Minecraft: I Am The Demon King

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Three days a small test, one week a big test. Assessing players' operational skill levels. Players who fail three times will be expelled from the guild.

This is also what made players bitterly train and train.

"Sigh... Playing games every day is more exhausting than working!"

"There's no choice… Mainly because the monsters are getting stronger. If you don't practice your operations, you can't keep up…"

"If I knew this earlier, I might as well have let HIM infect me back then…"

"I remember you were in the Demon King Reserve Guild, right? I heard your guild leader became quite successful after being infected by HIM!"

"I saw many posts saying their homes were raided by a group of zombie players, and their equipment was insanely good!"

"So envious, being a zombie must be so free, living everywhere, and no need to worry about equipment, just rob players…"

"..."

As players were chatting, a figure suddenly flashed to the center of the square.

When the players of Canglan Guild saw who it was, they were all dumbfounded.

"HIM?!!!!"

"Crap?! HIM is here?!!"

"He… Is he here to infect us?!!"

When the players of Canglan Guild saw HIM descend, they were a bit surprised.

But they had already mentally prepared for this long ago.

After the incident of HIM descending upon the Demon King Reserve Guild, the forums were flooded with discussions about HIM being able to infect players.

Players speculated about the various ways HIM might infect players.

Most believed HIM was likely trying to expand his army.

But many players also doubted this theory.

Because HIM didn't kill all the players of the Pengpeng Guild. He only killed a portion and then left.

If he wanted to expand his army, he definitely wouldn't let the others go.

Regardless of HIS intentions, players had mostly prepared themselves mentally, assuming HIM would descend upon player bases again.

While the players of Canglan Guild were lost in thought, they were interrupted by their guild leader, Blue Feather.

"Quickly place blocks in front of you!!"

As the guild leader, Blue Feather was relatively perceptive.

This time, HIM's arrival was surely to infect the players.

Although Blue Feather knew they couldn't match HIM's power, he couldn't just do nothing.

Blue Feather knew that HIM often used explosive skills for close-range damage. Placing blocks in front of oneself could block the explosion damage.

This would also buy time for those on the edges to retreat. If even one person could escape, it wouldn't be a total loss.

Just as Blue Feather finished speaking, a loud "boom" was heard.

The players near HIM hadn't reacted in time and were instantly killed.

Those farther away, with reaction time, managed to place blocks in front of themselves.

They successfully blocked the explosion's damage.

Seeing the players' fierce resistance, Xu Yuan was slightly surprised.

"Hm? Started operating?"

Xu Yuan had long known about the official update to the free combat system.

With this system, players' operations became more versatile.

Xu Yuan hadn't expected players to improve so quickly.

They were already focusing on training their operations. Actually, stacking blocks was the most basic entry-level operation.

But if this entry-level operation was honed to perfection, it could significantly enhance their strength.

This simple operation alone could block a large amount of damage for players.

However, Xu Yuan wasn't worried that players' operations would affect him.

Although many players blocked the explosion damage by stacking blocks, avoiding its effects,

Xu Yuan still had plenty of skills to use. Not just explosions.

The reason he often used explosions was simply because it was convenient and efficient.

If he wanted to attack them, Xu Yuan could completely use the Wither Skull skill.

Damage coming from above couldn't be blocked by stacking blocks in front.

Unless their hand speed was incredible, building two blocks in front and one block overhead before the Wither Skull landed.

Such hand speed would be hard to achieve without being single for ten or twenty years.

Although Xu Yuan had many player-killing skills, he didn't intend to use them that way.

Currently, the explosion's damage radius was 100x100. Now, with thousands of players already fallen, that was enough.

The rest, Xu Yuan decided to partially infect some and use others to increase the conversion rate of the infected.

Though infected players were important to Xu Yuan now, for long-term development, the number of semi-infected should be as large as possible.

The more people he released, the more guild base locations Xu Yuan could obtain.

With this thought, Xu Yuan checked his skills Currently, it seemed the only skill that could quickly injure a large number of players without killing them was the Fang Strike skill.

[Fang Strike Lv1: Along the line connecting to the attack target, a column of fangs appears in 16 blocks, ignoring armor and causing 20% max health damage. Cooldown: 60 seconds.]

[Cost: 10,000 kill points to upgrade.]

Xu Yuan immediately upgraded it to level 6 in one go.

[Fang Strike Lv6: Along the line connecting to the attack target, five columns of fangs appear in 96 blocks, ignoring armor and causing 70% max health damage. Cooldown: 5 seconds.]

[Cost: 1,500,000 kill points to upgrade.]

Fortunately, Xu Yuan hadn't wasted kill points recklessly.

Many less useful skills remained unupgraded.

If all his skills were upgraded to instantly kill, it would've been hard to create semi-infected.

Although the range of Fang Strike wasn't as large as explosions, it still covered 96x5 blocks.

That was considerable.

The most important thing was that it didn't kill, making it perfect for creating semi-infected.

At this moment, players of Canglan Guild farther from HIM had gathered near the guild's escape tunnels.

It had to be said they were disciplined, maintaining order even in such a situation.

Players were slowly improving, and guild facilities were becoming more comprehensive.

Many guilds constructed multiple underground escape tunnels for emergencies.

These tunnels were usually well-disguised, blending seamlessly with the surroundings. When needed, players would dig open the tunnel.

The front end of the tunnel was made of obsidian. Not far from the entrance, a chest was placed, containing buckets of lava and water for making obsidian to block the entrance.

Once everyone was inside, the last players would use construction techniques to seal the entrance, ensuring a safer retreat.

After the official strategy guides were released and forum videos encouraged players, their development accelerated significantly.

Collective brainstorming among players sparked immense innovation. And this was just the setup of a medium-sized guild.

Larger guilds researching redstone had even more advanced facilities.

Players gathering at the escape tunnels made it easier for Xu Yuan to attack them.

With a few teleports, Xu Yuan used Fang Strike on these players. Of course, he allowed time for players to enter the emergency tunnels.

Though Xu Yuan deliberately let them escape, he couldn't make it too obvious. When most players had entered the tunnels, Xu Yuan used his spider silk skill to trap a small number of players.

Then, he returned to the center of the base square. By now, the players killed by Xu Yuan's explosions had risen again.

Their entire bodies had turned green, becoming zombies.

Although players knew they could be infected, when it actually happened to them, they were still a bit stunned.

At that moment, their bodies suddenly started moving uncontrollably.

Their legs and feet instinctively advanced toward the players trapped outside the tunnels by spider silk.

"Crap?!! What's going on?!!"

"Why can't I control myself?!!"

"Are we… being controlled by HIM?!!!"

The infected zombie players of Canglan Guild quickly realized

They had lost control of their bodies.

They weren't foolish and immediately deduced it was HIM's doing.

HIM could control monsters. Now that they had become zombies, HIM naturally controlled them.

Although they understood HIM was controlling them, they didn't know his purpose.

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