Chapter 92: Bloodspine Wolfking (1/2)
“Beep beep…”
It was very early in the morning when my phone suddenly rang. Dazed and half asleep, I grabbed it and saw a name on the screen: Murong Mingyue!
Eh? Why is she calling me this early in the morning?
“Hello?” I asked after answering the call. “What up, sis? It’s really early…”
Murong Mingyue’s voice was urgent. “Lu Chen, I need you and your group right now. Xu Yang and I encountered a Level 60 boss at Greenstone Valley, but there are only five of us, and we don’t have a super main tank and DPS. Please help us because I don’t think we can beat it ourselves. We can officially start rebuilding Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls if the boss drops a Hero’s Token!”
My mind instantly came awake. Fuck, they stumbled onto a Level 60 boss just like that? That’s some amazing luck...
I immediately rolled off the bed and said seriously, “I’m waking my guys right away. Don’t tell anyone else about this and keep an eye on the boss until we arrive!”
“Okay. How many people do you have?”
“Four!”
“Ah? Are you sure that’s enough?”
“It’s enough. Just wait for us!”
“Okay!”
……
I had always been quite confident in our workshop’s strength, but after Gui Guzi obtained a Silver-grade shield and a Silver-grade spear yesterday, his stats were among the best of the best in Floating Ice City, and his total HP was literally peerless. Besides that, Beiming Xue and I were among the absolute best DPSers out there, and we had been focusing on grinding XP in the past couple of days. Therefore, our chances of beating a Level 60 boss successfully wouldn’t be lower than 40%!
I knocked on Du Thirteen and Gui Guzi’s doors loudly while yelling, “It’s 6 in the morning and we have a mission! Get yourselves a cup of water and go online right away!”
“Oh!”
My brothers displayed a superhuman level of professionalism and finished everything they needed to take care of in ten minutes.
Next, I called Beiming Xue on the phone. It took a while before someone answered the call. “Hi. Who’s this?”
“Lil Beiming, it’s me, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand!”
“Oh! Heehee, what’s so urgent, boss? It’s quite early in the morning.”
“Log into the game, I’ll explain the rest there. We have a mission!”
“Oh, a mission this early? Alright, gimme half an hour!”
Her request caught me off-guard. “Half an hour? Why?”
“Well, I need to put on some light makeup first…”
“Er, maybe not this time. Light makeup won’t add any in-game stats, you know? Just drink a cup of water and get online, it’s really urgent…”
“Oh. Okay…”
……
After the summons were complete, I rushed back into my own room, connected to the internet and went online!
Swhoosh!
It was at this moment Murong Mingyue sent me a message: “You’re finally up!”
“Coordinates!”
“The exact coordinates are (12972, 30984) at Greenstone Valley, Floating Ice City area. Move north of the city. You will eventually reach a valley. You should see us once you enter and make a couple of turns!”
“Alright, we’ll arrive in half an hour!”
“We’ll be waiting for you. There were a couple of parties grinding here earlier, but thankfully none of them noticed the boss. Right now we’re grinding nearby and keeping everyone from moving close to its coordinates.”
“Got it. Be careful.”
“Oh. Hehe, this is nothing~”
……
A few minutes later, all four of us had arrived at the eastern gate square of Floating Ice City. I took the chance to check out everyone’s level. Sitting at Level 52, Gui Guzi had the highest level among us. Beiming Xue followed closely behind him at Level 51. I was Level 50, and Du Thirteen was Level 47. All things considered, our party was pretty powerful.
“Let’s go. Full speed ahead!”
I took the lead and charged out of the gates. Du Thirteen was the only one whose ID didn’t turn as red as blood. We were Night Creatures, so our presence here was about as dissonant as a group of bandits in a village.
At first, some players felt like testing their mettle against us and earning a quick buck. But the moment Gui Guzi, Beiming Xue, and I revealed our IDs, those players shrank as quickly as they came as a matter of course. Who in their right mind would dare to attack a group made up of three dark-based, Heavenly Ranking pros anyway?
We reached Greenstone Valley in almost no time at all. I had come here once with Lin Yixin and stolen a boss from right under Mad Dragon’s nose. In fact, I had obtained my Beast-faced Turmoil Helmet and Soul Turmoil Armor here, so it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that I was rather familiar with this particular zone. It was where I had carried out my great escape after all.
Rustle...
Beiming Xue kept a constant watch on our surroundings as we ran across the grass. Her bloody eyes were fully awake and alert. Any archer with good natural senses was a good archer, and this one possessed particularly amazing beauty and offensive power!
We switched up our formation a little so that Gui Guzi was running at the forefront instead of me. He was the shield of our party and probably the strongest tank in Floating Ice City right now due to his Undying Shield skill.
I couldn’t help but feel proud as I watched Gui Guzi and Beiming Xue. In the past, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls guild was slaughtered by Candle Dragon because we never had real pros in our ranks. But today, the Bloody Mercenaries workshop alone had Gui Guzi and Beiming Xue, two miraculous gaming pros in their own right. I was sure that our tragic history would not repeat itself a second time.
Hmph, I will turn Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls into a sun in Heavenblessed in a year at most. I’ll make our enemies quake in fear when they hear our name!
I swore an oath inside my mind. It was the one goal I would do anything to achieve!
……
A couple of blue dots appeared in front of us not long after we entered the valley. It was Murong Mingyue’s group. There were five members in total, and their party formation was acceptable. Xu Yang was the main tank, Murong Mingyue was the healer. They also had a male mage and a male archer. The last member of the party was a female bard who looked around twenty years old. She wasn’t bad-looking, but compared to Murong Mingyue she was unremarkable to say the least.
I was a bit disappointed that He Yi wasn’t anywhere, but I guessed she had work to do. It had always been like this; sometimes she was so busy that she didn’t log in for a whole week.
“Finally!”
Murong Mingyue let out a clear sigh of relief when she saw us. She walked up to us and asked, “The boss is inside the valley ahead. Do you need us to reorganize our party?”
I nodded. “Thirteen will join your party, and you will join mine. Our party will be the main force of this raid, and we already have all the MT and DPS we need. The only thing we lack right now is a healer.”
“Alright. Xu Yang, you are the party leader now!”