Chapter 124: Undead and Will-O-Wisp, Entering the Catacombs
"This world is a cold hell... There is no good... No evil... Only pain..."

"Only if you submit to me..."

Weird whispers continued to come from the box.

Cao Xing looked strange.

This thing is really weird.

When the black gas dissipated, Cao Xing saw a palm-sized, square metal box inside the box.

Marita saw the expression on Cao Xing's face and reminded him again: "Lord Cao Xing, I'm sure you've also seen that this box is an evil thing. Are you sure you still want to buy it?"

Cao Xing nodded, "Yes."

Marita said no more, and the two sides completed the transaction again.

[Transaction successful: You obtained 1 Demon Devouring Box, and you lost 60 coins]

When Marita saw that the transaction was completed, a faint smile appeared on her lips again.

"Well, let me tell you how to use this box."

Cao Xing was stunned, "Is there any other method to use it?"

"Yes, because the demon sealed inside is too powerful, so whether it is to open this box or to drive the demon inside, a specific spell is required."

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Then, Marita told Cao Xing various spells.

And Cao Xing quickly memorized it in his mind.

Since his mental strength has been greatly improved, Cao Xing feels that his memory and thinking abilities have also been greatly improved.

Finally, Marita warned, "Lord Cao Xing, remember, you must be careful when dealing with demons."

"In addition to possessing various strange abilities, they are also very good at deceiving people."

"If you need to drive the demon in the box, remember not to listen to anything it says. Just reseal the box after use."

Cao Xing nodded. "I'll remember that, Miss Marita. Thank you for your reminder."

At this point, their transaction can be said to have been successfully completed.

The two teams separated.

The businessman, Jovan, knelt on the ice from beginning to end and dared not get up.

After this experience, he probably can't stay in the Moon Goddess Chamber of Commerce anymore.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Cao Xing.

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The mammoths moved at full speed, running all the way along the lower reaches of this wide glacier.

Because they were running so noisily, flocks of large white birds would occasionally fly up from the woods on both sides; no one knew what species they were.

Twenty minutes later.

Cao Xing has arrived less than 5 kilometers away from Ji Xinyue's territory.

Her territory also seems to be located near this glacier.

So he sent a message, "I'm almost there, are you in the territory?"

The other party quickly replied: "I'm here, Boss Cao Xing, I've been waiting for you."

"it is good."

After the simple reply, Cao Xing didn't say any more words and continued running.

A few minutes later.

Cao Xing saw a well-developed territory on the bank of the glacier.

In the center of the camp, there is a huge bonfire burning brightly, which looks like it has been built to at least level 6.

More than a dozen buildings were built around the campfire.

Level 2 lord's hut, level 2 polar man's hut, level 1 blacksmith shop, sewing shop, canteen, etc.

Although it is not as big as Cao Xing's territory, it is still considered well developed among the survivors.

At this moment, eight polar people were collecting resources in the woods not far away.

In that grove, the ground was covered with bare tree stumps, almost all of which had been chopped down by them.

Fortunately, the system will randomly refresh new resource points near the territory every half a month.

The locations of these resource points are not fixed, and the resources given are also of random types.

It's possible that you'll be given a haunted iron mine, or it's possible that you'll be given a rich gold mine, it all depends on luck.

Boom!dong dong!

Cao Xing continued to approach with his men.

The heavy footsteps of the mammoth startled the eight polar men.

When they saw the powerful momentum of Cao Xing and others, they were completely shocked.

"Whoa!"

The eight polar men screamed in surprise, dropped their tools, and quickly ran back to their territory.

He ran and shouted at the same time.

"My Lord! Help!"

"There are many powerful monsters approaching our territory!"

"My Lord, run away!"

The polar man's shouting startled everyone in the camp.

After a while, three figures emerged from the lord's hut.

A middle-aged man, followed by a tall, thin, and somewhat haggard middle-aged woman.

In front of them was a female warrior holding a two-handed sword.

This is a family of three.

Although the system's allocation mechanism is based on household allocation, what if there are insufficient or excess people?

It will be like Cao Xing and Liu Muxue, with two or three people in a camp.

The family of three also noticed Cao Xing and his group, and their faces suddenly changed.

They even wanted to run away on the spot.

However, the female warrior saw the person sitting on the mammoth waving at her.

For a moment, she did not act rashly.

Soon, Cao Xing brought his men to the side of the female warrior.

He glanced at the information above the three people's heads.

[Ji Xinyue lv6], [Ji Zhenbing lv5], [Wang Shi lv5]

Cao Xing nodded secretly. This woman was the Ji Xinyue she was looking for.

Like the other survivors, Ji Xinyue wore a long skirt on the lower body, light armor on the upper body, and a wolfskin coat on the outside, which looked out of place.

However, this woman is pretty good looking.

Although not as good as Liu Muxue, she is still very eye-catching in the crowd.

Ji Xinyue was also observing the information of Cao Xing and others. After seeing the name above his head, she immediately exclaimed: "Boss Cao Xing! You are finally here!"

"The one next to you is Goddess Mu Xue! Oh my god, you two are really together."

Cao Xing nodded, then walked down with Liu Muxue.

At the same time, Ji Xinyue also noticed the group of recruited creatures behind Cao Xing, which had different shapes but strong auras.

He immediately exclaimed, "Oh my God! Are these all Cao Xing's men?"

"Even the leader-level Blood Spider Queen, Mammoth, and Boss-level Frostwolf Knight can be recruited. Isn't this too scary?"

Ji Xinyue screamed and yelled.

Including Ji Xinyue's parents, they were looking at the horrible creatures behind Cao Xing with surprise.

What she didn't know was that Cao Xing's strongest fighter, Sarah, was still hiding in the dark.

That's a third-level leader-level assassin.

After Cao Xing brought Liu Muxue down, the two sides exchanged a simple greeting.

He didn't waste any time and asked directly, "Ji Xinyue, where is the underground tomb you found?"

Ji Xinyue had also calmed down and pointed to a forest in the distance and said, "Boss Cao Xing, it's in the forest ahead, about four or five kilometers away from my territory.

"I was planning on going there to hunt rabbits or something, but I stumbled upon that catacombs!"

"That catacomb is so huge, the facilities inside are just like an underground palace!"

Ji Xinyue explained with great excitement.

Cao Xing nodded and said, "Take us there."

"Ok."

Ji Xinyue was delighted.

Then she turned around and explained to her parents.

The middle-aged couple looked a little worried, but they also knew that Ji Xinyue was going to do something important.

These days, they were also frightened by the group of Ascalon's undead and were almost becoming nervous.

Cao Xing also came to help them, and they couldn't help but feel a strong sense of gratitude towards him.

The woman with a rather good-looking appearance and a bit of charm said softly, "Thank you, Brother Cao Xing."

"We heard from Xiao Yueyue that you traveled hundreds of kilometers to help us solve the problem of those undead spirits."

"We, as a family, thank you from the bottom of our hearts."

After they finished speaking, they bowed slightly to Cao Xing.

"You're welcome, uncle and aunt. I'm also quite interested in this task."

"Besides, it's not certain whether it can be completed."

"If the monsters inside are too strong, you should be prepared to move."

Cao Xing's joking tone eased the tension in the middle-aged women's hearts.

A smile also appeared on Ji Xinyue's face.

At this time, she looked to the side and shouted, "Xiao Hu, come out."

Then, a striped tiger with light yellow hair all over its body, which seemed to be still growing, rushed out from a residential house.

[Snow Tiger: lv7]

[Lord: Ji Xinyue]

[HP: 640/640]

[Attack power: 71~75]

[Skills: Bite, Tiger Attack]

[Talent: Cold Resistance]

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Cao Xing was stunned, "You have a pet?"

Ji Xinyue smiled proudly and said, "Hehe! Of course, I am very strong!"

"I'm also in the top ten in the current rankings!"

However, when she saw Cao Xing's mammoth, she said dejectedly: "Of course, it can't compare with a big guy like you."

"You actually have a level 20 boss-level pet. That's so cool and impressive!"

Ji Xinyue looked envious.

However, her pet tiger seemed a little unhappy when he heard her praising other pets.

"Woo...Woo..."

The tiger made a deep sound.

Ji Xinyue walked over, touched its neck, and threw a piece of fresh meat into its mouth. Only then did the tiger calm down.

Then she sighed and said, "Xiaohu eats too much. Our family can only eat bread every day, and all the meat is used to feed him."

"However, it is still pretty good. It helped us kill many monsters."

Cao Xing nodded and didn't care.

Ji Xinyue rode on the back of the snow tiger.

It is over one meter tall and can accommodate almost two people.

"Let's go, Boss Cao Xing. I'll lead the way for you."

After saying that, Ji Xinyue rode on the snow tiger and galloped wildly in the snow.

The Xueyuan tiger seemed to want to show off its speed to everyone, and began to run wildly with extremely agile movements.

The instantaneous burst of speed even reached forty or fifty kilometers per hour.

However, for those who have been blessed with the [Queen's Will] and are still in the [Queen's Aura] state.

It's easy to catch up.

Cao Xing and others followed behind, keeping a certain distance.

After running for about three kilometers, the tiger ran out of strength. It slowed down its pace and lowered its head in dejection.

"Woo..."

Ji Xinyue continued to comfort him: "Xiaohu, you are just a level 7 little tiger, how could you be so desperate as to compete with a level 20 mammoth in speed?"

Ji Xinyue felt both amused and helpless, and reached out her hand to comfort him gently.

The tiger nodded dejectedly, then continued forward with Ji Xinyue.

Soon, they arrived at the forest she mentioned.

rustling... rustling...

We moved forward, stepping on the snow on the ground and the leaves that had frozen hard.

Before long, they had gone deep into the forest.

The light here seems dimmer, like a haunted forest in a horror movie.

In addition, the low temperature of -50℃ makes the environment of this forest even more gloomy.

It is normal for Ji Xinyue to encounter undead here.

At this time, Cao Xing, with his keen eyesight, discovered some collapsed building walls on the ground, which seemed to have some strange text patterns engraved on them.

"What are those patterns?" Cao Xing asked puzzledly.

Renisi walked over quickly to take a look, then said, "My Lord, this is the writing of the Ascalon Empire. It seems that there used to be a palace here."

"palace?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment and asked, "Rainis, have you been here before?"

Renis shook her head. "No, the territory of Ascalon Kingdom is very large. I was born in the border area of ​​the western continent."

"Not long after I came of age, Ascalon went to war with the Blood Legion."

"And in the last battle, my heart was pierced and I suffered fatal injuries."

"I was supposed to be dead, but suddenly I heard the voice of the gods ringing in my ears."

Cao Xing asked doubtfully: "God?"

"Yes."

Renis nodded and said, "The voice of the god told me to choose whether to be sealed into the summoning space and wait for the summoning of the chosen lord in the future, or to choose to perish."

After listening to Renis's story, Cao Xing understood something.

So this is how the recruitment scroll works?

The heroes who should have died thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago are sealed into the summoning space.

Then wait for the humans from Blue Star to come to this world and summon them out again.

The same is true for Andrew and Assam.

"The power of the gods?"

Cao Xing seemed to be thinking about something.

He continued to ask: "Rainis, do you know what the words above mean?"

Renis took a look and nodded: "The text on it seems to be, пай"

“That translates to hell.”

Hearing this, Ji Xinyue exclaimed: "That's right, that's what the group of undead kept saying when they appeared every night. So this is what they meant!"

"hell?"

Cao Xing looked puzzled.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing shook his head and decided not to continue to dwell on this issue.

They began to move on.

The deeper you go into the forest, the more eerie the surrounding environment becomes, and the more collapsed ruins you see.

Through these ruins, one can vaguely see that there once was a complex of buildings here.

But for unknown reasons, these buildings have disappeared.

Or rather, it sank into the ground.

At this time, a faint blue light appeared in the center of the forest.

Ji Xinyue said excitedly, "We are almost there. The place ahead is where I discovered the Tomb of Ascalon."

After saying that, she couldn't help but quicken her pace.

Following her around in turns, they soon arrived at the place where the light was coming from.

This is truly the heart of the forest.

However, those glowing things are not light sources.

Instead, there were clusters of blue ghost lights floating in the air.

[Ghostly Will-O'-the-Wisp (lv8)]

【HP: 640】

[Skill: Self-destruction (after being attacked, all energy will be detonated, causing damage equal to HP*50% to surrounding enemies)]

(Introduction: In places with heavy yin energy, a kind of ghost fire will appear. Don't attack it casually.)
...

After seeing the skill introduction, Cao Xing immediately gave up the idea of ​​touching these will-o'-the-wisp fires.

at the same time.

Ji Xinyue has arrived at a ruin.

Standing on a pile of rocks, the woman holding a big sword said, "Right here, there is a passage that goes underground."

"After going down here, you will reach the Tomb of Ascalon."

After hearing this, Cao Xing also walked over.

Sure enough, I saw a stone staircase in the middle of the ruins.

There is also map information on it.

Cao Xing took a glance.

【Askalon Catacombs】

[Danger: Extremely dangerous]

[Map introduction: This was once the palace of the Kingdom of Ascalon. Because of a war, the King of Ascalon, Eadbern, chose to sink the palace into the ground and bound the souls of all the soldiers in the palace. Over time, this place became the tomb of the Ascalon people.]

...

"Is it extremely dangerous again?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment, then asked, "How strong are the undead in there?"

Ji Xinyue replied, "The levels of those undead are all above level 20, and there are several elite undead that are 20 levels higher than me, and there are a lot of them."

"The number of undead spirits I have seen alone exceeds hundreds!"

"With so many Ascalon Undead, if they were to mobilize in full force, I think they could even destroy an army of thousands of people!"

Ji Xinyue paused and said, "However, those undead will not attack us."

"They just want me to help them deal with the demon inside that is devouring the undead souls of Ascalon."

Cao Xing was stunned. It seemed that the demon inside was really powerful!
According to Ji Xinyue, more than a hundred third-level undead are a very powerful force.

Of course, it is also possible that the demon has means to target these undead.

Cao Xing thought for a moment and decided to go and take a look at the situation first.

"Come on, let's go down first."

After saying that, he jumped off Dabai's back with Liu Muxue.

Given the narrowness of this passage, a mammoth would definitely not be able to get in.

So, Cao Xing could only leave Dabai outside.

Ji Xinyue's tiger was also left outside.

"Bron, lead the way." Cao Xing ordered.

Braum raised his door-wide shield and said cheerfully, "No problem, dear lord, just follow Braum!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and rushed into the tunnel.

Then, Assam, Andrew and others entered with cameras.

Cao Xing, Liu Muxue, and Ji Xinyue walked at the end of the team.

As soon as I entered the underground area, a system prompt appeared.

[You have entered the special area: Tomb of Ascalon]

[Note: Ascalon's Tomb is a high-level area. It is recommended that you form a team of at least 4 survivors with level or above strength to explore it.]

Seeing this system prompt, Cao Xing frowned.

Obviously, the difficulty of Ascalon's Tomb is higher than that of the Goblin Treasure House.

In the Goblin Treasury, they faced the Goblin King, a third-level leader-level creature.

Although it is just a weakened version, it is enough to reflect its difficulty.

And in this area, you might encounter even more powerful creatures.

However, Cao Xing didn't feel that scared.

After all, his current strength has been greatly improved compared to when he was in the goblin treasury, which can be called a qualitative change.

Everyone moved on.

"Tap tap... tap tap..."

The sound of dense footsteps continued to be heard.

The staircase leading underground is long and dark.

But with Braum, a loudmouth, leading the way, it didn't seem that scary.

As he walked, he hummed a strange folk song.

"Your home is covered in snow, and frost covers the rivers and lakes~"

"It is only natural that the cold wind stole our language, so~"

"Don't let diamond tears flow out of your eyes~"

The empty singing voice echoed in the passage.

Cao Xing was delighted and asked, "Bron, what are you singing?"

Bron turned his head and grinned, "My Lord, this is a little song from my hometown. Does it sound good?"

Without waiting for Cao Xing to answer.

Xierda, who was following behind, said with disgust: "Tsk... it's so ugly, don't sing it anymore!"

Bron smiled and said, "My beautiful lady, it seems that you don't appreciate the musicality of my beautiful voice~"

At this moment, a blue light suddenly appeared in the dark passage.

Cao Xing looked carefully and found that it was a soul that was completely illusory, with a pale face and emitting blue light!
The temperature in the entire channel drops rapidly.

Click!Click!
A layer of frost quickly formed on the steps beneath my feet.

The blue soul just stared at everyone, its empty eyes seemed to be filled with scrutiny and hostility.

"Gods, what the hell is this?"

Bron screamed and took a few steps back, almost bumping into Assam.

And Cao Xing also quickly glanced at the attributes of this undead.

[Ascalon Warrior's Undead (lv24)]

[Race: Undead]

[Level: Level 3 ordinary creature]

[HP: 12540/12540]

[Attack power: 461~487]

[Armor: 371~394]

[Skill: Winter Swordsmanship (When attacking, there is a 20% chance of freezing the enemy for 3 seconds)
Soul Slash (Slashes out a sword energy, causing 133% damage to the target's soul and causing it to fall into a short state of fear.)
Spirit (Reduces physical attacks received by 30%, and makes nearby enemies feel frightened, lowering the body temperature.)]

[Talent: Body of the Undead (Can ignore obstacles and pass through walls, movement speed increased by 30%. If there are other restrictions on the wall, it cannot pass through.)]

(Introduction: The ghosts of soldiers bound here, the power of the ancient sword Magdel gave them a second life, but also gave them eternal curse.)
...

Cao Xing focused his eyes and saw that a third-level monster had indeed appeared.

These undead spirits have very powerful attributes.

There is also a [Spirit] skill that can affect temperature.

No wonder Cao Xing felt that the temperature in the passage had dropped so much.

At this moment, the undead warrior drew his weapon and questioned in a voice like the whisper of a soul.

"Who...are you and why are you trespassing into our resting place?"

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