This Twisted Three Kingdoms Game Is Brutally Insane
Chapter 280 ·The Reversal Ritual
Chapter 280: The Reversal Ritual! Reconstruction Successful!
Old Wan City.
Core Corruption Zone.
The intense battlefield fell into a frozen silence.
The Players stared at the horrifying scene before them in shock. They had never imagined a battle could become so intense, nor had they expected Dian Wei to unleash such terrifying power.
The power of this attack had surpassed the limits of Tier Three, had surpassed the limits of the Overlord Class.
Even a top-tier Tier Four Overlord would probably struggle to emerge unscathed.
No matter how powerful the Lord was, no matter how profound his foundation, he was ultimately only at Tier Three cultivation.
Theoretically, it was impossible for him to survive such an attack.
“Could it be that the Lord has met with disaster...”
“No!”
For a moment,the Players descended into complete chaos.
Whether it was the commanders of the five major legions, or every ordinary Calamity Army soldier participating in the battle, their hearts were filled with shock and fear.
The Lord was the core and soul of the territory.
Without the Lord, the territory would lose all possibility of further expansion.
Most importantly, according to the official statement on the game's website, if the Lord died, all game data would be deleted!
More than three months of tireless effort would be erased in an instant!
Countless people whose destinies had been changed
would be thrown back to where they started!
If that were all, they could simply start over!
The problem was, there was no restarting Twisted Three Kingdoms.
The game itself would enter an indefinite shutdown upon the Lord's death!
“It's all over!”
“We've really capsized in the gutter this time!”
“Damn it! I can't accept this! We've fought for so long. Is everything really going to vanish?”
“Ah! I can't lose this game!”
“Damn it! It's all because we weren't strong enough! If we'd been stronger, the Lord would've never needed to fight personally!”
“……”
The Calamity Army, which had never tasted defeat, was now enveloped in an atmosphere of despair.
“Has the Lord truly fallen?”
Raise a Cup to the Moon simply couldn't accept this reality.
To everyone else, this game might merely be the ultimate game.
But he understood what losing this game truly meant.
It would be an unbearable loss for all of humanity.
And they might become sinners remembered throughout history.
At that moment, Wen Ping said, “Everyone, there's no need to worry. The Lord will never be defeated!”
Zhou Cang also nodded.
“The Lord is the Chosen One of this world. How could he possibly fall because of such a trivial disturbance?”
“Really?”
“So the Lord isn't dead?”
“How is that possible? He was blasted until nothing remained! Nobody could survive that kind of attack!”
“Exactly! That battlefield-wide attack was enough to erase an entire town from the earth, yet the Lord took it head-on at point-blank range!”
“Not necessarily!”
“Did everyone notice?”
“We never received a system notification.”
“Perhaps... there's still hope!”
“……”
Hope began to rise among the Players.
Even so, they still found it difficult to believe.
Could someone really survive an attack like that?
It seemed utterly impossible!
Jia Xu and Zhang Zhongjing walked to the center of the battlefield.
Dian Wei lay on the ground, his body covered in cracks, its radiance completely extinguished.
This terrifying existence, whose power rivaled that of a Demon God, had finally lost all ability to continue fighting.
Jia Xu sighed.
“What truly terrifying power. Fortunately, the Lord arrived in the Wan region in time. Otherwise, New Wan would probably have ceased to exist long ago!”
Dian Wei no longer possessed the strength to resist.
He coldly stared at Jia Xu.
“The Starsea Lord has already been defeated. You have no way to truly kill me!”
Jia Xu chuckled.
“You don't actually think you've won, do you? You don't actually think you're qualified to shake the Lord, do you? Surely not? Surely you haven't failed to notice such an obvious fact?”
Hearing those words, Dian Wei suddenly reacted.
The Starsea Lord had been blasted into ashes by his own hands.
So why had the Lord's Starsea Offspring not disappeared?
As for Jia Xu and Zhang Zhongjing, although they were not Offspring directly summoned by the Starsea Lord, they were servants contracted under the Star Mark, their existence deeply bound to the territory.
If the Lord died, they too would suffer backlash.
Even if they survived, their cultivation would plummet, leaving them gravely weakened.
Yet whether it was Jia Xu or Zhang Zhongjing, neither showed the slightest sign of weakness.
On the contrary, they looked positively radiant, especially Zhang Zhongjing, whose eyes shone with excitement.
Before Dian Wei could think further, a mirror suddenly appeared before him.
At first, the enormous mirror contained nothing.
Then an immense amount of Essence gathered within, gradually taking the shape of a majestic figure mounted upon a warhorse and wielding a great spear.
The next moment, accompanied by the neighing of a warhorse, Hang Yu rode directly out of the mirror and descended upon the battlefield once again.
“Ah!”
“It's the Lord!”
“The Lord has appeared again!”
“I knew it! There's no way our Great Feather God would've gone down that easily!”
“Long live the Lord!”
“……”
When the Players saw that Hang Yu had returned to the battlefield, looking full of vigor and completely unharmed, it was as though he had never experienced a fierce battle at all.
“What exactly is going on?”
Little Bell widened her eyes, her face filled with shock and delight.
“Could this be...”
Black-Eyed Rui Ge had already guessed the answer, but even he found it too unbelievable.
“It's the Lord's mirror projection!”
“What?”
“You mean... from the very beginning, the Lord never personally entered the battle? The one who fought Dian Wei for hundreds of exchanges was only a mirror projection?”
“Holy crap! Seriously?!”
“How could a mirror projection possibly be that strong? It completely suppressed Dian Wei the entire time!”
“Dian Wei is the absolute ceiling of Tier Three Overlords!”
“……”
The ability to create perfect mirror projections did not seem unfamiliar to the Players.
Back when they fought the Corpse Lich Territory, Xie Ming, the Corpse Lich Lord, had once deceived the Players using a mirror projection.
Even Jia Xu had failed to identify his true body.
After the Corpse Lich Territory campaign, it wasn't strange that the Lord had obtained Xie Ming's ability.
However, although Xie Ming could also create mirror projections, his projections only possessed First-Rate Overlord strength.
A projection of that level probably wouldn't have lasted even twenty exchanges against Dian Wei.
Yet, the Lord's projection had battled Dian Wei for hundreds of exchanges.
Until Dian Wei entered his Third Form and unleashed that battlefield-wide attack, the projection had maintained an absolute advantage.
Considering the enormous difference in strength between Xie Ming's true body and his mirror projection, the Players simply couldn't imagine what it would look like if the Lord's true body fought personally.
Even a super boss like Dian Wei would probably be crushed without mercy!
“Impossible!”
The one who found it hardest to accept was undoubtedly Dian Wei.
He couldn't believe that the opponent he had only defeated after exhausting all of his strength had merely been a perfect mirror projection—
a copy far weaker than the original.
“There's nothing impossible about it.”
Hang Yu said, “This Lord already told you that you could never pose any threat to me. After all, I can create ten... or even a hundred mirror projections like this. But you've already reached your limit!”
Jia Xu added, “You've been trapped within Old Wan for far too long, like a frog at the bottom of a well with narrow vision. Naturally, you cannot comprehend the vastness and grandeur of the mountain that is the Lord.”
Though unwilling.
Though reluctant to believe it.
The truth stood before him.
He had no choice but to accept it.
Who could have imagined that a mere human Starsea Lord could possess such unimaginable power?
Dian Wei was completely convinced by his defeat.
“Hmph. Enough talking.
Finish me.”
“General Dian, the Lord has no intention of destroying you. After all, it would be such a pity if your strength couldn't serve the territory!”
Zhang Zhongjing cupped his hands toward Hang Yu.
“My Lord, now that every condition has matured, I believe we can begin the attempt.”
Hang Yu nodded slightly.
“Then let's begin.”
Jia Xu formed hand seals.
An ancient stone coffin appeared.
The instant it opened, Dian Wei's body was swept inside.
What were they trying to do?
Seal him again?
Dian Wei couldn't understand the situation.
The native inhabitants of this world were not entirely helpless against Abyssal Corruption.
Although they lacked any method of complete purification, they could stabilize the corruption for long periods by sealing or banishing its source.
But why would these lackeys of the Stars go through such unnecessary trouble?
They could simply purify him and eliminate all future problems forever.
Dian Wei was drawn into a pitch-black space.
This was the subspace created through Jia Xu's Abyssal Stone Coffin.
Once inside, his connection with the Abyssal Will weakened, making it much easier to conduct the Reversal Ritual. Zhang Zhongjing had already completed all preparations.
Three bronze cauldrons stood before him, each radiating an exceptionally pure yet extreme aura.
Inside them rested the Extreme Abyss Blood Lotus, the Eternal Darkness Relic, and the Fallen God Origin Stone, the primary materials for this ritual.
All three were Blue-quality materials, yet each contained a trace of Divine Source Material.
Therefore, despite being only Tier Three Blue materials, their value exceeded that of more than ninety-nine percent of Purple materials.
Aside from these three indispensable core ritual materials, there were also two supporting items—
the Pure Soul Crystal and the Scroll of Genesis!
The territory had prepared for this ritual for a very long time!
Under the Lord's guidance and assistance, Zhang Zhongjing had perfected the plan.
Now, with Hang Yu's mirror projection, and with Jia Xu, the Supreme Yin Ancestor, assisting him, he believed success was certain!
And it had to succeed!
Otherwise, the cost would be far too great.
And they would have failed the Lord's expectations!
Without further words, Hang Yu simply said,
“Begin.”
“Yes!”
Jia Xu waved his hand.
More than a dozen sealing chains appeared, binding Dian Wei's body and suspending it in midair.
Meanwhile, Zhang Zhongjing activated the formation beneath the three medicinal cauldrons, adding various supporting materials to catalyze the process.
Hang Yu nodded.
The principle and process of this ritual were not complicated.
Its greatest difficulty lay almost entirely in obtaining the necessary materials.
Now that the material problem had been solved, the ritual was already eighty to ninety percent successful.
The ritual consisted of several stages.
First, Dian Wei's heavily twisted soul would be separated.
Then, the three portions of Divine Source Material would be consumed one after another, using the Divine Source within them to neutralize the Abyssal Corruption and sever its connection.
Next, the Pure Soul Crystal would completely awaken Dian Wei's humanity.
Finally, the Scroll of Genesis would create a new body untouched by corruption, thus completing the transformation.
Although the process itself was not complicated, its execution was far from easy.
That was precisely why Dian Wei had to remain completely incapable of resistance throughout the ritual.
Furthermore, it required the combined efforts of Hang Yu, Jia Xu, and Zhang Zhongjing.
Hang Yu was extremely confident in this ritual.
Three portions of Divine Source Material were sufficient to suppress the whispers of the Abyssal Will.
The Pure Soul Crystal contained Dian Wei's complete humanity.
And the Scroll of Genesis would reconstruct his body.
No matter what, failure was impossible.
…………
Outside the stone coffin.
On the battlefield of Old Wan.
Under the leadership of the two great generals, the Calamity Army quickly ended the battle.
“Hahaha! It's done! We've finally done it!”
Ye Li Meng stood laughing wildly, his great hammer resting upon his shoulder.
The other members of the Calamity Army also sighed in relief.
This battle, which had begun in Bowang and ended in Old Wan, had lasted a full thirty hours.
Most Players had entered a state of moderate fatigue.
Fortunately, the result did not disappoint.
The territory had successfully destroyed the Abyssal Army occupying Old Wan, and had defeated the Core Corruption Source of this land.
“The Lord, the Military Advisor, and the Divine Physician are performing the Transformation Ritual!”
Black-Eyed Rui Ge said excitedly, “If everything goes smoothly, Dian Wei will be redeemed. Our territory is about to gain another mighty general!”
Chi Mei Wang Liang was equally excited.
“We've worked so hard and collected every prerequisite material for this mission. I just hope nothing unexpected happens at the final moment.”
“This is so exciting!”
“Dian Wei is by far the most oppressive and terrifying boss we've encountered so far!”
“Far more than that! Whether it was Ma Yuanyi, Zhang Bao, Redscale, or Xie Ming—even if you combined every major boss from those stages, they still wouldn't compare to Dian Wei's sheer intimidation!”
“Exactly!”
“If this monster becomes one of our generals like General Zhou and General Wen, the territory's future expansion will become unstoppable!”
“The territory's security will also become much stronger!”
“……”
Every member of the Calamity Army was filled with anticipation.
The greater the fear and suffering Dian Wei had brought them, the greater the sense of security he would provide once he became one of the territory's generals.
“The ritual will probably take quite a while,” Raise a Cup to the Moon said.
“Let's not waste time standing here. We should clean up the loot and activate Old Wan City's Blessing Point first!”
“Good idea!”
“This battle dropped an insane amount of loot!”
“What a pity. Most of the Essence within the loot has already dissipated. Conservatively speaking, we lost over a hundred million Essence!”
“It hurts!
It hurts so much!”
“……”
The members of the Calamity Army immediately scattered, collecting the loot lying all across the battlefield.
At the same time, they split up to search for the Fate Divine Stone hidden within Old Wan.
Everyone hoped they would become the lucky one to activate Old Wan City's Blessing Point.
About half an hour later, the Players had collected most of the spoils.
They had slain an enormous number of Abyssal monsters.
There were nearly seven thousand Tier Three humanoid monsters alone.
Even though more than half of the Essence had dissipated, the loot still yielded 140 million Essence, roughly enough to compensate for the experience lost by the thousands of Calamity Army members during this campaign.
Aside from the massive amount of Essence, the number of Abyssal Magic Stone Fragments dropped reached an astonishing level.
Even after converting them all into Magic Crystals, there were still more than 500,000.
Although humanoid Abyssal units were somewhat inferior to Starsea Offspring troops in terms of direct Magic Crystal income, this was still an enormous amount.
In addition, they obtained more than sixteen thousand pieces of Tier Three equipment, as well as five to six thousand consumables, including various Tier Three Talismans and Secret Scrolls.
This was another tremendous source of income.
If sold on the Lord's Trading Market, those twenty thousand White-quality items alone would be worth well over a million Magic Crystals.
Not long afterward, a small legion successfully discovered the Fate Divine Stone.
Several minutes later, they successfully activated it.
The Calamity Army officially completed its occupation of the Core Corruption Zone.
At that very moment, every Player received a mission completion notification.
【Ding! Mission Complete! You obtained Essence +380,000, Contribution Points +160,000, Gold Treasure Chest ×1!】
【Ding! Mission Complete! You obtained Essence +360,000, Contribution Points +165,000, Gold Treasure Chest ×1!】
【……】
【Ding! Mission Complete! You obtained Essence +210,000, Contribution Points +100,000, Silver Treasure Chest ×1!】
【……】
【Ding! Mission Complete! You obtained Essence +150,000, Contribution Points +70,000, Bronze Treasure Chest ×1!】
【Ding! Mission Complete! You obtained Essence +70,000, Contribution Points +30,000!】
【……】
When they saw the mission rewards, every member of the Calamity Army was overjoyed.
“Wow! The mission rewards are here! This payout is incredible!”
“Boss Ye Li Meng got a Gold Treasure Chest!”
“What? A Gold Treasure Chest?! That's awesome!”
“Hmph! What's so special about that? Our Wings of Freedom Legion got several Gold Treasure Chests!”
“This feels amazing! I thought we'd get only a few Silver evaluations at most!”
“I think the territory acknowledged our performance this time. It might also have something to do with completing Dian Wei's hidden mission!”
“……”
Without question, the rewards had exceeded all expectations, bringing tremendous joy.
Ye Li Meng, Black-Eyed Rui Ge, Little Bell, and more than ten other Players advanced directly from Level 26 to Level 27.
Once all mission rewards and battlefield loot were fully calculated, the number of Tier Three Players was expected to jump from just over two hundred to five or six hundred!
Nor was it only the top Players.
The Tier Two Players, who formed the backbone of the army, would also exceed four thousand in total!
Not only that, the Players obtained countless valuable items from the reward chests, including Learning Cards for various Blue Skills, as well as Enlightenment Tower Recharge Vouchers worth one million credits.
All of these would further strengthen the Calamity Army.
Just then, someone suddenly shouted in the public chat.
“Everyone, come quickly!”
“The Lord has come out!”
“……”
The ritual had ended?
What was the result?
This was undoubtedly the matter every member of the Calamity Army cared about most.
It directly affected the value of this campaign and all future consequences.
When everyone arrived, Hang Yu, Jia Xu, and Zhang Zhongjing had already emerged.
Besides these three important NPCs, there was now another figure present, causing everyone's spirits to soar.
He lay within the stone coffin, still asleep.
He stood about 2.5 meters tall, possessed a humanoid appearance, and an extraordinarily muscular physique.
His exaggerated musculature surpassed even the Hulk.
Although his appearance resembled a fierce, bald giant, no matter how one looked at him, he could no longer be called human.
Not a single inch of his body consisted of ordinary flesh.
From head to toe, he had become crystalline.
Within every crystal storm-like energy constantly flowed.
Furthermore, he possessed six powerful arms.
His torso was covered in a layer of dark-golden battle armor.
The armor was not something he wore, but rather resembled skin, or biological tissue that had grown directly from his body.
【Dian Wei】, Level 30... Description: Once an immensely powerful Abyssal Corrupted. Through a series of fortunate opportunities, he regained his humanity. After absorbing Divine Source Material, he now possessed even greater potential.
“It's Dian Wei!”
“We succeeded?”
“Yes! Time to pop the champagne!”
“We did it! We really did it! Hahahaha!”
“……”
Every Player erupted in celebration.
One of the most important objectives of this campaign
had finally been achieved!
Dian Wei's current appearance was identical to the Third Form he had displayed during the battle.
Judging from that fight, he shouldn't have been able to maintain that form for long.
Could it be that after being restored,
Dian Wei had become even stronger than before?
It wasn't difficult to notice that compared to before, his appearance had changed slightly.
This was likely an additional transformation that occurred during the restoration process.
Indeed, that was exactly the case.
Dian Wei had already been tremendously powerful.
Now, after absorbing three portions of Divine Source Material, his Abyssal physique had been strengthened even further, while his talent and potential had reached an even higher level.
When the Players asked, Hang Yu did not hide anything.
“The ritual proceeded very smoothly.”
“General Dian has officially recovered!”
Three portions of Divine Source Material were enough to suppress the influence of the Abyssal Will.
The Pure Soul Crystal left behind by Cao Ang awakened his humanity.
Finally, the Scroll of Genesis reconstructed his body.
Through this entire process, Dian Wei's soul successfully broke free from the Abyss.
Naturally, the happiest person was Zhang Zhongjing.
Years of effort and research had finally borne fruit.
The Corrupted were not beyond salvation.
If Corruption were regarded as a disease, then this disease could indeed be cured.
Of course, Hang Yu had already known this.
Throughout the countless ages of Starsea history, there had been no shortage of examples of the Corrupted being restored.
The only problem was that the conditions were far too demanding, and the cost was unimaginably high.
The higher the rank of the Corrupted, the greater the cost and sacrifice required.
Had this not been Dian Wei, or had they not obtained the Pure Soul Crystal, Hang Yu would never have engaged in such an expensive gamble that would most likely result in heavy losses.
If nothing unexpected happened, opportunities like this would remain extremely rare in the future.
Although Dian Wei had not been directly destroyed, the instant he broke free from the shackles of the Abyssal Will, the Core Abyssal Nightmare Source formed by the Abyssal Will within this space detached itself.
Hang Yu received a notification from the Will of the Stars.
【Ding! You have obtained "Core Abyssal Nightmare Source Fragment." Would you like to assimilate it immediately? Yes / No!】
“Assimilate!”
Hang Yu chose assimilation.
【Ding! Assimilation successful! Your Tier Three Talent Points +15. You obtained "Abyssal Nightmare Key" ×1. You obtained "Abyssal Treasure Chest (Blue)" ×1!】
Done!
In addition, when the Players activated Old Wan City's Blessing Point, Hang Yu also received the corresponding notifications and rewards.
Like New Wan, Old Wan was also a Main City-level Blessing Point.
This was a region with two Main Cities!
From now on, Players could teleport directly from Luoshui City to Old Wan, without first passing through New Wan.
Furthermore, occupying this area awarded a Blue-quality Destiny Treasure Chest.
For Hang Yu and the territory, this entire campaign could only be described as a tremendous harvest.
Every aspect of the outcome was immensely satisfying.
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