With Such Rewards, I Have No Choice But to Act

The Mountain God's strength exceeded everyone's expectations.

One breath could instantly kill a large group, another breath could pull them all into a strange place, using bizarre methods to slaughter them.

Against such a powerful Mountain God, they could hardly muster any resistance.

Facing such a powerful Mountain God was like ordinary people facing a terrifying tsunami. Apart from despair, there was only more despair.

"Everyone, don't panic. After all, this is just a game. Even if we die, we can still respawn. No need to be so desperate. At worst, we lose one level and can't log in for three days."

Seeing the scene becoming difficult to control, Su Xiaolou had to step up and manage the situation.

"That's right. Although this feeling of waiting to die is truly terrifying, at the end of the day, it's just a game. If we die, we die. What's the big... ah... don't kill me, I don't want to die... don't kill... splat..."

With the sound of flesh being pierced, the player who had been speaking instantly fell silent.

Immediately, fear grew in everyone's hearts.

Although this was just a game, the feeling was very real.

That sense of not knowing when death would come, yet being completely powerless to resist, was truly despairing.

"Wah... I finally spent four days to reach level 42. If I die now, all my grinding will be wasted."

"I just bought my level 40 weapon for 300 gold coins. It's not even warmed up in my hands yet. If it drops, I'll quit the game."

"Me too. I just bought a mount, just now, and died horribly. If I lose another level and drop some equipment, I really don't want to play anymore."

"A three-day gap means falling at least one level behind the main group. If we drop another level, that's a two-level difference. Equipment updates every 5 levels, and level 45 equipment is in a completely different league from level 40 equipment. By then, our combat power will definitely be far behind. What's the point of playing?"

Feeling the atmosphere of despair, everyone began to wail.

"Huahua is also dead. I play this game just to accompany her. If she doesn't want to play, I'll quit too."

"Everyone... sigh, forget it. This time, it's my fault. I've dragged everyone down. Qionglou might fall because of this. As the guild leader, I bear great responsibility. If we can survive this time, I will compensate those who died. If... we all die, those who want to quit can come to me for some assistance."

Huo Silou's tone was very dejected. At this point, she also understood that Qionglou, after this battle, would definitely fall behind.

Their sixth-place ranking would be hard to maintain.

Even though she now had a Guild Establishment Token, with all the guild's core members dropping in level, it would be difficult to recover in the short term.

Moreover, with the growing sentiment to quit, it would be harder to manage in the future.

Since that was the case, she wouldn't force it.

"Everyone has followed me for so long. Today, perhaps we must officially say goodbye. Sigh, I still haven't taken Huahua out for barbecue. If she quits, I will definitely find you all to fulfill this promise."

"Guild Leader..."

"Guild Leader, don't say that... sigh, we don't want to either, but this respawn mechanism is just too annoying."

"Yeah, Guild Leader... wait, it seems like... have you noticed, it's gone?"

Suddenly, an excited voice came from the darkness.

"What's gone?" someone asked.

"The... slime, and the vines, they all seem gone. Do you feel it?"

This Qionglou member spoke excitedly.

"It does seem that way. Did it stop?"

Hearing that member's words, everyone immediately focused on their senses.

Then, they happily discovered that indeed, it had stopped. The scene suddenly became silent.

Followed by an outburst of joyful cheers.

"Great, no need to die, we don't have to die—"

Splat!

"Ugh..."

In the darkness, blood splattered, and the joyful cheers abruptly ceased.

"It's back..."

Someone said, and immediately, everyone curled up in the strange dark zone, trembling with fear.

"Will the blue skeleton come to save us?"

Outside the Mountain God, at this moment, Jiang Cheng was in the sky, examining this majestic and terrifying Mountain God.

During the Mountain God's attack earlier, Jiang Cheng had already flown up to avoid it.

Naturally, he hadn't been sucked in.

But now, he was also troubled.

Because he had already tested his attacks on this Mountain God. Even triggering his 20x No Mercy trait, he only managed to deal about 200 damage.

With the 20x No Mercy, all multipliers stacked, in full state, it reached about 261 times, yet it only dealt 200 points of damage...

This Mountain God, though with limited attack methods, had incredibly high defense and hit points. Jiang Cheng couldn't damage it effectively.

Jiang Cheng had initially planned to give up, but he had no choice. Just as he was leaving, he triggered an SS-level task.

【SS-level Hidden Task】

Task Details: The sealed Mountain God of Qiuming Mountain has been broken by the power of hell, emerging from the earth in a Demonic State, threatening to bring disaster. Defeat the Mountain God and obtain the Mountain God's Soul.

Task Reward 1: After defeating the Mountain God, you will obtain a divine-level treasure chest *1

Task Reward 2: Killing the Mountain God will grant you the Mountain God's Soul, Large Teleportation Array Diagram *1

Task Reward 3: Drive away the Hell's Three-Pronged Demon residing within the Mountain God, obtain Qiuming Mountain God Statue *1.

"With such rewards, I have no choice but to act."

Jiang Cheng sighed softly.