Chapter 66

As the silver-armored mountain beast warrior charged out, Shi Feng didn’t have time to observe before the warrior threw the incredibly heavy mountain cleaver in his hand. It was as swift as an arrow, reaching him in an instant.

All of this happened too quickly and suddenly. Ordinary players might not have even reacted before being decapitated.

However, Shi Feng was not an ordinary player. He swiftly drew the Abyssal Blade and, at the moment the massive axe was about to chop down on his neck, he parried the deadly flying axe.

The collision between the massive axe and the longsword did not produce intense sparks; there was only a loud boom.

Shi Feng was thrown more than ten yards away.

The massive axe then landed, deeply embedding itself into the ground, causing the earth to tremble. This showed just how heavy the axe was, and how terrifying the silver-armored mountain beast warrior was to be able to throw it so casually.

The strength of this warrior far exceeded that of an ordinary mountain beast warrior...

After landing, Shi Feng immediately used the Eye of Observation to examine the warrior.

Mountain Beast Warrior, Special Elite, Level 10, Health 3500.

Seeing these stats, Shi Feng understood the strength of the Mountain Beast Warrior. Without a word, he turned and ran.

It was a joke to engage a Level 10 special elite in a direct battle; it was simply courting death. In the Moonlight Woods, players had to consider not whether they could kill the special elite, but whether they could escape.

The Mountain Beast Warrior was not only stronger than the ordinary mountain beast warriors but also much faster and more agile. It was not as easy to toy with as the ordinary mountain beast warriors. If he hadn’t parried the axe earlier, even if he had blocked it with the Abyssal Blade, the significant difference in strength would have still resulted in his death.

Although Shi Feng was trying to escape, the Mountain Beast Warrior had no intention of letting the intruder go. It charged at Shi Feng, picking up the massive axe along the way as easily as picking up a leaf, and headed towards him.

Seeing the Mountain Beast Warrior charging at him, Shi Feng knew he couldn’t shake it off. He performed a mid-air turn and pointed his sword at the Mountain Beast Warrior.

Abyssal Bind!

The Mountain Beast Warrior, which had been sprinting towards him, was instantly bound by black chains, unable to move, and could only watch as Shi Feng fled.

Shi Feng didn’t dare to linger and quickly left the camp, dashing into the stone forest.

With the speed boost from Wind Walk, the Mountain Beast Warrior couldn’t catch up to him.

After nearly twenty seconds.

"Finally got rid of it." Shi Feng looked back and saw that the Mountain Beast Warrior had turned and left. He sighed in relief, knowing that the duration of Wind Walk was about to end.

His luck was really bad; a special elite had appeared in the camp. In the previous life, there were no special elites guarding the camp, and even if he occasionally encountered ordinary elites, it was a pity about the mithril-grade treasure chest.

At this moment, Hei Zi sent a message.

"Brother Feng, we’ve all leveled up to Level 4, and we’ve dropped a lot of minerals, equipment, and skill books. Now everyone has learned many skills, and our strength has improved a lot. However, the speed of leveling up by grinding goblins has slowed down a lot. When are you coming to take us to the Hell-grade Silent Forest? Everyone is highly motivated, just waiting for your command." Hei Zi chuckled.

"Already Level 4?" Shi Feng fell into deep thought, considering what to have Hei Zi and the others do next. After a while, he thought of a good place. "Hei Zi, stop grinding goblins. First, go back to the town and organize your backpacks, then head to the Red Leaf Forest in the Level 5 area. Grind forest wolves at this coordinate. Wolf meat and wolf hides are valuable, so the more you grind, the better. It’s all money."

With Hei Zi and the others’ current strength, grinding forest wolves would be easy, especially with Hei Zi’s equipment. With 400 HP, it only took three Shadow Arrows to take down a wolf. Moreover, the location he gave Hei Zi was a large wolf den with a fast respawn rate. As long as Kele and Jiemo Ruxue held the narrow path leading uphill, preventing the wolves from charging up, the ranged players could attack freely. Since beasts fear fire, the Hell Flame skill would deal extra damage, clearing the wolf pack and increasing the leveling speed by at least 60% to 70%.

"Great, we’ve been grinding goblins here for so long, we’re sick of it. We’ll go after we organize our backpacks." Hei Zi said happily. More and more players were coming to grind goblins here, and with them now at Level 4, the leveling efficiency was getting slower. Being able to go to a new grinding spot naturally made them happy.

"Brothers, let’s call it a day. We won’t compete with them anymore. We’re going to a new place." Hei Zi hung up the communication and told the others.

The others stopped their grinding and happily followed Hei Zi away.

The elite squads, seeing Hei Zi and the others leave, were overjoyed. This leveling hotspot would now have fewer people competing for it. They mocked Hei Zi and the others for being foolish, thinking that with players everywhere in the Dark Moon Valley, no other place could offer faster leveling.

On the other side, as Shi Feng prepared to search for other mountain beast warriors, he suddenly realized a problem through Hei Zi’s communication.

He couldn’t kill the Mountain Beast Warrior alone, but he could escape. However, he didn’t necessarily need to kill the Mountain Beast Warrior to get the mithril-grade treasure chest.

As long as one person lured the Mountain Beast Warrior, another could open the treasure chest.

Thinking of this, Shi Feng smiled and looked at the Abyssal Blade in his hand.

Phantom Kill was indeed a very powerful skill.

Shi Feng returned to the mountain beast camp and activated Phantom Kill, creating a clone.

The clone possessed all of his skills and could engage the Mountain Beast Warrior for over twenty seconds. With this time, he could open the treasure chest and leave.

Shi Feng also gave the clone a speed scroll and a sheep transformation scroll. The sheep transformation scroll could turn monsters below Level 15 into sheep for 4 seconds, but the duration for special elites was much shorter. However, it could interrupt the charge.

The clone used the speed scroll and went to the warehouse to lure the Mountain Beast Warrior.

As expected, the same scene played out again. The clone parried the deadly flying axe, and the Mountain Beast Warrior charged at the clone. The clone immediately used the sheep transformation scroll, instantly turning the Mountain Beast Warrior into a white sheep.

However, it changed back after a second and continued chasing the clone into the stone forest. The clone was a bit faster, but the Mountain Beast Warrior was faster. However, the clone activated Wind Walk, increasing its speed and creating some distance.

Not far away, Shi Feng watched the Mountain Beast Warrior leave and chuckled. He also activated Wind Walk and rushed into the warehouse.

This time, there were no monsters to disturb him. Shi Feng first approached the mithril-grade treasure chest to open it.

Opening the treasure chest required time.

One second... two seconds...

The treasure chest was still loading, making Shi Feng anxious. The clone’s time to distract was limited. Besides the mithril-grade treasure chest, there was also a bronze treasure chest and three ordinary treasure chests. He had to act quickly. Once he opened one treasure chest, it would be impossible to lure the Mountain Beast Warrior away again, as special elites had intelligence.

"Hurry... hurry..." Shi Feng watched the loading bar, growing more anxious.

After ten seconds, the mithril-grade treasure chest opened.

At the same time, a roar echoed from the stone forest, indicating that the Mountain Beast Warrior had discovered the situation.

From the clone’s perspective, the Mountain Beast Warrior had stopped paying attention to the clone and was running towards the warehouse.

Without a word, Shi Feng quickly put everything from the treasure chest into his backpack and then opened the bronze treasure chest.

The bronze treasure chest began to load slowly, and each second felt like an eternity to Shi Feng.

The roar of the Mountain Beast Warrior grew closer...