Following the sound, I came to a low pit and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of me.
Within the small pit, there was a large pile of white bones that were dripping with blood. It looked like a human skeleton that had just been visited by termites. At a rough glance, there were at least a hundred people. Not only that, but there were also two Kobolds lying on a meaty arm, roaring as they fought over it.
This was a slaughtered human army. I could tell from the scattered armor.
"Wu wu wu..."
That pitiful voice sounded again. I lowered my head and saw a human burying half of his body in the ground. He was holding a huge shield in his hand to conceal himself. That was the only way he could escape from the Houndhead Men's attack.
However, his voice still attracted the attention of the Kobolds. The two Kobolds immediately abandoned their food and fell to the ground on all fours. Their eyes were bloodshot as they instantly retreated and shot towards Lu Sheng!
"Die!"
I roared and used God Dragon Slash. At the same time, I used Firmament Strike. These two kobolds were unlucky and were hit by Firmament Strike. After a few more strikes, they were easily dealt with.
After killing the two predators, I bent down and dug out the human NPC. One of his legs had been bitten off and he was on the verge of death.
"You're … You're from the Silver Moon Alliance?" He grabbed my shoulder and said with certainty.
I nodded. "Yes, I am from White Cloud City."
"Heh, that's great..." He smiled. "I did not complete the quest. I am ashamed to face Princess Fei Ya. Please continue to complete it for me!"
As he said that, he stuffed a quest scroll into my hand. It was a piece of parchment. As expected, this was a hidden quest.
With his last breath, the warrior mustered all his strength to say, "The Dark Army is far more powerful than we imagined … Much more powerful. The Warsong race has awakened in hell. They've forged dark gold coins filled with evil, trying to destroy everything humans have …"
I quickly took out a health potion and splashed it on his wounds. "Brother, if you talk less, you can live a few more minutes..."
The NPC froze for a moment, but then he smiled and said, "Princess Fei Ya discovered this when she was in the Lost Forest. The metal used to forge Undead Dark Gold Coins is extremely rare. If it is smeared on arrowheads or blades, it can greatly increase the lethality of Undead creatures. So, we really need Undead Dark Gold Coins.
Ding ~!
System Notice: Do you accept the quest?
He was about to die. Of course I had to accept his dying wish!
Ding ~!
System Notice: You have accepted the quest [Collect Dark Gold Coins]!
(Current Quest Difficulty: 4500)
Mission Content: Go to the Ice Fire Plain and enter the territory of the undead. After killing the undead creatures, you can obtain the extremely precious undead dark gold coins. After collecting 200 undead dark gold coins, you can submit this mission to Princess Fei Ya. This mission can be submitted repeatedly. The undead dark gold coins cannot be traded. Moreover, brave warrior, you must be careful of those undead. They are far stronger than you think!
… …
As I expected, this was a difficult quest. Collecting 200 Dark Gold Coins was no easy task. The mobs in the Moss Graveyard might be low-level, but they were all incredibly powerful. Even I had a hard time killing them. If this was a normal ten-man party, they would be lucky if they didn't get wiped!
I checked the quest stats. It couldn't be shared. Never mind, I'll let the girls in the workshop grind on their own. It seemed like I could solo this place.
After I accepted the quest, the NPC I had just saved died. He lay on the ground and stared at the sky with determination in his eyes. He was a true warrior of White Cloud City.
Out of respect for him, and also to prevent his corpse from being devoured by the kobolds, I buried the NPC. The Moonlight Ice Blade was incredibly sharp, and it was much more useful than a shovel. After I finished burying him, I stomped on the ground and started working!
Actually, I was a boring person. If it were Seven-star Lamp or Hellfire, they wouldn't bother burying a corpse. They would be killed sooner or later anyway.
In the desolate and uninhabited Twilight Graveyard, I was like a visitor at night. My Moonlight Ice Blade glowed strangely under the moonlight. The edge of my sword was brimming with traces of moonlight and icy energy, and it seemed to contain a murderous aura.
Clang clang!
I tapped a rusty sword that was acting as a tombstone with the Moonlight Ice Blade and said with a smile, "Hey, come out! We have a guest!"
Puchi!
A bony arm burst out of the ground and grabbed the edge of the iron sword. Then, the tomb owner crawled out of the ground and charged me, the bastard who had disturbed his dreams.
Clang clang clang!
After a fierce beating, I sacrificed more than a hundred thousand HP to kill the Moss Undead. It didn't drop any Dark Gold Coins, but it did drop a Purple Copper Bracer —
[Cyan Soul Bracer] (Demon Tier — Armor)
Defense: 850
Magic Resist: 400
Strength: + 250
Stamina: + 240
Passive: Increases user's Defense by 4%
Passive: Increases user's critical rate by 3%
Level Requirement: 200
(Unappraised)
… …
It was a Demon Tier item. A non-boss monster dropped a Demon Tier item. Hehe, as expected, these Warsong Rank mobs were higher than elite Rank mobs. Not bad, not bad. A Level 200 Demon Tier item like this would definitely sell well in the future. At the very least, a set of Cyan Soul Bracers could sell for 300 RMB.
I continued to roam the Moss Graveyard. The map was very fast. The graveyard stretched for dozens of kilometers at the foot of the glacial mountain range, and it could be considered an extension of the Icefire Plains.
I couldn't wait to see what was in the core of this outland. But for now, I should kill 1000 Dark Gold Coins first. It had been a long time since I turned in a quest, and I missed it.
At this time, someone finally exploded —
Ding ~!
System Announcement (Player Arrogant Maniac Shout): Motherfucker, Spirit of Grief's players are all idiots!
The new map is already so overpowered! What kind of bullshit map is Moss Graveyard? A monster that isn't even a boss actually annihilated 10 of us! Eternal Moon Corporation's designers, you should all eat shit!
… …
I couldn't help but laugh. Lin Ao, you idiot, blaming the map for your own failure. That being said, it was true with his strength. The Moss Undead could deal 30000 damage to me in one hit, so it would be a miracle if he didn't deal 100k damage to Lin Ao. Lin Ao's total HP was only 150k, so a Total Annihilation could one-shot him. It was only natural that we got wiped.
As the game developed, a heavy armor warrior became more and more important. Tanking the boss's attacks was the key to victory. Without a good main tank, there was no way a party could clear the Moss Graveyard.
Looking at the entire world, from the Rank 2 Main City Twilight City to White Cloud City, the enormous Moonlight Forest, the vast Frozen Canyon, and now the Outer Lands, the Glacier Mountain Range was incomparably vast. The entire mountain range stretched for thousands of miles, and I had only chosen a small entry point. One could imagine how many teams from White Cloud City were currently fighting in the Moss Graveyard at the foot of this mountain range. Lin Ao was only one of those who were at a disadvantage.
Seven-star Lamp couldn't help but send a system announcement: Lin Ao Zhu, if you can't beat it, then don't fight. There is no need to die. A new Warsong Undead has appeared on the Frostfire Plains, and it is extremely powerful. Anyone who isn't in the Top 1000 of the China server is advised not to try it. It would be a waste to lose levels for nothing.
Seven-star Lamp's words were to the point, and he gave a small piece of advice to the rest of the players. It was a good thing to reduce the losses of the China server.
However, the Nation War would have to be delayed again. There was a Frostfire Plains between the Bloody Fortress and Dawnlight City, and there weren't many people in the entire server who could cross it. If we wanted to start the Nation War as soon as possible, we would have to organize a strong party to enter the Frostfire Plains and reach the Flame Mountain Range to launch a long-distance attack on Dawnlight City.
However, the possibility of doing so wasn't high. A few hundred or even a few thousand people entering Dawnlight City would be like moths to a flame. They wouldn't be able to take over the city.
Many people made announcements and expressed their urgent requests for the Nation War. Of course, most of these people were noobs below Level 180, so they were good at making noise. If the Nation War really started, our main force would definitely be those who were grinding their levels. For example, Ghost Scorch. Dragon Soul wasn't online, so Ghost Scorch formed a powerful thousand-man party with Xing Tian as the main tank. They were happily killing monsters in the distant Moss Graveyard!
More and more players were joining the fray, and it wasn't long before I could see White Cloud City players training their Skeleton Swordsmen in the distance. When I got closer, I was shocked to discover that they were the main force of Moon God Shrine.
"Flying Sword, Qin Empire, hold your ground!"
Heliotrope spat out a mouthful of saliva as he commanded, "Han Xin, Mud Feet Deep cover, Heavenly Thunder Slash greet them. Don't worry about potions, I isn't short of money right now!"
Han Xin laughed loudly. "Alright, alright, I'm coming!"
Temple of the Moon was an eight-man party, so they fought in an orderly fashion. It didn't take them more than a few minutes to kill a Skeleton Swordsman. In fact, their killing speed was even faster than mine.
Of course, after the experience was distributed, their gains were much less than mine. In this day and age, solo training was the way to go. Unfortunately, there weren't many people who had the strength to do so. For a warrior, not only did they need to be able to heal themselves, they also needed to have a high lifesteal rate. These two requirements alone made it impossible for many people to solo.
The Scorching Sun Staff was startled when I appeared, "Are you from Xue Yue?"
Han Xin glanced at me and said in a low voice, "Should we kill him?"
Flying Sword frowned. "There's no need for that, is there?
Well water doesn't interfere with river water... "
Heliotrope snorted coldly. "I won't offend people who don't offend me. Let him be!"
I naturally followed the rules of the martial world. If people don't offend me, I won't offend them. I lived in harmony with them. However, my solo training the Skeleton Swordsman made these people feel very uneasy. They muttered in a low voice, "Fuck!
That kid can kill a Warsong monster by himself. Isn't he a little too overpowered? "
They glared at me even more fiercely.
I smiled, withdrew Ling'er, and entered Shadowmeld.
Immediately, the people of Temple of the Moon pricked up their ears, their eyes as wide as copper bells. Heliotrope shouted, "Stop leveling. Be careful of an ambush!"
As he said this, he used a Flame Storm to the left and a Flame Explosion to the right, blowing up the surrounding graveyards. They didn't get ambushed.
Of course, I was already killing skeletons in a corner several kilometers away. I didn't have the time to tangle with them. Killing a few Korean players would give me some merit, but killing people of Temple of the Moon would only increase my Sin value.
… …
The drop rate of Undead Dark Gold Coins wasn't high. By nightfall, I had only dropped a hundred or so. I still needed a lot before I could turn in the quest.
After eating dinner, I checked the forums. The forums were in a frenzy. Apparently, the number of China players who died in the Plains of Ice and Fire today alone had reached ten million. This map gave us a huge surprise and gave us a fierce slap in the face. You want to invade another country?
You're too inexperienced!
It was the same for the other countries. Looking at the mirrors on the forums, I could see that more than four million Korean players had died in the Plains of Ice and Fire today. It was a terrible loss. Many hot-blooded Korean youths planned to form their own self-defense forces and shout their slogan, "Trample Bloody Fortress, Sweep White Cloud City", but they were killed a hundred times by the monsters at the foot of the mountain the moment they left the Burning Mountain Range. Even if they had come to China territory, they would've been ravaged by the Chinese players at the foot of the mountain. The people of Temple of the Moon would definitely be able to beat the Korean players if a fight broke out.
After Ling Xue and I were done with Sky City, we went to the Outer Lands and formed a party. It didn't take long for them to find my location. It was a ten-man party with two priests, Qin Yun and Snow Sight Grass. This way, we wouldn't have to fear any party in this place even if a fight broke out.
The quest couldn't be shared, but 10 hours later, a dying NPC spawned in a pit in front of us. The girls immediately accepted the quest, buried the NPC, and started farming undead Dark Gold Coins together.
When it was almost midnight, another party appeared not far away from us. It was Time Like Water!
Uncle Solitary Grave wielded the Universe Sun Moon Blade like a butcher. The skeletal swordsman screamed in pain, and the Guardian of the Rye screamed in pain. June Flying Snow and Purple Lily were busy healing him, and Hellfire was busy chatting with us —
"Have you seen Soul Battle Robes' party?"
"No. What's up?"
Hellfire smiled. "I heard that they ran into a Korean assassin when they were grinding at Moss Graveyard this afternoon. One of their priests was killed, and the assassin was killed by Seven-star Lamp."
"The Korean assassin is already here?"
"Yeah. They traveled here in stealth for more than ten hours just to kill a Level 178 priest from Soul Battle Robes. They sure are persistent."
Solitary Grave sheathed his blade and walked over to me. He said seriously, "Scholar, I have a plan that I'd like to carry out on Snow Moon with us. What do you think?"
I nodded. "Go ahead, go ahead."
Solitary Grave smiled. "Everyone has seen how arrogant the Korean players are. They've long since treated White Cloud City as their second main city, and these arrogant bastards are just too annoying. That's why I want to carry out a strategic attack, and I need all the super-tier experts in White Cloud City to join us!"
"What kind of attack?" Ling Yue asked with a smile.
A sharp glint flashed across Solitary Grave's eyes as he said —
"Korea Expedition!"