Chapter 231: Opening with the Rendezvous Point Exposed

“Not possible—so many casualties?” Chu Danqing watched the panicked cries on the public channel as the number of participants continued to drop.

Some Apostles had encountered the Death Realm’s Death Messengers first; in one-on-one combat, their win rate was terrifyingly low.

But there was some good news—the enemy numbered roughly twenty-five.

The initial number of Dimension Apostles who descended was three hundred twenty-one; now only two hundred eighty-two remained, with about thirty killed by Death Messengers.

The rest died in the mission.

“That makes sense—I only got into the top thousand in the arena before anyone could kill Da Bao.”

“In any other faction, it wouldn’t be this pathetic.” Chu Danqing sensed trouble.

Someone must have exposed the rendezvous point.

Remember, it’s not just our Dimension Paradise that has a public channel—the Death Realm has one too.

Once they notify each other, twenty-five will surround two hundred eighty.

Chu Danqing was confident he could win one-on-one, even one-on-two—but one-on-twenty-five? He had no such ability.

He wouldn’t even have time to run.

As for asking Guo Ming for help, he suspected the enemy faction had similar overpowered methods.

【Element Tower Peak · Shuang Wen: The rendezvous point has been exposed—do not go there!】

As expected, just as Chu Danqing finished thinking, an Apostle from Element Tower Peak issued a warning on the public channel.

Chu Danqing had never heard of this faction—he’d had little contact with Apostles.

But from the name and designation, he could deduce some information.

“Damn—it looks like we’re all going to be netted.” Chu Danqing knew there were no major factions like Longhu Alliance or Tiance Prefecture in this trial Fuben .

Element Tower Peak was probably the largest faction here—after all, they’d been the only ones coordinating the freelancers from start to finish.

They must have learned of this development because they’d already clashed with Death Messengers.

Most of the dead were likely members of Element Tower Peak.

“Da Bao, can you sense anything?” Chu Danqing asked.

Da Bao’s perception was enhanced by innate talent and skills, making him the team’s top sensor.

Hearing Chu Danqing’s question, Da Bao stopped and focused intently.

He tried to detect anomalies through sound.

“Over there—maybe. Could be wrong.” Da Bao pointed in one direction.

The distance was too great; he wasn’t sure if what he heard was actually combat noise.

Chu Danqing cross-referenced the map on the public channel.

“Go!” Chu Danqing decided not to head to the rendezvous point—it was exposed; going there would be walking into a trap.

The plan to regroup and overwhelm had collapsed—he had to find another way.

As for his earlier ambitions? Gone.

He understood his side’s strength clearly.

The enemy had been forged in high-pressure missions and horror worlds; our side was like flowers in a greenhouse.

Even ten-to-one wouldn’t work.

Following Da Bao’s direction, Chu Danqing hurried forward at full speed.

“Frost Magic Breath!”

As Chu Danqing approached, he felt the chill intensify, then heard a chant—suddenly, a wave of freezing energy swept across the battlefield.

Yue Lan Wuying blocked the spreading frost, allowing Chu Danqing to finally look toward the center.

A boy in a white robe, holding a deep-blue staff, was surrounded by a shield woven from ice.

Perched on his shoulder was a female sprite, only ten centimeters tall, her wings crystalline—clearly also ice-affiliated.

Before the boy, a massive ice elemental battled a similarly sized heavy-armored skeleton warrior.

The enemy was a figure cloaked in black, with only two eerie soul flames glowing within his hood.

Clearly a necromancer—his spells were swift: bone spears and Ming fire drove the allied forces into retreat.

Without the ice elemental and ice sprite’s aid, the boy would have been dead already.

Chu Danqing recognized the boy—it was Shuang Wen, the one who’d issued the warning on the public channel.

“Too young,” Chu Danqing muttered, giving Yue Lan Wuying and Da Bao a glance.

They instantly understood—he signaled them to move into battle.

Simultaneously, Chu Danqing activated the Spirit Eye Necklace’s Spirit Eye Technique to scan the Death Messenger.

The result was as expected—all question marks.

Excellent-tier gear could handle mid-to-low-tier foes in Rank 1, but was useless against such Qiangzhe .

To obtain enemy information, you needed Exquisite-tier gear.

Yue Lan Wuying charged straight at the Death Messenger, catching him off guard—but he reacted instantly.

He instantly stacked a bone shield and unleashed a Ming fire blast resembling a repelling flame ring, forcibly pushing Yue Lan Wuying back.

Yue Lan Wuying was coated in Ming fire—her HP plummeted, and she suffered continuous damage.

Fortunately, Da Bai reacted quickly: one snake head cast Spirit Technique · Spirit Healing to restore HP and purge the Ming fire, while the other cast Spirit Technique · Evil Curse, inflicting Weakness and Poison on the Death Messenger.

At the same moment, Da Bao replaced the ice elemental as the main fighter against the heavy-armored skeleton warrior.

With Chu Danqing’s arrival, Shuang Wen’s pressure dropped by more than half.

“Summoner?” The Death Messenger’s gaze locked onto Chu Danqing.

He was a necromancer, specializing in bone and Ming fire, with some summoning ability.

But not much—like the heavy-armored skeleton warrior, it wasn’t summoned; it was a semi-permanent construct, assembled from bones.

Pure summoning existed, but had too many weaknesses.

Shuang Wen instantly fired an Ice Arrow as a surprise attack.

Chu Danqing didn’t hold back—Da Gu began chanting Bei Hui Feng.

The Death Messenger wasn’t fazed by Shuang Wen’s Ice Cones—he retaliated with Ming fire projectiles.

The chant ended—Bei Hui Feng shot toward the Death Messenger at blinding speed.

The Death Messenger instantly sensed the terrifying nature of Bei Hui Feng.

The soul flames in his eye sockets flickered—he immediately used a Bone Substitute to teleport away.

The Ice Cones struck the Bone Substitute, causing minimal damage but slowing it down.

But Bei Hui Feng arrived, bypassing the Bone Substitute entirely, homing in on the Death Messenger as he landed.

Lock-on tracking spells aren’t easily fooled.

Especially not when Da Gu was controlling it.

“What?!?!” The Death Messenger was startled—his Bone Substitute was on cooldown and couldn’t be used again.

He had no choice but to counter with Ming fire Bone Dragon Breath.

This wasn’t a single skill—it was a combo of multiple techniques.

Bone and Ming fire coalesced before him into a western dragon, embedded in his chest—when the Dragon Crystal there shattered, the dragon instantly came alive.

The western dragon opened its mouth and unleashed a breath attack, directly blocking Bei Hui Feng—using all its strength.

Dragon Breath and Bei Hui Feng exploded violently.

The Death Messenger’s bone shield shattered instantly, and the Dragon Breath broke apart.

But Da Gu’s Bei Hui Feng had a combo effect—it triggered a second attack of equal power.

By the time the Death Messenger realized it, it was too late—Bei Hui Feng exploded again.

Penetration, Armor Penetration, Base Damage, Soul Attribute, Yang Attribute, Yin Attribute.

Tens of thousands of damage erupted instantly—he died on the spot.

He didn’t even survive the follow-up AoE—he vanished without a trace.

【You killed a Death Messenger. You gained: Paradise Points ×10000, Universal Skill Points ×1】

Then, a red light rose from his corpse, splitting into two beams that flowed into Chu Danqing and Shuang Wen.

Finally, it materialized in their storage space as a bloody treasure chest.

First reward secured.

How could such a strong enemy be one-shot by Da Gu’s Bei Hui Feng?

Da Gu sacrificed all his glass cannon stats—3300 base damage plus buffs, combined with triple Soul, Yang, and Yin damage, skyrocketing to over ten thousand.

Even if the enemy had talents, skills, or gear to reduce damage, if he could withstand it, he wouldn’t be here facing them.

The enemy was insane—he actually broke the first Bei Hui Feng. Even the Emperor’s Son couldn’t do that.

Remember, Da Gu chanted Bei Hui Feng for thirty seconds, with multiple buffs, to achieve this effect.

But the battle wasn’t over—the heavy-armored skeleton warrior didn’t vanish with the Death Messenger’s death; instead, it exploded immediately.

Fortunately, Yue Lan Wuying was nearby and struck first, killing it before it could complete the explosion.

The battle ended. Shuang Wen collapsed onto the ground, exhausted.

“Thanks—if not for you, I’d be dead.” Shuang Wen gasped.

His elemental energy was depleted—he’d cast his final spells at the cost of his HP.

“What happened? Where are your Element Tower Peak people?” Chu Danqing asked.

“All dead,” Shuang Wen said. “We encountered three Death Messengers—we lost half in one exchange.”

“I ran fast, but this necromancer caught up to me.”

“There’s also a Death Knight and a ghost cultivator skilled in arrays—they work in tandem, and we had no way to resist.” Shuang Wen sighed helplessly.

Twelve members of the Element Tower’s Apex had entered this trial world; he was the only one left alive.

The other eleven had tried to escape, but all were caught.

Compared to the Death Knight and the ghost cultivator, the necromancer’s mobility was naturally inferior.

After drinking a potion to restore his energy, Shuang Wen recovered enough to ask, “What are your plans?”

He had no plans at all—he couldn’t fight, and he couldn’t gather anyone.

They could only rely on these hidden lone experts.

(End of Chapter)