Chapter 136: Chase and Escape
Chapter 136: Chase and Escape
What should we do?
Xue Ye Hua’s face changed dramatically.
With so many enemies, they had no chance to fight back at all!
She looked at Chen Mo, wanting to know if this guy had any ideas, and then she saw him calmly summoning his water element pet.
What use could a mere pet possibly have?
Although she didn’t deny that this water element pet was very unique, Xue Ye Hua knew that hunter pets weren’t very practical. Unless you were a Pet-Specialized Hunter, a pet’s usefulness was quite limited.
“A last-ditch struggle! Attack!” The people from the two large Guilds also smirked dismissively when they saw Chen Mo summon his pet.
But the next moment, both Xue Ye Hua and the people from the two Guilds had their understanding of hunters completely changed!
Whoosh!
A huge roaring sound suddenly erupted in front of the valley. A black hurricane appeared without any warning, fiercely sweeping towards the two Guilds at the valley entrance!
The gale pressed down. Before the hurricane had even fully approached, the faces of the people from the two Guilds had already changed dramatically!
Being caught in this black hurricane definitely wasn’t just about losing some Health Points!
Retreat!
The members of the two Guilds, forgetting about attacking Chen Mo for the moment, all thought to flee first.
But Chen Mo had already made Sesshylow use her strongest Hurricane Skill; how could he possibly let them escape!
Under Chen Mo’s command, the black hurricane formed by Sesshylow moved swiftly, sweeping most of the members from the two Guilds into it in the blink of an eye.
Back when Big Fatty was Level 16, it could easily wipe out large groups of Level 18 players. Now Sesshylow was Level 18, and her attack Attributes were even higher than Big Fatty’s. The highest Level among the two Guilds’ members was only Level 17. The players caught in the Hurricane Skill saw their Health Points plummeting wildly. Apart from death, there was no second path to survival!
The Hurricane Skill didn’t last very long. But when the hurricane subsided and Sesshylow returned to her original form, over half of the twenty-plus people from the two Guilds were dead. Only six people, who reacted quickly, managed to escape by sheer luck.
“What kind of monstrous thing is this!” The survivors from the two Guilds were stunned. If they hadn’t run fast, this pet could have wiped out their entire group with one skill!
Was this thing really a player’s pet, and not a BOSS?
“Run quickly!” Seeing the water-like pet rushing towards them, the six survivors had no courage left to fight it. They all turned and fled at top speed.
“Extreme Speed!”
Since the battle had fully commenced, Chen Mo naturally wouldn’t let them escape alive to bring back more people for revenge. With a thought, he commanded Sesshylow to use the Extreme Speed Skill.
Under the Extreme Speed Skill, Sesshylow’s movement speed increased by 50%. Although the duration was short, it was enough to catch up with the people fleeing ahead.
“Fight for our lives!”
Seeing Sesshylow chasing after them like the wind, a few members from the two Guilds knew they couldn’t escape, so they turned around and attacked suddenly.
Facing their attacks, Sesshylow couldn’t even be bothered to dodge. She simply traded blows directly. With her Defense capability, even if she stood still and let these people hit her, she wouldn’t take much Damage.
“What a pity! One Assassin still got away.”
Out of the six people, five died in the blink of an eye under Sesshylow’s fierce attacks. However, one Assassin Player managed to escape successfully using the Stealth Skill.
“Is she really your pet?”
Only at this moment did Xue Ye Hua react, looking at Sesshylow in disbelief as she asked Chen Mo.
“Aren’t you a Pet-Specialized Hunter? How can a pet possibly be this powerful!” Xue Ye Hua had too many doubts in her heart.
“Who said only a Pet-Specialized Hunter’s pet can be powerful?” Chen Mo rolled his eyes at her.
“Oh right, don’t forget our previous bet.” Then, Chen Mo reminded Xue Ye Hua.
The bet?
Xue Ye Hua suddenly remembered. Previously, she had made a bet with Chen Mo, saying that if he could single-handedly take on the two Guilds and eliminate over 70% of their people in front of her, then the two of them would have to be completely open with each other and engage in intimate communication or something.
Looking at it now, this guy had completely intentionally dug a pit for her to jump into!
“The bet? Did we make a bet?” Xue Ye Hua asked with an innocent look on her face.
Just kidding, how could such a bet be taken seriously? Moreover, this guy had deliberately tricked her. If she obediently listened to him and let him do whatever, that wouldn’t be her being trustworthy, but rather her having something wrong with her head!
Damn it, he knew this woman would go back on her word!
Just wait and see, his debts weren’t so easy to renege on!
“Let’s go, we need to rescue the princess first.” Now wasn’t the time to settle accounts with Xue Ye Hua. From what the two Guild members said, it was clear that Aulde didn’t want the princess to be rescued and had even issued Quests to stop them. He needed to hurry.
Xue Ye Hua also knew time was short. She nodded and, with Qing Tian closely following, entered the valley behind Chen Mo.
“Brave Adventurers, you’ve finally come. But things have changed. Aulde has already noticed that you want to rescue me and the princess. After he was released, he tampered with the prison cells holding me and the princess. The Crimson Crystals collected before are now a bit insufficient. Brave ones, you must quickly go and gather more Crimson Crystals!” Jumeng said anxiously as soon as he saw Chen Mo and Xue Ye Hua.
Things had indeed changed. But fortunately, he had been foresighted and had collected quite a few Crimson Crystals!
“Mr. Jumeng, are these Crimson Crystals enough?”
In the past two hours, Chen Mo had obtained two Silver-grade and sixteen Black Iron-grade Crimson Crystals. He had previously spent several days gathering Crimson Crystals here and knew that this amount combined was already quite substantial.
“Enough, good! Good!” Jumeng’s eyes lit up when he saw those Crimson Crystals.
Taking the Crimson Crystals from Chen Mo, Jumeng moved his palms. A crimson aura appeared in his hands. This crimson aura launched a fierce assault on the Crimson Prison. A series of dull thuds could be heard.
Bang!
Not long after, the Crimson Prison holding Jumeng was broken open by him.
Jumeng quickly stepped out of the Crimson Prison and rushed to the opposite side. Opposite was the prison cell holding Princess Peraldili.
Jumeng stood in front of the iron bars of the cell and took out a Potion. This was the Potion he had brewed to counteract the sleep magic.
On the ground inside the cell, near the iron bars, lay a quiet-looking, blue-haired girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old, asleep. Princess Peraldili. Princess Peraldili wore a grayish-gold dress and had various colored jewels adorning her, giving a sense of understated luxury.
Jumeng fed the Potion into Princess Peraldili’s small mouth. Princess Peraldili then let out a soft moan and slowly woke up.
“Jumeng… where is this?” Princess Peraldili didn’t immediately understand her situation.
“Princess, there’s no time. I can’t explain right now. Use these Crystals, attack the prison cell using the method I taught you before to break seals!” Jumeng said gravely.
Princess Peraldili also realized she had been captured and that Jumeng was now rescuing her. She nodded and, like Jumeng had done moments before, transformed all the Crimson Crystals into streams of crimson aura.
Not long after, the prison cell holding Princess Peraldili was also broken open. Princess Peraldili walked out from inside.
“Two Adventurers, we have no idea how to escape this area. Please lead the way.”
Scooping up Princess Peraldili in his arms, Jumeng turned and spoke to Chen Mo and Xue Ye Hua.
“We’ve rescued the person, but we still need to leave the Hunting Grounds. Which way should we go?” Xue Ye Hua asked Chen Mo.
“Don’t worry, I’ve already investigated. Just follow me. However, whether we can actually escape is still a question.”
Chen Mo had made preparations earlier. After gathering enough Crimson Crystals for Jumeng, he didn’t immediately use the title effect to return to the Land of Exile. Instead, he had Sesshylow carry him around to search for a way to leave the Hunting Grounds. After all, the Quest required him to take Princess Peraldili out of the Land of Exile.
To explore the map of the Hunting Grounds, Chen Mo had spent most of a day. In the end, he found a method that might work.
Xue Ye Hua thought to herself that this guy’s preparations were really thorough. But after witnessing Sesshylow’s power, no matter what Chen Mo did now, Xue Ye Hua felt she could accept it.
Chen Mo took the lead, with Xue Ye Hua and Jumeng closely following him out of the valley.
“Your people are truly useless! The princess and Jumeng have escaped!”
In the distance, Aulde, who was preparing to go to the designated meeting point with Dunis and the others, suddenly stopped walking.
He had tampered a little with their Crimson Prisons. Now that the distance wasn’t too great, he knew immediately when the two Crimson Prisons were broken.
Escaped? How is that possible?
Six Paths Maniac and Qi Se Yu Yi were both stunned, finding it hard to believe.
The vast majority of the two Guilds’ members had stayed at the valley entrance. Any Players who accepted the Quest to save the princess should have definitely only met a dead end.
“Boss…” And at this moment, the surviving Assassin Player finally came to his senses and sent a message to Six Paths Maniac.
Hearing the account of events, Six Paths Maniac’s mind was greatly shaken. That person was actually this monstrous!
“Come! Follow me to intercept the princess. We absolutely cannot let the princess escape!” Aulde suddenly spoke up at this moment.
If Jumeng and Princess Peraldili managed to escape, the fact that they had betrayed and become subordinates of Dunis would become known. In that case, Dunis would definitely no longer have any association with them. They might even be locked back here for the rest of their lives!
Thinking of this, Aulde decided that, no matter what, he could not let the princess escape.
“Be careful, that Hunter’s pet is very abnormal!” Following behind Aulde and the other NPCs in pursuit, Six Paths Maniac reminded Qi Se Yu Yi.
“No wonder that guy didn’t take us seriously, he actually has such a powerful pet!” Qi Se Yu Yi’s expression was gloomy. The Quest to prevent others from rescuing the princess had already failed. Now, it was quite possible that the Quest to rescue this group of NPCs would also fail. That would be a huge loss.
Both of them were as anxious as if on fire. But Aulde was even more anxious than them. In order to catch up to the princess, he continuously applied speed buffs to those around him, allowing them to move at a much faster than normal speed, rapidly traversing the Hunting Grounds.
“We can see their figures now!”
After chasing for a solid half hour, both Six Paths Maniac and Qi Se Yu Yi felt their spirits lift.
Aulde was very powerful. If he took action, that Hunter Player’s pet wouldn’t be anything to fear.
As long as they could catch up, the Quest was definitely going to be completed!
However, as the two of them passed through a patch of grass, a sudden change occurred