"The Bull Demon Cave and Liangshan Stronghold have launched a major assault on Novice Village No. 51169. This is a battle for survival. For every enemy you kill during this event, you will receive a corresponding reward." "The more enemies you kill and the stronger they are, the greater your rewards." "This is a mandatory quest. It will end when you repel the Bull Demon Cave and Liangshan Stronghold, or kill the Liangshan Stronghold Chief and the Bull Demon Lord. Once the event ends, visit the village chief to claim your rewards." "Quest failure: Novice Village No. 51169 will be destroyed, all players will lose three cultivation levels, and experience gained will be reduced by fifty percent for ten days!"
Liangshan Stronghold!
A mandatory quest!
Every player in Novice Village No. 51169 was stunned by the news.
No one had expected this.
The mandatory quests discussed on the forums had actually landed on their doorstep.
Even less had they expected Liangshan Stronghold to appear in the Lion-Tiger Plains and join forces with the Bull Demon Cave.
A brief silence fell.
Then an uproar erupted.
"When the fuck did Liangshan Stronghold get here? And now they're in cahoots with the Bull Demon Cave! No wonder these monsters suddenly went crazy and attacked the village."
"The Bull Demon Cave alone was enough trouble. Now we've got the even worse Liangshan Stronghold too. How are we supposed to fight this?"
"I just want to know where the Liangshan Stronghold Chief is!"
The players were up in arms, and many were frightened and uneasy.
There was little they could do about it.
Liangshan Stronghold's reputation among the players had grown far too formidable.
It had destroyed two novice villages in succession without suffering so much as a scratch. Its overwhelming, invincible image