Chapter 419: Chapter 419

After clearing the small town, Du You and the others quickly entered the third section of the canyon. Upon entering, Du You discovered a clearing in the middle, which was a military camp.

By the looks of it, it should be, but there was not a single soul in sight. It was unclear whether they had died or had been turned into demon corpses, mixed up in the previous town. Either way, the place was completely deserted.

Furthermore, it was unknown how many years it had passed here, everything looked ancient and dilapidated.

Some of the buildings that seemed intact, would collapse at the mere touch of a finger.

"Over here, I found the altar," Lin Yucha’s voice rang out from ahead.

Looking forward, Du You indeed saw a strange object. It wasn’t very big, looking more like a platform. But if one looked closely, one could see countless patterns on the platform.

However, these patterns were covered by a large amount of dust, only a few places were visible.

Xiaozi flew over, fluttering her wings with vigour. The strong wind she raised quickly blew away the dust, revealing the fine platform. However, it didn’t resemble an altar.

Perhaps this could be due to the unique style of this world.

"It appears, there’s nothing particularly special." Du You inspected around, and then jumped down. No matter how he looked, he didn’t find anything amiss. Suddenly, Du You discovered some small holes on the platform.

"What are these holes for? Is it for embedding special gems or something?"

"I don’t think so, master. Considering that it’s for dealing with demons, it might be for other things, like inserting Demon Heart Cores." The two-tiered demon had started to harbor Demon Heart Cores.

"Is that so? Let’s see how many holes there are." Du You took out a heart core and found it just fit in one of the holes. This seemed to confirm that it was indeed used to hold two-tiered Demon Heart Cores.

Demon Heart Core, also known as Demon Core, doesn’t necessarily reside in the heart, but could be anywhere in the body. Wherever the core was located, it was the demon’s Achilles heel.

"There’re only five holes. Luckily, I have enough Demon Heart Cores." Du You placed five cores in the five holes. The next moment, the entire platform releases a faint light, but it wasn’t very noticeable.

A mysterious aura rippled out through the area. Lin Yucha and Lin Yushi almost simultaneously stepped forward and placed their hands on the platform. If it wasn’t for the lack of a specific prompt on the panel, Du You would have attacked the platform. It was not easy to reach this place, plus having groomed two capable helpers, certainly he wouldn’t wish to lose them all at once.

After a while, the two woke up, removing their hands from the altar.

"Master, we’ve communicated with the Heroic Spirit here. The spirit, guardian of this place, hopes we can help clear Shadow Canyon and restore peace to its people."

"The people here really are pitiful. They did nothing, yet were slaughtered by demons, and their souls trapped."

"Is that so? Let me check my panel," Du You responded uncertainly, for he didn’t know what had happened.

Advanced Job Quest: Demon Hunter Shooter third tier, clear Shadow Canyon of all demons and demonized creatures within three days, restoring peace to the souls of Shadow Canyon.

"The quest has indeed changed. Clearing the canyon in three days shouldn’t be too troublesome, one day should be sufficient." Looking at the sky, Du You decided to clear Shadow Canyon by dusk.

"Up you go. We’re setting off." At Du You’s command, the two girls leaped onto the back of the Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs. Given the surreal danger in this place and the girls’ low levels, they needed to be careful.

Nonetheless, Du You was rather frustrated because the difficulty of this task was simply too high. It was definitely beyond the capabilities of two Level 1 individuals. Even a typical hunter team would find it challenging to complete.

It seemed this job was intended for those with considerable strength. Maybe outside help was needed. Besides, it might have been difficult due to Du You’s presence, but he was uncertain.

Either way, this quest wasn’t insurmountable for him.

Just as Du You anticipated, Shadow Canyon, which oscillates between danger and safety, could be gradually cleared by Awakeners. The inherent risks in this place were negligible to Du You.

Moreover, he gathered quite a lot of Red Crystal Coins. Du You spent these Red Crystal Coins to level up and learn the Soul Pierce skill. With this skill, Du You’s magic, which had been somewhat strenuous after reaching the level of Hunter, finally eased a bit.

The attack effect of the Soul Pierce skill wasn’t more potent than the Disintegration Spell. However, it wouldn’t lose all effect due to high magic resistance. Furthermore, this attack targets the soul, and it can easily harm those without spirit or soul-based defenses. Especially against those with great physical strength but a weak spirit, it was their nemesis.

And coincidentally, many demons were , extremely unbalanced.

By dusk, Du You finally traversed all five gorges. Xiaozi swept through the skies, while the Death Scorpion cleared the ground. Du You fired on all cylinders on the surface, leaving no stone unturned.

As they continued to clear the area, Du You felt as if the air in the entire canyon space had become cleaner.

However, when Du You returned to the altar, he found that the quest was still unfinished.

"What’s going on? Why isn’t it finished?" Du You looked at the panel curiously. On the altar, a vast number of souls appearing out of thin air, shrouded in black qi were visible. These were souls of the demons that had died at Du You’s hands.

There were some human-shaped ones probably the souls of the original humans here, appearing out of nowhere. Thıs content belongs to 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⁂𝕟𝕖𝕥

This altar had some special ability. But he had already cleared the entire area.

"Is there something we missed?" Lin Yushi muttered in a low voice.

Missed something? Du You scanned his surroundings and suddenly noticed a mining pick, a lightbulb seemed to go off in his mind. "I got it! We totally forgot that this place is a mining area, and mines obviously have caves."

He couldn’t help but smack his own head, wondering how he could forget such common sense.

"Right, there are mine caves. Let’s go there now." The two sisters looked at each other and finally remembered this loophole. Mine caves could hide anything. How could the quest be completed without clearing them?