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nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

nSystem notification: you have entered the Map, Frost Worship Ground!

nLu Yuan was stunned. The name of the map had changed.

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nHe had thought that he would reach the second floor of the Frost Cave, but unexpectedly, it was the Frost Worship Ground.

nAfter entering the place, Lu Yuan found that the surroundings were filled with condensed frost elements.

nClusters of pale blue elements had already condensed into a solid form and were floating in the air, emitting a pale blue light.

nAs if they were being pulled, the pale blue frost elements were gradually drifting into a deeper part of the area.

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nLu Yuan could not help but frown slightly. “This is… ?”

nIt seemed very eerie.

nWithout having the time to think it over, Lu Yuan continued to explore while his Stealth state was not over yet.

nThe findings of his exploration were that he reached the conclusion that this map was very strange.

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nIn the middle of the map was a piece of land that was made up of floating ice blocks, and expanded into the area like a spider web.

nUnder it was a bottomless abyss. It was pitch-black, and it looked very unsettling.

nOn top of that, the path in the middle was guarded by the giant frost apes!

nLu Yuan approached carefully and found that these giant frost apes were already at level 35!

nHe would be completely destroyed if he even got close to them! There was no way he could beat them!

nThey could probably kill Lu Yuan with a light slap.

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nLu Yuan moved nimbly and easily bypassed them.

nThen, in the middle of the path, Lu Yuan saw many different paths. Each path was guarded by giant frost apes.

nLu Yuan even saw a few that seemed to have evolved. They had purple fur all over their bodies, and they were even stronger and fiercer.

nThose should be an even more powerful species.

nWhen he reached this spot, Lu Yuan knew that there was no need to continue exploring, because this was no longer something he could deal with.

nThe moment his Stealth entered cooldown, he would be killed very quickly, thus it was not worth it.

nSeeing that the duration of his Stealth was left with a little over 30 seconds, he quickly left the place, his pace while returning was like lightning.

nPhew!

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nLu Yuan finally managed to retreat from the dangerous area just before his Stealth entered cooldown.

nIn the area where he was now, the levels of the giant frost apes were below level 20.

nFor the time being, they would not pose a threat to Lu Yuan.

nSince the mission only required the blood essence of the giant frost apes, without a requirement for level, it should be fine for him to just fight with the giant frost apes in the outer area.

nIt was just conveniently so that the monsters in the outer area were spawned more densely, so he could also treat this as training to level up.

nHence, Lu Yuan held a dagger in his hand and fixed his gaze on one of the giant frost apes.

n-38!

n-41!

n-42!

n-39!

n-40!

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nA series of damage was inflicted on the ape. It was extremely enjoyable to fight.

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nLu Yuan was also enjoying such a battle.

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nAfter an unknown amount of time.

nLu Yuan finally finished collecting 100 portions of the giant frost apes’ blood essence.

n“I’m so tired I might die. He actually asked for 100 portions of giant frost apes’ blood essence, such a beast.”

nLu Yuan looked at his EXP bar and found that it was already at 99%.

nHe should be able to level up after completing the quest.

nJust as Lu Yuan was about to return to the city, he suddenly heard the sound of a system notification.

nThere was a second player who had entered a main city, but it was in an overseas region.

nLu Yuan could not help but frown. According to the current progress of the game, after there were players in the overseas region that entered one of the main cities, the players of the domestic region would be soon to arrive as well.

nHe believed that it wouldn’t be long before a large number of players would rush in and enter the main cities.

nWhen that time came, the main cities would be very lively.

nThinking of this, Lu Yuan had no choice but to speed up his progress.

nThis was because his advantage was his advanced knowledge about some of the hidden missions, as opposed to the other players.

nIf he was any slower, the other players might discover the missions on their own.

nIn his previous life, Lu Yuan had seen a lot of strategy geniuses research and discover the trigger conditions of many hidden missions.

nAlmost every NPC’s background had been discovered by those guys!

nAs such, Lu Yuan had to hurry up.

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nLu Yuan looked at the time. Only four to five hours had passed, time was still sufficient, so he returned to the second floor of Dawn Tavern.

nSure enough, Rogge had not left yet. He was still drinking till he was drunk here.

nIt looked like he was a living drunkard in the flesh, with no hint of his bearing as a mage.

nLu Yuan went up to talk to him and found that Rogge was completely ignoring him.

nHe was mumbling nonsense about wine and so on.

nLu Yuan was speechless when he heard that. This guy couldn’t be trying to trick him into buying another bottle of wine for him, right?

nHowever, to trigger the conversation, Lu Yuan could only endure it.

nHe went downstairs and bought another bottle of wine that cost two gold coins, then spoke to Rogge again.

n“Sir Rogge, the good wine is here.”

nLu Yuan opened the wine stopper and immediately, a strong smell of wine wafted out from it.

nRogge seemed to instantly sober up and snatched the wine from Lu Yuan’s hand.

nGulp, gulp, gulp!

nAfter gulping down a few mouthfuls, Rogge felt comfortable all over.

n“Good wine! Good wine!”

nAfter that, Rogge raised his head and saw Lu Yuan.

n“It’s you. You’re back so soon? How was it? Did you collect 100 portions of the frost giant apes’ blood essence?”

nLu Yuan directly threw the 100 portions of blood essence to Rogge.

n“It’s all collected.”

nRogge looked at the 100 portions of blood essence with disbelief in his eyes.

n“Oh my God, you did it, and in such a short time! Come, this is your reward.”

nWith this, Rogge raised his hand and a golden light entered Lu Yuan’s body.

nCongratulations on completing the mission — Traces of Frost!

nObtained 1,000 EXP! Obtained 10 gold coins! Obtained skill Frost Descent!

nFrost Descent (cannot be upgraded)

nEffect: Consumes 100 MP to summon frost to deal continuous frost damage to the target area, causing 100 10 Intelligence damage for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 180 seconds.

nDescription: This is a forbidden spell that mage Rogge spent a lot of effort to create. However, there was a problem in the final stage, causing the power of this spell to be permanently fixed at the initial stage, which is also Rogge’s lifelong regret.

nLu Yuan could not help but cheer in his heart when he saw this skill!

nThat’s right! It’s this skill!

nThe first player to complete this mission would obtain a version of the skill that was slightly stronger. There would be an additional 100 fixed damage, and the cooldown time would also be reduced by 20 seconds.

nHowever, this was only a small advantage.

nStill, it was enough for Lu Yuan!

nWith his talent, he could upgrade the Frost Descent skill once again!

nWith this thought, Lu Yuan used his skill point on it.

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