Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 53 Combat
As the player with the highest combat power in the entire server, Zhao Qing is quite enthusiastic about running dungeons.

In addition, with the "insider information" about the community town to be opened after the update, Zhao Qing, Wang Ergou and others have been so busy farming contribution points and prestige points that they have no time to worry about tasks like "Crimson Cloud Lady" or "Red Robe Immortal" - anyway, the tasks are there and they can't be avoided, so they should focus on farming enough contribution points and prestige points to build the community town first!
After finally getting through get out of class, Zhao Qing and the others quickly lay down in the game pods.

Upon opening her eyes, she saw a brand-new brick house—a "faction residence" that Lani and some other players had specially built over the past few days.

That's right, the task that Lu Renya shared required building sect buildings that met the game's task standards. After going through a series of ridiculous attempts such as thatched houses, wooden houses, and even buying houses from NPCs, everyone finally realized that they had to build their own proper houses to count. That's how this not-so-pretty but still sturdy brick house came about.

Now, this brick building has become a public "morgue" for players. Apart from those players who have exchanged for disciple rooms in the sect, most players choose to log in and out here.

Since the teleportation array is already in place, it only takes a few seconds for everyone to return to their sect, but it will take several more minutes to walk from the teleportation array to the entrance of the dungeon! Players who don't want to waste a single moment choose to stay in the brick building rather than return to their sect.

At this moment, Zhao Qing, who had just entered the game, was dragging Han Yi, who had lost count of how many times he had run the dungeon, into the queue again.

The dungeons in *Ten Continents Chronicles* are quite peculiar. Compared to the fixed dungeon designs in other games, the bosses in the [Frosty Pool Cave] dungeon are completely randomized. Although the maximum number of players in a party is five, sometimes five people enter only to encounter a single boss, and it's usually a very low-level mob that drops almost nothing, with pitifully few contribution points and prestige points. Other times, a dozen or more bosses will appear, causing confident solo players to perish in despair.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, most of the time, players will team up with several other people to run dungeons together.

However, Zhao Qing and Han Yi often teamed up to run dungeons, one with high combat strength and the other with agility to kite monsters. At these times, if Wang Ergou and Dadi were free, they would join in, but most of the time, the two of them consistently ran dungeons with a very high win rate.

In the team, Han Yi said, "Same rules as before, it depends on the number. If there are three or more, I'll kite them and you take turns attacking them. If there are five or more, we'll exit the dungeon and start over!"

As for monsters of three or fewer... well, one for each person!

"Okay!"

Before the words were even finished, the two of them passed through a thick fog and arrived in the instance.

The dungeon scene of 【Cold Pool Cave】is incredibly stunning. Vast expanses of stalactites reflect the faint glow of fluorescent fungi growing from the gaps in the black stone walls, while the crisp, ethereal sound of water droplets tapping against the ground and stalagmites creates a melodious tinkling sound. Looking up, there is only endless darkness, like an abyss suspended in the air.

If you meow at the "Abyss," the same meow will echo from all directions—of course, it's just a sound of resonance.

The scene isn't large, but the cave is filled with stalagmites and the passageways are chaotic. You never know where monsters or bosses might suddenly appear, making it impossible to defend against them.

However, after many creative ways of dying, the players have long since figured out the tricks and even posted dungeon guides, many of which were provided by Zhao Qing and Han Yi!

Upon entering the instance, Han Yi skillfully tapped the ground with his spear, producing a dull echo.

Then, faintly, a sound seemed to appear, and it grew closer and closer.

This is a method of attracting monsters. Solids transmit sound better than air, and a relatively quiet sound can easily attract the attention of all the monsters. However, in stalactite caves like the [Frozen Pool Cave], while shouting can achieve the same effect, it can easily trigger a collapse. Last time, a player was unlucky enough to be crushed to death by a stalactite falling from above.

Not long after, accompanied by a strange sound, two large, oddly shaped birds fluttered in.

Upon seeing Zhao Qing and Han Yi, the two large birds, as if they were travelers who had struggled in the desert for three days, flew towards the two with shining eyes.

These giant birds looked formidable; their size alone was far greater than the Nine Nether Demons they had encountered before. Han Yi quickly drew his spear and charged forward, managing only to utter, "One for each of us!" Zhao Qing was also momentarily stunned upon seeing the two large birds—in the past few days of dungeon runs, she had mostly encountered lower-level demons and some other relatively easier-to-deal-with lower-level demons. While the Night Owl was also a lower-level demon, its ability to fly and its poisonous nature made it the most troublesome among lower-level demons, with attack power comparable to that of a mid-level demon!

Having already been thoroughly instructed by Baili Shuang and knew the names and characteristics of all the Nine Nether Demons by heart, Zhao Qing hurriedly introduced, "This is the 'Night Owl'! It fears light and fire! It's covered in poison! We need to finish this quickly!"

"understand!"

As Han Yi spoke, he swept his spear across, knocking the menacing Night Owl back several feet.

The large bird he struck tumbled several times in the air before crashing dizzily into a stalactite nearby.

"Ah—ah ah—"

A hoarse, unpleasant cry rang in his ears. Han Yi wondered if it was just his imagination, but the surrounding light seemed to have dimmed considerably. Fortunately, the players had their own night vision function. Although keeping it on would consume a lot of mana, it was still enough to keep them going for a dungeon run.

After calling out, the Night Owl flew straight towards Han Yi, and in the blink of an eye, its red, sharp beak seemed about to pierce Han Yi's eyes.

Han Yi swiftly parried with his spear, then launched a series of rapid thrusts. No matter how the large bird dodged, it was still hit several times, and black mist began to emanate from its body—a sign that the Nine Nether Demons were injured. They were all formed from resentment and demonic energy. After death, apart from the bones or parts of fur formed from demonic energy that formed the life gate, most of them were part of the Nine Nether Demons' bodies, and rarely left behind flesh and blood. When injured, they naturally emitted demonic energy.

Compared to Han Yi, who wielded the spear with ease, Zhao Qing was somewhat embarrassed.

Although she possessed numerous magical techniques, and her own "Heavenly Divine Thunder Technique" was known as the most powerful offensive technique in the entire server, she was powerless against the agile and flying Night Owl. One bolt of lightning after another struck down, and Zhao Qing, whose mana bar was thick enough to withstand more than ten strikes, managed to strike five or six times, but she couldn't even touch the edge of the bird's feathers. In fact, the bird was stung several times while it was flying around and dodging, inflicting the "Poisoned" debuff on each of them, which infuriated her.

"You bastard! So you think you can fly, huh?!"

Zhao Qing cursed angrily, then seized the opportunity and flew towards the Night Owl.

Upon seeing this, the night owl that had been harassing Zhao Qing was overjoyed. Its tail feathers bristled with excitement, and it flapped its wings and charged towards Zhao Qing, revealing its sharp claws, looking fierce as if it wanted to tear Zhao Qing to shreds.

Just as the person and the bird were about to collide, a pair of huge metal bronze hammers suddenly appeared in Zhao Qing's hands. Then, with a ferocious smile, she slammed the hammer down on the Night Owl, which was terrified and wanted to run away but was too late to change lanes and was filled with regret.

"what--"

A shrill scream rang out, echoing throughout the cave. The other Night Owl, which was being brutally beaten by Han Yi, shuddered, was stabbed again, and fell to the ground.

On the other side, the bird's head, which had been smashed several times by Zhao Qing, was flattened. The bird looked as if it had suffered a horrific act of necrosis—it died the moment the first hammer blow landed, but Zhao Qing, still furious, smashed it a few more times.

Before long, the giant bird's corpse turned into a thick black mist, and then it vanished with a whoosh, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion. Only a jet-black feather on the ground proved that the battle had taken place.

The first chapter is late today~ Let me explain, I stayed up late playing games yesterday, so...

Of course, two chapters a day will continue! I'll definitely post the other chapter before midnight!!

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