Source of Calamity, Sixth-Order

Luo Jun was not lying.

A Dai didn't show up when he was fighting Long Hui... Of course, if Luo Jun was determined to find her, it wasn't without a way.

With 200 points, he could activate the detection function. In such a short time, A Dai might not be able to escape the detection range.

However, Luo Jun wasn't that persistent. After all, there was another enemy, a Peak fighter, whose location was unknown, and he shouldn't stray too far from his teammates.

As for the reward for killing Long Hui, the head of the apostle was undoubtedly capped at 1,000 points. Luo Jun did not keep it all for himself; he kept 500 for himself and gave 100 to each of the five people.

Firstly, it's to repay them for their previous generosity; secondly, there are only four hours left before the next Source of Calamity, and their scores are too low, meaning they could be eliminated at any moment.

With the points secured and the help of "Night," everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They'd been mostly on the run for the past two days and hadn't rested much, but with Luo Jun watching over them, they all slept soundly.

Meanwhile, in a park several kilometers away, a cloud of red mist appeared, quickly outlining A Dai's figure, with a headless corpse on her shoulder.

Beside her stood a middle-aged man, and under a tree nearby sat a woman wearing a sun hat and a dress.

Although the woman was sitting on the ground, her head was almost as tall as the man's shoulder, which shows how enormous she would be if she stood up.

Upon seeing A Dai, the middle-aged man's eyes widened in surprise. "It's you? So, it was Long Hui who died?"

A Dai nodded. "The one who defeated him was a man wearing Half-Face Mask, it should be the Night you mentioned!"

"It seems that the person who suddenly appeared on the other side was indeed him!" The middle-aged man, Liu Weiyou, looked at the giant woman beside him. "He actually managed to defeat Long Hui? It seems the Spirit King's worries were not unfounded..."

"I must warn you," A Dai suddenly said, her brow furrowing slightly, seemingly still shaken. "That night was probably more difficult to handle than you imagine..."

"Whatever!" Liu Weiyou sneered, glancing at the corpse of Long Hui on A Dai's shoulder. "With the corpse of an Apostle, Madam Gao can finally become her complete form! At that time, unless she ascends to Feather Transformation, no one will be her match!"

A Dai snorted coldly, "The Lord Apostle previously instructed that the corpse could be given to you, but you must keep your promise and not forget what you promised him!"

"Don't worry." Liu Weiyou's eyes were filled with greed as he looked at Long Hui's corpse. "Long Hui becoming the leader of the [Martial World] Polluter again is also a good thing for King of Hell. We won't go back on our word!"

A Dai laid Long Hui's body down. "Then it's up to you. I won't reappear until the mission is over, nor will I participate in the battle. If you [Paranormal] want to hunt Night, you can deal with it yourselves."

"Not showing yourself?" Liu Weiyou raised an eyebrow. "You don't have many points left, do you? If you don't participate in battles, you won't be able to accumulate points. When a Source of Calamity appears, you'll be eliminated."

"Being eliminated is just a challenge to the Death Process; there's still a glimmer of hope." A Dai turned to look in the direction of Luo Jun and the others' apartment. "Going against that monster, there's absolutely no chance of survival!"

"Are you that afraid of him?" Liu Weiyou looked at A Dai with some surprise. "That's not like you."

"Arrogance and stupidity are different!" A Dai was too lazy to say anything more, and disappeared in a cloud of red mist, leaving only her words echoing in the woods.

"I wish you success, then the Main World will have one less potential candidate!"

Seeing A Dai leave, Liu Weiyou turned back to look at Madam Gao, who was still sitting blankly on the ground, and smiled slightly, "Next, we need to go to a safe place... That night, we should be able to deal with the Source of Calamity."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and cast a Law Technique. A strange wave enveloped the two of them, and a moment later, their figures completely disappeared without a trace.

For the next few hours, the Polluter did not attack again. The people on the Main World side, who had been on tenterhooks for two days, all slept well. Wan Zisheng's injuries also improved significantly due to sufficient rest and the effects of medication.

As for Luo Jun, he focused on improving his cultivation level while simultaneously adjusting his Inner Breath, continuing his practice.

Before entering this mission, Luo Jun had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm Sixth Layer. Normally, he should still have more than twenty days before the next bottleneck. However, after running the program, Luo Jun found that his cultivation progress this time was much faster than expected, exceeding 80% of this level! Based on this speed, he should only have five or six days left before the next bottleneck.

What could be causing this? The progress was normal when I first entered the mission. Could it be due to the Death Challenge?

Master did say that constantly expending vital energy in actual combat is helpful for cultivating one's realm. These past two days of non-stop fighting against the Saint's Remains should theoretically help improve his realm... But he's had similar experiences before, and there's no way he could have such a significant improvement!

After much thought, only one explanation makes sense... the Saint Essence!

In these battles, he continuously absorbed the Saint Essence. Although, according to the rules, this Saint Essence was only used to provide extra life force and should be returned after the challenge ended, it was clear that some of it was taken as a "passage fee" as it circulated within his body along with his vital energy...

Such a small influence was enough to raise him by more than half a level. Wouldn't that bottle of Saint Essence Concentrate lying in the Hundred Treasure Box be a powerful tonic?

But judging from the description, it seems more like a potent poison that unleashes hidden potential...

Forget it, whatever it is, it's not something he should be considering at his current level.

Luo Jun finished his cultivation and stood up. The others, who had been sleeping soundly, also woke up one after another.

Because just now, a new task notification appeared!

"The Source of Calamity the Sixth-Order of the disaster will appear in five minutes, at which time everyone will be able to detect Source of Calamity location at any time without any conditions."

"The Sixth-Order, the Source of Calamity, has a total value of 15,000 points. The final kill reward is 5,000 points, and the remaining 10,000 points will be distributed based on contributions made in the fight against the Source of Calamity."

"Successfully defeated the Source of Calamity. All survivors are rewarded with 600 points."

"The number of ordinary people killed by the Source of Calamity will be distributed equally among all survivors, with corresponding points deducted."...

Looking out the window, the sky was just beginning to lighten, with a pale white tinge appearing on the eastern horizon. Normally, in such a bustling Metropolis, the morning rush hour would have already begun. Commuters catching the early bus, breakfast stalls setting up their stalls, and sanitation workers sweeping the streets should all be busy at this time.

However, the truth is that there were almost no people on the streets at that time...

In the past few days, there have been so many disasters and bizarre events that the entire city has been almost paralyzed. People are panicking and trying to escape. If they can't escape, they can only hide. Almost no one dares to wander around the streets anymore.

That's good. As long as it doesn't collapse a building when it appears, the Source of Calamity shouldn't cause too much damage.

Thinking this, Luo Jun lightly leaped onto the roof, took out the Myriad Jun Hammer, and swung it in his hand, holding the chain, waiting for the final countdown.

Finally, the time has come!

A striking red dot appeared in Luo Jun's field of vision!

The direction is 33 degrees east of south, and the distance is 8 kilometers!

Having determined his location, Luo Jun suddenly released the weight of the Myriad Jun Hammer, which carried him straight out!

Hmm? The score is starting to drop!

While still flying in mid-air, Luo Jun keenly noticed that his points had dropped by more than a hundred. Considering that there were still nine people left on both sides, this meant that the Source of Calamity had killed over a thousand people the moment it appeared!

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That's so domineering! I wonder what kind of monster that is!

Luo Jun's curiosity was quickly satisfied...

The target location was a high-rise residential complex. In the center of the complex stood a gigantic mechanical monster, over a hundred meters tall, with the high-rise buildings only reaching its shoulders.

The monster's upper body resembled a human, but its head was a huge dragon head, and its hands were like crab claws, extremely sharp. Its lower body was supported by eight legs like a crab, and as it moved, the joints made mechanical sounds, which sounded heavy and hard.

From Resident Evil to Transformers?

Having spotted the monster in the distance, Luo Jun manipulated the hammer in his hand to adjust his position and continue accelerating. By this time, three high-rise buildings had already collapsed. At the same time, the monster's body resembled a huge steel fortress, constantly releasing large, dog-sized Mechanical Beast that burrowed into residential buildings and slaughtered ordinary people. Luo Jun's score continued to decrease!

We must finish this quickly!

Luo Jun gripped his hammer tightly and aimed at the monster's head, but when he was only a few dozen meters away from the monster, he was suddenly blocked by an invisible barrier. Luo Jun's Myriad Jun Hammer struck the barrier, flashing dazzling sparks and revealing the outline of a huge protective shield!

It even has energy protection?

Compared to physical protection, the biggest advantage of energy protection is its difficulty to penetrate!

Even with solid armor, if you can find a weak point, you can always bypass the hardest part. Even if you can't bypass it, as long as your weapon is sharp enough and your strength is strong enough, you can drill a hole through the armor. Even if the rest of the armor remains intact, you can still attack the enemy's flesh!

However, Energy Shield are different. First, they have no blind spots; their strength is the same from all 360 degrees, so there are no weaknesses to be found. Second, no matter how strong your attack is, it consumes the entire amount of energy, not just a small portion of the shield's strength!

Because energy flows, if one place is attacked, energy from other places will immediately replenish it. It's like you can drill a well thousands of meters deep on land, but you can't dig a "sea pit" even one meter deep on the ocean surface.

Of course, if your attack speed exceeds the energy replenishment speed, then theoretically it is possible to penetrate directly. For example, Qi, although it is also energy, its flow speed varies from person to person. In battles between Cultivators, there are often cases of penetrating Qi.

However, the Energy Shield of this mechanical monster flows at a speed that is close to the speed of light, and conventional attack methods cannot penetrate it at all. You can only keep attacking it until it runs out of energy!

Forced back by the impact, Luo Jun somersaulted in the air, swung his hammer to regain his balance, and sneered at the monster, "I'd like to see how much energy you have left!"

With that, he swung the hammer again and charged at the monster!

With a deafening roar, the mechanical monster's shield flickered violently once more, and Luo Jun used this opportunity to leap into the air, then swung his hammer down again!

And so, Luo Jun, like a moth drawn to a light, kept changing angles as he lunged at the mechanical monster, crashing into its shield with loud clanging and banging.

Such a gigantic mechanical monster must have an extremely powerful energy reserve, possibly even containing a small reactor. It wouldn't be so easy to deplete its energy!

Normally, the strategy for dealing with this thing should be to use frequency resonance to neutralize its shield and then penetrate its interior to cause damage. However, seeing his score constantly dropping, Luo Jun neither had the ability nor the time to waste time like that, so he could only resort to the most brute-force and reckless method!

Don't underestimate Luo Jun's hammer. This thing is fully charged, and the energy of each strike is comparable to that of a tactical nuclear missile. If it hits a solid object, the shockwave would be enough to shatter the windows of a small area. However, with the Energy Shield acting as a buffer, the kinetic energy is mostly absorbed, so it doesn't look as earth-shattering. But this also makes the shield deplete at an astonishing rate, dimming it with each strike.

Fortunately, the monster's shield seemed to be fixed. In order to resist Luo Jun's attack, it was also restricted in its movement and could only stand in place. The progress of destruction almost stopped, and it could only rely on the Mechanical Beast that split off to continue to cause casualties.

Finally, after countless hammer blows, the shield flickered a few times and then went out completely!

Great, now's the time!

Luo Jun gritted his teeth, swung his hammer, and charged straight at the monster's head!

Just then, the mechanical monster suddenly opened its huge mouth, and a thick beam of light shot out, completely engulfing Luo Jun who was charging towards it!

But the next instant, the monster's head suddenly tilted back, its mouth pointing high into the sky, and a beam of light shot straight up into the clouds. Then, a series of clanging and shattering sounds came from the monster's neck. This sound traveled from top to bottom, all the way from the neck to the chest, to the abdomen, and all the way to the monster's lower body. Finally, with a loud bang, the thick base was pierced through, and Luo Jun, whose body was wrapped in wires and covered in machine oil, crawled out from inside.

Looking at the monster again, the beam of light shooting from its mouth flickered a few times before finally going out. Its eyes also lost their light, and its eight mechanical legs, having lost power, could no longer support its massive body. With a thud, it sat down on the ground, but its upper body remained upright, stuck in place like an iron tower standing in the middle of a residential area...

(End of this chapter)