“Northwest Kunlun? If I remember correctly, that area in northwest Longxia is still a forbidden zone, right?” the leader said thoughtfully.
“It is indeed a forbidden zone. The Kunlun area is also a forbidden zone. Death Valley is the only passage through the Kunlun area. Although the monster levels there are also very high, at least it’s not a forbidden zone itself. President Neil and his team have infiltrated Longxia and are still safe so far. There’s no doubt about President Neil’s abilities,” someone said.
The leader nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this.
At the same time, a hopeful look crossed his face as he said, “If we can kill that Necromancer and get his equipment, not only will we eliminate a huge threat to us Eagles, but we’ll also get the Crystal Skull of Hades, the Elf Wings, and the Sea Ruler’s Trident that boosts all skill damage by twenty percent! Perfect!”
Perfect, indeed.
But whether they could actually get it was another matter entirely.
If they failed, and Neil along with a large number of high-level combat professionals died again, the Eagle Country would be bleeding out!
Between the Death Arena, the Southern Frontier, and now this operation with Neil,
all the casualties were high-level combat professionals, the core fighters for the cross-server war!
Of course.
They weren’t the only ones with this goal.
The Island Nation was the same.
After Nanami left, the Shinto religion temporarily took over management of the Ikena Grand Shrine.
At the same time, they coordinated with other grand shrines and held a meeting after the Sea Ruler’s Trident was reforged.
“There are only ten days left until the cross-server war. I wonder how Nanami’s operation is going?”
“Who would have thought that Necromancer would get another Saint artifact? Even though it’s a forged Saint artifact, its stats are still terrifying!”
“A twenty percent boost to all skill damage—that’s the main thing. The doubled skill range doesn’t matter as much in chaotic fights.”
“What do you mean it doesn’t matter as much? With double the range, I can control you and attack you. Can you even reach me?”
“Stop arguing! No matter what stats that equipment has, it will belong to us, the Island Nation, in the future!”
“With Nanami’s combat ritual combined with Yamata no Orochi, she will definitely kill that Necromancer!”
…
They were calculating nicely.
But they had no idea that on this trip, Nanami truly wouldn’t be coming back.
And Yamata no Orochi wouldn’t be coming back either!
Instead, while other countries were watching with greedy eyes, feeling anxious, and harboring their own schemes,
inside Longxia, there was nothing but joy and laughter everywhere.
Inside and outside every major city, people were celebrating together in groups.
The restaurants and taverns inside the cities were packed to the brim.
Some places were even decorated with lanterns and ribbons, as festive as the New Year.
In every street and alley, countless people couldn’t even be bothered to grind monsters anymore. They were spreading the news and celebrating nationwide.
Even the Necromancer groups, once obscure and ostracized because of their skills’ somewhat evil nature, were now basking in glory.
On the streets these days,
no Necromancer hid their class equipment anymore.
Some even summoned two skeleton soldiers to follow behind them, just to highlight their class identity.
As long as someone noticed you were a Necromancer, people would eagerly want to befriend you.
One person, Lu Ran, had single-handedly elevated the status and standing of the entire Necromancer class.
And at that moment,
Lu Ran, the center of the storm stirring up the world,
was still having a blast killing in the sky.
The number of evil spirit griffins was rapidly decreasing. After Lu Ran learned to throw skeleton soldiers like firecrackers for fun, his farming efficiency had increased exponentially.
Combined with the infinitely stacking Bone Storm, it was hard not to go fast.
Just over ten minutes later,
Lu Ran’s level increased to 44.
Twenty more minutes passed, and Lu Ran’s level increased to 45.
This pace was much faster than Lu Ran had originally expected.
What’s more,
the total number of evil spirit griffins also exceeded Lu Ran’s expectations.
Now that Lu Ran had reached level 45 and unlocked new skills and affixes,
there were still quite a few evil spirit griffins left.
By Lu Ran’s estimate, there were at least enough left to get him to level 46, and maybe even touch level 47.
The experience and rewards from this trip into the forbidden zone were absolutely thrilling for Lu Ran.
He didn’t rush to check his new skills and affixes. Instead, he kept up his farming pace, planning to finish off this wave of evil spirit griffins first before looking.
And so,
half an hour later, Lu Ran reached level 46.
And just as Lu Ran had predicted, after finishing off the last of the evil spirit griffins, his level had just hit level 47.
“Level 47!” Lu Ran looked at the level on his stats panel, feeling a surge of excitement.
The closer he got to level 50,
the more urgent he felt in his mind. At level 50, he would be able to summon the Abyssal Bone Dragon.
The level 50 skill for every class is a huge boost to that class.
The Necromancer’s Abyssal Bone Dragon is especially cool and explosive.
Coupled with Lu Ran’s skill cooldown removal and the ‘Surpassing the Master’ affix,
the Abyssal Bone Dragon’s stats would be boosted tenfold, and he could summon it infinitely.
That would bring him one step closer to the fantasy of a true undead apocalypse.
By now,
the sky was completely empty, except for Lu Ran himself.
He looked down.
Below, the Blackrock City was covered everywhere with the corpses of evil spirit griffins.
Many dwarves were busy working around the griffin corpses.
Lu Ran flapped his wings and landed on the platform, standing once again before the Dwarf King.
Although the Dwarf King was taller than other dwarves,
he was still definitely under one meter fifty.
Now, framed against the morning sun, the Dwarf King looked up at Lu Ran. Behind Lu Ran’s massive wings were endless rays of dawn light, and he held the Sea Ruler’s Trident—forged by the Dwarf King’s own hands—casually at his side, pointing diagonally downward.
In that moment, Lu Ran looked like an ancient war god.
Even now, the Dwarf King still couldn’t quite process what had happened.
The natural enemy that had plagued the Dwarves for thousands of years, the evil spirit griffins—even if this was only one wave of them—Lu Ran had single-handedly slaughtered them all, leaving not a single one behind.
Too strong.
Lu Ran, full of curiosity, looked around.
He asked, “What are those dwarves doing? Why haven’t the evil spirit griffin corpses despawned and been broken down?”
The Dwarf King snapped out of his daze.
He quickly said, “The bodies of the evil spirit griffins can be harvested for many forging materials, which are a huge help to the Dwarf race. Once the harvesting process begins, the corpse decomposition rate also slows down. Now that the Eternal Flame has returned, and the Dwarves have obtained such a massive batch of forging materials, this is truly…”
Truly, the heavens are blessing our race!
“Oh.” Lu Ran nodded. For the dwarves, it was indeed a good thing.
Before, the evil spirit griffins hunted the dwarves, and even if the dwarves managed to kill some, the numbers were pitifully small.
They could only harvest very few forging materials.
And because they lacked the Eternal Flame, even if they had materials, they couldn’t use them, which was very frustrating.
Now,
the Eternal Flame had returned, and all dwarves could forge equipment again.
At this critical moment, Lu Ran had also helped them acquire a huge batch of evil spirit griffin forging materials.
For the dwarves, Lu Ran was practically a savior.
“Equipment forged from evil spirit griffin materials comes with fel energy attributes. In a short time, this can greatly boost the Dwarves’ combat power. Also, the Dwarves will soon begin migrating into the underground caverns. From now on, we won’t have to live in fear anymore. I, Barron Stonefist, on behalf of the Hill Dwarves, express our gratitude to you!”
After speaking,
the Dwarf King performed a strange gesture as a sign of respect to Lu Ran.
Although Lu Ran didn’t understand it,
seeing the surrounding soldiers follow suit with solemn expressions, he figured it was probably a very high form of respect.
Lu Ran, however, was busy opening his skill panel and affix panel. He wanted to check his newly unlocked skills and affixes.
