Chapter 41 Divine Descent?! (Vote for Recommendation!)

The seventh one!

Li Mu took a deep breath and pulled his curved blade from the goblin's throat.

The sensation of the blade cutting through flesh was so real, accompanied by the spray of fresh blood, warm and stinking, drenching his entire head and face.

He didn't choose [Harmonious Combat Visuals] in the game system.

Unlike many players who couldn't adapt to the gore, he enjoyed this feeling of close-quarter killing in the game, as if he had come to a battlefield where he was grappling with criminals.

This gave him a sense of freedom and nostalgia that he couldn't get in reality.

Especially after he leveled up to Black Iron Lower rank at level 11 and changed his class to Hunter, acquiring the skill [Stealth].

He wiped the blade slightly on the rough hemp clothes he was wearing and frowned.

The edge of the blade was a bit rolled.

The curved blades obtained from goblins were much sharper than wooden swords, but they seemed to have less durability as well.

Of course, Li Mu didn't know that this was because the wooden swords were personally made by Eve. Even though they were not sharp, they were much more durable and reliable.

He tossed the curved blade in his hand, and took out another one from behind his back, which was dropped by other goblins he had killed earlier.

Then, he looked around.

The elfin body endowed Li Mu with excellent night vision capabilities. Even in the dead of night, everything in Feilengcui could be clearly mapped in his eyes.

The goblins had all been awakened by now and were currently being chased and hacked at by more than seventy players who had advanced to Black Iron Lower rank.

The gap brought by the rank change was indeed terrifying.

In the afternoon, players still needed the cooperation of two or three to wear down a single goblin, but after advancing to Black Iron rank, with strong physical fitness and enhanced skills, the goblins were no match for the players in one-on-one combat.

Even the relatively timid female players could, after using the [Thrust] skill, along with their "Aaahhh!!!" -- a scream mixed with fear and excitement -- charge forcefully...

Then, before they themselves could react, they would have already skewered the even less time-and-opportunity-to-react goblins with a through-and-through, accompanied by a shower of blood that scared them into even louder screams.

Not to mention those players who were gradually adapting to the rhythm of combat, the battle-crazed and dedicated players.

For them, tonight's Feilengcui had become the best playground and hunting ground.

Li Mu shook his head and once again activated the [Stealth] skill.

With a mere thought, his heartbeat and breathing instantly slowed, his entire presence gradually faded, nearly merging into the darkness...

He was going to pursue the last goblin priest.

If he hadn't seen wrongly, it had just escaped in the direction of the temple.

He wasn't the only player with the same idea; those who had participated in the assassination of the priest also rushed towards the temple.

One priest was worth the contribution of five goblins!

Even the experience points provided by killing a priest were much more than those of ordinary goblins.

Moreover, from the prior situation, they seemed much weaker than the previous world boss, practically a freebie.

Not only that, according to the mission information provided by the Goddess, the temple was also the most likely drop point for the Divine Blood Crystals!

One Divine Blood Crystal was worth a full 800 contribution points!

With desire for experience points and contribution values, players swarmed towards the direction of the dilapidated temple...

...

Inside the temple, the sole goblin priest knelt to pray under the statue of Uller, the god of winter and hunting.

With its prayers, the radiance emanating from the statue became increasingly strong, and even the twenty-six Divine Blood Crystals in front of it began to emit a faint halo.

Underneath the feet of the goblin priest, a mysterious and gigantic circular array slowly took shape, as silver glows continuously inscribed patterns...

As the players charged into the temple, what they saw was this scene.

"Divine Blood Crystals! So many Divine Blood Crystals!"

Their eyes lit up as they exclaimed excitedly.

But Bentolunch, who had stealthily entered, saw even more.

He glanced at the array on the floor, his expression gradually turning solemn.

Is this... a sacrificial array?

His memory was always good.

When the Oak Guardian Berserker sacrificed the Skull Wand to Goddess Eve, he had silently observed from the side, barely remembering the appearance of the array.

The array beneath the goblin priest, though slightly different from the one created by Berserker, was almost identical overall.

Almost instantly, Bentolunch pieced everything together.

"It's a sacrificial array! No good! Everyone, stop it! It's going to offer the Divine Blood Crystals to the Divine!"

Meanwhile, Li Mu's urgent shouting also travelled from the entrance of the temple.

Clearly, this seasoned streamer had also recognized the sacrificial array under the Priest.

"A sacrificial array?"

Upon hearing this, the players exploded.

"Not good! Stop it quickly!"

"Where are the ranged skills? Cast them now!"

"Destroy that array quickly!"

Almost at the same moment, all ranged players began casting their skills onto the ground without hesitation.

Under the goblin priest's astonished gaze, Fireballs, Wind Blades, Thunder Strikes, Vines... every ranged attack spell it could think of came hurling towards it.

Accompanied by a thunderous boom, the bluestone floor cracked under the onslaught of magic, and the nearly completed array was instantly destroyed. Even the goblin priest at the center of the array spat out blood due to the backlash of magic power, his body suddenly aged...

However, although the array was damaged, the radiance on the statue did not diminish, on the contrary, it grew faintly stronger.

The players didn't have time to revel in the joy of destroying the array when a voice, both majestic and divine, hummed coldly...

"Humph—!"

That sound, deafening and ethereal, as if crossing through the void, carried an endless fury of being offended.

Every person felt disoriented for a moment, their heads dizzy, as blood trickled from their noses and ears...

Even Bentolunch, who was in hiding, couldn't help but spray out a mouthful of blood and fell out of his stealth state.

"What... is happening?"

"Could it be that we've triggered the BOSS?"

"Cough, cough... Damn, my health bar dropped by half... cough, cough..."

The players fell and stumbled, coughing blood, while straining their eyes wide open, warily staring at the statue in the center of the temple.

Suddenly, the brilliance on the statue abruptly intensified, and the twenty-six Divine Blood Crystals scattered on the ground began to rise slowly as if drawn, flying towards the statue...

Under the players' shocked gazes, the Divine Blood Crystals started to merge with the statue, bursting into a dazzling light!

With the increasingly formidable pressure, the light expanded and eventually formed a translucent Energy Giant woven with intertwining gold and green photons...

His visage was vague, his body robust, wielding a giant axe and a longbow...

He bore a striking resemblance to the Uller Statue—eight or nine points similar!