Who are you calling a stable boy?!

Zheng Jing patted the heads of the cat and dog team: "Go wake up the others and prepare to fight."

As he spoke, he pulled the golden cudgel from behind his ear: "You can handle those shrimp soldiers and crab generals. I, Old Zheng, will go and see who's the leader rushing to their death."

"Yes!"

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"Being distracted on the battlefield is a major taboo."

Aura, who was sitting on the back of a giant chameleon, opened her mouth when she heard Cocytus say this, but did not refute it.

She was indeed distracted.

"I'm sorry... but Cocytus, aren't you worried about Lord Momoga?"

With drooping ears, Aura raised her head to look at the towering Ice Insect King: "Ever since that annoying fellow came to the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Lord Momoga has never come out from his throne chamber. If Albedo and Demiurge hadn't both said that Lord Momoga was indeed there, I would have doubted it..."

“Be careful what you say, Aura.”

Cocytus exhaled a chill: "That lord has his own considerations. We only need to follow in his footsteps and dedicate ourselves to the cause of our Father God."

"But--"

"Click".

Cocytus's sudden movement of raising his weapon made Aura's throat tighten.

But this was not Cocytus intimidating her.

"coming."

The warrior, his steps heavy with icy cold, raised his head and gazed at the approaching golden light in the night sky.

Chapter 303: The Map of Mountains and Rivers

"Ok?"

In the sky, Zheng Jing pressed down on the clouds, blinked his golden eyes, and stared at the mountains and forests not far away.

The night was deep and the moonlight was dim. The dark forest seemed like a hungry beast crouching in the shadows, inspiring awe and fear.

But in Zheng Jing's eyes, this eerie scene was all unreal!

The rolling mountains and forests, like a painting so realistic it could be mistaken for a real painting, lay right before him.

Carrying his golden cudgel, Zheng Jing shouted towards the mountains and forests, "What kind of demon are you? Hiding your head and tail, show yourself at once!"

After waiting for two breaths without any response, he chuckled.

"Alright, alright! If you don't come out, then I, Old Zheng, am going in!"

Stepping on the golden clouds, Zheng Jing buried his head and rushed into the illusion.

"Well!"

Within the landscape painting, seeing that golden light burst in but not sensing any intruder, Aura frowned deeply: "No, I can't just pull that guy in!"

"Does the other side also possess world-class items?"

"Cocytus asked."

In YGGDRASIL, the Mountain and River Map, a world-class item, allows you to select a region in the world and swap it with the painted world within the map, thus creating an illusionary realm within the world and trapping the selected region within the map.

In theory, anyone who enters the illusionary realm can be forcibly pulled into the map by the user of the Mountain and River Map.

Unless the intruder is equipped with world-class items or special items that can counter the effects of the Mountain and River Map.

Now, the power of the Mountain and River Map has naturally become the ability to directly affect the material plane. It can swap the selected area in the material plane with the painted world in the map, trapping the selected area in the map while leaving an indistinguishable illusion in the material plane.

Logically, when Zheng Jing entered the illusion, he should have been pulled into the picture by the prepared Aura...

The first thing Cocytus could think of was that the other side was also equipped with world-class items.

Aura hesitated for a moment: "I can't say for sure, but this is the most likely... huh?"

"what happened?"

"He...he came in on his own..."

While Aura and Cocytus were talking, Zheng Jing stood on the battlefield, looking around with a hint of curiosity on his face.

Having just entered the illusion, he looked around, but all the illusions were ultimately false in his eyes and could not be taken for real.

But then he had a feeling that someone was inviting him over.

Since Zheng Jing dared to barge in, he was not afraid. With a thought, he saw the surrounding scenery change. When everything settled down, he found himself standing on a vast battlefield with rolling sandstorms.

Looking out, across the vast expanse of yellow sand, broken blades and withered armor are scattered about, as if, apart from these metal objects, the flesh and blood of those fallen soldiers had long been devoured by the ceaseless wind and sand.

Zheng Jingli had only glanced around the battlefield a couple of times when suddenly he saw skeletons rising from the yellow sand, clad in black armor and wielding weapons, surrounding him with a clatter.

Why go through all that trouble?

Outside the battlefield, in the mountains and forests, Cocytus looked at the magical image in front of Aura and couldn't help but say, "Let us fight him directly."

"Don't be in such a hurry, Cocytus. I know you want to fight a strong opponent, but it is precisely because that is a powerful enemy that even Lord Momoga finds dangerous that we should be cautious."

Aura turned around with an apologetic look on her face and spoke sincerely: "Especially this time, the condition for breaking the barrier is still just defeating me... We can't be careless!"

For those trapped within the "Map of Mountains and Rivers," there is always a way to escape.

Each time the Mountain and River Map is activated, it will randomly select one of the forty escape methods as the current escape method. As long as a trapped person successfully escapes using this method, they will not only be able to leave the Mountain and River Map, but also directly gain ownership of the Mountain and River Map.

Aura didn't know whether to say her luck was good or bad this time, as the way to escape was the simplest and most direct method: knocking down the user.

It's important to understand that once the Mountain and River Map is activated, the user must also enter it, and can only leave when the Mountain and River Map is closed.

In other words, as long as Yaula still wanted to trap Zheng Jing in the "Map of Mountains and Rivers," she had no other choice.

In a sense, the Mountain and River Map is more like a giant formation that can be deployed anytime, anywhere.

"......it is good."

Cocytus nodded: "But the battlefield is too child's play for him."

Upon hearing Cocytus's words, Aura quickly turned around to look.

In the magical image, facing a hundred thousand skeleton soldiers, each around level 60, Zheng Jing was riding a golden cudgel the size of a pagoda, like a juggler on wheels, arms crossed, his feet never stopping, as he thundered and crashed through the hundred thousand-strong army!

Wherever it passed, the skeleton soldiers wielding swords and spears were no match for the tower-like golden cudgel. It shattered and cracked upon contact, and could only be crushed into dust and squeezed into the yellow sand.

"Whoosh! Come on, come on! You think you're worthy of being a speed bump? Skeleton, you'd better practice some more! Hahahaha—"

Hearing Zheng Jing laugh, Aura bit her lip.

In the short time it took her to talk to Cocytus, Zheng Jing had already crushed more than 20,000 of the 100,000-strong army with a few moves.

Users of the Mountain and River Map can modify the areas trapped in the painting, transforming them into hundreds of different worlds.

[Battlefield] is one of them.

In the otherworldly realm of [Battlefield], users can periodically summon a large number of reinforcements whose level is no higher than 60% of their own to attack those who are trapped.

If Aura is level 100, then the highest level reinforcements she can summon are level 60.

She can summon a batch of such an army of 100,000 every 20 minutes.

—But could Zheng Jing have slaughtered this army of 100,000 in just 5 minutes?!

Furthermore, judging from Zheng Jing's appearance, it was clear that this army of 100,000 men couldn't even give him a chance to catch his breath, let alone injure him...

"Oh?"

As the sandstorm raged, the scenery changed dramatically. Zheng Jing stopped, casually sat on the golden cudgel, crossed his legs, and rested his chin on his hand, watching as the vast expanse of yellow sand transformed into a gigantic arena.

Then, the iron fence in the distance was pulled open, and a dark figure suddenly leaped out.

Its sturdy, powerful legs tread the ground, and its robust, brown body has two heads: a lion's head and a sheep's head. When it swings its tail, the tip turns out to be a black-scaled snake's head.

This monster, which stands over four meters tall at the shoulder, is none other than a chimera.

A level 80 Chimera.

Realizing that she couldn't build up her strength through sheer numbers, Aura immediately changed her strategy, repainting the area where Zheng Jing was located as the "Gladiator Arena".

In this other world, users can summon reinforcements whose level is no higher than 80% of their own and whose number is equal to that of the enemy, to fight against the enemy.

The advantage is that the individual quality of the reinforcements is extremely high; the disadvantage is that once a reinforcement is killed, it takes 24 hours to summon a new one.

"Oh!"

With a casual strike, Zheng Jing killed the chimera that was about to roar in anger, and then picked at his ear.

"It was better than before; if it's still this boring..."

When he looked up, Aura instinctively shrank back.

That one glance was as if he had traveled thousands of miles to stand directly in front of her and looked down at her.

"I, Old Zheng, am going to have to find my own fun."

Chapter 304: Determining Qualification and Life or Death

The Lava Realm can continuously inflict terrible fire damage on those trapped within!

"The temperature is nice. It's been a while since I, Old Zheng, have had a sauna. Hey! This is great!"

The Thunderous Realm is a place where powerful thunderstorms periodically descend!

"Hehehe! How do I tickle? Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Ahahaha!!"

Extreme Ice Otherworld—

"Wow! What a wonderful summer retreat!"

With the staff on his shoulder and his hands on the ground, Zheng Jing moved through the snow without leaving a trace. He first hopped around twice in the icy landscape, then shook his shoulders, raised his head to steadily support the golden cudgel, and squatted down to grab the snow that was at least half a meter thick.

As a native of Liquan, he had hardly ever seen snow in his life, except for a few times when he went to university in other places.

This is the first time I've ever seen such heavy snow.

Shouldn't we sculpt something and unleash our artistic talents?

Uh... uh...

"Yes! Wonderful, wonderful!"

With his hands on his hips and the golden cudgel pointing at him, Zheng Jing looked at the masterpiece he had created and nodded in satisfaction.

"To be able to restore the Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon to this extent, I'm truly worthy of the title!"

"It's a pity that with such heavy snow, we can't find anyone to have a snowball fight with..."

Standing in the frigid otherworld where players with a constitution below 18 could freeze to death in minutes, Zheng Jing muttered with some regret.

"How about it, interested in having a snowball fight with me, Old Zheng?"

Zheng Jing turned his head with a grin and looked at Cocytus, who had somehow ended up standing on the snow.

"Your Excellency and I have not only determined the victor, but also the one who will live or die."

"Oh?"

With a flick of his head, Zheng Jing brought the golden cudgel into his hand, then held it up and scratched his cheek at Cocytus.

He sensed something was wrong.

Although he didn't know much about the Undead Lords series, certainly not as much as those meticulous researchers who delved into the original novel, he had heard a lot about Prisoner's protective nature.

After all, the "empty nesters" were indeed quite popular on the pink app back in the day.

"Liao Gu, are you really willing to let us come here to die like this?"

"Solid bones?"

"Momoga ya".

Cocytus suddenly raised his weapon, pointing it directly at Zheng Jing: "How dare you address His Majesty by his name!"

"Hey, isn't a name just for calling people? Like me, my name is Zheng Jing, so you can call me Zheng Jing, or you can call me Pilgrim Zheng."

Thumbs up to himself, Zheng Jing looked at Cocytus and asked, "And you, bro? What's your name?"

"...Cocytus, one of the guardians who serve the Supreme Being."

"Brother Ke, alright, I, Old Zheng, will ask you one more time: Did Lao Gu call you here to die? Hmm?"

Zheng Jing smiled and pointed at Cocytus: "Look at you, you don't seem like someone who likes to play tricks. Tell those who set up illusion formations, and who else ambushed me, Old Zheng, to come out together!"