Both Make the Rankings

+22, +22.

One healing number after another floated up as the Burrowing Robot's durability rapidly recovered.

Cao Xing's eyes lit up. "Whoa, it really works!"

Then he cast Ice Armor on the robot, and Liu Muxue also bestowed Aurora Blessing on it.

Before long, the Burrowing Robot announced that it had been fully revived.

At that moment, it spoke in a mechanical voice.

"I feel... great..."

Cao Xing nodded. "Good, good, good!"

"Now that you've recovered, go join the battle too!"

"Understood... Master..."

At Cao Xing's command, the robot strode forward on its steel legs and joined the fight.

Whirrrrr!

Its mechanical drill began to spin, and the Burrowing Robot charged into the Molemen, sending them flying one after another.

[-254]

[-233]

[-213]

[-247]

Damage numbers floated up, followed by the cries of countless Molemen!

"Squeak! Squeak-squeak!"

Cao Xing turned his attention back to the battlefield.

The three robots had the highest attack power on the field.

Their formidable defense and attack made them as difficult to deal with as elite monsters of the same level.

In a one-on-one fight, Andrew and the Frost Wolves might not fear them.

But now, they were also surrounded by so many Molemen.

So they fought while shifting positions to evade their attackers.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

The Molemen warriors nearby kept hacking at Andrew and the Frost Wolves with their weapons.

[-37]

[-63]

[-54]

After the damage was reduced by both Scale Armor and Frost Armor, and further mitigated by their own defense,

the damage these Molemen dealt was negligible.

And soon, healing numbers of +22, +22 appeared above Frost Wolf Winter and Andrew's heads.

Nearly three minutes had passed since the battle began, and their health had fallen by less than 30%.

Meanwhile,

Sarah kept appearing from the shadows to attack the three robots.

She knew that as long as they took out the robots first, the remaining Molemen would pose no threat.

"Crack!"

The Phantom Shadow Blades flashed.

[-674!]

An enormous damage number floated up.

That strike had triggered Coup de Grace's double critical hit effect.

Sarah blew the last Tracked Robot to pieces on the spot.

Seeing this, Cao Xing felt greatly reassured.

"Haha! Let me show you what an infinitely healing Phantom Assassin can do!"

"Sarah, cut them down!"

At the same time, several Molemen noticed Cao Xing behind them and seemed to realize that he was the one directing the others.

One Moleman captain wearing a hat pointed at Cao Xing.

"Kill him!"

The other Molemen turned their eyes toward him.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

Armed with Spears and Iron Swords, they charged at Cao Xing.

As his guard, Asam moved in an instant.

"You bunch of creatures skulking in the dark! Don't you dare offend Lord!"

A flash of cold light streaked by as he swung his Frost Wolf Swordsmanship with a series of whooshes.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

[-322]

[-335]

[-493!]

One Moleman after another died by Asam's sword.

After advancing to an elite creature, Asam was truly unstoppable!

[Your territory member: Asam killed Molemen Soldier lv11, gained 110 experience]

[You gained 55 experience]

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance killed Molemen Soldier lv13, gained 130 experience]

[You gained 65 experience]

Notifications of experience gains kept appearing.

There were more than a hundred Molemen here.

Cao Xing could practically watch his experience bar shoot up.

It had already reached 86% of level 5!

At that moment, Liu Muxue was still on edge beside him.

Since the battle began, she had kept a wary eye on their surroundings, guarding Cao Xing.

Cao Xing patted Liu Muxue on the shoulder. "All right, you can relax a little now."

Liu Muxue's shoulders trembled. Then she turned around and let out a small sigh of relief.

Just then, a white light suddenly rose from Liu Muxue.

Her eyes flickered, and she said excitedly, "A Xing! I've reached level 5!"

Cao Xing smiled. "Not bad. Looks like you have a chance to make the top three this time."

Cao Xing checked the Level Leaderboard.

[Region 174 Level Leaderboard]

[First place: Cao Xing (level 5, 86%)]

[Second place: Liu Muxue (level 5, 2%)]

[Third place: Zhou Bo (level 4, 43%)]

[Fourth place: Fang Long (level 4, 21%)]

Liu Muxue had surged straight into second place!

At that moment, the chat channel for Region 174 was in an uproar.

Lü Jing: "Holy crap! Cao Xing is terrifying. He's leveling up like he's on steroids."

Chen Yu: "Yeah, it's ridiculous! It hasn't even been that long, and he's almost level 6!"

Ying Kewei: "Who's this Liu Muxue? She actually overtook Zhou Bo and Fang Long in one go and shot straight into second place!"

Huang Shanhe: "Our Region 174 is full of hidden talents. Another hidden powerhouse just appeared, and from the name, she seems to be a woman."

The survivors were all amazed.

At that point, a survivor named Chen Ye said, "Wait a minute. Does anyone else think the name Liu Muxue sounds familiar?"

At his words, the other survivors gave it some thought.

"It does sound familiar. I remember one of the Ten Goddesses listed in our Xiangjiang fashion magazine was named Liu Muxue."

"Holy crap! Could it really be Goddess Muxue?"

Zhuo Baosheng: "I think it's very likely. Apart from Goddess Liu Muxue, who else could have that kind of ability?"

"Whoa... so it really is Goddess Liu Muxue. That explains it!"

Meanwhile, other survivors also saw the changes to the leaderboard.

In a snowy field, Fang Long had just killed a Snow Wolf.

After receiving word from his subordinate, his expression changed.

"That kid's already almost level 6?"

"And Liu Muxue has reached level 5 too?"

Fang Long's face turned ashen.

He had planned to catch up with Cao Xing today, but now it seemed the gap was only growing wider.

He felt a wave of pressure.

"If this keeps up, that kid really will take first place."

"Then he'll use the first-place reward to summon a leader-level creature, and I'll have even less chance against him."

"I need to think of something."

Fang Long opened his friends list, found a survivor named Ji Jun, and sent him a message.

"How's it going with checking that kid's camp coordinates?"

The other side replied quickly: "Boss, no one can get very far from camp right now, and nobody's spotted that kid. It's not easy to track him down..."

"Useless."

Fang Long cursed and hung up.

But he knew that at this stage, finding someone's camp coordinates was difficult.

Not unless they revealed them willingly.

Fang Long fell into thought.

A moment later, he suddenly thought of something.

"I remember Muxue was with that kid."

"And her family contacted me yesterday."

"I wonder if I can get their camp coordinates by going through her family?"

Fang Long's eyes suddenly lit up. "This might work!"

"I heard Liu Muxue's family has kept her under their thumb since she was little. She has to report all her whereabouts, and she listens to her parents."

"And Liu Zhenjie is a greedy man. I only need to give him a few more pieces of food to buy him off."

At the thought, an intrigued smile appeared at the corner of Fang Long's mouth.

So he opened his friends list.

Then he called Liu Zhenjie...