Destroy the beast crystal!
Lu Yu was even surprised himself when he received this mission.
Was Wang Zun’s mission like this?
“Or is this task assigned based on your abilities?” Lu Yu murmured to himself.
Although this was only Lu Yu’s guess, he could at least give it a try when it came to destroying the beast crystal.
With the strength of forty thousand zuns, if one still cannot approach the heavenly pit at this stage, there will truly be no chance left.
After preparing himself, Lu Yu rested for two hours and then left the city once he was certain he had fully recovered to his peak condition.
The area outside Fanggang City is now filled with a suffocating smell of blood. The black mist covering the ground has reached nearly half a foot in thickness.
In eight months, the beast did not break through the domain’s light shield, not even touching the barrier.
However, the mutated beasts are becoming more and more numerous, and almost all of them possess the Wanzun attribute as soon as they emerge.
The beasts had piled up like mountains, accumulating to a height of dozens of meters outside the city, like a flood.
The beasts folded upon each other in layers, like a flood engulfing the city, piling up into a towering wall of creatures before the light shield.
People stood within the domain light shield, watching as a series of beastly faces pressed together in front of the shield, leaving grotesque and terrifying imprints on its surface.
It feels just like looking at a tomb.
The range of human combat was compressed to the point where weapons had to continuously extend beyond the light barrier from behind their domain to strike down the beasts.
But this way, the beast could simply extend its claws and strike the barrier of the domain.
They could no longer withstand the beast’s onslaught.
Humans are under increasing pressure.
Even the King of Immortality and the puppet were forced to retreat.
They also felt the immense pressure and had to calm down.
The Black Tide hasn’t even begun yet. Right now, during just the Black Rain phase, it’s already this terrifying.
Many warriors knew well that descending into darkness was not so easy.
Not long ago, confidence turned into solemnity.
This is no joke—the end of the world where even kings can be beheaded.
Lu Yu stepped out of the domain.
With his demonic body and the nascent form of the King’s skill, blood rain filled the sky within five hundred zhang around him in an instant.
“Lu Yu has left the city!” Countless soldiers cheered joyfully.
Now, the only person capable of leaving the city is Lu Yu.
From the moment Lu Yu left the city, wild beasts surged toward him as if driven by a fierce determination.
When the powerful mutated beast approaches within a radius of four hundred zhang, its defensive capabilities become astonishingly formidable.
With无形 sword blades cleaving through space, Lu Yu moved swiftly. He advanced three thousand meters through the sea of beasts, and along the way, no one could stop him.
Roar!
Suddenly, all the beasts around Lu Yu began to mutate one by one.
A large number of beasts still possessed the strength of thousands, but some had hard scales or bony armor, some flew into the air, and others had mutated to develop unique skills.
Boom.
In an instant, an endless array of skills came crashing toward Lu Yu from all directions.
Lu Yu raised his hand and cast a series of void cages, which devoured those skills.
Moreover, most of the remaining skills were also shattered by the无形剑刃 (invisible blade).
“That doesn’t seem right.”
Lu Yu looked around in surprise at the beasts. All of them being mutated like this was definitely not normal.
Lu Yu thought so, yet still rushed forward.
Lu Yu had not walked five hundred meters when the surrounding beasts mutated once again.
Almost all the beasts have mutated into magical beasts, each possessing unique skills.
This time, a skyful of skills pressed down, directly bombarding into his four-hundred-zhang range.
Lu Yu felt a bit of pressure.
When he advanced another five hundred meters, several ten thousand of these magical beasts among them actually transformed into Wang Zun.
This time, Lu Yu was under even more pressure.
These mutated beasts that became King Zun’s monsters not only had their defenses enhanced, but their skills were also strengthened.
Tens of thousands of Wang Zun’s ultimate skills轰过来, having already carved a path through the无形剑刃.
Immediately, dozens of Wang Zun rushed forward.
Lu Yu mercilessly incinerated those Wang Zuns with demonic flames and collected their corpses.
“Only four thousand meters? There’s still six thousand meters to go. Is this a joke?” Lu Yu felt the pressure increasing as he approached the beast crystal.
I’m afraid this is the beast crystal’s self-defense mechanism, preventing any human from getting close.
Five thousand meters—
Among these magical beasts, more than 100,000 King-level experts have already undergone mutations, and the strength of these Kings absolutely reaches around 100,000 Zun.
A powerful skill struck like a devastating wave, shattering all the invisible blades of sword energy around Lu Yu.
Next, the skills of hundreds of thousands of magical beasts from all directions crushed down on Lu Yu at once, causing him to be shaken violently and spit out large mouthfuls of blood.
“Damn it!” Lu Yu gritted his teeth and activated his full killing awakening to push forward.
He could advance no further when he was less than four kilometers away from the Tiankeng.
Because here, hundreds of magic beasts have mutated into monsters that possess the rudimentary skills of a king-level creature.
Meanwhile, the number of Wang Zun reached two hundred thousand heads.
All the beasts around Lu Yu were kings.
His breath released, combined with skill attacks, Lu Yu did not advance but instead retreated.
“Damn it, do I have to wait until I reach the King level or bring along a Star Artifact to get in?”
Lu Yu retreated unwillingly.
Six thousand meters, this was his limit.
As he retreated, the originally mutated beasts began to weaken in power, and eventually, one by one, they fell from the Wang Zun realm and returned to their normal state.
“The beast crystal is preventing anyone from approaching it to avoid being destroyed.”
Lu Yu understood roughly.
When he retreated, many soldiers became deeply discouraged.
Since even Lu Yu, with his abilities, couldn’t get close to the beast crystal, and the king couldn’t either, then they certainly stood no chance.
Would they end up being worn down and dying here?
He returned to his domain, found the Immortal King, and then borrowed two star artifacts from the Regeneration King and the Supreme Regeneration King.
Lu Yu equipped a pair of gauntlets refined from the ocean of gold and stone, while the Undead King picked up his battle axe.
The two joined forces and exited the domain together.
This time, many soldiers were filled with anticipation.
After all, this is Wang using the Star Device, the strongest force in the world, which is unstoppable.
After both of them exited the six-thousand-meter range, they both activated their Star Artifacts.
The King of Immortality swings his war axe, slaying everything in his path.
Lu Yu unleashed the power of the Golden Stone Ocean, activating star artifacts that loomed like endless mountains, instantly crushing the countless surrounding Kings into bloodied pulp.
When they had traveled seven thousand meters, more than thirty beasts had already evolved to a level approaching the strength of a king.
Under the Star Artifact, the two barely managed to advance, suppressing the more than thirty mystical beasts.
But when they reached eight thousand meters, two of the beasts here had actually mutated into Kings.
This time, it was just these two king-level beasts that blocked the two people.
There were more than fifty other magical beasts nearby, each approaching the strength of a king. The two of them were now at a disadvantage.
The King of Immortality was very depressed. Clenching his teeth in anger, he cursed, “Damn it, those shameless deities never intended to let us survive. They’ve already evolved two Kings to stop us when we’re still two thousand meters away from the Heaven Pit. If we reach the 8,500-meter mark, there might be four Kings waiting. By then, it’ll be difficult for us to even make it out alive. Lu Yu, let’s retreat. This is not a place we can pass through right now.”
Lu Yu was also very unwilling to accept it.
But he had already pushed his strength to the limit.
As the two stepped back, Lu Yu looked solemnly at the Undead King and said, “It seems you haven’t fully activated the Star Artifact; this is not its full power.”
The King of Immortality nodded and said, “If I fully activate my stellar artifact, I should be able to hold off two Kings by myself. But can you withstand the remaining enemies’ assault? Even if I use my King-level skills together with flames and toxic gas, I could at best fight three Kings to a draw. However, if the battle drags on, I will inevitably be defeated. When reaching the King level, many factors determine the outcome of a battle.”
Lu Yu nodded and coldly said, “If all my abilities were completely unleashed, I might be able to stand against a King, but I definitely wouldn’t win.”
“Therefore, it seems that to approach the Heavenly Abyss now, either dozens of star artifacts must be activated simultaneously, or there must be an attack involving more than ten kings, each wielding a star artifact!”
“The King of Ten Thousand?” Lu Yu thought, recalling the king’s blood within him.
These days, from completing tasks and what I obtained in the Stone City, after subtracting what was used up and wasted, there are still eleven drops left.
If all the dead puppets could be transformed into kings, and combined with the Star Artifacts, it might actually be possible.
However, the star instruments also need to be remade.
“Let’s wait a bit longer.”
Lu Yu smiled bitterly, helpless.
When the two individuals retreated from the domain, many people were stunned.
Because Lu Yu’s expression was anything but relaxed, it meant they had failed again.
“If even Lian Wang couldn’t win with a Star Artifact, how can we stand a chance?”
“Defense, just defense. I wonder what good things the mission system can give us now.”
“Yeah. I heard that some people have already obtained the Xinghua Gem in the past few days, and some have even acquired powerful King’s Noble Skills.”
…
Lu Yu returned the stardust artifact, while the Undead King and the puppet continued focusing on gathering the remains of the King’s corpse.
Lu Yu kept completing tasks without pause.
It has reward attributes, reward items, and skills.
However, the third Star Soul Gem has never appeared.
Lu Yu was even willing to exchange three pieces of armor, each with a defense value of one million, but no one came forward.
In one year, the black mist on the ground had risen to nearly two and a half feet.
Outside Fangang, the pile of beasts reached a height of fifty meters, as if they were about to engulf the entire city.
Lu Yu’s strength reached five hundred thousand zuns.
Meanwhile, Liu Xing also brought Lu Yu some bad news.
That is the wall of the second realm, where someone discovered a tiny crack.
Although these cracks are not numerous or large.
However, this was enough to cause panic among some people.
The walls made of Starlight Ore are not invincible; they will also shatter if subjected to massive impacts.
Lu Yu thought of the royal city in the monster-hunting plain.
Was that also shattered forcefully by a beast?
Liu Xing pulled a letter from his chest and handed it to Lu Yu, saying, “Mr. Lu, there’s also some bad news. Please take a look yourself.”
Lu Yu approached the envelope, opened it, and inhaled sharply. “Have cities in China, France, and the United Kingdom already been breached?” he exclaimed in disbelief.
“Yeah, this information came through special channels from that elder in Huaxia,” Liu Xing said in a trembling voice, his tone laced with fear. “The Darkening hasn’t even fully begun yet, and cities are already being destroyed. We can’t even get close to beast cores.”
Lu Yu clenched the envelope in his hand, crushing it into a ball. Gritting his teeth, he said, “No, I absolutely cannot fall like this. I’ve spent decades preparing for this moment—to pass through, not to die here. Go inform the leaders of the other regions; I’m going all-in on this. I must destroy all the beast crystals nearby. Tell them to gather their strongest forces here immediately.”
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