Chapter 24

The team of World Domination finally reacted, and the magic lights flashed all at once. Mages' magic missiles, druids' entangling roots, and other spells poured out, heading straight for the location of the cube.

Area spells cannot target, and several players around the cube were immediately hit, their cries and curses blending into a cacophony. Some players immediately engaged the nearest attackers, while the more composed ones quietly retreated to a distance. Regardless of what others did, Fang Yi had already achieved his goal. The flashing cursor on his character status reminded him: Justified Counterattack mode (if a team member is attacked, all team members enter Justified Counterattack mode, and killing members of the enemy team will not incur PK points. Justified Counterattack mode lasts for one hour).

Fang Yi circled around to the back of the World Domination team and observed their formation: Are you not afraid of hitting your own people by casting spells in all directions? What? You can't hit each other? Then you must be in the same team~ What are you singing, Miss Elf at the back? I'll get closer to listen...

Although the players who were hit by friendly fire were angry, the solo players' combat power was clearly not on the same level as the World Domination team. They soon scattered and fled. After playing around for a while and finding that the main target never showed up, they were about to explode with anger when they heard a scream from behind. Turning around, they saw the fallen body of the bard in their team and the back of a rogue who had already run far away.

Fang Yi finished off the bard's fragile life with one strike. Looking at her fair and delicate face, he silently felt guilty, but his feet didn't hesitate as he ran away. The sparse arrows behind him fell weakly to the ground.

Fang Yi turned back and loudly mocked the large group chasing him, "Shooting from over sixty feet away—do you have the Toma's Heart Piercing Bow or the Dwarf's Shatterer or something?"

Obviously, the World Domination team didn't have these legendary weapons and could only watch as Fang Yi quickly ran away and entered stealth mode. You Shang Wan Xia was almost spitting blood with anger. The bard's death immediately dropped her ten levels, and she was a key member of the team's raiding force!

You Shang Wan Xia's eyes widened as she questioned the ranger and monk responsible for protecting the healer, asking why they didn't notice the enemy and let them get so close to the healer.

The rangers and monks of World Domination looked at each other in frustration. Their highest perception was 17, which wasn't low. They didn't know how the enemy could move so silently and how they could one-shot the bard with a single strike. The damage was too outrageous.

You Shang Wan Xia forced herself to calm down and began to carefully study the combat statistics sent by the fallen bard.

Critical hit 71! What skill is this, and why is it more damaging than a warrior's?

The bard was ambushed for only two or three seconds, but why were there five critical hits: 4 (Shadow) prompts? Was it a skill or a weapon effect?

In two or three seconds, the bard endured four attacks, and her 110 HP was drained in less than three seconds... You Shang Wan Xia looked at the green data streaming across her retinal display, feeling nothing but shock. Even without the critical and stun bonuses, the damage was still outrageously high... How did the enemy stun the bard?

The frustrated members of World Domination didn't know that Fang Yi had already stealthed back to the Tashil Cemetery, entering the largest tomb not far from them—only fools would waste time here, I'm going to level up~

These large tombs were mass graves from many years ago, and the number of undead was ridiculously high. Fang Yi avoided monsters in the underground passages whenever possible and quickly arrived at a side chamber of the underground tomb.

As he entered the room, a putrid and choking smell hit him. With 16 perception, Fang Yi could smell most "abnormal" odors and had to pinch his nose and push forward. Black Mountain Imp and Caisang had been fighting skeletons and zombies for half an hour and finally waited for Fang Yi.

"Sorry, I have a bit of a grudge with them, and I made you run so far!" Fang Yi looked at Caisang and Black Mountain Imp, who were wrinkling their noses, knowing that it was a bit much to ask girls to come to such a place.

"It's nothing, the World Domination bunch is always so domineering. I've been looking at them with a bad eye for a while," said the seemingly delicate Caisang, "It's good that you're back safely. Did you kill someone?"

"I had to let them know who they were messing with," Fang Yi chuckled, showing a rare and sinister smile, which made Black Mountain Imp and Caisang feel uneasy.

"By the way, Cube, why did you send us a message to come here? This area is full of undead, and even with Caisang, we won't level up much faster," Black Mountain Imp said, puzzled.

Fang Yi smiled, "Of course there's a good reason," he first reformed the team with the two, then explained in detail the background of the Holy Heart of Light quest and the black envelope he had stolen. "I think I and the World Domination team received the same hidden quest, and the key item, the black envelope, just happened to fall into my hands," Fang Yi said confidently.

"Hidden quest!?" Black Mountain Imp's eyes lit up like a hungry wolf's as she pounced on Fang Yi, almost shaking him apart. Fang Yi accidentally glanced at Caisang and saw that she was only slightly surprised, then looked at him with a gentle expression, making his heart flutter for a moment before he quickly looked away.

Hidden quests are divided into multiple steps, and each step has corresponding rewards. In many hidden quests, if someone joins and triggers the quest, they can still receive rewards, though the quality and quantity of the rewards will be reduced based on the time and order of joining.

So many face-fighters who obtain clues to hidden quests will sell them at high prices to strong players like Fang Yi or guild studios. No wonder Black Mountain Imp was so excited; each hidden quest means powerful equipment, a lot of wealth, titles, and even other unexpected benefits.

The current goal of the quest is to find the source of the dark power in the Tashil Cemetery. Fang Yi skillfully navigated the tomb passages, only focusing on scouting and disarming traps. The wobbly skeleton soldiers in the tomb passages were at most level 10 and were instantly killed by Caisang's spells.

"Creatures of the gray world, spirits of the past, I command you to vanish!—Dismiss Undead!"

Caisang's clear voice echoed in the dim tomb, and white holy light burst from her straight-standing hands. Fifteen feet away, the skeleton that had just started moving was instantly enveloped by the white light. After a few crisp "cracks," the dazzling holy light dissipated with a puff of black smoke, leaving only a small pile of bone fragments.

At this moment, the three of them had no time to admire the beautiful spell effect because Fang Yi, crouching behind a broken wooden door, sent a message to the two behind him: Target found.

Black Mountain Imp carefully avoided the bone fragments on the ground, and her chainmail boots made only a slight sound as she and Caisang came to Fang Yi's side, secretly observing the room behind the door.

Behind the door was a small room, no more than ten feet long and wide. In the dim room, only a torch in the corner on the right emitted a faint light, barely illuminating a long, rectangular object in the center of the room.

Fang Yi looked back at Caisang, and the elf priestess, with her darkvision, nodded in understanding. After a careful observation, she typed in the team chat: "In the middle is an open coffin, and the room is in a mess, as if someone had fought here. However, there is a cloud of black smoke in the center of the ceiling, and I can't see what's inside."

Hearing Caisang's description, Fang Yi made a gesture of understanding and gave the beauty an encouraging look. It was impressive that she could notice the ceiling in such a situation. Fang Yi had long noticed that the elf priestess's hands were trembling slightly.

Even Fang Yi would feel uncomfortable if he stayed in such an environment for too long. However, the two girls in the team clearly hadn't lowered the game's realism settings: They are really tough, Fang Yi thought.

Fang Yi sent a message for the two to stay outside and maintain a clear line of sight, then retracted his weapon, extended his right arm, and entered the tomb room in a standard stealth posture, half-crouching.