The End of the Extraordinary Path
"General, here's the Sand Gold you requested!"
Two days later, Old Wang found General Zhang with the 1,000 Sand Gold particles he had collected.
Nothing particularly noteworthy happened in the two days of competition. His opponents, just like the first one on the first day, immediately conceded defeat upon seeing him.
There are several professional players who were unexpectedly eliminated like Wu Shenqi. They were practically nailed to the Pillar of Shame by the Player, which made Old Wang feel a chill down his spine.
People online really have sharp tongues. Old Wang broke out in a cold sweat when he saw these posts Taunt Wu Shenqi.
"That was quick this time, very good! I still need 100 Thornwood trunks. Go to Planet K-35 and get them for me. It's urgent this time; you only have four hours!"
After General Zhang received the Sand Gold, he said to Old Wang.
Upon hearing this, Old Wang accepted the task and immediately headed towards the destination.
The Path of Transcendence 3: Please complete General Zhang's test.
Task Progress: Thornwood (0/100)
Task Reward: 50,000 Experience Points
Although Thornwood is a type of wood, it is not a gathering material, but rather a monster material dropped by Thornwood Dryad.
The Thornwood Dryad is a level 30 plant-type monster that is relatively rare in the game, and it inhabits Planet K-35.
This task is no easy feat, because the Thornwood Dryad is an extremely powerful monster. It might take an average person more than two minutes to kill just one, and it could take four hours to kill 100 of them, not to mention the time spent searching and traveling.
However, for Old Wang, killing monsters wasn't the problem; even level 30 Normal Chief couldn't withstand his attacks. His only problem was finding monsters.
Fortunately, Thornwood Dryad are everywhere on Planet K-35, so they're not too difficult to find...
"Holy crap, what the hell is going on?"
After Old Wang arrived at K-35 through the Teleportation Array, he was greeted by a scene of devastation, as if the place had been ravaged by missiles.
He flew into the sky and saw a large group of people attacking a towering tree in the distance, while countless Thornwood Dryad lurked beneath it.
Thornwood King (Special)
LV30
Lord
HP 15 million
MP5 million
Attack 690
Defense 80
Skills: Rooting, Vitality, Nature's Guard, Thorny Entanglement, Dryad King, Spine Burst
"This is much more convenient, no need to search one by one anymore," Old Wang said, looking at the scene before him. This must be the Tree King activating its [Dryad King] skill.
Old Wang happened to recognize the guild fighting monsters in front of him; it was the Timeworn Ruins Guild, one of the few allies of the Future Guild.
At this point, they had reduced the Tree Demon King's health to below half, but in Old Wang's opinion, they were already at their last gasp.
Their guild members didn't suffer much in terms of health, but everyone in the guild was almost out of mana.
Lan Yikong and the others had to land, but countless tree demons awaited them below; landing would mean certain death.
"Boss! This won't do. If we can't recover mana, we'll be wiped out. Should we retreat first and then think of a solution?" The commander of the Time Relics clearly realized the problem, but he had no solution.
Normally, given their guild's strength, they should have already taken down a boss with 15 million HP.
However, this tree spirit possesses two healing skills, [Rooting] and [Vitality], as well as the high damage reduction skill [Nature's Guard], which completely drained their entire guild's mana.
Upon hearing the words of command, the President the Time Relics Sands of Time, thought for a moment and was about to agree, but at that moment his communication device lit up.
He hadn't wanted the chance, but after glancing at the caller ID, he answered anyway. After exchanging a few words with the person and hanging up, he laughed and said:
"No need to retreat, our reinforcements have arrived. Tell the brothers to get back somewhere safe and avoid being hit by the mobs. We'll go in again after all the monsters are dead!"
The commander was a bit confused after hearing his words. It meant to retreat and let others come up to clear the mobs before engaging the boss.
Are there really such good people in the game? Are you sure they're not just here to steal the boss? And I haven't seen any other factions either.
However, his consistently good manners prevented him from asking further questions; instead, he conveyed the words of the Sands of Time.
The group from the Time Relics Ruins retreated quickly. Although the Tree King was resilient, it was also exceptionally heavy, so they retreated to a distance with minimal effort.
After they retreated, some people noticed the Mecha flying towards the Tree King. At first, they thought it was one of their guilds that had gone up to aggro it, but soon someone recognized it as the Mecha that was unique in the entire game.
"Is that the Lord of the Elements? Is this the reinforcements you mentioned?" The commander of the Time Relics asked, looking at the Mecha in the sky.
The moment he finished speaking, twenty-one photons appeared in the sky, Photon Ray, the most representative skill of the Lord of the Elements, was unleashed.
Countless rays of light rained down, bombarding the tree spirits below. Then came Falling Firestars, Blizzard Dark Storm, and Falling Rocks —a variety of wide-range attacks relentlessly bombarding the tree spirits below.
The treant minions that had been giving the Time Relics so much trouble didn't last a minute under this Rampage attack before they were all wiped out.
Looking at the completed task, Old Wang gave an OK sign towards the Sands of Time before flying back towards the Teleportation Array, leaving the Tree Spirit boss, whose health was already severely depleted, to the Timeworn Ruins Guild to deal with.
"Stop looking, hurry up and go take on the boss, it'll heal soon!" Sands of Time said to the members who were still staring in the direction Old Wang flew away.
"This damage is outrageous!"
When can I be like that?
"Speaking of which, when did our President become so influential? He can even hire the Thousand King to work for him!"
"You don't know this, do you? Our guild and the Future are allies!"
"Is our guild really that awesome?!"
While discussing their Time Relics Ruins took over the Treant boss. Without the minions, dealing with it was much easier for them.
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After completing his mission, Old Wang returned to his Homeworld Base, only to be met with another mission: General Zhang tasked him with collecting 10 Perfect Elemental Crystal within an hour.
This was the simplest quest in the quest chain he had taken on. Not to mention elemental crystals, even a higher-level Elemental Crystal could be completed in 10 seconds.
After purchasing 10 Elemental Crystals from the system shop, Old Wang completed this part of the quest with a look of shock on his face, and then accepted the final part of the quest.
The End of the Path of Transcendence: Please complete General Zhang's test and clear the Black Shark Pirate Nest within 30 minutes.
Mission Progress: Completion Time (Not Completed)
Mission Rewards: Mecha Advancement to Elite-Grade, Mecha Pilot Advancement to Intermediate Mecha Pilot, 50,000 Experience Points
"So this is what the Elite Path means! So Player Mecha can advance like monsters?"
Seeing this, Old Wang finally understood the meaning behind the mission's name.
The purpose of this mission is to allow Player to advance to the elite Elite-Grade.
If Old Wang's prediction is correct, the level 30 level that has caused countless people to struggle to survive must also be related to these elite or Intermediate Mecha Pilot.
In fact, they had considered that the reason they kept failing to advance might be because of the "Beginner Pilot" status on the character panel, but they Daoren to improve that.
Old Wang didn't know if his path was suitable for others, but he figured he probably wouldn't have this hurdle to overcome.
As for clearing the Black Shark Pirate Nest in 30 minutes, that's not a problem for the Future Guild; he himself can lead the team to complete it.
"Does anyone still have enough attempts for the Black Shark Pirate Nest Instance Dungeon today? Let's run an Instance Dungeon together, we need to clear it within 30 minutes."
After accepting the mission, Old Wang sent a message in the guild's Elite Group.
"Have!"
"Boss, over here!"
"Please take me on, boss!"
"..."
Due to its high barrier to entry, even elite members of major guilds still need a considerable amount of time to clear the Black Shark Pirate Nest.
Because of the competition, many of them simply gave up their chances to run the dungeon today. How could they not be enthusiastic when they suddenly saw Old Wang leading a group to run the Instance Dungeon?
Old Wang quickly formed a raid group, then led the team to Black Shark Star, gave a few instructions, and entered the Instance Dungeon.
The Instance Dungeon run went smoothly without any hiccups. Fearing something might go wrong, Old Wang used all his strength, and Bai Tianyu and the others couldn't withstand the explosive damage at all.
Because Old Wang was so fast, some members of the Future Guild hadn't even reacted by the time he finished the game. Then one of them checked the completion time: 19 minutes and 38 seconds.
Excellent! It didn't even take 20 minutes, let alone 30.