Chapter 199: Chapter 188 Foreign Players (3K) 1
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This miniature secret realm probably had nothing of value left.
After multiple iterations of digging, Duo Lai could only sigh with regret.
It could be the destructive effects of someone’s excavation efforts, or perhaps because the secret realm was of small scale, its defensive strength of limited stability, it surprisingly started to hum with vibrations.
All around, the stone walls creaked and cracked open, with a faint view of drifting pale fog seen outside the crevices.
The grey mist was seeping in.
In the secret realm, strands of pitch-black fissures suddenly surfaced.
“Th- the secret realm is collapsing!11
The ceiling was also cracking apart, with dust rustling down followed by chunks of crushed rocks. This was a dire situation that even Duo Lai realised.
If it were a normal building collapse, no one present would be afraid; it would be nothing more than an inconvenience.
However, this was a collapse of a secret realm, something that would cause spatial turbulence.
Even the vortex-shaped space gate, that Isloa maintained with a considerable amount of soul crystals, was faintly flickering with arcs of electricity, displaying a state of instability.
Seeing this, General Dead Bone felt rather insecure.
Projecting a holy mountain, it momentarily supported the space before quickly enabling Duo Lai, Isloa and others to tactically retreat.
By the time Dead Bone stepped into the space gate, it could see that the depths of the secret realm had begun to collapse inch by inch. Stone walls were sinking with a roar and the grey mist rolled in like tide water. Wherever it had passed, those already old objects became even more decayed and defeated, as if they had been air-dried for a thousand years, scattering like ashes in the wind.
A secret realm had thus collapsed, obliterated in the turbulent flow of space, leaving no traces behind.
If such small fry like them were caught in it, they would surely die on the spot. Being weak was still too weak.
Humm–
The vortex-like space gate, sparkling with electric arcs, finally broke apart unable to withstand the pressure after about ten seconds. The blue vortex continuously contracted until it reduced to a point. The array pedestal below cracked, gradually becoming dim and lightless.
A thrilling exploration came to an end.
Dead Bone and Isloa were both prepared to leave.
Isloa had several avatars busy in the City Lord’s mansion, but her presence assured high efficiency. She wanted to study the few mechanical guards. She thought that it would be nice to develop some firearms, weapons or manufacture mechanical maids for daily life.
The research location was at the Mage Tower.
The lord had already given her this tower.
The only thing was, the equipment in the primary mage tower was lacking and basic. Isloa was considering whether she should manufacture some equipment. Besides, studying the Mechanical Dragonflights was also worthwhile; after her epic evolution, she had many new abilities to practice and develop; there was also the idea of a starlight law sphere network that the Great Lord had mentioned before; and so on…
Her schedule was planned until three months from now.
General Dead Bone was also busy. It had found a few more monsters and tribes that could pose a threat to the territory and needed to eliminate them as soon as possible. This world was still too dangerous.
General Duo Lai was… probably also busy.
It was responsible for bringing the valuable war loot back to the Lord -!
Among the three Great Generals of Tianyuan, two were preparing to return and one was heading to a foreign land.
Suddenly,
Dead Bone paused for a moment, “There’s a prying gaze, is it some kind of wisdom monster?”
It was extremely sensitive to this kind of gaze. After all, during its explorations, it had encountered ambushes and assassinations more than a few times.
This subtle gaze, though more concealed, couldn’t escape its senses.
Another monster was trying to harm them!
Unacceptable!
Two seconds after Dead Bone’s halt, it didn’t unsheathe its sword. It merely stretched out a finger pointing into the distance, and an unassuming bone spur shot out.
The bone spur was like a bullet, bursting out with a strong undead energy near its target, and exploded two hundred meters away with a loud bang.
Boom–
Grey flames rose up.
A figure clad in a grey-green outfit burst out from the fire, raised both hands, “Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, my brothers, I am a player from Xuan Country, a good person, really.”
The figure was dressed in a grey-green combat uniform and was an unattractive young man.
Whether from his clothing and equipment or appearance, one could determine that the young man was a player and not a monster. Moreover, the young man did not speak the universal language, but instead fluent Xuan Country’s Language.
Dead Bone and Isloa were both proficient in Xuan Country’s language. Even Duo Lai understood it. Because when it awakened its self-consciousness, the first language it naturally learned was the mother tongue of its lord.
Dead Bone hesitated.
If the observer was a monster, regardless of whether it was hideous or bewitching, Dead Bone would have dealt with it by unsheathing its sword. However, this person was a player, and moreover, a player from Xuan Country Dead Bone wasn’t sure how to handle it, and could only keep its guard up while asking for the Great Lord’s advice.
The young man in the green-grey combat uniform stopped after a few dozen meters, seemingly maintaining a safe distance due to etiquette.
He said, “Folks, I’m just a passing adventurer, and I was just observing because I found something unusual just now. We all are players from Xuan Country. Let’s not spoil our mood because of misunderstandings.”
His gaze swept over Dead Bone and Lu Liu and finally landed on Isloa.
He addressed her.
Duo Lai: “???” Am I so unnoticeable!
Lord Shepherd immediately switched on his Battle Falcon brand TV as soon as he received the message, observing from afar.
The young man’s statement seemed to have no problems.
Meeting other players in the wilderness wasn’t a rare event, even in such deep wilderness like here. Some elite players dared to venture into such dangerous places alone, like the adventurer who was captured by the Dark Night Dancer and became her juice source.
However, there was just something about the situation that didn’t sync.
While the young man’s Xuan Country’s language was fluent, his manner of speaking and his wording seemed a bit odd.
The young man also took the opportunity to scan Isloa, Dead Bone and others.
“It’s the Lord’s army.”
“A Lord, two who seem to be high-order troops commanders, and dozens of well-ranked elites.”
He glanced at the sky, just now a gray figure flitted by, which he had keenly caught sight of.
It was the Storm Falcon, a rare three-star troop.
Such a lineup, and such behavior, it implies…
This is the troop of Tai Xuan’s new lord! And among the newly appointed lords, with such a configuration, I, Shanshang Muguang, have hit the jackpot today!”
His heart was ablaze.
The rewards given by the Eye of Shiny are clearly marked. There’s a slot for new lord, second-generation lord, and the highest is Tianyuan.
The lord in front of him is, at least, a new lord, he only needs to look a few more times and memorize key information to earn a lot of bounty. If he can kill this lord, he can get an even higher bounty.
But what to do next, Shanshang Muguang hesitated, struggling between pretending to be a Xuan Country player retreating and reporting the information, or taking direct action.
If he wanted to report the information, he had to use the communication tool. They could not infiltrate the player’s territory because they did not physically enter.
Hesitating for a while, Shanshang Muguang finally decided to retreat.
This was prudence, and he was also worried about startling the snake in the grass.
At this moment, Isloa spoke, “Are you really a player from Xuan Country?” Shanshang Muguang nodded sincerely, “Of course, I am a pure Xuan Country’s person!”
But Isloa’s gaze was as sharp as an arrow, “You’re lying!”
Behind her, three magic spheres hovered.
An auxiliary skill was used silently.
Skill: Heart Asking.
Can detect whether the target is lying – it cannot detect targets that are too powerful, but the person in front of her was not within the range of the powerful.
More than a dozen skeleton generals had quickly surrounded from both sides.
Shanshang Muguang’s eyes condensed, and his entire body blended into the shadow, appearing more than a hundred meters away, in front of Isloa, the next instant.
This was the maximum distance of his Shadow Instant.
The position where he stopped was chosen purposefully.
As his Shadow Instant appeared, his counterfeit seal emerged, and one by one, Shadow Assassins began to appear around him. Their cold blades gleamed with a faint glow, it was like an Instant Ring Kill Array, engulfing Isloa.
Shanshang Muguang smiled grimly, “You chose the wrong way to deal with it.” However, before he could finish his words, he found that his shadow assassins, which he had spent countless resources to train to a beginner elite level, were ‘ all stagnating in mid-air.
Even his own actions were gradually slowing down, as if stuck in mud, as if a mountain was pressing heavily on him.
And around him, a dazzling River of Stars undulated, enveloping the whole surrounding area.
It made his assassins, who were pouncing forward, appear as if they were insects frozen in amber.
Instant kill.
“If it was before evolution, I might have to put some effort to suppress you, but now…”
She was an epic.
And she had yet to unearth the potential of an epic.
The Eye of Shiny, base.
“Hound 33 confirmed missing, his probing range is D36-D39 area.” “Hound 114 confirmed missing, his probing range is G52-G56 area.” It didn’t take long for them to lose quite a few hands.
It might be due to monster attacks, or it might be because they were targeted and killed by Tai Xuan’s patrolling elites.
This was as expected.
These hounds, who were attracted with heavy money from the outside, could only serve the purpose of probing and scouting, and the real play would begin next.
And they had patience.
The prey can’t escape.
In the Tianyuan Territory, Mu Yuan witnessed Isloa imprisoning and suppressing the enemy.
But before he could ask anything, this foreign player started foaming at the mouth, nose, and ears, and in just a few seconds, he turned into a puddle of pus, with no bones left, even his clothes were completely gone.
Was it a suicide soldier?
No, it’s more like a pawn with a planted backhand trick.
Isloa was somewhat annoyed.
General Dead Bone was pondering whether he could develop a skill to read memories.
Mu Yuan thought it was possible, but using it on these cannon fodders would likely yield little effect.
Because they knew very little. Even if he could read anything from their brains, he would still have to be wary of whether it was a misleading trap set by the shadowy hand behind the scene.
It would be better not to worry about it.
Keep the position safe, improve one’s strength, and then no matter what plots, tricks, spies, or assassins…
All will be…
Blown away with one punch!