Chapter 255: Demon‑Gas‑Infested Mountains

After a day's hustle, everything is basically arranged properly.

Chen Guan practically moved into the neighboring club overnight; of course Huakui Studio was still retained, with a few girls living separately, but overall it was still encompassed within Yanhuang Club.

As for Chen Guan, that guy, once he arrived, was leaping up and down among a group of girls.

Moving over in such a hurry is clearly a Sima Zhao's heart…

…

Returning to the game.

After Su Sheng logged on, Su Ba, Lin Huan and the others around him also logged on one after another.

At that moment, Tie Chui Airen was leading the other Dwarves in tidying the camp.

"Ready to set out; the basic route has been confirmed," Tie Chui Airen said to Su Sheng after finishing the camp.

Su Sheng gave a slight nod: "Understood." Then he looked at Lin Huan and his dad and said, "We can set off, right?"

"No problem, let's go," the group replied.

Su Sheng turned his head upward to glance at the mountains ahead, hoping the monsters' level wouldn't be too high, otherwise they'd be muggles.

But now our squad should be the strongest team in the entire Zhu Lu Game at present.

Among the five-person squad, three have Hidden Class, and all are above level 40.

Then, under Tie Chui Airen's lead, the party began to venture deep into the mountains.

Su Sheng looked at the map.

The deep red name indicates that this map is currently a high‑danger map.

Demon Gas Infiltrated Mountains.

That's the map's name.

Soon, Su Sheng's group encountered the first wave of monsters.

A wild boar, its whole body pitch‑black with blood‑red eyes.

A level‑50 wild monster, this is a wild‑monster training spot.

It's an entire dense training spot, and Tie Chui Airen's route, damn it, goes straight through the whole area.

Trying not to draw the hate value of these boars is obviously unrealistic.

Fight, then—what else can we do.

A level‑50 ordinary wild monster, with rough skin and thick flesh; its attack isn't low, and a normal attack can pierce Su Sheng's defense.

Fortunately, the Fireworks Blessing shield and Huang Mingxin's healing keep the problem minor.

Mainly, the Dwarves also understand this mountain range isn't safe, so they move very cautiously, and they rarely agitate monsters each time.

It took about forty‑plus minutes to escort the Dwarves through this boar training spot.

Midway, no wild monsters actually encountered the Dwarves.

All the trees across the mountain range are completely barren, without a single leaf; the rocks and soil are all dominated by black.

From time to time, black Demon Energy seeps out from those black trees.

The whole scene is all about deep oppression.

"So oppressive," Huang Mingxin said, looking at the surroundings, moving a bit closer to Li Wenwan and tightening her neck.

As a Holy Light Priest, Huang Mingxin radiates a faint white aura throughout her body in this dim Demon Energy environment, looking especially sacred.

Of course, normally she doesn't have this effect.

"Don't worry, it's just the game environment, not a big deal," Li Wenwan said cheerfully, a fire‑red sparrow hopping lively on her shoulder.

In contrast, the mythical lion perched on Su Sheng's head remains completely still.

Swish~

At that moment, a piercing whoosh, moving at break‑neck speed, roared through the air.

Su Sheng was instantly alert.

Swish~

A pitch‑black vine immediately coiled around a dwarf at the very rear.

With a swish, it yanked him back.

"Help!" the dwarf screamed in terror, and the bamboo basket on his back fell off.

Shield Rush!

Su Sheng's figure turned into a afterimage, using Shield Rush while mounted, at blistering speed!

Lion's Claw!

Sword Edge Sweep struck that black vine directly.

No damage, no health bar; the vine hasn't broken, and it continues to contract rapidly, dragging the dwarf.

Su Sheng raised an eyebrow and glanced at the combat tip.

Combat tip: Use skill on Fallen Magic Tree, dealing "-7447".

Fallen Magic Tree (Elite Monster)

Level: 53

Attack:??

It has a panel and damage, so it's obvious this vine isn't the monster's body.

Su Sheng aimed at the vine's position and swung his sword again.

Swish swish....

Boom!

At the same time, Li Wenwan's Fireball also arrived.

Under the bombardment of that Fireball, the black vine finally snapped.

The dwarf rolled and crawled up, then hurried back, lifted the bamboo basket, and leaned beside Iron Hammer.

The Dwarves were rescued, and Su Sheng rushed straight toward the source of the black vines.

About thirty yards away, among four or five black dead trees, one of the dead trees with gaping claws looked rather frightening.

Their appearance is almost identical; the only difference is that one moves and the other does not.

If the magic tree doesn't move, you can't tell which is the monster and which is the scenery.

Swish swish~

Black branches lashed at Su Sheng.

Although these tree demons cannot move, their branches and vines stretch thirty to forty yards, making mobility irrelevant.

Moreover, the aggro range of this magic tree is absurd; ordinary monsters only have an aggro range of ten to twenty yards.

Monsters with a twenty‑yard aggro range are rare.

This magic tree's aggro range appears to be close to forty yards, nearly double that of ordinary monsters.

Shield Raise! Block!

Pa pa pa~

-781

-872

-751

The damage is decent, and the attack speed is very fast.

Screech!

A cry rang out, accompanied by a wave of scorching fire, and a red Fire Phoenix slammed into that tree demon.

-42144!!!

Terrifying damage! Directly over forty thousand, magical critical!

And... this monster is a tree; Li Wenwan's Flame Heaven Overcome against these monsters.

OT! The burst damage is too high!

But it's not a big problem; Su Sheng immediately blocked in front of Li Wenwan.

With Li Wenwan's addition, that tree demon was easily taken care of.

The experience was decent.

The magic tree was cleared, and the dwarf NPC had already calmed down under Iron Hammer's soothing.

Then the group continued onward.

Only this time, besides being wary of the usual monsters, the oddly shaped trees by the road were also within everyone's alert range.

After all, if they don't move, those magic trees are really hard to spot.

Going deeper, they encountered another seven or eight magic trees.

But with preparation, they handled them without serious danger.

After about another forty minutes of delving, they finally... saw the second wave of monsters' Training Spot.

Level 55 Magic-Infused Giant Scorpion!

Although a Normal Monster, its shell is extremely hard, defense is high, and these giant scorpions also carry poison.

Those poisoned become numb, slowed, and continue losing health.

Against a level‑55 monster, the party was already fighting fifteen levels above their own.

If it weren't a quest, Su Sheng really wouldn't want to fight these scorpions at this time....

But fortunately, they could still barely clear them....