TL Note: I am changing Pig Wolong's name to Pig Bro Wolong
"Rumble—rumble—rumble!"
Along with thunderous roaring sounds, two hundred thousand perfectly ordered troops suddenly appeared!
Although they looked like soldiers of Ten Thousand Beast City,
Every single one of them was enveloped in a green aura, and their eyes glowed a dark green. Clearly, these soldiers had long since been corrupted by the Evil God's aura and had fallen into Evil God worshippers.
"So many enemies… such powerful auras!"
The ten-thousand-plus non-human warriors gripped their weapons tightly, each one facing the situation as if confronting a great enemy.
However, once the players opened their mouths, those non-human warriors were all stunned.
"Why are there only this many mobs?"
"Damn it, what kind of crap is the dog-planner pulling again? Ran out of budget?"
"Back during the Heavenly Dao Five Calamities, the scale was huge—why are there so few mobs here? This isn't even enough to farm!"
...
Almost simultaneously, all the players began complaining.
There were simply too few monsters.
On average, each player would only get about twenty mobs—wouldn't that all be cleared in just a few minutes?
"Beef Noodles!"
He Yiming casually waved his hand, and a storage ring landed in Beef Noodles' palm.
"Divine Artifact! Sumeru Ring! Its capacity is one hundred times that of the storage bracelet you previously held! And it can grow along with you—the space will gradually expand! Perhaps one day, it may grow into an independent small world!"
He Yiming said calmly.
"Oh yeah! I've been waiting for this!"
Beef Noodles was instantly overjoyed!
"Divine Artifact! Five-Element Treasure Armor! Forged using the Five-Element Sacred Stones you brought back, with Nether Prison Dark Iron as the main material! It possesses extremely powerful defensive strength, and when it takes massive damage, it can even activate a Five-Element Sword Formation for protection!"
He Yiming said indifferently.
Immediately afterward, Five-Element armor shimmered with light and descended before Beef Noodles.
"Hahahaha! This feels great!"
Beef Noodles happily accepted the armor and skillfully put it on.
"Damn, Brother Noodles is way too sneaky!"
"he~tui~ Despicable Brother Noodles!"
"I'm not jealous at all, okay? Just two Divine Artifacts… ahhhh! I'm crying..."
...
The other players looked at Beef Noodles, expressing contempt on one hand while crying tears of envy on the other.
"The Divine Artifacts Beef Noodles chose may look ordinary, but they're extremely practical! Their cost-performance is easily the highest!"
Even He Yiming couldn't help but praise him inwardly.
Worthy of that crafty brat—his thinking really is unconventional.
"Next, Pig Bro Wolong, begin commanding the battle!"
He Yiming stepped back and spoke calmly.
"Yes, Brother Ming!"
Pig Bro Wolong instantly perked up and stepped forward.
"Brothers, don't be fooled by the fact that there are only two hundred thousand mobs on the other side. That's obviously just for show—no real threat. I've already discussed this with Theory Master and the others. In this battle, the real difficulty begins inside Ten Thousand Beast City!"
"In other words, the interior of Ten Thousand Beast City is definitely a super-large maze, Cthulhu-style! Traps, mechanisms, mobs, roadblock bosses—there'll definitely be a ton of them!"
"And then throw in Evil God temptation, Evil God whispers, Evil God illusions, Evil God phantoms—those are all the worn-out tricks we played to death over ten years ago!"
"The dog-planner is still the dog-planner. This time he's finally screwed up! Trying to fool us with a Cthulhu maze that's been everywhere for over a decade. Today, we're going to speedrun it and slap this idiot planner hard in the face!"
...
Pig Bro Wolong's speech instantly ignited unified excitement and cheers among the players!
"Tactical arrangements are as follows!"
"All third beta test human players, board the Golden Warships! First beta test and Second beta test veterans will serve as elite forces on standby aboard the Golden Warships! The Golden Warships will charge straight into Ten Thousand Beast City in one go, directly delivering the first and Second beta test elites, as well as the Dark Soul Guild experts responsible for scouting, into the city! Do not get entangled with the outer mobs!"
"All third beta test demon race players—each of you take two non-human warriors and advance from the perimeter step by step! Your task is to wipe out all Evil God worshippers—kill everything that can move along the way!"
"Once inside Ten Thousand Beast City, it will definitely be a Cthulhu-style mega-maze. Don't ask why—even monkeys understand that! After entering, the Dark Soul Guild experts will handle scouting and map-making, then set up bonfire teleportation arrays!"
"If the Dark Soul Guild experts encounter powerful bosses, do not hesitate—call for support immediately! First and Second beta test elite players will deploy separately to provide assistance!"
"King Lufei, Super Vegeta, Undomitable Bear Is Strong, If You Don't Show Off at the Beginning, You Lose Half the Game, Senju Hashirama, and Emperor Zoro—six of you—remain on standby aboard the Golden Warships! Once a big boss–level enemy appears, immediately teleport to the battlefield via the bonfire array!"
"Once the deepest part of the maze is reached and the final boss is discovered, everyone assemble immediately and teleport over! At the same time, Brother Ming will enter the final room with us to begin the final battle!"
"In addition, for newbies who haven't played Cthulhu mazes before, I've already issued each of you a small notebook containing countermeasures for various situations!"
...
Pig Bro Wolong spoke at length.
The first and Second beta test veterans listened very seriously, and many demon race players were even writing things down in their little notebooks.
"Ahhh, well said!"
"Ah-pu ah-pu!"
"This is really tasty!"
The third beta test human players naturally responded with a round of excited shouting—though in reality, they didn't listen to a single word.
No helping it. Any dialogue longer than twenty characters is basically impossible for third beta test human players to process.
"Then, begin the operation!!!"
With Pig Bro Wolong's order!
Everyone immediately sprang into action!
The first to move were the demon race players!
"Holy crap, we can actually bring two lackeys into battle this time?"
"Damn, this feels way too good!"
"I get it—this is totally the dual-mercenary mode from Diablo 6! Feels amazing! Clear mobs along the way, gear up my mercs with whatever equipment drops—I get it, I totally get it!"
...
The demon race players quickly rushed out, each picking two non-human warriors, then charged straight toward the two-hundred-thousand-strong army!
"These humans are actually this valiant? Five thousand against two hundred thousand, and they aren't afraid at all? Impressive, truly admirable!!!"
As the non-human warriors followed the demon race players into the charge, their hearts were filled with admiration.
But the demon race players were fast—yet one figure was even faster than them!
"Boom!!!"
A straw-hat-wearing youth leaped into the air and landed directly in front of the two-hundred-thousand-strong Ten Thousand Beast City army.
It was—
King Lufei!
King Lufei at mid-stage Heavenly Pill Realm!
At this moment, behind the two-hundred-thousand-strong army, a slightly illusory green giant face slowly condensed into shape.
It was none other than the will projection of the Ten Thousand Beast City Lord, Human Emperor Gu Aotian!
"Hehehe, foolish straw-hat brat! These two hundred thousand troops are originally the incomparably powerful Ten Thousand Beast Domain Legion under my command!"
"Every single soldier—at the weakest—possesses Fourth-Order Sacred Body Minor Completion strength!"
"And now, they have even received the blessing of our gods' power! Even the weakest among them now have Fifth-Order Sacred Body Minor Completion strength!"
"A mere ant, and you dare challenge them alone?"
"Truly seeking death!"
"I shall grant your wish! Let this straw-hat brat become the first sacrifice—use your death to intimidate those foolish wretches!"
"Kill!!!"
...
With Gu Aotian's command, the two hundred thousand troops charged together toward King Lufei.
But at that very moment, King Lufei raised his head.
The world of intent!
What determines one's limits is no longer the limits of the physical body,
But one's will and heart!
King Lufei recalled his previous realizations, and also remembered the words of that elderly Turtle grandfather from before.
"Your heart is free! Everything about you is free!"
"Yes—my heart and my power are both free!"
"What determines my power is no longer the laws of this world, but my will—King Lufei's will!"
"Let you all witness the power of my intent… fully entering the awakened state!"
"Awakened Intent! Second-Stage Conqueror's Haki!!!"
With King Lufei's low shout, a terrifying pressure that shook heaven and earth suddenly erupted, transforming into a black ripple that blasted outward!
In the span of a single breath, this ripple crossed dozens of li and slammed straight into the two-hundred-thousand-strong legion!
"Bang bang bang!"
Wherever the black ripple passed, even Fifth-Order Sacred Body Major Completion–level legion soldiers were completely unable to resist—exploding on the spot and turning into black dust!
Cracking and shattering sounds echoed endlessly!
After a single breath of time…
"!"
Before Gu Aotian's dumbstruck eyes…
The two-hundred-thousand-strong legion instantly lost half of its numbers!
A full one hundred thousand Ten Thousand Beast Domain Legion soldiers—
powerful soldiers who had even received the Evil God's power boost—
were completely annihilated!