First exploration of the ancient battlefield, clues to the dark city! (5000)

Chapter 421: Initial Exploration of the Ancient Battlefield, Clues to the Dim City! (5000)

Cao Xing looked to the side at the two women who had already put on their mage robes, and chuckled softly, "Ailee, Sylvia, continue your meditation."

The two women had also draped their mage robes over their shoulders at this moment.

Their skin was as smooth as refined lard, and their exceptionally fair bodies sat cross-legged.

After each of them kissed the two mage wives, they left the Mage Tower.

Glancing at the time, it was already around 11:00 PM.

"It is time to prepare for rest."

Thus, Cao Xing returned to the Lords Cabin.

Half an hour later.

Over on Liu Muxue's side, she had also finished applying brand-new status skills to the newcomers.

The two of them fell asleep in each other's arms.

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The next day, as the system prompt for the seventh day's Zhuo Mas Claw challenge appeared,

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue woke up on time.

The beauty beside the pillow rubbed her sleepy eyes and said softly, "Today, shall we continue to farm points?"

Cao Xing smiled and nodded.

This woman was truly turning into a point-farming maniac.

Soon, the two of them came outside the territory together.

At the same time, several hundred combatants had already gathered.

The Centaurs were included as well.

They all gazed at Cao Xing with firm looks, waiting for the Lord's next instructions.

Cao Xing continued, "Now, following yesterday's configuration, my wife, Commander Bo Jie, and the knight Assam will lead three teams!"

"Begin splitting into teams now."

As his words fell, all several hundred combatants began to move.

"Clatter!"

Soon, they each found their respective teams and stood behind Liu Muxue, Bjorn, and Assam respectively.

Cao Xing said, "Today, my wife and Commander Bo Jie will continue leading the teams to carry out the Zhuo Mas Claw challenge."

"Assam, you will lead all the knights and come with me to execute another mission later."

"Understood!"

Everyone successively sprang into action.

Then, Liu Muxue and Bjorn each led a batch of teams and left the territory.

Meanwhile, Assam led another team and waited quietly to the side.

At the same time.

The sound of hooves pattered, and Harati, the female Centaur commander, walked out with steady steps.

Although she had experienced a difficult battle yesterday, this did not strike a blow to the battle intent in her heart in the slightest.

She said solemnly, "Lord, please issue today's mission for the Centaurs!"

Cao Xing nodded slightly and then gave the order.

"All Centaurs, step out of the ranks."

As his words fell, the remaining 113 attacking Centaurs all stepped forward.

"Now, all spear and shield cavalry, replace the damaged shields in your hands and come to me to collect new ones!"

As he spoke, Cao Xing took all the [Barbarian Round Shields] out of his backpack.

After putting on the brand-new shields, these spear and shield cavalry swept away their previous decadence and once again became formidable and extraordinary.

Cao Xing continued to order, "Your mission today is not to fight, but to help me find something."

Hearing this, a look of puzzlement appeared in the eyes of all the Centaurs present.

"I know that Centaurs are best at operating in places with treacherous terrain."

"Next, I need you to go to the nearby high mountains and help me find the location of the Gryphon nest."

"Are there any problems?"

Although Cao Xing had already tamed four Gryphons and could communicate simply with them,

whenever Cao Xing tried to get them to tell him the location of their nest, these four Gryphons seemed very resistant.

But this was also normal.

After all, they were equally loyal to their tribe to the point of death.

With their innate pride, they would rather die than betray their tribe.

Therefore, Cao Xing could only let the Centaurs execute this mission.

By then, he would catch them all in one nest; once the raw rice was cooked into cooked rice, it would be useless for these Gryphons to resist.

Harati replied first, "No problem, the Centaurs will complete the mission."

Cao Xing said, "Very well, I wish you a safe journey."

Harati nodded solemnly and then turned around.

"Centaurs, set out with me!"

"Clatter ~ Patter patter patter …"

Soon, a group of Centaurs strode on their four hooves and quickly left the territory.

Left in place were only the Silver Hand Knights led by Assam, along with Sarah and the others.

Just as Cao Xing was about to lead them to explore that ancient battlefield,

two graceful figures behind him slowly turned towards him.

One of them was dressed in a black gown, charming and moving.

The other was dressed in white everyday clothes, still unable to conceal that aura of a superior.

They were precisely Marita and Princess Fulan.

However, Princess Fulan put on her veil again today, concealing her peerlessly beautiful face.

They came to Cao Xing's side and greeted him softly.

"Good day, Lord Cao Xing. May the new day bring you wealth and honor."

Cao Xing chuckled in response, "How are the two of you feeling?"

Marita replied, "Thank you for your concern, we feel much better."

"That is good." A trace of a smile appeared on Cao Xing's face.

At this moment, Marita said softly, "Lord Cao Xing, we came to find you to bid farewell to you…"

In her tone, there was a hint of reluctance and dejection.

Cao Xing was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted.

"Are you leaving so soon?"

Marita gently nodded and said, "Yes, we have indeed disturbed you in your territory for many days."

"Please forgive any inconvenience brought to you during this period of time."

Cao Xing waved his hand, "What trouble is there? You can stay as long as you like."

A trace of gentleness emerged in Marita's eyes.

Princess Fulan beside her said, "Lord Cao Xing, our biggest goal this time has been completed."

"So now we need to return to the kingdom as soon as possible, notify the king, deal with the coming of the Blood Legion, and make corresponding preparations."

Cao Xing sighed slightly. He also knew that the Blood Legion was a major crisis in the future and needed ways to deal with it.

"Alright, then I will not keep the two of you."

"If you have free time in the future, you are always welcome to visit the territory as guests."

Hearing this, the two women looked at each other, and a hint of a smile appeared on both of their faces.

Marita said softly, "If there is time, I will come over again."

"These past few days… in your territory, I have spent them very happily…"

A trace of tenderness also appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

The two of them looked at each other for a moment.

Princess Fulan on the side seemed to notice the atmosphere between these two people.

"Ahem ahem…"

Amidst her coughs, the two instantly snapped back to their senses.

As if remembering something, Cao Xing continued, "Ms. Marita, for the next period of time, you might not be able to find me."

Marita opened those pretty eyes of hers and looked at him with some confusion.

Cao Xing explained, "Because for the next month, our territory might be in a closed state, and you won't be able to enter my territory."

"Not just me, many Otherworld Lords are probably facing the same situation."

A look of sudden realization appeared in Marita's eyes.

"I see. When you batch of Otherworld Lords first arrived on this continent, we did experience it once."

Cao Xing said, "That's right, it is exactly this situation."

The noblewoman lightly nodded her head, "Thank you, Lord Cao Xing. This information is very important to us."

"In this way, I can notify the chamber of commerce's caravan not to go to other Otherworld Lords' territories, which can save a lot of time."

At the same time, Princess Fulan continued, "Lord Cao Xing, we have already packed our things. Without further ado, we are ready to set off now~"

Cao Xing waved his hand, "I will see you off."

Then, the three of them walked towards the back together.

Soon, they came beside a high-grade sanctuary in the second-ring area.

A carriage was parked at the entrance, and the coachman was already sitting on it.

Marita came to the door and called out,

"Robin, let's go."

Hearing this, a thin and small figure quickly walked out from the room.

The young fellow with royal blood glanced at Cao Xing and then solemnly bowed.

"Thank you for your care over the past few days, my lord. Robin will not forget you."

He was thanking Cao Xing for helping him break through to the chieftain level.

Cao Xing smiled and then said, "You're welcome."

As his words fell, Robin was the first to crawl into the carriage.

Marita and Princess Fulan also gracefully entered the carriage.

The two women lifted the carriage curtain and poked out their beautiful heads.

Marita said softly, "Then, until we meet again, Lord Cao Xing."

Princess Fulan next to her also waved her hand, "Lord Cao Xing, goodbye."

Cao Xing also gently waved his hand.

And then he watched the carriage of this woman slowly drive away from the territory all the way.

A trace of emotional sentiment also emerged in his eyes.

Because once we part ways this time, who knows when we will meet again.

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Half an hour later.

The coachman drove the carriage away to a distance of more than ten kilometers from Lord Cao Xing's territory.

The atmosphere inside the carriage was somewhat silent.

Marita and Princess Francesca didn't speak, and Robin on the side dared not speak even more.

Moments later, Princess Francesca broke the silence first and chuckled softly, "Royal Aunt, are you reluctant to leave this place?"

Marita cast a faint glance at her and did not deny it.

And Princess Francesca said in a joking tone, "How about I tell the Royal Father to have you sever ties with the Orchid Kingdom and join this territory?"

Hearing this, Robin beside them instantly turned pale with fright.

He turned his head away, pretending he hadn't heard anything.

And upon hearing this proposal, Marita actually did not refuse.

Instead, she thought about it seriously for a moment.

Moments later, she shook her head, "No, with formidable enemies currently at our gates, the Kingdom needs me…"

A thoughtful look appeared in Princess Francesca's eyes, and she said no more.

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Meanwhile.

Cao Xing had already led the Silver Hand Knights, along with Assam, Sarah, and others, toward that underground ancient battlefield.

Because the area where the ancient battlefield was located was very close to the territory, only a little over ten kilometers away.

Therefore, they only spent a few minutes to reach the destination.

Just like the intelligence Blot investigated back then.

There were a large number of broken weapons on the ground, but they were buried by snow and required a certain keen eye to unearth.

On the snow, there were also many human footprints, and even a few corpses of Survivors.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing pondered, "It seems that some nearby Survivors have already discovered this place."

"Fortunately, with their strength, they can only explore the periphery and cannot enter the central area of the ancient battlefield."

Therefore, Cao Xing commanded, "Push forward."

A team of more than a hundred people advanced mightily.

Along the way, they could still encounter some low-level rotting corpse monsters, undead, and other monsters.

But they were casually dealt with by the Silver Hand Knights.

Under Liu Muxue's three blessing skills, the attack power of these knights directly skyrocketed from the original few hundred points to over 6,000!

A full five to sixfold increase.

From this, one can imagine how terrifying their current attack power was!

"Puff! Squish!"

One monster after another was blown apart by the longspears in their hands.

Assam rode a Frost Wolf and walked over quickly.

"Lord, the entrance to the underground ancient battlefield has been found."

Cao Xing's eyes instantly lit up.

"Very good, lead us over."

"As you command!"

As he finished speaking, Assam quickly turned around and walked toward the center of this war-torn land.

Walking through the snow all the way.

Soon, they saw a secret passage appearing among a pile of ruins ahead.

Covered by the thick snow, it barely revealed a narrow gap. Without looking closely, one would even subconsciously overlook it.

"Clang!"

Assam drew the longsword in his hand, pushed aside the snow at the entrance, and then stepped into the passage.

Everyone followed him forward all the way.

Soon, all members entered the passage.

This passage was very deep.

The further inward they went, the darker it became.

From time to time, bursts of chilly, decaying breath came from the air, making people feel a chill down their spines.

Fortunately, however, Cao Xing brought a humanoid flashlight, Isabelle.

She raised her staff high.

The soft holy light instantly dispelled the surrounding darkness.

That chilly feeling suddenly improved a lot.

A few minutes later, they had reached the end of the passage.

Before them, a faint green light vaguely appeared.

Even a hair-raising aura could be felt.

It was as if the body was instinctively resisting entering that place.

That was the world of the undead!

Frowning, he said directly, "Enter."

As he finished speaking, everyone swarmed in together.

As if breaking into another world, a strange aura rushed towards them.

[ You have entered a special area: Dim City… ]

[ Danger Level: Extremely Fatal! ]

(Please note! Dim City is an ancient city from ten thousand years ago, which was transferred underground with the passage of time.

After the rebels of that year died, they turned into an undead army. They guard this city day in and day out, even though the city has been destroyed…

This group of ancient undead is extremely powerful, please respond with caution.)

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Seeing the system prompt, Cao Xing was instantly startled.

"Damn, extremely fatal?"

"This is the first time I've encountered a hazard evaluation of this level."

At the same time, Cao Xing also noticed another key piece of information—Dim City.

He seemed to remember something.

"Holy shit! Isn't this the place that the Old Witch told me about, which holds the legendary shield—Shield of Origin?"

"So Dim City is right here!"

At this moment, Cao Xing instantly became excited.

And right at this time, Sarah beside him was already tightly gripping her dagger, making combat preparations!

"Lord, please be careful, I sense many dangerous auras ahead!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing instantly raised his head.

And when he saw the scene before him, his pupils suddenly constricted!

In a piece of ancient ruins ahead, a nearly massive army of undead wandered about.

Scanning with his gaze, most of these undead were at levels fifty or sixty, and among them were even quite a few undead with question marks!

In the sky, there were also several behemoths exuding boundless undead aura sweeping across everyone's heads.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing quickly commanded, "Retreat!"

He decisively led all combat personnel and retreated from that ancient battlefield without looking back.

Everyone quickly returned to that passage, and then drilled out of that passage with the fastest speed.

And ran straight back to the territory in one breath, before gradually letting out a sigh of relief.

Until returning to the territory, everyone's eyes still carried lingering fear.

Including Cao Xing, whose eyes also carried a look of shock.

"Holy crap! This is truly outrageous! Why are there so many undead in here, and their levels are all so high?"

Sarah beside him reported with a solemn expression, "Lord, I just sensed several auras no less than that Lizardman Sovereign…"

"Inside this ancient battlefield, there might be Hero-level undead!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's heart sank once again.

At the same time, he weighed the combat strength of both sides.

If they wanted to deal with this ancient battlefield.

He might need to bring all the combat personnel in the territory, and equip everyone with a bottle of holy water, in order to possibly contend against the undead of that ancient battlefield!

And right now, Francesca's side was still fully producing the holy water.

Liu Muxue and Bjorn's challenge for the "Zhuo Mas Claw" could not be left behind either.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing thought, "It seems there is no hope of dealing with this ancient battlefield before the challenge of "Zhuo Mas Claw" ends."

"During this period, I'd better focus on dealing with the challenge, gaining more points, and improving my strength."

"From the current look of it, the undead below show no signs of coming out, so there shouldn't be any need to worry for a short time."

"And for the next month, the system will raise a protective shield."

"According to my development speed, in that new scene, there should still be a significant improvement."

"When the one month period ends, I will have enough strength to crush this ancient battlefield!"

After sorting out the thoughts in his mind, the worry in his heart also dissipated a lot.

Therefore, he commanded, "Alright, we won't deal with this ancient battlefield for now."

"Next, our team will also go look for new Ice Nest Monster legions to challenge, and try our best to raise everyone's level."

Everyone nodded one after another, and then dispersed.

And as Cao Xing led people to start challenging the Ice Nest Monster.

Counting it up, he had a total of three teams carrying out challenges.

Following that was Cao Xing's points growing at an even more terrifying speed!

The day before, Liu Muxue and Bjorn's two teams could get around 200,000 points.

And with the addition of Cao Xing's third team, in just a single day today, they frantically raked in 270,000 points!

When the seventh day's Zorma Behemoth challenge ended.

Cao Xing's cumulative points had already reached 1.08 million, officially breaking through one million!

At this moment, the chat channels of the four major districts stirred up a huge uproar once again when his cumulative points reached seven digits!

All Survivors, looking at this astronomical figure of one million, were completely shocked!