548: The plan to subdue the Temple has failed! A small abyssal celestial body!

What?

Li Fengxian looked at Seven Kills Shi in astonishment.

He couldn't help but ask, "Are you still half-asleep?"

Although he had been handling all sorts of affairs in the main hall, including the big tail wolf plan.

All Trial Takers involved in the plan had specialized mission liaisons.

For the safety of these individuals.

Li Fengxian placed them separately in a hidden space.

As the top administrator of the command structure for this trial mission.

When he entered here, he signed a contract.

The contract stipulated that he could not communicate directly with the Trial Participants; he had to assign special missions to them through the liaisons in the form of tasks.

This was certified by the mist rule.

What was Seven Kills Shi trying to do?

He was somewhat confused.

Seven Kills Shi chuckled, and she sealed off the side hall.

Only then did she voice her doubt: "What's going on with the mission you assigned to Su Lie? Cheng Fei, Zhou Lu, and Wang Fei all finished their missions at 1 AM last night, each destroying a Demon City!"

"Why hasn't this kid taken action yet?"

"I just checked the location of the big tail wolf plan personnel and found that this guy is actually inside Demon Abyss City!"

"Is he doing something shameless?"

"Holy crap! If that's the case! This kid has some very special hobbies!"

She suspected Su Lie had ulterior motives inside the Demon City.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be dragging his feet.

Li Fengxian immediately laughed after hearing this: "It seems his ambition is not small!"

He thought of a possibility—the demon abyss cannon manufacturing blueprint.

If Su Lie only wanted to steal the cannon.

He should have completed the mission yesterday afternoon.

But Su Lie had delayed, meaning there was only one possibility.

Su Lie was plotting to acquire the treasure refining blueprint.

Seven Kills Shi was stunned, and she looked at Li Fengxian, asking, "You know why?"

"I can only tell you that Su Lie's profession is Gun Cannon Alchemist! His territory lacks defensive heavy weaponry!"

Li Fengxian said softly.

He had been in contact with Qing Feng last night.

He knew that Su Lie had already signed the contract for the rules Punishment Squad and had bought a Trial Taker slot with money.

This indicated that.

Su Lie would henceforth become a member of the most secretive, elite, and wealthiest squad within the Punishment Hall.

Although these members were protected by the mist rule and didn't have to worry about being targeted and taken away as food by certain Undying old folks.

They still needed to follow Seven Kills Shi's arrangements and execute various missions daily.

In order for Su Lie to receive a suitable mission.

Li Fengxian received instructions from Qing Feng and revealed Su Lie's profession at an opportune moment.

Now was that opportunity.

Seven Kills Shi's pupils contracted: "Damn! You sent him to Demon Abyss City, surely it wasn't so he could acquire a demon abyss cannon? This kid... Holy crap! His ambition is huge! He actually wants to play with heavy weaponry?"

She couldn't help but tremble with excitement.

This indicated that.

In the future, the Punishment Hall would possess a professional warrior capable of world-destroying power.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Seven Kills Shi repeatedly praised him: "A little late is fine! As long as he succeeds, General Command won't rush him!"

"Oh right! Early this morning, the Luo Hou Sword Master, along with Ying Yuanshi, a Level 150 Survivor of the Demon Hall's Third Rank profession, jointly lured the Law White Jade Dragon into a Rules trap, using it to kill the White Jade Dragon!"

Li Fengxian pulled out a piece of newly received information: "The White Jade Dragon failed this Trial and was reborn in its own territory!"

"According to the intelligence, when the White Jade Dragon died, it severely wounded Ying Yuanshi! It broke Ying Yuanshi's Primordial Heavenly Demon Body!"

... As soon as this news came out.

Seven Kills Shi's expression changed: "Holy crap! What is the Third Rank Squad doing? How the hell did they let the White Jade Dragon act alone?"

"They are deliberately trying to harm me!"

She was so angry that murderous intent flashed in her eyes: "Who is the leader of the Third Rank Squad? After the secret realm mission ends, I will kill him ten times!"

"Sister! It's not their fault! The squad fell for Ying Yuanshi's scheme and were tricked by the Luo Hou Sword Master's Sword Dao clone!"

Li Fengxian shook his head: "How can Talent become great Talent without experiencing setbacks! This is also the first time they have experienced this!"

He immediately continued: "General Command has already changed the strategy for the core area; they are preparing to use superior military strength to construct the Demon-Slaying Great Formation, gathering the power of all Trial Takers to condense the Nine Heavens Thunder Ancestor Formation, and summoning Rules Divine Thunder to descend and destroy the demons!"

"This strategy has already been implemented!"

"In addition, they have simultaneously launched a preventative strategy!"

"General Command plans to arrange for Wang Quanfeng, who possesses the Talent of Predetermined Death, to join the Third Rank Squad, so that when he encounters the Luo Hou Sword Master, he will perish together with the opponent! Thus eliminating the Luo Hou Sword Master!"

After finishing the arrangements.

Li Fengxian immediately added: "Wang Quanfeng agreed to this plan! But his requirement is a set of Overlord Sword Talent and supporting Skills as a reward!"

"Hmm? That's acceptable!"

Seven Kills Shi nodded and agreed to the request: "Wang Quanfeng has a total of nine lives. He is willing to sacrifice one life in exchange for the death of the Luo Hou Sword Master, ensuring the victory of our Punishment Hall. This merit truly deserves a concept-level Sword Dao inheritance!"

... On the other side.

Su Lie had already obtained all the treasure refining blueprint recipes for Mo Lin's exclusive demon abyss cannon through the refining furnace in Demon Abyss City.

This time, he acquired seven branch blueprints related to the demon abyss cannon in total.

They were the Demon Abyss Carriage Refining Blueprint, the Obsidian Barrel Refining Blueprint, the Magic Crystal Energy Storage Module Refining Blueprint, the Magic Rainbow Iron Refining Blueprint, the Obsidian Magic Stone Refining Blueprint, and the Material Charging and Tempering Blueprint.

Plus the demon abyss cannon Fusion Refining Blueprint.

Besides this.

He also gained relevant assembly techniques and experience by observing Mo Lin assemble the demon abyss cannon.

"Thankfully I took a look, otherwise! Even if I manufactured the demon abyss cannon, I wouldn't be able to turn it into combat power quickly enough to meet the needs of the territory's piercing attack position!"

Su Lie secretly felt fortunate: "This time, I finally won't be fleeced by others!"

The last time he traded for the great general thunder dragon cannon.

He was taken advantage of.

This time, he swore he would never buy defensive weapons from anyone else again.

Furthermore.

Su Lie also discovered that Mo Lin had hidden a crucial step in the assembly technique.

Only Mo Lin himself knew this trick.

The other craftsmen were unaware of the key details.

After Mo Lin completed the mission for the Demon Abyss City Lord.

He was rewarded with a dozen Fox Demon Race women and a large amount of resources.

Mo Lin attended the celebration banquet along with the other craftsmen.

After everything concluded.

It was already around 3 PM.

Mo Lin returned to his residence with the Fox Demon beauties and immediately sealed off his cave dwelling.

Just as he was about to transform the frustration and hard work of the past few days into an act of indulgence.

*Buzz!*

Mo Lin and the Fox Demon attendants he brought back were frozen in place.

Su Lie used the Time Stop Skill, causing them to fall into a state of Time Stop.

Subsequently.

Su Lie then used the Memory Reading Skill to forcibly read Mo Lin's memories.

"Huh? This old guy's memory actually contains such rich Treasure Refining experience and techniques!"

Su Lie learned a lot of experience regarding Treasure Refining from Mo Lin's memories.

This knowledge was accumulated by Mo Lin over centuries of continuous Treasure Refining.

This included aspects like material refining, Skill matching, Talent matching, blueprint selection, and refining furnace upgrades.

[Buzz!]

Just as Su Lie finished reading these memories, a prompt appeared in his line of sight.

[Congratulations on obtaining Master-level Knowledge: Treasure Refining by reading the memory of the Demon Race Craftsmanship Master Mo Lin!]

Su Lie's eyes lit up upon seeing this.

Immediately following this.

A large amount of new knowledge appeared in his mind.

This knowledge consisted of inferences and practical applications derived from the knowledge obtained from Mo Lin's memory.

This greatly benefited Su Lie.

At the same time.

His panel's knowledge attribute also gained a new entry—Knowledge: Treasure Refining (Master Level).

"I didn't expect such a gain! Coming here this time was truly worth it!"

Su Lie's eyes brightened. After obtaining the knowledge regarding the demon abyss cannon's refining from Mo Lin's memory.

He then used the I Am the Exception Talent to break free from the Suppression of the Sword Void Rule.

He used the Divine Thief Talent on Mo Lin.

*Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!*

Under Su Lie's continuous theft.

Mo Lin's non-professional Skills, Talents, attribute orb, and Lifespan were all stolen by Su Lie one by one.

"Hmph! What a pity! Most of Mo Lin's Skills and Talents are just auxiliary life Skills and escape Talents/Skills, while the Talent Skills used for Treasure Refining are very few!"

Su Lie let out a breath.

He took out three Skill Awakening scrolls and one talent awakening scroll.

The Skills were Material Refining, Refining Fire Transformation, and Abyss Demonic Fire.

[Material Refining Skill Awakening scroll: Red God-level Quality; Rules Skill Awakening scroll;

According to your will, useless elements will be removed from the materials, and the material structure will be altered to meet the needs of Treasure Refining.

Note: This Skill is a Treasure Refining Skill and requires the Refiner profession to be awakened.

Note: This Skill can be used for refining special materials.

Note: This Skill is a Rules Skill and can process Rules-type materials.]

[Refining Fire Transformation Skill Awakening scroll: Red God-level Quality; Rules Skill Awakening scroll;

Converts the refining fire in the refining furnace into the refining fire you need to use.

Note: This Skill can only be awakened by the Refiner profession.

Note: This Skill requires configuring corresponding Fire-type Skills to perform the conversion.

Note: The refining fire of the refining furnace can only be temporarily converted; after you complete the Treasure Refining work and leave the refining furnace, the furnace fire will automatically revert to its original refining fire.]

[Abyss Demonic Fire Skill Awakening scroll: Red God-level Quality; Rules Refining Fire;

Summons a mass of Abyss Demonic Fire that can be used as refining fire!

Note: This Skill is a Refiner Skill and can only be awakened by the Refiner profession.

Note: Besides being used for daily life activities such as lighting and starting fires, the flame summoned by this Skill can also be used for Treasure Refining, incineration, contamination, and purification.

Note: This refining fire is a Rules Refining Fire and can cooperate with the Refining Fire Transformation Skill to convert the refining fire of any refining furnace into Abyss Demonic Fire!]

... The Talent was the Blueprint Mutation talent awakening scroll.

[Blueprint Mutation talent awakening scroll: Red God-level Quality; Concept-level talent awakening scroll;

Consumes a certain amount of Spirit attribute value to mutate a blueprint in your exclusive treasure refining blueprint Library into the blueprint you envision, changing the blueprint's refining materials while retaining the refining method, thereby altering the refined item's attributes, power, structure, and strength, among other things.

Success rate: 50%;

Cooldown: Requires a 12-hour cooldown after each use before it can be used again;

Effect: Mutates the blueprint into a blueprint of the same type but different attributes.

Note: This Talent cannot mutate the specified blueprint into other types of items.

Note: This Talent can affect all types of blueprints.

Note: The new blueprint mutated by this Talent will automatically appear in your treasure refining blueprint Library, and the old blueprint will not disappear.]

Su Lie used the four Awakening scrolls one by one.

Afterward.

He then used a shotgun to directly execute the Fox Demons around Mo Lin.

Only then did Su Lie open Mo Lin's cave dwelling and head to various locations within Demon Abyss City to retrieve treasures, based on the results of his exploration last night.

When the time reached around 8 PM.

Su Lie arrived once again at the secret room containing the storage space inside the Demon Abyss City castle vault.

Using the Time Stop Skill, he executed the Abyss Axe Guards there one by one.

Su Lie first entered the spherical space and transferred the resources inside into his storage slot.

Next.

He came outside and looked at the space's panel using the Identification Talent.

[Buzz!]

In the blink of an eye, a panel appeared in Su Lie's line of sight.

[Abyss-type Small Celestial Body: Red God-level Quality; Concept-level Spatial Supreme Treasure;

Level: 0;

Age: 12 years;

Lifespan: 5 billion years;

Owner: Kurada;

Internal Space: 3 kilometers in diameter;

Rules: Abyss Basic Rules;

Abyss Demonic Qi Level: Innate Demonic Qi;

Growth: Consuming 1 million units of spatial materials can increase the level of the Small Celestial Body;

Guardian Formation: Level 12 Rules Divine Grade Abyss Demon Restriction;

Note: This Abyss-type Small Celestial Body is currently in its infancy; raising its level can increase its age and Lifespan, and enrich the rules.

Note: Once this Small Celestial Body grows to an adult state, it will possess the rules to connect with the Abyss, allowing direct entry and exit from the Abyss through it.

Note: This Small Celestial Body can nurture and repair the injuries of Abyss Demons through its own Rules, and provide the power needed by Abyss Demons.

Note: This Small Celestial Body can undergo secondary Treasure Refining by consuming a certain amount of rule fragments and barrier crystal stones to convert the celestial body's Rules.

Note: The main function of this Small Celestial Body is to breed derivative Rules and provide Rules for Treasure Refining.]

Su Lie was extremely excited looking at the Small Celestial Body's panel, and he tried to put the Small Celestial Body into his storage slot: "Haha! I didn't expect such a supreme treasure! I want it! I want it! Even if I get discovered, I must take this thing!"

[Buzz!]

[Note: This Small Celestial Body has recognized an owner and cannot be moved without the owner's permission!]

Su Lie's eyes darted: "If that's the case, then I'll kill its owner!"

Just as he was about to act.

Su Lie's heart stirred.

Under his perception.

Some new life forms had intruded into the Time Stop area.

He immediately went to the edge of the Time Stop effective area.

Which was the entrance of this secret room.

He saw that.

Inside the entrance of the secret room stood Kurada, the Demon Abyss City Lord, and twelve Abyss Demon Race members with profound aura.

"It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive quickly!"

Su Lie curled his lips, pulled out the dragon flame shotgun again, and sent Kurada and his subordinates directly back home for reforging.

By the time Su Lie returned to the Small Celestial Body, it had become ownerless.

This time.

Su Lie easily put the Small Celestial Body into his storage slot.

After that.

He then swaggered to various warehouses in Demon Abyss City and conducted a thorough search.

Once Su Lie obtained the resources he wanted.

He then flew out of the Demon Abyss City's protective shield, taking the demon abyss cannon with him.

When he reached 10,000 meters above Demon Abyss City...

Su Lie aimed the muzzle of the dragon flame shotgun at the Demon Abyss City below: "The demon abyss cannon doesn't have the special effects of Treasure Refining, and the loss after using it would be too great! I'll stick to the dragon flame shotgun for now!"

As he spoke.

Su Lie pulled the trigger.

*Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!*

After Su Lie continuously fired for five minutes.

Demon Abyss City and the entire plateau region where it was located were reduced to dust under the effect of the dragon flame shotgun.

When the gunfire stopped, the rain of bullets vanished, and the dust settled.

Su Lie, who was looking down at the battlefield from the air, couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "Huh? Down there..."