Shaking off the sticky substance from the tip of his blade, Xiao Jin spread his wings and charged upwards, attempting to break through the thick fog from above.
The thick fog surged like a viscous tide, obscuring visibility and making even breathing heavy.
As she surged upwards, ghostly whispers echoed in Xiao Jin's ears, as if countless cold hands were trying to drag her into an abyss.
She gripped the longsword tightly, the dark lightning patterns on the blade glowing faintly, and purple arcs of electricity spreading along her arm, dispelling the chill that enveloped her.
Even so, it couldn't stop Xiao Jin's advance.
Xiao Jin suddenly flapped her ice-blue wings, and frost mist condensed at the edges of her wings. As she took off, the biting cold air instantly tore through the surrounding mist.
Her vision suddenly opened up, and she finally saw the source of the fog—
It was a huge tree with an extremely deformed appearance, with dozens of enormous fruits hanging from its crown, each fruit resembling a human face screaming in pain.
The dense fog that caused all this was continuously spewing out from their seven orifices.
"Found it." Xiao Jin's eyes turned cold, and he gripped his long sword horizontally, the lightning power on the blade suddenly erupting!
--cut!
She swooped down, her blinding flash of light streaking across the sky like a meteor, striking straight at the tree trunk!
"Pfft—!"
The moment the blade pierced the bark, the entire tree trembled violently, and the faces on the trunk screamed in unison, the piercing shrieks almost tearing off eardrums.
The thick fog suddenly churned and rolled towards Xiao Jin as if it were alive, trying to engulf her.
But Xiao Jin was prepared. With a sudden flap of her wings, a powerful storm exploded out from her center!
"Click click click—"
The mist was frozen by the cold as the wings flapped rapidly, turning into countless tiny ice crystals that fell to the ground.
At the same time, the shattered shadow in Xiao Jin's hand completely pierced through the tree trunk, and arcs of electricity continued to spread along the blade, turning the entire tree into charcoal in the blink of an eye.
"broken."
Xiao Jin shouted coldly, and the blade trembled!
"boom--!!"
The dark tree suddenly exploded, countless dry branches and leaves flew through the air, and the fruit became rotten.
As Xiao Jin looked at the fragments, each one reflected a distorted human face, which could only dissipate into black smoke in the air in the end.
As Xiao Jin destroyed the tree, sunlight shone back onto the ground, and the chilly atmosphere of the mountains receded like a tide.
Xiao Jin landed slowly, her wings folding.
In the distance, Sui Feng's hammer slammed a long, thin ghost into the ground, while Yun Ye's claws pierced the chest of the ghost in front of him, and the blood-fiend fire burned the ghost's body to ashes.
Although Feng Hao was still somewhat weak, he was still able to handle these little devils with ease.
Needless to say, Sui Ying wielded a long-handled hammer even more fiercely than her brother.
A moment later, the surrounding vengeful spirits were either dead or fled. Xiao Jin and the others stood still, and when they looked up again, they keenly noticed that the road in front of them seemed to be somewhat different from before.
"The ghost wall is broken!" Sui Feng shouted breathlessly, his hammer covered in black bloodstains.
Xiao Jin looked around and, after confirming there were no further threats, nodded slightly: "Let's rest for a bit and continue up the mountain."
The group quickly gathered, treated the wounds, and replenished their strength.
Meanwhile, the live stream chat was flooded with comments again:
Holy crap, are they really planning to go up there?
What else? Do you think this is child's play?
No, these people are really bold; they actually dared to try and change the main storyline.
[In another instance's livestream I was watching, those players were still foolishly dealing with the NPCs, unlike here, where the progress is so fast.]
………………
Two hours later, at the altar on the mountaintop.
Night was just falling, but the forest was as if shrouded in thick ink, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.
"Finally here!" The male player with the severed finger sighed in relief.
No matter what happens next, he has no way out.
Looking into the distance, several stone pillars stand atop the mountain, with long stretches of stone steps leading upwards.
The players were stunned.
How did humans manage to accomplish such a massive project hundreds of years ago?
The group exchanged glances and then began to walk upwards.
But as they walked, the surroundings suddenly became deathly silent, and a blood-red moon quietly rose in the sky.
The altar atop the mountain was bathed in blood-red moonlight. Seven stone pillars were arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper, their surfaces covered with twisted runes that seemed to be roaring silently.
Just as Xiao Jin stepped onto the last stone step, the system screen suddenly popped up—
[Ding—Attention, the main quest has been changed.]
Everyone was stunned for a moment, followed by ecstasy, especially the two male players who had been harboring doubts.
We made the right bet; the main storyline really will change!
Meanwhile, on their character panels, the original main quest "Participate in the Seventh Day Evil God Sacrifice" had been erased and replaced with "Destroy the Sacrifice".
[Warning: The villagers and vengeful spirits are about to go berserk due to the player's actions. Please destroy the altar as quickly as possible while being pursued by the NPCs to complete the main quest.]
Almost simultaneously, shrill screams rose and fell from the village at the foot of the mountain, countless torches surged toward the mountaintop like will-o'-the-wisps, and the thick fog around the altar gathered once more.
In the fog, countless twisted figures crawled using all four limbs, moving at a speed far exceeding that of humans—these were beings controlled by "gods".
"What should we do?" the male player with the severed finger shouted anxiously.
"Drive them away first, then go find the skeletons!" Xiao Jin drew his longsword, the patterns on the blade lighting up: "It's written in the notebook that only by shattering their hearts and bones can the cycle of reincarnation be severed."
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