Chapter 306: Cheating is Shameful! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Under the devouring assault of the Black Black Tide's evil spirits led by A Luo, the minor world saw all things wither, rapidly marching toward collapse.

With the aid of the Earth Thought Evil Spirit, A Luo faced no possibility of defeat whatsoever.

After the world collapsed, Qi Sheng's consciousness followed the Earth Thought Evil Spirit back to the Monster World.

He now fully understood the truth behind the birth of the new unit type, "Demon Seed."

This world could be viewed as an environment similar to a farm for the Ascension Clan, where everything operated according to the "Creator's" will.

They forged this world into a cruel, oppressive place precisely to harvest rule energy.

And the name of this rule was: Demon Seed.

The rule's effect allowed one to acquire the target's pain and evil thoughts by killing them.

The higher the target's life intensity, the greater the quantity of pain and evil thoughts, and thus the more rule energy produced.

The entire world was designed around generating more pain and evil thoughts.

The common folk at the bottom nurtured pain, while the City Lords and other power-holders nurtured evil thoughts.

A Luo existed in the Eighth Epoch; before this, seven epochs had already been harvested.

At the start of each epoch, the "Creator" scattered seeds of life, and the born creatures emerged in abundant environments; scholars studied the stars, poets sang of love... during this phase, the minor world's beings had endless food and various spiritual entertainments.

The population would experience explosive growth during this stage.

But the "Creator" never intended to maintain the world's beauty; hidden fangs would reveal themselves once the minor world reached the limit of bearing prosperity.

Every epoch followed the same developmental rhythm.

Even in A Luo's eyes, the City Lords of the great cities, who stood at this world's pinnacle, were merely tools in the "Creator's" hands for manufacturing suffering.

In the City Lords' own eyes, they were secular spokesmen chosen by the Creator to stand above all living beings.

They complied with the Creator's will, weaving various excuses to punish the people, but in reality, they wielded rule-derived brands to harvest rule energy for the Creator.

This was also the reason why mental oppression and torture were always conducted before executing any "criminal."

The reward they received was that the Creator taught them the flesh-alchemy method for extending life and longevity.

Having reached the position of City Lord, they already possessed absolute power; what they craved now was immortality.

To satisfy the greedy evil thoughts in their hearts, they would constantly squeeze the life out of this world's beings on behalf of the Creator.

But in reality, the City Lords' alchemy demon caves, the torture instruments in every city's dungeon, and the suppressed, despairing living environment... these were all links in the rule production process meticulously designed by the Creator.

The pain and evil thoughts generated by those beings tortured to death, as well as the City Lords' infinitely expanding evil thoughts, would ultimately become a "delicacy" in the Creator's eyes.

It was just that the epoch where A Luo resided had not yet entered the final stage of harvesting the City Lords.

When everything created by the Creator vanished, the minor world would be reborn from destruction, moving toward the next cycle of reincarnation.

As for why the Earth Thought Evil Spirit chose A Luo as the vessel to bear the rule, the reason was actually very simple.

In the minor world, Ghost Tooth had also asked the Earth Thought Evil Spirit the same question.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit's answer was:

"Choosing the City Lord, choosing him, or choosing any other being in this world matters little to me; I simply must pick one, correct?"

The truth was that simple.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit cared nothing for the suffering and despair A Luo endured, nor did it care how hateful the City Lords' exploitation and oppression of the minor world's beings were.

The fact was that whoever in the minor world received the boost of the Earth Thought Evil Spirit's power could easily destroy this world.

The City Lord was an ant, and A Luo was also an ant.

Whichever ant was chosen required infusing power to make it grow rapidly; essentially, there was no difference.

The City Lord's strength and A Luo's weakness were merely concepts in the eyes of the minor world's beings.

But viewed from the height of the Earth Thought Evil Spirit, they were the same: both were trash.

It cared about only one thing: finding a suitable target to harvest this epoch.

Ideally, it wanted a target who already possessed a desire to destroy the world, to rapidly advance the process of harvesting and destroying the world.

As for the farming model, the Earth Thought Evil Spirit had no such thoughts whatsoever.

It only wanted to harvest this minor world quickly, then take away the Demon Seed bearing the rule and refine it into its own exclusive unit type.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit's goal always remained in the Monster World; the rule's future growth would also be placed in the Monster World, so it would not invest significant energy into the minor world's epochal cycles.

It was all about killing beings to acquire the pain and evil thoughts they had accumulated.

The Monster World was full of old fellows who had lived for eons and possessed great strength; the rule energy harvested from them far surpassed what the beings of the minor world could produce.

As for why it did not descend personally to harvest.

It was because when the Earth Thought Evil Spirit created rule unit types, it could not create consciousness; it had to find a carrier with self-awareness.

This carrier could be a being from the Monster World or a being from the minor world.

Its choice was to use local materials.

After extracting the rule stored in the minor world, the Earth Thought Evil Spirit forged the Demon Seed rule together with its own will-brand into A Luo's spiritual consciousness sea.

After completing the gestation of the Demon Seed, it let this unit type grow within the minor world by killing and destroying, absorbing rule energy.

During the process of destroying the world, the pain and evil thoughts accumulated by living beings continuously converged into the "Demon Seed's" body.

This was also the process of accumulating combat experience that the Earth Thought Evil Spirit gifted to the Demon Seed, this unit type possessing self-awareness.

Beyond this, there were no other reasons.

Even without A Luo, the Earth Thought Evil Spirit would have found another target to make into a Demon Seed.

It was merely coincidental that the unvented fury in A Luo's heart fit the Earth Thought Evil Spirit's needs perfectly, so he became: the Chosen One.

But the real A Luo was actually already dead.

What was born within his body was a rule unit type modified by the Evil Eye, completely loyal to the Earth Thought Evil Spirit.

This was also the first rule-type unit type since the Earth Thought Evil Spirit began conquering the Monster World, theoretically possessing infinite growth potential.

Any being killed by the Demon Seed would have the pain and evil thoughts in their heart become nutrients for its growth.

After understanding the beginning and end of events, the flashback scene rapidly advanced before Qi Sheng's eyes.

His vision returned to the platform of the Evil Eye Tower.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit hung in mid-air, watching the rule unit type "Demon Seed" advance in rank under the tower's baptism.

The Demon Seed's current strength was still too low.

While it possessed world-destroying power within the minor world, placed in the Monster World, its strength was at Hunting Level 90+.

The epoch where A Luo resided had nearly reached its end.

The rule energy accumulated in the minor world had long been mostly extracted; it was impossible to harvest enough rule energy now.

At this moment, under Qi Sheng's gaze.

The Black Black Tide energy controlled by the Earth Thought Evil Spirit was continuously pouring into the Demon Seed's body, substituting for rule energy to assist the Demon Seed's growth.

Like Sacrifice Power, Black Black Tide energy was also a general-purpose rule energy that could substitute for other types of rule energy.

However, there was a significant gap in quality compared to Sacrifice Power.

Perhaps only the Black Black Tide energy used by the Black Black Tide God counted as source energy on the same tier as Sacrifice Power.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit's current actions were very familiar to Qi Sheng.

Because this was exactly what he did.

The current Soul Soul growth system was built entirely around Sacrifice Power as its core.

If a single Soul Soul detached from the Challenger System, to grow it would still need to follow specific logic to achieve evolution.

For example, the "Wind Control" Soul Soul mastered by Qi Die.

It had to generate rule energy through the behavioral logic of bullying the cowardly and weak, thereby gaining growth.

But when connected to the Challenger System, all logic became the simplest form: hunting.

The Sacrifice Power extracted during hunting partially became Evolution Points, which were Soul Soul experience, and partially transformed into Sacrifice Power usable by players.

But essentially, Evolution Points were also Sacrifice Power.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit was doing the same thing now.

By consuming Black Black Tide energy and converting it into Demon Seed rule energy, it accelerated the growth of the Demon Seed unit type.

As time passed, the "Demon Seed," infused with Black Black Tide energy, soon broke through Hunting Level 120 and continued to grow rapidly.

It was evident that the Earth Thought Evil Spirit intended to forge the Demon Seed into its first high-end combat unit type.

This was also the first special unit type controlled solely by the Earth Thought Evil Spirit, detached from the Black Black Tide unit system, yet connected to the power of the Black Black Tide system.

Qi Sheng did not continue to follow the subsequent developments; his consciousness followed the guidance back to Emperor Tomb Village.

Two days later.

Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

The joint warband led by the God King advanced rapidly toward the Tian Meng Yuan Domain node.

This battle might not result in victory.

But he could be certain that it would force the Earth Thought Bully to pay a heavy price.

Times were different from before; the player system had recently undergone multiple enhancements.

First was the launch of the Giant Beast system, which upgraded the war Cultivation Mode; the appearance of monster blood packs greatly improved players' sustainability during warfare.

Secondly was the newly launched War Formation system.

This battle was intended to test the performance effect of the War Formation in actual combat.

For this purpose, he had spent a fortune to create a "Thousand-Person Formation Group," configured with 9,999 players in the group.

The players' Soul Souls in the warband were reshuffled; all members were equipped with Soul Souls inlaid to be compatible with more "War Formation attributes."

During the journey, the God King could already envision the look of frustration on the Earth Thought Bully's Iron Face.

The Earth Nian Bully's tactics centered on conserving resources, rarely generating powerful troop types.

The terrifying combat power suddenly unleashed by the formation eruption would inevitably cause the caught-off-guard Earth Nian Bully to suffer significant losses of Black Black Tide energy.

At least before the Earth Nian Bully updated its intelligence on player tactics, this round would absolutely achieve a brilliant record; moreover, this battle was not for victory, but solely to thoroughly disgust the Earth Nian Bully.

On the other side, at the Tianyuan Node High Tower.

The moment the United Warband appeared, the Earth Nian Evil Spirit already knew.

Discovering that the player legion, which had vanished for a period recently, had reappeared, the Earth Nian Evil Spirit remained indifferent at heart.

Some things, through habit, become natural.

After happening too many times, they simply lose the sense of anticipation.

It knew that the beastly players' brief departure was to return with even greater strength.

At this moment, it raised its right hand, and a red-and-blue interwoven Rule Brand rose in its palm.

Viscous black mist surged in from all directions, drawn like by an invisible vortex, converging into a cluster under the pull of the brand's radiance.

Rolling and condensing rapidly, it gradually outlined the ferocious silhouette of a figure wearing a black armored mask.

Dark red flames danced within sunken eye sockets; the blood-filled maw on the mask tore back to the ears, revealing rows of stark white, interlocking fangs.

Subsequently, limbs emerged from the mist, and as the last wisp of black fog merged into the form, the Demon Seed troop type manifested.

Standing a full three meters tall, its body was covered in dark red scale armor, with sharp ridged spines growing from the joints, and its arms ended in massive scythe-like claws.

"Boss Earth Nian, are you preparing to deploy the Demon Seed into actual combat?" Ghost Tooth's voice rang out in its mind.

"The beastly players have arrived; it is the perfect time to test the Demon Seed's combat performance and let these beastly players feel the oppression of a Rule-system troop type," the Earth Nian Evil Spirit said, a ferocious smile floating across its Iron Face.

At this moment, Iron Spine's voice sounded in the mental communication channel:

"Boss Earth Nian, the combat test is fine, but you must ensure the Demon Seed's safety; unlike fighting creatures in other regions where we can recall the Demon Seed at any time, or even if it is killed we can quickly reconstruct its body with Black Black Tide energy at little cost, the players possess the ability to kill and devour Rules, so do not let those beastly members of the Player Race steal the Demon Seed away."

The issue Iron Spine mentioned, the Earth Nian Evil Spirit naturally understood.

From the initial disappearance of Node Rules the moment they were touched by members of the Player Race, to the Primordial Monsters being killed by players who then mastered related abilities, to the Rules plundered by players during the Giant Domain Campaign, and finally the Monster-Flow War System that debuted in subsequent updates... past cases all proved that players possessed the ability to devour and master (mimic) Rules.

The Demon Seed could act recklessly against other races, but when facing players, the risk of using it was extremely high.

One careless mistake, and it would be snatched away by the players.

Considering this issue, he planned to create a derivative legion based on the Demon Seed Rules, so that even if the warriors of the Demon Seed legion died, it would not affect the Rule core in his own hands.

As for the Demon Seed itself, it would serve as the Legion Commander of this Demon Seed legion.

However, the creation of Rule-derivative troop types required a certain amount of time for preparation.

This battle would only test the Demon Seed's performance in actual combat.

As the player legion advanced, the Earth Nian Evil Spirit's form floated into the air, its back connecting to the tentacles extending from the Evil Eye.

In the turn of a thought, the black mist surrounding the high tower transformed into a Black Tide and spread toward the player legion.

But this time, what spawned was not a Calamity-system troop type, but an Apocalypse-system troop type with formidable close-combat output capabilities.

Subsequently, the Earth Nian Evil Spirit shifted its gaze to the Demon Seed kneeling on one knee beside it.

Without words, its intent surfaced in the Demon Seed's mind.

The Demon Seed nodded fiercely, then its form collapsed into a mass of black mist and flew toward the front lines of the battlefield.

Finally, it mixed in among the Apocalypse-system troop types.

On the other side, the player army led by the God King also began preparing to activate the Battle Formation, with the Battle Formation Group having adjusted their positions in advance.

This was to avoid wasting time maneuvering into position when the formation needed to be assembled.

Next, all that was needed was for the group leaders within the warband to activate the Battle Formation, instantly triggering it to deal explosive damage in a short time and severely bash the Earth Nian Bully's dog head.

But what puzzled the players was that the Earth Nian Bully's tactics seemed to have undergone new changes this time.

The familiar Calamity-system city walls had vanished; what they saw mostly were Apocalypse-system troop types.

But this did not affect the players' advance.

As the Behemoth Legion and the Damage-Taking Group launched the charge first, the earth trembled.

The ground began to quake.

The Black Black Tide side also quickly formed ranks.

Corrupted Apocalypse iron hooves crushed the earth, with cavalry forged from bone and flesh tearing through the dark curtain first.

With every breath their mounts took, they exhaled sulfur-smelling black smoke, and the lances held by the cavalry were spirally twisted from bone.

Behind them crawled the "Disaster-Breaking Ghosts."

Their appearance resembled flayed giants, with muscles exposed externally and spines piercing through their backs to form serrated bone blades.

Dense and numerous, they were like a swarm of ants passing through.

The sky suddenly darkened; amidst the churning black fog, countless Soul-Binding Crows gathered into a dark cloud and dove down, spitting liquids that turned into a rain of poisonous arrows.

From a high-altitude overhead perspective, the black representing the Black Black Tide and the colorful representing the players, two battle lines collided explosively at the center of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

The power burst forth instantly, shaking the earth and triggering a high-frequency earthquake.

Upon initial contact, the Earth Nian Bully opened its mouth and immediately started cursing.

Because the players' strength had increased again.

No excessive probing was needed; just one collision allowed the Earth Nian Bully, which was already very familiar with the United Warband, to analyze the percentage data of the players' growth.

After all, during these years in the Monster World, what they fought were precisely the players and the insect race.

There was no need to activate the Evil Eye's perception of blood qi and spiritual energy intensity; just one glance at the changes in the collision of combat power, and the answer automatically surfaced in its mind.

On the other side, although the God King lacked the Earth Nian Bully's data analysis capabilities, he also realized upon contact that this beastly bully's military strength had increased again.

This also made him realize that he must take advantage of the Waning Moon phase to beat the bully severely.

Once the moon phase shifted, the Earth Nian Bully's combat power might skyrocket; the Waning Moon was precisely the perfect opportunity to beat a "drowning dog."

Amidst the fierce collision, both sides were preparing.

During the probing, the God King discovered that the Earth Nian Bully had suddenly split its forces, revealing a path leading to the Evil Eye High Tower.

Based on his understanding of the Earth Nian Bully, this was clearly a deliberately exposed flaw; the Earth Nian Bully would never make such a low-level mistake.

It was simply playing an open hand to tell him: Come quickly, there is a trap here, enter and be surrounded to die.

But the God King intended to accept this open hand without hesitation, and at this moment he roared aloud:

"Battle Formation Group, charge! Scare the bully to death for me!"

As soon as the words fell, the Battle Formation Group, which had been poised and ready, activated.

The ground cracked open with a boom, and blazing golden Battle Formation spirit runes spread beneath the warband leaders' feet, like magma veins flowing down a volcano, blooming across the earth.

The spirit runes spread rapidly, covering every member within the warband in an instant.

Boom!

The spirit runes suddenly shot skyward, transforming into 9,999 brilliant pillars of light rising up.

Within each pillar of light stood the figure of a player.

Their blood qi entangled, their spirits connected, their wills merged.

Immediately following, the Battle Formation Dharma Image activated, and the Lord of Yama Hell appeared (the Thousand-Person Battle Formation Dharma Image).

Standing over two hundred meters tall, it was clad in battle armor condensed from flowing flames, its energy-based body inscribed with runes, each rune symbolizing an activated Battle Formation attribute.

The moment it appeared, the eyes of the Yama Dharma Image turned into two burning suns.

When looking down upon the earth, wherever its gaze fell, hordes of evil spirits automatically ignited.

This was a Battle Formation attribute created with the Spirit Eye and Ink Flame Soul Cores at its center: Spirit Eye World-Burning.

It only required the act of "looking" to release its characteristic power.

"While the Earth Nian Bully hasn't reacted yet, kill forward!" the God King's shout rang out again.

Boom!

The Yama Dharma Image took a step forward, shaking the earth and mountains.

The ground of the entire battlefield sank abruptly, and violent spiritual pressure formed a visible golden tidal wave, crushing toward the evil spirit legion.

The Dharma Image phantom's charge carried no earth-shattering battle cries, only the roar of pure force, as if a thunderstorm from the nine heavens was pouring down.

Leaning forward in its most ferocious posture, it charged toward the "flaw" given by the Earth Nian Bully, intending to break through the encirclement and strike directly at the Evil Eye High Tower.

Just then, a figure surrounded by dark red power suddenly cut across the path of the charging Yama Dharma Image.

Boom!

Dark red blood lightning suddenly struck the center of the battlefield, and a Rule Brand faintly appeared on this figure's forehead.

Towering black mist mixed with dark red evil qi gushed out, and a phantom wrapped in boiling blood flames enveloped it, expanding continuously like a balloon.

The power of the Demon Seed Rules was completely unleashed at this moment.

Every inch of its body erupted with dark red flowing light; dense ancient demonic patterns surfaced on its skin surface, and like a red-hot branding iron, its body grew rapidly.

Amidst the wild dancing of blood-red hair, two twisted demon horns pierced through its forehead and manifested.

Roar!

The Demon Seed roared at the sky, the sound waves transforming into tangible blood-colored ripples that exploded forward.

Within the dark red vortex formed around it as the center, countless streaks of blood lightning swirled, each strike accurately hitting the Demon Seed, only to be greedily devoured by its body.

Muscles expanded, bones proliferated, and the surface of the giantized body was quickly covered with a ferocious armor of dark red crystallization.

Click! Click! Click!

Amidst the sounds of interlocking bones, a Demon Seed in its full form, whose size was in no way inferior to the Yama Dharma Image, rose from the ground.

Behind this towering figure, two demon rings suspended, rotating like a Taiji symbol.

Dark red represented pain, while deep blue represented evil thoughts.

Seeing this, the Demon Seed raised its right hand, covered in crystalline claws, and punched the Yama Dharma Image with a blow imbued with the power of laws.

Bang!

Two towering figures collided at the center of the battlefield.

The terrifying force unleashed even caused tiny cracks to fleetingly appear in space.

At this moment, the intensity of the combat collision reached a new height.

Witnessing this scene, whether it was the Earth Nian Bully on the Gao Ta platform or the God King behind the player legions, their eyes widened involuntarily.

"Shameless!"

Realizing the opponent had activated cheats yet again, both the Earth Nian Bully and the God King cursed furiously in their respective communication channels.

The sense of superiority in their hearts, along with the joy of an imminent successful sneak attack, vanished completely; they only felt the opponent was truly disgusting.

It simply wouldn't end; they couldn't shake him off at all!

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