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Chapter 400: Celebration - Monsters Rampage Central Plains! Kill NPCs!

Jiang Liu suddenly remembered one of the activities during the anniversary celebration.

When the total number of celebration fragments dropped by players across the entire region reaches one billion, the Tower of Ten Thousand Demons in the Central Plains map will be unlocked.

Players across the entire region aim to collect one billion celebration fragments.

To empty the event store, one hundred million celebration fragments are needed.

Is it difficult or not?

Practice makes perfect. Jiang Liu closed the event shop, opened the world map, and clicked to enter Zhongzhou.

In contrast to the festive decorations on the game's main screen, the cultivation world is suffering immense hardship across its various regions.

The festivities are an event for players, but a disaster for NPCs.

How many festival monsters are there to supply players across the entire region to kill?
Since the players don't have time to kill them, the festival monsters can only go and wreak havoc on the NPCs.

As soon as he stepped onto the map of Zhongzhou, he could feel a chilling atmosphere in the air, and even smell a trace of blood in his breath.

Before the players even started fighting, the NPCs had already begun clearing out the monsters.

"I wonder if NPCs will drop Festival Fragments when they kill Festival Beasts."

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, glanced around a few times, and then fixed his gaze in one direction.

From that direction, multiple auras could be heard, along with the faint sounds of weapons clashing and battle fluctuations.

We can't let the NPCs steal our monsters!
He thought to himself and hurriedly flew over there.

He arrived at the battlefield in about ten seconds, not far away.

At first glance, five righteous NPCs were besieging and killing a white snake demon.

These five righteous NPCs are all early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. Five early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators couldn't defeat a single white snake demon. This white snake demon looks quite strong.
Jiang Liu glanced at the Nascent Soul cultivators and then turned to look at the 34-meter-tall white snake demon with a snake's lower body and a human's upper body, its entire body grayish-white.

【White Serpent Demon (Celebration Monster)】

[Rank: Mid-Nascent Soul Stage]

It's quite a high rank to encounter a celebration beast that's already at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. This is the Central Plains map, and the minimum requirement for players to enter is the Nascent Soul stage. It wouldn't be fun if we were to fight some Foundation Establishment or Core Formation stage celebratory monsters.

As Jiang Liu approached, the righteous NPCs also saw him. Their eyes lit up and they shouted, "Fellow Daoist, come quickly to our aid!"

Ok?
Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu frowned slightly, releasing the aura of a mid-stage Incarnation Realm cultivator. His imposing presence pressed down like a mountain, and he said in a deep voice without expression, "What did you call me?"

Righteous NPC: "."

He's actually a Nascent Soul cultivator at such a young age!?

Feeling the pressure emanating from Jiang Liu, the righteous NPCs revealed a hint of respect in their eyes, and their attitude became very respectful: "Senior, please come and help us."

Haha!

Jiang Liu was secretly pleased. After a year of cultivating immortality, it was finally his turn to be called a senior.

Alright, I was originally planning to kill you all while we were out in the middle of nowhere, but I'll let you go this time because of your respect for being called a senior.

"Senior Jiang has arrived!"

"Five Elements Revolving Sword!"

[You defeated the White Serpent Demon (Celebration Beast), gaining 0.01% cultivation points. A critical hit with double cultivation points was triggered, gaining 0.02% cultivation points.]

Damn, with so much cultivation value bonus, the base cultivation value is only 0.01%?

This celebration monster has really low experience.

With a single sword strike, Jiang Liu instantly killed the White Serpent Demon. Under the admiration of the righteous NPCs, Jiang Liu slowly flew over and picked up the White Serpent Demon's dropped items.

You have obtained 385 Spirit Stones.

You have obtained 160 Celebration Fragments.

Jiang Liu: “.”

Not only is the experience level low, but the drop rate is also low. With the Treasure Basin bonus, a Nascent Soul stage monster only drops more than 300 spirit stones. Designer, did you secretly nerf the rewards?
The lack of spirit stones wasn't a problem, but the quantity of celebration fragments was a bit overwhelming for him.

160 Celebration Fragments!
Damn, even with double privileges, a single Celebration Beast only dropped 160 Celebration Fragments!
Emptying the store requires at least 1 million celebration fragments, which means he has to kill more than 60 celebration monsters!
The entire anniversary celebration lasts for 20 days, and you have to kill more than 3 celebration monsters every day!
Damn it, are you even human, planner?!

Upon calculating such a massive number, Jiang Liu's face instantly darkened, and his mind went blank.

He can kill more than 3 festival monsters a day. Even if all the festival monsters lined up for him to kill, he still couldn't kill them all!

Got it, the developers never intended for players to empty the event shop.

Seeing Jiang Liu's dark face and murderous aura, the righteous NPCs looked at each other, wondering what they had done to offend this senior. They cautiously said, "Senior, we are disciples of the Biqu Sect. Thank you for your help."

Jiang Liu glanced at them coldly and asked, "Where are there any more demonic beasts?"

"what?"

Several righteous NPCs were slightly taken aback, and subconsciously replied, "They're everywhere. Demonic beasts of all races have attacked the entire Central Continent. The Taiyi Immortal Alliance has issued a kill order, and most cultivators in the Central Continent have taken action."

They're everywhere, which means we don't need to look for them specifically?

Jiang Liu frowned, took out a BOSS locator from his backpack, and tore it open.

[You have used the Celebration Boss Locator. The coordinates of the nearest Celebration Boss are now displayed on the map.]

He opened the map and saw a red dot flashing a hundred miles away.

He couldn't count on the festival fragments dropped by the festival monsters anymore; now he could only hope that the festival boss would drop as many festival fragments.

If there are many bosses, he will need to purchase boss location markers throughout the entire process to kill the bosses.

It's only a hundred miles, we'll be there in no time.

Without saying a word, Jiang Liu took out his Ferrari, opened the door, and was about to drive towards the BOSS's coordinates.

I pulled it once, but the door didn't open. I pulled it again, but the door still didn't open.

He looked out the car window at the Ferrari's interior, and his expression darkened even further.

Damn it, it's just a model!

I knew it! I knew how they could drive cars in the Immortal Cultivation Era without even oil! Turns out they were just using models to fool people.

Cumulative spending rewards are useless if you don't get them for free!

Jiang Liu stood directly on top of the Ferrari and sped towards the BOSS's location.

Flying in a chariot!

Seeing Jiang Liu leave standing on a strangely shaped prop, the righteous NPCs secretly breathed a sigh of relief and shouted after him, "We don't know your name, senior, so we can report back to our sect!"

"Taiyi Immortal Alliance, Jiang Liu!"

It turns out you're a senior from the Taiyi Immortal Alliance! My apologies for not recognizing you!
Upon hearing that they were from the Taiyi Immortal Alliance headquarters, the respect on the faces of these righteous NPCs deepened.

Only the Taiyi Immortal Alliance could cultivate such a young Nascent Soul cultivator.

Dozens of seconds later, Jiang Liu arrived at the BOSS's coordinates, killing more than a dozen white snake demons along the way.

Even a distance of a hundred miles, one can encounter more than a dozen celebratory demonic beasts along the way, which is quite a hardship for cultivators in the cultivation world.

Unlike the minor skirmishes caused by the festival monsters, Jiang Liu had just arrived when he saw more than thirty righteous NPCs besieging and killing a giant white snake demon that was over a hundred meters tall.

These thirty-odd righteous NPCs were all at least in the early Nascent Soul stage, and the highest level was even at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage. With their cooperation, they almost effortlessly surrounded and killed the giant white snake demon.

The giant white serpent demon was powerless to resist; its scales were shattered, and blood was everywhere. It was clear that it was about to die.

【White Serpent Demon King (Celebration BOSS)】

[Rank: Nascent Soul Great Perfection]

Is this all the bosses at the Nascent Soul stage?

You have to stand up!
Seeing that the White Snake Demon King was about to die, Jiang Liu was also eager to watch the show and hurriedly rushed over.

This is a BOSS located with a BOSS locator token costing 188 million spirit stones. If an NPC steals the kill, wouldn't that be a waste?
"Fellow Daoists, please show mercy! I'll help you!" Jiang Liu shouted, and before the thirty-odd righteous NPCs could react, a flash of cold light from his sword blotted out the sky!
"Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword!"

With a single sword strike, the White Serpent Demon King was severed from head to body!

You have slain the White Serpent Demon King.

More than thirty righteous NPCs: "??????"

The thirty-odd righteous NPCs were stunned, staring blankly at the slowly collapsing White Serpent Demon King, unable to react for a moment to what had happened.

We've been besieging and killing this powerful demon for so long, and it just died so easily?
"Borrowed, borrowed."

Jiang Liu squeezed in and scooped up the White Snake Demon King's dropped items with one hand.

You have obtained 16574 Spirit Stones.

You have obtained 14710 Celebration Fragments.

I am!

Five-figure celebration fragments!

Got it, if you want to clear out the event shop, you have to kill the BOSS!

One Celebration Beast yields 16 Celebration Fragments, and one Celebration BOSS yields 14000 Celebration Fragments, a drop rate of 875 times!
Killing one Celebration Boss is equivalent to killing 875 Celebration Monsters!
Is there any need to hesitate?

Since both methods result in an instant kill, the obvious choice is to kill the celebration boss!
Jiang Liu was overjoyed, finally seeing hope of emptying the event store.

Well, this one is probably a bit expensive.

A single BOSS locator costs 188 million spirit stones. To clear out the event shop, you would need to kill at least 5,000 celebration BOSSes, which would amount to 94 billion spirit stones.
One billion spiritual stones!
What normal person would spend 94 billion spirit stones just to clear out a single event shop?

Even a mentally ill person wouldn't do something like this, it's utterly idiotic!
Perhaps among all the players on the server, he was the only one who, after seeing the drop rate of the celebration fragments, still thought about emptying the event shop.

Even with a 0.1% discount, 94 billion spirit stones would still be 9400 million spirit stones.

With such a large sum of spirit stones, what couldn't we do with it?

Jiang Liu also knew that spending 94 billion spirit stones to empty the event shop was incredibly stupid.

But the key issue is that he has spirit stones but nowhere to spend them!
I've bought all the gift packs and the limited-time card pool, but all my spirit stones are useless now.

In-game purchases receive a 0.1% discount, but if you trade with NPCs using spirit stones, there are no discounts.

The 94 million spirit stones spent in the store can be used as 9400 billion spirit stones.

However, if you trade with an NPC, it will only cost 9400 million spirit stones.

With a difference of a hundredfold, it would be better to just throw them all into the store.

Moreover, 9400 million spirit stones may seem like a lot, but in reality, it's not much.

In the eyes of players, it's just a limited-time item available at max level.

In the eyes of NPCs, it's just a piece of land in Zhongzhou.

Instead of spending those 9400 million spirit stones to buy a cave dwelling, it would be better to use them to clear out the event shop.

Moreover, it's not like there's only spending and no income.

When the White Serpent Demon King was killed, more than 16000 spirit stones also dropped, which is the normal amount dropped by a Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivator.

If you kill more than 5,000, you can get 70 to 80 million spirit stones, so you won't lose much.

All things considered, spending ten to twenty million spirit stones to clear out the event shop is still quite profitable.

It's decided! I'll just keep buying BOSS locator tokens and farming the Celebration BOSS!
Once he made a decision, Jiang Liu didn't hesitate any longer and tore open another BOSS location token.

[You have used the Celebration Boss Locator. The coordinates of the nearest Celebration Boss are now displayed on the map.]

Another hundred miles away?
It seems the spawn range of the celebration boss is only one every hundred miles. Fortunately, we don't have to travel too far.

Jiang Liu stood on his Ferrari, locked onto the coordinates of the next boss, and took off.

But before it could even take off for two seconds, it was stopped.

"stop!"

A furious shout rang out, and then more than thirty righteous NPCs surrounded Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu: “????”

The Nascent Soul Grand Perfection cultivator stepped forward, his face darkening as he glared at Jiang Liu, coldly saying, "Who are you! Didn't you see this great demon is surrounded by our Purple Forest Sect!"

"We're about to kill it, what's the meaning of your meddling here?!"

"Are you going to become an enemy of our Purple Forest Sect?!"

With a shout and a rebuke, the other party did not take Jiang Liu, who was in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, seriously at all.

Mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm?

Laughs, my Zilin Sect has several Nascent Soul stage ancestors!

Jiang Liu laughed too. The last NPC who yelled at him had been reincarnated several times.

What do you want?

Jiang Liu looked around at the performance, a playful expression on his face, and said.

"Humph!"

The Nascent Soul Grand Perfection cultivator snorted coldly: "Apologize to our Purple Forest Sect!"

"Then sign a statement saying that you were just passing through and that this great demon had nothing to do with you, that all the credit went to my Zilin Sect, and that you compensate us with 500 million spirit stones for emotional distress. Then you can leave!"

"Otherwise, I will summon the Grandmaster of my Purple Forest Sect to speak with you!"

The grand celebration marks the arrival of a powerful demon beast in the cultivation world. The Taiyi Immortal Alliance has issued a demon-slaying order, and anyone who kills a great demon can claim Jiang Liu from the Taiyi Immortal Alliance.

Not only the Taiyi Immortal Alliance, but also various sects issued demon-slaying orders, encouraging cultivators to go out and train.

This celebration boss was their prey. With sect and guild rewards already in hand, they were naturally furious to have it snatched away so easily.

Moreover, this is still the territory of their Zilin Sect. On their territory, how could they allow outsiders to bully them?

"500 million spirit stones."

Jiang Liu nodded. It wasn't much, considering that the toll for passing through the Central Plains region was 100 million spirit stones.

It was wrong of me to steal the BOSS.

But so what?

In the world of cultivation, the strong are revered!
500 million spirit stones can buy hundreds of BOSS location scrolls, I'll give them to you?
I'll give you a sword strike!
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"Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword!"

Sword cries! Sword flashes!
Under the horrified gazes of these thirty-odd righteous NPCs, a pale white sword light swept across their field of vision.

Jiang Liu's current attack power is more than enough to instantly kill a Nascent Soul stage boss, let alone a group of Nascent Soul stage ants.

Zilin Sect, Nascent Soul Great Perfection: "!!!!!!!"

"How dare you lay a hand on me!"

When the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Purple Forest Sect saw Jiang Liu raise his sword and gather spiritual energy, his expression changed drastically. He cried out in terror, "This is the territory of my Purple Forest Sect! Aren't you afraid of provoking my Purple Forest Sect's Integration Ancestor?!"

"Stop! Forget the 500 million spirit stones! Just give me 100 million spirit stones!"

"Stop! Are you deaf? I told you to stop!"

"Ancestor save me!"

The next second, it vanished into thin air.

"Stop babbling! Let your ancestor come out and try!"

Jiang Liu glanced at the thirty-odd tombstones in front of him, curled his lip, snorted, and turned to leave.

(End of this chapter)