Chapter 328: Infiltrating the Giant City, Beginning the Looting! (5600)

Chapter 328: Infiltrating the Giant City, Beginning the Looting! (5600)

Cao Xing turned around and said quickly, "All warriors, come to my side. I am going to cast a camouflage spell on you."

As soon as those words fell, apart from the beings who had already had the camouflage spell cast on them once, the other warriors successively came to Cao Xing's side.

Several hundred people crowded into an area with a diameter of 50 meters.

Cao Xing directly entered the [Demon Transformation] state and then opened that secret tome!

"Rustle, rustle!"

Along with the release of the skill, a strong aura of darkness gushed out!

It gradually covered all the warriors around him, turning them into a group of beings clad in pitch-black battle armor.

[Successfully cast the skill [Demon Servant – Camouflage]. Affected by the talent [Eternal Power], this skill has become permanent…]

…

Those Ascalon soldiers and Wild Boar Warriors all looked at their pitch-black bodies in astonishment.

"Oh! Beast God above! The Wild Boar Warrior is going to become a Black Boar Warrior!"

Even those Dragon Blood Warriors felt equally surprised.

Because they could not even feel the familiar bloodline power on their companions at all.

Cao Xing's group camouflage skill had a very powerful effect.

As long as it wasn't a being exceeding level 20, it was almost impossible to see through.

After casting the camouflage spell on everyone.

Cao Xing continued, "You guys wait here for my news."

"Be prepared for battle at any time."

Upon hearing this, Liu Muxue also understood his plan.

She quickly asked, "A-Xing, are you going alone?"

Cao Xing nodded. "Yes, the army hasn't attacked yet, and I don't know how long they will drag this out."

"I'll figure out a way to sneak into the city first to check things out, figure out the enemy's strength, and see if I can gather some information."

Of course, loot some things along the way.

Hearing this, Liu Muxue's expression carried a hint of worry.

Including Elisa and Tong Chuchu nearby, everyone opened their mouths to speak but stopped.

Seeing these people's expressions, Cao Xing comforted them, "Rest assured."

"I have a stronger camouflage skill that can perfectly simulate the aura of those white-robed priests. Even if I am exposed, it doesn't matter; they can't deal with me."

He still had many trump cards in his hands.

Aside from the soldiers brought this time.

The Book of the Dead of Ascalon still had one chance of use.

Then, there was also a strongest trump card, the [Dragon Speaker's Spirit-Summoning Totem].

If Cao Xing was really pushed to the limit, he would call this powerful entity over and directly raze Lake Doron City to the ground!

Liu Muxue was still somewhat uneasy and said softly, "A-Xing, why don't you take a few people with you?"

"We will wait outside. If you encounter any danger inside, we can also provide backup for you at the first moment."

Elisa nearby also said, "That's right, that's right!"

"Lord, take us with you, we'll just wait for you outside!"

Including Sarah and Assam and others, their eyes flickered as they stepped forward.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment, seeming to feel that what Liu Muxue said made sense.

"Alright, then follow me."

"All warriors and pets remain in the mine to wait."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded one after another.

Then, Cao Xing quickly led his group of subordinate leaders and powerhouses to leave the cave.

Not long after they left.

The old mage Tyren continued to cast Earth Element Control to cover the cave entrance again.

…

…

Around eleven o'clock at night.

Cao Xing and his party braved the pitch-black night, walking across the thick ice sheet.

Soon, they arrived near Lake Doron City.

From afar, Cao Xing also saw a large army pitching tents on that plain, seemingly prepared to spend the night.

Besides that, he also saw a small portion of Survivors wandering around nearby.

Although the near-total annihilation of the Survivors last time left a shadow in their hearts.

But among the Survivors of District 17, naturally there were no lack of daring beings.

They still wanted to seize the opportunity to take a gamble at the battlefield of Lake Doron City.

However, because Cao Xing and the others all put on Shadow Cloaks.

Therefore, they could not figure out their identities.

Cao Xing brought Liu Muxue and deliberately made a big detour, moving directly away from the crowd.

When they were about three kilometers away from the Giant City, the group stopped beside a pile of large boulders.

Cao Xing said, "Alright, you guys wait here, and then wait for my news."

Everyone nodded.

Liu Muxue said softly, "Be careful…"

Cao Xing smiled, "Rest assured."

After speaking, he quickly walked toward the Giant City.

Soon he arrived at the edge of the barrier.

The spot he chose was relatively remote, and no one was stationed on the city wall.

After all, the area of Lake Doron City was too large, with a diameter of nearly ten kilometers alone.

Walking from the East City to the West City at an ordinary person's speed would take over an hour.

Plus, during the siege battle last time, the Church of Light lost more than three thousand people.

Later, two thousand more were slaughtered by Cao Xing in a single night.

Therefore, they simply did not have enough manpower to monitor every corner of Lake Doron City.

However, for the Church of Light, with the barrier present, they weren't worried that anyone else could secretly sneak into the city.

This gave Cao Xing an opportunity.

His gaze swept over.

The attributes of this barrier appeared in front of him.

[Light Barrier]

[Level: Tier 6]

[Armor: 10000]

[Durability: 9284931 / 10000000]

[Attached Special Effect ①: Tier 6 Transcendent Rune (Immune to attacks below Tier 6)]

[Attached Special Effect ②: Light Asylum (When attacked, reduce received damage by 30%)]

[Attached Special Effect ③: Faith of Light (After absorbing a large amount of faith power, can rapidly restore the barrier's durability value)]

…

"Good grief, a full ten million durability plus ten thousand points of armor."

"No wonder the siege battle last time bombed for so long before breaking the barrier open."

"This thing is basically a golden turtle shell, right? It's way too damn hard!"

Cao Xing muttered continuously.

Besides that, this barrier also had the special effect of absorbing faith power to quickly restore durability, which further increased its resistance to blows.

Even if Cao Xing called up all his subordinate soldiers, it would still take a significant amount of time to break through.

A look of contemplation flashed through his eyes.

"According to Sarah, this barrier isn't completely sealed. A white-robed priest walked out of it freely and then took away the people outside."

"In other words, this barrier also allocates permissions according to the levels of these members, right?"

He decided to try first to see if he could enter in the identity of an external white-robed priest.

If it worked, once inside the city, he would think of a way to change into another identity.

Therefore, Cao Xing quickly flipped through his memories in his mind.

Among those white-robed priests he had killed previously, he randomly selected one.

And directly used [Demon Camouflage].

"Rustle!"

His body underwent changes.

His figure, appearance, and even aura were changing rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, he turned into a well-proportioned white-robed priest holding a staff.

He was precisely a white-robed priest named Pokar whom he had killed back in that cave camp.

At this moment, Cao Xing was also holding a staff in his hand; it could be said to be an exact match.

At the same time, the prompt sound of [Eternal Power] came.

This meant that he now possessed a new identity.

Cao Xing was currently level 41, meaning that as long as he didn't encounter a powerful being of level 61 or higher, his disguise would not be seen through.

Thinking of this, he took out a white-robed priest mask from his backpack and put it on his face.

Now, it could be said to be completely identical.

Then, with a probing mindset, Cao Xing cautiously took his first step.

To one's pleasant surprise.

One of his feet passed through the barrier without any hindrance, and then his entire person directly entered the interior!

"It really works!" Cao Xing said excitedly.

Looking at the mottled grayish-white city wall ahead, an expression of pleasant surprise appeared in his eyes even more.

"Haha, I didn't expect to sneak in so easily, fantastic!"

Cao Xing looked at this Giant City and only felt that the resources of an entire city were waving at him!

Whatever church conspiracy, whatever Taside, were all thrown to the back of his mind!

Looting resources was the most important thing!

Thinking of this, Cao Xing swaggered into Lake Doron City.

Of course, he certainly couldn't climb over the wall directly; after all, doing that would be too eye-catching.

So he decided to enter directly through the main gate.

Since it was already late at night.

The huge city gates of Lake Doron City were tightly shut.

Along with Cao Xing's arrival, the cultists keeping watch glanced at the situation below and said hastily.

"A High Priest has returned, hurry up and open the city gate!"

The Church of Light had a massive influence, and the number of white-robed priests was quite large.

Plus, everyone wore masks, so these cultists definitely couldn't recognize which white-robed priest Cao Xing was disguised as.

But no matter which white-robe it was, it wasn't someone ordinary members like them could afford to offend.

Moreover, the fact that the other party could walk in from outside the barrier already proved their identity.

"Rumble!"

The city gate opened.

Several members of the Church of Light respectfully lowered their heads and saluted.

"Greetings, High Priest!"

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then calmly stepped into this Giant City.

[You have entered the Large-scale Special Area: Lake Doron City…]

(Please note: This area was originally a neutral city of the Ice Crystal Kingdom, and has currently been occupied by the Church of Light. It is extremely dangerous, please proceed with caution…)

…

Seeing the system prompt, Cao Xing felt rather peculiar inside.

Then he directly ignored it.

To others, this place was indeed extremely dangerous, equivalent to a dragon's pool and tiger's den!

But Cao Xing's camouflage skill was too strong; as long as he wasn't discovered, this place was just like his happy hometown, completely unimpeded.

At this moment, he stood in a spacious plaza and sighed, "Finally made it in, now let's start the first step of the plan, looting!"

His initial purpose was to enter this Giant City and loot resources!

Anyway, leaving them to the Church of Light would just be subsidizing the enemy.

As for gathering information, it was just incidental.

At the same time.

Cao Xing began to scrutinize the interior scenery of this Giant City.

The area he entered was called the [Eastern Plaza].

As the name suggested, this was a very large plaza capable of accommodating thousands of people gathering here.

In front of him was also a spacious street that seemed to lead directly to the central urban area.

There were many bizarrely shaped buildings in the city.

Some buildings resembled huge crystal towers, with transparent and brilliant tower bodies.

Some buildings were like giant ice-sculpted palaces, with exquisite reliefs carved on the palace walls.

Besides that, Cao Xing also saw some tall mansions.

Of course, the number of these buildings wasn't large, and they were all concentrated in the central urban area.

The most common buildings in the entire Giant City were still those two- or three-story residential buildings.

They were neatly lined up on both sides of the street.

There were also many shops below.

Various buildings stretched on as far as the eye could see.

Cao Xing nodded inwardly.

"Not bad, this is what a civilized city should look like."

"When my territory develops in the future, it should also have this many buildings."

Next, it was time to start looking for suitable targets to strike and planning the operation.

Cao Xing continued to ponder, "Those who can live in the city either have illustrious identities or possess a certain amount of wealth."

"So even among these ordinary residential houses, quite a few good things can definitely be searched out."

"But searching them room by room would be way too inefficient. If it's just me alone, I wouldn't finish searching even after a few days and nights."

"Therefore, I need to select some key areas to loot."

"Those shops, taverns, or the mansions of some big figures, and so on, will all be targets of my patronage!"

Although this way, Cao Xing would definitely miss a lot of resources.

But this was also something that couldn't be helped.

It couldn't possibly be that he really relied on himself alone to empty out this entire Giant City, right?

There simply wouldn't be enough time.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing did not delay for a single moment and walked straight toward the street ahead.

Late at night, there were still some cultists patrolling the city.

After seeing Cao Xing, they would all respectfully stand in place and salute, and only after watching him leave would this group of cultists depart.

Cao Xing put on a calm appearance, walking unhurriedly through the city.

Soon, he raised his head and saw the first shop.

It was inscribed with [Bavier Weapons Shop].

"Oh? It's actually a weapons shop."

"And being able to open on such a main thoroughfare of the city, the owner of this shop must be quite powerful."

Cao Xing narrowed his eyes.

He did not enter through the main door.

Instead, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him, he turned around and went straight into the alley next to it.

Then he pushed open the window next to the shop and jumped straight in.

After landing steadily,

Cao Xing's eyes carried a trace of excitement!

"Tsk tsk, this feeling is so thrilling, just like being a fucking thief!"

"No, I'm not a thief, I am taking this fair and square!"

Scanning his surroundings, he saw many weapon racks appearing around him,

upon which were placed many exquisitely crafted weapons with cold glimmers gleaming on their surfaces.

Sweeping a glance across them, they were all Tier 3 and Tier 4 green-grade weapons.

Furthermore, every single weapon was marked with a price.

[Kingdom Standard Longsword (Green)]: Price 3,000 crowns

[Kingdom Standard Spear (Green)]: Price 2,500 crowns

[Kingdom Standard Broadsword (Green)]: Price 2,500 crowns

[Kingdom…]

…

"These green weapons sell quite expensively."

Cao Xing didn't disdain them either. Although they were only green weapons, there were simply too many of them!

Right on cue, Yaskin had said earlier that he had already leased a shop in Merlind City.

These high-quality weapons could completely be taken to the shop to be sold, which would also be a considerable income!

Cao Xing happily put them all into his inventory.

[Acquired: Kingdom Standard Longsword (Green)] * 17

[Acquired: Kingdom Standard Broadsword (Green)] * 15

[Acquired…]

…

Soon, he tallied up his harvest.

"Not bad, inside this weapons shop, there are a total of over a hundred weapons, worth nearly hundreds of thousands of crowns."

Just at this moment, a system prompt appeared.

[Please note: You have stolen the weapons on the display counter without permission. If discovered by the merchant, town guards will be summoned to hunt you down and expel you.]

…

Cao Xing rolled his eyes.

"The owner of this weapons shop has already kicked the bucket long ago. I reckon even their corpse's whereabouts are unknown, and they're still calling guards to hunt me down?"

He directly ignored this prompt.

He continued to come behind the counter and began rummaging through cabinets and boxes.

Just as previously mentioned.

Within the city, many areas might have already been searched by the Church of Light.

But Lake Doron City was so big that there would definitely be missed parts.

And those luxurious buildings were all in the central urban area.

Therefore, this weapons shop opened in the outer area had not yet been looted by the Church of Light.

"Clang! Clang!"

Cao Xing fussed around for a bit, then suddenly saw something square drop down from beneath the cabinet.

"Eh? What is this?"

He picked it up and took a look.

[An unknown iron box has been found. Open it?]

He directly clicked yes.

[Opened successfully]

[Acquired: Coins * 276,219]

[Acquired: Cardina Money Shop Note (1 Million) * 2]

…

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"I see, this should be the shop owner's piggy bank."

"Not bad, another 270,000 crowns credited. This weapons shop really has strength."

"However, what is this money shop note?"

He pulled these two paper notes out of his inventory.

Not knowing what kind of material they were made from, the yellowish-brown notes were printed with a large number of 1 million.

In the upper-left corner of the note was also a sapphire-like imprint, which seemed to retain a special magical fluctuation.

[Cardina Money Shop Universal Note]

[Denomination: 1 Million]

[Holding this note, you can go to all Cardina Money Shops within the Ice Crystal Kingdom to exchange for 1 million crowns]

(Note: This note has already recorded the aura of the Bavier Weapons Shop owner. Except for him, the deposit inside cannot be withdrawn through regular channels…)

…

Cao Xing was slightly stunned.

"Oh? This thing can be used to withdraw money from a money shop. Isn't this a check?"

"There are actually two million crowns! I'm getting rich, haha!"

Although the money shop in Lake Doron City would likely have already closed down for good.

But looking at the system remarks above, this money shop seemed to have branches in many cities within the Ice Crystal Kingdom.

Moreover, this kind of note was universal across major money chambers of commerce.

Therefore, Cao Xing could still take it to other cities to exchange.

However, the somewhat troublesome thing was that it actually required the weapons shop owner himself to go over for the exchange.

Cao Xing narrowed his eyes, but he didn't feel worried.

After all, rules are dead, but people are alive.

Moreover, the system prompt only said that the money inside could not be withdrawn through regular channels.

This meant that there were other irregular channels.

Thinking of this, he had already made up his mind in his heart.

After searching the first floor, Cao Xing still did not leave.

Because he saw the stairs leading to the second floor.

"Generally speaking, the first floor is the ordinary area, and the second floor is the VIP area."

"Presumably, it should give me some surprises?"

Following the stairs all the way up, Cao Xing quickly arrived at the second-floor area.

His gaze swiftly swept around the surroundings.

This place was indeed different from the first floor.

Many decorations were placed in the room, making it look much more luxurious.

Even the weapon racks were forged from refined iron, and they had also been polished.

The various weapons placed on them were clearly of a higher quality tier.

Cao Xing saw a longsword with a slender blade, glowing with a cyan light throughout, an incomparably sharp edge, and reflecting a chilling cold light under the lamplight.

Beside it, there was also a 1.5-meter-long giant axe, huge and heavy, with a wide blade showing a crystal-clear blue color, just like frozen ice.

Besides this, there were also complete sets of armor, battle boots, and even helmets.

They all looked very exquisitely crafted!

Sweeping a casual glance over them.

[Qingjin Longsword (Purple)]: Price 180,000 crowns

[Goshawk Armor (Purple)]: Price 240,000 crowns

[Obsidian Knight Battle Boots (Purple)]: Price 120,000 crowns

[Sinking Frost Battle Axe…]

…

Cao Xing was startled instantly.

"Goodness me, the second floor is actually entirely equipment of purple quality!"

"There are at least over twenty pieces of purple weapons here!"

"If based on this weapons shop's selling price, then the value of these weapons is also a full two to three million crowns!"

"This owner really has strength. This wave of harvest is not bad!"

Just as he was preparing to put all these armor and weapons away,

his gaze was suddenly attracted by a shield hanging on the wall.

This was a hexagonal shield, silver-white throughout, with exquisite relief patterns carved on the shield surface, depicting sacred angels and brave knights.

And at the six corners of the shield surface, a sparkling gem was embedded in each.

[Holy Glory Great Shield (Gold)]: Price 5 million crowns

Besides this, a line of large characters was also written below.

(Signature treasure of the Bavier Weapons Shop. If not purchasing, please do not touch, bear consequences at your own risk!)

…

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