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Chapter 699: Departure

“Wang Qi, lead your men to retreat deeper into the Valley of the Undead!” Song Jian’s voice echoed in Wang Qi’s ear.

“Brothers, our Alliance Leader is coming to reinforce us. Follow me and retreat deeper into the valley,” Wang Qi shouted.

“The effect of the poisonous fog has dissipated, we’re no longer losing Vitality Points!” someone exclaimed.

“Retreat quickly, quickly! This tree-man won’t hold out much longer!” Zhang Ziqiang also started yelling.

Inside the Undead Tower, Song Jian first shut off the Transmission Array in the valley, then one by one he granted access to Wang Qi and the others, preventing the Catastrophe Poison Fog from affecting them.

Then, he increased the effects of the Catastrophe Poison Fog to the maximum, changing it from a loss of 1 Vitality Point every 5 seconds to losing 30 Vitality Points every second on the periphery. Near the Undead Tower, Vitality Points fell by a whopping 80 points per second. Even the most robust among them perhaps couldn’t last long here. This entirely precluded strangers from entering the Valley of the Undead.

However, this also significantly increased the consumption of the Catastrophe Poison Fog. Originally, the Catastrophe Poison Fog could exist continuously for 24 hours. But now, the Catastrophe Poison Fog can only last eight hours, after which it will enter a cooldown time. Only after another eight hours could it be activated again.

“Saramo, take control of the Undead Tower here, cause unlimited trouble for these few people. Better yet, annihilate them. I’m going to assist my friends!” Song Jian instructed.

“Honored, great master!” Saramo, now restored to the form of an undead skeleton cloaked in a black cape, replied respectfully.

At this time, Song Jian had full control over the Undead Tower, becoming the lord of the entire Undead Valley. But to manipulate the entire Wangling Valley, he needed to stay on the seventh floor of the Undead Tower.

Wang Qi and his part were suffering continuous defeat. The Ancient War Tree could no longer hold off the five-man team. If Song Jian didn’t step in to help soon, Wang Qi and the others would quickly be caught. It would then turn into a massacre.

“My third tree-man has been killed. I now only have one Ancient War Tree left and its Vitality is less than half.” Zhang Ziqiang, looking grim, said to Wang Qi.

“Don’t panic. Our Alliance Leader is on his way, when he arrives, we’ll be safe!” Wang Qi said helplessly. Their only hope was now placed on Song Jian.

“But, our Alliance Leader has only just stepped into the first rank of Combat Power. The five people behind us are all of first rank Combat Power. Five to one, our Alliance Leader doesn’t stand much chance!” a player hesitated.

The combat strength of the five people behind them was truly terrifying, causing some of the players from the City of Hope Alliance to shiver.

Wang Qi also had no confidence, but he could only forcefully say: “The Alliance Leader now controls the entire valley, he must have a way to deal with them!”

Right now, their only hope was to rely on Song Jian, they had no other way.

“There are ancient trees up ahead, let’s go there. I’ll summon some more tree-men to delay them!” Zhang Ziqiang spotted a few large trees ahead, his eyes lit up and he shouted.

When they reached these large trees, Zhang Ziqiang discovered that although they were old, they were not Ancient Shadow Trees. Even if he did summon, he feared he wouldn’t be able to summon the Ancient War Trees that had first rank Combat Power like before.

Zhang Ziqiang gulped down a potion to restore his Mental Strength. He was already feeling dizzy and understood that frequent use of the restoration potion had backfire effects. If he were to continue like this, he might suffer permanent damage to his mental attributes.

However, now, in order to escape, he disregarded all this. Zhang Ziqiang placed his hands on two of the ancient trees and chanted the summoning spell.

In a short time, both trees turned into tree-men, struggling to rise from the ground and guarding Zhang Ziqiang’s rear.

Zhang Ziqiang glanced at the two tree-men, his eyes showing disappointment. Indeed, the summoned beings were only Level 30 Giant Tree-men, devoid of first rank Combat Power.

After summoning two Giant Tree-men, Zhang Ziqiang didn’t stop. He continued to summon and quickly, five towering tree-men over ten meters in height appeared before everyone’s eyes. However, the previously summoned Ancient War Trees possessing first rank Combat power had all been killed by the pursuing five-man squad.

Zhang Ziqiang’s Mental Strength once again depleted, he felt dizzy, even standing was becoming difficult. But in his heart, he felt pity for the previous Ancient War Trees. It should be known that these summoned Ancient War Trees could have had the opportunity to sign a contract with him and become his guardian tree-men, but now they had all been obliterated.

“Support Ziqiang, let’s move swiftly!” Wang Qi instructed two Sword and Shield Guardians to support Zhang Ziqiang and the group continued to flee deeper into the valley.

The five Giant Tree-men that Zhang Ziqiang had summoned were left behind as rearguards.

“These rats have summoned five more tree-men, dammit!” Lachi looked irritable. He hadn’t managed to kill Zhang Ziqiang, which was a blow to his ego. After all, their opponent was a group of newcomers who hadn’t even reached the first rank of Combat Power. Even if Lachi charged head-on, he had a chance to kill them all.

“Damn it, why is the effect of this Catastrophe Poison Fog so intense? I’m losing thirty-five Vitality Points per second? We still aren’t too deep in the valley, why is our Vitality decreasing so horrifically!” Salin, the archer, suddenly screamed. She took out a healing salve from her bosom and took a gulp.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

The others responded similarly and detected that their Vitality Point losses had significantly increased.

“How can this be? It would appear as if the group ahead doesn’t seem to experience much Vitality loss. We’re barely able to hold on, how come they seem fine?”

“This is too strange. By all means, they couldn’t have lasted until now. This frightful rate of Vitality loss, even Mutula couldn’t stand it for long!” Miss ran her hand over her fluffy fur coat, a white light radiated out, and her Vitality loss speed significantly dropped.

“Kulu, I can’t hold on any longer, can’t continue the pursuit. My Vitality Points have already dropped to less than half. If we continue, even if we kill them all, I’m going to be left here to become an undead creature!” A touch of impatience crossed Lachi’s face. Among everyone, his Vitality Points were the lowest. He was already struggling to keep up.

“Damn it. Let’s go back and report the situation here to the Captain. I think just the Shadow Forest can earn us quite a bit of military merit!” Kulu touched a piece of dark grey wood in his pocket and shook his head.

The dark grey wood was Shadow Wood, a spoil of war obtained from killing the Ancient War Tree, an evidence that could back up their claims.

The group reluctantly glanced ahead and turned to rush in the direction of the Transmission Array.