Chapter 732

Chapter 732 – Rubble Forest

“Hurry up!”

I slapped the back of my Flying Scythe War Horse and brought Wan Er and galloped into the distance . I raised my left hand and sent my Brilliant Flame Emperor flying forth . It spun several times in the air from the [Blade Spin], and forced the Hand of Waterloo to hang back rather than catch up after us .

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Before us, [Hero’s Mound] only had 40+ people left . They were battered and exhausted . Even though they had killed quite a few of the Moon City players, they themselves had suffered losses that exceeded half of their forces . Their morale couldn’t be very high after that episode .

“Continue south!” I shouted from a distance .

Li Mu, Wang Jian, Old K and the others charged forth on their Steel Blade Horses . Q-Sword, Sword Tears, and Jian Tan didn’t seem to have any objections either and followed behind . Clouds of dust furled behind us . It was the players from [Dawn] . Once they catch up to us, we’ll all definitely die . However in the distance, I could already see a forest at the end to the Breeze Plains .

We maintained our charge for another five minutes, and finally reached the forest that I had seen . However, it was only until we had gotten close that I realized it wasn’t any forest, but rather a stone forest . This map was called “Rubble Forest” . It was a landform with high stone pillars that had thick green vines climbing along the sides . Each one was like an enormous tree . That was why it had looked like a forest from afar . The terrain was very similar to the Stone Forest in Yunnan, but it was much more precipitous and daunting . After our dozens of riders entered this forest, we could only feel the pillars grow more stern and bony . It was as though we were surrounded by hidden enemies .

Li Mu turned around and looked into the distance with a smile, “The French players aren’t following after us . Looks like even they know that they won’t necessarily have the advantage by fighting with us in this Rubble Forest . ”

Wang Jian replied, “I was actually hoping they’d have the guts to chase after us . I did not feel satisfied after that battle . That Hand of Waterloo had killed over five of the core players of [Zhan Long] . ”

Q-Sword’s expression was not very happy . However, he still walked forward and said, “We had a total of 120 cavalrymen and 200 others . We were originally planning on scouting out the topography and the different monsters that are here in Moon City but we had never expected to be targeted by a super guild like [Dawn] . By the time we wanted to retreat, it was all too late . Hand of Waterloo is truly a fearsome player . Not only was he strong on his own, he’s also very good at commanding troops .

As he finished talking, Q-Sword looked to us and sincerely said, “Thank you, friends of [Zhan Long], for lending a helping hand . If you had not acted, then we would’ve been doomed . Thank you all!”

I sheathed my Dragon Reservoir sword and said, “There’s no need to be so polite . We’re all Chinese players in Moon City . There is no reason for us to stand by and watch you all be killed . That’s right, after [Hero’s Mound] entered Moon City, did you obtain any valuable information on their maps?”

Q-Sword nodded, “Moon Valley stretches a long distance and is incredibly vast . It’s also where the Moon City players that are between Level 120-150 grind . And so, if our players from Tian Ling City want to enter Moon City, than we are bound to encounter some obstacles . South West of Moon Valley is a natural lake called Mirror Lake . There are water monsters within the lake that range from Level 130-145 . They are all Titan Tier monsters . One of the monsters is called a Turtle Dragon . It had enough power to flip a boat . You must be careful when you are down there . After you enter Mirror Lake, you must avoid boarding a boat . ”

I took a deep breath and said, “Ok, understood . What are your plans after this?”

I shook my head, “No, at most we’ve walked half of it and only managed to get a fleeting glance at the map . We didn’t dare stop . Otherwise, if we were spotted, I’m afraid we would’ve never been able to leave . ”

Q-Sword smiled, “Then this is farewell?”

I replied, “Yes!”

Not far away, we could hear Tang Qi’s voice echo, “Miss Yue Er!”

Dong Cheng looked over and pursed her lip, “Well, you’ve even managed to get yourself a beautiful horsewoman . Tang Qi, you’ve got great luck with women, how about you just enjoy it~~”

Tang Qi was a Feng Shui Master, and wasn’t able to ride horses . All he could do was sit with someone else in order to keep up with the group . And, the person that was transporting Tang Qi was one of the [Hero’s Mound] main guild’s team leaders . Calling her a beauty wasn’t overstating it . She was around a 7 . But, it did look like the knight was pretty nice to Tang Qi . She didn’t even say anything when he held on to her waist .

When Dong Cheng said that, Tang Qi immediately added, “Little Miss, it’s a misunderstanding . Let me explain it to you… . ”

Dong Cheng was starting to panic too as she raised her staff and shouted, “Hey, don’t you misunderstand anything either . I am not jealous . Really . I am, from the bottom of my heart, really wishing you happiness… . I already have someone I like . Besides, I don’t like fall back guys… . ”

Tang Qi was speechless . Q-Sword wryly smiled, “Alright already . Let’s go . What’s [Zhan Long]’s next plan?”

I waved my hand and said, “This Stone Forest seems to be very big . We’ll continue walking through it so that we can record the map . At the same time, it’s a good chance to see what drops here . Besides, we can’t let those Moon City players get all the benefits . ”

“Ok, I was thinking the same . Work hard then!”

“Got it!”

Q-Sword turned around and pulled out his sword, “Push towards the north east toward Moon Valley! We’ll have the brothers that died in battle meet us there after they revive . Let’s avoid as many delays as possible . ”

“Yes!”

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Seeing the [Hero’s Mound] players leave, I didn’t say anything more . Even though there was history between Q-Sword and I, after the country battles open up those would all fade eventually . Besides, the [Hero’s Mound] players really do have a lot of guts . They got into a battle with only 120 knights against the French Server’s number one guild . They had lost close to 80 horsemen, but I could see from the past scene that [Dawn] had lost quite a few players to [Hero’s Mound] as well . This was also probably one of the reasons why the Hand of Waterloo was so dogged . He had been bullied by foreigners in his own territory . That kind of a slap must be avenged, or else he would never be able to keep his spot as FBN number one .

Rubble Forest, I stood on the outer border of the Stone formations . I had yet to walk in, but I could already feel the sharp edge of this map . In the distance, I saw some two meter tall stone men slowly moving around . They were like enormous icicles, however, their top halves were covered by green vines . On top of that, moss grew along their arms . When they saw me, their green eyes immediately turned furious and they made their way towards us . Even though they were moving at full speed, it would take them a year to travel the distance that my horse could travel in ten minutes, walking .

“Limestone Men, Level 135 Titan Tier monsters,” Matcha happily reported, “Are we going to grind levels here?”

Li Mu smiled, “Well, hy not . After all, everyone is here . ”

I thought about it for a moment and nodded, “Ok then, let’s grind levels . Little Wolf, Qing Qian, and Wan Er, you three assassins should alternate in scouting out the situation here . Another three knights should also head out and roam the area to make sure that everyone is grinding safely . If any large groups of Moon City players come our way, we’ll immediately retreat . There’s no point in facing them head on . There’s too few of us and it won’t be worth it .

Old K waved his hand and smiled, “Actually, we should’ve brought all 6000 of our Steel Blade Horsemen over . D*mn, in this Rubble Forest, we’ll just go all out and fight a battle with the [Dawn] guild . Let’s show that b*st*rd Hand of Waterloo the true strength of the Chinese Server and teach them a lesson!

I chuckled, “Alright already, stop thinking about that . If six thousand steel blade horsemen all came over, then that’ll probably be when the country battles officially open . After all, you guys know that it takes around seven hours to pass through the desert . That’s more than enough time for the Steel Blade Horsemen to grind 40% of the experience for a new level . There’s no need to waste that kind of precious time . Alright already, let’s stop wasting time . Everyone spread out and prepare to grind levels!”

“Yes sir!”

Star Blade and Moon Feather both charged ahead into the stone forest on their Steel Blade Horses . They began to scout out the situation in the area . Wolf and Qing Qian also headed out . Wan Er jumped out of my lap and off my horse . She picked up her two daggers and took the task of leading the teams for killing monsters . Of course, in terms of killing power, Wan Er this Hermit God was much stronger than Qing Qian and Wolf . Besides, her defense power was incredibly high, and being a tank was well within her capabilities . To tell her to scout the area would be too great of a waste .

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Our group then began to explore the area . Our thirty players formed seven small teams . I took Meng Yao, Dancing Forest, Thousand League and Lin Xiao Xie to make a four person team . When we began killing the Limestone Men, we noticed that their defense power was pretty good, but it wasn’t enough to completely black our attacks . On top of that, its attack power was extremely pitiful . It barely scratched my armor .

Not long after, Li Mu suddenly said, “What? These Limestone Men actually drop armor sets?”

In the team chat, he shared the states of a wrist guard that was a part of a set, the Limestone Set . It was a Level 118 Emperor Tier Armor Set . However, the stats were much weaker than the Black Flame Set . If we manage to complete a set, it would still be a very high level armor at this stage in the game . At least, it was much stronger than the other Emperor Tier, Valkyrie Tier and Saint Tier equipments .

I cheerfully smiled, “Then let’s keep killing! We’ll try and clear out the entire map . Looks like we’re the first group of people in this map . I wonder why… . Haven’t the Moon City players come to this Stone Forest before?”

Matcha said, “Boss, the Stone Forest is too far from Moon City . Moon City has several forests just outside of it . Besides, the Graveyard is a perfectly suitable place for grinding levels . And so, the Moon City players have never been here before . The [Hero’s Mound] players had been attacked by the [Dawn] players in the Breezy Plains near the Rubble Forest area . I’m thinking that [Dawn] wasn’t fast enough . Hand of Waterloo was most likely originally planning on clearing this map, but in the end, they had encountered the [Hero’s Mound] players, messing up their plans . It's highly likely that that is what had happened . “

I couldn’t help but feel amazed, “Then we should hurry . [Dawn] can come here at any moment!”

“Yup!”