Chapter 304: Trap quest

“Maniac, there must be quite a few people buying equipment lately, right?” Feng Xiao took his communication device and lazily asked this.
The tournament was approaching, so countless people would be using all kinds of methods to increase their strength.
Even if they couldn’t reach the top ten experts, or the top hundred……Even being in the top thousand was something to be proud of.

Equipment was naturally one of the most essential things.
If his guesses weren’t wrong, there would be a surge in people looking to wildly buy high level equipment.
When it came to high level equipment, people would naturally think ‘Popular World’ right away! That place never lacked Gold Equipment, Spiritual Equipment……or even Immortal Equipment that people dream of having!

“Many people.” Maniac’s voice was cold, but Feng Xiao understood the meaning of these two words.
He didn’t say “yes” and said “many people”, which meant that it wasn’t a normal increase.
The battle with the Vast Sea Rageshark had contributed several hundred Gold Equipment that was around level 50, several dozen Spiritual Equipment, and even a few pieces of Immortal Equipment.
Each one was enough to make people fight over it.

“Has there been any large movements lately?” Feng Xiao casually asked.
He normally cared very little about this since he was very assured with Maniac there.
When it came to business, if he couldn’t be trusted, then no one in this world could be trusted.

“We’ve started our real estate business and the Imperial City side……has been very cooperative.” Maniac said a few rare extra words.
He was actually a bit surprised by “young master Feng”, as he couldn’t understand what method he had used to subdue the people from the imperial palace.
The land that he wanted was always taken easily and at a low price.

“Hei, hei, then that’s good.
But you shouldn’t tire yourself out too much.
To do some good things, you have to take care of your body first.”

“……I understand.”

Tossing the communication device aside, Feng Xiao laid there with a satisfied look as he enjoyed the soft feeling coming from his chest.
It had been a long time since he had relaxed like this.

With old man Fang helping on the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Palace side, it was hard for the land business not to go smoothly.
The only restricting factor was their funds.
After all, ‘Popular World’ was only in its starting period and it had developed just too quickly.
If it wasn’t for having a monopoly and having connections, the funds that Maniac had wouldn’t be enough for anything.

Feeling his steady heartbeat, Feng Yao didn’t make a sound and just laid there on his body.
Her white jade fingers tapped on his body as she greedily inhaled the scent coming from him.

Three days of leisure passed and tomorrow would be the day of the tournament.
Feng Xiao had already reached level 57 and Hen Tian was thrown a level under him, but he knew that it wouldn’t take long for the other side to catch up.

Feng Yao was in an extremely good mood recently.
Because of the extremely anticipated tournament, the Chinese government made a decision that filled everyone with joy.
The period during the tournament was a national holiday! So she could stay by his side without leaving him for a long time.

……

A hidden map.

Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud’s face was as dead as water.
The white glowing daggers in his hand took the lives of the monsters in front of him like a death god’s sickle as he moved as fast as a shadow, not even letting the monsters touch him once.

“Young master! Young master!” Heavenly Demon Shadow’s voice came from his communication device with a hint of excitement to it.

“What is it! Speak!” Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud’s expression didn’t fluctuate at all and the daggers in his hand didn’t stop.
Nailing a monster dead into the ground, his hand flicked and the Absolute Death Hidden Ghost Wheel returned to his hand like it had intelligence.

“Xiao Qi just accidentally triggered a Hidden Quest and received two transfer scrolls to a quest map! Perhaps there’s a Hidden Job Quest there! Young master, do you……”

“Let Shadow Sword go, he needs to increase his strength.
Bring a few more people over.” Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud said in a cold voice.
The tournament was here, he didn’t have the time to care about other matters.
The only thing he had to do was increase his level as quickly as possible!

“Understood, young master!” Heavenly Demon Shadow put down the communication device before calling another person.

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Ten minutes later, a person with a sloppy and arrogant look entered the Heavenly Demon Guild’s headquarters.
He was covered in golden glowing equipment, so his level and strength couldn’t be underestimated.
In the Heavenly Demon Guild, he could be considered the second strongest.

As soon as he reached level 52, he received a message from Heavenly Demon Shadow.
He was filled with joy and immediately rushed over.
Although he didn’t know what the quest reward would be, how could the reward from a Hidden Quest be bad? Perhaps it’ll be a piece of high level equipment or perhaps……a Hidden Job!

Each scroll could only transfer a hundred people.
He took it with a casual look and headed out.

“Wait, there’s still another one.” Heavenly Demon Shadow called out to him.

“No need! The quest said that I just need to find the level 40 Gold Boss and then hand in the scroll that it drops to complete the quest.
With my power and ninety nine people at level 50, it should be a piece of cake.”

“But the Hidden Quests are unpredictable……”

Heavenly Demon Shadow Sword was already gone, too lazy to listen to him.
Heavenly Demon Shadow helplessly shook his head.
If a Hidden Quest was so easy, how could it be called a Hidden Quest? He could only pray that nothing would happen to Heavenly Demon Shadow Sword.

Three hours later……

Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud was still cutting like before.
He had been online for twenty four hours increasing his power, leveling at quite the fast speed.
Although he was still third, he believed that it wouldn’t take long before his level surpassed the top two.

“Young……Young master!” A shaky voice came from the communication device.
Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud knitted his brows and asked in a cold voice, “What is it?”

“Level 0……I’ve become level 0……I……I……” The voice was still trembling.
Several months of level day and night, several months of painstakingly hard work had disappeared in an instant.
He had to start from the beginning again.
Heavenly Demon Shadow Sword couldn’t help crying.

“What!?” Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud’s heart trembled as his figure retreated to a safe place before he asked, “What happened?”

“That Hidden Quest……other than the level 40 Gold Boss, there was a level 80 one! A level 80……We couldn’t escape and everyone was killed.
Moreover……we all went back to level 0.” Heavenly Demon Shadow Sword said in a trembling voice.
The surrounding Beginner Village scene didn’t give him the joy of “returning in glory”……He couldn’t understand why being killed by the level 80 Gold Boss would result in everyone going back to level 0.

Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud tightly knitted his brows.
His right hand cracked as he really wanted to punch that Heavenly Demon Shadow Sword in the head.
The quest said to kill a level 40 Gold Boss, but it didn’t say that there would be another powerful monster, so he went without any preparations……If it was that easy, could it be called a Hidden Quest!

Only, why did they go back to level 0? Was it a quest penalty? Or……

“What is that map’s name?” Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud didn’t scold him and asked this in a cold voice.

“It’s called……Death Swamp.
It was very dark……and very terrifying.

Death Swamp……Could it be because of the map?

In Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud’s memories, trap maps would appear in certain abnormal games.
The process of these traps would be luring many people in with a hidden quest and then……if they died there, they would go back to level 0!

Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud hung up on Heavenly Demon Shadow Sword and called Heavenly Demon Shadow, “That quest, where did Xiao Qi get it from?”

“He……He picked it up.” Heavenly Demon Shadow’s voice had a bit of panic to it.

“Picked it up……” Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud almost shattered the communication device in anger! Who would believe that this pie would fall from the sky!

“You idiots! This is a trap quest! Shadow Sword and the rest are all back to level 0!” Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud said in a dark voice.

“I……I also just learned about it.” Heavenly Demon Shadow wiped the cold sweat off his head.
When he received the news from Heavenly Demon Shadow Sword, he had also thought of this possibility first.
Because there had been the same situation in certain games before.
Although it was rare, the consequences were brutal.

This time, it could be considered «Rebirth’s» first trap quest and the one that fell for it was their Heavenly Demon Guild! A hundred people going back to level 0 for a giant force with tens of thousands of people wasn’t considered much, but they would become laughingstocks if this was spread.

“Young master, I think……I think that we should let this matter go since these losses to us are……”

“Humph!” Heavenly Demon Wind Cloud cut him off with a cold snort.
His eyes had a cold glow as he said in a deep voice, “A level 80 Gold Boss……Does Asura have a chance of winning?”