Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 214 Clues to the Heavenly Demon, Version 2.0, The Birth of the Sky-Piercing Ancestor
"Waaah, Mother, wake up..."

In a small coastal village in Annam, cries echoed everywhere, and the drained corpses were carelessly discarded by the roadside. A murderous aura permeated the village.

Without exception, all people and beasts tainted by this black mist were instantly drained.

"Sad?"

"Don't be sad, let this old man see you off."

Elder Baida appeared before the survivors, and with his command, the pervasive black mist instantly attacked, quickly draining the remaining few into dried corpses.

"Finally recovered."

As the pervasive black aura returned, Elder Baida's body visibly returned to its original state.

The thought of almost dying at sea filled Elder Baida's eyes with hatred.

He never expected that Lu Yuan would be so terrifying.

Even more unexpectedly, the evil dragon Ao Wu from the abyss was so incompetent.

He originally planned to appear and collect the rewards when Lu Yuan and the evil dragon of the sea abyss were both severely injured.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his ship entered the waters of Dayong, a fist came flying straight at him.

Fortunately, he didn't enter the range of the fist's attack, otherwise he wouldn't have had a chance to survive.

Even so, he still almost died.

Because outside of Lu Yuan's fist, there was a terrifying gust of wind. He was only grazed by the outermost edge of the gust of wind, and half of his body was gone.

If it weren't for the crucial moment when he used his demonic body to devour his accompanying disciples, he would already be dead.

I have to say, Lu Yuan is really terrifying.

The King of Spirits can kill without hesitation.

If he could possess Lu Yuan's body, he would surely become the strongest demon in the world.

Elder Baida was still dreaming of possessing Lu Yuan's body.

……

The former site of the Demon Yin Gate in Western Shu.

Yuan, the young master of the Demon Yin Sect, led a thousand disciples into the Dayong Kingdom through some clandestine means.

Even the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Six Doors were unaware.

They spent more than half a year finally finding the old site of the sect that had been blasted into a deep valley.

The deep valley was dark and damp, and the air was filled with a foul stench.

It smelled like the stench of a rotting corpse, mixed with an unidentifiable, strange fragrance.

The strange fragrance was intoxicating.

poisonous?

Yuan took out an antidote pill and put it in his mouth. Then he mobilized his internal energy to speed up digestion until the dizziness in his mind subsided.

"Da da da."

"Young Sect Leader, look over there, those are the Twelve Heavenly Demon Statues that the sect lost."

A disciple of the Demon Yin Sect discovered a demon statue.

The golem looks exactly like the twelve golems erected by the sect, so this must be the twelve Heavenly Golems [True] that the sect has lost for many years.

"Holy crap, it seems to be true."

"Legend has it that the true inheritance of the Demon Sect is contained within the Twelve Heavenly Demon Statues. If we can transport these Twelve Heavenly Demon Statues back, it will surely be a great achievement."

The disciple standing nearby excitedly stepped forward and gently stroked the Heavenly Demon statue with both hands.

His eyes were full of longing.

A thirst for power.

"It's a real treasure."

A player from the Demon Yin Sect approached, his eyes filled with greed. A light screen appeared before him, and the information on it almost made him lose control.

Heavenly Demon Statue - Lin Yuan: One of the Twelve Heavenly Demons, a pure killing demon, a born killer, who loves everything related to killing and fighting, and has a complete lineage of the killing demonic path.

[Ding, you have found a version clue: Heavenly Demon]

Heavenly Demon: Among the myriad wonders of the world, the Demonic Path is the most extraordinary. The Demonic Path originates from the Demon Realm and, like Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, is a top-tier lineage that transcends the mortal world. Players can obtain the Demonic Path by winning the favor of one of the Heavenly Demons according to their preferences.

Task Rewards: Level +8, Earth-grade equipment [selectable], Earth-grade martial arts [selectable], Ghost Horse [special effect color can be specified], Chaos Value +1000.

[Beep beep beep! Player True Love has discovered a version clue: Super Weapon 2.0.]

Triggering all four version clues will unlock the next version.

[Note that Super Weapon 2.0 is the last game version of the Super Weapon era. Once activated, the spiritual energy content of the current world will be greatly increased, the cultivation speed of NPCs will be greatly accelerated, and some hidden special forces will also appear. Players should pay close attention when completing tasks.]

[Beep beep beep, the level cap for Super Weapon 2.0 is 199.]

[Beep beep beep.]

System notifications echoed in the minds of all players.

The number of player messages on the world channel has surged.

Holy crap, Super Weapon 2.0 is really here!

[One more clue has been added to the version list.]

[The Demon Lord? Was the player who triggered this clue from the Demonic faction?]

[A lineage on par with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism—a truly high-class tradition.]

[This time the clues are so simple. The clues about the Heavenly Demon are basically obvious. The clues for Super Weapon 2.0 are the inheritances corresponding to the four schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Demonism. We just need to find the remaining three inheritances to unlock Super Weapon 2.0.]

An heirloom? That's difficult.

Nothing in this world is difficult if you set your mind to it. If the demonic path can find the inherited artifacts, so can the others.

I am a Shaolin disciple; I'll go ask the abbot.

[6. You ask, and the abbot will answer? What are you thinking? Don't get beaten up by the abbot.]

"Probably not. I think the abbot has a pretty good temper; he wouldn't beat me up over something like this."

[Damn it, I take back what I just said. This bald monk is an idiot, he's not a good person. He actually hit me with his demon-subduing staff! How awful!]

[Haha, did you enjoy getting beaten up?]

The Zeng and Meng families are so xenophobic; they have absolutely no access to the Confucian and Taoist traditions.

Let's abandon Confucianism and Taoism.

"Confucianism and Taoism are so tough? Let's just storm in and see if their bones are harder or our fists are stronger."

[That's a good idea. Our levels aren't low anyway, let's take him down.]

[Don't cause trouble, all that fighting and killing. Go to the table next door with the Demonic Path.]

[Are we still considered players of the Demonic Path if we don't cause trouble? You think this is child's play? Anyone who dares to block our path to wealth will be killed.]

【+1. 】

What about the Taoist lineage? Is there any explanation? Brothers who have joined Taoist sects, please share your thoughts.

[There's no explanation. The Taoist lineage is even more perplexing than the demonic path. My NPC master said it himself: the Wudang Sect has two branches, an outer branch and an inner branch. The outer branch cultivates martial arts and has some incomplete Taoist lineage, while the inner branch cultivates the complete Golden Core Dao. They lost contact with the outer branch more than a thousand years ago, and even our sect leader doesn't know where those people from the inner branch went.]

[Holy crap, so this is how it is with Wudang too? And it's the same with our Emei sect—the inner disciples have vanished without a trace, we haven't contacted them at all.]

The Tianshan Sect is the same.

Alright, we've run out of leads on the Taoist clues.

[Speaking of which, has a replica of the first move of the Heaven-Shattering Palm technique been found yet? With millions of players, surely there must be at least one lucky player, right? The forums are in an uproar; those rich players have already raised the price to billions, and nobody's even tempted?]

There are only two possibilities: first, the lucky player is also a tycoon and doesn't lack money; second, there isn't a single lucky player among these millions of people.

[Damn, the official team wouldn't do something like this, would they?]

[Nonsense, isn't winning the lottery even harder? It's normal for millions of people to go unwinned.]

No way, I want to see just how awesome the knockoff is.

The counterfeit version is gone, but the original is available. Take a few bags of candy to Forget-Worry County and find that gluttonous cat; she'll definitely show it to you.

[What? Wasn't it supposed to be a string of candied hawthorns? How did it turn into several bags of candy? Who, who on earth is ripping off the price?]

Who else could it be? Some idiotic gamers, of course.

【Grass.】 ……

"I've struck it rich."

I am incredibly excited because true love is invincible.

This is a legacy of demonic cultivation.

It's not martial arts, it's demonic arts, the true lineage of demonic arts.

A top-tier lineage on par with the top three schools of martial arts.

In a sense, he will be the first player in this game to inherit the top-tier playstyle.

Excited heart, trembling hands.

"Lin Yuan, the Demon of Slaughter, delights in all things battle and slaughter. How can I gain its approval?"

"Killing and fighting?"

True Love Invincible glanced at the appearance of this demon. It was all muscle, with three heads and six arms, and a variety of weapons. It should be a very powerful demon.

It may be very difficult.

Want to look at something else?

True love conquers all; looking elsewhere, they are golems.

A series of messages emerged.

The Great Black Buddha, one of the Twelve Heavenly Demons, is a contradictory being among the Heavenly Demons. He is the embodiment of the Holy Mother and the Demon Lord, emphasizing cause and effect. He enjoys saving one person only to kill their entire family in return. He possesses a complete inheritance of the demonic path of cause and effect.

The Demon Statue - The Actor: One of the Twelve Demons, the Soul Demon, a born screenwriter who enjoys manipulating the joys and sorrows of others to gain a perfect experience, and possesses a complete inheritance of the Soul Demonic Path.

This……

After flipping through the introductions of these demons, True Love is Invincible found that few of them were normal. They were either murderers or perverts. Damn it, is there no normal lineage in the demonic path?
However, after thinking about it, he realized that there really wasn't anything normal in the demonic path.

After all, the Demon Yin Sect, to which he belonged, was a sect of murderers.

This is... this is really awkward.

……

"Never mind that. Our mission is the Heavenly Demon Seed and the Twelve Heavenly Demon Statues. We'll talk about that later."

Young Master Yuan glanced at the Heavenly Demon statues and decided to search for the Heavenly Demon Seed first.

After all, the Heavenly Demon Seed is a crucial matter concerning whether he can break through to the Acquired Realm, and it cannot be taken lightly.

"Yes, young sect leader."

When the eldest disciple spoke up, the other disciples naturally dared not object. After all, they didn't want to die; if they displeased the young sect leader, they would lose their lives.

The young sect leader needs no excuse to kill.

They didn't want to become the young sect leader's food.

"The Heavenly Demon Seed, what exactly is this thing?"

True Love Invincible followed cautiously behind the young sect leader, glancing around carefully out of the corner of his eye, afraid that some monster might rush out of the dark valley and kill him instantly.

"Tick tock."

"Tick tock."

The thousand disciples split up, and True Love Invincible followed the young sect leader into the main hall. The collapsed hall reeked of decay, and even the young sect leader Yuan, who had the highest cultivation level, frowned and covered his mouth and nose.

Even though True Love is invincible, he pretended to cover his mouth and nose, but in reality, he had turned his sensory system down to the lowest level and couldn't smell anything.

"Young Master, this hall is so dark and eerie. Is it haunted?"

The hall was pitch black, and a chilling aura kept creeping into my bones, making me a little scared for a moment.

"ghost?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I've killed more people than any demon. It's the demon that should be afraid, not me."

Young Master Yuan sneered.

"That's right, that's right. Our Demon Yin Sect isn't afraid of ghosts. If a ghost dares to appear in front of me, I'll eat it up in a second."

One of the disciples sneered.

No sooner had the disciple finished speaking than a black shadow flashed by, and the disciple was instantly cut in two. Almost in an instant, True Love Invincible used his lightness skill to move away from the disciple who had been cut in half.

Not only him, but the other disciples in the same group also did the same thing.

Stay away from the disciple who was killed.

"You bastards."

The disciple's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at everyone with resentment. His fellow disciples hid far away, not giving him a chance to unleash his Demonic Yin Body technique. He could only die unwillingly.

After the disciple had completely stopped breathing, the other disciples stepped forward and began to devour his remains.

"It tastes good, and my cultivation level has advanced again."

While the disciples were still savoring the moment, True Love Invincible looked around anxiously, fearing that the dark figure would reappear.

"These lunatics."

"Eat your mother's ass! Is this the time to eat?"

"You even got to comment on it."

"Grass."

True love is invincible, I'm furious.

These teammates are terrible.

True Love Invincible glanced at Young Master Yuan, only to see that both of the Young Master's eyes had already fallen out.

From the empty eye sockets, tiny hands crawled out, spreading out in all directions like ants.

True love is invincible. I breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the young sect leader is mentally sound.

……

"Evil Fusion."

"Are you disciples of the Demon Yin Sect?"

Suddenly, a cold voice rang out.

Everyone drew their weapons, their eyes warily fixed on the direction of the sound.

A figure floated out from the dark hall.

That's right, it floated out.

True love is invincible; upon seeing that figure, he was instantly terrified.

Damn it, it really is haunted.

"What kind of monster dares to occupy the old site of my Demon Yin Sect?"

Young Sect Leader Yuan clapped his hands together, and a burst of black energy erupted from his body, carrying a bloody smell, instantly filling the entire hall.

"Peak of the first rank? Very good, very good. You juniors of the Demon Yin Sect are indeed extraordinary."

"I am Mo Tian, ​​the leader of the Demon Yin Sect."

“Young man of the Demon Yin Sect, state your name.”

A dark figure emerged, revealing its true form—a body beyond description, like smoke and mist, with a blurred face and a constantly shifting black cloud that transformed into various shapes. You simply couldn't distinguish which of these shapes was its true face.

"Skyscraper?"

"The Skyscraper Ancestor".

"Yuan, the current young master of the Demon Yin Sect, pays respects to the Ancestor."

A look of fear suddenly appeared on the face of the young sect leader Yuan, and then he immediately knelt down before Mo Tian.

The disciples behind him also knelt down after hearing the young sect leader's voice.

They all looked terrified.

"Yuan? Ji Yuan?"

……

(End of this chapter)