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Merlin took Artoria, who had been stabbed by Mordred, to a tower built on the foundation of Avalon, where Artoria fell into an eternal slumber.

However, perhaps due to feelings of resentment and regret, Artoria was corrupted by negative energy, which in turn affected all the creatures in the tower, such as elves and fantasy species, causing them to be corrupted and demonized by the negative energy.

These demonized fantasy creatures lost control and rushed out of the tower, heading towards Camelot under the influence of Artoria's obsession.

Morgan Lefebvre's rebel camp quickly fell into a slump.

Mistakenly believing that his beloved sister was still alive and continuing to oppose him, Morgan le Fay made a terrible decision.

Through some horrific sacrificial ritual, she turned everyone in Camelot, including herself, into the dead.

In this way, she gained the power to rival her sister while also freeing herself from the worries of human lifespan.

If one year isn't enough, try two years; if two years aren't enough, try ten years; if that still doesn't work, try a hundred years!

Morgan le Fay secretly vowed in her heart: one day she would storm Avalon and personally put the collar symbolizing slavery on her beloved sister!

However, she clearly overestimated herself and severely underestimated the power of these demonized creatures.

The undead faction was being pushed back in defeat.

If it weren't for Xu Ming's arrival, which turned the tide, the mutated creatures might have continued their rampage all the way to Camelot.

Both parties involved have passed away.

Xu Ming thought he wouldn't receive the remaining commission, but Merlin unexpectedly handed him a bottle of potion.

"Goodbye, interesting Xu Mingjun~ I'm going to repair the magic circle, otherwise this tower will really collapse."

Consider this potion a reward for all the fun you've given me.

Merlin said so.

After saying this, he left the throne room.

After Merlin left, Xu Ming, very alert, had the system analyze the potion.

After the system analyzed the potion, Xu Ming played with it, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

This is a magical potion similar to 'Dragon's Blood Essence', which also allows a shikigami with a soul level of 6 to advance to a soul level of 7.

And to Xu Ming's surprise, Merlin, that wicked fellow, didn't tamper with the potion at all.

That's good, at least it saved him a lot of money on purification agents.

Incidentally, completing this trial mission caused his oddity points to skyrocket to a whopping 23, making him an overnight millionaire... and then he went bankrupt.

To upgrade the Physics Holy Sword to the highest level of seven-star equipment, it would cost a full 200,000 Mysterious Points.

Now, he has finally saved enough.

Upgrading the exorcism phone from six-star to seven-star required less than half of the required Strange Points.

Upgrading other equipment from six-star to seven-star generally costs around 50,000.

However, strengthening the Holy Sword of Physics requires twice the amount of power. According to the system's principle of equivalent exchange, a Holy Sword of Physics strengthened to the highest level will be extremely powerful.

So, Xu Ming gritted his teeth and invested all 200,000 Strange Points that he had just received and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy.

So his remaining weird points were reduced to a fraction.

—The enhancement of the Holy Sword of Physics begins...

—Note: Due to its special material, the enhancement time cannot be determined. Please observe the progress bar yourself.

Then Xu Ming saw a red progress bar appear next to the relevant entry for the Holy Sword of Physics, moving forward at a snail's pace.

How slow exactly?

Xu Ming stared at it intently for a long time before realizing that the progress bar had only moved 0.1% after more than half an hour!

At a rate of 0.1% progress every 45 minutes, it would take a full 45000 minutes to complete the enhancement! More than a month!

What kind of deity is this?!

Xu Ming could only console himself that after consuming so many strange points and time, the equipment he upgraded would definitely be the best of the best.

A system that follows the principle of equivalent exchange is not like an unscrupulous mobile game company that would engage in various forms of fraud.

Therefore, the future is promising!

And this future is only a month away.

Moreover, he basically doesn't need the Holy Sword of Physics now, so let it remain quietly in the system, waiting for the day when its sword light is reforged and its sharpness is fully revealed!

As for the potion given by Merlin, Xu Ming discovered after matching it that the potion, named 'Spring of Avalon,' actually had the highest compatibility with Haruyuki Arita.

If given the medication, it will take the shortest time to fully digest the energy, approximately one week.

However, if Fujino were to take the medication, it would take nearly a month.

However, the potential of the two is clearly not on the same level, which makes Xu Ming hesitate.

He thought for a moment and then asked the system a question.

'System, could you replace this equipment with a potion that can increase a shikigami's level?'

Xu Ming took out Morgan Lefebvre's crystal ball inlaid with a skull.

This piece of equipment, named 'Head of the Lowly King', is a very special piece of equipment. It has almost no active skills, and is full of passive skills that enhance necromancy.

The only active skill is to summon the spirit of the lowly king Vortigern to fight for him. Moreover, depending on the wielder's mastery of necromancy, Vortigern has a certain chance of rebelling and attacking the summoner.

If a necromancer obtained this equipment, he would be overjoyed, but unfortunately Xu Ming is just an ordinary summoner.

Not to mention that most of the attributes of this equipment are useless to Xu Ming, the only useful skill has such a serious flaw.

This piece of equipment was useless to Xu Ming.

So Xu Ming immediately thought of whether he could use it to exchange for what he needed from the system.

After a while, the system gave an affirmative answer.

—Yes, but the host needs to pay an energy consumption fee of 20,000 Weird Points.

I bought a watch last year!

This heartless system!

Xu Ming reluctantly paid the 2 yuan handling fee.

There's nothing we can do; it's a monopolistic business of the system...

After paying a handling fee of 2 Weird Points, the system took back the skull crystal ball and gave Xu Ming a bottle of general-purpose potion instead.

This potion can directly upgrade a shikigami with a soul level of 6 to a soul level of 7 without any side effects, but the shikigami needs to spend one to two weeks digesting the energy in the potion.

Now that both bottles of medicine were ready, Xu Ming called over Haruyuki Arita and Fujino Asagami and had them each take the medicine.

The two fell into a deep sleep, and Xu Ming then directly put them into the Hundred Demons Night Parade.

Chapter 704 I'll haunt you even as a ghost!

On the day of Guiyou in the twelfth month of the third year of Jian'an, in Xiapi.

The cold wind, like the barbarian cavalry sweeping down from the north, howled across the Central Plains.

A biting wind, carrying pure white snow, swept across the city of Xiapi, bringing with it a severe chill that had ravaged the city by war...

After months of fierce fighting, Cao Cao's army flooded Xiapi and finally achieved a decisive victory. Lü Bu's army was defeated, and Lü Bu himself drank to relieve his boredom at the White Gate Tower. After getting drunk, he was bound with ropes by his subordinates and presented to Cao Cao.

At this time, the walls of Xiapi were in a dilapidated state, riddled with arrows. The surface of the walls was pitted and uneven, and a small section had even collapsed, all caused by the trebuchets.

Bloodstains, oil stains, excrement, mutilated corpses... these are everywhere on the city wall, looking like a postmodern street graffiti artwork from a distance, cruel and absurd.

The city was filled with murky mud and water, and corpses lying in the mud.

Soldiers clad in Cao Cao's armor numbly lifted the corpse from the muddy water, threw it onto a donkey cart, sprinkled some white lime on it, and then repeated the same action.

Before long, the donkey cart was piled high with corpses; a rough count revealed a dozen or so.

At the top was a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old. He stared blankly at the overcast sky above him with wide, unfocused eyes. Then, Cao's soldiers covered his face with a straw mat.

This was the value of human life at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty; a dozen people were not worth as much as a tattered straw mat...

Located south of Xiapi City, this city gate tower is painted white, so locals habitually call it the 'White Gate Tower'.

At this time, the place was surrounded by a large number of Cao Cao's soldiers.

The Cao army soldiers guarding this place were well-disciplined and had sharp eyes; they were clearly battle-hardened veterans.

Two imposing middle-aged men stood on a high platform at the city gate.

The man had a full beard, eagle-like eyes, and exuded an aura of domineering confidence.

He was Cao Cao, the leader of Cao's army and one of the most powerful warlords vying for control of the Central Plains at that time.

The other man had a peaceful face, especially with his large earlobes, which gave him an air of good fortune. He stood quietly behind Cao Cao, his long arms hanging down past his knees, his kind and benevolent demeanor contrasting sharply with Cao Cao's.

He is Liu Bei, who is currently under the command of Cao Cao.

"Get out of here! And behave yourself!"

Just then, a commotion arose, and a group of soldiers pushed a man who was tightly bound with ropes in front of Cao Cao.

The man looked extremely disheveled, with his hair disheveled and his armor forcibly removed, leaving him tightly bound with thick hemp ropes.

Even so, he still looked exceptionally heroic.

He was none other than Lü Bu, who was hailed as the fiercest warrior of the Three Kingdoms period.

A person's name, a tree's shadow.

Although Lü Bu was tightly bound with ropes, the soldiers and generals around him were still on high alert.

Upon seeing Cao Cao and Liu Bei on the stage, Lü Bu immediately straightened up and shouted.

"My lord, the ropes are tied too tightly. Could you loosen them a bit?"

"When tying up a fierce tiger, you have to tighten it."

Cao Cao laughed.

"My lord, I am willing to surrender to you. I will command the cavalry, and you will lead the infantry. Who can stop you from unifying the world?"

Lu Bu begged for mercy again.

Cao Cao had two great interests in life: he loved married women and he loved fierce generals. Lü Bu's words tempted him.