Chapter 647 (1/2)
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A loud neigh shattered the silence of the forest as the Armored Ice Qilin Horse thundered across the foliages like an arrow. It took me less than half an hour to pa.s.s through three forests and two mountains. Eventually, I reached a blistering hot land where the bushes on the ground were visibly shrinking and growing disconnected, and broad-leaved plants turned into Zulu Giants, Desert Roses, ball cacti and other succulents.
”Phew…”
My face felt a bit painful as a burning hot wind blew against it. Thankfully, the Armored Ice Qillin Horse was cold by nature, so I felt less heated than I could've been.
I saw a lot of Level 150+ shadow-rank mobs such as Desert Sand Wolves and h.e.l.l Hyenas as I gazed to the distance. They were not suitable prey for me, however. As a Level 150 sixth-promotion player, I had to fight Level 170+ ancient mobs at least to gain enough experience for the next level.
Soon, a towering barbarian castle appeared at the edge of the desert where the yellow sands blew. It was surrounded by greenery—meaning that it was built atop an oasis—so it served as a place of respite and refuge to pa.s.sersby. It was also the city we were going to raid later, the territory of Hall of Immortality—the Immortality City!
Although Immortality City was just a Rank 3 Barbarian Castle, its remote location made it extremely valuable for several reasons. To begin, it was situated in between the vast northern forests and the southern Yellowstone Desert. A clear, uninterrupted stream of water flowed through the city and supplied it with a rich amount of resources. It was also surrounded by high-level mobs, making it a fantastic leveling map. Its potential was even greater than the human castle Stranger of Three Lifetimes currently owned, the Red Lips Nation.
Currently the city was surrounded by players. Some of them came from Vanished G.o.d City, some came from Sky City, and there were even Wind City players in the mix. A consecutive series of guild battles had been fought until now, and after just three days of respite, the undercurrents at Vanished G.o.d City had caused everyone to stir restlessly again.
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Thud thud thud...
The Armored Ice Qilin Horse carried me into the oasis at top speed. Already, I could see a group of cyan-colored fighters directly ahead of me. They were none other than the Cyan Tiger Cavalry led by Gui Guzi, Heaven's Rain, Diamond Dust, and Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun. The number of Cyan Tiger Cavalry had increased again after a moment of respite, and now there were almost 5000 of us. It was an incredibly powerful army for sure.
Gui Guzi's Knight G.o.d, Heaven's Rain and Diamond Dust's Knight General, Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun's Flying General, and now my Martial G.o.d. A new troop of unstoppable riders was born at this moment, and soon every force in China would learn to fear us!
”You've arrived, boss.” Gui Guzi welcomed me with a smile, and I nodded back at him.
”I heard that something happened to you and Beauty Lin? Showy Cathaya actually refused our invitation to attack Immortality City today,” Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun inquired.
I pressed my lips into a smile. ”Don't worry, Yiyi and I ran into some trouble, true, but there's no bad blood between us, and I'm sure we'll overcome these difficulties very soon. No matter what happens in the future, our relations.h.i.+p with Snowy Cathaya will never change. They are, and will always be, our friends.”
Everyone relaxed after hearing my a.s.surance. While we were talking, Heaven's Rain urged her Cyan Battle Tiger forward and circled me once. Then, she asked in astonishment, ”Guild leader, is it just me, or is your mount incredibly powerful? Can you show us what its rank is?”
I nodded. ”Sure, why not?”
I waved my hand and brought up a holographic stats screen of the Armored Ice Qilin Horse for about 15 seconds. Everyone who read it went slack-jawed with shock—
Heaven's Rain's mouth fell open. ”OMG, this… this is incredible. It gives over 800 points to both Strength and Stamina stats! Our Cyan Battle Tigers look like trash compared to it…”
Gui Guzi nodded in agreement. ”Yeah, this Armored Ice Qilin Horse is so stupidly powerful. Lil Beiming traded away her own equipment to get it, right? Boss Broken Halberd, Lil Beiming calls me big bro too, but why is our treatment so different…”
Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun laughed. ”How can you possibly compare to boss?”
Diamond Dust was also smiling gently as she urged her mount toward us. ”Lu Chen is Beiming's real big brother, and you're just a fake. It's that simple.”
The merciless comments left Gui Guzi dumbfounded. ”d.a.m.n, I guess I have to work harder…”
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I gazed to the distance again. So many players were running around Immortality City and kicking up sand clouds that it became impossible to tell which direction was where.