"I Will Destroy Liyue Harbor at Any Cost!"

[Excellent Rating: Chen Fan]

[Although he participated in the above, his actions did not align with the spirit of unity required for a group online mission. Rating lowered by one tier.]

[Reward issued: Martial Soul quality increased, upgraded from "Impermanence Chain" to "Impermanence Netherworld Chain"!]

[Pass Rating: Sea Turtle Douluo]

[Although he participated in the above, he did not safely survive for three days and three nights (he was injured for over two days and two nights), and can only be considered to have passed.]

[Reward issued: Soul Power Level increased by three levels.]

[The above are personal rewards for completing the mission. In addition, members of their respective factions (that is, all non-participants in the Spirit Hall Empire, Star Luo Empire,

Star Dou Great Forest factions) shall receive faction rewards: Soul Power Level increased by one level, and all Spirit Masters shall receive a five-thousand-year External Soul Bone!]

[Mission failure factions: Heaven Dou Empire, Frozen Forest]

[Failure penalty: All members of the faction shall have their Soul Power Level reduced by ten levels, and the age of all Spirit Rings reduced by ten thousand years.]

As the Teleportation Gate's majestic voice fell silent, figures emerged from it one after another.

Star Dou Great Forest, restricted zone.

Chen Fan and Bi Ji stepped out. Neither of them had changed much, but Xiong Jun looked rather disheveled. He even seemed to be injured, his body covered in dirt.

"Xiong Jun, what happened to you?"

Seeing this, Zi Ji could not help asking curiously.

"Don't even mention it!"

Xiong Jun sounded irritated as he rumbled, "The moment I went in, I saw a rock—one that looked like a cube—trying to beat me up."

"I was furious, so I fought it for three days and three nights!"

"That damn rock wasn't very strong, but it was unbelievably annoying!"

Xiong Jun raised his claws, which were covered in mud and stones. "I smashed that stupid rock to pieces, but it kept putting itself back together."

"I smashed it for three days and three nights and got nothing!"

"I'm pissed to death!"

Chen Fan, "?"

A stupid rock?

Trying to beat him up?

Could Xiong Jun have run into the Geo Hypostasis?

"But Xiong Jun actually fought the Geo Hypostasis for three days and three nights?"

Chen Fan stroked his chin. "He must have fought in his true form, but that just shows how powerful this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear really is—damn impressive!"

The Geo Hypostasis, an advanced Geo elemental lifeform codenamed "Gimel," was itself an ultra-condensed construct with immense mass. The layer of rock crystal around it was also incredibly durable.

Yet Xiong Jun had actually smashed it apart.

"Why wasn't your rating the highest tier?"

Bi Ji's hesitant voice pulled Chen Fan back to his senses, and he asked in confusion.

"Maybe because I killed fellow participants."

Chen Fan answered casually.

A group online mission was supposed to involve everyone working together, like an expert guiding newcomers.

But when it came to Chen Fan,

it had turned into an expert tricking the newcomers into throwing away their lives and getting instantly killed.

It was detrimental to unity, so his rating had been lowered slightly.

"The Lord wishes to see you."

At that moment, Di Tian spoke expressionlessly.

"Fine."

Chen Fan took out the silver scale. Shimmering like moonlight, it made his entire body vanish from the spot.

In comparison,

the Heaven Dou Empire's side had fallen silent.

Because—

the three people emerging from the Teleportation Gate were truly a sorry sight.

First was Yu Xiaogang.

He was dressed in tattered prison clothes and looked like a beggar.

Then there was Flender. One lens of his black-framed glasses was cracked, a prominent black eye marked his face, and his clothes were as ragged as strips of cloth.

Of course,

the one most unbearable to look at was Liu Erlong!

Her clothes were charred black, exposing large patches of reddened skin. Even some of her private areas were exposed.

"You—"

Heaven Dou's Emperor Xue Beng had originally intended to reprimand them, but upon seeing them like this, he pursed his lips and could not force out a single word.

Tang Xiao, on the other hand, showed no restraint as he coldly shouted, "I sent you in to clear the trial. How did you end up looking like you were surviving in the wilderness?"

"Now we've lost the Heaven Dou Empire's Title Douluo. How are we supposed to fight them in the upcoming trials?"

After Yu Xiaogang and the other two failed this time, every member of the Heaven Dou Empire faction had their Soul Power Level reduced by ten levels.

Of course,

Tang San was the Sea God. There was no longer any Soul Power in his body, only divine power, so he was not affected.

Furthermore, even Tang Xiao, a peak Rank 97 Title Douluo, had now fallen to peak Rank 87.

For a Title Douluo like him, once his level had fallen, he could no longer use his ninth soul skill.

"I don't know why it turned out like this either—"

Hearing Tang Xiao's reprimand, Yu Xiaogang cried out in grievance. But his speech was so slurred that no one could understand what he was saying.

Yu Xiaogang's situation was actually rather funny.

He fancied himself a master theoretician, so he went to Liyue Harbor to promote his theories. He spoke eloquently and even managed to fool a few people.

In the end, because of his strange behavior and unusual attire, the Millelith arrested him outright.

Although the Millelith did not have Visions, there were many of them. Besides, Yu Xiaogang might have been a Rank 59 Soul King, but his Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, was utterly useless apart from making people feel disgusted.

After being arrested, he still would not shut up and kept rambling nonsense. The Millelith finally lost patience and punched him straight in the face, only stopping after they had beaten him silent—

Seeing the strange looks from everyone around him and recalling how he had sounded just now, Yu Xiaogang's face darkened with anger. He silently swore in his heart, This damned Liyue Harbor!

I will destroy Liyue Harbor at any cost!

The Frozen Forest was equally silent—

"Explain. What happened?"

The Snow Empress stared expressionlessly at the trembling A-Tai, Xiao Bai, and Xiao Bing before her.

The Ice Empress beside her was also coldly staring at the three of them.

The punishment for mission failure stated that the entire faction's Soul Power Level would drop by ten levels and the age of all Spirit Rings would be reduced by ten thousand years.

Fortunately,

there were no Spirit Masters in the Frozen Forest.

Ferocious beasts measured their strength by years of cultivation, not Soul Power Level, so this punishment could basically be considered ineffective.

Yet they were still furious.

Because—

from beginning to end, the Snow Empress and Ice Empress had discovered that these three were not doing what they were supposed to do!

"I—I got teased by a water bird and couldn't take it, so—"

A-Tai scratched his head foolishly and looked pitifully at the Snow Empress. "I—I just got carried away for a moment."

"The moment I crawled out, I saw something that looked like both a dragon and a lizard, covered all over in dirt."

Xiao Bai said cautiously, "A-and there was nowhere to run, so I—I had no choice but to fight it."

"Um—I actually got lost."

After seeing his two companions explain themselves, Xiao Bing held it in for a long while before finally squeezing out a sentence.

That one sentence instantly left every soul beast present speechless.

What a fine excuse—he got lost!