"Solitary Grave and Hellfire are at the coordinates (9781,1990). Time Like Water's hundred-man party is fighting a bloody battle. There aren't many left!"
The swordsman's eyes widened and he quickly told me the important information.
I nodded. Very good. Maybe I could save the uncle in time. Even if I couldn't, I could at least collect his corpse and set up a stall with the equipment he dropped.
"You lead the way, and I charge with you?" I asked him.
The swordsman looked at me hesitantly and seemed a bit confused. "If you go alone, it seems like..."
He suddenly stopped and forcefully swallowed the words' useless' down his throat. Behind me, a young girl as beautiful as an angel spread her wings and descended. She floated about ten centimeters above the ground.
I turned around and pulled Ling'Er's hand. "This is my pet. Any more questions?"
"No... no more questions!"
The swordsman suddenly slapped his horse's butt and said in a low voice, "Let's go, immediately!"
And so, the two of us charged into the mist, heading straight for the coordinates.
… …
Within the dense fog, shadows could be seen. Both sides were engaged in a fierce battle, but it was clear that Flowing Water was at an absolute disadvantage. Only Lonely Grave, Hellfire, and the Radiant Knight, Guardian of the Rye were on the frontlines. Moreover, Lonely Grave's health was almost at rock bottom. Hellfire only had half of his health left, and the Radiant Knight was in a much better state, hovering on the edge of death.
The enemy was a large group of pure power. They were all mages and archers. Fireballs, Wind Blades, Ice Arrows, Meteors, and Thunder Arrows flew everywhere. No wonder Solitary Grave's side couldn't hold on.
"Little Fire, find a chance to return to the city!"
Lone Grave knocked away an enemy archer with his sword and said hatefully, "It's a pity that my level isn't high enough to equip the Universe Sun Moon Saber. Otherwise, I'd definitely chop these guys into pieces!"
Hellfire held his shield with one hand. He was about to turn into a hedgehog, but he still stabbed his sword into the ground and shouted, "Rock Thrust!"
"Bang!"
Countless stone awls protruded from the ground, throwing the Magicians in the front row high into the air. Some of them even died on the spot. Blood flowed from the tips of the stone awls as they struggled for a while before turning into white light and returning to the city.
The Korean players were all dumbfounded by this attack.
However, the price of Hellfire's action was that he was bombarded by seven or eight fireballs, and he almost died on the spot!
Time Like Water's Holy Priest, Purple Lily, waved her staff repeatedly, but she couldn't heal Hellfire no matter how hard she tried. He was about to die.
Solitary Grave gritted his teeth and let out a low growl as he unleashed a knockoff version of Dragon Armor. Unfortunately, the Dragon Knight skill was not refined enough. After charging up Dragon Armor, it was destroyed in less than three seconds.
The leader of the Korean players, a fifth-advancement Wizard, smirked. He waved his hand and ordered, "Zaehoseumida, bring a few archers to the back and get rid of their priests!"
Solitary Grave grew even more anxious when he saw the enemy's movements. If the girls died, Time Like Water would be done for.
However, Solitary Grave's biggest worry was that he couldn't block the enemy's attacks head-on. There were just too many fireballs, and they looked like fireworks during the Spring Festival.
At the moment of life and death, a light blue screen appeared in front of Solitary Grave and Hellfire, blocking all the attacks for them!
"What is that?" The leader of the Korean players was stunned.
Solitary Grave saw the opportunity and laughed, "Our savior is here, our savior is here! Everyone, stay alert and kill these Seumida!"
Hellfire was a bit surprised. He only came to his senses when I rushed out of the fog and into the Korean camp.
"Hahaha, it's Scholar! Looks like we have a chance!"
… …
Crack!
After killing a Level 167 Cleric with a single slash, Shi Feng followed up with another Level 170 Archer. On the other side, Ling'er charged into the enemy's formation. An invincible melee pet entering the enemy's ranged formation was no different from a tiger charging into a flock of sheep. As Shi Feng brandished the Illusory God Sword, countless streaks of white light flew into the air.
The Korean players exchanged glances and immediately came up with a plan. Dozens of archers put away their bows and switched to daggers. They set up countless traps around me!
Damn, you want me to clear the mines?
I laughed out loud. You want to fight in close combat? That's great! I couldn't ask for more!
I quickly activated my invincible melee skill — Blade Storm!
Whoosh!
A lightsaber shot out from my body and into the sky. The Korean archers immediately realized that they were in trouble. Unfortunately for them, it was too late for them to turn around and retreat!
"Shua!" Countless blades flew out from my light sword. In an instant, the surrounding area was covered in blades. I had already activated my Country War attack mode. Any foreign player within the range of my skill would be killed. Without a doubt, [Blade Storm] was my absolute killing move!
“tnnd！”
The Mages cursed and activated Blink to escape. The Archers weren't so lucky. Only a few of them had temporary invulnerability skills and were lucky enough to escape. However, there was still an angel-like Predator wandering around. These people definitely wouldn't be able to escape.
Victory was decided in one hit.
More than half of the Korean long-range players were gone in an instant. Many of them still had low health.
"Uncle, cover for me!" I shouted.
"Okay!"
Lone Grave held his sword and stood in front of me. Hellfire, on the other hand, started his counterattack after his HP was full. From afar, he sent out a [Sword Gale]. Dust flew into the air. None of the three mages in the line were spared.
I activated Rising Dragon Strike, and a draconic roar shook the heavens and the earth. An azure dragon wreaked havoc in a small area, sweeping through almost all the players in the area. After the two ultimate skills were unleashed, the Korean horde collapsed. Only a handful of archers managed to escape in panic.
Crack!
A dagger slashed across the archer's neck. Time Like Water's ace assassin, Beggar Clan's Little Mi, had attacked and killed him in one hit!
Shortly after, another person flew out. It was another Assassin — Lost Wheat Field. Once the formation battle collapsed, the forest battle was obviously a world of Assassins and Archers. The two Assassins from Time Like Water were really skilled. After I observed them, I couldn't help but sigh to myself.
Beggar Clan's Little Mi walked the path of a battle thief. Once an ambush succeeded, she would use a series of suppression tactics. Blind, Stun, Sap, etc. She could often beat the enemy until they didn't know which way was north. Lost Wheat Field was an assassination thief. The first time she appeared, she ambushed the enemy and then forced them to hide. The second attack would be 3 to 5 seconds later. Basically, she cleaned up the mess and killed them in one hit!
"Uncle, these two thieves you recruited are not bad..." I teased.
Lone Grave chuckled and said, "Not bad. Sorrowful Illumination is still a little lacking in the Paralyzing Wind Illumination. However, given time, it's hard to say …"
"Yeah, yeah..."
I laughed on the inside. Melancholy was the guild leader of World Alliance, and he led a bunch of experts to grind equipment everywhere. It would be strange if Time Like Water's two aces had better equipment than Melancholy's. Also, a thief's mechanical skill couldn't be trained overnight. If Beggar Clan's Little Mi and Lost Wheat Field's mechanical skill was 70 points, then Melancholy's was 100 points.
Looking at the retreating figures of the Korean players, Nie Yan noticed that they were heading north.
"Should we give chase, uncle?" I asked.
Solitary Grave shook his head and said firmly, "No, that's Soul Battle Robes' territory. Battle Soul Proud Heaven, Blood Drinking Heavens, and I made a promise. If we find the entrance to the General's Tomb in the northern valley, then Time Like Water will automatically give up the right to enter this new map."
I was a bit surprised. "Really?
I didn't know you and Soul Battle Robes were such a stickler for rules. It looks like I'll have to pay more attention to my decisions in the future. "
Solitary Grave smiled meaningfully. "Well, rules are bullsh * t. The main problem is … Full Moon Dance and a thousand or so Korean players are entrenched in the north. If we go there, we'll just be cannon fodder..."
I suddenly recalled Seven-star Lamp. That bastard looked haggard. He must've been sniped.
"Doesn't that mean Soul Battle Robes are done for?"
"Yeah. Theoretically speaking, it's a miracle that Soul Battle Robes' two hundred-man parties haven't died yet."
Solitary Grave looked to the north and said in a weary voice, "Comrades from afar, your blood will dye our path red. Rest in peace, and may your heroic souls live on forever!"
"Fuck!"
I glared at Solitary Grave before spurring my horse away.
"Hey, where are you going?" Solitary Grave asked hurriedly.
"I'm going to see how Soul Battle Robes is doing. I can't just watch from the sidelines …"
"You're too naive."
Solitary Grave said, "Full Moon Dance and four Korean experts over Level 190 are entrenched there. They call themselves the Four Heavenly Kings. We fought them once, and there was no way we could've won. You can ask Hellfire if you don't believe me."
Beside me, Hellfire nodded repeatedly and sighed. "I ran into Full Moon Dance and ran out of HP. If I hadn't run away fast enough, I wouldn't have been able to go home and see my wife."
I glared at him. "Don't try to fool me. You don't have a wife!"
Hellfire: "Fuck …"
"Oh right, four experts?"
"Yes, four experts, and all of them are capable of holding their own!" Solitary Grave nodded solemnly.
"One of them is a female mage called Phoenix, isn't she?" I asked.
"Yeah. How did you know?" Solitary Grave looked surprised.
I smiled. "I've already killed her and recorded it in my Death Note."
Solitary Grave and Hellfire stared at me in shock. They murmured, "You sick bastard! You killed that woman all by yourself?
Fuck, at least 20 of us Fleeting Time died at her hands! "
I shook my head and smiled. "Never mind. Keep looking for the entrance to the General's Tomb. I'm going to see how Soul Battle Robes is doing. If they're all dead, White Cloud City will lose a major force."
"You can't fight them head-on, Scholar. Listen to me, it's not easy to level up," Solitary Grave said earnestly.
"Heh, I never planned to fight them head-on, did I?"
I looked up at the sky. The sky was a little white, and it was almost dawn. The fog would disperse once the sun rose. Without the fog, I could use the barren forest to my advantage!
Lonely Grave's heart was moved. "Scholar," he said, "Why bother?
So what if you've killed a couple of Korean experts? "
I smiled. "The problem is that I won't be able to do anything even if I find the General's Tomb. It's better to stall the Koreans and buy you some time to find the General's Tomb. There's bound to be a lot of top-tier equipment in this map, maybe even National Weapons. I don't want them to fall into the hands of the Koreans or the French."
Solitary Grave shot me a look of approval before nodding. "Go!"
… …
I packed up my belongings and set out with Ling 'er, who was still hidden in the fog. For now, the area was still covered in fog, so I decided to keep exploring.
Along the way, I ran into a lot of solo players. Some were from China, some were from Korea, and some were from France.
The funny thing was that a Chinese girl was standing in front of a Korean player and staring at his Korean name. She seemed to be saying something in Korean, but the Korean player killed her with a swing of his sword. She even said, "Too ugly …"
Of course, I went up and killed the Korean out of kindness. I also said, "Too shameless."
It was normal to be excited when you saw a foreign player for the first time. For example, when I saw a blonde, blue-eyed French warrior whose breasts were comparable to the waves that crashed through the Tibetan Plateau in 2012, any man would probably be excited to see her.
However, this woman was too fierce, and she wasn't friendly to the Chinese players. She summoned a black bear cub and tried to fight me, but before I could move, Ling 'er killed her and her pet in two slashes. It was clean and tidy.
If Ling Xue or Bing Cha were here, they probably would've done the same without hesitation.
Two tigers cannot live on the same mountain, unless it's a male and a female. This was a famous saying!
The fog only dissipated when it was noon. By then, I had killed at least a hundred Korean players, and I had lost a lot of Ling 'er as well. Of course, all of the merit points I earned would go to me.
However, I couldn't find the main force of Soul Battle Robes. I couldn't help but wonder if they had been wiped out.
The entrance to the general's tomb still hadn't been discovered, but the valley had already turned into a fiery battlefield. Full Moon Dance was leading the Korean main force to search for the entrance while taking care of the Chinese players who were blocking the way. I was following behind them to clean up the loose ends.
At 12: 30 pm, the best part came.
The valiant Lil Woman Listen to the Rain from the Window led tens of thousands of troops to kill their way over. She stood at the peak of the valley, waved her staff, and gave an order with a cold expression, "Other than the Chinese players, kill all the foreign players in this valley. Leave no one alive!"
Listening To The Rain Pavilion, who sacrificed their leveling time to invest a large amount of troops, became the main character. A Rank 4 main guild and 10 Rank 3 subguilds joined the battle, and more than a hundred thousand players participated. It looked like they could raze the general's tomb to the ground.
Unfortunately, due to the sheer number of players, several 100-man teams under Full Moon Dance's command were able to keep them at bay outside the valley.
Ling Xue sent me a message asking me to go eat, so I logged off. I'll fish in troubled waters and search for the entrance to the general's tomb in the afternoon!
… …
At the dinner table, everyone reported their progress in the morning.
Ling Xue said, "I soloed a Level 175 dungeon and leveled up."
Bing Cha said, "The person who brought Dreams of Snow Moon to Sky City killed the first and second bosses and dropped two pieces of the Sky set."
Ling Yue turned to me and asked, "What about you, Scholar?"
"Me?
I fought all morning … "
"You …"