The guild portal is open.
Lu Cang returned to the guild from the upper realm and saw Xiu Mi sitting on the grassland chatting with Xin Qianhuan.
"Hmm, it seems there's no problem; the channels are interconnected."
This relieved Lu Cang, who was still worried. After all, the guild channel was a power he had only obtained in this life, and whether it could be used in some special situations still needed to be tested.
Of course, even if the guild channel is unusable, Lu Cang will have backup plans and third options. At least reaching the upper realm smoothly will definitely not be a problem.
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[Lower Boundary]
"Sister Leng".
"What do you think of my brother?" Bai Lu asked suddenly as she walked side by side with Leng Qingying.
Leng Qingying was surprised that Bai Lu would ask such a question so suddenly.
"You mean the president?" Suddenly, he replied with a pointless question.
Bai Lu nodded: "Mm."
Leng Qingying answered, "Undoubtedly amazing, amazing to the point that..."
Bai Lu shook her head and said, "Sister Leng, that's not what I meant."
Leng Qingying remained silent; she probably already knew what Bai Lu wanted to say.
In that instant, she vaguely recalled her first encounter with Lu Cang, how she and Lu Cang fought the angels together in the Blackwater Cave, their practice in the arena, and their dance together at the banquet.
Scenes flashed through Leng Qingying's mind.
“I haven’t thought about it.” Leng Qingying slowly shook her head. “He is indeed a very outstanding man, but I have never thought about this. Besides, you know that Xin Baiyue exists in this world.”
When this was mentioned, Leng Qingying couldn't help but think of Xin Baiyue—that woman was perfect.
Upon receiving Leng Qingying's reply, Bai Lu simply gazed indifferently at the moon in the sky. Leng Qingying looked at Bai Lu, but could not discern Bai Lu's thoughts.
Bai Lu didn't continue the topic, but said, "Sister Leng, Zuya's concert is about to start, let's go now."
"good."
Bai Lu pulled Leng Qingying into the guild's territory. By the time they arrived at the concert venue, Lu Cang had already returned.
Li, Zuya, Tianyinmeng, Tieyinzu Tianjiao... were all backstage preparing for their performance.
When Li saw Lu Cang, her expression was complicated. She had only seen Xin Baiyue once since the war and hadn't even touched her hand, yet she still had to work for the God Killing Guild for free.
I'll be the lead singer for Zuya's band for free.
In the Winged People, it was incredibly rare to hear her sing, but now that she's a prisoner, she can only toil and suffer every day. When will this miserable life end?
Li almost burst into tears.
Just as she was feeling down, she saw Lu Cang waving gently into the distance. Following the direction Lu Cang was waving, Li looked up and saw a white figure sitting in the VIP box of the concert hall. She waved gently in her direction, and when Li saw her, her eyes lit up!
It is Lord Shinpakutsu!
She came to listen to me sing!
Li waved wildly towards Xin Baiyue, her spirits instantly lifting!
Even if we can't hug, it's okay. Just being able to see Xin Baiyue is enough! Excellent! This time, I'm singing for Lady Xin Baiyue, so I'll give it my all!
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Humanity, peace and prosperity prevail—
Time passed joyfully, and three days had already passed in the blink of an eye—
The new alliance led by humans, the Sky Dome, was also established within these three short days.
The name is derived from the sky, the clouds, and the Skybreaker Project.
Of course, the establishment of the Sky Alliance is only a preliminary framework. The specific details will need to be gradually improved over time. Based on the results of this battle, the alliance has also classified the status of the various races in the alliance. The Orcs and Stone Golems, thanks to the influence of Xiumi and Zuya, occupy the highest position in the alliance with the Humans, second only to the Humans themselves.
During this process, Shumi succeeded to the throne of the Orcs, while Zuya succeeded to the throne of the Stone King of the Stone Clan.
After the Stone Golems and Orcs came the Elves, Minos, and others. These races had allied with the Humans in the early days, but given their weakness, they did not play a significant role in the Holy War, and their status was not much higher than that of the other races that had made great contributions in battle.
However, considering their racial strength, it's quite remarkable that they've achieved their current position given their relatively weak strength.
Aside from those races with connections and those that "found the opportunity early," the remaining races were the various races that had already allied with humanity before the Holy War.
These races are ranked according to their military achievements, and the level of military achievements is closely related to their strength. Races with geniuses within them and those that play an important role on various battlefields are naturally ranked at the top.
Races with less merit are ranked sequentially downwards, but given that they chose sides in advance, even those with little merit or minimal impact still benefit.
The above are all races of the first tier, races that were already allied before the war. They enjoy prestigious treatment within the Sky Alliance and have a certain degree of authority to give orders to races of the second and third tiers.
Then came the second tier, which did not take sides in the war, but remained neutral and observed, only turning against the human race after the human race had secured victory.
These races did not receive preferential treatment from the humans, but they were granted the right to join the alliance. They would not receive any benefits or preferential treatment upon joining the alliance, but at the same time, they would not be punished. For them, the lack of punishment was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
Beyond that are the more than seven thousand races that are hostile to the human race.
Over the course of three days, a tribunal composed of high-ranking members of the human race, led by Yakatikto and including Yun Qing and Zhou Huang, adjudicated the war crimes committed by these seven thousand races. They determined the crimes committed by each race and then convicted them based on their crimes.
These defeated races, at the very least, suffered near-total depletion of their national treasuries.
The consequence was signing a defeat pact, forcing the race to relinquish all its wealth and resources.
Many races have given all their accumulated wealth over thousands of years to the human race. For these races with minor war crimes, the human race still gave them the opportunity to join the alliance and atone for their sins.
However, for the first two tiers, these war criminal races must sign corresponding contracts and be bound by them, which are even similar to slave contracts. However, unlike slave contracts, if they accumulate enough merit in the future, they may not be unable to get rid of their current status. In fact, as they climb up the Sky Alliance's upward system step by step, it is not impossible for them to enter the first tier.
Of course, even though these races have joined the alliance, they are only responsible for the lowest-level jobs, and are assigned whatever is tiring or difficult.
Those whose crimes were moderately serious faced enslavement ranging from 1 to 50 years. They were not part of the Alliance and were treated as prisoners. No one felt this sentence was cruel, because if humanity was defeated, the only outcome would be extinction.
Those races that committed more serious crimes were subjected to direct racial purges, with more than one hundred races ultimately being purged.
Those who attacked the human race back then are now finally experiencing what it feels like to have their city besieged...
In the beginning, more than 7,000 races united as an alliance, and a massive army, like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, attacked the human race.
Now, the ones being attacked have changed, and the enemies are more numerous and stronger. No one will speak up for these hundred-plus races, and no one is willing to support them.
The human race merely issued a reward and punishment mechanism—any race in the Sky Alliance that participated in this purge would have their sentence reduced by one year or receive an additional merit.
Seeing this reward, all the races in the alliance flocked to it, one after another crushing those races that had been labeled "should be punished," fearing that if they were late, they wouldn't even get a place on the list of merits.
During the Holy War, the human race had a 13-fold numerical advantage.
And now... more than 10,000 races are besieging those more than 100 races, a difference of a hundred times in numbers, with the White Emperor and White Deer occasionally passing by on their days off providing assistance.
There was no room for struggle; in just three days, everything was settled.
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[Godslayer Guild]
Three days have passed since the awarding ceremony, and now a full twelve days have passed since the launch of the game. Everyone has been having a very leisurely time these past three days.
Bai Lu felt as if the past few days had been a dream, a sense of déjà vu.
The average level in the guild is currently 110, with Lu Cang at level 111, Bai Lu at level 110, Yongzhe Wuwei at level 109, Leng Qingying at level 111, Xiu Mi at level 109, and Zu Ya at level 109.
These past few days, the fearless warrior has been spending more time pretending to be weak while actually being strong, showing off and getting slapped in the face.
After numerous failed attempts to show off, the current fearless warrior has finally mastered the essence of showing off. He makes his grand entrance last, pretending to be an expert without saying a word. Under normal circumstances, he doesn't take action unless absolutely necessary, and when he does, he handles things gently.
When playing in a team, they only show off when others start mocking and about to curse.
And finally, the fearless warrior has discovered a great place to show off: the chaotic battlefield of four-player squads, where you can be randomly matched with three teammates and survive to the end in a massive battlefield of 500 people.
This allowed the fearless warrior to show off to his heart's content.
Wait until your teammates can't hold on any longer before making your dazzling move. At that moment, you'll not only gain your teammates' awesomeness, but also your opponents' curses. What the hell is it to encounter a human Red Emperor in a battlefield?
In Bai Lu's words, it's "vulgar".
but……
This behavior was finally punished. Leng Qingying took advantage of her vacation to solo queue in the chaotic battlefield. Two high-scoring players were easily matched together. In the end, the brave and fearless player, who was overconfident and wanted to show off, was instantly killed by Leng Qingying.
Ultimately, a legend was left among the human race that the Crimson Emperor was no match for the Dark Emperor.
Of all the guild members, Leng Qingying was the least likely to be on vacation.
In the past few days, Leng Qingying continued to play many dungeons with Lu Cang.
During his free time, Lu Cang also led the members who were planning to upgrade to perfectly clear many valuable special dungeons.
Completing a dungeon perfectly usually surpasses the original dungeon rewards, allowing you to obtain decent skill books.
Unfortunately, without a dungeon of the level of difficulty like Death Ash, no matter how perfectly you clear it, you still can't get the seven-star skill book.
He managed to acquire a few six-star skill books, and in a complex dungeon that lasted six hours, the fearless warrior finally obtained his own six-star warrior skill.
The six-star skill [Life-Slaying Slash] has been upgraded to [God-Severing Strike].
Every perfectly charged attack will simultaneously damage the enemy's divine foundation, causing a loss of divinity. If the enemy has no divinity, the attack will permanently reduce their maximum health.
According to Lu Cang's explanation, this skill is similar to the "Dao Injury" found in fantasy novels.
Under normal circumstances, injuries can be healed, and even severed limbs can regenerate.
Once you suffer a Dao injury, it's like having a terminal illness; it's almost incurable. [Severing God Strike] is such an ability, a seven-star technique specifically designed to slay gods.
Shortly after acquiring this skill, the group set off to defeat the Slaughtering Demon located in the underground tomb.
Only after truly facing this Demon Slayer did everyone realize just how outrageous it was.
The first stage wasn't difficult to kill. After his strength increased significantly, the fearless warrior easily passed the first stage of the Demon Slayer.
But in the second stage, after breaking the crystal that sealed its body, it quickly merged with its original form and regained its complete demigod power.
With a level of 150 and the blessing from Ansu, his combat power even surpasses that of Xin Qianhuan.
They fought incredibly fiercely.
No wonder the president didn't intend to confront them head-on; back then, he really couldn't win.
Unfortunately, Lu Cang and his men were well-prepared to kill him. No matter how strong he was or how much he struggled, he could not reverse the defeat under Lu Cang's careful planning.
In the end, he could only die a humiliating death surrounded by the members of the Godslayer Guild, and he did not make the members of the Godslayer Guild pay any price until his death.
The brave and fearless gradually came to understand what Lu Cang had said back then.
"My biggest advantage is that I don't put myself at a 'disadvantage'."
All of its equipment was ruthlessly stripped off by Lu Cang. One piece of crystal-quality equipment was a warrior's armor, which gave the brave man fearlessness.
Brave Warrior instantly acquired the highest quality equipment in the entire guild. After equipping this gear, the level 109 Brave Warrior's strength reached a terrifying 21 million.
With the divine power multiplied fivefold, the actual effect of the power value has already exceeded 100 million.
After that, Zuya and Lu Cang took the opportunity to acquire the inheritance of the Stone Statue Clan.
Zuya received a legacy called [Split Core].
After all, the Stone Statue Clan produced a capable individual like Obades, so the rewards from the Legacy Dungeon are quite good.
【Core Split】 allows Zuya to consume its maximum health to split into a stone core. This stone core is just like Zuya itself and has a portion of Zuya's health and the same amount of constitution.
However, this stone core cannot actively use skills, so it is like a wooden dummy that can withstand damage. Zuya can pre-set the target to be protected for the stone core.
It can be taken out and used as a dummy to absorb damage.
After creating the Stone Core, Zuya's lost maximum health will slowly recover over time.
Over the course of three days, Zuya created a total of three stone cores, which were held by Bai Lu, Leng Qingying, and Xiu Mi respectively.
Leng Qingying's original dark short sword has been reforged, and the path she is now taking has gradually become significantly different from that of Lu Cang in his previous life.
The three skills, 【Death Lurk (LV:5) (Six Stars)】【Death Strike (LV:5) (Six Stars)】【Lone Phantom (Passive) (LV:5) (Six Stars)】, form Leng Qingying's combo skill. Death Strike is a six-star single-hit high-damage skill.
The effect of Lone Phantom allows each of Leng Qingying's phantoms to be treated as an independent creature, comprehensively enhancing the abilities and stats of all clones. Furthermore, due to this passive ability, each of Leng Qingying's phantom clones can deal damage with Death Lurk.
Needless to say, Death's Lair... Leng Qingying's current skill build is almost entirely centered around this one skill combination.
However, skill points are also very expensive... Just to upgrade all three skills to LV:5, it cost 90 skill points.
Bai Lu washed away her low-level skills, leaving not even the devastating earthquake.
Currently, Bai Lu's skill set is: [Annihilation Black Hole (5-star)], [Holy Annihilation Purification (6-star)], [Frozen Thousand Miles (6-star)], [Ten Thousand Thunderbolts (6-star)], [Calamity Destruction Wind (6-star)], [Earth Destruction: Mountain of Collapsing Heaven and Earth (7-star)]
Learning a six-star skill requires a large number of skill points.
With the White Deer's second awakening specialization, these high-star skills can be used as low-star skills, and the cooldown time is extremely short. The White Deer's normal attack methods are not lacking because of learning these skills.
Unfortunately, the supply of Moonstone Water is limited, which means that Xiumi and Brave Warrior cannot reset their skill points and can only keep their original skill set.
Many low-level skills have already been replaced by superior ones at higher levels. As Lu Cang said, if you learn too many skills in the early stages, you'll regret it later when you don't have enough skill points. The opportunity to reset skill points isn't something you can just have whenever you want.
The "Fearless Warrior" skill simply adds the seven-star "Divine Strike" to the existing skill set.
Xiumi's skill set now includes [Hundred Links (Six-Star)] and [Thousand Blossoms - Scattering Splendor (Six-Star)].
Zuya then received two more forgings.
Forged in one go, it becomes [Vibration Alloy].
After being damaged by physical attacks to a certain extent, it will unleash a sonic wave, distributing all the damage equally among all enemies within a one-kilometer radius.
The second forging was done using a stone obtained in the Forbidden Zone of Light. Over the next three days, the corresponding forging method was finally found.
【Holy Source Crystal】
It is immune to light-based damage, and when it receives light-based damage, it absorbs the damage and converts it into a shield. It can also emit light and change its color by emitting light.
Even during their vacation, the improvement of the members of the Godslayer Guild was extraordinary.
The Cloud Dome Guild and others, who were desperately trying to catch up, could only feel that they were far behind.
However, Lu Cang had also promised the members of the Cloud Dome Guild that all his resources would be provided to them as soon as possible. In the final battle at the Heaven and Earth Platform, quite a few divine positions were obtained.
Some of these divine positions are quite suitable for them, such as the Frost God position and the Elemental God position, both of which are quite suitable for mages like [Xuejiu].
The illusory divine position is more suitable for the assassin Qingyun.
They followed closely behind the Godslayer Guild and were promoted, gaining demigod power.
Currently, all the demigod power in the entire lower realm is in the hands of the human race.
The twelve complete demigods are: Day Emperor, Jayakatikto, six members of the Godslayer Guild, Xinbaiyue and Xinjueyue, and two members of the Cloud Dome Guild.
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[The Supreme Human Emperor's Palace - Yacaticto's Room]
"Sky, you said there's a way to get people up there, is that true?" Yacaticto asked softly, holding his teacup.
"It can't be fake."
Over three days, Yacaticto also tried to explore the upper realm using her own methods, but the results she obtained made her frown.
This upper realm is indeed difficult to cross; even if she could cross it, the human race would be hard to protect.
Lu Cang took a sip of tea and slowly said, "I can open a portal through which the human race can go directly to the upper realm."
"But before that, we need to find a foothold in the upper realm. Otherwise, even if we reach the upper realm, the human race will only be able to wander around and become playthings of the superior races. The stronghold we need to find must be solid and reliable, so that even the superior races cannot easily reach and disturb it."
"From what you're saying, such a place must have already been found?" Yacaticto blinked slightly.
"There should be one. I found a pretty good stronghold when I went to scout ahead," Lu Cang said with a mysterious smile.
What Lu Cang didn't say was that the guild stronghold was a good base, but Lu Cang didn't plan to use it as a human stronghold for the time being.
Firstly, the current guild territory is too small to accommodate all the humans; just the people crammed together would fill the entire territory.
Secondly, the guild stronghold is ultimately a private space belonging to the guild. Moreover, the portal to the guild stronghold needs to be opened by members of the guild, and there are no dungeons or monster spawn points within the guild.
Even if all humans were placed in guilds, their strength would not improve; they would be confined to their strongholds like prisoners.
If they want to leave, someone has to stay and keep the door open for them. But with six people in the guild, who has the time to be a doorman all the time?
Thirdly, there are already good strongholds to choose from in the upper realms. In the second and third lifetimes, the human race had good places to settle down, so there was no need to live in the guild.
"That's good. I always feel at ease leaving things to you," Yacaticto said in a relaxed and reassured tone.
"Then, I'll leave everything to you."
Lu Cang: "Okay, leave it to me."
After speaking with Yacaticto, Lu Cang returned to the guild's base.
Brave Warrior, White Deer, Cold Qingying, Zuya, and Xiumi, who were already prepared, were waiting in front of the guild castle.
"Brother, are we leaving now?"
"Yes, I've rested enough, it's time to get going."
These past few days have not only been a time for rest, but also a time to process the various opportunities in the lower realms. After collecting all the valuable opportunities, it's time to leave.
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Lu Cang arrived at the Upper Realm in the same way as before, and the superior races guarding the entrance to the Upper Realm still did not discover Lu Cang.
Lu Cang floated in a void for a while, and after leaving the detection range of those races, he revealed his figure. After that, he moved at full speed with an arrogant seriousness.
As Lu Cang moved, he was accompanied by a series of oddly shaped empty bottles. The bottles were open and crashed together as Lu Cang flew, making a clanging sound.
Just as Lu Cang was moving at high speed at low altitude, a flash of light suddenly appeared, instantly illuminating the entire world as if it were pure white!
boom!
Then, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked!
The vast, boundless plains in the distance transformed into a bottomless chasm!
All things and all living beings were reduced to ashes by the aftershocks of this attack.
Not long after this massive attack, a single thought arose in the minds of all beings, whether in the upper realm or in the countless lower realms, which were like mayfly bubbles in the ocean.
[The True God – Rona of Wealth – Fallen]
(End of Volume 1)
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