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Chapter 1277 - 884: Outrage

Chapter 1277: Chapter 884: Outrage

Demons were enshrined, and monsters sealed as divine.

Such was a special method unique to those with different pupils, a technique enhanced by fate itself!

In the ancient dynasties of Hua Country, those in power could gather fate to appoint mountain gods and city gods, to protect a region for the dynasty.

From the players’ point of view, the mountain gods and city gods thus appointed.

With the dynasty’s recognition and the addition of fate, they could enjoy incense offerings. It was akin to gathering faith and becoming divine beings.

Among these, many city gods were loyal officials and martyrs in their lifetimes.

They either protected their homeland, pleaded for the people, upheld integrity and loyalty, or sacrificed themselves for the people.

People admired their virtues and hoped that after their death, they could stay close and continue to provide their blessings in another world, in another form.

For example, Shi Kefa, Wen Tianxiang, and Huang Xie of the "Four Lords of the Warring States." All were revered as city gods by locals and to some extent, protected their lands from demon calamities.

However, for monsters, becoming a mountain god held immense allure.

Monsters struggle to earn people’s trust and cannot become city gods. Thus, being appointed as a mountain god became their most important avenue for promotion.

For monsters, once appointed as a mountain god, it was akin to securing a lifelong official job with the government.

The stronger the emperor’s national power, the stronger the fate gathered, and hence, stronger the appointed mountain gods.

In the Eternal Prosperous Tang Dynasty, if Li Er appointed a monster as a mountain god, that monster would have ascended to the heavens in one step.

The same applies to Li Changhe, the Jiedu Envoy of the Great Tang Chenhai Protectorate, and the Tian Ce General of Great Tang. He, too, had the qualification to appoint mountain gods.

Hence, powerful ancient dynasties often had a large following among monsters.

Of course, once the dynasty that had appointed them fell, these monsters might no longer hold any reverence.

Last century, there were still signs of villages offering live human sacrifices. This was the residual effect of appointing mountain gods. No longer enjoying fate, they began to misbehave.

Li Luoling’s grandfather, Ghost Hand, who she had never met, was also once prepared as a sacrifice for a so-called mountain god by a village.

And twenty years later in the future.

In the dark abyssal side, the forces where the different-pupilled ones resided were extremely powerful.

On the third layer of the abyss, they controlled an area of more than 400,000 square kilometers. Its population was even more than a hundred million.

And it was by these means, gathering fate to seal monsters as various mountain gods.

A poor version of the God Sealing List, as it were, this allowed the monsters’ strength to increase significantly. Among them, there were even monsters promoted to divine creatures.

This enabled their forces to contend with other powers successfully. Those Hundred Thousand Mountains harbored a great number of powerful mountain gods.

Even in the circumstances enacted by the dark side, the Demon Country had only been breached once.

And that time, it was Li Luoling!

Now, upon seeing the Demon Country again, Li Luoling hugged Chen Yu tightly, burying her face in the crook of her neck, inhaling Chen Yu’s scent, caressing her back, and whispering, "Little aunt, I will protect you... this time... I definitely will... definitely!"

Chen Yu’s face turned slightly red, but she still asked Li Luoling, "Do you recognize this thing?"

"Yes, little aunt... during this task, don’t reveal your Great Wall player identity. These guys have significant malice towards the Great Wall," Li Luoling responded, then added, "Also, contact my dad, just say... it’s him!"

"Who? What are you hiding from me?" Chen Yu asked. She felt that Li Luoling and her father, Li Changhe, were hiding something. Will I continue to be protected... does it mean the future me also dies in a similar task?

Chen Yu looked around at the increasingly eerie changes and couldn’t help but feel emotional. Will the future me die in such a haunted place...

"Don’t ask now..." said Li Luoling softly, "Just tell my dad like that, it will end soon. I’ll definitely protect you well... this time, let me be your hero, okay?"

While Li Luoling’s expression was smirking, her demeanor had undergone a drastic change.

At this moment, she was no longer the mischievous bratty daughter, but the strongest beast of the Dark Side Great Wall!

A human-shaped catastrophe, the nightmare of the gods.

In that era, that future, the strongest human combat force!

The God Slayer who had killed a demigod.

The mightiest below a demigod, the Xuanyuan Sword Master, the leader of the Dark Side Great Wall!

LV18 [Catastrophes of All Gods·Little Lass Loves Little Auntie]

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Meanwhile, Li Changhe also saw the message sent by [Friends] Chen Yu.

Was Li Luoling talking about him? Did he mean... the Different Pupil?

"Ha!" Li Changhe sneered inwardly.

That damned guy... I haven’t even gone after him yet, and he’s coming to find his own death? Truly walking into a trap!

Does he know that the Great Wall is currently hunting him down with axes all over the world?

However, Li Changhe recalled the trace of hostility he had sensed earlier and couldn’t help but think, could it be that this time, the target of the Different Pupil was himself?

That really made no sense.

At that moment, an Instant Task panel appeared in Li Changhe’s mind.

[Trigger Instant Task: Invade the World of Demon Country]

[Task Description: As some change arises, the power of the Demon Country surfaces in the Real World]

[Task Objective 1: Escape from the Demon Country]

[Task Objective 2: Defeat the mountain gods of the Demon Country, and ensure the evacuation of the populace as much as possible.][Minimum of defeating 3 mountain gods, minimum protection of 200 people]

[Task Objective 3: Break the Demon Country’s formations]

[Task Reward 1: Player Experience]

[Task Reward 2: Game Currency]

"Mountain gods?" Both Li Changhe and Xiao Nan’s expressions shifted slightly.

"Girl, right before the task appeared, I seemed to have detected a trace of hostility. These guys might be coming for me," Li Changhe said among friends.

"Then they might very likely come and find you," the girl responded, "I also sensed a fleeting hostility just a moment ago."

"Our target is us? They know I’m the mightiest below a demigod and still want to strike against us?"

"No, it might be... for some other reason. They probably don’t know your identity, otherwise, they wouldn’t have used this kind of Demon Country against you."

That made sense, given Li Changhe’s strength, destroying the Demon Country would not be a problem. The only trouble was understanding the perpetrator’s reason.

At that moment, Li Changhe received a message from Cangyue Ming.

"Li Ba, are you guys inside the xx mall in Si Men County?"

"Correct. Have you discovered it? This place has mysteriously turned into the Demon Country. It seems someone has specifically set this up to target me," Li Changhe responded.

"Discovered? No, we’ve already arrived! Three teams have infiltrated the Demon Country. From the outside world, this entire area has turned into a series of mountains," Cangyue Ming said. "Don’t reveal your identity, if the other side truly wants to target you, they’ll definitely come to you. This is our chance to wipe them out! Although I don’t know why the Different Pupil would strike against you, he obviously hasn’t recognized you as the mightiest below a demigod! Let him walk into the trap!"

Li Changhe watched the walls around him getting more barren, sneering inwardly, "If he knew he was provoking two of the strongest below demigods, I wonder what expression he would have."

...

On the other side, Si She watched the demons and mountain gods in the formation and couldn’t help but say, "Sage, you’ve appointed so many demons as mountain gods. Won’t that cause problems?"

He had already seen some so-called mountain gods starting to attack humans. This might provoke the Great Wall.

"Hmph." The Three Corpses God laughed coldly, "If you wish to ascend to the Immortal Realm, then erase your humanity. The stronger your humanity, the weaker your divinity, and vice versa!"

"When you erase your last bit of humanity, you will then ascend to an Immortal!"