Chapter 1 The Beginning

At this moment, the Purgatory Serpent was radiating a brilliant light, its power continuously escalating. Even from thousands of yards away, it sent shivers down people’s spines, making it hard to breathe, as if it were the ruler of heaven and earth.

Everyone who looked at the Purgatory Serpent couldn't help swallowing, their eyes filled with a hint of fear. The confidence they had gained from leveling up was now drowned in this terrifying power.

"Evolving?"

Shi Feng glanced at the Purgatory Serpent, its body a thousand meters long, his eyes twitching slightly.

Although evolution was common in God's Domain, especially in the wild maps, players often considered it a stroke of luck.

In general, Wild Bosses in God's Domain were monopolized by the major guilds, leaving no opportunity for other players to attack them. Monster evolution was random. After evolution, the rank increased, which was equivalent to encountering a Wild Boss. Moreover, in terms of dropped items, killing monsters that had not evolved for long generally resulted in better loot.

However, it wouldn’t be fun if a High Grand Lord ranked Archaic Species evolved…

The Purgatory Serpent already possessed considerable combat power and could be considered one of the many Bosses in the Bone Eater Land. Even a Tier 2 expert team of the same level would find it very troublesome to deal with, and might even be wiped out. Now that it had further advanced to become a Tier 4 Legendary, it would definitely immediately become the strongest Boss in the Bone Eater Land, and even a forbidden existence.

After all, the Purgatory Serpent was an Archaic Species. After advancing to Legendary, its combat power would be much stronger than that of ordinary Legendary monsters.

In the previous life of God's Domain, something like this had happened. An Archaic Species suddenly evolved, and the map immediately became a forbidden area. At that time, that Boss was only Level 80, but it stubbornly held out until a super guild led a thousand-man expert team of Level 100 to wipe it out. Even this team had more than a dozen Tier 3 class experts who represented the peak at that time.

In that one battle, the thousand-man team lost more than 70% of its players, and nearly half of the dozen Tier 3 experts were killed before they managed to take down the Tier 4 Legendary Archaic Species…

Now, although the Purgatory Serpent was only Level 70, after advancing to Tier 4 Legendary, it was likely that no one could do anything about the Purgatory Serpent before Level 100.

"Guild Leader, should we retreat? Once this monster completes its evolution, its perception range will definitely increase. It might not be safe here then," You Ziping suggested.

Although they had already witnessed Shi Feng's strength, the five Grand Lords of Level 65 or higher joining forces could be said to be invincible against the previous demonic creatures. But they were not noobs. Facing a Grand Lord of the same level about to evolve into a Tier 4 Legendary monster, all they could do was delay it for a while. It was impossible for them to be the Purgatory Serpent's opponent. The gap between the two sides was too great.

"Retreat?" Shi Feng quietly looked at the Purgatory Serpent, a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.

The Demon Mine was right in front of them, and it was a medium-sized bronze mine. Although it could not be compared to the value of the Source Iron Mine, it was still a rare and valuable mine, especially with the Zero Wing Guild's current need for magic ore.

But facing the Purgatory Serpent that was about to evolve into a Tier 4 Legendary, he had no way to deal with it.

This time was different from dealing with the evolving Silvermoon Demon Rat in the Dark Canyon.

The Silvermoon Demon Rat was originally just an ordinary Lord ranked monster with only 18 million HP. It was possible to kill it during the evolution period.

But the Purgatory Serpent in front of him was a Level 70 High Grand Lord, an Archaic Species, with a HP as high as 160 million. It was already very difficult to deal with, let alone kill it during the evolution period.

"Guild Leader?" You Ziping looked at Shi Feng, who had suddenly fallen silent, and asked strangely.

"No, there is still a sliver of a chance." Shi Feng carefully examined the distant Purgatory Serpent. He could see from the gradually forming magic patterns on the Purgatory Serpent's body that the evolution speed was very slow. He immediately ordered, "Everyone prepare, follow me!"

Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

The Demon Mine appeared in the Bone Eater Land, so it definitely would not be easy to obtain. He had thought it would be much easier to obtain the Demon Mine than he had imagined.

But now that he thought about it, the evolving Purgatory Serpent was not just bad luck, but rather a setting made by the system.

Or rather, this was an opportunity the system gave to the players. Otherwise, how could he explain that the Purgatory Serpent suddenly evolved only after he killed the surrounding demonic creatures other than the Purgatory Serpent?

The only possibility was that the system wanted the players to kill the Purgatory Serpent during its evolution period.

If they failed to kill it and allowed the Purgatory Serpent to evolve successfully, then they should forget about the Demon Mine until Level 100.

"No way, does the Guild Leader really want us to deal with the Purgatory Serpent together?"

Everyone looked at Shi Feng, who was running towards the Purgatory Serpent, and felt that this was too crazy. They were only Level 40, and they didn't even have Level 40 Epic equipment. They were going to deal with the Purgatory Serpent, which was simply courting death.

However, since Shi Feng, the Guild Leader, had spoken, they had no choice but to listen, and could only grit their teeth and follow.

Before long, everyone arrived at a place less than a thousand yards away from the Purgatory Serpent. The pressure they felt was even more intense than before, making their movements sluggish.

Shi Feng directly took out a series of small ballistae from his backpack, a total of thirty. These small ballistae were originally prepared for everyone to help him deal with some difficult High ranked Bosses, but he did not expect the effect of the Dark Book to be so good, so they had been left untouched. Now, they could finally come in handy.

"You guys form groups of five. Later, two groups will take turns using the small ballistae to attack. Leave the rest to me, and the remaining healers will come with me," Shi Feng instructed, and then led the five Grand Lords towards the Purgatory Serpent.

In God's Domain, any monster evolution required a considerable amount of time, and the higher the rank, the longer the evolution time. For a High Grand Lord like the Purgatory Serpent, which was also an Archaic Species, the evolution would take even longer, roughly estimated to be about half an hour.

In other words, the system only gave him half an hour. If he failed, he would have to wait until they were Level 100 before challenging it again, but by that time, the super guilds would probably have discovered this place.

When they arrived at a place less than three hundred yards away from the Purgatory Serpent, the Purgatory Serpent suddenly opened its amber eyes and stared at Shi Feng and the others, letting out a roar. The killing intent it emitted made even Shi Feng feel very uncomfortable, but the Purgatory Serpent did not launch an attack because of this, and still stayed in place, trying its best to absorb the surrounding magic power to evolve.

"It seems it still wants to focus on evolving." Shi Feng smiled slightly, feeling that the opportunity was even greater.

Monsters that were evolving could not move. If they moved, it would greatly increase the time required for evolution, and might even lead to evolution failure halfway through. It was obvious that the Purgatory Serpent chose evolution over killing them when facing them.

This gave him enough time to prepare.

"Later, all the healers will do their best to restore the HP of the Battle Axe Demon. Pay attention to spreading out," Shi Feng instructed, and then controlled the five Grand Lords to charge towards the Purgatory Serpent without hesitation.

Everyone who watched Shi Feng charge forward directly opened their mouths wide.

It was one thing to let the five Grand Lords charge forward as meat shields, but Shi Feng himself actually charged towards the Purgatory Serpent first, which was simply insane.

That was a Level 70 Archaic Species High Grand Lord. Even the strongest MT right now could not withstand more than two or three attacks with their life-saving skills activated before being killed.

What everyone did not know was that the effect of the Demon Lord's Domination was only within a range of 200 yards. If Shi Feng did not approach the Purgatory Serpent within 200 yards, he would not be able to weaken the Purgatory Serpent.

However, Shi Feng charging in the front was not only to use the Demon Lord's Domination to suppress the Purgatory Serpent, but also to cast the Collapsing Domain, because the range of the Collapsing Domain was only a pitiful 100 yards.

This was the main reason why Shi Feng felt there was a sliver of a chance.

After the Ruin Armor was reforged, he had not truly witnessed the power of the Collapsing Domain. He did not know to what extent the complete Collapsing Domain could suppress the Purgatory Serpent.

In an instant, as Shi Feng charged to within 100 yards of the Purgatory Serpent, the Purgatory Serpent suddenly opened its mouth wide and began to accumulate magic power in its mouth, aiming at Shi Feng to launch an attack.

"Let me see your true power!"

Shi Feng then used the Ruin Armor that was in his backpack to unfold the Collapsing Domain.

Instantly, a deep gray wave, like ripples in water, spread out, directly enveloping the Purgatory Serpent's huge snake head. Wherever the deep gray wave covered, the entire space began to loosen, the ground slowly turned into sand, and the magic power in the air also began to dissipate.