Yin Ling’s core skill was named ‘Immortal Spirit Medicine Body,’ a truly supportive ability.
However, all things in the world converged to the same end; no one stipulated that a support skill had to remain a support forever. Liu Shang was like this, Wang Chui was like this, and Yin Ling… could be like this too.
She believed her talent for poison crafting wasn't strong, but thanks to the legendary skill ‘Immortal Spirit Medicine Body,’ which allowed her to convert medicinal properties, she had concocted many potent poisons. Coupled with her ability to transform healing power into precise toxic damage, and her own extensive knowledge, Yin Ling had formulated several ‘deadly poison recipes.’ At a certain moment, by combining her abilities with the poison powder, they could erupt with terrifying venomous damage.
Because ‘items’ were involved in this process, it was difficult for Yin Ling to control it precisely.
Therefore, she had to fly away from the city walls. She herself was within the range of the mixed potent poison, but while she couldn’t be immune to poison damage, she could convert the toxins that affected her into other harmless substances, thus avoiding harming the enemy by a thousand and damaging herself by eight hundred.
In an instant, Yin Ling created a terrifying, potent poison domain with a radius of several hundred meters around herself. After spitting out these uncanny evils, the venom remained, continuing to spit out and dissolve the subsequent uncanny evils that charged forward, unaware of how to dodge or take detours. Only a few powerful uncanny evils could resist, but their speed was also greatly slowed by the venom. Soon, they were harvested by the guards on the city walls, who had vaguely regained their senses.
These uncanny evils transformed into mysterious value, which flowed into the guards’ bodies in wisps. More was absorbed by Yin Ling like a whale swallowing.
However, when Yin Ling opened her personal panel and glanced at it, she still sighed.
This mysterious value alone was not enough; there was still a considerable distance to the standard for Mythic Awakening. If she couldn't accumulate enough mystery for awakening, she might still be driven out by her unscrupulous mentor to hunt monsters, which was unacceptable.
She had to take advantage of today’s opportunity to accumulate more.
Leveling up was not easy, Yin Ling sighed.
Fortunately, during her usual slacking at work, she had concocted some strange potions, and the quantity was already significant, enough for her to indulge in leveling up today.
At the same time, because these potions were personally refined by her, and the killing of enemies involved a further conversion by ‘Immortal Spirit Medicine Body,’ she could absorb mysterious factors with maximum efficiency, and her leveling speed was actually fast.
However, Yin Ling still felt it was slow. Why wasn't there a way to accumulate mystery while lying down?
Next, she was determined to develop a potion that could increase mysterious values!
Physician Yin Ling made her declaration.
Looking again at the surging uncanny evils around her and the mysterious value that was still far from her goal, she became like a lazy cat that had lost its motivation and just wanted to lie flat, shuffling along, continuing the incredibly tiring leveling journey.
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The tribulation of ascending to Super Oasis was indeed befitting its name; it was not easy at all.
Even though the Seven-Star World-Ending Uncanny Evils had not yet appeared, these mere “appetizers” were already putting great pressure on the defense forces, with personnel getting injured from time to time. If not for Mythics guarding every direction, there would likely already be significant losses.
When the tide of uncanny evils had continued for about an hour, the Seven-Star World-Ending Uncanny Evils that Fang You had been longing for finally appeared.
The Eyes of Detection captured the sudden appearance of a terrifying shadow far exceeding other uncanny evils, which was continuously hatching and producing uncanny evils, making the already crowded tide of uncanny evils even more surging.
If this Seven-Star Nest-Type Uncanny Evil had been more cunning, hatching and manufacturing small uncanny evils from a distance within the gray mist, it might have caused them a little more trouble. But now, with no Evil God’s servants influencing its command, the Seven-Star Uncanny Evil, driven solely by instinct, was both dim-witted and reckless. While hatching and manufacturing small uncanny evils, it surged forward with the black tide of uncanny evils, pushing into the land full of sunlight.
Then, as soon as it poked its head out from the surging gray mist, the entire creature was annihilated, departing peacefully.
The one that annihilated it and cremally cremated it was the uncanny evil baby from An Jianyou’s family.
Bai Ling’s uncanny evil attacked with entanglement, strong control over the opponent; the Seven-Star Grotesque Wooden Puppet, with its cackling laughter, unleashed countless sharp blades, dismembering the Seven-Star in an instant; the newly joined An family’s working uncanny evil, ‘Purgatory Emissary,’ raised its black hellfire, burning all the dismembered remains to ashes.
This habit was cultivated by An Jianyou during the recent chaos tribulation. If she didn't do this, she feared that the killed uncanny evils might reanimate, which would be terrifying!
The entire process, from the appearance of the three working uncanny evils from An Jianyou’s family to the annihilation of the pitiful nest-type uncanny evil and their recall and disappearance, took only a little over ten seconds.
Yi Yueluxi, as she had wished, witnessed An Jianyou in action.
However, the Seven-Star Uncanny Evil was just this? Just this? Hold on a little longer, I haven't even seen clearly yet! She only knew that Youyou had indeed become stronger again; she could defeat such terrifying world-ending uncanny evils in just a few moves. This was simply… Huh? She didn't seem very shocked? Had she gotten used to it?
Yi Yueluxi fell into contemplation.
Come to think of it, she felt it was normal. Youyou could already kill Mythics with a mortal body. It was quite reasonable for her to be a little stronger now.
Shock had its limits. Ever since entering the Firewood Organization, her worldview had shattered once. Now, nothing could shatter it further.
Her organization truly lived up to its reputation as the strongest organization pervading the world of uncanny evils.
In an outer great domain like the Fallen Star Grotto, there were more than two dozen Mythics guarding it. Thinking about it, the powers in the deeper regions of the uncanny world might also hide many Mythics.
The water in this uncanny world was truly deep!
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“The water of the promotion tribulation is indeed deeper than imagined.”
In Fang You’s eyes, dozens of Eyes of Detection displayed images arranged in a semicircle. However, more than a third of these images had dimmed.
The Eyes of Detection could only hide; they were not invincible.
The siege wave faced by the Oasis in this promotion was indeed fiercer than described in the intelligence. Of course, there was very little intelligence about the siege wave for the 6th to 7th promotion, and he hadn't expected this information to be completely accurate. It was normal for waves to fluctuate, but to fluctuate by several times… that might also be normal.
At this time, the siege wave had lasted for over an hour and showed no signs of ending. Rather, from the fact that the intensity of the wave was still increasing, it could be judged that the tribulation of the Oasis’s promotion had not yet reached its peak.
However, three Seven-Star Uncanny Evils had already appeared.
And as the siege wave intensified, the ‘filth impact,’ which was very vaguely described in the intelligence, also began to descend.
He looked up. Dark clouds obscured the sun, and the sky became somewhat dim. Invisible impacts poured down from the sky in waves.
Fang You spread his divine sense, opened his arms, and faced these pouring filth impacts, frowning as he felt them.
“It’s a bit like the roaring pollution of uncanny evils, and also a bit like the invisible pollution that spread from the red moon during the Red Moon Tribulation, but this time it’s purer.”
This time, the filth impact was more like it came from the pollution itself, containing all sorts of filth factors. However, the filth primarily impacted the Oasis itself, so the force of the filth impact on the residents within the Oasis was not significant. Coupled with the protection of the Dawn Lighthouse, the residents calmed down after their initial panic.
— After all, they were experienced veterans! Some unlucky ones had even experienced the first Red Moon Tribulation, the second Red Moon Tribulation, and now the third filth impact. They sat in the shelters, completely calm.
Fang You swept his gaze around and felt relieved.
However, the Starfire Oasis was significantly affected!
Wherever his gaze fell, plants withered rapidly, life receded, and the entire Oasis was stained with an ominous and calamitous aura. In particular, the Oasis boundary, which had been slowly expanding to seven or eight kilometers outside the city walls, actually began to retreat under the impact of the filth!
The Oasis was being swallowed!
Was this the filth impact during the promotion tribulation?
This was the first time they had seen it. Everyone, from novices to powerful figures like An Jianyou, was greatly astonished. However, the astonishment only appeared for a short while before being suppressed. The soldiers, weapons in hand, fought against the surging tide.
As the filth impact reached its peak, the Starfire Oasis also ushered in the most fierce wave of the siege.
The Oasis boundary was suddenly gnawed away by a large chunk, retracting by two kilometers. At the same time, the already violently churning gray mist exploded in ferocity, forming vortices like spatial black holes, from which black tides surged out.
“Eastern defense line, over 50 Six-Star Uncanny Evils, one Seven-Star Uncanny Evil detected!”
“Southern defense line, estimated over 30 Six-Star Uncanny Evils, two Seven-Star Uncanny Evils detected!”
“Northwest, Seven-Star Uncanny Evil detected!”
“Southwestern defense line, Seven-Star Uncanny Evil detected!”
In an instant, it was as if they had stumbled upon the lair of Seven-Star Uncanny Evils. In just a few dozen seconds, eight Seven-Star Uncanny Evils appeared in different directions!
Fang You was surprised.
Was the promotion tribulation of a Super Oasis this fierce? How did Fallen Star City survive back then? It couldn't be that Fallen Star City also had eight or ten Mythics, could it?
He felt targeted by the world, but he had no evidence.
Fortunately, his mentor Fang’s preparations were not in vain.
Although the number of Seven-Star Uncanny Evils appearing simultaneously was extremely large, it was still less than the number of Mythics stationed there. The monsters were fewer than the people. Thinking of this, mentor Fang still stood quietly on the observation deck of the Dawn Lighthouse, hands behind his back, gazing into the distance.
Qian Qiu was the first to snatch a ghost head.
After all, his core skill ‘Mirage’ was so domineering and unreasonable when it came to snatching kills. With a glare, no matter how much time passed in the mirage space, it was only an instant in the outside world.
Before many of his ‘seniors,’ Qian Qiu achieved the first kill.
He chuckled, but when he came back to his senses, he felt that as a ‘junior,’ he shouldn’t be too proud, so he reined in his strength. Even if he didn’t hold back, it would be difficult to snatch another ghost head—his ‘Mirage’ only lasted an instant, but he still needed to travel and cast his gaze.
And in this short moment,
Yiluoxi erupted powerfully, blasting down the second Seven-Star Uncanny Evil, and incidentally taking away countless pitiful small uncanny evils affected by it.
Pei Hongjing, with the skill ‘Infinite Detonation Talisman,’ managed to blow up the third Seven-Star Uncanny Evil.
At this time, An Jianyou discovered that three Seven-Star Uncanny Evils had appeared not far from her. Therefore, for the sake of defense line safety, she decisively took action, dispatching her Four Heavenly Kings: Red Clothes, White Ling, Purgatory Emissary, and Furnace Golem, to instantly surround and kill the three uncanny evils.
Later, Little Huan also made a move, using a spatial slash to assassion an Seven-Star Uncanny Evil. After killing it, she hid back in the panel, chuckling foolishly and rolling around with joy.
Another Seven-Star Uncanny Evil was killed by the diligent (x) wanting to show off (√) Yiluoxi.
Thus, the Seven-Star Uncanny Evils that had only appeared for a few minutes, one by one, were defeated. And among the Firewood Mythics who took action, except for Xing Jinglei who was too tough to snatch a ghost head, everyone else had a harvest.
Just when they thought the Oasis promotion tribulation was almost over, a sudden change occurred.
A massive amount of filth impact poured down from the sky, and within the Oasis, it transformed into drifting gray mist. This gray mist then churned and rotated, seeming to connect to different dimensions and pouring out uncanny evils.
These were…
Gates of Uncanny Evils (Uncanny World Version)!
In the intelligence information obtained earlier, there was no mention of the appearance of Gates of Uncanny Evils. Yun Ji would definitely not have withheld such information, so there were two possibilities: either this unexpected state did not occur during the promotion of Xuye Village back then; or, due to the long passage of time and the subsequent destruction of Xuye Village, the information Yun Ji could find was incomplete.
Fang You leaned towards the former.
However, now was not the time to think about these things.
He condensed power in his palm, and at the same time, spread out his vast divine sense, capturing the three Gates of Uncanny Evils that had appeared within the Oasis city!
These three gray vortexes, suspended hundreds to over a thousand meters in the air, not only poured down a large number of ferocious uncanny evils, but it seemed Seven-Star Uncanny Evils were also slowly pushing their way out as the portals widened.
This was an unexpected disaster!
But the strong ones of Firewood were not afraid of accidents.
Black Saber was the first to assess the situation. He used his hand as a blade to tear open a large hole in the command center’s dome and then stepped into the air, flying out instantly to reach a vortex.
“Form ranks!”
“Encircle and kill!”
Black Saber wielded the Unfettered Grip, and one blurry figure after another, recognizable as wielding weapons and wearing armor, appeared beside him and quickly formed a battle formation.
In the blink of an eye, the immortal military soul formed a dense military formation, like a giant dark red cube, enveloping the Gates of Uncanny Evils and the uncanny evils pouring out from them.
Isolating space.
Trapping and killing them.
Slightly slower than Black Saber was Liu Shang.
Her abilities were also good at guarding. Under her mentor’s instructions, she had already made arrangements inside and outside the Oasis city walls. She had not acted before precisely because she was guarding against potential accidents.
An accident had indeed occurred.
Liu Shang pondered, the shadow of giant trees appeared behind her, and branches grew and extended from the giant trees near her, intertwining to form a huge nest-like object, catching the uncanny evils falling from the sky, followed by a set of skilled bindings, stabbing with spikes, and life drain.
By pouring the absorbed energy into the growth of wood buds, she allowed the giant woody nest to continue to spread, until it enveloped the entire Gate of Uncanny Evils and sealed it tightly.
Liu Shang finally let out a sigh of relief.
However, at this moment, there was still one extremely dangerous Gate of Uncanny Evils left.
The three Gates of Uncanny Evils were far apart, and neither Black Saber nor Liu Shang could operate on two fronts. They could not free up their hands for a while.
Watching the uncanny evils gradually disperse, Yiluoxi’s wine-red hair burned like flames. She held two balls of blazing fire in her palms, wanting to turn all the uncanny evils in her eyes into ashes, just like before.
“No!”
An Jianyou stopped her.
Yiluoxi also realized. Right, this was inside the city. With lingering fear, she withdrew most of her power, sweeping out streams of fire to swallow the uncanny evils.
However, the output was not high enough to completely obliterate the extremely numerous uncanny evils.
But if the output was too high, the shockwaves from the explosions could easily affect the Oasis below.
She and An Jianyou were like playing a watermelon cutting game. They could kill these uncanny evils like cutting melons and vegetables, but there were too many of them. When the falling watermelons reached a certain number, they could not take care of all of them.
This wouldn’t do.
However, Xing Jinglei, Qian Qiu, and Pei Hongjing had even lower group killing efficiency, less than a tenth of theirs.
All An Jianyou could do was, besides commanding her uncanny evil babies and acting herself, to spread out her Underworld Domain to absorb the filth impacts from the uncanny evils.
Yiluoxi, on the other hand, superimposed hundreds of layers of invisible force fields like a sky curtain over the city to resist the attacks of the uncanny evils.
However, defense could not last. At this moment, a black ball of yarn appeared.
No, it was a black cat with a somewhat plump body but bright, piercing eyes. Its body inflated like a balloon, and its pupils flickered with a strange light.
Giant Spirit Transformation!
Illusion Breaking Manifestation!
Power that was invisible but did not cause shockwaves swept across the entire field, and uncanny evils fell like rain.
After a while, the Gates of Uncanny Evils suspended in the air finally slowly faded and disappeared.
Black Pupil let out a faint meow, containing four parts disdain, three parts laziness, and three parts hope for praise and a long vacation. Its figure vanished in an instant.
On the Dawn Lighthouse, Fang You slowly dispersed the power he had condensed in his palm.
“Well, let’s leave the opportunities for showing off to everyone else.”
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The intensity of the siege wave began to decline.
Half an hour later, the wave had shrunk several times compared to its peak, but there were three Seven-Star Nest-Type Uncanny Evils on the field.
An hour later, the churning gray mist had also calmed down considerably, and the wave was visibly sparse. But there were still three Seven-Star Nest-Type Uncanny Evils outside the city walls.
Two hours later, the gray mist barely churned, and the tide of uncanny evils was scattered. The defenders on the city walls looked at the uncanny evils as if they were looking at rare experience gift packages.
But there were still three Seven-Star Nest-Type Uncanny Evils outside the city walls.
One was bound by An Jianyou’s Red Clothes, one was bound by An Jianyou’s White Ling, and another was entangled by woody vines. They were controlled thousands of meters away from the city walls, struggling and instinctively hatching one-star to six-star small uncanny evils.
Then they were defeated, turning into experience gift packages and destiny points for quest resources.
Finally, the gray mist outside the city returned to its original appearance, and the Oasis promotion tribulation completely ended. Next, invisible supreme rules would descend, pushing Starfire City to truly advance to Super Oasis.
As the lord of the Oasis, Fang You faintly sensed the scanning and judgment from the ‘Heavenly Dao/World Rules/World Consciousness’ at this moment.
If summarized in game text format, it would roughly be:
“Beep beep beep, check: This Oasis has annihilated all attacking uncanny evils, and no new uncanny evils are invading. This Oasis is judged to have passed the promotion tribulation and will begin its baptism and promotion.”
Fang You mentally reconstructed such an overview.
But the next moment, he discovered…
The Heavenly Dao/World Rules that were ‘scanning and judging’… it got stuck.
Did this Oasis pass the promotion tribulation or not?!!