The road leading to Stonewell City was heavily guarded. At first, Fang Zheng wanted to have a good chat with the other party and show that he had no ill intentions - but the crossbows and arrows shot towards him instantly made him change his mind.

MMP, it turns out that force is the best language!

After killing his way through the outer defenses of Stonewell City and passing through the tunnel, Fang Zheng led Jellyfish towards the ruined castle in front of him. Although the castle looked relatively intact on the surface, it could be seen from the bumpy gates and walls that the castle had obviously experienced a tragic war before.

However, just as Fang Zheng was about to enter the gate, suddenly, a voice rang out.

"O faded one..."

Fang Zheng raised his head and looked towards the place where the sound came from. He saw a giant with a cloak, horns, a tall stature and a cane in his hand appearing out of thin air on the top of a nearby tower. He stared at Fang Zheng and spoke slowly.

"You are being manipulated by the fire of foolish ambition and want to obtain the Elden Ring? Then..."

"Bang!!"

Before he finished speaking, Fang Zheng raised the short blade in his left hand and pulled the trigger. As the gunshot rang out, the strange man jumped up, dodging Fang Zheng's attack, and then fell from the sky and landed in front of Fang Zheng. He just raised his head, and saw a flaming black sword slashing down at him!

"If you want to fight, just fight. Why so much nonsense!"

To be honest, after such a long time, Fang Zheng has had enough of these people treating him as a faded person... Anyway, you just want to die? Then go and die!!

The weirdo obviously didn't expect Fang Zheng to be so violent and start fighting immediately. He raised his cane in panic and tried to block the blow. The pitch-black sword hit the cane like a giant hammer. The next moment, with a muffled groan, the cane giant was knocked flying and hit the wall behind him.

"boom!!!"

The city wall shook violently, and the giant with the crutch spurted out blood. When he raised his head again, Fang Zheng had already leaped up and chopped at him with the sword again!

Seeing this, the cane giant was shocked and rolled to the side to avoid it. However, Fang Zheng's speed was still faster than he imagined. Although he barely avoided Fang Zheng's attack and was not directly cut in half, Fang Zheng's black sword blade still swung down, and then a cold light flashed, accompanied by a scream, and the cane giant's tail behind him, which looked like it had a boil, broke off. Then Fang Zheng held the sword tightly with his backhand and swung it. The flames condensed on the sword body immediately turned into a whirlwind and hit the cane giant's back. With a scream, the cane giant fell directly from the bridge and fell into the abyss.

"MMP, if I hadn't collected enough primordial fire, I would have burned you to ashes!"

Fang Zheng silently raised his middle finger and walked forward again.

After crossing the stone bridge, Fang Zheng finally reached the outskirts of the castle. However, perhaps the people inside had noticed the battle just now, the iron gate outside fell down, completely blocking Fang Zheng's way forward.

If it was an ordinary door, Fang Zheng would have just blasted it open. But this was a city gate, it was not so easy to blast open. Just when Fang Zheng was considering whether to just climb up, suddenly, he saw a person next to him sticking his head out and reaching for his hand.

"Excuse me, the guy over there, could you please come over here?"

"Um?"

Fang Zheng turned his head and took a closer look at the guy. He was wearing tattered clothes and had a sinner's shackle around his neck. His face was pale and dry, and his hair was sparse.

What does this guy want to do?

Fang Zheng frowned and walked over, and the man took Fang Zheng into the small room next door and then spoke in a low voice.

"You want to go into the city, right? But I advise you not to go in through the main gate. There are a group of highly skilled soldiers blocking the way. I suggest you go through the cave next to it. The soldiers are not aware of that path. There should be a way to invade the city directly without being discovered by them."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng's eyes lit up.

The infiltration route, right? You are familiar with this!

Many games have such settings. You can either charge in head-on or sneak in. Of course, Fang Zheng generally prefers sneaking in because it requires more patience and skills. Moreover, as an assassin, isn't it more impressive to sneak in silently?

It's like sneaking into a heavily guarded castle silently, killing the enemy with one blow and then escaping safely. How cool is that?

"Then I'll try."

Fang Zheng looked around. This place should have been a gatehouse. Logically, it was impossible for this place to be connected to the city. After all, if this place was connected to the city, then such a large city gate would have no value. But as Fang Zheng had seen before, this castle had been attacked before, and a hole was blasted out in the back wall, which created a path.

Lu Xun once said that there were no roads in the world, but after enough bombs were blown up, roads appeared... Well, that's pretty much what he meant.

So Fang Zheng also climbed up through the hole and walked towards the city.

It must be said that this road was indeed quite smooth. Although it was winding, there were not too many enemies along the way. In this way, Fang Zheng fought his way to the third floor, then opened the door and walked into a room.

The room was pitch black. However, just when Fang Zheng was about to turn on the light to see what was going on inside, suddenly, the iron door slammed shut behind him. Then, Fang Zheng heard a burst of "hehehe" laughter coming from outside the door.

"boom!!"

At the same time, a figure suddenly rushed out from behind the armor stand and slashed at Fang Zheng with a sword!

"Depend on?!"

This sudden appearance of the enemy also scared Fang Zheng. After a closer look, he found that the opponent was actually a knight wearing full armor. This guy was quite insidious, standing behind the armor rack without moving. Even if ordinary people saw it, they would only regard it as an ordinary armor, and then it would take advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness to launch a sneak attack...

Are you worthy of being a knight?!

Fang Zheng certainly would not be fooled by such a trick. He swung his sword almost with his backhand, deflecting the knight's attack, and then beheaded him with a sword. Then Fang Zheng walked out of the small dark room angrily and returned the way he came.

He didn't care about being attacked by someone, but what made Fang Zheng angry was...

“Ah!!”

As Fang Zheng punched out, the guard fell to the ground with a bloody nose. But the next moment, Fang Zheng grabbed him by the collar and pulled the bastard up.

"What the hell do you mean? Are you trying to play dirty tricks on me?"

Staring at the guard in front of him, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes, a hint of murderous intent flashing through them. Being attacked by the knight was not a big deal, but what made Fang Zheng unhappy was that before that, someone closed the door and cut off his retreat, and was even laughing outside - it was this bastard!

"I, I'm not..."

"No, Nima!"

Fang Zheng was too lazy to listen to his explanation and punched him in the face again, knocking him to the ground.

"I'm going to go through the front door. Open the door for me, or I'll kill you."

"Okay, okay, okay..."

In front of Fang Zheng's fist as big as a casserole, the guard nodded aggrievedly, then he took a deep breath and shouted.

"Open the door! Open the door quickly!"

Along with the guard's shouting, soon the big iron gate outside slowly rose up and the city gate opened.

"Is this okay?"

Wiping the blood from his nose, the guard looked at Fang Zheng uneasily and spoke tremblingly, while Fang Zheng just laughed.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Then... go to hell."

As soon as he finished speaking, the pitch-black sword pierced through the guard's heart and nailed him to the ground.

"Asshole...why is it always me..."

The guard raised his head unwillingly and stammered his last words. Then his head tilted and he died on the ground.

"Haha, you dare to trick me, you still want to live?"

Fang Zheng glanced coldly at the body of the guard and snorted. This guy is definitely not a good person. Maybe he had deceived others in this way before, letting them enter the room, and then closed the door and let the knight kill him inside. Haha, it's a pity that he met me. This trap won't work. Go to hell and repent for your stupidity, idiot!

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng carried the sword and walked towards the main gate.

Sure enough, it’s still unparalleled!

Although the guard was not a good person, he was not wrong. Ever since Fang Zheng rushed into the main gate, he was greeted by a storm of attacks. Almost all the intersections and checkpoints were heavily guarded, and there were roadblocks and crossbows blocking the passages. Once Fang Zheng approached, he would be bombarded by a large number of crossbows, and those soldiers also desperately threw explosives at him from high places. If it were an ordinary person, he would be half-dead or even half-crippled after this wave.

But fortunately, Fang Zheng is not an ordinary person either.

"PERSONA!!"

Following Fang Zheng's call, Alice quietly appeared, and the ripples of death instantly spread and exploded, destroying all the enemies in front of him. After sweeping away the soldiers blocking the road, Fang Zheng moved forward again - compared to the detours he had taken when he went through the back door before, this time Fang Zheng quickly followed the road to the central area of ​​Stonewell City.

However, just when Fang Zheng was about to rush over, he found a woman dressed like a barbarian in a room next to him. At this moment, the woman was standing in front of a dead knight, whispering to herself.

"Be proud of yourself. You are indeed an excellent warrior. But you followed the wrong person...disappear with the wind and drift to a distant peak."

"Miss, what are you doing?"

Fang Zheng looked at her curiously, then asked, and the woman raised her head and looked at Fang Zheng.

"Are you here to challenge Greg as well?"