to Thasos, asking, "Faction Merit Shop, activate."

[Note: The Military Merit Shop is now activated]

Ye Mingqiu quickly opened the store, harboring a sliver of hope, but his expression instantly fell when the store was fully loaded.

Because the military merit shop is empty.

Nothing at all.

He opened the channel directly.

Temporary Channel
God Lord: @ShatteredStar, why is the Military Merit Shop empty?
Shattered Star: Heh?
Thasos: Oh crap! The shop is empty before I even started fighting! Aaaaaah!
Thasos: I haven't even started yet!

Sunny: [Map Coordinates.JPG]

Clear Skies: These places may be the core of the Dream Realm.

God: Okay.

Thasos: ?

Tianqing: I teamed up with him before. Last time, the four of us were just getting ready when he single-handedly wiped out the opposing team, leaving the four of us stunned and dumbfounded.

Tianqing: So, this time I've figured out what I should do. From the beginning, I never intended to compete with these monsters.

Thassos: I figured that having so many culprits shouldn't constitute a competitive relationship.
God: Why are there three coordinates? And the locations are not quite the same.

God: Reason.

Clear Skies: This conclusion was drawn from three different deduction methods. Currently, there is still too little known information to determine the exact location.

God: Hmm.

Ye Mingqiu closed the chat box. He wasn't surprised that Tang Ruobing cleared out the military merit shop. After all, this was a fair competition, and he couldn't help wasting time with the Eternal Night Monarch at the beginning because he was in prison.

He felt neither jealousy nor envy, but simply sent the [Crescent Moon] attribute to Tang Ruobing privately, completely ignoring the spirit world notification sound that rang afterward. He slightly raised the corners of his mouth and looked at the quartermaster beside him, asking, "Can I use military merits to teleport to a designated location via the teleportation array?"

"No, we can only teleport to a teleportation point near the target location. Our teleportation array doesn't have the function of teleporting to a specific location, and each teleportation costs 10,000 military merits," the quartermaster said.

"Teleported here."

Ye Mingqiu opened the map and pointed to Moonstone City, which was neither too close nor too far from the teleportation point.

The message about clear skies was sent to a group, and Tang Ruobing and Yalis had probably already set off. Going to the nearest teleportation point would likely lead to monster-stealing, and Yalis knew this, so she would most likely go to the furthest one.

And
This guy hasn't said a word, who knows if he's secretly plotting something big. None of the top-ranked psionicists are simple, and it's highly likely that Alice has already started causing trouble.

Immediately, Ye Mingqiu stepped onto the teleportation array and disappeared in a flash of white light.

Thasos stepped forward, a bright smile on his face, and said, "I'll teleport too."

"Sorry, your balance is insufficient."

The quartermaster gave an awkward but polite smile and said in an extremely formulaic manner, "..."

Thassos fell silent.

Two little figures appeared in my mind, one on the left and one on the right, cursing at each other.

If you don't have enough military merits, then go and earn them!
All the monsters have been killed!

If there are no monsters, just teleport!

Teleportation requires military merit!
If you don't have military merits, why not try to earn them!

Damn it! We're stuck in a vicious cycle!

Of course, it's also possible to exchange for teleportation opportunities through other means without consuming military merits, but it's very expensive. He had just teleported before and hadn't even recouped his investment yet, and now he had to spend money to teleport again at his own expense. This made him feel like he was paying to work.

Moonstone Mountain

This is the origin of moonstone and the place where moon tears are most abundant. It has a well-developed mining industry chain, with moonstones being mined regularly and in fixed quantities. Excessive mining of moonstones may affect the production of moon tears and the stability of the ore body.

According to intelligence, this is the place that receives the most moonlight and is also the first place to be affected. Countless monsters have flooded the mine and completely destroyed the mining facilities.

Due to the severity of the disaster, the Night King decided to abandon Moonstone Mountain.

Although the yield of moonstones is tempting, the inability to obtain them will only lead to more casualties in the Moon City due to greed and desire, which is not in line with the ruling philosophy of the Eternal Night King.

Beyond Moonstone Mountain lies Moonstone City.

Ye Mingqiu stepped out of the teleportation array, his body still stained with monster blood that hadn't dried. He casually glanced at the blood spear that was undergoing transformation in his storage space, then looked towards the direction of Moonstone Mountain.

There's a sense of danger there.
Ye Mingqiu's fighting instincts began to warn him.

This was expected. Although the Night King showed weakness to him, it did not mean that the other party was weak. On the contrary, the Night King was extremely powerful and had few rivals among the level 10 overlords.

Even so, he still gave up the Moonstone Mountain mine. You have to know that the Moonstone Mountain mine can produce [Moon Tears], which is a very important strategic resource. Minerals of this level must be protected as long as they can be obtained.

However, the Night King still gave up, which means that the Moonstone Mountain must be extremely dangerous, and even if he came in person, he could not change the situation.

"Bloodthirsty Tyrant, you have arrived."

The warriors in Moonstone City stepped forward, their eyes filled with hope as they looked at Ye Mingqiu, as if seeing him was equivalent to seeing the possibility of reclaiming their territory.

One of the older warriors spoke up, saying, "Moonstone Mountain is only twenty-three miles to the west, and powerful monsters dwell within it."

Who is the strongest?

Ye Mingqiu interrupted directly and asked.

"The giant beast of the lunar eclipse."

"feature."

"Its size is as large as a mountain, and it has armor that is as hard as moonstone. It has extremely high resistance to both elemental and physical damage, and can be immune to most kinds of damage. When the Lunar Eclipse Beast fights at full power, its body will flash with dark purple light and it will forcibly suppress all the energy around it, regardless of the type of energy."

"learn."

Ye Mingqiu smiled with relief.

The Lunar Eclipse Beast possesses magic-suppressing abilities, and these abilities cover a wide area. This magic-suppressing ability doesn't just prohibit its use; it directly suppresses all energy.

For the Eternal Night King, a top-tier magic-based overlord, to encounter the Lunar Eclipse Beast is no different from a son encountering his father; he simply has no chance of winning.

"Moreover, there is even more important intelligence."

"What information?"

"The lunar eclipse behemoths are social creatures."

"?"

"Based on the information we have so far, there are about twenty Lunar Eclipse Beasts in Moonstone Mountain, and each of them possesses the strength of a king. If you want to challenge them, you'd better make sufficient preparations in advance," the older soldier continued earnestly.

"."

Ye Mingqiu fell silent.

The king-level strength the other party mentioned is not the king-level in the power system, but the king of the Eternal Night King, which is the overlord level strength.

In other words, there are about twenty level 10 overlords living inside Moonstone Mountain. Even if Ye Mingqiu had the Blood Spear, let alone not having it, he would have to think for a few seconds before deciding whether to go up.

The world of emergency conscription is indeed not simple.

The last time he went on an emergency conscription, he encountered the Omargon Remains at the level 1 limit. Although this thing appeared to be of overlord-level strength, its actual combat power was much stronger than that of a normal overlord. Its four-dimensional attributes were doubled compared to Li Jing at level 1, and its health was incredibly high.

If it weren't already dead, only possessing the instinct to survive and having the weakness of distorting living beings, Ye Mingqiu wouldn't have been able to kill it at all.

Now, encountering more than twenty overlords is not unbelievable. After all, if it were easy to deal with, the spirit world wouldn't have needed to urgently summon them.

After a full 12 seconds of deep thought, Ye Mingqiu finally came to a conclusion.

Let's fight first and talk later!

Anyway, I have high HP!
So, in full view of everyone, Ye Mingqiu jumped off the city wall as before and sped towards Moonstone Mountain.

The black moon hung in the sky, its dark purple light cascading down the barren land like a waterfall. The outline of Moonstone Mountain looked particularly ferocious in the eternal night, its jagged veins resembling the spine of a giant beast, winding their way to the horizon.

Ye Mingqiu slowed his pace slightly after stepping onto the mountain path. Although he was confident in his tankiness, he did not want to be surrounded by more than a dozen lunar eclipse beasts at the same time.

Who knows how powerful these things are!

That's a level 10 overlord!
From time to time, the howls of monsters echoed from the shadows in the mountains. The malice from all directions gradually approached Ye Mingqiu. The seemingly hidden approach was as ridiculous as a sneak attack in the dark with a lantern, according to his [Instinctive Perception].

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Several giant gray-white wolves darted out of the darkness with agile steps, silently opening their blood-red maws towards Ye Mingqiu, attacking with a whooshing sound.

Ye Mingqiu turned his head, a crimson color rising in his side eyes. He didn't even bother to raise his hand, but simply released a tangible, terrifying killing intent. The crimson wave instantly enveloped the giant wolves, and the giant wolves in mid-air fell to the ground one after another, their eyes rolling back and white foam involuntarily spitting out of their mouths.

He turned back and continued climbing up the mountain path. In the darkness, the hostility emanating from all directions intensified.

(End of this chapter)