"The God-Sacrificing Demons!"
Su Nan suddenly had a bold idea.
His speculation was not without basis.
"The Great Xian Country was established by the Great Xian Dynasty. Before the destruction of the Great Xian Dynasty, they must have practiced the Flame Offering Divine Path. Since they cultivated the Flame Offering Divine Path, the presence of the God-Sacrificing Demons is highly probable."
"The Tai Temple is a place where generations of the royal family offer sacrifices. Although it cannot compare to the temples worshipped by thousands of people, it still has the power of faith and wishes. As long as there is the power of faith and wishes, the conditions for the existence of the God-Sacrificing Demons can be met."
"Moreover, there seems to be a subtle connection between the Paper Puppet Spirits and the God-Sacrificing Demons. After the death of the Great Xian Country's Lord, the Paper Puppet Spirits returned to the Tai Temple as if they received orders. This alone is a strong indication of the issue."
"Perhaps, the God-Sacrificing Demon in the Tai Temple was once one of the ancient ancestors of the Great Xian Country."
Su Nan's expression grew solemn. He had just dealt with the Great Xian Country's Lord, and now there was a suspected God-Sacrificing Demon.
No wonder the Great Xian Country had been able to rule this Lost Land for thousands of years.
Compared to the Great Xian Country, the five major clans were far behind.
Of course, this was only based on the information from the current divination. Su Nan didn't know what other cards the five major clans might have. In the divination, he had only fought against the ancestral ancestor of the Wang Clan and had not truly annihilated the Wang Clan.
Maybe if he really tried to eliminate the five major clans, they would put up a "pleasant surprise."
After all, the five major clans were established by imperial-level powerhouses.
"If it's just the God-Sacrificing Demon, there should be a way to deal with it."
"The God-Sacrificing Demon cannot easily leave the space of the divine instrument where it resides. As long as I stay far enough away, I can ignore it."
"Moreover, even if that God-Sacrificing Demon was once an ancient ancestor of the Great Xian Country, it has been controlled by negative emotions and can no longer be considered an ancestor of the Great Xian Country."
"For it, the Great Xian Country may only be a tool for providing faith and wishes. As long as I don't enter the space where the divine instrument is concentrated, it shouldn't actively attack me."
Thoughts flashed through Su Nan's mind as he began to analyze the situation.
He didn't know if his analysis was correct, but the presence of the God-Sacrificing Demon in the Tai Temple was a basic certainty.
Furthermore, the God-Sacrificing Demon was not ordinary; it most likely reached the Emperor level!
"Unfortunately, I've used up today's divination chances. Otherwise, I could have tried again."
Looking at the three remaining divination chances, Su Nan shook his head silently.
Now he could only wait for the game to refresh.
He glanced at the high sun hanging in the sky and didn't waste any more time. He crossed his legs on the formation disk and began to cultivate.
The formation disk activated, and the fire of the Great Sun rushed towards him.
In a matter of moments, his entire body was engulfed in flames, and the scorching heat could ignite the air.
Even from a distance, Chen Ying could feel the breath that could turn her into ashes.
"Is this the young master's cultivation method?"
This was the first time she had seen Su Nan cultivate, and before this, she could never have imagined that someone could cultivate in such a horrifying way.
The flames surged, and in a short time, Su Nan's body turned red, and his skin cracked, with blood flowing continuously.
"Young master!"
Unable to bear it, Chen Ying exclaimed with a worried look on her face.
At a critical moment, the Flame Spirit appeared, and the situation finally improved.
"What kind of flames are these again?" Chen Ying was amazed once more.
After half an hour, Su Nan stopped cultivating, and the flames around him gradually dissipated.
Chen Ying quickly asked, "Young master, how are you feeling now?"
At this moment, Su Nan's body was once again blackened, looking as if he had been burned halfway and then extinguished. His appearance was miserable.
"I'm fine," Su Nan said calmly.
His voice was hoarse, as if two pieces of tiles were rubbing against each other.
The Flame Spirit danced in front of him like a mischievous child, flying up and down.
Su Nan could clearly feel the excitement emanating from the flames compared to two days ago. At this moment, the Flame Spirit had grown again, and its size had increased by another circle.
The terrifying power contained within it made Su Nan feel shocked.
He had a feeling that if he were to use all his mana to fully activate it right now, it might be enough to seriously injure a mid-stage King-level monster.
After collecting the Flame Spirit, Su Nan looked at the progress of the Great Sun Golden Body Sutra on the panel.
Just like before, after persevering for half an hour, the progress of the Great Sun Golden Body Sutra increased by 3%.
Adding the 10% acceleration from the 50 points of demonic power, the progress of the Great Sun Golden Body Sutra had now reached 27%.
"I need to speed up the search for the
Golden Leaf Spirit Ginseng."
"I wonder if there are any spiritual objects available in the point mall."
Today's Twelve Constellation had already ended, and the points had been distributed.
Just like yesterday, Zhang Yang and Lang Thirteen earned the most points, while Wang Nan earned the least.
"Congratulations, your battlefield, Number 238 of the Pisces Constellation, has achieved the final victory against the Aries Constellation. You performed amazingly in this battle and will receive 80.05% of the points reward."
"Congratulations, for successfully hunting down one of the Pisces Constellation's constellation guardians in this battle, you will receive an additional 10% points bonus."
"Congratulations, you have earned 18,010 points in this battle."
Wang Nan's rewards appeared before his eyes.
Compared to yesterday, today's battle had two thousand more participants on both sides, and the time it took to hunt down players was correspondingly longer. Although there were many more players hunted today compared to yesterday, the percentage was slightly lower.
After all, with over twenty thousand people on both sides, a large number of players were being killed every minute and every second of the battle.
Today, despite appearing to have killed two constellation guardians, his level had not increased, and he was still a constellation guardian, still only enjoying a 10% bonus to the total points reward.
Fortunately, this time the total points were twenty thousand, so the 10% bonus was two thousand points!
With today's points added, Wang Nan's total points reached 27,261.
Zhang Yang and Lang Thirteen had earned even more points.
Zhang Yang received 93.51% of the points reward, totaling 31,603 points.
Lang Thirteen received 95.23% of the points reward, totaling 31,883 points, surpassing Zhang Yang and becoming the first.
"Thirty thousand points, I only need another twenty thousand points to unlock the fourth-tier mall. If the points reward pool still has twenty thousand points tomorrow, it should be enough."
Su Nan's eyes revealed anticipation.
He then checked the personal points ranking.
Unlike yesterday, today the fourth-ranked Ludi had been replaced by the fifth-ranked Kaisel on the points leaderboard!
On the points board, Kaisel had accumulated more than twenty-four thousand points!
Su Nan remembered that Kaisel had only earned over five thousand points yesterday.
"This Kaisel unexpectedly earned more than nineteen thousand points today!"
"Excluding the additional two thousand points from the identity of the constellation guardian, it means that Kaisel's share of the points today reached over eighty percent!"
"It seems this guy obtained some wide-area attack method."
Su Nan was surprised, and after a brief analysis, he understood the reason.
In such a large-scale battle, having a means of quickly and widely attacking was a powerful tool for harvesting points.
Apart from Kaisel, other players also earned points today, but they were still far behind Kaisel.
Su Nan closed the panel and sighed. With his burnt body, he could only rely on the help of life-restoring elixirs to recover.
Chapter 280: The Golden Crow Descends in the West
Five hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Nan's body had finally recovered significantly.
"Master, have you finished your cultivation?" Chen Ying watched the entire process in amazement, from seeing her young master severely injured by the flames to his full recovery.
The injuries he had sustained would take an ordinary person at least ten days or more to heal, but for her young master, it took only a day.
Such a rapid recovery left her greatly astonished, once again marveling at Su Nan's abilities.
"Let's go, continue towards the Royal City."
...
The carriage was back on the road.
According to the previous divination, they would soon be found by the Li family.
Su Nan's divination attempts had been restored, but he didn't immediately use them. Instead, he looked at the task panel with a somewhat grim expression.
Today's tasks had already refreshed, but they left him somewhat disappointed. Except for the replacement of the "Seeking Revenge for the Chen Family" and "Hunting a Spirit-level Monster" tasks with new ones, the rest of the tasks were nearly identical to those from the previous day.
Tasks like exploring the Death Sands, cooperating with the five major clans, exploring the ancient god tomb, uncovering Du Qiuyuan's secrets, entering the Grudge Dragon Mountain, resolving the grudge of the Dragon Yao, and searching for the lost Yao clans were all still there.
"Seeking Revenge for the Chen Family" had been replaced by "Resisting the Li Family's Pursuit," which was a two-star task with a reward of 30 points of demonic power.
"Hunting a Spirit-level Monster" had become "Protecting the Ancient God Key," a four-star task with a reward of 60 points of demonic power.
Su Nan understood the reason behind these changes. The one who wanted to take his Ancient God Key was the Lord of the Great Xian Country, and to protect it, he would have to confront the Lord of the Great Xian Country, which meant facing the Paper Puppet Yao at the peak of the King level.
Fortunately, with his previous divination, the likelihood of completing this task was quite high.
"Only two tasks can be completed again. This won't do," Su Nan frowned.
If he could quickly leave the Lost Land, it would be fine, as he could easily gather demonic power elsewhere. However, the problem was that he couldn't leave this place in a short amount of time. Unless he used the Perfect Death Revival Card, he had to continue staying here, and the tasks that refreshed every day would always be like this.
With three characters completing two tasks each day, he wouldn't even have enough demonic power to accelerate the cultivation of the Great Sun Golden Body Sutra!
"No, I need to come up with a solution."
His gaze shifted to the main quest.
In addition to daily tasks, demonic power could also be obtained through main quests. Out of his three characters, Wang Nan had only one main quest: "Curse of the Demonic Mind!"
Originally, Su Nan was in a hurry to complete this quest to help Hu Xiaotian, but now he wasn't so concerned about it. If he couldn't resolve the curse, he could simply leave it behind in the Lost Land. With no way to exit this place, the curse wouldn't be able to follow him out.
For now, Su Nan's main concern was the "Day-to-Night Curse." It required him to complete a task within 30 days, and there were only 11 days left on the quest timer.
Su Nan wasn't in a hurry to complete it, though. If he couldn't resolve the curse in time, he could just leave it behind in the Lost Land, confident that it wouldn't be able to leave this place.
He could even try sealing it in his personal space if necessary. He believed that the curse wouldn't be able to break through the game's created space.
"This quest seems impossible to complete at the moment."
He switched to Zhang Yang's quest and saw that he had three quests in total: "Dragon Turtle's Inheritance," "Legacy of an Ancient Powerhouse," and "The Secret of the Divine Path."
"Dragon Turtle's Inheritance" required him to reach the Xuan level within 30 days to cultivate the Dragon Turtle to that level. There were still 15 days remaining on this quest, but without access to the necessary resources, it would be challenging to achieve this goal.
"The Legacy of an Ancient Powerhouse" was impossible to complete while still in the Lost Land, as it required him to leave this place.
As for "The Secret of the Divine Path," it seemed to be the easiest to complete at the moment. His Divine Path Wishing Spirit would continue to grow with the daily influx of faith and wishes, so it wouldn't be long before it reached a basic level of completion.
He then checked Lang Thirteen's quests.
Lang Thirteen had two quests: "Ninth-Rank Ascension" and "The Wrath of the Yao Emperor."
"The Wrath of the Yao Emperor" was currently stalled because he was unable to find a King-level opponent to hunt down.
As for "Ninth-Rank Ascension," it was impossible to complete at the moment. The first stage of the quest required him to condense four-rank divine seals, but he couldn't obtain divine seals here.
"If I want to obtain demonic power through main quests, it seems I can't do it for now. I'll have to rely on daily tasks."
With a slight movement of his heart, he looked at the Daily Task Refresh Cards.
He had received four Daily Task Refresh Cards after completing the Human Crisis task. He had used two of them earlier to quickly exchange for the Yin-Yang Crossing Plate. Now, he had three left.
However, looking at these three cards, Su Nan shook his head.
While Daily Task Refresh Cards could be used to obtain a substantial amount of demonic power in the outside world, if every refresh here resulted in difficult-to-complete tasks, it would make no difference whether he used them or not.
Staring at the tasks on the panel, Su Nan furrowed his brows.
Suddenly, his gaze fell on the "Resisting the Li Family's Pursuit" task, and a crazy idea crossed his mind.
"Since I've already offended the Li Family, and this task has been refreshed as 'Resisting the Li Family's Pursuit,' what if I offend all ten major clans and all thirty-two minor clans in the Lost Land? Wouldn't each of them give me a task?"
This idea was quite insane. If he really did that, he would become the enemy of everyone in the Lost Land, attracting endless hatred.
But for the sake of demonic power, Su Nan didn't care about these things. After all, he was just a temporary visitor in this world. Once he resolved the issue of the demonic energy, he would leave.
Moreover, this method was simple to implement and highly feasible.
(End of this chapter)