498: Death in less than five minutes

After the teams were divided, Gu Qinghan waited with his teammates.

Not only were there many people in their team, but they were also much quieter compared to other teams.

For example, the other teams at least seemed to have basic communication, sharing their general abilities for better coordination later on.

However, in Gu Qinghan's team, almost no one spoke; the atmosphere was so heavy, it was as if they each owed the other a huge sum of money.

Of course, there was an exception: Qian Yuanqing, the chatterbox.

"Hey, how many giants do you think we'll encounter later?" Qian Yuanqing asked.

"I don't know, maybe a lot," Gu Qinghan replied.

"Then what kind of monster do you think those people want to kill? Is it the BOSS of this Secret Realm?"

"Maybe, I haven't killed it before."

"Aren't you Gu Han, the number one on the leaderboard?"

"Aren't you number three? Have you killed it?"

Under Qian Yuanqing's incessant barrage, Gu Qinghan also chatted with him about some meaningless topics.

However, this torment did not last too long, as Gu Qinghan and the others soon saw some Professionals who looked like foreigners come to notify General Chu Tian.

"General Chu Tian, time's up, let's begin."

The person spoke, glancing at the Professionals who had already formed their teams.

General Chu Tian nodded and said to the person:

"Alright, I hope everyone can fulfill their duties and that no one resorts to other means."

The other party kept nodding, but everyone understood that this was impossible.

"People die for wealth, birds die for food" is an eternal truth.

Assuming the giant, suspected to be the Lord of the Secret Realm, is killed, all those who were cooperating will instantly turn against each other, fighting for the reward.

However, that is a matter for later; the main objective now is to deal with this fellow first.

Team after team followed General Chu Tian towards the target, and after more than an hour, they gradually saw an incredibly magnificent palace.

Gu Qinghan looked up; it was the first time he felt that the word "magnificent" was insufficient to describe a building.

The palace was not particularly intricate, but each massive stone block that formed it was several meters high and wide, making everyone suddenly feel incredibly small.

General Chu Tian and the others had clearly been here before; he exchanged gestures with Clerics from several other countries and began to surround the palace.

At the same time, Gu Qinghan and the others were also led by military Professionals to their assigned positions.

This process alone took more than ten minutes.

Once in position, a military Professional took out a stone tablet with several different indentations.

As he took it out, new indentations slowly appeared on the stone tablet.

Gu Qinghan was not far away, so he witnessed this scene entirely.

It seemed to be a tool for silent communication.

The military Professional also carved an indentation on the stone tablet, then nodded to another person beside him.

A staff suddenly appeared in the latter's hand; he pointed it at the sky, and immediately a blazing fireball flew towards the sky.

After rising into the sky, the fireball immediately shattered into countless fragments, like a blooming firework.

The next moment, Gu Qinghan felt an earth-shattering roar emanate from within the huge palace.

It was a roar filled with endless anger and pain, making everyone involuntarily cover their ears.

"Get ready, the giants will appear very soon!"

The military Professionals quickly said, simultaneously pulling out their weapons and adopting a battle stance.

Gu Qinghan did not pull out Embrace of the Netherworld; he simply casually took out a staff.

This staff was obtained from Shangjing Base earlier and came with two skills.

One was to cast an Ice Cone, and the other was to summon an ice elemental spirit within a certain range to attack enemies.

Interestingly, the second skill of this staff could only be used three times, and when it fell into Gu Qinghan's hands, only one use remained.

However, fortunately, the more mana consumed when using this skill, the stronger the summoned ice elemental spirit would be.

Therefore, Gu Qinghan planned to directly expend half of his mana to summon one for this operation.

Qian Yuanqing still squeezed next to Gu Qinghan, looking at the staff in Gu Qinghan's hand and saying:

"You're actually a mage? How uninspired."

"Then what's your profession?"

"I'm also a mage, hehe."

Gu Qinghan was speechless; he could naturally feel that this Qian Yuanqing was intentionally getting close to him, but he didn't feel any malice.

On the contrary, the other party gave him a very familiar feeling, which made him somewhat bewildered.

Qian Yuanqing didn't waste time; he didn't even pull out a weapon, just extended his hand and waved it, and immediately black shadows began to condense on the ground.

Then, a constantly changing, mud-like creature stood up from the ground.

"What is this?" Gu Qinghan asked, puzzled.

"Shadow monster, my skill! This one is to protect you."

Saying this, Qian Yuanqing summoned another shadow monster and placed it beside himself.

Clearly, this one was to protect himself.

At this, Gu Qinghan was genuinely curious.

He looked at Qian Yuanqing, thought for a moment, and asked:

"I'm sure I haven't met you before, but why do I feel a sense of closeness?"

"You too? Oh my, I have that feeling too!"

Qian Yuanqing's eyes widened, and Gu Qinghan noticed that his eyes seemed very beautiful, completely at odds with his wretched appearance.

Gu Qinghan frowned slightly; this feeling was very inexplicable, leaving him quite puzzled.

Suddenly, a figure flew out of the palace like a cannonball, tumbling several times in the air before crashing directly onto the ground.

The person landed precisely in the area guarded by Hua Nation Professionals, so many teams saw it.

Gu Qinghan looked at the direction the person flew from and confirmed he had flown out of the huge palace.

In other words, this fellow was a Cleric.

This was a foreign Cleric; when he fell to the ground, he was like a broken rag doll.

A large amount of blood spread out from beneath him, as if a crimson carpet had been laid beneath him.

But this Cleric showed no signs of movement.

He was dead.

A Cleric, dead so easily, and in less than five minutes.

Moreover, this place was at least several hundred meters from the palace; what kind of force could have thrown him directly here? Many people's expressions changed, and Gu Qinghan especially felt that many in his team instinctively took a step back.

But at the same time, a few people's eyes revealed an increasingly inexplicable emotion.

"Interesting..."

Gu Qinghan committed these few people to memory; his memory was excellent, and he would pay close attention to these fellows later.

And in less than two minutes, someone suddenly shouted in one direction:

"Giants are coming from that side! Everyone, pay attention!"

"Here too! There are two here!"

They hadn't discovered the giants when they arrived; no one knew where these giants suddenly appeared from.

However, these giants were indeed coming, and almost all of them were adult giants.

Gu Qinghan merely glanced before retracting his gaze; he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to collect the Cleric's body first.

But he suddenly realized that, besides himself, someone else was also staring at the Cleric's body.

It was that defiant guy from before!