Cultivating in Online Games

Chapter 53 - Battle Evil Cultivator

Dugu Zhuo wanted to push several players who still thought they were in a copy back to the game world, but when he turned around, the entrance had disappeared.

He glanced around and realized that this place was not the lakeside in the painting, but rather a place resembling an underground secret room.

The walls were all made of stone, the roof was high, and there were luminous pearls embedded in the walls, very bright. Although there were no windows around, there was no feeling of stuffiness, indicating that there should be ventilation.

The house they arrived at was extremely large, covering several thousand square meters, with a height of over thirty meters. In the middle of the house was a square structure resembling an altar, with four different beasts carved on the corners of the altar. Dugu Zhuo’s spiritual sense swept over and immediately recognized that the four beasts were the four ancient fierce beasts: Gluttony, Chaos, Taowu, and Poor Strange. The statues of the four fierce beasts were covered in blood.

In the corner of the house lay several young men and women’s corpses. Dugu Zhuo went over to investigate and found that their primordial qi had already dissipated.

“Quick, go find Qingyue,” Dugu Zhuo said solemnly.

One step later, Qingyue’s chances of survival would be slim.

Just then, a loud thunderous sound came from outside. Following the sound, everyone rushed over. Just as they arrived at the front door of the house, they saw Qingyue, dressed in red, flying into the house.

She didn’t have many injuries on her body, but her health bar was only at 10% on her head, indicating that she was on the verge of dying!

When Lingzhi Doll saw Qingyue injured, he happily jumped over and said, “Finally, there’s a place for me to shine!”

With a flick of his chubby arms, a shadow of Lingzhi mushroom floated out from him and flew onto Qingyue. The numbers on Qingyue’s health bar immediately changed to +10%, +10%…

This was Lingzhi Doll’s healing move “Silent Nourishment,” a continuous healing technique that could heal 10% of health every second for 15 seconds. Players protected by this move could charge forward even in the face of killing blows, and would recover 10% of their health in the final moments before death.

“Thank you!” Qingyue’s complexion improved a lot after receiving the treatment. She said angrily, “What a trash boss, besides the face, he’s useless. Disgusting! Let’s team up and kill him!”

There was no fear in her eyes, indicating that she didn’t regard that person highly at all.

Dugu Zhuo felt slightly relieved when he saw her safe, but still cautioned, “Lingzhi, how many people can your resurrection technique revive?”

Players’ techniques could be used in the game, which was the best news at the moment.

Lingzhi Doll held up his finger and said, “I brought five little Lingzhi dolls with me this time. The pre-planted resurrection skill of Lingzhi mushrooms has no cooldown time, but it consumes a lot of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy all over my body is only enough to revive one person.”

Dugu Zhuo casually threw out a few bottles of elixirs, and each teammate received two bottles of medicine, one for replenishing health and one for replenishing energy.

Although most of the elixirs were sold in shops, Dugu Zhuo still carried some with him for emergencies. Since Lingzhi Doll’s healing technique could be used here, his refined elixirs should also work.

Lingzhi Doll accepted the energy replenishment elixirs and quickly gave each teammate a little Lingzhi doll, then carefully reminded them, “If you don’t use it, remember to return it to me after the battle.”

Just as he finished, a person wearing a mosaic all over his body came to the gate. From the color of his mosaic, it seemed that it wasn’t exposure censorship, but bloody censorship.

“Huh? He wasn’t censored just now, why is he censored now? Was the scale not big enough just now?” Qingyue said in confusion.

The mosaic figure glared at Qingyue and said fiercely, “A mere Foundation Establishment stage little girl, what kind of talisman did you use to injure me like this?”

In other people’s eyes, this was a mosaic, but Dugu Zhuo could see clearly that this person had been struck by lightning, half of his body had been blown away, and his flesh was rapidly healing.

“Did you use ‘that’?” Aotian asked.

Qingyue nodded, and Aotian covered his chest, “I bought it for 200 yuan, a disposable item. Just used it.”

Qingyue sighed, “There’s no other way. This boss is too disgusting. Besides exposing himself without censorship, he even flew away in front of me… I couldn’t help it, so I used the item you bought.”

“What item?” Black Cat asked without any sense of crisis.

Aotian said with heartache, “Xuantian Sect’s Heavenly Tribulation Talisman. It’s said that when you reach the Golden Core stage at level 40, you will encounter Heavenly Tribulation. This talisman can help resist the last and most powerful Heavenly Tribulation. The original price was 500 yuan, but when I bought it, the game was having a promotion, so I got a 60% discount. It’s not that I’m stingy about the 200 yuan, but… if I want to buy this talisman again, I’ll have to spend 500 yuan!”

“Nicely done,” Dugu Zhuo praised, “For a mere 5,000 spirit stones, I’ll make up for it in a few days.”

If Qingyue hadn’t had this talisman on her, her chances of survival would have been slim.

The evil cultivator opposite had already healed from his injuries. The mosaic faded away, revealing his true appearance. He was extraordinarily handsome, but there was a sinister aura on his face, making people uncomfortable to look at.

Because his clothes had been torn by the Heavenly Tribulation talisman earlier, his upper body was bare, while his lower body was completely mosaic.

Qingyue’s expression visibly relaxed when she saw the mosaic, and she really didn’t want to see any more chaos.

“It’s strange. Why wasn’t it censored just now, but now it is?” Qingyue said in confusion.

Dugu Zhuo also felt that the events of today were extremely strange. He looked towards the obviously activated altar and asked sharply, “You used demonic methods, what did you do with this altar?”

“So many people came?” The evil cultivator glanced over the group with his peach blossom eyes, conjuring a purple robe out of thin air to drape over himself. His belt hung loosely, revealing a large expanse of chest. “I’m also curious about what this altar has done. I clearly tried to summon the Demon Lord, how did I end up summoning a Foundation Establishment stage little girl, along with you bunch of unknown entities? Where did you all come from?”

Lingzhi Doll quickly crawled to Aotian’s feet and asked, “What is the Demon Lord?”

Aotian: “I’m not sure either. I’ve never heard of such a person. Do you think we’ve encountered a hidden plot? Let’s not fight for now, gather some intelligence first.”

So Aotian loudly asked, “Who are you?”

The evil cultivator’s eyes flowed with evil charm as he replied, “Me? I’m a guardian of the Fushen Temple, summoned under the orders of the temple master to summon a prominent figure from the cultivation world who may have already died.”

Dugu Zhuo coldly said, “The Fushen Temple is the strongest evil organization in the cultivation world. The temple master is said to be a master who surpassed the Great Vehicle stage but forcefully remained in the mortal realm using forbidden methods. Inside the temple, there are two elders and four guardians. The two elders are at the Great Vehicle stage, and the four guardians are all at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. You, a mere Golden Core stage evil cultivator, what kind of guardian are you?”

“Eh? Zuo Shen, you know about the Fushen Temple?” Aotian whispered, “There’s no mention of this faction in the game introduction. When did you get this information?”

Dugu Zhuo didn’t answer, but continued, “The four guardians are Blood, Yin, Demon, and Lust. I can see that you’re probably just a small pawn under the Lust Guardian. Your guardians probably heard about a method of summoning demons from somewhere, but were too afraid to try it themselves, so they sent you as a scapegoat, right?”

“Despite your good looks, your words are unpleasant.” The evil cultivator lightly brushed the long hair at his temples, with a hint of pity on his face. “I originally intended to spare your life and let you enjoy some time, but unfortunately, I have to kill you now.”

With the last word “you” uttered, his originally charming eyes suddenly filled with killing intent. The evil cultivator pulled out a long whip from somewhere, the surface of which was full of barbs. With a flick of his wrist, the whip flew out fiercely towards the group.

As a Golden Core stage cultivator, even if he didn’t use full strength in this attack, it would be enough to severely injure several people in front of him.

Seeing this, Lingzhi Doll quickly used Earth Escape to hide underground. He was a healing player and only needed to protect himself on the battlefield. As long as he didn’t die, there would still be hope for his teammates.

Black Cat, on the other hand, was fearless in the face of danger. Swinging the staff shining with Buddha’s light, he charged towards the whip. Accompanied by the words “Damn it” and “Unruffled Vajra”, the staff struck the whip.

Buddhist cultivators had innate suppression against evil cultivators. Even though this evil cultivator’s cultivation level was much higher than theirs, Black Cat managed to suppress the whip, only losing 50% of his health due to the rebound force.

“Oops, you beat me to it. I was planning to show off the techniques I learned from catching toads in the sect.” Aotian also rushed up with a big knife, quickly writing the word “Chop” on the blade with his fingers. Suddenly, a huge shadow appeared on the blade, stretching for tens of meters, and chopped down heavily towards the evil cultivator.

Qingyue was not to be outdone. She silently chanted a spell, and three halos emanated from her hands, enveloping Aotian, Dugu Zhuo, and Black Cat. The halo on Black Cat disappeared quickly.

Black Cat asked, “What’s this?”

Qingyue smiled bitterly, “This is my status enhancement spell ‘Furious Crown’. It can increase your attack and defense based on my appearance. The higher my appearance value, the more your attack and defense will increase. This technique ignores factions and races and can be used by anyone, but it can’t be cast on players from the Limitless Temple because you consider beauty as dung and can resist this technique!”

While chatting, the group continued their attacks. Black Cat took the lead in suppressing the whip, Aotian activated his battle mode with a powerful move, and the evil cultivator’s head displayed a health bar, showing a loss of 3% from Aotian’s attack.

Aotian said, “This person has high defense. My previous attack was the strongest, plus Qingyue’s status enhancement, but it only dealt 2%. This monster is tough, we need a meat shield!”

Seeing Black Cat losing health, he swallowed a healing pill and instantly regained full health. He reminisced, “The one ranked first on the leaderboard, One Dream Wanderer, I teamed up with him before. He is the number one meat shield in the world. No matter how you hit him, he won’t die. It would be great if he were here.”

As they spoke, Dugu Zhuo’s Five Elements Sword Technique’s Earth Sword also attacked, reducing the evil cultivator’s health by 3%.

“Wow, boss, you have stronger attack power than me!” Aotian applauded happily.

However, Qingyue said, “Zhuo Shen, how come you resist my ‘Furious Crown’? My group enhancement technique, surprisingly, only Aotian can use it. It’s such a waste of skill!”

While chatting, the group continued their relentless attacks. Qingyue also used her offensive spell “Chaos Flowers Entering Enchantment”, which could confuse the opponent momentarily, causing them to lose their attack target. The more the boss liked beauty, the greater the effect of this spell.

The evil cultivator had planned to launch another powerful attack against the group, but after being affected, he suddenly felt everything blurred before him. He was a bit panicked and said, “Who are you people? Just a few Foundation Establishment juniors, how can you hurt me?”

“It’s you we’re hitting!” Aotian took advantage of the evil cultivator’s control and wrote the word “Sudden” on the blade. A sharp blade shadow appeared, directly piercing the evil cultivator’s chest.

The evil cultivator’s clothes were originally a magic treasure with strong defense. Just now, Aotian’s “Chop” technique and Dugu Zhuo’s sword were blocked by the clothes, causing only partial damage. However, since his clothes were not worn properly, exposing large patches of chest, Aotian’s “Sudden” technique found an opportunity and pierced through his chest, dealing 5% damage.

“Yeah!” Aotian exclaimed

He watched as a Golden Core stage evil cultivator was skillfully attacked by several people, causing him to cough up blood. Just at this moment, the system prompted him that Ye Zhou had logged in.

Dugu Zhuo took the opportunity amidst the attack to quickly send a message to Ye Zhou: “I’m in the level 30 Chaotic Burial Mound instance. I estimated the time wrong, but I’ll come find you in no more than 10 minutes.”

“No problem, I logged in early. I’m not in a hurry,” he received Ye Zhou’s reply.