Crystal authority, master of the plane! (5200)

Chapter 442: Crystal Authority, Plane Overlord! (5200)

Seeing the notification, a look of shock appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Good grief! This Crystal Authority… it is so terrifying!"

"Not only can it command all the Branded Monsters, but it also allows for unlimited teleportation!"

You have to understand, before this, although Cao Xing could also command the Branded Monsters, he could only control them after getting close to the range of the Dragon Crystal.

And now, he doesn't need to be near these Dragon Crystals at all.

With just a thought, all the Branded Monsters in the entire Crystal Land must obey his commands!

What kind of concept is this?

Up to now, half a month has passed since the Battle of the Oracle began.

Out of the 100,000 Dragon Crystals, there are still 28,000 Dragon Crystals remaining!

Calculating based on there being 100,000 Branded Monsters near each crystal!

That is to say, there are nearly three billion Branded Monsters in there that can be driven by Cao Xing.

Among them, there are also a large number of Commanders and Overlords!

He will leap to become the greatest lord of the entire Crystal Land!

"Hiss!!!" Cao Xing gasped sharply!

Then he exclaimed, "This is too insane!"

"With so many Branded Monsters listening to my commands, wouldn't I be invincible, killing gods if gods block me, and killing Buddhas if Buddhas block me?"

As for the function behind this Crystal Authority, changing the terrain, that remains to be further studied.

That voice continued to ring out, interrupting Cao Xing's train of thought.

"Chosen one… please save Krakatoa… let the world maintain its balance…"

"I will…"

As the words fell, that voice dissipated completely.

At this moment, Cao Xing suddenly opened his eyes.

It was as if he had had a strange dream.

In the dream, he seemed to have seen a dragon.

That dragon was dark blue all over, and its scales shimmered with a mysterious luster in the illusory light.

And it was this dragon that was speaking to him.

However, what is certain is that the other party is definitely not the Ancient Dragon Krakatoa.

Because he did not sense any power of the crystal on it.

He shook his head, no longer caring about the identity of this dragon.

At this moment, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

Because he could clearly sense that the entire Crystal Land was within his control!

Even just by closing his eyes, he could sense the location of all the crystal strongholds.

As well as the main crystal at the center of the Crystal Land.

"Sure enough… I am now able to control the Branded Monsters of the entire plane."

"In this way, I have enough power to confront the Divine Servant Legion."

But he did not become arrogant; instead, he began to think seriously.

"Although I can control all the Branded Monsters now, this dragon told me that I must make the main crystal last until the last day."

"With the power of the four major factions, even if I control all the Branded Monsters to hinder their progress, I won't be able to delay them for more than a day or two."

"I need to think of other ways…"

Cao Xing fell into deep thought.

A moment later, a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind!

A dangerous and bold idea uncontrollably popped up!

"Damn… this is a bit crazy…"

"But if it can succeed, then this will be the key turning point for me to last until the last day!"

After some quick thinking.

At the same time, he quickly supplemented the ideas and some details of this plan in his mind.

A moment later, Cao Xing had already made up his mind.

"Let's do it!"

"Although it is very risky, if successful, the gains will be quite terrifying!"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing was suddenly wide awake.

He quickly pressed the communication device on his ear.

Then he said in a serious tone, "All warriors, stop sleeping."

Hearing Cao Xing's voice, everyone woke up from their sleep, then one after another crawled out of their tents.

With looks of confusion, they looked at their lord.

Cao Xing continued, "Now, prepare for battle."

"Next, I will issue you a dangerous mission."

Cao Xing quickly explained what he was about to do.

After hearing this, the warriors' breathing hitched.

Even the resolute face of Assam showed a look of shock.

He asked in an uncertain tone, "Lord! Are you serious?"

Cao Xing nodded, "Of course!"

"Do you have confidence in this matter?"

Assam immediately said excitedly, "We will follow you to the death!"

Including the other warriors, they also responded one after another.

Cao Xing nodded, "Very good!"

"Then let's start splitting the troops for action now."

"We need to split into four teams, head to the areas I designate, and then wait for my orders."

"Bing Lan."

Hearing Cao Xing call her, the woman glanced at him.

"You take one team by yourself, any problems?"

At this moment, the Dragon Speaker had already understood Cao Xing's meaning.

A flash of fighting spirit crossed her face, and she nodded gently, "No problem."

Cao Xing nodded.

"Then Assam will lead all the Ascalon Warriors to the second location."

"Muxue, you lead all the Silver Hand Knights, Wind Mages, and half of the Nightmare Archers to the third location."

"The remaining Centaurs, Earth Mages, as well as the Wild Boar Warriors, and the Dragon Blood Warriors, will all follow Commander Bo Jie to the fourth location!"

Everyone accepted the orders!

"Understood! Lord!"

Soon, the thousand-plus combatants had divided into teams.

Then, the four teams, in the dead of night, moved out under the dark purple mist!

And Cao Xing also flapped his wings, heading towards the main crystal area of the Crystal Land.

His consciousness was now connected as one with the entire Crystal Land.

As long as he closed his eyes, he could clearly feel the existence of those Dragon Crystals and Branded Monsters, and could control the battle situation of the entire Crystal Land.

Therefore, he could completely stay near the main crystal, using the protection of the massive number of Branded Monsters to control the overall situation from the rear!

While moving, Cao Xing was sensing this vast plane.

And just at this moment, he suddenly felt that in the Crystal Land within his consciousness, four vast auras appeared, located in the four cardinal directions!

Those were the main cities of the four major factions.

These main cities seemed to contain some kind of unfathomable divine power, to the point that Cao Xing's consciousness dared not approach them easily!

It seemed that as long as he made contact, it would trigger some kind of holy consciousness counterattack!

"Good grief, even though I have obtained the control rights of the Crystal Land, I still cannot cover the four major main cities?"

A look of contemplation flashed in Cao Xing's eyes, and he seemed to understand something.

Soon, he flew to the center of the Crystal Land.

Beside that massive main crystal, which was one thousand meters high.

Before other Dragon Crystals were destroyed, the main crystal was invincible.

But even so, there were still massive amounts of Branded Monsters protecting the vicinity of the main crystal.

Thus, surrounded by these Branded Monsters, Cao Xing began his own actions.

With a thought from Cao Xing.

The entire Crystal Land, all the crystals lit up!

And the Branded Monsters within them also sensed something.

"Rumble~!"

A large number of Branded Monsters began to move, gathering towards a certain place!

"Clatter…"

Thousands of Commander-level monsters—Shadows of Krakatoa.

And tens of thousands of Overlord-level monsters—Branded Hydras.

All acted according to Cao Xing's will.

Thus, in this dead of night, the Crystal Land shook because of the movement of over a billion Branded Monsters.

Especially those Branded Hydras; every time these behemoths moved, they carried an earth-shaking momentum.

Even the unshakeable main cities began to tremble slightly.

Many Survivors were awakened from their sleep, looking outside the city with puzzled gazes.

But now, while under the cover of the dragon's magic, the entire Crystal Land was shrouded in thick, dark purple mist, so they didn't know what had happened.

However, everyone didn't think too much about it.

In the past few days, because of the addition of the Divine Servant Legion, they had rarely been harassed by Cao Xing.

And by following behind these powerful warriors, they had gained quite a lot of points.

Everyone was already looking forward to the start of the sixteenth day's challenge, and then bringing their subordinates to slaughter in all directions.

The next day…

A system notification appeared.

[Survivors of the four major factions, please note, the sixteenth day challenge of the Battle of the Oracle is about to begin. The number of remaining crystals is: 28312]

[Please destroy the remaining Dragon Crystals at the fastest speed, and destroy the main crystal!]

[Within the remaining 15 days, if the main crystal is destroyed one day early, all Survivors of the four major factions will receive a 10,000-point reward. If destroyed two days early, an additional 20,000 points will be awarded; three days early, an additional 30,000 points, and so on…]

…

Seeing the system notification, all Survivors were stunned for a moment.

Then, all the chat channels of the four major factions instantly exploded!

"Holy crap! Just one day early gives 10,000 points, so if it's ten days early, doesn't that mean a 100,000-point reward? This is too awesome, right?"

"My goodness, this reward is powerful enough!"

"Indeed, a mere ten thousand points is enough for me to exchange for a set of purple gear!"

Before this, many of them had been fighting for half a month and had only managed to earn fifty or sixty thousand points!

Now, as long as they could destroy the main crystals within the next four or five days, they would be able to gain at least an additional one hundred thousand points!

It was even more than the points they had earned after working hard for so many days before.

This was practically a pie falling from the sky.

Just thinking about it made people excited!

At this moment, Cao Xing also saw the system prompt, a look of contemplation appearing in his eyes.

"Destroying the main crystals ahead of schedule actually gives such a large amount of bonus points?"

"With tens of millions of Survivor lords, even if each person is only given ten or twenty thousand, that's still a massive number."

"This is truly a generous gesture…"

This also made Cao Xing realize another layer of meaning.

That was, the four major factions seemed to be a bit anxious!

It seemed they were desperate to destroy all the crystals before Krakatoa awakened.

"Rumble!"

The gates of the four major main cities had already opened!

Those God Servant warriors rushed out once again with an unstoppable momentum!

The million-strong God Servant legion, like heroic gods of war, marched at the very front of the formation!

Meanwhile.

The live stream broadcast started, and the barrage of comments began to flood the screen again.

"Woohoo, the sixteenth day of the live stream has started, time for some entertainment while eating!"

"Brothers, are we here to watch the God Servant legion chase down Great Lord Cao Xing again today?"

"You bet, I've been relying on this bit of fun for the past few days; I hope Great Lord Cao Xing can hold on a bit longer and not get caught by the God Servant legion."

"I have to say, when it comes to the entire Oracle Battlefield, the fastest runner is Great Lord Cao Xing; I wonder if the system will award him a sprinting champion achievement."

"Haha, you guys are too mean."

"…"

In the past few days, the Survivors watching the live stream had all seen Cao Xing constantly running away while being chased.

Often, as soon as those God Servant legions appeared, he would immediately abandon his defenses.

That decisive action and dashing back view left people in awe.

Although no one had yet broken the myth of Cao Xing's invincibility.

But everyone also knew that in a few days, Cao Xing would be kicked out of the game.

Because once the Dragon Crystals were all destroyed, he would have no place to teleport to.

When that time came, facing the encirclement of a million Survivor lords, it would essentially be a dead end!

Many people were already looking forward to that day arriving.

Meanwhile.

The massive army of Survivors from the four major factions had already rushed out of the main cities.

Among them, the million-strong God Servant legion was still charging at the very front.

"Thud, thud… thud, thud…"

They maintained a steady, powerful pace as they arrived at the open ground outside the main city.

And with an extremely fast marching speed, they rushed out five or six kilometers directly.

And at that moment, the four God Servant legions simultaneously stopped in their tracks.

Because in front of them, a group of striking figures appeared.

That was the Dragon Speaker, standing proudly in the sky, stepping on a giant dragon.

As well as the Ascalon legion led by Assam.

And the Silver Hand Knights led by Liu Muxue, and the Dragon Blood Warrior legion commanded by Commander Bo Jie.

These God Servant soldiers seemed to have a special hatred mechanism for Cao Xing and his subjects.

The moment they saw them, they would rush over at the fastest speed, wanting to kill them on the spot!

At this moment, it was the same.

The instant they saw Assam and the others, the eyes of all the God Servant soldiers turned red, as if they had seen their mortal enemies!

"Kill!"

As an officer in the lead uttered softly.

The powerful God Servant legion, like wild horses unbridled, galloped across the crystal land, charging aggressively towards the group!

In the live stream channel, everyone felt puzzled.

"What's going on? Those people seem to be the combat personnel under Great Lord Cao Xing, why have they split up?"

"I don't know? In the past few days, he couldn't even beat these God Servant legions when he consolidated his combat personnel, what is he thinking today?"

"Could it be that Great Lord Cao Xing is tired of being chased, so he decided to just go all out against these God Servant legions today?"

"Really? Then I support Great Lord Cao Xing going all out against these legions; let the brothers watch a good show!"

"…"

The live stream was filled with discussion.

Including the Survivor army following behind the God Servant legion, they all watched this scene with confused expressions.

Yao Yiming and Ji Xinyue in the crowd had worry in their eyes.

"Great Lord Cao Xing… what does he want to do?"

And Bai Zhi in another main city faction said with a puzzled face: "Cao Xing, do you really want to go head-to-head with these God Servant legions?"

"With your meager strength, it's impossible for you to be their match…"

At this moment, countless eyes were watching this scene.

Everyone was looking forward to the scene of Cao Xing's warriors engaging in a direct battle with these God Servant legions!

Or rather, they really wanted to see the scene of Cao Xing's subordinates being crushed!

However, just as the mighty God Servant legion was about to reach Dragon Speaker Bing Lan, Assam, and the others.

The teams they led had no intention of fighting at all and turned around to run without hesitation!

Including the Dragon Speaker, who also controlled the giant dragon beneath her to flee backwards.

The Survivors watching the live stream were stunned.

Then they burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, as expected, they ran away after all!"

"Damn! You made me get my hopes up for nothing! I thought Great Lord Cao Xing was finally going to go berserk today, but it was just a feint?"

"It seems the title of sprinting champion is definitely Cao Xing's!"

"…"

Meanwhile, the four God Servant legions saw them fleeing, and expressions of disdain appeared on their faces.

"Blasphemers, you cannot escape!"

"After them!"

Rumble~!

The massive God Servant legion followed behind them, chasing madly!

However, those under Cao Xing were not pushovers either; each one was extremely fast!

On the vast crystal land, they did not stop for a second, leading the God Servant legion on a wild chase for over ten kilometers.

Meanwhile.

The Survivors of the four major factions did not follow these God Servant legions to chase down Cao Xing's team.

Based on the experience of the previous few days, they had already realized.

These guys' movement speed completely crushed theirs, and they couldn't catch up at all.

Therefore, a large number of Survivors had already headed towards the area where the Dragon Crystals were located.

After all, compared to watching the God Servant legion chase Cao Xing, farming points for themselves was more important.

However, just as they arrived near the Dragon Crystals, they discovered that these crystal strongholds seemed a bit different from usual.

Everyone stayed where they were, puzzled.

A Survivor lord asked in confusion.

"Have you noticed that there are far fewer Branded Monsters near these crystals?"

Hearing this, the other Survivors also realized the problem.

"Yeah, there are almost half, if not more, fewer Branded Monsters. What's going on?"

"I don't know, even those Crystal Dragons and Hydras are gone. Strange…"

Everyone was confused.

At this time, another lord said.

"Who cares? Fewer Branded Monsters is a good thing for us; this way we can destroy the Dragon Crystals faster!"

"Maybe we only need two or three days to destroy all the crystals, and then we can get an extra hundred thousand or so points. Awesome!"

Hearing this, expressions of excitement appeared on everyone's faces simultaneously!

"That's right, the fewer Branded Monsters, the better it is for us."

"Brothers, let's go!"

Then, everyone charged forward crazily.

"Rumble!"

The Survivor army soon engaged in battle with the army of Branded Monsters.

Because the number of Branded Monsters they faced was more than 60% less than usual, and there wasn't even a single Boss Monster among them, the pressure was greatly reduced!

The speed at which they mowed down the Branded Monster legion also accelerated significantly!

At this projected speed, the thirty or forty thousand Branded Monsters near a stronghold would only last less than thirty minutes before being completely wiped out.

In the four major main cities, more and more Survivors heard this news, each rushing out of the main city at the fastest speed, and then taking their armies to the location of the Dragon Crystals!

Fearing they would be a step behind and miss this good opportunity to earn points.

As for where those Branded Monsters went, nobody knew.

Of course, not many people would think about this question.

Because the battles of the past dozen days had already formed a habitual way of thinking for them.

That was, this group of Branded Monsters had no intelligence.

Although there was an outlier among them who could control these Branded Monsters, through their understanding and summary of experience regarding Cao Xing over these days, they understood one thing.

That was, Cao Xing could only control the Branded Monsters in one crystal stronghold…