Chapter 115: Black Crystal Lava Lake
“What? You got swallowed by that bug? Didn’t they say it wouldn’t kill players?”
“How would I know?” Ruyin Ruyuan couldn’t help but roll her eyes. This was ridiculous; that big bug was way too fast, with no room for maneuvering.
“…”
After a moment of silence, the president of Unity of Heaven and Earth spoke, “Forget it, don’t pursue anymore. Let everyone else come back; I have a bad feeling.”
Seeing the determination in his eyes, Ruyin Ruyuan nodded.
She opened the communicator and shouted, “Wuying, bring your people back. The president said to stop chasing.”
…
Due to a special storyline triggered in Grey Ridge Plain, there wasn’t a single gray wolf to be seen across the entire map.
Thousands of players could only stand there in a daze waiting for respawns, even though there wouldn’t be any.
Most of the guilds that noticed it sent people to investigate. They had seen many hidden storylines before, but this was absurd!
…
Ten elite gray wolves each carried a player, heading southwest. Taking a shortcut would definitely speed things up, but they didn’t know what wild monsters were on the way.
The girl was somewhat frightened, but after getting used to it, she began to curiously look around.
Moreover, the health bars of the gray wolves had turned yellow in their eyes.
So, Jiangxia and Wencheng took the opportunity to heal the injured gray wolves.
Of course, Jiangxia was nowhere near as effective as Wencheng, the Holy Healer.
A healing chain restored most of the injured gray wolves back to full health!
“I feel invigorated!” the gray wolf howled.
Jiangxia looked at the terrifying amount of healing and had turned into a sour lemon, “Damn, let me not take the result while you took it, you bad girl!”
The Traveler shook his head, “You won’t pass the trial.”
“… Do you know why you still don’t have a girlfriend?”
He became interested and raised an eyebrow, “Why?”
“Do you really dare to ask that?!”
Suddenly, a prompt interrupted their banter.
Ding!
System Notification: You have entered the new map “Black Crystal Lava Lake.” The temperature around the lava will rise sharply, please explore with caution.
Black Crystal Lava Lake? If memory serves correctly, that was where the group of thieves had stolen.
Mo Se also slowed down, sometimes deliberately turning, seemingly trying to avoid something.
Suddenly, a gray wolf at the back of the pack let out a terrible wail, its entire body falling into the lava.
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In an instant, the damage surged and melted it alive!
No way?
“Take it slow, everyone be careful!” Zane shouted.
Mo Se also slowed down, carefully leading the way; it seemed to have a natural instinct regarding temperature.
Even so, some gray wolves stepped onto certain fragile soil and fell into the lava, dying.
This place was too dangerous.
Damn, one shouldn’t be greedy for speed and shortcuts.
After all, there were simply too many gray wolves; the geology here was already poor, and with hundreds of gray wolves passing through at the same time, such a situation was only to be expected.
Moreover, over time, some gray wolves were burned by the scorching currents.
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Fortunately, there were two healers available to provide salvation.
However, new troubles emerged.
Sensing the intense commotion from outside, over a dozen Lava Spiders crawled out from their hidden caves.
This was dangerous; Star Cat wasn’t here, and he couldn’t recklessly transform in front of the gray wolves.
If they got hit by the Flame Spider Web in such an environment, it would be truly difficult to dodge!
“Hiss—”
Sure enough, in the instant they met, the fiery spider web was spat out.
Suddenly, an ice crystal arrow flew past Zane, and the rising frost completely extinguished the spider web, continuing its trajectory to hit that Lava Spider.
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The Ice Feather Arrow dealt restrained damage while a layer of frost enveloped that spider.
Nangong smirked, “I can also deal over a thousand damage now!”
However, the other enemies wouldn’t sit still; they all activated their webs.
Letting those things ensnare them would not be good! Silver Grade absolutely overpowers Black Iron Grade; the gray wolves couldn’t withstand a more severe blow!
Whoosh—
Whoosh—
In this lava land, countless hot air currents gathered above Zane’s claws, merging with incredible energy.
Claw of the Storm!
Scorching wind marks formed a fiery claw print, slapping away all the spider webs. Moreover, the immense power knocked several spiders into the lava.
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In just a few seconds, these Lava Spiders were cooked alive; although they lived near lava for a long time, it didn’t mean they could swim in it.
“Leader is mighty!”
“Child, I truly didn’t misjudge you.” The former Gray Wolf King laughed heartily.
The spider webs entered cooldown, and Brother Shiu spread fire and thunder clouds. Perhaps due to the environmental conditions, the damage from the fire had already significantly decreased, but it was still a good choice to help other players reap rewards.
By the way, since he was now the Gray Wolf King, could he issue a escort mission? Watching them reap rewards, Zane had a sudden thought.
“Ding”
System Notification: The Gray Wolf Chief has issued you a F-level mission ‘Escort.’ Would you like to accept?
Endless Sea was chopping small monsters and got startled by the popped-up task window.
“What are you doing, Feng Chen?”
“Brother Zanny, what’s going on…?”
“Is there a response? That’s good! Everyone, accept the task.” Zane nodded.
Nangong pouted, “Are we being sent off with just an F-level task?”
“Ahem, a higher-level task would require me to expend items. An F-level is fine; getting some experience is better than nothing!”
“Tch! So stingy.”
“If you say ‘tch’ again, I’ll let the gray wolves throw you into the lava!”
“Wait, Brother Zanny, I was wrong!”
…
Starry and the Snow Feather Goblins passed through the tunnel secretly built by the goblins underground.
However, this was indeed not a place designed for humans, and Starry had to keep her head down to progress, which was extremely inconvenient.
After catching a goblin, sensing a threat to its life, it was quite cooperative, spilling all it could say.
Of course, this didn’t rule out the possibility of it tricking her, so caution was still necessary.
The whole process was surprisingly smooth.
They avoided various traps along the way, with Star Cat’s cold breath occasionally hitting the goblin, and it wouldn’t dare to lie carelessly.
The Misty Rock was said to have formed during a peak showdown.
Two human powerhouses once battled here, and their realms were unknown, but it was their clash that released such power that left the area riddled with pits and holes. Although decades have passed, many plants have grown, those pits still exist.
The Misty Rock Goblins were merely fallen goblins cast out from their clan. They had aspirations but ended up with nothing, having to seek new paths.
Ultimately, these lost ones chose the Misty Rock as their residence and, after years of development and exploitation of passersby, had formed quite a scale.
