Chapter 228
As Ye Bai stepped out of the somewhat spacious lord's mansion alongside Ka Li, she curiously asked, "My lord, don’t you need to arrange for workers at your residence?"
"Let’s talk about that later," Ye Bai replied, waving his hand as he exited the lord's estate.
After the expansion, the lord's mansion had transformed into a sizable three-story building, capable of accommodating a series of secretaries, attendants, and cleaning staff. However, with the territory currently focused on major construction, Ye Bai was reluctant to waste manpower unless there was a surplus of labor.
Once the Void Capture Device was completed, the territory's score for Bai Ye City surged by another five thousand points, drawing significant attention.
However, the players active in Bai Ye City were no longer stopping frequently to take screenshots as they had in the past.
The main road of Bai Ye City was bustling with activity, filled with players. Almost all the players from the Lanxing server had gathered in Bai Ye City, drawn by its generous rewards—no other main city could offer such a wealth of equipment and tasks in such a short time.
A few uninformed ordinary players were drawn in by the rumors, while those who had participated in last night's operation were eager to reclaim their lost gear.
In contrast to the players, the NPCs were engaged in more complex professional tasks.
The direct control radius of the Tree of Creation had expanded to a diameter of ten kilometers. Bai Ye City was undergoing upgrades and expansions everywhere; the area once enclosed by the city walls was set to become the inner city, with outer city walls being constructed in the surrounding areas.
As Ye Bai stepped out of the lord's mansion, he was greeted by the sight of the widened and neatly arranged stone-paved roads. Further ahead, a section still under construction, the residential area shaped like a small "井" (well) had taken form, with apartment buildings and villas rising from the ground. The streetlights had all been replaced with energy bulbs that would automatically light up at night...
A few gazes fell on Ye Bai from a distance, but as he ventured into the military zone where players were not allowed, those gazes quickly withdrew.
—At this point, the agents were so busy that they merely noted Ye Bai's presence.
While issuing a summons, Ye Bai entered a metallic building surrounded by four watchtowers, protected by an energy field, alongside Ka Li.
Inside the room, a large device made of metal and energy crystals appeared. At its center was a swirling mass of red, blue, and gold energy—the Void Core.
As Ye Bai approached the Void Capture Device, a prompt immediately sounded:
【Would you like to consume one charge to capture a Void Rift?】
【Yes】
In the next moment, the Void Core blazed with light, its rotation accelerating.
【Capture successful!】
【You have obtained 'Void Gate - Chaos'】
Accompanied by the prompt, a purple item resembling the key to a city-building instance appeared in Ye Bai's inventory.
【Void Gate - Chaos】
Level: Rare
Bound to: Bai Ye City
Description: Opens a dimensional space infused with chaotic power.
Status: Countdown to disappearance (71 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds)
Not long after Ye Bai exited the room housing the device, he suddenly felt a tug on his clothing. Looking down, he saw Ottofis, who had returned from who knows where.
"Ah-uh!" Ottofis sniffed Ye Bai and called out.
Ye Bai instinctively responded, "Let’s go, I almost forgot to bring you along for the instance."
"Ah-uh!"
When Ye Bai arrived at the barracks with the instance key in hand, Felix and Blaze, who had just graduated, were already eagerly waiting.
"My lord, the personal guard and territory crossbowmen currently number one hundred thirty-eight, standing by!" Blaze reported as he stepped forward.
This was the available personnel that could be mobilized, with a significant portion still on duty in their regular posts.
"Very good," Ye Bai nodded, then selected the personal guards and crossbowmen over level 30 present, forming a team of forty-nine around him.
Next, Ye Bai took out a red seed-like instance key and chose to use it.
【Please select the challenge level for the dimensional space: Normal (10), Hard (20), Elite (30), Nightmare (50)】
Instances were typically encountered by players around the third tier, meaning the bosses were all above tier three. The differences in levels were reflected in the strength of the mobs and the health attributes of the bosses, with varying numbers of players allowed in different level instances.
To achieve the goal of training, Ye Bai naturally chose the maximum number of participants.
"Nightmare."
A Void Rift exploded from Ye Bai's hand, tearing through the air like a ripped canvas. In the next moment, Ye Bai and the forty-nine combatants from the territory vanished from the open ground.
……
As the scene shifted, the group reappeared in a starkly different space, pulsating with the scent of blood and sulfur, the air temperature rising sharply.
In the distance, a small demon with an impure lineage flapped its wings as it flew over a lava fissure.
The warriors, excited upon arrival, were witnessing such a scene for the first time. Even with the experience gained from daily training, they were essentially no different from second-tier players. Feeling the pressure of a tier three instance, their expressions turned tense and serious.
"My lord..." Blaze looked at Ye Bai, awaiting her command.
Ye Bai smiled, "A 'replica' of the hell instance... Isn’t it a coincidence?"
Having faced true hell before, Ye Bai was unafraid of this weakened version. Whether in high-level maps like the divine realm, where survival was paramount, or in the myriad worlds where levels were crushed, it had been a long time since she had experienced a battle at equal tiers.
Without hesitation, she mounted the somewhat excited Ottofis and charged ahead.
"Stay put and don’t move until I give the order."
Now, Ye Bai was a powerful hidden class at tier three, well-versed in strategies. Even facing a nightmare instance, she was more than capable, just like when she first ventured into the territory; the warriors behind her were still her 'experience babies.'
Chapter 153
In the weakened version of the hell instance, aside from group monsters like the small demons, other creatures such as the mutated horned demons ranged from levels 55 to 60.
Ye Bai led the way, having learned time magic with her third tier advancement, allowing her combat system to incorporate physical attacks as well.
Without pausing, she charged into the detection range of five mutated horned demons, the rest of the team following closely behind.
The horned demons raised their heads, their jagged mouths opening wide as they let out furious roars.
In the next moment, Ye Bai's vision slowed, the movements of the horned demons appearing almost frozen, like sculptures. The sound waves from their roars could even be captured by her enhanced vision.
The territory warriors behind her experienced the same phenomenon.
【Bullet Time】!
If this were a computer game, such an effect could only be achieved by slowing down targets in a specific area. However, in the holographic myriad worlds, it was indistinguishable from the reality Ye Bai perceived, truly granting her terrifying acceleration.
The power of this acceleration also applied to the attacks Ye Bai unleashed.
Equipping her energy crossbow, Ye Bai aimed at the group of mutated horned demons.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
A flurry of shots erupted, the energy crossbow bolts striking the immobile 'live targets' with precision.
If they had been ordinary crossbow bolts, they would have had to adhere to physical rules, losing Ye Bai's bullet time enhancement as they flew. But her bolts were made of energy.
The release mechanism was no different from the spell damage she cast.
The damage of the crossbow bolts was related to attack speed, and the principle that speed conquers all was vividly demonstrated at this moment. The energy arrows penetrated the monsters' bodies before they even realized what was happening, draining a significant portion of their health.
Immediately after, Ye Bai deactivated bullet time and cast a simple Thorn spell beneath the horned demons.
"Roar!"
The mutated horned demons howled incessantly, struggling to swat away the thorns that had suddenly sprouted beneath them.
‘-342’, ‘-352’...
Watching the damage numbers rise above the heads of the mutated horned demons, Ye Bai quickly waved her hand toward the back: "Fire!"
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