The "Yuewang Goujian Sword" dungeon has existed since the game's launch and has been running for over two hundred years. In these two hundred years, there has never been a report of the Dark Dragon King, Xunaida, appearing twenty minutes early and sealing off the entire dungeon's escape routes...
Congratulations to Guhan. After the "Zhengyuan Garrison Suppression Mission," he has now triggered a completely new side quest that no one has ever encountered before... This side quest is a dungeon side quest, and the probability of it happening in a dungeon that is refreshed by tens of thousands of players every day is even more unlikely than winning a five million jackpot.
Guhan should not have thrown that old Taoist down. In the past, countless players have caused many survivors to fall off cliffs for various reasons while passing through this dungeon. Most of these survivors (99.999%) fell off the cliff due to attacks by Yuan Kui. Only those players with abnormal minds, who deliberately tortured NPCs, would actively push survivors off the cliff.
However, these abnormal players were mostly interested in young and beautiful female survivors or cute and handsome young boys, or they would conveniently eliminate middle-aged Taoists who got in their way. The interest in pushing an old Taoist, who usually stays in the scripture hall, is only 0.1% of 0.001%.
Later, Guhan scholars, who specifically studied Guhan's life, only learned after tens of thousands of people jointly requested that BAT publish this data, that in the two hundred years before Guhan, only four people had actively thrown the old Taoist down. Among these four, only two threw the old Taoist off the cliff behind Chaotian Palace. And among these two, only Guhan let the Goblin Mage Slime escape.
"All these coincidences led to the Dark Dragon King's anomaly. This is a hidden Easter egg in the system, and I never thought anyone would actually trigger it!" This was BAT's response to the numerous questions from Guhan scholars, insisting that it was a pre-set system Easter egg and refusing to acknowledge the then-popular "BAT conspiracy theory."
The truth, with the passage of time, has become vague and uncertain, leaving only endless debates among later generations, which have created a community of tens of thousands of Guhan scholars...
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"You two!" Guhan, who had already decided to fight to the death, pulled Tianxing and Yueling away from the cliff edge. "Something has changed, and I can no longer protect you. At this point, I can only fight. Go to Chaotian Palace and alert everyone to escape down the main road as quickly as possible. This Tianzhu Peak may not exist in this world for much longer!"
Yueling and Tianxing exchanged a glance, bowed deeply to Guhan, and ran into Chaotian Palace. Within seconds, the palace was filled with cries of despair as countless survivors grabbed their belongings and fled through the main gate, heading for the only road down the mountain.
As they fled, they cursed Guhan for lying about the Dark Dragon King not attacking and for lying about rescue forces coming to save them. If they had fled down the main road at noon, they might have already escaped Wudang Mountain and reached a safe place. They hated Guhan for acting like a savior but being unable to save them.
However, at this moment, Guhan could no longer care about what these survivors thought of him, as the Dark Dragon King Xunaida was now standing before him, flapping his massive wings.
Xunaida was a very standard Western dragon, with dragon claws that could cover three large trucks and wings that spanned the entire football field. If he lay down, his body would cover an area the size of the White House.
He looked at Guhan, who was blocking his path, as if he were an ant. His dragon eyes did not show the contempt, disdain, or pity that Guhan had expected, but rather a sense of curiosity.
"I know you! You pushed that human off the cliff! However, that human's memory does not seem to hold any grudge against you, which is truly curious to a dragon!" Suddenly, Xunaida spoke, each word heavy with a nasal tone and a hollow, wind-tunnel-like quality, but he spoke in perfect Mandarin... This was not surprising, as he had absorbed human memories and naturally mastered this not-so-complex language. After all, the dragon language of the dragon race has over a hundred thousand phonetic sounds, hundreds of times more complex than human language.
"Your Majesty, the Dark Dragon King Dac Xunaida! The sword-wielding admiral of Yanjing City offers you the highest respect!" Realizing that the Dark Dragon King Xunaida had not immediately attacked but was speaking to him, Guhan felt a glimmer of hope. Perhaps, he could use words to buy himself twenty minutes!
So, Guhan directly called out Xunaida's name. In history, after Xunaida was killed, humans learned his name and story from the wealth and treasures he carried. Before that, no one knew that this Western dragon was the Dark Dragon King, let alone that his name was Dac Xunaida.
"Oh, in this world, there is actually someone who knows my name!" Indeed, Xunaida's interest was piqued, and he narrowed his dragon eyes, which were about the size of a human's. "Human, in recognition of your knowledge of my name, I will swallow you whole!"
With that, Xunaida flapped his wings and swooped down, his massive mouth biting off the entire rock where Guhan was standing!
"Phew!" Xunaida spat out the rocks, but the human had not entered his mouth. Instead, he had run away, escaping the range of his attack!
"Human, your agility is impressive. I did not expect to find a human in this world as nimble as a Sword Saint!" Xunaida was somewhat surprised. He had assumed that the humans in this world were mere mortals, relying entirely on their swords as weapons... However, Xunaida was not concerned about his missed attack, as he was just playing around and not using his full strength or speed.
"Great Xunaida, Your Majesty... Do you not wish to know why a mere native like me would know your noble name?" Guhan, supported by Yuewang, panted heavily. Xunaida had not used much strength, but Guhan had already exerted seventy percent of his full power. Xunaida's speed and attack range were too vast, making it extremely difficult to dodge!
"Of course, I am interested!" Xunaida turned his body. "However, I prefer to directly interrogate your soul rather than listen to your mouth!"
Xunaida launched another diving attack, this time three times faster than before. Guhan barely managed to escape from Xunaida's dragon mouth using all his strength.
"So powerful, I can feel that he is just toying with me! He hasn't used his true strength at all!" Guhan collapsed to his knees, only kept upright by Yuewang's support. He panted heavily, and even with half of Yuewang's physical attributes, he would have been caught by Xunaida the first time.
"Oh, human, you actually dodged my second attack! You have successfully piqued my curiosity. I want to see if you can dodge my third attack!" Xunaida's voice sounded very pleased. After a life-and-death battle, toying with a weaker opponent was a rare pleasure. Xunaida decided that even if Guhan failed to dodge the third time, he would not kill him, just bite off a part of him and enjoy the human's cries of pain.
"Do I have to struggle for another seventeen minutes!" Guhan glanced at the system time. He had already managed to survive for three more minutes. "Yuewang, return to the sword!"
Since the half of Yuewang's physical attributes only allowed him to dodge to this extent, he might as well get a full boost!
Hearing Guhan's command, Yuewang did not hesitate, even though her face turned red. She quickly raised her beautiful buttocks to Guhan.
To be honest, this offer of her body was an irresistible temptation for any virgin... Even Guhan was excited for a second before he gritted his teeth, reached between Yuewang's legs, and pulled out the sword handle with a smooth touch.
A massive surge of power flowed from the sword handle into Guhan's body, instantly dispelling the fatigue from his full-effort dodges. Now, Guhan was confident that even if the dragon's speed doubled, he could still dodge!
Sure enough, as Guhan felt, Xunaida's third attack was easily dodged. If not for the fear of completely angering the dragon and ending the time-buying game, Guhan was confident he could have stabbed Xunaida's lips... Of course, that would have been useless, causing less pain than a small bite on the lip.
With this thought, Guhan played the dodging game with Xunaida three more times, successfully delaying the time by another two minutes. However, after the third time, Xunaida suddenly roared, "Human, Xunaida has had a lot of fun today. Now, Xunaida decides to really eat you!"
With that, Xunaida pounced on Guhan with lightning speed, three times faster than before. Guhan had not expected Xunaida to suddenly accelerate, and even with all of Yuewang's physical attributes, Yuewang was just a famous sword!
At this moment, no matter how hard Guhan tried to escape, he could not avoid Xunaida's massive mouth and was swallowed whole!
"This human's speed is comparable to that of a human Sword Saint... At two-tenths of my speed, I almost missed him! Truly embarrassing for a dragon!" Xunaida thought to himself, but this interesting human was just a toy. Now that he was bored, food was Guhan's ultimate fate.