The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 404: Stunning Skills (asking for monthly tickets)
The moon is high in the sky, and the stars are everywhere.

On that cold night, the only person left standing after the battle was Xu Shu.

He wiped the blood off his body, looked at the bodies of the "Three Friends of Winter", and repeatedly confirmed that they were really dead.

But his brows were still slightly furrowed.

"Something's wrong..." Xu Shu muttered to himself.

I'm not afraid of being embarrassed when I say it out loud.

At first glance, I saw that the enemies that appeared on the roadside were actually three mid-sequence masters.

Xu Shu’s first reaction was actually to run away!

He knew very well that the coordination of combat tactics between third-level masters could produce the effect of "one plus one is greater than two".

After all, he has been poisoned to death many times by Xiang Jianhuan and the devil girl, so he has a say in this regard.

So he pretended to be controlled at first and stood still, with the purpose of tricking the opponent into using strong control methods, and then counterattack, defend, and dodge with all his strength.

After the other party has used up all their energy to keep him here, the next step is to take the opportunity to escape...

At first, the plan to escape was going well.

But as soon as they started fighting, Xu Shu found that something was wrong.

That Wu Bo, his 'iron wall' was as thin as paper, and I just smashed it with one punch!
This made Xu Shu even express the same doubt as the old man before his death - how could this damn thing be called a "dragon elephant"?
The "butcher" Chen Song surprised Xu Shu even more.

His technique of condensing blood into a weapon was the most famous "blood killing technique" in this profession! It was a powerful killing method condensed with murderous intent and blood as the basis!
As a result, the beating didn't hurt at all, and even the skin of "Jingwei" couldn't be removed.

After Xu Shu's appraisal, the power of the old man's "Blood Killing Technique" was not even as powerful as Tang Ying, who was at the peak of the second level at the time.

Its ability to withstand a beating is also weak, and it will die with just one Iron Mountain Backing.

It had to be the still charming "Warden" Lu Zhu, who used her body as a weapon and managed to hold Xu Shu back for more than 70% of the time.

But even so, after a fierce battle, the three enemies were all wiped out in less than ten minutes.

Xu Shu couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Is this too weak?

Is this really the combined efforts of three third-level masters?

Was his death too hasty?
Aren't they truly level three?
In order to verify that their strength was not bragging, Xu Shu did some research and stripped off the upgrade drivers of several people.

They are Chensong's ring;

The four-legged inner storehouse of Wu Bai, the "dragon elephant";

There was also Luzhu's contact lenses, which were hidden very well. Xu Shu really didn't think of it at first. Fortunately, before she died, her eyelids turned up and her tongue stuck out, so Xu Shu saw some clues.

He was familiar with the process and absorbed the information currents in these upgraded drives one by one.

Soon, the information of the three people was decrypted and recorded, and popped out one by one from the prompt box in the lower left corner of the interface. Xu Shu clicked on them one by one and took a closer look:

[You have picked up the upgrade drive of another extraordinary person. The other party’s identity information has been scanned: Wu Guangwu (Chen Song), the third-level butcher]

Details of the curse:

【阶段一：流氓（优异）；16//16】、【阶段二：刺客（优异）；16//16】、【阶段三：屠夫（优异）；02//16）】

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[You have picked up another extraordinary person... His identity information... Yu Xiao (Lu Zhu), the third-level warden...]

[Curse details: Stage 01: Criminals...], [...Stage 16: Prisoners...], [...Stage : Warden (Excellent); /]

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[You picked up... the other party's identity... Wu Bai...]

[Curse details: ...Stage 01: Dragon Elephant (Excellent); 16/]
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"It turns out that he is a real, third-level extraordinary person who has made a breakthrough all the way. He is not a pseudo-third-level person who uses unorthodox methods, nor is he a strange "imaginary structure" puppet like the previous voodoo. Alas~"

After verifying the identities of these three people, Xu Shu was amazed and felt deeply moved.

However, after seeing the levels of these people clearly, he began to realize it belatedly.

No wonder the strength of these three guys is so much weaker than expected! It's all because he played too many high-end games and had too high a vision! When his cultivation level was not visible, he overestimated the opponent.

For example, the third-level "Three Friends of Winter" is basically the bottom-ranked small fry among the three levels.

The blue quality may seem good, but it is actually just the basis for advancement to the third level;

Just look at the level of their third-order seals.

Among the three, Chen Song, who has the deepest cultivation, has only reached the 34th level of curse cultivation.

The other two are even still “pure novices” at level 33!
What about Xu Shu himself?
Although he is also in the early third stage now, the quality of his spell seals is high, and the combined cultivation of the three spell seals is as high as level 46!
Compared with these three people, there is an exaggerated gap of more than ten levels!
It should be noted that in the practice of mantras and seals, level is a very important criterion for measuring one's cultivation level.

Each level of advancement requires the absorption and containment of a large amount of corrosive magical power of the same level.

Therefore, the basic hard power improvement brought by each level upgrade is also considerable.

Although fighting is not purely a competition of size, it does not mean that whoever has a deeper cultivation or a bigger body will definitely win;

But when two tigers fight, the one with higher cultivation level naturally has a greater chance of winning than the one with lower cultivation level!

Unless there is a huge gap in realm, or one has the ability to use special means, such as sacrifice, etc., it is not so easy to defeat the strong with the weak!

amount……

Thinking of this, Xu Shu couldn't help but have some memories in his mind that were neither pleasant nor unpleasant.

For example, a "sister potato" who killed me by leaping over the level;
For example, "Nanazawa Mia" who can't escape the opponent's curse no matter what.

Thinking of this, Xu Shu couldn't help but be secretly alert, thinking that there are too many heroes in this world, and although weak people can be found everywhere, strong people are also numerous. There are too many tragic cases of self-righteous "masters" in the world who have failed.

The reason I have been able to survive until now is because I am cautious and never underestimate anyone, otherwise I will die!

He reviewed the battle situation and reflected on himself, while at the same time lightly touching the small jade Buddha with his index finger, and called out in a low voice: "Sisters, come out and clean the floor."

"Quack! Let me thank you on behalf of everyone~"

"Little sister Ji Yu, why don't you help the master?"

The two "empresses" Heishan and Qiansui cooperated very well, singing in unison with their gentle voices.

In the wasteland, within the range of the Star Tower, although they dared not show their strength, due to their special status and with the permission of Guanyin, they could still convey some information.

But once they were in the safe zone, only Ji Yu, who possessed some "God-chosen" characteristics, had the courage to show his head.

As soon as the words fell, Banzhong opened his phantom mouth and swallowed.

Guji~Crack! Guji~!

With a horrific chewing sound, the three corpses were completely devoured.

Although the scene was in a mess and there were obvious signs of fighting, there was no longer any trace of the breath or flesh and blood spirits belonging to the "Three Friends of Winter".

These three unknown transcendents, who had practiced hard for many years and finally became mid-sequence masters capable of intimidating one side, were completely wiped out from the world just like that.

Xu Shu, who had eaten them all up, naturally did not forget to take away the three people's inheritance.

Although there were no storage bags left, the old man's pipe and the young woman's whip both had obvious corrosive smells and were complete curse tools. Although they did not look particularly high quality, they were better than nothing.

The only exception was that 'Dragon Elephant' Wu Bo, who had nothing left after his death. He was a typical example of someone who exchanged all his assets for cultivation resources.

"Looks like a dead cultivator? Useless thing, you didn't even bring some good stuff with you when you go out. You deserved it when you three fought against one and I killed you in return!"

Xu Shu stomped his foot in disgust, destroying the battle scene again with billowing smoke and dust, making it look as if the scene had just experienced a landslide.

After doing all this, he felt slightly satisfied and walked towards the town at the foot of the mountain.

Nothing happened along the way.

On the way, we met a few ugly and terrifying monsters with human, animal and rat bodies. They were lying outside the metal fence, eager to invade the town.

Xu Shu met him and crushed him to death.

I was lucky enough to get three first-level white crystals.

——The night in the wasteland is like this. The dark creatures only need to come out at a certain time to bask in the moonlight. These monsters with real flesh and blood that actively seek out human gatherings to launch attacks have a lot to consider.

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After entering the town, Xu Shu found a busy night snack shop in the night market. He ordered hundreds of steaming hot dumplings, which he devoured in no time.

He discovered that a small problem arose after he was promoted to Dragon Elephant.

My appetite has also become bigger and bigger.

The dumplings were made with solid ingredients. Even after eating so many, I was only half full. I had to ask the boss to continue serving more food, which shocked everyone.

"If I continue to eat like this, it will only make my already poor family even worse off~"

Xu Shu sighed slightly, feeling a little annoyed about this.

Because as far as he knew, other "dragon elephants" did not encounter the same problem as he did.

Even though their appetite can increase, they do not have the desire to feel full and energetic after eating a lot.

Similar situations seem to have been recorded in the ancient times of practice.

However, now is the era of the Curse Seal Cultivation Method, and extraordinary power comes from the containment and use of the "curse seal". Even creatures like the "dragon elephant" with strong blood and strong flesh do not need to replenish their blood and qi by eating. According to Xu Shu's understanding, among the extraordinary professions today, only the second stage of the "martial artist" path requires a large amount of food, but what is eaten is also the flesh and blood of those strange creatures - this is the martial artist's "eating qi" skill, the purpose of which is to practice essence and transform qi.

Xu Shu initially suspected that his desire to eat came from the mysterious chapter used in the third-level spell: [Taotie].

The origin of this mysterious seal is related to the condition of the bride Xie Xiaochan.

Xu Shu remembered very clearly that among the seven Xie Xiaochans, there was one called "Hungry Chan" who ate gluttonously, devoured everything in the world, and even ate up the entire kingdom's people when she became ruthless.

"I'm obviously a bit hungry right now, but eating can only satisfy my desires, it can't really increase my strength."

"If you want to increase your strength, you still have to eat the crystals! Alas, it is a great pity in life that you cannot use meals to replace eating crystals!"

Xu Shu was very helpless. He ate until late at night and finally got full.

After paying tens of thousands for food and beverages, he left with his boss looking up at him as if he were a god, preparing to find a hotel in town to get a room and carry out today's training activities.

Having just paid the deposit, the driver vibrated slightly. Xu Shu opened it and saw that it was sent by the orange cat.

"Is Xu Shu going home tonight?" - Alice.

"Forehead……"

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Xu Shu glanced around and found that Alice came to ask him every day whether he would go home at night.

And the reply she got was, naturally, Xu Shuqing's unanimous "I'm busy and will be home in a few days."

This monotonous and repetitive chat record lasted for nearly a week.

Before, she would add an extra sentence, like "Today is your sister's weekend, will she come home for dinner?", or "There was a scammer trying to sell health products to you and your human parents, but I beat him away" and other messy topics.

But today, she suddenly asked only a simple question, which seemed quite abrupt.

Xu Shu was slightly touched, but he looked at the time on the wall: half past twelve at night.

After realizing that he had reached the "deadline" for basic practice today, his heart suddenly turned cold as an old friend, and he decisively replied: "I will go home tomorrow."

“Really?” Alice’s eyes seemed to be shining.

"certainly……"

Xu Shu responded with a slight smile, thinking that it was no wonder that the Archbishop wanted to "entrust" a third-level master to him.

This little orange cat is obviously a third-level expert, but I always feel like she is a left-behind child, and looks a bit pitiful...

With this in mind, Xu Shu calmly entered the room. After checking that everything was correct, he went into the bathroom and began his daily practice.

The third-level crystal from Wu Liuzhi's relics filled the gap in his hands and could be used just right.

I will go back to the city tomorrow morning and exchange all the resources on hand for contribution points, just in case... I think I understand why these third-level masters are always "penniless"...

The two crystals melted quickly in the inner chamber, turning into a dense and terrifying cursed force. They penetrated into Xu Shu's body through the invisible vortex driven by the upgrade and were swallowed by his curse seal.

After a while, Xu Shu started doing "sit-ups" with blood all over his body. Relying on his powerful recovery ability, he forcibly suppressed the violent reaction of "erosion enhancement" and almost violently increased the upper limit of his curse erosion.

And in this back and forth pulling, it stabilizes on some delicate balance.

At a certain moment a few hours later, his upgrade drive suddenly began to vibrate with a buzzing sound.

Xu Shu was a little confused.

Who is looking for me in the middle of the night?
And why so many were sent at once?

This inexplicably familiar feeling of vibration... Could it be that Xie Xiaochan has already arranged people to go to the large ruins in the Sea of ​​Death?
While calmly spurting blood, he turned on the driver and took a glance.

It turned out that the source of the message was countless "replies" and "friend requests".

It was an announcement post with a large gold-lettered title and pushed to the top by repeated replies.

The title is: [The sky is full of praise, tears of gratitude, and your name is on the list, so congratulations! ]

"Um?!"

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he understood what had happened.

This is the battle record uploaded in the evening. I finally completed the statistics. After comparing with the array, I am on the list for the first time!

"This way, I am also a top player on the Human Ranking. Haha, I must not be complacent. I must keep working hard!"

"I wonder what place I can rank this time? No, the ranking is not important. I'm still in the early stage of the third level. What's important is the title!"

"The Human Ranking is already the strongest force of the human race. You should give me a proper title this time, right? Don't fool me with things like the Unbreakable Golden Spear or the King of Giant Swords!"

Xu Shu was slightly looking forward to it. While doing sit-ups, he clicked on the post and his eyes gradually widened...

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Eastern Theater Command, Zone D8B4.

As a former second-class safe zone, it is still quite prosperous in the eyes of outsiders. Every day, people are teleported here from other areas to look for ruins outside the city.

However, among the high-level officials in the local security zone, the atmosphere was somewhat subtle, and everyone seemed to be a little lacking in energy.

The reason is simple. It has been more than twenty days since the large ruins [Boneyard] that they originally relied on was successfully cleared by a mysterious person in early December.

However, although a number of "ghostwriters" were secretly hired to search outside the border every day, no good news came.

The good news refers to the arrival of new large-scale ruins within the jurisdiction of D8B4.

Only in this way can the D8B4 area maintain its status as a “second-class safety zone”.

But now, there is only about a week left before the one-month "downgrade protection period" is exceeded.

However, there is still no news about any large-scale ruins.

If this continues, when the detention period is over, the Astronomical Association will adjust the level of this safety zone in accordance with the implementation convention.

Once downgraded, this safe zone will not only have fewer demigod garrison personnel, but will be closely related to everyone. The treatment of the middle and high-level officials in the control bureau and even the grassroots will be greatly affected.

There are more butterfly effects besides this.

As more and more extraordinary forces leave and go to other second-class security zones to seek development, it won’t take too much time for the ecology of D8B4 to slowly fall to a "third-class security zone" of matching status.

For those who have poured their blood into this land and are unwilling to leave easily, this is naturally a very difficult thing to accept.

Of course, there is another reason why we cannot find large ruins, which is that at this stage, the scope of our search is still too small.

The wasteland is too dangerous, and one may be attacked by various terrifying monsters at any time. Even for a ghostwriter who risks his life to make money, it is impossible for him to go deep into the wasteland to explore possible large ruins.

You know, the jurisdiction of a safe zone is within a thousand miles of the star tower as the base point.

But even the most dedicated ghostwriter is unwilling to easily leave the area within a hundred miles of the border.

In other words, there are still too many unexplored areas on the map that have not been lit up.

The ruins are special, usually hidden and difficult to find, and are related to unspeakable opportunities.

There may be ruins somewhere, but they will not appear in the world until a destined person accidentally triggers them.

This is not something that one or two demigods can find out on their own.

Instead, you have to rely on the human wave tactic and try your luck.

Therefore, the director of the local control bureau conveyed the will of Bu Shenglian, the only demigod who was stationed there and was determined to advance and retreat with the local safety zone: greatly increase the reward amount! At all costs, we must explore the new large ruins as soon as possible!
There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. As the reward becomes higher and higher and more tempting, the ghostwriters' pioneering principle of "never going beyond a hundred miles of the border" is easily broken through like a window paper.

Among them was a swordsman who had been unable to find his home since his family moved and his aunt ran away.

In the early morning of December 8th of the eighteenth year of the new calendar, in the northern wasteland of D4B area, there was a small swamp area that looked like a python.

On top of some huge fir trees that were hundreds of meters tall, several men in black each occupied a treetop. They disguised the surroundings to look like bird nests, huddled inside like ostriches, and took turns to keep watch.

"Ten miles southwest, there are more than ten alien species lurking." The woman holding the telescope rubbed her forehead.

"Shall we do it?" the man, who looked too big even for an ostrich, asked in a muffled voice.

"You can do it. I'm the one who's responsible for the killing." The thin man with hawk-like eyes spoke, holding a sword in his arms, and exuding a strong killing intent.

Others immediately came and went at the same time.

After a moment, the telescope woman sighed and said, "It's not easy to kill them. There are more than ten third-level alien species. The nun is too seriously injured. Lili alone can't protect the big guy. He can't hold on."

The thin man said, "You can try. With the dragon elephant's physique, it's no problem for him to withstand three or four. I can hold the rest. You guys help us solve it quickly!"

After a few seconds of silence, everyone was a little excited and looked at the big guy together.

"Uh, I... I don't know if I can hold on!" The underestimated 'Dragon Elephant' seemed to be in a difficult situation.

Seeing this, the others looked away.

"Jun Moxiao, don't be too impulsive."

"Old Shen almost killed Ms. Xifa because he couldn't hold it in."

"I know you're a good fighter, but it's not enough for you to be a fighter alone when you're out pioneering. You can't kill them all! You have to pay attention to the overall situation!"

Seeing that everyone seemed to be unable to hold back their anger, the thin man shrugged:

"That's fine. Let's see tomorrow morning. If it doesn't work, we'll retreat and get the team supplies ready first."

"Yes, that's a good idea!" The others then breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to avoid upsetting the important person, they did not forget to add: "Brother, you have contributed the most this time. According to the rules, you will be the one to distribute the spoils later."

"Well, keep watch. Don't let your guard down."

(End of this chapter)