Chapter 1305: 423. Demon God Host_2
It didn’t take long before the originally spacious and bright corridor became a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Everywhere there were torn power armors and limbs, the bloodstains on the walls were striking, and the shrill and frenzied screams were incessant.
“Clang, clang, clang—”
Several crew members threw themselves against the warped laboratory door, hammering violently, making the door clang loudly.
The mechanical chains that connected the door to the wall structure snapped one after another, and the power cables transmitting energy were rudely torn apart, with sparks flying everywhere.
The Dark Priest holding up the laboratory door shouted hoarsely,
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“Quick, quick, quick!”
“Speed up the chanting!”
“The laboratory door won’t hold much longer!”
“Hurry! Hurry up!”
A Dark Priest standing on the ritual array and chanting softly suddenly threw back his head, revealing a face with prominent veins under his hood.
His eyes were wide, filled with bloodshot veins like cobwebs, and dark red blood droplets fell from the corners of his mouth.
Foam appeared at the corners of his mouth, and the Dark Priest’s voice inexplicably rose:
“Ah~~ I can feel it! It’s the call from the supreme being! He is calling me! Listen to my voice!”
“Dammit!” another Dark Priest felt a bad premonition and cursed,
“How could this bastard fail at this moment? Pull him away from the ritual array now, otherwise…”
Before he could finish, the Dark Priest with foam at his mouth screamed,
“I shall serve You with slaughter and darkness! My master!!”
His scream caused a violent vibration in the laboratory, and all the glassware exploded violently.
The five brains that had been blackened by the Array swelled at the same time, their surfaces stretching almost transparent.
The Dark Priests present spat out blood and couldn’t help stepping back, several of them collapsing to the ground in a disgraceful heap.
The ritual array had lost control!
And it was a severe case of losing control!
In that instant, the skulls of the five Artificial Angels exploded.
As the flesh flew in all directions, as if manipulated by an invisible force, it formed a massive cocoon around the frenzied Dark Priest.
The remaining Dark Priests looked in horror at the giant meat cocoon that stood over three meters tall, their bodies trembling incessantly.
“It’s terrible! A Dark Deity has descended!”
“Run! This guy has become a host for a Dark Deity!”
The Dark Priests, using their hands and feet, steadied themselves against the Tables and Chairs in the laboratory and hurried towards the door.
But unfortunately, their route to escape was fraught with peril.
The frenzied crew outside had completely blocked the corridor, leaving no space for the Dark Priests to pass through.
Moreover, the Dark Priests were also on the attack list of the frenzied crew.
One Dark Priest had just approached the door when an arm reached in from outside and grabbed him.
This arm was covered by a power arm, powerful and heavy with astounding grip strength.
The Dark Priest in a black cloak was no match for the ironclad hand, which gruesomely twisted his arm all at once, causing non-stop screams of agony.
“Idiot! Don’t get close to the door crack!” the Dark Priest guarding the door shouted.
But how could they enter the corridor without getting close to the door crack? noveldrama
The Dark Priests trapped in the laboratory looked at each other, only able to despairingly and pessimistically watch the meat cocoon inside the room, waiting for their own deaths.
As they had feared, with a bang, an explosion occurred.
This time it wasn’t because Noland Lee had done something; instead, the meat cocoon itself exploded.
Blood splattered in all directions, the room festooned with filth.
A sinister figure, covered in bone spikes, slowly stood up from the ground, straightening its more than three meters tall slender body.
This figure raised its wolf-claw-like right hand in the air and gently clenched it.
The surrounding chunks of flesh and blood gathered, shifting in squirming motions into a cloak, armor, helmet, arm guards, and long boots, which automatically adorned its body.
Just as Noland Lee observed secretly, a message from the Starry Sea game appeared in his mind.
[Attention!]
[A “Demon Raising” event has occurred in this area!]
[“Demon God Host” has arrived!]
[You and all players in the same area have automatically received the emergency task “Eliminate the Demon God Host”!]
[Task Details: You have the freedom to choose to avoid the Demon God Host or to engage it in battle.]
[Task reward: Successfully avoiding the Demon God Host grants no reward. Successfully defeating the Demon God Host rewards you with a Demon God Cell corresponding to the host’s level.]
[Failure Penalty: None.]
Huh?
The game system sent me a task too?
Noland Lee paused for a moment, then turned to sense the direction of the players.
The barrage from the players paused for half a second, apparently having also received the message from the game.
Unlike Noland’s bewilderment, the players seemed inexplicably excited, and their emotions were much more intense than when they successfully boarded.
“So there’s a Demon God Host hidden within this fleet! No wonder this is an SS level side quest!”
“I knew it! An SS level side quest couldn’t possibly be just about attacking a transport fleet!”
“We’re going to make a fortune! There’s actually a Demon God Host here!”
“Quick, report this to the Commander! I bet those who went off doing other things must be regretting it deeply now!”
What’s going on?
Why are the players this excited?
Noland sensed something odd, feeling like he might have overlooked something obvious to the players.
The players who were originally sweeping other battleships heard that a Demon God Host had appeared on the heavy transport ship and immediately dropped their easy targets and headed toward the transport ship.
More and more players gathered on the heavy transport ship, excitedly clearing out the armed crew inside, while discussing enthusiastically.
Only then did Noland understand what was happening.
Before the current game expansion was released, the players’ favorite outdoor boss to beat was the Demon God Host.
For the players, this was a random emergent event that appeared in densely populated areas.
Once they killed the Demon God Host, players could receive a Demon God Cell as a reward.
The Demon God Cell, after being rendered harmless, could be used to make either an Interstellar Warrior Breakthrough Potion or a Genetic Lock Release Potion.
The Interstellar Warrior Breakthrough Potion is specifically used to advance one’s rank in the Interstellar Warrior profession, for instance, from a full-level (Level 60) Junior Interstellar Warrior to Level 0 Intermediate Interstellar Warrior.
Meanwhile, the Genetic Lock Release Potion is related to the Genetic Modification Body profession, and its effects are somewhat similar to those of the Interstellar Warrior Breakthrough Potion.
The difference is that, in the breakthrough to an Advanced Genetic Modification Body, players have a chance to unlock the Telekinetic Master, a hidden profession.
Because the Telekinetic Master can only be unlocked with a 0.02% chance after breaking through to an Advanced Genetic Modification Body, the wealthy repeatedly use Gene Repair Fluid to reset the rank of their Genetic Modification Body, then inject the Genetic Lock Release Potion to attempt unlocking the Telekinetic Master hidden profession over and over.
This activity directly leads to a shortage of Genetic Lock Release Potions.
As the raw material, Demon God Cells naturally became the most sought-after valuable item.
Even with the release of the expansion, the price of Demon God Cells in the United Bureau Exchange had not fallen.
After the appearance of using the Great Gate technique, the price of Demon God Cells soared.
Rather than say they are linked to Credit Points, it’s better to say their price foundation is in real-world currency.
It can be said that Demon God Cells are the purest hard currency in the game, perfectly offsetting the negative effects of a huge burst in the production of Credit Points.
The players who boarded the ship, hearing that a Demon God Host had appeared, felt as though they were on the verge of becoming overnight millionaires.
Seeing the Demon God Host was almost as warm and familiar to them as seeing a relative.
Players had already figured out the combat mechanics of this type of outdoor boss, the Demon God Host, through hundreds of battles.
Moreover, they now possessed Three-ring Magic, boosting their combat power by a whole level.
The Demon God Host that appeared here was essentially a gift.
Please, keep sending more of these generous rewards our way.
The players frolicked and played, feeling incredibly relaxed.
They weren’t in a hurry to go to the location of the Demon God Host marked by the game to trigger the battle.
Not until all the players who received the message had arrived; starting the boss fight then wouldn’t be too late.
After all, the more players there are, the stronger their overall damage output, and the faster they could defeat the boss.
Moreover, the so-called Demon God Cells weren’t dropped from the Demon God Host, but came from the task rewards.
Players didn’t need to fiercely compete and fight over who would claim the spoils.
The game system’s fair distribution of outdoor boss rewards was much better than the old “who lands the killing blow, gets the loot” setup.
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