Rebirth of the God Hunter Legend

Chapter 157 Ironwood Swamp
After some verbal sparring, the group finally got back on track.

"what?"

Yi Han suddenly asked softly, "Xiao Chuan, you've become a red name?"

He originally wanted to look up at the top of the misty Ironwood Forest, but as he moved upwards, he glanced at Ling Chuan's ID. One second he didn't notice anything unusual, but the next second he suddenly realized that the color was wrong. It was only because the surrounding environment was dark and the conversation was focused on the staff and the teasing that he hadn't noticed it for a moment.

"Oh, you've really gone viral! What were you doing last night, Qian-ge?"

Lin Xixi spoke with concern, but her tone and expression were full of interest. The topic of PK was a fatal temptation for her, a person who admired individual strength.

Ling Chuan smiled and said naturally, "It's nothing. I just felt excited seeing you guys having so much fun in the open field. I happened to run into the Black Coffin members who were 'doing a job' and seemed to be stuck in a stalemate, so I kindly helped them out. Here, these two staffs and 114 million in cash are the reward Black Coffin gave me."

"Help the black coffin print out the invoice?"

Upon hearing this, the four men's visions blurred, their minds conjuring images of Ling Chuan fighting alongside a group of assassins, and their expressions gradually became strange. But then they realized that Ling Chuan's existence was an exception, so they decisively abandoned their thoughts and chose to accept it.

“I see.” Yi Han solemnly announced his conclusion. “This is a new discovery. I thought the Black Coffin was a cruel and ruthless group of villains without any moral bottom line. Now it seems that at least they have regained some credibility and humanity.”

After all, what normal villain cares about integrity? Once the job is done, they might not pay the tool if they don't want to, and what can you do about it? As for assassin groups that specialize in killing, trying to retaliate against them is just a waste of time. If you offend them, they will mobilize their entire organization to carry out a targeted attack on you. At that point, forget about venting your anger or getting revenge; even eating candy will taste bitter.

In the distance, the hidden stealth team trembled! Kind-hearted? Helped out? Reward? He's eyeing that royal jelly you had this morning, isn't he? Why are you so sweet-talking? Last night, during the Bloodletter Group's collective meeting, the cause, process, and result were clearly explained. It's obviously your deliberate revenge from past lives, targeting them with explosives, extorting a huge sum of compensation, and signing two utterly absurd devilish contracts!
Although they were at fault for taking the job and committing the murder, at least they were willing to take responsibility and knew when to back down; but you, on the other hand, talk about yourself as if you're so noble! Have you no shame?!
"That concludes the explanation; now it's time to get to work."

Noticing that the stealth team not far away was showing a slight flaw due to emotional fluctuations, Ling Chuan quickly ended the conversation. If Lin Xixi discovered the abnormality and forced the team out, wouldn't the surprise he had painstakingly created be wasted?
"Okay, I'll go with you!"

The four men focused their gazes upon hearing this, responding with high spirits.

After a night of luxurious sleep, their ranking successfully dropped from over 100,000 to 4.7 million. Such a huge drop was not only unacceptable, but also unbearable to look at!
“You must come with me. The Ironwood Swamp is an extremely dangerous area. In addition to the monsters that are far stronger than us, there is also a terrain environment that can kill without us even realizing it.” Ling Chuan’s tone was very serious, and he glanced back intentionally or unintentionally as he spoke.

The stealth team, who were furious and glaring at Ling Chuan, were momentarily stunned, but quickly regained their composure and focused.

In fact, none of those who sat in the top twenty of the Purple Coffin were fools. On the contrary, because their daily lives involved outsmarting and outmaneuvering order targets, their understanding of the game was many times superior to that of ordinary people. Ling Chuan's deliberately pointed explanation and glance were a warning to them, but they were puzzled as to how Ling Chuan knew such things.

Based on the coordinates and the pattern of monster distribution, it's not hard to calculate that the monsters here are at least level 28. Could it be that he's already scouted the area? But how can one ensure safety and effectiveness when scouring an area in the unknown? Is it that near-boss level bear? Or does Ling Chuan harbor more unspeakable secrets?
On the other hand, with the guiding angel Mi'er as a cover, Yi Han, Ling Feixue, and the Lin sisters had no doubts about Ling Chuan's words. It was just an environment; Mi'er could handle the basic information perfectly well. "I will explain the basis for judging the danger zone as we walk, so please follow along."

After saying that, Ling Chuan controlled Tao to step into the swamp from a location whose terrain was significantly more complex than other places.

Putting everything else aside, this illogical choice alone was enough to raise doubts among the nine people behind him. (Including the Purple Coffin Squad)
"The Ironwood Swamp is most dangerous in its irregularly distributed muddy areas and poisonous miasma areas. The latter can be easily overcome with the help of a healer, but the former is difficult because if you fall into the mud and your teammates' strength is not more than three times yours, you will surely die." Ling Chuan kept walking, controlling Tao to move forward in a very strange and winding route, while constantly scanning his surroundings, as if searching for something.

The nine people listening to the explanation were astonished. The requirement that one's strength stat must be three times higher to be rescued meant that physical classes were not allowed to scout ahead. The only viable option was to use magic classes as human scouts while physical classes carried out the rescue. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to enter this area at all.

"Perhaps you can use magic and physical classes to advance, but the shortest route from the outside to the inside takes about twenty minutes to run. Even if you are incredibly lucky and make no mistakes, including the time for rescuing people and scouting, it will take at least a day. If you accidentally take a wrong step, you will enter a dead zone. The best outcome is to go back and start over, then enter the dead zone again, and start over again. The worst outcome is to encounter poisonous miasma and elite monsters at the same time, and die on the spot due to insufficient healing. This process repeats until you find the correct path."

……

In short, the nine people behind were stunned again. If what Ling Chuan said was true, this area map was an extremely abnormal super-class maze!

Unlike ordinary mazes, where you can still find your way by following the walls and occasionally encounter hidden traps, this "maze" is a trap in itself. Every wall is hidden, and you have to explore the walls to find your way. If you make a mistake, you die. It's an utterly illogical setup! It's downright insane!
what……

Taking advantage of the brief moment of observing the path, Ling Chuan caught a glimpse of the gloom in his teammate's eyes, and a slight smile arose in his heart.

Yes, the person who designed this map is indeed a freak, but what we should really think about is not the difficulty of entering this map, but the reason why it is so difficult.

If it weren't for something he didn't want others to get easily, who would bother to spend time and effort? Wouldn't it be better to just go out and get some skewers? That's why, in his past life, he didn't hesitate to mobilize the entire strategy team to focus on the Ironwood Swamp.

Unfortunately, reality was just as he said. Without the right method, relying solely on brute force to explore would cost too much time. It took them a full week to finally reach the interior of the swamp amidst numerous life-or-death situations. The harvest was naturally enormous, but compared to the manpower spent and the time wasted, the joy of the harvest was greatly diminished.

Afterwards, the more he thought about it, the more something seemed off. Given the design team behind Divine Revelation, a map guide would never be so rigid and inflexible; it must have a convenient and precise way of exploration.

With this in mind, he began to repeatedly walk the correct route he had figured out, constantly comparing the characteristics of the swamp area and the scenery. Finally, after two days of relentless effort, he caught a detail—a detail that the design team had revealed yet deeply hidden! This group of people, with their confidence and arrogance, had blatantly written the location and extent of the swamp right in front of you!

May the departed rest in peace, may the living strive forward, may our motherland prosper, and we pay tribute to our heroes!
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