Chapter 319: Act in Prescribed Order, Eliminate
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Thunderous Battle had reached Baokang two days ago. During them, he teamed up with the people from Beautiful Robes Faction. They went to the herb areas, metal mines, and crystal mines in Shennongjia one after another. They also checked out the situation of each sect in Baokang County Two.
Once they investigated the situation, they learned that it was very complicated! All their plans of intimidating everyone and gaining their footing in a short amount of time disappeared without a trace.
All the regions with herbs at the borders of Shennongjia were chock full of Blood Sucking Gra.s.s, and they were very annoying. Blood Sucking Wood would also stand tall in the area to lead people to their deaths quietly. People got terrified from a single look at them. However, b.l.o.o.d.y fights occurred nonstop in those dangerous areas every day. As long as someone noticed a valuable herb, more than one hundred people would engage in a chaotic battle, and sometimes, there were even more people!
Thunderous Battle did not want to partic.i.p.ate in such group battles that consumed a lot of energy. After all, as of then, he had not even thought of a name for his sect. There were also very few people in his sect. If they joined such a chaotic battles, they would not even know how they died.
The situation at the mining areas was not too great either.
The major factions had already decided on their territories!
Each sect occupied either one or a few mining halls. Thunderous Battle and the others might not have encountered any fights on their way, but as soon as they stood in an empty spot, they understood the meaning of being the target of scorn, and soon someone came to cause trouble for them.
The sects with slightly less power and influence could not get a spot at the metal mines. Those places were the heaven for the larger sects, and no one could enter them.
The situation around the crystal mines was slightly better!
Still, Thunderous Battle and the high-ranking members of Beautiful Robes Faction investigated it multiple times before they decided to make the crystal mine the spot where they would engage in their first fight to spread their fame and establish their might!
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“You’re asking for death!”
When the players saw that their companion had been sent flying away by one slap, they flew into a rage. Without another word, they drew their weapons!
Even though Thunderous Battle had many people on his side, they looked young, and their sect emblem was unfamiliar. They did not belong to the sects that required them to be wary of them. The presence they had become used to adopting to chase away unwanted people filled them, and they activated their qi realms to attack Thunderous Battle.
‘Truly, this is like someone stuffing a pillow under my head when I’m tired.’
Thunderous Battle had wondered how he was going to fight and establish his might, but the people before him had simply decided to come at him fearlessly! He didn’t even have to do anything.
He did not bother to activate his qi realm. He just activated his body fortification technique and went up against the group boldly.
Little North cackled and rushed out from behind him. He sent his two zombies, which were covered in black siamese cloaks, charging forward. After being nourished for a period of time, their bodies were black and s.h.i.+ny, and they looked like they were made of metal.
Three people screamed in pain and were sent tumbling away once they were hit. There were purplish black claw marks on their chests!
Thunderous Battle and his group easily destroyed the six people. They moved into the chamber with the mechanism and placed the berthierite they bought from the market into the groove on the wall.
Bang!
The chamber with the mechanism shut down.
Then, the front door opened, and a crystalline glow shone on the everyone’s faces.
“Wow!”
“Whoa… is this the real crystal mine?!”
The group stared at the mining cave that had completely crystallized in shock and let out gasps of astonishment.
The first level of the crystal mine had the players dig out crystals from normal stones and earth, while the second level was filled with normal crystals everywhere. They could extract any piece they liked, and they would definitely get a crystal. It was no wonder then that the drop rate for top-grade crystals was so high there. Some sects would even spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy berthierite to enter the second level and control the crystals in there.
“Who are you?!”
“Who let you in?!”
The activation of the mechanism in the chamber had shocked the people that were originally inside. The ten or so miners inside stopped working and turned around to glare and shout at them in anger.
The miners inside were all full-timer miners who focused solely on mining, so Thunderous Battle did not even bother to talk to them!
He cast a glance at the only thing that did not seem to fit into the mining cave—the ferocious and awe-inspiring Stone King. It chased after a Mystical Realm player who ran around in circles around the second level of the mining cave.
“Kill!” Thunderous Battle ordered resolutely.
The expressions of the people from Beautiful Robes Faction turned cold, and they went up against the miners without hesitation.
When they saw the newcomers move over with murder in their eyes, the miners instantly panicked.
“Stay where you are!”
“Do you know who were are?!”
“We’re from Blood River Sect! We’re one of the top sects in Baokang County Town. If you attack us, you won’t be able to stay in Baokang anymore!”
The person in charge of attracting Stone King’s attention was also extremely angry.
“Ah!”
A scream of pain served as the prelude to the slaughter.
There was no other response at all!
Thunderous Battle stood where he was quietly and watched the final miner from Blood River Sect die. Since the start to the end, there was no expression on his face!
Because he had already decided on his path to build a sect, there were certain things that he had to do. All small sects dreamed of controlling the entire second level of the crystal mine even though they did not have enough strength. Even if he did not take action, Blood River Sect would have been replaced by other another one sooner or later. Thunderous Battle had only brought forth its misfortune much earlier.
“So poor.”
When One Circle picked up the loot, he found nothing, and he cursed himself for being unlucky in a gloomy tone. Since the miners’ qi realm was low, it was very easy for them to be robbed, and they usually did not bring a lot of money with them. Aside from two unlucky b.a.s.t.a.r.ds who dropped a few crystal ores that were not really that great, One Circle obtained no loot whatsoever.
The group then redirected their gazes and looked at the player who was still running away from Stone King.
The player had long since been enraged by Thunderous Battle and his group’s actions, but he did not dare to be negligent, since his duty was to lure Stone King away and continue fleeing so his brothers could safely extract high-quality crystals.
Even though the miners died, he still did not dare to stop, because once he stopped, he would definitely be killed by Stone King, who was already at Life and Death Realm!
Once the player thought about his qi realm dropping once he died, he held in his anger and refused to die with the miners.
“What should we do? Should we kill that guy as well?”
“Kill him! Having someone from an enemy sect working for us will leave a slight bad taste in my mouth.” Thunderous Battle issued the order to kill without hesitation. He then said, “Little North, get your zombies ready to lure Stone King away. The people from Blood River Sect should already be on the way. We’ll guard the entrance, so be prepared for it to open up at any moment.”
“Alright!”
Whoos.h.!.+
An arrow fired from the distance pinned down the disciple from Blood River Sect. Stone King immediately closed the distance between them and punched its target.
Boom!
The player coughed up blood after cras.h.i.+ng into the wall, then was stomped to death by Stone King, which had caught up to him.
Once it got rid of its target, Stone King redirected its gaze and stomped toward Thunderous Battle in ferocious and savage strides.
Whoos.h.!.+
A zombie went up against Stone king, and imitating Blood River Sect’s player caught Stone King’s attention. Then, it lured it away and began running around the mining cave.
“Get to work!” Thunderous Battle said to the group.
Even though the people who came were all high-ranking members of Beautiful Robes Faction, they knew that Thunderous Battle and Little North were Happy’s party members, and they were very strong. Hence, they listened to Thunderous Battle’s commands and quickly brought out their pickaxes from their Universe Bag before heading into different directions.
Ding!
Clang!
Cling clang, cling clang…
The group began striking the crystals one after another. Since it was a high-grade crystal mine, they might be able to get something good from it.