Chapter 59: Mortal Domain
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“I will personally deal with the matter of the outlanders’ villages,” Qin Shujian said these words calmly.
It was actually really normal for a starter village to have a highly skilled player at a stage higher than Martial Entry-Level Seven.
Starter Village #10021 even had a Martial Entry-Level Eight NPC to oversee them.
So a starter village in Messy Stone Forest couldn’t possibly be much weaker.
After that, Qin Shujian looked back at Zeng Hong and said in a low voice, “I heard you mention this Mortal Domain earlier. What place is this Mortal Domain?”
“Chieftain, you do not know about the Mortal Domain?”
Zeng Hong had a surprised look on his face.
He thought that Qin Shujian would know about this, but judging from his expression, he had clearly never heard of it before.
After Zeng Hong asked this question, Zeng Hong also realized that he had been rude and quickly stopped himself from saying more. He immediately moved the topic along and said, “I believe you should know that Dazhao Country is split into 13 counties.”
“Each county spreads over an extremely large piece of land.”
“But within these extremely vast pieces of territory, there is a difference in levels.”
“The world of Liangshan, as well as its adjacent Messy Stone Forest and Liger Plain are all within the boundary of the Mortal Domain.”
Zeng Hong wasn’t speaking very loudly, but he had attracted the rest of the people’s attention.
This was the first time all of them, including Zheng Fang, was hearing about this Mortal Domain.
“I’m not too sure about how this Mortal Domain is formed either.”
“I only know that the most powerful person within the Mortal Domain is capped at Martial Entry-Level Ten. If a fighter who has reached a level beyond Martial Entry-Level Ten enters the Mortal Domain, his current level would be forcibly pushed down to match the domain.”
“And similarly, anyone from the Mortal Domain who wants to break free from the shackles of Martial Entry-Level Ten will also be blocked from doing so.”
“Therefore, once someone within the Mortal Domain reaches Martial Entry-Level Ten, most of them would leave the Mortal Domain to look for greater heights and to find the realm that will allow them to move beyond Martial Entry-Level Ten.”
“And so because all the Martial Entry-Level Tens leave this domain, Martial Entry-Level Nines are the most powerful fighters within the Mortal Domain.”
“Chieftain, since you have already hit Martial Entry-Level Nine, then you are definitely among the most powerful fighters within the Mortal Domain.”
Inside Zhongyi Hall, after Zeng Hong finished saying all of this, the hall fell silent for some time.
Zheng Fang stroked his short and white beard and looked extremely surprised. “I have spent many years in my sect before this, and I’ve never heard of this Mortal Domain before. Division Leader Zeng, you’re really very knowledgeable!”
“I only found out about this Mortal Domain from someone who happened to be passing by. In fact, I was able to break through the shackles of Martial Entry-Level Five precisely because of this person.”
Zeng Hong shook his head.
That wanderer had only given him a few pieces of advice, and he had been able to locate the barrier leading to Martial Entry-Level Six.
He had made some guesses like that before.
Perhaps this wanderer had already reached the highest level that the Mortal Domain could contain, or maybe he was even a powerful fighter who had gone beyond the Martial Entry stage.
But it was a pity.
The wanderer only stayed for a short time before leaving quietly. Zeng Hong tried looking for him many times but came up with nothing.
On the other side of the hall, Niu Feng snorted and said, “Division Leader Zeng, this has to be a joke, right? I’ve never heard about this Mortal Domain thing before, and I’ve never heard anything about having your level forcibly pushed down.”
“If there’s really a powerful fighter who can reach Martial Entry-Level Ten, then what difference does it make if he breaks through to a higher level here compared to somewhere else?”
“It’s up to you whether to believe it or not,” Zeng Hong scoffed coldly and ignored Niu Feng. He clasped his hands towards Qin Shujian politely instead. “Chieftain, that wanderer also said other things to me.”
“It isn’t that you can’t break through the shackles of Martial Entry-Level Ten within the Mortal Domain, but that if you do break through the shackled of Martial Entry-Level Ten within the Mortal Domain, you will face a great and terrifying danger.”
“The Mortal Domain will not allow such a powerful person to exist.”
“But anybody who wants to go past this limit will definitely run into an unknown crisis.”
“Chieftain, now that you are a powerful fighter at Martial Entry-Level Nine, then I believe you will hit Martial Entry-Level Ten anytime now. I would think it best to believe this wanderer’s words about the Mortal Domain.”
After saying this, Zeng Hong shut his mouth.
Meanwhile, Qin Shujian was going through what Zeng Hong said in his mind.
Mortal Domain!
The shackles of Martial Entry-Level Ten!
When he put all these things together, he started to believe what Zeng Hong was saying.
There was no cause.
And there was no specific reason either.
After he had reached Martial Entry-Level Ten, he could feel that there was some restriction placed around him.
It wasn’t a restriction that was targeted at him.
It seemed more like a restriction that was covering everything.
At that time, Qin Shujian thought that after he had just reached the next level, he had become overly sensitive to everything around him and ended up with a misunderstanding of these things.
But he was already at Martial Entry-Level Ten.
Any further than this would mean he would go beyond the Martial Entry stage.
If things were really the way Zeng Hong described, then he would face the restrictions of the Mortal Domain, as well as the incredible terror and danger that he mentioned.
However, Qin Shujian took a glance at his Life Value points.
With his current Life Value points, it was still going to take quite a while before he could finally attempt to level up.
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Besides that, Qin Shujian wanted to give it a shot.
He wanted to see if using this unorthodox method of relying on Life Value points to level up would cause him to run into dangers and obstruction.
At the end of the day, the most important thing to do now was still to continue harvesting sufficient amounts of Life Value points.
People who were at higher levels would provide a higher Life Value count.
Given the average level among the players right now, it wouldn’t take too long to be able to accumulate enough Life Value points to level up.
“We’ll talk about this Mortal Domain another day. As the Martial Prowess Division leader, you must immediately start to attack the outlanders within Messy Stone Forest. Also, Information Division, I want information on Liger Plain, Undying Plain, and the Xining Rebellion.”
Qin Shujian put aside his thoughts about the Mortal Domain and sent these orders out for the time being.
After that, Zeng Hong and the rest accepted his commands and left.
The number of players was too many, so he had to rely on the other Mountain Bandits if he wanted to kill them off.
The player camp within Messy Stone Forest is the starter village within Messy Stone Forest.
Qin Shujian had already started preparing to attack them himself.
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After all, the starter village of Messy Stone Forest could very well turn out like the one in Liangshan and contain a Martial Entry-Level Eight.
When it came to a high-level fighter like that, besides himself, anybody else who went to fight such a fighter, including Zeng Hong, would be sending themselves to die.
As the levels increased, it became harder to make up for the difference between each level.
If a Martial Entry-Level Six wanted to defeat a Martial Entry-Level Eight, he wouldn’t succeed with just a few Martial Entry-Level Fives helping him.
Since they were two levels apart, then he would need at least ten times the number of people in order to succeed.
In no time, Liangshan Stronghold started to move out again.
The original spots of Mount Mingai, Chuanyun Stronghold, and Messy Gold Mountain of Messy Stone Forest were kept in one good piece.
So after getting the command from Qin Shujian, Zeng Hong and the rest brought the men under them to settle down in these three places while preparing to deal with the players.
On the other side, the news of Starter Village #23012’s 1,000-player team failing to kill off the Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain and ending up with huge losses had spread everywhere.
On the forums, a video was bumped right to the top of the page.
The image of Qin Shujian killing everyone in all directions made many players exclaim in shock.
“The Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain...looks like this Boss is going to attack other starter villages, and it looks like he’s become even more powerful than before.”
Cao Hong closed the forum page, and a dark look flashed across his face.
The three words ‘Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain’ were the thorn in his flesh forever.
Now that he saw this Boss become more and more powerful, he also felt that revenge was moving further and further away from him.
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