Chapter 173: Myriad Poison Sandworm (1/2)

It was late afternoon above the bridge at the east gate of Floating Ice City. I was leaning against the stone railing with my hood pulled down temporarily. I looked mysterious and murderous with my bloody cape fluttering behind my back, my armor glowing and my expression stern and serious.

He Yi and Murong Mingyue started commenting on my appearance as they walked toward me.

“Eve, Lu Chen grew up a lot in the past two years, am I right? Two years ago, he looked like a greenhorn on his first day of society. Now, he actually looks mature…”

He Yi nodded repeatedly. “Yeah, yeah! He also looks a lot more handsome than before!”

“OMG, is that the only criteria you recognize in your head? You disappoint me, Eve…”

He Yi: “...”

…...

A while later, Beiming Xue and Moonlight Stone showed up as well.

Beiming Xue was wearing a high-grade leather armor and wielded a glowing bow. Her eyes were smiling as she walked toward me. “Hey boss! So, what’s the zone we’re going to tackle? Is it worth the trouble?”

I waved my hands and said, “Absolutely. We can sit back and live like champs for half a year after we tackle this zone!”

“...”

Beauty Moonlight Stone glanced at me and Beiming Xue before saying in an envious tone, “Heavens! Both your pupils look so cool! I want to dye my pupils red too, dammit!”

Beiming Xue simply smiled at the compliment. Feeling very pleased on the inside, I comforted her by pointing at He Yi. “It’s fine, look! She has black pupils, but she’s still a gorgeous lady, isn’t she?”

He Yi smiled sweetly at the compliment. I was sure that the praise made her happy.

Murong Mingyue curled her lips and pushed her way toward me until my fingertip touched something soft. I immediately pulled back my hand as quick as lightning.

Undead like me and Beiming Xue had red pupils. Gui Guzi was still a skeleton right now, so he didn’t have any eyeballs to speak of. The topic reminded me of Lin Yixin. She was a succubus, so her pupils were purple in color. However, it only brought out her astounding beauty even more!

I raised my sword and added everyone in the party. Finally, I said, “Alright, let’s go!”

“Mn mn!”

He Yi said, “Lu Chen, don’t forget to share the quest with us!”

“Oh, right!”

A “ding” later, the quest was shared with the girls. All four of them exclaimed in surprise at once.

Beiming Xue: “Wow, an A-rank quest?”

He Yi: “This one looks like it’ll be a challenge…”

Murong Mingyue: “Heehee, this quest looks like it’ll keep me full for the next three years to come!”

…...

He Yi asked, “Lu Chen, are you sure our party can handle this? A few days ago, Mingyue, Xu Yang and I tried to complete a B-rank quest, but we got party-wiped midway…”

I wasn’t sure what to say. “Er…”

He Yi: “...”

I smiled. “We have a slightly more ‘scientific’ party formation this time, so don’t worry. Things are as perfect as it can get with me and my Dark Wasp as the tanks, Mingyue as the healer and Beiming Xue and Moonlight Stone as the ranged DPS!”

He Yi blinked. “What about me?”

I considered my words carefully before replying, “I think you should just sit tight and leech EXP until you’re 60, boss. Don’t forget that your equipment isn’t too strong yet. Do you have at least 500 Defense?”

He Yi’s cheeks turned red. “I’m almost there. I have 397 Defense to be exact…”

“OMG, your Defense is even lower than mine! You should’ve upgraded your shield a long time ago!”

“Mn, well, I don’t have anything better to switch to, so...”

I nodded. “We’ll try to kill as many bosses as possible. If we’re lucky enough to get a high-grade metal armor or two, you can have them first before me!”

He Yi smiled back. “Okay, sure. Let’s go!”

…...

We left Floating Ice City’s borders and trekked through a small forest path. Our destination—southernmost part of the city domain.

The starting point of the quest was situated at the edge of the world map. In fact, any further than that and we would be entering the world map of a completely different server. But of course, the option to cross to another server wasn’t available yet at this time.

The entire trek took more than two hours. It was so long that the girls were sticking their tongues out.

Murong Mingyue wiped the sweat on her forehead and complained, “What is this, an expedition? By the time we reach Myriad Poison Cave it’ll almost be time for dinner already…”

He Yi shook her head. “We can skip dinner. I need to lose some weight anyway…”

I looked back and forth between He Yi and Murong Mingyue. On one hand, He Yi had a perfect body shape. Her legs were round and long, and her breasts were curvaceous. They were in perfect harmony like heaven and earth, so her desire to lose weight made absolutely no sense to me. On the other hand, Murong Mingyue’s breasts were a little too big for her own good. Yeah, she’s the one who needs to lose some weight!

So I said, “I think you got it mixed up, boss. Someone else should be losing her weight, not you.”

Murong Mingyue immediately smacked my head with her staff. “What’s that? Did you just say I’m too fat, you little brat?”

He Yi shook her head while giggling. “You shouldn’t have provoked a woman who eats nine meals a day…”

I clutched my forehead and complained, “You could’ve told me sooner!”

…...

In the end, we—or more specifically the girls—decided that we would all skip dinner and lose some weight in the process. We could change our minds after we entered Myriad Poison Cave and figured out the situation.