Chapter 229: line with translation of chapter title

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Marquez looked at the pitch-black sky as rain poured down.

Although the Miao Jiang tribes are far from western Hunan, the surging flood has already reached them; just a glance tells them how fierce the battle over there is.

"It's too late to catch up now; being able to fight the nine-headed serpent for this long in such an environment… the outcome is already clear."

Before Wujian finished speaking, the Zongwang Panel's dungeon prompt refreshed.

"Zongwang Panel dungeon prompt: High-difficulty challenge boss—nine-headed serpent has been slain; the dungeon's related harsh environment weakens, and related environmental effects will completely disappear within at most one natural day."

"Zongwang Prompt: Your team has completed the dungeon challenge; based on your contribution in this event, you receive the event base reward: an additional affix on your challenge chest."

This is the nine-headed serpent.

"Zongwang Prompt: Your challenge chest quality has risen to Legendary (the highest quality for this dungeon), it gains a special exclusive affix 1, affix limit 1, and adds the special reward pool's base reward."

"But its purpose……"

Just as the issue with the nine-headed serpent here was resolved, the gluttonous beast over there started acting up again.

Next, countless text-like patterns suddenly extended from the surrounding darkness, layer upon layer wrapping around him, completely sealing his body, and the quiet space returned to dead silence once more.

The characters in the dungeon are merely NPCs to them; if not needed for the plot, they usually just ignore them outright.

Looking at the prompt on his retina, Mu Yi froze for a moment, then blinked.

It is certain that before leaving the dungeon, Mu Yi cannot stay clean.

Fortunately, aside from the kill prompt, there are no other related warning messages:

"Zongwang Prompt: You have slain the high-difficulty challenge boss—nine-headed serpent; you have completed the challenge event: Great Calamity Will Rise and its side high-difficulty challenge."

Who? Gonggong!?

Zhuanxu era.

Beneath the turbulent Huai River, in a certain dark riverbed space, an illusory figure lay still, as if having seen some interesting scenes, its body trembling slightly.

Mu Yi dumped all the filth into the Hell Path, severing its connection with the other five paths, then used the fire of calamity to impose a cremation restriction.

In this world, there is nothing truly eternal or invincible; so-called eternity is merely an illusion caused by an overwhelming disparity in power between the two sides.

Moreover, this Zongwang, to them, is also a double-edged sword that needs careful handling.

Thanks to the efforts of Ao Mo and Chu Yi, the overflowing flood and dark clouds have begun to recede.

"No, we should instead go directly awaken the Mountain God!"

Although it was already night, the entire sky suddenly became extremely dim.

Within the barrier, a foul stench instantly spread, and these pollutants continuously erode outward, assimilating everything they touch.

"Zongwang Prompt: Your legend degree in the Hundred Thousand Mountains is 1; based on your related derived concepts, in a world where the Hundred Thousand Mountains exist, there is a small chance to obtain related legendary deeds of your derived concepts."

In the midst of speaking, the few who had fastened their life vests vanished like phantoms from the spot, their speed increasing by multiple folds.

……

Mu Yi pressed his brow, and this dungeon's direction still truly surprised him.

However, after applying Wujian's description of the nine-headed serpent, Mu Yi's unit danger level is at least extremely dangerous.

Therefore, Mu Yi deliberately revived Ao Mo first, allowing Ao Mo and Chu Yi to restore the ecosystem.

In his era, there are too many troubles.

"Ten thousand? Has your divine movement technique reached master level?" Wujian tossed the life vest in his hand, somewhat astonished—this isn't something an ordinary person could pull off.

Although in his era, humanity is already the strongest.

In his era, many enemies can harm him, and he himself is not even the strongest fighter of the time.

Temporarily confining the filth within the Hell Path.

Marquez felt a murmur of doubt in his heart as he looked at his tactical eyepiece's evaluation of Mu Yi.

He opened the Zongwang Panel and took a look.

When the two door gods left, they gave Mu Yi high praise, their faces full of admiration.

The cold evil aggravated the wound; Yellow Emperor couldn't help but touch his chest wound, letting several deep, bone-deep injuries there bleed.

Mu Yi could only wryly laugh twice, trying as much as possible not to recall that previous disgraceful memory; even after washing with water and bathing in holy light many times, he still felt a strange odor emanating from himself.

Several Zongwang players on the road, seeing the refreshed prompt on their retinas, all fell into contemplation.

After this set of procedures, the problem is indeed resolved.

After withdrawing his gaze, Yellow Emperor continued to handle state affairs.

Mu Yi watched the nine-headed serpent cast into the Hell Path, his eyes flickering.

"I have no objections either!" Marquez likewise nodded.

With so many challenge bosses, the haul this time might not be as meager as he imagined.

"Its size is enormous, its attack range enormous, its strength and constitution enormous, it has environmental bonuses, greatly strengthened in aquatic environments, and it also possesses terrifying toxicity, capable of inflicting soul damage, with extremely rapid vitality recovery……"

"……Awesome!"

Mu Yi now suspects that Gonggong's loss to Zhuanxu back then might have been because he had the nine-headed serpent tethered to his sides.

"Fellow Daoist Mu Yi, as a Military Family Descendant, this strength is truly astonishing!"

Mu Yi withdrew the barrier and stood in place, sighing; he still isn't strong enough—if he could instantly crush that damned nine-headed serpent, he wouldn't have to suffer so much.

The nine-headed serpent is cunning; even if subdued by him, its ferocity remains hard to dispel—regular beatings can still make it understand who is the boss.

Although Jiuzhou is vast, the only one capable of handling the nine-headed serpent in this way is Gonggong alone.

Even he wouldn't want to entangle with such a creature as the nine-headed serpent; winning is easy, but winning without being touched by it is extremely difficult.

Moreover, from his assessment of the nine-headed serpent's model structure, this world‑troubling demon king might also be a major hassle; they must obtain items to weaken this challenge‑book boss.

This indescribable foul stench is literally an enemy for a lifetime.

"I have no objections!" Kolmos nodded and said.

Qingxiao Daoist instinctively planned to go back to save people.

Fortunately it's a dungeon; if it were reality, I'd probably...

"Let's go!"

Ferocious beasts, divine spirits... countless living beings inhabit this vast land.

The difference in camps caused the two sides to instantly diverge in opinion.

That is, this thing is actually the eye of the seal; once they take it, the Mountain God's seal will immediately shatter.

After Xiangliu's death, the impurity within his body erupted completely.

Xiangliu is dead, but the trouble has just begun.

"Not right! We seem to have been tricked!" The usually quiet priest Galles-Colmose's face turned strange.

Although they don't understand Jiuzhou culture, as veteran Zongwang players, they can infer many things from the dungeon challenge.

It's just like before Qingxiao Daoist used her innate divine ability, her tactical scope's evaluation showed a significant change.

"You mean that pangolin isn't the Mountain God's messenger? But it indeed possesses the Mountain God's power!" Qingxiao Daoist reacted quickly.

Being the strongest doesn't mean there are no enemies.

The Yellow Emperor in the palace helplessly glanced toward Gonggong and involuntarily sighed.

"I also support awakening the Mountain God first; from the dungeon challenge perspective, perhaps we can obtain aid items from the Mountain God." Galles-Colmose supported Mark's statement.

"Tying this to our legs lets us rush back faster!"

"Zongwang dungeon area warning: Day one, pitch black (the dungeon area is considered a chaotic scene)!"

Along with the sea of blood in the Asura Path, it seems mixed with some indescribable flavor.

"Team channel: Qingxiao: The Mountain God's messenger is fake, meeting point changed to Miao tribe; a high-difficulty challenge boss—Chaos Demon King—has appeared here, please rendezvous with us."

Qingxiao Daoist's expression was quite complex, with joy at meeting a big shot and despair that this trip would likely yield little.

However, as the initiator of the mission, her gains will likely be somewhat greater than others'.

This thing is simply beyond what humans can bear.

A oppressive atmosphere envelops all living beings in this region!

"Zongwang dungeon area warning: High-difficulty challenge boss—Chaos Demon King—has refreshed! Warning! After the high-difficulty challenge boss refreshes, dungeon challenge players must slay it within at most nine natural days, otherwise the mainline challenge mission will directly fail!"

Qingxiao Daoist instantly cleared her thoughts, grimly looking at the Mountain God's treasure in her hand.

This made Mark somewhat regretful; after returning, he must find a way to upgrade his tactical scope, as being unable to accurately gauge a scout target's strength can be deadly in combat.

"We've arrived!" Qingxiao Daoist said, yet they found no trace of the pangolin here.

"The Miao tribe also possesses the Mountain God's treasure!" Priest Galles-Colmose's single sentence plunged Qingxiao Daoist into silence.

"I messaged Mu Yi; we'll rush back to save people!" Qingxiao Daoist said, tossing a vest to the other three.

With Xiangliu's death, the momentum of the surrounding rain weakened considerably.

The Mountain God's power comes from the Hundred Thousand Mountains; letting the Hundred Thousand Mountains suffer too many impacts may affect their later challenges.

……

This wound bears traces left by Chi You, also by Xingtian, and my good daughter Drought… plus a series of messy ancient ferocious beasts.

However, the Hell Path cannot be used for a short time; at least before leaving the dungeon it's unusable, and using it basically amounts to killing a thousand enemies while self-damaging eight hundred.

Mark directly rebutted, saying the Miao tribe has lost its value; considering maximizing benefits, they should first awaken the Mountain God to continue the plot.

"Zongwang prompt: Your deeds are known to Gonggong; encountering Gonggong will trigger a fortuitous encounter!"

His tactical scope's flaw is obvious; although it can conduct combat-power reconnaissance, it's hard to see through the opponent's disguise.

In his tactical scope reconnaissance, Mu Yi's unit danger level is only medium, even lower than that of Qingxiao and Witch Sword.

However, just as Mu Yi was finishing, the sky instantly turned dim.

His massive body resembled a mountain range; even a slight tremor seemed capable of overturning rivers and seas, yet it could only tremble for an instant.

For humanity to continue growing, many troubles are unavoidable.

Yellow Emperor era

Gonggong glanced at Xiangliu beside him, somewhat displeased, controlled the water flow to wrap it, then fiercely whipped Xiangliu.

Before Qingxiao Daoist's words finished, an abrupt change occurred.

"Can we actually oppose such a challenge boss?"

"Let's first return to the Miao tribe to save people; if my guess about the Chaos Demon King isn't wrong, he can recover strength by eating people, and you should be able to see that these challenge bosses grow stronger over time!"

"Could you tell me the story of Xiangliu?" Mark asked somewhat curiously.

"Just a coincidence; I'm poor at combat, only this talisman technique is something I can produce!" Qingxiao said humbly.

Qingxiao Daoist breathed a sigh of relief; ad-hoc teams always have friction in these places—this is a five-person team; if it were a twenty-person team, the situation would only worsen.

Mark and Galles-Colmose exchanged a glance; although Witch Sword's reason was far-fetched, with a two-two split, Qingxiao Daoist as initiator has greater say, and lacking a guide, they simply don't know where the Mountain God is.

Just thinking of using the Xuanyuan Sword to chop Xiangliu, the Yellow Emperor felt a chill run through his whole body.

He, unlike Witch Sword and Qingxiao, being quite unfamiliar with Xiangliu, had little intuitive feeling about it.

"Team channel: Mu Yi: Received!"

After a moment's hesitation, Witch Sword still supported Qingxiao Daoist, and gave a reason both sides could accept.

Witch Sword, looking at the information, involuntarily uttered a remark full of local flavor.

As guardians, the Miao tribe will promptly draw the challenge boss's retaliation.

No matter whether you win or lose, it will always leave you in a predicament.

I merely felt that the unfamiliar Zongwang player named Mu Yi is undoubtedly a powerful Supernormal Being.

The pangolin didn't lie; the Mountain God's treasure indeed contains the Mountain God's power and can indeed awaken the Mountain God, but he concealed part of the facts.

"Oh no, back to the Miao tribe!"

Even if they wanted to split up, they couldn't.

Marquez captured some useful information from Wu Jian's remarks.

As the boss of a high-difficulty side quest, Mu Yi was very interested in it.

"Have you seen a nine-headed serpent? It's basically that kind of Legend nine-headed serpent, capable of calling wind and rain, and possessing a toxin that erodes the will..." Wu Jian casually described the miraculous nature of Xiangliu.

After a quick reply, Mu Yi greeted Chuyi and Aomo to leave; compared to the trouble left by the boss, it was still more troublesome to stay alive.

After defeating Xiangliu, he realized that killing these bosses as quickly as possible was the correct strategy for clearing this dungeon.

Hunshi Mowang... just hearing that name, it's not someone you want to provoke!

(End of chapter)