289: Wang Long breaks through the barrier

South of the Great River, in a mountain range.

Wang Long was recuperating from his injuries in his Immortal Cave.

He won the battle against the Demon Body, but he paid a heavy price.

One hand was severed, and a large hole was opened in his chest.

The powerful self-healing ability of a Golden Core Cultivator allowed him to survive.

But the methods left by the Demon Body-level powerhouse forced him to go into seclusion to heal.

This period was extremely boring.

Fortunately, a soul body was still residing within him.

"Moon Abyss, you said Immortal Master Star Fiend might be plotting something. Can you be more specific?"

Wang Long's injuries had mostly healed, and he had the leisure to inquire about other matters.

Immortal Master Star Fiend was the soul body Midnight Gao Sou once trusted, guiding Midnight Gao Sou step by step to become an evil cultivator, and even helping him achieve Golden Core.

But when Midnight Gao Sou achieved Golden Core, Immortal Master Star Fiend mysteriously disappeared.

Midnight Gao Sou himself stated that Immortal Master Star Fiend should have died, but Immortal Master Moon Abyss raised an objection.

He believed that Immortal Master Star Fiend was very likely plotting a major event.

"When the Great Love Sect existed, they collected all the bones of corpses refined by evil cultivators and put them into a large pit.

"That large pit then contained abundant flesh and bones, as well as endlessly breeding resentment Qi.

"Immortal Master Star Fiend, this great evil cultivator, must be planning to use it for something."

Wang Long frowned, thought for a moment, and said:

"If I remember correctly, after the state-stabilizing seal achieved Nascent Soul, it extinguished many quasi-Nascent Soul level threats.

"For example, a Spirit Beast left behind by the Qingling Sect before its departure, a snake demon that had been dormant for hundreds of years in the Western Great Desert, an Old Ancestor who had once defected from Heshui Prefecture and hid in the shadows to cultivate..."

"Among them, the flesh and blood pit at the original site of the Great Love Sect was directly shattered and annihilated."

Immortal Master Moon Abyss said:

"That's what I fear the most."

"Star Fiend has many evil cultivation methods, and he had already reached an agreement with the people of Duan Kong Cave a long time ago."

"After the state-stabilizing seal's Breakthrough, it did not immediately move to clear the flesh and blood pit, but instead spent a considerable amount of time establishing the Immortal Dynasty."

"This amount of time was enough for Star Fiend to hide the flesh and blood pit."

"But he remained completely still."

"This indicates that the truly helpful things inside, he has already secretly taken away."

A soul body lurking in the shadows, possessing quasi-Nascent Soul methods, was enough to make everyone terrified.

Wang Long, however, laughed heartily and said:

"No matter how powerful Star Fiend is, he is merely a remnant Soul that failed to impact Nascent Soul and had no choice but to rely on a golden body statue.

"If he dares to show his face, I will personally take action to resolve him!"

As soon as his words fell.

Wang Long's expression subtly changed.

His spiritual sense detected that someone had arrived outside his Immortal Cave... Outside the Immortal Cave.

Player "Divine Craftsmanship" wore light armor, with a massive blade strapped to his back, looking travel-worn as if he had just come off a battlefield.

He had accepted a mission that could earn him a large amount of prestige:

【Contact Golden Core】

This mission required him to contact a Golden Core Cultivator and inform them to go to the front lines.

Most players dared not accept this mission.

Are you kidding?

The Golden Core Cultivators themselves had exploited a loophole and escaped, and would not return until the state-stabilizing seal personally gave the order.

In this situation, the state-stabilizing seal didn't show up, but instead sent these Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining players to notify them?

Isn't this just asking for death?

So, this mission had always been untouched by players.

Divine Craftsmanship, however, felt that this mission was perfectly acceptable.

Notifying some native Golden Core Cultivators or lawless player Golden Core Cultivators to go to the front lines was indeed no different from seeking death.

But professional players like Ye Chun and Wang Long still cared about their reputation.

Even if the mission ultimately failed, it wouldn't necessarily cost them their lives.

And if the mission succeeded, the large prestige rewards would allow him to soar directly.

At the same time, Divine Craftsmanship also discovered a small trick:

Wang Long himself was a combat-oriented player; if he hadn't been injured, he would still be fighting on the front lines.

Therefore, going to notify Wang Long was practically a sure thing, equivalent to a free mission.

Just as he accepted the mission and excitedly rushed to Wang Long's Immortal Cave according to the guidance.

He suddenly discovered.

There were quite a few players as smart as him.

In front of Wang Long's Immortal Cave, hundreds of players suddenly stood, all eager to notify Wang Long.

And it was foreseeable that there would be even more players on the way.

"Damn it, the mission reward is mine!"

Divine Craftsmanship immediately pulled out his massive blade and started fighting with the surrounding players.

Those who could arrive here in the shortest time were all Immortal Foundation players, and technically skilled Immortal Foundation players at that.

When these people fought, it was truly a chaotic scene, with various colors constantly surging and various sounds continuously echoing.

Like a huge battle royale.

Killing between Immortal Foundations was quite difficult; Divine Craftsmanship and an Immortal Foundation blade cultivator fought for hundreds of rounds without him being able to defeat him, making him anxious.

He narrowed his eyes, preparing to unleash his hidden technique to kill the opponent in one fell swoop.

But at this moment.

Boom!

A loud noise came from the Immortal Cave.

All the Immortal Foundation players stopped, looking towards the Immortal Cave with some surprise.

"Are you treating me as if I don't exist?"

Wang Long's voice spread out, filled with immense anger.

He had never expected.

He was recuperating peacefully in his Immortal Cave.

Outside, it had actually become a battle royale arena for players.

No.

What does this mean?

Are they specifically here to provoke him?

"Immortal Master Wang Long!"

Divine Craftsmanship was the first to fly over, shouting, "I'm here to notify you! The Immortal Dynasty is calling, and you need to return to the front lines!"

Other Immortal Foundation players also slapped their foreheads and quickly flew over, shouting:

"Me! I'm the one who came to notify you!"

"It's me! I'm the messenger who received the order!"

Wang Long looked at these clowns, veins throbbing on his forehead.

If it weren't for his identity as a professional player, he truly wanted to kill all these people.

They're really annoying.

Wang Long was about to leave this place but then stopped.

Immortal Master Moon Abyss said in his mind:

"Be careful, these people all have the state-stabilizing seal's methods on them, monitoring them, and also indirectly monitoring everything they see.

"And these methods have an indescribable strangeness; in any case, they're not good things..."

Wang Long frowned.

During the time he was in seclusion healing, it seemed a lot had happened?

These foolish Foundation Establishment cultivators didn't even realize they had been subjected to such methods?

Wang Long looked at Divine Craftsmanship and the others, and his lips unconsciously curled up.

He felt that he, a Golden Core, had already developed a sad barrier with these Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The two sides were completely not on the same level anymore.

Whoosh!

Wang Long quickly flew away from the place.

The remaining Immortal Foundations looked at each other, not knowing whose mission it was.

Some of them discussed:

"I feel like Wang Long's expression just now was a bit off; it seemed like he was mocking us?"

"He's always like that, and not just him; all these Golden Core Cultivators are like this, looking down on us poor Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"Let's go, let's go, back to Great River City to turn in the mission ~"

The Immortal Foundations left one after another.

Divine Craftsmanship, however, rolled his eyes and looked towards the Immortal Cave.

What treasures could be inside the Immortal Cave where a Golden Core Cultivator was in seclusion?