A voice came from inside the town. "Eh?
Someone's voice? "
The NPC on the watchtower immediately exclaimed, "Captain, that's an adventurer from White Cloud City. He must be here to rescue us. Hurry and let him into the town. There are too many Rotten Corpses outside!"
I heard a creak behind me as the metal door opened. I immediately dashed inside, letting a couple of Rotten Corpses in as well. However, a couple of NPC soldiers unsheathed their swords and killed them with ease.
I glanced around and was shocked to find an armored NPC lying under a banyan tree. His body was covered in blood, and his badge was different from the other soldiers. His name was "Guard Captain Carter"!
So he was the leader here. The captain who had just spoken should be him.
Guard Captain Carter glanced at me and said with a smile, "Young man, are you an adventurer from White Cloud City?"
"Yes." I nodded.
Carter took a deep breath and said, "You saw it yourself. Fog Town is surrounded by the Rotten Corpses. Our soldiers have used up almost all of their supplies, and we're almost out of arrows. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for much longer. Without the archers to suppress them, these Rotten Corpses will attack the town gates like crazy!"
I smiled and said, "Don't worry. If you need archers to suppress them, I think I can do it!"
"Oh?" The guard captain looked like he didn't believe me.
I raised my head and looked at the watchtower.
It stood at the entrance of the town. It seemed to have been built temporarily and wasn't very tall. I should be able to see the Rotten Corpses from above.
And so, I quickly climbed up the watchtower.
I replaced the original archer NPC. Mn, I didn't get any experience from the mobs he killed. It was better to do it myself!
I nocked an arrow on the bowstring, pulled the bowstring to full draw, and suddenly released. The iron arrow, buffed by Thousand Blade Arrow, immediately shook off a rain of arrows and fell into the Rotten Corpses. In an instant, countless damage numbers jumped up, almost every one of them above 1000. With my super high Strength growth, Thousand Blade Arrow's damage was not something an ordinary archer could compare to. Although it would occasionally miss, it didn't affect me too much.
The Rotten Corpses were too densely packed. I had never tried to kill monsters in such a large area before. Almost every round of Thousand Blade Arrow dropped a chunk of the Rotten Corpses' HP. After seven or eight attacks, they immediately fell. Countless gold coins were scattered on the ground, but I couldn't pick them up. It made my heart ache. Picking up money at this time was equivalent to suicide. The Rotten Corpses' attack power was not to be trifled with.
The moment a large area of Rotten Corpses fell, my experience rose rapidly. In less than half an hour, my experience had actually increased by as much as 10%. At this rate, I could probably increase it to 20% in an hour. I could level up in 5 hours!
A few hours of high-intensity killing passed in the blink of an eye. I could only feel my back aching. In the distance, a black mass of Rotten Corpses surged out of the forest, as if there was no end to them. I had long since completed the quest requirement of killing 1000 Rotten Corpses, but I still hadn't seen the legendary Rotten Corpse General. If I didn't kill the Rotten Corpse General, the quest wouldn't be considered complete.
I killed all the way until 4: 30 in the morning. With a flash of golden light, I successfully leveled up to Lv 59. I had surpassed Ling Yue in level, and finally reached the top of the China server's Heavenly Ranking!
I looked at the leaderboards. There wasn't much change — —
Frivolous Scholar Lv 59 Dragon Speaker
Breeze Seizes the Moon Lv 58 Mage
Hellfire Lv 58 Fierce Warrior
Sword Fire Ghostburn Lv 56 Dark Mage
Chrysanthemum Daohana Lv 56 Soul Wizard
Windy Snow Swordsman Lv 56 Swordsman
Battle Soul Proud Heaven Lv 55 Berserker
Battle Soul Romantic Lv 55 Mage
Solitary Grave Lv 55 Berserker
Sword Fire Dragon Soul Lv 55 Swordsman
… …
I surpassed Ling Yue and became the top ranker. Hellfire's level also quickly caught up. He was originally Lv 56, but he rose to Lv 58 in a single night. He must have completed some OP quest. Otherwise, it was impossible for him to level up so quickly. Ling Yue, on the other hand, was almost at Lv 59 after a night of grinding. She just hadn't leveled up yet.
I couldn't help but let out a sigh. Battle Soul's people were in Cool Breeze City, so they wouldn't cross paths with us in the Return of the King tournament. However, the remaining experts on the Heavenly Ranking could be our opponents. Among the top ten players, the twins and I belonged to the Snow Moon team. Our strongest opponents were Hellfire and Solitary Grave's team. Since Solitary Grave was able to create a super expert like Hellfire, then it was very likely that he still had a trump card in his hands. We couldn't underestimate him!
Sword Fire was on our side, so let's not talk about it for now. Faint Chrysanthemum Daohana was on Arrogant Mad Clan's side. The Arrogant Mad Clan would definitely participate in the Return of the King tournament, so Faint Chrysanthemum Daohana was definitely a strong opponent for us. Even though Arrogant Mad Clan was a noob, his equipment wasn't bad. If we let him tag along with the beauties of Xue Yue Studio, then it wouldn't be good. After all, besides me, Ling Xue, Ling Yue, and the other beauties hadn't truly participated in this kind of tournament before.
Furthermore, these were just the experts that were already known. The entire White Cloud City was filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. No one could guarantee that there wouldn't be another strong team appearing. However, I understood that once the tournament started and entered the finals, any one of the top 8 teams would be very difficult to deal with. The entire China server was filled with experts. Forget about the new generation of experts, even the old experts from the past could appear. Who knew if a Heavenly King Level player like Lin Fan or Murong Shanshan would appear to suppress everyone?
Thinking up to this point, I couldn't help but chuckle. So what if these Heavenly King Level experts appeared? With me leading the Snow Moon team, we still had a chance of winning!
Right now, my level was the highest in China. Ling Yue was the number one mage in the China server, and Ling Xue was one of the strongest close combat players in the China server. With such immense strength, it was more than enough for us to kill gods and buddhas to stand in our way!
At this time, I had already used up all the arrows in my quiver. It had been a long time since I had been so diligent in killing mobs. However, I was feeling very conflicted. I was happy to see my experience bar suddenly rise, but the gold and equipment that the mobs dropped would only respawn after an hour. That made my heart ache. After all, that was money!
Time passed bit by bit. The zombies outside fell in batches one after another. However, they continued to charge forward without fear of death, blocking the outer perimeter of the foggy town. They roared crazily and bit at the iron gate. Fortunately, the iron gate looked incomparably sturdy. A dozen soldiers were holding the iron gate, while many militias were holding their swords and spears, cautiously guarding the side. Once the zombies came in, they would fight them to the death!
When it was almost nine o 'clock in the morning, the horde of Rotten Corpses outside finally began to thin out. Only a few of them walked out of the forest, and their attacks were not as strong as before. In fact, the NPC soldiers inside Fog Town were already ready to attack.
However, as long as I didn't go downstairs,
As long as there was a watchtower, these soldiers would not advance. It was probably a matter of procedure. The guard captain's face was full of joy as he said excitedly, "I didn't think that White Cloud City would send such a powerful archer. Fog Town is finally safe, and those ironware and supplies can be safely transported to White Cloud City!"
I smiled and looked at my experience bar. I was Level 59, 78%. It looked like I wouldn't be able to reach Level 60 today. That being said, there were still two more days until the Return of the King of Kings competition. I was certain that I would be able to reach Level 60 by then. I heard that I could learn new skills from my trainer at Level 60. However, my beautiful trainer, Bing Lan, was far away in Longyu, and I would have to complete a teleportation quest to get there. It would be very troublesome.
The girls of Xue Yue Studio came online one after another. Seeing that my ID was still lit up, Ling Xue immediately sent me a call request. When I accepted the call, I heard her reproachful voice, "Why aren't you offline yet?
How can your body take it if you continue like this? "
Surprised, I shot an arrow at a Rotten Corpse that was charging at me and said, "I'm going to log off in a bit. I really can't get away from this. If I don't finish this quest in one go, I'm afraid that I'll have failed by the time I wake up."
Ling Xue's tone softened a little. "But you can't do this. You've been online for 15 hours straight, and you've even stayed up all night. By the time you log off, you'll have dark circles under your eyes. Do you look good!?"
For a moment, I felt like I had done something wrong. But then I thought about it and smiled. "Ling Xue, I'm a member of the workshop. It's my duty to put all my effort into grinding levels and contributing to the workshop."
"Big idiot …" Ling Xue scolded me, but then she whispered, "Anyway … go to bed early. I don't care about you!"
After saying that, Ling Xue turned off the communication device. All that was left was the sound of the system beeping.
I couldn't help but smile wryly. Alright, after finishing this quest, I really was going to go offline and rest. Although I was scolded by Ling Xue, I was very happy inside. I was sure that I was going to become sick from grinding too much...
At the same time, I saw the monster that I had been waiting for the whole night. The Corpse General had arrived late. It was surrounded by a group of corpses, looking very majestic. Its broken armor was scattered everywhere, and there was a large hole in its chest plate. Blood flowed out. Its equipment was really terrible. However, what surprised me was the Corpse General's weapon. It was a long axe that glowed with a faint red light. When it swung, it gave off a demonic red light. It was obviously not an ordinary weapon — — "Peng!"
A loud sound rang out. While I was doing my best to kill less than a hundred corpses, the metal door below was smashed into pieces by the Corpse General's axe. The NPC soldiers that were blocking the door were immediately sent flying. One of them was even cut in half by the Corpse General's axe!
I was shocked and hurriedly looked at the Corpse General's stats. It could actually kill a Lv 65 NPC in one hit. This kind of attack power was too terrifying!
[Corpse General Kui Lin] (Dark Gold Rank Boss)
Level: 85
Attack: 850-1250
Defense: 500
Health: 2500000
Skills: [Whirlwind Slash], [Earth Splitting Slash], [Blood Roar]
Bonus: Kui Lin was originally the commander of the human Allen Kingdom's army. When the Allen Kingdom was attacked by the Hell Army, Kui Lin led his subordinates to fight to the death. In the end, they were all brutally killed. The evil Corpse Wizard King even summoned these brave soldiers to become dark puppets. At this time, Kui Lin once again swung his Whirlwind Axe, but his target was his former comrades …
I couldn't help but be dumbfounded. F * ck!
Who told me that this quest's difficulty was 540?
It was actually a Lv 85 Dark Gold Rank Boss with 1250 Attack. This kind of difficulty should be above 700 for me, right?
To be honest, even a hundred-man team would have a hard time completing this quest. Now, I had to challenge it alone. This was a bit too much!
"Ah!"
A blood-curdling scream rang out as another NPC soldier was sent flying by the Zombie General's Whirlwind Slash. By the time the NPC soldier landed on the ground with a thud, the ground was already covered in blood. After twitching a few times, the NPC soldier stopped moving!
I gritted my teeth and didn't go down. Right now, I had to get rid of the Corpse General's Corpse Subordinates. Otherwise, even if I went down, I would just be seeking death. The Corpse General's attack power wasn't bad. I still understood the principle of ants biting an elephant to death.
About two minutes later, when I used Thousand Blade Arrows to kill the mobs around the Corpse General, a dozen NPC soldiers had also died. The Corpse General's long-handled battle axe swung left and right as if it was unstoppable. Not a single NPC soldier could stop it. After all, the Corpse General was a Lv 80 Dark Gold Rank Boss, and the other side was only a Lv 65 normal NPC. It wasn't a fight of the same order of magnitude!
The guard captain watched as his subordinates were killed one by one. His eyes instantly turned bloodshot. He endured the pain and stood up with the help of his sword. He trembled and leaned against the banyan tree behind him. With a face full of anger, he said, "You cruel demon, I will send you back to Hell!"
"Pa!"
Just as the guard captain raised his sword, it was knocked away by the Corpse General's axe. The Corpse General let out a roar as if it was mocking him. It raised its long axe high, and it looked like the guard captain would be beheaded in the next moment!
At this moment, the Corpse General's back suddenly shook. A flaming spear pressed down on the Corpse General's shoulder!
"Puchi!"
I jumped down from a height of several meters?
He leapt down from the watchtower and struck the Corpse General's shoulder with his spear. Blood splattered everywhere, and a large chunk of the festering armor was shaken off!
If I had a sharp sword in my hand, I'm afraid that the damage would be even greater!
My attack attracted the Corpse General's attention. He suddenly turned around and used [Whirlwind Slash]!
"Bang!"
I felt a sharp pain in my chest. My health had dropped by 1347 points!
His level was too low, so he was at a huge disadvantage. Although his defense was higher than his opponent's attacks, he was still beaten black and blue!
I retreated a few steps and used my [Scorching Flame Spear] to stab out with [Ice Wind Pierce]!
"Puchi!"
Blood splattered again, and a layer of frost solidified on the boss' armor.
However, the Corpse General still had a sinister smile on his face. He raised his long-handled battle axe and walked over.