Chapter 1063 - 439_2

Cuixian County is seven hundred miles away from Zhenyue City. Using an ordinary fast horse from the Beast Master’s Pavilion, it would take two days to make the round trip. For ordinary players, this two days’ travel is a hard consumption.

However, Wu Chang, riding a white crane, takes just over an hour to reach Cuixian County, illustrating the preciousness of flying mounts.

Cuixian County is located on a major thoroughfare and serves as a crucial hub among the three giant cities in the original Tianlan Province. If occupied by demons, the connection between the remaining two cities would require a detour, becoming very inconvenient.

As Wu Chang’s designated most difficult trial, besides its geographical importance, Cuixian County is also surrounded by mountains hiding demons of demon general level, second only to the demon king.

At the first moment of Cuixian County’s fall, the Human Alliance dispatched two Grandmasters and one Great Grandmaster, but under the harassment of the demon generals, they could not dispel the demon Qi here and even lost one Grandmaster.

If Celestial Beings do not come, the Human Alliance would need to deploy at least two Great Grandmasters simultaneously to reclaim Cuixian County.

The difficulty of the World Dungeon is extremely high. With the revival of spiritual Qi, the Extraordinary Power of the Great Xu is rampant. In terms of dungeon difficulty, the World Dungeon is more challenging than many low-difficulty dungeons in the Realm of Reason.

Nevertheless, the World Dungeon resides within the Desolate Realm, where the number of top experts is very limited, with the Human Alliance having no more than fifteen Great Grandmasters.

A single Cuixian County would burden two Great Grandmasters and put significant pressure on the Human Alliance’s battle lines in the Tianlan Province.

This is precisely why Wu Chang’s chosen trial is considered the most difficult.

The Human Alliance’s intelligence on completing the trial is very detailed.

He first lands in a village on the boundary of Cuixian County, instructing the white crane to wait outside, and then walks into Cuixian County.

Upon entering Cuixian County, he immediately understands why Tao Hexuan recommended he personally witness the Demon Realm.

Cuixian County, eroded by demon Qi, is filled with a subtle black energy, laden with cold, madness, and sinister negative emotions.

Without surprise, the faint black energy he sees is what cultivators refer to as demon Qi.

Demon Qi, like a living entity, senses the approach of a living being and actively gathers.

The dense demon Qi covers him, slowing his perception of the outside world and reducing his internal energy circulation speed. Even using skills requires more energy.

He takes out the All-Knowing Crystal to inquire about the situation inside Cuixian County, and the All-Knowing Crystal’s answer is simple.

Plane Rules.

World Dungeon and Steam Phantom Dungeon both have plane rules.

The world rules of the Steam Phantom suppress any Extraordinary system outside mechanical force, while the plane rules of the World Dungeon dictate irreconcilability between humans and demons.

The irreconcilability between humans and demons does not merely refer to differing stances but implies that one must survive, more specifically referring to the two energies humans and demons rely on—Spiritual Qi and demon Qi—that cannot coexist.

Spiritual Qi and demon Qi share a common source and can even transform into each other under certain circumstances.

In the same area, if Spiritual Qi dominates, it will either swallow and transform the demon Qi or drive it away, eventually leaving only Spiritual Qi energy within the area.

Conversely, if demon Qi asserts dominance, Spiritual Qi will be entirely removed.

For instance, the demon realm forming in Tianlan Province or Cuixian County before Wu Chang are manifestations of demon Qi driving away Spiritual Qi.

Once the space is occupied by demon Qi, human cultivators entering it will face restrictions by demon Qi.

The perceived slow perception and increased energy consumption are manifestations of demon Qi restrictions.

For players, the effects of demon Qi are not severe, but for the natives of the World Dungeon plane, it is life-threatening.

Located in the demon realm, not only is there no Spiritual Qi replenishment, but the internal energy consumption becomes irreversible, reducing cultivators’ abilities significantly without the resonance with Spiritual Qi and the heavens and earth.

If cultivators do not reach the second-class expert realm where internal Spiritual Qi forms a cycle and maintains circulation, spells may not even materialize within the demon realm.

Only first-class experts, with enough restraint to transform outward Spiritual Qi, can barely maintain seventy percent battle power in the demon realm.

Such severe limitations make exploring the demon realm extremely difficult, even with An Rong, who has obtained immortal fate, leading the team, making it hard to capture the Candle Yin Remains of the Fire Demon King.

Hence, for the Human Alliance to break the demon realm core, they must first establish the Ziwei Purification Grand Array, creating a seam dominated by Spiritual Qi within the demon realm to reach the demon realm core through the seam.

Understanding plane rules, Wu Chang comprehends why the Human Alliance set the trial and why they are so enthusiastic about Celestial Beings.

With the Great Xu’s strength alone, it would be tough to face the demons without the help of Celestial Beings.

He sighs, wandering through Cuixian County with the All-Knowing Crystal.

As a major thoroughfare, Cuixian County is very wealthy, evident from the layout of streets and houses within, once bustling with activity.

Unfortunately, with the appearance of demons, the county’s people have fled, leaving behind a dead silence, with no other living beings besides Wu Chang.

Guided by the All-Knowing Crystal, he selects an open site to dig a shallow pit with a stick and buries the Purification Monument within it.

As the Purification Monument touches the ground, the Human Dao Destiny inside activates, and the text on the monument gleams with white light.

Under the effect of the Purification Monument, the demon Qi in Cuixian County quivers, and in the air, two invisible large hands appear; one grasps the demon Qi, refining it within the monument, while the other pushes excess unrefinable demon Qi out of Cuixian County.