Truly Beautiful

The Shadow of the dense forest surged, and the wind rushed past my ears.

The United Rescue Team continued their rapid advance without stopping, heading towards the location of the Fairy Fish.

The team consisted of players all above level 100, so this speed was nothing to them.

Whether it was to rescue the players captured by the Fairy Fish and expose the Dragon Nation's carefully laid conspiracy, or to be anxious and want to achieve the server-wide first kill of a level 300 high-level Magic Beast to humiliate the Dragon Nation's retreat at the crucial moment, these were all things Hei Mi was thinking about.

Not a single player in the entire team spoke; they were all focused on making their way.

As the group sped along, another player team caught up with them—it was Dong Hu's team, the same team that had spoken to Xiao Fan earlier.

Dong Hu's team had also heard the legend of the Fairy Fish from the Seven-Colored Deer.

They were initially attracted to each other, but on their journey to find the Fairy Fish, they encountered Xiao Fan in disguise.

Xiao Fan intervened in time, exposing the Seven-Colored Deer's lie. After weighing the pros and cons, Dong Hu's team decided to give up their chance to find the Fairy Fish.

After parting ways with Xiao Fan, Dong Hu's team turned around and entered the Monster Region to level up.

However, not long after they entered the Monster Region, they encountered a sudden and dangerous situation.

A rare Twin Magic Beast!

Dong Hu's team is strong enough to deal with one Magic Beast, but dealing with two Magic Beasts at once will be very difficult.

Therefore, during this period, they had no time to pay attention to outside information and focused on dealing with the two Magic Beasts.

After a fierce and arduous battle, the team exhausted most of their strength, skills, and items, but finally managed to kill the two Twin Magic Beasts with great difficulty.

After catching their breath, everyone opened their friend information page and discovered the gathering message sent by their friends and factions.

In <Cloud Sea>, solo players and their teams face the most difficult situation, especially high-level players who almost all have a powerful faction to rely on.

If you're alone in the wild and encounter a sudden crisis without teammates to help you, you're likely to face the fate of being wiped out.

Although Dong Hu's team enjoys free exploration and dislikes being restricted, they still choose to align themselves with a major faction in Mirror City, so that they can form alliances with players of the same faction when they encounter danger.

Therefore, during this joint rescue operation in the secret realm, their team also received a gathering invitation from the forces behind them, but because they were focused on dealing with the Twin Magic Beast, they didn't have time to check the message.

After reading through each of the urgent messages, Dong Hu's pupils constricted, and a chill ran through him.

A vaguely suspected truth has finally come to light. He spoke in a deep voice, his tone filled with lingering fear. "The Seven-Colored Deer was indeed deceiving the players!"

In fact, after hearing the screams coming from the direction of the Fairy Fish, Dong Hu knew that what the player named Huang Quan said was most likely true.

He didn't inform anyone, partly because the allure of contracting a level 300 Magic Beast was too great for players, and others might not believe him.

Secondly, if what Huang Quan said was false, and someone actually made a contract with the Mermaid, those who withdrew from the competition because of his persuasion would definitely resent him afterwards.

Dong Hu can only control his own team; he can't control others.

Seeing that all the players who were looking for Fairy Fish had been caught, Dong Hu felt a surge of fear, and a layer of cold sweat had already quietly seeped out on his back.

He was incredibly grateful that he had heeded Huang Quan's advice at the crucial moment and hadn't fallen for the Seven-Colored Deer's trap out of momentary greed.

Otherwise, their team would be among the players captured by the Fairy Fish right now!

The other team members were also shaken by the news, a sense of lingering fear gripping everyone, while a feeling of relief welled up within them.

No one expected that the seemingly docile and Neutral Seven-Colored Deer would harbor such a vicious intention, deliberately plotting to kill players from all walks of life.

Team member Muzi raised her hand and gently patted her chest, letting out a long sigh, and said in a breathless tone:

"My goodness, the Seven-Colored Deer is broken too! Thank goodness we didn't go."

As soon as he finished speaking, a thoughtful female team member suddenly looked serious, a hint of worry appearing in her eyes.

She stared at the announcements on the message panel, her voice trembling slightly, carrying an undisguised unease:

"Captain, have you noticed something's wrong? The message from the faction mentioned that this United Rescue Team was guided by the Seven-Colored Deer throughout the entire journey to locate and hunt the Fairy Fish."

She paused slightly, swallowed hard, and didn't continue.

But everyone instantly understood the deeper meaning hidden in her words.

The Seven-Colored Deer is a major villain. If it hadn't tricked players into searching for the Fairy Fish, those players wouldn't have been caught at all! No, they wouldn't have even dared to think about contracting a level 300 Magic Beast.

Now, the Seven-Colored Deer has sent the United Rescue Team to hunt Fairy Fish, which is clearly ill-intentioned.

Although Dong Hu's team had no emotional attachment to the forces they relied on, once those forces fell, they became a lone group again in the wild.

"Hurry! Let's go and persuade the rescue team! Tell them not to anger the Fairy Fish!"

Dong Hu quickly replied.

Following the coordinates sent by their friend, Dong Hu's team hurried along and finally caught up with the main force just as the United Rescue Team was about to reach the Fairy Fish's location.

"What did you say? The rumor about the contracted Fairy Fish was spread by the Seven-Colored Deer, and he sent you to find the Fairy Fish?"

The speaker was Lion King, the leader of the powerful Ferocious Lion Sect, who was backed by Dong Hu.

He looked at Dong Hu's team with suspicion. If Zhou He hadn't said something similar before, the Lion King might have actually believed Dong Hu.

However, they had already exposed this lie; the so-called Seven-Colored Deer deception was purely a conspiracy by the Dragon Nation.

At this moment, the Lion King couldn't help but suspect that Dong Hu's team had been bribed by players from the Dragon Nation.

Muzi didn't notice anything amiss with the Lion King. When asked, she quickly nodded and recounted what had happened.

"That's right, after we finished the mission, the Seven-Colored Deer mysteriously told us about the legend of the Fairy Fish."

We thought our team had triggered a serendipitous encounter and were excited for a long time, but on our way to find the Fairy Fish, we discovered that the Seven-Colored Deer had told this legend to many players!

If we hadn't met a master from the Dragon Nation who advised us against going after the Fairy Fish, our entire group might have been captured by now!

"It really was a conspiracy by the Dragon Nation!"

When Lion King heard Muzi say that they had encountered a master from the Dragon Nation, his eyes narrowed slightly. Now he was certain that the team in front of him had already defected to the Dragon Nation Server. They must have come here because the Dragon Nation Server was unwilling to accept defeat and wanted to disrupt the rescue team's rhythm.

"Hmph! The more the Dragon Nation try to stop us, the more we must go to their rescue!"

Thinking of this, the Lion King waved to his subordinates and gave the order.

"Grab them! Deal with them later after this is resolved."

They need to rescue people now and don't have time to deal with this group of traitors.

After he finished speaking, the men from the Ferocious Tiger Sect quickly stepped forward and took control of Dong Hu's team.

"Sect Leader! What do you mean by this?"

While struggling, Dong Hu looked at the Lion King and asked.

The Lion King gave a cold laugh.

"What do you mean? A traitor dares to ask me what I mean?"

"Traitor?"

Dong Hu's team looked completely bewildered.

What did they do? How did they become traitors?

"Sect Leader, are you mistaken? Our team encountered the Twin Magic Beast, and we rushed over immediately after seeing the message from the faction only after defeating Magic Beast, just to tell you about the Seven-Colored Deer's conspiracy. How have we become traitors?"

Muzi said anxiously.

But the Lion King certainly doesn't want to explain right now.

He was about to reach the location of the Fairy Fish, and he didn't want his own affairs to affect the progress of the entire team.

"Keep a close eye on them, don't let them interfere with our plans."

"It's the sect leader!"

Dong Hu and his group tried to explain, but their mouths were gagged with a prop. They tried sending messages, but no one responded.

As the group was about to enter the Fairy Fish's territory, Dong Hu's eyes turned bloodshot, whether from anxiety or fear was unclear.

Those are level 300 Magic Beast! They could probably be killed with a single, casual strike!

He regretted it! He shouldn't have led the team here! He should have just let those Ferocious Lion Sect members die; why did he even come?

Now things are really messed up. They barely escaped danger thanks to Xiao Fan, but now they're in danger again.

Many people witnessed what happened at the Ferocious Tiger Sect, but because Lion King quickly brought Dong Hu's team under control, the incident did not cause a stir within the United Rescue Team.

Soon, the joint rescue team successfully arrived at the pool where the Fairy Fish lived, following the rescue coordinates.

From afar, on the huge, flat Blue Stone in the center of the pool, a slender, graceful figure sat with her back to Blue Stone crowd.

A head of long, shimmering hair, as dazzling as molten gold, cascaded down her shoulders, strands falling across her smooth, delicate back. The shimmering light accentuated her golden hair, outlining a soft, hazy silhouette. Her stunningly beautiful appearance was breathtaking.

"This is Mermaid? She's so beautiful!"

The players couldn't help but sigh.

But then they saw players lying haphazardly around the Fairy Fish, shattering the beautiful scene!

The player shook his head in exasperation.

If the Mermaid hadn't been so cruel, capturing so many of their players, they really wouldn't have had the heart to hunt it down.