The Den of Evil

After much deliberation, Xiao Yu finally gritted his teeth and stamped his foot. He didn't care anymore; even if they were gods, he was going to defy the heavens! He was determined to be Blasphemers today! His resolute gaze fixed on the dark sky as he uttered the terrifying incantation of Words of Blasphemy—

Well, it's not that exaggerated at all. Xiao Yu's goal was to slaughter all the gods, and he was using a level 3 alt account, so he didn't hesitate at all. After just a little consideration, Xiao Yu decided to take the job.

He recited the incantation as described.

System notification: You have used the skill [Words of Blasphemy]. You have been rejected by the gods. You have received the title of Blasphemers and the corresponding class level. Your current level is level one.

Xiao Yu checked the attributes and found that the level column had changed.

Level: 3 Skeleton Swordsman / 1 Blasphemers.

This is where the part-time system comes into play. In the World of the Gods, players can take on part-time jobs. Different professions offer different upgrade rewards, and experience points accumulate according to the level cap.

For example, Xiao Yu now has a level 3 Skeleton Swordsman and a level 1 Blasphemers, so his experience points are calculated as if he were a level 4 character.

In addition, once a part-time job is obtained, the experience points gained will not directly level up the player; instead, the player will have to allocate the experience points to level up specific professions.

Compared to the Skeleton Swordsman, Xiao Yu would naturally prioritize leveling up the Blasphemers.

Blasphemers are magic-based classes, so they have spell slots, but unfortunately, they only have one at the moment.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yu used the skill [Divine Power Drawing].

Skill Name: Divine Power Drawing

Skill Description: Draw upon the Power of Faith in the gods to gain Priest rank equal to your Blasphemers level. You can use general divine spells permitted at your level. Limited to once per day.

As he finished chanting the incantation, a whole bunch of information suddenly appeared in his mind, all of it being the content of a level one general divine spell.

Curse Spell: Curse a target, causing their luck to decrease for a period of time.

Bless: Bless a target, improving their luck for a period of time.

Fear: Inflicts fear on a target. If the target fails a Will check, they flee for 30 seconds; otherwise, they are weakened for 5 seconds.

Inspire: They fill a person's mind with courage, and their strength is slightly boosted.

Command: Issue a simple command to a target, and if the target's will fails to respond, it will obey.

Cure Light Wounds: Heals one unit of health.

Let the Dead Return to Death: Returns an Undead creature to its dead state. Only effective against undead Undead whose strength is lower than your level.

Darkness Barrier: Creates a Darkness Domain with a radius of 20 yards, which greatly restricts the line of sight of enemy units entering this area.

Fate Insight: Set a goal and use divine power to discern the direction in which the goal lies.

Summon Spirit Creature I: Summons a level 1 spirit creature to assist you.

Summon Celestial Realm Creature I: Summons a level 1 Celestial Realm creature to assist you.

Lesser Divine Favor: Pray to the gods for a blessing, randomly obtaining the item you currently need. This item can last for 24 hours.

Lesser Divine Favor: Pray to the gods for protection; their power will surround you and protect you.

Lesser Divine Power: Pray to the gods for power; the gods' power will bless you, granting you even greater strength.

Lesser Divine Punishment: Pray to the gods for assistance in punishing those enemies who dare to oppose you.

Detect Evil: Detect evil creatures in the vicinity and bring them into your field of vision.

Detect Good: Detect good creatures in the vicinity and bring them into your field of vision.

These are all first-level divine spells of the general-purpose system.

However, Xiao Yu only has one spell slot, which means that no matter what kind of divine spell he uses, he can only use it once, and then it's gone. He's basically fighting one-on-one.

However, having divine magic is better than having none. Even if there is only one spell slot and one spell can only be used, it can still play a huge role if used properly. For example, if he uses the skill "Let the Dead Return to Death", Xiao Yu can now basically kill any Undead creature of the same level instantly. That is the power of magic.

Now that Xiao Yu has basically solved the problem of existence and non-existence, the next issue to address is quality and quantity.

The simplest way to gain more spell slots is naturally to increase Xiao Yu's Blasphemers level.

In theory, you can gain an extra spell slot by leveling up once, and every two levels you level up grants you access to a higher-level general divine spell.

A level 3 Blasphemers can use level 2 divine spells, a level 5 Blasphemers can use level 3 divine spells, and so on. A level 19 Blasphemers can use level 10 divine spells.

The second method is to obtain equipment that adds spell slots.

As for the last method, it is naturally to find that altar. You should know that he can only Divine Power Drawing now, but he does not know how to Divine Power Theft or Divine Power Seizure. Generally speaking, general divine spells are not as powerful as domain divine spells. Even with the threat of divine punishment, he must learn them.

Xiao Yu guessed that this memory could probably only be accessed by the Faithless, that is, those who had no affiliation with any deity, so it was probably only the Faithless would have the opportunity to find this altar.

Shouldn't I go and look for it myself?

Xiao Yu took out a map and examined it. Based on the place names that appeared in Victor's memories and his memories of the surrounding environment, Xiao Yu gradually pieced together the clues.

Soon, a place name came into his view.

Mist Wilderness.

The Mist Wilderness is an area on the other side of the Black Mountains next to the Death Wilderness, shrouded in mist year-round.

Legend has it that evil and terrifying creatures lurk in the mists there, devouring the lives of all living beings.

--Of course, this is just the official explanation. In the players' terms, it would be a higher-level adventure area.

But now that I'm already a monster, it seems I don't need to be afraid of any monsters in the mist.

However, before setting off, Xiao Yu felt it would be better to reach at least level six before making a move. The Mist Wilderness was an intermediate-level area. Although the monsters there probably wouldn't attack him, the adventurers there were a different story. Going there without being at least level five or six would most likely be suicide.

Thinking about this, he subconsciously wanted to continue looking for people to run dungeons with, but after checking the time, he decided to go to sleep first.

He's a celebrity now, worth millions, so there's no need for him to work as hard as he used to.

Even though the game pod has a life support system, he decided to try to maintain a regular sleep schedule.

After telling Chenghong Moli to log out of the game, Xiao Yu fell asleep.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Xiao Yu logged into the game early. He had already added his teammates from the first team as friends, and when he checked, he found that most of them were already online.

Of course, what made him happiest was that the Sword of the Fallen Angel was also there. Although this guy was a master of the closed beta and his strength was still far inferior to his own, he was still much more useful than those newbies.

"Hey, what are you all doing? Anyone want to run a dungeon together?" Xiao Yu sent a group message.

As soon as he spoke, the chat channel immediately became lively, with many people taking the initiative to greet him. It seemed that Xiao Yu's command yesterday had clearly left a deep impression on everyone. As gamers know, to succeed in a game, you either need to be a gaming expert or follow a gaming expert.

Xiao Yu was clearly among them.

"Absolutely, Captain. Just tell me, I'm at your service anytime."

"Which dungeon are we going to run this time?" Chenghong Moli asked.

There are four dungeons in the Death Wilderness area. Besides the Poli Village dungeon that we've already cleared this week, there are three more dungeons.

The Great Graveyard dungeon is a high-difficulty dungeon with a maximum player limit of 100, so Xiao Yu decided to skip it for now.

That leaves only two dungeons to choose from: Kaolin Camp and Den of Evil.

"Let's go to the Den of Evil instance," Xiao Yu said.

"Okay, it's settled then. Let's call for more people later." Sword of the Fallen Angel seemed eager to join the dungeon and offered to help call for more people.

As soon as a few people shouted in the Great Graveyard, people immediately started to move in.

Because of yesterday's successful command, those who had previously been in the team were very eager to join.

Aside from two people leveling up in the wild, there were a total of six people in the group. In addition, there were some who were interested in Xiao Yu after hearing about yesterday's events, as well as some who were just there to make up the numbers. This kind of normal difficulty dungeon has much higher requirements than the beginner difficulty dungeon, so Xiao Yu's level requirement was also raised to level three.

However, after a day of leveling up, many players had reached level three, and some leveling Madman even stayed up all night to level up and had already reached level four. So, in no time, the group of 20 people was full.

King's Return: Level 3 Skeleton Swordsman / Level 1 Blasphemers.

Sword of the Fallen Angel: Level 4 Skeleton Mage.

Sweet and Sour Ribs: Level 4 Skeleton Warrior.

Red-Braised Ribs: Level 4 Skeleton Warrior.

Spartacus: Level 3 Skeleton Warrior.

Little Black: Level 4 Skeleton Archer.

Wife Is Unhappy: Level 3 Skeleton Archer.

Voldemort: Level 3 Mummy.

Twilight Hunk: Level 3 Zombie / Level 1 Blood Slave.

Big Water Cunt: Level 3 Zombie.

Crazy Ivan: Level 3 Zombie.

Biochemical Peerless: Level 3 Zombies.

Wang Jiangchen: Level 4 Zombie.

Black Impermanence: Level 3 Zombie.

White Impermanence: Level 3 demon spirit.

Alice: Level 3 Fairy Spirit.

Chenghong Moli: Level 3 Evil Spirit.

Miss Sadako: Level 3 Demon.

Guiying Wuzong: Level 4 Ghostly Assassin.

You Can't See Me: Level 3 shadow.

These twenty people are significantly stronger than yesterday's team, with several level four players among them. It seems everyone is very enthusiastic about leveling up; quite a few people have clearly stayed up all night to level up.

There was even someone else who had a part-time job like him— the Twilight Hunk. However, this guy's part-time job was as a blood slave. Just by hearing that, you could tell it was a prerequisite job for becoming a vampire, which was much less prestigious than his Blasphemers job.

Xiao Yu silently assessed the group, paying particular attention to the level four players. "Alright everyone, welcome to the team. Next, we'll be tackling the Den of Evil dungeon. Do you have any questions? If not, we'll begin."

"Hurry up and go in, captain. We're all waiting to level up," someone in the team urged.

OK, Xiao Yu said, and directly chose to enter the dungeon.

After a flash of white light, a group of Undead appeared deep inside a very dark cave.

Before them stood a gigantic zombie engulfed in flames— the Corpsefire.

This guy should be the final boss of the Den of Evil, at least in the eyes of the adventurers. Of course, in the eyes of Xiao Yu and the Undead, this guy is the NPC they are supposed to protect on this mission.

Xiao Yu had already learned that, generally speaking, the dungeons in the Death Wilderness are open to both adventurers and monster players, but the ways to clear the dungeon are completely different for each group.

For example, in the Poli Village instance, if adventurers enter, they will likely have to protect Poli Village from the slaughter of the Undead army.

Those blacksmiths, Priest, militia captains, and the like became story NPCs, providing a small amount of combat power, but mainly responsible for issuing quests and completing story missions. Meanwhile, Undead like Isaac naturally became bosses.

However, if a monster player enters the Poli Village dungeon, the story NPCs suddenly transform into powerful bosses, while the Undead Isaac becomes a quest NPC.

The Den of Evil dungeon is the same; for adventurers, it's just a regular dungeon with four bosses, the final boss being the Zombie King Corpsefire. You just need to defeat them one by one.

However, for Xiao Yu and the others, the rules of the dungeon were completely different.

"Gentlemen, welcome to the Den of Evil. This is Lord Andrew's forward base in the Death Wilderness. From here, we will launch our attack on the surrounding human settlements. Now, I will outline your action plan."

It sounded like the Corpsefire was assigning tasks to everyone, but at that moment, a shadow suddenly drifted into the large cave.

"It's terrible, Lord Corpsefire! A group of adventurers has broken in!" the shadow said.

"What! Such a thing actually happened? Damn it, these adventurers really don't give us any peace of mind." The Corpsefire, flames erupting from its body.

"But don't worry, the Den of Evil is guarded by countless powerful Undead, these adventurers will surely not return, but the zombie army guarding the cave entrance is definitely not something they can fight against."

Just then, another shadow drifted in, "It's terrible, Lord Corpsefire! The entire zombie army outside has been wiped out by those adventurers, and they're about to storm the Hall of Blood!"

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this; the slap in the face had come far too quickly.