First Steps into the Twilight Forest, Evil God! Million-Year Naga (Please Bookmark)

"What is this?"

Back in the Minecraft save, Tianmeng looked at the strange object in Xia Liang's hand—a ring of grass blocks with a purple doorway inside. Could it be a portal to another world?

"Your next workplace."

Looking at the miniature Twilight Forest portal in his hand, Xia Liang answered. After all, there were still plenty of diamonds underground in the Twilight Forest.

Tianmeng: "..."

Why did his liver hurt so much?

"Coordinates for a new world?"

Electrolux walked over and saw the miniature portal in Xia Liang's hand, sensing a connection through space.

"Yeah, a world called the Twilight Forest. There are quite a few powerful monsters there."

Xia Liang nodded. The Twilight Forest bosses were quite strong, and since this Twilight Forest mod had been sitting in Douluo Continent's origin for so long, it might have already mutated.

"Want to go in and take a look?"

Tianmeng spoke up. A new world?

He was very interested as well. Ice Empress had only arrived recently, but her eyes were also filled with curiosity about this new world.

"Is it dangerous?"

Huo Yuhao was standing nearby too. He remembered Xia Liang mentioning powerful monsters earlier. Would it be too dangerous? After all, none of them were at their peak right now. If Xia Liang was the only one fighting, would he be all right?

"No. We won't die."

Xia Liang could sense that this was still within Minecraft's boundaries. Beds still worked here, so they definitely would not die.

"Then let's go in and take a look. I'm curious about what powerful monsters might be inside too."

Next, Xia Liang prepared some materials: glowstone dust and blaze powder, for crafting a Magic Map Focus.

"Put on your equipment. Oh, right—my authority over keeping inventory after death won't work over there, so be careful yourselves."

He handed everyone a set of Netherite equipment.

"Bingbing, do I look handsome?"

Wearing a full Netherite set for the first time, Tianmeng showed off in front of Ice Empress. She merely rolled her eyes at him. "Don't die, or I'll have to pick up your equipment for you."

"How could that happen? Watch me draw my bow and shoot down an eagle!"

Tianmeng held Xia Liang's fully enchanted Infinity Bow. He would just shoot arrows from the back later; there was no way he could die.

"Hmph."

Nearby, Xia Liang had already set up the portal. The instant he placed it down, several options appeared before his eyes.

Select Difficulty: [Easy] [Normal] [Hard] [Suffering] [Evil God]

There was actually no Hardcore mode? Still, Suffering and Evil God seemed to be modes that did not exist either. Forget it—Xia Liang was not a masochist.

"Evil God? Does that mean god-tier?"

When Xia Liang told everyone about it, Ice Empress was startled. Evil God—there was the word "god" in it. Could it mean god-tier?

"I don't know, but we can choose Evil God for this dimension. Xia Liang's strength here completely surpasses the god tier, so we can test how strong the most powerful monster over there is."

Electrolux spoke. Here, Xia Liang was practically invincible. They could absolutely try out the strongest monster in Evil God difficulty.

"Mm."

Xia Liang agreed as well.

[Selected: Evil God]

After selecting the difficulty, a Twilight Forest portal containing an immense aura appeared before them.

"It feels so dangerous..."

Tianmeng was startled by that aura at first. Watching Xia Liang and the others continuously jump in ahead of him, he could not help but feel worried.

"Coward."

Ice Empress rolled her eyes at Tianmeng, then put on her equipment and jumped in.

"Wait for me, Bingbing!"

Seeing Ice Empress jump in, Tianmeng hurried after her.

"This world has incredibly strong life energy. I can sense a familiar aura over there."

It was always night in the Twilight Forest. Countless white specks of light illuminated the sky, but visibility remained low.

However, this darkness was nothing to them.

Electrolux looked at a tall tower in the distance. He sensed the aura of the undead there, and it was extremely pure.

"It really suits Elder Yi's attributes. That's a Lich Tower. The boss is a Lich with three forms, and it won't be easy to fight."

Xia Liang looked toward the distant Lich Tower. Fighting there would be troublesome. It had an invincible shield, then ranged attacks, and finally high-damage melee combat. There were quite a few mechanics, so it would not be easy to deal with.

Coo, coo.

Several black shadows charged toward them from ahead. They had initially thought they were monsters, only to discover they were just a few wild boars. Yet the aura coming from those boars shocked them.

"Even wild boars have a thousand years of cultivation?"

The group could easily deal with thousand-year soul beasts. Several deep-purple soul rings rose from the boars' bodies. Seeing the soul rings rise directly, Xia Liang could conclude that the Twilight Forest had already been assimilated by Douluo Continent's laws.

But if even ordinary wild boars were close to ten-thousand-year soul beasts, just how powerful were those bosses?

"Elder Yi, help me bring down those crows."

Xia Liang looked up at the several black shadows circling overhead. They let out hoarse cries from high above, flying loop after loop over the group.

A staff appeared in Electrolux's hand. With a light wave, the crows in the sky fell. Xia Liang swiftly and cleanly turned them into crow feathers and thousand-year soul rings.

Setting down a crafting table, Xia Liang expertly crafted the Magic Map.

Looking at the densely packed icons on the Magic Map, everyone felt that there seemed to be rather too many of them. Xia Liang felt the same.

"Are these all bosses?"

Tianmeng was startled when he saw them. So many leaders? How long would it take to defeat them all?

"It's fine. We can clear them slowly later."

Time was the thing Xia Liang lacked the least.

In the end, Xia Liang decided to go take a look at the Naga. It was a beginner boss, and its mechanics were easy enough to deal with.

"So this is the Naga Courtyard?"

Tianmeng stood before a massive, ruined stone wall and looked up at the half-collapsed circular structure before him. Dark green vines covered the walls, while cracks stretched from the base all the way to the top, as though something had burst outward from within.

The courtyard was deep and empty. Broken stone slabs paved the ground, and waist-high weeds grew through the cracks.

An indescribable aura seeped out from the depths of the courtyard and pressed down on Tianmeng's spiritual body, making his entire soul tremble involuntarily. It felt as though some colossal creature was lying in wait in the darkness, silently watching him.

He was a million-year soul beast, after all. Even if he had reached that level through eating, drinking, and having fun, he was still a genuine million-year soul beast! And he was even of the spiritual attribute.

Yet this place could make his soul tremble? That meant...

"A monster beyond all standards..."

Electrolux sighed. "It seems this is no longer something ordinary people like us can handle."

As expected, the monster Xia Liang called the Naga had to be god-tier. If Electrolux still had his original body, he might have been able to assist in battle. But now, he was merely a remnant soul and could not help much.

"It's fine. It's still under control."

Xia Liang flew toward the Naga Courtyard. The moment he approached, a massive explosion erupted within the courtyard.

"With an explosion like that, even my original body probably couldn't withstand it, right?"

Ice Empress watched the explosion in the courtyard. With that kind of power, even her original body as a four-hundred-thousand-year soul beast would suffer severe injuries. Was this the strength of a million-year soul beast?

"No. There's a power beyond all standards. It should be support from divine power."

Electrolux sensed a special force within the explosion, one that was on an entirely different level from mortal power.

"Divine power? Then will Brother Xia Liang be in danger?"

Huo Yuhao was a little worried. If it was god-tier, would Xia Liang be in danger?

"Don't worry. In this world, he's far stronger than the gods you imagine."

Electrolux was entirely at ease. Here, Xia Liang was no projection—he was a true ruler of the world.

After the explosion ended, an incomparably massive green serpent appeared in the sky, its crimson eyes staring fixedly at Xia Liang.

Boom—

Its enormous body was not sluggish at all. It charged at Xia Liang with astonishing speed.

"Still so dumb."

After a fierce battle, once the Naga vanished, a soul ring marked with ten golden patterns appeared before them. The already damaged Naga Courtyard became even more ruined.

"That was way too powerful..."

Huo Yuhao had just seen dozens of flaming meteors around Xia Liang. He felt that every single one contained enough power to directly destroy Shrek Academy.

"The rewards haven't changed."

He opened the reward chest.

[Naga Scales ×12, Naga Trophy ×1]

Tianmeng, Huo Yuhao, and Ice Empress went to study the million-year soul ring.

As for the scales of this million-year Naga...

"Elder Yi, take them and study them."

Xia Liang directly handed them to Electrolux for research. After all, the items crafted from Naga Scales were not as strong as the equipment Xia Liang was currently wearing.

But this Naga Trophy...

Following his instincts, Xia Liang crushed it directly. A stream of power entered his body.

This was... authority over the Twilight Forest?

There was very little of it—perhaps only one ten-millionth.

"So killing the bosses of this world can allow you to obtain a trace of authority over the Twilight Forest? But based on the amount you mentioned, even if you killed all the bosses in this world, it still wouldn't be enough."

Electrolux spoke. Judging by the number shown on the map, the marked bosses were nowhere near enough for Xia Liang to kill.

"Yeah. I can set up multiple portals. And since this was originally in Douluo Continent, I can even set them up in Douluo Continent. But if I do that, there won't be any chance to revive."

Xia Liang said that because the Twilight Forest mod had been placed within Douluo Continent's origin for so long, it had nearly been assimilated by Douluo Continent. Therefore, Xia Liang could set up portals in Douluo Continent. However, it did not seem particularly useful. He could not possibly let Huo Yuhao enter there for training, could he? Dying there meant truly dying.

"We can study it slowly later."

Then Electrolux walked forward and joined the trio observing the million-year soul ring.

"What have you figured out?"

"This million-year soul ring is much stronger than Tianmeng's."

Ice Empress answered without any mercy. Tianmeng had no way to refute her, but Huo Yuhao still spoke up for him.

"Brother Tianmeng isn't a combat type either. It's normal for him to be weaker."

"Wuwuwu, Little Yuhao, I didn't spoil you for nothing."

Tianmeng was immediately moved when Huo Yuhao spoke up for him. He really had not spoiled him for nothing!!!

"I'll store this away for now. We can discuss it after returning to Douluo Continent."

Electrolux said that this adventure had only been meant as a test. Now that the test was over, there was naturally no need to remain here.

"Store it away?"

Huo Yuhao looked at Electrolux in confusion. Normally, soul rings could only be absorbed on the spot or left to dissipate, right?

"I'm an expert in the study of souls."

Electrolux smiled. Then a special device appeared in his hand, engraved with hundreds of runes.

Using a ten-thousand-year soul bone as its main body, along with the power of Minecraft Netherite and several kinds of soul tool metals, it could collect soul rings. A million-year soul ring was indeed somewhat too large, but with Xia Liang's help, keeping this soul ring in Douluo Continent for several years of research would not be a problem.

"All right, let's go."

Once everyone had gathered their things, Xia Liang spoke. A thought suddenly occurred to him—if mods could appear in the world of Douluo Continent, then could other mods appear elsewhere too? For example...

Dragon Valley?