The Last Source of Calamity

"The Source of Calamity the Seventh Stage 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 Seventh Stage, the Source of Calamity, is worth a total of 30,000 points. The final kill reward is 10,000 points, and the remaining 20,000 points will be distributed based on contributions made in the fight against the Source of Calamity."

"Successfully eliminating the Source of Calamity, all survivors are rewarded with 1000 points."

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

"Warning: The final stage, the Source of Calamity, will be far more difficult than the previous six stages. Please proceed with caution."

The notification for the Seventh Stage, the Source of Calamity, has arrived. Not only has the score doubled compared to before, but a special reminder was also given at the end, demonstrating the high level of difficulty this time.

Luo Jun glanced at Liu Weiyou at his feet. Under the nourishment of the Water Healing Construct, the guy's charred skin had basically healed, but his severed limbs would not grow back, and he was still a cripple.

"How many points do you have left?" Luo Jun asked.

Liu Weiyou sneered, "If the Source of Calamity appears before I reach one hundred points, I'm dead!"

Luo Jun snorted coldly, " In the Sixth-Order, everyone received six hundred points. Unless you're a lunatic who went out in the middle of the night and killed hundreds of people, your points wouldn't be less than five hundred by now."

"Hmph! Didn't the explosion when you broke through the cage also affect quite a few people?" Liu Weiyou was seen through, but he still refused to admit it.

"There was no one in the theater where the explosion occurred, and the surrounding area is mostly entertainment venues. The casualties from the explosion weren't many, and they've already been deducted from my score." Luo Jun looked at Liu Weiyou's indignant eyes and laughed, "Looks like I don't need to worry about you being eliminated naturally."

As he spoke, Luo Jun looked at his teammates and asked, "Does anyone have a way to knock someone unconscious without injuring them?"

Chu Xin pulled out something that looked like Electric Baton: "I have one here, who do you want to mess with?"

Luo Jun pointed to Liu Weiyou at his feet. Chu Xin understood immediately, turned the battery up high, and went to attack him fiercely. Liu Weiyou twitched a few times and then lost consciousness.

This way, there's no need to worry about him secretly using up his points. Luo Jun nodded and called to his teammates, "Come on, I'll trade you some more points."

Including the previously unlocked treasures and other expenses, Luo Jun still had over 13,000 points left. He took out the remainder and distributed it among the five people, giving each of them 600-700 points. Including their original assets, everyone's points exceeded 1,500, which was basically higher than Liu Weiyou's.

In this way, if the Source of Calamity becomes uncontrollable and causes excessive casualties, then as long as Liu Weiyou is eliminated, the mission will naturally end, and everyone will be safe.

Of course, to prevent Liu Weiyou from hoarding points and exceeding expectations, Luo Jun also instructed the others that if casualties became uncontrollable, they could kill Liu Weiyou to forcibly abort the mission.

As for himself, he had made preparations and was waiting for the final moment.

Finally, as the Countdown ended, the Seventh Stage of the Source of Calamity began!

"What... what is this?"

Everyone was startled. As usual, red dots appeared in their field of vision, but this time, there were five red dots!

Four of them are located on the edges of the city in the Southwestern Branch, and north directions, while the Last One is located in the very center of the city.

What's going on?

Luo Jun looked at Aishiliya beside him. This Ancient Empress immediately communicated with the soldiers scattered throughout the city, and the soldiers near these five points quickly sent back messages.

"The four red dots at the corners are all Teleportation Gate, from which monsters from another world are continuously pouring out. However, due to their remote location, there haven't been many casualties yet... As for the one in the middle..."

Aishiliya looked into the distance and saw a huge portal, hundreds of meters high, appear at a wide Teleportation Gate. However, the Teleportation Gate was blocked by energy barriers, and the roars of monsters could be faintly heard from inside.

"No wonder the score for this final stage of the challenge is so high..." Zhuge Lan exclaimed, "They actually used all five methods simultaneously!"

Luo Jun frowned, then darted to the giant Teleportation Gate. He listened to the roars inside and tried to squeeze in to find out what was going on, but he was blocked by an invisible force field.

"Not letting me in... Is it not unlocked yet?" Luo Jun was trying when he suddenly noticed that his score was starting to drop.

This means that the monsters that escaped have begun to cause casualties!

"Aishiliya!" Luo Jun ordered, "Have the soldiers in the city grab their weapons and move towards the nearest Teleportation Gate. Stop the monsters at all costs!"

"Yes, sir!" Aishiliya immediately began relaying the order. At the same time, several teammates arrived. Wan Zisheng suggested, "Night, in this situation, you alone are not enough. We must divide our forces to deal with it!"

As he spoke, he glanced around and said, "I'm going to the Teleportation Gate in the east!" Then he headed east.

"I'm going to the west side!" Ling Xin also claimed one.

"I'm going south!" Flames erupted from Chen Fei's body, and he soared into the air.

"Then I'll go to the north!" Zhuge Lan said, and began to teleport, appearing a hundred meters away.

"Then... what about me?" Chu Xin looked around, somewhat bewildered.

"You stay here and watch this guy." Ling Xin tossed the unconscious Liu Weiyou to him and turned to head west.

"Also Aishiliya, you and Chu Xin keep an eye on this guy," Luo Jun instructed.

"I'll stay with her?" Chu Xin was taken aback. "What about you?" Luo Jun casually took out the Ancestral Skeleton Headband and put it on his head, then unlocked the Projection Ring and energy-saving Energy-Saving Bracelet. "I'm going to reinforce our defenses!"

With that, he swung the hammer and soared into the sky, heading west.

Using the acceleration from the Myriad Jun Hammer, he arrived near the western Teleportation Gate before Ling Xin, only to find monsters with bared fangs and claws everywhere.

These monsters were entirely purple, roughly humanoid in shape, with burly builds, sharp teeth and claws, and equipped with armor and weapons. They were roaring as they fought against the Ancient Soldier were constantly arriving!

Luo Jun's gaze swept across the battlefield. Although these Purple-skinned Monster appeared to be of the same race, there were significant differences between the individuals. Luo Jun roughly discerned three levels.

The largest group consisted of grunts who were about two meters tall and had physiques resembling bodybuilders. They wore almost no armor or were only covered in animal skins. They used crude weapons such as Wolf Tooth Club and thick clubs. Although their equipment was inferior to that of the Ancient Soldier, their physiques were significantly larger. In a one-on-one situation, they could barely suppress fully armed Ancient Soldier, but they could not withstand two of them.

A level above these grunts are Elite Monster over three meters tall. They are not only larger, but also have a tail, wear rusty Metal Armor, and wield more sophisticated weapons, such as giant axes and greatswords. However, these weapons are crudely made and rely mainly on their weight to strike and injure enemies.

These Elite Monster are significantly stronger than regular soldiers, often requiring a squad of Ancient Soldier to barely defeat them; they are extremely troublesome monsters!

Even stronger than the Elite Monster are the Giant monsters that are nearly five meters tall. Not only are they tall and strong, but they also have tails and their bodies are covered with hard scales. Although they are not armored, the scales are just as defensive as metal. They do not affect their agility and can cover them from all directions without any blind spots. The weapons they wield are also obviously more exquisitely crafted, and they are all custom-made to their own, making them very easy to use!

These monsters are virtually impossible for ordinary soldiers to fight; they would cut through the crowd like butter. Fortunately, however, these Giant monsters are also very few in number. So far, it is estimated that nearly a thousand monsters, including living people and corpses, have poured out of this Teleportation Gate, but only two Giant monsters can be seen.

Even the weakest of the grunts are monsters beyond human comprehension. In addition, the Ancient Soldier were scattered and it was difficult for them to form a line as they arrived one after another. Therefore, the battle was basically one-sided, and the monster tides that kept pouring out of the Teleportation Gate were completely out of control.

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Upon seeing this, Luo Jun placed his hand on the Skeleton Ring and activated the power-saving function of the Projection Ring!

The Projection Ring's energy reduction function passively reduces energy consumption by 10% when worn. Actively activating it temporarily increases the reduction to 50%! Combined with the Energy-Saving Bracelet's 20% passive energy reduction, energy usage will be reduced to 40% of the original amount, allowing you to summon an ordinary soldier in just over two breaths!

After activating the cost reduction, Luo Jun immediately activated the Ancestral Skeleton Headband, first summoning an Ancient Honor Guard. As soon as the giant crocodile appeared, it roared and activated war mode, charging towards the two Giant monsters in the crowd.

Then, two Jackal Guard, wielding their weapons, charged into the monster horde.

Finally, the main event arrived. Luo Jun instantly consumed over 60,000 Breath Vital Energy to summon 30,000 Ancient Soldier!

This wasn't like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather; the 30,000 soldiers who arrived one after another were already lined up and charged towards the monster horde. The overwhelming sense of pressure instantly pushed the battle line back!

Having done all that, Luo Jun didn't waste any time. He swung his hammer and flew towards the northern Teleportation Gate!

Once the Projection Ring's energy saving effect is activated, it lasts for a maximum of five minutes. There are four Teleportation Gate located in the four directions of the city, with the distance between any two adjacent portals being approximately twenty kilometers. To traverse all four portals, one would need to fly at least sixty kilometers. With the hammer's increased weight and acceleration, traveling sixty kilometers in five minutes is not difficult. However, if one needs to slow down and stop halfway to summon soldiers, one must act quickly.

In the end, Luo Jun rushed all the way and managed to deploy tens of thousands of troops in front of each Teleportation Gate before the effect wore off, blocking the endless stream of extradimensional troops.

Finally, Luo Jun returned to the intersection in the center of the city, Aishiliya and Chu Xin were still watching over Liu Weiyou.

Luo Jun arrived at the center of the intersection, in front of the enormous Teleportation Gate. Listening to the restless sounds inside, he instructed, "Aishiliya, monitor the situation of these Teleportation Gate for me."

"Yes, sir." Aishiliya closed her eyes briefly, then replied after a moment, "The army has wiped out the monsters that had fled and is now blocking several Teleportation Gate... Hmm? Zhuge Lan has arrived at the northern Teleportation Gate!"

Zhuge Lan? That's fast.

Luo Jun couldn't help but admire her. It was about sixteen or seventeen kilometers from the North Gate, and she had arrived in less than ten minutes. Even if she had the Flash Ability, she couldn't use it indefinitely. Most of the journey was still on foot. The fact that she could arrive so quickly showed that she was quite capable.

"With her joining the battle, our chances of success are even greater." Luo Jun nodded.

Subsequently, Wan Zisheng, Ling Xin, and Chen Fei also arrived at the designated location and joined the fight against the monster.

Tens of thousands of soldiers lined up to block the gate. Ordinary monsters and Elite Monster were basically killed as soon as they showed their faces. Only the occasional Giant monster could break through the blockade. At this time, it was the contestants' turn to take action. With their powerful abilities, they nipped these monsters in the bud at the gate.

This state lasted for about an hour. Finally, the frequency of monster spawns from the four Teleportation Gate began to decrease and eventually dried up. All the monsters were killed, and the Teleportation Gate closed, turning into a ball of energy that flew into the sky.

After listening to Aishiliya's report, Luo Jun roughly calculated that in such a long time, tens of thousands of monsters must have emerged from each Teleportation Gate. Under normal circumstances, by this point in the mission, both sides would have very few people left. If it weren't for the soldiers summoned by the Skeleton Ring, the remaining contestants would definitely not be able to defend the four Teleportation Gate. Even if they weren't killed by the monsters that emerged, they would eventually be eliminated after losing all their points.

From this perspective, the difficulty of this Seventh Stage is indeed incomparable to the first six stages. Luo Jun even felt that this was a hidden mechanism used to forcibly end the mission.

If by this point the two sides have not yet determined a winner, then the Seventh Stage, the Source of Calamity, will unleash a massacre in the city, causing everyone's scores to plummet until all of one side's players are eliminated, at which point the other side will have completed their mission.

To some extent, this safety net mechanism prevents the awkward situation where both sides are locked in a stalemate until the very last moment, with neither able to defeat the other, resulting in no winner. If this quest really had a designer, he probably never imagined that someone would actually be able to completely defend all four doors and withstand the relentless onslaught of monsters for a full hour.

Of course, simply guarding the Teleportation Gate doesn't mean the Seventh Stage of the Source of Calamity is over.

Looking at the enormous Teleportation Gate before him, Luo Jun Luo Jun sensed that the seal on this behemoth located in the center of the city had loosened just as Aishiliya had reported that the four Teleportation Gate had closed!

Soon, four bursts of energy flew in from four directions and slammed into the Teleportation Gate. Each burst of energy weakened the seal on the Teleportation Gate by a fraction. Once all four bursts had landed, an ancient roar echoed from within the portal.

Then, a large purple hand reached out and grabbed the edge of the Teleportation Gate!

"It's coming!" Luo Jun frowned and turned back to warn, "You guys stay away, the farther the better, you're more likely to get caught in the crossfire!"

Aishiliya did as she was told, grabbing Liu Weiyou and leaving quickly. Chu Xin was stunned for a moment, then hurried after her.

Seeing that the two had run far away, Luo Jun picked up his Myriad Jun Hammer, turned around and looked at the huge monster that had half its body sticking out of the Teleportation Gate, and swung the hammer and charged at it!

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the monster's enormous head had just poked out when Luo Jun struck it on the forehead with a hammer. The immense force caused it to involuntarily lean back and retreat back into the doorway!

Luo Jun, however, was not giving up. He swung his hammer and accelerated, chasing after them!

(End of this chapter)