The Fourth Calamity: My Sect Has Countless Prodigies

Chapter 85 Exploring the Spirit Lake, Suffering a Massacre

Lianyun Mountains.

In the dense forest, Feilong Zaitian drew his longbow, his sharp eyes fixed on the huge black bear not far away.

It is currently engaged in combat with the other four players in the Flying Dragon Squad.

With a roar, the black bear leaped up and swung its paw, sending a player flying.

"Now!"

Feilong fired an arrow, the arrow formed from spiritual energy, which precisely pierced the giant bear's heart during a gap in its attack.

"roar……"

The black bear let out a mournful cry, then collapsed to the ground, utterly dead.

Feilong Zaitian stood panting heavily, looking at the huge black bear lying on the ground, his face still showing lingering fear.

This time, they almost suffered a complete annihilation.

Looking at the azure longbow in his hand, Feilong Zaitian was filled with emotion.

After clearing the sect ruins, since there were no more monsters to hunt and level up, he personally led a team out into the Lianyun Mountains to hunt monsters and level up.

On Earth, he primarily practiced ancient martial arts, and was naturally very proficient in weapons like bows and arrows.

When hunting monsters, bows and arrows often achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Therefore, through the combined efforts of several players and this unique delaying tactic, the players continuously created an environment for Flying Dragon in the Sky to deal damage.

In a short time, they even easily surrounded and killed many demonic beasts at the third level of Qi Refining.

With the experience gained from hunting the sect's monsters a few days ago, Feilong Zaitian advanced to the third level of Qi Refining in just one day.

As the first player in this batch to break through to the third level of Qi Refining, Feilong Zaitian was naturally extremely proud.

Today, he even directs players to attempt to hunt down monsters at the fourth level of Qi Refining, even if they are of a higher level.

The large black bear lying on the ground in front of them was their first attempt.

It has been proven that the difference in strength between the early and middle stages of Qi Refining is enormous.

Even though the five of them fought with all their might and used a lot of pills and talismans to wear themselves down, they were almost killed by the black bear who fought them all.

It would be a huge waste to waste 24 hours of upgrade time by dying at this point.

"We need to be more cautious in the future, stay calm, and not be reckless now."

Feilong Zaitian silently warned himself, then led several players on a detour, preparing to return to the sect.

There were many demonic beasts on the path they came from, and they are not in good condition now. If they go back rashly, they might encounter danger.

Fortunately, Feilong Zaitian is quite familiar with the roads and can make a rough route plan by guessing, so he is not afraid of getting lost in the Lianyun Mountains.

The players walked along the forest path to the right for a while.

Immediately afterward, estimating that it was about time, Feilong Zaitian led everyone to turn left and walk out of the forest path.

He planned to walk a short distance forward before turning in another direction, which should allow him to avoid that dangerous section.

But before they had taken more than a few steps, the players suddenly stopped.

Emerging from the woods, a sacred lake came into view.

Linghu Lake, as smooth as a mirror, is nestled among the mountains.

The lake water was crystal clear, shimmering with a faint radiance, reflecting the lush green mountains all around.

A thin mist hangs over the lake, its ethereal energy shimmering like silk threads, gently rippling in the breeze.

White lotuses float on the water, their petals crystal clear, like jade carvings. Occasionally, a spirited fish leaps out, splashing a ripple that shatters the reflections of clouds across the lake.

"Have I... accidentally wandered into a celestial abode?"

A player stared intently at the spirit lake before him and uttered these words in a daze.

One stone caused a thousand waves!

As soon as this player uttered the words, the other players instantly snapped out of their reverie of the beautiful scenery, their expressions becoming incredibly excited.

"The lighting, the details—every second of it is a testament to the production budget and the incredible dedication of the entire team!"

"Brother, what you said is truly insightful! I really admire you."

"Damn, this is a fishing paradise! If I had the chance, I could fish here for the rest of my life."

The players gasped in amazement, praising the breathtaking scenery before them.

Just then—

The fish in the lake suddenly became very agitated, with many scattering in all directions, arousing the curiosity of the players.

One player lowered his head, pretending to think, "Do you think it might be because we were too loud and scared them?"

"It's possible..."

"There's a one in ten chance that while fish might be startled by humans, they definitely wouldn't scatter in such a panic."

Upon hearing this, Feilong Zaitian frowned, immediately sensing that something was amiss.

His expression turned wary as he carefully observed the changes in the lake.

Subtle ripples appeared on the surface of the water, forming a small whirlpool that gently swirled several large fish into.

From a distance, it looks unremarkable.

But the next second,

The enormous white snake suddenly shot up from the bottom of the water and swallowed all the one-meter-long fish whole in one gulp!

"Run!"

Feilong shouted loudly and retreated rapidly.

Everyone was startled and quickly followed.

Logically speaking, with prior precautions and a certain distance between the two sides, the probability of all players escaping should not be low.

In the world of cultivation, might makes right!

The white snake moved like a ghost, closing the distance to the group by tens of meters in just a few breaths.

Feilong felt a chill in his heart. He knew that if everyone continued to run in this direction, they would surely die.

"Everyone, run separately, don't stay together!" Feilong shouted loudly.

After saying that, he turned and ran to the right of the crowd.

But the giant serpent merely gave a cold smile.

It's obvious that it wants to end this boring cat-and-mouse game.

In an instant!

Five ice blades shot out from its mouth, striking the five people with incredible speed, within half a breath.

Relying on his Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation, Feilong Zaitian reacted quickly and put up a defense, barely managing to block the attack.

But apart from him, none of the others escaped unscathed from this attack.

"Holy crap, that's incredible?"

Feilong Zaitian stared wide-eyed at the white snake in disbelief.

Even the Demon Spider King, which had previously embarrassed the big shots, was unable to instantly kill them in a short period of time.

Moreover, they are currently on separate escape routes, with different directions and trajectories. How could this white snake possibly be involved?

This is unreasonable.

The white serpent rushed over, casting a terrifying shadow over the flying dragon in the sky.

At this moment, the eyes of Feilong Zaitian reflected the ferocious fangs.

Immediately afterwards, everything went black, and the player panel displayed a death and offline message.

Qingxuan Sect, inside the courtyard of a small house.

[Players "Flying Dragon in the Sky" and "Elite Monster Quality Inspector" have been detected dead. One player at Qi Refining Level 3 and four at Qi Refining Level 2 have been revived, costing a total of 17 Luck Points.]

[Note: Resurrection at the first level of Qi Refining requires 1 point of Qi Luck, resurrection at the second level requires 3 points of Qi Luck, resurrection at the third level requires 5 points of Qi Luck, and resurrection at the fourth level requires even more, 10 points of Qi Luck.]

His own players are dead?

Zhou Yi highly recognized the strength of the Flying Dragon in the Sky team.

Not only did he perform well in the previous task of eliminating the demonic beasts in the sect, but he has also made rapid progress since he hunted the demonic beasts on his own a few days ago, which has provided him with 8 points of luck value in just a few days.

But who could have imagined it?

Players who performed so well, just like that, died...

Immediately, Zhou Yi opened the forum and checked the messages to see the reasons for the deaths of the several people.

After a long while, he sighed.

According to their descriptions, the white snake's strength was probably at least at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining.

The Lianyun Mountains are truly a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers dwell, with terrifying monsters emerging one after another.

"We must improve our strength as soon as possible!"

Zhou Yi thought to himself.

But soon, his thoughts shifted in another direction.

After reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining, the amount of Luck Points deducted from players upon death becomes an extremely terrifying number.

If simply using death time to warn players and make them act cautiously is ultimately of limited effectiveness.

"Some other punishment is necessary."

Soon, Zhou Yi set up an experience deduction mechanism for players after they reached the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

This serves as a warning to skilled players and also makes it easier for newbies to accumulate experience in the early stages of monster hunting.

This can be described as a win-win situation.

However, he is not in a hurry to update this mechanism, since such an abrupt update is bound to be criticized by players.

Moreover, there aren't many players who can reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining right now, so Zhou Yi isn't in a hurry.

"Let's wait until the next major update to address the experience deduction issue."

"As for the white snake in the Spirit Lake, I know very little about it at the moment, so it's best to keep the players away from that area for now."