Before dawn, will the road to the Lost City appear?

Zhao Chenghuang suppressed the other information and gazed at the round moon in the sky, sensing the changes in the power of Taiyin.

After sunset, when darkness descends, the power of Taiyin is at its weakest. By midnight, the power of Taiyin reaches its peak, then begins to decline.

As spirits of the night, Night Roamers can deduce the time based on the strength of the Taiyin power.

Of course, this requires experienced Night Roamers who have undergone training in this area and remember the intensity of the Taiyin power at different times.

Some inexperienced Night Roamers do not possess this ability.

"It's one o'clock in the morning now..." Zhao Chenghuang sensed for a few seconds and made an accurate judgment.

At this moment, he heard Yuanshi Tianzun not far away say:

"What time is it now? I feel like it's two in the morning."

As expected, he's just a newbie Night Roamer. No matter how strong his combat power is, the details expose the fact that his foundation is shallow! Zhao Chenghuang thought to himself.

Sun Senmiao knitted her delicate and pretty eyebrows and said:

"No, no, it's eleven o'clock at night.

The judgment of the strength of the Taiyin power is correct - the Yin energy at eleven o'clock and one o'clock in the morning is equal, but reversed. Elder Sun's training of Senmiao is still inadequate." Zhao Chenghuang shook his head.

"I think it's two in the morning," Yuan Ting said.

Outrageous! This guy hasn't spent enough time in the training camp. Zhao Chenghuang glanced at him and said in a calm tone and aloof expression:

"It's one o'clock in the morning."

After speaking, Zhao Chenghuang saw Yuanshi Tianzun, Sun Senmiao, and Yuan Ting silently walk away.

"This guy's not accurate."

"That's right, it's clearly two in the morning."

"Don't play with him."

Zhao Chenghuang's mouth twitched slightly. He took a deep breath and looked at the crowd in the open space, saying:

"It's one o'clock in the morning now, and it's still early before dawn. We need to rest before entering the Lost City. Except for Night Roamers and Earth Goblins, everyone else rest in the open space."

"Night Roamers and Earth Goblins who have consumed too much stamina can report to me."

He arranged the patrol and guard duties in an orderly manner, appearing like a leader.

The The Way of the Extraordinary of the Mountain God camp glanced at Yuanshi Tianzun sitting on the stone, not caring about anything, and listened to Zhao Chenghuang's instructions, resting or patrolling as directed.

Asano Ryo from the island nation, carrying a long katana, approached and said softly:

"Yuanshi Tianzun, have you been stripped of your power?"

Zhang Yuanqing glanced at her sideways: "You should call me 'Yuanshi Tiancao-sama'."

Asano Ryo said softly:

"Yuanshi Tiancao-sama, you've been stripped of your power. That Zhao Chenghuang wants to take your leader position, why are you letting him plot against you? Everyone clearly supports you!"

Zhang Yuanqing nodded with a serious expression:

"What you said makes sense. So, Ryo-chan, please assassinate this dog for me."

"Ah?" Asano Ryo's pure and beautiful face showed a stunned expression, and she stammered:

"I, I can't beat him."

Guan Ya on the side was speechless. This island nation girl wasn't stupid, and even had some small wisdom, but she was just too simple-minded.

Guan Ya educated:

"Haven't you noticed? No matter what Zhao Chenghuang says, everyone will subconsciously seek Yuanshi's opinion. Only when he doesn't object, Zhao Chenghuang's words are effective."

"Since that's the case, why create conflict with Zhao Chenghuang over such a small matter? Moreover, Yuanshi doesn't like to manage these trivial matters, and he's happy to be relieved with Zhao Chenghuang around."

Asano Ryo seriously pondered for a moment and suddenly understood:

"Oh, this is what my father often teaches me, the balance of politics."

"What balance of politics?"

The red-haired girl walked over and enthusiastically joined the conversation: "The balance of politics, isn't the difficulty killing all political enemies?"

While the two girls were chatting, Zhang Yuanqing opened the leaderboard:

[1: Yuanshi Tianzun, Night Roamer, Level 3, 508 points]

[2: A Yi, Witch Doctor, Level 3, 230 points]

[3: Wei Wo Du Zun, Water Ghost, Level 3, 225 points]

[4: Zhao Chenghuang, Night Roamer, Level 3, 220 points]

[5: Sun Senmiao, Night Roamer, Level 3, 213 points]

[6: Jiang Jingwei, Fire Master, Level 3, 200 points]

[7: Bai Wu Jinji, Bewildering Demon, Level 3, 215 points]

[8: Jiu Lou Yu, Scout, Level 3, 190 points]

[9: Ta Sui Lingxiao, Witch Doctor. Scout, 180 points]

[10: Wo Ming You Wo Bu You Tian, Illusionist, Level 3, 138 points]

Except for the second and third places remaining unchanged, the ranking of the top ten on the list had changed greatly. Zhao Chenghuang, Sun Senmiao, and Jiang Jingwei rushed into the top six.

The ranking of the top twenty-four had undergone even more earth-shattering changes. The Mountain God camp occupied ten spots in the 11-24 list, and the Mountain Ghost camp had four.

Guan Ya also rushed to 20th place.

As long as she could maintain this ranking, her advancement to Saint was not a problem.

"I should try to get these people who are following me into the top twenty-four. Otherwise, they will either give up advancing to Saint, or participate in the slaughter副本 again at the end of the year..."

"Kou Beiyue's ranking is a bit low, forty-second. It should be easy for him to advance to Saint. Protecting this guy's life is important..."

"If I just kill A Yi and Wei Wo Du Zun, I can be on par with Demon Lord and Female Marshal..."

However, these two were top experts. In a one-on-one fight, Zhang Yuanqing still had some confidence, but in a team battle, the uncertainty increased exponentially, making it too difficult to kill them.

Killing players in the top five of the leaderboard yielded the highest point benefits, but those who could squeeze into the top five were not newbies.

Demon Lord annihilated almost all the official personnel, he must have acted as a double agent and cooperated with evil professions to achieve it.

Otherwise, Demon Lord's points wouldn't be just over nine hundred, but over a thousand, or even two thousand.

In fact, based on the points, the specific combat power of Demon Lord and Female Marshal in the Extraordinary Realm could be assessed.

Zhang Yuanqing believed they weren't much stronger than him.

It was worth mentioning that the total number of people on the leaderboard was sixty.

The ratio of Mountain Ghost and Mountain God camp members was approximately 1:2.

Zhang Yuanqing closed the leaderboard and poked Guan Ya's waist with his elbow: "Guan Ya-jie, let me rest my head on your thigh."

Guan Ya: "Go, go, go!"

Zhang Yuanqing: "If you don't let me, I'll go find Peony Fairy."

Guan Ya glared at him.

Zhang Yuanqing took the opportunity to rest his head on her round and soft thigh, and as expected, he wasn't refused.

From the ambush battle in the maze to single-handedly blocking the Mountain Ghost camp, his spiritual body had been attacked repeatedly, and his mind was already exhausted. He quickly fell into a deep sleep.

He didn't know how long had passed when Guan Ya woke him up, and the mixed-race beauty handed him a string of wild fruits, saying:

"It's almost dawn, eat something first.

Peony Fairy and the others picked them in the forest, they're edible."

Zhang Yuanqing groggily sat up, took a deep breath, and after inhaling enough oxygen, his brain became a little clearer.

He took the wild fruits that Guan Ya handed him and silently nibbled on them, while looking at his companions in the open space.

They were either sitting on the ground yawning, or getting up and moving around, stretching their muscles, because they had all gotten rest, they were energetic and not tired.

"Clap clap!"

Zhang Yuanqing clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

People subconsciously put down what they were doing and looked at the young man who jumped onto the stone.

Zhang Yuanqing stood on the stone and said loudly:

"Everyone, it's almost dawn,

We are going to the Lost City to engage in the final battle with the Mountain Ghost camp. There is no doubt that this will be an extremely dangerous death match.

"Everyone may die, including me. Everyone is an experienced The Way of the Extraordinary who has already experienced the test of life and death. We had the awareness when we entered the slaughter副本.

"I hope that after entering the Lost City, everyone can unite and obey orders, and advance to Saint together, facing a bright future."

The crowd was either silent or nodded slightly, not particularly moved.

Having reached today's position and level, except for a few naive individuals, most people were veterans who were used to the leaders' empty promises and had enough of the motivational speeches.

They wouldn't become excited and high-spirited because of Zhang Yuanqing's few simple words.

Zhang Yuanqing changed his tone and said:

"Perhaps to you, blocking the attack of the Mountain Ghost camp with your own strength is a great feat, a remarkable thing, but to me, this is not the limit.

"I still have many trump cards that I haven't used.

Let alone delaying for a while, even killing our way through the Mountain Ghost camp is not a problem. Killing one more person means one more spot, and with each extra spot, one of you can advance to Saint.

"However, relying on my personal power alone is not enough, we still have to rely on everyone. I'll say it again, obey orders,

Unite as one, understand?"

Hearing this, the eyes of the The Way of the Extraordinary brightened up.

Yuanshi Tianzun still has trump cards? The battle in the Mountain God Temple wasn't his limit...

"Understood!"

The crowd responded loudly, their expressions excited.

So, drawing a pie is still useful, it depends on how the leader draws it.

.........

At the same time, Bai Wu Jinji stood on a stone, overlooking his companions, and said loudly:

"As expected, the rules of the Lost City will be simple. There is no need to solve puzzles, no need to explore, strong confrontation is the only principle, and combat is exactly what we are good at."

"Yuanshi Tianzun has exhausted all his trump cards, and we know his methods like the back of our hand. After a night of discussion, we have come up with a solution."

"But what they don't know is that our trump cards have yet to be revealed.

"How can Lawful professions compete with us Free professions? They are all trash.

"Without trump cards, how can Yuanshi Tianzun compete with us? He is also trash. Everyone, the Lost City is our opportunity to slaughter Lawful The Way of the Extraordinary. I have already smelled the sweetness and fragrance of blood, what about you?"

"Kill them all!"

The evil professions below were enthusiastic.

At this moment, a ray of dawn shone from the eastern horizon, the darkness receded like a tide, and the sky was hazy.

Dawn had arrived.

[Ding! The road to the Lost City has been opened, please arrive as soon as possible.]

At this moment, all the The Way of the Extraordinary in the 副本 tacitly opened the map.

A red route appeared in the vast primeval forest, leading to the basin in the center of the forest.

That was the Lost City.

Following the red road on the map for half an hour, the group from the Mountain God camp finally crossed the lush primeval forest, saw the blue sky, and saw the ruins of the city ahead.

It was as if they had come to another world.

Although this world was also covered in a large amount of vegetation.

In front of the crowd was an elevated road with a broken bridge deck, with pillars sticking up that were covered in moss, revealing the traces of time and desolation.

Zhang Yuanqing and the others looked over the elevated road and saw mountains with exposed areas.

There were dilapidated buildings with steel frameworks. Some of them had collapsed, some were riddled with holes due to the erosion of time, and some were wrapped in green vines, turning the hard concrete into nutrients for the growth and extension of the roots.

The straight road was full of cracks and covered with moss, which provided a foundation for the survival of weeds.

Vehicles were parked chaotically on the side of the road, covered in gray-black rust, and weeds grew beside the dry wheels. Nature had taken over everything.

"It's so shocking, so this is what cities look like after humans disappear," Sun Senmiao said with emotion.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing side quest two, reward 20 points.]

Side quest two was to cross the vast forbidden forest and find the Lost City.

[Ding! Side Quest Four: The Unfinished Sacrificial Ritual.]

[Quest Description: A long, long time ago, a powerful evil cultivator sneaked into a human city. He controlled the creatures in the city and used the blood and souls of innocent beings as sacrifices to a terrible existence in the darkness, attempting to gain even more powerful power.

The terrible existence in the darkness responded to him and descended into reality. However, the nosy Mountain God stopped everything,

The Mountain God solidified his flesh and blood into high mountains, his hair turned into forests, and his will turned into brave mountain monkeys, sealing that terrible existence in the blood pool.]

[Time has passed, and the long years have loosened the seal. The evil cultivator's corpse has transformed into a bloodthirsty monster. Driven by obsession, it has stolen four forest heart gems.]

Quest Requirements: The blood pool is in the city center, surrounded by four formations.

Defeat the evil cultivator, retrieve the "Forest Heart" gems, and reinforce the seal.

As I expected, this level doesn't need a dense task, and the task objective is clear and straightforward... The goal of the Mountain God camp is to retrieve the Heart of the Forest, so the goal of the Mountain Ghost is to stop us?

The two camps are fighting over four "Forest Hearts"?

Zhang Yuanqing silently analyzed in his heart.

The crowd also remained silent, chewing over and analyzing the quest content.

Guo He Zu, wearing camouflage military pants, said: "The situation is unfavorable for the Mountain Ghost. The camp has the help of the evil cultivator, which is not optimistic."

Tianxia Guihuo then said:

"That's not an evil cultivator, it's a monster evolved from his obsession and corpse after death. He shouldn't be at his peak, at most level 4 early stage. So, the Mountain Ghost camp is at best evenly matched with us in terms of combat power."

The group walked along the broken road, deep into the city ruins.

As they walked and talked, they encountered deer, wild dogs, monkeys, and other animals, scurrying around in the city ruins. When strangers approached, they fled in all directions, watching from a distance with vigilance.

Just then, Peony Fairy twitched her nose and said:

"There's a bloody smell..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd, who were walking slowly, saw the scene ahead. In the tall grass, a pack of wild dogs were devouring a corpse.

The corpse had only died recently, and the blood had yet to dry.

Zhang Yuanqing's pupils shrank.

He recognized the deceased, the The Way of the Extraordinary ID "Gongli Zai Daozhong", a Witch Doctor ranked fourth on the solo practitioner list, even above "Guan Zhong Kui Bao".

How could he die here?

Did the Mountain Ghost camp have internal strife?

Jiang Jingwei ejected a few fireballs, driving away the wild dogs that were devouring the corpse.

The crowd stepped forward, and Guo He Zu squatted down, inspected it, and said:

"His neck was broken, and his heart was taken out. Apart from that, there are no other wounds. He died very decisively.

He didn't even have time to transform a gu. The person who did it,

is very powerful and terrifying."

Zhang Yuanqing's expression was solemn: "We all misunderstood, side quest four is different from what we thought."