Chapter 1 Into the Palace

Before the towering palace gates, the instant Shi Feng appeared, he felt two murderous auras lock onto him.

The intense pressure would have suffocated an ordinary player.

"As expected, they won't let players enter the palace easily." Shi Feng glanced at the two stone statues standing guard beside the palace gate. The murderous aura emanated from them.

He had thought that by luring away the Orcs surrounding the palace, he could sneak in unnoticed. However, the two gargoyle gatekeepers had not left, steadfastly guarding the palace entrance.

Gargoyle, Demon Beast, Grand Lord, Level 85, Health Points: 90,000,000.

The moment the two gargoyles awakened, they let out a furious roar that echoed throughout the Orcish Ancient City, instantly alerting the Orcs who had gone to support the city's outskirts. Realizing that someone had invaded the palace, they immediately turned back and headed straight for the palace.

"Damn it." Shi Feng immediately activated Aerial Combat and charged into the palace.

The terrain inside the Orcish palace was complex and the space was relatively narrow, so he wouldn't have to face a vast army of Orcs like he would outside.

Shi Feng transformed into a streak of light and shot into the palace interior, while the awakened gargoyles spread their wings and chased after him.

"Guild Leader, it's bad! The three Mythic Orcs that charged over destroyed the small ballista and went straight back." The Zero Wing member hiding at the foot of the mountain saw the Mythic Orcs rushing back and quickly reported in the team chat.

"So fast?" Shi Feng frowned slightly and said, "I understand. You all leave this place too."

Now that he had entered the palace, although the gargoyles were chasing him, he was faster with Aerial Combat activated. Inside this maze-like palace, even if he couldn't shake off the gargoyles, they couldn't do anything to him in the short term.

The only trouble was the three Mythic Orcs that were rushing over. If he was spotted by them, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape. He had to find the Collapsing Battle Axe before the Mythic Orcs discovered him. If he failed this time, it would be even harder to enter the palace next time.

Fortunately, Shi Feng was quite familiar with the palace's layout. Without hesitation, he got closer and closer to the royal family's underground treasury.

"Awoo! Awoo!"

As Shi Feng got closer to the underground treasury, the two gargoyles seemed to be injected with adrenaline. Their mouths opened wide and they roared continuously, spitting out streams of dark gray gas.

Wherever the gas touched, it instantly turned to stone. Players couldn't defend against it and could only dodge.

Seeing that the duration of Aerial Combat was about to end, and he was still more than halfway away from the underground treasury, the two gargoyles acted like Orcish GPS, constantly reporting their exact location to the Orcs in the city, causing the Orc army to swarm over.

"It seems that if I don't get rid of these two gargoyles, the three Mythic Orcs will probably find me soon." Shi Feng glanced at the gargoyles chasing closely behind him, his brows furrowed. He finally understood why no one had been able to complete the quest in his previous life.

To complete this quest, one needed the combat power to forcefully conquer an Orcish city.

But how easy was it to have such combat power?

Although he had a clever method, with two gargoyles with 90 million health points following him, if he didn't kill them as soon as possible, he would eventually have to face the three Mythic Orcs.

But with 90 million health points, he couldn't even kill one gargoyle, let alone two.

Just as Shi Feng was thinking about how to deal with the two gargoyles, two forks in the road suddenly appeared in front of him, leading in opposite directions.

"A fork in the road?" Shi Feng looked at the fork in the road, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Although he couldn't kill the gargoyles, it was the same as long as he could shake them off. As long as he could escape the gargoyles' perception range, they wouldn't be able to find him.

Immediately, Shi Feng used Phantom Kill, creating a clone. One person took one path, with the real body taking a route that didn't lead to the royal treasury, but instead to the underground library. Conversely, the clone went directly to the royal treasury.

The gargoyles had already locked onto Shi Feng's real body, and didn't care about the clone at all, chasing after Shi Feng relentlessly.

This caused the distance between Shi Feng's real body and clone to grow farther and farther.

100 yards... 300 yards... 500 yards...

Seeing that the duration of Aerial Combat was over, Shi Feng landed with a bang, and the two gargoyles blocked Shi Feng's path one after the other, revealing a grim sneer on their faces as they walked towards Shi Feng step by step.

"700 yards, that should be about right." Shi Feng watched the gargoyles that had already started their offensive, calculating the distance in his heart.

In God's Domain, monsters have different perception ranges, and this perception range will change according to the level of the monster and the player, but each monster has a limit.

According to statistics, Grand Lord level monsters, excluding those with high intelligence, have a limit perception range of five to six hundred yards, while Mythic monsters have a range of 1000 to 1500 yards. That's why players can generally escape after being locked onto by Mythic monsters.

The gargoyles in front of him were demon beasts, which were considered to be relatively sensitive monsters. Their limit perception range should exceed 500 yards. To be on the safe side, Shi Feng felt that it was safer to stay beyond 700 yards.

The two gargoyles roared and spat out a gray whirlwind, directly blocking Shi Feng's retreat. In this narrow space, it was impossible to dodge.

"Replace!"

Shi Feng directly used the Replace skill, and suddenly replaced himself with his clone in the distance.

The clone faced the gargoyles attacking from the front and back and activated Sword's Orbit to defend, not letting the gargoyles kill him.

"You guys can slowly play with my clone." Shi Feng, who had directly replaced himself onto another path, smiled slightly and felt that the murderous aura locking onto him had disappeared. Immediately, he activated Wind Rider and rushed towards the royal treasury.

Although there were no monsters chasing him, Shi Feng still didn't dare to be careless. He directly activated Eyes of All-Knowing, taking in the situation within a 100-yard radius.

Because the closer he got to the royal treasury, the more trap spells there were. Getting hit by them carelessly could cost him his life.

In his previous life, when he came here, the Orcish palace had already been explored. The trap spells that had been set up before had already been broken, and he only came here to try his luck and see if he could find any treasure chests.

After all, treasure chests respawn randomly, and places like the palace have a much higher chance of treasure chests appearing than other places.

"Hmm, no way, there really is a treasure chest!" Shi Feng hadn't walked for long when he discovered a small secret room in a fork in the corridor leading to a small courtyard. The small secret room contained a treasure chest. "I don't seem to have seen this small secret room in my previous life, but the magic barrier set up in this secret room is really complex. I wonder what level of treasure chest it contains."

Because of the Eyes of All-Knowing, he could only sense the shape and couldn't identify the material and color.

Immediately, Shi Feng walked over.

There weren't any trap spells in this secret room, only a layer of protection created by a magic barrier that prevented players from seeing it with the naked eye, and there wasn't any danger.

If he didn't take such a treasure chest, he would be letting himself down.

"The method of hiding it is really brilliant. Using a magic barrier to hide it, and there are also physical mechanisms. Even experts who are familiar with breaking trap spells probably wouldn't be able to detect it. No wonder no one discovered this place in the previous life." Shi Feng said in surprise.

Unfortunately, his Eyes of All-Knowing were special, so even if it was hidden very cleverly, it was useless.

The magic barrier was easy to break. Shi Feng only used Flame Burst to slash at the wall more than a dozen times, and the magic barrier was shattered, revealing a real wall. Shi Feng directly pulled the hidden chain at the foot of the wall.

The wall in front of him slowly rose, and a small secret room appeared before his eyes.

The moment the small secret room opened, a rich magic power rushed out from inside, making Shi Feng feel refreshed and clearing his mind. Immediately, a terrifying pressure swept through his body, making it difficult to move.

After seeing the true appearance of the treasure chest, Shi Feng couldn't help but be surprised.

Ancient Treasure Chest!