Chapter 348: Opening the Relic Box and Receiving the Inheritance (5800)

Jiang Qingyun controlled the ballista while saying, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and control this fiend for me! I'm going to knock it down!"

Hearing this, the crowd also hurled various crowd control skills at Cao Xing.

Seeing the ice arrows, capture nets, and chain hammers rushing toward him,

Cao Xing naturally wouldn't choose to take these crowd control skills head-on.

With a flap of his wings,

his tier-six movement speed carried him instantly charging over a hundred meters away.

The Survivors instantly lost their target for attack.

This was the most obvious gap between the strong and the weak in this world!

Their movement speed was simply too fast!

A gap of one or two tiers was fine; some fast-reacting entities could still keep up.

However, Cao Xing's current movement speed was basically equivalent to a tier-six powerhouse, which was the Master level!

It far exceeded theirs by goodness knows how much.

Even if there were enough of them, and even if they possessed many crowd control skills, it was useless if they couldn't hit their target.

"Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!"

The Survivors launched a few waves of attacks, all of which were easily dodged by Cao Xing.

"What the hell! This fiend is so agile, it's completely unhittable!"

"Don't panic. I'm a ten-year esports veteran. At a time like this, you guys need to learn to predict the opponent's movement trajectory and throw your skills ahead along its escape route!"

"I predicted it, but it still doesn't work!"

"…"

The situation before them was completely different from what they had imagined!

Cao Xing had leveled up by 3 levels, and his attributes had increased a bit more; his current burst speed was 140 meters per second.

That was equivalent to a speed of 500 kilometers per hour!

Furthermore, this speed wasn't a smooth acceleration; going from 0 to 500 kilometers per hour was just an instantaneous matter.

Cao Xing played with this bunch of Survivors as if teasing them, watching skill after skill graze past his body.

With a few evasions, he wasted goodness knows how many crowd control skills.

Not only that, seeing that these Survivors' skills had been almost entirely consumed,

he took the initiative to dive, charging toward them at high speed like a giant black eagle.

Seeing this scene, the Survivors exclaimed in shock.

"That fiend is coming down! Such a terrifying aura, run, brothers!"

"Run for what? Since it's coming down anyway, it saves us the trouble of catching it. Hit it!"

"Right, get him!"

As those words fell, the one to two hundred surrounding Survivors simultaneously launched various attacks!

"Bang! Clatter!"

Various attacks struck Cao Xing's body.

Dense numbers of damage popped up.

[-65]

[-33]

[-67]

[-52]

[-43]

…

There wasn't even a single three-digit damage number.

They couldn't even break his Wind God Shield.

Then, the Survivors witnessed a shocking scene!

A wave of concentrated fire from their hundreds of people couldn't even knock down a shred of this fiend's health!

At this moment, looks of terror appeared in everyone's eyes.

Just as mentioned before, Cao Xing's strength was a dimensional strike to these Survivors!

At the same time, Cao Xing abruptly spread his wings!

A terrifying force burst forth from his body.

Evil Thought Outburst!

"Boom!"

The attack range of this skill was 50 meters.

And in this area, over a hundred Survivors and their territory residents were standing.

Instantly, over a hundred terrifying damage numbers appeared.

[-11823]

[-12395]

[-21321!]

[-22569!]

[-11832]

And these tier-two and tier-three Survivors just happened to have around ten thousand and a bit health points.

In other words, this wave from Cao Xing directly took away the lives of over a hundred people.

In front of him, screen-sweeping kill notifications appeared.

[You killed Survivor: Pan Huidong Lv21…]

[You killed Survivor: Shi Shao Lv18…]

[You killed Empire Archer Lv22…]

When the darkness dissipated,

over a hundred corpses all collapsed limply.

This scene directly caused everyone present to gasp in cold breath!

What was known as bodies littering the ground wherever one passed?

This was bodies littering the ground in the true sense of the word!

A chill rapidly spread from the soles of their feet throughout their entire bodies!

They realized that they had severely underestimated this fiend's strength and overestimated their own.

They originally thought that relying on their thousand-plus people, they could pile him to death even by sheer numbers!

Now they realized that this was simply wishful thinking; this fiend was unimaginably terrifying!

For a time, looking at that terrifying figure, everyone was even somewhat afraid to launch attacks anymore.

Meanwhile, Jonard and Josent and the others began to continue their frantic destruction.

Seeing them stop, Jiang Qingyun, who was operating the [Destroyer Siege Crossbow],

immediately shouted loudly, "What are you all doing? Attack him, all of you!"

"As long as you control it, the siege bolt can deal with it!"

These confidants of Jiang Qingyun could be considered quite loyal.

Upon hearing the order, they charged directly toward Cao Xing!

And Jiang Qingyun also quickly adjusted the angle of the siege crossbow, aiming right at Cao Xing's body.

However, seeing this scene, Cao Xing not only didn't move, but instead just stood right in place.

He even made a provocative gesture.

In Jiang Qingyun's heart, an expression of feeling humiliated suddenly arose.

He said coldly, "Arrogant fiend, this siege crossbow comes with a 40% armor-ignoring special effect!"

"Let's see if you can still withstand this!"

"Whoosh!"

The huge bolt, carrying a terrifying piercing sound through the air, arrived beside Cao Xing.

Everyone placed high hopes on this single arrow!

They excitedly watched that bolt as it was about to hit Cao Xing.

Yet Cao Xing was still standing in place.

Furthermore, when the giant arrow struck, he actually took the initiative to extend his demonic claws, wanting to grab this arrow!

Jiang Qingyun's gaze turned cold, and then he sneered, "Overestimating your capabilities!"

The next moment, the giant bolt struck Cao Xing's body.

"Bang!"

From his body, a huge pile of shields instantly emerged!

Then, the Survivors witnessed a visually shocking scene.

This fiend forcibly withstood the terrifying attack of the [Destroyer Siege Crossbow], not only without retreating half a step,

but instead extended his huge demonic claws and forcefully grabbed the large iron bolt fired by Jiang Qingyun!

A smile appeared once more at the corner of his mouth.

The Survivors who witnessed this scene all drew in a breath of cold air!

A thought simultaneously rose in their hearts.

What kind of monster was this exactly?

Even this kind of siege crossbow could be forcibly withstood by it; was there anything it couldn't do?

At the same time, a damage number appeared above Cao Xing's head.

[-9032]

[Ice Armor Technique] + [Frost Magic Shield] + [Wind God Shield] + [Magic Energy Shield]!

Under multiple weakenings,

this arrow ultimately caused a four-digit damage number!

It was indeed very high damage, which also showed that the attack power of the siege crossbow was very strong.

And Cao Xing nodded in admiration, "This siege crossbow is not bad, it's mine now."

"Now, I'll send you all on your way."

Anyway, the probing had been pretty much done; this battle should come to an end.

The moment Cao Xing's words fell, all the Survivors felt the shadow of death descend!

It was as if a terrifying demonic claw had grabbed their souls.

"Sizzle~!"

It seemed something was ignited.

Cao Xing directly released [Soul Wither], a large-scale area-of-effect skill!

It just so happened that the diameter of this territory was 500 meters.

And the coverage range of [Soul Wither] happened to be exactly 500 meters.

That meant,

this move of his directly enveloped all remaining creatures in the territory!

The soul fires of over a thousand people were ignited!

"Boom!"

As the first wave of flames surged upward,

[-9631]

[-9762]

[-9832]

[-9421]

[-16322!]

hundreds of damage numbers emerged!

The health pools of these Survivors on the field were instantly emptied the moment the first wave of soul fire appeared.

Only then did they realize that they had made an extremely wrong decision!

As it turned out, this fiend possessed the ability to easily slaughter everyone in this territory!

Their previous so-called siege was simply a joke!

However, by the time they realized this, it was already too late.

A large amount of kill information appeared.

But there were still quite a few tier-three Survivors who successfully endured the first wave of AOE damage.

Seeing the corpses falling in rows around them, extreme fear had already appeared in their eyes!

They just wanted to run away, but once the soul fire was ignited, it couldn't be extinguished!

The second wave of damage burst forth!

The health pools of a large number of Survivors were instantly reduced to zero.

Before dying, they let out roars filled with remorse and anger.

"Ah!! Damn it! I shouldn't have been greedy! I shouldn't have been greedy!"

"Jiang Qingyun! You bastard, it's all your fault for cooperating with the Church of Light and bringing this fiend over!"

"Jiang Qingyun, you caused the deaths of my entire family, I curse you!"

"Ah!!!"

"…"

A chorus of miserable screams rang out, with a massive number of Survivors and territory residents dying every second.

It sounded brief, but it was actually extremely slow.

After all, the burst of the soul fire occurred once per second; finishing all four waves of damage only required four seconds.

When the second wave of damage triggered,

a large swath of Survivors and territory residents on the field collapsed once more.

Only a few remaining Survivors could still hold on.

These people were either tier-three or tier-four boss-level entities with relatively high health pools,

or Survivors possessing some life-saving methods.

Among them was Jiang Qingyun.

At the critical juncture of life and death, he tossed a bottle of Secret Life Potion into his mouth and ate a strange flower.

He barely withstood the second wave of attacks.

However, that was as far as it went.

In the third second, the third wave of damage from Soul Wither burst forth!

Jiang Qingyun could no longer hold on; watching his health points instantly drop to zero, intense unwillingness surfaced in his eyes!

He roared angrily, "Damn it! How could I possibly die? And die right inside my own territory!"

"I am not reconciled! I am not reconciled!"

Boom!

When the four waves of damage from Soul Wither concluded,

all Survivors in this territory, including those combatants, were completely wiped out!

This also meant that everyone at the Wangjiang Pavilion headquarters was completely annihilated right then and there!

A single skill directly wiped out an entire legion!

At the same time,

the black-robed priest on the other side, after being entangled by Sarah and Herlie, was being unilaterally ravaged.

Its health pool was plummeting rapidly.

Seeing that group of Survivors leading their subordinate territory residents attempting to rush over to rescue people in overestimation of their own capabilities,

Sarah's eyes held an expression as calm as stagnant water—that was the gaze of looking at ants!

The next moment, eight avatars of Sarah appeared in place!

When those Survivors rushed over and were less than ten meters away, these avatars abruptly surged forward.

"Puff! Puff, puff!"

[-18233!]

[-12032]

[-19232!]

[-26222!]

[-16332!]

Terrifying damage numbers popped up one after another.

The surrounding rushing Survivors fell once more like harvested wheat!

And what was even more terrifying was that Sarah's skill had a full three stages of damage!

"Swish! Swish!"

When the subsequent two stages of damage were dealt,

over half of the more than one hundred rushing Survivors had already been massacred.

This terrifying scene directly frightened the surrounding Survivors into stopping their attacks.

At this moment, the black-robed priest was also suppressed by Herlie, and its HP had dropped to a mere thirty thousand left.

He also seemed to know that his chances of survival today were slim.

Looking at Cao Xing, he said angrily, "Damn demon! You've been targeting our Church of Light all along!"

"You won't be arrogant for much longer; the Archbishop has already escaped from Lake Doron City."

"He will hunt you down endlessly, and from now on, you will live in the shadow of our church!"

"Hhahahaha!"

However, Sarah and Herlie couldn't be bothered to waste any more breath on him.

The daggers in the two women's hands slashed down fiercely.

"Swish! Swish!"

In the blink of an eye, the black-robed priest's HP hit zero, and then he collapsed limply.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance killed the black-robed priest lv47, Tier 5 boss-level creature. Exp gained: 4700]

[You obtained Honor Points: 50]

With this, the battles on both sides had completely ended.

Aside from the five figures including Cao Xing and Sarah, there were no longer any targets standing.

Meanwhile,

multiple dark figures emerged around the territory.

Among them were Renice, Liu Muxue, and others.

Cao Xing had them keep watch near the territory to prevent anyone from escaping.

Facts proved that this wave of clearing by him was quite clean, leaving not a single living soul behind.

Cao Xing glanced at the combat information, a look of realization appearing in his eyes.

"Interesting. Quite a few of the Survivors in here were actually Fang Long's underlings; I didn't expect Jiang Qingyun to take them in as well."

"After this time, the people from the Three Heroes Association have basically been completely cleared out by me."

"The rest are just small fries and can no longer amount to anything."

A smile curled the corners of Cao Xing's mouth.

Then, he continued, "Alright, let's start cleaning up the battlefield now, and take all the equipment and cotton clothes from these guys."

"You guys go to the other rooms and take away all the usable resources as well, like wood and stones."

Everyone was already quite familiar with this kind of thing.

After Cao Xing finished speaking, they successively began to act separately.

As for himself, he headed straight into Jiang Qingyun's Lords Cabin.

Pushing the door open, there were still a few corpses inside, which should have been shrouded by [Soul Withering] and taken away in one wave.

Cao Xing didn't mind.

In this Lords Cabin with fairly decent decor, he rummaged around.

Soon, he saw the storage box placed in the corner.

Approaching to take a look,

[Survivor Jiang Qingyun's Relic Box found. Open it?]

"Yes."

[Opened successfully.]

[Obtained: Food * 7923]

[Obtained: Wood * 19232]

[Obtained: Stone * 29321]

[Obtained: Iron * 2395]

[Obtained: Mithril * 63]

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Mark * 17232]

[Obtained: Glacier Shard * 11233]

[Obtained: Drilling Robot Crafting Blueprint * 1]

[Obtained…]

Besides these, there were some miscellaneous things.

Cao Xing shook his head, "Tsk tsk, and he's a Legion Commander? Just this little bit of resources?"

"He's way too poor."

In fact, not only Jiang Qingyun, but even other Legion Commanders were not as wealthy as imagined.

After all, with such a large territory and so many people, the consumption of food alone every day was an astonishing figure.

In addition, building various structures and exchanging Heart of Power for some important personnel required massive expenses.

Not everyone could be like Cao Xing, with such abundant territory resources.

For him, those primary and intermediate Heart of Power no longer had any value, so naturally he wouldn't waste Ice Dragon Mark to exchange for them.

However, the only unexpected pleasant surprise was the blueprint for the Drilling Robot.

A glance over it revealed that its stats were similar to the [Logging Robot].

While possessing a certain level of combat capability, it could also help gather resources.

However, one was used for cutting trees, and the other was used for mining.

"Not bad. After going back, I'll have Goblin Locke make a few Drilling Robots, and mining efficiency can be improved quite a bit."

After counting the harvest, Cao Xing walked out of the Lords Cabin.

At this time, Herlie came over to report, "Lord, there is a stable over there with lots of warhorses inside!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's expression instantly perked up!

But Herlie's next sentence made him lose interest again.

"However, those warhorses are already dead; it seems they were killed together by that terrifying spell of yours."

Cao Xing's mouth twitched.

The attack range of [Soul Withering] covered Jiang Qingyun's entire territory, causing damage to all non-friendly enemies.

This non-friendly naturally included those warhorses.

Therefore, they were also taken away in one wave.

Cao Xing nodded.

"I know, let's go over and take a look."

Soon, together with Herlie, he pushed open the stable doors.

Sure enough, thirty Locano warhorse corpses were lying inside.

Cao Xing felt a bit heartache.

Otherwise, bringing these warhorses back to the territory would also be a nice resource.

Now, he could only tearfully dismantle them!

"Hum!"

As the white light of dismantling appeared on the warhorse corpses,

a moment later, the corpses disappeared, turning into a ground full of bright red meat chunks and furs.

Cao Xing stepped forward and picked up all these things.

[Obtained: Complete Locano Warhorse Fur (Green) * 27]

[Obtained: Complete Locano Warhorse Fur (Blue) * 3]

[Obtained: Horse Meat (Green) * 5379]

[Obtained: Horse Meat (Blue) * 672]

[Obtained: Horse Tail * 30]

[Obtained: Horse Bone * 2501]

[Obtained: Sturdy Horseshoe (Green) * 120]

…

…

"Not bad, the horse meat adds up to over six thousand kilograms."

"And then there are 30 complete furs, which can also be made into quite a lot of clothes."

"Overall, it can be considered not wasted."

Cao Xing consoled himself.

When he and Herlie came out of the stable,

they found that the others had also finished cleaning up the battlefield.

They collected all the cotton clothes, equipment, and weapons from these Survivors and soldiers.

And they gathered all the supplies in the territory together.

Cao Xing walked over and put away all the things on the ground.

[Obtained: Destroyer Siege Crossbow (Gold) * 1]

[Obtained: Ice Corrupted Longsword (Gold) * 1]

[Obtained: Damaged Linen Cotton Clothes * 1072]

[Obtained: Coins * 130217]

[Obtained: Tier 2-3 Green Weapons (Swords, Spears, Bows, Axes…) * 1123]

[Obtained…]

…

Among these, the highest value was naturally that siege crossbow.

Jiang Qingyun had gathered the Hunter masks of the entire legion in exchange for this siege crossbow and 30 warhorses.

He was prepared to make great achievements relying on this batch of items.

Unexpectedly, before they could even warm up in his hands, he ran into Cao Xing.

Now, all these things had also fallen into his hands.

Glancing at the stats of the siege crossbow,

[Destroyer Siege Crossbow (Gold)]

[Quality: Precious]

[Type: Large Siege Crossbow]

[Attack Power: 9732 ~ 11273]

[Maximum Range: 3000 meters]

[Attack Interval: 10 seconds/time]

[Durability: 7800 / 7800]

[Attached Special Effect ①: Body Piercing (When firing crossbow bolts, there is an 80% chance to inflict a body-piercing effect on enemies, ignoring 40% of armor and attacking all enemies along the path)]

[Attached Special Effect ②: Siege (Deal an additional 40% damage when attacking buildings)]

(A large siege crossbow with astonishing lethality, extremely effective against city walls and gates.)

…

"A fine siege crossbow," Cao Xing exclaimed in admiration.

Compared to the [Breaker Crossbow Bolt (Purple)], the Destroyer's attack power was increased by two to three times.

Moreover, the probability of triggering body piercing had also significantly increased, coupled with the second [Siege] special effect.

This thing, as long as the quantity was sufficient, whether used for defense or offense, was a massive weapon of mass destruction!

Nodding with satisfaction and confirming that nothing was missed,

Cao Xing said, "Let's go, time to head back."

"Next, we will return directly to the territory."

Hearing this, gentle smiles also appeared on everyone's faces.

…

…

Not long after Cao Xing and the others left,

an explosive piece of news directly blew up the chat channel late at night!

The headquarters of Wangjiang Pavilion, one of the top three legions in District 17, announced its destruction!

The reason was that Jiang Qingyun harbored a black-robed priest of the Church of Light, and that demon came looking for him.

As a result, this Jiang Qingyun overestimated himself and led the people of Wangjiang Pavilion, wanting to deal with that demon.

Then they were all taken away in one wave by the opponent.

As for how these Survivors knew about this,

it was naturally because of a video sent out by the people at Wangjiang Pavilion's headquarters before they died.

Because global Survivors descended together, even after coming to this world, everyone basically retained their previous interpersonal relationships.

Some of them were unwilling before dying, so they told their friends the news, and then this matter quickly spread across the forum.

The Survivors of District 17 were even more shocked upon hearing this news!

…

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