Chapter 350 (1/2)

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Lin Yixin swiped the air in front of her and shared her map with me. It looked like Dragonbone Mountain Range was split into five different zones, and the higher you climbed, the darker the map color became. The topmost part of the mountain was completely blood-red in color.

”Look, the first zone is between Level 100 to 110, and the second zone is between Level 110 to 120. There are both common mobs and elites in the area. Which zone do you think we should challenge?” Lin Yixin asked.

I pondered for a moment before answering, ”Let's go to the zone between Level 110 and 120. I'm Level 99 and you're Level 97. A 15-level disadvantage shouldn't be a problem for us!”

Lin Yixin stared at me for a moment before breaking into a smile. ”Why do I feel like you're plotting something?”

I spread my arms helplessly. ”You got me. There's a snow mountain area in that zone near Sky City where there are Level 115 elites called Snow Rabbits. It's the place to forage Snow Rabbit Meat, and I was hoping to get my Cooking skill to Rank 9 or even Rank 10 if possible. I want to know if it's possible to upgrade my profession skill after I finish my fourth cla.s.s promotion.”

”Okay then, let's head to that snow mountain.”

”Mn. Yiyi, you're so nice…”

”Cut it out!”

……

We went up the mountain range together. We circled around a zone filled with Wild Bears because they were only Level 105 common mobs. Although they dropped some pretty good pelts, grinding these mobs was a complete waste of time for players at Lin Yixin and my level. If we didn't choose our mobs wisely, it was only a matter of time before our compet.i.tors caught up to us.

Looking at Sky City's Heavenly Ranking, the core players of Warsky Alliance, Hegemon Palace, G.o.ds of Destruction, Mad Dragon, and more hadn't given up just because they lost the contest for the divine sites. In fact, they worked harder than ever before. Farewell Song, Warsky, and Laughing at the Heavens especially had reentered the Heavenly Ranking despite losing a couple of levels before. These people were incredibly motivated, and the pressure on both of us was very high. We must fight harder to maintain our high ground at Sky City!

We trekked along the edges of a needle-leaved forest cautiously. Suddenly, we spotted a group of growling Level 110 elite Wild Bears not far away from us. Two of the strongest-looking bears were fighting each other until one of them collapsed in defeat. The victorious bear then pounced on top of another bear and rode it like they were playing human pyramid.

Lin Yixin looked a bit confused. ”What are these idiots doing?”

I replied, ”They're fighting. You know, 'fighting'.”

Lin Yixin caught on my meaning and turned red immediately. She shot me a disapproving look before rebuking me. ”One more dirty joke and you're dead!”

”Mn.”

I replied calmly. We continued to move forward until we suddenly heard the sounds of battle. In fact, we could see the light of Ice Ray, Blaze, and other skills just above the canopy. Clearly, there were players fighting mobs just ahead of us.

”Should we circle around them?” I asked.

Lin Yixin shook her head. ”Let's decide after we see who they are. We're really close to the area we're heading to, and I don't want to avoid them only to be stabbed in the back because we didn't check if they're our enemies first.”

”You're right.”

I gripped the Purgatory Sword and led the way. Once we entered the forest, we held our breaths and examined our surroundings carefully. We spotted five players fighting a challenging Level 115 Snowy Plains Wolf—a mob with incredible attack speed and attack power—although the experience yield was more than worth the risk.

……

”They're from Warsky Alliance…” Lin Yixin's eyes immediately turned cold and murderous.

I hurriedly grabbed her shoulder before she could do anything rash and said to her in the party channel, ”Patience. We can act after we see what they're doing!”

”Mn…”

The reason Lin Yixin was angry was very simple: Warsky Alliance went way overboard when they made their appearance and declared that they would wipe the floor with Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Snowy Cathaya. Although we kicked their a.s.ses and claimed the two strongest divine sites for ourselves, that didn't mean Warsky Alliance had given up on the war. In fact, they used all kinds of colorful language to belittle us on the forums.

Warsky was an extremely cautious man, but he was one person and his men were a legion. With three sub-guilds and almost ten thousand players in total beneath his rule, he was physically incapable of shutting his everyone's mouth and restrain them however charismatic he was.

The five players in front of us were members of the Warsky Alliance second sub-guild. It was clearly indicated by the insignia on their shoulder. Their party was made up of a Level 90 magic knight—the main tank of the party—2 warriors at Level 86 and Level 87 respectively, a Level 89 mage and a Level 84 priest. It was a standard party composition you could find anywhere, and it was absolutely capable of slaying the Level 115 Snowy Plains Wolf.

The Level 90 magic knight had the highest level and the best equipment out of everyone in his party. I spotted 3 Dark Gold–grade and 2 Gold-grade items on his person. If I wasn't mistaken, both his flaming spear and his s.h.i.+eld were of the Dark Gold grade, meaning that he wasn't a foe that could be underestimated. He looked to be about 28 years old, and his pet was a golden wild boar.

Lin Yixin b.u.mped me on the shoulder before whispering, ”Look, that Guardian Sword is the guild leader of the Warsky Alliance's sub-guild…”

”Yeah!”

I saw the post listed under the guild name as well. Even if the data was invisible to me, the way the players treated him with unusual respect was enough to clue in his true ident.i.ty. The Level 86 swordsman with a pig loin for a face was cutting down the Snowy Plains Wolf while asking, ”Boss, are you sure this Level 115 elite mob would drop a Level 90 sword?”

Guardian Sword knocked back the mob with a spear thrust before raising his s.h.i.+eld to defend himself from the counterattack. He replied seriously, ”Mn. I heard that someone from G.o.ds of Destruction managed to drop a Gold-grade sword called “Sword of Snowy Plains Wolf” at this place. The official records also showed that the chances of the sword dropping from this mob are about 0.001%, or one in a hundred thousand. The drop chances are very low, but it has high Attack and a pa.s.sive that adds 20% damage, making it almost as strong as a Dark Gold–grade weapon at the same level!”

Guardian Sword then looked at the warriors before smiling. ”The two of you are almost Level 90, aren't you? Wouldn't you like to get a better weapon? The Sword of Snowy Plains Wolf is even stronger than the Dark Gold–grade weapon I'm wielding right now, so I want us to farm at least 2 Swords of Snowy Plains Wolf in half a month if possible!”