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Chapter 493 Pig Butchering Scam
The extraordinary phenomenon of a giant dragon carrying the sun and descending from the sky attracted the attention of all the players inside the Heavenly Gate.

The veteran players' intuition told them that something extraordinary was brewing at the mountaintop.

They had no time to deal with the immortal remains blocking their way. They quickly made a choice: either exit the Heavenly Gate, find a safe corner to hide in, and be ready to leave at any time.

Either rush to the top of the mountain and see what happened.

An Rong and the others were among the first to reach the summit. Wu Changzhen also deactivated the Heavenly Gang Escape Technique, pretending to have just arrived at the mountain, and joined them.

However, the painter was not so honest; he hid at the edge of the disaster aura and watched from afar.

Facing the crowd rushing to the top of the mountain, the Demon Emperor showed no tension, but rather a look of nostalgia.

The Demon Emperor did not move, and An Rong and the others who had reached the top of the mountain did not dare to make a move rashly. They asked the Sect Leader Tang, who had arrived first, about the situation.

Wu Changben briefly explained the situation to An Rong and the others, and then asked An Rong:
"Young Master An, what exactly is that giant dragon?"

In his eyes, the dragon was neither demonic nor real; it appeared to be a real object, but its origin was ethereal, existing somewhere between truth and falsehood.

The dragon and the demon emperor are intricately connected, but their connection is not particularly close, and their situation is quite strange. Perhaps An Rong, as the Grand Duke, knows something about them.

An Rong looked at the giant dragon churning in the Demon Birth Pool and said in a hoarse voice:
"If I'm not mistaken, it is a product of the mixture of the will of this world and the destiny of humanity."

“I feel it is calling me. If I can merge with it, I can take control of this world.”

Wu Chang asked, "Could you be more specific?"

An Rong shook his head and said, "That feeling is very mysterious, and it's hard for me to express it in words."

An Rong's explanation was unclear, so Wu Chang had no choice but to take out the Omniscient Crystal and ask again.

The Omniscient Crystal's answer was more specific than An Rong's.

An Rong's statement was largely correct, except that the giant dragon in front of him contained a portion of the Primordial Spiritual Pivot. During the ancient war between humans and demons, it absorbed countless calamities and immortal opportunities, becoming incredibly powerful.

After its spiritual energy was depleted, it was nurtured by the Demon Birth Pool for over a thousand years, which led to it becoming the monster it is today.

According to the description of the Abyss Dungeon quest, the giant dragon in front of us is the Great Immortal Fate that exists in the world dungeon dimension.

An Rong's intuition was correct. As long as he could control this dragon, he could inherit all the energy within the dragon and use that energy to accomplish anything.

Wu Chang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly asked if he, as a player, could merge with the Great Immortal's Fate.

Putting aside the energy contained within the Great Immortal's Fate, its appearance alone is incredibly handsome, isn't it?
If we could subdue Da Xianyuan, and give him a giant dragon as a mount when he transforms into a sea giant, then he would already be far superior to Huanxi in terms of looks.

Unfortunately, the omniscient crystal's answer extinguished his illusions.

"The Great Immortal Fate is highly bound to the will of the world. If one absorbs the Great Immortal Fate, the absorber will be bound to this world and will be unable to leave."

After hearing this, Wu Chang sighed and had no choice but to give up this tempting idea.

As everyone learned what was happening, the three-legged golden crow that had fallen into the Demon Birth Pool struggled desperately. However, everyone subconsciously ignored its existence, treating its struggles as background music for the boss battle.

The fact that the Three-Legged Golden Crow was overlooked by everyone, despite being the Bright Society's trump card, deeply hurt the Three-Legged Golden Crow.

However, the physical damage he suffered was more severe than the psychological trauma.

He was locked in a fierce battle with the dragon, but he was at a disadvantage in both physical strength and energy. Every time he tried to break free of the water, the dragon would press his head down with its claws or drag him back to the bottom of the lake with its tail.

The dragon that attacked him was strange; not only was it stronger than him in terms of raw power, but it was also integrated with the instance plane, able to use the power of heaven and earth to suppress him, making it difficult for him to resist.

But he has the foundation of a peak-level Angel of Power, so he can't be easily captured.

He forcefully unleashed his divine power, summoning his trump card, the True Fire of the Sun, which temporarily forced the dragon back.

The sun's fiery rays, tinged with gold and red, burst through the lake's surface, scorching a large hole in the water as if to boil the entire lake.

But no matter how intimidating the Sun True Fire looked, it couldn't hide his panic and dishevelment. It's said that a phoenix that has fallen into the water is no better than a chicken, let alone the fact that he wasn't even a phoenix.

He clutched the bite wound on his chest, his face full of bitterness.

As a well-known solo player in the game, he did a lot for the Light Society and passed various tests before joining the Light Society and becoming a formal member.

In the realm of reason, becoming a formal member of the Light Society signifies a bright future.

He was very lucky. As soon as he joined the organization, he received a crucial mission that concerned the organization's survival. The mission was so important that he was greeted with joy as soon as he joined the organization.

The task is important, but the content is simple.

Invading the desolate world instance, using divine power to sweep across the plane, and then handing control of the plane to players designated by the organization.

He accepted the task without hesitation.

Everyone here rose through the ranks from the Desolate Realm; everyone knows the standards there.

Let alone a lower-level god whose divinity has condensed attributes, even a lower-level god who has just been promoted from demigod to lower-level god without any attributes in his divinity can easily sweep through the desolate realm.

Not to mention, the Light Society was extremely cautious in its plan, worried that his power would be restricted by the Desolate Realm, and even arranged for three subordinates to cooperate with him, so that he could fuse with the power of the sun and moon from the dungeon plane to avoid the restrictions of the Desolate Realm on the power of gods.

Although one of them died before the world instance started, it wasn't a big problem for him. The power of the moon was just icing on the cake; the power of the sun was enough for him to unleash 90% of his strength.

Even a second of hesitation would be disrespectful to a lower-ranking god.

However, once he actually entered the world instance, everything was completely different from what he had imagined.

He had just fused with the power of the sun and awakened from the divine tree, announcing the arrival of a true god to the world's dungeon planes.

Before he could even grasp the situation inside the instance and experience the fear instilled by the players of the Wasteland and the natives of the instance plane, a giant dragon descended from the sky and slapped him across the face.

That slap woke him up completely.

No, where did this come from? Is this still the desolate world I know?

Even in the dungeons he entered in the Realm of Reason, he never encountered monsters of this level.

The battles that followed became increasingly terrifying, and if he could, he even considered turning around and running away, leaving the instance.

Unfortunately, he couldn't escape. He could sense that the giant dragon was lurking around him, ready to pounce. If he showed even the slightest weakness, he would be devoured without a trace.

In a life-or-death crisis, all he could do was shout to the players by the lake:

"Hey! Big guy over there, you must be He Ping."

"If this dragon eats me, its power will increase even further, and we will all die. Why don't we talk about cooperation?"

Wu Changzhen said noncommittally:
"What cooperation?"

The three-legged golden crow said:

"I can hold off this dragon for a while longer. You all must stop holding back and take advantage of this time to eliminate that black-haired monster!"

The demon emperor, unconcerned about being singled out by the three-legged golden crow, casually remarked:
"You have a second option."

"After becoming a demon within this Heavenly Gate, I will transform this world into a cave dwelling, and then I will be able to take this place and you all to ascend to the Upper Realm together."

Wu Chang raised an eyebrow; now he knew what the Demon Emperor's Dao was.

The cave dwellings mentioned in the dungeon are equivalent to the divine kingdoms of gods.

The Demon Emperor wants to merge with the Great Immortal Fate, using the world instance plane as a foundation to build his own divine kingdom, break the limits of the Realm of Reason, and become a mid-level god.

Then he will be able to break through the Heavenly Gate and bring the entire plane into the third layer of the Abyss.

Furthermore, he himself is the chosen one of the planes, having served as the Ziwei and now as the Demon Emperor.

Once the Great Immortal Fate is integrated, it might be possible to combine the sacrificial rites to Heaven and Earth, the Great Immortal Fate, and the Immortal Sect to create a pillar of the divine kingdom and find the path to a high-ranking god.

However, the spiritual energy in the world instance had been cut off for too long, and the original power of the Great Immortal Fate was insufficient to support his plan, so he set his sights on the Upper Immortal, namely the Light Society.

No wonder, with his formidable strength, he remained hidden on the mountaintop, waiting for everyone to arrive.

It turned out that this was to leave room for Lü Changgeng to perform. If he had appeared earlier, Lü Changgeng would probably have had his Dao heart shattered and abandoned all his plans.

The only question now is, how did the Demon Emperor know about the existence of the Light Society and calculate that Lü Changgeng would attract the Light Society?
Wu Chang didn't think much of it; if there were other people behind the scenes, they would inevitably jump out.

He looked at An Rong and asked, "What should we do now?"

An Rong gritted his teeth and said:
"Naturally, we should continue with the previous plan and take down the Demon Emperor!"

“With me here, he can’t fully control the Great Immortal Destiny. We still have a chance to win!” An Rong wasn’t acting rashly. The Great Immortal Destiny contains the will of the plane. As the chosen one of the plane, he is also one of the “legal heirs” of the Great Immortal Destiny while the outcome of the struggle for the Dao is still uncertain. He can gain an amplification from the Great Immortal Destiny.

Having fully integrated with the Tai Sui Immortal Fate, his cultivation level was already comparable to that of an Archangel. Now, after another boost, it was able to barely reach the threshold of an Archangel.

He brandished his halberd and charged towards the Demon Emperor. The tip of the halberd emitted a blinding electric light, and each flicker of the light sent shivers down one's spine.

Players ranked like Lengshan and Jianxing couldn't help but take a half-step back and pull out their escape items just from the scattered lightning.

In the records of past world dungeons, the strongest final boss was only one who had just obtained divinity, and whose behavior was still bound by the rules of the plane, preventing him from acting recklessly.

However, the difficulty of this world instance has exceeded their comprehension.

They looked at Hou Jingchuan, their eyes questioning whether the difficulty of this world's instance had collapsed, whether it was always like this, or whether the detonation of the Faith Virus had distorted it into this form.

Hou Jingchuan gave the two of them a helpless look. This kind of thing should be asked of Shi Ning; what's the use of asking him?

Before entering the world instance, Shi Ning told the players in the training camp that this world instance would be quite difficult, but who could have imagined it would be this difficult?

An Rong's attack arrived in an instant, and just as the Fangtian Halberd came within a meter of the Demon Emperor, time seemed to slow down.

Everyone could see the Demon Emperor slowly raise his hand, extend his thumb and forefinger, and firmly clamp down on the Fangtian Halberd.

In an instant, An Rong went from extreme motion to extreme stillness.

The Demon Emperor looked at An Rong and asked:
"Tai Sui?"

Cold sweat beaded on An Rong's forehead. He pushed the halberd forward with all his might, gritting his teeth as he said:
"Yes!"

With a flick of his index finger, the Demon Emperor sent An Rong flying backwards.

He said softly, "What a nostalgic title. I used to have this name too."

An Rong spun around and landed, looking at the Demon Emperor with disbelief. "What did you say?"

The Demon Emperor's eyes revealed appreciation as he said:
"The Tai Sui Immortal Abode you entered is what I left behind when I shed my human body."

“I chose the path I’m on now, the path I took in the past, just like the seven of them, leaving it to future generations. If it weren’t for me and him, you would actually be doing quite well.”

Wu Changzhen, who was standing to the side, chimed in:
Who are you talking about?

The Demon Emperor said, "I thought the little guy who cooperated with me would get the Tai Sui Immortal Fate, but he told me that he doesn't need the Immortal Fate and that he can control everything as a human."

"Once he sees me make a move, he'll probably be unable to resist making one too."

As if in response to the Demon Emperor's words, auspicious omens descended from the heavens outside the Heavenly Gate, and seven-colored rays of light lit up the sky.

As the Demon Emperor reached out, the top of the Heavenly Gate changed, as if a camera was moving from far to near, finally landing in Zhenyue City.

Unbeknownst to them, the demonic energy previously drawn from the demon realm was now gathering above Zhenyue City.

Inside the Ziwei Exorcising Array, Emperor Zhaoning stood within the array. He seemed to sense the gazes of Wu Chang and the others, and looked at them across the distance.

Under his control, 16,000 demon-suppressing blood talismans floated into the air within the Ziwei Exorcising Array, slowly rotating around the array.

Emperor Zhaoning took out a wooden box from his bosom. The box had the character "Heaven" written on it. Wu Chang recognized it as the Heavenly Pill from the Three Talents Immortal Pill in the Great Xuan Treasury.

Taking the Heavenly Pill allows the user to break through their original cultivation limits. If an ordinary person takes it, they can achieve a cultivation level close to that of an Earth Immortal within the duration of its effects. If an Earth Immortal takes it, they can rival a True Immortal for a short period of time.

At this moment, Emperor Zhaoning swallowed the Heavenly Pill not for its effect of increasing cultivation, but for another effect of its.

During the duration of the drug's effects, the user will become an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, and can freely use the rules within the instance.

As the Heavenly Elixir entered his stomach, Emperor Zhaoning's aura instantly changed. His body floated in the air, and the golden dragon of fortune surrounding him was almost tangible. His temperament was somewhat similar to that of the Great Immortal Yuan in the Birth Demon Pool.

Then Emperor Zhaoning reached out and took out a command flag. Wu Chang and An Rong recognized the flag very well; it was the last of the three command flags, the imperial edict flag.

The imperial edict flag possesses the power to control both calamity and divine energy.

Emperor Zhaoning waved his imperial edict flag, and with his movement, the demonic energy in the sky and the spiritual energy in Zhenyue City merged into one, pouring into the 16,000 demon-suppressing blood talismans.

With the infusion of energy, the players' essence and blood within the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman were activated. The blood talisman grew in the wind, sprouting hands and feet, and finally transforming into celestial soldiers clad in golden armor.

This was Emperor Zhaoning's preparation: raising the talisman to form an army!

The Demon-Suppressing Blood Talismans already contained a large amount of energy. Now, blessed by the Heavenly Dao and infused with demonic and spiritual energy, each Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman contained energy no less than that of a Grandmaster.

Sixteen thousand heavenly soldiers, connected by the Ziwei Exorcising Demon Array, formed a unified aura.

They use the connection between the player's essence and body to extract energy from the player's body in reverse.

If it's just a difference in strength between the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman and the player, then even if the player's energy is less than the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman, they wouldn't be powerless to fight back.

The problem is that the Ziwei Exorcism Array caused the auras of the heavenly soldiers to merge into one.

It wasn't that every player was vying for energy within their body with the demon-suppressing blood talisman they created; rather, every player was simultaneously protecting their own essence from the 16,000 heavenly soldiers.

The result can be imagined.

Within a few breaths, any player who had participated in creating the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman collapsed to the ground, limp and powerless, like wheat that had been cut down.

All the attribute points in their bodies were temporarily drawn away by the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman and added to the Heavenly Soldiers.

With the boost from the player's attributes and luck, coupled with Emperor Zhaoning's use of the Golden Dragon of Luck to protect the Heavenly Soldiers as the Human Emperor, the Heavenly Soldiers' strength surged once again, skipping the Earth Immortal realm from Grandmaster and directly reaching the Demon King realm.

The Demon King realm is a step above ordinary Earth Immortals. Although they are still demigods, they have already reached the threshold of lower-level gods.

A single demon king is no match for the demon emperor or Wu Chang, but what about 16,000 demon kings?
Even a large number of ants can kill an elephant, let alone this ant colony, which is a swarm of demon kings.

The golden dragon of fortune protected the heavenly soldiers, and the heavenly soldiers' fortune in turn protected Emperor Zhaoning. The fortune of heaven and man merged with Emperor Zhaoning's human fortune, condensing into a golden dragon robe on Emperor Zhaoning's body.

The Heavenly Elixir, combined with the Dragon Robe, propelled Emperor Zhaoning's strength to the peak of the Power Angel realm, making him no less powerful than the Three-Legged Golden Crow in the Birth Demon Pool.

Seeing this, Wu couldn't help but gasp in shock; there was another expert.

From the moment he saw the human aura emanating from Emperor Zhaoning, he knew that Emperor Zhaoning was definitely extraordinary. But he never expected that Emperor Zhaoning, with the body of a Grandmaster, could accomplish such a feat.

Judging from the imperial edict flag in Emperor Zhaoning's hand, the native of the world instance who communicated with Mercury back then should have been Emperor Zhaoning himself.

Just as he had guessed, Emperor Zhaoning not only cooperated with Lü Changgeng from the beginning, but also maintained contact with the Guangming Society.

This is why Emperor Zhaoning's involvement can be seen in everything Lü Changgeng did.

However, his ambition was far greater than that of Lü Changgeng. He never thought of being subordinate to anyone, but wanted to devour the Great Immortal Fate with his own strength.

Emperor Zhaoning was different from the Demon Emperor. The Demon Emperor's target was the immortal disguised as a member of the Bright Society, while Emperor Zhaoning had his eye on the celestial being mentioned by the immortal.

Emperor Zhaoning used the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman as an excuse to collect the players' essence blood. Only one drop of essence blood was collected in the blood talisman, but even a small amount of essence blood leads directly to the source.

When Emperor Zhaoning takes the Heavenly Elixir and transforms into the Heavenly Dao, and uses the Ziwei Exorcising Array and the Imperial Edict Flag to transform the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman into Heavenly Soldiers, it will reverse the flow of essence and blood to seize the players' origin.

This is an extremely advanced way of using energy, just like the omniscient crystal in Wu Chang's hand. When the child body becomes too powerful, so powerful that it surpasses the mother body, the child body will transform into the mother body.

Wu Chang shook his head slightly. No wonder his intuition warned him that the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman was strange.

If he hadn't been careful and had created the Demon-Suppressing Blood Talisman, he might have fallen into Emperor Zhaoning's trap. If he had taken Emperor Zhaoning's essence blood to create a heavenly soldier, that heavenly soldier's performance would probably have been enough to defeat the Three-Legged Golden Crow alone.

Even with the help of the Omniscient Crystal, he managed to counter each move and avoid having all his essence absorbed, but he still suffered a severe blow to his vital energy.

Looking at Emperor Zhaoning and the Demon Emperor, he suddenly felt that the existence of the world instance was a huge pig butchering scam.

One of their targets is the Celestials, and the other is the Light Society. They first feign weakness to lower their guard and make them believe that they are the ones in control of the world instance.

When they become increasingly entangled and find it difficult to extricate themselves, the players and the Light Society will realize that, despite their lively efforts, they are merely chips on the table of Emperor Zhaoning and the Demon Emperor's struggle for the Dao.

No, there were actually three people involved in this dispute.

The Demon Emperor was able to easily defeat An Rong, which clearly indicates that he possesses the combat power of a chief angel, making him the strongest in the plane. Even without the Great Immortal Fate, the Three-Legged Golden Crow would not be his match.

Emperor Zhaoning, presiding over the Ziwei Exorcising Array, commands 16,000 heavenly soldiers at the level of demon kings. When united, their strength may not be inferior to that of a demon emperor.

Wu Chang looked at An Rong. As the third among the chosen ones, An Rong was slightly weaker, but his luck was much better.

With the cards An Rong holds, including himself and Eileen, they might not necessarily lose if all is said and done with.

(End of this chapter)