Chapter 185 Becoming Extraordinary One After Another

Chapter 185: Chapter 146: Becoming Extraordinary One After Another

Zhuo Ling and Nether Robe’s Extraordinary Ceremonies were also quite unique.

Zhuo Ling’s ceremony required assembling a Fallen ghost legion of over a hundred, including at least three Leader Level ghosts.

It also had to defeat a Ghost Tide exceeding two hundred in number.

Shi An thought, "This Extraordinary Ceremony is actually quite simple. Well, only for Zhuo Ling, of course."

At first glance, Little Blood seemed to be the unrivaled general of the Safe Zone. However, at the Tier One Perfection stage, Zhuo Ling was likely the strongest among the Safe Zone’s four major ghost employees.

Li Feng’s skills were unmatched, completely crushing the other three ghosts in technique.

Little Blood’s stats were incredibly high. Under its Blood Demonization state, it could bulldoze through everything, sustaining itself through combat and growing stronger the more it fought.

And Zhuo Ling...

In the early days, Zhuo Ling wasn’t particularly strong. Its Water Control and Elemental Form Abilities had significant drawbacks. It was only because Zhuo Ling faced mindless ghosts that it succeeded; otherwise, if its intelligence was leaked, it could have been easily targeted.

Without the terrain advantage of a watery environment, Zhuo Ling couldn’t quickly escape into the water.

Shi An mused, "But Zhuo Ling’s true core Ability is Fallen Domination, which is a growth-type Ability.

"Zhuo Ling can defeat ghosts, pollute them, make them Fallen, and then control them."

Back when it fought the Black Armor Leader, Zhuo Ling was no match for a Leader Level ghost.

By the Middle Stage when facing the Crimson Beetle King, Zhuo Ling was already capable of completely dominating a Leader.

And now, in a corner no ghost paid attention to, it had silently amassed an even larger legion.

After maxing out their three main Skills, the combat power of Little Blood, Li Feng, and Nether Robe had practically peaked. The only room for improvement lay in self-training—honing and elevating their mastery over their Skills.

Zhuo Ling was different.

"Its Fallen Domination still has a limit; it can’t infinitely control Fallen ghosts. But even so..."

At this moment, inside Training Room One, as Zhuo Ling stopped holding back, dozens of ghosts actually emerged from the murky tide.

For a moment, the entire training room became crowded.

Little Blood’s eyes widened.

"How can you be so competitive!" it exclaimed.

"And secretly grinding at that!"

Failing to be the first to reach the Extraordinary rank was one thing. Little Blood prided itself on still being the Safe Zone’s main fighting force, the captain of security, and the number one enforcer.

...At least within the same realm, it could fight Li Feng to a draw, right?

But it never expected the usually inconspicuous Zhuo Ling to secretly become this strong.

Among this group of ghosts, there were a full four Leader Level ghosts!

Lord Blood believed beating these Leader Level ghosts would be as easy as a father spanking his son, but it had to admit there were simply too many. If they really fought...

It would probably be a tie.

It would definitely be a tie!

But it was supposed to be the most Elder employee!

Even Shi An was somewhat surprised by the quality of this Fallen legion. Zhuo Ling truly lived up to being a mature ghost, knowing how to grow stronger on its own without him having to worry.

"HEE HEE HEE~" Zhuo Ling giggled.

It expressed that this was barely acceptable. If it hadn’t accidentally provoked an Extraordinary Ghost while hunting for targets earlier and lost a batch of subordinates, its Fallen legion would have been much larger.

Little Blood cast it a severe side-eye.

Zhuo Ling’s Extraordinary Ceremony wouldn’t be difficult to execute. It was already preparing to head out and capture a batch of Ordinary ghosts. Because it couldn’t bear the burden of any more Leader Level ghosts, maximizing its total numbers at this point would suffice.

Little Blood also ran out on its own, using its Safe Zone employee account to post a mission.

It absolutely had to be the first to be promoted!

"Nether Robe’s Extraordinary Ceremony is going to be a bit more tedious."

Shi An stroked his chin.

[Assemble a Paperman sedan-carrying squad and travel a distance of ten kilometers. During this period, the main body of the sedan must remain undamaged to complete the ceremony.]

Nether Robe’s ceremony involved touring in an eight-bearer sedan chair!

This wouldn’t be easy.

Traveling ten kilometers in the Nightmare World, especially by marching down the main road in an eight-bearer sedan, would inevitably attract the attention of many ghosts.

Shi An thought, "Moreover, with Nether Robe sitting inside the sedan, taking action will be quite inconvenient. The key to this ceremony lies in the ’Papermen’.

"Does Nether Robe need to craft a batch of Papermen and imbue them with power?"

Senluo Red Silk itself didn’t possess the direct Ability to create Papermen.

However, Shi An soon discovered that Nether Robe had a knack for this sort of craftsmanship. The only reason it had found this ceremony in the first place was because Nether Robe had stumbled upon it while doing some idle handicraft work.

And Senluo Red Silk’s Trait of being "able to expand and shrink" could be applied to crafting Papermen.

"We’ll need to find Materials or existing items for Nether Robe to manufacture and modify," Shi An decided.

"After that, we just need to find a suitable route that avoids Extraordinary Ghosts and Ghost Tides.

"Come to think of it, does Nether Robe have an Alchemy Talent? Hmm, after the promotion is complete, I can have it experiment in that direction."

...

Several missions concerning the three ghosts’ Promotion Ceremonies were quietly posted on the mission board. They were quite inconspicuous because the Safe Zone’s mission board was now filled with numerous commissions, and the major factions had even grown accustomed to posting their tasks here.

The Countermeasures Bureau, the Wizard’s House, the Extreme Intent Martial Arts Hall...

If they had anything important, they would first send their Direct Lineage members to execute it. Now that core members of major factions like Profound Sword and Xi Xue had grown stronger, they naturally had to give back to their organizations, though they were nowhere near as busy as the captains of the Countermeasures Bureau.

They were also their respective factions’ representatives in the Safe Zone, receiving significant internal support from their organizations. This was their advantage.

If these large factions lacked manpower, they would outsource their tasks one by one, with the Safe Zone platform being their top choice. The platform was reliable enough that there were no instances of fraud or dodging payments.