Chapter 71: Phoenix Blood Mage

Su Sheng took out the mission item obtained together with the Cloak of Invisibility in an earlier lottery, the Demon-Driving Token.

Level 20 usage condition.

Activate!

Mission prompt: Activate the mission item, the Demon-Driving Token.

Please go to Wutong Town Demon Suppression Office to learn the mission details.

Demon Suppression Office, Su Sheng glanced at the direction and then walked over.

When he arrived at the Demon Suppression Office, Su Sheng was directly stopped.

After Su Sheng showed the Demon-Driving Token, he was then allowed to enter the Demon Suppression Office.

"As it turns out, the Chivalrous Knight holds a Demon-Driving Command, please come in, please come in."

The two guard NPCs respectfully welcomed Su Sheng inside.

The forms of address have changed; ordinary NPCs now call players Explorers.

The Demon Suppression Office, in the eyes of most players, is merely a decoration, because they cannot enter and there are no missions.

According to the instructions, Su Sheng directly walked into the central hall of the Demon Suppression Office.

"Ah Sheng?"

Here, Su Sheng unexpectedly ran into Li Wenwan.

"Sister Wanwan?"

Su Sheng froze for a moment, then recalled the description of the Divine Phoenix Essence Blood, which indeed suppresses demon energy.

Since it's about resolving demon energy, it's definitely coming to the Demon Suppression Office.

"How is it? Has the mission been completed?" Su Sheng said.

"Dang dang dang, look." Li Wenwan, as if offering a treasure, posted an item's attributes.

Divine Phoenix Essence Blood (Red)

Pure Divine Phoenix Essence Blood, upon consumption awakens the Divine Phoenix bloodline with 100% certainty, granting a hidden class.

Restriction: Magic class template.

"Hehe, I'm waiting to go back and take it in front of them." Li Wenwan said with a smile.

"Not bad, hahaha, what hidden class did you get? Remember to tell me." Su Sheng replied with a laugh.

Six million.

"All right, then Ah Sheng, you go ahead and be busy." After Li Wenwan said that, she gave Su Sheng a curious glance and turned to leave.

Li Wenwan is no game newbie, and the Demon Suppression Office is not somewhere just anyone can enter.

If it weren't for the Divine Phoenix Essence Blood mission, Li Wenwan wouldn't be able to enter the Demon Suppression Office.

Su Sheng being able to enter clearly indicates he has a mission.

However, Su Sheng doesn't say, and Li Wenwan won't ask further.

…

Demon Suppression Office, the office head.

"Since the Chivalrous Knight holds the Demon Suppression Command, he must be an outstanding person."

"Right now the Demon Suppression Office happens to be short-staffed, there are some miscellaneous tasks; I wonder if the Chivalrous Knight would be willing to lend a hand?"

"I would be glad to help." Su Sheng naturally had no reason to refuse.

"In that case, in the forest west of the town, demon energy swirls, giving rise to many demon energy foxes; the Demon Suppression Office suffers from insufficient manpower, letting them proliferate into disaster; I trouble the Chivalrous Knight to step out and help clear them."

Mission prompt: Demon Suppression. One

Clear Demon Energy Foxes: 0/10000

Su Sheng raised his eyebrows; demon energy foxes, old friends.

These are level 20 monsters, and there are still so many; now Su Sheng is level twenty, going to fight level twenty monsters yields no over-level reward, and the experience is too low.

However, this is only the first stage, probably just a test; after all, when you have someone do work, you also need to find a reliable person.

Let's fight first, and incidentally complete the hidden class's skill task.

Su Sheng accepted the mission, and had just walked out of the Demon Suppression Office's main gate.

A private chat message came over.

A career information sticker, from Li Wenwan.

Phoenix Blood Mage (Flame)

A mage who has inherited the Divine Phoenix bloodline.

Su Sheng took a rough look; it's a fire mage, all magical skills have become fire-based, and fire damage also has extra ignition and burst bonuses.

Its positioning is that of a pure-output fire super turret.

Su Sheng recalls that the previous dungeon dropped a fire-element staff, which would probably complement Li Wenwan well.

At the same time, a video on the forum quickly went viral.

It was precisely Li Wenwan's video.

When Li Wenwan consumed the Divine Phoenix Essence Blood, it was inside Wutong Town, and there were many players around.

I don't know which player was recording what, but they happened to record it, and then edited it.

All that could be seen in the picture was that it was originally not the courtesan girls.

Just a sharp phoenix cry rang out, and then there was a clamor all around.

The picture then locked onto the courtesan girls' side.

A huge fire phoenix illusion shot up from Li Wenwan's body, and finally in midair it dyed the entire Wutong Town a fiery red.

Su Sheng saw this, clicked his tongue, and thought, "How is this class-change scene so much more impressive than mine back then?"

Back then, I had no omen at all, and I completed the class change without a word.

It's the same red class-change item, but what a difference—living up to its reputation as a 'special effect' worth six million.

"Not bad." Su Sheng praised.

After leaving the town, Su Sheng headed straight for the location of the demon-energy foxes.

However, by this time, quite a few players were already in this forest.

After all, at this stage, the areas with 15th- and 20th-level monsters have the most players.

Ten thousand demon-energy foxes—competing with these players for monsters is a headache.

But what can we do? Just grind.

First, finish the quest.

Kill a hundred monsters without taking damage, and they must be no lower level than myself.

Su Sheng is level 20, and these demon-energy foxes happen to be level 20 as well.

Afterward, Su Sheng found a relatively player‑sparse corner and began killing monsters.

Also, this training area is quite large.

According to official statistics, Wutong Town has the most players of any town.

And the cause of all this is Su Sheng's fixed dungeon… Hui Long Zhai.

The players in Wutong Town are about four to five times those of other towns.

Fortunately, each direction has its corresponding training map; otherwise, we'd likely see a Newbie Village scene here—crowds of people.

However, Hui Long Zhai's suitable stage is levels 10‑15; after the seventh‑day town settlement cooldown, most players over level 15 might go to other towns.

After all, aside from Hui Long Zhai, Wutong Town has no other advantages; more people just means greater competitive pressure.

Not everyone enjoys this high‑pressure competitive environment.

A hundred, killed without taking damage.

Su Sheng could easily complete it…

Now Su Sheng's terrifying stats make even ordinary level‑20 monsters child's play—no need to aim for weak points; they can be easily slain.

Yesterday's intense battle left me a bit tired, so this time Su Sheng got lazy—aside from dodging attacks, he just swung his sword wildly.

The occasional Phoenix Flame and poison procs made these demon‑energy foxes die in fancy ways.

Su Sheng felt a kinship with these demon‑energy foxes.

The level‑15 professional skill task required killing a thousand demon‑energy foxes, and the level‑20 professional skill task is still to kill demon‑energy foxes.

Second, the lottery task token also requires killing demon‑energy foxes.

(Demon‑energy fox: Thank you.)

Although Su Sheng deliberately chose a sparsely populated spot, his movements were just too smooth.

The other players were all teaming up and coordinating.

The few solo players were also stumbling along.

And Su Sheng? He was playing around.

Thus, Su Sheng was still noticed by people.

"I'm rough, look at that guy."

"He kills so fast, and look at his movements—so smooth, those foxes can't touch him."

"He looks somewhat familiar."

"He isn't that hidden class, is he?"

"Before, there was a lot of talk about him hacking."

"..."

"As expected, he's gold—shines wherever he goes."

Su Sheng also didn't mind, as long as no one bothered him.