Chapter 133: After the Slaughter, I'll Tell You

Through the tether connecting the node space, following the vine to find the melon, Qi Sheng's consciousness descended upon the Zhudian of Extreme Bliss.

In the analysis data, this was a structure built entirely of Extreme Bliss power; ordinary beings entering here would suffer mental corrosion far exceeding that of the branch nodes.

But for Qi Sheng and the Guide, this corrosion targeting spiritual consciousness had no effect whatsoever.

Passing through the main gate of the great hall, they saw Extreme Bliss seated upon the altar.

The scene before him made Qi Sheng somewhat surprised:

"Guide, is this a teleportation array?"

【Correct, and it is a teleportation array with constantly shifting coordinates. Such arrays have no fixed destination; obviously, they are not for convenience in traveling to a specific region. My feeling is that they are prepared for escape, ready to withdraw at any moment upon encountering danger.】

Hearing this, Qi Sheng's gaze turned to the countless spatial tethers connecting with the Extreme Bliss Great Hall.

In the analysis data, every spatial tether was set with a spatial password, allowing only one-way transmission of Extreme Bliss energy; no living being could descend upon the Extreme Bliss Zhudian through these spatial tethers.

But the Guide and he were exceptions.

Under the rules of analysis, all passwords were as good as non-existent.

Observing the structure of the Extreme Bliss Zhudian, Qi Sheng let out a silent laugh.

He finally understood the operational mode of the Extreme Bliss Clan.

This place was completely an independent spatial scene attached to the Monster World; the behavior of the Extreme Bliss Clan could be described as that of a coward hiding in the grass.

Although they mastered the power of world rules, the Extreme Bliss Clan did not join the mainstream battlefield of the Monster World; instead, they hid within the independent space, drawing power from the outside world through spatial nodes extending from the Zhudian.

During this process, the Lord of Extreme Bliss sat upon the teleportation altar, always prepared for other forces to storm their door.

At that time, the spatial altar would activate, and the Lord of Extreme Bliss could flee the Extreme Bliss Great Hall in an instant.

Having seen the terrifying Black Tide, the Battle Insect Tide, and the Counter-Tide Legion, forces engaged in violent frontal combat, he had truly never seen a force as cautious and cowardly as the Extreme Bliss Clan.

It gave him the feeling of a sneaky thief occasionally entering the Monster World to steal food, yet always prepared to jump out the window and escape at any moment.

Without paying much attention, his vision switched back to the Extreme Bliss Great Hall.

At this moment, more than 2,000 players had surged into the Extreme Bliss Great Hall, advancing to the Gate of Power scene.

Along the way, the alien races, except for a few possessing powerful self-healing abilities that players could not break through—even the blood-burning damage reduction effect could not cause significant results—all other alien beings were instantly transcended by the players on the spot.

These fallen beings with no power of resistance made the players kill to their heart's content.

Previously, they had only watched other players enjoy themselves on the forum; this was their first time encountering an open hidden scene.

There were no condition restrictions; all players could enter it.

The process was comparable to carrying a sack to fill with money.

The revenue generated during this period continued to grow, reaching 12.32 million Shou Shou Jili commission revenue by now.

The players were completely going wild.

No matter how realistic the fantasy, it could not compare to the authenticity of the carnival at this moment.

Unsatisfied players even initiated a house-ripping operation, sparing no cornerstone in the Extreme Bliss Palace scene that could be taken away.

This also included equipment, items, and props carried by the bewitched beings; it was truly a bandit's sweep.

During this time, the voice channel was bustling with activity:

"Wow, wow, wow, a 53-quality weapon. This thing is destined for me; consider it a reward for doing good deeds. I will take your weapon and avenge you against the Extreme Bliss Clan. Rest easy."

"All beings have fallen into the demonic path; I am willing to consume my mana to transcend you. Remember to thank me in your next life."

"You guys next door, don't steal the damage, or I'll slaughter you all too."

"Friends of the Human Race, leave this 32-level fallen one to us; you go pick a stronger target. Thanks."

"Sowing seeds of hope in the sea of bitterness, letting the light of purification nourish every soul longing for liberation, journeying together to the shore of supreme enlightenment, achieving true freedom and liberation. Today we step into the sea of bitterness to save all beings; this is the greatest good."

"Stop pretending, will you? Your mouths are already smiling crookedly, yet you talk of saving all beings. Pretending your grandpa, pretending your f***, just kill faster."

Just as the players were immersed in the joy brought by the Extreme Bliss Palace, a purple figure descended upon the fifth scene, the "Gate of Sloth," through a spatial tether.

Discovering that everything before his eyes was normal, a hint of confusion appeared in Xie Yu's eyes.

He then quickly passed through the Gate of Sloth to arrive at the scene of the Gate of Gluttony.

Before his eyes were countless beings lost in the desire for gluttony; they swallowed the food reflected by Extreme Bliss power unsatisfied, sinking deeper and deeper into the vortex of desire.

Passing straight through the fourth great door, the scene before him left him stunned.

The scene within the Gate of Power could be described as a chaotic dance of demons.

A group of beings unaffected by Extreme Bliss power were slaughtering the fallen ones controlled by Extreme Bliss power; during this, some figures lay on the ground knocking on the spiritual stone floor tiles, trying to remove them, while others were picking at the energy crystals within the node scene... Their faces were filled with smiles, and they kept muttering something in their mouths.

Through perception, he discovered that the blood qi fluctuations and spiritual power fluctuations released by this group of beings were not strong.

Even the process of some beings slaughtering the fallen ones appeared exceptionally difficult; they simply could not break through the surface defense of the fallen ones.

After a brief observation, Xie Yu's expression became distorted.

In his eyes, this group of beings was nothing more than bandits!

They actually dared to raid resources in the Extreme Bliss Great Hall; it was simply stepping on the heads of the Extreme Bliss Clan to act recklessly.

The Extreme Bliss Warrior, growing angrier the more he thought, acted at this moment. His purple wings on his back flapped, and countless purple streams of light burst forth from the wings, weaving through the air before falling like raindrops toward the ground.

Immediately, a large number of invading beings were instantly killed.

This also attracted the players' attention; they all looked up at the sky.

After activating the analysis ability, the analysis data of the Extreme Bliss Warrior flooded into his mind:

【Xie Yu】

Hunting Level: 239

Target Analysis: One of the Thirty-Two Divine Paths of the Extreme Bliss Clan, possessing partial usage rights of Extreme Bliss rules, and owning powerful mental strike abilities.

Discovering that Xie Yu's Hunting Level was actually as high as over 200, the players, after a brief hesitation, began to knock on the fallen ones on the scene with an even more frenzied posture.

This sight left Xie Yu utterly stunned.

In his understanding, these weak creatures would inevitably flee in panic when facing him.

Yet these mysterious creatures acted contrary to his expectations, clearly speeding up their destruction while their expressions grew unusually tense.

It seemed that compared to his own life, he only wanted to kill the Corrupted one as quickly as possible, or dig out another spirit stone floor tile from the ground.

It was simply incomprehensible.

Facing the crazed players, Xie Yu soared to the dome and suddenly spread his wings.

Instantly, purple energy radiated from his center, illuminating the entire space; all players within the spatial scenes were immediately slain by a mental torrent, dissolving into black mist.

Xie Yu then decisively rushed toward the Greed scene.

The scene here was even more chaotic than the Gate of Power scene; if these mysterious creatures were not limited by their abilities, they would have smashed the several energy nodes constructing the scene.

But what Xie Yu did not understand was why they were doing this.

Without pondering the question further, he decisively acted, slaughtering all the mysterious creatures within the scene.

Finally, he arrived at the first scene, the Gate of Evil Desire.

After nearly killing all the mysterious creatures here, he stopped behind a player who was still vigorously hacking at a Corrupted one's head with an axe.

Just as he prepared to interrogate, the mysterious creature suddenly turned its head and glanced at him.

"Holy crap."

As the words fell, the mysterious creature's chopping speed suddenly accelerated, while it muttered:

"Big brother, give me a chance, I'm already low on health, just a tiny bit more and I'll finish it, don't mess with me, or I'll lose my cool and start cursing."

Xie Yu reached out and grabbed fiercely, instantly sucking this mysterious creature into his hand and pinching its neck.

Without asking, the Bliss Power within his body quickly permeated into the mysterious creature's body, attempting to extract useful information from its sea of consciousness.

But to its surprise, the Bliss Power was repelled by an invisible force after penetrating only an inch, completely unable to enter the interior of the mysterious creature's spiritual sea of consciousness.

Realizing that reading the sea of consciousness was unfeasible, Xie Yu asked with a cold face:

"Why have you come, and why do you want to destroy the Bliss Hall?"

"Buddy, can't I cooperate fully? Just let me finish off this low-health guy."

As he spoke these words, the player's eyes kept drifting toward the low-health Corrupted one, his expression on the verge of tears.

The reality was indeed so.

After finally crossing mountains and rivers to reach the Bliss Hall, he hadn't even had time to experience happiness before being caught by the Bliss Clan; how could he be willing to accept this?

Even if he just killed one to return to the village, he wouldn't be this heartbroken.

"Why enter my Bliss Hall and cause such widespread destruction?"

"Can I tell you after I finish killing? If you don't act now, its health will slowly recover."

Hearing these words, Xie Yu instantly felt his blood boil; his fingers slowly tightened, and the mysterious creature in his hand struggled frantically, yet its eyes kept drifting toward the Corrupted one.

It seemed that in its eyes, its own life was not as important as killing the Corrupted one.

This sparked intense curiosity within Xie Yu.

Especially, why these mysterious creatures could resist the corrosion of the Bliss Power and walk freely within the Bliss Palace.

But facing his questions, the mysterious creature had only one demand: it wanted to kill the Corrupted one.

"Do you have a grudge against this Corrupted one?"

"No, we just met."

Upon hearing this, Xie Yu said nothing more and attempted to interrogate it using a mental shock.

But the wailing lasted only a few seconds before abruptly ceasing; thereafter, no matter how he tried, he could not inflict even the slightest effect.

Since mental torment proved ineffective, Xie Yu changed his interrogation method and initiated physical torture.

But this process was also briefly effective before being quickly resisted.

The mysterious creature's so bizarre performance left Xie Yu stunned.

Realizing that neither mental nor physical torment could extract a result, Xie Yu loosened his grip:

"I will kill him for you; tell me the answer."

Having spoken, Xie Yu used his will to levitate the low-health Corrupted one, then condensed a purple spike in his hand and raised his arm to pin the Corrupted one against the energy wall at the far end of the gate.

Boom!

The purple energy spike exploded, and the Corrupted one's body turned into black ash and scattered.

Seeing this scene, the player instantly turned red with rage, leaped up from the ground, pointed at Xie Yu's nose, and began cursing loudly:

"You damn dog, I've tolerated you for too long; do you really think Grandpa is afraid of you... Do you know how hard it was for me to get here, you Wang Ba..."

Just then, a cloud of energy mist flew in from the distance and merged into the player's body.

A Challenger notification rang out in the player's mind.

The player, who had just been furiously cursing over the loss of rewards, suddenly broke into a smile and let out two silly chuckles.

Xie Yu:...

Facing such erratic thinking, Xie Yu was completely bewildered.

He could not understand at all why this fellow suddenly flew into a rage and then suddenly felt joy; he was even more abnormal than a Corrupted one infected by the Bliss Power.

At least the loss of a Corrupted one follows a clear process.

"You should tell me now, why have you come, and why do you want to kill the Corrupted ones here?" Xie Yu asked coldly.

Upon hearing this, the player glanced around and realized only he remained here.

Although he knew he would die regardless, he still wanted to strive for some benefit:

"Brother, let me kill one more; I'll do it myself while you watch from the side; I'll tell you the truth after I finish."

At this moment, Xie Yu's expression twisted, and he grabbed the player's neck with one hand:

"Do you think I'm playing games with you? Tell me the truth now, and I can give you a chance to kill another Corrupt One."

"Oh, pull the other one. You'll definitely kill me the moment I finish speaking. My request is simple: kill one more, and I'll spill everything."

Facing a player who was impervious to threats and for whom intimidation had no effect, Xie Yu had never felt so frustrated.

But aside from agreeing, he could think of no other way to obtain information.

His fingers kept tightening, but finally relaxed; he gritted his teeth and said:

"Go. This is your last chance."

"Bro, our Player Clan values integrity above all. Thanks for the trust."

The player, overjoyed by the answer, lifted his battle axe, scanned the surroundings, picked a target with a hunting level of 63, and began chopping with all his might.

Since the player's hunting level was only 28, the chopping process was truly laborious, and Xie Yu's patience was being constantly drained.

Just as he prepared to lend a hand, he saw the mysterious creature turn its head and give him a thumbs-up:

"Bro, I'm afraid you'll steal my kill credit. Don't act yet; wait until I've cut it to half health."

He couldn't understand at all what the other party meant by that sentence; the only thing he could grasp was that the other party hoped he would not intervene.

This behavior left Xie Yu truly puzzled.

Judging by the mysterious creature's expression, it seemed to be enjoying the chopping process, yet it could not comprehend the feedback logic behind such enjoyment.

Amidst the anxious waiting, the player finally stopped, straightened up, wiped a layer of sweat from his brow, and looked up at him:

"Bro, lend a hand."

Xie Yu's face was ice-cold, but he still raised his hand and flicked out a purple spike, piercing the Corrupt One's chest right at the center of its heart.

Boom!

The Corrupt One died instantly, and a brilliant smile appeared on the mysterious creature's face.

"Time to talk, right?"

"Talk about what? I meant I'd tell you after killing one more. This is only the second one; we still need to kill one more."

Realizing he had been tricked, Xie Yu completely lost his temper. He raised his hand, sucked the player close, bared his mouth full of sharp teeth, and spoke word by word with a ferocious countenance:

"Now, tell me the answer."

"Bro, we agreed there's still one more left. Once it's killed, I'll definitely tell you the answer. I swear..."

Crack!

Having completely lost patience, Xie Yu said nothing more this time. He directly acted, snapping the player's neck. Unappeased, he wanted to grind the player's body to dust and scatter the ashes, only to discover the player suddenly turned into a wisp of black smoke and vanished.

With nowhere to vent his rage, Xie Yu let out a hoarse low growl, then transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the Fifth Space.

He could not endure being tricked by such a lowly life form.

Although he had killed it in the end, he felt not a shred of joy.

Before dying, the smile that had spread across the mysterious creature's face kept replaying in his mind; that smug, triumphant look seemed to mock his stupidity.

Not long after, Xie Yu returned via a spatial fold to the Zhudian of Jile, and knelt on one knee before the altar inside the Daodadian.

"My Lord, the third spatial node of the Pale Continent has been invaded by a group of mysterious creatures. For some reason, they can resist the erosion of Jile Power and move freely within the Jile node scene without any effect..."

After detailing his investigation, Xie Yu looked up at the Lord of Jile:

"My Lord, this group of mysterious creatures is weak and easily defeated, yet they fear no pain. This seems to be the reason they are unaffected by Jile Power. I suspect they possess a protective mechanism within their bodies that can block excessive stimulation."

After hearing Xie Yu's account, the Lord of Jile fell into deep thought, though deep inside he breathed a sigh of relief.

What he feared most were those terrifying figures standing at the peak of the Monster World; any one of them possessed power he could not counter, and making enemies with them would be sheer suicide.

Hearing Xie Yu say that group of mysterious creatures was weak, he immediately felt relieved.

Those fellows standing at the peak do not have weak warriors under their command; back then, a single glance revealed countless experts, while weak creatures did not even qualify to enter the Cataclysm War.

With the greatest hidden threat eliminated, the Lord of Jile's mood instantly became pleasant.

But he did not reveal this emotional change on his face; instead, he looked at Xie Yu and said in a deep voice:

"Did you kill them all?"

"Originally, I left one alive, but no useful information could be extracted through interrogation. All we know is that they call themselves the Player Clan. Secondly, I discovered they seem to love slaughter; death threats hold no meaning in their eyes. Even before dying, they were thinking of killing more Corrupt Ones... Oh, they also have a very strange racial trait: after death, they turn into black mist and vanish."

After understanding the situation, the Lord of Jile, though surprised, upon careful thought did not find it strange.

The Monster World is vast and boundless, with numerous racial factions; the races he has seen alone are countless.

Survival environments, cultural traditions, social structures, religious customs... various factors can breed racial factions with completely different thought logics.

Obviously, one cannot use the Jile Clan's thought logic to define the Zu De Xiang Fa of other races; what is reasonable in the eyes of the Jile Clan is not necessarily reasonable in the eyes of other races in the Monster World.

Therefore, such a leap in thinking is entirely understandable.

As for the issue of turning into black mist and vanishing after death, this viewpoint can also explain it.

Different racial factions possess completely different life-structure characteristics.

Perhaps the life structure of the Player Clan, as Xie Yu described, is just that peculiar: their lives automatically construct a stable structure while alive; once death occurs, the stable structure collapses, like a building losing its Load-Bearing pillars, crashing down with a boom, and the body instantly melts away into the world.

This explanation is very reasonable.

"My Lord, should we not go out to investigate and find the reason for the Player Clan's invasion of the spatial node?"

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Jile decisively shook his head.

His own strength had not yet reached the point where he could counter the peak experts of the Monster World; he felt there was absolutely no need to go out and risk an investigation for such a weak faction.

Learning that this matter had nothing to do with those fellows standing at the peak, the Lord of Jile was free of further worries and immediately responded:

"Since the problem of the alien invasion at the third spatial node of the Pale Continent has been resolved, there is no need to pay it any further attention."

Upon hearing this, Xie Yu nodded in agreement.

He rose, stepped back two paces, and his form vanished into hiding.

(End of this chapter)