Chapter 304: Upgraded Liu Bian (2/2)
”This Lich again!”
Luo Cheng unleashed his advanced fire element, the molten fire, summoning a fountain of molten lava.
The ground below the Lich turned into a magma pool, and a jet stream of lava engulfed both the Lich and Liu Bian.
While bathing in the lava, the Lich's created a black barrier dome around its master, protecting him from the advanced element attack. Its red eyes in the hollowed skull glanced at the lava below its feet. It simply pointed the staff and the ground and ignored the lava fire.
The red lava suddenly turned black, and it disintegrated into grey dust.
As the lava was frozen and turning into dust, a giant white fox with three tails next to Luo Cheng opened her mouth and unleashed an orange beam toward the Lich.
The skeleton lich sneered and waved its bone arm, deflecting the beam energy away as if they were nothing.
At that moment, Lu Fengxian expressionlessly emerged from a mountain of rocks 100 meters away from the battle site, which had crushed his arms and legs an hour ago by the hands of this Lich. Lu Fengxian's red eyes fixated on Liu Bian as he dashed forward.
An energy crescent halberd manifested from Lu Fengxian's injured right hand. His sight fixated at the red lines of Liu Bian's dark shield as he swung his halberd.
CLANK!
With one attack, the barrier, created by the 8th-stage lich, was destroyed. However, Liu Bian was nowhere to be found.
Ma Moxi bellowed, ”BELOW YOU!”
Lu Fengxian clicked his tongue as he also sensed it. From the ground, a shadow spear punched through the soles of his right foot, and several spears followed, aiming for his torso, arms, legs, and his head.
”HMM!”
A shockwave exploded, surrounding Lu Fengxian as the core. The killing domain of Lu Fengxian had been fully activated, and he destroyed the shadow spears from the pressure alone.
Then, Lu Fengxian corrected his stance and looked at the ground between Ma Moxi and him.
He found Liu Bian! The ex-prince had been hiding underground!
Lu Fengxian grabbed his energy halberd like a javelin, aiming to throw it toward the ground, where Liu Bian had been hiding.
BOOM
A giant hammer hit Lu Fengxian from behind, slamming onto his back and cracked his spine. Then, the ex-immortal was sent flying 100 meters like a rag doll, tumbling and flipping on the ground.
The Lich waved its shadow hammer in its left hand while its right hand still held the green staff. Its jaw moved up and down as if it was laughing at Lu Fengxian's attempt to assassinate his master.
ZAAP!
Another beam from Ku'er's mouth hit the back of Lich's head and burnt its worn-out robe.
Then, the beam exploded!
BOOM
Because of the sudden explosion, the Lich stumbled forward a step. Then, it scratched the back of its skull as if it was itchy.
The power of the 3-tail fox couldn't even damage the Lich's unknown reinforced skeleton!
”MOUNTAIN GOOSE SLASH!”
As everyone had been fighting with their lives on the line, they heard Jia Shan's voice from afar.
In the sky 20 kilometers away, 300 death knights on skeleton horses charged at the sword saint, preventing him from reaching the Lich and Liu Bian's side.
BOOM
50 death knights were cut down with one slash, but Jia Shan was still overwhelmed by their sheer number. He couldn't even get close to the Lich and help Ma Moxi's party.
Ma Moxi freed himself from the bind and ate a healing pill. He also fed Liu Xie a pill. Then, he carried the young emperor away from the combat area.
The assassin gritted his teeth and glared at the Lich in resentment. They had a way to kill the undead lord, but the enemies were too smart.
They separated Jia Shan, Ma Ping, and Wang Yun from the weaker cultivators. Then, they targeted them, the weakest links among the group!
'If only we have Jia Shan's soul sword… If only Miaomiao were here…'
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Ding
[Your sponsor said, ”Be careful. Your quest target has arrived. Kill those mongrels before he shows up, or you'll in deep shit. You can't take on three heroes at the same time since their heavenly fate pieces are going to resonate and activate the power of friendship. You can't overcome their stupid plot armor!”]
[Your sponsor has gifted you 100,000 tainted essence cores. Please use it to refuel Lich's energy.]
[Kishin Douji looks forward to seeing the death of Mao Miaomiao.]
[Kishin Douji has contributed 1,000 7th-stage cultivator corpses for this fight.]
[Kishin Douji suggests you should convert them into more death knights.]
[Yuan Hua is excited to see Mao Miaomiao's comrades suffer.]
[Yuan Hua has contributed ten shadow element cores to refuel your loss energy.]
Liu Bian sneered while he read the system messages.
Yesterday, a dao god reached out to him and offered to upgrade his system for free. Of course, Liu Bian had accepted.
His system suddenly changed, and someone introduced himself as a righteous SPONSOR, who wanted to support Liu Bian in his world conquest.
The mysterious SPONSOR gave him an urgent side-quest with the promise of great rewards.
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Bounty Quest – Kill the Emerging Tyrant, Mao Miaomiao!
Quest Description
The recently emerging new force, Mao Miaomiao Army, is currently recruiting humans and demons alike. They have already gathered strong and talented people, including heroes, such as Ma Moxi, Ding Bu, Zhao Yun, and many others. This doesn't include 7th-stage and 8th-stage cultivators at his base!
If Mao Miaomiao were a good cultivator, who desired nothing but peace and order, I wouldn't have meddled in the mortal affair. However, his motive worries us.
This Hero is known to be excessively lustful. He has already brainwashed a dozen female demons, humans, and young maidens as for his sex slaves. Moreover, they have already given birth to 10 orcs, and there will probably be more in the future. He has also tamed Blood Orcs, and they were on their ways to populate this continent with demons, using the poor women!
At this rate, his forces will become too powerful for you and other cultivators in this continent to handle. If the world falls into Mao Miaomiao's hands, he will likely enslave all women and turn them into seedbeds for his demon babies.
To prevent the disaster from happening, I and several dao gods will lend our strength to you, the righteous ruler of the dead, so that you can stop Mao Miaomiao's lustful ambition.
Completion Conditions
Kill Mao Miaomiao
(Optional) Kill or Capture Mao Miaomiao's brainwashed comrades.
(Optional) Kill the Heroes, Ma Moxi, and Ding Bu.
Completion Rewards
1,000 Consumable Heaven-Grade Treasures, Wet Bananas.
1,000 8th-stage cultivator corpses.
A supply box from your kind sponsor.
(Optional Rewards) A supply box with immortal-grade treasures.
Failure Condition
Mao Miaomiao or his allies killed you.
Note
Because of the difficulty of this quest, your sponsor and several dao gods shall provide aid during combat. Please utilize their supplies carefully.