Chapter 31: with translation of chapter title

Xiao Feng

Seeing his friend's expression, Xiao Feng knew the matter was definitely not trivial.

He already had a vague guess in his mind.

Li Li didn't speak directly, but switched to the team channel, using a voice others couldn't hear, and said: "Invincible Under Heaven is leading people to attack a mythic boss of level 100 or above; the boss's specific information can't be ascertained, but it's certain they're doing it for the stronghold token."

Lao Zhang

Dun Dun

His guess was correct; what could make the World Guild go on high alert is none other than a mythic boss!

"Stronghold construction order... hasn't appeared yet in the Blue Star War Zone; it's said the Dragon Soul Guild and Gods Guild have each offered a bounty of 100 million cash, just to be the first guild to establish a stronghold. It seems Invincible Under Heaven is ahead, having discovered a level 100 or above boss earlier than other major guilds." Zhang Fan said in surprise.

Invincible Under Heaven

Dragon Soul Guild

Because a guild stronghold is originally not an early-game feature, but rather a mid-game one.

When the players' average level approaches 100, the game opens the "Guild War" gameplay, and only then does the stronghold acquire practical significance.

Blue Star War Zone

With a stronghold, one can also learn legion skills, take on bosses that are extremely fierce; by doing daily construction tasks, one can gain large amounts of experience and gold; and every so often there is a "Monster Siege" event, after which the battle often allows one to level up several times in a row!

Storm City

Godfall Land

As long as one continues to consume the "Stronghold Construction Order", one can continually raise the level, expand the stronghold's scale, gradually building it from a small village into a large city.

It is said that after consuming more than 30 Stronghold Construction Orders, one can upgrade the guild stronghold to the scale of a third-tier main city, on par with the system's main cities. Of course, the construction costs during the upgrade process are also astronomical.

If built, just by attracting NPC and player merchants to settle in, the daily tax revenue would be an astonishing fortune!

"Old Xiao, what do you say?" Zhang Fan and Li Li looked at Xiao Feng, wanting to know what he was thinking.

Swift Boots

Otogu War Boots

Although he had been counter-killed twice, this grudge from actively provoking him wouldn't just fade away.

Epic Gauntlets

"Where are they?" Xiao Feng spoke, asking a question.

Under Heaven War King

He immediately replied: "Invincible Under Heaven's secrecy work is very good, but with so many people it's inevitable to be spotted; now we can basically confirm it should be in either the 【Godfall Land】 or the 【Ghost Plains】 map."

Xiao Feng, upon hearing that, immediately opened the world map.

The Land of Fallen Gods and the Ghost Plain are both high-level monster maps in the Long Xue Cheng area.

The two are closely connected; the former is a leveling zone for levels 100–120, the latter for levels 80–100.

With such high levels, there will definitely be very few people going there now, so you can even have the field to yourself and push the boss without needing to clear the area.

"It's a bit far; I have to set off right away, otherwise if I'm late they might have already killed the boss." Xiao Feng said, and immediately ran toward the city gate.

"Hey, Old Xiao, wait for us!" Li Li shouted loudly.

Xiao Feng wore the 【Boots of Swiftness】 with no level requirement, doubling his speed compared to others, and he dashed away in a flash.

The others couldn't keep up, so they could only shout at him in the team channel.

Xiao Feng, however, said: "You'd better not go; I have a million shield and a huge AoE, so I fear nothing even against a ten-thousand-strong guild. But you can't—if you die and drop good gear, I'd feel bad."

"You're looking down on us; we're all brothers, when we fight we stand shoulder to shoulder—if we die, we die, it's not like our real selves perish, what's there to fear?" Li Li said, somewhat displeased, feeling abandoned by his brothers.

Zhang Fan also said: "I just finished switching to my hidden class and was about to have some fun; you going alone isn't fair."

Dun Dun and Mang Mei didn't say anything; their strength is far below what's needed to join a top-tier team battle, and they aren't close enough to Xiao Feng to offend the World Guild for his sake.

"Old Zhang, even though your artifact is bound, you know the strength of a ten-thousand-strong guild; you should still develop yourself first—at least put on the Otto Ancient War Boots before talking. If you want to practice, take them to farm a few epic bosses. This time I won't bring you along, but next time I definitely will!"

Xiao Feng said this seriously, with no room for negotiation.

It's not that he looks down on his friends; it's just that a battle at the level of a ten-thousand-strong guild is truly terrifying.

Nowadays, mages and archers have very long attack ranges; in open terrain, a single person facing a guild could possibly have to endure over 500 attacks at once.

Not to mention ordinary players; even someone like Zhang Fan with over 20,000 HP and high defense in his hidden class would be instantly killed in a flash!

Only his earth-elemental shield could withstand such fierce attacks.

After equipping the Legendary boots and Epic gauntlets, Xiao Feng's HP reached about 6,200 and his attack rose to 250 points.

Now his overall strength completely overwhelms the level-50 mythic boss Otto Ancient; it can't be measured by ordinary stats.

A battle against the World Guild would also test his damage tolerance!

After leaving the city, Xiao Feng unleashed his speed and sprinted wildly toward the eastern part of Long Xue Cheng.

The Land of Fallen Gods is really far away—about a hundred kilometers—making a round trip exhausting enough to nearly kill you.

Fortunately, his boots come with double speed, so he's much faster than ordinary players.

Running along the main road, not long after leaving the city he saw the World Guild's War King, the World Guild's Top Flirt, and others he had just met in the main city.

To avoid startling the snake, Xiao Feng didn't attack them but chose to detour, passing them from the side and continuing onward.

All the way he hurried, too lazy to even casually kill a few small monsters, running at top speed, fearing the boss couldn't withstand the siege and would die first, letting the World Guild have all the fun.

On the way, Li Li sent him a few more messages.

"In the main city's respawn area, a large number of 'Manly Guild' players have appeared; they're probably reinforcements from the World Guild, returning after using up their resurrection scrolls."

"World Guild members are also showing up in the respawn area one after another, though not many; they're all frontline classes, likely because they died too far away to be resurrected on the spot."

Even before arriving, Xiao Feng automatically imagined a scene of a ten-thousand-strong army besieging the boss, constantly pulling people up to feed them frenziedly.

After more than an hour, he finally entered the 【Ghost Plain】 map.

The plain's background is an ancient battlefield where gods and their followers once waged a great war against the abyssal monsters.

Finally, that deity died here, and the central area of the plain became the 【God-Fallen Land】.

And those followers of the deities, the heroic spirits did not disperse, lingering on the plain to guard their gods, unwilling to leave.

Later, abyssal power seeped in here, and the heroic spirits suffered erosion and contamination, gradually turning into evil spirits.

Some of the high-ranking soldiers of the God-Fallen Land also turned into elite monsters, wreaking havoc in the world.

The experience from the evil spirit minions of levels 80 to 100 was still considerable, and Xiao Feng casually took out a few with instant-cast skills that required no chanting, such as Lightning Arrow, Lightning Chain, and Magic Missile.

The speed basically did not slow down, experience kept increasing, and with the gains from the previous Legendary boss, he slowly leveled up once, reaching level 39.

After leveling up, he finally entered the map of the God-Fallen Land.

In the distance, a large number of players gathered together, a sea of people.

And among the crowd, low-pitched roars could be heard from time to time.

Xiao Feng let out a sigh of relief.

"Boss brother, hold on, I'm coming to save you!"