Chapter 372: Giant Lizards in the Grotto, the Angry Goblin King (6000)

Seeing the last prompt, Cao Xing's eyes instantly lit up.

"Oh? So slaying Zhuo Mas Claw also gives gold points, that's not bad!"

"I just don't know what this 1 gold point can exchange for."

The Gold Point Shop will only open on the last day of the challenge, so it can't be used yet.

Thus, he looked at the nearby warriors and quickly ordered, "Alright, start clearing the battlefield."

Hearing this, everyone quickly took action.

Meanwhile.

On the other side, the Centaur army had also arrived and entered the Lanpuri Grotto.

The entrance to the grotto was in a desolate valley, half-hidden by a few huge rocks, requiring one to go deep inside through a passage.

As soon as they entered, it felt as if they had arrived in a massive underground world.

Many blue magic-energy torches were stuck on the walls, allowing them to clearly see the surrounding scenery.

Inside the grotto, there were huge stone pillars rising from the ground like towering giant trees, supporting the high cave ceiling.

On the ground, all kinds of oddly shaped rocks were distributed in an orderly manner.

If one looked closely, they would find that these rocks contained a large amount of metals such as iron, copper, and silver.

"Chieftain above! This grotto is huge!" a Centaur warrior exclaimed.

"That's right, when I first discovered this grotto, I couldn't help but marvel at its scale. There are definitely many ore veins inside here!" Kandaer said proudly.

However, the newly joined Centaur saint, Harati, furrowed her brow slightly.

She said in a low voice, "Centaurs, stay alert!"

"Deep in the grotto, I sense a dangerous aura!"

Hearing this, all the Centaurs turned solemn!

After all, this saint was a Tier 5 commander-grade creature.

Coupled with the series of blessings bestowed upon her by Cao Xing, her actual combat power was roughly equivalent to a Tier 6 commander!

Even she felt a trace of danger, indicating that there might be legendary Tier 6 creatures inside this grotto, or even stronger ones!

Kandaer on the side said doubtfully, "Lord Saint, when I came over last time, I didn't encounter any powerful monsters."

Harati glanced at him, "That was because you were lucky."

"This grotto is not simple…"

Her gaze fell on the murals on the surrounding walls, which were carved with many lifelike scenes.

There was a group of creatures that looked like lizards, but could walk upright like humans, kneeling in front of a certain divine statue and continuously worshipping.

In another mural, a group of Lizardmen were carrying lavish sacrifices and offering them to a certain mysterious existence.

All kinds of things like this showed scenes of Lizardmen holding rituals.

Kandaer also sensed something strange at this moment, and he said somewhat uncertainly, "Saint, should we notify the Lord?"

Harati looked serious, shook her head, and said, "It's not needed for now. That aura deep in the cave seems to be in a strange state."

"Besides, the enemy is already here!"

Hearing this, the expressions of all the Centaurs on the field instantly changed.

From the surrounding grotto passages came dense crawling sounds, as if a large number of monsters were rushing toward them!

Harati immediately gripped the bowstring in her hand, "Prepare for battle!"

As words fell, all Centaurs suppressed their emotions and fully entered combat readiness.

The lance-and-shield cavalry held iron shields and stepped forward!

The other Centaur warriors followed behind this group of lance-and-shield cavalry.

Further back were the group of Centaur archers.

And Harati, dressed in red battle armor, was surrounded in the middle by the Centaurs.

At the same time, a large number of eyes flickering with dim light appeared in the darkness, which were a large number of giant lizards.

These giant lizards had huge bodies, like moving small hills!

Their skin was rough and tough, covered with a thick layer of horny scales in dark green, dark brown, deep gray, etc., resembling ancient battle armor.

Their limbs were thick and powerful, and their claws were as sharp as knives. During the rapid movement, they left deep scratches on the ground.

If one looked closely, they would find that all corners of the entire grotto had traces of these giant lizards crawling.

Seeing this, giant lizards were everywhere in all directions.

Harati took a deep breath, "Form formations! Engage in battle!"

"Lord, all the loot has been collected together," Assam reported respectfully.

Hearing this, Cao Xing nodded slightly.

Looking at the pile of loot ahead, his eyes carried the joy of harvest.

He stepped forward directly and put away everything on the ground.

[Obtained: dragon rock ore (Gold) * 1872]

[Obtained: Large Anti-Corruption Potion (Gold) * 1]

[Obtained: Medium Anti-Corruption Potion (Purple) * 17]

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Mark * 117923]

[Obtained: Glacier Shard * 59021]

[Obtained…]

"Just as I expected, there are over a hundred thousand Ice Dragon Marks, plus nearly two thousand dragon rock ores."

"This yield is still quite good."

Cao Xing praised.

However, a new material dropped this time.

It seemed to have dropped from Zhuo Mas Claw.

He glanced at the attributes.

[Ice Dragon Core (Orange)]

[Item Type: Special Item (Untradeable)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Effect 1: Use directly to increase points by 2000]

[Effect 2: 1 can be exchanged for 1 Dragon-series Silver Treasure Chest, gathering 10 can exchange for 1 Gold Treasure Chest, gathering 50 can exchange for 1 Bright Moon Treasure Chest]

(Note: Due to version updates, the equipment levels in the Dragon Treasure Chests will be enhanced, and the chests will add higher-level purple and gold sets, as well as orange weapons.)

"Oh? It can actually be used to exchange for Dragon Treasure Chests?"

Cao Xing was somewhat surprised.

This meant that every time he killed a Zhuo Mas Claw, he could harvest at least one Ice Dragon-series Silver Treasure Chest.

"Not bad, I didn't expect that after the version update, new high-level sets would appear in the Dragon Treasure Chests."

"It just so happens that the set on me is a bit low in level, but because the set attributes are very good, I haven't changed it."

"Let's see this time if I can exchange for a few Gold Treasure Chests and directly open a brand-new set of equipment."

However, wanting to exchange for a Bright Moon Treasure Chest was a bit perverted; it actually required 50 pieces to exchange.

At the same time, Cao Xing saw the screen-spawning combat information.

[Your territory member: Harati Soft-Hoof killed Cave Giant Lizard Lv43, Tier 5 ordinary creature, gained experience points: 2150]

[Your territory member: Kandaer killed Cave Giant Lizard Lv45, Tier 5 elite creature, gained experience points: 4500]

[Your…]

Cao Xing pondered: "Has Harati already started fighting over there too?"

"The giant lizards inside are all Tier 5 creatures, and they are quite powerful."

However, he wasn't worried.

After all, given the strength of these Centaurs, each of them could almost deal with Tier 5 boss-grade creatures.

Coupled with a god-level support—Harati, there shouldn't be any problems.

At the same time, a few more system prompts appeared.

[Your territory member: Rabb killed Frost Goblin Lv29, Tier 3 ordinary creature, gained experience points: 870]

[Your territory member: Lafite killed Frost Goblin…]

"Huh? The Wild Boar Warriors ran into a battle too?"

Cao Xing felt extremely puzzled, then held the communication device on his ear and asked, "Rabb, what is the situation at the territory now?"

On the other end of the call came chaotic sounds, along with screams of Goblins.

A few seconds later, Rabb replied, "Lord, no problem. It's just that when we were patrolling outside the territory, we discovered two Goblin squads."

"They looked like they had just attacked a camp, carrying a dozen Arctic People prisoners on their shoulders, plus some supplies!"

"We casually wiped out this group of Goblins and snatched their Arctic People back, haha!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing also laughed.

He didn't expect Rabb and the others to run into this kind of thing while patrolling nearby.

And this also made Cao Xing suddenly realize a trace of something wrong.

Why would these Goblins raid other Survivors' territories at this time?

Cao Xing wanted to ask Herlie what the situation was over there, but he was worried that suddenly contacting her would cause her to be exposed.

At this time, Rabb's voice pulled Cao Xing's thoughts back.

"Lord, how should these Arctic People be handled?"

Cao Xing said, "Bring them all back to the territory. Right, don't let those Goblin corpses go either; I have a use for them."

Hilda's commander skill—Bloody Feast required a large number of corpses.

They could just be all brought back to hatch into Blood Spiders.

And those Ice Nest Monsters shattered directly into a ground of ice slag after being killed, leaving no corpses behind at all.

Rabb replied loudly, "Alright! Strong Lord!"

"Our territory is going to have a dozen more Arctic People!"

Cao Xing was in a good mood too.

In this way, there would be even more workers.

After finishing this, he glanced at the points leaderboard again.

[Region 4 Points Leaderboard]

[First Place: Cao Xing (Accumulated Points: 13885)]

[Second Place: Bolte (Accumulated Points: 2752)]

[Third Place: Bai Zhi (Accumulated Points: 2581)]

[Fourth Place: Taylor (Accumulated Points: 2464)]

[Fifth Place…]

Cao Xing's points were once again leading by a cliff-like margin.

In the chat channel, those Survivors had already been completely shocked by his terrifying upward speed!

Including Bolte and Bai Zhi below, after Cao Xing's points broke into five figures, they had completely lost hope of catching up.

The gap was too big!

There was simply no way to play!

Cao Xing calculated in his heart at this moment.

"Pushing down an Ice Nest Monster legion, counting the time for finding targets plus battles, took about an hour and a half, gaining nearly fourteen thousand points."

"This harvest is still quite good. Not counting those materials, it's equivalent to being able to exchange for more than twenty Wild Boar Warriors and Centaur warriors, or a dozen Star Country swordsmen."

"And it's only nine o'clock in the morning now; there are still 8 hours left until the Zhuo Mas Claw challenge ends at five o'clock."

"I will most likely be able to gain tens of thousands more points."

Thinking of this, his mood became even better.

Therefore, Cao Xing opened the map.

He found that within fifty kilometers nearby, the locations of two more Zhuo Mas Claws had been discovered.

Most of the surrounding Survivors were also concentrated in these two places.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment and decided not to go join in the excitement. Eating from a communal pot—how could it compare to enjoying things all by oneself?

Thus, Cao Xing ordered, "Continue to split up and act, look for undiscovered Zhuo Mas Claws and Ice Nest Monster legions!"

Hearing this, everyone began to disperse quickly.

Meanwhile, inside the Goblin camp.

Upon seeing the news that the more than two hundred Goblins he had sent out were slaughtered, Liu Yang's expression instantly stiffened.

"Damn it! Didn't we scout it out well? Weren't the Survivors in those territories all out participating in the challenge?"

"What is the situation?"

His mood at this moment was as uncomfortable as eating shit.

He originally thought he could raid their homes while those Survivors were out.

As a result, he unexpectedly got pre-empted inexplicably.

He felt extremely depressed in his heart.

Liu Yang hardened his heart, "Damn it, I'll send out another goblin brigade, I refuse to believe this!"

Right at this moment, from deep within the tribe, inside a certain concealed stone room, another roar came out.

"Roar!!!"

That sound exploded like muffled thunder, directly terrifying the goblins throughout the entire tribe.

Liu Yang's expression sank, and then he said with a helpless face, "This fellow is hungry again."

"Its appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and the tribe needs more food to develop."

"If this goes on, expenses will exceed income."

Pondering for a moment, Liu Yang cast his gaze toward his feet, at those women who were chained up like wild dogs.

"Forget it, I'm almost tired of playing, I'll just use you all to feed it."

Hearing this, panic suddenly appeared in the pupils of these dull-expressioned women below.

They shook their heads constantly and trembled all over, seemingly begging the other party to let them go.

However, Liu Yang directly grabbed the chains and locked their necks tightly!

These women instantly felt it difficult to breathe, grabbing the chains on their necks with painful expressions.

However, Liu Yang directly ignored these women's expressions and dragged them all the way like livestock, walking toward the depths of the tribe.

And just as he dragged those women and entered the depths of the tribe,

a shadow also sneaked in stealthily.

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…

Cao Xing led the group to continue searching everywhere in Gale Snowfield.

Nearly two hundred people were divided into dozens of teams, and the search efficiency was still quite fast.

After another half an hour or so, a system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Victoria has discovered 'Ice Dragon Claw', do you want to publish the location?]

Cao Xing's eyes lit up instantly, and then he chose no as usual.

Then, Victoria's slightly dignified voice came over.

"Lord, it has been found, the location is at…"

Cao Xing praised, "Well done, Victoria, I will bring people over right now."

After speaking, Cao Xing quickly switched the team channel and asked everyone to gather at the place where Victoria was located.

A few minutes later, they stopped at the mountainside of a valley.

Below the valley was the familiar Ice Nest Monster army.

Numbering in the tens of thousands, it looked grand and mighty, coupled with Zhuo Mas Claw soaring in mid-air.

Ordinary teams really wouldn't have the courage to launch an attack against an enemy of this scale.

Cao Xing ordered, "Still following the previous fighting style, Sarah will deal with Zhuo Mas Claw, and the core combat personnel will deal with those bosses and chieftains."

"Everyone else, push straight through!"

"Quick battle, quick decision!"

As soon as those words fell, more than a hundred people all went into action!

Swish swish swish!

Sarah still rushed the fastest.

Behind her were the Ascalon Warriors legion led by Assam and Braum!

These two big guys took the lead, like two fierce gods of war.

After the warriors entered a certain range of the Ice Nest Monster army, it directly drew the attention of this mob of monsters.

Tens of thousands of Ice Nest Monsters swarmed over in a flock.

In an instant, the ground trembled, as if a small earthquake had occurred.

The Ice Nest Monsters let out hair-raising screeches, rushing forward like a surging tide!

However, the warriors were fearless!

With an even fiercer momentum, they charged directly into the Ice Nest Monster army.

"Bang! Crack!"

Upon first contact, it was a crushing battle!

Under the long swords of the warriors, as well as the concentrated fire of the mages and archers behind them, a large number of Ice Nest Monsters had their health reduced to zero on the spot.

[Your territory member: Assam killed Ice Nest evil beast lv35, Tier 4 boss-level creature, gained experience points: 14000]

[Gained points: 100]

[Your territory member: Victoria killed Ice Nest Colossus lv36, Tier 4 boss-level creature, gained experience points: 14400]

[Gained points: 100]

[Your…]

…

…

The screen-refreshing battle prompts appeared continuously, and Cao Xing's points broke through twenty thousand in a short period!

And it was still rising at a terrifying speed!

Moreover, with the previous battle experience, everyone's advance speed was even faster.

Taking 45 minutes, they cleared out this entire Ice Nest Monster army, harvesting over ten thousand points.

Then they spent another three minutes taking out the level 40 commander — Zhuo Mas Claw.

The current time is 11:30 AM.

From the end of the Zhuo Mas Claw challenge on the first day to the start of the Zorma Behemoth challenge in the afternoon, there were still five and a half hours left.

On the points leaderboard, Cao Xing's score directly skyrocketed to twenty-seven thousand!

As for the second place Bolte, he had just broken through four thousand.

The Survivors were dumbfounded!

"This is fucking absurd! Only a morning has passed, and Great Lord Cao Xing is almost at thirty thousand points."

"Calculated this way, wouldn't he get at least seventy to eighty thousand points in a single day today?"

Hearing this number, the Survivors were also suddenly shocked!

Everyone knew very well what this represented.

That was equivalent to seven or eight hundred primary soldier recruitment scrolls.

It could also be exchanged for more than a hundred intermediate soldier recruitment scrolls, or even gather a high-tier soldier squadron in a single day!

"Holy crap! Great Lord Cao Xing really made a fortune today!"

"I'm so envious, if I had even a fraction of this, it'd be great, I'd be completely satisfied if I were given a few thousand points a day."

"Upstairs, you are daydreaming."

Everyone felt incomparably envious.

After all, Cao Xing's harvest throughout this day was simply too terrifying!

One could imagine how terrifyingly Cao Xing's territory strength would skyrocket after this Ice Nest challenge ended!

"Brothers, I heard from some people that Great Lord Cao Xing seems to have monopolized an entire Ice Nest Monster legion, and even the Zhuo Mas Claw inside was taken down by him alone."

"Sheesh, no wonder his points are rising so terrifyingly, if I had the strength to swallow an entire Ice Nest Monster legion, I could have this speed too."

"Comparing people to people really pisses people off, we wait around for people everywhere, and only dared to attack the Ice Nest Monster legion when we reached thousands of people, yet Great Lord Cao Xing just pushed straight through!"

"Yeah, is this the gap between the great lord and us…"

…

…

Meanwhile, Cao Xing didn't have time to look at these people's discussions, and still seized the time to eliminate more Zhuo Mas Claws.

"Split up and search for the locations of new Zhuo Mas Claws."

Over a hundred people dispersed once again.

…

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Meanwhile…

Over on Harati's side, after an hour of bitter battle, they finally resolved the large number of giant lizards at the entrance.

She still held the longbow in her hand and said, "All warriors, seize the time to rest and recover your stamina."

Hearing this, the Centaurs also breathed a sigh of relief one after another.

Then, from the leather backpacks on their horses' backs, they took out the food Cao Xing had prepared for them and began to recover their stamina.

Looking at the large number of giant lizard corpses around them.

Harati said with a complex expression, "So many Tier 5 giant lizards launching an attack together—in the past, even a thousand-strong Centaur legion would have to pay a heavy price in casualties."

"However, this lord's blessing is even more miraculous; there wasn't a single Centaur casualty."

"It's truly an incredible thing…"

Harati had led the Centaurs to participate in many wars, but never once like today.

Clearly the enemy's numbers and strength were far superior to theirs, yet they were still suppressed firmly.

Even her side had zero combat losses, which was simply unbelievable!

Kandaer came over at this time and said, "Sage, we need to first collect the loot dropped by these giant lizards, bring it back to the territory uniformly, and hand it over to the lord."

Harati was stunned for a moment.

But she also reacted immediately.

When she was in the different space, she had been told by a mysterious force about the special features of these Survivor lords.

One of them was that defeating monsters in the wild would drop loot.

Harati nodded slightly, "Alright, then everyone clean the battlefield first, and then follow me deeper into the grotto."

All the Centaurs moved into action one after another.

And in a place they couldn't see, deep inside the grotto, within the depths of those intricate passages, there was a strange area.

With the death of a large number of giant lizards, a rich blood qi began to converge.

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Time slowly passed.

In the blink of an eye, it was three o'clock in the afternoon.

From 11:30 to 3:00, it took a total of three and a half hours.

Cao Xing once again pushed through two Ice Nest Monster armies led by Ice Dragon Claws.

Wildly raked in twenty-eight thousand points!

The cumulative points reached fifty-six thousand!

Taking a look at the challenge progress.

[Remaining quantity of 'Zhuo Mas Claw' in the four major districts: 4752]

In nearly 10 hours, hundreds of thousands of Survivor lords in the four major districts had eliminated a total of over five thousand Zhuo Mas Claws.

Judging by the current efficiency, it would definitely be too late to eliminate the remaining four thousand plus Zhuo Mas Claws before five o'clock.

However, this didn't have much impact anyway; regardless of whether these ten thousand Zhuo Mas Claws were killed or not, the second-stage challenge would start on time.

At this time, Cao Xing led the legion to stay in a hilly area, and in the snowfield below, there was also an Ice Nest Monster army.

However, someone seemed to have beaten them to it here.

A group of Survivors, numbering as many as a thousand, were resting and reorganizing at a range a full kilometer away from the Ice Nest Monster army…

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