Chapter 39: Plague Cemetery
Xia Chengfeng had changed into his weapon, [Iron Arm], in less than half a second! Although the power released by Cui Fang was akin to a flood encountering a dam, Xia Chengfeng completely neutralized it with little trouble.
He suddenly found could not push the tip of his sword forward at all!
“Huh?” Cui Fang then tried to pull his sword back, but Xia Chengfeng’s hand was like a steel pincer and it completely locked Cui Fang’s sword up.
Cui Fang only then realized that Xia Chengfeng had suppressed his power, and he had no way of retrieving his weapon!
Xia Chengfeng’s Life Alchemy Array had reached Lv9, and his physical power was akin to that of a berserker. The [Iron Arm], which a weapon well-suited for his profession, also complemented his strength. He was far stronger than his opponent.
Xia Chengfeng suddenly exerted more force and Cui Fang’s sword snapped in two!
“LV10 exquisite weapon. You are the top-ranked player on the scoreboard, Breeze!” It suddenly dawned on Cui Fang when he saw the weapon.
Who else but the top-ranked player, Breeze, could have a Lv10 exquisite weapon?
He Bingyan and Cui Fang were relatively stronger than the average survivor in Area 2222. They would have been assured their victory had they only encountered an ordinary survivor. It was the reason they had the guts to harm Xia Chengfeng.
Unfortunately, they did not expect that their intended target of robbery was the top-ranked player of the previous scoreboard! Wasn’t that asking for death?
“Run!” Cui Fang knew they could not win. He ignored He Bingyan, who was still wailing pathetically, and turned to run.
“Vine Slash!” Xia Chengfeng cast his spell.
Sturdy vines shot out of the ground and coiled around Cui Fang. This made Cui Fang even more shocked, and he cried, “You have both magic and physical abilities? Just what profession are you in? A magic warrior?”
He had read in the forums that there was a special profession called magic warrior that could cultivate both magic and physical techniques.
“Sorry, but I am only a simple alchemist,” Xia Chengfeng replied as he eyed Cui Fang calmly.
“Alchemist? Isn’t that a support profession?” Cui Fang could not understand. However, by this time, the vines had already bound his body completely. He could not move, and he even had some difficulty breathing.
At this moment, the last thing on his mind was retaliation.
He was so confident he would be able to dominate Xia Chengfeng with his abilities alone. And besides, he had He Bingyan’s help as well, so it was a guaranteed victory!
However, when the truth was revealed, he knew the battle was over before it even started!
Xia Chengfeng looked as though he was playing around, and even then he easily took the two of them alone. The battle was over in three seconds! He did not leave them with any chances of retaliation!
“Wearing an alchemy arm as an alchemist is not too much, is it?”
“Using an alchemy puppet is also not much, right?” Xia Chengfeng asked, “Learning a magic technique to protect myself is not too much either, right?”
Not too much? It’s way too much! The two of them cursed in their hearts.
“Don’t… Don’t kill me!” Cui Fang pleaded, “We’ll give you all our spoils of war. I’ll even give you my resources! I made a terrible mistake, please spare me!”
“Xia Chengfeng, spare us!” Close to them, the severely injured He Bingyan was being held down by the skeleton puppet.
“On the account that we used to be colleagues!”
Xia Chengfeng let out a disdainful laugh, and said, “I had already given you guys a chance, but you were too greedy. You wanted to kill me and loot my items.”
“You reap what you sow!”
The two of them let out a look of despair. Xia Chengfeng said nothing more and instantly killed the two of them.
Being charitable to an enemy was simply putting his own life at risk.
Xia Chengfeng decomposed his two opponents and obtained two magic soul fragments.
[Swordsman Soul (Fragment) One-Star], [Flame Soul (Fragment) One-Star].
Survivors had to level up their magic soul by one star for every ten levels they rose. Otherwise, they could not break through to the next level. It required three magic soul fragments to level up from a one-star magic soul to two stars. Along with the magic soul that he looted from the tauren shaman previously, Xia Chengfeng now had enough magic soul fragments. All he needed now was the battle experience to level up his magic soul.
Xia Chengfeng also retained Cui Fang and He Bingyan’s weapons. He found their space bubbles. Besides the destroyed space bubble that he discovered earlier, the other one was relatively untouched but did not have many resources.
System Notification: You obtained [Withered Wood Staff Lv5] +1, [Apprentice Shirt Lv5] +1, [Beast Hide Boots Lv1] +1, [Rice] x20, [Gopher Jerky] x18, [Fire Crystal] x50, [Water Crystal] x50.
Xia Chengfeng conquered the two space bubbles, then returned to the entrance of the plague cemetery to explore the area.
Xia Chengfeng noticed that there was a stone plaque at the entrance of the cemetery.
There was a line of characters engraved on the stone plague: The greedy merchant Andrew has purchased the [Corrupted Golden Spear] from a graverobber and tried to find the [Treasure of the Golden Knight], and in doing so, invited the curse of the undead. The plague of undead spirits infected the village, and the innocent villagers turned into terrifying undead creatures. Andrey also became a giant man-eating zombie.
: The God of Light guided me to come and purify this village. However, I was not strong enough and only managed to seal Andrew and the corrupted golden spear within the cemetery using the cross bathed by holy light.
: O’ travelers passing by, please do not disturb the rest of the undead and release the terrifying monsters. If you are a holy disciple here to purify the undead, please recite the following incantation and release the seal. The incantation is @#^%.
Xia Chengfeng could read these words. The language on his [Profession Enlightenment] had been a mixture of a human language and the language on the plaque.
“This is a Two-Star cave and it might even be a leader cave!” Xia Chengfeng realized that the monsters in the cemetery might not be easy to deal with.
I should make some preparations before I explore the cave, Xia Chengfeng thought. He was not in a hurry to release the seal and dug pits and set up traps at the perimeter of the cemetery.
This was how he was going to escape if he could not defeat the monsters.
He had also purchased a tool specifically used to neutralize undead creatures from the trading channel.
[Holy Light Amulet Lv7]: Consumable. It can be applied to weapons and will inflict additional damage to Dark-type or undead creatures. Its effects will last for ten hits.
“I’m about ready. Xiaozi, are you ready?” Xia Chengfeng said as he looked at Xiaozi.
“Roar!” Xiaozi responded, showing she was ready to go.
“Alright, then I’ll release the seal!” Xia Chengfeng recited the incantation that would break the seal. As the symbols of the incantation appeared, the restraints that sealed the plague cemetery gradually disappeared.
The [Corrupted Sealing Cross Lv10 (Half-Exquisite)] also fell to the ground.
A rotten stench wafted out of the plague cemetery when the seal was removed.
Xia Chengfeng was ready to fend off any attacks and waited for the monsters in the plague cemetery to charge out. However, the plague cemetery remained silent even after he waited for a long time. Nothing happened.
“What’s going on? Why aren’t there any monsters?”
“Could all the monsters have died after being sealed for so long?”
He entered to explore the cemetery after he realized nothing would be achieved by simply waiting around.
Xiaozi scouted the area from the sky while the skeleton puppet explored the area in front of Xia Chengfeng, who cautiously monitored his surroundings.
The cemetery was dead silent. The area was littered with damaged and collapsed headstones. Xia Chengfeng could see bleached bones all around him, but he did not spot a single undead creature.
“It can’t be this simple, right?” Xia Chengfeng muttered to himself.
He saw a nameless burial mound in the center of the cemetery. A golden spear was driven into the ground and stood in front of the burial mound.
There was also an empty plaque beside the spear. There were restraining incantations carved into the plaque. However, the plaque looked weathered and seemed to have lost its effects.
Xia Chengfeng approached the burial mound carefully to investigate the situation.
He saw that the golden spear was about the height of two men, despite a portion of it being below ground level. The shaft of the golden spear was carved with elaborate magic arrays and enhancing runes. He knew it was a valuable item just by looking at it.
[Corrupted Golden Spear Lv12 (Exquisite): Legend has it that there was a knight armed with gold weapons who had engaged in war all his life and remained undefeated. The weapon that he was most proud of was this golden spear. Unfortunately, he became an undying spirit after his death. His weapon became corrupted and its power waned (The level and quality of this weapon can be increased after purification).
This weapon can increase the user’s attack speed, power, and possesses penetrative and anti-armor capabilities. It can cause its target to bleed out.
[Golden Knight Set 1/6]: Equipping three pieces of the set grants the player enhanced vitality. Equipping six pieces of the set grants the player the [Golden Knight’s Will]. It increases a player’s speed, power, and skill damage for the duration of their battle.