Chapter 72

The sky was still dim, the moon lingering in the sky without fading away.

In the mangrove forest outside the slum library.

"Adventurer, if you have no more questions, just walk to the center of the magic circle. Once the ritual starts, it will be a bit painful, but you just need to endure it," Xia Lian pointed to the central black stone platform, her eyes filled with excitement, finally able to start this experiment.

Shifeng was completely unaware of Xia Lian's thoughts, nodded, and walked into the magic circle.

After all, Xia Lian was a third-tier professional, so there shouldn't be any problems. As for the pain, it wasn't a big deal.

In the battles of the Divine Realm, being injured by monsters was equally painful, but most players chose to accept this setting, not setting the pain transmission to 0%, in order to increase realism and, more importantly, to improve their combat skills.

There's an old saying: "No pain, no gain." Only through pain can one remember the lesson, and only by learning from the lesson can one improve. Therefore, to grow in the Divine Realm, accepting this pain is necessary.

However, considering the players' tolerance, the Divine Realm's default setting was 20%, but some experts would set it to over 60%, making them more alert. Shifeng himself had set it to 50%, which was his habitual level, allowing him to best demonstrate his abilities.

After standing in place, Shifeng nodded to Xia Lian, signaling that she could begin.

Moon Goddess Descends!

Xia Lian began to pray, chanting divine incantations and continuously writing divine runes. Rows of divine runes floated in the air, rising toward the sky. Compared to the previous third-tier magic, this time she wrote an extremely large number of divine runes.

She wrote hundreds of lines without stopping, sweat already beading on her cheeks, looking somewhat exhausted. The magic circle on the ground began to emit a brilliant silver light, gradually rising.

After more than ten minutes, a bright moonbeam shone on Shifeng's body.

Instantly, many black smoke clouds emerged from Shifeng's body, rising unwillingly and leaving his body. At this moment, sweat began to trickle down Shifeng's forehead, his face pale as he endured intense pain.

Shifeng almost cursed Xia Lian. This wasn't just a bit painful; it was extremely, excruciatingly painful, as if his body were about to tear apart.

If he hadn't played the Divine Realm for ten years and gotten used to the pain, he would have already been screaming and roaring.

After several minutes of the moonlight shining, the black smoke finally left Shifeng's body, but it didn't disappear. Instead, it formed a black shadow identical to Shifeng.

"Adventurer, you must kill this demonic avatar to lift the curse. I need to oversee the ritual and can't help you. It's up to you," Xia Lian reminded him.

Shifeng, feeling somewhat drained, cast an Eye of Observation on the black shadow.

Night Edge (Demonic Avatar), Elite Level, Level 4, Health 2000.

"An elite?" Shifeng's expression turned serious.

This demonic avatar didn't have much health and was the same level as him. If it didn't have any powerful skills, it wouldn't be a big problem to deal with it, but that was unlikely.

"Damn Moon Drop, despicable human, do you think using the complete Moon Drop to weaken me will allow you to defeat me? I'll show you that lowly humans can never defeat a powerful demon," the demonic avatar raged, drawing a black longsword and charging at Shifeng.

In an instant, the demonic avatar rushed to Shifeng, swinging the longsword, which emitted a faint black glow. Instantly, the black glow split into four, aiming to cut Shifeng into pieces.

Extraordinary State!

Seeing this move, Shifeng was shocked. The speed was far beyond that of a normal elite, and he immediately used a parry.

Clang, clang, clang...

Shifeng took several steps back before stabilizing himself.

If it weren't for the complete Moon Drop, the demonic avatar would likely be a special elite rather than just an elite.

"Die!" The demonic avatar, not letting up, thrust its sword at Shifeng's chest, using Shifeng's own slashing skill.

Shifeng immediately activated Wind Step, dodging to the side and moving away from the demonic avatar.

The demonic avatar, missing its target, turned and also activated Wind Step, chasing after Shifeng.

In terms of strength, speed, and health, the demonic avatar had the upper hand. Moreover, it knew all the skills Shifeng had learned, putting Shifeng at a significant disadvantage.

Seeing Shifeng about to be caught, the demonic avatar sneered cruelly, "Whatever you can do, I can do better. You can't possibly defeat me. Just accept your fate and die."

"Can you do this?" Shifeng smiled, and nine sword shadows appeared around him, shooting toward the demonic avatar.

Although the demonic avatar could block most of the attacks, a few Abyssal Shadows would still pierce its body, each attack causing over thirty points of damage.

"Despicable human, relying on the power of weapons. I'll show you that all this is futile," the demonic avatar said, rushing to Shifeng and using Wind Lightning Flash.

Seeing the sword light coming, Shifeng smiled calmly, taking out two scrolls from his backpack: a speed boost scroll and a sheep transformation scroll. Instantly, Shifeng's speed increased, and he rolled to avoid the Wind Lightning Flash, then transformed the demonic avatar into a sheep.

After the transformation, Shifeng immediately swung his sword.

Wind Lightning Flash!

The sheep-transformed demonic avatar had no way to avoid it. Three sword lights hit directly, the level 5 Wind Lightning Flash causing -112, -135, and -163 points of damage.

The demonic avatar was furious, activating Sword Return to greatly increase its attack range, and swung its sword at Shifeng. This human was too despicable, using such a lowly tactic as sheep transformation.

"Haha, I thought demons were strong. You have a body stronger than mine and use the same skills as me, but you're only this level," Shifeng taunted while dodging.

"You're asking for death!" The demonic avatar was almost enraged by Shifeng's words, using a double slash to attack Shifeng's neck.

Shifeng pointed the Abyssal Blade at the demonic avatar, and nine black chains instantly bound it, immobilizing it for three seconds.

Phantom Kill!

At the same time, both the main body and the avatar activated Sword Return, attacking the demonic avatar.

Wind Lightning Flash, Slash, Ground Splitter, Double Slash, and a series of skills hit the demonic avatar, along with the repeated attacks of the Nine-Headed Dragon Slash, rapidly depleting its health. In no time, it dropped to 10%.

"Let's see how strong your body is, how strong your skills are, and how strong you are as a demon!" Shifeng said, stabbing the demonic avatar in the chest, causing it to grimace in pain and rage.

Seeing the bindings about to be released, the demonic avatar was ready to use its ultimate skill when it saw the scroll in Shifeng's hand, instantly losing all hope.

"Goodbye!" Shifeng waved at the demonic avatar, knowing it was about to unleash its power, and activated the level 1 magic scroll in his hand.

Heavenly Thunder Strike!

This level 1 magic scroll was enough to deal 500 points of damage to a single enemy below level 20. Facing a demonic avatar with less than 200 health, it was more than sufficient.

Suddenly, a bolt of blue lightning struck from the sky, dealing 500 points of damage to the demonic avatar, which instantly turned into a black smoke and disappeared, dropping a dark gray piece of equipment.

System: Completed the Moon Drop quest, rewarded with 10,000 experience points, Hunter title, +5 reputation with the Star Moon Kingdom, +20 reputation with White River City, and +100 reputation with Red Leaf Town.

System: Red Leaf Town reputation reached 50 points, promoted to a first-class citizen of Red Leaf Town.

System: Red Leaf Town reputation reached 100 points, promoted to a third-class noble of Red Leaf Town.

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