Chapter 1 The Obelisk's Secret

The Obelisk was originally a seal.

When Shi Feng shattered the sealing crystal ball, he was breaking that seal.

What was sealed within the Obelisk was terrifying, a fact players would later discover. The sealed entity was known as an Awakener, similar to an Aberrant among monsters. However, while Aberrants mutated from monsters, Awakeners mutated from NPCs. This was an incredibly rare occurrence. Even Shi Feng, who had played God's Domain for ten years, had never witnessed it firsthand, but he had heard tales.

The emergence of every Awakener was a disaster. In the previous life, the Star River Alliance had carelessly triggered such a disaster, resulting in the deaths of over a hundred thousand elite guild members. Even Star River Past had not escaped.

Compared to Aberrants, Awakeners were more terrifying. They possessed innately high intelligence and were enemies of all living races. Furthermore, Awakeners had high life levels, comparable to Fallen Angels, and their strength was overwhelmingly powerful.

Sealed within the Obelisk was originally a Tier 5 Saint Magister. Because he was also an Awakener, his strength was comparable to a Fallen Angel of the same tier, surpassed only by Tier 6 deities.

Fortunately, this Awakener's physical body had been completely destroyed, leaving only his soul. Even if the seal was broken, he could only possess an NPC. At this moment, he had seized the body of the Tier 2 Magician Sereca, devouring Sereca's soul and becoming the new master of the body.

His combat power had undergone earth-shattering changes, far beyond what Sereca had been capable of.

"Are we acting now?"

Aqua Rose's beautiful eyes widened as she stared intently at the Great Chief Sereca, suspended in mid-air in the distance, and couldn't help but hold her breath.

The current Sereca was no longer a level 60 Tier 2 NPC. He had become a true monster. Just looking at him from this distance made one instinctively want to avoid him.

Sereca (Awakener), Grand Magister, Level 50, HP 30,000,000.

The suddenly younger Sereca had not only changed in appearance but his stats had also undergone a tremendous transformation. Although his level had decreased, his HP had not only fully recovered but he was also a Tier 3 Grand Magister, and his strength had increased by an unknown amount.

A Tier 3 NPC was equivalent to a Great Lord-ranked monster of the same level, and a Tier 3 Awakener had the strength comparable to a Tier 4 NPC, something current players simply couldn't contend with.

The various guilds attacking frantically were also stunned.

Sereca stretched his body, and the surrounding air began to tremble. He pointed to the sky, and countless lightning bolts gathered on Sereca's finger, forming a lightning ball the size of a two-story building.

"Everyone, be careful and evade! There are so many of us, we can take down even a Tier 3 Grand Magister!" an Elementalist at the head of the group shouted.

But before the Elementalist could finish speaking, Sereca pointed at the Elementalist, and the huge lightning ball turned into a rushing river, instantly engulfing all the players.

Under the effect of the Tier 3 magic Lightning Devour, no players within a 15*100 yard range survived.

In just an instant, hundreds of people were wiped out.

But Sereca wasn't satisfied. He continuously used several Tier 3 spells, sparing neither players nor NPCs in Stone Forest Town. Tier 3 magic was like a toy in Sereca's hands, used without chanting, leaving no time for people to dodge.

In just a short while, even though the players were scattered, Sereca had killed five or six thousand of them, and the players' attacks couldn't even break Sereca's mana shield, let alone cause any damage.

The players in Stone Forest Town were silent, devoid of their earlier enthusiasm.

"Run!"

"Everyone, quickly evacuate from here!"

Many guild leaders finally realized that the Tier 3 Grand Magister Sereca was not an opponent they could contend with. The only thing they could do was to escape, or they would all die.

"Guild Leader, that monster is too terrifying. Look, the other guilds are all retreating. If we rush up now, we'll only be courting death," Aqua Rose didn't think they could defeat such a powerful Sereca. Their fate would definitely be the same as the other guilds.

"Who said we were going to defeat him? We are going to seal him again," Shi Feng said with a smile.

In the previous life, the seal of the Obelisk was broken, and the Awakener rampaged in all directions, constantly increasing in level and tier, causing panic among the players of Star-Moon Kingdom. Even if all the guilds joined forces, they couldn't contend with him.

But this matter was eventually resolved.

Some players discovered a way to reseal the Awakener within the Obelisk, which was to use a large number of magic crystals to repair the sealing crystal ball. Otherwise, with the strength of the players at that time, there was no way to deal with the wandering Awakener. They could only be slaughtered.

Now that the various guilds were being slaughtered by Sereca and fleeing in panic, it was the best time to act.

Shi Feng had sprinted back to Stone Forest Town, a journey of only about ten minutes, but the more than 150,000 elite members had been reduced to less than 50,000, causing the guild leaders to spit blood, and some almost fainted.

The biggest loss was suffered by the Star River Alliance. Of the initial 70,000 elite members, only a little more than 10,000 remained, and that number was still rapidly decreasing.

"Hahaha, the Star River Alliance is finished this time. With the loss of so many elite members, it will take a long time to recover their strength," Zhao Yueru said gleefully, puffing out her chest.

Although Ouroboros had also suffered heavy losses, with only less than 30,000 of their 50,000 elites remaining, compared to the losses of other guilds, it was nothing. With one rising and the other falling, Ouroboros would become the number one guild in Star-Moon Kingdom in the future.

"Is this Hei Yan's real plan?" Bai Qingxue was now realizing how terrifying Shi Feng was.

He used just Stone Forest Town to trick and kill so many elite members of the various guilds. If it weren't for the cooperation with Zero Wing, Ouroboros would probably have been one of them.

While Sereca was frantically chasing down the various guilds, Shi Feng seized the opportunity to rush straight to the Obelisk at top speed.

Arriving at the Obelisk, Shi Feng immediately took out 10,000 magic crystals and placed them on the altar.

10,000 magic crystals was a very large sum for large guilds, and Shi Feng had relied on Candlelight Trading Firm's early stage to frantically acquire them. If it weren't for Stone Forest Town, he would really have been reluctant to take out 10,000 magic crystals.

The 10,000 magic crystals turned into drops of transparent liquid, quickly condensing into a sealing crystal ball.

"Damn humans!"

Sereca quickly discovered that the crystal ball that had been sealing him had been restored, and was immediately shocked. He immediately used Blink and rushed towards Shi Feng.

"You should go back," Shi Feng said softly, looking at Sereca who was rushing over, and pressed one hand on the sealing crystal ball. "Open the Fivefold Seal!"

Suddenly, five magic arrays reappeared in the sky above Stone Forest Town, illuminating the entire area.

"No!"

Sereca roared unwillingly, wanting to use a Tier 3 magic to attack the sealing crystal ball, but under the fivefold magic array, Sereca couldn't release even one spell. His whole body was entangled with golden chains.

Shi Feng had seen these chains before.

Chains of Order, even deities couldn't resist them, let alone Sereca.

Sereca was instantly pulled to the top of the Obelisk, and a cyan chain suddenly emerged from the Obelisk's spire, piercing through Sereca and entering his body. Sereca screamed, and a translucent soul was extracted from Sereca's body, and with a whoosh, it entered the sealing crystal ball.

Sereca himself had long lost his soul. As the Awakener's soul was sealed, Sereca himself also died, dropping items all over the ground.

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