"Okay, I understand, Lieutenant Dranke," Cao Xing replied.

Derank said solemnly: "Thank you again, Lord Cao Xing. We must hurry back to Yongshuang City and report this to the captain!"

Cao Xing reminded.

"Lieutenant Dranke, before heading to Everfrost City, I suggest you go to Lake Duolun City first."

The lieutenant looked puzzled. "Lake Toronto?"

"This city is on the way to Everfrost City. Is there any problem?"

Cao Xing replied: "According to the information I received earlier, the group of hunters will hold a blood sacrifice ceremony in the near future. They want to sacrifice all the lives of the entire Lake Duolun City."

"I suspect this has something to do with the Church of Light plan you mentioned."

Hearing the news, the lieutenant also realized the seriousness of the matter.

"I see! This is the ritual the rangers were talking about!"

He nodded solemnly and said, "I understand, Lord Cao Xing, I will go to Lake Duolun City as quickly as possible and report this to their city lord!"

Then, Lieutenant Dranke and his team quickly disappeared into the snow.

Cao Xing nodded. The message had already been delivered and he could no longer take care of what happened next.

After all, whether it was Lake Duolun City or Everfrost City, they were too far away for him.

Then, Cao Xing looked at the pile of corpses and gave the order.

"Andrew, cast the Moonfire spell and burn these corpses."

The druid nodded.

Then he directly entered the owl form and a ball of fire smashed down.

Swish!

After a while, blazing flames rose up, carrying thick black smoke, and rushed into the air.

…

"Let's go, let's keep going."

After seeing the bodies of the rangers all set on fire.

Cao Xing led his team and quickly left the village.

Then we moved forward according to the coordinates sent by Qiu Yating.

On the way, Cao Xing thought to himself, "It's unlucky for these hunters to run into me."

"In just a few days in this world, I have already destroyed many of their camps, and now I have revealed their plans in the Snowstorm."

"If these crazy cultists knew about this, they would probably want to kill me."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing's eyes suddenly moved slightly.

"No, considering the power of this evil cult, maybe they have already noticed me."

"Or maybe they have already noticed us, the survivors from another world!"

You know, the Church of Light is no match for those level 7 or 8 monsters in the Ice Nest.

That group of hunters is a headache for the Ice Crystal Kingdom.

The white-robed high priest has the strength of a fourth-level leader, and the higher-level red-robed bishop is probably even more powerful.

However, such a powerful being would not personally take action against a little Karami like Cao Xing.

But this also reminded Cao Xing.

"It seems that in addition to defending the Ice Nest, I have to find a way to guard against these rangers."

"Even if it has not been exposed yet, we must take precautions against it."

"Because if the truth is revealed one day, these guys will lead people to attack my territory and catch me off guard."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing became more determined to quickly develop his territory and enhance his own strength.

…

The team continued to move forward.

Ten minutes later, they were already near the coordinates.

Ahead, a forest covered with ice and snow appeared faintly.

This forest is very large and occupies a large area on the map.

After walking for another kilometer or two.

Sitting on the back of a mammoth, Cao Xing saw a group of human survivors appearing in the snow ahead.

That should be Qiu Yating and others.

This time, Cao Xing was delayed for almost an hour because he met a group of soldiers on the road.

So Qiu Yating and the others had already arrived early.

now.

A group of young survivors, numbering more than a dozen, gathered together.

Their levels are roughly between level 7 and 9.

He is young, has a young face, and exudes the aura of youth.

Several little girls gathered together, some of them were wearing the school uniform of Xinzhou High School.

On the other side, several boys gathered together.

At this time, a survivor named Xu Haocheng had an impatient look on his face.

"Why hasn't Cao Xing come yet? Isn't he too proud?"

"Even if he is number one on the list, it's too much to make so many of us wait for so long!"

Hearing this, several other boys also nodded.

"Indeed, it's freezing here, and even a few minutes of waiting would freeze you to death. We've been waiting here for almost an hour."

A boy wearing a green Submariner watch said with a look of contempt, "I think he did it on purpose."

"This Cao Xing was probably a member of the lower class of society when he was on Blue Star."

"After coming to this world, I finally became the number one, so I want to show off my power. I have seen many people like this."

After hearing this, no one else dared to agree.

At this time, a young woman with delicate features and a dignified temperament stood up and said, "Okay, stop talking. Boss Cao Xing has sent me a message and will be here soon."

"You two should talk about what we just said in the back. Don't say it in front of Boss Cao Xing when he comes. I won't care if something goes wrong."

The others nodded after hearing this.

Only Xu Haocun and the man wearing the green Submariner watch still had dissatisfied looks on their faces.

At this moment, a little girl wrapped in a cotton coat and with two ponytails pointed at the snow in the distance and said.

"Sister Yating, there seems to be a group of people over there, can you tell if it's them?"

Qiu Yating frowned slightly and shook her head, "I'm not sure either. Let's wait until they get closer and see."

Not long after.

They saw a group of figures slowly approaching.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

There were heavy footsteps.

Then, a huge creature, five meters tall and with two curved fangs, suddenly appeared!

Next to this mammoth was a group of terrifying creatures.

At this moment, this group of survivors below level one were suddenly stunned by these terrifying creatures, and their faces turned pale.

Qiu Yating and a group of little girls hugged each other and looked at the creatures with horror.

Including the group of boys, they were so frightened that they dared not even make a sound.

Then, they saw a man's stern gaze sweeping across the back of the mammoth.

Everyone present, including the two boys who had strong opinions, lowered their heads subconsciously when they met his gaze.

Because they all had a feeling that the aura of this man was very terrifying.

Can kill them all easily!

Fortunately, the other party did not take action, but spoke slowly.

"I'm Cao Xing, who among you is Qiu Yating?"

Hearing this, a girl with dignified appearance and outstanding temperament slowly stood up.

She replied with a trembling voice: "Yes...it's me...hello, Mr. Cao Xing..."

Cao Xing looked over there intently.

There was still a look of fear on Qiu Yating's delicate face.

She is tall, about 1.7 meters tall.

He wore a rabbit fur coat on the outside and a student uniform on the inside.

I scanned her information.

【Qiu Yating lv9】

Cao Xing nodded. Qiu Yating has already reached level 9, which is quite fast.

It won't be long before you can reach level 10 and then advance to a second-level creature.

Glancing at the others.

【Chen Huisu lv8】, 【Xu Haocheng lv9】, 【Han Juan lv7】……

The levels are between 7 and 9, which is pretty good.

This also shows that most survivors have reached this level.

Cao Xing said, "I'm sorry, I encountered something on the way and was delayed for a while."

After hearing Cao Xing's apology, the group of high school students looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

Because he was not a villain who had succeeded as that boy said, on the contrary, he had a very peaceful attitude towards them.

The fear on everyone's faces gradually disappeared.

A gentle smile also appeared on Qiu Yating's face.

"Master Cao Xing, you are too polite. We just arrived not long ago."

The other survivors were also very curious about the legendary Cao Xing and echoed his words one after another.

"Yes, Master Cao Xing is really humble."

"Master Cao Xing, you are so amazing. You can actually use such a powerful mammoth as a mount."

"It's okay to wait a little longer to see the legendary Cao Xing."

Only the two boys stood there with depressed looks on their faces.

For Cao Xing.

It was true that he was at the bottom of the Blue Star society, but he also made a living with his own hands.

Years of social experience have taught Cao Xing that the higher you jump, the faster you die, so there is no need to show off your talents.

In fact, most of the grassroots people in this society, after gaining power or wealth, will not show off their power as those people say, but will first think about how to cover it up.

Cao Xing smiled, and then got straight to the point: "According to the information you have received, the ice harbinger flowers grow in this forest, right?"

"Yes."

Qiu Yating replied softly.

Cao Xing nodded and continued to ask: "This forest seems to be quite large. Do you know the exact location where the ice harbinger flowers grow?"

Qiu Yating's face suddenly froze.

Then, she shook her head and said, "No...I don't know..."

She seemed a little frightened, afraid that Cao Xing would suddenly bring this up.

If the other party gets unhappy, this mammoth alone can kill them all!

After hearing this, Cao Xing fell into deep thought.

As mentioned before, this forest is at least tens of kilometers deep and covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers.

In such a large area, looking for ice hibiscus is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

However, if there are enough ice larkspurs growing in this area, the difficulty of searching will be greatly reduced.

While Cao Xing was thinking, his men stood by silently waiting, and the other survivors did not dare to speak.

Although Cao Xing appeared to be very peaceful, the aura they emanated from him still put tremendous pressure on the survivors.

After a moment, Cao Xing nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

"So, according to our agreement, I just need to take you into the forest, right?"

Even without a specific location, Cao Xing was ready to go into the forest to explore.

After all, he was also very interested in the legend of this witch.

Qiu Yating breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Yes... Boss Cao Xing."

Cao Xing continued to ask, "I want to know, why don't you go in by yourselves, or is there any danger if you force your way into this Witch Forest?"

Qiu Yating nodded and said, "The villagers told me that there is a terrible monster in the Witch Forest. They will attack all creatures that enter..."

"They also said that even those powerful second-level knights would be devoured by the monsters inside."

"So... I don't know what the danger is..."

Having said that, Qiu Yating looked at Cao Xing with some guilt.

Cao Xing didn't say much, but nodded again.

"Okay, I understand. Just follow me and I'll take you inside."

After saying that, he controlled Dabai and walked straight into the forest.

Several melee units, such as Braum and Assam, have already begun to clear the way ahead.

The action was quite decisive and swift.

The group of survivors were still standing there in a daze.

Qiu Yating said, "Let's follow them."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Dabai pushed Cao Xing and Liu Muxue to move forward.

Behind them, a dozen high school students had intense curiosity in their eyes.

The group of little girls were discussing in low voices in the back.

"Wow! I didn't expect this to be Boss Cao Xing. I've always heard of his name on chat channels before, and this time I finally saw him in person!"

"Yeah, Boss Cao Xing seems to be easy to talk to. Those people from the Three Heroes Society have been saying that he is extremely evil and murderous, and I thought it was true..."

"That's right, it turns out that what those people from the Three Heroes Society say is unreliable!"

At this time, a boy said in the chat channel: "Have you noticed that we can't seem to tell the level of Cao Xing and the strength of his recruited creatures?"

Hearing this, the other survivors also looked over.

However, what they got was a bunch of question marks.

A question mark where you can't even see the name or level!

The group of little girls had surprised looks on their faces.

"It's actually true. I can't see their messages either."

"How strange... I can't even see a name!"

"Could it be that Boss Cao Xing is already more than 20 levels ahead of us?"

A boy beside him shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be that fast, right? Master Cao Xing just reached level 10 four days ago."

"It's impossible to reach level 30 in just four days, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, that's simply impossible."

The group of girls were chatting again and asked, "So what's going on?"

The chat channel fell silent, and no one was able to answer the question.

Of course they didn't know what was going on.

Because Cao Xing equipped all his subordinates and himself with [Shadow Cloak].

As long as these survivors have not reached level 30, they will not be able to see through their own strength.

And this is exactly Cao Xing's purpose.

This is to prevent these survivors from confusing their own ranks with those of their subordinates.

However, although they could not see Cao Xing's attributes, some of the survivors still used the system's built-in camera function.

They kept taking pictures of Cao Xing's back and the group of recruited creatures beside him.

At this time, the boys were using team chat privately.

"Did you see that? The woman on the back of the mammoth is really the goddess Mu Xue."

"Of course I saw her! Goddess Mu Xue is so beautiful. I noticed her as soon as she came over."

"I'm so jealous! I've never heard of this Cao Xing before. I never thought he could sit with Goddess Mu Xue."

"Goddess Mu Xue seems to have a close relationship with Boss Cao Xing. Do you think they have already..."

The boys quickly shook their heads and said, "Impossible! Goddess Mu Xue is not that kind of person!"

“Uuuuu… I won’t admit it!”

At this time, Xu Haocheng said, "By the way, You Shengwu, didn't you say that you had dinner with Goddess Mu Xue before? Why does it look like she doesn't know you?"

You Shengwu is the boy wearing the green Submariner watch.

Hearing this question, his face froze, and then he answered with a stiff face: "Maybe it's because Goddess Mu Xue saw that there were too many people here, so she was embarrassed."

The other boys looked at You Shengwu with strange expressions.

As they chatted, the team reached the edge of the forest.

As they were about to enter, Cao Xing, who was sitting on the back of the mammoth, ordered: "Bron, switch to a defensive posture."

"Assam, Putana, follow Bron."

Hearing Cao Xing's voice, the three of them replied at the same time: "Yes, Lord!"

After saying that, Braum raised his shield and walked at the front of the team.

Asam and Putana followed him on both sides.

As the crowd gradually went deeper into the forest.

The temperature also began to drop gradually.

I looked at the temperature above my head.

【-49℃】

【-50℃】

【-51℃】

They looked around and found that they seemed to have entered a white forest in a dream.

The dense branches and leaves above my head were frozen into frost and shattered like glass at the slightest touch.

The forest is decorated like a crystal forest in a fairy tale, full of desolate beauty.

Even the branches and fallen leaves on the ground were frozen stiff.

When you step on it, it makes a "crackling, crackling" sound.

Everyone remained vigilant.

After going about two hundred meters deep.

They were not attacked by any monsters.

In the team behind him, Xu Haocun said in the team channel: "Team Leader Yating, did you make a mistake?"

"Is it possible? There are actually no monsters in this forest. The natives described this place as so scary that we dared not come in."

The other You Shengwu also echoed: "Yes, in fact, we don't need to ask for help from Cao Xing, we can also enter the forest..."

While they were speaking, one of the seemingly ordinary trees suddenly moved.

“Whoosh!”

A branch broke through the air with a sound and attacked a boy at the back of the team at an extremely terrifying speed.

At this moment, the boy only felt a terrifying sense of crisis!

They have been in this world for almost ten days, and the brutal experiences during this period have also given them a good fighting spirit.

He subconsciously moved half a degree, and then felt a sharp pain in his shoulder!

"puff!"

The sound of flesh penetrating came...

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