Muscular Rabbits Legion: “No one can escape from the novice village!”
Chapter 560 - 550: The Player Regains Confidence

Chapter 560: Chapter 550: The Player Regains Confidence

Liu Yi said, "Back then, the four of us siblings triggered a teleportation array and were teleported into the territory of the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord. We were soon surrounded by foxes, but luckily we had Five Mountains with us, his strong defense and the elixirs from San Shan supported us, and we managed to fight our way through a bloody path...

However, those foxes were very cunning, and in the end, we were still lured into a larger encirclement and fell into a trap."

Just when we were almost powerless to escape, the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord appeared.

As you know, what the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord enjoys most is watching his prey struggle in traps; he takes great pleasure in that feeling.

When I saw him, although I knew he was strong and terrifying, I thought that since we were going to die anyway, exploding in a burst of blood before death was better than dying pathetically in a trap."

Liu Yi’s story was simple, but everyone who had fought the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord knew the danger very well.

The traps of the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord were even more terrifying, almost certainly fatal for those who entered.

So they understood very clearly how formidable the strength of Liu Yi and his companions was, to be able to fight to the death in such a hopeless situation.

But even more, they admired the will to fight of Liu Yi and the others, who, even then, didn’t despair but thought of spilling the enemy’s blood—truly a heroic spirit.

Liu Yi continued, "After we fought our way through, I mustered all my strength and slashed at the face of the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord, broke through his defense with one strike, and blood poured out... After the Ghost-Faced Mask shattered, behind it were a pair of terrified eyes.

At that moment, we were all stunned; none of us had thought that single slash could injure that BOSS!

You must know, even the defense of those little foxes was hard to break, and the Little Bosses were almost invincible.

One strike drew blood. Although we couldn’t understand it, who had the time to think too much then?

Intending to take one of them down with us, Five Mountains covered our retreat, and with three more strikes, I killed the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord.

To be honest, thinking about it now, it still seems incomprehensible.

Such strong minions, and yet the BOSS was so weak."

Everyone was stunned as well, and someone muttered, "Every time we saw that Ghost-Faced Fox Lord, his aura was terrifying, much stronger than those small monsters. I always thought he was powerful, but it turned out he was all bark and no bite!"

"Who would have thought? In the game, the small monsters are weak, and the BOSS is powerful. Who knew that the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord would be so weak..."

Players who had died at the hands of the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord couldn’t stop complaining.

Li Hongyi said, "Brother Li, even if you could kill the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord, how did you escape from so many powerful fox minions?"

This was what Li Hongyi, Tang Yong, and the others were truly concerned about.

The BOSS was dead, but the minions remained powerful; how were they to manage that?

Liu Yi said, "After the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord died, the system notification said that the Thousand Fox Formation had lost its Formation Eye, the formation was shattered, and all the foxes’ morale greatly decreased due to the death of the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord. The Thousand Fox Formation crumbled, losing the formation bonuses, and their strength was reduced by ninety-nine percent.

Facing foxes with that level of strength, it wasn’t hard for us to escape."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of Tang Yong, Li Hongyi, and others lit up.

General Yu clenched his fists and said,

"This is Newbie Village; logically, even if the monsters outside Newbie Village are strong, they shouldn’t be impossible for our five million people to kill.

The system surely wouldn’t make the situation this impossible!

There must be a glimmer of hope!

If we can’t defeat the minions, if the BOSS follows the same logic, then this is indeed a certain-death situation!

Therefore, I have reason to believe that the Rabbit BOSS could very likely be a similar existence to the Ghost-Faced Fox Lord, potentially powerful but not invincibly so; we have a chance to kill him!"

Li Hongyi nodded in agreement, "Otherwise, it would be inexplicable; every time I take action, that bird comes out to protect him! If he were truly powerful, he wouldn’t need the bird’s protection!"

"Right, exactly! It must be so!"

The more everyone thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed...

Even Liu Yi nodded along because, apart from this possibility, they could not think of any other reason such a situation would arise.

At that moment, Liu Ye’er spoke softly, "Do you think it could be because the system’s integration is very low, and due to an error, it threw us among a bunch of freaks?"

Everyone paused upon hearing this, then their brows furrowed deeply.

Liu Yi quickly pulled Liu Ye’er aside and whispered, "Don’t talk nonsense."

Li Hongyi gave a bitter smile, "If that’s the case, then we’re truly trapped. But I believe it should not be that bad..."

Tang Yong said, "No matter what, we have to try."

Zun Shen said, "There are two paths: one is to try to kill the opposing BOSS and see if the minions weaken.

The other is to abandon Imperial City, relocate en masse, and look for places suitable for leveling and equipment farming."

Tang Yong immediately shouted, "There’s no chance for the second option; I’ve looked around, and those terrifying creatures are everywhere. There are rabbits everywhere, and chickens; we’re surrounded."

Li Hongyi said, "Then there’s only one path left, everyone, it’s time to stake our lives again!"

Everyone clenched their fists, "Your Majesty, give the order!"

Li Hongyi said, "Yin Kui, take your men to scout out the Rabbit minions, especially the distribution of the Wild Monsters. We need to pinpoint the hiding place of Little Rabbit and kill him in one decisive strike!"

"Yes!" Yin Kui took the command and immediately gathered the Ghostly Army to start scouting separately.

There were players skilled in stealth who also joined the investigation.

Others released birds, Spirit Beasts, and Poison Insects to scout the situation.

The rest sat in place in the pit to wait for news, to avoid rousing the enemy.

Just as they sat down, a message came through: "We’ve found their BOSS!"

In an instant, everyone became excited!

"We’ve got news already?"

"Heaven bless Cangshan!"

Tang Yong shouted excitedly. In the group chat, Li Hongyi asked, "Where is he? Did you find the bird with golden wings near him?"

"No, just him alone! There’s no little monster with him!" Yin Kui replied excitedly.

At this moment, Li Hongyi’s eyes turned red with excitement, "Where is he?!"

Yin Kui said, "Head east, he’s by the lake on the eastern side! There are no chickens, no crocodiles, just him alone!"

Li Hongyi stood up abruptly, thinking of his two miserable deaths, and how the vast Imperial City had been plundered by the Rabbit, the fury inside him surged wildly, and his murderous aura peaked!

"Kill my subjects, devour my Dharma Body, demolish my Imperial City, an eternal great hatred, today I must kill this Rabbit!"

Li Hongyi growled lowly, then turned back and asked, "Who will come with me?"

"I will!" General Yu stood up.

Zun Shen said, "I’m going too! For the sake of the Cangshan Empire and for myself..."

Liu Yi thought for a moment and said, "We’ll participate too."

At this moment, everyone with sufficient strength stood up one after another.

"Your Majesty, although the Rabbit is there alone, once we make a move, it’s very likely he’ll send out a distress signal. Not to mention others, those chickens can fly and will come to support at any time. And that bird with golden wings, swift as lightning...

I think everyone should follow you in the end! You all strike first, and we’ll encircle him from all sides. Firstly, to prevent his escape, and secondly, if there’s reinforcements, we can try to block them to buy you some time," Zun Shen said.

Li Hongyi thought it made sense and looked back at the other players.

The other players had died twice already, having lost quite a bit of their equipment. Some were barefoot, some bare-chested, some in just underpants, but without exception, all had eyes blazing and were seething with resentment and murderous intent.

"Your Majesty, we are willing to go with you!"

"Even if we die, as long as we can kill that Rabbit, break the game, and make those Wild Monsters turn back into defeatable weaklings again, we think it’s worth it!" the crowd shouted.

"Your Majesty, we must hurry, or unexpected changes may occur!" Tang Yong urged.

Li Hongyi nodded and said, "Then let’s go together!"

Then, Li Hongyi, along with Tang Yong, General Yu, Zun Shen, Liu Yi, and other experts from the Heavenly List set out first, while all the rest followed with all their might.

The battle to encircle and suppress the Rabbit began!

A few hours earlier, Yi Zheng was somewhat frustrated as Liu Fei had stared at him for a good half of the day!

Just staring at him without saying a word.

In the end, Yi Zheng raised his hands in surrender, and then Liu Fei said, "I just want to know what you did that night! How come once I woke up, our Sect had become the Demon Sect?

You may not have tried to lead our Sect to become a reputable one, but you shouldn’t drag it down!"

Yi Zheng, pulling at his big ears and tousling his eyebrows, said apologetically, "Well... what if I said it was an accident, would you believe me? Actually, I’ve always tried to be a good Rabbit, to eliminate demons and defend the righteous path, to stay positive, and to study hard."

"Then why did you become a Demon Sect? You said you were going out to learn etiquette, so how did you end up with the Demon Sect?" Liu Fei glared at Yi Zheng, fuming.

Yi Zheng smacked his lips, not knowing how to explain.

In the end, Yi Zheng said with a guilty conscience, "Actually, during my time out, I really learned a lot of useful things, at least the core ideas were right, and I still followed the path of eliminating demons and upholding the righteous."

Seeing Liu Fei silent, Yi Zheng added, "It’s just the methods that are a bit shitty."

Liu Fei still did not speak, just staring at Yi Zheng.

Yi Zheng, with no other choice, explained his experiences thoroughly, especially mentioning the rules and core ideas of the Chopping Wood Sect.

After listening, Liu Fei’s brows relaxed.

Yi Zheng quickly seized the moment and said, "Sister Liu, I think, as for eliminating demons and upholding justice, what does the method matter? If it can eliminate demons, that’s all that counts, right?

After all, killing a demon means avenging countless souls, and indirectly saving numerous people.

Right?"

Liu Fei fell into deep thought, clearly struggling to accept this turn of reasoning from her strict, orthodox Sect upbringing.

She felt something was off but couldn’t pinpoint what the problem was.

Seeing an opportunity, Yi Zheng continued, "Sister, I’ve told you before, the greatest act of a hero is to serve the country and the people. What does it matter if we are maligned? What we are doing are truly good deeds!

As long as our conscience is clear, what’s the use in caring about reputation?

Plus, I believe that this Demon Sect status is only temporary. Once people understand our good intentions, they will eventually accept us.

Then, we can become an upright Sect overnight, even more so than others.

The key point is, we’ll be the ones who flipped from Demon Sect to reputation overnight—a transformation so dramatic, it’s rare even if not the first in history, right?

It’ll surely send shockwaves across the world.

Then won’t we become famous? Our names will have to be written into the history books.

And those history books will say of us, ’We endured hardships, carried heavy burdens, and were greatly virtuous, without care for hollow fame, serving country and people,’ right?"

Liu Fei was swayed by the Rabbit’s persuasive words, her head spinning. Although she still felt something was amiss, she subconsciously nodded along.

Yi Zheng knew he had succeeded and decisively added, "So that settles it. Is there anything else? If not, I’ll be on my way."

Liu Fei said, "Wait, I’ve still got things to say! You’re the Sect Master, you can’t just run off for over a year at a time?

There are many things here that need your attention!

You’re not allowed to leave, deal with them first."