The scene fell into a brief silence for a few seconds.

"If God Chen isn't the National Server's Number One Priest, then who is?"

A priest with slicked-back hair couldn't hold back any longer. He looked at Dashing Young Master Leng and asked in confusion, "Brother, haven't you seen the video of God Chen on the forums?"

"Forums?"

Dashing Young Master Leng paused, then scoffed, "Serious gamers don't spend all their time on forums. I saw the National Server's Number One Priest with my own eyes!"

"But didn't you come here because you learned about 'Transdimensional Power' from the forums?" the slicked-back priest continued to ask.

"I saw it on Penguin Space, where everyone was sharing about 'Transdimensional Power.' That's what piqued my interest!"

Dashing Young Master Leng looked disdainfully at the priest and said, "Do you think the forums are the only place in the world? Your vision is really narrow!"

Huh?

The slicked-back priest was momentarily stunned, rendered speechless.

Many of the onlookers couldn't hold back their laughter.

"Penguin Space?"

"Not sharing means you're not Chinese?"

"Hahaha..."

For a moment, the surroundings were filled with cheerful laughter.

"Go ahead and laugh, you bunch of narrow-minded people!"

Dashing Young Master Leng didn't care, glancing at the crowd. Then he looked at Jiang Chen seriously and said, "I hope you understand, the National Server's Number One Priest isn't just hyped up by people!"

Before Jiang Chen could respond.

"Shut up!"

A crisp voice rang out.

Xiao Wei quickly ran over, glaring fiercely at Dashing Young Master Leng, then turned to Jiang Chen and said, "I'm really sorry, this guy likes to talk nonsense. Don't mind him."

"It's okay, he's not wrong. The title of National Server's Number One isn't just hyped up."

Jiang Chen shook his head, then looked at Dashing Young Master Leng with a smile, "I hope I get the chance to face off against the priest you're talking about."

"Sure, I'm familiar with him. I'll definitely pass on the message if I get the chance!"

Dashing Young Master Leng crossed his arms, looking quite proud.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen's expression turned a bit peculiar.

At this moment, everyone's attention was on Dashing Young Master Leng.

Jiang Chen didn't say much more and took the opportunity to quickly leave with the two girls.

"Now that looks like the demeanor of a master..."

Watching Jiang Chen's departing figure, Dashing Young Master Leng muttered under his breath.

"Can you stop talking? It's a good thing he didn't hold it against you!"

Xiao Wei rolled her eyes in exasperation.

...

After leaving the North City Gate, Jiang Chen led Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao northward.

In front of them was a vast white wilderness.

The howling cold wind carried white snowflakes, swirling and dancing in the air.

The environment was harsh, to say the least.

But even so, they could still see other figures moving through the snow.

There were more people heading to the ruins of the ancient Dreamland City than Jiang Chen had expected.

After walking for nearly ten minutes.

Despite drinking Scorching Heart Wine, Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao still felt a chill.

"It's so cold!"

Qing Ying couldn't help but hunch her shoulders.

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"Yeah, it feels like the Scorching Heart Wine only warms up the chest area, but my hands and feet are still freezing."

Tao Xiaoyao blew into her hands and quickly rubbed them together.

While the two girls were chatting.

Suddenly, an ice city appeared before them!

It was filled with various ice structures.

However, these buildings were very small, the tallest being no more than two meters, and the entire ice city spanned less than ten meters.

It looked very miniature.

"What is this?"

Qing Ying looked curious and walked forward.

"Don't go near it!"

Jiang Chen warned.

As soon as he spoke, the ice city began to move quickly towards them and then disappeared in an instant.

The snow in front of them started to wriggle as if something was about to emerge from it.

Next.

A snow-white worm, resembling a silkworm, quickly emerged from the snow.

It was over a meter long and thicker than a human.

Its mouth was emitting wisps of white vapor.

[Ice Mirage Worm (Bronze Level Elite): LV15]

[Mirage: Can create illusions to hide its presence.]

"Ice Mirage Worm, this thing can be quite troublesome for common players, but it always drops a worm gall, which is pretty good."

Jiang Chen muttered softly.

Then, he cast a Healing Ray.

-3560! (Double Cast)

A white healing ray connected with the Ice Mirage Worm, reducing its health by about 47%.

At the same time, the Ice Mirage Worm spat out a snowball-like object towards Jiang Chen.

This was its basic attack.

The speed wasn't fast, and Jiang Chen dodged it easily.

After spitting out the snowball, the Ice Mirage Worm disappeared.

Without a target in sight, the Healing Ray was interrupted.

Healing Ray requires a mental lock on the target, and if the target is out of sight, the spell can't be cast.

It was essentially interrupted.

At this moment, the white ice city reappeared in their sight.

And it was moving continuously.

Without seeing the Ice Mirage Worm, Healing Spell and Healing Ray couldn't be used.

"I'll have to use the Small Holy Light Apocalypse Array."

Jiang Chen muttered, feeling somewhat annoyed, like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Then, a hexagram magic array lit up.

It covered the entire miniature ice city.

-2225!

The Ice Mirage Worm took damage and revealed itself, causing the ice city to disappear.

Two seconds later, the white fat worm flipped over and died on the ground.

A faint glow appeared on its corpse.

Jiang Chen quickly picked up the loot.

[You have obtained a Cold Resistance Worm Gall.]

[Cold Resistance Worm Gall: Consuming it will make you immune to cold for 6 hours.]

"This is much more effective than Scorching Heart Wine, completely negating the cold."

Jiang Chen held up the worm gall, which looked like a fish bladder, and asked Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao, "Who wants it?"

"How do you use it?" Qing Ying asked curiously.

"Eat it," Jiang Chen replied.

"Then give it to Xiaoyao, I can't bring myself to eat it," Qing Ying said immediately.

"Emm, I don't feel that cold."

Tao Xiaoyao quickly shook her head.

"Well, if you don't want it, I'll eat it."

Jiang Chen didn't hesitate and quickly swallowed the worm gall.

It had no taste, but its smooth texture was just like a fish bladder.

In an instant, Jiang Chen felt a warm sensation spread throughout his body.

Then, they continued their journey.

After another twenty minutes of trudging through the icy wilderness.

A snowy forest appeared in their sight.

The map indicated that this place was called: Silver Pine Forest.

"Once we pass through it, we'll reach the ruins of the ancient Dreamland City."

Jiang Chen remembered that in his previous life, this place was used as a temporary gathering point by many players when raiding the Dreamland Secret Realm dungeon.

Soon, Jiang Chen and his group entered the pine forest.

The number of players around them increased noticeably.

Especially when they reached the center, where there was a large clearing with many people gathered.

There was a supply point here.

In the middle of the clearing was a small wooden house.

The door was closed, but the window was open.

An old woman wearing a witch's hat was at the window, trading with the players outside.

She sold health and mana potions, as well as special cold-resistant potions like "Scorching Heart Wine."

But Jiang Chen didn't need any of it, so he kept walking.

To avoid drawing attention, he deliberately walked around the edge of the clearing.

At that moment.

Whoosh!

With a whistling sound, a glowing arrow with a blue tail flew towards Jiang Chen.

It hit him in the back!

-185!

A damage number appeared above his head.

Following that was a [Stun] marker.

Jiang Chen saw that he had a three-second stun status.

He never expected someone to attack him here.

And from behind, no less.

It was impossible to guard against!

"Attack!"

A loud shout echoed.

Then, two fireballs and two arrows flew towards the stunned Jiang Chen.

But before they could hit him.

His stunned body fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

The fireballs and arrows all missed.

At the same time, a "new" Jiang Chen appeared nearby.

His face was cold as he turned to look.

All of this happened in a flash.

"Brother Mortal World!"

Tao Xiaoyao cried out, instantly understanding what had happened. She quickly looked back.

"What happened?"

Qing Ying, seeing Jiang Chen and Tao Xiaoyao suddenly stop, also halted and looked back.

They saw several figures quickly hiding behind the wooden house in the clearing.

"Trying to run?"

Jiang Chen quickly gave chase, and halfway there.

A transparent silhouette appeared before him.

Then, the silhouette gradually became visible—it was an assassin.

He lunged with a sharp dagger!

Jiang Chen sidestepped and cast a Healing Spell.

-2275!

The assassin instantly fell to the ground.

Jiang Chen didn't stop and quickly headed towards the wooden house.

He saw four figures not far away.

Two mages and two archers.

Clearly, they were the ones who had just attacked.

But he didn't recognize any of them!

"A four-man team?"

Without hesitation, Jiang Chen cast Healing Ray, instantly connecting with three of them.

Then, he cast Healing Spell on the remaining one.

In almost an instant, all four fell to the ground.

Then, Jiang Chen noticed another figure in the distance.

A beam of white light was shining on him, the guiding light of a Teleportation Stone.

And the guiding time was almost up.

The person looked at Jiang Chen calmly.

In an instant, he disappeared with the white light.

Jiang Chen recognized him!

"Last Night's Star!"

Jiang Chen muttered, his face showing a hint of confusion.

Last Night's Star had used a Demon Suppression Shard at Scarlet Flame Mountain.

And the sneak attack just now was clearly his doing.

He had even prepared a Teleportation Stone in advance, ready to leave.

Organized and premeditated, he seemed very experienced!

"Why is he targeting me repeatedly? Who is this guy?"

Jiang Chen was puzzled, muttering, "But thinking they could kill me with just a few people, isn't that a bit naive?"

"Who were they?"

"Brother Mortal World, are you okay?"

Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao's voices rang out as they arrived a bit later.

"I'm fine, just a few rats."

Jiang Chen shook his head nonchalantly and quickly picked up the equipment dropped by the four bodies.

Four pieces of Bronze equipment, poorer than Jiang Chen had expected.

He fed the equipment to the Magic Crystal Ball.

"Let's go!"

With that, Jiang Chen led Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao through the Silver Pine Forest.

As they emerged into the snowy landscape.

Jiang Chen saw, about two or three hundred meters away, a collapsed city wall covered in snow!

Even though the black wall had fallen, it was still three or four meters high!

Only the city gate had a narrow entrance that wasn't completely blocked.

"Is that the ruins of the ancient Dreamland City ahead?"

Qing Ying's excited voice rang out.

Tao Xiaoyao also looked ahead with anticipation.

"Yes, let's go."

Jiang Chen nodded and quickly walked forward.

As they reached the collapsed wall.

They saw a large group of people in their sight.

At the entrance of the city wall.

Two groups were facing off, ready to fight.

Each side had about twenty to thirty people.

What stood out was that the group on the left was all female players.

"Looks like a fight is about to break out!"

Qing Ying's eyes widened with curiosity.

"It's probably a guild conflict, ignore it. Let's head to the ruins of the ancient Dreamland City."

Guild fights were common in the game [Gods].

Jiang Chen glanced casually and quickly walked towards the narrow entrance on the left side of the crowd.

However, before they could enter the narrow passage.

Shouts and the glow of skills erupted from the right side.

A fireball, an ice spike, and two arrows flew towards Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen saw the ice spike coming straight at him from the right!

"Damn, even their skills miss and hit me?"

Jiang Chen couldn't help but curse inwardly, instinctively stepping back.

The ice spike grazed his forehead.

Crack!

A shattering sound.

The ice spike hit Tao Xiaoyao on the left.

-175!

A damage number appeared above her head.

"Hiss!"

Tao Xiaoyao winced in pain, sucking in a breath.

"Xiaoyao!"

Qing Ying's face changed, shouting in alarm.

"I'm fine."

Tao Xiaoyao shook her head, "Let's go."

Qing Ying wasn't willing to leave, she shouted towards the right group, "Who the hell threw that skill?"