Chapter 103: Ji Xinyue’s Request for Help, the Undead of Ascalon

The two Centaurs immediately straightened their bodies, gave a military salute, and replied, "Understood, respected Lord!"

At this time, Cao Xing looked at the Blood Spider Queen beside him and said, "Hilda, use your Queens Will to increase our speed."

After experiencing the initial shock, Hilda already wore an arrogant expression on her face once again.

Hearing Cao Xing's command, she said somewhat impatiently,

"Hmph… To think you actually want me, the Queen, to personally buff you."

"However, considering that you helped me improve my strength, I will reluctantly let you experience the power of the Queen."

As her words fell,

A red energy overflowed from her body and then landed on everyone.

At this moment, a trace of blood red appeared in everyone's pupils!

A frenzied will filled everyone's minds.

Go invade! Go slaughter! Go smash everything!

They only felt that a manic force was driving them.

Fortunately, those frenzied thoughts quickly receded, leaving only a scorching power in their bodies, causing their movement speed to skyrocket drastically!

A system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Hilda Bloodkiss successfully used [Queens Will], talent [Eternal Power] has taken effect, and this skill has become a permanent status.]

Strong joy appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Relying on this skill, his movement speed was even more terrifying than some assassins of the same level!

"If someone comes to assassinate me, I'll turn tail and run. By then, when those assassins see a mage running faster than them, they will probably doubt their lives."

Cao Xing laughed loudly.

Everything was ready.

Cao Xing led Assam, Andrew, Sarah Blade Dance, Renis Eagle Eye, Blot Brimstone, and Hilda Bloodkiss,

As well as Dabai under his feet.

A total of seven powerful creatures walked out of the territory.

Compared to yesterday, there were far fewer personnel, but their strength had greatly increased!

Cao Xing opened the map and glanced at the location of [Snowfall Lake].

It was about sixty kilometers away from his territory, and it would take about an hour if they hurried.

Cao Xing put away the map, then pointed to the southeast and said,

"Dabai, advance at full speed!"

"Everyone else, remember to keep up."

Thump! Thump thump thump!

Dabai strode out with its four thick elephant hooves, leaving a massive footprint with every step it took in the snowfield.

Especially after being buffed by [Queens Will] and [Queens Domain], it was even more like a giant beast running wildly!

Rumble—

The ground constantly shook.

And Cao Xing, who was on Dabai's back, unexpectedly did not feel any bumps.

The Mammoth's size was simply too huge; even when running, it was extremely steady.

Expressions of joy appeared on the faces of Cao Xing and Liu Muxue.

Whoosh——

Beside their ears was the roaring gale.

Running alongside them was a galloping Frost Wolf and a Druid.

The newly joined Blood Spider Queen moved her eight long legs, and her movement speed in the snow was not weak in the slightest.

In the boundless snowfield,

The group's movement speed was extremely fast.

In less than half an hour, they had already advanced thirty kilometers.

"As expected of a Mammoth, truly both fast and steady."

With joy on his face, Cao Xing patted Dabai's head.

While running, Dabai turned its head and responded happily.

At their speed, it would take about twenty more minutes to reach Snowfall Lake.

Traveling was a bit boring.

Therefore, Cao Xing opened his chat function, preparing to clear a wave of private message information.

Now he could be considered a celebrity in District 174, and every day he received all kinds of strange private messages.

At this time, he saw that his unread private messages had already reached 99+.

He casually clicked on a few to check them out.

Wu Zeyuan: "Great Lord Cao Xing, please spare your younger brother two pieces of meat. Our whole family is about to starve to death, and I will definitely return it to you in the future!"

Zhu Weidong: "Great Lord Cao Xing, does your territory need manpower? I can bring my whole family to defect to you. By the way, I have an elder sister who studies dance, with a net height of 176, and she can even do the splits. I don't mean anything else, I just want her to get to know you."

Qin Ruyu: "Little brother, can you let me join your territory? I can chat with you and discuss life together when you are lonely at night. If you want to do something else, it's not impossible~"

Yan Tai: "Hello Cao Xing, I am from the Heavenly Blade Guild. Our boss Zhou Bo said he wants to chat with you, hoping to discuss matters of mutual cooperation."

Chen Shen: "You brat have guts, our Three Heroes Association will not let you off!"

…

Among these, there were those asking for help, and those wanting to defect to Cao Xing.

And some fools from the Three Heroes Association.

For those people at the end, Cao Xing generally chose to block them directly.

Just as he was preparing to clear these private message info with one click, suddenly, a private message sent by a Survivor named Ji Xinyue caught his attention.

Cao Xing had some impression of this name.

Previously, when the Three Heroes Association mocked him in the chat channel, she even spoke up for Cao Xing a few times.

Therefore, Cao Xing clicked open the private message.

Ji Xinyue: "Great Lord Cao Xing, apologies for intruding, but because I recently encountered some trouble, I want to seek your help."

"The cause of the matter is that I accepted a bizarre quest, which requires me to do something with very high difficulty."

"And as days passed by, this quest became increasingly bizarre, and it even pestered me, urging me every day to complete this quest as soon as possible."

"Originally I didn't want to disturb you, but I felt that with my strength, there was simply no way to complete it. After much deliberation, I thought of you."

"You are the strongest Survivor in our District 174, only you can help me."

"If you see the private message and are interested, please reply to me with a message. If you don't want the trouble, just delete it directly."

After reading the private message, Cao Xing asked doubtfully, "A bizarre quest? Very high difficulty?"

His interest was piqued.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and replied with a message.

"I saw your private message, what specific quest is it?"

Not long after the message was sent out, Ji Xinyue replied over there.

Ji Xinyue: "Great Lord Cao Xing! To think you actually replied to the message!"

Cao Xing chuckled, "I am a living person, isn't it completely normal to reply to messages?"

The person on the other side also realized there was some problem with her words and hurriedly explained, "Sorry, I was just too excited."

"Then, I will explain the specific situation of this quest to you."

This Ji Xinyue was also a fairly decisive person in doing things.

Without communicating much more with Cao Xing, nor trying to cozy up to him because of his identity as No. 1 in District 174, she directly stated the main topic.

"That's how it is. Three days ago, I accidentally found an underground passage. Inside it looked like a palace, but the system prompt called that place the Ascalon Crypt."

"Everywhere inside were opened coffins, and I even ran into the undead of the Ascalon Warriors."

"Their levels were very high, all of them being Level 10 or 20 undead monsters, but they didn't hurt me, and even gave me a few recruitment scrolls for Ascalon Warriors, and then I inexplicably accepted a quest."

"This quest is called: Expel the Demons in the Palace!"

Cao Xing asked doubtfully, "Demons of the underground palace? This quest sounds very difficult."

Ji Xinyue hurriedly replied, "That's right, I thought so too, so I kept dragging this quest out and didn't complete it."

"Then relying on the few recruitment scrolls they gave me, I summoned several Ascalon soldiers, helping me obtain a lot of resources."

"However, good times don't last long. Less than two days later, that group of soldiers began to urge me to expel the demons in the underground palace as soon as possible, but I suppressed it using the Lord Contract."

"That group of soldiers could do nothing to me, and what I didn't expect was that group of undead actually found my territory. Every night they appeared like a group of lonely ghosts, roaming around my territory."

"My family and I were scared to death, not even daring to go out to use the restroom at night!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing couldn't help laughing out loud.

But thinking about it, it really was quite terrifying.

Just imagine, in this freezing snow and ice, as night falls, a group of undead appears surrounding your territory, watching you sleep, eat, and even use the restroom. Just thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle.

Cao Xing continued to ask, "What happened later?"

Ji Xinyue replied, "Later because I kept dragging it out, the loyalty of that group of recruited Ascalon Warriors was also constantly decreasing, and two warriors had already left me."

"Those Ascalon soldiers told me that as long as I can help expel the demons of this underground palace, they will give me a whole army of Ascalon Warriors. If I can find someone with the bloodline of the Ascalon royalty, they can even take me to open the palace's treasure!"

"But I know that executing this quest with my current strength is no different from courting death."

"Now the novice protection period is almost ending, I have no choice, so I could only find you…"

Ji Xinyue finished speaking in one breath, and Cao Xing roughly understood her experience.

Relying on the recruitment scrolls gifted by that group of undead, Ji Xinyue successfully established an advantage in the early stage.

On the leaderboard, she was also in the top ten.

However, because of this matter, she had courted trouble for herself.

Indeed, one cannot casually accept gifts from strangers, let alone when they were a group of undead.

And Cao Xing also noticed the information she said at the end.

Completing the quest would give an army of Ascalon Warriors and also open the palace treasure, on the premise of being able to find someone with royal bloodline.

Cao Xing sent a message, "Wait a moment, let me ask."

He looked at Renis, who was walking alongside the team, "Renis, do you have the Ascalon royal bloodline on you?"

Hearing this question, Renis had a bit of doubt on her face.

But she still shook her head, "Respected Lord, I am not of the Ascalon royalty."

Cao Xing nodded, then he sent a message and replied, "Do you know what strength the demons mentioned by those undead are?"

Ji Xinyue replied, "I vaguely heard them mention it. It seems to be a powerful existence with Tier 3 or higher strength, and it naturally restrains undead like them, and it can also summon a creature called a Soul Devourer."

"As for what exact level, I am not clear…"