As Shifeng stepped into the space-time tunnel, his vision blurred. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived at a familiar yet unfamiliar place.
System: You have discovered the Ancient Ruin, Sunset Forest.
System: You will be teleported out of the Sunset Forest in eight hours.
"It seems we're quite lucky. We've actually been teleported to the Werewolf District." Shifeng roughly guessed his current location after scanning his surroundings.
Ancient Ruins were the equivalent of special secret lands. They would open once in a while, and players had to complete a key quest to enter the Ancient Ruins. Moreover, the teleportation location would change each time.
The Sunset Forest was very large. It was roughly the size of a leveling map. There were a total of eight regions in the Sunset Forest. Every time players were teleported to one of these eight regions, the danger level of each region was slightly different. Among them, the Werewolf District was one of the easier regions to pass through.
The Werewolf District was mainly dangerous with monsters. For example, the Swamp District could devour players if they were not careful. The Stone Forest District prevented players from using Spells. The Hail and Dark Forest District were the most unlucky. The Hail and Dark Forest District could easily smash players to death in the Hail and Dark Forest District. The Werewolf District had extremely low visibility, with a maximum range of eight yards.
The Werewolf District was much better. The only problem was the high number of monsters, and their attacks were very organized.
However, all eight regions ultimately led to the same place, the heart of the Sunset Forest. Only, very few teams had ever reached the heart of the Sunset Forest alive.
After arriving at the Sunset Forest, the team did not proceed immediately. Instead, they reorganized their teams. Feng Qianyu even had a scouting party consisting of Assassins and Rangers scout their surroundings before deciding on their next move.
Ancient Ruins were different from Dungeons. Dungeons had system-provided maps, but Ancient Ruins did not. Players had to rely on themselves to explore. This was also why many teams had failed to reach the heart of the Sunset Forest even after eight hours. Instead, they had run to other regions.
After a dozen or so minutes of scouting, the various scouting parties reported back with the information they had gathered.
They would not have known if they had not investigated the Sunset Forest District.
"So, this is a Grade 1 Ancient Ruin?" Feng Qianyu frowned as he read the information.
The area they were currently in was extremely dangerous. According to the scout team's investigation, they were surrounded by werewolves. There were also many werewolves patrolling the road. The number of werewolves was shocking. It was as if they had entered the werewolves' lair.
Even the easiest path to escape would have to face 20 to 30 Werewolf parties, each with around 100 Werewolves. Each Werewolf party was led by at least one Great Lord ranked Werewolf. Some of the more powerful parties even had Grand Lords leading them. The weakest Werewolf party was a Chieftain ranked Werewolf, and all of them were Level 52 or above. The Werewolf party's leader was Level 55.
Just one werewolf squad was hard enough to deal with, let alone twenty to thirty of them.
It would be a nightmare if they were to accidentally disturb the nearby gathering places.
There were at least ten Grand Lords and one Specialized Grand Lord among the werewolves. If they started a fight, only death awaited them.
After several evolutions in God's Domain, even monsters of the same level would have differences in strength. Some monsters, due to incomplete evolution, would gain a portion of their Attributes, such as Strength, Agility, Defense, and so on. These monsters were collectively known as Specialized Bosses. Although they were stronger than Bosses of the same level, they were extremely rare.
Even Quiet Melody, who had come to assist her team, was surprised by the number and quality of these monsters.
She had raided a Grade 2 Historical Site before. However, compared to a Grade 1 Historical Site, a Grade 1 Historical Site was nothing. There were even plenty of Specialized Bosses, which were extremely difficult to encounter. If they were not careful, they could easily annihilate their team. Although players would not lose a level or equipment when they died in a Historical Site, they would still lose 20% of their EXP bar.
"It's no wonder why people say that Ancient Ruins are more difficult than 100-man Hell Mode Team Dungeons. This Grade 1 Ancient Ruin is simply too difficult." Feng Qianyu smiled bitterly. He then turned to Xiang Shifeng and asked, "Team Leader Ye Feng, do you have a way to break out of this encirclement?"
"I don't have a way to break out, either. The only thing we can do is force our way through," Shifeng said.
There might be some strategies for raiding the other areas, but there were no strategies for raiding the werewolf area. They simply had to kill their way to the central area.
"Force our way through?" Feng Qianyu was speechless. It was precisely because they couldn't force their way through that she had asked. If they could, she wouldn't have bothered asking. "It seems that we have no choice but to use the four Tier 3 Summoning Scrolls."
To raid the Sunset Forest, she had prepared many trump cards. She had never thought that she would have to use them so soon after entering the forest.
The rest of the team remained silent when they heard Shi Feng's words. They had to face over 30 Werewolf parties in a row, including over 20 Level 55 Great Lords and several Level 55 Grand Lords. There were also a sea of other monsters. With their current strength, they would barely be able to defeat these parties.
If they had four Tier 3 summoned creatures to hold off the Grand Lords, they would have a much easier time.
"Using the Tier 3 Summoning Scrolls now is too much of a waste," Shifeng said.
"That's easy for you to say. Without the Tier 3 summoned creatures, do you think it'll be that easy?" Lonely Fantasy clicked his tongue. However, Quiet Melody quickly stopped him. She then turned to Xiang Shifeng and asked, "May I know if you have any other ideas, Elder Ye Feng?"
"Mhm. We'll just force our way through," Shifeng said.
"…" Everyone was speechless.
If they could force their way through, they wouldn't have to use the Tier 3 Summoning Scrolls. However, looking at Shifeng's serious expression, they didn't know what to say.
"Team Leader Ye Feng, what should we do about the Grand Lords charging at us?" Feng Qianyu asked when he saw Shifeng's serious expression.
"We can leave the Grand Lords to the Asura Adventurers to pin them down. The rest of us will continue to grind out monsters as we make our way to the central area," Shifeng explained.
"Leave them to the Asura Adventurers?" Feng Qianyu could not help his surprise as he looked at Lifeless Thorn.
Based on their initial investigation, there were four Grand Lords. That wasn't a force a 100-man team could deal with. Not to mention, there were other monsters coming to interfere.
"We have no problems with that." Initially, Lifeless Thorn had wanted to reject the suggestion. However, Shifeng had secretly urged him to agree. With no other choice, Lifeless Thorn had no choice but to agree.
Hearing Lifeless Thorn agree without hesitation, Quiet Melody and the others stared at him in shock.
They had never heard of the Asura Adventurers before, yet they were actually capable of pinning down four Level 55 Grand Lords. It was simply unbelievable.
After a moment of hesitation, Feng Qianyu said, "Alright, let's give it a try, then. If it doesn't work, I'll use the Tier 3 Summoning Scrolls to help."
Following which, the team began to take action. Meanwhile, Shifeng began to make arrangements.
"Nine, you'll deal with two of the Grand Lords. Fantasy, you'll pin down one. Leave the rest to me. Healers, pay attention to the MTs' HPs," Shifeng whispered.
"Two?" Solitary Nine asked, a hint of unease in his voice.
"Relax," Shifeng said, chuckling.
After all, he had already upgraded the Titan Guard to Epic rank. Now, he had assigned it to Solitary Nine. Meanwhile, Solitary Nine was a Level 53 Shield Warrior equipped with an eight-piece, Level 45 Dark-Gold Set Equipment. It would be a joke if he couldn't block two Grand Lords.
A short moment later, Asura's team took action under Shi Feng's command. The scouts led the Werewolf parties to lure the Grand Lord ranked Werewolf parties to Asura's side. The rest of the team then charged out of the encirclement.
Every player that had entered the Sunset Forest this time was an expert. They had long since familiarized themselves with guiding the Bosses. Very quickly, they lured the four Grand Lords toward them.
"Go!" Shifeng commanded when he saw the approaching Grand Lords.
Following which, Solitary Nine took the lead and arrived before one of the Grand Lord ranked Werewolf Captains. He then used Charge on the other Grand Lord ranked Werewolf Captain. Both Grand Lords were momentarily stunned.
[Werewolf Captain] (Humanoid Creature, Grand Lord) Level 55 HP 72,000,000/72,000,000
"Roar!" The two Werewolf Captains roared angrily as they swung their maces.
Peng!
Peng! The maces struck Solitary Nine accurately, and two dull thuds echoed throughout the area.
In the next moment, two damages of over -10,000 appeared above Solitary Nine's HP, and he lost two-fifths of his HP. As the four healers at the rear cast Heal on him, he recovered to full HP.
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