One hour later, Lu An, Holy Healing Angel, and Dream King completed the guidance quest.
The group gathered once more and left the city.
Less than a hundred meters outside the city, wandering skeleton soldiers were already roaming about. The soldiers on the walls kept drawing their bows and firing arrows, killing the skeletons that came charging toward them.
The skeleton soldiers came endlessly. Their bones shattered across the ground, only to reassemble less than a minute later.
The situation in Linjiang City was far worse than in Fengdu Town.
That wasn’t all. After being polluted by the aura of death for so long, the land around Linjiang City had completely withered. There was no vegetation left, and every plant species had gone extinct.
A kilometer east of the city, several people saw a mysterious figure in a black robe standing there, radiating a terrifying aura.
His entire body was covered by the black robe. Only his shoes and a pair of daggers were visible.
The daggers were red as blood, dripping with black baleful energy. Their special effects shot into the sky.
Epic-grade daggers!
Moreover, two scarlet characters hovered above the figure’s head.
ID: Lu Xing
The number-one player on the level rankings.
Everyone held their breath.
Holy Healing Angel stammered, “P-Plant... Big shot, is this the brother’s friend you mentioned—the one who came to help?”
She had never met Chu Fu’s brother.
She just never expected that Chu Fu’s brother would actually know the number-one player on the rankings.
And the big shot’s presence was far too imposing. He hadn’t shown his face at all, yet just one of his weapons looked powerful enough to cut down everyone present.
Chu Fu gave a brief introduction. “Of course my brother’s friend is amazing. I won’t introduce him properly, though. Don’t waste the number-one player’s time. Let’s get this over with!”
Everyone hurriedly nodded and walked over.
Before they could greet him, Chu Feng stood up. His voice was hoarse, clearly altered by the Disguiser’s Mask.
“You already have skills capable of dealing with the Disguiser’s Mask yourselves. Try using your own abilities first!”
“Sure, I’ll go first!”
Chu Fu looked toward Holy Healing Angel and invited her to leave the party. Otherwise, there was no way to force a PvP attack on her.
Then Chu Fu waved the Slightly Poisonous Staff and cast Soul-Eroding Poison on Holy Healing Angel.
The moment the spell was cast, a blue radiance representing the soul struck Holy Healing Angel.
With her mental perception, Chu Fu saw Holy Healing Angel’s soul.
Her soul was trembling, and there was a mask attached to it. The mask wore a strange smile.
Chu Fu immediately controlled her skill and attacked that smiling face.
In an instant, the poison spread across the other party’s cheeks.
To the people watching from the outside, it looked as if Chu Fu had struck Holy Healing Angel in the face with a single move. Her face immediately turned blue.
“Ah!” Holy Healing Angel felt tremendous pain in her face.
At that moment, Suture Saint raised his hand. Countless needles stabbed into Holy Healing Angel’s body, restoring her health.
Holy Healing Angel had been completely unprepared and had nearly been killed instantly by Chu Fu.
“Heal yourself!” Chu Fu shouted.
Only then did Holy Healing Angel recover and begin treating herself. However, she discovered that the pain continued unabated. Even after healing herself, her face still hurt.
That was because this was a soul attack.
What was more, she felt as if something were corroding her face, like sulfuric acid.
If she hadn’t been certain that this was a game, she really would have burst into tears.
Crack!
The Disguiser’s Mask’s eerie smiling face appeared on Holy Healing Angel’s face, then suddenly shattered.
Chu Fu’s skill had broken the mask.
The entire process had taken only three minutes.
But as the mask shattered, an evil force swelled outward, instantly transforming into a hideous ball of flesh.
In the blink of an eye, the ball expanded to three meters in diameter. Its outer layer rapidly hardened into a layer of keratin, and hair began to grow across it.
It had transformed into a monster.
“Look out!”
Jiao Jiao Isn’t Delicate shouted and charged forward with her shield.
At that moment, Chu Feng made his move.
With a single slash, he cut the ball of flesh in half.
A massive damage number erupted from the monster—so large that no one could even count all the digits at a glance.
The monster was slain instantly. Its swollen body deflated like a punctured balloon, and ten pieces of Evil God divine-power material dropped to the ground.
Chu Feng picked them up.
Given his current disguised identity, it would not have been appropriate to leave the items with Chu Fu and the others.
This was the first time Chu Fu had seen anything like this. The plot hadn’t described it in detail, either.
After all, Chu Feng had never participated in this sort of world-saving endeavor.
“We couldn’t tell whether we’d be able to defeat that monster,” Chu Fu said.
Chu Feng’s hoarse voice rang out.
“Even if you can, don’t fight it yet. You’re all only level 25, and you haven’t even completed the first clear of the dungeon!”
He suddenly thought of something and coughed.
“Though, my record won’t be easy to beat.”
Back then, he had only cared about speed and hadn’t left any room for those who came after him. He had never expected his little sister to form such a powerful team.
Now she couldn’t even obtain the attribute points from beating his record.
“The big shot is incredible. We’ll work hard too!” Chu Fu said.
Then she looked toward Holy Healing Angel again.
“How are you feeling? Are you still a player of the Evil faction?”
Holy Healing Angel laughed and cried at the same time.
“I’m no longer part of the Evil faction, but all my attributes have dropped by ten points.”
That was the price.
Because of that price, many players might not want to switch back.
After all, losing ten points in every attribute was equivalent to losing the attributes gained from eight levels!
Next, it was Lu An’s turn.
This time, Shen Chi took action. Using metal manipulation, he transformed one of the mecha’s arms into an iron clamp.
The clamp seized Lu An’s head from both sides and began forcibly prying it downward.
Lu An felt as if his head were about to be crushed.
This time, Holy Healing Angel and Suture Saint healed him together. Shen Chi took only one minute to remove the mask, making him even faster than Chu Fu.
Chu Feng struck again, destroying the Evil God’s power attached to the mask.
Chu Feng said, “Your two abilities are better suited to the wheelchair method outside of combat. The vegetative-state method takes too long.
“But in combat, the vegetative-state method is stronger. After all, it’s difficult for anyone to dodge a spell-based skill.
“Moreover, it might be faster to kill the target first and then take the mask.
“Of course, I’m referring to enemies.
“By dismantling the Disguiser’s Mask, you’re effectively provoking the Beast God and challenging the spread of its faith. Sooner or later, it will send players from the Evil faction after you.
“It may be somewhat difficult for them to target you in the game.
“In the real world, it will be much easier.
“Don’t use this method again before level 30!”
Chu Feng gave them a warning.
Chu Fu found his reasoning sound.
Even if they wanted to use the method, they should wait until level 30, after everyone had extracted their attributes.
“Understood. Thank you, big shot.”
“Mm. I’m leaving! Go try to break the speed-clear rankings!”
Chu Feng activated stealth and vanished from the spot in an instant.
“The big shot clearly doesn’t think we can beat his record!”
“Five minutes and twenty-three seconds. Is that really so difficult? It’s not like flying is forbidden,” Shen Chi said.
The group exchanged glances and laughed.
