At Xia Qiming's command, countless shells streaked toward Hanyuan Main City in an instant.
Without the protection of the barrier, the mana cannon beams of Daxia slammed directly into the city.
The roar of explosions echoed one after another as buildings erupted into massive fires, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky.
The laser towers on the Hanyuan walls also sprang into action, rotating their barrels downward to aim at the research team and Chen Xu's group.
Energy gathered as multiple laser beams shot toward them.
Chen Xu had already raised a Spirit Shield, prepared to block the attack for everyone.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three arrows flew from the rear, intercepting and shattering the laser beams one by one with incredible speed.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several more arrows shot out, curving sharply in mid-air toward the Hanyuan walls.
The Hanyuan criminals on the walls tried to operate the laser towers to blast the incoming arrows, but before they could finish aiming, the arrows suddenly accelerated and pierced through their skulls.
One after another, the arrows danced through the air, continuously reaping the lives of the Hanyuan criminals.
Simultaneously, Xia Qiming ordered the Daxia Military Academy troops to move out immediately and surround Hanyuan.
The overwhelming artillery fire lasted throughout the entire night.
Strangely, despite the long duration, the criminals inside Hanyuan did not attempt to use the cover of night to break out, rendering Xia Qiming's planned ambushes useless.
When the sun rose the next day, the towering walls of Hanyuan were gone, and the city had been reduced to a wasteland of rubble.
The professional units of the military academy, fully armed, charged into the ruins.
Chen Xu released over a hundred ghosts to enter the area alongside the troops.
The epic-tier powerhouses of Daxia followed closely behind.
Using their keen perception, the ghosts located every surviving Hanyuan criminal hidden beneath the ruins for the troops.
The cleanup operation proceeded smoothly as the strength of these Hanyuan criminals was generally low.
After a full night of artillery bombardment, only members of thick-skinned races like the dragon-kin and orcs had managed to survive, though they were barely hanging on by a thread.
"Is that the night elf from before sitting on that chair?"
Someone pointed toward the center of the ruins, and everyone turned to look.
A night elf sat at the feet of a stone statue over three meters tall, one hand pressed against his throat and the other clutching a silver jar.
Chen Xu sent two ghosts over to investigate. After confirming the night elf had no soul signature left and that there were no traps nearby, he led the group over.
While the others focused on the corpse of the night elf, Chen Xu's gaze was fixed on the three-meter-tall statue.
The statue depicted a knight wielding a flail and a shield. On the knight's shield, Chen Xu recognized the distinctive decorative patterns of Heaven.
It seemed the builder of this city had been a paladin who worshipped Heaven.
Before long, the cleanup troops had finished searching the entirety of Hanyuan City, and all survivors had been killed by the ghosts and Daxia professionals.
Every single Hanyuan sinner was dead.
The moment the last Hanyuan criminal lost his life, the paladin statue suddenly began to emit a series of crisp cracking sounds.
Immediately after, countless web-like cracks bloomed across the statue before it suddenly exploded, scattering stone fragments everywhere.
The sudden explosion startled everyone. Just as they were about to move closer to see what had happened, their professional panels forcibly popped up a message, causing them to freeze in place.
"What happened to you all?"
Chen Xu asked in confusion, thinking the Daxia powerhouses had been affected by something mysterious from the statue.
"The World Will has issued an announcement."
"Huh?"
Chen Xu had long ago set his professional panel to a default block state. Furthermore, since his authority as the Lord of the Undead was higher in priority than the World Will, the forced pop-up had no effect on him.
Chen Xu tapped his professional panel to see what the World Will had announced.
【World Announcement】
【Congratulations to Daxia for being the first to clear the dungeon invasion zones within its national borders. To commend Daxia for its outstanding contribution to the world, for the next year, Daxia's professionals will receive the World Blessing status. Under the World Blessing status, the drop rate for killing dungeon monsters is increased, the quality of dropped items is improved, and the quality of dungeon clearing rewards is enhanced.
The secret realms within Daxia's Dungeon Hall will also receive the World Blessing. Under this status, the special attributes of the secret realms will be significantly boosted, and the output of special secret realm products will double.
Additionally, Daxia will unlock access to ultra-tier dungeons. Each calendar year, it can actively summon one ultra-tier dungeon to descend upon a location of its choice within Daxia's borders. Each calendar year, it can actively summon ten high-tier dungeons to descend upon locations of its choice within Daxia's borders.
Each calendar year, it can actively summon one hundred mid-tier dungeons to descend upon locations of its choice within Daxia's borders. Each calendar year, it can actively summon any number of low-tier dungeons to descend upon locations of its choice within Daxia's borders.
Note: Ultra-tier dungeons are guaranteed to contain mythic-tier creatures and possess extreme challenge difficulty, but the dungeon rewards are exceptionally rich. Mythic-tier monsters in ultra-tier dungeons have a probability of dropping mythic-tier advancement items. Ultra-tier dungeon clearing rewards are guaranteed to yield mythic-tier advancement items. The Dungeon Core of an ultra-tier dungeon can transform the environment of an entire nation, significantly increasing the spiritual energy concentration within its borders.
Finally, it is hoped that other nations will take Daxia as an example, continue their efforts, and move forward bravely to write their own heroic epics.】
【Special Buff: World Blessing (Professional)】
【Drop rate increased when killing dungeon monsters (Low-tier dungeon drop rate +100% / Mid-tier dungeon drop rate +80% / High-tier dungeon drop rate +50% / Ultra-tier dungeon drop rate +10%)】
【Drop quality increased (Low-tier dungeons guaranteed to drop rare quality items / Mid-tier dungeons guaranteed to drop transcendent quality items / High-tier dungeons guaranteed to drop epic-tier quality items / Ultra-tier dungeons guaranteed to drop epic-tier quality items with a chance for mythic-tier quality items)】
【Dungeon clearing reward quality increased (Low-tier dungeons guaranteed to drop transcendent quality items / Mid-tier dungeons guaranteed to drop epic-tier quality items / High-tier dungeons guaranteed to drop mythic-tier quality items / Ultra-tier dungeons guaranteed to drop 10 mythic-tier quality items, which must include 5 mythic-tier advancement items)】
Rather than a world announcement, it was more like a Daxia announcement. Only Daxia professionals could enjoy the rewards listed.
It had to be said that this reward from the World Will would allow Daxia to enter another period of high-speed development. The increase in dungeon drops meant professionals could use a luxurious item-heavy strategy to clear dungeons at the lowest possible cost.
The unlocking of ultra-tier dungeons meant Daxia had finally touched the threshold of the mythic-tier. Clearing a single ultra-tier dungeon guaranteed the birth of five mythic-tier powerhouses.
Furthermore, the transformation of the Blue Star world by ultra-tier dungeons and the rise in spiritual energy meant the possibility of independent cultivation. This implied that beyond the professional transcendent system, the people of Daxia could choose other transcendent systems or even practice two systems simultaneously.
In short, a step ahead meant staying ahead. Xia Qiming quickly finished reading the announcement, grabbed Wu Xiuyuan and Zhuge Xuanqi from the crowd, and departed in a hurry.
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