Chapter 109
The players waiting nearby had, to some extent, gathered information about the territory upgrade from the star network and the research teams behind the scenes. Naturally, they wouldn’t foolishly rush in to help Bai Ye Village fight monsters.
With the group of creatures at over level ten, dealing with them was both troublesome and offered little experience. During the territory upgrade, these creatures had a clear objective. When players spotted them from a distance, they instinctively knew to avoid confrontation. As long as they didn’t block the beasts’ path, these ferocious creatures wouldn’t attack them.
Not to mention, the more than ten players who had just been driven out of the village were all equipped with night cloaks, which had stealth effects. They were comfortably settled in, ready to be spectators.
This was a prime opportunity to observe and assess the strength of Bai Ye Village.
Of course, if a good chance arose for them to snag a BOSS, that would be a different story.
The players were aware they could come and go as they pleased. At this moment, everything in Bai Ye Village was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
Having dealt with the first wave of wild wolves and wild boars, the soldiers from the last territory upgrade had gained experience. The first round involved hunting traps, while the second round saw a volley of standard crossbow bolts. These simple combat tasks were assigned to the newly trained crossbowmen.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
After the volley, the newly promoted soldiers all jumped from level 0 to levels 4 and 5.
Moreover, this time there was a noticeable difference from the previous territory upgrade. The beasts weren’t particularly strong, but they came in almost endless waves, with no breaks in between.
The soldiers’ levels climbed steadily, from 4 and 5 to 7 and 8, and then from 7 and 8 to 11 and 12.
Not far away, from within the wooden enclosure, sounds of ‘rustle, rustle’ and ‘bang, bang’ intertwined, as the untamed antelopes inside were stimulated by a strange scent, falling into a frenzy.
However, just like last time when they couldn’t get out, this time was no different. Ye Bai had added an extra layer of fencing just in case, making it a total of three layers.
“Phew…”
Beside Ye Bai, Blaze quietly stifled a yawn.
As the night progressed, the average level of the new soldiers had risen to 14 or 15, yet no significant BOSS had appeared. The entire training process had been quite effective, but the elite guards, all above level 20, were starting to lose their enthusiasm.
Not only Ye Bai’s guards, but the players waiting around the territory were also yawning in boredom.
“Where’s the BOSS? I heard that territory upgrades come with elites and BOSSes…”
“Maybe it hasn’t shown up yet?” a companion replied, glancing at the heaps of beast corpses piled on the ground after being slain by the soldiers. “If only we could loot these bodies! Beast meat and pelts might not be worth much individually, but with this many, it’s gotta be worth a few dozen silver coins, right?”
“Probably more than that. And this is just one direction; there are more in others.”
As the players chatted, using their eyes as cameras to capture the moment, suddenly one player jolted.
“What’s that…”
Hearing this, the others quickly turned to look, seeing the player gazing up at the sky.
The three players around him followed suit, and soon, illuminated by the spores of the Creation Tree, they spotted a particularly dense shadow in the sky.
Through the outstretched wings, the four quickly recognized it as… a bird?
As time passed, they could see the shadow of the bird growing larger. Initial estimates suggested that its wingspan was at least ten meters.
This giant bird had a clear target, diving straight toward the center of Bai Ye Village.
Players familiar with territory upgrades felt a shiver run down their spines. They hadn’t expected that this time, the BOSS for Bai Ye Village would be so different—not a creature from the ground, but one from the sky.
And judging by the size of this giant bird, it was clearly no ordinary BOSS!
In the myriad realms, players had gathered many insights, such as the notion that smaller monsters aren’t necessarily weak, but oversized monsters are definitely strong.
…
“Caw—!”
A sharp, piercing cry rang out, accompanied by the sound of rushing wind, announcing its arrival to everyone.
The giant bird swooped down from the sky, entering the airspace of Bai Ye Village, its target set on the Creation Tree.
“Oh no!”
Ye Bai exclaimed in surprise. She had anticipated that even if she cleared the nearby wild BOSSes, an exclusive BOSS would spawn during the upgrade from a village to a town, with levels ranging from 20 to 30.
Now, spotting the BOSS from a distance, especially the three heads atop it, Ye Bai immediately recognized what kind of BOSS had arrived.
The three-headed griffon, typically a BOSS of levels 28 to 30, had over 40,000 health points—not particularly high compared to other BOSSes of the same level, and even less than some lower-level creatures like the patterned crocodile king. However, its challenge lay in the fact that it was a flying creature, meaning attacks could primarily rely on ranged combat, and it had an additional accuracy debuff.
What truly troubled Ye Bai was the griffon’s skill: the “Rapid Gale” created by flapping its wings. Units caught in this wind would be drawn closer, taking damage, and worse, this skill was a master at demolishing buildings!
“Go, go, go!”
Ye Bai, who had initially thought she could sit back and relax this time, could no longer remain idle. It was one thing to get hurt, but she couldn’t let her hard-earned territory be damaged!
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that if the BOSS destroyed even a single flower or plant here, Ye Bai would feel heartbroken!
Not to mention the various buildings; the worst-case scenario would be if the three-headed griffon toppled the wooden fence, allowing the antelopes she had nurtured for nearly a month to escape. That would leave her with nowhere to cry.
The guards and soldiers, who had been on high alert, saw Ye Bai charge straight toward the approaching three-headed griffon from the east.
“Lord!”
The others finally reacted, but Ye Bai, moving much faster than her peers of the same level, had already dashed ten meters ahead.
At this point, no other beasts were attacking, and seeing this, the others followed, but none could catch up to Ye Bai.
The three-headed griffon was heading straight for the territory, and Ye Bai was heading straight for the griffon. With both charging toward each other, they quickly closed the distance to less than fifty meters.
Just then, in a burst of speed, Ye Bai suddenly leaped, soaring four meters into the air.
A moment later, a translucent winged glow flashed behind her. According to physical logic, she should have been descending, but instead, she seemed to gain strength mid-air, as if stepping on invisible stepping stones, leaping again—
“Holy crap!”
“Bai Ye can fly??”
A few players who had retreated to the east of Bai Ye Village recognized her as she appeared, her unique light feather cloak now serving as a reference point for other players. They were soon treated to a jaw-dropping sight.
Ye Bai formed an upward parabola in the air, soaring nearly 20 meters in a straight line, directly confronting the diving three-headed griffon!
This was the only instant-cast spell Ye Bai had recently mastered: “Light Feather Technique,” which provided a rapid upward thrust and five times the jumping power for one second.
All the players instinctively seized the moment to take screenshots.
Just as they thought it was too late, feeling that Ye Bai was about to be struck by the griffon’s sharp beak, she suddenly waved her hand, throwing a white, spherical object toward the three-headed griffon.
That white ball seemed insignificant compared to the griffon, but in the next moment, it suddenly burst open, expanding in the wind, transforming into a massive web that ensnared the griffon.
The griffon’s aggro had already locked onto Ye Bai, the “living being within the territory,” and it instinctively aimed to strike her before dealing with the web.
However, in the next instant, Ye Bai used the shadow created by the griffon’s large wings to activate her Shadow Step, her figure flickering and appearing beside a tree in the shadows below.
“Teleport! Bai Ye can teleport!”
Seeing this, several players grasped this new information, but having just used the screenshot function, they couldn’t go back to analyze how she did it. They could only draw two exaggerated conclusions—Bai Ye could fly and she could teleport.
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