I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 789. Settlement Phase
More than two hours.

Xia Feng finally emerged from the vast forest and arrived at a beach.

Beyond that lay an endless expanse of azure ocean, above which hung a shimmering, turquoise treasure chest.

Surrounding the treasure chest are intricate arrays constructed from layers of spiritual light, extending outwards in concentric circles.

Xia Feng estimated that, with his strength, it would take him at least half a day to break through this formation by force.

"Fuck-"

A deafening sound of space shattering rang out, and a crack suddenly appeared in the dark, cloudless sky. Amidst the burst of light, a six-winged angel plummeted out and crashed into the sea.

It looked like it had just gone through a great battle and had made a difficult journey to get here; its wings flapped, creating gusts of bloody wind.

"Whoosh—!" He landed suddenly on the sea surface, and the waves on both sides surged straight up to form two high walls.

Separated by a sapphire chest, the six-winged angel and the Spade Man on the distant beach gaze at each other from afar.

Yufeller frowned slightly, not expecting the Spade Man to arrive here first.

However, there was nothing he could do about it. That crazy woman, Ms. Mi, caught up with him and insisted that he hand over the Jinyang Card. It took him a lot of effort to temporarily trap Ms. Mi in the Angel Cage.

This caused us to arrive a little late.

Fortunately, only the Spade Man arrived at the same time as him.

This mysterious person who likes to create an air of mystery is only at the first level of the Venerable Realm. Even if he has some strange methods, he is not a threat.

They are much easier to deal with than the other seven.

Xia Feng stood at a distance and subconsciously glanced at the map markers.

On the map, the flashing red dot in the Unsinkable Sea area coincides with this location.

Does this mean Yufeller is the Red King?

This made Xia Feng puzzled; he felt that something was amiss.

Yufeller also looked at Xia Feng with some doubt, seemingly lost in thought, before finally nodding and speaking softly:
"Since you have also come here, why don't you join forces with me to break the formation, and we will split the spoils."

Xia Feng smiled and said, "That's exactly what I was thinking."

He naturally didn't believe this guy's nonsense, but it didn't matter, he'd open the treasure chest first.

The two stood on the east and west sides of the treasure chest, each releasing their spiritual pressure, which permeated into the formation.

In such a short time, unless one is a god-level genius, it would be more efficient to use spiritual pressure to brute force the way than to analyze the principles of the formation and break it.

However, Xia Feng discovered that what Yufeller released was not spiritual pressure, but a more advanced Daoist domain, and its speed of breaking the formation was dozens of times that of his.

The layers of seals protecting the treasure chest burned as quickly as paper meeting a candle flame.

Yufeller glanced at the Spade Man's snail-paced pace of breaking through the formation from afar, shook his head inwardly, and disdain lurked in his cold eyes.

It's laughable that someone who hasn't even grasped the Daoist realm dares to participate in the competition for the Sumeru Throne.

Yufeller pondered silently, a cold glint in his eyes. He truly had no intention of splitting the profits equally with the Spade Man.

They would not do something as foolish as sharing profits with the weak.

The law of the jungle prevails; that is the truth of the world.

After the formation is broken and the initial resources are monopolized, we will find an opportunity to deal with this ant.

In this way, the first kill reward and the 8 item cards in the initial airdrop are enough to quickly climb from the bottom to the middle to upper ranks.

Then, you can use the newly obtained 'Jinyang Card' to search for the whereabouts of the Jinyang Divine Realm.

Obtain the Ember Sun Divine Realm!

With that thought in mind, Yufeller paid no more attention to the Spade Man. He slowly stepped on the ocean current and approached the treasure chest step by step.

Furthermore, as the six wings flapped, holy light spread, further accelerating the speed of breaking through the formation.

Half an hour later, the sealing light outside the treasure chest rapidly dissipated, leaving only three cubic meters of space.

In about another minute, the seal will be successfully broken.

Xia Feng narrowed his dark eyes slightly. He naturally understood that once the seal was broken, it would probably be his death day.

Juffier will definitely take action against him.

However, Xia Feng did not panic. Instead, he waited quietly and silently counted down in his mind.

[Red King's exposure time remaining: 9.8 seconds.][321]

The flowing clouds, the caressing sea breeze, the unrestrained flow of light, and the six wings that Yufeller waved, all remained completely still as Xia Feng's robe rose up behind him!

The entire Sumeru Realm entered a state of time stop at this moment.

Even the energy surge from two Saint Realm experts locked in battle somewhere remained still.

[The Red King reveal phase has ended, and the first round of settlement has begun.]

Xia Feng's vision went black.

The next moment, he appeared on a columnar platform.

In the dim light, eight other tall pillars appeared in a ring around the front.

In the center of the nine pillars, a dark red symbol lights up and slowly rotates clockwise.

As Xia Feng looked down to observe his own condition, a square, low pillar rose from the hole directly in front of his heels until it was level with his waist.

Similar to a tablet computer, his data information appears on a vertical column.

[Seats: 9]

[Possesses 9 Ember Stones]

[Possesses the following item cards: Special Black King Item Card *1 (Not yet activated), Level 0 Ember Stone Multiplier Card *4 (Active)]

[First round of settlement in progress—]

First kill: None

[Hunting: None]

【.】

[Guess the Red King correctly: None (Each person has only one chance to guess; the earlier you guess correctly in each round, the more Embers you will receive)]

[As the Black King, you have an extra reward quest—you successfully completed 1 rounds of identity concealment and received 20 Ember Stones!]

[Since you possess 4 Ember Stone Multiplier Cards, every 10 Ember Stones you acquire will be multiplied by an additional 4 Ember Stones—totaling: 8 extra Ember Stones!]

Settlement complete —

[Currently possesses 37 Ember Stones]

According to the rules, for each additional round the Black King's identity is hidden, the amount of Ember Stones that can be obtained at the end of the game will double.

The first round has 20 stones, the second round has 40 stones, the third round has 80 stones, and so on.

This is one of the reasons why all players want to find the Black King as soon as possible, otherwise the resources that the Black King can obtain for free will become more and more terrifying as time goes on.

Looking at the 37 coins in his account, Xia Feng felt happy.

Although it's not a huge amount, and certainly not as much as those two mysterious big shots who have accumulated 50, it still feels pretty good to get Emberstones for free.

If you can survive until the late game, you can get even more freebies!

[Note: The settlement and redemption process is divided into four sub-stages]

[1. Settlement → 2. Private Exchange → 3. Public Auction → Identification of the Red King]

[The shop is now open. Private exchanges are now available. You have one minute to exchange for item cards. The shop will close after one minute.]

[First Round Exchange - Shop Prices Increased by 300%]

[Level 0 Ashlands Exploration Card - Price: 3]

[Level 0 Active Slot Card - Price: 3]

[Level 0 Ember Stone Multiplier Card - Price: 15]

Seeing the price surge by 300%, Xia Feng's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Although the game hints at the beginning that the price of item cards increases in later rounds.

But this price increase of 3 times is terrifying.

After all, the original Ember Multiplier Card only cost 5 Embers to buy, but now it costs 15, which is more exciting than playing the stock market.

(End of this chapter)