Chapter 108: A Special Target
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"Clearance Objective: Defeat Master Seventy-Three (Completed)"
"Overwhelming Demonic Might (Difficulty: Moderate) (Open World Dungeon) (Soul Entry)"
Description: A millennium’s accumulation, a thousand years of waiting, shattered earth, dried blood, endless conflicts—all of it culminates today!
Clearance Objectives:
1. Defeat Master Seventy-Three (Completed)
2. Obtain the False Divine Weapon—Shadow Demon Blade (Completed)
3. Enter the Land of Fading Light (Completed)
4. ??? (Unlocks upon meeting certain conditions)
Quest Rewards: ???
All main storyline tasks for this dungeon have been completed; you may return at any time. Dungeon rewards will be granted upon return.
Remaining Time in Dungeon: 30 days
Hidden conditions detected, special clearance objectives unlocked...
Special Clearance Objectives:
4. Defeat the Demon Blade (Difficulty: Daydream)
Reward: Overwhelming Demonic Might Dungeon World
5. Prevent the Demonic Aura from invading this dungeon world (Difficulty: Wishful Thinking)
Reward: Blessings of the Ancient Kings of Bubosa Kingdom
6. Disrupt a small part of the Demon Blade’s plot (Difficulty: Give it Your Best Shot)
Reward: True Divine Weapon—Shadowless Infinite Wheel
Note: Special clearance objectives are not mandatory and serve solely as criteria for special rewards.
...
Li Ju fell silent upon seeing the final three special clearance objectives.
What rendered him speechless was not only the unimaginable rewards but also the difficulty marked for these special objectives.
Though the difficulty labels on the interface might sound harsh, they clearly indicated that he was unlikely to complete these special objectives. They even suggested that merely disrupting a small part of the Demon Blade’s plan would require him to exert every ounce of effort just to attempt it.
"The Demon Blade…"
Li Ju took a deep breath, slowly recalling all the rumors he had heard about the Demon Blade since entering the dungeon.
An invincible martial artist of the Chen Kingdom’s jianghu era, founder of the Demon Sect, creator of the eight secret demonic arts and eight divine weapons, possibly connected to the Martial God Jiaran Tian of the Ancient Bubosa Kingdom, the one who sealed the Azure Martial Spirit King and the Solar Crown Pearl...
And...
That demonic hand, blotting out the sky and sun, striking at him from across space...
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Chen Kingdom, Songcui Mountain.
Recently, the once quiet jianghu of the Chen Kingdom has been anything but peaceful.
On the first day of the second month in the third year of the Chen calendar, Wang Lu, the long-missing son-in-law of Songcui Mountain, returned, and on this very day, he beheaded Hai Yuanyi, former leader of the righteous Jianghu alliance, and Di Qing, the new head of the Flying Sword Sect.
On the second day of the second month, Wang Lu took control of Songcui Mountain, proclaiming himself the new leader of the righteous Jianghu alliance and head of the Flying Sword Sect. He ordered all righteous sects, regardless of size, to come to Songcui Mountain to pay homage.
On the same day, Wang Lu single-handedly destroyed twelve martial sects that defied Songcui Mountain’s orders, including one sect ranked in the top ten of the righteous Jianghu.
On the tenth day of the second month, Wang Lu exterminated eight more martial sects.
On the twentieth day of the second month, the three top righteous sects—Seventy-Three Sect, Mount Taibai, and Famen Temple—united with the Chen royal family and one hundred and one martial sects, assembling an army of 120,000 to march on Songcui Mountain.
On the first day of the third month, Wang Lu single-handedly annihilated the combined elite army of 120,000 from the allied sects. During the battle, the allied sects lost two internal masters and thirteen external masters; the righteous forces suffered over half their strength, shocking the whole realm.
On the second day of the third month, the Chen royal family enthroned a new emperor. Seventy-Three Sect, Mount Taibai, and Famen Temple all changed their leaders. Nearly ninety percent of the martial sects came to Songcui Mountain to pay respects to Wang Lu, recognizing him as the rightful leader of the Jianghu.
On the third day of the third month, Wang Lu ascended Seventy-Three Sect, which then declared a century-long closure of its gates, withdrawing from worldly affairs.
On the fourth day of the third month, Wang Lu ascended Mount Taibai, seized a divine weapon, and the supreme elder of Mount Taibai took his own life on a cliff.
On the same day, Wang Lu ascended Famen Temple, seized another divine weapon, and Master Ruyi of Famen Temple passed away.
On the sixth day of the third month, all righteous sects in the Chen Kingdom, including the royal family, proclaimed Wang Lu the Supreme Martial Lord of the Jianghu, cementing his status as a living martial legend.
On the tenth day of the third month, Wang Lu united all righteous martial sect forces and launched an attack on the Demon Sect.
The wind and sand rose, banners fluttered.
Wang Lu stood atop a desolate mountain, gazing toward the distant Demon Sect stronghold.
"Leader, all the representatives of the major sects have arrived," a swordsman bearing a heavy blade approached Wang Lu from behind, his eyes full of reverence.
Martial artists have always respected strength, and in this era, Wang Lu, rumored to be invincible, was the figure worshipped by all martial artists.
After all, the last known invincible in the Chen Kingdom’s jianghu was the Demon Sect’s founder, the Demon Blade.
"At dawn tomorrow, crush the Demon Sect."
Wang Lu’s cold voice drifted away on the mountain breeze.
"As you command!"
The swordsman bowed and withdrew.
Standing alone atop the peak, Wang Lu’s clothes billowed in the wind.
He required no guards, for he himself was the strongest martial artist.
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Wang Lu slowly drew the long sword hanging at his waist, gently caressing its blade.
On the blade, the characters "Flying Sword" were clearly inscribed.
No one knew that the Flying Sword Sect’s name came not only from their classic Flying Sword technique but also from a divine weapon named “Flying Sword” within their sect.
"Tomorrow, I will avenge the Demon Sect and uncover everything."
At dawn the next day, the allied righteous forces charged toward the Demon Sect.
To their surprise, the Demon Sect’s resistance was feeble, and the allied forces took their stronghold with barely any effort.
"Leader, only the Demon Sect’s Four Evils were found inside; the sect leader is missing."
Wang Lu looked at Lin Musheng and the other Four Evils, kneeling before him under the pressure of the righteous forces, expressionless.
"Where is Zhuge Huang?"
Lin Musheng lifted his head, eyes filled with complex emotions. He never imagined that the youth he once toyed with until death would rise to such heights in such a short time.
"I don’t know."
With a pop, Lin Musheng’s head flew off.
"Where is Zhuge Huang?"
Wang Lu, sword in hand, turned to the other Four Evils.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
"Report, leader! Something strange is happening in the Demon Sect’s inner prison."
As Wang Lu wiped blood from his sword, another righteous swordsman reported.
Upon hearing this, Wang Lu strode toward the Demon Sect’s inner prison.
Creak…
The prison gates opened, revealing a dim corridor.
Flickering lights, scattered bones, dried blood—the most abundant sights within the Demon Sect’s inner prison.
Wang Lu followed the corridor to its end, his gaze piercing through walls, inner prison layer one, layer two, layer three...
Suddenly, Wang Lu was struck with horror.
He saw...
A demon.