[Above the Hanging City · Emerald Cliff Summit]
"You all stay here. Don't move. I'm going to buy some oranges... ah, no, I'm going to scout the way ahead. I'll be right back!"
Vanguard Across the Realm casually tossed out a terrible joke, earning a round of eye-rolls from the Assassin squad behind him.
"Brother Feng, are you taking advantage of us?"
"Put away your tricks! There isn't even a single fruit tree here. It's all damn rocks and crystals!"
Jokes aside, rashly advancing into a brand-new high-level map with unknown average monster levels was an absolute military blunder.
Although everyone present had just leveled up, and those with nothing to lose feared nothing, they still couldn't just throw their lives away!
"Maniac, come with me."
Vanguard Across the Realm dropped his smile and called over Data Maniac. "Your Psionic Vision can see through energy flows and disguises. In this map, it's basically a natural full-map radar. The two of us are small targets and highly mobile. Even if we run into a big monster, if we can't beat it, I can use Flash Step to force our way out of combat with you."
Data Maniac slung a small pack over his back and stuffed several mana potions inside. "No problem. My eyes have been starving for this."
The two left the main group and slipped silently into the dreamlike Emerald Crystal Forest like a pair of ghosts.
The sight within the forest was even more breathtaking than it had been from the cliff's edge.
Towering translucent emerald crystal trunks reached into the clouds, while the crisp chime of colliding leaves perfectly masked their footsteps on the hard ground.
But the more beautiful a place was, the more likely it was to conceal deadly danger.
"Stop! High-energy reaction ahead to