The Champion Challenge is in two days. On the rankings, I've already dropped back to sixth in the world and third in China, though I'm still far ahead on the town rankings.
Murong Shanshan probably played a lot today because of the snow, dropping directly to third on the town rankings.
Little Ant on the Leaf—Ye Qiu—somehow climbed to second in town at Level 26.
Murong Shanshan is right behind him at the same level.
Kuang Zhan is after Murong Shanshan, while Lu Xuehan and Xin Yu are fifth and sixth respectively.
I don't really know the other people on the Heaven Ranking; the few who were originally on the list have been pushed off, showing how fierce the competition is.
The group selling skill books this afternoon should not be underestimated either; their leader took on a hidden class quest.
I've never heard of any hidden classes in moons constant.
If a hidden class player suddenly appears in the competition, all our battle plans might need to be revised.
Perhaps in the future, hidden classes will also be an unstable factor influencing the development direction of moons constant.
Currently, the five contestants selected by our small studio should all be considered elites of Hurricane City.
Xin Yu, Lu Xuehan, and I are all players on the town's Heaven Ranking.
Xu Lin, at Level 25, ranks 14th in town, failing to make it into the Heaven Ranking.
The last selected member, Li Qing, is at Level 23, ranking over 300th in the entire city; while not very strong, she won't be a hindrance.
Based on the combinations I currently know, the biggest threat to us is Murong Shanshan and Ye Qiu's team.
Ye Qiu's PK skills require even me to be cautious, and his level isn't low; given his gaming talent, his equipment shouldn't be bad either.
The most terrifying one is actually Murong Shanshan; her attack is significantly higher than mine.
If a low-HP Priest like Lu Xuehan is targeted by her, she will likely be in dire straits.
If Ke Ke and the other girls cooperate well, as long as Murong Shanshan doesn't die, she can take down our people one by one.
And there's also that Thief, "Stealer of Heavens."
He bought my dagger; if he also joins Murong Shanshan's team, then our side will have an even harder time.
Besides me, the other girls in our group don't have much ability to evade a Thief's ambush.
Once a Mage or Priest is instantly killed, our formation will collapse, and it will be over.
Kuang Zhan and his group are not worth much attention; after all, most people who pile up levels and equipment with RMB don't have great gaming skills.
moons constant isn't Legend; you can't be invincible just by having more people and better equipment, especially in a 5v5 arena duel where operation and reaction speed are the most important!
Lost in thought, I had already arrived at Wild Horse Plains.
Not far away was a large gathering of Prairie Wolves, Level 31 beast-type creatures.
My current Level 28 experience is already at 94%; I just need to fight for about half an hour more to reach Level 29.
Since passing Level 25, the difficulty of leveling up has increased significantly.
Murong Shanshan also spent nearly two days to reach Level 26.
When she was Level 25, Lu Xuehan was only Level 21, but now Lu Xuehan is already Level 25.
It's not that she leveled faster than Murong Shanshan, but rather that Level 25 is a watershed where leveling speed greatly slows down.
Most players who rush to Level 25 will no longer have the rapid leveling speed they once did.
Prairie Wolves give a decent amount of experience, but it's still a bit less compared to gold-tier monsters.
The most crucial part is that they drop much less equipment and gold coins.
Having bought three skill books, I'm currently at my most cash-strapped.
If I don't earn more money, I won't even have enough to learn new skills at Level 30.
Moreover, the repair costs for heavy armor are extraordinarily high, which is also a considerable expense.
To my great surprise, to reach Level 29, I ended up killing Prairie Wolves for nearly an hour, without any equipment drops and not much money, only three gold coins.
A large group of wolves had been completely wiped out by me, and behind the wolf pack was a cliff separating Wild Horse Plains from Hurricane City territory.
There were no monsters near the cliff, but along the cliff going down was a very narrow mountain path.
The narrow path was almost completely covered by the plants on both sides, but it could still barely be discerned from the density of the vegetation.
Anyway, there was no benefit in staying on Wild Horse Plains to fight those fur monsters.
What I needed currently was equipment and money; experience, after all, could be gained anywhere.
Walking down the small path, the system-configured map suddenly disappeared with a "whoosh," and the system simultaneously prompted: "You have entered disputed territory—Autumn Wind Path!"
I was slightly surprised. Disputed territory? This wasn't the first time I'd heard the concept, but it was the first time I'd actually entered such an area.
Some people on the forum had also mentioned disputed territory.
These places are usually territories currently being contested between kingdoms, without large cities or villages, only some temporary encampments and small detachments of troops.
Some say that wandering in these disputed maps might allow one to enter other countries, meaning one could enter servers developed in other regions, achieving inter-country travel before the system's teleportation service is enabled.
However, given the current player levels, this is clearly impossible.
According to a player who died three times, the monster levels in disputed territory are all unviewable, and one hit can take away most of your HP.
I hesitated for a moment but continued forward.
Since the map here is connected to Wild Horse Plains, the monster levels shouldn't differ too much; at least, there shouldn't be monsters that can instantly kill me.
The further I walked, the more eerie the surroundings became, and the dew grew heavier.
My boots made a "squish~squish" sound as I stepped on the grass, as if it were the only sound on this small path.
I walked for nearly twenty minutes, but still hadn't seen a single monster.
This mountain path seemed endless, continually descending along a slope, and the light grew dimmer and dimmer.
Looking up at the sky, I could only see the cliffs on both sides extending upwards, forming a "one-line sky" at what seemed like an infinite end.
"Damn it, did I come to the wrong place?" I cursed under my breath.
After another ten minutes of walking, a faint light finally appeared ahead.
Turning past a cliff, my vision suddenly cleared, and the intense sunlight stung my eyes.
No, my body hurt too.
What's going on?!
System prompt: You have been attacked by the Swamp Guardian, HP reduced by 68!
I was greatly startled; I hadn't seen any monsters.
What was this about?