Chapter 225: Chapter 174: Shepherd Aaron (Three-in-One, Vote!)”_3
“Those woodcutters were too strong, even when we banded together, we couldn’t kill a single one…”
Doghead Gold said, still shaken.
He and Forget No Taboo exchanged glances, feeling that even if they drank the Hercules Potion, they most likely wouldn’t be able to defeat the woodcutters shrouded in black smoke.
After all, they seemed to be immune to physical attacks!
The horseman’s fists, no matter how hard, were useless…
The woodcutters didn’t fall for such tricks, no, it should be said that they quite enjoyed them, leaving the horseman tearful!
The woodcutters were set on fire for a long time, but they didn’t die. Coupled with their ability to shuttle through trees and swing their axes with bizarre attacks, they instilled fear in the players, proving to be extremely difficult to handle!
“Staying in the Immortal Realm continuously reduces the Sanity Value. What we need to do now is explore in the opposite direction of this cabin as per the mission description…”
Polaris said gravely.
“We don’t have much time, and we’ve already died once, dropping a level. We can’t afford to spend money and still go back at a loss!”
Dongyang glanced at him, then finally nodded.
“You’re right, Polaris.”
It was probably the earlier support and temporary command takeovers that made Dongyang regard this lone ranger gamer more highly.
Although he had heard of this person from the Horseman before, it wasn’t as real as seeing him in person.
He took one last look back at the distant cabin and bit his lip.
The screen warped and fluctuated.
Above the Statue Staring Lake, ten players were seen quickly moving away from the direction of the cabin.
Chen Lun leaned against the Maggie Statue and smiled as he watched this scene.
‘Just follow the direction I’ve set…’
He had shut down “Forest No. 1” cabin from the beginning, making it naturally inaccessible to the players.
He didn’t plan to let them into the cabin, simply using the cabin as a save point for the players.
‘Just like herding sheep, pushing the players in the predetermined direction, exploring for me and searching for the location of the next cabin.’
Chen Lun kept his smile.
Just now, seven players died at the hands of the woodcutter, providing him with 700 Experience Points and 3 Attribute Points.
‘Although not much, it’s better than nothing… at least the Attribute Points are always welcome.’
The light in the forest was still dim, the shadows of the trees dancing, eerie and fearful.
The ten players walked silently among them, apart from the rustle of their footsteps on the dry twigs and leaves, all was deadly quiet.
“We haven’t encountered the spider webs that were here during our first visit to the Immortal Realm, so we can speed up a bit… Our Sanity Value isn’t enough to staying here for long,”
Polaris whispered softly.
The others exchanged glances a few times, seemingly agreeing with this statement.
The group started running instead of walking.
The trees around them whipped by, the breeze on their faces slightly cool.
Just like that, after a few minutes of running, they soon encountered danger again.
A figure with its back to them stood in their way.
It looked like a person, covered in a filthy grey cloak, hunched over, seemingly mumbling something.
Upon hearing the footsteps of the players, it suddenly turned around.
The players were startled because they saw a vicious rat face!
The rat man’s mouth dripped with blood, as if it were chewing something, one hand holding a bloody chunk of meat, the other gripping a thick spiked club.
The rat man muttered.
It repeated the simple words, its cloudy eyes filled with madness and murderous intent.
The rat man suddenly moved.
It charged towards the players, raising the mace and smashing it down.
The huge impact created a hole in the ground, leaves and dirt flying about.
Polaris and the others managed to dodge in time, but Forget No Taboo was a step too slow, getting grazed on the thigh, and blood started pouring out immediately.
He cried out in pain, falling to the ground, entering a bleeding negative state.
The players surrounded the rat man and fired at it.
Blood blossomed on the rat man, sprayed with countless steel pellets, emitting a piercing scream.
After a round of shooting, it fell flat on its back, dead. The terrifying spiked club also rolled beside its body.
With a puff, some leaves were stirred up.
[Killed the contaminated creature “Cave Rat Man”! Gained 80 Experience Points!]
The players received the kill notification and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Finally encountered a somewhat normal creature, if we couldn’t have killed this as well, it really would’ve been unplayable!”
The woodcutter they had encountered earlier had given him quite a psychological scare.
The final shot that killed and awarded the kill reward fell to Chenxi, who gained 300 Experience Points, while the others shared the remaining 80 Points.
Dongyang said, reloading his weapon.
But he noticed that the expressions of the others were off.
“Vice president, it seems we’re surrounded!”
The Horseman said nervously.
Dongyang turned around and couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
In the surrounding woods, dense clusters of rat men appeared, most of them similar to the one they had just encountered. But there were also some rat men wearing leather armor, wielding huge machetes.
And Dongyang even saw a two-headed rat man dragging a huge iron hammer that appeared extremely heavy.
The dense murmuring entered the ears of the players, bringing an indescribable eeriness.