Chapter 398: Chapter 379 Underground Dark River
"Wow, Boss Feng, I didn’t expect my points to increase by 20!"
At the ruins of the Land of Trial, when Lin Yi annihilated the opposing team, Duoduo exclaimed in surprise.
Originally having only 9 points, his points now increased to 29 points.
For Duoduo, this was definitely an unexpected surprise.
At this moment, Banxia Liuli also exclaimed joyfully:
"I-I, I also increased by 20 points, what’s going on?"
Aoshi Wangchu quickly checked his own points, and he also found that his points increased by 20, leading him to speculate:
"These points couldn’t be from that team we just annihilated, could they?"
But after a second thought, he felt it didn’t add up:
"But they shouldn’t have had that many points, right?"
According to the officially announced trial rules, it seems that when you annihilate the other side, you get half of their points.
But now that the event just started, they didn’t believe the opposing team’s points would average above 40, considering Lin Yi only had 38 points now.
As for the possibility of getting these points from elsewhere, that was even more far-fetched.
Since during this period, they didn’t do anything, this sudden increase in points could only have been obtained when annihilating the opposing team, but as to why they received these 20 points...
At this moment, everyone instinctively turned their gaze to Lin Yi, feeling as if Lin Yi could explain things for them.
Even though they had only spent a few minutes together, Lin Yi always exuded a very convincing aura, and they hadn’t realized that in this short time, they had subconsciously regarded Lin Yi as their backbone.
Feeling their gaze, Lin Yi couldn’t help but smile wryly:
"I don’t necessarily know more than you guys either."
By this time, Lin Yi also noticed that his points changed from 38 to 58.
Looking at the additional 20 points, Lin Yi instinctively thought of a possibility:
"Perhaps the points split is based on the premise that the other party actually has points, and when the other party has insufficient or no points, these 20 points might be a minimum penalty points?"
In other words, as long as the opposing team is annihilated, whether or not they have points, this side will at least receive a reward of 20 points.
Thinking about this, Lin Yi couldn’t help but wonder: if that’s the case, could the opposing team’s points become negative?
Of course, Lin Yi had no way to verify this.
After Lin Yi stated his guess, it received unanimous agreement from everyone.
It seems that this could be the only way to explain the origin of these 20 points.
Aoshi Wangchu:
"I think that’s probably how it is."
Banxia Liuli looked at Lin Yi with admiration:
"Feng Hua God sure is smart, always gets it at a glance."
Lin Yi was amused by this flattery:
"Don’t say that, I just casually mentioned it."
In any case, more points are always a good thing, and Lin Yi didn’t intend to dwell on this issue further.
Subsequently, Lin Yi said:
"Alright, let’s drop this topic."
Lin Yi walked to the entrance and said to Blood Conceal Demon:
"Let’s continue, Blood Demon, you go on."
Without another word, Blood Conceal Demon immediately came over.
This time, Blood Conceal Demon lifted the wooden board again without hindrance, then disappeared at the entrance under everyone’s watch.
After waiting for nearly ten minutes, Banxia Liuli could not help but worry:
"Nothing went wrong, right?"
Lin Yi glanced at the team interface for Blood Conceal Demon, noting that there was no sign of reduced life value, indicating that Blood Conceal Demon was relatively safe for now.
After another five minutes, the wooden board was suddenly lifted, and only then did Banxia Liuli’s held breath found relief:
"Luckily, no issues."
Blood Conceal Demon retracted his stealth and appeared before everyone, with Duoduo impatiently asking:
"What’s the situation inside?"
Blood Conceal Demon looked at Lin Yi, furrowing his brows slightly:
"There’s an underground river below, with no trace of the Demon Race."
"It seems a bit long, not sure where it leads. I walked for a bit and didn’t reach the end before turning back."
"An underground river?"
Lin Yi pondered:
"Let’s go check it out together."
Blood Conceal Demon once again entered stealth to lead the way while Lin Yi and the others followed behind, entering together.
They descended a stone staircase to about five or six meters below ground, where, as Blood Conceal Demon mentioned, there was a nearly four-meter-wide underground river seemingly without end.
There was a nearly two-meter-wide path along the river for people to walk on, with torches placed every two meters on the walls.
The flickering firelight was the only source of illumination here.
Banxia Liuli approached the riverbank, marveling:
"Such clear water!"
Looking at the clear bottom of the river, Lin Yi tested and found that this underground river was just over a meter deep.
However, there weren’t even any fish in the water, and although it flowed slowly, it still gave off a sense of stagnation.
At this moment, Lin Yi also noticed that even though they were underground, it didn’t feel stuffy at all, and occasional breezes would blow through.
The upstream of the river was a rock wall, with only the downstream offering a path.
Lin Yi said to Blood Conceal Demon:
"Check the front, we’ll follow behind."
The Blood Conceal Demon nodded and vanished into the river’s current, disappearing from everyone’s sight in stealth mode.
Since there was nothing to be discovered here, Lin Yi had no choice but to proceed forward and take a look:
"Let’s go."
The group followed the river for several minutes. Suddenly, Lin Yi noticed the Blood Conceal Demon appearing not far ahead. Lin Yi said:
"Wait a moment."
The group stopped and looked towards Lin Yi, just as the Blood Conceal Demon suddenly revealed himself:
"This road leads to an altar, where a group of the Demon Race is gathered."
"There’s a level 41 Demon General inside, and it seemed like it could see me, so I didn’t dare get too close—just took a quick glance and retreated."
"However, I did roughly count; besides that level 41 Demon General, the rest are mostly level twenty to thirty Demon Spirits."
"An altar?"
Lin Yi instinctively smiled:
"This is indeed the style of the Demon Race."
It seems that wherever there’s an altar, the Demon Race is not far behind.
At this point, the cave was just over two meters high, clearly unfit for summoning a Behemoth. Lin Yi could only say to the Jade Qilin:
"When the fight starts, keep them safe."
Naturally, ’them’ referred to Banxia Liuli and Duoduo. The Jade Qilin touched its face with its front paw, unwillingly saying:
"Alright."
Though internally dissatisfied with Lin Yi treating it as a bodyguard, under Lin Yi’s usual ’intimidation,’ the Jade Qilin dared not refuse!
Then Lin Yi said to Banxia Liuli:
"Boost the status!"
Upon hearing this, Banxia Liuli immediately waved her magic staff and began boosting the group’s status one by one.
The group then followed behind the Blood Conceal Demon, who remained in stealth mode, and moved forward.
Just at that moment, when they had walked less than a hundred meters, Lin Yi suddenly received a task.
Task: [Stop and Interrupt the Demon Race’s Ritual].
Task Objective: Kill all the demons participating in the ritual.
Task Level: ★★★ (Difficult)
Task Details: A small demon squad is conducting a mysterious ritual. If allowed to succeed, it could lead to unpredictable disasters. Stop them.
Task Reward: 300 points.
"These demons are actually sacrificing living people, it’s inexcusable. Kill them to avenge my people - Elis Amistia"
Duoduo suddenly whispered:
"I seem to have received a task, what about you guys?"
Banxia Liuli said:
"I received it too."
Aoshi Wangchu speculated:
"This must be what they call a hidden task."
Lin Yi glanced at the task details and then said:
"Let’s go and see."
When the group had been walking for nearly three more minutes, they finally saw the altar the Blood Conceal Demon mentioned around a bend.
At this moment, on the altar was tied a long-haired woman, covered in blood, her life or death unknown, surrounded by a group of hideous demons, chanting some kind of unknown spell softly.
The number of demons here totaled around thirty to forty.
At this moment, a humanoid Demon General at the altar’s side suddenly looked over at Lin Yi, locking eyes with him.
Suddenly, a sinister roar echoed through the cave:
"Intruders, kill them!"
All the demons instantly turned their eyes towards them. Lin Yi immediately said:
"In the ensuing battle, Banxia, focus on Wangchu’s health, don’t worry about me."
Then Lin Yi spoke to the Blood Conceal Demon, hidden in the dark:
"We’ll distract the demons, you sneak over and rescue the woman on the altar."
At this moment, Aoshi Wangchu already braced with the large shield in front of everyone, followed by a flash of white light:
"Armor of the Brave"
Increases blocking rate by 20%; adds 1500 to life value, lasting 5 minutes.
This was the only status skill Aoshi Wangchu had learned so far.
Aoshi Wangchu shouted:
"Bring it on, demon brats."
Seeing the enemies about to enter attack range, Lin Yi immediately cast a skill in this narrow cave:
"Arcane Nova"
...
While they were about to engage in a new round of confrontation, in another corner, Red Eyes was facing the greatest challenge since the start of the game.
Opposite stood Satan J, looking at Red Eyes with cold intent, saying in a deep voice:
"I know you, you’re Feng Hua’s subordinate."
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Today’s update is complete.