Chapter 155

Myth

After hearing the mission details, even Xiao Feng was shocked.

This is really hard!

Assist an NPC army to defeat another NPC army.

From the background, the 【Blood Rose Legion】 should be the abyssal force that killed the War City lord, and likely are subordinates of the demon king Mihel.

Such a legion's scale is at least several hundred thousand troops; judging by the average level of abyssal creatures, it is at least level 130 or higher.

Among them, there are at least a dozen demon generals above level 200, and possibly even demigods mixed in.

Wanting to win this battle, the difficulty can be imagined!

Even if Xiao Feng acts, facing such a massive abyssal legion, he has no confidence of withdrawing unscathed.

"Is there a specified time limit for the mission?" Xiao Feng asked a crucial question.

If the time were unlimited, we could take it slow; as player levels rise over time, we would eventually finish.

But if it's a time-limited mission, that would be troublesome!

Mang Mei replied: "There is a time limit, but it's six months, so there is still time to prepare. Everyone, this mission… shall we take it?"

She hasn't accepted the mission yet.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng decisively said: "Take it, we must take it! Coincidentally, I also have a related war mission to do; we can go together to the Ash Plains to beat the demons!"

The mission is difficult, but if we are careful, we still have a chance to complete it.

After all, players can resurrect infinitely; with Xiao Feng's own strength, as long as we spend enough time and grind slowly, we can wear down an NPC legion to death!

"Okay, I accept."

Mang Mei took the mission, then said: "The NPC said, if we fail to complete the army task within six months, we will be blacklisted and never be able to enter any city..."

Xiao Feng said: "No problem, I estimate we can finish it within one or two months."

After a while, War City will be flooded with a large number of players.

In the coming days, the battlefield will become an important spot for grinding monsters and earning contributions.

Even if they don't act, the abyssal legion will be ground down by frantic players, suffering successive defeats.

Don't think that a few hundred thousand abyssal troops look formidable.

Actually, in front of hundreds of millions of players, they are nothing at all!

However, the legion task has quota requirements; if one does not personally participate and relies entirely on other players' output, even if the abyssal army is defeated, no reward will be obtained, and instead one will be punished for "lax combat."

"Everyone, continue doing your tasks separately; I'm going to train my mount. In about 12 hours, after my duel with Sword Slaying the Heavens ends, we'll form a group to go to the Ash Plains to farm war contributions." Xiao Feng said in the small group.

After the Otto ancient curse is lifted, he will also be able to earn war contributions; both the main storyline quest and the war quest are what he wants to engage with.

But before that, he would rather train his mount to level 30, at least enough to fly in the sky!

"Okay, then we'll temporarily split up; if there's a dungeon to clear, just call in the group." Xing Yun Miao said, the first to leave the party and return to the main city.

Xiao Feng and the others also left the party one by one, each going their own way.

Xiao Feng wanted to level up his mount, needing to constantly move on the map, running to places where the Thunder God had not been.

The map around War City is very vast, and monster levels are not low; while training the mount, using skills to hit wild monsters also yields a lot of experience.

He retrieved the warhorse he had rented earlier, rode it while walking the eagle, and galloped across the plains near War City.

For each kilometer run, the Thunder God Eagle's experience increases slightly; as he runs and enters another region, it immediately jumps by twenty or thirty points, which is still quite beneficial.

After five hours like this, he had run through all the big and small areas around War City; the warhorse was repeatedly exhausted from fatigue, then fed with rations, altogether covering several hundred kilometers.

Repeatedly, the experience rewards from new maps raised the Thunder God's level to 23, still needing over 1,000 experience points to reach level 30 and be ridable.

1,000 experience equals 1,000 kilometers of distance, or reaching 50 new areas (teleportation doesn't count).

Saying it's a lot isn't excessive; saying it's little isn't insufficient.

Xiao Feng calculated the time; his duel with Sword Slaying the Heavens would start in a few hours, so he glanced in a direction and continued to run hard.

At that moment, a map appeared in his mind.

— the complete world map of the War City lord's manor.

From War City heading southwest, about 1,800 kilometers away lies the Ash Plains battlefield.

To the northwest, 12,000 kilometers away is another second-tier main city, the "City of Death."

He isn't in a rush to go to the City of Death, as it's truly too far; if he wants to explore, he'd set out from the relatively closer "Bird City."

Over a thousand experience points, running toward the battlefield direction is still okay.

Although after unlocking battlefield gameplay there will be a teleportation array that can directly reach the front lines, the vast expanse between battlefield and main city is also good exploration content.

The warhorse and the eagle together galloped across the plains, and before long they entered a forested area.

Running on, they crossed great rivers and lakes; along the way the scenery was grand and magnificent.

But the further they ran, the less green there was on the ground, gradually turning grayish-black.

When Xiao Feng had run 300 kilometers and had accumulated over 400 experience for the Thunder God, the land ahead had become a gray expanse, reminiscent of the divine fall ground where he previously encountered the evil spirit general.

"Your mount 'Thunder God' and you arriving at the Death-Spirit Wilds gain 20 extra experience."

This place is called the Death-Spirit Wilds; the surrounding wild monsters are a group of level 120 giant lizards.

【Demonic Earth Dragon】

Level: 120

HP: 47680/47680

Attack: 2300

Physical Defense: 600

Magic Defense: 350

Skills: Earth Shield, Earth Spike, Savage Bite

The minor monsters' attributes were neither high nor low; they were the sort that could be instantly killed.

Xiao Feng casually cleared the monsters along the way and continued pressing deeper into the distance.

Before he realized it, a massive black creature appeared ahead.

"Huh? A wild boss?" Xiao Feng showed a surprised expression.

It was a giant dragon, entirely gray‑black; it ought to have been yellow, but the abyssal force had corroded it, taking away its original shine.

【Demonic Corrupted Earth Dragon King (Mythic Leader)】

Level: 145

HP: 100000/17800000

(Target level too high, unable to acquire more data)

This is a dying mythic boss!

"Picked up a loot?" Xiao Feng smirked, moving in to harvest the experience.

A level‑145 mythic boss yields about 60 million experience — enough for him to gain 3‑4 levels!

However, as he approached the dragon and readied his attack, the dying dragon suddenly spoke!

It spoke in a human voice, weakly saying: "Human, please don't kill me……"

"Oh? Why?" Xiao Feng asked.

The Earth Dragon King gasped weakly and replied: "I was attacked by the Demon King, who stole my vitality; I am gravely wounded. If you kill me, you can only take what's on my body. But if you save me, I can lead you to my nest and give you more treasure."

Hearing that, Xiao Feng wasn't particularly interested in the treasure and instead asked: "You ran into the Demon King? Is she a gorgeous female demon king?"

"Huh?" The Earth Dragon King hadn't expected that question, paused, then answered: "Yes, it's a female Demon King; her power is terrifying, and she appears to be badly wounded."

"Where did she go?!" Xiao Feng hurriedly asked.

I never thought just wandering would lead me to Mi He Er's trail! If she hasn't gone far, I'll detour to check her out. Besides, the battlefield mode has been forcibly activated by the system, so sparing or killing her makes no difference — if I meet her I can just take her down!

The Earth Dragon King replied: "She headed toward the West Ash Plains. Human warrior, do you have any healing potions? Heal my wounds and I'll give you……"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Feng said: "Got it, got it, got it — here, take this, hurry up and recover, then take me to your lair to loot the treasure."

A dragon's lair is synonymous with treasure — worth at least two mythic bosses!

Heal the dragon, loot its hoard, then finish it off — that's equivalent to three mythic bosses, and the cost is just a few blood medicines; it's a pure profit!