Chapter 1 The Altar

As Shi Feng and the three from Lingyin ascended the altar, Tianying and the others, who were recuperating their stamina and mental strength before the mountain gate, couldn't help but look over.

"Guild Leader, Lingyin and the others have gone up."

"Hilarious, an Assassin, a Berserker, and a Swordsman, what kind of combination is that? They don't really intend to challenge the Epic rank, do they!"

"If she dares to waste this precious opportunity, even her brother won't be able to protect her position any longer!"

Tianying glanced at Lingyin on the altar, then closed his eyes and rested, no longer concerned about the battle on the stage.

After an intense battle, both physical and mental strength were greatly depleted. Although World Peak was safe, there were still battles to be fought, so maintaining the best possible condition was necessary.

On the altar, as soon as Shi Feng stepped onto it, a system notification sounded in his ear.

System: Defeat all enemies that appear to enter World Peak.

System: Detecting that the players are a three-person team. Each kill of a special elite grants 30 minutes of time, a Lord monster 100 minutes, a Lord 500 minutes, a High Lord 1000 minutes, a Grand Lord 2000 minutes, and a High Grand Lord 5000 minutes.

System: The team can choose up to 20 monsters as opponents. If you cannot defeat the opponents, you will die.

System: The leader of the three-person team can choose 10 monsters, and each team member can choose 5 monsters. After they appear, these monsters will prioritize attacking the players who chose them. The team has ten minutes to consider. Failure to make a choice within the time limit will be considered a forfeit, and if they forfeit, the player will die.

"As we discussed earlier, I'll choose the High Grand Lord and nine Lord monsters. Manqiang, you choose three Grand Lords and two Lord monsters. Maple Leaf, you choose one Grand Lord and four Lord monsters. Try to stall for time as much as possible. Manqiang and I will take care of the small monsters as quickly as possible, then we'll focus on dealing with your Grand Lords." Lingyin said to Shi Feng.

"Understood." Shi Feng nodded.

He didn't use his real name with Lingyin and the others, but just made up a pseudonym.

World Peak was a treasure trove and a gathering place for Demon players. Exposing either the Ye Feng or Black Flame ID would cause problems, so using a fake name would avoid any trouble. Furthermore, he had the Darkwalker's Cloak, so even players with special high-level observation skills wouldn't be able to see through his disguise.

Lingyin saw that Shi Feng had no problems, and immediately began to choose monsters.

However, after Shi Feng chose a Grand Lord, he didn't choose four Lord monsters, but changed it to one High Grand Lord and three Lord monsters.

Since they had finally formed a team to challenge World Peak, he naturally wanted to earn as much time as possible. After all, his goal was a large number of Divine Crystals, not just one or two. Even though the Epic-rank team gave a lot of time, it was still not enough for him.

And since Lingyin and Manqiang were confident in solving their own monsters, it didn't matter if he changed one Lord monster to a High Grand Lord.

With Shi Feng finishing his selection, Lingyin and Manqiang had already chosen theirs, and began to wait for the monsters to appear.

As the waiting time ended, magic arrays appeared in the air above the altar, and combat puppets fell one by one.

As the combat puppets appeared one by one, the entire audience exclaimed again!

"No way, is someone else challenging the Epic difficulty?"

"Hmm, wait! Why are there two High Grand Lords? Did they choose wrong?"

"That shouldn't be possible. How could you choose the wrong thing? If you choose wrong, you'll die."

The crowd under the altar was dumbfounded when they saw the combat puppets on the altar this time.

In their opinion, challenging the Epic difficulty and choosing one more Grand Lord-level puppet was already very difficult, let alone choosing one more High Grand Lord-level puppet.

Although the Tianying team had easily passed the Epic-rank test, this was the result of precise calculations. At that time, the Guardian Knight was tanking a Hellfire Puppet and four Magic Steel Puppets alone. Because of the suppression of the Domain, he could maintain his HP in a safe state. If there was one more Grand Lord-level Magic Steel Puppet, it might be the last straw that broke the Tianying team's back.

Adding a High Grand Lord directly was simply amazing!

In fact, not only were the people under the altar dumbfounded, but even Lingyin and Manqiang were stunned on the spot.

What's going on?

There were actually two High Grand Lord-level combat puppets on the altar...

Hellfire Puppet, High Grand Lord, Level 49, HP 27,000,000.

Magic Steel Puppet, Grand Lord, Level 49, HP 16,000,000.

Silver Puppet, Lord, Level 49, HP 1,400,000.

"It seems I guessed right." Shi Feng looked at the level of the puppets and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

His level was as high as 60. For the current players, this level was too high, and he didn't want to be discovered.

However, in the altar's test, the monster level was determined according to the highest level player in the team, so he chose the Growth System to make his level match the highest level player in the team. Although this would cause his basic attributes to decrease proportionally, the quality of his equipment would not be affected.

This way, players could quickly level up and fight monsters together with their companions, without having to worry about robbing a lot of experience points because of the high level.

"Is this Lingyin crazy?" Tianying looked at the two Hellfire Puppets that appeared on the altar, with an expression of disbelief.

He knew very well the power of the Hellfire Puppets. Although their HP was far less than that of normal High Grand Lords, their combat power was genuine. If it weren't for the suppression of the Tier 3 Domain Scroll, coupled with the auxiliary effect of the Domain attack, they would not have been able to defeat the Hellfire Puppets with just the three of them.

But as far as he knew, the Sin of Pride hadn't heard of getting a Tier 3 Domain Scroll at all, and even if they did, how could a Berserker like Manqiang withstand it, let alone without a healer.

Everyone present felt that Lingyin's choice was unbelievable, but everyone didn't know that Lingyin herself was the most confused.

However, with the appearance of the combat puppets, Lingyin didn't have much time to react, and they rushed up directly.

"Guild Leader, what should we do now?" Manqiang looked at the Hellfire Puppet rushing over and panicked.

"There's no way, use burst skills, use both Demonic Spirit Crystals together! Then use a Tier 3 Magic Scroll to kill the Lord monsters, kill as many as you can!" Lingyin gritted her teeth, took out a crystal with a deep purple halo from her backpack, and threw it directly on the ground.

Manqiang also reluctantly took out one from his backpack and threw it on the ground as well.

As the two Demonic Spirit Crystals shattered, the surrounding space suddenly became much more solid. Not only did the movements of the combat puppets that rushed in become stiff, but their attributes also began to decline, directly decreasing by as much as 20%. Although it was far less than a Tier 3 Domain Scroll, it was still a very valuable rare item.

However, even so, the effect was good for the Lord-level Silver Puppets, but it was nothing to the High Grand Lord-level Hellfire Puppets, who were still crushing Tier 1 players.

Even though Lingyin and Manqiang were both equipped with top-quality equipment, and even used burst skills to double their attributes, bringing them close to the Grand Lord level, they were still suppressed by the Hellfire Puppets, let alone two of them.

But at this time, Lingyin could only grit her teeth and fight.

They saw the two facing the combat puppets rushing over, and at the same time used two Tier 3 Magic Scrolls, one a restriction magic and the other a large-scale destruction magic.

This directly caused all the combat puppets that rushed up to sink into the mud, unable to move for a short time, and a large-scale destruction magic scroll was not enough, Lingyin used another large-scale destruction magic scroll.

Using three large-scale destruction magic scrolls in a row directly killed all the Lord-level Silver Puppets. Although the damage of the three large-scale destruction magic was very high, the individual power could not be compared with the effect of Tianying drinking the Demon Burning Potion, only causing the Grand Lord-level Magic Steel Puppets to be severely damaged. The High Grand Lord-level Hellfire Puppets were fine at all. The two rushed to Lingyin's front at the same time and waved the blades in their hands.

Facing the eight-armed attack of the two Hellfire Puppets, dozens of blades flew all over the sky, making it impossible to avoid. Lingyin could only use the brief invincible effect of Gale Steps to accurately block all the attacks. Then, she decisively retreated, preparing to use the kiting tactic.

However, before running out of 10 yards, one of the Hellfire Puppets appeared beside Lingyin, and the blade light that was swung out instantly blocked Lingyin's path forward, while the other Hellfire Puppet launched an attack from behind.

"So fast!" Lingyin looked at the Hellfire Puppet rushing over from behind, and had no choice but to turn around and meet it.

Facing the dozen or so blades swung out by the Hellfire Puppet, Lingyin's dodge could be said to be very perfect, directly dodging half of the attack trajectories, and passing through the Hellfire Puppet's side by deflecting her power.

However, the several collisions with the Hellfire Puppet also caused Lingyin's HP to lose more than 8,000 points. For Lingyin, whose HP was as high as more than 90,000 after opening the burst skill, it was also a damage that could not be ignored.

But Lingyin had not run out of the encirclement of this Hellfire Puppet for a moment, another Hellfire Puppet flipped over and stood in front of Lingyin again, forming a pincer attack again...

"I thought this Lingyin had a lot of skills, but she dared to face two Hellfire Puppets. She's dead this time!"

"No, even if it's not two Hellfire Puppets, they can't resist it, after all, they don't have a healer, and the suppression of the Hellfire Puppets is too weak. Even if they use potions to restore HP, they can't fight for a long time, and the final result is still the same."

"Yes! Although her technical level is very high, she really thinks she's a god."

The Guardian Knight and Priest of the Tianying team watched Lingyin escape for her life, and couldn't help but secretly laugh. Tianying himself no longer looked at the battle on the altar, because the result of this battle was already self-evident, and there was no need to watch it anymore.

"Is this the end?" Lingyin looked at her HP, which had dropped to one-third, and smiled bitterly.

Seeing the two Hellfire Puppets launch an offensive towards Lingyin again, everyone thought it was about to end. Suddenly, a wave appeared on the altar and spread out in an instant.

With the appearance of this wave, both the combat puppets and Lingyin and Manqiang felt a sense of weakness.

Then, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind a Hellfire Puppet, and a blue light bloomed. The Hellfire Puppet flew out more than ten yards on the spot and fell heavily on the altar...

"Maple Leaf?"

Lingyin and Manqiang on the field widened their eyes when they saw this scene.