Destroy the church, and the mission progress will skyrocket! (5000)

Chapter 535: Annihilating the Church, Mission Progress Skyrockets! (5000)

The God of Light continued, "Cao Xing, although you are very strong, it is impossible for you to be an opponent of beings like us. Think about it carefully, you can now deal with Hero-level powerhouses."

"But—can you deal with Legendary ones?"

"Even if you and the Old King combined are enough to deal with Legendary-level combat power, what if someone above the Legendary realm appears?"

"Against an existence of that level, even if the Old King masters a demigod artifact, he cannot possibly be an opponent."

Although the God of Light did not answer explicitly, Cao Xing had roughly figured out what tier of strength these deities without divine godheads possessed.

A smile appeared on his face, and he continued, "Fine, one last question."

"If I join your Church of Light, what benefits can I get?"

"Don't talk about making me the Seed of Light; I am not interested in such a title at all."

Hearing this, the glowing humanoid thought Cao Xing was tempted and immediately replied,

"Just as I promised Shen Shengjie back then, once I come out of the Abyssal Land, I will help you advance to the Legendary realm."

"However, you must immediately stop your attacks on the other strongholds!"

Just when he thought Cao Xing would immediately agree,

Cao Xing asked with a strange look, "Just this?"

The glowing humanoid was slightly stunned, then asked in confusion, "You're not even satisfied with being elevated to Legendary?"

"Do you know how difficult it is to break through to the Legendary realm?"

"That is the first step onto the path of becoming a god, trapping countless immensely talented Hero-level powerhouses!"

Cao Xing shook his head, "Merely the Legendary realm!"

"I can already take down Tier-10 Overlords right now; do you think I am still far from Legendary?"

"And as a deity, you can only pull out this little benefit. To be honest, this makes me somewhat disappointed."

At this moment, the God of Light fell silent for a moment.

Because he really couldn't come up with any benefit more weighty than advancement to Legendary.

Furthermore, Cao Xing could push the Church of Light to this extent; he certainly wasn't a fool.

If you drew a big blueprint or made empty promises, he would definitely be able to see through it.

"Cao Xing, since you aren't satisfied with the Legendary realm, we can discuss further what you want."

"As long as your demands aren't too outrageous, I can satisfy them."

It could be heard that the attitude of the God of Light was indeed sincere.

But Cao Xing shook his head and said, "There's no need to talk anymore."

"In comparison, wiping out your Church of Light yields greater rewards."

As his words fell, he gave a casual wave!

The crowd behind him understood his meaning and launched their attacks simultaneously!

"Hum!"

Sword qi swept across, and major skills were continuously unleashed.

Spiritual Energy Surge!

Dragon Covenant Sword Slash!

Frost Wolf Sword Qi!

"Boom! Rumble!"

A series of powerful attacks struck the Seed of Light, causing the entire underground palace to tremble continuously!

However, that glowing light barrier seemed capable of blocking all damage.

All attacks landing upon it merely stirred up ripples.

Moreover, having continuously withstood a massive amount of attacks, the light barrier seemed to absorb the powerful energy, beginning to expand rapidly like an inflated balloon!

Then, it instantly erupted!

"Boom!!!"

After a wave of powerful energy fluctuations,

Everyone on the field was blown flying more than a dozen meters away.

The voice of the God of Light sounded again.

"Cao Xing, it's useless; you cannot break my divine power barrier."

"Not to mention you, even Legendary creatures cannot break this barrier. Give up."

Cao Xing sighed inwardly.

The methods of a deity were truly terrifying.

This divine power barrier had been attacked by so many powerhouses of theirs, yet it didn't look damaged in the slightest.

It was almost equivalent to an invincible state.

However, there was no need to panic.

Because Cao Xing had already figured out that this barrier had very strong defensive capabilities, but its only ability was protecting the Seed of Light.

In other words, it did not possess offensive capabilities.

Furthermore, if the God of Light had the ability to deal with them, he would have taken action long ago and wouldn't have negotiated with him here for so long.

And the God of Light also knew this point.

Now that both sides had torn off their disguises, there was no need to continue talking.

He turned his head and said, "Shen Shengjie, use the Dawn Scripture to leave this place, go to the Velur Kingdom and find their king, and have him grant you asylum."

"Understood, Your Holiness the God of Light!"

At this moment, the Seed of Light had survived a disaster.

And upon seeing the negotiations between Cao Xing and the God of Light break down, a look of relief appeared in his eyes.

In fact, he had long realized that once Cao Xing's side and the God of Light reached an agreement, he would lose his value.

And without value, he would face the fate of being abandoned and arbitrarily executed by Cao Xing.

Now—although the headquarters of the Church of Light was destroyed, and although the God of Light was extremely disappointed in him,

at least he managed to save his life.

Thinking of this, Shen Shengjie instantly grasped the Dawn Scripture and began to activate the power contained within it.

"Swish~!"

A force of dawn descended from the sky and enveloped him.

Shen Shengjie's figure grew increasingly dim, as if he were about to vanish within this pillar of light.

Clearly, this should be some kind of teleportation method.

And the glowing humanoid continued, "Cao Xing, your strength has been exposed."

"I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."

"When I emerge from the Abyssal Land, that will be the time you beg this seat."

Cao Xing shook his head and said, "Alright, don't think I don't know that you need a large number of Church of Light believers to come out."

"And now the people of the Church of Light have almost been slaughtered by me; you simply have no chance of coming out."

The glowing humanoid instantly fell silent, seemingly not expecting Cao Xing to even know about such matters.

However, he sneered, "Do you think that stopping my descent is useful?"

"In the Abyssal Land, there is more than just one deity like me."

"Moreover, Nightmare God Démǔ will be 100% able to come out next time; by then, you'll still be dead for sure!"

Hearing the opponent's threat, a trace of ferocious intent also appeared in Cao Xing's eyes!

"Is that so? Then I'll wipe out some more of your people and collect some interest first."

"Moroge, use Soul Link to connect the Seed of Light and Braum together."

The moment he heard the order, the old witch doctor Moroge quickly raised the bone staff in his hand.

Then he condensed a black energy thread.

In an instant, one end of the thread pierced through that divine light barrier and landed on Shen Shengjie's body.

While the other end was connected to Braum.

"Hmm? What are you doing?" The glowing humanoid organism instinctively realized something was wrong and questioned with some confusion.

Cao Xing ignored him, directly raised his staff, and struck Braum with the Ice Soul Revolving Spear.

This big guy immediately withdrew his shield on the spot, greeting the attack with his body.

"! Clack!"

The ice spear brushed across his chest, and critical damage values of seventy to eighty thousand popped up above Braum's head.

At the same time, the line connecting him and the Seed of Light seemed to have received some kind of stimulation.

A wave of bizarre energy was transmitted to the end of the Seed of Light.

Instantly, the aura of dawn shrouding Shen Shengjie suddenly ushered in a terrifying fluctuation!

He discovered in horror that several extremely severe injuries had also appeared on his own body, and his HP plummeted by a huge chunk instantly.

[Soul Link] will transmit the damage received by the other party onto the enemy.

And this transmission is true damage; no matter what shields and barriers you have, it's useless.

And at this moment, Shen Shengjie watched with his own eyes as his HP plummeted frantically!

A crisis of death instantly surged into his heart!

He shouted in panic, "Your Holiness the God of Light, save me—"

The glowing humanoid also realized what Cao Xing was doing and instantly rebuked,

"Damn it! Cao Xing, stop this at once!"

Before his words fell,

Shen Shengjie's HP had already dropped to zero, and his corpse slumped down softly.

Even that glowing humanoid could not save him.

And the line connecting him to Braum also vanished with the death of the Seed of Light.

A system prompt appeared.

[You have killed the Survivor: Shen Shengjie Lv45—.—]

At this moment, the entire grand hall fell silent.

Everyone looked at the corpse on the ground one after another; the Dawn Scripture in his hand also dropped to the ground, and the teleportation function was interrupted.

The glowing humanoid remained silent.

However, wave after wave of vast divine power fluctuations constantly emerged from his body!

Just like an impending volcano eruption, surging anger continuously rose from his body.

The God of Light was about to explode with anger at this moment!

As the spokesperson he had cultivated on the continent, the Seed of Light had cost him a tremendous price!

And now, the Seed of Light has been killed, which is equivalent to him losing his eyes and mouth on this continent.

If he wants to meddle in the outside world again, the difficulty will skyrocket!

But as mentioned before, this was just a strand of divine consciousness he left behind, and it couldn't do anything to Cao Xing at all.

After a moment, he could only resort to harsh words.

"Cao Xing, you will regret this decision of yours."

"The power of gods is unfathomable. Once we emerge from the Abyssal Land, you shall endure the wrath of two deities!"

Cao Xing chuckled and said, "Enough."

"They are just two fake gods who lost their divine godheads. If you guys could really come out, you would have already come out, and you wouldn't need to bark harsh words at me here."

"Get lost quickly, otherwise I will let Seraphis shit on your head."

The giant dragon above looked at Cao Xing with a blank expression.

And in Bing Lan's eyes, there was a look of disdain.

Seeing that the God of Light still refused to leave.

Cao Xing quickly said, "Seraphis, shit on his head."

"Roar—" The giant dragon's figure gradually flew over. Under absolute loyalty, it would unconditionally execute his orders.

Watching this giant dragon actually about to fly onto the God of Light's head.

It was about to become the first giant dragon to shit on a deity's head.

"You… Very well!"

The God of Light said through gritted teeth.

At this moment, although he hated Cao Xing so much that his teeth were itching, he had no other way. Could he really let a giant dragon excrete feces on his body here?

Although this was just a strand of his will, it would be too embarrassing to spread!

As his words fell, he directly turned into little bits of light and dissipated.

At this moment, the surroundings completely quieted down.

"Hum?"

Seraphis looked at Cao Xing blankly, seeming to ask him, should it continue to defecate?

The Dragon Speaker on the side had a speechless expression on her cold and gorgeous face, and then said, "Seraphis, come back."

"Humm…"

A low dragon roar came, and this giant dragon obediently returned to the Dragon Speaker's side.

At this moment, Cao Xing looked at the corpses all over the ground and slowly let out a breath.

"The headquarters of the Church of Light has been completely destroyed by me."

"The operations in other places are also very smooth. In this way, an enemy has finally been resolved."

"Next, I can focus on dealing with the Watchers and the Blood Legion."

Thinking of this, the pressure in his heart also lightened a bit.

Then, he glanced at the combat interface again, and various prompts were madly refreshing the screen.

Most of them were combat information from other strongholds.

The battle time on Cao Xing's side was not long.

From aggressively breaking in, then negotiating with that group of demons, to solving all the opponents here, it added up to less than twenty minutes.

Including Hilda, Bjorn, and the King's legion over there, the battles were almost all over.

And as they continued to destroy more strongholds, the mission progress of Uprooting was also soaring continuously.

[Due to unknown reasons, S-rank mission: Uprooting progress increased by 3%, current progress 29%]

[Your territory member: Hilda Bloodkiss destroyed a large stronghold of the Church of Light, S-rank mission: Uprooting progress has been upgraded, current progress: 34%]

[Your territory member: Bo Jie, Sun Chaser destroyed a large stronghold of the Church of Light, S-rank mission: Uprooting progress has been upgraded, current progress: 36%]

[Your——]

[Your territory member destroyed a large stronghold, obtained Honor Points: 5000]

[Your territory member destroyed a medium stronghold, obtained Honor Points: 3000]

[Your…]

A series of broadcasts were still ringing continuously.

In addition to the rise of mission progress, Cao Xing's Honor Points were also skyrocketing crazily!

After all, the Ice Crystal Kingdom's crusade order against the Church of Light was still active.

During this period, as long as they continued to kill members of the Church of Light, it would give him a corresponding amount of Honor Points. In no time, Cao Xing's Honor Points broke through to 140,000.

"Not bad, not bad, to actually obtain so many Honor Points again, this is quite an unexpected harvest."

"In this way, I can find the Old King to redeem some more rewards."

Cao Xing thought happily.

Various prompts kept ringing, lasting for a full two minutes.

Finally, when the last prompt appeared.

[You destroyed the headquarters stronghold of the Church of Light, killed an important personnel: Seed of Light, S-rank mission Uprooting progress has been upgraded, current progress: 82%!]

Seeing the system prompt, a smile had already appeared on Cao Xing's face.

"Just as I expected, the progress of Uprooting directly broke through 80%."

"This wave feels quite comfortable——"

"Right, where are my rewards?"

As soon as the voice fell, the system prompt appeared again.

[Now starting to distribute progress rewards.]

[Your progress reaches 30%, obtained Phase 3 reward: Hymn of Light Armor, Expert-level Emblem * 3]

[Your progress reaches 40%, obtained Phase 4 reward: Hymn of Light Leggings, Expert-level Emblem * 3]

[Your——]

[Your progress reaches 70%, obtained Phase 7 reward: Hymn of Light Belt, Expert-level Emblem * 3]

[Your progress reaches 80%, obtained Phase 8 reward: Relic·Light Emblem, Divine Power Shard * 3]

A series of prompts directly made a look of ecstatic joy appear on Cao Xing's face.

"Haha! A full five Epic set pieces, 15 Expert-level Emblems."

"Plus a Relic of unknown use, and 3 Divine Power Shards!"

"This wave of rewards is too awesome!?"

And this was just the settlement reward!

The more than one hundred members of the Church of Light that Cao Xing killed also dropped a large number of souls, Heart of Power, and equipment!

In particular, after the Seed of Light died, two books dropped from him.

Yes, exactly two books!

One was the Dawn Scripture emanating a bright aura, and the other was the Demon Codex emanating monstrous demonic energy!

Clearly, the codex of the Demon race had also fallen onto the Seed of Light.

With an excited mood, Cao Xing walked right over and picked up both codices.

[Obtained: Dawn Scripture (Legendary)]

[Obtained: Demon Codex (Legendary)]

"Hahaha!"

At this moment, Cao Xing completely couldn't help laughing out loud!

Two Legendary pieces of equipment at once, let me ask who else!

At this moment, holding the two codices in his hands, he was almost trembling with excitement.

Moreover, the harvest of this trip did not stop there.

News was also coming in successively from other strongholds.

Boar Warrior Rabb excitedly said, "Lord Lord! We have wiped out all the enemies, and found a lot of food and resources in this stronghold!"

Hilda calmly reported, "The guys in this arsenal have all been dealt with. Aside from many resources, there are also many blacksmiths inside. How should we handle them?"

Ilena said in a charming tone, "Lord Lord, there are many Arctic People prisoners in our stronghold. Should we bring them all back?"

Listening to their reports, the smile on Cao Xing's face grew even brighter!

He quickly switched to the team channel and then gave orders.

"Everyone, after the battle ends, start exploring every corner of the stronghold and pack up all the supplies you can see to bring back."

"And those corpses, remember to bring them back as well."

"If there are living prisoners in these strongholds, as long as they haven't been brainwashed, bring them to the goblin airship."

"After doing this, you can all return to the territory."

He quickly issued one command after another.

The fourteen legions outside acted one after another.

Then, Cao Xing looked at the people beside him and said, "Braum, Assam, you guys gather these corpses in the underground palace together, and I'll come collect all these corpses later."

Although he wasn't piloting the goblin airship, he had the necromancers bag.

The remaining nine hundred-plus inventory slots were enough to collect all the corpses here!

"Everyone else, go explore the surroundings in the underground palace to see if there are any missed supplies."

"Yes!"

Everyone started taking action one after another.

As for Cao Xing, he walked over and conveniently collected the corpse of the Seed of Light as well.

When the corpse disappeared, three new things appeared in the place where the Seed of Light had originally lain…

"Oh? Killing this guy dropped good stuff again?"

Cao Xing directly collected them all into his backpack.

[Obtained: Talent Crystal (A-rank)]

[Obtained: moon god orb fragments (Orange) * 2]