CHAPTER 175: CHAPTER 158: ELF SECRET REALM UPDATE

When Lin Yi came out of Black Tortoise City and joined the others, he unexpectedly saw the Priest beside Shengshi Drunkard: Saint of Medicine.

This was the first Priest of the Shengshi Dynasty in his past life, also one of the top fifty strongest Priests in the global rankings.

What embarrassed Lin Yi the most was that Zhang Xinying’s current hidden profession of Holy Word Master was discovered and inherited by him first in the previous life.

Suddenly, when Lin Yi looked at Shengshi Drunkard, there was a hint of helpless amusement in his eyes.

Because not only did Zhang Xinying take the guild’s strongest Priest hidden profession, but also stable as a mountain took what originally belonged to Drunkard his own hidden profession.

If Drunkard knew this, wouldn’t he fight him to the death?

However, if Drunkard already had the hidden profession War Knight, perhaps this mission wouldn’t be so urgently needed to be completed, and then he wouldn’t seek me out.

And if he didn’t seek me out, how could I have the opportunity to explore the secrets of the Cyclops tribe?

So, in the grand scheme of things, seemingly coincidental events have some inevitable causal relationship.

Perhaps the hidden profession of Giant Berserker might suit Drunkard better?

This time Shengshi Drunkard arranged for three people, including himself, to accompany Lin Yi to complete this mission.

Besides Drunkard and Saint of Medicine, there was also a female player named Sweet Orange.

Her profession was Elf Priest, a new profession that Lin Yi hadn’t encountered much since he activated it.

Elf Priest and Zhang Xinying’s Holy Word Master are somewhat similar; both are purely support professions without any attack skills.

Perhaps this is also why so few people choose to play them.

Because playing a game without attack means losing a lot of fun.

Meanwhile, without attacking, leveling up will heavily rely on your partners and team.

Ordinary players find it hard to level up by themselves, so how could they possibly bring someone along to split the experience?

Only major guilds or teams and fixed groups would choose such a profession that is very useful for the team.

Unlike Zhang Xinying’s Holy Word Master, the Elf Priest’s skills are releasing various buff or debuff totems.

Its importance in a team is unmatched among all current public professions.

But due to its lack of attack skills, it heavily relies on teams, making it a "exclusive profession" of major guilds.

Very few solo players choose this profession.

After gathering everyone, Lin Yi led them to Giant Peak Mountain outside Black Tortoise City.

Meanwhile, an article about the "Elf Secret Realm" suddenly went viral on the forum.

This article happened to explain the extra Elf pets that appeared on Drunkard Runes and others that day.

The topic of the "Elf Secret Realm" immediately overshadowed the heat of the "Endless Tower," with countless people rushing to the post to seek ways to enter the instance.

The entry restriction for "Endless Tower" is level 20, and the vast majority of players haven’t even reached the instance’s door, making them less enthusiastic about it.

But Elemental Spirits are different.

These have been the cherished pets of countless players for a long time, garnering immense attention.

It started with Feng Hua’s Aifula, and later, others secretly photographed Zhang Xinying, Drunkard, Luoshen, and others’ Elves.

People’s desire to obtain these Elf pets reached a pinnacle.

Perhaps "absence makes the heart grow fonder," as simultaneously, official forums and games released an announcement.

[World Event]: The Elf King’s accidental discovery of a Gate of Space-Time opened a path to the "Elf Secret Realm" instance beneath the Elf Race Holy Tree. Adventurers are invited to explore.

As soon as the announcement was made, the Elf Race was immediately overwhelmed by millions of players.

To accommodate so many people, the system specially activated overlapping space.

This kept the number of players in each player’s view at a normal level.

But the nearly screen-filling local messages and the continuously scrolling world messages highlighted the bustling scene.

A player quickly rushed to the Elf Race after receiving the news and located the secret realm teleportation array under the Holy Tree amid the crowded crowd.

With immense excitement, the player eagerly clicked on the teleportation array:

Do you wish to proceed to the "Elf Secret Realm"?

[Yes] [No]

The answer was undoubtedly: [Yes]

But when the player clicked "Yes," a prompt suddenly appeared on the interface:

"Sorry, you do not meet the teleportation conditions. Please obtain: Elf Race Reputation [Respected]; Gold Coins ×50; and try again later."

[Confirm]

(Reputation: Hostile, Neutral, Friendly, Respected, Revered, Admired. Default Reputation for Everyone: Neutral.)

Seeing this, the player, like other players who did not meet the conditions, exploded, and the world and forum were abuzz,

"Damn it, you even need Elf Race reputation!"

As these players who did not meet the conditions flocked toward the Elf Race’s NPC for daily tasks, many thread-hijacking posts suddenly appeared online.

Invariably, these posts showed players who already obtained Elemental Spirits and beautiful photos and videos inside the Elf Secret Realm.

These posts instantly ignited the forum’s enthusiasm.

Countless people were shocked and amazed by the dreamy scenes inside the Elf Secret Realm.

Many others cheered for obtaining the cute and refined Elemental Spirits.

After all, raising Elf Race reputation to Respected is just a matter of a few days.

As for the 50 Gold Coins price, it was directly ignored.

In other words, obtaining Elemental Spirits is almost free, and everyone is overjoyed.

Especially female players, who find the 360-degree allure irresistible.

At this moment, players were grateful for their wise choice to grind Elf Race reputation.

Of course, this is closely related to the allure of Lin Yi’s Goblin Race hidden profession.

After all, a large part of them grinded Elf Race tasks just to get that Goblin Race hidden profession.

At the same time, both "Divine Hall" and "Evil Gang" guilds’ players were restricted from entering.

This incident sparked heated discussions online again.

Although many people speculated if this had something to do with Feng Hua, without conclusive evidence, all speculations ended unresolved.

After so long in the game’s public beta, everyone basically figured out the official’s routine.

So now, when encountering anything, few would take a clueless stance of asking the official for an explanation, knowing that the response would essentially be the same.

As everyone waited to see how these two guilds would react, suddenly the news of Divine Hall’s disbandment and renaming to Divine Court surprised everyone.

This announcement shocked the entire gaming world.

Nobody expected Divine Hall, a benchmark in the gaming field, to disappear just like that.

Compared to this sensational news, Evil Gang seemed much bleaker.

Players from Evil Gang, upon learning that their guild was restricted from entering the Elf Secret Realm, almost all chose to quit the guild.

Regardless of the reason for the restriction, Evil Gang was clearly being targeted.

Staying offered no value to those guild members.

So one batch of players after another left the guild, and Evil Gang quietly faded from people’s sight.

That day was filled with endless occurrences, making it hard to keep up.

However, these events, more or less, related to Lin Yi, did not affect him at all.

At this moment, under Shengshi Drunkard’s lead, Lin Yi found the wandering traveler hiding somewhere on Giant Peak Mountain: Gus.

Upon seeing Shengshi Drunkard, Gus looked visibly impatient and said:

"Why is it you again? Didn’t I tell you that I don’t have the information you’re looking for?"

"Go away, don’t disturb my communion with nature."

Shengshi Drunkard helplessly looked at Lin Yi,

"I’ve been here many times, and no matter what I try, I can’t get the next quest clue from him."

Looking at the shadowy silhouette of equipment on the wandering traveler, Lin Yi smiled and said:

"Asking like that, of course, you won’t get anything."

Then Lin Yi said:

"Everyone, prepare."

Shengshi Drunkard was confused,

"What?"

At this moment, Lost Speech and stable as a mountain immediately raised their shields, Red Eyes and Heaven’s Gift went into stealth, and Zhan Chen & Handsome Scum also prepared for what seemed like an upcoming attack.

Gus looked gravely at the few in front of him and asked:

"What do you intend to do?"

Lin Yi watched Gus with interest and directly threatened:

"Life or death, make a choice."

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Today’s update is finished.