Chapter 368: Demon-eyed Wolf (1/2)
A breeze blew across the eastern bridge and caused tiny ripples on the river flowing beneath it. Three beautiful women—a fully armored knight, a dark archer with a war bow, and an elegant-looking priest—were standing atop the clean white stones of the bridge and waiting for someone. They were the girls of the Frost Cloud workshop, and even He Yi had made an appearance today.
I walked up to them with a smile and greeted them, ”I’m here!”
”Alright, let’s go!”
”Where are we going?” I asked.
Beiming Xue answered me, ”There’s a new map in the desert area beyond Sky Forest called Fire Desert. I heard that there are elite mobs or even shadow-rank mobs between Level 100 to 120 on that map, which is perfect for players between Level 95 to 110. Since it only appeared at 12 am last night, I don’t think it’s crowded yet.”
He Yi smiled. ”It doesn’t matter even if it is crowded. From what I learned, Fire Desert is almost half as big as the Sky Forest, so there are plenty of leveling grounds for everyone to share.”
”Mn.”
I looked at He Yi, and she returned the look. Her eyes were smiling at me.
”Eve, it’s almost 7 pm in New York right now, isn’t it? Aren’t you going to sleep tonight?”
He Yi replied with a smile, ”Actually, no. I just finished my business in New York, and I’m going to fly to India tomorrow. So, my plan is to spend the whole night grinding and catch my sleep on the plane later. I don’t want to fall too far behind in levels, not to mention that I haven’t hatched my Level 100 mount yet…”
”Oh, right!”
Now that I thought about it, He Yi did get a mount pet egg from the siege of Skull Castle, but it could only be hatched when she was at Level 100. The fight for dominance in Sky City was growing hotter each day, and as the guild leader of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, it was her responsibility to catch up in levels as soon as possible.
”Alright then, let’s head to Fire Desert right away!”
I summoned the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf and took the point of the party. Then, I turned back and checked everyone’s levels. Beiming Xue was sitting at Level 97, and Murong Mingyue 96. He Yi was the weakest player in our group sitting at only Level 93. She had also dropped out of the Heavenly Ranking of Sky City a while ago. In that case, let’s take back everything she lost at Fire Desert today!
We ran through Sky Forest. There were animals everywhere, and they were respawning at an incredible rate. However, there were just as many players in parties of five or ten in the area as well.
”Let’s give Lu Chen party leader.” He Yi suggested. ”His Famous General Skill is way stronger than our normal Encourage~”
”Mn!”
After Beiming Xue passed the party leader to me, I activated my stratagem and stunned the girls to speechlessness—
Beep!
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”OMG, this is so OP…” Beiming Xue stared at me and stuck out her tongue to properly express her shock. ”Big bro, do you know that the average Level 90 Tactician with Encourage III can only buff everyone’s attack power by 30% or so? Your Martial God is seriously…”
He Yi giggled. ”But of course. Your big bro’s stratagem is a Famous General Skill. It would be terrible if it was outdone by an Encourage III, right?”
Murong Mingyue also echoed in agreement, ”That’s right. Don’t forget that there are only two Famous Generals in the entire China server right now, and one of those players is right here with us. When we were partying up with a Tactician yesterday, a 31% Encourage already made our lives a lot easier than normal. I can only imagine how much stronger your Evil Spirit Volley will become now that your attack power is increased by 75%, Lil Beiming. I can’t wait to reach the Fire Desert already!”
The girls were happy, and I was just as satisfied. There was nothing more enjoyable than being able to protect and support your companions when playing a game.
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Speaking of which, I had kept my ID hidden to avoid attracting the attention of my enemies. However, He Yi, Murong Mingyue, and Beiming Xue did no such thing, so countless players were shooting us looks anyway—
”Wah! Look at them! They’re the famous beauties of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, aren’t they?”
”Yeah, you’re right! The knight at the front is From Water, the guild leader of Ancient Sword! The archer with the round butt is Beiming Xue! And holy shit, that priest with ridiculously large breasts has to be Murong Mingyue!”
”Fuck! In that case, that swordsman wielding a high-grade sword has to be the legendary protector of Ancient Sword—Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand, right?”
”That’s right. Who else has an aura like his? And look at him, he’s surrounded by three super beauties, but he isn’t even staring at them at all...”
”Bullshit, he’s staring at his guild leader’s breasts right now…”
”Fuck, you’re right! Look, he’s looking at Beiming Xue’s breasts now. I want to be him so badly…”
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I had to let out a cough and defend myself. ”Ahem, I’m not staring, really…”
He Yi shot me a glance before replying expressionlessly, ”It’s not like I care if you’re staring or not. So? Who has the bigger breasts, Beiming Xue or me?”
”Yours are slightly bigger. Beiming Xue still has some ways to go…” I let slip the truth and regretted it immediately.
He Yi turned redder, but she seemed to be happy.
Beiming Xue was staring at me unhappily. ”Big bro, I’m already 19 years old. I’m not going to grow any bigger than this…”
I hurriedly consoled her. ”It’s fine, this kind of stuff is all predestined anyway. Whatever the result might be, it doesn’t matter as long as you know that you’ve given it your all…”
Murong Mingyue: ”FFS, what on earth is going on here…”
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