Chapter 549: Chapter 539: Confucian Sect Welcomes New Members

“What’s happening?” People could only feel their heads buzzing.

Then they saw the chickens begin to dive, and at a certain height, they threw the groundhogs down.

At the same time, the flock of chickens cried out, “Groundhogs, you are surrounded by enemies!”

The next moment, the groundhogs still falling through the air seemed to be activated beasts, pulling out a bunch of carrots and starting a pattern of indiscriminate, wild throwing!

They bloomed like fireworks scattered by celestial maidens, bursting forth with countless carrots!

Since it was the chickens who targeted their drops, the groundhogs were spread out wide, covering a large area very precisely with their bombardment.

So…

Boom boom boom…

The carrot clouds exploded among the crowd, instantly enveloping all players within several miles of the valley in explosions.

In the explosion, players were blown to smithereens without a chance to fight back.

And this was just the beginning. Once the chickens had dropped off the groundhogs, they too pulled out a bunch of carrots and started to unleash them into the crowd. Wherever the flying chickens went, everything turned to ash!

They were like a giant iron plow, determined to turn over everyone on the ground!

And that speed was so fast, it gave no chance for the players to dodge!

“Back, go back!”

Liu Yi, watching the carrot clouds bloom one after another, the terrifying speed approaching him, immediately stopped in his tracks, turned around, and ran back towards Yi Zheng’s direction.

But as he turned his head, he saw a large group of rabbits waving big sabers, smashing stones everywhere as they charged straight towards him.

San Shan shouted, “What do we do now?”

Liu Yi looked back and saw the speed of the bombardment increasing rapidly, quickly closing in on him. Clenching his teeth, he said, “No choice, we fight to the death!”

In the midst of speaking, Liu Yi had already drawn his weapon, Liu Ye’er took out two willow-leaf sabers, San Shan pulled out two iron hammers, Five Mountains took out a shield and wanted to go forward, but was stopped by Liu Yi, “Defense is useless against that guy, only attack remains! Kill!”

No sooner had his words fallen than the charging rabbits suddenly let out a low roar on the spot. Their bodies shone with golden light, and finally, the golden light transformed into a beam shooting into the sky!

The humming sound of the great Dao resonated, followed by the transformation of the golden light into black!

Liu Yi decisively sheathed his weapon and lay down on the ground, “Forget it, I give up struggling, I’m tired, it’s over.”

The others deeply agreed. They were already no match, and now the enemies had upgraded. There was no point in fighting anymore!

They gave up!

Then they saw the rabbit curse to the sky, “I am from the Righteous Path, where’s my golden light? What’s the meaning of turning it into a black light? Who are you looking down on?”

The black light plummeted down with a bang into the rabbit’s body. The rabbit roared as if it had taken some drug, and a powerful Qi force blasted out from its pores. Every player, rabbit, wild boar, and the like within a hundred meters was blown away.

At the same time, a flash of enlightenment crossed Yi Zheng’s mind, an enlightenment that was not his own but from a previous clone that had died.

That clone had killed countless Heavenly Demons in the Heavenly Demon Realm, stepping into the eighth level even before Yi Zheng and awakening a sense of self. Fortunately, it was suppressed by an even more terrifying existence at that time, which prevented it from backfiring on Yi Zheng.

However, the memories of its advancement remained in its soul.

Yi Zheng hadn’t been strong enough before, but now that he had reached the required strength, those enlightenments naturally merged into his soul.

Being of the same origin, the absorption was incredibly smooth, and in an instant, Yi Zheng became enlightened…

At this moment, not only was he leveling up by slaughtering players and receiving system rewards for the upgrade, but he was also experiencing an elevation of his soul through personal insight.

One was external assistance, the other, internal comprehension–two different paths of cultivation normally walked independently. However, Yi Zheng had now completed both simultaneously, and the two paths miraculously merged!

“Ding! Congratulations on your perfect advancement. Your strength is now ten times that of other beings at the same realm.”

“Ding! As you have advanced to the eighth level, all your subordinate monsters are upgraded to level eight, one-star monsters!”

In an instant, the entire valley roared, as rabbits, wolves, bears, groundhogs, chickens, snakes, giant bears, land turtles, and more all roared, their golden light turning into black, then black mist swirling around them, collectively entering a demonic state and advancing!

“They leveled up!” Liu Ye’er, belatedly realizing what was happening, watched the scene in amazement. In the Cangshan Mountain World, there were no freakish monsters like Yi Zheng, nor had there been instances of monsters crazily slaughtering players to level up.

Therefore, they were very unfamiliar with this situation and naturally shocked.

Liu Yi shook his head and said, “It’s not leveling up; ordinary leveling up doesn’t have such intense golden and black light. They are advancing!”

Towards the end, Liu Yi spoke with a sob in his voice.

Yin Kui’s face was also pale as he said with a bitter smile, “We were all wrong. These rabbits are not simple seven-star, one-star monsters; they are seven-star, nine-star monsters. And we used our lives to help them, and witnessed their advancement to level eight monsters!

No wonder the Empress couldn’t beat them, these creatures are all freaks!”

San Shan said, “I just want to ask one thing, what do we do now?”

Liu Yi sighed, “Wait to die.”

It wasn’t just him; many players, after witnessing this scene, let out cries of despair, “System, damn it, what is this situation?”

“We’re just newbies in this world; does it have to be like this?”

“With a bunch of level eight monsters guarding the entrance, system, you’re not planning on letting us play at all!”

“System, you’re playing with us!”

The players wailed in despair.

However, some went mad in their despair, attacking the monsters around them, but invariably, they were all beaten to death by even more brutal fists.

Bomb Chickens flew by, Poison Gas Bombs slithered by, Wild Boars plowed through, Wolf Packs sprinted by, and Rabbits pummeled past with leather shoes in hand…

After several rounds, the Grand Canyon was left with nothing but equipment strewn all over the ground.

As for severed limbs and such, they didn’t exist anymore–they had all been bombed into a gaseous state by the carpet bombing of Carrots.

However, no one was going to collect that equipment. In the Grand Canyon, a group of Rabbits with a group of Wolves, Wild Boars, and Snakes stared down a flock of Chickens, swords drawn and crossbows cocked, full of national essence!

Meanwhile, a group of Groundhogs also stared bewilderedly, completely clueless.

“Chicken King, you’ve gone too far! We asked you to come, not to clear the field! It was so hard to find so many fearlessly charging players, we only killed a few hundred thousand, and the rest were all blown up by you! Sabotaging the event, huh?” Zi Xing roared.

Chicken King casually sat on the ground, looking utterly contented as he said, “Don’t talk like that. I came late, saw you guys being attacked by so many players, and of course had to lend a hand… Cool down, everyone’s here for the thrill… cough, for the Sect!”

“Damn, you already let it slip, how can I trust you? Brothers, grab your weapons, let’s beat them up!” Zi Xing gave the order with a wave of his hand.

Zi Gong, Wild Boar King, Wolf King, and others roared and charged.

The Chickens had just started to retreat when they saw Zi Lu leading the Bear King, Land Turtle King, Snake King, and others surrounding them.

Chicken King panicked, “Everyone, let’s talk this out, I was also doing it for the Sect…”

“Beat him up!”

Zi Lu yelled, leading a swarm of creatures to rush forward.

In an instant, the Chickens, who were previously smug and complacent, got mauled by a horde of animals, sending feathers flying everywhere in the canyon amid cries of agony.

“Boss, save us!”

“Boss, they’re beating up your chicks, aren’t you going to step in?”

“Boss, your chicks are about to get their bones broken!”

“Boss, your chicks are almost plucked bare!”

“Boss…”

“Everybody, back off!” Finally, Yi Zheng spoke up.

Zi Xing and others stopped, and Chicken King, as if pardoned, sighed with relief. Just as he was about to crack a smile, he saw a little figure dart out from the gap they just made and kicked him in the face, “I’m not done hitting them yet, who told you to kill them all! Hit them for me!”

“Save me!”

…

After a while, the Grand Canyon was filled with Wild Boars, Wolves, Rabbits, Snakes, Bears, and other little animals lying around contentedly having vented their frustrations, along with a bunch of Chickens and Groundhogs with bruised faces and tearful cries asking, “Who hit me? Who? Come out, don’t hide…”

Unfortunately, these blind creatures received no response from anyone.

“It’s been too long since I had such a satisfying fight… I feel great…” Yi Zheng lay relaxed on a rock.

At that moment, Peng Demon King descended from the sky, landing beside Yi Zheng, “Rabb…”

Yi Zheng gave him a sideways glance, and the Peng Demon King quickly corrected himself, “Master, the players haven’t resurrected yet, the city is almost empty. Only a few players are moving around in the city…”

He had just been ordered by Yi Zheng to Investigate the situation inside the Imperial City.

At first, Yi Zheng was somewhat disappointed, after all, the players hadn’t resurrected, and there were none left to kill.

But upon hearing there were still some players in the city, he immediately perked up and sat up sharply, “How few is a few?”

Peng Demon King pondered for a bit, “Hmm… about a couple hundred thousand or so.”

Upon hearing this, Yi Zheng’s eyes sparkled with excitement, and he sprang up, waving his little hand, “The leg of a mosquito is still meat! A couple hundred thousand, that’s not a small number! Brothers, assemble!”

The Confucian Disciples who were still lying lazily on the ground a moment ago, sprang up as if fitted with springs, their faces full of anticipation as they looked at Yi Zheng, “Boss!”

Yi Zheng waved his little hand and pointed ahead, “When friends come from afar, how can we not give them a warm welcome? All members, attack the city!”

“Roar!”

Watching the Little Rabbit leading the horde of wild beasts howling as they ran towards the valley exit in the sunset, one couldn’t help but be moved by the sight.

Peng Demon King smacked his lips, “Youth… really a fricking animal! Savage creature, more unreasonable than I am… Confucian Sect, ptooey!”

“Idiot, pick up the equipment on the ground, miss one piece, and you’re going to be stewed in soup when we get back!”

Yi Zheng’s voice echoed in Peng Demon King’s mind as he looked at the equipment all over the ground. There were five million pieces!

He couldn’t help but reply, “Master, do you even want this junk?”

“You don’t know shit! Keep it!” Yi Zheng retorted.

With no choice, Peng Demon King resentfully stomped his foot, turning into a beam of golden light as he started picking up trash in the valley…

In a mumble, he muttered to himself, “What kind of karma did I create in my past life?

To be beaten, stewed for soup, used as a mount, and now to pick up trash!

I’m the Peng Demon King, one of the seven saints of the Demon Clan…”

For a time, a wave of resentment filled the canyon.

…

Meanwhile, inside the Cangshan Mountain Imperial City, a group of players were cheerfully carrying out their tasks…