Chapter 1270: Numerically Powerful Demon Race Units

System Notification: Entering a Demon Energy environment, the entire National Battle Map is under Demon Tribe Invasion; the first thing the Demon Race does after descending is to alter the environment, attempting to pollute it with Demon Energy.

Affected by Demon Energy corruption, all attributes are suppressed by 1%.

(Exempted)

A 1% suppression—no wonder I didn't feel anything at all.

My current Demon-Suppressing Army centurion badge is blue quality, with a magic resistance attribute of 15%.

As long as it doesn't exceed this threshold, I can completely ignore it.

Moreover, after this period's accumulation, the Yanhuang Guild's warehouse holds plenty of high-quality anti-Demon pills, and Su Sheng's backpack naturally isn't lacking them either.

This is also thanks to this period; Chen Jianping, the chief pharmacist of Yanhuang, has been diligent.

Tsk…

Even Su Sheng is a bit doubtful.

Did that woman Du Xue know some information in advance?

Otherwise, why would she suddenly act covertly against Chen Jianping?

Otherwise, the last invitation from the Wei Family Conglomerate was so long ago, everything had been peaceful, and now it's suddenly…

Just extremely sudden.

She taking Chen An'an away certainly isn't to hurt Chen An'an, but to use Chen An'an to threaten Chen Jianping into helping her.

Now it seems this woman is rather far‑sighted, but… she made the wrong move.

Su Sheng shook his head, not pondering the matter further; after all, there's no evidence right now.

Thinking about it is useless; the woman's method is very clever—using some tactics I previously left in the Wei Family Conglomerate, she directed all suspicion and the evidence chain toward the Wei Family Conglomerate.

Xuan Yu Wu has already approached the Wei Family Conglomerate, and the conglomerate indeed knows how to act.

Given this incident, they indeed responded, providing Chen Jianping with ample medical compensation… in short, a huge sum.

However, according to what Xuan Yu Wu said, the decision was made by the senior chairman of the Wei Family Conglomerate.

Of course, Wei Cheng currently lacks the authority to make such a decision.

Although he is the heir, it seems his current position in the Wei Family Conglomerate is merely Executive Vice President; the real decision‑maker is still his elder.

Moreover… besides Du Xue's affair, there's also, here at Zhu Lu, Qiancheng Muxue is not optimistic; whether her heir status remains stable is another story.

Of course, none of these concern Su Sheng now. Su Sheng only knows that on the National Battle Map, Yanhuang can pretty much go wild.

The Demon Energy corruption effect is practically a perk for Yanhuang, which possesses anti-Demon pills.

Although anti-Demon pills are sold on the market, only Domestic Server players can purchase them; the auction system does not cross servers.

Furthermore, high‑quality anti-Demon pills are not sold externally by Yanhuang.

Currently, the only place to buy them is Huan Yu.

And with this incident, anti-Demon pills can see a price surge.

Based on the system announcement, this 1% Demon Energy suppression effect is just beginning; it should intensify over time.

At least, before this National Battle Map season ends, Yanhuang can still earn a sum.

Su Sheng, in high spirits, mounted a suanni and charged out.

…

Soon, Su Sheng encountered the first wild monster!

An 80‑level Demon Race normal monster.

Su Sheng immediately engaged, testing the waters.

Of course, it was just a normal monster; it fell quickly before Su Sheng.

Sure enough, it gave me experience!

And…

National War Merit turned out to be two points, Demon Suppression value points 1 point.

Killing these Demon units yields National War Merit?! And it's two points; normally killing a regular player from another server only gives one point.

Only by killing opponents with higher National War Merit values can you earn more points.

However, after a brief thought, Su Sheng understood.

In the game's overarching story, all humans' enemies are the Demon Race; thus, on the National Battle Map, killing Demons to earn National War points makes sense.

Only killing players allows you to loot National Fortune Value, which killing Demons currently does not.

That makes it very interesting.

So, from now on it's up to the player: grind monsters or kill players?

Killing monsters grants experience, also National War Merit, and it's double.

Killing players gives National Fortune Merit and National Fortune Value, but no experience.

Especially the experience…

The National Battle Map's season occurs quarterly, i. e., every three months; this map has been open for two months, and the final month released the Demon City Arrival expansion.

But over these two months, players' overall leveling progress barely improved; estimating the little experience from daily Dungeon runs, most players are stuck in the National Battle Map.

Of course, these monsters aren't easy to kill; ordinary players likely need a full party to even encounter them.

These 80‑level Demon City units have slightly stronger attributes than the usual 85‑level elite monsters outside.

Compared to the original Demon Realm monsters, they're significantly stronger.

Of course, against Su Sheng it was the same, so Su Sheng only gained one Demon Suppression point.

Naturally, players are also hard to kill, and the chance of a mishap is even higher.

As for Su Sheng…

Only kids make choices; adults obviously want it all!

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Encounter a human, kill the human; encounter a demon, kill the demon; when a god blocks, kill the god; when a Buddha blocks, kill the Buddha.

Su Sheng immediately pushed straight ahead!

…

In contrast to Su Sheng's ease, the other players seemed stuck from the start.

Many players whose formations were not well organized ran into Demon Race monsters shortly after leaving the city, and even had a Demon-quality attribute suppression effect, though only 1%.

But many players hit a Waterloo right away, even before fighting other players, and just went down.

At the same time, the forum was full of endless complaints.

These Demon Race units are too fierce.

But thinking about it, these Demon Race units give both experience and merit, and even double merit, so it's somewhat understandable.

Especially after a certain post appeared, everyone fell silent.

A lucky player on the Domestic Server posted on the game forum, sharing several screenshots; their squad encountered a wandering Demon Race Elite Monster.

After paying the price of two players going down, they defeated that Elite Monster and obtained an orange epic piece of equipment with pretty good stats.

An Elite Monster isn't even a BOSS, yet it can drop an epic?

That got everyone hyped.

Originally, some who had decided to keep hunting players quietly changed their minds.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Su Sheng.

But on Su Sheng's side, something rather interesting happened.

Seeing the situation ahead, Su Sheng quietly swapped into Cheetah battle boots, and after entering the Cheetah stance, silently secured a pretty good spot.

He glanced at the Ice Soul Sword Box in his hand, already filled with a thousand layers of sword Qi, and gave a meaningfully lingering smile.

Then, just like that, he quietly watched the performance ahead…