Chapter 400: 400, [Night Parade of One Hundred Demons]
Before the sun had set, outside Frost Feather City, just the right amount of 103 players had gathered.

There were three extra players, but that was not a big deal.

Zhao Qiansun was chatting and laughing with two female players beside him, trying his best to display his humorous side, hoping to win over the girls’ hearts and kick off an intense online romance.

Soon, he heard a faint voice in his ear, “Very good.”

The voice came from the mysterious NPC who had given him the task!

Immediately afterward, a notification that the task had been completed popped up in front of him and he happily received 50,000 experience points.

“Truly a master. He’s not even here, but with just a scan of his divine sense, he knows that I have gathered everyone.” Zhao Qiansun thought to himself.

Then, he looked off into the distance.

Standing alone at the corner of the crumbling city wall were two female players.

Their game nicknames were Xiao Long Bao and Lu Xiaoyu.

Player Xiao Long Bao was petite, with a delicate face. Her whole body radiated vitality; however, her chest was flat.

When players first create their characters, the system scans your face and body, after which, players can make adjustments.

Most players would make drastic changes, to the point that even their own mothers would not recognize them.

This was quite normal. After all, how you want to be in a game is entirely up to you!

Completely different looks from reality also make it easier to do whatever you want in the game, to let loose…

Of course, some only make slight beautification adjustments, like some professional players and hosts, who let others recognize them at a glance.

Especially those who are already quite good looking, they can use their in-game character’s appearance to gain real-life popularity.

Xiao Long Bao’s character adjustments were not particularly exaggerated, but they were fundamentally different from her real person look. The style remained the same though; cute and sweet.

She had always been a bubbly character, with a worry-free life since childhood. A typical beautiful and wealthy person, she loved to jump around in reality and enjoyed interacting with people.

The most significant change she had made was to transform herself into a flat-chested girl, extremely thin, with her chest practically touching her back.

In her opinion, women have their troubles, whether they are flat-chested or busty.

In reality, she belonged to the latter.

They were so big and so annoying!

She was always jumping around like a monkey, and sometimes… they bounced so painfully.

When she went running, if there was someone watching, she would feel somewhat embarrassed!

Then, whether it was out of a perverse sense of humor or something else, Xiao Long Bao changed herself to match her name perfectly, becoming small steamed buns.

As for this, she was quite satisfied.

“As expected, after flattening out, even clothing looks better on me!” she exclaimed joyously in her mind.

Now, she was still squatting in the corner of the wall, mushroom-like, with both her hands raised to block the sun out of habit.

She gently tugged at the girl standing beside her and said, “Xiaoyu, after we slay the ghosts later, shall we go out for late-night snacks?”

“Sure,” the player nicknamed Lu Xiaoyu answered as sparingly as ever with words.

The two of them were university roommates who lived together.

The two often played games together. Being rich and not very wise, Xiao Long Bao even set up a guild to play around with.

‘One Night Fish and Dragon Dance’, the guild’s name was from the combination of the names of the two besties.

In Heavenly Dust, this guild was very much a lesser-known guild.

To be more precise, this guild was only recently established a few days ago and had virtually no reputation.

Thankfully, there were a lot of female players in the guild, immediately attracting a large number of male players to join.

This had led to the guild having quite a number of players, although its overall strength was rather weak.

In their eyes, receiving their task today could potentially be an opportunity to increase the overall strength of the guild.

After all, ghosts are like moving experience point gift packages. They were easier to kill than foreign races, but their experience point reward was no less. It was a grand bargain!

Xiao Long Bao looked into the city and said, “Xiaoyu, I heard from Zhao Qiansun that there might be a highly skilled NPC hidden in the city. Do you think we might have a chance to cling to a powerful figure later?”

“Don’t know.” Lu Xiaoyu was still conserving her words.

“Tsk, so detached!” Xiao Long Bao pouted.

She was very clear that Lu Xiaoyu only acted this indifferent in front of us. If she were in front of that man, she would speak much more!

Of course, even in front of her bestie, once the topic involved that man, Lu Xiaoyu would suddenly become talkative!

Every time Xiao Long Bao wanted to tease her, she would need only say, “You bet I will try to seduce your brother, so you’ll have to call me sister-in-law, hahaha~”

Then, even Lu Xiaoyu, who was usually reserved, would get so angry that she would thump her chest, threatening to strangle her!

“This girl is a total brother-con!” Xiao Long Bao had long since figured it out.

Unfortunately… Sigh~

At this thought, Xiao Long Bao couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.

“He’s actually quite handsome, and he even coincidentally has the same name as the one from the Purple Palace,” Xiao Long Bao thought.

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Inside Frost Feather City, atop the ruined city center.

Lu Xun, having casually counted the number of players outside the city, withdrew his divine sense.

“They gathered quite fast,” Lu Xun thought to himself.

Ye Sui’an stood next to Lu Xun and asked, “Elder Lu, will there really be ghosts appearing tonight?”

Logically speaking, it’s pretty normal for a batch of ghosts to appear inside and outside of Frost Feather City.

It would be strange if there were none.

What puzzled him was, he couldn’t understand why Elder Lu was so sure that ghosts would wreak havoc tonight?

Lu Xun turned his head to look at him and said, “Yes, it will be tonight.”

He casually added, “I’ve already investigated it. I used some… tactics.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Sui’an nodded.

Elder Lu indeed has many skills beyond my imagination. Following Elder Lu, it seems I can gain quite a bit of knowledge.

Of course, Lu Xun couldn’t tell him that the mission’s details stated that tonight would be the time and his so-called tactics were simply reading through the mission’s details carefully…

–Only then did he understand.

The night grew deeper, and soon, a sudden cold wind swept through the entire Frost Feather City.

It was not just in the city, but outside of it as well.

With the gust of cold wind howling, it seemed as if the surrounding temperature had dropped a bit.

In this area, the light seemed to be obstructed by something invisible.

Even though there was a bright moon hanging in the sky and a full display of stars, but whether it was moonlight or the starlight, when it shone near Frost Feather City, it dimmed significantly.

“This situation seems a bit big.” Lu Xun thought to himself.

The angry wind howled, and the bright moon lost its light.

This is the rhythm of a ghost marching at night, the Ghost King manifesting!

“Be careful later.” Lu Xun said to Ye Sui’an.

After Ye Sui’an nodded, Lu Xun operated his spirit force, sending his voice to the players outside the city, reminding them, “Get ready.”

As of now, he hasn’t shown himself in front of players, and even when he issued tasks to Zhao Qiansun, he concealed his identity.

Therefore, players did not know that the Purple Palace was inside the city.

If the players knew that the Purple Palace was inside the city, with their propensity for gossip, the news might leak out.

Lu Xun knew how popular he was.

If such a situation were to happen, not only a few hundred players would be standing outside the city, it could multiply by ten!

Nearby players might, like unleashed dogs, rush towards Frost Feather City while panting excitedly!

By then, there would be more wolves than meat, and there would probably not be enough ghosts in Frost Feather City to go around!

Lu Xun held the sword sheath in his hand, looked around, and gradually spread out his divine sense, focusing on the rolling ghost qi around him.

Now he was basically certain that there would be a Ghost King with an extremely generous experience points reward. Now, all he needed to do was to determine the location of the Ghost King’s appearance at the earliest moment.

In just a few moments, black gas streams began to rise from the ground.

They were somewhat like Lu Xun’s Pink Ink, except that Pink Ink was ink-colored and artistic, while these were deep black, looking very ferocious!

In an instant, a large number of ghosts appeared inside and outside of Frost Feather City.

There were nearly 200 in number, scattered everywhere in the district!

Each ghost varied in level, some were no higher than level ten, categorized as lower-level monsters, while others were as high as level thirty or so.

As for those above level 40, there weren’t any.

This indicated that a large amount of ghost qi had concentrated together and had not spread to the minor monsters, suggesting the existence of a Ghost King above level 50!

“It’s at the back!” Lu Xun immediately sensed it.

The next moment, a raspy ghost cry came from a location less than a mile away from him and Ye Sui’an.

The moment the sound entered their ears, it made them feel dazed and had a slightly blurred consciousness.

Being someone equipped with 5 points of spiritual power, Lu Xun’s divine sense was strong, so he quickly recovered his clarity, and locked his divine sense onto this Ghost King, ensuring that he kept a close eye on every movement the Ghost King made.

At the same time, Lu Xun directly cast a detection spell, checking the Ghost King’s specific level.

Due to the reinforcement from his special attributes and his formidable strength, his detection privileges were relatively high.

He quickly saw the basic information of the Ghost King.

[Level: 51].

“Only level 51? Did I overthink it?” Lu Xun slightly frowned.

However, the next moment, outside Frost Feather City, another raspy ghost cry was heard!

Ghost qi surged outside the city, which Lu Xun could see even from afar.

“There’s another Ghost King!” His pupils shrank, and he gripped his sword sheath tightly.

Exactly as he had guessed, the situation was indeed very severe, which made calling a group of players over a correct decision.

“No wonder it’s me.” He thought to himself.

The next moment, the ghosts moved.

These dimwitted creatures only knew slaughter, and even if they were above level 50, they were just a group of maniacs obsessed with devouring and killing.

In an instant, the entire Frost Feather City seemed like a haunted city.

–Two Kings appear, a hundred ghosts march!

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