Chapter 178: The Bluff Succeeded—Turned Green, and Turned Stronger!

And as the monster horde fell, Qin Feng's various stats shot up without stopping.

Advanced units… posed no threat to Qin Feng whatsoever.

He simply charged straight in with his troops, smashing through everything in his path.

One hour later.

Boom!

Beneath the dazzling blast of fire, countless Netherworld monsters were instantly torn to shreds.

Qin Feng let out a long breath.

Three billion monsters—even for him, it had taken a full hour of grinding.

Now, the first phase of the mission was finally about to be complete.

The system's voice rang out abruptly.

"Ding dong~ your Secret Realm mission has been completed! The second phase mission 【Destroy the Magic Formation】 has been issued!"

"Ding dong~ your appearance has drawn the attention of certain monsters; they have together activated a magic formation. Until it is destroyed, you will continuously suffer the effect of 【Soul Erosion (LV10)】!"

"…"

As the voice faded, a skull icon appeared on Qin Feng's map.

At the same time, a 【Soul Erosion】 debuff appeared on the status bar of every one of Qin Feng's units.

【Soul Erosion】

Description: The Netherworld is no place for the living; here, the souls of all living beings will be eroded.

Level: 10

Effect: All units lose 1% of their HP per minute.

……

Hiss!

This BUFF…

is honestly a bit unreasonable—it's HP reduction by percentage.

If his 470 HP were any higher, no matter how high-tier the recovery potions, they simply couldn't keep up.

However.

Flash!

"Ding dong~ you have triggered 【Supreme Purification Aura (LVMAX)】, clearing 【Soul Erosion (LV10)】!"

"…"

As the system voice faded, the debuff instantly vanished from the status bars of Qin Feng's units.

The Purification Aura—terrifyingly powerful indeed!

At this moment, Eileen knit her slender brows and said, "Tyrant Knight Commander, I can feel my vitality draining. Let's hurry and destroy the magic formation!"

Qin Feng blinked, a thought flashing through his mind.

Eileen… was a rare genius, after all.

And—

she was quite beautiful, too.

What difference is there between a lord and a salted fish if he never tries to recruit a wild NPC?

He put on a hesitant look and said, "Knight Commander Eileen, I do happen to have a way to clear this status, but…"

"What?"

Eileen's beautiful eyes lit up at once—she didn't want her vitality to keep draining either.

Although popping potions could barely keep up for now, constantly chugging them was honestly a waste of supplies.

Seeing Qin Feng's troubled look, she could somewhat understand.

Being able to clear such a powerful buff must require some top-tier item.

It was only natural that Qin Feng didn't want to share.

At this moment, Qin Feng sighed and said: "Fine, for the glory of the Starlight Knights and the peace of the universe, I can't worry about that anymore!"

Hearing this.

Eileen was instantly moved.

It seemed…

this man, while powerful, also had rather fine character!

In an instant, Qin Feng's image in her heart swelled tall and grand.

Qin Feng then spoke up: "Knight Commander Eileen, join my territory!"

"???"

In that instant, Eileen's little head was filled with question marks.

Join his territory?!

As Knight Commander of the Starlight Knights, Eileen had naturally come into contact with many lords from other worlds.

She had been poached countless times—easily hundreds, if not thousands.

Without exception, she had refused them all.

At this moment, she strongly suspected that Qin Feng had been toying with her, and her earlier gratitude instantly vanished.

She said, "I'm very sorry, Tyrant Knight Commander, but the Knights have regulations—I cannot join a player's territory!"

Qin Feng, however, heard this and put on a righteous, solemn look:

"This is a special moment, Knight Commander Eileen. Surely you don't want to watch the evil creatures of the Netherworld spread to the War Continent?"

"Sigh, what a pity. I've already taken out something so powerful to share, and yet I still got rejected…"

"If this continues, the evil faction is bound to make a comeback!"

"…"

The words fell.

Qin Feng's face was also written all over with pain and struggle.

Aileen was once again deeply moved.

It seems… she had wronged him!

She then said, "If I join your territory, I won't be affected by 【Soul Erosion】?"

Qin Feng's heart leaped with joy.

It worked!

He nodded and said, "Of course!"

"Fine, you can't lie to me."

Aileen finally gave a small nod.

The next moment.

"Ding dong~ 【Star Knight Commander · Aileen (SS-Rank Hero)】 requests to join your territory. Confirm?"

"Confirm!"

Along with the press of the confirm button.

The ID above Aileen's little head instantly turned green.

At the same time.