Chapter 102: Occupation

Xu Feng’s body plummeted downward, and he swung his sword towards the cliff wall.

Screech~

The smooth rock wall was gouged with a deep mark. Debris flew everywhere, and Xu Feng’s falling speed slowed slightly.

The outer surface of the island’s peak was rugged and uneven, with many protruding rocks to help with climbing, but the inner side was smooth, like a well standing on the island. At the bottom of the well was the flat ground where the Village of Sacrifice lay.

After descending over thirty meters, Xu Feng’s longsword emitted faint sorrowful hums. The Silver Quality longsword was rapidly losing durability, and tiny cracks had appeared along the blade’s spine.

Xu Feng felt a bit distressed in his heart. Although its attributes were average, it was still a Silver Quality weapon after all.

Descending another ten meters or so, with a sharp crack, the longsword suddenly snapped. Xu Feng was left holding only about twenty centimeters of the blade; the rest shattered and fell down the mountain along with the rubble.

Although he had mentally prepared himself, Xu Feng still felt pained.

Without the longsword, Xu Feng’s falling speed began to accelerate. If he continued falling like this, even if he didn’t die, he would certainly be severely injured.

“Flying Sword, emerge!”

A sword embryo the size of a fingernail shot out from his body and settled under Xu Feng’s feet. Instantly, his descent slowed to a halt.

Controlling the Flying Sword also consumed energy. Although Xu Feng’s entire energy had transformed into Sword Element True Qi, greatly increasing his explosive power and attack power, his endurance had correspondingly decreased significantly.

In less than a second, Xu Feng’s true qi had dropped by a third.

Frightened, Xu Feng hurriedly controlled the sword embryo to retreat.

However, that brief pause allowed Xu Feng to safely descend another seven or eight meters.

After repeating this twice more, the Sword Element True Qi in Xu Feng’s body was nearly depleted. But he had safely descended within thirty meters. From this height, Xu Feng could jump down with only minor injuries.

Whoosh~

The sound of wind whistled past his ears.

Thirty meters.

Twenty-five meters.

Twenty meters.

…

One second before landing, Xu Feng suddenly had an idea. He swung the broken sword in his hand and pointed it forward.

Swift Wind Thrust!

Defying the laws of physics, Xu Feng’s body, which had been falling straight down, abruptly shot forward, and his downward momentum stopped completely.

Just like that, Xu Feng landed from a height of over ten meters completely unharmed, without losing a single point of Health Points.

Looking at his emptied energy bar and the ruined longsword in his hand, a bitter smile appeared on Xu Feng’s face. This was the only Silver-grade longsword he had.

Shattered to this extent, it was beyond repair.

He casually discarded it and took out a Black Iron-grade Longsword from his Storage Ring, gripping it firmly.

Although he had never entered the Village of Sacrifice before, Xu Feng had heard that, like Nüwa Village, it was a Demiplane similar to a dungeon, possessing incredible power.

Besides being upgradable, the greatest function or effect of the Village of Sacrifice was the Altar at its center, which could communicate with beings from another world.

Before Earth’s Will grew strong, this was the only passage to other worlds.

Such a precious place ended up being turned by the Doomsday Ark Alliance into a forward base for alien creatures to invade Earth, which infuriated nearly all of Earth’s Chosen in the previous life.

It was also because of this incident that Huaxia Country was looked down upon by other nations for a long time.

Xu Feng sat cross-legged to recover his true qi.

From cutting off the mountaintop to leaping down from the peak, the commotion Xu Feng made was not small, yet the Village of Sacrifice, surrounded by mountains, was eerily silent.

“So quiet. Could it be that there is no Guardian in the Village of Sacrifice?” Xu Feng muttered to himself.

Nüwa Village originally had an Insect Nest guarding it. If Xu Feng had arrived any later, once the Insect Nest grew up, it might have required all major forces near Linhai City to unite and work together to conquer it.

The more Xu Feng thought about it, the more intrigued he became. How the Doomsday Ark Alliance gained ownership of this Village of Sacrifice back then was known to almost no one except the alliance’s top leaders.

“No matter what, I have to go in and investigate.”

Xu Feng had come here relying on sheer courage. If there was a Guardian in the Village of Sacrifice stronger than him, in this terrain like an Abandoned Well, Xu Feng wouldn’t even be able to escape and would have to fight to the death.

Gripping his longsword tightly, Xu Feng cautiously walked toward the Village of Sacrifice.

The outskirts of the Village of Sacrifice were just a circle of dilapidated fences, about half a person’s height, covered with withered branches and dead leaves. Many sections were damaged, making it look long abandoned.

He leaped over the fence. Inside, there were only three shabby thatched huts, a deserted vegetable patch, a three-meter-high Altar in the center of the village, and a stone stele beside the Altar. The words “Village of Sacrifice” carved on it were somewhat faded.

“There really is no Guardian,” Xu Feng could hardly believe his eyes.

This was a precious land that could be developed into a Camp, yet it had no Guardian.

“You have discovered a dilapidated village…”

“Scanning reveals that this village has no occupier. Do you wish to occupy it?”

The long-unheard mechanical voice sounded again. The System’s voice seemed to carry a hint of surprise; probably even the System didn’t expect Xu Feng to be so lucky as to qualify for a complete Camp twice in a row.

Last time, Xu Feng had given Nüwa Village to Earth’s Will, partly because he was alone and couldn’t build the Camp by himself, and partly because he hoped Huaxia Country would have its own “capital”-level city.

But this Village of Sacrifice, Xu Feng did not plan to give it away.

With Nüwa Village, the first global “capital”-level city would definitely be established here. Earth’s Will would only care about the first such city. If Xu Feng contributed this Village of Sacrifice to Earth’s Will again, it would at most be like adding flowers to embroidery—after Nüwa Village, this Village of Sacrifice obviously wouldn’t receive the same treatment. Correspondingly, the benefits Xu Feng gained would be greatly reduced.

Moreover, Xu Feng’s primary purpose in coming here was to prevent the Doomsday Ark Alliance from obtaining this village. Therefore, even if he let the village remain deserted, it would be a hundred times better than letting the Doomsday Ark Alliance have it.

“Occupy!” Xu Feng shouted loudly.

Boom~

A tremendous force descended from the sky. Centered on the village’s Altar, a light blue energy expanded outward, covering the entire village and eventually enveloping the surrounding flat ground and even the encircling mountains.

“Occupation of the Village of Sacrifice is complete! Current owner: Xu Feng!”

“You are now the first Village Chief of the Village of Sacrifice. You may appoint and dismiss village managers at will!”

“The Village of Sacrifice is now a Level 1 Village. To upgrade to Level 2 Village, required buildings are: one Village Office, ten residences, one Blacksmith Shop, one Fate Store; population: 100 people, Fate Points: ten thousand.”

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