I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 147: Successive Transcendence (5K)

The extraordinary rituals performed by Zhuo Mio and Mingyi are also quite unique.

Zhuo Ling's ritual involves forming a legion of over a hundred corrupted monsters, requiring at least three leader-level monsters within it.

And defeated a bizarre tide of over two hundred.

"This extraordinary ritual is simple, of course, only for Tsurumi."

At first glance, Xiao Xue is the unparalleled general of the safe zone. However, at the first-order perfection stage, among the four strange employees of the safe zone, the strongest is probably Zhuo Miao.

With unparalleled skill, he crushed the other three demons.

With extremely high blood stats, it can sweep away everything in its Blood Demon form. It can also grow stronger through battle.

And turbid water—

In its early stages, Zhuo Ling was not particularly powerful; its abilities to control water and elemental forms were also quite limited. In other words, Zhuo Ling primarily dealt with mindless and unpredictable entities; otherwise, its information could easily have been leaked and it would have been targeted.

Without the advantage of a wetland, the turbid lizard cannot quickly disappear into the water.

"But Mio's true core ability is 'Corruption Domination,' which is a developmental type of ability."

"Turbid Mio can defeat, corrupt, and manipulate the supernatural."

When fighting the Black Armor Leader in the early stages, Zhuo Ling was not yet a match for the Leader-level Weird.

By the time they were fighting the Crimson Beetle King in the mid-game, Zhuo Ling was already able to easily defeat a leader.

And now, in some obscure corner, it has quietly amassed an even larger army.

Once the three major skills are maxed out, Xiao Xue, Li Feng, and Ming Yi's combat power is almost at its peak. The only area for improvement is self-training to hone and enhance their skill proficiency.

The turbid water is not like that.

"Its corrupt dominance still has its limits; it cannot infinitely control the bizarre aspects of corruption. But even so—"

At this moment, inside Training Room No. 1, as the turbid water ceased to exist, dozens of strange figures emerged from the murky tide.

The training room suddenly became crowded.

Little Blood's eyes widened.

"How can you be so curly!"

"I'll still roll it secretly!"

Even though he failed to advance to the extraordinary level first, Xiao Xue still considers himself the main force of the safe zone, the security captain, and the number one enforcer.

—At least at the same level, it and Lifeng are about evenly matched.

But unexpectedly, the unremarkable Mio has secretly become so strong.

Among this group of strange beings, there are four leader-level beings!

The Blood Lord himself felt that fighting these leaders was like a father beating his sons, but he had to admit that there were simply too many of them. If a real battle broke out...

It's about 50/50.

It's definitely a 50/50 chance!

But it's clearly the oldest employee!

Shi An was somewhat surprised by the quality of this "Fallen Legion". Zhuo Miao was indeed a mature and strange being, and he knew how to become stronger on his own without Shi An having to worry about him.

Tsuru Mio: "Hehehe~"

It said it was barely acceptable; if it hadn't accidentally provoked the extraordinary and bizarre while searching for a target, resulting in the loss of a number of its subordinates, its corrupt legion would have been much larger.

Little Blood: "←—↑!"

The extraordinary ritual of Zhuo Ling was not difficult to execute; it was already preparing to go out and capture a batch of ordinary anomalies. Because it could no longer afford to support more leader-level anomalies, it only needed to maximize the number at this point.

Xiao Xue also ran out on her own and posted a task using an employee account in the safe zone.

It absolutely must be the first to be promoted!

"The ritual for making the funerary clothes is more complicated."

Shi An stroked his chin.

"Form a team of paper figures to carry the palanquin, and travel ten kilometers. During this time, the palanquin must remain undamaged for the ritual to be completed."

The ritual for wearing funerary clothes involves being carried in a palanquin carried by eight men!

This is not easy.

Traveling ten kilometers through the nightmare world, especially in the form of a sedan chair carried by eight men along the main road, would inevitably attract a lot of strange attention.

"Furthermore, with the funerary garments inside the palanquin, it's difficult for them to move around freely. The key to this ritual lies in the paper figures."

"Does the 'Underworld Robe' require the creation of a batch of paper figures and the imbuing of them with power?"

Senluo Red Silk itself does not have the ability to directly produce paper figures.

However, Shi An soon discovered that the funerary garment possessed such skills. The reason it was able to find this ritual was because the funerary garment discovered it while doing some crafts in its spare time.

The characteristic of Senluo Red Silk being able to be made large or small can be applied to the making of paper figures.

"Find materials or existing tools to manufacture and modify the funerary garment."

"After that, find a suitable route, as long as you avoid the supernatural and the strange tides."

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"Speaking of which, does the Hades Armor have a talent for alchemy? Hmm, after its advancement is complete, we can let it try in that direction."

Several tasks related to the Three Evils' promotion ceremony were quietly released in the task section.

It's not particularly noticeable.

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Because the mission section of the safe zone is now filled with commissions, major organizations have even become accustomed to posting missions here.

Countermeasures Bureau, Wizard's House, Ultimate Martial Arts School —

If they have any important matters to attend to, they first send out their own trusted subordinates to carry them out. Xuan Jian, Xi Xue, and other core members of the large organization have now grown up and naturally want to give back to the organization, but they are not nearly as busy as the captains of the Countermeasures Bureau.

They are also representatives of their respective factions in the safe zone and have received considerable support from within their factions.

This is their advantage.

Large factions, if they lack sufficient manpower, will outsource their tasks. Their first choice is the safe zone platform.

The platform is reliable enough, and there is no fraud or evasion of payment.

More importantly, there are enough and strong enough adventurers here, and the safe zone members are capable of completing the tasks they outsource.

The main force behind these tasks is a group of ordinary people who have fallen into dreaming.

Especially the two folk dreamers' teams, Li Wei and Lao Wang.

"It's time to offer a few more premium membership slots."

This time, we won't do it on such a large scale; we'll just issue an announcement within the member community.

The reason they are issued in small batches is because the number of premium membership cards is relatively small.

He always needs to keep a few cards on hand, so he won't be empty-handed when he really needs them.

In addition, distributing premium memberships in batches will help members get motivated to complete tasks and pursue their dreams in Xinjiang.

"We're doing this for the sake of all humanity."

"The threat of nightmares still looms large; it's far from time to relax."

Even the store manager at Shida didn't dare to relax.

On one hand, he was searching for nightmares that were suitable for his strategy and that offered the chance to produce exceptional cursed items; on the other hand, he was constantly training and honing his skills.

The store manager boasted that his theoretical combat strength was not much worse than that of a newly promoted superhuman.

Although this is only on paper.

In just two days, the tasks related to the Three Evils' ritual were settled.

Zhuo Mio and Mei Yi are still preparing for battle, but Xiao Xue is eager to launch an attack immediately.

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So, "swipe".

Shi An manipulates his shadow avatar to delve into the nightmare.

This is somewhere in the pale wasteland, and in the distance, a group of humanoid monsters are wandering around.

This group of strange creatures numbers over a hundred, making it a small-scale wave of strange creatures, and naturally, there is more than one leader-level strange creature among them.

It was utterly terrifying.

They range in height from two to four meters, with robust bodies but no skin. Their bodies are scarlet, as if bloody flesh is exposed.

This is obviously —

"Full of vitality!"

Little Blood was drooling.

Although it is said that the extraordinary ritual of Xiao Xue requires 10,000 units of blood energy.

However, how can the blood energy of an ordinary person be the same as that of a strange person?

Even the weakest of the strange creatures can rival a Refinement stage expert in combat power, and their vitality far surpasses that of a Refinement stage expert.

Most importantly————

"Even if we don't have enough blood energy, it doesn't matter. We can just find another target."

"For Xiaoxue, this ritual did not meet the standard—but that's all it is, it did not meet the standard."

There is no danger to his life.

Unlike Captain White, who had to undergo a supernatural ritual that put him on the brink of life and death.

"Strange or too supermodel-like."

"Oh, that's not right either. If Little Blood didn't have overwhelming combat power at the leader level, it wouldn't have been easy for it to complete the extraordinary ritual."

Soon, the promotion ceremony began.

The three mysterious figures, Li Feng, Zhuo Miao, and Ming Yi, all came to lend their support.

The number of supporting personnel is extremely small, but in terms of overall combat strength, it is probably higher than the supporting lineup of Captain Bai on that day.

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Shi An sat in the safe zone, simultaneously controlling a series of magical flying eyes to take off and sweep the surroundings to eliminate any unexpected events.

Before long, Little Blood pounced on it, chirping "Hehehehehe".

"Turn into food!"

It directly entered the Blood Demon Incarnation state, transforming into a blood-red troll body three or four meters tall, and fought fiercely with the fleshy monsters without dodging or avoiding them.

Injuried!

recover!

Injuried!

recover!

In Blood Demon Avatar form, Little Blood can extend the duration of the avatar and recover from injuries by absorbing blood energy.

At this moment, the blood energy provided by the scarlet humanoid was incredibly abundant, and Xiao Xue grew stronger and more ferocious with each battle.

It was as if it had unleashed its full power amidst a strange tide, crashing back and forth.

"Hehehehehe"

"Who else? Who else?!"

Half an hour later, this terrifying and bizarre tide, which even extraordinary experts would have to avoid, had been torn to pieces by Little Blood, leaving only a few survivors.

At that moment, a great power descended from the darkness.

This indicates that the extraordinary ritual has been completed.

"We can go back now."

But Little Blood was still somewhat lacking; it felt it could fight another three hundred rounds.

If a mere leader-level anomaly is not enough, what harm would it do to have three or four more?

It is powerful and invincible.

At this moment, whoosh~

A gust of wind blew by. In the wind, a terrifying, otherworldly aura wafted. Faintly visible, the wind stirred up dust, which in the distance transformed into a huge, eerie face.

"What kind of weird thing is this now?"

Little Blood: I'm outta here.

Xiao Xue: Cough, it's not a question of whether I can win or not, it's just that I'm about to advance to the extraordinary realm, so it's not advisable to cause any unforeseen complications.

Shi An used the Contract Summoning Technique to recall the four strange entities, leaving only the Witchcraft Flying Eye, which had not been able to leave in time and could not be quickly removed.

In their field of vision, the eerie face sculpted by the wind and sand was rapidly approaching, and a terrifying aura filled the entire world.

"Definitely extraordinary!"

"Is it the late stage of the Transcendent Realm, the Perfected Realm? Or some other bizarre phenomenon at an even higher level?"

"As expected, there are still too many dangers lurking deep within the nightmare!"

Shi An thought so.

Several magical flying eyes deployed around the battlefield, with the furthest distance exceeding three kilometers, lost their display at the same moment.

"Zi"

There was no time to ponder how bizarre and terrifying it was; what appeared now was the extraordinary blood handprint that had officially ascended to the extraordinary realm.

"Bloody Handprint"

Rank: Early Stage of Extraordinary

"Innate Talent: Blood Demon"

The Blood Demon talent passively encompasses several of Little Blood's abilities from his mortal days.

Manipulate blood mist, suck blood, and transform into blood mist.

Although only when a human superhuman reaches the pinnacle of the Transcendent Realm, with their innate abilities covering their entire body, can they possess the possibility of this kind of "elementalization," this is the fundamental reason why the pinnacle of the Transcendent Realm far surpasses the late stage of the Transcendent Realm.

But Xiao Xue is not human, so his talents and characteristics are naturally very different.

"After the promotion, Xiao Xue's main change is in his ability ceiling."

Previously, it could only condense a three-meter-long blood-red giant hand, and this giant hand could only be maintained within a few meters around it.

At this moment, Xiao Xue's blood energy could penetrate dozens of meters of space.

It is not limited to only being able to condense a palm.

Similarly, its blood mist incarnation can take on even more forms—though it is still covered in blood.

"And the active ability is to transform into a blood demon, greatly increasing one's speed, strength, and resilience."

"At the same time, the small blood can cause the blood of any living being it comes into contact with to burst!"

This is its first branch feature.

Shi An stroked his chin.

Like Lifeng, Xiaoxue is a melee-type monster, but it is more reckless and suitable for trade-offs.

It possesses extremely strong resistance to attacks and resilience, and its offensive capabilities are also terrifying.

"As fellow extraordinary beings, if one is not careful, their entire heart could be detonated by the small blood on the spot."

"Although extraordinary beings have innate talents to protect them, their hearts have been shattered, so their talents may not be able to protect them. They could even be killed on the spot."

Shi An thought that since the Blood Handprint possessed this kind of ability, it meant that other extraordinary and bizarre beings might also have similar first-time killing moves.

One must not be careless when navigating the nightmare world.

On the third day after Xiaoxue's ascension to the extraordinary realm, Zhuoling also began its extraordinary ritual.

Its scale is much larger.

Because its chosen target was a strange tide of more than two hundred people.

The actual number is close to three hundred.

After all, how could one possibly find a strange tide with only two hundred members?

"But with a ratio of 100 to 300, the advantage is on my side!"

Its advantage truly lies there.

The hundred corrupted and bizarre beings of Zhuo Ling are not only of higher quality, but more importantly, they are controlled by it and have their own battle tactics and systems.

On the contrary, the three hundred strange beings on the other side sometimes sabotage each other, and their deadly moves end up hitting their own people instead.

The two bizarre forces fought for more than half an hour, and in the end, the Fallen Legion under the command of Zhuo Ling won by a large margin.

Although the corrupted monsters also suffered considerable losses.

One of the leader-level monsters died, and more than half of the remaining monsters were lost in battle.

These bizarre deaths are truly deaths, and there is no way to bring them back to life.

This is equivalent to a significant loss of combat power for the Chaotic Zero.

This is also a flaw of "Fallen Domination". It's normal for "Fallen Domination" to have some shortcomings because its potential is too high.

Zhuo Mio didn't care.

Because after it ascends, it will inevitably seek out extraordinary beings to corrupt itself.

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A few hours later, "Ding!"

"Notification: Your contracted employee, Fallen Spring Spirit - Turbid Zero, has advanced to the Extraordinary realm and awakened her innate talent, Fallen Spring."

"The Fountain of Corruption"

"Explanation: Turbid Zero can manipulate water with the power of 'turbidity' and 'corruption.' Individuals corrupted by Turbid Zero are essentially dead, their remaining bodies forever controlled. Furthermore, the 'Fountain of Corruption' possesses the characteristic of being able to revive and control recently deceased corrupted individuals (with a probability of failure, which increases with the user's level)."

A resurgence?

It's back!

Shi An's eyes widened.

If previously, Zhuo Ling had the weakness of being prone to battle casualties due to its corrupted and bizarre nature, then now—it can revive the bizarre nature of those who die in battle? Doesn't that mean it can also sustain itself through battle?

The "fight to sustain life" mechanic for low-health characters is at best an improvement in endurance, roughly equivalent to an immortal berserker.

However, Zhuo Ling's strategy of using war to sustain war can indeed make him stronger with each battle, allowing his army to grow like a snowball.

That's comparable to a necromancer!

"Without a doubt, Tsuruo is going to go for the legion-based system."

Shi An pondered, "It is said that the combat power of a transcendent being who has built a complete combat system far surpasses that of other transcendent beings. However, a complete combat system is not easy to build; it requires at least several suitable rare-level spells, and mastery of them to the level of proficiency or above."

"And Zhuomiao? It seems that it doesn't need any spells to supplement it; it can build a complete system on its own."

Complete and powerful.

Shi An didn't know how many extraordinary beings Zhuo Miao could command, but even if there were only two or three, its combat power would still surpass those of the same level.

Moreover, it excels at ganging up on its prey.

Little Blood, who had just advanced to the Extraordinary Realm two days ago and was full of confidence to reclaim the title of the strongest in the safe zone, could only stare wide-eyed.

Tsuru Mio's innate talent is a bit unreasonable!

Moreover, while its "blood bursting" effect is powerful, it also has significant limitations.

A living being with blood and flesh is a god.

To strike an individual without blood and flesh, that is the zone.

Xiao Xue suddenly felt that she was becoming more and more cunning.

Time flies, and the days pass like an arrow.

Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

No other captain from the Countermeasures Bureau has yet been promoted to the Extraordinary level.

However, the strange and powerful individuals in the safe zone have been promoted one after another.

Pale ruins, somewhere.

Mingyi sat inside the sedan chair, surrounded by strange paper figures.

Eight paper figures carry a sedan chair.

Eight paper figures guard the area.

If you look closely, you'll notice that these paper figures have bloodshot eyes, as if they've been dotted with red ink, and red strings are drawn on their wrists.

It was indeed painted on with ink dots on the funerary clothes.

"Xiao Xue and Zhuo Ling are indeed extremely strong, while Mei Yi has always been quiet and has never actually made a move."

However, Shi An discovered that the way the Underworld Cloth developed and utilized its power far surpassed that of the previous two ghosts.

While Zhuo Ling and the others merely studied existing powers, the development of the Hades Cloth went beyond the scope of their skills.

The parade begins!

The paper figures lifted the sedan chair and played the suona.

This naturally attracted a swarm of strange creatures.

Even though the route Shi An chose was relatively safe;

Even if the strange creatures only come in waves;

This still puts immense pressure on the team.

At this moment, the red ropes wrapped around the paper figures' wrists seemed to flutter.

Guided by these personally drawn red ropes, the power of the funerary garments inside the palanquin extends outwards.

The red rope is as red as blood, and as sharp as a knife!

Swipe—

The bizarre upper and lower body were separated, and it was still pulsating.

The team continued forward, encountering a strange tide along the way, but ultimately passed through the area safely, covering a distance of ten kilometers.

The ceremony was completed.

Great power descended.

"Prompt: Your contracted employee, Hades, has advanced to the Extraordinary level and awakened his innate talent —"

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