Origin Paradise!

A barrage of detection skills from the defense team swept in, clearly indicating that the assassination attempt had been exposed and had to stop there.

"Then let's launch a full-scale attack."

Hua Jian's eyes swirled, and three supreme swords stood in formation, twelve perfect swords combined with each other, fifty-six fine swords, three hundred and sixty rare swords, and nine hundred and ninety-nine common swords, together forming a majestic five-layered sword formation.

As the Withering Sword Dao was activated, a giant sword seemed to appear in front of Si Ning.

"cut!"

The giant sword slashed in a circular motion, unleashing a vast ripple of sword light.

The multi-story technology building collapsed in the middle, splitting into two halves that fell to the left and right, sending up clouds of dust.

The wreckage of the building destroyed a large number of ground structures. The fall from the sky caused a trickle of blood to spill from Si Ning's cherry-colored lips. She had virtually no defensive capabilities, and the few pieces she possessed were not even as valuable as her Silver Body. As for the Supreme-grade Structure Armor she obtained in the Sailing World last time, she naturally sold it to buy a sword.

With a swift slash, the giant sword split in two, and the Three Talents Sword Formation and the Earthly Branches Killing Sword relentlessly slaughtered the guild players.

The vice president sensed a chilling killing intent emanating from the ruins. The perfect-grade technological armor offered no sense of security whatsoever. He quickly tore apart two perfect spell scrolls. As the vice president, he was in charge of finances and inventory.

The Earthly Branch Killing Sword slashed through the air, causing the technological armor and the two elemental shields to collapse, and the health bar to be emptied.

The leader chariot was furious. It leaped up to ten meters high, its muscles stacked like magic steel. It charged forward, its superb physique and aura at their peak, like a chariot rampaging through the enemy.

Seeing the enemy approaching, Si Ning smiled wickedly.

"Idiot, why should I fight you to the death?"

"Call in strike!"

The bright red sword pendant disappeared from her jade-like earlobe.

The final knight, Blood Shadow, has no fixed form; it can be easily manipulated by those at the level of Transformation Force.

A tall figure descended, and before either side could react, the leader's chariot had exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

Si Ning grimaced. This kid had grown up a bit too much. He was clearly a newbie when she first met him.

"Go find the great powers and gold, don't try to make up the numbers with the weaklings."

Jiang He's expression showed slight dissatisfaction.

Although his platinum hair wasn't actually golden, he could truly "go home," traveling back and forth from the front lines to the fortress in the blink of an eye. But that didn't mean any small fry was worth taking action against. With all the great powers dead, the allied forces would collapse without a fight.

Si Ning put her hands behind her head and said honestly, "I'm afraid someone will snatch it up in a second. Wouldn't you be losing out if you lost your sugar daddy?"

Jiang He raised an eyebrow and asked, "Where's the construct armor?"

"I sold it." Si Ning chuckled and scratched her cheek, explaining, "You know my situation. I could be discarded at any time. The sharper my teeth, the better I can live. I can't beat the great powers even without armor, but if I'm willing to die to break one of their teeth, I'll have more options in many situations."

Jiang He understood this, but couldn't empathize with him. He had previously been extremely enthusiastic about layering armor, and their survival strategies differed.

"A supreme-level swordsmanship defensive technique."

"Good brother, I'll take care of things perfectly for you."

Jiang He left behind a brand-new, bright red sword pendant. With ten thousand years of martial arts accumulation, the secret techniques were zero cost to him, and there was still profit to be made. This prompted him to start a world side quest after the Red Dragon Queen's death.

[Hint: You have started a side quest]

[Quest Name: Hunting the Strongest]

[Mission Requirement: Hunt at least two powerful individuals]

[Mission Time Limit: Until the end of this main quest]

[Mission Reward: For each powerful or gold-level warrior defeated, obtain 1 Supreme-grade Skill Enhancement Scroll]

[Note: Three Supreme Scrolls can be exchanged for one Undying-grade Skill Enhancement Scroll]

[Mission Failure Penalty: Receive 1 random rare gem (Special period, exclusive to Overlord Executor)]

Exclusive side quests are different from side quests. The latter only occur once per world descent. During special periods, the origins are very lenient within the limits of the treaty. At this stage, rare gems are more of an insult than a punishment.

Si Ning set off to find those key targets.

Meanwhile, Jiang He activated the King's Landing and returned directly to the front lines.

……

Upside-down gate.

Humans and ants, along with the dead, swarmed in like a tidal wave.

For every 100,000 corpses, one Bone Giant King can be created. After nearly a day of fighting, the Evil Legion ran out of ammunition, but the number of Giant Kings had increased to thirty.

Jiang He sat atop the city wall. At this point, it was clear to anyone with eyes that the fall of the pass was already a pipe dream. Yet, the enemy continued to send waves of soldiers to their deaths. Besides keeping him from leaving for long, they probably had other schemes.

"Is the Undead Guild planning to take over the Giant King's army directly?" Jiang He pondered. This was not without hope. The White Bone Banner he commanded was only at the Perfect level. If the other side had a Supreme item or ability, they could indeed seize command.

The fierce battle continued unabated.

One by one, ants and skeletons lay dead outside the city gate.

Piles of bones, thorns drawing blood and flesh, the losses from the siege became nourishment for the birth of a great horde.

With ammunition exhausted, the number of evil soldiers guarding the Upside-Down Pass dropped to 600,000, a significant loss.

Jiang He fed the Red Dragon Queen's Undying Staff to the Eternal Dragon Spear, increasing its weight by four thousand jin and reducing the upgrade requirement to 1/5. This time, he chose the effect of "Joint Spellcaster," which was described as more like a skill.

[Name: Joint Spellcaster]

[Name: Active Skill]

[Quality: Unfading]

[Effect ①: Grants elemental harmony to a large group of beings under your command and within your faction, significantly reducing the differences in manipulation between different energies. During the skill's activation, the caster gains—Elemental Balance, Casting Wavelength Buffer, Magical Bridging Network, Magical Stabilizing Field, and Energy Diversion Channel.]

[Effect ②: Joint casters can apply the effect. If the first caster dies due to the targeted method, the caster will change according to the level of life. The effect can also be applied in advance.]

[Note: It is recommended to cultivate large groups of related spells; the highest level of combined spells is Epic.]

After thinking for a moment, Jiang He decided to give the role of joint spellcaster to Lao Hei. It would be a waste to leave Wu Hei temporarily and hand him over to Aya. Si Ning was an outsider and not under consideration. It would be a bit of a hindrance for Jiang He to preside over the joint spell himself.

By pooling the power of a large group and creating epic spells, combined with extraordinary bursts of power, the team will gain the strongest attack at present, possessing strategic deterrent capabilities.

"But we'll probably still need to find a professional team to design the spells."

Jiang He found the Deputy Commander's friend list. As for the significance of strategic-level spells in the present world, the other party should understand without him saying it. It's best not to make things difficult for Liu Buping.

With his divine mindset and supreme authority, he could at least guarantee the successful casting of the spell. The rest depended on whether the legends could climb out of their coffins in time. If not, they could only turn to the lecherous Ji You. In short, there were always more solutions than problems.

Chapter 377 Fortress Warfare

The Seventh Fortress.

Because the top combat forces were focused on conquering the overlords, the development of other forces was very stable. The eleven major guilds quickly assembled an army of twenty to thirty million. Just by going back and forth once, their control over various regions had basically dropped to rock bottom.

In this situation, the six major factions, including Great Xia, Rome, and the Americas, formed the Realm Alliance and began to seize the sixth fortress in the southern part of the alliance. The powerful Fire Thief and the Sword Fairy led a large group of players to sweep across the land.

In this battle, the winning side can take away the large swarm they cultivate at the end. For the extraordinary forces, even without any other gains, the mere proliferation of the swarm is enough to make the trip worthwhile.

Order Headquarters Building.

The building features clean, flowing lines and an overall cone shape. The area of ​​the top dozen or so floors suddenly shrinks, making it look like an antenna pointing straight into the sky. The exterior glass is made of an extraordinary material in order to concentrate signals to the maximum extent.

The top-level operations department is equipped with a large number of communication facilities, much like those deployed during wartime. The Southern District Liaison Department of the Order Bureau is a relatively weak department with no mandatory requirements on the combat capabilities of its personnel. The entire department only needs to establish normal communication in a complex world environment, and its merit calculation is the same as that of the front line.

At this moment, the twelve teams are working overtime, and countless scenes from the entire Ninth Fortress are projected onto the screen. As the region where the fighting is currently most intense, it has attracted attention from all sides.

"More than 800 players have perished."

"Nearly 20 million supernatural beings have died."

"More than a million human soldiers have died, and the exact number is still being tallied."

"The Inverted Pass has never fallen."

"One natural day ago, a super explosion occurred on the Great Plains, with an element wavelength of 15.6, an extraordinary factor concentration of 129.2, and a depth of 366 meters. The factor concentration has now returned to normal."

At the quantum telegraph station, Mia, as the head of the liaison department, turned to report that when she was a female idol, she had laid out surveillance bees in various places, and now she held a pivotal position in the department.

"Say something I can understand," the deputy chief of operations said helplessly.

"It's equivalent to a medium-sized atomic weapon detonating on the Great Plains..."

"Damn it!" The deputy commander's teacup trembled.

Mia continued relaying the analysis room's report: "Considering that the explosion causes 360-degree ripple damage in the spatial plane, individuals, due to factors such as their size, only need to bear less than one-thousandth of the impact if they are not at close range of the explosion point. Practice has proven that atomic explosive weapons are more suitable for destroying objects and buildings. Their killing effect on extraordinary individuals is not as good as the Dragon Scales of the Candle Dragon System. The advantages and disadvantages of the two complement each other."

The deputy chief of operations nodded; he was somewhat familiar with the concept of ineffective yield. But then, as if struck by a sudden realization, he exclaimed in surprise, "Wait a minute, what are those oddballs in the analysis lab researching!"

Mia stated the result directly: "Combined with the reverse scale we smuggled in, assuming the Sword Fairy and you are willing to fight to the death, the target life form does not withdraw, and there is no external interference."

"All battle plans have been implemented, events have unfolded exactly as expected, the target has not concealed any other decisive trump cards, and the player legions are cooperating seamlessly. As such, we have a 47% chance of killing the overlord."

The Deputy Chief of Operations hesitated, knowing that the world's top combat forces were all monsters, most of whom were secretly skilled at sit-ups.

In comparison, the Overlord is probably even more outrageous. The guys in the analysis room are ultimately not capable enough, and they don't have much experience from predecessors to refer to. They are all pioneers in the field of extraordinary data.

Suddenly, a message popped up in my friends list.

The deputy chief of operations stared for a moment, then rubbed his eyes twice.

Mo Ke's request was quite abrupt, involving the design of an epic-level spell, which seemed to imply that the other party possessed the ability to activate it.

The deputy chief of operations pondered for a long time, his eyelids twitching involuntarily. Looking back now, the super explosion occurred within the coalition's formation. Excluding the possibility that those guys had gone mad and committed suicide, it meant that the explosion was most likely orchestrated by Mo Ke, who was now demanding the design plan.

Strategic deterrence by detonating medium-sized atomic weapons...

The deputy chief of operations frowned and said resolutely, "Fuqiang, invite the elder of the Liu family over for tea. Also, notify the analysis room to come up with a design plan for an epic-level spell."

Not far away, the golden-armored figure clasped his hands in a fist salute and departed.

……

An hour passed.

In front of the collapsed attic of the Upside-Down Gate.

Jiang He saw the design proposal in her friends list.

The theory behind this isn't too difficult. For example, the construction of the energy separation channel, which only requires eight words, requires a specialized ultimate skill to achieve the effect, or the use of multiple perfect skills working together as a lower-level substitute.

The search, capture, training, and command of large groups require a significant investment of resources.

Epic spell: Starfall.

Biomes: Earth Elemental Sprites, Fire Elemental Sprites, Trapping Butterflies, and Screaming Worms.

The Screaming Worm is an extraordinary creature that hunts by stunning its prey from a distance with a resonant sound. Because of its mournful cry, it has the prefix "Screaming" in its name.

By leveraging the resonance of this worm, the two types of spirits resonate and deposit the earth and fire elements high in the sky, thus forming a fire meteorite. Then, guided and anchored by a special butterfly, it accelerates its fall and crashes into the ground, causing damage.

Out of a sense of responsibility to superiors, the analysis room provided more than a dozen options for the deputy commander of operations to choose from. The final choice was made because there was already a large group of them in the world, but it was in the hands of other players.

[Zhen Rende: Garrison Commander Jiang, I don't want any reward this time. Please give me some face regarding the Liu family matter. There's no need for a public apology. First, you're responsible for your own life and death in the mission world. Second, you're finally on the same side. Sit down for a cup of tea sometime. I'll compensate you with two perfect items. The Liu family can't be weak in public; we still need to maintain appearances...]

Jiang He roughly figured out what had happened.

Under the hint of the deputy commander of operations, the elders of the Liu family, fearing that the overlord would eliminate them all and kill him and his direct bloodline in this world, and even more afraid that the overlord would target the Sword Fairy and cause the leader to perish, made many concessions.

If the Liu family reaches a settlement with the Bureau of Order on behalf of the Liu family, and then goes back on their word after returning to the present, it would be like slapping the Bureau of Order in the face.

At that time, the situation will evolve from mutual hostility to chaos among three parties. Given the deep cooperation between the Buddhist and Taoist Committee and the Bureau of Order, other families will not allow such a situation to occur.

Since Liu Buping is not his sister, Sword Fairy, theoretically it is not worth the Liu family paying a huge price to appease other families, then vigorously appease the Order Bureau, and finally settle personal grudges with the overlord who is worth winning over by all parties. Therefore, the matter will most likely end without a resolution, but hostility is inevitable.

The essence of this situation is that the legendary beings are struggling to maintain their normal awakening in the face of erosion. The deterrent power of orthodox hero-level beings is almost equal to that of the super explosion on the Great Plains. Both can have an extremely negative impact on Great Xia. Therefore, some people have taken the initiative to try to mediate.

The elders of the Liu family adopted a policy of appeasement within the mission world. However, since this was to protect the leader, they appeared loyal at least on the surface. Therefore, the punishments upon their return would not be too severe, otherwise it would damage the new generation group centered around the Sword Fairy. After all, if no one were to protect the leader in the future, it would affect the development pattern of the entire orthodox group.

Jiang He closed the player panel. As for why there were two perfect items, it was naturally one for the Elder and one for Zheng Tong.

The deputy commander did not ask for payment because simply quelling this conflict had already proven his ability to his superiors. Increasing the number of perfect items to three would increase the cost of peace talks, and if the overlord was unwilling, all the good progress would be wasted. Overall, it was not worth the unnecessary risk, lest it backfire.

Having been an emperor before, Jiang He could roughly see the gist of things. His political literacy, regardless of its level, was at least passable, but he wasn't really interested in these things.

"Most of the changes were caused by epic-level spells."

"If I am powerful, people will take my opinion into consideration."

"We should prioritize extraordinary hegemony, supplemented by appropriate compromise and cooperation, combining orthodox and unorthodox methods, until we achieve eternal immortality."

Jiang He got up and went to the battlements, her expression unchanged.

After fierce fighting, the demon soldiers, having run out of ammunition, turned to close combat outside the city and suffered nearly 100,000 casualties. The result was the second annihilation of the human-ant army, with only 20% of the undead skeletons remaining.