“East Wind Guild Leader, delaying time is not beneficial. The one who needs to be certain is not me, but you. Are you sure?”
As soon as the words fell—
System: Player Remains Silent has entered Skeleton Graveyard Abyss Difficulty. Please clear it within Four Seasons.
The world went dark, and the scene was instantly transported into the dungeon.
Listening to the information from the System prompt, everyone felt a wave of confusion wash over them.
Abyss Level, it really is Abyss Level!
“Give it to me, Captain.”
A calm voice echoed behind them.
East Wind Arrives expressionlessly transferred the captain's authority, saying, “From now on, everyone without Living Conditions must obey Leader’s orders.”
“I—”
“Boss—”
Raising a hand to interrupt Ugly Yet Proud and Mao Mao's Thigh, Yan Yan quickly surveyed the surroundings and said, “It's too late to regret now. What we can do is to focus on clearing the dungeon. I require all of you without Living Conditions to follow my commands without question, no hidden agendas, just obey orders. In this dungeon, there is only Leader, not President or boss; the only one who can command you is me.”
After making this strong declaration, she stepped boldly into the black mist. “Ignore the monsters around us for now; let’s take down the first BSS directly.”
“What?”
“We're not clearing the monsters? How are we supposed to get the preservative?”
Lianjiang Linchuan cast a calm glance over.
The figure that had moved away did not respond, and a message appeared on the Team Announcement.
[Team Channel] Silent: Corrosion Powder.
East Wind Arrives suddenly remembered that the strict agreement included not only full command authority and priority of needs but also several requirements regarding carried items and team members' skill equipment. He waved his golden staff and quickly stepped forward to catch up.
[Team Channel] Silent: Keep up. If you get lost, you'll be running back as a corpse.
It felt as if he had been here before, even though it was his first time entering; why did everything seem so familiar? Damn it!
Peacock Nan Zhi really wanted to curse at this moment. Following the figure ahead, they twisted and turned through the black mist for several minutes. Strangely, he hadn’t seen a single monster, yet he had inexplicably died twice! Oh, this was the third time.
The smiling Revival Stone appeared before him once again, and all he wanted was to greet the Leader's entire family a hundred times!
[Team Channel] Silent: That swordsman who can't jump stairs, you've already died from getting lost for the third time. At this rate, your frequency of dying will match that of farming BSS. If you keep this up, it won't be long before the whole team is wiped out.
[Team Channel] Peacock Nan Zhi: Can you blame me? I didn’t learn double jump! My skill bar only has Soaring Cloud Ladder, and its cooldown is one minute. How am I supposed to jump stairs?
[Team Channel] East Wind Arrives: Silent, only he has Soaring Cloud Ladder.
Implying that without Soaring Cloud Ladder, they had to make do without double jump.
As the layers of Death Debuff continued to stack higher, Yan Yan frowned.
[Team Channel] Silent: In this dungeon, the first requirement is to maintain your Health Bar; never let it drop below 11%. If your Health Points fall below 11%, monsters will randomly spawn around players. The second requirement is to control the number of deaths; each death adds a layer of Death Debuff to the team, which doubles BSS's attack power. The third requirement is that no matter how unreasonable my requests may seem afterward, please comply.
Jiang Linchuan pulled up the team interface and indeed saw that there were already three layers of Death Debuff.
【Team Channel】Jiang Linchuan: Wave, use Mother Claw to grab the peacock. The rest of you, watch your Health Points. The black mist has corrosive effects.
【Team Channel】East Wind Arrives: Drink the prepared Refreshing Elixir.
The man, quick to react, cast a glance at the Agile Figure leading the way ahead. Such familiarity with the dungeon route and even reminding everyone about the necessary potions and Antidote before they started was hardly typical for a first-time player. But—
There was no record of her having cleared this dungeon. Did she come here alone to scout it out?
Suppressing his doubts, he nodded at East Wind Arrives beside him and quickened his pace to catch up with the others winding through the steps, leaving the distinguished man to slowly fall behind.
As everyone jumped down the steps, feeling nauseous, an open platform finally appeared before them.
A calm voice rang out: “Peacock Nan Zhi, go take out the three monsters in a straight line ahead. Just you alone; don’t attract more than those three.”
Fifteen yards ahead, a few Skeleton Soldiers guarded a massive Bronze Gate.
Following the instructions, Peacock Nan Zhi quickly lured the three monsters. Just as Gray Tone was preparing to cast a fireball, Splashing Water in Your Face pressed down on her hand and shook his head. The girl bit her lip, unwillingly glancing at Calm, who was watching her as the Leader, before lowering her hand and shifting her gaze to the Light Armor Swordsman struggling among the three Skeleton Soldiers, a fleeting pain flashing in her eyes.
“The monsters hit so hard! I can’t—”
Enduring the pain from an attack, she gained a deeper understanding of the difficulty of this Abyss-Level Dungeon.
If even the monsters dealt such damage, facing Bss later—
No, it wouldn’t be like that—
The unremarkable girl had just displayed extraordinary judgment; she—no, their Leader—must have a way to solve this problem.
“Watch your potions.”
A cold voice echoed across the empty platform.
Not only were the others worried, but Yan Yan also felt a tightening in her chest.
The three layers of Death Debuff were still too much for Peacock Nan Zhi at this moment; a single attack from a monster could take away one of his Health Points. If he fell again—
Shaking off the heaviness of Deep Down, she focused her gaze on the figure maneuvering between the three wounded Skeleton Soldiers and prompted, "Soaring Cloud Ladder, Dodge."
The swordsman, tense and continuously dodging, instinctively used Soaring Cloud Ladder upon hearing the clear voice. His body suddenly felt lighter as he sensed the fierce blade energy of the Skeleton Monster brush past his legs.
Leaping into the air, he looked down to see the three monsters lose their target. With a swift motion of his longsword, he executed Three-Stage Slash just as he landed!
"Swish, swish, swish—"
-5, -55, -56!
"Priest, heal."
At the moment he received the command, a Recovery Spell descended just in time to prevent his Health Points from hitting rock bottom.
"Go through the door."
With a decisive turn, he left without hesitation. He pressed against the edge of the Bronze Gate's stone wall, moving toward it while avoiding the wandering Skeleton Soldiers and successfully entered through the door.
Jiang Linchuan's gaze was fixed on the opponent's earlier movements. The three monsters that Peacock had brushed aside had created a perfect gap, and—
The three layers of Death Debuff carried by his team had been cleared. If this was calculated, it was no longer just an issue of Experience.
Suppressing his thoughts, he led everyone to follow the opponent's path into the Bronze Gate.
Inside the Bronze Gate.
A towering Giant Skeleton Warrior, standing four meters tall, silently loomed in the square hall. It gripped a longsword that radiated a cold light, the blade occasionally flashing with a hint of blood, adding an eerie atmosphere to the swirling black mist around it.
A shadow fell over everyone's hearts.
The difficulty of the Abyss Level was twice as challenging in both defense and attack compared to the previous level.
Mao Mao's Thigh felt a flicker of regret in his heart; what if they couldn't withstand it—
"Master," a calm Voice echoed in his ears, filling him with an inexplicable certainty, "after we engage, only use Charge Slash, normal attacks, and Double Slash."
"Peach, you are responsible for Dispel and removing negative statuses from team members. More Curved Than a Mosquito Coil, keep an eye on everyone's Health Points."
As soon as he finished speaking, Peach hurriedly replied, "Let Incense Dispel. I just learned Dispel Spell and I'm not very familiar with it yet."
Yan Yan frowned and glanced at East Wind Arrives, questioning their Gang's Elite Team and Deep Down's capabilities.
East Wind Arrives calmly accepted her doubtful gaze, his expression unchanged.
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