Chapter 432 (2/2)
Murong Mingyue: “Mu…”
It wasn't long before our four-man party reached the designated spot. Faster than all of us, He Yi was already swinging her spear and killing the dozens of Level 125 elite bears hogging the area. The mobs dropped s.h.i.+tton of Big Magic Stones that no one was even interested to look at until High Fighting Spirits finally came over and picked them all up. Every yuan counted for that man.
As time pa.s.sed, more and more people started to show up. Li Chengfeng, Xu Yang, Gui Guzi, Chaos Moon, Moonlight Stone, Moon Dew, and many more familiar faces were all here. Before we knew it, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had gathered all sorts of talents except a super mage like Luo River G.o.d of the Capital. Of course, we weren't the only guild who was facing this problem. Practically every guild except Purple Lily had a shortage of high-level mages due to how rare they were, and mages with unrivaled finesse even more so.
Xu Yang laughed loudly. “The boss will be sp.a.w.ning in 20 minutes. I'm so excited!”
Chaos Moon shot him a glance. “You took v.i.a.g.r.a before you entered the game?”
Xu Yang: “...”
Li Chengfeng pulled out his own sword and echoed Xu Yang's laughter. “It's been a while since we fought like this. Let's hope that this Spirit Rank boss is a generous one. We can get a Territory Token if we kill the Death Lord, right? Let's do our best to become the first guild to march into the territory!”
“Mn!”
I nodded. “Give me your all, everyone! We cannot afford to lose today's battle!”
“Ohh!”
Every Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls player around me nodded in unison. I was glad to see how united we were.
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Beep!
It was at this moment I received a message from Lin Yixin: “Are you guys a.s.sembling your forces, Lu Chen?”
“Yep. Did you hear anything about the boss yet?”
“No. What's wrong?”
“Yiyi, it'll be a bloodbath once the territory appears. What are your thoughts on this matter?”
Lin Yixin giggled. “Are you afraid that we would become enemies?”
“Mn. This is one fight we cannot be anything but foes.”
“It's fine.” Lin Yixin smiled. “Snowy Cathaya and Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls will work together to eliminate all forces until one of us has officially claimed temporary owners.h.i.+p of the territory. Then, we will fight a fair battle to decide the ultimate winner. What do you say?”
“Agreed!” I declared. “I won't be as merciful as last time, Yiyi.”
“Hehe, neither will I!”
We both understood how important a territory was to a guild. The upcoming conflict could only be described as a bloodbath. Whatever our thoughts might be, we were both saddled with the responsibility to fight for our guild's future and dreams, so fight we must.
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Twenty minutes later, a system announcement dinged across Sky City—
Ding~!
System Announcement: All players, please be informed that a Level 145 Spirit Rank boss “Death Lord” has appeared at location (27842, 762) with the Territory Token. Whoever kills the boss and claims the Territory Token first will gain the right to use the teleportation formation of the first territory!
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“Motherf.u.c.ker, that's so far away from here!”
I swore and swallowed the rest of my groans. It was bad enough that the boss sp.a.w.ned quite far away from us, but the ones who killed the boss and claimed the Territory Token first also got the sole right to use the first territory's teleportation formation. What this meant was that the players of that guild could teleport infinitely into the first territory and aid in the defense no matter how many times they died. It might even be too unfair an advantage. I wondered which guild could kill the boss first?
Gui Guzi's pulled the reins on his Armored Swordback Dragon and shouted, “Everyone, follow me! It's time to kill a boss!”
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Meanwhile, a cool-headed He Yi stared at me with those bewitching eyes of hers and asked, “The boss sp.a.w.ned too far away from us. It'll take the main bulk of our forces 15 minutes just to get there, and someone would've engaged the boss by then. What should we do?”
I said, “You and Gui Guzi have mounts, so I want the two of you to go ahead and hopefully engage the boss before anyone else. If we can s.n.a.t.c.h the boss's aggro at least, then the other guilds can't have absolute control over the boss!”
“Mn, got it!”
After mouthing her agreement, He Yi and her Snow Domain Windchaser blitzed across the forest and quickly vanished to the horizon. She was faster than even Gui Guzi. This time, most of our players weren't just watching her back with the kind of admiration one normally reserved for an extraordinarily beautiful woman. This time, there was pride in their eyes as well; pride in the strength of their guild leader!
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