After walking for a while, they came across countless Flower Harbor Venomous Bees the size of humans wandering under a willow tree. Such mutated insects could only be seen in American sci-fi movies, and upon seeing such large Poison Bees, Wang Xiaojing and Murong Xiaoxiao had already hidden behind Lufeng.
Seeing Wang Xiaojing so terrified, it was impossible to get her to join the fight. Therefore, Lufeng had no choice but to attract the attention of five Flower Harbor Venomous Bees along with Qin Shou and the others. After a round of group attacks from Qin Shou and his team, Lufeng looked for weaknesses to strike, coordinating with Qin Shou's team to collectively attack an injured Poison Bee.
With everyone working together, after three rounds of area-of-effect skills, the second round of attacks from the four decisively eliminated one Flower Harbor Venomous Bee, while the remaining four retaliated against Lufeng and his team.
Lufeng quickly repositioned himself, activating Phantom Form and enhancing Mobility by 30%, significantly increasing his speed and Dodge ability, allowing him to cleverly evade the Poison Bee's attack. Unfortunately, Qin Shou and his team were not as fortunate; they were all stung by the Poison Bees, and a green light appeared on their bodies, indicating they were poisoned.
Seeing that he was poisoned, Gao Chao exclaimed urgently, "Boss, boss, help me! I'm poisoned!"
“-200”
“-100”
...
Gao Chao and his teammates continued to lose health every second, and it wasn't until three seconds later that the green light finally disappeared.
"Hey, I'm fine now! Huh, it felt so real that I forgot about the duration," Gao Chao said excitedly.
Lufeng shook his head in disbelief.
Murong Xiaoxiao was puzzled by the earlier green light: "Brother, why did we turn green after being stung by the Poison Bee?"
"I know! I know!" Gao Chao interjected eagerly.
Lufeng laughed and scolded him: "You don't know anything! You were just screaming earlier. There are still four left; let's finish them first!"
At that moment, Qin Shou, Qiu Han, and Gao Chao's area-of-effect skills had just cooled down. Lufeng had already calculated their cooldown times and quickly reminded them: "You three use your area-of-effect skills now; each of you take one down!"
The three immediately shouted out their area-of-effect skills:
“Eagle Strike in the Sky!”
“Blood Battle in All Directions!”
“Vajra Demon-Subduing Circle!”
After another group attack skill, the remaining four Poison Bee were left in a critical state. Each person locked onto a target and successfully eliminated the last four Poison Bee.
Once all five Poison Bee were dead, they dropped loot, but there were no legendary rewards—only Flowerwood Pen Sea (worthless items) and junk equipment. As for the equipment, if Lufeng didn't have it, he would equip it; if he already had it, he would discard some of the items with worse attributes to save limited inventory space. However, he would keep stackable items and materials, as selling them to the NPC Merchant could still yield a few dozen silver coins.
Anyone who has played Heavenly Dragon knows that monster drops are random. This means that each team member has their own loot and can only see their own drops. If they finish off a monster and find nothing, they can only blame their bad luck. This design prevents players from fighting over loot; if anyone could take drops from monsters killed by others, then who would bother fighting monsters? They would just go around stealing from others like a Tianshan Shadow Assassin, going invisible after stealing—chaos would ensue. Such bandit behavior should not be encouraged.
Thinking of this, Lufeng greatly appreciated the reasonable design of Heavenly Dragon. In Asking Heaven, it was even better; with just a thought, the loot dropped by monsters went directly into his inventory. If there was something unwanted, he could discard it, and the discarded items would be treated as garbage by the System, disappearing completely.
Seeing Lufeng discard equipment, Wang Xiaojing pointed at him and scolded, “Lufeng, you really are wasteful! One day, Myth Studio will be ruined by you. Even a fly is meat; how can you throw it away?”
Lufeng felt speechless and tried to explain, “My beautiful young lady, one must be reasonable. These junk items won't sell for many silver coins and take up too much space. It's like occupying a toilet without using it.”
Wang Xiaojing’s face flushed: “I won’t talk to you anymore! So vulgar!”
Seeing Wang Xiaojing act like a strict official, Gao Chao was completely convinced by Lufeng: they had only known each other for a few days and already seemed close. It seemed the boss had extraordinary skills; how had he not noticed this before? Truly playing the pig to eat the tiger—a real expert!
As for Wang Xiaojing, Gao Chao still felt some apprehension. He couldn't speak his mind like before; now living under someone else's roof, he learned to be humble and avoided conflicts with her whenever possible.
After completing the mission, Lufeng and the others did not linger and quickly headed towards Tiger Run Village.
Soon, they returned to Tiger Run Village, first going to see Ma Han. After handing in the quest, they gained quite a bit of Experience, and Ma Han was very grateful.
This time, Lufeng had avenged Ma Han’s grudge against being stung, and Ma Han was friendlier towards him. He complained to Lufeng, “You’ve only just arrived in West Lake, so you might not understand how much the people of Tiger Run Village love and hate water ghosts!”
Lufeng was puzzled: "What a contradiction!"
"Alas," Ma Han sighed and slowly said, "Love, that was in the past. Although we don't know where these Water Ghosts come from, they harass the imperial army and rob the rich to help the poor; they are heroes in our eyes. But now we hate them immensely for their reckless actions and disregard for human life, making it impossible for us to survive. I wish I could kill all the Water Ghosts."
"Let me handle it!" Lufeng quickly replied.
Ma Han nodded: "That would be great. If I could kill them, I wouldn't be here talking nonsense. You go help me kill five Water Ghost Scouts!"
"Okay!" Lufeng agreed and accepted the mission—[Water Ghost Scout].
Mission objective: Kill five Water Ghost Scouts near [Su Di].
After receiving the mission, Lufeng stopped chatting with Ma Han and headed towards the village entrance, with Gao Chao and others immediately following.
Upon seeing Su Fei again at the village entrance, Lufeng shared the research results of Jin Dajian with him.
After listening to Lufeng, Su Fei seemed to understand: "That's right, it's the Asura Technique. My brothers must have been controlled by this evil art."
With this conclusion, Su Fei finally smiled and said, "Thank you for your timely help, Lufeng. I can now confirm that the madness of the Water Ghosts is closely related to the Young Gang Leader, Mai Zonglin. One day, I will overthrow this guy and his behind-the-scenes puppeteer to restore freedom to my Water Ghost brothers. I've already discovered that the culprit controlling the Water Ghosts at West Lake is Yanshi Mai Youren."
"Where is he? I'll help you kill him," Lufeng quickly offered.
Su Fei smiled: "I want him to come find me himself. Right now, I need three items to lure him."
"What are they?"
"Bark engraved with talismans, talismans engraved with symbols, and stones engraved with symbols," Su Fei calmly stated.
Lufeng became a bit impatient: "Stop keeping me in suspense; tell me what to do."
Su Fei couldn't help but nod, smiling as she said, "Help me kill the Broken Bridge Flower Demon at West Lake, Bai Di Liu Gui, and Gui Feng Zhuang Zhuang Ke. They have what I need. Go quickly."
"Okay!" Lufeng exclaimed joyfully, suddenly receiving three missions.
After receiving the tasks, Gao Chao couldn't help but boast, "Boss is amazing! Just a few words and three missions are done. Taking on missions is like playing a game now. Everyone is leveling up like they're on a rocket—it's just great!"
Lufeng smiled slightly and rubbed his hands together, saying, "A train runs fast because of the engine. There's no need to say too much in thanks; saying too much is just nonsense. Let's get down to business."
Gao Chao's expression turned awkward as he pouted, "Boss, you’re not supposed to act like this. I'm so broke I can't even afford a condom."
"Bah! Pervert!" Wang Xiaojing spat.
Gao Chao grinned lewdly, "Miss, your thoughts are really dirty. I was talking about outfits."
"What did you say? Say it again if you dare!" Wang Xiaojing immediately exploded in anger.
Gao Chao shrugged, "Only the officials are allowed to start fires; the common people can't even light a lamp. Enough of this; my head is starting to hurt."
"Hmph! A wise person doesn't hold grudges against the petty." Seeing Gao Chao back down, Wang Xiaojing generously let him off the hook and didn't pursue the matter further.
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