The buff is permanent, and you start the game with a fountain of water.

Using his store owner privileges, he placed the Golden Crocodile King Ring in the store's warehouse and left a message for Yunxi, telling her to come and pick it up when she had time.

After finishing these chores, Huan Cheng left the shop and took out his mount token.

With a thought, a tall and mighty warhorse appeared before Huan Cheng, accompanied by a resounding neigh.

The warhorse was over two meters tall at the shoulder, with a lithe and powerful physique. Its entire body was covered with a fiery red mane, and its limbs were thick and strong. Each of its four hooves had a tuft of black hair, and tiny clouds of fire would rise where it trampled.

The warhorse had bright, lively eyes that seemed to shimmer with fiery light. It was galloping merrily in front of Huan Cheng, leaving trails of crimson smoke behind it, which was quite fitting for its name, Fire Cloud Steed.

【Fire Cloud Steed】: B-grade fire-attribute land mount

Loyalty: 80.

Attributes: Movement Speed ​​+35%, Health +10000, Physical Defense +300, Magic Defense +300, Physical Attack +500, Attacks gain a burning effect. Additional effects: Blazing Assault, Mountain Climbing, Fiery Cloud Stomp.

【Blazing Inferno】: Increases movement speed by 100% and fire resistance by 3000 for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 60 minutes.

【Traversing Mountains and Rivers】: Ignore the impact of special terrains such as mountains and hills on movement speed, and you can walk on water.

【Fire Cloud Stomp】: Leaps high into the air with its forelegs and delivers an offensive stomp, stunning enemies within a three-meter radius in front of it.

Note 1: The Fire Cloud Steed, a specialty of Qingyun City, is owned by individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Qingyun City and are exempt from the city's ban on galloping horses.

Note 2: The Fire Cloud Steed is wild and unruly. If the master is not capable enough, its loyalty will slowly decrease. If the loyalty is too low, there is a risk of it running away.

"Are the mount's stats that strong?"

Huan Cheng glanced at the Fire Cloud Steed's attribute description and his expression changed slightly.

He waved, and the Fire Cloud Steed happily stopped in front of Huan Cheng, a wave of heat rushing towards him.

He patted the head of the Fire Cloud Steed, and it obediently lowered its head and even stuck out its tongue to lick Huan Cheng's hand, showing no trace of its arrogant nature.

The batch of Fire Cloud Steeds arranged by Qingxi came with saddles and other accessories. Huan Cheng was a little envious, so he jumped up and sat on the back of the Fire Cloud Steed.

"Ding, it has been detected that you are in a mounted state. Since you are not a knight-type class, you cannot use offensive skills while mounted."

Huan Cheng suddenly realized what Qingxi meant by having a mount to travel faster.

It seems that this "running away" is running away in the literal sense!

That makes sense. If just anyone could fight on horseback, wouldn't knightly professions become a joke?

Other professions that own mounts are merely considered to be people who ride horses; only those with specific professions can be called knights.

"However, I think I can also cosplay as a regular knight!"

After carefully reviewing the rules, Huan Cheng discovered that non-knight professions only cannot use offensive skills while mounted, not that they are completely prohibited from attacking.

In other words, if you want, it's perfectly feasible to take a sword and use a basic attack to stab someone while on horseback.

Huan Cheng glanced at his attributes; with the 500 bonus from the Fire Cloud Steed, his physical attack reached a staggering 5389 points.

Even with a basic attack, it's difficult for an average player to withstand two sword strikes.

If true damage or a critical hit is triggered, it's basically one-shotting everyone.

When the Fire Cloud Steed first appeared, its cool and powerful appearance attracted many players.

As Huan Cheng mounted the Fiery Cloud Steed, the crowd erupted in gasps of surprise.

Although knights have a built-in taming skill that allows them to tame some wild monsters as mounts, the success rate is so low it's heartbreaking.

In addition, the Knight is an extension of the Warrior class, and is considered a special class, so ordinary players rarely see the Knight class.

Now that we've suddenly encountered a mount with such a cool design as the Fire Cloud Steed, it's no wonder it attracts attention!

Huan Cheng glanced around and saw that more and more players were gathering. He immediately gave a soft shout, and the Fire Cloud Steed, which was in sync with his mind, neighed to the sky, shook its four hooves, and carried Huan Cheng into the sky. The fiery red figure leaped several feet, passing over the crowd of onlookers, and appeared on the wide street.

The moment the Fiery Cloud Steed soared into the sky, Huan Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and boundless pride surged within him.

As soon as he landed, he couldn't wait to shout and ride his Fiery Cloud Steed away at breakneck speed.

The Fiery Cloud Steed seemed to be getting restless inside the mount token, and now it was quite excited, taking off running.

From afar, one could see a streak of red clouds galloping freely through the streets of Qingyang City, leaving behind the crisp sound of hooves and a string of hearty laughter.

"That is..."

Wang Xiaojia and Meng Huanlingyin were walking hand in hand toward the Gentle Little Shop when they ran into Huan Cheng galloping away on horseback.

With a leap, the Fiery Cloud Steed nimbly dodged the two men and continued galloping forward without stopping.

Wang Xiaojia's eyes widened, and she froze for a moment before her eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light. Ignoring the dreamy ringtone, she rushed towards the gentle little shop almost like a madman.

"Gentle, gentle! Where are you?"

"Contact your boss right now, I want... I'm definitely buying it, name your price, I'm taking this BMW!!"

Ignoring Wang Xiaojia's madness, Huan Cheng, empowered by the Fire Cloud Steed, sped out of the city and headed towards Hidden Dragon Valley.

Activating the Abyss's Breath, transforming into a red cloud, and galloping for an unknown amount of time, Huan Cheng suddenly heard a system notification: "Ding, you have discovered a new map [Hidden Dragon Valley], reputation +10."

Huan Cheng then snapped out of his galloping reverie.

Slowing down and looking around, he found himself at the entrance of a valley. The area was lush with vegetation, and there was none of the demonic energy and howling ghosts he had imagined.

Huan Cheng dismounted, patted the head of the Fire Cloud Steed, and solemnly put it back into its mount token.

The fact that the entrance to Hidden Dragon Valley is so quiet, especially considering it's a level 30 area, is rather unusual.

Just in case, Huan Cheng had no choice but to put away the Fire Cloud Steed and prepare for battle at any time.

As soon as Huan Cheng stepped into the valley, he smelled a faint odor of blood.

Looking ahead along the valley, one can see a fierce battle between wild monsters taking place in the distance.

Several black wolves with blood-red eyes and an aura of savagery were tearing apart their prey.

Their opponents, apart from having grayish-brown fur, being smaller in size, and not having such a fierce temperament, are generally very similar in appearance.

With the help of the Eye of Truth, Huan Cheng saw information about two kinds of monsters.

【Azure Wolf】: Level 30, Grade: Common Wild Monster, Health: 40000, Attack: 1800, Defense: 680, Skills: Pounce, Claw Tear.

Note: The gray wolves living in Hidden Dragon Valley are pack animals and will ambush you from the grass, so please be careful.

【Demonized Wolf】: Level 30, Grade: One-Star Wild Monster, HP: 80000, Attack: 2060, Defense: 780, Skills: Shadow Pounce, Demonic Claws, Devour Evolution

Note: Ordinary wolves corrupted by demonic energy become mutated demonic wolves, with a ferocious and tyrannical nature, a fondness for devouring their own kind, and a certain probability of evolving into a demonized wolf king.

"Evolution through devouring?"

Upon seeing the attributes of the Demonized Azure Wolf, Huan Cheng raised an eyebrow, unsure whether this was a unique skill of the Demonized Azure Wolf or something that all demons in Hidden Dragon Valley possessed.

If it's the latter, Huan Cheng can understand why Qingxi is so anxious.