Chapter 287: Furious Heroic Spirit

The rumbling of the earth made all players on the battlefield turn pale involuntarily.

"What happened!"

"That direction……is it the battlefield center?"

"Who has the nerve to run to such a place?"

Voices of doubt rose one after another, and all the players were completely baffled.

Only Mu Yi, Lily, and Talamanada-Tairong vaguely guessed at a bit of the truth.

From the rumbling coming from the battlefield ground, Mu Yi's eyes showed extreme wariness; this intensity probably wasn't much weaker than the high-ranking Legends he had encountered before.

"Looks like we don't need to personally go after that rat in the sewer."

"This place is ultimately a battlefield against the Abyss Demon, and though the Abyss Demon is heavily restricted……this level of precaution probably hides something else!"

Lily's face showed a hint of suspicion; the existence of a trap against the Abyss Demon was reasonable, but this special targeting didn't seem as simple as it appeared.

Is it because of that so-called sealed Abyss Demon?

At that moment, Mu Yi, Lily, and all players in the Challenge Dungeon saw a new prompt appear on their retinas:

"Challenge Dungeon Announcement: Special Event 【Furious Heroic Spirit】 triggered, the event will begin in 30 minutes."

【Furious Heroic Spirit】:

Event Level: Purgatory

Event Description:

The King of Heroic Spirits guarding the battlefield was enraged by intruders, and all the Heroic Spirits became furious……

When the event begins, all Heroic Spirits will gather toward the city and finally form Heroic Spirit Squads to indiscriminately attack active targets on the battlefield.

Please survive amidst the pursuit of the Furious Heroic Spirit Squad!

Dodge the Heroic Spirit Squad, or defeat them!

Event Requirement: Defeat Heroic Spirit Squad members (0/7)

Event Special Reward: Holy Challenge Invitation

Event Participation Reward: Rare Equipment, Rare Item, Rare Heroic Spirit Fragment

"Region Information:??? What happened? Have the hunter and prey roles swapped?"

"Region Information: So the Challenge Dungeon also has special events? Sounds interesting……"

"Region Information: Get some people, let's form a temporary team to counterattack?"

In an instant, the region information, which had been quiet due to combat, became lively, and everyone was quite curious about this Special Event that had appeared.

This had never happened before; even Lily had not gathered any information about special missions.

So everyone is obviously very curious about this Special Event that has appeared.

After all, the Challenge Dungeon has always been pure combat; let alone special events, there isn't even a campaign mission.

Such a sudden Special Event has never been encountered by anyone.

Players who have participated in this Challenge Dungeon several times looked astonished; they felt for the first time that this Challenge Dungeon was so unfamiliar.

This unfamiliarity made them feel a sudden fear for no reason.

Since ancient times, the unknown has been the root of human fear.

Perhaps such events existed before, but for some reason this special rare event has not been widely known.

Mu Yi and Lily exchanged a glance, not knowing what had actually happened.

But both were certain that this had absolutely nothing to do with the Abyss Demon that had just disappeared.

"What should we do next?" Mu Yi hesitated for a moment, then looked at Lily beside him and asked.

"To respond to change with constancy, we will continue according to our original plan, but we will alter the route, rushing straight there by the shortest distance, dealing with any Heroic Spirits we encounter along the way." After thinking for a moment, Lily gave a plan.

This plan isn't particularly good, but its decisiveness is an advantage; with current information lacking, they have few options.

But one thing is certain: before the Heroic Spirits band together to form squads, scattering and defeating them is the safest approach.

A fully configured professional squad can often challenge stronger beings beyond their level.

If these heroic Heroic Spirits were allowed to form squads, they would be in trouble.

"Go!"

After making the decision, Mu Yi and the two others didn't delay; Lily buffed the three with various enhancements, and the trio sped along the original direction at high speed.

……

Walking on the blade's edge, shuttling through shadows.

I am Blade Shadow-Talamanada-Tairong, I am an assassin, an assassin proficient in the way of assassination.

Crimson blood is my favorite thing; some say I'm a lunatic, others say I'm an idiot.

But when my blade reaches their necks, they all admit I am a very good assassin.

And I therefore feel proud.

I also don't know why I became a hero; perhaps because I have killed more Abyss Demons than people?

The life of Heroic Spirits is boring, but today this boring life has been infused with new colors.

The King of Justice actually issued a command to destroy everything.

Originally he could only boredly wait for challengers to come to him, but now he can break free of his shackles and take the initiative to hunt.

It's been who knows how long since he last acted this freely.

But when three figures passed before him, he felt that long-lost desire to slit their throats.

It was as urgent as a traveler in the desert seeing an oasis.

Talamanada-Tairong leapt out from the shadows, unable to wait any longer to cut the opponent's throat, crush their heart, and let them lie in a pool of crimson, presenting the most perfect art.

The next moment, the shadows dissipated!

A flash of light flickered instantly, accompanied by a cold, deadly blade that sliced through the shadows!

In a state where time was infinitely stretched and his thoughts accelerated, he saw Mu Yi turn his body, icy light flashing in his eyes as boundless divine radiance burst forth.

"Another rat in the gutter!"

Talamanada-Tairong seemed to hear the opponent's voice, but it didn't matter; in the next moment, the blade would pierce the opponent's heart.

But the next moment, his wrist was seized by Mu Yi, and the blade in his hand failed to pierce Mu Yi's heart, merely striking Mu Yi's body and leaving a small dent.

"Got you!" Mu Yi grinned, sneering at the assassin whose wrist he had seized.

Talamanada-Tairong stared in disbelief at the magical aura flickering on Mu Yi at this moment, unaware when Mu Yi had somehow layered multiple defensive spells upon himself.

After penetrating those defenses, his strike landed on Mu Yi, feeling like a spent crossbow bolt—long since deprived of its intended lethal power.

"Rip—"

With a sound like cloth being torn, the scene fell silent.

In an instant, the maid Aili appeared behind the assassin, her hands forming claws as she tore the immobile assassin apart; the shattered body of Talamanada-Tairong turned into light and began to dissipate.

Bathed in the light, his eyes filled with disbelief and astonishment; he didn't know why he had been discovered, nor why he had failed.

But Mu Yi and his companions clearly had no interest in answering his doubts, simply watching indifferently as he left behind a heroic spirit fragment before vanishing.

"If someone hadn't set a trap for you in advance, you might actually have succeeded!" Mu Yi watched the disappearing Talamanada-Tairong and shook his head.

Without the appearance of that Abyss Demon, their preparations could not have been so thorough.

The existence of the Scout Eye causes many to overlook concealment and hiding instinctively, but after suffering a loss, Mu Yi's trio is highly vigilant in this regard.

Thus, the moment this assassin Talamanada-Tairong heroically lashed out, the trio detected his presence.

Each had their role: Mu Yi bore the brunt and restricted the opponent, Lily provided magical support and protection, while the maid Aili was responsible for the killing blow.

Without any communication, the three completed a coordinated effort in perfect unison.

An elite heroic spirit, before it could even display its true power, was easily slain by the three.

Even with Mu Yi using himself as bait, Talamanada-Tairong didn't even get a chance to sever his own limb to survive.

"The enemies we encounter are getting trickier and trickier!"

Mu Yi picked up the heroic spirit fragment from the ground and placed it in his pack, his face grave.

This was already the seventh heroic spirit they had defeated.

But the difficulty had reached the point where they all felt strained.

Unlike those heroic spirits that previously just waited in place for challengers to come, these ones become truly terrifying when they move.

Especially the originally disadvantaged scouts and assassins among the heroic spirits, once freed from the limitation of staying in one spot, began to fully unleash their power.

Just now on their way, they stepped on seven or eight physical and magical traps in succession, yet they never even saw the face of the heroic spirit that had set the traps.

The opponent, as a seasoned hunter, had completely hidden himself in an unknown place, leaving them only endless trouble.

If they were ordinary Zongwang players, this would force them to tread with extreme caution at every step; a single misstep would leave them suffering effects that are not easy to shake off.

Fortunately, Mu Yi possesses special mine‑clearing skills, and with the Animal Realm, tens of thousands of beasts can be sent sweeping forward, clearing any trap regardless of its nature.

In fact, the opponent had merely hastily set up a few traps, lacking any semblance of laying out a Heavenly Net Earth Net.

It's merely a mix of false and real—real traps mingled with fake ones, some placed openly, others hidden within the false traps.

Each step was a psychological gamble; if Mu Yi's party were truly tripped up by a trap, what awaited them would be a fully assembled heroic spirit squad.

The battlefield wasn't particularly large; with Mu Yi's group rushing forward, they soon spotted the city at the battlefield's center.

Mu Yi's eyes swept over the city, his mouth twitching as he hastily grabbed Lily and Aili.

Heroic spirits littered the ground; a single glance sent a chill down one's spine.

Even if Mu Yi considered himself strong, facing tens of thousands of supernatural heroes and the Legend's Moment, he could only choose to avoid their edge.

Gazing at the vast numbers of heroic spirits gathered around the city.

Mu Yi couldn't help but wonder how powerful this plane must have been at its peak.

And what amount of power did the Abyss Demon pour in to cause so many heroic spirits to perish, reducing such a mighty plane to this state?

Just how terrifying is a plane war?

But…… Mu Yi's thoughts drifted uncontrollably toward the Military Strategists.

The Military Strategists' currently launched plane war will only be grander and more brutal than this world's wars.

Because the battlefield the Military Strategists have chosen can bear the might of the gods, that will make the war's brutality become terrifying.

A Legend is enough to leave its mark in the multiverse, while those who have entered the Realm of Gods possess the qualification to leave brilliant traces throughout the entire multiverse.

But, it's merely a mark……

Mu Yi scratched his head; although these matters are still very distant for him.

But it is also his aspiration—to, with his own body, leave his trace in the splendid civilization of the whole multiverse.

Although it is not easy, precisely because it is difficult, it holds greater value to achieve.

Upon this thought, Mu Yi's courage grew from his resolve.

Being timid and hesitant, how could he carve out a future? Since the whole dungeon is already a mess, he might as well stir the water even more turbidly.

——Misty Haze That Covers the Sky

Mu Yi's surroundings suddenly began to emanate endless fog, spreading from where they stood to devour the entire city.

A portion also reached the players near the city, who horrifiedly discovered that their detection methods had all sunk like stones, losing any effect.

And as the instigator, Mu Yi could only barely obtain a vague, blurry image.

However, this was already enough for Mu Yi and his companions.

Immediately afterward, Mu Yi pulled from his item bag the nuclear bomb he had obtained from this plane's world.

Under normal circumstances, this thing would basically be useless against supernatural heroes, since pure physical attacks struggle to pierce their idealistic defenses.

But when Mu Yi's hands grasped the nuclear bomb and the Soldier Lord's power began to enchant it, everything changed.

The original technological creation was granted Transcendent Power, and the change in its force nature made its lethality almost achieve a qualitative leap.

More importantly, in this great fog, no Heroic Spirit discovered what Mu Yi was doing.

Only a few Heroic Spirits proficient in fate and karma felt uneasy, yet in this great fog they could perceive nothing, as if they were deaf and blind.

If it weren't for their excellent qualities restraining their unrest, they might already have started slashing each other; in this pitch‑dark environment, any disturbance could invite a thunderous strike from them.

"I'll lend you a helping hand!"

Lily, who was close by, understood Mu Yi's plan and then began chanting a spell; after all, the city was there, and although they were now completely lost, as long as they bombarded in the direction of the city, they would surely hit it.

Mu Yi said nothing, converting the Nuclear Bomb into a one‑time Supernatural Artifact; the power required was more terrifying than he had imagined, and he could not even be distracted, having to devote his whole being to the conversion.