192: Guardian of the Forbidden City - Mission Completed

At this time, the Red Lotus Demonic Flame Talent was still more than two thousand experience points away from upgrading.

"Brother Tang, the mission is complete! I gained two thousand experience points! It saved me two hundred A-Rank Talent Stones!" Zhang Xile was happy; two thousand experience points were already equivalent to two percent of his experience progress. It was quite good to get this much from a hidden mission.

"Me too." Nie Yu was also joyful. Although his own strength was not bad, he was purely carried by his teammates' strong abilities. Otherwise, that Level Five Contaminated Beast alone would have made him cry for his parents.

The three Level Five Experts upstairs came down at this moment, originally intending to express their gratitude, but the ground suddenly trembled. Jagged cracks opened, and the building was torn apart like fragile paper.

"What is that!" The Thunderfire Man's eyes darkened.

Three giant claws formed from dense death energy, reaching for the three Level Five Experts. Tang Ping, who had already noticed the anomaly, suddenly pushed out the divine halo behind him!

"Zhang Xile!"

"Understood!"

A flash of aurora streaked by, and the three Level Five Experts were taken away by Zhang Xile, strung together like gourds.

As the divine halo's suppression was released, the giant claws landed, their immense power directly crushing the large building as if it were tofu. But after this strike, the death energy giant claws also dissipated and vanished.

It was clear that these three death energy giant claws were ambushed here from the start, but it was unknown who was behind it.

"It's a Talent User's ability." The Hailstone Woman frowned, catching a fleeting aura.

"Damn it, at a time like this, someone is still thinking of internal strife! Who is it? Don't let me find out!" The Stone Pillar Man roared.

The Thunderfire Man came before Tang Ping's group of three at this moment: "Thank you three just now. If it weren't for your support, we might have failed our breakthrough."

"It's all for the Safe Zone." Tang Ping shook his head, "Let's hurry and stop the Pollution Beasts. With the three of you joining, we can definitely successfully withstand this beast tide!"

The Thunderfire Man nodded: "We will. Then, I'll take my leave."

Adding three Level Five Experts to their side and completing another hidden mission increased the probability of success. Of course, the most crucial part was what came next.

"Zhang Xile, Nie Yu, follow me."

..."Those three didn't die." In a villa, a pale-skinned young man opened his eyes. "Never mind, as long as I succeed, this Safe Zone will still be annihilated."

He had awakened the Lord of the Dead Spirits Talent. As the number of deaths increased, the Lord of the Dead Spirits he summoned would grow stronger. Once successful, even more Level Five Experts would be useless.

Behind the young man, a phantom figure, over ten meters tall even when seated, slowly stood. Beneath him, vein-like networks, resembling blood vessels, spread throughout the entire underground of the Safe Zone, and the altar beneath the young man was the core.

The air suddenly solidified, and a storm of attacks rained down on the young man without any warning!

The young man suddenly opened his eyes in shock and anger. Someone had actually discovered him! Who! His eyes gleamed with a cold light; whoever it was, they would die! The altar could not be destroyed!

Flames, light, and water crashed down like a torrential storm. The young man was about to resist when he suddenly saw several large cherry bombs rolling at his feet, feeling a bit confused.

But in the next second, his pupils constricted, "No!"

He wanted to stop it, but his head throbbed, burning like fire, slowing his reaction by a beat.

A violent explosion erupted at this moment, and the entire villa collapsed with a roar. The altar below, no matter how sturdy, was shattered into pieces by the cherry bomb. As the core was destroyed, the ethereal death energy networks instantly became chaotic.

The Lord of the Dead Spirits, which was gradually becoming clearer and more solid, instantly disintegrated. A furious roar echoed from the smoke, and the young man emerged, his eyes bloodshot. His heart was bleeding; ten years of effort crumbled in an instant. He felt like chopping those three people into pieces.

Just as he was about to search, he suddenly felt a shadow overhead, and a thick stone pillar pressed down, making him tremble with fear. If it landed, he would probably be directly crushed into meat paste.

The Lord of the Dead Spirits, still retaining a trace of power, instantly erupted. The Lord of the Dead Spirits, which was over ten meters tall when seated, now barely stood ten meters high, showing how severe the after-effects of the previous attack were.

The Lord of the Dead Spirits held up the stone pillar, and the young man retreated, but a fierce, scorching aura enveloped him from behind again. It was thunderfire. The thunderfire exploded, its mere aftershock covering a hundred-meter radius, showing what would happen to the young man if he were hit head-on.

And these attacks had all been prepared for a long time.

That's right, the Thunderfire Man and his two companions weren't really leaving with Tang Ping's group; it was just a feint.

Despite all this, the young man was still not dead, escaping in a sorry state. The surrounding air suddenly solidified. The young man, who had already suffered continuous blows, couldn't withstand it, even as a Level Five S-Rank Talent User, and was frozen in place.

At this moment, the Stone Pillar Man swung the stone pillar, as thick as a water vat, at the young man frozen in the ice block, smashing it down.

The young man, along with the ice block, shattered into pieces on the ground.

"Is he dead?" The Stone Pillar Man was still somewhat incredulous that he had killed an S-Rank Talent User of the same rank. He poked the ground again with the water vat-thick stone pillar, and the young man, originally in several pieces, was completely reduced to dust.

"I didn't expect such a powerful traitor to be hidden in the city." The Thunderfire Man was from the military. When he saw the opponent harvesting death energy and spiritual bodies, he vaguely guessed that this inexplicable beast tide probably had a great connection to him.

And Tang Ping's group of three also received hidden mission rewards again.

Only this time, it wasn't experience points, but three eggs. After sensing the aura of the three eggs, Tang Ping's group knew why those three Level Five King Beasts had launched a beast tide, desperately besieging the Safe Zone. But obviously, they couldn't let the Thunderfire Man and his two companions see these three King Beast eggs.

And this hidden mission was Hidden Mission 1. As for Hidden Mission 2, it was to kill the King Beasts and obtain their essence, which could be used to upgrade Talents.

There were three Level Five King Beasts: one illusion-attribute, one earth-attribute, and one water-attribute.

"Brother Lei, there's something I'd like to ask of you."

"Hahaha, what is it, little Brother Tang Ping? Just say it, our Boss Lei will definitely agree!"

"It's just..."

With three Level Five Experts, although their Talents were only A-Rank and their strength was slightly weaker due to forced breakthroughs, they were still genuine Level Fives. Coupled with the existing experts who were resisting the King Beasts, Tang Ping's group undoubtedly killed the water-attribute Pollution Beast.

Even the other three managed to grab a beast head, obtaining three incredibly precious essences. These things could directly upgrade Talents to A-Rank!

Twenty-four hours later, the dungeon ended, and 480 experience points were again obtained and added to the Red Lotus Demonic Flame Talent.

On a lake surface in Tang Lake, Zhang Xile had already begun to contract with the purple light golden sun tree. At the same time, his Talent also quietly underwent a transformation.

Nie Yu used the water-attribute King Beast essence, and his Talent advanced towards a top-tier A-Rank Talent.

As for Tang Ping, he pocketed the other two essences, an A-Rank talent upgrade stone, and an earth-attribute pet egg. Each item was an extremely precious treasure.

As for the other two pet eggs, the water-attribute one naturally went to Nie Yu, and the illusion-attribute one, Zhang Xile's dream flying mount, naturally became Zhang Xile's pet. However, successfully hatching it would not be simple.

Moreover, without the care of the mother beast, it was very likely that these pets would experience a drop in their innate Talent level after birth.

In short, before they even hatched, a large amount of resources would have to be invested. Tang Ping didn't even want to raise his own earth-attribute pet egg, as he still had a pet egg obtained from a treasure chest long ago that hadn't hatched.

It wasn't that it couldn't hatch, but that it was expensive. In fact, there were quite a few players with pet eggs, but very few could hatch them healthily. Various hatching fluids, nutrient solutions, bloodline strengthening fluids, high-grade culture solutions—you'd go to the trading zone to buy them, and you'd be silent after one purchase.

A small boat drifted on the lake. Tang Ping relaxed, waiting for both of them to complete their breakthroughs before making further preparations.