A terrifying soul explosion swept across the entire battlefield. Even Feng Huimin’s military formation was torn apart by the blast, which far exceeded its limits of endurance.
In the games of the past, there had been a professional term for this:
A full-screen instant kill.
In other words, every player within the screen was killed.
The moment the enemy detonated its soul, Chu Feng entered the Dimensional Domain and evaded the explosion.
Jiaojiao Bu Jiao activated her invincibility.
Chu Fu was knocked into a poisoned corpse.
After the self-detonation, only a handful of people were still alive.
But there was no doubt about it—they had won.
[System Announcement: Under the leadership of player “Rocket on a Wheelchair,” humanity has defeated the Undead Apostle and driven it out of the Gate of Origins. All participating players are rewarded with +100 to all attributes. (Can stack)]
[System Announcement: The stolen divine power has been returned to all players. Please continue your efforts!]
Four flashes of white light passed over Chu Fu’s body, and she rose four levels in a row.
The bodies of all the players lying on the ground were covered in densely packed words.
[Champion!]
[We did it!!!]
[Long live China!]
[Long live the Thorns!]
[Long live Dragon Soaring Across the Nine Provinces!]
[Long live the Military Soul!]
Ignoring her exhaustion, Chu Fu burst into a helpless laugh. She then recalled the Holy Light Fairy and released the Resurrection Fairy, reviving everyone.
Fortunately, even if a player died inside the Gate of Origins dungeon, they could still receive the final rewards. Every player received the nourishment of divine power and a huge amount of experience.
At the very least, everyone gained one level.
Chu Fu revived Shen Chi and Xie Lin.
As one of the main forces in the battle, Shen Chi gained a full five levels, reaching Level 46.
The most frightening one was Chu Feng. Perhaps because he did not have a second class, despite already being high-level, all the experience he received was allocated to a single class. His level soared to 54.
Just as everyone was cheering to celebrate their victory, another system announcement rang out.
[System Announcement: The Undead Apostle Wale has perished. Due to the influence of the God of the Undead’s Law of Death, all undead-type creatures and classes have been enhanced by 100%.
The difficulty of undead dungeons has increased. A new Level 40 dungeon has been added to the entire map: The Fall of the Undead Apostle Wale. (Nightmare Mode, Hell Mode, Abyss Mode, Ruined Wasteland Mode: Diamond-grade equipment may drop)]
These two messages were broadcast worldwide, dealing a heavy blow to all players.
“How could this happen? When we defeated Werewolf Tuge last time, didn’t the monsters become weaker? Why did they become stronger this time?”
“The situation was different back then. After Werewolf Tuge descended, all beasts began to grow stronger. It was only after he died that their strength decreased.”
“So the enemy didn’t make them stronger while he was alive, but made them stronger after he died? We’re doomed. I can already imagine how the other players are going to curse us!”
“We got the benefits. Let them curse us if they want!”
“A Level 40 dungeon! Doesn’t that mean we can compete for the speed-clear rankings again?”
Everyone began discussing the matter among themselves.
Chu Fu quickly understood what had happened.
“It may be because the gods possess different Laws. The God of the Undead controls death. Perhaps Wale’s death was actually a form of divine power recovery for him.
“The more creatures that die, the stronger his Law becomes.
“However, after Wale died, his divine power should have been absorbed by him. Instead, it scattered outward.
“It’s like Werewolf Tuge, who left behind a corpse. Wale’s corpse, on the other hand, was his own soul. Since we failed to capture it, the power naturally returned to all undead creatures.
“When one whale falls, countless other life-forms thrive.”
The others also felt that this explanation made sense.
“Who cares which one it is? Even if the difficulty has increased, it’s not as though the dungeon is impossible to clear. Everyone has a full set of Level 20 Goblin equipment now. Are we really supposed to be afraid of a few undead monsters in the wilderness?”
Li Weizheng sighed.
That might be true, but in twenty days, the full-scale city defense battles would begin.
China might be able to hold out.
But what about the players from the other nations?
Their cities would probably be destroyed.
It seemed that the Military Soul Guild’s defense of the city had caused an enormous problem.
For now, however, everyone tacitly chose not to mention it.
Afterward, Chu Fu and the others checked the rewards they had received for killing the divine emissary, and delight appeared on their faces.
They had grown even stronger!
[You have obtained a genuine Divine Power Fragment (Mythic-grade) (Bound): Contains extremely powerful divine power. Collect 10 fragments to condense a False Godhead.
Note: A False Godhead can only be used after reaching Level 100 or attaining 10,000 points in any single attribute.]
[Your Soul-Stealing Ring has absorbed the soul of an evil god’s divine emissary and gained enhanced attributes!]
[All of your skill levels have increased by 4.]
[Your current level has increased by 4.]
[Your talents and classes have been enhanced.]
This time, she had not received any stage-based evolution.
However, her three SSS-grade talents and two divine classes had all received attribute enhancements.
They had not yet surpassed the level of SSS-grade or reached the realm of the Transcendent Divine.
She would need to kill more divine emissaries to obtain further abilities.
After checking her equipment, it was time for the part everyone loved: distributing the loot.
Unlike Tuge, Wale had dropped a huge amount of equipment.
All of it was Epic-grade.
Aside from the Epic-grade weapon stolen by Dog Sneaky, there were still sixteen pieces remaining.
In addition to equipment for the fixed slots, there was also an off-hand weapon called the Death Codex. Its special ability could directly erase an enemy from existence.
It pronounced the target’s death on the spot.
It was extraordinarily powerful.
In the end, the loot was naturally distributed according to contribution.
For ease of distribution, Thorns City, Dragon Soaring Across the Nine Provinces, all the Chinese legions, and Military Soul City were counted as a single faction. Chu Feng was then counted separately.
Thorns Guild: 80%
Chu Feng: 10%
Dragon Soaring Across the Nine Provinces: 9%
Military Soul City: 1%
The contribution percentages were quite convenient. Thorns City, led by Chu Fu, was the first to choose and took twelve pieces.
Chu Feng took two.
The remaining items were divided between Dragon Soaring Across the Nine Provinces and Military Soul City.
Afterward, Chu Fu led her people in thoroughly looting the Origin-tier dungeon.
Without the Epic-grade Lich Tower, only a black Undead Manor remained.
Chu Fu naturally refused to leave it behind. Even the manor’s roof tiles and stones were dismantled and carried away.
Not a single piece was left behind.
The players from Military Soul City and Dragon Soaring Across the Nine Provinces did not join them. This was considered one of the benefits of Chu Fu’s support mission.
They had already withdrawn from the dungeon.
Chu Fu’s group searched the dungeon for an hour before finally leaving.
Only after everyone had exited did the system announcement appear.
[System Announcement! Congratulations to player “WhoWantsToBeAVegetable” for leading the Thorns Guild and the other players to clear the Origin-tier dungeon: Source of the Undead Calamity (Origin)! Reward: +10 to all attributes. (Attributes can stack)]
There was no level increase reward, and the all-attribute reward had also been reduced to ten points.
However, when they considered that there were still 9,999 cities to defend in the future, reaching more than 10,000 in every attribute seemed to be just around the corner.
Of course, that was impossible. After all, most cities would be attacked on the hundredth day after the game’s arrival, and Chu Fu could not be everywhere at once.
Then, the final announcement appeared.
[System Announcement! Military Soul City has successfully defended itself against the attack of the God of the Undead! It has also achieved a perfect defense. The reward has been doubled: all players receive +10 to all attributes. (Original reward: +5)]
[System Announcement! As the second city to successfully repel the siege, Military Soul City will receive a 0.5x additional increase in size, and two additional resource sites will appear around the city.]
The defense of Military Soul City had officially come to an end.
……
On a higher-dimensional plane.
Several statues seemed to fall silent.
The God of the Undead spoke in a hoarse voice.
“I sacrificed an Undead Apostle and strengthened the power of all undead.
In twenty days, every human on Blue Star will face an assault by an undead army.
At least 50% of the cities will be destroyed.
It’s not too great a loss.”
