"Let's go and take a look!"
Following Cao Xing's order, the team swarmed over.
Outside the gate, Cao Xing saw that the Holy Sword Temple was in chaos.
A large number of Soul Eaters were attacking the coffins frantically.
Pull the undead inside out by force, and then turn on the buffet mode.
The screams of the undead continued.
“Ah!! It’s that damn Soul Eater!”
"Oh my god, how did these evil creatures get in? Where is the captain?"
"Your Excellency the Duke! Save us!"
"Don't bite my body! It hurts! It hurts!"
Listening to the painful screams of the undead, anger appeared in Renis's eyes.
Her hand holding the bowstring trembled slightly, and she seemed unable to restrain herself from attacking the group of soul-eating monsters.
However, without Cao Xing's order, she did not dare to act rashly.
Cao Xing, on the other hand, was quickly observing the situation on the field.
The attention of the group of soul-eating monsters was all attracted by the coffin. To them, the undead was a rare delicacy in the world.
So he didn't notice Cao Xing and others at the door.
After observing for a while, Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, only a small part of the coffin was opened, and most of the coffin was not opened."
"It seems that Ascalon's ban is still quite powerful!"
"If I can rescue the remaining undead, I will have completed my mission, right?"
Thinking of this, Cao Xing quickly scanned the strength of this group of soul-eating monsters.
Similar to the Soul Eater in the Shield Temple, there are a large number of Tier 3 normal monsters, as well as several Tier 3 Elites and a boss.
There is only one more elite monster.
Cao Xing did not rush forward recklessly, and was still prepared to use the previous tactics.
"Ranesse, Hilda, attack the Soul Eaters and lure them into the passage."
"Sarah, seize the opportunity and draw the attention of those elites and leaders away."
Renis, who was ready to go, received the order and immediately shot an arrow.
"call out!"
【-683! 】
This arrow hit the back of one of the Soul Eaters.
However, the Soul Eater and its companions were frantically gnawing at the body of an Ascalon Undead.
“Hiss!!”
After being attacked, the Soul Eater glanced at Renis secretly.
However, to Cao Xing's surprise, the Soul Eater actually ignored Renis's attack and started to bite wildly again.
Seeing this scene, Reneece was immediately furious, and her full breasts kept heaving.
"Damn Soul Eater!"
Renis drew the bowstring again and shot arrows continuously.
“Swish! Swish!”
At the same time.
As Hilda hatched a group of blood spiders, they rushed over and exploded madly.
Those soul-eating monsters were stained with blood poison, and the horrible burning sensation seemed to penetrate into the bone marrow.
A portion of the Soul Eater's hatred was finally attracted to them.
Boom! Boom!
A large number of Soul Eaters rushed towards them.
Cao Xing quickly ordered, "Retreat, retreat to the passage!"
The team retreated quickly.
Then, Bron and Assam blocked the entrance to the passage.
However, what surprised Cao Xing was that only a part of the soul-eating monsters rushed over this time, about twenty or so.
Those elites and leaders didn't come over, they were busy eating!
This also greatly reduced the pressure on Assam and Braum.
Even Sarah can follow along in secret.
Swish!
【-4173! 】
At the same time, Andrew also switched to white bear form, blocking the Soul Eater's attack while attacking.
This battle was not stressful for everyone.
In less than two minutes, the Soul Eaters began to fall.
[Your territory member: Asam killed Soul Eater lv26, and gained experience points: 520]
[Experience points gained by combatants: 260]
[Your territory member: Braum killed Soul Eater lv25 and gained 500 experience points]
[Experience points gained by combatants: 250]
[Your...]
Kill information began to flood the screen.
After six minutes, the battle here was over.
More than twenty Soul Eaters were killed by them.
Despite their fierce battle, they still failed to attract other Soul Eaters.
Cao Xing laughed, "These Soul Eaters are too serious about eating."
Of course, he couldn't delay too long, otherwise the mission would fail once all the undead inside were eaten.
He quickly gave the order: "Ranesse, Hilda, go and bring another group over."
The two women obeyed the order, quickly walked out of the passage, and launched an attack on the soul-eating monster in the temple.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Arrows were shot one after another.
The two girls attracted more than twenty soul-eating monsters again.
This time, there were two elite soul-eating monsters following inside, rushing towards everyone with great force.
However, with Sarah's action, she quickly led the two elite soul-eaters away.
Braum and Assam are like two gate gods, keeping all the Soul Eaters out.
With Andrew and Liu Muxue replacing them, they didn't feel any pressure at all.
Cao Xing said happily: "This kind of battle is so easy!"
Another seven minutes later, the battle here was over.
Sarah, on her part, had already killed two elite Soul Eaters alone.
With the experience points from more than twenty Soul Eaters and two elite Soul Eaters, Assam reached level 14.
At this moment, there are still the last twenty or so Soul Eaters in the temple, plus a leader and an elite.
Cao Xing still did not rush forward directly, but continued to use the Karmen tactics.
The Soul Eater inside seemed to have noticed that the number of its companions was decreasing rapidly.
"hiss!!!"
The yellow-skinned Soul Eater leader opened its mouth and screamed, waking up all the Soul Eaters.
They gave up the coffins in front of them one after another, moved their strong hind legs, and rushed towards Cao Xing and the others!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of dense footsteps was heard.
Seeing this scene, Cao Xing didn't need to say much, Sarah had already appeared silently behind the leader.
[The Dagger of Harm] was thrown directly over.
puff!
【-2814】
The leader-level Soul-Eating Monster felt pain and looked at the culprit in the corner with a fierce look in its eyes.
Then he limped towards Sarah.
Seeing that Sarah was still trying to attract the hatred of another elite Soul Eater, Cao Xing said directly: "Sarah, you just need to deal with this leader, and leave the rest to us."
Now, their overall strength has increased dramatically, so even adding a third-tier elite wouldn't be a problem.
After receiving Cao Xing's order, Sarah nodded and then rushed directly towards the leader Soul-Eating Monster.
At the same time, a large number of Soul Eaters, including an elite creature, rushed towards them.
"Bron, be careful, there's a big guy inside this time!" Cao Xing reminded.
Braum turned his head and smiled, "Don't worry, Lord, no one can break through Braum's defense!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Soul Eater pounced over and attacked with its claws.
"hiss!"
Braum entered the [Indestructible] state, holding the shield in both hands, like an indestructible wall!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
【-137】
【-129】
【-184】
There were loud noises, but Braum stood firm without taking a single step back!
At the same time.
Andrew entered the [Owl Form] again.
A ball of burning energy appeared in his palms. "Well of the Moon Goddess, grant me strength."
"Moonfire Jutsu!"
A ball of fire suddenly exploded.
【-637】
【-544】
【-582】
The injury numbers soared.
Then, Andrew began to chant the Starfire spell again.
Bang!
The starlight exploded, and a damage number splashed across the screen again.
These two skills are used alternately.
Bang! Pop!
Starfire and Moonfire exploded one after another, and Andrew's output ability went off the charts!
In addition, Hilda's blood poison has covered all areas of the door.
All Soul Eaters infected by it will take 100% of Hilda's attack damage every second.
The damage numbers above their heads began to scroll wildly.
Five minutes later.
Before Cao Xing finished the battle, a system prompt appeared.
[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance killed the Soul Eater Peak Breaker lv27, a third-level boss creature, and gained experience points: 2700]
[Experience points gained by combatants: 1350]
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Cao Xing was stunned and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that Sarah would end the fight first."
But when you think about it, it's normal.
After all, Sarah is a level three leader, suppressing her opponent in terms of level.
Even though there is a level gap, her powerful BUFF is enough to crush the boss-level Soul-Eating Monster.
As Sarah resolved the battle, she quickly came to Cao Xing's side and joined the battle.
“Swish! Swish!”
After a few slashes of the knife, horrific injuries occurred.
Three minutes later, the last Elite Soul Eater fell.
A white light appeared on Renis' body, and she also reached level 16.
At this point, all the Soul Eaters in the Holy Sword Temple area have been killed by them.
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Everyone, clean up the battlefield."
"Rhaenys, come with me."
After saying that, Cao Xing took Renis and went straight to the temple. He wanted to open the coffins of other Ascalon undead.
There are still some seriously injured Ascalon Undead inside the temple.
They also seemed to know that it was Cao Xing and others who saved them.
In addition, Renesse calmed the emotions of the Ascalon Undead, so the hostile situation that occurred before did not occur.
Cao Xing, on the other hand, quickly unsealed the coffins one by one.
A large number of Ascalon Undead came out and looked at the devastated scene in the temple and the destroyed gate with puzzled faces.
At this time, Renee came over as usual and explained it to them.
After receiving affirmation from the injured undead, these new undead also believed what Renis said.
All the Ascalon undead saluted Cao Xing and others and quickly left the temple.
A system prompt has appeared.
【The mission progress has been updated.】
[The mission to the Four Great Temples, Shield Temple, and Holy Sword Temple has been completed. Current progress: 2/4]
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Cao Xing nodded. "It has been almost an hour since we entered the underground palace."
"If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to complete this underground palace mission within two hours."
I glanced at the countdown above my head.
[Distance until nightfall: 6 hours and 42 minutes...]
Cao Xing nodded, "The remaining time is more than enough for me to clear this underground palace, and then go and flatten Fang Long's camp."
At the same time, after cleaning up the battlefield outside, the others began to skillfully search the bags of burial objects in the coffins inside the temple.
Cao Xing himself went straight to the center of the temple, next to the statue holding the holy sword.
At the feet of the statue, Cao Xing saw a silver object.
"Sure enough, there is a silver treasure chest here too!"
Cao Xing was delighted and clicked to open it.
【Successfully opened the silver treasure chest.】
[Get Magic Pattern Python Water Boots (Purple)*1]
[Obtain multi-shot skill book (blue)*1]
【Get 2 medium-sized books of life】
【Get a medium resource pack*1】
[Obtain intermediate element crystal*1]
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"Huh? Purple equipment actually appeared?"
You should know that although there is a chance of purple equipment appearing in a silver treasure chest, the probability is very low, almost less than 10%.
So his luck was pretty good this time.
Then, he checked the equipment attributes.
[Magic Pattern Python Water Boots lv10 (Purple)]
【Quality: Rare】
[Armor: 5~7]
[Attached special effect ①: Agility +5, Spirit +5]
[Attached special effect ②: Nimble Steps (increase running speed by 20%)]
[Attached special effect ③: Python Assault (At the moment of attack, there is a 50% chance to increase agility by 20 points.)]
(Gear introduction: I didn't mean to steal your equipment, I mean... uh... your shoes are very beautiful - Admiral Corinda Dema.)
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Obviously, these boots have good properties.
Running speed increased by 20%, and with [Queen's Will] and [Queen's Aura], his movement speed increased by almost 100%.
Cao Xing put it on directly.
Suddenly, I felt a cool sensation under my feet.
"Hiss! It's a bit cold!"
Cao Xing took a breath.
This kind of leather boots is definitely not as warm as snow boots.
But it doesn’t matter, Cao Xing can wear two pairs of shoes at the same time.
Putting snow boots on the outside of [Magic Python Pattern Water Boots] can keep you warm while enjoying the protection of the water boots.
Of course, doing this will only have the bonus effect of one piece of equipment.
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.
Meanwhile, his men cleaned up the battlefield.
They came to Cao Xing one after another and handed the things in their hands to him.
Cao Xing collected them all and a system prompt appeared.
[Obtained: Ascalon Undead's Burial Bag*37]
[Obtained: Ascalon Undead Captain's Burial Bag*2]
[Obtained: Ascalon Undead Lieutenant's Burial Bag*1]
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Cao Xing was delighted. "Oh? There is also the bag of burial objects of the undead lieutenant. This thing should be able to reveal more advanced things, right?"
This made him look forward to it even more.
Then, there are the items dropped by the Soul Eaters.
[Obtained: Soul Eater Breeder's Elite Soul *1]
[Obtained: Soul Eater Peak Breaker's leader soul*1]
[Obtain: Large Hook Claw (Purple)*2]
[Obtain: Sharp Claw (Blue) *8]
[Obtain: Sharp Claw (Green) *93]
[Obtain: Ghost Dust*154]
[Obtained: Intermediate Book of Life *2]
[Obtained: Medium Power Book *3]
[Obtained: Medium Chaos Book *4]
[Obtained: Medium Agility Book *2]
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Another large wave of materials has been credited.
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.
However, this time, out of the three Soul-Eating Monster elites, only one elite soul exploded.
So Cao Xing called Renee over and gave the leader's soul to her.
"Rainice, use it. I hope you can break through smoothly."
Renis took the soul in her hand, with a complicated look in her eyes.
Then, she clenched her right fist, placed it on her chest, and bowed deeply to Cao Xing.
"Thank you for your training, Lord. You have helped me find new glory!"
"Raness Hawkeye, I swear to follow you forever!"
She swore solemnly, and a system prompt appeared.
[Due to your generous gift, the favorability of your territory member: Renis Eagle Eye has been improved. Current loyalty: 100]
(Loyalty has reached the maximum value, and you can now give it any order.)
Cao Xing was delighted, "Great, Renis's loyalty is also full."
"Now I have a fourth subordinate with a full 100 favorability rating!"
At this time, Cao Xing looked at Renis. When she bent down, the deep groove and snow-white area under her leather armor were revealed.
I was filled with admiration.
"This woman is just like Sarah. She looks small when she's dressed, but she's surprisingly well-endowed."
Cao Xing coughed twice, then looked at Renis and said, "No need to be polite, use it now."
Renis nodded, then without hesitation, slapped the soul into her body.
Everyone was waiting silently on the side, with some anticipation in their hearts.
However, about a minute later.
The aura that was gradually rising from Renis's body suddenly stopped, as if it was stuck in half, and then quickly dissipated.
This situation shows that Renee's breakthrough failed this time.
She looked frustrated, then knelt on one knee in front of Cao Xing, "Lord, I failed and let you down. Please punish me!"
"No matter what the punishment is, Renis will accept it willingly!"
Looking at this heroic woman, she knelt on the ground with a look of guilt on her face.
Cao Xing walked forward and held her shoulders.
The moment Renee's shoulders trembled when she felt Cao Xing's palm touch her body.
As a fighter who has been fighting on the front lines, Renis has never had such contact with the opposite sex.
She might even instinctively reject such contact.
However, for some reason, when Cao Xing grabbed her arm this time, she not only did not reject him, but felt her heart beating faster.
Boom! Boom!
Renee's face turned red to the back of her ears, and she could even hear her own heavy heartbeat.
At this time, Cao Xing's words brought her back to her senses.
"Rainice, are you listening?"
Renis suddenly woke up and said quickly, "Ah? Oh, sorry, Lord, I was distracted."
Cao Xing looked at the blushing woman in front of him strangely and continued to comfort her, "What I mean is, it doesn't matter if you fail to break through once."
"Anyway, we still have to go to other temples later, and we will probably encounter other boss-level creatures, and then we will find new souls."
"Don't worry, I will definitely help you break through. Don't be discouraged."
Listening to Cao Xing's comforting words, Renee felt a warm current flow through her heart.
For a woman like her who only knew how to deal with the bow and arrow in her hand, this was an unprecedented experience.
So much so that she couldn't help but look at Cao Xing's face, somewhat dazed.
Cao Xing noticed that Renis's eyes seemed to show the same look that Sarah had when she looked at him.
At this moment, Cao Xing seemed to realize something.
“Ahem!”
He coughed twice and then ordered, "Let's go to our next target, the Torch Temple!"
Renis also suddenly woke up and quickly returned to her usual fighting posture.
To them, Renis's failure was just a minor incident.
The team continued to move forward.
It took them about ten minutes to successfully reach the location of the Torch Temple.
The situation here is similar to that of the Holy Sword Temple.
The [Advanced Magic Gate] has been opened, and the coffin inside has been forcibly opened by the Soul Eater.
Fortunately, Cao Xing still had dozens of coffins left that had not been opened.
Everyone followed suit.
Lure out the soul-eating monsters inside wave by wave.
It took about half an hour to kill all the monsters here.
Then, Cao Xing walked over as usual and unlocked the seals on all the coffins.
The undead inside also understood what happened in the underground palace after Renis's explanation.
After expressing their gratitude to Cao Xing, they left the Torch Temple.
The system prompt appears again.
【The mission progress has been updated.】
[Go to the Four Great Temples, Shield Temple, Holy Sword Temple, Torch Temple, the mission has been completed, current progress: 3/4]
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Cao Xing nodded, "Very good, we only need one more temple to complete the mission of the four major temples."
"Then, we'll go to Kasha Cathedral and see how powerful that legendary demon is."
At the same time, other men also handed over various bags of spoils and burial objects to Cao Xing.
Cao Xing once again collected more than thirty bags of burial objects and the souls of two soul-eating monsters.
One of them is the [Elite Soul of the Soul-Eating Monster Driller], and the other is the [Boss-level Soul of the Soul-Eating Monster Mighty].
Cao Xing continued to give the leader-level soul to Renis, thinking to himself, "I just don't believe it. With a success rate of over 35%, plus my luck +10 attribute, how can I fail continuously?"
Renees took it solemnly and then slapped it directly into her body.
The transformation from an elite to a boss takes time.
As usual, Cao Xing came to the statue in the center of the temple, and sure enough, he saw another silver treasure chest.
He clicked on it directly.
【Successfully opened the silver treasure chest.】
[Obtain: Intermediate City Wall Construction Drawings]
[Obtained: Guardian Great Sword (Purple) *1]
[Obtained: Ice Armor Skill Book*1]
[Get: Medium Resource Pack*1]
[Obtained: Intermediate Element Crystal *2]
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"Huh? Another purple piece of equipment has appeared. It seems my +10 luck value wasn't added in vain!"
Cao Xing laughed, then looked at the properties of the Guardian Sword.
【Guardian Great Sword lv10 (Purple)】
【Quality: Rare】
【Attack power: 68~75】
[Attached special effect ①: Strength +10, Constitution +5]
[Attached special effect ②: Guard (When using the Block action, reduce the damage and knockback effect by 20%)]
[Attached special effect ③: Horizontal sweep (When swinging the sword, based on the strength of both parties, knock back units with lower strength than you)]
(Gear introduction: The best defense! Is to knock all enemies away - Lieutenant Essam Callahan.)
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