Countdown to guarding the Temple of Martial Kings: 24 hours have passed, 36 hours remaining.
He needed to prepare items to replenish his vitality as soon as possible.
Zhu Chen said, "We do have items for replenishing vitality, and we even have elixirs that can restore strength and mana. However, such items are quite expensive."
"That's good to hear!" Su Nan's eyes lit up.
If he could exchange some items for vitality using his Demonic Beast Points, along with purchasing some Spiritual Blood, he might not have to worry about replenishing his vitality.
There was no rush to exchange points right now.
The mission was scheduled to start tomorrow night, and before that, he could hunt down a batch of monsters.
After exchanging the monsters' bodies for Spiritual Blood, Su Nan checked the time and logged out of the game.
In reality, it was almost 1 AM, and he needed to get some sleep.
The night passed without incident.
The next day, Su Nan woke up at 8 AM after a good night's sleep.
After getting ready and having a light breakfast, he hailed a taxi and headed straight for the Taishan tourist area.
Since he was here ostensibly for sightseeing, he needed to act like a tourist.
In about ten minutes, he arrived at the foot of Mount Tai.
Mount Tai was majestic and towering, with a total of nine kilometers of stairs from the foot to the summit.
For an ordinary person, climbing such a mountain on foot would be challenging and require significant stamina.
However, for Su Nan at his current level, this level of difficulty was child's play.
To avoid attracting attention, he didn't climb too quickly.
Even so, it only took him two hours to reach the summit.
"Young man, are you a player from the Demon World?" a middle-aged man in his forties asked, panting heavily and looking surprised.
He had encountered Su Nan from a position just a few hundred meters from the summit.
At first, he noticed that Su Nan was moving faster than an average person and thought he would try to keep up with Su Nan and reach the summit together.
However, he was soon left far behind by Su Nan.
If they hadn't been so close to the summit, he might have lost sight of Su Nan by now.
What surprised him the most was that even after reaching the summit, Su Nan still appeared calm and composed, not at all exhausted like him. This made him suspect that Su Nan might be a player.
Su Nan smiled and shook his head. "No, I used to be in the military, and I've been keeping up with my training."
"I see," the man said, suddenly realizing, and he stopped suspecting.
"I heard that a top-ranked player from the game came to climb the mountain yesterday and reached the summit in just fifteen minutes! That speed was astonishing!"
The man remembered something else and looked envious and hopeful. "Don't worry; when the open beta increases the number of players, maybe we'll have a chance."
Su Nan chuckled. "I hope so."
At two in the afternoon, Su Nan returned to his place, took a hot shower, and immediately logged into the game.
The night was shrouded in darkness.
The entire Tianyun City was eerily quiet.
Walking on the deserted streets, Su Nan looked at the information from his foresight and smiled.
[You walk on the empty street, searching for targets to hunt.]
[Unbeknownst to you, when you passed a certain intersection, two monsters at the end of the road had already set their sights on you.]
[These are two peak Spirit-level monsters, one specializing in speed and the other in mental power. They were preparing to attack you under the orders of another High-level Demon Beast.]
[One minute later, as you were about to reach the end of the road, the hidden monsters couldn't contain themselves any longer and led more than a dozen ordinary-level monsters to surround you.]
[You didn't hold back and quickly killed most of the monsters, while the two Spirit-level monsters were severely injured.]
[Feeling the danger, the two Spirit-level monsters wanted to escape, but you didn't let them go. You killed one of them, knowing that if you killed both simultaneously, it would probably attract a High-level Demon Beast.]
[Two minutes later, you arrived on another street, and your guess was correct. The death of a Spirit-level monster did not attract a High-level Demon Beast.]
[Three minutes later, you still hadn't encountered any danger, so you killed the second monster.]
"I didn't go looking for you, but you decided to come to me."
Even without seeing the monsters, Su Nan could guess their identities.
Yesterday, Old Yang had mentioned that under the Blue Wolf Demon King, a High-level Demon Beast named Hook Sickle had sent two monsters with one eye and two ears each to kill him. There was no doubt that they were the ones.
And just as he thought.
From a distance of several hundred meters, two monsters hid in the shadows, spying on Su Nan.
One of them had only one eye, while the other had two pairs of ears.
One-Eye whispered, "What should we do? Should we really take action?"
Two-Ears replied with annoyance, "What else can we do? Tonight is the deadline given to us by King Hook Sickle."
"You know what King Hook Sickle is capable of. He always keeps his word. If we can't kill this kid, we might not survive."
One-Eye thought of something and couldn't help but say, "I heard that the Great King Lü Er was killed by a spellcaster yesterday. Could it be this kid?"
"Don't scare yourself. Although this kid's strength far exceeds that of an ordinary Spirit-level monster, you know the gap between Spirit-level and High-level.
"Don't forget, this kid is only in the early stages of Spirit level. Even if he were in the late stages of Spirit level or at the peak, he wouldn't be able to kill a High-level King."
"The day before yesterday, this kid killed Fishwife in one strike, but it was said that he used a racial talent, which consumed a lot of energy. After one attack, he probably wouldn't be able to launch a second one easily."
"The two of us working together still have a chance of success."
With a hushed voice, Two-Ears analyzed the situation as if he had already figured out Su Nan's strength.
Hearing this analysis, One-Eye's nervousness eased somewhat.
Two-Ears continued, "This kid is of the Spellcaster class, and his physical body is his weakness. So when the time comes, I'll use my mental power to attack him first, and you can take the opportunity to kill him."
"Okay!" One-Eye nodded, feeling even more confident about their chances when they worked together.
The two monsters waited in silence.
Finally, as Su Nan was about to reach the end of the road, Two-Ears quickly said, "Quick, it's time for us to take action!"
Upon hearing this, One-Eye reacted swiftly and immediately led a dozen or so ordinary-level monsters charging toward Su Nan.
"You're dead, kid!" Two-Ears shouted and swiftly launched a mental attack at Su Nan.
However, in the next moment, he was dumbfounded.
His mental power was directed at Su Nan, but he felt his own mental power being blocked by another force.
Mental power?
Wasn't this kid a Martial Warrior?
Before he could react, he suddenly saw a two-colored fire snake shooting towards him.
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound, flames exploded, and Two-Ears had already turned into a corpse!
"Two-Ears!" One-Eye was shocked and horrified. At this moment, he had no thoughts of trying to kill Su Nan and turned to run.
"Ignorant fool!" Su Nan said calmly.
Without wasting any more time, he quickly dealt with the remaining monsters.
Ordinary-level monsters couldn't withstand his attacks at all, not even if he used a simple fireball.
In just a few breaths, most of the monsters were dead or had fled.
Following the method foreseen earlier, he captured the one-eyed monster and took it away.
It wasn't until more than ten minutes later, when he arrived in South City, that he finally killed the one-eyed monster.
[Congratulations, you have completed the daily task "Hunt an ordinary-level monster," and 5 Demon Power points have been awarded.]
...
[Congratulations, you have completed the daily task "Hunt a Spirit-level monster," and 15 Demon Power points have been awarded.]
...
[Current available Demon Power: 67 points]
Two one-star tasks to hunt ordinary-level monsters.
Two two-star tasks to hunt Spirit-level monsters.
A total of 40 Demon Power points earned!
"Upgrade!"
Consuming 32 Demon Power points, the Spirit Crowned Bird Demon Bloodline is perfected.
Consuming 20 Demon Power points, the Spirit Crowned Bird Demon Bloodline is greatly perfected.
The awakening of the fifth Spirit-level Bloodline Battle Skill.
The number of foreseen visions increased by three again, reaching a total of 39 times!
"This is the second character in the mid-Spirit level!"
Feeling the immense power within him, Su Nan smiled.
The ranking list appeared before his eyes.
The top three were still his three characters.
Although the fourth-ranked Qian Yu had reached the Spirit level, his first Spirit-level Bloodline was only perfected, and there was a huge gap between him and Su Nan.
The fifth-ranked Zhou Cheng had achieved great perfection in his first Spirit-level Bloodline, and he was not far from catching up to Qian Yu.
"This Zhou Cheng is really impressive."
Su Nan couldn't help but praise, but he wasn't too surprised.
He had already seen Zhou Cheng's abilities, and if it weren't for him, it was certain that Zhou Cheng would be in first place.
"Now I should have the strength to deal with Xiong Yan!"
Without hesitation, he quickly headed outside of Tianyun City.
Little did he know that shortly after he left.
A middle-aged man in a black robe appeared at the spot where Two-Ears had been killed.
Several ordinary-level little monsters were wailing, saying, "King Hook Sickle, it was the director of the Demon Extermination Bureau, he killed Two-Ears and One-Eye, King, you must avenge them!"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man in the black robe's face became extremely dark, and he said in a cold voice, "Those two useless idiots couldn't even kill a Spirit-level early-stage reptile; their deaths are well-deserved."
The middle-aged man was very angry, but along with his anger, his eyes were filled with a surge of killing intent.
With Fishwife's death, three of his Spirit-level peak monsters had already died at Su Nan's hands.
"As the director of the Demon Extermination Bureau, you dare to kill three of my subordinates consecutively. If I don't flay you alive, I'll be underestimating you!"
As a precaution, Su Nan waited until he was at least twenty or thirty miles away from Tianyun City before making his move.
He had added three drops of Soul-Breaking Water into Xiong Yan's drink, and the duration of his deep slumber was much longer than Huang Bao's. Xiong Yan was still snoring away.
[The fifth Spirit-level Bloodline has been perfected. You now have the confidence to kill a Mid-level King. Prepare for another monster hunt.]
[Faced with the still-sleeping monster, you were cautious. You directly activated your Berserk Specter Body, and then channeled the surging power into your physical strength.]
[Your physical strength has greatly increased. At this moment, your strength has reached the level of a Mid-level King.]
[You didn't get too excited because you knew that in this state, you still couldn't kill the monster. You used another racial talent, the Sky-Breaking Strike.]
[All of your strength converged, and your power reached unprecedented heights. You suddenly punched towards the monster.]
[A sense of impending death shrouded the monster. It woke up suddenly, sensing the threat of death. At the moment your blow was about to land on the monster, it abruptly awakened.]
[The monster roared in anger, trying to dodge your attack, but you reacted swiftly. In that critical moment, you launched a mental attack on the monster.]
[Your mental power had minimal effect on the Mid-level King, causing only a slight delay in its movements.]
[But it was that split-second delay that gave you the opportunity. Your full-force blow struck the monster.]
[In this strike, half of the monster's skull exploded. However, a Mid-level King's life was tenacious. Even after receiving a fatal blow, it didn't die but instead launched a counterattack towards you.]
[With your physical strength depleted, you were powerless and couldn't escape. You had to use another racial talent, the Annihilation Serpent Dance.]
[Your attack, fueled by all your mana, landed on the already heavily injured monster. Finally, the monster, full of anger and unwillingness, was killed by you.]
"Success!" Su Nan exclaimed.
This wasn't just a Mid-level King; it was in the Mid-level.
At this level, each step of advancement made a huge difference, as evident from Xiong Yan's tenacious vitality.
The foretelling continued, uninterrupted.
[After killing the monster, you were completely exhausted, and you had to take out the diluted Life Source to replenish your vitality.]
[Three minutes later, a small portion of your spiritual energy was restored.]
[The first foresight has ended. Do you want to continue?]
"Continue!"
Although he had already confirmed that the two Kings could only find out that his powerful subordinate demon had died and couldn't directly locate the death location of the monsters, he wanted to be sure if Xiong Yan's death would be discovered by the Blue Wolf King.
Fortunately, to his relief, just like last time, he foresaw two consecutive times without any monsters coming to find him.
"Since there are no issues, let's do it!"
Su Nan couldn't wait any longer and switched to the character Zhang Yang.
The mission for Lang Thirteen was to take Xiong Yan's place, and to achieve that, he had to eliminate Xiong Yan first.
As for who killed Xiong Yan, it didn't matter.
Among the three characters, only Zhang Yang had the task of killing a King-level monster at the moment.
Following the steps foreseen, he made his move.
Nothing unexpected happened.
Two minutes later, Xiong Yan was killed.
[Congratulations, you have completed the daily task "Hunt a King-level monster," and 30 Demon Power points have been awarded.]
[Current available Demon Power: 45 points.]
Without wasting any time, he immediately took out a bottle of diluted Life Source and consumed it.
After exhausting all three power systems, he was now even stronger than a Spirit-level early-stage monster. When his spiritual energy was partially restored, he immediately released it to recover his physical strength.
Feeling that his body finally had enough strength to move, Su Nan quickly disposed of the monster's body and left.
"Now that Xiong Yan is dead, it's time for the character Lang Thirteen to make his appearance."
"However, if it's just that simple, even if I become the Blue Wolf King's subordinate, I won't be able to replace Xiong Yan."
"So, to replace Xiong Yan, I'll need to seek help from Lang Thirteen, the older brother."
Su Nan's eyes flickered.
The last time he left, Tiger Roar Heaven asked him to come to Tianyun City if he needed anything.
However, in the past few days, Su Nan hadn't heard any news related to Tiger Roar Heaven.
"Let's go to the Heavenly Palace Pavilion and see if there's any information related to this."
"If not, I'll have to ask those few monsters under Old Yang to investigate."
(End of this chapter)