Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 283 - 232: Then Go Ahead and Keep Resurrecting

At this very moment, on the border of Qinghe County in the Eastern Domain of the Golden Sparrow Country.

Zhao Jinlong, dressed in a black kasaya and resembling a large-eared monk, stared blankly as the massive army ahead retreated like a tide.

"What’s going on? We had them on the ropes. Why are they retreating?"

Zhao Jinlong was completely baffled.

He was the Abbot of Jinbo Temple, the Village Chief of Jinbo Stronghold, the Big Boss of the Poison Dragon Escort Agency, and the hidden boss behind sixteen brothels, four gambling dens, and six inns in Qinghe County.

Of course, he was also a Player—a Chaos Lord.

The Ancient Barbarian Country had launched an invasion, and Qinghe County, located on the eastern border of the Golden Sparrow Country, was seeing fierce fighting.

Just today, the slave army of the Ancient Barbarian Country had reached the county seat. Most of the County Yamen guards had been killed in battle, and County Magistrate Hu Dachun had already fled with his entire family.

The armies of King Dongsheng’s Prince Mansion couldn’t provide support, and there were no reinforcements from the Court. As a Lord, Zhao Jinlong had no choice but to lead his own soldiers to defend his territory.

However, the Ancient Barbarian Country’s forces were strong and their slave army was vast. After a brief engagement, Zhao Jinlong felt he couldn’t hold them back. He was already planning a retreat when he discovered the Ancient Barbarian army suddenly pulling back on all fronts.

’Did I miss some kind of notification?’

Zhao Jinlong had so many businesses that system notifications were a constant nuisance; he usually kept them muted. He quickly checked them now and soon found four messages.

"War Report: The 15th Prince of the Ancient Barbarian Country, Gu Man Hongli, has died violently. His personal slaves have been disbanded. The Border Barrier of the Ancient Barbarian Country is 1/20 unsealed. A 50-li region of the Ancient Barbarian Country’s border is now open for exploration!"

"War Report: The 14th Prince of the Ancient Barbarian Country, Gu Man Xingwang, has died violently..."

"War Report: The 13th Prince of the Ancient Barbarian Country, Gu Man Duobao, has died violently..."

"War Report: The 12th Prince of the Ancient Barbarian Country, Gu Man Fugui, has died violently. His personal slaves have been disbanded. The Border Barrier of the Ancient Barbarian Country is 4/20 unsealed. A 200-li region of the Ancient Barbarian Country’s border is now open for exploration."

"Well, I’ll be. So four Princes just dropped dead. Whose handiwork is this? A straight-up assassination? Whoever it was, they did me a huge favor!"

Overjoyed, Zhao Jinlong ordered, "All Monk Soldiers and heroes, listen up! We’re kicking them while they’re down! Follow me! We’ll charge into the Ancient Barbarian Country’s territory to burn, kill, and plunder!"

"Yes, sir!"

"We’re with you, Big Boss!"

"Charge!"

Under Zhao Jinlong’s command were black-robed Monk Soldiers, ruffian-class Soldier Types, as well as bandits, robbers, and escort masters, totaling over two thousand men. They responded with wild enthusiasm, quickly following Zhao Jinlong out of the county seat in pursuit of the Ancient Barbarian Country’s slave army.

At that moment, along the front lines in the Eastern and Northern Domains of the Golden Sparrow Country, many other Players like Zhao Jinlong who had joined the war were all wondering why the four Princes of the Ancient Barbarian Country had suddenly met a violent end.

And because of the deaths of these four Princes, a vast number of slaves were disbanded, and the various units of the Ancient Barbarian Country’s army were all retreating. The tide of battle had turned almost instantly.

On the Gale Wilderness, Wang Yi was still driving the chariot against the wind. Beside him, Li Longyu cupped her chin in her hands and gazed behind them, murmuring, "This wilderness is so desolate. The wind blows all day. What do those Gale Beasts even eat? Can they really live on just wind? If I caught one and took it back, I wonder if I could keep it alive..."

Wang Yi said, "My Eldest Princess, what on earth goes on in that head of yours!"

"Ah!" Li Longyu suddenly exclaimed. "That barbarian is back!"

’So he’s still not dead. What a pain,’

Wang Yi glanced back and saw a small black dot in the distance, which had to be Gu Man Wanshou. ’Li Longyu’s eyesight is pretty sharp,’ he thought. With a mental command, he sent out his Monkey King avatars to intercept Gu Man Wanshou.

However, this reappeared Gu Man Wanshou was even stronger than before. This time, he hadn’t come alone; he brought a group of "slaves" with him.

His slaves were Gale Beasts.

’The profession of this Primordial Destroyer is a bit special. Great Slave Lord, able to forcibly contract slaves... it’s well-suited for building an army. It would be great if I had time to develop it, but right now, I need to rapidly increase his personal combat power. Oh well, I’ll just have to transfer over some more Universal Experience Books. My poor Descent Points...’

Jiang Wuqing felt a pang of regret. It wasn’t for the Universal Experience Books he had accumulated, but for his own Descent Points.

Descent Points could only be obtained by completing descent missions from the High-Dimensional Divine Hall and were very hard to earn. Using them to transfer Universal Experience Books to Gu Man Wanshou felt like paying an exorbitant shipping fee for a small item. It was a huge loss.

But to increase Gu Man Wanshou’s power, he had no other choice.

He quickly transferred the Universal Experience Books and had Gu Man Wanshou use them, frantically upgrading all his skills.

Not just anyone could be boosted this way; only a Destroyer could.

Destroyers were designed to destroy worlds. Without intervention, the system would gradually cultivate one into a world boss, perhaps even the final, world-ending one. Naturally, the system wouldn’t stop a Player from actively nurturing one.

And Gu Man Wanshou was the Primordial Destroyer of the Typhon World!

After Jiang Wuqing maxed out all of Gu Man Wanshou’s skills to their current limits, his combat power reached the Celestial God Level.

He glanced at the spent Descent Points and his heart ached.

’That Starry Sky God reincarnation looks to be of high quality. As long as I can capture her and send her out of this world, I’ll still turn a profit. Right, and my Wind-Avoidance Pearl. I’ll have to send that treasure away too, can’t forget... How is this barbarian such a pauper? He doesn’t have a single valuable thing on him! After sending him so many Experience Books, there’s nothing for me to take back to make up for my costs...’

As Gu Man Wanshou was thinking this, nine Monkey Kings charged over, Iron Rods in hand.

"Nine King-level Combat Power units. But they seem to be pure physical damage dealers. They can’t stop me now!"

Jiang Wuqing didn’t recognize the Monkey Kings and didn’t care. He summoned his Gale Beast slaves to block them while he himself bypassed the avatars and pushed forward at full speed, chasing after the Bronze War Chariot.

The Celestial God Level Gu Man Wanshou had a much stronger Physique and a faster running speed. It wasn’t long before he caught up to the Bronze War Chariot.

"Surrender to me! Don’t resist anymore. My resources are beyond what you can contend with!"

Jiang Wuqing shouted, throwing a punch that created a shockwave. The Bronze War Chariot was hit by the blast and immediately disintegrated.

But amidst the wreckage of the chariot, two colossal figures slowly rose to their feet.

They were two Great Ore Vein Mountain Gods!

It was as if Wang Yi and Li Longyu had both undergone a Transformation.

The Jiang Wuqing-controlled Gu Man Wanshou’s eyes lit up. He shouted, "A nice Transformation! If it’s not a Lord Skill, I’ll definitely have to plunder it!"

Wang Yi, however, immediately summoned the Great Tea Pot Mountain God, turning it into the Big Tea Pot Mountain. Fueled by his Mountain and River True Qi, the Big Tea Pot Mountain bore down on Gu Man Wanshou.

"This trick again?"

Gu Man Wanshou didn’t dodge or evade. He threw a punch at the Big Tea Pot Mountain, and the immense physical power created a shockwave that not only stopped the mountain’s descent but threatened to blast it away.

"Explode!"

With a mental command, Wang Yi activated his Mountain-Breaking Power and detonated the Big Tea Pot Mountain. He then said to Li Longyu, "Run against the wind! Get a head start! I’ll catch up!"

"Okay!"

Li Longyu immediately broke into a run, but she glanced back and shouted, "Be careful!"

"I will!"

Wang Yi stared intently in Gu Man Wanshou’s direction. He knew that detonating the Big Tea Pot Mountain hadn’t been enough to kill him.

Sure enough, when the dust and smoke were blown away, Gu Man Wanshou’s figure appeared in his sight, completely unscathed. Not only that, but a suit of Battle Armor had now materialized on his body, gleaming like new.

"Little Player, I’ve already raised this barbarian to Celestial God Level combat power. Just give up. If you don’t get in my way, I won’t touch you. My target is the reincarnation of that Starry Sky God!"

Wang Yi didn’t reply. He summoned the Qiankun Universe Blade, and its Starlight Flying Swords formed a cage of threads that closed in on Gu Man Wanshou to annihilate him.

"Not a bad skill. Kid, is that a Lord Skill or a Universal Skill? If it’s a Universal Skill, would you consider selling it to me? I’ll pay a high price!"

"Buy my ass!"

Wang Yi snorted and pushed more power into the attack. Tens of millions of Starlight Flying Swords were unleashed in an instant.

Gu Man Wanshou’s figure was ground to dust. Wang Yi expelled a breath of Mountain and River True Qi to repair the Qiankun Universe Blade, then scanned his surroundings warily.

He had a gut feeling that Gu Man Wanshou wouldn’t be so easy to kill; he had to be alive somewhere.

And just as he expected, golden threads rapidly appeared in the void. They coalesced, and in the blink of an eye, reformed into Gu Man Wanshou. He stared at Wang Yi and said, "Very good. Very powerful. Your attack can annihilate a Celestial God Level combat unit. In a Newbie World, you can pretty much do whatever you want, can’t you? Sell me the skill. You name the price..."

Wang Yi’s response was a merciless, giant foot!

BOOM!

The Great Ore Vein Mountain God’s foot slammed down, stamping a huge crater into the ground. As it lifted its foot, the Qiankun Universe Blade stabbed down again, and the Starlight River began to surge.

A moment later, Gu Man Wanshou’s figure reassembled in the void once more. Jiang Wuqing’s voice came from his mouth: "It’s useless. This Destroyer doesn’t have many other talents, but he has plenty of bloodline descendants, and he can resurrect many times."

"Then you can just keep resurrecting!"

Wang Yi snorted. He had been saving his Chaos Energy, afraid to spend more than 200,000 so he could save up enough for one use of his Phantom Clone Technique. But with all the expenses along the way, he had already used a fair amount. Now, he only had 10.05 million Chaos Energy left!

’I might as well go all out and see if I can finish Gu Man Wanshou off for good,’ he thought.

So, steeling himself, he spent another 15,000 Chaos Energy to summon the other three Qiankun Universe Blades.

Starlight flared. Instantly, four Qiankun Universe Blades stood poised in four cardinal directions, their tips pointing down. Sixty million Starlight Flying Swords shot out at once, their threads converging into an ocean of light. They sealed off a thousand-meter radius around Gu Man Wanshou, scraping away the surface of the earth, tearing rifts in the void, and forming a cage-like Sword Array to grind everything within it to nothing.

The Jiang Wuqing controlling Gu Man Wanshou finally had a drastic change in expression.

He tried to make Gu Man Wanshou charge out, but the body with its Celestial God Level combat power couldn’t withstand the shredding Starlight Flying Swords. It died in an instant, immediately resurrected, and was immediately shredded again.

A distance of a thousand meters was nothing to the Celestial God Level Gu Man Wanshou, but right now, that thousand meters was an inescapable Sword Array cage. Even if he unleashed all of Gu Man Wanshou’s abilities, he couldn’t break out.

And at that moment, countless Players participating in the war between the Golden Sparrow Country and the Ancient Barbarian Country were simultaneously bombarded by system notifications.

"War Report: The 11th Prince of the Ancient Barbarian Country, Gu Man Shancai, has died violently. His personal slaves have been disbanded..."

"War Report: The 10th Prince of the Ancient Barbarian Country, Gu Manxinglong, has died violently..."

"War Report: The 9th Prince of the Ancient Barbarian Country, Ancient Barbarian Auspiciousness, has died violently..."