In the blink of an eye, it was November. Just a year ago, SAO was officially launched, and 10,000 players entered Irongrunt. At this moment, there were only 7,000 people left.
Not long after killing Scumbag, Xiafeng brought Asuna back to the front line, while Silika continued to stay on the 22nd floor to take care of Yui and the guild base.
After the death of the loser, the Holy Dragon Alliance fell into discord, and the Blood Alliance Knights officially established the name of the strongest guild. In addition, the BOSS's strength was gradually increasing. Other than the Blood Alliance Knights, no other guild could attack the BOSS alone.
However, the Blood Alliance Knights did not monopolize all the bosses. Heathcliffe was not that stupid. If they really did that, not only would they attract the aggro of other players in the Strategy Group, but they would also easily weaken the strength of the Blood Alliance Knights. There was a risk in soloing, and it was not as safe and efficient as having more people. As a result, Heathcliffe often joined forces with players from other factions to raid Bosses. As time passed, his reputation gradually surpassed Xia Feng's, and his faction was far superior to Xia Feng's. Thus, he became the actual leader of the raid team.
Xiafeng had no intention of fighting for power with Heathcliffe. After returning to the front line, Xiafeng and Asuna focused on the game to improve their strength. Soon, Kirito brought the members of the Moonlit Black Cat Guild to catch up with the progress of the strategy group and joined them. Due to the boredom brought about by the continuous strategy games, the strategy team gradually became lifeless. The addition of the Moonlit Night Black Cat Group brought them some life.
Just yesterday, the news of the forty-seventh checkpoint being conquered had spread. Xia Feng, who had learned of this matter, was quite happy. It was as if he had seen the Flower of Souls waving at him. Hence, Xiafeng brought Celica over today. For this reason, he had specially prepared a set of high-level equipment for Celica in case she was in danger.
As soon as they reached the 47th floor, their vision was instantly filled with a myriad of colors.
The 47th floor was called Floria, also known as the Garden of Flowers. This was the sea of flowers, the world of flowers. Fresh flowers covered the entire floor. It was truly beautiful. Xia Feng summarized the scene in eight characters: The earth was covered with colors, and the breeze carried fragrance.
"Wow!" Asuna and Cecilia couldn't help but exclaim, completely attracted by the beautiful scenery.
"Brother Xiafeng, is this the reason you brought me here?”Celica asked happily. "It's really beautiful!"
"I brought you here for a serious matter." Xia Feng's lips twitched helplessly.”
"Ah! Was that so? I thought you brought me here to see the scenery.”
Xia Feng rolled his eyes at her.
"Alright, let's go. Asuna, what are you doing?"
Just as he was about to set off, Xia Feng noticed that Asuna was already squatting beside the flowers by the roadside, doing something unknown.
"I'm trying to see if these flowers can be collected.”
It seemed that girls really could not resist flowers.
"There's no need to try. If it could, it would have been picked up by others long ago.”Xia Feng said. Of course, his words were a little exaggerated. There were very few players on the 47th floor. Even if these flowers could be picked, they wouldn't be used up. However, it was true that they could not be collected. These flowers were actually the background of the environment. They could not even be destroyed, let alone collected.
"Really?" Asuna asked.
"I really can't." Xia Feng told her to give up and replied.
This time, Asuna was in a bad mood.
"Alright, don't be sad. There must be flowers in the town on this floor. I'll buy you whatever you like.”Xiafeng comforted Asuna when he saw that she was depressed.
"Then it's settled." Hearing Xia Feng's words, Asuna's mood improved. He stood up and walked in front, with Xiafeng and Silika hurriedly following behind.
The three of them cleared the monsters as they moved forward. As she walked, Celica suddenly noticed a huge flower growing in the bushes by the roadside.
"Wow, what a big flower!" Celica exclaimed and ran towards one of the flowers.
"Celika, don't go too far away from us.”Xia Feng shouted.
Asuna looked at the giant flower and felt that something was wrong. Hence, she activated the Enemy Searching skill and looked at the giant flower. Then, a yellow arrow representing a monster appeared on the giant flower in her field of vision.
"Not good, danger! Celika, don't go over, come back!”Asuna immediately shouted anxiously.
"Ah?" Celica turned around in confusion. However, she was already in front of the giant flower. Celika did not see that the giant flower behind her had suddenly opened its mouth. Two vines extended from the stem and curled towards her like tentacles. Before Celica could react, she felt something sticky wrap around her leg. Celica shivered. The slimy feeling instinctively aroused the disgust and disgust of girls.
"Ah!" She felt a wave of dizziness as if she had been turned upside down by the tentacles.
"Brother Xia Feng, save me!" In a panic, she covered her dress that was about to fall down with one hand and waved her short sword wildly with the other.
"Don't look!" Asuna glared at Xiafeng and rushed over to kill the monster in a few moves, saving Silika.
"I told you not to go too far away from us.”Xiafeng laughed at Silika as the two girls walked over.
Cecilia blushed and stomped her foot.""You're still laughing at me."
The angry Cecilia was like a kitten. Xiafeng played with the kitten for a while more until Asuna could not stand it anymore and helped Celica denounce Xiafeng. Only then did the three of them stop playing and continue moving forward.
Next, the three of them encountered a monster that looked like a sea cucumber and had a cluster of tentacles. Even Asuna couldn't stand the lethality of this thing to girls, so she left it to Xia Feng to deal with.
Following the red brick road, they walked past a small bridge and saw a hill. Opening the map and confirming that the place was called " Memories Hill," Xia Feng smiled. He had never been here before, and he had been guided by the map he bought in the town. He had come up here alone yesterday and bought this map in the town.
"We're here." Xia Feng looked at Qiu Ling.
"Now can you tell us why you brought Celica here?”Asuna glanced at the Hill of Memories and said to Xia Feng.
"Previously, I heard from an NPC that a Soul Flower will grow on this Memory Hill. "And this Flower of Souls…" Xiafeng paused and looked at Silika. "It can revive demonic spirits."
Celika was stunned for a moment. Bi Na had been sacrificed for several months, and she was gradually getting used to the days without Bi Na.
"Really?”Silika suddenly reacted and grabbed Xia Feng nervously, asking in disbelief.
"We'll know when we go up and take a look." Xia Feng pointed at the Hill of Memories and smiled.
Filled with anxiety and anticipation, Cecilia couldn't wait to leave. Following the circular path, the three of them cleared the monsters as they approached the top of the hill. Finally, the three of them passed through the forest. The sunlight shone on them again, and a feeling of enlightenment arose.
They arrived at the top of the hill.
In the middle of the forest was a flower field. The flower field was full of colorful flowers.
Looking at the flowers, Cecilia was dumbfounded.""There are so many of them. Which one is the Soul Flower?”
"Neither." Xia Feng said. "Do you see that rock in the middle? It's right up there."
Celica naturally saw the white rock as well. After all, a one-meter-tall rock among the flowers was quite eye-catching. She immediately ran to the front of the rock and looked at it carefully. However, there were only short grass growing on the top of the sunken stone, and there were no flowers.
"No, no, Brother Xia Feng!" Celica turned around and looked at Xia Feng and Asuna. She couldn't help but shed tears, from hope to disappointment.
"We still have to wait." Two people walked over. It was Xia Feng.
Celica turned around and looked at the stone with anticipation.
"Ah!"
In the grass on the rock, a small bud quickly grew taller and thicker. Soon, a flower bud appeared at the tip of the bud, and the full flower bud emitted a pearl-like glow.
The three of them held their breaths and stared at the flower bud. Under the gazes of the three of them, the flower bud slowly bloomed. After the entire flower bud opened, the particles of light scattered. The three of them looked at the magical flower without moving. Light gently flowed out of the seven tiny petals that opened up and finally dissipated in the air.
Looking at this magical flower, Cecilia was at a loss. She did not know how to pluck the flower and destroy this beauty.
"Go ahead." Xia Feng patted her head and encouraged her.
"No problem." Asuna cheered.
"Yes." Celica nodded firmly and extended her right hand to the flower. At the moment of contact, the stem broke, leaving only the flower floating in Celica's hand. The words 'Flower of Souls' appeared beside the flower.
"With this, I can revive Bina, right?”Celica asked Xia Feng in disbelief.
"Yes, but it's more dangerous here. Let's go back to the city and continue.”Xia Feng said.
Silika nodded and put the Soul Flower into her inventory. She almost wanted to use the Transfer Crystal to return to the city immediately. However, the Transfer Crystal was extremely precious and should only be used when her life was in danger.
The three of them rushed back to the city, found a hotel, and rented a room.
In the room, Celica sat in front of the table while Xia Feng and Asuna stood by the side and watched. Their gazes intensified Celica's nervousness. Her hands trembled as she took out the Soul Flower and Bina's Heart.
"What should I do?" She asked Xia Feng anxiously.
"Just drip the water drop in the middle of the flower on the Heart of Bina.”
Celica took a deep breath, steadied her hands, and tilted the flower. A drop of water fell on the feather. Then, the feather floated up and emitted light, turning into a ball of light. Cecilia looked at the ball of light expectantly. A small figure flew out of the ball of light and into Cecilia's arms.
"Bina!" Celica called out to her companions in surprise. Tears of joy flowed down her face as she hugged Bina's small body tightly.
Xia Feng and Asuna smiled at each other.
However, Xia Feng's happiness did not last long. Celica suddenly stood up and walked up to him. Bina was lying on Celica's shoulder just like before.
"Thank you, Brother Xiafeng."
Xiafeng thought that Silika was just thanking him. Just as he was about to reply, Silika suddenly stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek.
"I love you the most." The little loli said coquettishly. Then, she couldn't hold back her embarrassment anymore and ran out with Bi Na.
Xia Feng looked in the direction of the door in a daze. Before he could react, he felt a terrifying killing intent coming from behind him.
"I think you need to give me an explanation.”Asuna lowered her head and pulled out the Flickering Light. A terrifying black gas exploded.
Xiafeng turned around stiffly and looked at Asuna with a smile that was uglier than crying.""My life is over!"
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