A long, long time ago, the continent was still in chaos. The rivers were filled with black liquid, the earth was a field of rocks, there were no birds, no forests, no humans.
Finally, a single cell appeared. After tens of thousands of years, the single cell multiplied and divided, evolving into a living organism. Green leaves, fresh flowers, and forests appeared on the originally dead continent. In the rivers, small fish appeared, as well as shrimps and crabs. Moreover, animals appeared on the riverbanks.
At first, there were only amphibians and reptiles. Later, monkeys appeared, and they became humans. Deep in the forests, another branch of humans appeared. They were the guardians of the forest, the Night Elves. At the same time, in another corner of the barren continent, some wild beasts began to evolve. Bison learned to walk on their own and became tauren. Humans and green dogs interbred and gave birth to a species of beasts called the Green Giant Devils. There were also humans whose fur hadn't changed, and they still retained their primitive wildness — the Beastmen.
From then on, the chronicles of the continent began to be written.
Humans cut down trees, opened up mountains, opened up wastelands, turned forests into castles, and formed several empires at the center of the continent. This continent was called the Eternal Moon Continent.
Humans, Beastmen, and Elves had always been at war with each other, but the best warriors of these races would all go to the same place of cultivation — the Hero's Altar!
The Hero's Altar was the cradle of countless heroes on the continent. However, the power of darkness destroyed the Eternal Moon Continent ten thousand years ago. The Spirit of Grief Continent was rebuilt from the ruins, but the Hero's Altar was no longer there. This mythical existence had become the core of evil, and it was today's Temple of Judgment!
"Hehe, how is it? Does everyone understand?"
Bing Cha held the Chronicles of Spirit of Grief and read the origin of the Temple of Judgment to us.
I wasn't interested, so I said perfunctorily, "This is a history of the strong becoming king, isn't it?"
"Yes, it is!"
Bing Cha smiled. "That's human nature. Whether it's an illusion or reality, the strong become king."
Ling Yue smiled. "What I care about the most right now is whether this Temple of Judgment can drop some powerful equipment that will make us stronger. Otherwise, if the Temple of the Moon attacks us, Snow Moon will be in danger."
"Don't worry, as long as we can complete this 7500 difficulty quest, it'll be hard not to get high-level equipment!"
"Mn mn!"
…
We excitedly walked into the valley. It was a barren wasteland filled with gravel and a blood-red plague. There were no plants in sight, and if we hadn't received the quest notification, we wouldn't have known that this was a high-level leveling ground.
Ling Xue held the dazzling gem in her hand and said with a smile, "This … Can you not give it away?"
Too greedy …
I said, "If you don't want to do the quest, then don't submit it. Xiao Xue, do you not want the set of armor?
You're already satisfied with the Sky Set? "
The blurriness in Ling Xue's eyes was swept away. She said decisively, "Let's go to the Divine Hall of Judgement!"
After walking for a while, we noticed that the mountain in front of us had changed greatly. When we turned around a col, all of us were shocked!
"F * ck!
This is … "
In front of us was a giant boulder with seven gigantic heads carved into it. Each head was as big as a basketball court, and it was spectacular and majestic!
Bing Cha said confidently, "From what I can see, these are the legendary Seven Sages."
"The Seven Sages?" I asked suspiciously, "If I may ask, why haven't I heard of them before?"
Bing Cha burst into laughter. "I'm just saying. Just treat it as a joke. You don't have to be so serious."
"..."
It was obvious that these seven people weren't the Seven Sages, but they were definitely some of the greatest heroes of the continent. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been carved here.
Of the seven heads, two were human, one was male, and one was female. Three were female elves, and the remaining two were beastmen. One had a cow head, and the other a pig head.
"It's like a potpourri …" I exclaimed.
The girls covered their mouths and snickered. Ling Xue pointed and said, "Look, the entrance!"
Sure enough, a huge stone door appeared below the statue. The stone door was empty, but it was covered in a layer of blue light. It was as if there was a layer of electric net covering it. Any players who entered without a crystal would definitely be electrocuted to a crisp.
I slapped my thigh. "Fuck, I miscalculated!"
"What's wrong?" Ling Xue asked.
"We should've asked for a few more crystals just now. Otherwise, we'd have no choice but to walk through the Temple of Judgement. If we died, it would be impossible to enter again."
Ling Xue laughed softly. "Yeah, isn't the Mausoleum of Generals the same?"
I said, "The Mausoleum of Generals is fine. We can enter it after we punch a hole in the roof. But the Temple of Judgement? Do we have to punch a hole in the mountain if we want to enter?
We're not pangolins, we can't do this kind of work! "
Bing Cha said, "When are we going to grind the Mausoleum of Generals again?"
I counted on my fingers. "The elite mobs will respawn in 15 days, and the bosses will probably respawn in two months. It's still too early. By the time we go again, our levels will be high enough. There's no need to grind the Mausoleum of Generals anymore."
"You're right."
Ling Yue looked at me, Ling Xue and Bing Cha. She asked with a smile, "Everyone, we're here to do a quest, not to chat, right?"
Everyone nodded and walked toward the entrance of the Temple of Judgement.
The moment I touched the electric net, my body went numb. System Notice: Do you want to use the crystal?
Of course.
In the next moment, the beautiful diamond in my hand turned into a ripple and parted the lightning. I took the opportunity to enter. After I entered, the crystal disappeared and the entrance disappeared. Then, the rest of the girls jumped in.
… …
"Wow!
A paradise? "Ling Yue raised her head and looked around, smiling in surprise.
I was also slightly shocked. I didn't expect that the map of the Divine Hall of Judgement, which was a blood-red wasteland, would actually have a beautiful scenery of spring, peach blossoms, mountains, and rivers.
I opened the minimap and saw a notification: First Floor of the Temple of Judgement!
The series of maps showed that the Temple of Judgement had three floors. The first floor was called the Temple of Void, the second was called the Temple of Desolation, and the third was called the Temple of Judgement!
The beautiful scenery didn't have as much of an impact on me as it did on the girls. Although Suzhou had a lot of scenery, it clearly couldn't compare to this paradise-like scenery.
Bing Cha said with a smile, "It's spring now, but we haven't gone out for a spring outing yet. The designers of Spirit of Grief are thoughtful enough to prepare a virtual spring outing for us."
I asked with a smile, "Do you want to have a picnic?"
"Sure, sure …"
I pointed at him and said, "Kill him. Then, we'll bury him in the pot and cook some bone soup for you guys. You can get some calcium from him."
The girls looked over with joy. Soon, their eyes turned green.
In front of us on the right, a monster appeared. It was a pig-headed man, a member of the Pigg tribe. He held a long blade in one hand and a steel shield in the other. There wasn't a single piece of good flesh on his body, which was rotten beyond recognition. Many parts of his body revealed his white bones, especially his abdomen, which was so rotten that only two rows of pig ribs were left. Yet, his stomach was filled with internal organs. His heart was still beating non-stop.
"Scholar, you are so disgusting …" Bing Cha and Ling Xue complained at the same time.
Ling Yue said, "Scholar, I'll leave this monster to you."
"Ah?"
The girls gave me a death order, so I had no choice but to meet it and slash!
Puchi!
Stinky blood splattered everywhere, and a damage number appeared above the pig-headed man's head — 83747!
Not bad, not bad. A Level 210 Warsong Rank monster could deal so much damage. It showed just how amazing my Moonlight Ice Blade was.
I summoned Ling Er and attacked from the front and back. The pig-headed man swung his greatsword at me, and Qin Yun healed me from afar. It was very easy.
Crack!
With another slash, the pig-man's head was finally chopped off. The red pig head rolled on the ground for a long time.
"What a waste of a plate of braised pig head," I said with a regretful smile.
A trace of murderous intent appeared in Ling Xue's eyes. "Do you want to die?
And say such disgusting things … "
I smiled, "Little Xue, are you guys just going to watch like this?
I won't be fast enough if I kill it alone. "
"Oh, then let's do it together!"
The girls were quite smart. After they aggroed a bloody pigman, Ling Xue used Ice Sealing Slash to freeze it. Then, she used Rushing Thunder Slash with her Iced Tea and electrocuted the pigman until it was charred. There was no longer any trace of blood in the air, only the smell of barbecued meat.
After a round of beating, we killed another Level 210 Warsong Rank monster. The experience it gave was so much that Bing Cha said with a smile, "I should be able to reach Level 210 after this quest is complete!"
Ling Xue could also reach Level 210. I, on the other hand, would be thankful if I could reach Level 214.
At this time, Chrysanthemum Daohana used Soul Shock to aggro a monster. It was a sheep-headed man holding a pitchfork and stabbing everything in its path. Fortunately, the sheep-headed man's design was much more pleasing to the eye. Moreover, when it was hurt, it would raise its head and bleat, causing the girls to burst into laughter.
Crack!
After killing the sheep-headed man, it actually dropped a light blue leather wristguard. It was a Dark Gold – grade item.
Ling Yue threw the Dark Gold – grade item to me and said, "We don't have any leather armor here. Take it and set up a stall!"
But no one would want a Level 210 Dark Gold – grade item even if I set up a stall...
Never mind, I'll give it to the gold-named NPC manager at Scholar's Little Store. I'll get some gold to spend later.
… …
Under the peach tree, another Tauren Undead Warrior appeared. It swung its axe and charged us while shouting in beastman language. Naturally, we couldn't understand it.
"Kill!"
I met it head-on and slashed wildly.
I finally understood that the first floor of the Temple of Judgment was the territory of the beastman heroes. No wonder there were so many undead beastmen here. They were either kobolds, boars, taurens, trolls or so on. However, there were so many different types of beastmen that it wasn't boring to kill them.
The first floor of the Temple of Judgment was like Peach Blossom Island. It wasn't small, and our mission was to clear the map. Basically, we could handle four of these Level 210 Warsong Rank monsters, but any more and it would be chaos. There was one time when I lured two too many and almost got wiped.
The deeper we went, the denser the mobs became, and the more difficult it became to lure them. Even I couldn't guarantee that I could pull aggro with absolute precision.
As usual, we ate supper and continued to explore the first floor's map. I couldn't remember how many Warsong Rank mobs I had killed in the past twelve hours, but my experience bar had risen to 72% of Level 212. Bing Cha and Ling Xue had also leveled up. Both girls were Level 209. Ling Yue was Level 207, Qin Yun was Level 203, and Chrysanthemum Daohana was Level 205.
Qin Yun was incredibly powerful now that she was wearing a Level 200 High-grade Immortal-grade healing set. She could heal over ten thousand HP with a casual heals, and a critical hit would deal almost thirty thousand HP. It was an amazing feat. Right now, there were plenty of Level 150 priests who could heal 3000 HP with a single heals!
In comparison, Qin Yun was worthy of being the number one Cleric in China.
The unexplored areas on the map were shrinking, and we were close to our final destination.
It was at this moment Ling Yue frowned and said, "This is too much!"
"What is it?" I asked.
She said, "A small PvP battle between Snow Moon and Temple of the Moon occurred in Moonlight Forest. One of our hundred-man parties encountered a hundred-man party from Temple of the Moon, and because of a small dispute, both sides fought each other. Temple of the Moon sent out Flying Sword, and Snow Moon suffered a crushing defeat!"
"What?" I frowned. "Isn't Temple of the Moon a little too arrogant?"
Ling Yue nodded. "Yes!
Flying Sword doesn't have the guts to attack Snow Moon's people directly. He must have gotten Wang Junjie's permission. Hmph, this is too much.
The Dragon Soul knows that we are in a rare map, so it didn't inform us. We can only suffer in silence. "
Bing Cha laughed softly. "Eunuch Wang has returned. It looks like there will be a storm of blood."
"Eunuch Wang is mighty..."
"..."
I said, "Let's finish this quest as soon as possible. We can't continue like this. We have to kill the Temple of the Moon."
Ling Yue said, "Seven-star Lamp and Shadow Follower are both in Temple of the Moon. If you encounter them, will you attack or not?"
"We serve different masters. Of course, I will."
"Hehe."
At this time, Qin Yun pointed her staff to the front and said, "Everyone, look over there. It looks like the final boss has arrived."
"Oh?"
Everyone looked over, and sure enough, on a field of green grass, there was a blood-red cloak covering the ground, shining pure black armor, and a ghost head broadsword. Looking up, mm, on the neck, there was a pig's head!