My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

Countless rays of light streaked across the sky like shooting stars, falling all over the world.

With a flash of light, Gu Qing found himself in an unfamiliar dimensional world. This time, he had no initial identity and was in a desolate wilderness.

Gu Qingchao looked around and saw that all around him were scattered rocks.

This patch of rocks is situated between two hills, which are several miles apart.

Following the jumble of rocks toward one of the hills, Gu Qing discovered that the hill was composed of a kind of brownish-red boulder, with sparse shrubs and grass growing on it.

Upon reaching the top of the hill, Gu Qing looked into the distance.

This hilly area stretches for dozens of miles, and at the end of the hills, a tall city seems to be faintly visible.

far away.

Wisps of pale red mist rise from the hills, ravines, and low-lying areas.

Instead of rising, the mist flowed at the bottom of the valley, which seemed unusual.

Make sense.

The fog should continue to rise and gather into clouds in the sky.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

The pale red mist enveloping the low-lying area was clearly somewhat eerie.

He stood atop the hill and looked around carefully.

With no immediate danger, Gu Qing's consciousness sank into his sea of ​​consciousness, and the mercenary trial mission quietly surfaced.

[Scene: The Dimension of Demonic Mist]

[Difficulty: Rank 2, Level 8]

[Mission: Monsters roam this world, forcing humanity to rely on city-states for survival. On the day of the full moon, monsters hunt humans en masse, besieging cities, slaughtering, devouring souls, and plundering resources. This is a survival mission; surviving for a full month in this plane is considered successful.]

The more monsters you kill during the mission, the more points you earn. Killing a Rank 1 monster earns 1 point... Rank 10 monsters earn 10 points. Killing a Rank 2 monster earns 10,000 points... Rank 8 monsters earn 80,000 points.

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"Judging from the mission information, this Demon Mist Plane is extremely dangerous, and humans are as worthless as weeds."

"In addition, the mission encourages mercenaries of the Immortal Kingdom to kill demonic beasts, and even fight against monsters of higher levels, stimulating them to take risks and hunt second-grade Foundation Establishment stage demonic beasts."

"After all, a second-grade, first-level demonic beast is worth ten thousand points."

"Even if I didn't rest for a month and spent all my time hunting first-grade demonic beasts, I probably wouldn't earn 10,000 points."

The monsters aren't stupid; how could they just stand there and let the mercenaries from the immortal kingdom kill and harvest them?

On the other hand, this mercenary assessment mission will test the mercenaries' self-awareness. Those who lack self-awareness and rashly challenge Foundation Establishment monsters will likely end up as food for them.

This mission is probably to weed out the mercenaries who aren't very bright.

Compare this to the first mercenary trial.

The Ancient Martial Arts World Trials are clearly designed to unleash the potential of all mercenaries.

The missions in the Demon Mist Dimension, while unleashing potential, also drastically increase the danger level, further testing the mercenaries' wisdom in making on-the-spot decisions.

After a moment's thought, Gu Qing decided to rest in the distant city first and inquire about information about this world.

In any case.

Places inhabited by humans are always safer than the wilderness.

Then.

Gu Qing then trudged along the rolling hills, carefully avoiding the eerie, pale red mist as much as possible.

However, as they drew closer, Gu Qing noticed that the pale red, eerie mist flowed along the hills, constantly converging towards the distant city, as if it were alive.

To avoid the eerie fog, Gu Qing had no choice but to take a detour.

The journey of just a few dozen miles felt like navigating a maze, and by evening, they still hadn't reached the city.

"Damn it!!"

"This demonic mist location is truly unfriendly to humans; it's practically impossible to move an inch."

Nighttime is when monsters are most active.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Qing went to the middle of a hill, found a huge rock as cover, dug out a temporary shelter under the rock, and prepared to spend the night there.

As night fell, a blood moon rose in the sky.

Strange cries came from all directions, so Gu Qing didn't light a campfire to avoid attracting the attention of the monsters.

just.

Even though Gu Qing was so careful, as the night drew to a close, his mental energy fluctuated slightly, and a strong sense of crisis came from behind him.

A dark shadow, carrying a foul stench, attacked from behind.

"bite--"

With a slight thought, a layer of blue crystal armor appeared on his body, protecting most of his body.

A bloodline ability derived from the Taiyin Crystal Armor Beast.

Magic Crystal Armor.

Blocking the sudden attack from the shadowy figure, Gu Qing subtly moved his feet, leaving a trail of afterimages, and arrived at the shadowy figure's flank.

Immediately.

Gu Qing conjured countless palm prints with his hands, accompanied by a solemn chanting of Buddhist hymns.

"Immortal Martial Arts: Formless Great Palm Print".

This palm technique is derived from the Great Formless Scripture of the ancient martial arts world and possesses the ability to subdue demons and evil spirits.

With the Daoist Immortal Technique operating within his body, Gu Qing unleashed a speed far exceeding that of ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivators, making him a bloodthirsty melee Daoist.

"Bang bang bang..."

Gu Qing felt as if his palms had struck hard black iron, and a sharp pain shot through him. He frowned slightly.

"Such strong defense."

With a series of impacts, the dark figure that had ambushed Gu Qing was sent flying several feet away by dozens of palm strikes.

However, the dark figure was not seriously injured. It roared and, as soon as it landed, it sprang up again and pounced on Gu Qing head-on.

In the astonished eyes of the shadowy beast, Gu Qing's ten fingers suddenly sprouted demonic blue claws, several tens of centimeters long and shaped like short swords.

"Heart-cutting hand!!"

Seeing the shadowy monster pouncing in mid-air, Gu Qing used the claws of his demonic transformation, combined with martial arts techniques, to instantly slide down to the monster's belly, mercilessly striking its weak points with both hands.

The fingernails, sharp as blue daggers, lashed upwards with tremendous force, tearing at the sky.

lol...

Suddenly, a sound of leather tearing rang out.

The black shadow beast's chest was forcibly ripped open by Gu Qing, and a bright red, beating heart was still slightly throbbing in Gu Qing's palm.

"To cut out one's heart and end one's life."

Gu Qing hadn't finished speaking.

"Bang—"

The dark figure suddenly rushed several meters away, then collapsed to the ground, its beastly eyes rapidly losing focus.

Fresh blood splattered all over the ground from the wound Gu Qing had torn open.

Gu Qing had no time to collect the spoils from the monster before her attention was drawn to the increasing rustling sounds around her.

"This is no place to linger!!"

"The scent of this monster's blood will attract even more monsters."

Concealing his aura, Gu Qing quickly withdrew from the temporary camp and had no choice but to plunge into the eerie fog below the hill.

"The Demon Mist Dimension is of a higher level than the Ancient Martial Arts Dimension."

"Fortunately, my mental powers can still detect a distance of nearly a hundred meters within the pale red mist."

Looking at the ever-surging eerie fog, Gu Qing thought to himself.

Carefully avoiding the monsters lurking in the eerie fog, Gu Qing headed directly towards the city in the distance.

Finally, before sunrise, Gu Qing arrived outside the city.

The city was built with those brownish-red megaliths.

The city wall is over thirty meters high, and its thick surface is covered with dense, deep marks, some of which are animal claw marks, and others are marks from swords and knives.

However, when Gu Qing circled around to the city gate and looked towards it, his pupils suddenly contracted.

"That is..."

"How could he?"