Chapter 1117 - 457: Martial Fortune 2

Chapter 1117: Chapter 457: Martial Fortune 2

"Do you accept the mission?"

Although Wu Chang himself issued the mission, exploring the Demon Realm was arranged by Lü Changgeng, and the mission rewards were settled by the Human Dao Alliance. Thus, even though Wu Chang was speaking at the moment, a hidden task was triggered.

Seeing the mission prompt, everyone was delighted and was about to choose to accept it when suddenly Wu Chang’s tone changed.

"Let me say this upfront, gentlemen, if you join the Demon Realm exploration team, you must follow my commands, Tang’s commands."

"During the exploration of the Demon Realm, I have only one requirement, which is strict obedience to orders. The matter of demon-slaying allows no slack or carelessness; if anyone disobeys commands and brings disaster, don’t blame me, Tang, for my ruthlessness."

Wu Chang slightly squinted his eyes and swept his gaze over the crowd.

Wu Chang, having acquired the Kaiyang Immortal Fortune, possessed the power of Martial Fortune within him. With one gaze, even Leng Shan and Sword Star felt a chill in their hearts, their bodies instinctively straightening as if meeting the strict gaze of a school principal.

Wu Chang withdrew his gaze and slowly said:

"You have the time of half a joss stick to prepare; we depart after half a joss stick."

Freed from the pressure of his gaze, everyone suddenly felt lighter, exchanging glances with the same thought in mind.

That being the fact that the World Dungeon truly lives up to its name; even a random plane native with high standing has such an intimidating presence.

Since the human faction’s plane natives are already like this, one can only imagine how strong the Demon Race must be.

However, as top players, no one could refuse a hidden side task, especially with the company of Peace on this occasion.

The group immediately chose to accept the hidden side task and then proceeded to register with the cultivators within the hall.

After registering their names, they walked outside the hall, and Sword Star quietly asked Wu Chang, "The sect leader Tang who spoke earlier, are you confident you can defeat him?"

Wu Chang thought for a moment and replied, "Hard to say; judging from the aura, our strengths are quite comparable."

Sword Star’s expression instantly became solemn; he could sense that Peace was speaking the truth.

Even Peace didn’t have confidence; if unnecessary, they must avoid provoking that sect leader Tang.

Leng Shan asked, "I find that sect leader Tang’s style is quite serious and not careless, yet he’s allowing so many of us to join the exploration team without any basic assessment, how did you manage that?"

Compared to Tang’s strength, Leng Shan was more concerned with what method Wu Chang used to establish a connection with sect leader Tang.

Even in the Steam Phantom Dungeon, while other players were worrying about integrating into the dungeon and desperately contending for extraordinary gathering invitations, Peace had already effortlessly become the vice leader of the Secret Magic Knight Order.

Now, in the World Dungeon too, they hadn’t truly integrated into the Demon-breaking Army yet, but Peace could openly squeeze people into the exploration team.

Could it be that this guy possesses some special ability that enables him to make certain deals with the high echelons of the plane?

Wu Chang didn’t hide anything; he outright revealed his connection with Emperor Zhaoning, explaining that Emperor Zhaoning wanted to gather information on the Human Dao Alliance through him and hence helped establish relations.

Upon hearing about the faction side task, everyone immediately perked up, with Leng Shan asking:

"So should we also join the Great Xuan Royal Family faction like you?"

Wu Chang said, "You can join, but when facing side tasks that require paying a price to complete, I suggest you observe for a while first."

"After all, we are players and should be contested by various forces, not truly working for them. As long as we manage our contributions wisely, if we encounter a better faction, switching allegiance won’t incur too many losses."

After hearing this, everyone silently noted it down in their minds.

Peace saying such things indicates he isn’t particularly optimistic about the Great Xuan Royal Family and is prepared to act as a double agent.

They intended to join the Great Xuan Royal Family mainly because of Peace, and if they were deeply tied to the Great Xuan Royal Family while Peace turned into a double agent, the situation would become quite interesting.

After discussing the causes and effects with the players, just a joss stick’s time had passed, and the Demon Realm exploration team was ready to depart.

This time around, the expedition to the Demon Realm is urgent. After returning, he needs to ensure the group of cattle and horses by his side complete the Immortal Fortune tasks related to the Twelve Earthly Branches before the activation of the Purple Star Demon-warding Grand Array.

Hence, he didn’t bring any baggage. Besides the players, the exploration team only included Wu Chang himself, Erin, and An Rong.

Normally, reaching Shuanghu City would require a day even with flying mounts for everyone.

Due to the urgency, Lü Changgeng utilized the Human Dao Alliance’s resources to open the teleportation array for them.

The plane of the World Dungeon once belonged to the Realm of Reason, capable of constructing Immortal Mansions and other formidable creations that Wu Chang couldn’t manage himself. Therefore, their understanding of manipulating space through arrays was quite comprehensive.

Even casually leaving some behind would be enough to complete a large teleportation array.

However, due to limited resources, since the revival of Spiritual Qi, teleportation arrays have only been established between major cities across various states of Great Xuan.

In the blink of an eye, the group found themselves in Shuanghu City.

With this expedition to the Demon Realm, the Human Dao Alliance had already informed Shuanghu City. The cultivators there greeted Wu Chang and others warmly, insisting on hosting them briefly during lunch as a matter of hospitality.

Wu Chang used the need to rush as an excuse and did not stay.

The guards of the city, reluctant to press further, accompanied them to the large ship stationed at the edge of the Demon Realm before taking their leave.

The ship prepared by Shuanghu City had been modified to start simply by injecting energy, and Wu Chang initiated it, slowly heading into the East Mountain Lake area.

East Mountain Lake is different from the gray area of the Demon-breaking Army trials; here is the true Demon Realm where Demon Qi is more intense and cannot be easily dispersed by Human Dao Destiny.