Chapter 316: S-Rank World Quest, Rooting Out! (5600)

"Bang!" Braum slammed open the camp's heavy iron gate.

"Rumble!" The heavy gate collapsed, and the cultists inside, along with the surrounding arrow towers, spotted the giant simultaneously.

Instantly, a barrage of attacks rained down on him.

Braum showed no fear, immediately activating his [Ice Giant] form, followed by a [Giant's Roar]!

"Come on over, little ones!"

All the Hunters in the vicinity had their aggro drawn to him.

Seeing this, Cao Xing and the others bypassed Braum, charged into the camp, and began slaughtering the Hunters inside!

The number of Hunters in this hillside camp was around two hundred, but they were too spread out.

Cao Xing didn't use the Primitive Cube; instead, he chose to crush them head-on.

At this moment, under the terrifying attack power of the group, these Tier 3 and Tier 4 cultists were treated like common mobs!

Assam slashed out with his sword, one strike after another.

[-9872] -4936 [-9954] -4977 [-9862] -4931 …

Because the [Glory Eulogy] skill adds 50% Light attribute damage, each of Assam's strikes exceeded fourteen thousand damage.

It only took two strikes to finish one off on the spot.

Sarah Blade Dance was even more terrifying on the other side.

Cao Xing ordered her to deal with the white-robed priest in the camp alone.

This white-robed figure was also an assassin-type powerhouse.

He held a strangely shaped short blade that looked like a fishbone, engaged Sarah Blade Dance in direct combat, and possessed very skillful fighting techniques.

"Clang! Clang-clang!" The sound of the short blade and dagger colliding rang out.

However, under Sarah Blade Dance's absolute suppression of power, after blocking only two of her strikes, the white-robed priest's short blade was knocked away violently.

Then, the Silent Blade slashed fiercely across his body!

[-15784!] [-10523] [-18723!] [-20312!]

Coup de Grâce!

Sarah Blade Dance's attacks became more terrifying with each strike.

The [Assassination Code] skill increases the damage of the next strike after each hit, stacking up to 4 times, combined with that terrifying critical hit rate.

This Tier 5 Leader-level white-robed priest had absolutely no power to fight back. His HP was plummeting rapidly.

Feeling the crisis of death, the white-robed priest shouted: "Priest Latifa, I need backup!"

A gust of wind rushed fiercely towards Sarah Blade Dance!

It was an arrow, and it had immense piercing power.

Sarah Blade Dance turned her head and slashed the arrow in two!

The next moment, five or six consecutive arrows flew towards her.

A sudden attack like this would be enough to catch an average Tier 5 Leader-level creature off guard.

The white-robed priest seized the opportunity, raised his short blade, and slashed out fiercely.

But Sarah Blade Dance was a Tier 5 Commander-level existence; even when facing a siege, she was not afraid.

"Bang!" Eight clones of Sarah Blade Dance suddenly appeared on the spot, turning into eight streaks of black lightning, slashing forward violently!

"Swish! Swish-swish!" The white-robed priest received three more cutting injuries.

The existence that fired the arrows from above had also lost its target lock.

Cao Xing looked up and cast his gaze upward.

On the camp's hillside, a figure wearing white robes and a mask appeared.

From her physique, it was clear she was a woman. She was continuously pulling back her bowstring, launching focused attacks on Sarah Blade Dance.

Cao Xing commanded directly: "Francesca, go knock her down."

"Whoosh!" Upon hearing the order, a figure instantly shot into the sky!

Seeing someone suddenly flying up, the white-robed archer seemed somewhat flustered.

She was about to launch an attack when she saw Francesca already slapping down at her!

"Bang!" [-11245]

At this moment, the white-robed priest felt as if she had been hit by a ten-thousand-pound boulder. She spat out a mouthful of blood!

Barely withstanding Francesca's blow, she turned to draw her bowstring.

However, this witch was also a Tier 5 Commander-level existence, and her strength was terrifyingly powerful!

"Bang! Bang-bang!" [-11547] [-11642] [-17682!]

As she continuously unleashed terrifying attacks, the white-robed archer couldn't bear the pressure and was knocked down from the hillside by Francesca.

Like a kite with a broken string, she slammed heavily onto the ground.

She looked up and said in terror: "Another Commander-level figure…"

"Where on earth did you powerful people come from?"

Facing the white-robed priest's questioning, the group couldn't be bothered to pay any attention to it.

At this moment, Cao Xing also entered the [Advanced Demon Transformation] state!

Whoosh! This was his first time using this form after becoming a Tier 5 powerhouse.

The formidable demonic aura made those Tier 3 and Tier 4 Hunters afraid to get close. Just catching a glimpse of that figure made a feeling of fear and submission arise involuntarily in their hearts!

As Cao Xing stretched out his two demonic claws and clenched them violently!

All the Hunters on the field felt as if their souls had been grabbed, and an intense burning sensation arose from the depths of their souls.

"Sizzle~" Soul Fire ignited!

[-11532] [-12374] [-11336] [-10521]…

Damage numbers over ten thousand appeared one after another. After Cao Xing broke through to Tier 5, the damage of [Soul Wither] also significantly improved.

The screams of the Hunters rang out continuously!

When the four waves of fire burns ended, there were very few creatures left standing on the field.

At this moment, the two white-robed priests gasped upon seeing this scene!

"Damn it! So you are a demon!"

"How do you have such powerful strength? Why are you targeting our Church of Light!"

Cao Xing couldn't be bothered to waste words with them and said directly: "Finish them off."

Hearing this, Sarah Blade Dance immediately executed a [Deadly Dance] followed by a [Shadow Bloom].

Then, the slender female assassin snapped her fingers.

"Bang!" [-47862!]

A terrifying number nearly breaking fifty thousand floated up.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance successfully killed the white-robed priest: Ivan Dora lv48, Tier 5 Leader-level creature, gained EXP: 24000]

[Combatants gained EXP: 12000]

On the other side, after Francesca beat that white-robed priest to a sliver of health, Cao Xing's finishing blow descended.

"Bang!" A burst of Soul Fire landed and exploded on her!

[-13546!]

[You killed the white-robed priest, Latifa Koman lv49, Tier 5 Leader-level creature, gained EXP: 24500]

[Combatants gained EXP: 12250]

Meanwhile, everyone else's battles had also ended.

When the last black-robed priest fell, a white light rose from many people on the field.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance has leveled up, current level: 46]

[Your territory member: Victoria has leveled up, current level: 40 (reached Tier 4 max level)]

[Your territory member: Bo Jie, Sun Chaser has leveled up, current level: 30 (reached Tier 3 max level)]

[Your…]

The sounds of successive level-ups rang out.

[This battle, total killed Church of Light members: 177, gained Honor Points: 2532]

[Ding! You have destroyed a large Hunter camp, Reputation +500]

Cao Xing let out a breath and then exited the Demon Transformation state.

He glanced at the time overhead. 11:14…

Cao Xing said with satisfaction: "Finally managed to wipe out all the large and medium camps before noon, not bad."

Although he couldn't clear all the Church of Light camps in the Gale Snowfield, the remaining ones were just small fry, and the gains from wiping them all out wouldn't even equal one large camp.

Thinking of this, he was just about to have people clean up the battlefield and head home.

Just then, a special system notification appeared.

[Survivor Cao Xing, please note: You have continuously destroyed multiple strongholds of the Church of Light, causing their layout in the Gale Snowfield to suffer heavy damage. The implicit relationship has changed to: Mortal Enemy.]

[Mortal Enemy: Irreconcilable, one lives and the other dies!]

[Triggered World Main Quest: Rooting Out]

[Quest Difficulty: S-Rank]

[Rooting Out: In previous battles, you have continuously caused damage to the forces of the Church of Light and repeatedly hindered their plans. You have now been detected by the God of Light. When the God of Light emerges from the Abyssal Land, this deity will see through your disguise and will unleash the wrath of a god upon you.]

[Quest Content: To prevent the God of Light from descending from the Abyssal Land, you need to destroy all forces of the Church of Light on the Western Continent as much as possible, rooting them out so they can never return. Current destruction progress: 1%…]

[Quest Hint: This is a long-term quest. Once the destruction progress exceeds 30%, the descent of the God of Light will be indefinitely postponed. Furthermore, every 10% increase in progress hereafter will grant you additional rewards. Upon reaching 100%, you will receive a special unique reward: light godhead * 1]

(Note: This quest is not a fixed quest. If the forces of the Church of Light expand, your quest progress will decrease; conversely, your quest progress will increase.)

Seeing this long system notification, Cao Xing gasped.

"Damn, I've only destroyed a few camps, and I've already been detected by this old geezer, the God of Light?"

"Damn it, he wants to deal with me after he comes out?"

"This old guy is way too petty, no wonder he was locked up in the Abyssal Land, serves him right!"

Cao Xing was furious!

However, he also saw the note at the end.

"The quest hint says that as long as I destroy more than 30%, this old geezer will never be able to come out."

"But, obviously, that is also a very difficult task."

After all, Cao Xing had spent the entire night destroying dozens of camps and eliminating nearly two thousand Hunters, including a large number of Elites, Black-robed, and White-robed ones.

Yet, the destruction progress had only just reached 1%!

From this, one could imagine that the true power of this church was unimaginably strong!

The Hunter he had previously coerced into a confession once said that the Church of Light's sphere of influence was not limited to the Ice Crystal Kingdom; they also had forces in several neighboring kingdoms.

Now it seemed that this was also true.

If it were an ordinary person, suddenly learning that they were being targeted by a deity would likely have left them terrified and at a loss.

But Cao Xing wasn't afraid at all.

He chuckled, "Fortunately, I still haven't been exposed."

"As long as the God of Light doesn't come out, they won't know who did it!"

"And I can continue to steal resources from this faction. Tsk tsk, how thrilling!"

Moreover, his current development speed was getting faster and faster.

Most importantly, Cao Xing saw the quest reward at the end.

[light godhead]!

What is a godhead?

It represents the essence of divinity and is the key feature that distinguishes gods from mortals!

Without a godhead, you are just a false god!

And if Cao Xing could uproot this faction, the quest progress would reach 100%!

He would obtain a complete [light godhead].

In other words, Cao Xing even had a chance to touch that realm!

To become a deity!

"I hadn't thought about becoming a god before."

"But if such an opportunity is placed before me, I certainly cannot miss it."

"Once I become a deity, I won't have to fear false gods like the God of Light who lack a godhead."

Thinking of this, the last bit of pressure in Cao Xing's heart vanished completely.

He decided that whenever he had the chance in the future, he would continue to fleece this faction.

He said directly, "Alright, let's start cleaning up the battlefield."

Everyone began to take action.

Cao Xing also thoroughly searched the camp, taking away all the food and loot.

[Obtained: Magic Fish Sting (Gold)]

[Obtained: Predator Longbow (Gold)]

[Obtained: White-robed Priest Leader-level Soul * 1]

[Obtained: Tier 4 Leader-level Assassin Recruitment Scroll * 1]

[Obtained: Expert-level Heart of Strength * 2]

[Obtained: Advanced Heart of Strength * 5]

[Obtained: Church of Light Masks (White-robed, Black-robed, Elite, Common) * 177…]

[Obtained…]

"Haha! These two White-robed Priests are pretty good; they actually dropped a soul for me, and even a recruitment scroll!"

"Really nice!"

With a satisfied expression, Cao Xing tallied his loot for the night.

[Expert-level Heart of Strength * 6]

[Advanced Heart of Strength * 47]

[White-robed Priest Leader-level Soul * 5]

[Black-robed Priest Chieftain-level Soul * 18]

[Food * 67232 KG]

[Coins * 1.77 Million]

Besides this, there were a large number of Hunter masks and various other miscellaneous materials!

"Damn, this is terrifying!"

"The harvest from this one night even exceeds what I got in the past half month!"

"It really is true that murder and arson lead to riches; this is so satisfying!"

With so many Leader-level souls, plus Expert-level Hearts of Strength and Advanced Hearts of Strength.

If all of them were consumed, his territory's strength would undergo a qualitative change!

However, they needed to leave as soon as possible, and these items could only be digested after returning to the territory.

He glanced at his Honor Points and Reputation again.

[Honor Points: 21823]

[Reputation: 9850 (Renowned)]

"Very good, Honor Points have officially broken through twenty thousand. With the masks in my hand, scraping together thirty thousand shouldn't be difficult."

"However, the distance to redeeming that Legendary weapon is still quite far!"

Cao Xing had figured it out.

The Ice Crystal King brought out this Legendary dagger with no intention of letting anyone else redeem it.

100,000 Honor Points. Tonight, he destroyed nearly 60 camps, large and small, and eliminated nearly two thousand Hunters, yet only gained a little over twenty thousand.

However, it was enough!

At the very least, the Honor Points in his hand were enough to redeem two Neros Cannons and several hundred Elite warhorses!

With a joyful expression, Cao Xing ordered: "Let's go, we're heading home!"

Cao Xing knew that what they had done today was beyond everyone's expectations.

And he had seized the moment when the Church of Light was too busy dealing with the Ice Crystal Kingdom to steal their strongholds!

And the plan was very successful!

By the time they discovered this, it would provoke the fury of the Church of Light!

So he had to leave quickly.

The group, with excited expressions on their faces, changed direction and headed down the mountain.

Then, under Cao Xing's lead, they constantly changed routes and advanced towards the territory.

…

Meanwhile.

Within the territory of Lake Doron City.

Three Red-robed Bishops gathered together, each with a gratified smile on their faces.

One of the bishops, whose aura was noticeably stronger, said: "Everyone, we won yesterday's battle quite beautifully, making the King's army suffer a major setback."

"According to intelligence from our people, the plan is proceeding very smoothly. That old King is very angry and has mobilized a large army to deal with us."

"He has even mobilized a portion of the troops guarding the kingdom's border regions."

Hearing this, the other two Red-robed Bishops also had joyful smiles on their faces.

They said one after another: "Thanks to the God of Light's plan and the Seed of Light's coordination, we were able to achieve such fruitful results."

"That's right, this current Seed of Light is quite excellent."

Regarding this Seed of Light from another world, the high-level members of the Church of Light initially held a completely skeptical and distrustful attitude.

But because he carried the oracle of the God of Light, all church members had to obey his orders.

And now, after several incidents, the prestige of this Seed of Light was constantly rising.

The Red-robed Bishop with the strong aura continued: "The two of you, although we won the last battle."

"However, this also means we will be facing the fury of that old King head-on, and we are very likely to die in the next battle."

Upon hearing this, the other two Red-robed Bishops not only felt no fear, but instead, a look of fanaticism appeared in their eyes.

"Rest assured, Bishop Anglun, we have long been prepared to sacrifice ourselves for the God of Light!"

"That's right, being able to die on the battlefield is our honor!"

The Red-robed Bishop nodded upon hearing this.

"Then, let's stick to the original plan. No matter what, we must drag the King's army here for more than a week to buy time for the Seed of Light's plan."

"Now, go notify the major camps and have them send another batch of church personnel and supplies."

"We will fight the King's army to the death right here in Lake Doron City!"

The two bishops nodded solemnly, and then they each took out a strange crystal from their robes.

This crystal looked transparent, but as long as a little power was injected into it, it would emit waves of divine power.

And after they activated these two crystals.

The statues in the center of two of the large camps began to emit a faint white light.

According to past habits, seeing the statue light up would immediately elicit a response.

This was also their means of maintaining contact with the major camps.

However, today, a full five minutes passed, yet there was still no sound at all.

They continued to wait for a few more minutes, only to find it was still the same.

The two looked at each other, both seeing the confusion in the other's eyes.

"Bishop Sains, is it the same on your end?"

"Yes, I tried to contact the three large camps I am responsible for, but I didn't receive any response."

"Bishop Bella, what about your end?"

This Red-robed Bishop said in a deep voice: "The two large camps I am responsible for are the same."

The two were silent for a moment.

The bishop with the strong aura suddenly said out of the blue: "Could it be that something happened to these camps?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the other two Red-robed Bishops changed simultaneously.

"That's impossible! We were in contact with these camps just yesterday."

"That's right, I also contacted the camps yesterday!"

"And our Church of Light just displayed such powerful strength; who would dare to deal with us at this time?"

The bishop with the strong aura pondered for a moment and then said: "Regardless of whether something happened, the fact that these camps haven't responded for so long is suspicious."

"Sains, Bella, go and confirm this as quickly as possible!"

"At this time, we cannot afford any more accidents!"

The two Red-robed Bishops nodded solemnly upon hearing this.

Then, they leaped over the city wall, walked to a deserted corner, quickly passed through the barrier, and left Lake Doron City.

The two bishops displayed terrifying movement speed, rushing forward like the wind!

Just two hours later, Bishop Sains arrived at one of the large camps.

This was the second large camp that Cao Xing and his team had destroyed, located in a forest.

Bishop Sains stood outside the camp, and when he saw the collapsed arrow towers and fences inside, he had a faint, ominous premonition in his heart.

With a nervous heart, he jumped directly into the camp.

And when he saw the corpses all over the ground and the camp that had been completely looted, his pupils immediately shrank!

At this moment, intense anger and murderous intent surged from his body!

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