Chapter 2006 - 1999: Wipe Them Out While I’m At It
"Goodness, according to what you said, if you don’t complete the task, you’ll practically become a hundred percent drop treasure chest on legs!" A hundred percent drop of the Supreme Crystal, the world’s rules are practically designed to push people to their befall, relentless to death.
How many people could resist the temptation of that Supreme Crystal? Not to mention outsiders, even those from the same race would be thoroughly tempted, right?
"That’s why I told you just now not to pay attention to him," Ying Zheng said with a bitter smile, "Those tasks can be entirely ignored. For you, there are easier ways to obtain Supreme Coins and Supreme Crystal; there’s no need to take such enormous risks to embark on these tasks. Now that the task crystal is in your hands, you have no choice."
"Are the tasks really that difficult?" Zhang Menglong asked, puzzled. With Ying Zheng’s power, he’s terrified of these tasks to such an extent, experiencing near-death every time?
"Very difficult, unbelievably difficult! Saying near-death is even a bit conservative," Ying Zheng replied. "These tasks are downright reckless. The first task I received was to kill a High-Grade Warcraft of royal level alone! What’s the concept of ’High-Grade’? Over 5,000 times the power of the Peak of Dao Realm!"
Zhang Menglong was shocked, as Ying Zheng’s strength was only around 1,200 times; even after consuming the snake bile now, it never exceeded 2,000 times. The Warcraft here isn’t that weak, nor easy to kill above their grade. Ying Zheng undertaking this task would mean immense risk!
But there’s a scary punishment for not doing the task. He has no choice but to grit his teeth and face it!
"There’s one more thing, every task has only one chance to be executed. The rules of this world will automatically decide if you’re genuinely carrying out the task. Even if you fail, there’s no punishment. But if you’re caught slacking off, the consequences are the same as accepting the task and not performing it!"
Ying Zheng remembered being beaten to death by a Warcraft before finally hearing the task failure notification, running as far away as he could. He had no means to deal with such a powerful Warcraft!
He has the Secret Techniques, and so does the Warcraft, perhaps not even weaker!
"There used to be an unlucky person whose task was to actively trigger the World Force and bear a baptism of its attack!" Ying Zheng recalled that task, shuddering. He’d never forget that scene in his life, countless thunders descending from the sky, that person dead beyond any doubt.
"Crush the crystal ball now; we have no choice," Ying Zheng reminded, "Whatever the task is, let’s take a look first and think about the strategy. It can’t be that unlucky on the first try, right?"
"Mm," Zhang Menglong crushed the crystal ball without hesitation, and immediately a string of information flowed into his mind, telling him the detailed information of this task.
Task content:
Go to the Ice Demon Race territory and steal their Ice Demon Mother Flower nurtured for ten thousand years.
The task was just a few words, but when Zhang Menglong told Ying Zheng the content, the latter’s face fell grimly. Clearly, this is not a task for humans!
"Brother Ying Zheng, how much do you know about the Ice Demon Race?" Zhang Menglong asked.
"The Ice Demon Race is almost considered the mortal enemy of Humans!" Ying Zheng said, "Their world is said to have developed toward a very extreme direction at its birth. Those lives are born in near-absolute-zero frigid cold. Their genes are immensely powerful; although their number is not many, only about a million, the number of Ice Demon Race’s strong ones is numerous, and they have a strong transforming ability!"
"Transforming ability?" Zhang Menglong asked, "In what manner do they transform?"
"Their powers are so strong they might affect their living, so their ancestors invented a Secret Technique to suppress their power by altering their body form and structure. Even before transforming, their strength is not weaker than humans of the same level!"
"Needing transformation to limit their power?" Zhang Menglong heard of such a thing for the first time; how powerful would such forces need to be suppressed?
Luckily, their number isn’t large; otherwise, humans would be in grave danger.
"Then what is the Ice Demon Flower’s Mother Flower?" Zhang Menglong asked again.
"Others might need to be asked for this; I’ve only stayed in this place for over a hundred years and don’t know such detailed information about other races," Ying Zheng called on a person, who, although not very powerful, had strong survival instincts. He was with the first leader when the survival base was established, so he should know much more.
"The Ice Demon Flower should be a kind of legacy power of the Ice Demon Race," the Martial Artist named Yara said. "I’ve heard that all Ice Demon Race warriors, when born, don’t fully develop their potential. The Ice Demon Flower is a tool for power development; it’s more important than life for the Ice Demon Race."
In the original world of the Ice Demon Race, the Ice Demon Flower was very rare, and only those with immense fortune among their race could find it, using it to unleash their power. But in this world, seeds of the Ice Demon Flower Mother Flower could actually be purchased. Once matured, it produces many seeds per year, helping them cultivate the Ice Demon Flower!
Zhang Menglong receiving this task made Yara break into a cold sweat for him. "When the Ice Demon Race first came to this world, they weren’t strong, even on par with our humans individually. But later, they invested all their tribe’s power to purchase a seed of the Ice Demon Flower Mother Flower, nurturing it carefully. During the Mother’s growth period, it was the darkest time for their race."
"But when the Ice Demon Mother Flower matured, the Ice Demon Race used it to bring out all their potential, thus making their power irresistible, increasing individual strength over tenfold. Human Martial Artists almost can’t defeat them one-on-one!"
"This task simply undermines the foundation of the Ice Demon Race!" Zhang Menglong said after hearing these details, falling into temporary silence; this task practically pushes him into opposing the entire Ice Demon Race.
"Among the Ice Demon Race, there are many strong individuals, and the Ice Demon Flower’s Mother Flower is nurtured in a Giant City. If you want to steal it, not only will you face countless strong Ice Demon warriors, but also be wary of those rule figures in their Giant City. The difficulty..."
"Ah... Menglong, you were too hasty!" Even Ying Zheng felt deep unease for Zhang Menglong; this is beyond near-death, it’s suicidal!
"Just give it a try," Zhang Menglong shrugged. "The task hasn’t even begun yet; who knows what’ll happen in the end? If this Ice Demon Race truly harbors deep hatred against us humans, then I might as well annihilate them!"