Reset the Demon Codex and advance towards Legend! (5000)

Chapter 581: Reset the Demon Codex, Advance Toward Legendary! (5000)

After the chip was stabbed into this [Demon Codex], it began frantically releasing a massive amount of demonic energy!

"Crash~!"

The demonic power containing an evil aura spread out.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire territory.

The working territory residents suddenly felt their vision go dark, unable to see anything.

Meanwhile, in her room, the Holy Light Priest Isabelle abruptly opened her eyes.

As a Hero-level Holy Light Priest, she was extremely sensitive to this kind of evil aura. However, when she sensed that this demonic energy was coming from Cao Xing's direction, she regained her calm.

At the same time, in a world shrouded in endless darkness and decay.

This place was covered with twisted black boulders, with pungent, foul-smelling dark green viscous liquid flowing through the cracks, and strange, constantly writhing shadow demon vines.

They intertwined and climbed over each other, as if covering the entire world.

At the center of this gloomy place stood a throne built from piles of white bones.

Upon the throne sat a tall figure radiating a terrifying aura.

His body was shrouded in a layer of churning black flames, and beneath the flames, his crimson-black skin covered in strange runes was faintly visible.

His head resembled a goat's skull, with two ghostly green flames burning in the empty eye sockets.

Just then, the ghostly green flames in his pupils suddenly flickered.

"Hm? Someone is erasing my connection to the Codex?"

A deep, hoarse voice came, like an echo from the depths of hell.

"Is it that human boy?"

He immediately connected it to Cao Xing.

After all, not long ago, those demons had sent word that the Church of Light had been destroyed by that Otherworld Lord, and the Seed of Light had died miserably.

And the Demon Codex naturally fell into the hands of that Otherworld Lord.

"Interesting, you actually dare to try to erase my mark and control the Demon Codex, and it seems you're about to succeed."

"However, my Codex is not so easy to take."

The corner of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a mocking smile.

"Perfect, during this period of rule turmoil, I can take this opportunity to go out."

"When the time comes, I'll meet this boy again."

With that, he slowly stood up, and the black flames on his body instantly surged several zhang.

In front of him, endless demon slaves, like a black tide, all respectfully knelt on the ground.

In the sky, a large number of low-level demons and high-level demons, even Legendary demons, flew about!

[Decryption successful! [Demon Codex (Legendary)] is now in its initial state."Haha, success!"

Cao Xing couldn't help but laugh out loud, then impatiently checked the attributes.

[Demon Codex (Legendary)]

[Equipment Level: 70]

[Current Status: Unbound]

[Attributes——·]

When he saw the three big words "Unbound" on the equipment information, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes?

Without hesitation, he directly clicked to bind.

[You have successfully bound the Legendary equipment [Demon Codex]! All attributes +2000, casting speed +30%!]

[Title: star picker has been upgraded, Luck +10]

At this moment, he once again couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Good, good, good. Now I finally have a complete Legendary equipment of my own!"

Yes, although he had obtained quite a few Legendary equipment before, they were all given to other territory members.

He himself didn't have a single piece of Legendary equipment yet!

And this [Demon Codex] could be said to have greatly improved Cao Xing.

In addition to the attribute boost, it also recorded a full 21 demon skills!

Aside from those minor skills, there were also four advanced combat skills, and two Hero-level combat skills—Great Extinction and Evil Prison Frenzy!

He didn't pay much attention to the earlier minor skills including the advanced combat skills, but focused on the attributes of the latter two Hero-level combat skills.

[Hero Skill: Great Extinction (Consumes a large amount of mental energy, injects a massive amount of demonic power into the ground, and spreads it around.

All enemies within a 2000-meter radius have their healing effects suppressed by 80%, and suffer evil flame damage equal to 588% of attack power per second, and are affected by the 'Evil Flame Erosion' effect. Each time they are attacked, they randomly lose one buff effect.

If the enemy has no buff effects, they receive an additional 20% true damage.

Great Extinction lasts 10 seconds, cooldown: 10 hours)]

[Hero Skill: Evil Prison Frenzy (Consumes a large amount of mental energy, condenses a core containing evil flame power, then detonates it!

Deals 2 instances of impact damage equal to 1543% of attack power to all enemies within a 5000-meter diameter, and inflicts the 'Soul Shatter' effect.

Cooldown: 12 hours.)]

[Soul Shatter: All skill cooldowns increased by 50%, lasts 100 seconds.]

"As expected of a Hero skill, it's really damn strong!"

"When these two skills are used, although the effect is a bit weaker than a forbidden spell, the destructive power is still quite terrifying!"

"In addition, the Legendary special effect on it can also be used. I can summon a Legendary demon at any time to fight for me."

With a satisfied expression, he equipped the [Demon Codex].

At this moment, Cao Xing held the [Astrology Staff] in his right hand, a black Legendary Codex in his left hand, and was wearing a full set of Epic equipment.

The luxury of his equipment was such that any Survivor who saw it would feel extremely envious!

At this point, all the treasure chests obtained from this Monster Siege event had been opened.

It could be said that the harvest was quite plentiful.

Even Liu Muxue was happy for his improvement.

After exiting her four-winged angel form, she looked at him with a serene smile.

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Muxue, the gains this time are not bad. I need to digest them."

"You go back and rest for now."

"Okay, Ah Xing."

The female knight replied obediently, then gracefully left the place.

Soon, only Cao Xing was left.

Then, looking at the [Hero's Heart] and two [Heart of Legend] in his backpack, excitement gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Next, this Hero's Heart can let Braum break through to Hero."

"Then Isabelle can also truly advance toward Legendary!"

Just as he was about to call these two over, a message came from the legion channel.

Yao Yiming: "Guild Leader, we have finished the Monster Siege challenge."

"Brother Tian Jing and those wandering swordsmen are really fierce, they actually fought all the way through the ninth wave!"

Ji Xinyue also sent a message: "Great Lord Cao Xing, our Star Moon Legion only cleared the eighth wave."

"Because you warned us earlier that a cunning Lich would appear in the ninth wave, we didn't dare challenge it rashly."

It was about as Cao Xing had expected.

These two territories, one cleared the ninth wave, the other cleared the eighth wave, which was quite good.

He comforted: "It's fine, Xinyue. Your choice was right. There's no need to take risks for the ninth wave's rewards."

"Now, both of you open your treasure chests and see what you get."

Yao Yiming replied: "Okay, Guild Leader. If we get something good, we'll show you, see if you need it."

Ji Xinyue: "Same for me!"

Obviously, both of them were quite sensible.

This was also one of the reasons Cao Xing was willing to help them challenge the Monster Siege.

Although the treasure chests inside couldn't be traded, it wasn't said that the items opened from the chests couldn't be traded.

Of course, Cao Xing didn't intend to hog their rewards.

He just wanted to see what good things they could open.

If there was something really useful to him, like the [Decryption Chip] Liu Muxue had just opened, then he would definitely take it.

And give them ample compensation, equivalent to a win-win.

After hanging up the communication, these two deputy guild leaders excitedly went to open their chests.

Before long, Yao Yiming opened all two Bright Moon Treasure Chests and two Ancient Treasure Chests he had obtained.

Then he posted the equipment information.

[Master-level Heart of Power *3]

[Axe of Raging Waves (Orange)]

[Large War Drone (Orange)]

[Long-range Laser Cannon (Orange)]

Cao Xing glanced over. The items from the two Bright Moon Treasure Chests were not bad.

Besides an Epic quality Battle-axe, there were also three Hearts of Power.

The most important resource among these was the Hearts of Power.

If all were absorbed, it would likely allow Yao Yiming's territory to gain one to three Masters.

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At this stage, a Master-level individual is a strategic force for these Survivors.

And the two items opened from the Ancient Treasure Chest were also good.

The Drone and Laser Cannon, these two war tools, are powerful, almost comparable to the Neros Cannon.

More importantly, the Laser Cannon consumes Magic Crystals, which is much more convenient than the Neros Cannon. Of course, for Cao Xing, these two war tools, while helpful, are not a significant boost.

His territory's strength is already strong enough, and its firepower is almost saturated.

What he needs is power that can deal with Legendaries!

Yao Yiming said in the chat channel, "Leader, is there anything you want?"

Cao Xing smiled, "Nothing in particular, but you can give me that Level 70 Battle-axe. You can't use it right now anyway."

"I'll give you a Level 50 Battle-axe."

"No problem! I'll bring it to Captain Zoffy later," Yao Yiming replied readily.

On the other side, Ji Xinyue had also finished opening her treasure chests.

She posted the items she obtained in the team channel.

[Master-level Heart of Power*4]

[Vithia's Necromancer Flute (Orange)]

Ji Xinyue only passed the eighth round, so she only had one Bright Moon Treasure Chest and one Ancient Bright Moon Treasure Chest.

The items opened were quite decent.

Besides the four Master-level Heart of Power, there was also a strange flute.

He scanned the flute's attributes.

[Vithia's Necromancer Flute (Orange)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Item Type: Special Item]

[Item Effect: Vithia's Voice (After blowing, all friendly units within 50 meters will be covered in necromantic aura, temporarily transforming into undead units.

And lower-level undead in the vicinity, upon hearing the flute, will unconditionally execute your attack commands for 100

seconds, Cooldown: 300 seconds)]

(Equipment Description: Vithia came from an ordinary magic family but possessed the special ability to communicate with the undead.

Her life was full of twists and turns. In the City of Death, Vithia took away all the undead of the entire city and then disappeared, leaving only this flute behind.)

"Turning friendly units into undead? It doesn't seem to have much use?"

"Only the effect of controlling lower-level undead is somewhat interesting."

But at this moment, Cao Xing seemed to have thought of something.

Turning friendly units into undead, and undead are also non-living units—

He also had an item—a necromancers bag.

The effect of this item is that it can store non-living units.

In other words, by blowing the Necromancer Flute and changing the state of friendly units, Cao Xing could put them all into the necromancers bag and carry them with him!

Thinking of this possibility, Cao Xing's pupils immediately constricted!

This was an astonishing discovery, one that could even produce unexpected effects in battle.

For example, in battle, Cao Xing might originally be alone, appearing as a regular opponent in the enemy's eyes.

Then, he suddenly summons a large number of Master-level, Hero-level, or even Legendary-level creatures. Who the hell could withstand that?

This thing is a must-have for home and a great item for ambushes!

Ji Xinyue asked, "Great Lord Cao Xing, is there anything you need?"

Cao Xing said without hesitation, "Yes! I need Vithia's Necromancer Flute."

"Similarly, I will give you five Level 50 Golden Greatswords as compensation, how about it?"

Hearing this, the girl didn't decline.

This transaction even had a profit for her!

After all, the Necromancer Flute was useless in her hands.

Only when combined with Cao Xing's Eternal Power and necromancers bag could it unleash miraculous effects.

"No problem, Great Lord Cao Xing, I'll have the Gryphon Knight bring this flute back later."

"Good."

A smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

He hadn't expected such an important harvest from Ji Xinyue.

Helping them get through the Monster Siege this time was truly worth it.

Cao Xing continued, "You all opened several Master-level Heart of Power this time. I suggest you prioritize giving them to the Commanders or leaders in your territory."

After all, they don't have Eternal Power and hidden professions like Cao Xing.

Their own combat power is far inferior to that of their subordinates.

So, to maximize benefits, it's better to let those combat personnel with high potential break through to the Master level first.

"Understood, Leader!"

The communication was cut off.

Yao Yiming and Ji Xinyue, with excited hearts, began to distribute these Heart of Power.

If they could successfully empower one or two, it would be enough to significantly boost their territory's strength!

After closing the chat channel, Cao Xing took a deep breath.

"Now, it's time for Braum and Isabelle to break through!"

So, he pressed the communication device and called the two of them.

Before long, two figures approached from different directions.

"Respected Lord, good evening."

Cao Xing didn't waste words and directly threw the Hero's Heart and the Challenger's Medal to Braum.

The big fellow instinctively caught them, and upon seeing the items in his hands, excitement gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Aha! It's a Hero's Heart."

"Great! Braum can also advance to a Hero!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

Cao Xing smiled, "Just try to break through."

He had another sentence unspoken: if he failed, it would just be a test for Isabelle.

Braum patted his chest and said, "No problem, I'm sure I'll succeed!"

With that, he directly extended a large hand and crushed the crystal on the spot.

Pure power flowed out from it and was absorbed directly by him.

In an instant, waves of powerful aura surged.

Not long after, Cao Xing heard a system prompt,

[Your territory member: Braum Ironwall has successfully broken through to an Eighth-tier Creature, basic attributes increased by 100%, skill attack range increased by 100%, territory prosperity +50]

"Not bad, the first one succeeded. This is a good omen!"

Braum also seemed very excited, admiring his muscles narcissistically.

"Aha! Now I'm also a Hero-level powerhouse. If I encounter that Legendary-level monster again, Braum can hold him off for even longer!"

He was very satisfied with his condition.

Cao Xing also glanced at Braum's attribute panel.

[Ice Shield Guard: Braum Ironwall]

[Race: Human]

[Level: 70 (Eighth-tier Commander-level Creature)]

[Detailed Attributes: Click to view]

"Not bad, this guy has 18 million HP right after breaking through."

"If you include the Shield of Origin's shield, that's roughly 36 million HP.

"Plus the 20% bonus from the Challenger's Medal, that's about 43 million HP!"

This is a truly astonishing number.

You know, when the Level 84 Dragon Speaker Bing Lan first joined Cao Xing's territory, she barely had 20 million HP.

And Braum directly surpassed her by double!

This is also related to his growth and his powerful equipment.

Moreover, the increase in attributes also represents an increase in Braum's survivability.

Previously, Master-level Braum could tank Legendary-level creatures for five or six seconds.

With this significant increase in all attributes, holding off Legendary-level creatures for more than ten seconds is absolutely no problem, as long as they don't unleash ultimate moves!

In addition, breaking through to Hero-level also grants a special ability.

That is—each subsequent level-up will increase skill intensity.

Previously, Braum's Giant's Roar only lasted for 20 seconds. Now, with each 10% increase per level, it will extend by 2 seconds.

When he reaches Level 100, it will be an 80-second area-of-effect taunt!

"Excellent, once this guy breaks through to Legendary, he'll let enemies experience what a true Wall of Despair is!"

"You can't kill him, and you can't get around him. It truly makes people despair!"

With a satisfied expression, he took out a Heart of Legend and the Relic: Mark of Light from his backpack.

Looking at the Saint Light Priestess in front of him, he asked solemnly, "Are you ready?"

Isabelle gripped her staff tightly, her eyes gradually showing determination.

"Ready, Lord!"

"Alright, begin your breakthrough now. I hope you can successfully become a Legendary-level powerhouse."

"Isabelle will not fail your expectations and will let the Holy Light shine upon this territory!"

The Saint Light Priestess's eyes were extremely firm, as if she had made some kind of resolution!