Leaving Dark Moon Valley, Shi Feng activated Gravity Release to save time and sprinted southeast towards Red Water Lake.
All the players heading towards Dark Moon Valley could see Shi Feng whizzing past like a gust of wind, his speed so astonishing they couldn't even make out his appearance.
"Who is that? Some assassin? His speed is insane!"
"No, look at the sword hanging at his waist, not a dagger. He's a swordsman."
"Holy crap, are swordsmen really this OP? The net's buzzing about the mayor of Red Leaf Town being taken out by a mysterious swordsman, and there's also a powerful swordsman in the Silent Forest who got invited by the Ice Goddess. I should've rolled a swordsman."
"You think it could be the same guy?"
"Nah, I saw the swordsman who killed the mayor. That guy was huge, built like a bear, with arms thicker than my thighs, and he took down that level-15 mayor like it was nothing."
Passing players watched Shi Feng leave and chattered among themselves, feeling a deep sense of resignation about the Swordsman class. With such a powerful class, they wished they'd picked it, but it was too late now.
If Shi Feng knew, he'd probably just laugh it off. In the Divine Realm, there was no strongest class, only the strongest players.
On the vast plain, Shi Feng sprinted for over two hours, activating Gravity Release more than a dozen times to evade high-level monsters. He crossed through the level-6 Kobold Ruins and the level-8 Oru Fortress before finally reaching the level-10 zone, Red Water Lake.
Red Water Lake was a playground for level-10 Water Elementals and Murlocs. From a high vantage point, you could see groups of Murlocs patrolling everywhere. The closer you got to the lake, the more Murlocs there were. The center of the lake was the Murloc nest, and swimming in its waters were the annoying Water Elementals.
Because the lake was packed with monsters and the Murlocs' curse skills were incredibly foul—draining player stats to boost their own, making them stronger the longer you fought—it was notoriously difficult to farm here. Plus, there were no quests, so in his previous life, few players bothered to level up in Red Water Lake.
But Shi Feng had to venture deep into it.
The metal box dropped by A Ke Xie Ma Duo Er was extremely precious. If A Ke Xie Ma Duo Er knew, he'd probably vomit blood from rage, because inside was a treasure map, and the treasure it pointed to was hidden in Red Water Lake.
Having played for ten years, Shi Feng was quite knowledgeable about the history of the Divine Realm.
He never expected that A Ke Xie Ma Duo Er would have this treasure map. The map wasn't simple—it recorded a monumental secret.
Nine hundred years ago, the alchemy grandmaster Mo Luo Duo had painstakingly created something. This object had sparked wars among the Divine Realm's great nations, with over a dozen heroes fighting over it. In the end, the object's whereabouts became unknown, an unsolved mystery of the Divine Realm.
And the treasure map in Shi Feng's hands pinpointed its exact location.
The object was the Philosopher's Stone.
The holy relic of alchemy. If an alchemist obtained the Philosopher's Stone, they would gain the power to turn base metals into gold, accumulate limitless wealth, and even bring the dead back to life. It could perfectly break the principle of equivalent exchange in alchemy.
Who would have thought such a holy relic was hidden in this unremarkable Red Water Lake?
But the threats in Red Water Lake were very dangerous for Shi Feng. After all, the level gap was 8 levels. With an 8-level suppression, he was no match for level-10 monsters, let alone the stat-draining Murlocs.
But Shi Feng had to take the risk. Getting his hands on the Philosopher's Stone early would give him peace of mind. If he waited until he was level 7 or 8, someone else might have taken it by then, and he wouldn't even know where to cry.
Shi Feng took out the metal box from his backpack and carefully removed the treasure map, studying it intently.
The map was clearly marked: the treasure was directly beneath the Murloc nest. But how to sneak past all those Murlocs was a problem. At the same time, he'd have to deal with the Water Elementals. They had low health, but they were immune to 60% of physical attacks and had a slowing skill, making them a major headache for melee fighters.