Chapter 1 The Eruption

The appearance of Cola, Fire Dance, and the others in the vast primeval forest instantly made the deathly silent forest seethe with activity.

Waves of wandering death souls rapidly approached Cola and Fire Dance's group, forming encirclements. Their speed was ghostly, leaving ordinary Tier 3 experts no time to react before being trapped, forced to endlessly grapple with the death souls.

However, Cola completely disregarded the encirclement, charging straight in like a rampaging giant bear, unstoppable. The wandering death souls couldn't halt him even if they tried. Fire Dance, on the other hand, moved with the grace of an elegant lynx, easily weaving through the encirclement, leaving the death souls grasping at air.

Cola, Fire Dance, and the others seemed unaffected by the dense death aura emanating from the death souls, as if shielded by an invisible barrier.

In a short while, Cola and his team had attracted a full five to six hundred well-coordinated wandering death souls that converged directly upon them.

Wandering Death Soul, Undead Creature, High Lord, Level 115, HP 45,000,000.

Wandering Death Soul Elite, Undead Creature, Grand Lord, Level 116, HP 120,000,000.

Fanatical Death Soul, Undead Creature, High Grand Lord, Level 116, HP 400,000,000.

The sight of over four hundred wandering death souls, more than a hundred wandering death soul elites, and six fanatical death souls sent shivers down the spines of everyone present.

These wandering death souls were not ordinary monsters. In life, they were warriors from the city, and even in death, they retained their skills. This gathering of hundreds formed a rudimentary battle formation, which significantly increased their movement and reaction speed and added a layer of magical defense, likely enhancing their defenses and magical power.

Most importantly, these death souls seemed to be under command, moving with great order. Death souls wielding shields and melee weapons stood in the front ranks, while those with bows and magical abilities stood in the rear, advancing in a very organized manner instead of employing simple pack tactics like wild monsters.

"Is this the 120-level secret realm?" The female knight, Qinghong, was shocked by the sight of the monster army that resembled a proper military force.

Although she knew that secret realms above level 100 were different, this scene still left her amazed and shuddering. These monsters were already difficult to deal with, possessing base stats superior to players of the same tier. If they also fought together like NPCs, their combat power would increase many times over, not to mention their high defense and HP.

If they didn't use numbers to suppress them, they probably wouldn't stand a chance.

Hell Shriek also frowned slightly at this.

The monsters weren't a problem individually, not even the High Grand Lord-level Fanatical Death Soul. However, with the battle formation, the coordinated combat, the reduced weaknesses, and the monsters' level advantage, even the experts of the Hell Legion would face a tough battle without equipment that ignored levels.

Among those present, only Shi Feng was not surprised by the strength of the secret realm monsters.

Because this was the true nature of monsters, the real combat power of monsters in God's Domain. The monsters before level 100, or even from level 100 to 115, were merely for players to adjust and adapt.

But at level 120, God's Domain would no longer adapt to players, but rather players would need to adapt to God's Domain. The monsters they faced would be as real as possible, each with its own characteristics. If players couldn't effectively target those characteristics, even expert players of the same tier could be defeated in a one-on-one fight.

This was why 120-level secret realms and team dungeons were the true treasure troves for advancing to Tier 3 classes, containing and dropping many ancient legacies and magic skill books.

As the death soul army approached, the members of Dark Rhapsody and Spiritual Light Congregation prepared themselves. Shi Feng took out the Gospel Ring from his bag and activated Miniature World.

The terrifying magic power, condensed from a full five thousand magic crystals, poured into the Gospel Ring, and the world projection descended.

In an instant, the momentum of the death soul army plummeted, and their reaction speed and physique significantly decreased, making them several levels weaker.

Dark Rhapsody and the Spiritual Light Congregation were stunned.

Although they had experienced the power of the Gospel Ring before, the feeling of having it as an ally was still shocking.

The death soul army, which had felt like a formidable enemy, now gave them the feeling that they could be easily killed.

It was undeniable that turning monsters into teammates was a comforting feeling.

"Alright, let's go! A swift victory!" Shi Feng ordered before everyone could fully recover.

The Gospel Ring was undoubtedly a small artifact for group battles, but its consumption was also incredibly high: five thousand magic crystals every ten minutes. If Zero Wing hadn't achieved a great victory, increasing the number of members at the Free Inn and causing the population of Stone Forest City to surge, resulting in a stockpile of over six hundred thousand magic crystals...

And considering that he needed to nurture and improve everyone's levels, he really wouldn't have dared to use the Gospel Ring so casually.

At Shi Feng's command, everyone reacted and unleashed magic skills on the death soul army in a furious barrage. With their superior stats, a head-on collision was the quickest and simplest approach.

Boom, boom, boom...

A barrage of Tier 3 magic skills rained down, causing the entire primeval forest to shake and tremble as if it were being bombed by fighter jets, altering the terrain.

In less than ten minutes, they had eliminated over eighty percent of the death soul monsters, leaving the remaining ones with low health. Even without the suppression of the Gospel Ring, the sheer number of players could overwhelm the remaining, unweakened death soul monsters. Furthermore, this allowed everyone to fight monsters that hadn't been weakened by the Main God System to improve their strength.

Without the Main God System's weakening, these death soul monsters had a very strong control over death aura. If players didn't find a way to utilize their own mana or manipulate mana to resist, they would easily be invaded and severely interfered with by the death aura. Therefore, the fighting players were constantly exploring ways to resist this death aura.

Normally, this process would be very dangerous. After all, severe death aura invasion could cause temporary body paralysis, leading to instant death by the monsters. Fortunately, the players had a numerical advantage, and the monsters themselves were low on health and weakened, greatly reducing the danger.

Moreover, those present were all Tier 3 experts with talents and combat skills far surpassing ordinary players. Even just one battle like this gave everyone a new understanding and feeling for Mana Body and Mana Manipulation, resulting in noticeable improvements.

However, compared to everyone's understanding and combat skill improvements, the experience points from the death soul monsters were what truly surprised everyone. Qinghong, Jin Lao, and the others were stunned.

Just one wave of five to six hundred death soul monsters visibly increased everyone's experience points, and some Tier 3 experts even leveled up from 107 to 108, a leveling speed more than ten times faster than outside.

And like the experience points, the dropped items from the death soul monsters were just as amazing.

A full ground of loot!

The drop rate was also more than twice as high as outside. Especially the drop rate of weapons and equipment, the worst being 115-level Mysterious-Iron equipment, and the best even included 115-level Secret-Silver equipment. This wave alone yielded five or six pieces of Secret-Silver equipment...

The members of Dark Rhapsody and Spiritual Light Congregation present were green with envy.

115-level Mysterious-Iron might be ordinary, but 115-level Secret-Silver was precious. Embedding a level-reduction gem allowed 110-level players to equip 115-level Secret-Silver equipment, which was slightly better than 110-level Fine-Gold equipment.

Right now, the various powers were going crazy for 105-level Fine-Gold equipment because they didn't have much. They wouldn't even dare to dream of 110-level Fine-Gold equipment.

Five or six pieces in one wave, only fifteen minutes of combat, fifty or sixty pieces in ten waves, a total of one hundred and fifty minutes, the harvest for one day would be astronomical...

Just as the members of Dark Rhapsody and Spiritual Light Congregation were exclaiming in surprise and envy, Fire Dance, who was collecting the loot, suddenly walked towards Shi Feng with an excited expression.

"Guild Leader, we hit the jackpot!"