Chapter 89: The Patrol Navy's 'Server' and 'Dragon Work System
Hearing the Giant Demon's words, Qi Yu's eyes besides the Yellow Robed King went wide. He glanced at the Yellow Robed King, then at the Giant Demon, and when he looked at the Yellow Robed King again, his gaze had taken on a more sycophantic tone.
Wang Qi felt somewhat bewildered by the Giant Demon's words. His identity as the Yellow Robed King was unclear, and he had been conferred a title just like that? Without the need to discuss it with any superiors or colleagues?
The Giant Whale, seeing that the Yellow Robed King didn't understand, was immediately displeased and said, "Sha Liantai, are you dissatisfied?"
"Dare I ask the General, what place is the Charging Camp?"
Qi Yu reached out to tug at the Yellow Robed King, but remembering that the other's whole body was poisonous and must not be touched, his hand froze mid-air. He hissed in a low voice, "Idiot, the Charging Camp is the fattest post in the Patrol Navy, and you're not rushing to give thanks?"
Wang Qi remained unmoved. What a joke, the fattest post meant there would definitely be no shortage of tasks. He was here to probe for information, not to run errands for the Demon Clan! He said, "What exactly is the Charging Camp? I request the General to clarify."
"Hahahaha, so you're afraid that Jing Aojia is small-minded, thinking the name Charging Camp sounds unlucky, making you think I'm sending you off to die on purpose," the Giant Demon laughed heartily, and Wang Qi felt as though an earthquake shook the ground, which even began to crack slightly. "I, Ao Jia, am not that shameless. You saved a good-for-nothing from my clan, and to repay you, I'm letting you join the Charging Camp. It's that simple."
"Ao Jia?" Wang Qi looked at Qi Yu, "Isn't it General of Return?"
Qi Yu said with a smile, "General Ao Jia personally didn't take charge of this matter. You should know, by killing Sha Ruxue, you've offended the Shark Clan's Great General Sha Tiandao."
Jing Aojia snorted coldly, "As for the Charging Camp, I don't mind telling you, the place is indeed dangerous, but it's also an opportunity!"
"A traitor has emerged from the Holy Clan, a slippery one who has obtained their inheritance. This traitor wants to defect to the Human Demons ashore to lead a rebellion against the Sea Clan and usurp the position of the Holy King. The Holy King, out of his wits about this traitor and due to the rule among the Holy Clan against mutual destruction, formed the Patrol Navy. The entire Patrol Navy is actually just to prevent that Holy Clan rebel from escaping. The Charging Camp is the elite group that will actually confront that Holy Clan traitor."
"Confronting the Holy Clan is naturally dangerous, but the benefits are numerous. Just this time, the Holy King has allowed us from the Demon Clan to suckle on Dragon Blood, eat Dragon Meat, and even take away Dragon Scales and Dragon Bones for personal treasures or to refine into our own bloodlines. Moreover, after killing that traitor, the Holy King will even reward you with the Holy Clan's inheritance!"
Inheritance! Dragon Clan Inheritance!
Upon hearing this news, Qi Yu's eyes were nearly shooting flames at the Yellow Robed King. After the cessation of civilization, the Demon Clan was most lacking in inheritance. After Transformation, they often didn't know which way to go. Before Transformation, the Demon Clan could still rely on a large base of species and their Innate Divine Abilities to outdo the Human Clan, but the further it went, the less it compared. Had it not been this way, the Shenhuan Lady would not have been able to wield remnants of the Fog Demon Path so dominantly among her peers, and that the Yellow Robed King would produce the Boluo Divine Flame, causing the Qi Yu, who lost one-tenth of his cultivation, to become overjoyed and close in attitude.
Of course, this reward meant nothing to Wang Qi. Deep Space and Divine Calamity both ranked at the very top among Dragon Clan inheritances, and the West Sea Dragon King's reward could not possibly be more precious than these two. Not to mention that Wang Qi's inheritance was granted by the Ancient Dragon Emperor, which could not be compared to any mere inheritance.
But Wang Qi was already overjoyed halfway through hearing this. For him, joining the Charging Camp was indeed a great benefit, a huge one!
He was already on his way to find that Little Dragon, and little did he expect that now the Demon Clan would lead him straight to it! Moreover, the Charging Camp was formed specifically to confront that Little Dragon. He no longer had to worry about the Little Dragon being dead when he found it.
Wang Qi immediately bowed and said, "My gratitude to the General!"
"Qi Yu, take him to the Charging Camp," said Jing Aojia.
The Flagfish Demon complied, leading the Yellow Robed King away. Along the way, his attitude towards Wang Qi became much friendlier, striking up constant conversations. Wang Qi occasionally responded, eager to finish the matter at hand and head to the Charging Camp.
Before long, Qi Yu brought Wang Qi to a huge rock. "Everyone who joins the Patrol Navy must receive a Holy Clan seal from this Divine Stone. Besides that, they must also be branded by their direct superior. As you and I both know, Demons are unruly and difficult to command; without them being tethered, they simply won't obey."
Wang Qi asked in confusion, "But recently, the Holy King has allowed us to overthrow superiors."
"The vast majority of Demons are discontent with their superiors and would rather die than submit to being branded by them. There have been disturbances over this for quite some time," Qi Yu said with a tone that didn't regard the other as one of his own, disdainfully remarking, "Foolish."
Wang Qi shook his head gently inside the Pagoda. "Demon Clan" is a cultural concept rather than one of blood, "Intelligent after Spirit Awakening makes a demon." After civilization's disconnection, the "Demon Clan" was in name only. Considering that Dragon Clan and Human Clan refer to each other as "Demon Dragon" and "Human Demon," the term might soon become an outright derogatory term.
However, Wang Qi had no intention of resisting. It's just a seal, right? After all, it was marking the Yellow Robed King, not him, Wang Qi. Without hesitation, Wang Qi swam up to the Divine Stone and then asked, "How do I do it?"
"Place a part of your body against the Divine Stone, and open up your Divine Soul."
Wang Qi manipulated the Yellow Robed King to lay his body upon the Divine Stone. Suddenly, his expression changed dramatically. A terrifying force invaded the Divine Body of the Yellow Robed King directly. That was the pure and positive essence of the Dragon Clan, ethereal and elusive, aggregating and scattering unpredictably—specifically designed to attack one's Divine Soul. Under the onslaught of this horrifying essence, the system of the Yellow Robed King showed signs of malfunctioning once again. Wang Qi hurriedly resorted to the Heart Demon Curse in an attempt to cleanse the essence. However, unexpectedly, that essence from the Dragon Clan merely twisted slightly, and the Heart Demon Curse was annihilated almost completely.
No, it wasn't so much destruction as it was partial assimilation of the Heart Demon Curse Power!
Wang Qi exclaimed in shock. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. He yelled, "Senior Sister, help me!"
Mi exercised the power of the Netherworld Fire Spell, casting a ghastly green Curse Light around the Yellow Robed King for protection. Her origins were mysterious, and no one knew her level of cultivation, but her mastery of the Divine Tao System was impeccable. For a moment, she isolated all sensory perception. The Netherworld Fire Spell was about to counterattack the Dragon Clan Essence, and Wang Qi yelled, "No, no, no, no! We haven't reached a desperate situation yet! Do not take drastic measures! Don't!"
Wang Qi did not doubt Mi's abilities. Mi's method of cultivation had a hint of the Divine Plague Curse Technique. Although it wasn't as terrifying as the Divine Plague Curse Technique, its lethality against sentient beings was undoubtedly high—after all, Feng Luoyi had managed to ambush an awakening Banished Immortal with just a shade by using the Divine Plague Curse Technique. But to eradicate that power of the Dragon Clan here, would that not expose oneself?
Wang Qi gritted his teeth and slapped the pagoda. He released the witch who had been bound at the top of the pagoda, who was in a pitiful state, missing an arm and a leg but was indeed still "alive." This witch, equivalent to the Divine Power Stage, was the most suitable candidate for bluffing because it was uncertain if there were other Seals within his body.
Wang Qi pushed the witch towards the Dragon Clan Essence. The witch's forehead made contact with the essence just right. Wang Qi once again activated the Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell, employing an incredibly strong repulsion to force the Dragon Clan Essence into the witch's forehead. Very quickly, a Magic Seal appeared within the Sea of Consciousness of the witch's Purple Mansion.
Then, Wang Qi felt that the witch had established some kind of intangible connection with the Divine Stone.
Seeing this, Wang Qi wasn't sure whether to cry or laugh.
The Heart Demon Curse could be refined and, if one was willing to pay the price, it could also be expelled. Moreover, if the cursed individual possessed great wisdom and resolve, they could even sever the Heart Demon themselves. Additionally, the special nature of the Heart Demon Curse lacks substantial offensive and defensive capabilities. Wang Qi, using the Phase Wave Skill at the level of Divine Separation, couldn't even overcome a Mirage Demon of the same rank. For the terrifying leverage of Modern Cultivation Method, this was indeed embarrassing.
But even so, it was the most dangerous Spell developed by the Immortal Alliance.
Because it could infiltrate everything, it was impossible to guard against fully.
As long as you still have connections with other life beings, as long as you are within a Human Dao System, the Heart Demon Curse will infiltrate your body through these connections.
However, for the Demon Clan who had severed their civilization and reverted to a primitive state, they didn't possess anything as advanced as the "Human Dao System," and the newly formed Patrol Navy hadn't developed it either. And now, it seemed he had found such a relationship... related to "Dragons"?
"The highest realm of playing online games is not having quick hands, sharp combat methods, or incredible equipment..." Wang Qi silently recited, "The true path lies in writing hacks, and the ultimate level... is hacking into the server and directly altering data!"
Teacher, do you see this? Your disciple... has found the server...
As long as this Divine Stone is corrupted, all demons that depend on this thing will suffer the invasion of the Heart Demon Curse!
"Hopefully, there won't come a day when this countermeasure will need to be used..." Wang Qi thought. If possible, he still didn't want to spread the Heart Demon Curse any further. He had collected all the cursed individuals into the pagoda this time to reduce the sources of contagion.
But when necessary, Wang Qi dared to have all the creatures below the level of Demon God in the Patrol Navy accompany him in death.
Additionally, that Seal formed by the Dragon Clan Essence was also a good find for Wang Qi—he could also rely on the lightning-fast evolution capability of the Heavenly Calculation Atlas to use that bit of Dragon Clan Essence to develop resistance against the Dragon Clan. At the same time, he could analyze the weaknesses of Dragon Clan power, and even strive to cultivate a Divine Plague Curse Technique specifically for the Dragon Clan.
After sorting all this out, Mi withdrew the Netherworld Fire Curse Light, and the Yellow Robed King's figure reappeared. Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, approached, and said, "You scared me to death. I thought you had shown disrespect to the Holy Clan and got annihilated."
After receiving the Dragon Clan's Seal, one had to receive another Seal from the direct superior. After bringing Wang Qi to the Charging Camp, Qi Yu went back to report. The Great Commander of the Charging Camp was a Demon God, a rare Qiu Long from the Dragon Eye Sea Dragon Family—one of the few species in the evolutionary tree of reptiles that was closest to the Dragon Clan.
The Qiu Long simply glanced at Wang Qi before releasing a Seal. This Seal was also one of the methods passed down to the Demon Clan by the Dragon Clan and was extremely difficult to escape from. Although the Qiu Long vaguely heard that this octopus of the Divine Power Stage was very poisonous, he didn't take it seriously. The Seal from this Qiu Long was not as terrifying as from a True Dragon. Wang Qi didn't even bother to hide it; he let the Shenhuan Lady bear this Seal as before.
The Qiu Long, named Qiu Xianke, saw that Wang Qi obediently received the Seal and developed a greater liking for him—it was hard to find such obedient subordinates among the Demon Clan. He said, "Be careful in the next two days. Our Charging Camp is a cushy job, and too many people want to kill us to take our place. It just so happens that the purpose of our Charging Camp is to gather the strongest combat forces in the Patrol Navy. Just killing one soldier from the Charging Camp would allow one to replace them. These next two days are very dangerous, so be cautious."
The Yellow Robed King chuckled, "For the past two days, I've been famished."
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