Is the closed beta test of King of Loque over? The official release is here!

"Haha! Dragon fruit!" Fang Xu held the bright red fruit, grinning from ear to ear. "5000 experience points! My Sea Flash Star is in luck!"

He turned to look at Murong Jiao, his eyes reddening again. "Big Sister, you're so good to me!"

"Alright, alright." Murong Jiao couldn't stand his attitude and quickly waved her hand. "Hurry up and put your fruit away, don't wander around here."

"okay!"

Fang Xu quickly put the dragon fruit into his backpack, then stood up properly, looking like a well-behaved little brother.

Mo Fan carefully put away his dragon fruit. He secretly pondered which pet would be most suitable to use it on.

Five thousand experience points is a considerable sum.

If used on Fire Dance Dragon...

Fire Dance Dragon, his main pet, is currently level 26, requiring even more experience points to level up. 5000 experience points should be enough for Fire Dance Dragon to level up once.

But it's only level one.

Currently, the lowest level among his pets is Bobora.

If you give it to Popola, the effect will probably be even better.

but.....

From what we can see so far, this secret realm seems to be solely for obtaining pets.

If you get a new pet, you'll definitely need to level it up.

Let me think about it some more.

There's no rush now.

“Well then—” Murong Jiao clapped her hands, drawing everyone’s attention back. “The exchange is complete, let’s leave this cave.”

"Let's go then." Fang Xu rubbed his hands together impatiently. "To be honest, I've wanted to get out of here for a while. This cave is so dark, it's kind of creepy if you stay in it for too long."

Mo Fan and Murong Sha nodded in agreement.

The four of them then returned along the same route they had taken.

After passing through the short passage and pushing aside the dense vines, the sunlight outside the cave streamed in.

The four stepped out of the cave and took a deep breath of fresh air. The outside world and the inside seemed like two completely different spaces—the sun was shining brightly, a gentle breeze was blowing, and birdsong could be heard in the distance.

Chapter 170 Special Area Teleportation Array

The sunlight outside the cave was a bit dazzling, and the four of them squinted instinctively the moment they stepped out of the vines.

Fang Xu took a deep breath of the air mixed with the scent of grass, his face filled with exaggerated delight: "I'm alive! The outside world is so much better. If I had stayed in this cave any longer, I feel like I would have grown mushrooms."

"You're hopeless." Murong Jiao rolled her eyes at him, clearly in a very good mood, even the swaying of her pigtails seemed a little lighter.

As she walked, she played with the lightning crystal, clearly enamored with it.

Mo Fan followed behind, quietly opening his friends list and sending a message in the four-person chat group.

[Mo Fan: How's it going over there? I just teamed up with a few other people and we beat a mini-game. The rewards were pretty good.]

However, the message went unanswered for a time, with no one replying.

His eyebrows twitched slightly.

If no one replies within a short time, they are most likely busy.

It seems that Zhao Mingyuan and the others each have their own unique experiences...

Before the thought had even finished, a soft white beam of light shot into the sky above the dense forest not far in front of the four people!

The beam of light wasn't particularly earth-shattering, and it didn't cover the entire secret realm, but within this area, it stood out like a lighthouse in the night.

"What is that?" Fang Xu craned his neck, his eyes wide as saucers.

"Nonsense! Of course it's something good!" Murong Jiao perked up almost instantly, her eyes gleaming with the light of a treasure hunter. "Let's go take a look!"

Before she finished speaking, she had already taken the lead and rushed towards the pillar of light.

"Big Sister, wait for me!" Fang Xu quickly followed.

Mo Fan and Murong Sha exchanged a glance and quickened their pace in tacit agreement.

Meanwhile, in other directions in the area, many people had also clearly seen the beam of light. Figures emerged from the forest and valleys, all converging on the same target.

The air was filled with the scent of "competition".

-

When Mo Fan and his companions arrived, a large crowd had already gathered where the pillar of light had been; at a rough count, there were at least forty or fifty people.

This is a clearing in the woods, and in the very center of the clearing, a huge magic circle is slowly turning, emitting a soft white light. The magic circle's patterns are complex and mysterious, and at its core, a pentagram pattern is being lit up inch by inch, as if something is about to be activated.

The crowd buzzed with discussion.

"Does anyone know what's going on? I was farming pets over there, and I ran over as soon as the light came on."

"Holy crap, this setup is something else, there's definitely something good in there!"

"I remember now, it looked just like this before the Ancient Cocoa Tree Secret Realm opened last time! There were pillars of light!"

"What are we waiting for? We're going to make a fortune, brothers!"

Mo Fan and his three companions remained on the periphery of the crowd, not rushing forward. Murong Jiao crossed her arms, observing the magic circle in the arena with great interest.

Just then, the last stroke of the pentagram pattern on the magic circle lit up completely, and the entire magic circle shone brightly!

Immediately afterwards, the same panel prompt popped up in front of everyone present.

The teleportation magic circle to the special area has been activated.

[Existence time: 1 hour.]

[Teleport slots: 18 people.]

[Teleportation preparation time: 15 minutes. Players within the magic circle will be teleported after 15 minutes.]

"Holy crap! It's a teleportation array!"

"Special area? Is it a hidden map?"

"Special area, that sounds like something good, there's a high chance there are some great treasures inside."

"But... only eighteen people?!"

After a brief moment of excitement, the crowd erupted in chaos.

Limited to 18 people!

There were forty or fifty people present! This meant that more than half of them were destined to be eliminated!

In an instant, the previously harmonious atmosphere vanished. Everyone looked at their "companions" with a hint of wariness and suspicion.

The air seemed to freeze.

"This is troublesome," Fang Xu swallowed hard and lowered his voice, "Big Sister, there are only four of us, how are we going to compete for this spot?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Murong Jiao raised an eyebrow, a warlike smile curving her lips. "With me here, who dares to touch us? It'll be a good opportunity for some blind fools to see how powerful I am!"

"Let's wait and see," Mo Fan said calmly, his gaze sweeping over the players with their various expressions. "There are too many wolves and not enough meat; someone will eventually give in first."

Murong Sha nodded in agreement.

-

The atmosphere in the forest clearing was like a taut string.

The white light from the magic circle flowed steadily, illuminating the faces of everyone around in varying degrees of light and shadow. The panel clearly displayed: fifteen minutes to prepare, eighteen spots available. But the number of people surrounding them was far more than eighteen.

Fang Xu leaned closer to Mo Fan, his voice low: "Big Sister, this situation... is a bit ominous."

Murong Jiao didn't answer, but stared at the increasingly bright pentagram at the core of the magic circle. Murong Sha's gaze swept across the crowd, as if assessing the threat.

Just then, a few daring players couldn't contain themselves and tried to be the first to squeeze into the magic circle's range—

But just as the three were about to step into the range of the magic circle...

"Music Ball, use electric shock!"

A blinding bolt of lightning tore through the air, accompanied by a crackling explosion, and suddenly shot out from the depths of the dense forest!

"Sizzle—!"

The lightning struck the ground precisely one meter in front of the three people, leaving charred marks like snake tattoos branded onto the earth. The scattered arcs of electricity even made the three people feel their hair stand on end.

The three were so frightened by the sudden attack that they nearly fell to the ground.

The entire venue fell into a deathly silence.

All eyes turned to the direction from which the lightning had come.

In the dense forest, the shadows of the trees swayed as a group of seven slowly emerged.

The leader was a young man in his early twenties with a fairly decent appearance. He wore a well-tailored designer casual suit, and the watch on his wrist reflected an expensive luster in the sunlight.

However, the innate arrogance on his face and the slight downward turn of his lips when he looked at people ruined the overall impression.

Six people followed behind him.

They were only vaguely divided into two teams.

Three of them followed closely behind him, their expressions respectful; they were clearly his followers.

The other three, however, had formed their own little group, and Mo Fan recognized the leader at a glance.

He was dressed in a suit and tie, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and sported a signature business smile.

Lin Sen, the leader of the Fagong Association stationed in Yunhai City.

Lin Sen was half a body length behind the young man, seemingly indicating that he did not have the upper hand.

But the two people behind him still seemed to regard him as their captain.

Seven people came out, looking menacing.

"What are you doing?!"

The three players who had been forced back by the electric shock regained their senses, both shocked and furious, and shouted angrily at the arrogant young man.