With the help of the potential potion, Wei Ying led the army to take back the safety zone.
However, the falling meteors had delayed a huge amount of time, and the beast tide had already grown to the point where the first map-level boss had appeared.
At this moment, the players who had taken the potential potion were already beginning to weaken rapidly.
"This is bad, the potion's duration is over!" Wei Ying said anxiously.
Right then, the endless beast tide suddenly halted its advance.
That map boss hesitated for a moment, then actually turned around and walked toward the Burning Plains.
The other beasts also turned around one after another, returning to their respective maps.
Seeing this, Wei Ying widened his eyes. "We won? Vulcan and the others won!"
Only when the Guardian Lord dies does the beast tide stop.
"We held on!" Su Lanlan shouted excitedly. Hunting the Guardian Lord this time was by far the most dangerous one they had ever encountered.
But Wei Ying's excitement only lasted a few seconds. After that, he stood high up and looked over the battlefield.
Groups of players fell one after another, and their bodies quickly dissolved into dots of light.
The entire ruined battlefield was suddenly filled with countless points of light, indescribably dreamlike and brilliant.
Su Lanlan's earlier excitement vanished as well.
This beauty was written with the lives of countless Huaxia players. They came not only from the military, but even more from ordinary guilds.
After Huaxia fell into crisis, these people swallowed the potential potion without hesitation, regardless of the cost, all to protect Huaxia.
Although the beast tide had receded and the Guardian Lord battle had ended in victory, Huaxia's players had paid a terrible price.
Lu Jun looked at the dazzling lights covering the mountains and sighed. "We Huaxia people have the blood of the descendants of Yan and Huang flowing in our bones. Vulcan and the others are certainly heroes, but who can say these ordinary people aren't heroes too."
Wei Ying nodded. "They say our military protects Huaxia, but in truth, it's Huaxia that has always been protecting Huaxia…"
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Jiang Kai's group of four were pressing deeper into the unknown region.
Dongli had completely returned to human form, and all along the way she and Hu Yan were being lovey-dovey, clinging to each other.
After escaping Taiping Mountain Road, Hu Yan and Dongli's relationship heated up again. Along the way, they would swear vows of eternal love at the slightest moment.
The two single dogs, Jiang Kai and Ruan Yu, could only pretend they saw nothing and walk at the front.
"Captain Kai, those two really don't treat us like outsiders…" Ruan Yu said, shaking his head. "Can't they think about our feelings for once!"
"I'm going to die from their cheesiness!"
Jiang Kai glanced at Ruan Yu. "You have the nerve to complain? When you're drunk, you're worse than Hu Yan… I don't even know why a normal person like me teamed up with you two."
"Captain Kai, if you're feeling unbalanced, I've got wine… Come to think of it, you've never tried my brew. Want a taste?"
Jiang Kai eyed the wine gourd at Ruan Yu's waist. After thinking about it, knowing himself well enough, he decided he'd better not try it lightly.
Just then, Hu Yan and Dongli caught up.
"Captain Kai, Dongli says that since the Guardian Lord was defeated, she still hasn't encountered any barrier control!"
Jiang Kai thought for a moment. "Maybe until a new Guardian Lord appears, Dongli is free. If that's the case, we should go as far as we can while we can!"
Dongli looked at the little mouse on Jiang Kai's shoulder and smiled. "Jiang Kai, you haven't introduced this little fellow yet. If not for it this time, I would have died inside the barrier."
Jiang Kai stroked the small creature on his shoulder. "Come to think of it, I met this little thing back in the newbie trial area… It's fast, clever, and while it doesn't have any combat power, it seems different from ordinary pets or beasts."
"Of course it's different. It ambushed Dongli and stole her vital energy…" Hu Yan said.
The little fellow seemed unhappy being discussed and crawled behind Jiang Kai's back to hide.
Dongli thought for a moment and spoke. "Jiang Kai, I don't know its origin either, but I'm almost certain it's not like us."
"Back on Taiping Mountain Road, as the map boss, I could sense every beast in that region, but I detected nothing from it. That's the only reason it found the chance to ambush me."
"In short, this little thing doesn't belong to Ghost Star."
Jiang Kai frowned. If even Dongli said so, then the little troublemaker really was unusual.
But the little creature had never mentioned its own background. Since it wouldn't say, there was no way for Jiang Kai to investigate.
Thinking of this, Jiang Kai shook his head. "Forget it. Whatever its background, we're fated anyway, so I'll just bring it along."
"By the way, Dongli, we haven't encountered any beasts along the way. Is that because of you?" Jiang Kai asked.
Dongli smiled faintly. "Probably. Even though I'm no longer the map boss here, beasts have a primal intuition toward other beasts and can sense danger. When ordinary beasts see me, they naturally don't dare approach."
"So you're still boss-level in strength?" Ruan Yu asked curiously.
Dongli shook her head. "A map boss's power mainly comes from ruling that map. Since I've left Taiping Mountain Road, I'm bound to lose most of that strength. Right now, my strength should be similar to your tier-seven aberrants."
"Tier seven aberrant?!" Jiang Kai and Ruan Yu both widened their eyes.
And this was Dongli after losing most of her power.
Dongli nodded and continued. "My power has decreased, but my limit has been opened. As long as I keep cultivating, I can recover my former strength without hitting any bottlenecks. I only need some special materials."
"I have all those materials, so I'm looking forward to breaking my previous limit and becoming even stronger."
"If one day I can defeat the Guardian Lord, I'll no longer be restricted by any map!"
"What the… You can restore yourself to map boss level without obstacles?!" Ruan Yu said in shock.
Hu Yan said proudly, "There's another good piece of news. After leaving the Taiping Mountain Road barrier, she went through some strange changes!"
"What changes?" Jiang Kai asked.
"It seems the system misjudged her. She's gained some player rights!" Hu Yan said excitedly. "For example, she can now choose a class and join a guild!"
"This… evolving and leveling up from a wild mob?" Ruan Yu exclaimed. "Good grief, Dongli would be a tier-one class beating up super war gods?"
Dongli smiled. "I don't plan on provoking any war god experts. And I still can't enter the main city. Once the Guardian Lord revives, I'll still face certain restrictions. But Old Hu wants me to join the Main God Guild…" She looked at Jiang Kai and smiled sweetly. "Guild leader, would you accept a newbie who doesn't even have a class yet?"
Jiang Kai froze.
He was walking farther and farther down a path no one had ever taken. The Fire God squad was already full of unreliable people, and now not only the team but even the whole guild seemed impossible to keep under control.
The Main God Guild was getting stranger and stranger…
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