Chapter 387 - 266: [Mission 4]: Rekindling a Past Fate; Devouring the Embryonic Divine Realm and Divine Kingdom
Chapter 387: Chapter 266: [Mission 4]: Rekindling a Past Fate; Devouring the Embryonic Divine Realm and Divine Kingdom
Note: For this assessment mission, candidates may choose to enter in person. The maximum mission duration is three months in the mission world.
Note: This mission is extremely difficult. There is a high probability that all of your Heroic Clans will perish, and a high probability that the candidate will be killed. Please consider your choice carefully!
Mission Reward: One Unrivaled Quality Divine Domain Card of your choice and 2,000 Points.
Faced with the final internal team assessment,
Zhang Yi didn’t even glance at [Mission One] and [Mission Two], skipping directly to [Mission Three] and [Mission Four].
And as he read,
his expression grew solemn.
[Mission Three] and [Mission Four] actually allowed candidates to enter in person.
This was an extremely rare occurrence!
It hadn’t happened in the two previous Yanhuang Federation assessments, nor in the provincial exam!
But this time, it did!
One could only imagine the difficulty of these two missions.
The choice between [Mission Three] and [Mission Four] put Zhang Yi in a difficult position.
[Mission Three], a Divine Kingdom conquest,
required one to join an existing Pantheon or create a new one and kill other High-Transformation Demigods.
This was no simple matter.
Although Zhang Yi didn’t have detailed intelligence on [Mission Three],
a High Magic Plane capable of birthing seven High-Transformation Demigods must have an absolutely extraordinary foundation.
Zhang Yi had two theories about this.
His first theory was that this High Magic Plane wasn’t actually a High Magic Plane at all,
but a downgraded True God Plane—one that was once capable of producing Weak Divine Beings.
It had been forced to downgrade for some reason.
If that were the case,
the seven strongest High-Transformation Demigods who survived would likely possess the legacy of a True God.
Even if they didn’t,
it was still possible that things capable of threatening a Weak Divine Being existed there.
Under these circumstances, the difficulty would be off the charts, so it was no surprise that candidates were allowed to enter in person.
The other possibility was that it was indeed a High Magic Plane, but one with an incredibly powerful planar origin,
capable of nurturing seven High-Transformation Demigods simultaneously.
But this scenario was no better than the first;
it was just as tricky.
After all, no matter how you looked at it, the seven High-Transformation Demigods in this High Magic Plane had been managing their Divine Kingdoms for a long time. They were deeply rooted, had fought each other for a century without any of them dying, and were definitely not easy to deal with.
Compared to [Mission Four], its only advantage was perhaps that the risk was manageable.
Even though the mission was difficult, a candidate could enter in person and leverage the element of surprise.
Relying on the legacies of the Blue Star Federation,
it wasn’t impossible for a cautious candidate to assassinate one of the native Demigods and retreat unscathed.
After all, the minimum requirement was just to kill one High-Transformation Demigod.
As for [Mission Four], "Unfinished Business," it had both pros and cons for Zhang Yi.
First, the cons.
According to the memories Zhang Yi had extracted from the souls of the Vampire Count and Vampire Viscount, there were eleven other members of the Vampire Clan with the same level of power as a Vampire Count on that Large Dark Plane.
Three of them were veteran members of the Vampire Clan, equal in strength to Count Yin Hai the Vampire.
The other eight were newly promoted Vampire Counts.
Their power was also at the Ninth Level,
but they had only been promoted recently. They had advanced by reaping benefits from invading a Small Magic Plane, so their foundations were relatively shallow.
If it were just these Vampire Counts, Zhang Yi was confident he could hold them off.
’After all, I have quite a few Heroic Clans with Ninth Level Power in my Divine Realm!’
For the Natural Elves, there was Elf Legion Commander Feiyana and Elf High Priest Shamiel.
For the Blood Elves, there was Blood Elf Leader Eric and Blood Elf Mage Ai Weiya.
For the Fire Elves, there was Mage Captain Joy Pala.
For the Shadow Elves, there was the Assassin Hassan.
For the Wind Elves, there was Elf Griffin Cavalry Corps Commander William.
In addition, he had Elf Mage Corps that could be split into at least four teams, each capable of casting a Forbidden Curse Spell through Combined Spellcasting.
And there was also Dwarf Leader Copperbeard Ironhammer, plus two Heroic Spirits with Ninth Level Power from the Hall of Heroic Spirits!
"Oh?!"
Zhang Yi hadn’t realized until he did the math, and the result was a shock!
’Have I really accumulated so many offensive, Ninth Level Power Heroic Clans in my Divine Realm?’
Zhang Yi had originally thought that if he chose [Mission Four],
the process would be incredibly difficult.
’I thought I’d be weaker than the enemy in terms of top-tier combat power.’
But by his calculations, he had a full ten combat-oriented Heroic Clan members in his Divine Realm.
After the death of Count Yin Hai the Vampire, the enemy only had eleven left.
If he added the standard Mage Corps from his Divine Realm,
each composed of one thousand Elf Mages performing Combined Spellcasting, then his four Elf Mage Corps could easily match four of the newly promoted Ninth Level Heroic Clans on the other side!
’My top-tier combat power might even be stronger than theirs!’
Even if the enemy managed to promote new Vampire Counts,
their numbers wouldn’t increase too much in a short period of time.
’With all that considered, all I need is a way to deal with Vampire Ancestor Cain!’
And on that point...
Zhang Yi had just been promoted to an Eighth Transformation Demigod, and his Divine Realm had expanded once again.
Elf High Priest Shamiel, who had gained considerable benefits from witnessing this expansion, now had a wider channel of faith connecting her to the God of Nature.
It could now accommodate even more Divine Power from the God of Nature at once.
Combined with Elf High Priest Shamiel’s current Ninth Level Peak power, her Faith Talent—Holy Body—and her Upper Class Growing Semi-Divine Artifact—the Spear of Judgment,
Zhang Yi felt that,
even if his opponent was a Ninth Transformation Demigod,
Shamiel could fight him to a standstill without Zhang Yi having to personally intervene.
If he employed the same method he once used to kill the Elf God,
he could have Elf High Priest Shamiel wield her Upper Class Semi-Divine Artifact to hold off Vampire Ancestor Cain.
Then, once the battles involving his other Heroic Clans were over,
he could have them all surround and attack Vampire Ancestor Cain. Victory wouldn’t be impossible!
As for the pros...
there were even more of them!
Whether it was the mission rewards themselves,
or the part mentioned in the introduction where Zhang Yi could, with the instructor’s assistance, obtain and devour the enemy’s complete Divine Realm prototype and Divine Kingdom after eradicating over 90% of their combat-capable Vampire Clan,
these were all tremendous benefits!
It was important to note that if Zhang Yi killed Vampire Ancestor Cain,
the Divine Realm prototype and Divine Kingdom that Cain had personally built would collapse.
In that scenario, Zhang Yi would only be able to harvest a fragmented Divine Realm prototype and a ruined Divine Kingdom.
But if he didn’t kill Vampire Ancestor Cain,
Cain could just stay within his Divine Kingdom prototype
and receive its buffs.
However, with that line in the mission description,
Zhang Yi just had to find a way to lure or force the Vampire Ancestor out of his Divine Kingdom.
Then, after killing him,
with the instructor’s help,
Zhang Yi could devour his complete Divine Realm and Divine Kingdom!
To this day, Zhang Yi had never devoured a Divine Realm belonging to a Divine Being!
Furthermore, because Zhang Yi’s power had increased so rapidly,
his Upper Class Semi-Divine Artifact, the [Natural Divine Kingdom],
had yet to devour a single Divine Kingdom or its corresponding structures.
As a result, the artifact’s special ability—which allowed it to gain an effect from a devoured structure or Divine Kingdom each time it leveled up—had never been used!
This was an effect Zhang Yi had been looking forward to for a long time!
If Zhang Yi could complete [Mission Four] and conquer the Large Dark Plane where Vampire Ancestor Cain resided,
then,
besides Vampire Ancestor Cain’s own Divine Position, which could be claimed as a spoil of war,
his Divine Realm and Divine Kingdom
could also be claimed as spoils of war!
This would undoubtedly grant Zhang Yi the greatest possible boost in power after the second round of assessments ended!
Comparing the potential rewards and risks of [Mission Three] and [Mission Four],
Zhang Yi made his decision. He would choose [Mission Four]!