Monsters Are Coming

If the strength gap is not large, it will be a nightmare.

As a former legitimate player, he was well aware of these fellow townsmen’s combat strategies.

Even if they couldn’t win, they would at least drag a few down with them, sacrificing themselves for a strong trade.

Bliss players’ combat style mainly focuses on self-preservation; faced with a team of fellow townsmen of similar strength, they would forcibly trade a few teammates’ lives.

He was truly afraid.

This group of beasts couldn’t be stopped once they decided to strong trade.

Once Taunt and Binding were activated, they forcibly restricted teammates’ movement, exchanging the lives of a group for a few of your teammates.

Fellow townsmen dying wasn’t a loss, killing even one was a gain, but he could lose to the point of crying.

So, if it could be avoided, it should be avoided.

Especially as there were event tasks in the task list from Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, which in Yang Xiu’s view, were just suicide missions.

As a member of the Divine Hall Guild, he used to follow the Divine King to the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range every day for activities.

Going to Emperor Tomb Mountain Range in search of bullies felt just like going home, without feeling anything wrong.

But now it’s different.

From the perspective of a Bliss player, this was simply a Hell Level mission.

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It’s not a place where ordinary lives could stay.

Earth Thought Bullies, Player Warbands, Combat Insect Clan... the three-sided battle creates an unsolvable death battlefield, with the Newbie Village environment being a life-meat grinder.

Once war breaks out, the cessation of life happens in an instant.

If he dared to lead a small team there, his teammates would probably not remain, which was truly frightening.

But Yang Xiu also discovered some problems in the task list.

Many resource acquisition tasks were evidently outdated.

For example, there was a task in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range area requiring them to go to Underground Space to acquire resource treasures left by Ice Blade.

The problem was, the underground space node constructed by the Ice Blade Clan had long merged into Imperial Tomb Village, thus there were no resources left.

Even Iron Shell Bug Silk had become an extinct resource.

These tasks were fundamentally impossible to complete, and even if they could withstand the war in Newbie Village, after exploration, they would have to return without any reward.

At this point, Yang Xiu made a choice, touching upon Freedom Exploration Mode with his consciousness.

The task list automatically updated.

There were many places that could be visited in Freedom Mode, most of which were in the Pale Continent Region, and many were areas unexplored by players.

These areas all had stable teleportation points at Jile Palace, most nearby had been explored by the Lord of Jile.

Soon, their figures were shrouded in black light, and the teleportation began.

...

After the weightlessness, Yang Xiu’s team arrived at a scene north of the Colorful Mist Coast in the Pale Continent: Path of the Dead.

Before their eyes was an area shrouded in thick fog, with extremely low visibility nearby.

The moist air was full of a putrid smell that made one nauseous.

Beneath their feet was soft humus, making a slight "creak" sound when stepped on.

Tall tombstones were scattered all around, covered with dark red vines that pulsed like blood vessels, seemingly drawing nutrients from underground.

In the distance, sounds of bones grinding could be heard, sometimes near, sometimes far.

Scene information surfaced in Yang Xiu’s mind.

[Path of the Dead.]

Background Introduction: This is a battlefield shrouded by the Evil Moon, once a local war zone where native races of Monster World fought against the Black Tide. Countless ancient warriors’ remains are buried here; they fought for glory in life and were corrupted by dark forces after death, turning into Curse Soldier warriors, with the cemetery filled with heavy Black Tide aura, continuously spawning Corrosion Cores and Evil Lives.

Scene Situation Analysis: Black Tide Commander-type warriors have not yet descended.

Moon Phase Situation: Waning moon.

...

Through the introduction, Yang Xiu instantly understood the situation of this scene.

In those days, native ethnic groups of Monster World waged wars against the Black Tide in various regions.

The burial battlefield in front of Imperial Tomb Village was one of them, and the land beneath their feet was another battlefield.

What could be sure was that the Black Tide Commander that had once descended here had perished, but no new Evil Spirit Warrior ever succeeded them.

And the activities here primarily involved Corrosion Cores derived from the Evil Moon and Curse Soldiers revived by the Evil Moon after being slain in battle.

The situation was similar to their newbie period.

After clarifying the environmental conditions, Yang Xiu instantly heaved a sigh of relief.

In the Evil Moon Domain without Evil Spirit Warriors’ rule, it was filled with mindless Derivative Evil, which was not difficult to deal with.

However, Yang Xiu did not act rashly.

The team he led lacked the Perception trait support from Eagle-Headed Demons, requiring them to be extra cautious during exploration.

Yang Xiu then crouched down, reached out to pick up a rusty Broken Sword from the ground, and the words engraved on the sword hilt automatically twisted and translated in his eyes:

[Superdimensional Divine Protection - Soul Fire Army 1927 Sub Warband Warrior - Wufeng.]

Below it, an eye was drawn with some kind of blood, and a recorded message was present:

[With my blood, I fight to defend the glory of Emperor Zhao. Guided by Superdimensional Will, wherever the sword points, every drop of blood flows for faith. If I die in battle, may the deity bless my homeland, and may my sacrifice lead to the restoration of mountains and rivers. Though this body may perish, faith remains undying, and may the soul forever serve by the Superdimension’s side, embedding loyal remnants into the earth.]

With a gentle force, the Broken Sword shattered.

Through decomposing the information, Yang Xiu could imagine the fierce intensity of the war then.

There were countless warriors like Ice Blade and Wufeng who went forward one after another, fighting selflessly to resist the invasion of the Horror Black Tide.

But most of them perished.

Compared to the legendary Ancient Times, the intensity of wars in Monster World nowadays had significantly reduced.

The peak-level combat power had mostly been exhausted.

But precisely because the peak-level combat power had been exhausted, countless intervening forces had surged in, given them space to grow and rise.

A new peak conflict is brewing.