Origin Player.

Chapter 801 The Night Is Coming to an End
Before the long night was over, war broke out.

Hundreds of elite gunmen from the Wagri mercenaries disembarked from the speedboats and charged toward Academy Mountain in ten assault teams, organized by platoon. Behind them, a private armed group funded by the Twilight Consortium, numbering nearly three thousand, followed closely.

The Twilight Consortium is a newly emerging force that has recently risen to prominence. Relying on the Shan family, one of the five great families, it has achieved significant development in a short period of time. Furthermore, due to the decline of the Shan family in recent generations, the internal power of the consortium is firmly in the hands of the Twilight players.

The only pity is that this development method cannot conceal their true identities. As board members, the Twilight players have been constantly on the run from assassination attempts by their own kind.

"Vagri chieftain, the enemy's frontal firepower is far less than expected, and there may be unknown dangers."

No firing positions were detected.

"There are large-scale enemy troops marching rapidly on both the east and west flanks. My personal judgment is that it is not a trap, but rather an unexpected event on the other side."

The intelligence gathered by the squad leaders and armed regiment officers was compiled into the staff group. As the commander-in-chief, Vagri knew very well that regardless of the danger, his side had to charge.

"Keep charging!"

"With armed activities taking place inside the fortress, your lives and mine are already hanging by a thread. If it weren't for some powerful figure who would be happy to see this happen, we would undoubtedly become rebels tonight!"

"Failure means utter ruin, but success means someone will try to recruit us; there's no turning back!"

The reply was relayed to all departments via communicators. Wagri bluntly explained their current situation, stating that it was inevitable that private armed forces and mercenary groups would take some risks if they wanted to whitewash their actions.

The allure of laundering one's life is nothing to players who come to kill the markers, but the private armed forces and hired gunmen are ultimately mostly native creatures.

The first vanguard unit charged into the position of the Night Battalion.

Contrary to expectations of fierce resistance, in the eerie darkness, all five hundred elite soldiers committed suicide, leaving the assault team leader, Ye Bulu, terrified.

"Vagri, it seems we've encountered an Ancient..."

Valkyr was startled. In the boundless void, there existed the opposite of rationality—chaos. Among the chaotic beings, those who were ancient beings were at least mythical. Naturally, beings of that level could not exist in the Night World, but he had already understood the strangeness of the scene from Night Deer's description.

"Taking a detour is the safest course of action."

"Not charging anymore?"

"It's just that we're not charging head-on."

The ten assault teams bypassed the dark positions, as if this place had become a forbidden zone where no living thing could tread.

Jiang He sat in the command post, looking somewhat dissatisfied. He had originally wanted to wait for the person in charge of the landing force to come in so they could discuss the attack on the mountaintop and the distribution of post-battle rewards. He hadn't expected these guys to be so cautious.

"Boss, I found something good."

A black falcon, serving as a avian servant, flew into the command post and carried a fist-sized crimson crystal to Jiang He. The crystal seemed to contain a raging sea of ​​fire, with an astonishing temperature. A wisp of soul lay dormant within it, having been severely injured.

“A wisp of the Flame Demon Marquis’s soul,” Jiang He said in surprise.

Wuhega said, "I was keeping a close eye on it. When this fire demon encountered the Heavenly Dao attack of the Aoqing Legion Commander, a wisp of its soul was passively separated. The subsequent suicide attack was probably not a cover-up. It may not even have realized the problem with its soul."

"This crimson crystal instinctively wanted to possess a passerby, but I intercepted it first."

Jiang He seemed to be deep in thought.

The Balrog is a rather violent demon species. The previous Balrog Marquis was completely wiped out by Legion Commander Ao Qing. This act of leaving room for maneuver likely comes from the higher demons behind the Balrog. After all, an opportunity to invade a new world is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, and it is necessary to leave some safeguards.

"Change of plans."

Jiang He stroked the crimson crystal; a wisp of a demonic soul at the peak of a hero's level held extraordinary significance in the hands of an alchemy master.

First, he can revive the demon.

Because the "second life" originates from the local area, the newborn Alfred will no longer be in its complete form, or rather, the Dark World is currently unable to give birth to beings with all the characteristics of the era, but at the very least, it will be at a normal A-level, and the material consumption will be lower.

Secondly, through bloodline transplantation technology, the four demons can obtain a portion of the true demon bloodline. The result of perfect harmony with the bloodline is that the Thunder Demon and the Nothingness Demon, who are currently at B-rank, have a great chance of being promoted to A-rank and no longer need to use massive amounts of military merits to trade for alchemical resources.

"Steel, Void, Thunder, Nothingness, and Flame, five A-level combatants, are comparable to the Iron Family, the strongest of the five great families, and second only to the clan aristocracy."

"Compared to this, the plan that I originally had personally controlled as a fortress councilor is no longer very meaningful. In the extraordinary world, power ultimately comes from strength."

"To hold an alchemical ritual on the Academy Lake Island, we need plenty of flesh and blood, death, and negative emotions to revive the Balrog. But before that, we need to deal with the Balrog's soul."

Nine-pointed stars appeared between Jiang He's eyes as he continued to bewitch the soul of the Flame Demon Marquis, while simultaneously taking out an ancient bronze pocket watch—a Tarot-level forbidden item, the Demon.

"Wuhe, temporarily suspend your monitoring and let Luo Yeli continue to isolate the Apocalypse Satellite System from this area."

“Understood, but boss, according to Miss Luo, the isolation will last until dawn at the longest, and she doesn’t have the authority to control it continuously.”

"enough."

The hour and minute hands of the bronze pocket watch spun rapidly.

Unseen waves swept outwards, covering the lake island. In front of the mountaintop position, Wagri took the lead and charged into the enemy trenches, engaging Colonel Guangchen in close combat. But the two, who had just been like mortal enemies, suddenly froze in place.

A fierce hatred arose in both of their hearts almost simultaneously, not directed at each other, but at the position of the Night Camp. Ignorance and stubbornness suppressed their reason. As long as they could eliminate that utterly detestable being, they would not hesitate to disregard their own interests or even sacrifice their lives.

"armistice."

"it is good."

The fierce fighting on the mountaintop battlefield came to an abrupt end.

Whether natives or players, thousands of people looked in Jiang He's direction at this moment. The Tarot-level forbidden item, Demon, guided hatred, and the two groups quickly formed an alliance. Only the fortress councilors "escaped unscathed" and trembled in the cave.

The faces filled with hatred were like vengeful ghosts in the night, making Ye Bulu's scalp tingle. He also sensed the surging negative emotions within his own heart.

"If it can even influence me, it's probably at the Tarot level!"

Night Deer's body rapidly melted, and his soul took on a special state resembling electronic signals. He immediately fled, his escape speed being unbelievably fast.

Since awakening his innate talent, Living Refinement, Ye Bulu has refined himself into an information life form, thereby gaining the special ability of "absolute rationality." However, even as an emotionless information life form, he almost couldn't resist the temptation of the unknown. The only fortunate thing is that this influence covered the entire lake island and did not concentrate on any individual; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

In the darkness, thousands of people charged toward their destination.

……

The First Battalion, Command Post, in the Dark Night.

Jiang He stuffed the crimson crystal into his pocket and then drew the A-grade tactical dagger from his Moonshadow Ring.

"If you have time, you should carve a few alchemical matrices on the knife. Just making it sturdy and sharp is a bit of a waste of materials."

The alchemical ritual has begun. Mysterious and complex azure lightning patterns have spread across the surface of the crimson crystal. All that remains is to collect enough death, flesh, and negative emotions.

boom!
A burly man burst out of the rock formation, his entire body shimmering with an earthy yellow light. This was none other than a C-rank End Player. The Chongyue Domain swept over him like a gigantic bulldozer.

Jiang He drew his sword and slashed.

The sharp blade drew an arc in mid-air.

—Secret Technique: Lightning Flash.

A deep blue arc streaked through the air, easily slicing through Chongyue's domain and splitting the burly man in two, his internal organs and flesh scattering to the ground with a clatter.

Behind him, four C-level native source power users were fearless, and their four original talents—synchronization, harmony, variation, and symphony—were activated together, converging into a grand and magnificent sonic tsunami that descended upon the place.

Boom!

The command post of the Black Night Battalion was razed to the ground.

The sound waves shattered the fortifications and soil, but Jiang He stood unharmed, her rhythmic genes creating an invisible, close-fitting armor that perfectly countered the sonic attack.

Whoosh!
As Jiang He pointed, four shadow swords shot out, piercing the foreheads of four C-level Source Power users.

"Demons are exceptionally good at drawing hatred."

"Looks like I don't need to hunt them down one by one anymore."

The main force of the allied forces had reached the mountainside and was forming an encirclement. The offensive continued unabated. Vagri waved his hand with a ferocious expression, and six Origin players, who were the backbone of the force, stepped forward.

The young man who was the leader of the six, who looked to be no more than twenty years old, shouted after activating his innate talent, Reshaping:
"Transform!"

In an instant, his flesh and blood were reshaped, transforming into a main battle tank of a Class A army group, while the other five people were stuffed inside. Five cannons extended out, and golden light, green fire, black water, wood chips, and mud flowed out. Under the coordination of the Origin Talent - Reshaping, the five elements were united, and the energy was as vast as a river.

Wow!
The torrent of the five elements surged forth, its power surpassing even the sonic waves from before.

Jiang He raised his hand, and a surge of heat rose from his kidneys. A thousand jet-black short swords swirled around his body, arranged in an interlocking pattern, which was the Fullmetal Alchemist Matrix engraved on the Steel Demon.

boom!
The five elements surged against the steel sword formation.

The sword formation stood firm, like an iron fortress.

When the floodwaters subsided, a wide ravine stretching for a kilometer was left on the ground, and Jiang He pointed his fingers like a sword, slashing out from afar.

A thousand shadow swords converged into one, forming a giant sword that swept across the sky.

The most basic yet powerfully effective sharp matrix engraving.

Whoosh!
The sword light flashed out, cutting the main battle tank and five players into pieces. Then the giant sword transformed into ten high-explosive sword arrays, smashing out in all directions. Despite encountering numerous interceptions, it still killed hundreds of people, and flames soared into the sky.

Boom boom boom!
The violent explosion caused the entire Academy Lake Island to tremble.

(End of this chapter)