The Devil’s Revenge, the Grotto Changes! (6000)

That black qi was like rolling dark clouds, exuding a chilling and evil aura.

"Damn the Church of Light!"

"The God of Light is merely a false god who has lost his divine throne, yet he dares to humiliate our demon race like this!"

These figures all felt extremely angry.

That entity resembling a young child continued.

"The Demon Lord is very angry. Everyone, what do you think we should do?"

Below, this group of ferocious demons all revealed menacing expressions.

A tall, thin demon whose limbs looked like withered tree branches let out a weird laugh and said, "Find the stronghold of the Church of Light and slaughter them all!"

"Heh… I want to hang their intestines on my body!" Another demon licked its sharp claws, a bloodthirsty gleam flashing in its eyes.

"Very well, then let us all begin now."

The entity resembling a young child waved its hand, "Find the outposts of the Church of Light and figure out a way to infiltrate their headquarters."

"Make these damned fellows pay a heavy price!"

Hearing this, all the demons turned around and left this place without hesitation.

On this late night, a large number of demons hidden in human society began to act.

Like ghosts in the darkness, they shuttled silently through the corners of the city.

They were going to find the hiding place of the Church of Light, and a bloody revenge was about to unfold.

On the other side of Eternal Frost Main City.

There was likewise another team in action.

A group of heavily armored knights marched quickly down the street, followed by a large number of soldiers.

At the front of these soldiers were Baron Fitz Walker and another gloomy-looking officer.

They quietly came before a residential house.

Surrounding this house completely.

Waiting only for an order from that officer, these soldiers would directly charge into the house and capture the beings inside.

That officer looked at the baron beside him and then asked, "Fitz Walker, has it been confirmed clearly?"

"Physician Caroline, is she really a black-robed priest of the Church of Light?"

Fitz Walker wore a flattery-laden smile on his face.

"Officer Russell, please rest assured."

"I have already collected enough evidence to prove that Caroline is indeed a black-robed priest."

"Not only that, but I have also gathered evidence for several others on the list."

Speaking up to here, Fitz Walker changed the subject, "However, as you know, these black-robed priests are all very cunning."

"To avoid alerting the enemy, we need to apprehend them and bring them to justice at the fastest speed."

Hearing this, the officer nodded and said, "Very good."

"If those fellows on the list are truly all black-robed priests."

"Capturing them this time will be a great contribution."

"By then, His Majesty the King will definitely bestow rewards upon you."

Fitz Walker's expression instantly turned joyful, excitement appearing in his eyes.

Then, that officer waved his hand.

Instantly, a large number of soldiers kicked open the room's door and rushed straight into the room.

A cacophony of noise and curses rang out from inside.

Then, the sounds of fighting appeared.

Similar situations were staged one after another throughout Eternal Frost Main City.

For those black-robed priests, tonight should be a sleepless night.

The next day.

The familiar system prompt appeared.

[Attention all Survivors, the sixth day's 'Zhuo Mas Claw' challenge has officially begun…]

[Please note! Today's weather will have some slight changes, please make preparations.]

[Weather Forecast: Today, the entire Gale Snowfield will welcome moderate snow accompanied by strong gusts, with temperatures ranging from -58°C to -67°C, making travel relatively difficult.]

As the system prompt appeared, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue suddenly opened their eyes.

The two of them also noticed the subsequent weather prompt.

Liu Muxue said softly, "It's going to snow again today."

"Indeed."

Cao Xing nodded. "Come to think of it, it's indeed been many days since any severe weather appeared."

"I didn't expect that during the Zhuo Mas Claw challenge, a moderate snow would actually occur."

He looked at the beauty beside his pillow and then said, "Muxue, when you go out to lead the team in battle today, be a bit more careful."

Liu Muxue nodded gently, "Mn… It's fine, A-Xing."

"Now my physical fitness has improved, and I can already withstand this kind of weather head-on."

Finished speaking, she patted her own chest, seeming to want to demonstrate her strength.

However, due to last night's lingering intimacy, Liu Muxue was currently in a just-woken-up state.

The fair skin on her chest swayed gently.

Seeing this, Cao Xing bit it lightly, causing Liu Muxue to instantly tremble slightly.

Then he gently kissed her forehead, and together they crawled out of bed.

After a simple wash, the two walked out of the Lords Manor together.

At the same time.

Several hundred combatants were already waiting in the large square of the territory.

They were 102 Ascalon Warriors, 115 Wild Boar Warriors, 33 Dragon Blood Warriors, 101 Star Country swordsmen, 134 Earth-type Mages, 100 Wind-type Mages, and 31 Nightmare Archers.

Plus 100 Silver Hand Knights and 10 Tribal Witch Doctors.

Not counting those Centaurs.

The combatants in the territory already exceeded seven hundred people.

It could be said to have already taken initial shape.

Up to now, Cao Xing's territory combat system had basically been finalized.

Unless the Lords Manor leveled up a few more times in the future and the population expanded significantly.

Otherwise, there basically wouldn't be any more changes.

Moreover, after the wave of improvements last night, everyone's strength skyrocketed, and each of them couldn't wait to go out and show off their skills.

Assam stepped forward and said respectfully, "Lord, please issue combat orders to us!"

He had already put on that set of Dauntless Knight battle armor.

All over his body, brilliant golden light shone.

Like a golden warrior, majestic and extraordinary!

Cao Xing nodded slightly.

He first quickly used the boss-level Dragon Blood Warrior recruitment scroll obtained last night.

Allowing this newcomer to join the ranks.

Then he ordered, "Then, today we will continue to split up and act."

"However, compared to yesterday, the teams will undergo some changes."

Hearing this, the warriors all cast their gazes toward Cao Xing.

He continued, "All Ascalon Warriors and Earth-type Mages will be led by my wife to deal with those Ice Nest Monster armies."

"All Dragon Blood Warriors, Star Country swordsmen, and Wind-type Mages will be led by Commander Bo Jie, Sun Chaser, with the target still being the Ice Nest Monsters."

"The other Silver Hand Knights, Nightmare Archers, and Tribal Witch Doctors will follow me in action."

Hearing this distribution, everyone felt somewhat surprised.

After all, for the past few days, Liu Muxue and Assam had led a team respectively.

Yet today, the command of the second team was handed over to "Bo Jie, Sun Chaser".

Moreover, the teams had also turned into three waves.

This was also Cao Xing's initial plan.

The legions led by Liu Muxue and Bjorn would continue to deal with the Ice Nest Monsters.

Cao Xing would lead the newcomers in the territory to apply a series of buffs, and then take them to explore the ancient battlefield.

Seeing that their names weren't on it, that group of Wild Boar Warriors asked expectantly, "Lord, what do the Wild Boar Warriors need to do?"

Cao Xing smiled. "You will continue to guard the territory."

"With you here, the safety of the territory can be worry-free."

Hearing this, all the Wild Boar Warriors instantly became extremely excited.

"Haha! What the lord said is right, we will protect our territory well with our lives."

Obtaining Cao Xing's recognition was a matter sufficient to make them feel excited.

Cao Xing nodded slightly and continued, "Then now, let's start the distribution of core combat personnel."

"Blood Spider Queen Hilda, archers Renice and Elisa, along with Volibear and Andrew, will follow my wife in action."

"Victoria, Herlie Scarlet Shadow, Black Smoke Shaman Blot, Star Country swordsman Xiao, and Little Chuchu with the mecha will all uniformly follow Commander Bo Jie, Sun Chaser."

"Knight Assam, Shield Guard Braum, Holy Light Priest Isabelle, Snake-man Priest Ilena, and Sarah Blade Dance, you will follow me in action today."

The reason for this distribution was also taking various aspects into comprehensive consideration.

Over on Liu Muxue's side, with the Blood Spider Queen, the output capability had already overflowed.

The Ascalon Warriors fought in the front, and the archers behind along with Andrew in [Owlbeast Form] could output with peace of mind.

In this way, the speed of pushing down the Ice Nest army would also be faster.

As for Bjorn's side, needless to say more.

There was support from Qi Queen Victoria, and the frontline combatants were Star Country swordsmen and Dragon Blood Warriors.

Coupled with a group of powerful existences, the speed of pushing down an Ice Nest army would not fall short of Liu Muxue's side at all.

"Now, start dividing the teams."

Hearing the order, everyone began to move simultaneously.

And quickly divided into three waves of action, standing behind their commanders,

Then, Cao Xing took out the [Horn of War] from his backpack and blew it directly.

"Doot——"

The long and ancient horn sound rang out, like sounding the prelude to an attack!

In an instant, the pupils of all the warriors on the field instantly turned red!

The hot blood in their bodies began to boil!

Not only that, even those Arctic People and Puteng Village villagers felt this effect.

They exclaimed, "Gods above! What is this situation? I feel my body is so hot!"

"Me too, could it be that what we ate for breakfast was too good?"

"Haha! The Arctic People feel like they have endless strength!"

At the same time, a system prompt appeared.

[You have received the amplification of the Horn of War, morale is significantly boosted, and your abnormal resistance and attack speed are increased by 20%. Affected by the talent [Eternal Power], this state has become permanently existing.]

(Note: The morale boost status will not appear under non-combat conditions.)

Everyone had received the amplification of the Horn of War.

Since they had already experienced it once before, they didn't feel much about it.

At this moment, Braum pulled out a quaint horn from his waist and asked with a puzzled expression.

"Lord, how come the horn in your hand feels much more powerful than mine?"

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Mine is a male, and yours is a female. Of course, the effect isn't as good as mine."

Braum rubbed his smooth head, "So that's how it is…"

Cao Xing continued, "Then now, cast all your group blessing skills once, and then get ready to set off!"

Hearing the order, Hilda took the lead in casting [Queens Will] once, causing the movement speed of those newcomers to skyrocket.

Liu Muxue also applied the group blessing [Blessing of Courage] for them.

Including Blot's [Resonance Totem], the application was also complete.

Only some single-target buffs, such as Andrew's Life Bloom and Thorns Armor,

and Liu Muxue's Aurora Blessing, Holy Shield, Holy Light Redemption, etc., were not applied.

However, it didn't affect much.

On Cao Xing's side, there were [Ice Armor Technique], [Ice Healing Art], and [Frost Magic Shield],

as well as Ilena's Snake-People Berserk.

Just these few skills alone could skyrocket the combatants' strength by a huge margin.

When all area-of-effect skills were cast and completed,

Liu Muxue directly mounted the Frost Moose.

Then, leading all the Ascalon Warriors and Earth Mages, she charged out mightily.

On the other side, Commander Bo Jie, holding the giant axe Twilight, walked at the very front of the team.

Behind him followed all the Dragon Blood Warriors, Star Country Swordsmen, and Wind Mages.

He turned around and said, "Everyone, set out with me!"

Soon, Bjorn's party also left this place.

In the blink of an eye, only Cao Xing, Sarah, and others remained here,

along with those newly recruited Silver Hand Knights and Tribal Witch Doctors.

Since Cao Xing was planning to take them to explore the ancient battlefield later, he needed to make the corresponding preparations.

Cao Xing said, "So now, I am going to start applying blessings to you."

"Ilena, you come with me as well."

The snake-people priestess twisted her waist, gripped a trident in her hand, and nodded gently.

Then, they began a series of blessings.

…

Meanwhile, in the territory,

Marita and the mysterious woman sat face-to-face.

The woman spoke, "Royal Aunt, we have already stayed in this territory for several days. When are we leaving this place?"

Marita replied, "It should be within these two days."

"The person in charge of the chamber of commerce just contacted me. They are already close to the border of the Ice Crystal Kingdom."

"However, because the Velon Kingdom on the other side is up to something unknown, they had a small conflict with the Ice Crystal Kingdom."

"Therefore, the border area is a bit unstable, which delayed some time."

The woman before her nodded gently.

However, after experiencing that scene last night, she no longer clamored to leave this place quickly.

…

…

Just as Cao Xing, Ilena, and the others were applying various blessings to those newcomers,

in that deep, gloomy grotto,

Centaur Commander Harati Soft hoof had already led a large number of warriors deep into the passageway at the very center of the grotto.

Over the past few days, the Centaur warriors had experienced battle after battle.

Although they possessed the lord's Eternal Power, which could infinitely restore life and injuries,

continuous high-intensity combat had also consumed a massive amount of energy from these Centaurs.

The battle armor on their bodies had already shown extensive wear and tear.

Even the spears in the hands of those spear-and-shield cavalry were pitted and scarred, and their shields were covered with numerous cracks and claw marks.

Furthermore, staying in a grotto devoid of sunlight for several consecutive days, coupled with a faint, lingering sense of crisis,

caused a trace of exhaustion to emerge on the faces of all the Centaurs.

Kandaer said with deep emotion, "Chieftain Lord above, we are finally about to finish exploring the last passageway."

"We can finally complete the mission!"

The voice echoed in the grotto.

Kantor on the side couldn't help but complain,

"What the hell, why are there so many lizards inside this grotto…"

"I feel like the lizard monsters I've killed in the past few days are more than what I've killed in my entire life."

The other Centaurs nodded in deep agreement.

At this moment, Harati's expression was solemn.

She held the parchment map in her hand, which was already filled with drawn passageways and marked locations.

Her fair fingers gently traced across the map, seemingly recalling the routes on it.

"Everyone be careful."

"Next is the final passageway."

"This is the deepest part of the cave, and also the place where I first sensed danger."

Hearing this, the Centaurs' expressions immediately turned stern.

Their expressions also grew serious once again.

Moving forward along the passageway, they discovered a large number of murals appearing on the surrounding walls.

Those murals similarly depicted scenes of a large number of lizardmen worshipping.

As they went deeper, the front seemed to reach the end of the passageway.

After crossing through, their field of vision suddenly opened up.

This place looked like another hall, spacious and tall.

The over one hundred Centaurs quickly adjusted their formation and gathered together.

Just as they were preparing to survey the surrounding scenery,

the scene before them suddenly changed!

The entire cave seemed to undergo some kind of eerie change, with countless bizarre lights flowing around.

Amidst these lights, they saw scenes of those ancient creatures worshipping.

They also saw images of two powerful species waging war in ancient times.

And so on…

When all the uncanny images dissipated, a humanoid figure suddenly appeared in the middle of the hall before this group of Centaurs.

That was a mysterious entity shrouded in a black cloak, standing quietly there as if merging with the surrounding darkness.

Looking from behind, one could only see a tall and upright silhouette.

However, by the dim light of the magic energy torches in the cave, one could see the dim scales on top of this humanoid creature's head,

as well as that thick tail swaying slightly like a steel whip.

"Interesting… I didn't expect you to be able to find this place…"

A hoarse, piercing voice rang out.

All the Centaurs instantly raised their vigilance because they felt an extremely terrifying sense of oppression from this figure!

This sense of oppression far surpassed ordinary masters!

It even made them unable to help wanting to worship and submit!

Right at this moment, Harati's voice, sounding like flowing water splashing, rang out again.

"Centaurs, perk up!"

All the Centaurs were jolted, breaking free from that state of fear.

At this time, this figure slowly turned around, and an invisible pressure gradually permeated the air.

The first to come into view was a stern face, with green scales flashing an eerie light in the dim illumination.

His eyes carried a profound and sharp look, as if they could see through everything.

The slightly upturned corners of his mouth seemed to carry a trace of imperceptible mockery, sending chills down one's spine.

An ancient and powerful aura emanated from his body, as if he were a demon god walking out from the ancient era, making people involuntarily feel awe!

"Do you know? Actually, when you entered the cave, I was already paying attention to you."

"And thank you for killing all the lizards in this grotto, allowing me to recover my power…"

"Now, I can finally move around in this grotto."

Harati asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

This lizardman with scales on his face and an ugly appearance said, "Who am I…"

"I am a member of an ancient and powerful race."

"However, due to some reasons, they call me a traitor to the race."

"These ignorant fellows!"

Harati already had a slight intention of retreating in her heart.

If it were during her peak period, she might not fear this lizardman.

But now, having died once, she could only display the strength of a Tier 5 Commander-level.

Under Cao Xing's series of blessings, she could barely reach the Tier 6 level.

However, compared to this terrifying creature, the gap was still far too huge!

Therefore, Harati spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant voice,

"Since this is your territory, we can leave this place."

Hearing this, the terrifying man chuckled, "Leave?"

"I have been staying here all by myself for many years."

"Now that I've finally encountered interesting fellows like you, how can I easily let you leave?"

Harati said in a deep voice, "What do you want?"

The man chuckled again, "I want… you to stay and keep me company."

"And preferably, do something for me."

Harati furrowed her brows again, "We still have things to do and cannot stay here."

"If you want us to help do something, we can assist you within our capabilities."

She decided to use a delaying tactic first to stall this eccentric fellow.

Once they all left the grotto, she would contact the lord to figure out a way.

However, this terrifying man obviously didn't fall for it.

He chuckled, "I know your thoughts, but it's impossible for you to want to leave this place."

"Now, I'll give you two choices."

"Become my slaves, or die."

At this moment, Harati knew that things between them could not end amicably!

She directly ordered, "Centaurs, get ready for battle!"

In an instant, Harati pulled back her arrow.

"Whoosh!"

[Armor Breaking Arrow]!

The arrow hit its mark, and a defense-reducing effect instantly appeared above the opponent's head.

Seeing the arrow that hit him, the terrifying man slightly opened his mouth, revealing a row of sharp teeth.

"It seems I still have to use force to make you submit, is that it?"

The next moment, his figure instantly vanished from the spot, and a death-like crisis struck!

Harati shouted loudly, "Centaurs, come to me!"

"Whoosh!"

She shot out an arrow, forming a protective domain.

It was precisely Harati's boss-level skill — — Saint's Will!

In a split second, the armor of all the Centaurs surged significantly.

However, this ancient creature's strength was simply too terrifying.

The man's body suddenly began to change rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed from a human into a giant lizard over ten meters in length.

Then, it raised its thick forelimbs and heavily stomped the ground.

Boom! Boom boom!

Every stomp was like throwing a cannonball onto the surface of the sea!

The terrifying impact swept over like waves.

After three consecutive stomps, the three layers of Holy Shield on all the Centaurs shattered just right.

Seeing this scene, a look of keen interest appeared in the lizardman's eyes.

"Oh? Does everyone actually have the means of the Holy See on them?"

"Interesting… Interesting…"

"Right now, I want to turn you into my slaves even more!"

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