Chapter 368: The Challenge Begins, All Forces, Charge!

After reading the attributes of this Centaur, Cao Xing gasped sharply.

Good grief, the existence of this Harati is practically a god-tier support for the Centaur race!

Whether it is [Holy Radiance] or [Holy Guardian], they can significantly enhance the Centaur's survivability and destructive power.

Coupled with a commander-tier skill, [Saint's Code], it can increase maximum health by up to ten times!

And Harati's health can be directly used to heal Centaurs within a one-kilometer radius.

It is truly quite terrifying!

With such a commander-tier figure, no wonder this group of Centaurs respects her so much.

Cao Xing praised, "Harati, you have the ability to make the Centaur race rise."

This Centaur, as delicate as a rose, sighed softly, "You flatter me…"

"Once upon a time, I also thought I could lead the Centaur race to rise."

"However, reality taught me a heavy lesson."

"The enemy's strength exceeded all Centaurs' expectations; our land was trampled, our homeland destroyed, and our people slaughtered…"

"Even with my abilities, the Centaur tribe was ultimately destroyed by the Blood Legion."

Hearing this, Blot nearby instantly turned his eyes red!

"Damn Blood Legion, I will make them pay the price!"

Cao Xing also remembered something at this moment.

Blot's enemy seemed to be the Blood Legion as well.

That is to say, the Centaurs and the Char race had a common enemy?

Harati looked at him, "Wanting to take revenge on the Blood Legion is too difficult…"

"Their Khan wields the legendary weapon—Hasuxin, and their combat power is simply too formidable."

"Among our Centaur tribe, almost no one is his match."

"Even I died beneath that weapon…"

Cao Xing heard about the legendary weapon—Hasuxin.

This was the third time he had heard of this weapon.

According to Marita of the Orchid Kingdom, the legendary weapon Moon God Staff was also destroyed by Hasuxin.

And it was also recorded on the fractured Magdale that Hasuxin was a weapon left behind by the gods to make the world more peaceful.

Yet now, it had become a blade of slaughter.

I have to say, it is truly somewhat ironic.

Hearing this, Blot said firmly, "Once upon a time, I also felt that revenge was hopeless."

"But ever since I came to this territory, I saw hope."

Hearing this, the Centaur Saint Harati cast her gaze toward Blot.

This Char Shaman said passionately, word by word, "Here lies the holder of another legendary weapon—Magdale!"

"And the knight recognized by the legendary weapon—lady of the lake sword."

"As well as one powerful commander after another!"

"Most importantly, we also have a lord blessed with divine power!"

"He can grant us an ability that can be called immortal!"

At this moment, Blot's admiration for Cao Xing was immensely fanatic!

Even Harati, upon hearing the last sentence, looked at him with surprised eyes.

Cao Xing chuckled, "Immortal is a bit of an overstatement, but it can indeed greatly increase your survivability!"

"So now, I will let you possess even greater strength."

Words falling, Cao Xing directly raised his staff and began casting one powerful status skill after another.

And the people nearby also cast a flurry of blessings upon Harati.

As a series of status skills landed!

This Centaur Saint already felt the surge of power throughout her body, as well as the powerful force that could constantly help her restore her vitality!

On her usually calm and unruffled face, a look of shock appeared for the first time!

"Ancestors above! Is this what you call divine power?"

"Incredible!!"

"I feel like my combat power has even reached the level of Tier 6!"

Cao Xing laughed, "My blessings cannot achieve immortality yet, so you mustn't truly disregard your life and charge into the enemy's army."

Hearing this, Harati respectfully replied, "Although it cannot make us immortal, your blessings are already quite terrifying."

"Thank you, benevolent and sacred Lord, your power is as vast as the gods…"

[Because you helped her improve her strength, territory member: Harati Soft-Hoof's loyalty has significantly increased, current loyalty: 81]

This Centaur commander's loyalty directly surged to 81.

Cao Xing felt very satisfied.

He nodded and then said, "Harati, go join the Centaur troops."

This Saint turned around without hesitation.

And compared to the dullness when she was first summoned, a flame had appeared in her beautiful pupils!

Then, Cao Xing looked at the combat personnel present.

"So now, let's issue the combat missions."

Everyone's expressions instantly perked up!

"Kandaer."

Hearing the voice, the Centaur Kandaer immediately stepped forward.

"Respected Lord, please give your orders!"

"I will give you a Centaur squadron, along with this Centaur Saint, to clear out the monsters inside the Lampri Grotto together. Is there any problem?"

Hearing this, Kandaer was slightly stunned.

"Lord, are you not letting Saint Harati operate alongside you?"

Cao Xing shook his head, "My side's combat power is already enough. The resource point of that Lampri Grotto is very important to us, and we must ensure nothing goes wrong."

Kandaer suddenly realized, "I understand, Lord."

"With this Saint by our side, we will be invincible!"

Then, Kandaer looked at Harati beside him,

"Saint, please lead us into battle and charge once more."

This Centaur commander also understood the mission Cao Xing issued.

Instantly tightened her grip on her longbow and entered combat state.

"Then, brave warriors, set out with me!"

"Let the sound of our hooves resound across this sky once more!"

"Trot… trot trot…"

The sound of dense hoofbeats rang out.

This Centaur commander clad in red battle armor led a Centaur squadron and quickly left the territory.

And Cao Xing continued looking at Tong Chuchu at this time, tossing the few skill books newly acquired last night to her.

"Chu Chu, go drive out the mecha, and act with us later."

This little girl was currently looking at the four skill books in her hands with a shocked expression.

Among them, one was even of Epic quality.

Hearing Cao Xing's voice, she instantly snapped back to reality.

"O… Okay, big brother, I'm going right now!"

After finishing, she trotted all the way toward the machinery factory.

When Tong Chuchu drove out the four-meter-tall Earth Dragon Mecha.

Cao Xing also called over the Mammoth Dabai, Frost Moose Xiaolan, and Volibear.

"Now, all Ascalon Warriors, Dragon Blood Warriors, Earth Mages, set out with me!"

"The remaining Centaurs, continue patrolling around the territory."

"Wild Boar Warriors, go near the territory to protect our mining Goblins and Arctic People."

"If you encounter enemies that are too powerful, go to the Alchemy Workshop to find Francesca and Ilena."

Of course Cao Xing wouldn't bring all his troops out; in case unexpected situations arose, it would definitely take some time for him to bring people rushing back.

He left behind more than 30 Centaurs, over a hundred Wild Boar Warriors, plus the territory's strongest combat power, Francesca.

It was already enough to handle many crisis situations.

Hearing this, everyone nodded solemnly!

Even the bellicose Wild Boar Warriors did not question the Lord's orders.

At the same time.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue skillfully mounted Dabai and Xiaolan respectively.

Like two generals leading an army on an expedition.

The staves in their hands pointed forward!

"So now, set out with me!"

Words falling, the three giant beasts, along with the Earth Dragon Mecha, instantly sprinted out!

Behind them followed Assam, Andrew, and the newly joined swordsman Xiao and others.

Further behind were more than 30 Dragon Blood Warriors and 101 Ascalon Warriors!

They quickly arrived outside the territory.

Cao Xing quickly glanced at the map.

From when he assigned tasks to the personnel to summoning the two newcomers.

Almost an hour and a half had passed.

During this time, more and more Survivors discovered the Ice Nest army on the map!

If you zoom out the map, you could even see dense white skulls.

And when Cao Xing zoomed in to look, he found that surprisingly no one near him had discovered Zhuo Mas Claw.

The white skull closest to him was also over a hundred kilometers away.

"None?"

Thinking about it, it was normal; after all, the area he was in was quite large.

Seeing this, Cao Xing quickly ordered, "All Ascalon Warriors and Dragon Blood Warriors, divide into groups of ten, ensuring that each group has two people carrying small communication devices."

"Then start acting separately to search for the Ice Nest army."

"Other core combat personnel, disperse and search separately."

Hearing the order, these hundred-plus people, like ants in the snow, quickly split into dozens of waves.

Elisa lay on Volibear's back, accompanied by Tong Chuchu who was operating the Earth Dragon Mecha.

The two little girls teamed up to search.

As for Cao Xing, he rode Dabai, and Liu Muxue rode Xiaolan, charging forward side by side.

After advancing about five or six kilometers.

Cao Xing came to a nearby plain, and there seemed to be some Survivors around.

They noticed Cao Xing riding the Mammoth and Frost Moose, and were instantly startled.

A Survivor in his early twenties exclaimed, "Holy cow! Such mighty mounts, and two of them at that, too cool!"

People nearby also exclaimed in praise, "That white one seems to be a Mammoth; it's said that they are at least boss-tier creatures. This person's strength must be very strong!"

"What kind of pet is that blue one? It looks so pretty."

"I don't know. These two can actually ride such cool mounts, I'm dying of envy!"

"Yeah, if I could have this kind of mount, I'd be willing even to open a Bright Moon Treasure Chest and get Epic equipment!"

"…"

At this time Cao Xing also noticed the Survivors nearby.

But he didn't care and directly said,

"Muxue, let's go check out the front together."

"Mmhmm!"

Words falling, the two giant beasts carried them and dashed forward quickly together.

That group of Survivors saw—

In the endless snowfield, two powerful creatures, one white and one blue, carrying two figures on their backs, advanced rapidly toward the distance.

The snow kicked up by their four hooves running resembled crystals under the morning sunlight, blurring their figures.

Until they braved the morning sun and disappeared at the end of vision.

This scene had somewhat of a cinematic feel…

An hour ago.

When Cao Xing was still using recruitment scrolls, at a place nearly two thousand kilometers away from the Gale Snowfield.

Two tall Western Survivors each led a legion of over a thousand people behind them to converge.

One male and one female.

The male had a robust build and thick body hair, like a dormant male lion, and was none other than Bolt, currently ranked fourth on the prosperity leaderboard.

Opposite him was a Western woman with brown curly hair and a stern face; the shield and long sword in her hands revealed her class.

This person was Taylor, currently ranked eighth on the prosperity leaderboard.

"Bolt, long time no see, your troop types seem to have expanded a lot."

"Ms. Taylor, long time no see, let's cooperate once more and give those Eastern little sheep a shock!"

Words falling, the two of them each looked at the thousand-man legion behind them.

Behind Bolt were a group of wind mage squads, a group of Centaur archers, and a large number of Survivors.

Behind Taylor was a force led by a knighthood, accompanied by a group of black-armored shield guards, interspersed with some Imperial Soldiers, and a large number of Survivors.

United at this point, they had nearly two thousand people, which could be considered a large legion.

Their gazes looked at the more than 10,000 Ice Nest Monsters gathered on the plain below.

The brown-haired woman said, "So, we still act according to the original plan."

"I will lead a Centaur squadron, along with 30 Snowfield Hunters, to set traps, lure that Zhuo Mas Claw over, and stall this monster."

"And you will continue to lead the legion to engage in frontal combat with the other Ice Nest Monsters!"

For everyone, the Zhuo Mas Claw inside was the most troublesome target!

A Level 40 commander with over 20 million health had to be contained by someone, otherwise, it would cause severe damage to their formation!

Opposite him, Bolt, strong as a lion, said in a solemn tone, "There shouldn't be much problem for me to engage the Ice Nest Monsters head-on here, although casualties might be paid."

"On the contrary, do you have confidence over there?"

After all, Taylor was going to use the combat power of a group of Tier 3 Survivors to challenge a Tier 4 max-level commander-tier monster—the Ice Dragon!

Moreover, this Ice Dragon not only had a higher level than them, but its health had also been significantly enhanced; a total wipe if not careful was normal.

"It's fine, I have already simulated 4,573 battle scenarios in my mind."

"Before we suffer any casualties, I can hold off this little Ice Dragon for over 5 minutes."

"If we pay the price of total annihilation, it will be enough to hold out until you finish clearing out the other monsters."

She calmly uttered words that made people's hearts tremble.

Bolt's mouth twitched.

"Taylor, you know that you are my brain, and I certainly don't want you to die."

Hearing this, the brown-haired woman curved the corner of her mouth into a smile.

"Rest assured, I won't die."

"Don't forget, I still have that treasure on me."

Hearing this, Bolt still felt somewhat apprehensive.

After all, he was going to deal with more than five times the number of enemies, and they were mixed with a large number of elites and bosses…

Seeming to see through his thoughts,

the brown-haired woman calmly comforted, "Rest assured, although this group of monsters is numerous, without a commander, they are just a sheet of loose sand."

"To cope with large-scale group battles, we specially trained a team of heavy-armor guards, which is enough to withstand the impact of this group of monsters."

A legion with a commander and a group of monsters without a commander posed threats that were simply not on the same level.

Although the Ice Nest Monsters were numerous in quantity, they only attacked without any discipline.

The Survivors, however, could adjust their tactics based on the matching of various troop types.

This was also their advantage!

Bolt nodded, and the fear in his eyes had dissipated.

"Alright, then let's begin!"

As the words fell, over two thousand people rushed out in one go!

And that group of Ice Nest Monsters also discovered the enemy, starting to charge overwhelmingly.

Both sides made contact instantly!

…

…

Seven o'clock in the morning.

That is, one hour after the start of the second-stage challenge.

Changes had already occurred on the point rankings.

[District 4 Point Rankings]

[First Place: Vels Bolt, 274 Points]

[Second Place: Sebastian Taylor, 252 Points]

[Third Place: Qiu Yating, 178 Points]

[Fourth Place: Cheng Lu, 163 Points]

[Fifth Place…]

…

On the chat channel, the Western Survivors became extremely excited upon seeing the list on the rankings.

"Haha! Commander Bolt is awesome, directly and strongly taking first place!"

"Commander Taylor, come on, trample these Eastern guys ruthlessly under your feet, and let them know what real experts are!"

"Eastern little lambs, we told you, we don't care about any prosperity rankings at all; what we rely on is powerful combat strength. Now do you know how big the gap between you and us is?"

The Eastern Survivors immediately counterattacked.

"What are you acting arrogant about? It's just a temporary lead. It's only been an hour since the challenge started, look how pleased with yourselves you are!"

"Exactly, exactly. It seems that after being suppressed last night, these guys are very unconvinced, so anxious to jump out."

"Our Goddess Bai Zhi and big boss Wei Jianyi haven't even exerted their strength yet!"

The Western Survivors continued to mock.

"Hehe… The Bai Zhi and Wei Jianyi you mentioned haven't even touched the shadow of the 'Ice Nest Monster Legion', and they haven't even entered the top hundred yet. Still talking about exerting strength!"

"Including that arrogant Cao Xing, he doesn't have a single point right now and hasn't even entered the rankings. As expected, he's all show and no substance, and his actual combat strength is very weak!"

"The friend upstairs is right. On the current rankings, among that group of Eastern Survivors, it seems only Cheng Lu's strength is decent."

"This person is the one with true strength, barely able to keep up with the pace of our Commander Taylor."

At this time, Cheng Lu immediately jumped out and replied, "Don't lump me together with you guys. Although I don't like talking much, comparing me to you guys makes me feel humiliated."

Hearing this, those Western Survivors who were originally flattering Cheng Lu suddenly stiffened in expression.

The reason they said this was to deliberately provoke the relationship between Cheng Lu and others.

After all, although they were very confident and believed that with the strength of their District 19, it was enough to suppress the other four districts,

their number of people was too small; this was an indisputable fact.

Here, they did not hold any advantage at all.

Therefore, they first thought of provoking Cheng Lu, the number one person in District 20, ideally developing him into their ally, and then defeating them one by one.

However, this person was very smart and didn't fall for the trap at all.

Naturally, the other Survivors could also see through the tricks of these Western Survivors.

"Haha! A bunch of idiots, still playing small tricks of sowing discord."

"Isn't this their habitual trick all along? Even before coming to this world, these guys often did this."

"How shameful, but this also shows that they really have no confidence left, Hahaha!"

The Western Survivors suddenly felt their faces burning.

"Humph! What's the use of talking more? Isn't your proud expert still being trampled under the feet of our Commander Bolt on the rankings?"

Hearing this, the Eastern Survivors were also furious for a moment.

The opponents were now grasping this point to madly step on them.

Yet, they had no way to retort.

For a moment, everyone could only hope that the experts on their side would exert strength quickly and pull these arrogant guys down from the rankings!

…

…

At this time, Cao Xing was also riding Dabai, galloping around in the vast Gale Snowfield.

He had even searched some gloomy dense forests and valleys.

But still, he didn't see the figure of the Ice Nest Monster army.

The area of Gale Snowfield was 500 km * 500 km. Calculating based on ten thousand 'Zhuo Mas Claw' across the entire district,

he was originally in District 174, later merged into District 17, and now merged into District 4.

That is to say, District 4 actually had a total of 50 sub-district servers.

Calculated this way, each sub-district actually only had 200 'Zhuo Mas Claw'.

These two hundred 'Zhuo Mas Claw' were distributed in a 500-kilometer diameter region, so the probability of encountering them was still very small.

And right at this moment, a system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Elisa discovered a 'Zhuo Mas Claw' and the Ice Nest army led by it.]

[Whether to publish the location on the map? After publishing, you will receive a 100-point reward.]

…

Cao Xing's eyes lit up instantly.

He also noticed the prompt behind.

For the vast majority of current Survivors, the power of Zhuo Mas Claw and the Ice Nest army was far too strong, and definitely not something one or two Lords could take down.

Therefore, most people would choose to publish it.

Yet Cao Xing pondered for a moment and still chose 'No'.

Simultaneously, a 'bzz' static sound came from his ears.

Elisa's crisp voice rang out.

"Lord! Guess what I found?"

Cao Xing wore a speechless expression.

But he also played along and acted, "Oh? What is it?"

"It's so many Ice Nest Monsters! They are all gathered on an icy river, there are more than ten thousand of them!"

"In the middle of these Ice Nest Monsters, there is also a winged Ice Dragon!"

Cao Xing praised, "Well done, Elisa, you really are amazing at finding things."

Receiving the compliment, the little girl giggled 'hehe' again foolishly.

At this time, Cao Xing quickly switched to the team channel and then said, "Everyone, gather towards coordinates 7239…"

"Those who arrive first, don't rush to launch an attack, wait until all of us are gathered."

After hearing the command, more than a hundred figures searching around nearby all began to converge toward the same place.

Ten-odd minutes later, the entire team finished gathering on a hillside.

"Thud! Thud-thud!"

Cao Xing rode the Mammoth, parted the crowd, and came to the very front of the formation.

Then, he saw the terrifying number of Ice Nest Monsters on the ice surface of the Annuo River ahead.

They were like hyenas carved out of ice, with their mouths slightly open and fangs exposed.

Among the Ice Nest Monster crowd, there existed a few huge-bodied creatures — Ice Nest Evil Beasts. Their left hands were huge ice hammers, and their right hands were maces covered with ice thorns, looking fully lethal.

Among them were also pieces of frozen giant boulders standing about four or five meters tall, but with limbs like ice cones.

These were Ice Nest Colossi, also possessing Tier 4 boss-level strength!

Glancing over, he found that the health points of these Ice Nest Colossi actually reached five million!

Cao Xing narrowed his eyes and exclaimed, "A regular Tier 4 boss only has around a hundred thousand health points."

"This guy is directly at five million, equivalent to a fifty-fold increase. How terrifying!"

Of course, the most terrifying one was still that Ice Dragon hovering in mid-air!

Unlike ordinary dragons, it had no physical body, and its whole body seemed to be composed of millennium-old mysterious ice.

Its wings were huge and transparent, like a drafty ice curtain. Every flap stirred up gusts of cold wind, making the surrounding air seem like it was about to freeze.

The Ice Dragon's tail was like a long ice whip, and as it swung casually, it lashed out a crack on the thick ice surface!

This was the big BOSS this time, 'Zhuo Mas Claw'!

Cao Xing began to think about the corresponding tactics.

…

…

On the other side, the Ice Queen Bai Zhi had already led her subordinate Frozen Knights, as well as over a thousand combatants, to engage in battle with the Ice Nest army!

She was seen fighting the Tier 4 commander-level 'Zhuo Mas Claw' with the power of a single strike, and leading the little Ice Dragon away from the battlefield.

"Hiss-hiss — Whoosh-whoosh —"

The Ice Dragon opened its huge mouth, and a mouthful of white dragon breath spewed out, as if countless fine ice threads were rapidly spreading in the air.

Followed closely by the sound of whistling wind, the freezing aura swept over like a gale, and wherever it passed, everything was covered in frost.

Yet this woman, facing the other's dragon breath, did not dodge or avoid it, directly pulling her bowstring on the spot!

"Whoosh —"

Instantly, a powerful suction force emanated from the bowstring in her hand. The surrounding air seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand, forming a huge vortex!

The bone-chilling cold air, as if finding a home, surged toward her frantically!

She actually absorbed all the surrounding cold air, including the breath of the little Ice Dragon 'Zhuo Mas Claw'!

The arrow in her hand carried astonishing cold air at this moment!

Then, with thunderous momentum, she instantly shot it toward the little Ice Dragon's mouth!

"Awooo —"

The little Ice Dragon's blue crystal-like head froze instantly!

Then, as if it had lost its source of power, it plummeted directly from mid-air!

Seeing this scene, the Survivors fighting the Ice Nest army in the distance shouted excitedly.

"Commander Bai Zhi, so cool!"

"Haha, the Commander's arrow is as sharp and fierce as always!"

"Indeed, even the commander-level 'Zhuo Mas Claw' was frozen, truly terrifying!"

Meanwhile, Bai Zhi said with a calm expression, "Keep pushing forward! Speed up the process of dealing with the Ice Nest Monsters!"

Her clear and cold voice rang out, making this group of male Survivors howl like they had taken hormones!

"Brothers, charge! Let Commander Bai Zhi rush to first place!"

The efficiency of killing Ice Nest Monsters increased significantly!

…

On the other side.

District 18's number one expert, Wei Jianyi, led his Wandering Swordsman Legion and the Survivors behind him.

In front of him was a middle-aged man dressed in light armor and draped in a wolf-skin coat.

However, the troop types behind this middle-aged man seemed a bit strange.

That was a group of creatures wearing grey heavy armor as hard as stone, each standing four to five meters tall and massive in size like small hills!

These were Mountain Giants — Grey Rock Shield Armored Soldiers.

…

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