I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

Task 058

The underworld remains as desolate and silent as ever.

The sky was hazy, filled with an indescribable stench of decay.

Zhou Yunshen stood on the desolate black earth. As soon as he regained consciousness, he released his divine sense to scan all directions. After confirming that there was no danger, he withdrew his divine sense and began to look around.

He had no recollection of his surroundings.

This means that the player's spawn point in this hellish dungeon is completely random.

It can't be considered completely random; rather, it's more like randomly spawning in the edge area of ​​the Hell instance.

Upon arriving at this hellish dungeon again, Zhou Yunshen did not immediately take action. Instead, he stood still and began to condense fire locusts.

One... two... three...

In a short time, eleven fire locusts were condensed and lay on Zhou Yunshen's shoulder with dim light.

Yes, eleven.

After a short three-day cooldown period for the dungeon, Zhou Yunshen's strength has increased again.

However, the improvement is not significant, and there is still a long way to go before reaching the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Since reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, Zhou Yunshen's cultivation speed has slowed down considerably, and this is true not only for him but also for other players.

This is actually normal.

If every realm had the same cultivation speed as the Qi Refining stage, players would be able to reach the Nascent Soul realm or even the legendary Immortal realm in no time.

Three years from now, Earth will be filled with Immortal Realm players, including many Golden Immortal Realm players. What kind of doomsday crisis would Earth face then? On that day, it won't be the Xuan Yuan Realm invading Earth, but rather Earth counter-invading the Xuan Yuan Realm...

Once the fire locusts had fully coalesced, Zhou Yunshen began running across the desolate land.

Soon, a dark shadow appeared in his field of vision.

Zhou Yunshen slightly changed his running direction and headed straight for the dark figure.

This was a wandering spirit floating close to the ground. Seeing Zhou Yun Shen approaching, it let out a ghostly howl, stretched out its hands, and showed a hint of excitement on its pale face as it pounced on Zhou Yun Shen.

A fire locust rose from Zhou Yunshen's shoulder, transformed into a spark of fire, and flew towards the wandering soul.

The moment the fire struck the wandering spirit, a hissing sound rang out, and a dazzling burst of fire erupted, illuminating a large area around it.

When the firelight dimmed and disappeared, the wandering spirit was nowhere to be seen.

In the time that followed, Zhou Yunshen encountered all sorts of different ghosts, including skeletons, wandering spirits, humanoid ghosts, and non-humanoid ghosts.

No matter what type of ghost it was, Zhou Yun Shen would kill any of them without mercy.

His mission in entering the hellish instance was to clear out these ghosts.

This is also the task for other Foundation Establishment players.

The government has already issued a mission in the "Hell Trials Strategy Group," ordering all Foundation Establishment players to go all out and spare no effort to eliminate the ghosts in the Hell Trials.

Whether they are ordinary ghosts, ghost messengers, or even higher-ranking ghost generals, they are all subject to elimination.

Zhou Yunshen chose to carry out the task assigned by the government.

He wanted to see if the demons in this hellish trial would respawn after being killed.

If these ghosts respawn periodically, the difficulty of clearing this dungeon will increase significantly.

If the ghosts here don't respawn after being killed, then these players only need to proceed cautiously and slowly into the depths of hell, clearing out the weaklings first and then slowly tackling the tougher ones.

For example, the Five Ghost Emperors and the Ten Kings of Hell—if these are powerful bosses at the Golden Core level, and players can't defeat them in a one-on-one fight, then ten, a hundred, or even a thousand players can attack together. By relying on their numerical advantage, they can overwhelm these powerful bosses...

"Hopefully, the ghosts here won't respawn after they're cleared out..." Zhou Yun thought to himself.

In the hellish dungeon, Zhou Yunshen killed any ghosts he saw. Only a moment later, the ghost messengers arrived as scheduled.

This time, Zhou Yunshen's sense of danger did not disappoint him. The moment the ghost messenger made his move, Zhou Yunshen sensed the danger and then suddenly darted forward.

Boiling blood!

Burning soul!

Faced with the approaching ghost messengers, Zhou Yun Shen dared not be negligent in the slightest. He went all out, raising his combat power to its peak. Then, he manipulated the fire locusts to launch a feint attack, and then looked for an opportunity to unleash the Fire Python Technique to kill the approaching ghost messengers in one blow!

He was already capable of killing the ghost messenger single-handedly three days ago.

Now, his strength has improved further, and he seems to be dealing with the ghost messengers with even more ease.

Unfortunately, no items dropped from this kill of the ghost messenger.

After killing the ghost messenger, Zhou Yun Shen withdrew from the Boiling Blood and Burning Soul states.

He took a weak breath and did not choose to speed up his escape. Instead, he continued to kill monsters along the original path.

As for the even more powerful ghosts that will appear next, there's no way to avoid them, and running away won't help.

Instead of wasting time running away, we might as well fight them here.

The sooner you die, the sooner you'll be reborn.

Dying sooner means returning to the real world sooner and continuing to train as a character.

Soon after, Zhou Yunshen approached a dilapidated village.

This is a haunted village, filled with ghostly figures; a cursory glance reveals at least several hundred ghostly creatures.

Zhou Yunshen stood outside the Ghost Manor, with no intention of going in.

Fire locusts rose from his shoulder, transforming into streaks of flame and flying into the Ghost Manor.

Soon, bursts of orange-red flames erupted within the Ghost Manor.

For a time, the Ghost Village was filled with the wails and howls of ghosts.

A large number of terrifying-looking ghosts roared as they rushed out of the Ghost Manor and viciously pounced on Zhou Yunshen.

If an ordinary person saw this scene, they would probably be scared out of their wits.

Zhou Yunshen, however, remained calm, showing no fear on his face.

Because he had become accustomed to the terrifying appearance of these ghosts.

The fear in people's hearts largely stems from their powerlessness in the face of the unknown.

When you have the ability to eliminate the enemy in front of you, no matter how terrifying the enemy looks, you will not feel too much fear.

Fire Serpent Technique!

Zhou Yunshen raised his right hand and unleashed the Fire Python Technique. Bright flames burst forth from his palm, and a giant fire python, larger than a washbasin, shot out from the bright flames, carrying terrifying heat. It darted through the air and pounced on the ghosts that rushed out of the Ghost Manor.

The fire python roams freely in the air, requiring no deliberate attack; any ghost that touches it dies instantly.

In a short time, more than a dozen ghosts were burned into black mist by the terrifying flames carried by the fire python.

This frightened the remaining ghosts, who screamed and scattered in all directions.

A pale, ghostly claw emerged from the black earth, about to grab Zhou Yunshen's foot, when Zhou Yunshen's foot suddenly burst into flames, and he stomped hard on the ghostly claw.

Suddenly, muffled screams came from beneath the ground.