Chapter 1 The Fight

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Boom!

Before the Demon Eye Heavenly King fell, he struggled to turn his gaze towards the giant head rolling in the mountains.

In his single eye, the face of the Demon God was reflected, and coincidentally, the Demon God's gaze was also on him. The two gazes met before death.

Suddenly, the Demon God's left eye dissolved into a stream of blood, flowing like a trickle towards the empty left eye socket of the Demon Eye Heavenly King, condensing into a scarlet, blood-like eyeball.

The Demon Eye Heavenly King's dying consciousness was revived.

At the same time, he heard a Lingjing Xingzhe notification sound in his ear.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the solo Lingjing Xingzhe mission - Battle of Zhuolu, difficulty level S. Rewards are being calculated.]

[Rewards being calculated... Obtained item/items: Blood-Drinking Blade, Will of the Demon God.]

[Reward experience points: 18%]

[Calculation complete. Exiting Lingjing Xingzhe immediately.]

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Northwest Military Church headquarters, in a gray-tiled house, the charred body of the Demon Eye Heavenly King appeared out of thin air and fell heavily to the ground. He remained motionless for a long time, like a lifeless corpse.

After about half an hour, his charred fingers twitched slightly. The Demon Eye Heavenly King regained some consciousness, his right eyelid trembled and opened, staring blankly at the tiled roof with its crisscrossing beams.

Pain, so much pain, pain all over his body!

To accurately describe the current state of his body, it would be like someone using a hammer to shatter his bones piece by piece, then hanging him up for three days and three nights without sleep.

Both his body and spirit were in a state where he could die at any moment.

The residual power of lightning was still rampaging in his body. If the character card hadn't instilled experience points (spiritual power) when he left Lingjing Xingzhe, he would probably have died, his stem cells burned and his injuries fatal.

Of course, the healing item in his mouth also kept him alive.

The Demon Eye Heavenly King looked at the tiled roof, listening to the movements outside. The whole world was quiet, without voices, footsteps, or breathing.

It was as if the Military Church headquarters had become a dead city.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to be grateful or distressed. He was grateful because the Military Church's Heavenly Kings and Divine Generals all wanted to kill him. If they found out that the mighty Demon Eye Heavenly King was in a weak state, they would probably be kind enough to send him back to Lingjing Xingzhe.

His distress stemmed from his current terrible condition, and that no one would come to rescue him.

Before long, he gradually woke up again from his distress, and it was already dark.

Deep sleep allowed the Demon Eye Heavenly King to recover some strength. He opened his inventory and took out a teleportation jade talisman, his fingers trembling as he pinched it several times before finally managing to crush it.

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Fujia Bay. Zhang Yuanqing sat on the balcony of the master bedroom, basking in the slightly chilly spring breeze. Lichun (Start of Spring) had just ended, and in another week it would be the Spring Festival.

Three days had passed since he hunted down the Grand Guardian.

In those three days, relying on deduction and the Eye of the Sky, he had successfully found the hidden "Surgeon" and "Shaman Witch."

He imprisoned the two of them in the Jade Purification Bottle.

For a level 8 dual-class Daoist Priest, level 7 Night Wanderers could only be considered elite monsters.

What's more, there was an elite monster (Zhai Cai) wearing the Mithril Armor assisting him. The most tragic price they paid was that the ojo female earthling was blinded, Xiao Yuan was blinded, Yin Yao was blinded, the dog elder was blinded, and Chen Shu's bodyguard, Sophia, was blinded. Zhai Cai's vampire servant was also blinded.

"Three Three-Talent Pills are not enough for me to level up to level 9. I'll wait for Xiahou Aotian for two more days. If he hasn't come out of the dungeon yet, I'll ask Lian Sanyue to refine the pills."

Zhang Yuanqing looked at his girlfriend, who was wearing a silk nightgown across from him, and said, "I might have to enter another S-level dungeon."

As he spoke, his phone on the glass coffee table dinged, indicating that a message had arrived.

Zhang Yuanqing picked up his phone and checked the message, then his face darkened and he frowned.

Seeing that his expression was strange, Guan Ya put down her hot pour-over coffee and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Yuanqing exhaled a breath of turbid air in the cold wind, "Vice President Pan Xi said that the Sun dungeon cannot be entered."

Hearing this, Guan Ya's expression also darkened.

After the Void President entered the dungeon, Vice President Pan Xi was the highest-ranking of the two Void class.

He was at the peak of dominion. If even he couldn't enter the Sun dungeon, how would Yuanshi enter?

If he couldn't enter the dungeon, even if he advanced to level 9 and obtained the position to become the Lord of the Sun, it would be useless.

After thinking for a while, Guan Ya tentatively asked, "Did Vice President Pan Xi say anything, or did that President leave any secret plans?"

Zhang Yuanqing shook his head.

In the past three days, he had acted according to his uncle's instructions and followed the plan. Naturally, he had to plan to enter the Sun dungeon, so he sent a message to Vice President Pan Xi, subtly telling him that he hoped that this peak ruler could act as a courier and send him in when the time came.

The reply he received was that the dungeon level was too high and he couldn't enter. The peak competition was already starting, and he was still leveling up. Now he was being told that he didn't have the qualifications to participate.

"What should we do?" Guan Ya frowned.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Zhang Yuanqing said helplessly.

Guan Ya pursed her red lips and didn't speak. In her heart, she was actually relieved. Competing for the Lord of the Sun meant fighting demigods. No matter how confident she was in her boyfriend, she didn't think her man could beat Ling Tu and the Taiyi Sect Master.

What's more, there were so many demigods. The current situation was actually the best choice.

If the sky fell, there would be taller people to hold it up. If they couldn't hold it up, they would die together without complaint.

What she feared most was that the sky would be held up and her boyfriend would become Nüwa.

At this moment, the bedroom door knocked, and the Queen's voice came from outside: "Are you two doing it? If you're not, open the door, something's up."

Zhang Yuanqing spat out yin energy towards the bedroom door, and the little rascal nimbly climbed towards the door and jumped up to twist the doorknob.

The Queen pushed the door open and first glanced at the neatly made bed, then looked at the two people on the balcony and said, "The bunny girl next door said that a person with a charred body suddenly appeared in the yard, and he looked like he was giving his last words, saying he wanted to see you."

"See me? A charred person?" Zhang Yuanqing suppressed the depression he had just felt and nodded, "Got it."

He sat lazily on the single sofa, his body dissipating into dreamlike starlight.

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Fu Qingyang's villa, front yard.

The starlight rose, and Zhang Yuanqing walked out of the dazzling light. His eyes swept across the scene, and he looked at the charred humanoid lying next to the fountain pool.

Zhang Yuanqing stared for several seconds before tentatively asking, "Moral Heavenly Lord?"

"I'm the Demon Eye!" the charred humanoid weakly protested, "Stop talking nonsense, save me first."

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A quarter of an hour later, with the cooperation of two tubes of life source fluid and the Azure Emperor Jade Belt, the Demon Eye Heavenly King shed his carbonized shell and pulled his remaining half-foot back from the gates of hell.

But his body was still weak. The life source fluid and the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique healed his injuries and restored his energy and physical strength, but the remaining lightning power in his body was still slowly eroding his life, and it would take a few days to dissipate.

The Demon Eye Heavenly King sat on the sofa in Qian Gongzi's study, drinking expensive wine and eating oily slices of ham, telling the Primal Heavenly Lord opposite him about his experiences in the dungeon.

Zhang Yuanqing listened very carefully and, based on the Demon Eye Heavenly King's information, began to think and make associations.

"The struggle between the ancient emperors actually originated from the struggle for the Five Elements authority? Tsk, both absurd and reasonable. The evil camp led by Chi You took advantage of the conflict between Yan and Huang, which resulted in mutual injuries, and then launched a general offensive against the orthodox camp."

"The mutated alien beasts that the Demon Eye saw should be the Breaking Bad class. The Western dragon has the ability to control lightning and wind blades, and is likely to be the God-King in Greek mythology."

"This is consistent with the information I obtained on Paphos Island. The God of Light no longer endures and killed the Goddess of Beauty, because the God-King went to the distant East."

"The rare and exotic animals recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, aren't they just mutated animals? Regardless, it's very reasonable in terms of time and logic."

"In ancient times, practitioners in the three major districts had contact with each other. They even jointly faced the evil camp. In that case, why did the third major district perish? Could it be that the demigods of the first and second major districts did not provide support for some reason?"

After talking about the situation in the dungeon, the Demon Eye Heavenly King raised his hand, touched his left eye, which was covered by a sports headband, and curled his lips, "I got the blessing of the supreme existence, do you want it?"

Zhang Yuanqing paused.

He became interested, moved closer to the Demon Eye Heavenly King, and inserted his finger under the sports headband, stroking the Demon Eye's left eye socket.

A few seconds later, item information appeared: [Name: Will of the Demon God]

[Type: Item]

[Function: Obtain a blessing]

[Introduction: Only the purest bewitching demon can be appreciated by the supreme existence and obtain a blessing by fighting side by side with it.]

[Note 1: It can be used in Lingjing Xingzhe dungeons]

[Note 2: Once the Will of the Demon God descends, it is eternal.]

"The second note doesn't give me a good feeling." Zhang Yuanqing frowned, "You'd better use it with caution, or not use it at all."

The Demon Eye Heavenly King disagreed, his sense of conviction bursting, "With it, I can support you to become the Lord of the Sun. We don't have no chance of winning. By the way, the opportunity for you to refine the Three-Talent Pill should have arrived, right?"

"I have already captured the three Guardians of Dark Night Rose. I only need Xiahou Aotian to return to start refining the pills, but..." Zhang Yuanqing smiled bitterly, "What we are facing may not be whether we have a chance of winning, but whether we have the qualifications to compete for the Lord of the Sun."

He sighed and told the Demon Eye about the reality, frankly telling him the helpless reality that the Sun dungeon had already opened, but he could not enter it.

The Demon Eye Heavenly King touched his left eye, and the high-spirited fighting spirit on his face slowly disappeared.

After a long time, he smiled bitterly: "Then what's the point of my risking my life to level up?"

He fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.

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Jiangnan Leather City.

In a spacious, luxuriously decorated bedroom, a handsome young man suddenly appeared.

Looking around, he confirmed that he had returned to his familiar home. Wearing a black iron finger ring, he threw himself heavily on the soft bed.

"I'm finally back, back alive. I'll never enter an S-level dungeon again."