Chapter 166: I’ll Beat Up Miss Mu Sooner or Later!
Chapter 166: I’ll Beat Up Miss Mu Sooner or Later!
While contemplating, Xia Feng carefully reviewed the rules again.
[Hunt targets during the Sacrifice Stage, ‘Kill Counts’ yield triple rewards.]
[Sacrifice 3300 Lost People to obtain 30 Life Points.]
[Sacrifice 9900 Lost People to obtain 100 Life Points.]
There are two sacrifice options, and the second one is clearly more cost-effective. It’s likely the Life Roulette is encouraging Spirit Masters to sacrifice more. However, even if the 9900 requirement isn’t met, one won’t receive nothing.
“Initial Sacrifice Stage, Countdown 3 seconds for preparation—”
As the Masked Man’s faint smile and loud voice echoed, Xia Feng’s vision blurred, and he returned to the room in the Underground Laboratory.
At the same time, through the teleportation mark, a piece of information appeared in his mind.
[Sacrifice Ranking—]
[Player 3: 10]
[Player 34: 2]
[Player 17: 0]
[Player 21: 0]
By the fourth round, many people had already died, but twenty-four Spirit Masters were still alive. Most Spirit Masters probably only just realized there was an Initial Sacrifice Stage and hadn’t prepared in advance.
However, players 3 and 34 were clearly different. They seemed to have prepared beforehand, and the numbers on the leaderboard were changing rapidly.
[Sacrifice Ranking—]
[Player 3: 101]
[Player 34: 209]
[Player 17: 0]
[Player 21: 0]
Visibly, the sacrifice counts for Players 3 and 34 were rapidly alternating and increasing, breaking the 1000-person mark in just five seconds.
This means that in these five seconds, the souls of two thousand people were sacrificed, resulting in their deaths.
But they didn’t stop there; the numbers continued to surge wildly: 2500, 2900, 3700.
Player 34’s count finally stopped at 3999.
However, Player 3 continued to climb at an even faster rate: 4999, 5999, 8999.
[Sacrifice Ranking—]
[Player 3: 9820]
[Player 34: 3999]
[Player 14: 0]
[Player 17: 0]
[Player 21: 0]
“My god,” Xia Feng’s eyelids twitched at these numbers. In less than half a minute, over ten thousand people had been sacrificed.
Moreover, according to the rules, this kind of sacrifice was done silently and would essentially not attract external attention.
Therefore, if the Garden Owner was indeed involved in the Life Roulette, he was very likely Player 3 or Player 34.
Thinking of this, Xia Feng’s eyes lit up. If that were the case, then if he were to steal their identities…
Although the sacrifice rewards were gained at the cost of lives, Xia Feng didn’t have a very high moral standard and wouldn’t feel uneasy about taking money from dead people.
According to the rules, 9900 people yield 100 Life Points, and 3300 people yield 30 Life Points.
This means Player 3 was only 80 people short of the 9900 standard, while Player 34 far exceeded the 3300 standard but was still far from the higher tier.
While contemplating, Xia Feng suddenly froze. There were about 300 Lost People left in the Underground Laboratory. So, was the Archbishop sending people to hunt them down with the goal of reclaiming these people?
If that were the case, then the Archbishop was likely Player 3, and the 300 Lost People outside were the key for the Archbishop to reach the 9900 standard!
“So the correct thing to do now is to give these 300 people to the Archbishop.” Xia Feng couldn’t help but rub his forehead at the thought. His moral bottom line wasn’t high, but he couldn’t bring himself to do something so insane.
Among those 300 people, there were naturally those who had committed wicked deeds, but the majority were innocent and kind. Xia Feng wasn’t prepared to sacrifice his dwindling conscience for Life Points.
[Using Wood Attribute Advancement Fluid to refine the Spirit Particle Structure, your Spirit Particle Structure has been compressed more precisely, your Spirit Pressure is further increasing—]
Suddenly, Xia Feng felt a surging power within him.
[Your Spirit Pressure has been slightly increased!]
[Your Spirit Pressure has been greatly increased!]
[Your…]
Xia Feng raised his hand, and a faint aura of Spirit Pressure overflowed from his palm, flowing towards his surroundings. Unlike the fragile, ethereal feeling that seemed like it would shatter at a touch when the Vermilion Bird Demonic Armor underwent Nirvana and advanced,
Now, he felt his Spirit Pressure density was solidly firm and unbreakable. He felt an invincible excitement as his defense power seemed to have improved astonishingly.
[Your true cultivation has advanced from Second-stage Spirit Master to Third-stage Spirit Master!]
[Your Mental Power has gained a 15 soc amplification, your Strength has gained a 50d amplification.]
His physique had improved comprehensively. Whether it was combat anticipation or sensory perception of strength, all aspects had been fully enhanced. It felt like a warm current rapidly filling his limbs and bones, then cleansing his entire spiritual body, leaving him refreshed and clear-headed.
[Promotion to Third-stage successful, Copy Slot +1.]
[Current Copy Slots: 4 (3+1).]
This meant he could now temporarily enter the Fourth-stage domain when using the Vermilion Bird Demonic Armor!
Although Fourth-stage and above are called Super-stage Spirit Masters, and the gap between them and Third-stage is significant, below the Venerable stage, the Vermilion Bird Demonic Armor could allow him to achieve a temporary advancement and significantly boost his strength.
Thus,
With Mu Qingtong’s small but significant help, and Xia Feng’s own hard work and arduous efforts, he had finally been promoted to Third-stage. He flashed a satisfied smile, thinking that hard work indeed pays off.
With that thought, he quickly got up and unlocked the door. However, just as he opened it, a click sounded from the opposite side, and the Black-dressed Woman stood in the doorway.
!
Their eyes met.
Xia Feng’s lips curled, and he deliberately put on an arrogant expression: “Tsk tsk~ I’m still 0.8 seconds faster than you, Miss Mu. You’re still not good enough~”
“…”
Mu Qingtong’s delicate eyebrows rose slightly. This time, she had specifically used an improved and optimized Spirit Particle construction plan, which was 800% more efficient than usual. It only took her less than half an hour to successfully advance.
But she didn’t expect Xia Feng to be almost as fast as her, even faster by 0.8 seconds. Although this 0.8-second difference was likely due to his faster footsteps, allowing him to open his door before her.
However, it couldn’t be denied that Mr. Xia was indeed very strong, qualified to stand alongside her below the throne.
On the journey to ascend to the throne, having a peer running alongside her was indeed an interesting matter.
The Black-dressed Woman’s eyes curved, and she said softly, “Mr. Xia, I look forward to you always keeping up with my pace.”
Saying that, she turned and walked towards the hall outside.
“What do you mean, ‘hope I can always keep up with you’?” Xia Feng quickly followed her retreating black dress, smiling slightly, “I won this time!”
“Yes, yes, you won. Whatever makes Mr. Xia happy.”
“Darn it, are you coaxing a child?”
“Not entirely foolish.”
“!”
Regarding Mu Qingtong’s dismissive reply, Xia Feng sneered inwardly, just you wait, foolish Miss Mu. I may not have won this time, but I’ll never regret it! When I can easily break your Spirit Artifact, that’ll be the day I pin you down and beat you soundly!
Exchanging banter, the two soon returned to the hall.
Cha Nai Xue was standing in front of Jiang Zhizi, and the two women were observing the dark, resentful spirits hovering above the gardenia.
“If you keep tormenting them like this, won’t they die?” Cha Nai Xue asked doubtfully.
“Of course they’ll die,” Jiang Zhizi’s lips curved into a mad smile. “But they won’t die until my Spirit Pressure is depleted. They can only endlessly cycle through the beautiful memories I’ve constructed for them! Until… until they become Lost People like us! Hehehehe~”
Xia Feng, who had just approached, paused and his eyes widened in realization.
Right, how could he have forgotten about these noble lords! Xia Feng slapped his forehead, his lips curling into a wicked smile: “Lost People, aren’t these more suitable candidates?”
As a person, one’s moral bottom line must be flexible.
If it were these nobles to be sacrificed, then for a full 100 Life Points… sacrificing his dwindling conscience wouldn’t be a big deal.
Hmm, no, this isn’t sacrificing his conscience. This should be called eradicating evil for the people! Gaining Life Points is secondary. Xia Feng, who is filled with justice and love in his heart, primarily wants to eradicate evil for the people!
