Chapter 60: Creature Holding Stone (1/2)
Some time later, a beep finally entered my ears.
System Notice: Your friend “Wind Fantasy” is online!
Lin Yixin crawled out of the tent beside me with a look of anger on her face.
“Hey, what’s wrong?” I asked.
When Lin Yixin glanced at me, she suddenly smiled as if her mood had taken a turn for the better. “Lu Chen, why don’t we both skip dinner tonight so I can treat you to supper at 9?”
“Huh?”
I stared at her. “You’re plotting something, aren’t you?”
“I would never.” Lin Yixin smiled sweetly. “It’s just a normal supper. Have you never treated someone to a meal before?”
“Of course I have!” I chuckled. “A long time ago, I had to treat Du Thirteen everyday. It felt almost like he was my mistress or something…”
“Geez, how disgusting! You’re really hardcore alright!” Lin Yixin rolled her eyes at me.
I spread my arms and smiled. “Come on, it’s time we got back to leveling!”
“Mn.”
As we ventured deeper into the Ghost Valley, the Rotten Corpses were slowly replaced by a new kind of undead creature, the Zombie! Of course, I wasn’t talking about the jumpy, uniformed zombies of the Qin Dynasty. These Zombies were slow-moving undead who hadn’t rotten away and transformed into skeletons. In fact, their muscles were relatively intact. However, their flesh was withered and tattered like torn cotton, and from time to time they would let out a bloodcurdling scream.
Zombie LV-45
As I thought, their level is incredibly high!
Swoosh!
Lin Yixin was already charging toward the Zombie like a silver bolt. Moonlight was shining from her beautiful eyes—it was Moon Gaze!
Thud!
She accurately pierced the Zombie’s throat before dragging the dagger horizontally, cutting through flesh and critically wounding the monster a second time. Then, she switched to her sword, activated Killer Wind Swordplay and attacked in a frenzy. The Level 45 Zombie was dead before it managed to get in a third hit.
Pop!
A Big Magic Stone appeared where the Zombie disappeared, and Lin Yixin asked while picking it up, “Why aren’t you fighting?”
I replied, “Did you have a grudge with this Zombie or something? That seems a bit excessive.”
“Hmph, I’m just annoyed right now!”
“I see…”
We continued forward, but the Zombies’ level didn’t exceed Level 46. It was within acceptable limits considering that Lin Yixin and I were both pros with great skill and strength, and we had top-tier pets. Although the mobs’ skills’ attack power was increased to 140% because we were in a party, we were actually leveling much faster than we would have grinding alone.
Five hours later, I was Level 38 and Lin Yixin was Level 40. We had killed enough monsters to complete our quest a long time ago.
“Okay!”
We walked side by side as the Dark Wasp flew around my shoulders and the Fire Blade trailed behind Lin Yixin’s cape. Her Fire Blade had reached Level 34, and it had incredibly high Attack, Defense and HP. No wonder Lin Yixin had picked it.
My Dark Wasp was even more crazy. At Level 36, its stats were—
Level: 36
Attack: 405
Defense: 282
HP: 1204
Agility: 585
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that my pet’s Attack and Defense stats had completely exceeded my own. In fact, I began to suspect Lin Yixin was keeping me around because of my pet, not me. I asked her this question, and the answer was saddening, as I expected. The Dark Wasp really was the reason she kept me around!
When we arrived at the valley entrance, the NPC soldier’s expression turned respectful when we initiated a dialogue with him. He said sternly, “You’ve proven your strength, young and powerful adventurers. Please, accept my meager gift!”
Ding~!
System Notice: Congratulations, you have completed the quest [Cleanse the Ghost Valley]. You have gained 8500 EXP, 150 Reputation and the quest reward: “Phantasmal Magic Stone” x1!
My experience increased, but I didn’t level up. At Level 38, my leveling speed was much slower than before. It would only get harder from now on.
I opened my bag and took out a magic stone with a dark glow. It was none other than the Phantasmal Magic Stone of legends, and it had a quality of 100. I smiled at Lin Yixin and said, “1 gold get!”
Lin Yixin grumbled cutely. “I didn’t get anything…”
“Your luck is shit…”
“Like yours is any better.”
While we were speaking to each other, the NPC soldier grew serious again and said, “Young, honorable, powerful adventurers of the distant lands, I’m afraid I have to be the bearer of some grave news. A terrible group of undead has occupied an area deep inside Ghost Valley, and they keep launching attack after attack at us. They must be planning to break out of Ghost Valley and attack the human towns beneath the mountains. For the sake of these innocent villagers, I beg you to accept my request.”
Lin Yixin nodded. “Tell us~”
The soldier continued, “Please enter Ghost Valley immediately and kill 500 Blood Skeletons and Cyan Skeletons each. But be careful, these powerful undead creatures are brutal and cruel, and they will not allow any living creature to keep their breath. Be on your guard at all times!”