Chapter 50: Natural Trials, the Army Strikes
Lin Kong acquired the items and used them right away.
[Ding! You learned the skill: Tracking Shot LV1.]
[Ding! Your backpack space has been expanded to: 400 tiles.]
He then fed the last SSS-level skill stone to Tracking Shot, upgrading the skill to level 3.
[Tracking Shot · Tier A]
Level: 3 (4000/12000)
Effect: Consume 150 mana, lock on a target, and cause [600+ATK x270%] physical damage to it.
Cooldown: 5.8 seconds
Lin Kong closed the skill panel and noticed the quartermaster's hesitant expression. The hidden mainline was about to trigger!
"Do you have anything to say?" Lin Kong asked calmly.
"Right!" The quartermaster nodded heavily. "Since you can eradicate 11 dark strongholds, you must be very powerful. Can I ask you one thing?"
"What's up?" Lin Kong knew what the quartermaster was going to say but went along with it for the sake of the process.
"Because the elf princess was cursed by darkness, she has not woken up till now. Only the heart of nature can dispel the curse. The heart of nature can be obtained only by passing the test of the gods. But the test is too difficult, and so far, no one has passed it," the quartermaster said with a sad face. "Can you try to challenge the natural trial? Even if you fail, it will only waste a short time."
"Okay," Lin Kong readily agreed. He had come to this world specifically to participate in the natural trials.
Hearing this, the quartermaster was very excited. "Come with me!" he said respectfully.
The two walked towards the palace of the Elf Kingdom. On the way, the system prompt sounded.
[Ding! You have 1 friend message.]
"Ning Qing's news?" Lin Kong thought, opening the information panel to see Ning Qing's message.
[Xiao Kong, after your world ends this time, stay in reality for four more days. I have a surprise for you!]
"Surprise... Do you want to give me a protoss puppet?" Lin Kong guessed but decided to wait until he returned to reality to check the information about the doll.
Under the leadership of the quartermaster, Lin Kong arrived at the palace and met the court mage Erlinger.
"Lord Ellinger, I brought a chosen person to participate in the natural trial. He alone eradicated 11 dark strongholds," the quartermaster said.
"I didn't expect to have such a powerful Chosen," Erlinger looked at Lin Kong in surprise. He summoned a teleportation formation with his staff. "Chosen One, each person has only one chance to participate in the trial. If you retrieve the heart of nature, I will give you a generous reward."
"Understood," Lin Kong nodded.
He stepped on the magic circle, and the light enveloped his body. In the next moment, Lin Kong disappeared into the palace.
Lin Kong arrived at the place of natural trials—an endless forest.
[Ding! Natural Trial Clearance Conditions: Kill four nature guardians and the incarnation of the god of nature.]
The earth shook violently, and nearby trees rose up, merging into a ten-meter tree man.
[Nature Guardian · Lord]
Level: 20
Rank: B
Blood volume: 115w
Attack: 7000
Lin Kong planned to save Divine Revelation for the final incarnation of the god of nature, dealing with other challenges using his skills.
Lei Lin Rush!
Tracking Shot!
Arrows flew, striking the tree man as Lin Kong moved toward open areas.
With each attack, the bonus from [Speed Run] increased, pushing his movement speed to over 6000 and doubling his attack range.
The Guardian of Nature couldn't touch him, trailing behind and enduring attacks.
After hundreds of strikes, the guardian's physical defense was reduced by 2990, allowing Lin Kong's attacks to hit for 1221 damage per shot.
He fired nine arrows per second, causing over 10,000 damage per second.
In about 100 seconds, the Nature Guardian's HP was drained.
[Ding! You killed Nature Guardian No. 1.]
Killing the trial boss brought no immediate rewards, but it advanced his 2-star hunter progress to 4/10.
The second nature guardian appeared, and Lin Kong continued the fight, killing the B-tier boss in 2 minutes with high attack speed and damage.
While participating in the trial, the system prompt sounded.
[Ding! Congratulations on opening the third phase of the mainline.]
[Main quest 3: Victory in the war. Requirement: Defeat the army of the dark faction and prevent them from attacking the capital city of Shengke. Time limit: 2 days.]
Professionals in the elf kingdom received the message. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Dark Portal factions united, leading their soldiers to attack the Elf Kingdom from the No. 2 Dark Portal.
"The guys from the dark camp are finally attacking!"
"Haha, our faction has such a huge advantage; this is stable!"
Professionals in the Elf Kingdom were confident, buoyed by a temporary four-dimensional attribute bonus exceeding the enemy by over 20 points.
However, most professionals had left the dungeon after mission 2, leaving only 30,000 with over 4 million soldiers.
The dark camp, bolstered by a member of the military god family, felt equally confident. They had 40,000 professionals and nearly 4 million soldiers, trusting the War God family's unblemished record in war missions.
"Start the attack!" Han Qiu commanded calmly.
He led 20,000 soldiers, evenly split between level 20 and level 15, their attributes doubled and movement speed quadrupled by [Legion Power].
The battlefield of 8 million soldiers was grand and chaotic, with Han Qiu's army tearing through the Elf Kingdom's forces at four times the speed.
As time passed, Elf Kingdom players realized they were at a severe disadvantage.
"f**k, these archers are ridiculously strong!"
"Their movement speed is insane, and their attack range is long. Our soldiers can't even touch them."
"It's over... We've lost this game."
An air of despair permeated the crowd.
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