The moment the silver-armored Mountain Beast Warrior charged out, Shi Feng had no time to observe before the warrior hurled the impossibly heavy lumbering axe in its hand, fast as a flying arrow, arriving before him in the blink of an eye.
Everything happened too fast, too suddenly. An ordinary player would likely have been decapitated before they could even react.
But Shi Feng was no ordinary player. He drew Abyssal in a flash and, the instant the great axe slashed toward his neck, parried the deadly flying blade.
The great axe and the longsword collided without a shower of sparks—only a single thunderous boom.
Shi Feng's entire body flew backward over ten yards.
The axe then slammed into the ground, embedding itself deep in the earth. The ground itself trembled, testament to how heavy the weapon was—and the silver-armored Mountain Beast Warrior who could casually hurl it was truly terrifying.
That strength surpassed an ordinary Mountain Beast Warrior by more than just a slight margin…
The moment he landed, Shi Feng immediately activated Eye of Observation and looked over.
Mountain Beast Champion, Special Elite, Level 10, HP 3,500.
Seeing those stats, Shi Feng understood the Mountain Beast Champion's power. Without a second word, he turned and ran.
Were he kidding? Fighting a Level 10 Special Elite head-on was practically suicide. When encountering a Special Elite in the Moonlight Woods, players needed to consider not whether they could kill it, but whether they could escape.
The Mountain Beast Champion surpassed the Mountain Beast Warrior by more than just a slight margin—not only in strength, but its speed and agility had also increased greatly. It was nothing like the Mountain Beast Warriors that were easy to toy with. If he hadn't blocked that axe with a parry earlier, even if he'd used Abyssal to block, the gap in their strength was too great. He would have died.
Though Shi Feng wanted to flee, the Mountain Beast Champion had no intention of letting the intruder go. It charged straight at him, scooping up the great axe along the way as easily as picking up a leaf, then bore down on Shi Feng with ease.
Seeing the Mountain Beast Champion using Charge to close the gap and knowing he couldn't shake it, Shi Feng pivoted mid-air and pointed his sword at the champion.
Abyssal Bind!
In an instant, the charging Mountain Beast Champion was restrained by pitch-black chains, frozen in place, unable to do anything but glare at Shi Feng helplessly.
Shi Feng didn't dare linger. He activated Wind Walk and swiftly left the camp, darting into the stone forest.
With the speed boost from Wind Walk, the Mountain Beast Champion couldn't hope to catch him.
Nearly twenty seconds later.
"Finally shook him off." Shi Feng glanced back and saw that the Mountain Beast Champion had already turned away, so he let out a sigh of relief. If he'd kept chasing, Wind Walk would have worn off.
His luck was terrible—a Special Elite had appeared in the camp. In his previous life, no Special Elite had guarded this camp. The most he'd ever encountered was an ordinary Elite. What a pity about that Iron Rank treasure chest.
Just then, Hei Zi's communication came through.
"Brother Feng, we've all hit Level 4, and we've gotten a ton of ore, equipment, and Skill Books. Everyone's learned a bunch of skills now—our strength has shot up quite a bit. The only thing is, grinding goblins for levels has gotten way slower. When are you coming to lead us through the Hell Difficulty Silent Forest? Everyone's fired up and ready to go—just waiting for your order," Hei Zi said with a chuckle.
"All Level 4?" Shi Feng fell into thought, pondering what Hei Zi and the others should do next. After a moment, he decided on a good spot. "Hei Zi, stop grinding goblins. Head back to town first, sort out your inventories, then go to the Level 5 zone—the Red Leaf Forest. Farm Forest Wolves at these coordinates. Wolf meat and wolf pelts are valuable commodities, and the more you farm, the better. That's all money."
With Hei Zi and the others' current strength, farming Forest Wolves would be easy. Hei Zi's equipment in particular—400 HP worth of wolves would drop to just three Shadow Arrows. Plus, the spot he was sending them to was a major wolf den with fast respawns, and it sat on high ground. As long as Ke Le and Jimo Ruxue held the narrow uphill path and kept the wolves from rushing up, the ranged fighters could deal damage freely. Beasts feared fire, too, meaning bonus damage—one Hellflame could wipe out an entire pack. Their leveling speed would increase by at least 60% to 70%.
"Awesome! We've been grinding goblins here for so long we're about to lose our minds. We'll head there as soon as we've sorted our inventories," Hei Zi said happily. More and more players had been showing up to farm goblins, and since they'd already hit Level 4, their leveling efficiency had been declining steadily. The chance to move to a new grinding spot naturally had him excited.