Chapter 222

【Triggered Town Spirit Beast challenge, opponent: Hall Tier Lv36 Jade-Shelled Water Turtle】

【Challenge participants: 2/10】

【Challenge rules are as follows】

【1. Town Spirit Beasts cannot harm players and cannot be killed】

【2. If players leave the territory range, the Town Spirit Beast stops attacking and the challenge fails】

【3. After the challenge ends, the Town Spirit Beast loses memory of the challenge process】

【Challenge begins】

Looking at the opponent before her, so strong it exceeded imagination, cold sweat "Swish" appeared on Hongye's forehead.

Town Spirit Beast!

Because her own strength is still far from reaching the level to contact Town Spirit Beasts, she knows little about them; even though she is in Area 5149, she doesn't know the location of the Area's Town Spirit Beast.

But after reading the text before her and combining the fragments of information she had learned from the Dream Forum, Hongye immediately calmed down and grasped the key.

Territory Range!

The territory range of this Town Spirit Beast before them is clearly this lake and lakeshore area; they triggered the Town Spirit Beast challenge by mistakenly entering it, and they only need to step back a few paces, leave this range, and the challenge will automatically end.

Realizing this, Hongye grabbed Yifulin and was about to retreat.

She couldn't pull her.

Yifulin turned her head to look at her, her light blue eyes showing a hint of excitement and anticipation, pointing to a Contract Spirit Beast behind her.

That was one of Yifulin's two Elite Tier Spirit Beasts, a water-type Spirit Beast, the Blue Abyss Python.

Hongye's eyes gradually widened as she realized something.

Could it be that the district Spirit Beast before us exactly matches the resource needed for the Azure Abyss Python's advancement?

"I want to try!" Evelyn said softly, her eyes filled with a hint of pleading.

Although Hong Ye couldn't understand her words, she understood her meaning.

"All right!" Hong Ye gritted her teeth and pointed fiercely at the Emerald-Shelled Water Turtle.

Light burst forth simultaneously on the Emerald-Shelled Water Turtle and the leaping hare in her arms.

The second innate ability of the Spirit Board activates!

At the same time, Hong Ye didn't forget to leave a message in the guild channel.

【Hong Ye (5149): Oh no! I ran into a district Spirit Beast with Evelyn!】

——

"Ah!"

In an A-rank 1-star secret realm, Yue Li, who was clearing secret realm Spirit Beasts alongside Qin Chuan, suddenly exclaimed, "Hong Ye and Evelyn are in danger!"

"Huh?" Qin Chuan raised his brow, opened the guild channel, then realized, "Oh, it's just a district Spirit Beast; it's fine, no need to worry too much."

"How could I not worry?" Yue Li frowned slightly, "A district Spirit Beast isn't that easy to defeat."

"Did you forget Hong Ye's talent?" Qin Chuan tapped Yue Li's forehead, smiling, "The district Spirit Beast in area 5149 is Hall Tier Level 36, with a racial value of 30000; under the Spirit Board's second innate ability, it drops directly to 15000."

"Evelyn has two fully maxed Elite Tier Spirit Beasts; two 10000 versus one 15000 isn't hopeless."

"Moreover, Tie Hammer previously told me that Evelyn's talent is of the enhancement type, which further increases our chances of victory."

"Right, I almost forgot about the Spirit Board." Yue Li realized.

The reason she felt nervous was mainly because she recalled the situation when she and Qin Chuan first challenged a Hall Tier Level 36 Great Frostbird; they suffered a defeat then, making her subconsciously think that bringing along Hong Ye, a formal-level player Evelyn, would make it even harder to win.

But, the actual situation is different.

Because the talent effects of the two sides are not the same.

Back then, the only talent effect she and Qin Chuan could rely on was luck, whereas Hong Ye and Evelyn—one could suppress the opponent, the other could enhance herself.

As she was thinking, a new message appeared in the guild channel.

【Hong Ye (5149): We won!!!】

——

After seeing the previous message sent, within less than ten seconds a second message popped up; Tie Hammer fell silent for a moment, deleted the long passage he was about to send, and his tense body quickly relaxed.

Winning is good enough.

But the next instant, Tie Hammer thought of something, and his expression sank slightly.

Yesterday, while chatting with Evelyn, who had two fully maxed Elite Tier Spirit Beasts, they discussed the advanced resources Evelyn needed for her advancement.

Evelyn said then that one of the Spirit Beasts she needed to challenge was the district Spirit Beast in area 5149, while the others were farther away.

And Tie Hammer also laughed, saying that once Evelyn fully maxed her third Contract Spirit Beast, under the effect of Spirit Ascension, challenging the district Spirit Beast would be easy, allowing them to save a few optional items.

Unexpectedly, today the two girls who went out to look for Contract Spirit Beasts ran into a district Spirit Beast.

This is no coincidence.

Because yesterday, Evelyn had asked him where the district Spirit Beast in area 5149 was located.

From Hong Ye's reaction, it seems she didn't know about this.

Tie Hammer couldn't help but sigh.

Evelyn, please forgive me for not having had the chance to teach you this lesson about friendship yet.

That should not involve exploitation; it is pure and sincere feeling.

——

"How impressive!"

Watching the massive Emerald-Shelled Water Turtle crash heavily back into the lake, raising towering waves, Hong Ye's eyes shone brightly as she looked at the petite girl before her, filled with a hint of admiration.

After the Spirit Board took effect, she personally saw the opponent's two Spirit Beasts rapidly increase in strength, giving her the feeling that either one alone would be enough to defeat the Emerald-Shelled Water Turtle.

And the fact matched her feeling: under the combined force of the two Elite Tier Spirit Beasts, that Emerald-Shelled Water Turtle couldn't hold out long before being directly defeated.

Thinking of defeating the strongest town-area Spirit Beast in the entire game zone, with her contribution, Hongye's heart was filled with joy at this moment.

It's a shame her game identity isn't known to many yet, and this achievement can't be flaunted in reality.

But it's fine!

Going back to camp to share with Iron Hammer Uncle is just as good!

Although she already mentioned this in the guild channel, there are still many details to share!

Evelyn picked up the water-blue Advanced Resource that had fallen on the ground, embedded it into the Blue Abyss Python's advanced formation, and seeing one-fifth of the formation light up, her face likewise showed an excited expression.

Success!

Defeating the Green-shelled Water Turtle saved a Selected Advanced Resource.

She is now one step closer to the Hall Tier.

But this excitement faded a bit when she felt Hongye's gaze upon her.

A hint of guilt appeared in Evelyn's light-blue eyes.

The direction she chose was exactly where the town-area Spirit Beast was located.

Yet she didn't tell Hongye about this.

Evelyn didn't fully grasp what exploitation meant, but she seemed to see Iron Hammer Uncle's reproachful gaze.

She pressed her lips, seeing Hongye's utterly calm expression, and her guilt grew stronger.

"Evelyn, let's go back to the guild!" Hongye took Evelyn's hand, already eager to find Iron Hammer Uncle and tell him everything that just happened.

The word "Guild," already familiar in Chinese, made Evelyn's heart skip.

She fell silent for a moment, shook her head, broke off a branch from a lakeside shrub, wrote a "C" on the ground, and drew five stars after it.

She lifted her head to meet Hongye's surprised eyes, the little girl earnestly waving her arms.

Your C-rank secret realm, I, Evelyn, have got it covered!

(End of chapter)