With so many Elite monsters and small monsters, the difficulty of sneaking in had greatly increased.
However, Chen Mo had yet to discover anything special about this town that was occupied by monsters.
Verjana had mentioned that occupying a satellite town would greatly benefit from capturing a castle, and she had recommended that players do so.
Currently, the biggest benefit of occupying a town was the ability to revive and not give up the location.
However, Chen Mo did not think that these two benefits would be of much use in capturing the Nine Great Castles.
There was still quite a distance between the town and the castle. At this distance, once a player died, they would not be able to revive and join the battle immediately, and the time given for traveling back and forth would be too long.
If it was possible, the number of players participating in the battle would have to reach a terrifying number.
However, Chen Mo did not think that the current players in the game would be able to do so. Unless the siege was delayed for another half a year, the number of players in The Last Land would reach its maximum, and a strong leader would appear to be able to organize most of the players in The Last Land.
However, if they could do that, capturing the castle would not be a problem at all. Perhaps they would only need one charge to capture the castle.
Therefore, Chen Mo believed that there should be something special and valuable in the town.
Now that he had entered a small part of the town, even if there were some dangers, Chen Mo would still explore to the end.
After observing for a while, Chen Mo carefully moved around the group of Elite monsters.
However, as he continued forward, more and more Elite monsters appeared along the way. Some of the Elite monsters even had as many as nine halos appearing from under their feet. Moreover, the range of the halos had reached an astonishing 100 meters.
The maximum attack range of a player was 60 meters. Facing a halo that was over 100 meters, it was simply inhumane.
Once a player entered the range of these halos, their strength would be greatly weakened, while the strength of the monsters would be multiplied.
With one minus and one plus, the effect of the halos would be multiplied.
Facing such a large number of Elite monsters, capturing a town would be a headache, not to mention the Nine Great Castles.
Faced with such a situation, Chen Mo had no choice but to start thinking about how to capture a town.
"What's that?"
While thinking and observing, Chen Mo had almost reached the center of the town.
From afar, he could see that there were rays of light coming from the center of the town.
Chen Mo's spirit was roused. He focused his mind and sneaked towards the light.
More and more monsters appeared in the vicinity. At a glance, there were even a dozen or so Elite monsters.
Some of these Elite monsters had their auras activated, while others were motionless. Chen Mo had to expend a lot of effort to go around them.
Otherwise, if he entered the monster's aura, he would be forced to reveal himself.
However, Chen Mo was only able to move forward because of the auras of these monsters. They would be obstructed by the buildings. Chen Mo was also using the buildings as obstacles to move forward.
It was not too far away. Chen Mo had to dodge for nearly half an hour before he finally got close.
System Notification: You have discovered a Blessing Altar!
When Chen Mo got close enough, he received a system notification before he could see clearly what the light in the middle of a large square was.
Blessing Altar!
Hearing the system notification, Chen Mo knew that he had most likely found what he was looking for.
The greatest benefit of occupying a small town was probably the Altar of Blessing.
Hiding in the shadow of a ruined building, Chen Mo looked at the Blessing Altar.
The Blessing Altar was in the middle of a gray marble square in front of him. The so-called Blessing Altar was actually a gray totem stone pillar more than ten meters tall.
There were many ancient reliefs on the stone pillar. At the top of the pillar was a blue crystal the size of a basketball.
Under the crystal, monsters walked out one after another. The blue crystal at the top of the stone pillar would occasionally cast a blue, white, or red blessing light at the monsters below.
After the monsters below received the blessing light, they would roar loudly, as if their strength had been increased.
Could it be that there were so many powerful Elite monsters in the town because of this Blessing Altar?
Chen Mo could not help but think.
These monsters that were receiving the blessing were clearly not Elite monsters. However, compared to normal monsters, they were much stronger.
This was the only explanation for why there were so many elite monsters in a small town.
After confirming the existence of the Blessing Altar, Chen Mo did not dare to continue approaching.
There were a large number of Elite monsters around the Blessing Altar. There were at least 50 of them. Once he was exposed, he would not be able to escape.
The monsters in this town were much more powerful than the abyssal monsters in Beast Martial City.
Feeling that he had explored enough, Chen Mo quietly turned around.
Next, he wanted to explore the first castle not too far from here.
Not good!
Chen Mo was not careless. He was even more careful when retreating than when he sneaked in.
However, when an Elite Steel Pterosaur flew over his head, Chen Mo knew that he was in trouble.
Normal Pterosaurs would not be able to detect him on the ground.
However, the Steel Pterosaur was also covered in a halo. When it flew over Chen Mo's head, Chen Mo could not avoid it like other Elite monsters. He only needed to hide behind a building.
The only way to avoid the Elite Steel Pterosaur was to enter an intact house. Only then could he avoid the Elite Steel Pterosaur's detection.
However, there weren't any houses around Chen Mo that were still intact.
Chen Mo moved quickly. He wanted to find a place to hide before the Elite Steel Pterosaur discovered him.
An angry roar came from the sky. Chen Mo was still a step too late.
Roar!
Following the Elite Steel Pterosaur's roar, the surrounding monsters roared in anger. They all rushed toward Chen Mo's direction.
The number of monsters within a 100-meter radius was terrifying. There were more than 30 Elites mixed in.
With Chen Mo's current equipment, it was already very difficult for him to fight an Elite monster with seven halos. With more than 30 Elites and at least a thousand Normal Third Job Advancement monsters, Chen Mo was definitely not a match.
Run!
Fighting was courting death. Chen Mo decided to run first.
Since he had been discovered, there was no point in hiding.
Dark Phoenix!
After calling out Dark Phoenix, Chen Mo jumped onto Dark Phoenix without hesitation and had it escape.
With Chen Mo's Third Job Advancement, Dark Phoenix's condition had also changed greatly.
Dark Phoenix's attributes and strength were linked to Chen Mo's level. After Chen Mo's Third Job Advancement, the Dark Phoenix that he summoned could directly appear in its second form. It did not need to transform anymore.
Of course, Chen Mo still had to pay a hefty price for Dark Phoenix to continue flying in this form. After all, Dark Phoenix's energy consumption was obvious. If he did not replenish Dark Phoenix's energy, Dark Phoenix's favorability with him would plummet.
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The first time was even worse.