Chapter 313: Tafu, who tried her best

Planet Kao, the campfire burned slowly.

Inside the dim tent, the tempting fresh fragrance floated in the air.

Sarah walked in with a bowl of hot noodle soup, placed it gently in front of Luo Yan, who was reading and resting, and said softly.

"Demon King, the noodles I made, please have a taste."

"Hmm, thank you."

After Luo Yan took it, he put the high-tier magic book he was reading halfway aside, and took out chopsticks from his space ring.

In the golden soup floated a few pieces of fried tofu, and the most conspicuous thing in the bowl was a few small and exquisite boiled dragon eggs.

Sarah's comprehension is very high, and she has made rapid progress in both martial arts and cooking, which may be related to her focus and seriousness.

Luo Yan tasted it and praised the taste, and sucked a large bowl in a while.

Squatting in the corner of the tent, the young dragon Tafu, who was also burying her head in eating noodles, stared with round eyes, staring at the bowl in Luo Yan's hand as if nothing had happened, and a sinister smile was almost written on her face.

No need to doubt—

Those boiled eggs the size of quail eggs were her masterpiece!

In the past week, her level has improved a lot.

Although she can control her laying with her current strength, and even reduce the number to once a month, she didn't do so, but pretended to be unable to control it, and tried her best to lay a lot in the past week.

This is of course not because it feels great when laying eggs.

It is because she is playing a big game of chess!

Based on her understanding of meat-eating lizards, all the hormones ingested will eventually enter the eggs she lays through the internal circulation system and protein exchange—

That is the so-called drug residue!

Didn't that hateful hairless monkey mix ripening magic medicine into her food?

Let you drug me—

Eat it back yourself!

'As the saying goes, enter the game with your body, treat others with their own way, lift a stone and drop it on your own feet, and you will definitely trip if you cross the river by feeling the stones! Ga ga ga...'

Tafu was secretly happy in her heart, and couldn't help but imagine—the funny scene where Luo Yan suddenly mutated and smoke came out of his head after eating the eggs she laid.

Just when Tafu was so proud that she was about to hum a little tune, Luo Yan, who was eating noodles, suddenly stopped his movements, and his brows frowned slightly.

Tafu, who had been observing him secretly, had her eyes light up, and she was so surprised that she wanted to scream.

'It's coming, it's coming!'

However, in order not to reveal her flaws, she still pretended to be calm and raised her head, putting on an incomparably concerned expression and asked.

"What's wrong, Demon King? Are you feeling unwell?"

Sarah, who was dining, froze slightly, and hurriedly raised her head to look at Luo Yan, her eyes also filled with deep concern.

Luo Yan didn't respond immediately, just put down his chopsticks silently, slowly closed his eyes, and began to meditate on the cushion.

Seeing that this guy really had an accident, Tafu was ecstatic in her heart.

However, just when she was about to be unable to hold back the corners of her mouth, Luo Yan suddenly opened his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said with a strange expression.

"I seem to have... broken through."

His experience was originally a little bit short, but for some reason, he suddenly crossed that last step.

Could it be because of the dragon eggs?

Luo Yan's expression became strange.

Tafu froze when she heard this, and the little face that couldn't hold back instantly stiffened.

"Ah?! This, how is this possible?! Did you... feel wrong?"

Those round eyes widened, she stared at Luo Yan in disbelief, and suddenly realized something, her face gradually turned pale.

Sure enough, the development of things was exactly as she expected—

Luo Yan raised his hand slightly, and a nether-green light condensed on his fingertips.

Feeling the surging power in his body, he looked at Tafu, and a hint of faint appreciation appeared in the bottom of his eyes.

"I didn't expect your eggs to have such a miraculous effect... It seems that I will have to trouble you to lay more in the future."

Tafu: "???"

The power of dragon eggs is indeed extraordinary.

Luo Yan can clearly feel that his speed of leveling up in the past week has improved, and he thinks it is also affected by this.

Just don't know why.

Recently, his desire has become a bit strong, even to the point of affecting sleep.

Is it too much supplement?

But this is not a big deal.

For a magician, meditation can solve most problems, and even meditation can be used to replace sleep.

In this way, without Luo Yan's complete knowledge, a conspiracy against the Demon King automatically disintegrated, and a certain insidious and cunning guy once again lifted a stone and dropped it on her own feet...

After lunch, Luo Yan walked out of the tent and came to the empty wasteland beside the camp.

The wasteland was ravaged by wind and sand, and except for some withered shrubs and scattered stones, there was nothing else.

He took a deep breath, then slowly raised his right hand, the network of spiritual power gathered toward his palm, and countless inspirations for casting spells emerged in his sea of consciousness in an instant.

The surging magic energy seemed to become a part of his body, and his control over them was as natural as breathing.

Luo Yan's mind moved slightly, and the elements gathered in the space seemed to sense the call, and quickly condensed in his hands.

The next second, a huge nether-colored flame rose rapidly from his palm, and the edge of the flame faintly revealed a dark purple light!

That cold and scorching flame emitted strange energy fluctuations, and it seemed that even the surrounding space was distorted by it!

His power is approaching the edge of the subspace—

This has never happened before!

"Sure enough, it is completely different from before..."

Luo Yan nodded slightly, a satisfied expression appeared on his face, then he squeezed hard, and the nether-colored flame instantly shattered into splashing sparks.

The biggest difference between Platinum-tier power and Gold-tier is probably that there is no need to be overly constrained by "the rules of predecessors" in the use of extraordinary power.

This seems to be a commonality of all high-tier extraordinary beings, including the four Demon Generals under his command—

Although they do not have the power of a domain, they can already define the rules within themselves!

Thinking of this, Luo Yan couldn't help but look forward to the "Diamond Power" he would master in the future.

Although he still has a long way to go before truly stepping into the Diamond-tier realm, since his soul level has reached it, he thinks that the improvement of the realm is only a matter of time!

After confirming his new power, Luo Yan immediately summoned his attribute panel, and his eyes fell on the latest data.

Just as he expected.

As a high-tier extraordinary being, the Platinum-tier attribute panel has had a qualitative leap compared to the Gold-tier!

He is terrifyingly strong now!

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ID: Luo Yan

Race: Human

Soul Level: Diamond (Level Cap LV130)

Level: LV. 91 (+1, Promotion)

Physique: 89 (+40)

Strength: 36 (+10)

Agility: 44 (+17)

Intelligence: 279 (+70)

Spirit: 232 (+63)

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"I actually got 200 attribute points for being promoted to Platinum-tier!"

If he remembers correctly, the Gold-tier promotion reward was only 75 attribute points!

"Is this the power of a high-tier extraordinary being?" Looking at his intelligence and spirit attributes, the corners of Luo Yan's mouth couldn't help but curl up with a smile.

In addition—

It's not just him who has been promoted recently.

Just yesterday, Sarah also broke through the bottleneck of Steel-tier and officially reached Bai Yin-tier!

Looking at Sarah walking out of the tent, Luo Yan opened her attribute panel by the way.

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ID: Sarah

Race: Demon

Soul Level: Bai Yin (Level Cap LV70)

Level: LV. 51 (+1, Promotion)

Physique: 39 (+5)

Strength: 59 (+10)

Agility: 85 (+15)

Intelligence: 17 (+2)

Spirit: 18 (+3)

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Seeing the Demon King staring straight at her, Sarah's cheeks felt a bit hot, her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily, and she felt inexplicably embarrassed.

Don't know if it was her illusion.

She always felt that his gaze had been strange these past few days, like a burning fire, and a pleasant smell was emanating from him.

Is it a sign of a breakthrough in rank?

Or...

"Demon King... Lord? Do you have any instructions?" Unconsciously pinching the corner of her clothes, Sarah bowed respectfully and said softly.

Luo Yan closed the attribute panel, looked at her sternly, and said.

"Sarah, your strength has reached Bai Yin-tier. Now I want to promote your soul to Gold, so you can challenge higher ranks. Are you ready?"

Sarah froze slightly, immediately restrained the romantic thoughts in her heart, and responded sternly.

"Yes, Demon King... I am ready for you at any time."

Luo Yan nodded approvingly.

"Very good."

Among all his subordinates, Sarah is probably the most motivated, and she is not inferior to the "roll kings" among the players at all.

He thinks very highly of her.

Maybe, the Graveyard will soon give birth to the fifth Platinum-tier Demon General!

Sarah knelt on one knee in front of Luo Yan, her right hand on her chest, her face completely devout and holy.

Tafu hid behind the tent curtain, looking at this side curiously, seemingly wanting to see how such a thing as promotion is completed.

In her memory of her previous life, although she had a huge amount of faith power, she never knew how to use it correctly, so that it was all wasted on things like "left hand fighting right hand."

However, everything that happened before her eyes was so simple that it disappointed her.

In her view, Luo Yan just extended his right hand and placed it on Sarah's head, then those agile cat ears stood up straight, and then a look of intoxication appeared on the latter's face.

That's it? Just touch the head and promote?!

She can do it too!!!

However, what Tafu didn't know was that what she saw was only the appearance, and she couldn't see it because this promotion ceremony had nothing to do with her.

From Luo Yan's perspective, a milky white light was floating from his right palm, slowly merging into Sarah's brow.

That was the divine sense separated from Hearing You You—this touch of divine sense merged silently into Sarah's soul, and engraved his mark on it.

Feeling the warmth that embraced everything, Sarah gradually showed an intoxicated expression, as if she had returned to her childhood swaddling clothes.

For a moment, she even saw a milky white bubble, waving at her in a friendly way, or even smiling mischievously.

But that seemed to be just her illusion—

As that illusion disappeared, she felt that her five senses seemed to become clearer, spreading from a distance of more than ten meters to tens of meters away like a dense spider web.

Through the thin cloth and silk, she even heard the Demon King's heartbeat!

Hmm?

Seems a bit fast?

Luo Yan, who finished the work, withdrew his right hand and opened Sarah's attribute panel again.

Although there was no change in the values, her soul level had been upgraded from Bai Yin to Gold, and the level cap had also been increased to 90.

He also specifically paid attention to his divinity panel—the column about "overdraft quota" was still 0%, and the control efficiency was still 100%.

It seems that before Sarah officially breaks through to Gold-tier, she will not occupy his influence quota in advance.

Of course, maybe the share occupied by Gold-tier is too small, and it can be ignored as long as it does not reach a certain number.

"Thank you for your grace, Demon King." Sarah raised her head slightly, looking at him with watery eyes, her eyes full of dependence.

Luo Yan nodded slightly.

"This is the reward your loyalty deserves... please get up."

Sarah got up from the ground and said eagerly.

"Where are we going next? Continue to go deeper?"

Luo Yan shook his head and cast his gaze toward the direction of the abandoned fortress occupied by the Graveyard outside the Nameless Wasteland.

A smile curled at the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly.

"My believers are summoning me."

"Time to go back."

The gloomy and eerie fortress, the resurrection square under the gaze of the Demon King statue, skeletons with bare butts were coming and going.

"LV24 acolyte looking for a group! Can summon skeleton babies!"

"You are already LV24 and can only summon skeletons?! Delete your account, brother!"

"Does anyone want blue bottles? 1000 Nether coins a bottle! Last stock!"

"Need a tank! Requirement LV30! The higher the physique, the better!"

"..."

There have been an unusually large number of "Demon King servants" appearing here recently, so much so that the orcs of the "Crown of Malice" mercenary group were very nervous, thinking that a big battle was about to happen.

The leader of the mercenary group, Sano Blackhand, was pondering whether to ask when the Demon King passed by here next time, when his eyes blurred, and he saw a black shadow fall at the entrance of the castle.

Under that pitch-black cloak—

It was the Demon King!

Sano's expression shook slightly, and he hurriedly restrained his thoughts and bowed respectfully.

"Your Majesty."

"Hmm."

Luo Yan nodded casually, his gaze swept over him, and then he passed through the resurrection square behind him.

The two made eye contact for less than half a second.

However, just such a simple action made Sano's heart jump.

Can't be wrong!

That aura and pressure, it is definitely not something a Gold-tier powerhouse can have!

Realizing what had happened to him, Sano's face gradually showed an unbelievable expression, looking at the Demon King as if looking at a monster.

He still remembers that a month ago, when the Demon King first came here, he was only at the beginning of Gold-tier. How did he become Platinum after going out for a month?!

It's not just strength.

His temperament has also undergone earth-shaking changes, adding a touch of coldness and killing intent to his usual gentle and easygoing manner.

That killing intent seems to come from behind him—

As if thousands of dead souls were following him!

Sano was shocked.

How many monsters did he kill during this time?!

And what shocked Sano even more was not just these, his eyes soon fell on Her Highness Sarah behind Luo Yan.

The Demon lady in a cloak was still an iceberg beauty, silent, just like a shadow behind the Demon King.

However, even though she was low-key enough, Sano could still keenly perceive that the aura on her had also undergone huge changes—becoming sharper and more unfathomable than before!

"Could it be that Her Highness Sarah has also broken through?!" Sano was shocked, and couldn't help but feel a sense of envy.

When he was promoted from Steel-tier to Bai Yin, he not only paid a huge price to practice, but also spent several years!

And the reason why he was finally promoted to Gold-tier was thanks to the Demon King's guidance!

He didn't doubt that Her Highness Sarah had also paid a huge price, but her promotion speed was too fast, right?!

Looking at Sano, who looked surprised, Luo Yan's heart moved slightly, and he clicked on his attribute panel.

As long as it is someone whose soul level he has improved, he can see the other party's attributes... and this is also one of the permissions of God to believers.

Sure enough!

Sano, who had been stationed on the Chaos Planet for nearly a year, had reached the peak of Gold-tier—rising from the initial level 71 to level 90!

Luo Yan pondered for two seconds about whether to upgrade him, but finally decided to help him.

Although they have an employment relationship, he has worked under him for so long, and has always served him loyally.

Anyway, he is more credible than a two-faced guy like Thanos.

Thinking of this, Luo Yan said.

"Sano Blackhand, I remember you once said that your sword will always be loyal to me, until the end of the river of time."

Sano froze slightly, his expression moved slightly when he looked at Luo Yan.

"You still remember..."

Of course he remembers saying this, but he didn't expect the Demon King to remember it in his heart!

"I remember what you said and what you did, and... I think you did a good job, you are indeed fulfilling your promise," looking at Sano, whose expression was moved, Luo Yan continued in a majestic tone, "Therefore, I decided to let your soul go up another level... this is the reward you deserve."

Sano was stunned on the spot, then an unbelievable expression appeared in his eyes, and he trembled with excitement.

"Your Majesty... you, you really want to promote me?!"

He knew that the Demon King had such ability, after all, he had felt it once before—the feeling of being bathed in divine light!

However, he also believed that such a good thing must not be without a price, otherwise there would be high-tier demons everywhere in the Demon Capital.

Unexpectedly, such a good thing would come to him again, Sano was flattered for a while, and that rough face was at a loss.

Luo Yan looked at him, who was at a loss, nodded slightly, and said calmly.

"Of course it is true."

"I said, this is what you deserve."

As his voice fell, a milky white light had quietly seeped into Sano's chest and melted into the depths of his soul.

Sano closed his eyes, clearly feeling the violent vibration from the depths of his soul, and faintly heard the crisp sound of a chain breaking!

The bottleneck that had trapped him all along was torn apart, and he felt like a bird that had grown wings, breaking free from the shackles of gravity on the ground!

The next second, an unprecedentedly huge power filled his whole body like a tide, tempering every muscle in his body like a rock!

A few seconds later, Sano slowly opened his eyes, his eyes already ecstatic.

Luo Yan could very well understand Sano's feelings at the moment, after all, he had experienced it not long ago—the feeling of power undergoing a qualitative transformation!

"From now on, you are Platinum-tier."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

Sano knelt down with a thud, his eyes full of gratitude, and his earnest and devout appearance was as if the person standing in front of him was not the Demon King—but the Demon God!

Actually, there is no difference.

Maybe he had felt the grace of the Demon God in his previous life, but he hadn't felt it in this life, and the extraordinary power of Gold-tier and Platinum-tier were both bestowed upon him by Luo Yan.

For him, Luo Yan is like his parent who recreated him!

"... Your subordinate will definitely make persistent efforts and will never fail Your Majesty's expectations!"

Looking at Luo Yan, who was "playing god," Tafu, who was squatting in Sarah's arms, sighed in admiration. No wonder she was not this guy's opponent.

Although she also knows how to buy people's hearts, her posture and skills are far less handy than his.

Look at that orc's appearance...

He almost wanted to lick his boots.

Too shameless!!!

Regardless of how Tafu found excuses for her failure in her heart, Luo Yan nodded slightly at Sano and withdrew his right hand.

That light and breezy appearance was like doing a trivial little thing, but for someone, this was a kindness that could not be repaid in a lifetime.

"I will remember your oath, and I hope you will always practice it."

After a pause, Luo Yan continued.

"In addition, besides guarding this fortress, I have a new task for you."

Sano said respectfully.

"Please give your orders!"

Luo Yan looked at him and continued.

"I need you to select qualified powerhouses from my servants for me. Or rather, conduct trials on them on my behalf."

"You can decide the content of the trial yourself, whether it is to gather all challengers for a trial in one day, or to test them one by one, it is your freedom. But be sure to remember to be fair in the rules of the trial, and only souls brave and loyal enough can pass your trial!"

"As for the difficulty... I hope that the number of people who pass through you every month will not exceed two, and if there is none, don't force it."

"In addition, death in the trial is acceptable, anyway, my servants will not really die... their souls will eventually return to my embrace."

Players who pass the trial will be able to get the opportunity to be promoted to Gold-tier!

Besides Sano, he will also arrange for other Platinum-tier powerhouses to test the players, and adjust the difficulty of the trial based on the players' feedback on the forum.

Sano didn't understand the significance of what the Demon King did, but for him, the Demon King's order was the truth.

Without a hint of hesitation, he bowed respectfully to take the order.

"As you command! I guarantee that not a single rat will pass my trial, only loyal and brave souls can serve by your side!"

Luo Yan nodded approvingly.

"Just remember that." ===== CHAPTER 314 =====