[S-Rank Mission (multi-person, up to ten): Intercept Outside the Boundary.
Mission Description: Because of Sect Master Yun Jin's recent actions, Qingxiao Pavilion is no longer a safe place for demons and the crooked path. Over the past month, countless demons and wicked cultivators have been hunted down and exterminated. The ones left have been forced to hide in remote mountains and forests, barely hanging on. As the demon-clearing campaign in the Qingxiao region deepens, the remaining demons have decided to band together, concentrate their forces at one point, and forcibly break through the northern boundary to head for the Demon Realm.
The combined will of countless humans wanting to exterminate these fiends spawned this mission.
Completion Conditions: Cut down these fleeing demons at the boundary. If even a single demon breaks through, the mission is considered a failure.
Enemy Lineup: One high-tier demon at late Mahayana, three mid-tier demons at late Mahayana, followed by low-tier demons and crooked cultivators. Among them there are ten at the Mahayana stage, dozens at the Tribulation stage, and dozens at the Unity stage. Unity stage is the lowest cultivation in the enemy formation.
This mission recommends at least one Mahayana-stage powerhouse to lead the team.
Mission rewards will be distributed according to individual contribution.]
Yun Jin couldn't help smiling.
This ten-person mission was coming at exactly the right time.
Yuan Yuan's cameras hadn't even detected the demons' movements yet, and the mission system had already published the task.
She and the other sects had guessed this. With the sect-wide carpet sweep to exterminate demons, those fiends would inevitably try to flee the region.
So.
At the boundary,
Yun Jin laid out a net of traps and defenses. Even at the Spirit Beast Forest, Di Xiao had been ordered to help with the fortifications. Breaking out of the Qingxiao region wasn't going to be easy. Those demons must've tried to run alone and found they couldn't escape single-handedly.
So they decided to gather every force they could and concentrate their attack on a single point. The lineup the system listed wasn't weak, that was probably all the demon strength left in the Qingxiao region. They were gambling everything on a single breakout, desperate for a chance at survival. If the system hadn't suddenly issued this mission, those united breakout attempts might've actually succeeded for a few of them.
On the other hand, if this batch was wiped out, the demon forces in the Qingxiao region would be pretty much finished. Even if a few small fry remained afterward, they'd never amount to anything.
"Sect Master!"
When the disciples saw the mission, they all looked at her, eager to try.
Yun Jin smiled, "If you want to play, go ahead. Only disciples at Unity stage and above can take this mission."
She glanced around, then said, "Bai Yiran, you lead the team."
Bai Yiran didn't care much for sect affairs, Qin Ping and Hongye had already gone out to handle the subsidiary sect matters, and the only ones left who could shoulder the situation were Bai Yiran and a few others.
Bai Yiran hurriedly agreed, "Yes."
She was a bit curious too. It was an S-Rank mission after all, that was pretty high.
After Bai Yiran accepted the mission, Yun Jin smiled, "Nine spots left, first come first served."
No sooner had she said it than Wushuang Sect's disciples rushed to the screen, frantically tapping to join.
[Capacity reached, S-Rank Mission: Intercept Outside the Boundary is now unavailable.]
The system chimed.
A ten-person squad had been formed.
Yun Jin found it a little amusing. Higher cultivators usually reacted faster. That squad, including Bai Yiran, actually had three Mahayana-stage powerhouses, the rest were all Tribulation stage. Those who didn't get in were wailing.
"Elder Ling Yun! One Mahayana is enough, honest! With Elder Bai there, it's totally enough!"
"Wah wah, we couldn't get in, we couldn't get in at all."
Elder Ling Yun cleared his throat, "What are you babbling about! There are so many Mahayana among those demons, how could Elder Bai handle them alone? I'm worried for Elder Bai's safety."
"Exactly, if the three of us Mahayana-stage join, it's safer," another Mahayana-stage elder chimed in.
"You're weak, you should leave dangerous things to the elders in the sect."
"Next time, next time we'll let you have it."
"This mission is mainly to kill demons, tell me, who doesn't want to slaughter demons?"
The Wushuang Sect disciples glared at those elders.
Shameless.
Really shameless.
With Elder Bai there, wasn't that already safe enough? Did anyone believe their nonsense?
So the ones who truly wanted to kill demons were more sincere than those talkers.
Yun Jin watched the interaction with a smile, then waved her hand, "Alright, go execute the mission."
Bai Yiran and the other nine answered and disappeared from the Mission Hall. On the screen, the ten appeared in the mission feed at once.
The mission system could place them anywhere within ten li of the target, at random.
Bai Yiran was designated as leader, she picked a spot, and the ten of them descended. They were given a map that displayed numerous red dots in real time, those were their targets.
The demons had used concealment techniques to get here, only one li from the boundary, and no one had discovered them yet. A wall had been set up at the boundary, manned by a patrol of cultivators cautiously on watch.
Obviously, with the strength of that patrol, they weren't a match for this group of demons.
Through the mist, an old voice sounded, "My secret art is about to wear off. Soon we'll be exposed. Don't scatter, we'll break through together!
The best case is we instantly wipe out that patrol. If we can't kill them instantly, they'll call for help and other patrols will come. Then we'll suffer heavy losses. So, whether we can one-shot them or not, don't stop, charge north with everything you've got! Once we break through, split up. We'll meet again in the Demon Realm!"
"See you in the Demon Realm!"
"See you in the Demon Realm!"
All the demons answered in unison.
"Alright. I'll count to three, then everyone, charge!"
"Three."
"Two."
"One."
The mist cleared, and all the demons revealed their true forms.
The patrol on the wall immediately discovered them.
"Enemy attack!"
They were about to send a signal.
But at the very moment the demons dispelled their disguises, they launched their attack together. The surrounding spiritual energy went chaotic, and the patrol couldn't send a signal.
Demonic qi flooded the sky like an ocean.
"Rush them! We've got to kill them within three breaths."
The demons shouted and surged forward, and desperation showed on the patrol's faces.
At that moment, a vast ice wall silently rose and blocked their path.