“This world is a cold hell… there is no good… no evil… only pain…
“Only surrender to me…”
Strange murmurs kept coming from the box.
Cao Xing looked strange.
This thing is really evil.
When the black air dissipated, Cao Xing saw a palm-sized, square metal box inside the box.
Marita saw the expression on Cao Xing’s face and reminded her again: “Lord Cao Xing, you must have seen that this box is an evil thing. Are you sure you want to buy it?”
Cao Xing nodded, “Yes.”
Marita said no more, and the two parties completed the deal again.
[The transaction is successful: you obtained the Demon Swallowing Box*1, and you lost the coins*600,000]
When Marita saw that the transaction was completed, a faint smile appeared on her lips again.
“Then, let me tell you how to use this box.”
Cao Xing was stunned, “Is there any other way to use it?”
“Yes, because the demon sealed inside is too powerful, specific spells are required to open this box or to drive the demon inside.”
A look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing’s eyes.
Then Marita told Cao Xing various spells.
And Cao Xing quickly wrote it down in his mind.
Since his mental power has been greatly improved, Cao Xing feels that his memory and thinking ability have also been greatly improved.
Finally, Marita warned, “Lord Cao Xing, remember, you must be careful when dealing with demons.”
“In addition to possessing various weird abilities, they are also very good at deceiving people.”
“If you need to drive the devil inside the box, remember not to listen to anything it says, and reseal the box directly after use.”
Cao Xing nodded, “I remember it, Miss Marita, thank you for the reminder.”
At this point, their transaction can be said to have come to a successful conclusion.
The two teams separated.
The businessman Yowan was kneeling on the ice from beginning to end and did not dare to get up.
After this experience, he probably can’t stay in the Luna Merchant Guild any longer.
Of course, these have nothing to do with Cao Xing.
…
The mammoths were moving at full speed, running wildly along this wide lower glacier area.
Because they were running so loudly, flocks of large white birds of unknown species flew up from time to time in the woods on both sides.
Twenty minutes later.
Cao Xing has arrived less than 5 kilometers away from Ji Xinyue’s territory.
Her territory seems to be located near this glacier.
So, he sent a message, “I’m almost there, are you in the territory?”
The other person quickly replied: “I’m here, Mr. Cao Xing, I’ve been waiting for you.”
“good.”
After a simple reply, Cao Xing continued running without any further nonsense.
After a few minutes.
Cao Xing saw a well-developed territory on the bank of the glacier.
In the center of the camp, there was a large, blazing bonfire, which looked like it had been built to at least level 6.
A dozen buildings were built around the bonfire.
Level 2 lord’s hut, level 2 polar man’s hut, level 1 blacksmith shop, sewing shop, canteen, etc.
Although it is not as large as Cao Xing’s territory, it is still developing well among the survivors.
At this moment, eight polar men were collecting resources in the woods not far away.
In that small forest, there were bare tree stumps on the ground, which were almost cut down by them.
Fortunately, the system will randomly refresh new resource points near the territory every half month.
The locations of these resource points are not fixed, and the resources given are of random types.
You may be given a haunted iron mine, or you may be given a rich gold mine, it all depends on luck.
Boom! Boom!
Cao Xing continued to lead his men closer.
The heavy footsteps of the mammoth disturbed the eight polar men.
When they saw the powerful Cao Xing and others, they were frightened.
“Whoa!”
The eight polar men let out a strange scream, then dropped the tools in their hands and quickly ran back to their territory.
He was running and yelling.
“Lord! Help!”
“There are many powerful monsters approaching our territory!”
“Lord, run away!”
The shouts of the polar men alerted the people in the camp.
After a while, three figures emerged from the lord’s hut.
A middle-aged man, followed by a tall, thin, middle-aged woman who looked a little haggard.
In front of them was a female warrior holding a two-handed sword.
This is a family of three.
Although the system’s allocation mechanism allocates according to families, if there are insufficient or excessive people.
It will be like Cao Xing and Liu Muxue, two or three people in one camp.
The family of three also noticed Cao Xing and his group, and their expressions suddenly changed wildly.
They even wanted to run away on the spot.
However, the female warrior saw the person sitting on the mammoth waving to her.
For a moment, she didn’t act rashly.
Soon, Cao Xing led people to the female warrior’s side.
He glanced at the information on the heads of the three people.
[Ji Xinyue lv6], [Ji Zhenbing lv5], [Wang Shi lv5]
Cao Xing nodded secretly, this woman was the Ji Xinyue she was looking for.
Ji Xinyue, like other survivors, wore a long skirt on the lower body, light armor on the upper body, and a wolfskin coat outside, which looked nondescript.
However, this woman’s appearance is pretty good.
Although not as good as Liu Muxue, she is still very eye-catching among the crowd.
Ji Xinyue was also observing the information of Cao Xing and others. After seeing the name above his head, she immediately exclaimed: “Boss Cao Xing! You are finally here!”
“This next to you is Goddess Muxue! Oh my God, you are really together.”
Cao Xing nodded, and then walked down with Liu Muxue.
At the same time, Ji Xinyue also noticed the recruiting creatures behind Cao Xing, which had different shapes but had strong auras.
He immediately exclaimed: “Oh my God! Are these all the men of Mr. Cao Xing?”
“You can even recruit the leader-level Blood Spider Queen, Mammoth, and the leader-level Frostwolf Knight. Isn’t this terrifying?”
Ji Xinyue yelled.
Including Ji Xinyue’s parents, they were also looking at the group of terrifying creatures behind Cao Xing in amazement.
What she doesn’t know is that Cao Xing’s strongest combat power, Sarah, is still hidden in the secret.
That was a third-level leader-level assassin.
After Cao Xing brought Liu Muxue down, the two parties exchanged a simple greeting.
He didn’t do any ink and asked straight to the point: “Ji Xinyue, where is the underground tomb you found?”
Ji Xinyue had also adjusted her excitement, pointed to a forest in the distance and said: “Boss Cao Xing, it’s in the forest in front, about four or five kilometers away from my territory.
“I wanted to go there to hunt some rabbits or something, but I stumbled upon that catacombs!”
“That underground tomb is so big, and the facilities inside are almost like an underground palace!”
Ji Xinyue explained with a beaming eyebrow.
Cao Xing nodded, “Take us there.”
“OK.”
Ji Xinyue was overjoyed.
Then, she turned around and explained to her parents.
The middle-aged man and woman looked a little worried, but they also knew that Ji Xinyue was going to do something important.
These days, they were also frightened to the point of weakness by the group of undead in Ascalon.
And Cao Xing also came to help them, and he couldn’t help but feel strong gratitude to him in his heart.
The woman with an upward appearance and a certain charm said softly: “Thank you to this little brother Cao Xing.”
“We heard from Xiao Yueyue that you traveled hundreds of kilometers just to help us solve the problem of those undead.”
“We, as a family, would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”
After the two of them finished speaking, they bowed slightly to Cao Xing together.
“You’re welcome, uncle and aunt, I’m also interested in this task.”
“Besides, it’s not certain whether it can be completed.”
“If the monsters inside are too strong, you should be prepared to move.”
Cao Xing’s joking tone made the middle-aged women’s tension dissipate a bit.
A smile also appeared on Ji Xinyue’s face.
At this time, she looked to the side and shouted, “Xiaohu, come out.”
Then, a striped tiger with light yellow hair all over its body that looked like it was still growing rushed out of a residential house.
[Snow Tiger: lv7]
[Lord: Ji Xinyue]
[HP: 640/640]
[Attack power: 71~75]
[Skills: bite, tiger attack]
[Talent: Cold Resistance]
…
Cao Xing was stunned, “Do you still have pets?”
Ji Xinyue smiled proudly and said: “Humph! Of course, I am very strong!”
“I am also in the top ten in the current rankings!”
However, when she saw Cao Xing’s mammoth, she said with some dejection: “Of course, it can’t compare with a big guy like you.”
“You actually have a level 20 boss-level pet. This is so cool and trendy!”
Ji Xinyue looked envious.
However, her pet tiger seemed a little unhappy when he heard her praising other pets.
“Woo…Woo…”
The tiger made a deep sound.
Ji Xinyue walked over and touched its neck, then threw a piece of fresh meat into its mouth, and the tiger finally calmed down.
Then, she sighed: “The little tiger is so edible. Our family can only eat bread every day, and all the meat is used to feed it.”
“However, it is quite impressive and helped us kill many monsters.”
Cao Xing nodded and didn’t care.
Ji Xinyue rode on the back of this snow tiger.
With a height of over one meter, it can accommodate almost two people.
“Let’s go, Mr. Cao Xing, I will lead you.”
After saying that, Ji Xinyue rode the snow tiger and ran wildly in the snow.
The Xueyuan Tiger seemed to want to show off its speed to everyone, and began to run wildly, its movements extremely vigorous.
The instantaneous burst of speed even reached speeds of forty or fifty kilometers per hour.
However, for everyone who has been blessed with [Queen’s Will] and is still in the [Queen’s Halo] state.
It’s easy to catch up.
Cao Xing and others followed behind, keeping a certain distance.
After rushing for about three kilometers, the tiger lost its strength.
“Woo…”
Ji Xinyue continued to comfort her: “Xiaohu, you are just a level 7 tiger. Why can’t you think about competing with a level 20 mammoth?”
Ji Xinyue was funny yet helpless, reaching out her hand to comfort her gently.
The tiger nodded dejectedly, and then continued moving forward with Ji Xinyue.
Soon, they came to the forest she was talking about.
Rustling… rustling…
Stepping on the snow on the ground and the leaves that were frozen hard, we moved forward.
Before long, they had gone deep into the forest.
The light here seems even dimmer, like a haunted forest in a horror movie.
In addition, the low temperature of -50℃ makes the environment of this forest even more eerie.
It was normal for Ji Xinyue to encounter the undead here.
At this time, with his keen eyesight, Cao Xing discovered some collapsed building walls on the ground, which seemed to have some strange text patterns engraved on them.
“What are those patterns?” Cao Xing asked doubtfully.
Rhaenys on the side quickly walked over to take a look, and then said: “Lord, this is the text of the Ascalon Empire. There seems to be a palace here.”
“palace?”
Cao Xing thought for a moment and asked: “Renice, have you been here before?”
Rhaenys shook her head, “No, the Kingdom of Ascalon is very large. I was born in the border area of the Western Continent.”
“Not long after I came of age, Ascalon went to war with the Blood Legion.”
“And in the last battle, my heart was pierced and I suffered fatal injuries.”
“I was supposed to be dead, but suddenly I heard the voice of the gods ringing in my ears.”
Cao Xing asked in confusion: “God?”
“Yes.”
Renes nodded and said: “The voice of the god told me whether to choose to be sealed into the summoning space and wait for the summons of the chosen lord in the future, or to choose to die.”
After listening to Renice’s story, Cao Xing understood something.
So, is this the principle behind recruitment scrolls?
Seal the heroes who should have died thousands of years ago, or even ten thousand years ago, into the summoning space.
Then wait for the humans from Blue Star to come to this world and summon them again.
Including Andrew and Assam, they are all the same.
“The power of the gods?”
Cao Xing was thoughtful.
He continued to ask: “Renice, do you know the meaning of the words above?”
Rhaenys took a look, then nodded: “The words on it seem to be, пай”
“That translates to hell.”
Hearing this, Ji Xinyue exclaimed: “Yes, that’s what those undead people have been saying every night when they appear, so this is what they mean!”
“hell?”
Cao Xing looked puzzled.
After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing shook his head, not prepared to dwell on this issue any longer.
They started to move on.
The deeper you go into the forest, the more gloomy the surrounding environment becomes, and the more collapsed ruins there are.
Through these ruins, it can be vaguely seen that there was once a complex of buildings here.
But for unknown reasons, these buildings have disappeared.
In other words, it sank into the ground.
At this time, a blue light appeared faintly in the center of the forest.
Ji Xinyue said excitedly: “We’re almost there. The place ahead is where I found the Ascalon tomb.”
After saying that, she couldn’t help but quicken her pace.
Following her around, they soon came to the bright spot.
This is truly the heart of the forest.
However, those glowing things are not light sources.
Instead, they were clusters of blue will-o’-the-wisps floating in mid-air.
[Wraith Ghost Fire (lv8)]
[Health value: 640]
[Skill: Self-destruction (after being attacked, all energy will be detonated, causing damage equal to health*50% to surrounding enemies)]
(Introduction: A kind of will-o’-the-wisp will be born in places with heavy Yin energy. Don’t attack it casually.)…
After seeing the skill introduction, Cao Xing immediately gave up any thought of touching these will-o’-the-wisps.
at the same time.
Ji Xinyue has arrived among the ruins.
Stepping on a pile of rocks, the woman holding a big sword said: “Right here, there is an underground passage.”
“After going down here, you can reach the Tomb of Ascalon.”
After hearing this, Cao Xing also came over.
Sure enough, I saw a stone staircase in the middle of the ruins.
There is also map information on it.
Cao Xing glanced at it.
【Tomb of Ascalon】
[Danger: extremely dangerous]
[Map introduction: This was once the palace of the Kingdom of Ascalon. Because of a war, Edburn, the king of Ascalon, chose to sink the palace into the ground and bound the souls of all the soldiers in the palace. Over time, this place became the tomb of the Ascalonians. 】
…
“Is it extremely dangerous again?”
Cao Xing thought for a moment, and then asked: “What’s the strength of the undead inside?”
Ji Xinyue replied, “The levels of those undead are all above level 20, and there are a few elite undead that are 20 levels above me, and there are a lot of them.”
“The number of undead I’ve seen alone exceeds hundreds!”
“With so many Ascalon undead, if they were all dispatched, I feel they could even destroy an army of thousands of people!”
At this point, Ji Xinyue paused, “However, those undead will not attack us.”
“They just want my help to deal with the demon inside that is devouring the undead of Ascalon.”
Cao Xing was stunned. It seemed like the demon inside was really powerful! According to Ji Xinyue, there are more than a hundred third-level undead, which is a quite huge force.
Of course, it is also possible that the demon has methods to target these undead.
Cao Xing thought for a moment and decided to go and see the situation first.
“Let’s go down first.”
After saying that, he jumped off Dabai’s back with Liu Muxue in tow.
Given the narrowness of this passage, mammoths would definitely not be able to enter.
Therefore, Cao Xing could only leave Dabai outside.
Ji Xinyue’s tiger also stayed outside together.
“Bron, open the way ahead.” Cao Xing ordered.
Bronn raised his shield as wide as the door panel and said cheerfully: “No problem, respected lord, just follow Bronn!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and rushed into the tunnel.
Then, Assam, Andrew and others entered the camera.
Cao Xing, Liu Muxue, and Ji Xinyue walked at the back of the team.
As soon as he entered the underground area, a system prompt appeared.
[You have entered the special area: Tomb of Ascalon]
[Note: The Ascalon Tomb is a high-level area. It is recommended that at least 4 survivors with level 3 or above strength form a team to explore. 】
Cao Xing frowned when he saw this system prompt.
Obviously, the difficulty of Ascalon Tomb is higher than that of Goblin Treasure House.
In the Goblin Treasure House, they faced a third-level leader-level creature like the Goblin King.
Although it is only a weakened version, it is enough to reflect its difficulty.
In this area, you might encounter more powerful creatures.
However, Cao Xing didn’t feel much fear.
After all, his current strength has been greatly improved compared to that in the goblin treasure house, which can be called a qualitative change.
Everyone moved on.
“Tap tap… tap tap…”
The sound of dense footsteps kept ringing.
The stairs leading underground were long and dark.
But with Bronn’s loud voice clearing the way ahead, it didn’t seem that scary.
As he walked, he hummed a strange folk song.
“Your home is covered with snow, and ice covers the rivers and lakes~”
“The cold wind stole our language. It is only natural that such a thing should happen, so~”
“Don’t let diamond tears well up in your eyes~”
The empty singing echoed in the passage.
Cao Xing was happy and asked: “Bron, what are you singing?”
Bronn turned his head, grinned and said: “Lord, this is a little song from my hometown, does it sound good?”
Without waiting for Cao Xing to answer.
Hilda, who was following behind, said with a look of disgust on her face: “Ugh… it’s so unpleasant, don’t sing anymore!”
Bronn smiled and said: “This beautiful Lady Blood Spider, it seems you don’t have the musical ability to appreciate my beautiful singing voice~”
At this moment, a blue light suddenly appeared in the dark passage.
Cao Xing looked closely and found that it was an illusory soul body with a pale face and a blue light! The temperature in the entire channel dropped rapidly.
Click! Click! A layer of frost quickly formed on the steps under my feet.
The blue soul just stared at everyone, with an empty gaze that seemed to contain scrutiny and hostility.
“By the gods, what the hell is this?”
Bronn screamed and took a few steps back, almost hitting Assam.
Cao Xing also quickly glanced at the attributes of this undead.
[The Undead of Ascalonian Warriors (lv24)]
[Race: Undead]
[Level: third-level ordinary creature]
[HP: 12540/12540]
[Attack power: 461~487]
[Armor: 371~394]
[Skill: Winter Sword Technique (when attacking, there is a 20% chance of putting the enemy into a frozen state for 3 seconds) Soul Slash (cutting out a sword energy, causing 133% damage to the target’s soul, and putting it into a brief state of fear. )Spirit (The physical attacks received are reduced by 30%, and the approaching enemies are frightened and the body surface temperature is lowered.)】
[Talent: Body of the Undead (can pass through the wall regardless of obstacles, and the movement speed is increased by 30%. If there are other restrictions on the wall, it cannot be passed through.)]
(Introduction: The ghosts of soldiers who are bound here, the power of the ancient sword Magdale gives them a second life, and also gives them eternal curse.)…
Cao Xing’s eyes narrowed, and sure enough, a third-level monster appeared.
These undead have very powerful attributes.
There is also a [Spirit Body] skill that can affect temperature.
No wonder Cao Xing felt that the temperature in the passage had dropped so much.
At this moment, the undead warrior drew his weapon and asked in a voice like a soul whisper.
“Who are you…and why did you intrude on our resting place?”
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