◎Difficult! The Sea Monster of Yakao Village◎

The dazzling skills were like a meteor, chasing her relentlessly, leaving a long tail behind.

The trees were pelted with stray arrows and set ablaze. A rain of pear blossom flying knives chased them from both sides, drawing sharp arcs of light.

The smell of gunpowder quickly filled the entire forest.

Xia Li spun, stepped sideways, dodged, and moved back and forth between the trees with incredible agility. Although she was hit by several skills and her health bar kept decreasing, she always found time to drink medicine to restore her health in between dodging.

Even the raging thief couldn't help but marvel at this series of events.

"Too fast." The thief Chongshan followed behind her and found that he had to use 100% of his skills to hit her with the flying knife in his hand.

"She's always been very fast." The archer Baibayoufengyang followed closely from behind, pulling the bow with both hands. Countless arrow-shaped white lights landed on his fingers. The fingers holding the string suddenly loosened, and the skill Ten Thousand Arrows shot out, breaking through the negative air and heading straight for the figure in front!

This was Chongshan's first time confronting the legendary alchemist. He had only heard from others in the guild that Long Yan had taken fellow thieves Chang Tian and An Xing to assassinate her, but unexpectedly Chang Tian was killed on the spot by her, and An Xing failed again and again, and none of the thieves' best skills were used.

After this incident, Chongshan discovered that the names "Changtian" and "Anxing" had completely disappeared from the guild.

The throbbing in his throat rose and fell. If his performance today failed to satisfy Lieyan, he would probably be kicked out of the guild.

Thinking of this, Chongshan suddenly drank a bottle of purple medicine.

The effect is immediate once the medicine enters your stomach!

His speed was already quite fast, and with the help of the potion, he seemed to be flying at a low altitude. In the blink of an eye, he rushed to Xia Li's side and knocked her out first!

He raised his hand and hit with a club.

Xia Li tried her best to dodge, but she didn't expect a thief to suddenly jump up beside her. She quickly raised her hand to block it.

There was a loud bang!

The hard wooden root fell on her arm, causing her 140 points of damage.

This damage is not low at all, much higher than the 90 points of damage caused to her by Dark Walk in the Endless Abyss.

It turned out to be the elite team following Lie Yan, and every move they made was fierce.

But she must not die here today.

He gritted his teeth and threw the green mist skill at the opponent.

Suddenly, several black shadows that were faster than her green mist rushed out from beside her!

The black shadow collided with the people in flames, and then there were a few loud bangs. The black shadow exploded with them, and the woods suddenly turned red!

Xia Li was stunned and turned her head suddenly.

She was met with Morgan's disgusted face: "Tsk, you can't even handle a few petty thieves, you're embarrassing me."

After saying that, he threw out three blue bottles in his hand. Unlike the previous black bottles, this time the blue bottles hit the heads of the three opposing mages accurately. The mages had no time to dodge, and the bottles exploded, instantly casting a freezing debuff on them.

This is the Alchemist's [Potion Throwing] skill. When used with bottles with various negative effects, it can be thrown accurately.

The corrosion debuff caused by the black bottle explosion and the 3-second freezing effect caused by the blue bottle explosion were both created by Morgan.

"What are you still standing there for? Run!" While the three main output players were frozen, Morgan shouted at her and ran away.

Xia Li followed closely behind Morgan, looking back as she ran.

The strange thing is that the thief from before didn't follow.

"Don't look at me, they can't catch up." Morgan said proudly, "I used [Poison Glue], and the thief's feet were trapped by the glue."

[Poison Glue: Leaves a deadly poison on the path you walk, causing continuous damage to enemies along the path and slowing them down.]

Xia Li took a quick glance behind Morgan, and sure enough, he was leaving a shallow trail behind him.

Following the trail all the way back, about 20 meters away, the thief's speed became very slow, and red numbers kept appearing on his body.

High, really high.

Xia Li gave Morgan a thumbs up: "Master, you are amazing!"

"Don't you even look at who I am?" After saying that, he threw out another skill behind him.

This time Xia Li didn't see clearly, she only saw a pungent smell suddenly spread in the air behind her.

"Strong acid interference can reduce the enemy's hit rate." Morgan explained to her as he ran.

Sure enough, three stray fire arrows flew up from behind. Just as the arrows were about to hit their shoulders, they suddenly deviated to the side and hit the ground directly.

Both men were unharmed.

The people chasing behind them gradually became silent. Xia Li and Morgan rushed out of the woods in one go and successfully reached the seaside map of the Xia continent - Yakao Village.

At this time, the lava beast Xiaoguai was already waiting for her at the village entrance, swinging his big orange-red tail.

"Didn't you lose your mount in the woods?" Morgan exclaimed. "I clearly saw you running off on your own on the way here."

"Master, that's not called losing," Xia Li corrected him with a straight face, "that's called strategy."

"You almost died at their hands just now, and you still call that a strategy?" Morgan scoffed at her. "If I hadn't happened to be passing by, I'm afraid you would have died in there a long time ago."

After a pause, he looked at Xiaoguai again and said, "See if it's hurt. Those people didn't go easy on it."

"It's okay. Everyone was chasing me and beating me just now, but Xiaoguai ran away by himself." Xia Li said as she patted Xiaoguai's head to comfort him.

Fortunately, her loyalty to Xiaoguai has reached 50.

According to the rules of the miracle, any accompanying battle pet with a loyalty of 50 or above will be bound to its owner by the system, and no one else is allowed to steal it. Otherwise, the thief will be punished by having his reputation points deducted or receiving a negative title.

It was for this reason that Xia Li dared to leave Xiaoguai, the only beast, behind.

Without her permission, Lieyan can't do anything to Xiaoguai.

In fact, a few minutes ago, Lieyan did mistakenly think that the lava beast belonged to him after Xia Li escaped. He was about to put it into his backpack with a smile, but unexpectedly the system kept prompting [This combat pet has been owned by someone else, please do not steal it at will].

I tried several times in a row, but it didn't work.

It was not until then that Lie Yan sneered and understood why she dared to leave the Lava Beast behind and escape alone. It turned out that he could not snatch this war pet away at all!

Xia Li took Xiaoguai back, and Xiaoguai turned into a ray of light and entered her system.

Ahead in the lowlands was the coastal village of Yakao. Morgan looked at the villagers running out of the village and his tone suddenly became serious: "The sea level is rising more and more."

Xia Li knew there was a linked dungeon hidden in the village, so she said, "I'll go in and take a look."

"be safe."

After taking several steps, Xia Li suddenly heard Morgan's awkward warning. She smiled, didn't look back, and just raised her arm and waved: "Don't worry, Master. You and Fakula should also pay attention to your safety."

Morgan's face trembled in shock. Damn, it turned out that this little bastard had already known the purpose of his coming to Yakao Village.

[World: The village of Yakao, located in the northwest corner of the Xiya continent, is under attack from the sea. We urge all warriors to actively go there and destroy the sea monster!]

A mission was posted on the world channel, and immediately the players became agitated.

Just like the previous dragon-slaying mission, this world-class mission was never stingy in giving out rewards to players. Inside and outside the royal city, countless players stopped their tasks and prepared to go to Yakao Village.

At this time, Long Yan also got the news and rushed to Yakao Village and to the side of President Lieyan as quickly as possible: "Uncle."

"Well, you've come just in time." Lieyan's expression was so cold that Longyan couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry. "The linked dungeon is about to open. Bring the people on the list with you. You must get the first kill this time."

"I will." Long Yan gritted his teeth and nodded.

The first kill in the Valichiro dungeon was snatched away by the alchemist, leaving the people from Flame's Fury empty-handed. He was determined to win back a game today, both for Flame's Fury and to win back the honor of being the number one mage for himself!

"She no longer has the support of the guild behind her, and she's forming a wild team outside. Her strength is not as good as before." Lieyan looked at the dungeon entrance that was gradually taking shape in front of him, and his calm tone revealed a hint of confidence.

Long Yan understood what his uncle meant, and replied calmly, "The first kill is ours, no one else can snatch it away this time."

There are as many as thirteen entrances to the linked dungeons. The monsters you encounter after entering each entrance are different, but because the overall difficulty is roughly the same, it doesn’t matter much which one you choose.

Xia Li chose a hidden and deserted entrance and quickly sent out the coordinates.

More than ten minutes later, a group of figures came running out from the path beside the village.

Steamed Fish: "Woo woo woo big sister, long time no see!"

Xia Li: "Not bad."

It's only been one day since we last met.

Qingzhengyu didn't care about all this. He rushed out of the crowd with an expression as if he hadn't seen her for many years and missed her very much, and opened his arms as if to hug her.

Xia Li was ready to hide to the side when Baili Xi suddenly stretched out a foot.

Someone was kicked down and fell flat on his face.

Qingzhengyu raised his eyes angrily and glared back at Baili Xi: "You only know how to use dirty tricks, don't you?"

However, Baili Xi ignored him completely, no, his eyes were not even on him from beginning to end, let alone taking the kick that tripped him just now to heart.

At this moment, everyone noticed that there was only one person in Baili Xi's eyes - Xia Li.

"Thank you for your hard work, Ali."

From the day she quit the club, Baili Xi called her "A Li" in front of everyone.

Xia Li smiled, her eyes sweeping over him, Bai Guo, Luo Pan, the wizard Zi Teng, Da Feng Che and the others behind him, with a rare hint of joy in her tone: "Happy cooperation everyone."

"Happy cooperation!" everyone responded in unison.

When the time comes, the linked copy of the Sea Monster in Yakao Village (Difficulty: Difficult) will be officially launched.

The entrance aperture shimmered with silver-blue light.

The nine people from Fengyun Tianxia plus Xia Li, a total of ten people, stepped into the copy aperture.

Time goes back to two days ago.

Cologne Chapel.

"Baiguo, what's going on? Why did you invite everyone here?" Steamed Fish was confused and asked him as soon as he came up.

"That's right, Baiguo, if you have anything to say, just talk about it in the guild." Zi Teng habitually shook the purple hair on her shoulders and asked.

The others also looked at him, waiting for his explanation.

There was almost no one in the chapel on Wednesday, the NPCs were all resting, and the players had no tasks requiring them to come here. To be on the safe side, Bai Guo made the appointment here.

"The people from Lieyan are targeting us." Baiguo cut to the chase.

"What?" Qingzhengyu blurted out, "Why are they targeting us?"

"Is it because of the last dragon slaying incident?" Zi Teng raised her eyebrows.

That day, Fengyun Tianxia had the lowest casualties among all members and Xia Rilihua had the highest contribution in slaying dragons. This allowed the guild to directly rush into the top three of the dragon slaying list at the last moment and receive a guild gift package as an official reward.

However, the formerly highly-anticipated first guild, Flame Fury, was ranked fourth by the system due to the heavy casualties among its members, directly losing its position in the top three.

This matter was known to all players in Miracle. Long Yan was punished by his uncle Lie Yan for improper command. Lie Yan stepped up the reorganization of the guild, kicked out a group of players who were not strong enough, and recruited new players to inject new strength.

The relationship between the two guilds has become delicate and tense since then. As long as either side takes actions that are detrimental to the other, this balance is likely to be broken.

Baiguo's words clearly indicated that Lieyan was ready to personally break this balance.

Baili Xi stepped forward and asked him, "What is your basis?"

Bai Guo paused and said, "It just so happens that I know someone in the Flame Guild. He told me privately that we should be more cautious recently."

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