Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

At the deepest part of the mine is a vast underground cavern.

Countless stalactites hang from the cave ceiling, while the ground is covered with stalagmites of varying sizes.

In the center of the cave, there is a pit with a diameter of five meters.

The rocks at the edge of the cave entrance were an unnatural dark purple and emitted a nauseating stench.

This is the final boss's lair.

"They're here," Lin Yu said softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a dull writhing sound came from the pit.

The sound was like hundreds of snakes crawling in the mud, sending chills down one's spine.

Then, it appeared.

A huge, worm-like creature slowly rose from the pit.

Its body diameter exceeds two meters and its length is at least twenty meters.

Its entire body is covered with a dark purple, translucent carapace, through which the black pus flowing inside can be clearly seen.

Its head has no eyes, only a round mouthpart filled with countless spiral-shaped sharp teeth.

"hiss--"

It raised its head and let out a sharp screech.

The sound waves echoed through the cave, causing the stalactites to tremble slightly.

The final boss of the level 15 normal dungeon, "Source of the Curse," has 300,000 HP.

It possesses a variety of skills, including burrowing, spitting poison, and summoning undead.

In such a narrow environment as an underground cave, it looks quite awe-inspiring.

But now...

"Lin Xue, draw the enemy's attention away," Lin Yu ordered.

Lin Xue nodded, brandished her greatsword, and charged straight forward.

"Duel Order!"

The golden light struck the source of the curse in the head.

The giant worm hissed angrily, and with a sudden swing of its massive body, it crashed down on Lin Xue.

boom!!!

The ground was smashed into a deep crater, and debris flew everywhere.

Lin Xue stood in the deep pit, easily parrying the worm's attack.

The thick shield only dropped a little bit.

The hatred has been firmly secured.

"Lin Ya, go all out," Lin Yu said.

Lin Ya's lips curled into an excited smile.

She held the hand cannon up with both hands, aiming the muzzle at the enormous creature.

The battle begins.

No, it should be said that... the performance has begun.

"Triple Cannon Barrage!"

Three mortar shells fell from the top of the cave.

boom!

boom!

boom!

The flames from the explosion erupted on the source of the curse.

Three huge damage numbers appeared simultaneously:

-6467!

-6515!

-6472!

This is not over yet.

Each shell explosion triggers a "shell shock" effect.

It dealt two instances of damage to "Source of the Curse":

-6923!

-6956!

-6998!

The reason it deals so much damage is that each shell deals physical damage equal to 1% of the target's maximum health.

The source of the curse has 30 HP, so 1% is 3000!

With the added boost from the Spirit Enhancement Pill, it reaches 6000!

A seemingly small number becomes outrageous when given a prestigious percentage.

In order to stack up her passive skill as quickly as possible, Lin Ya also followed up with a basic attack while the cannonball was in flight.

-1062!

It also triggered the "shock" effect:

-1108!

At the same time, Lin Ya immediately activated "Heavy Artillery Sniper," using the skill's channeling time to get through the interval between normal attacks.

"hiss--!!!"

The excruciating pain caused the source of the curse to writhe wildly.

It suddenly burrowed into the ground, leaving only a huge crater.

According to the strategy guide, at this point, you should spread out and prepare to deal with its surprise attack from underground.

But Lin Ya did not stop.

The introductory period has ended.

"Heavy artillery sniping."

Then, a blinding red light flashed from the muzzle.

boom!!!

A crimson tracking shell was fired, arcing through the air before burrowing directly into the ground!

Didn't the "source of the curse" burrow underground?

Then we'll fire shells into the ground and chase after you!

A muffled explosion came from underground.

One second later, the source of the curse screamed and emerged from the ground not far away.

A large hole was blown open in its carapace, and black pus gushed out like a fountain.

-20245!

-20766!

This time, it adds 6% of maximum health, taking the damage to another level!

It was met with a basic attack from Lin Ya:

-2072! (Critical Hit)

-2246!

After this basic attack ended, the open space next to Lin Ya lit up.

From within the blue orb of light emerged three miniature versions of "Lin Ya" dressed in military uniforms.

Together they pulled a rope and dragged out a howitzer.

After the howitzer came out, the ball of light disappeared.

Three "Lin Ya"s quickly took their positions: one observed and directed with binoculars, one moved shells with a gurgling sound, and one sat on the gun mount to adjust the angle.

"Fire!"

Commander "Lin Ya" shouted loudly.

boom!

After the shell was fired, it exploded on the worm:

-6766!

-6825!

The "Lin Ya" was extremely fast at loading ammunition, completing the loading in less than a second.

Then, following the commander's order, a second shell was fired.

-6541!

-24205! (Critical Hit)

-1045!

-1122!

During this time, Lin Ya also launched a normal attack.

Just then, a second blue light appeared on the open ground next to Lin Ya.

"Rapid Reload" is triggered, automatically releasing the previous skill - "Artillery Squad"!

Six miniature versions of "Lin Ya" and two artillery squads began to bombard the worms in turn.

Interspersed among them were Lin Ya's basic attacks.

The relentless bombardment enraged the "big bug."

"Hiss—hiss—"

The source of the curse reared its head and hissed, its body trembling violently.

Then, the ground around it began to rise, mounds of earth broke open, and a large number of zombies crawled out.

They are not ordinary miner zombies, but "cursed zombies" corrupted by a curse.

They are larger, have 4,000 health, and their attacks inflict a curse effect—reducing the target's defense.

According to normal tactics, at this point, some damage dealers should be assigned to clear out the smaller monsters.

Otherwise, if the front-line defense is reduced too much, there will be a risk in tanking the BOSS's attacks.

But at this point, Lin Ya's "Precision" buff had already stacked to 10 layers.

-24619! (Critical Hit)

-91091! (Shockwave Critical Strike)

-91021! (Shockwave Critical Strike)

-91033! (Shockwave Critical Strike)

……

The critical damage numbers caused by the shockwave flooded the screen like a waterfall, with each number exceeding 91,000.

The cursed zombies had just crawled out of the ground, and before they could even see the world clearly, they went back to sleep.

It seems they like to take a nap after waking up.

At this point, "Precision" had increased Lin Ya's critical hit rate by 100% and critical hit damage by 200%.

Her critical hit damage is now 400%!

In addition, the shock damage can be multiplied by 4 after a critical hit!

This means that each shot fired by the two "artillery squads" will cause 91000+ shock damage!

It must be said that the "source of the curse" is very tenacious.

Really.

Despite such terrifying damage, it lasted a full two seconds, enduring three shots before finally managing to produce the "carousel" effect.

That seemingly insignificant 1% resulted in Lin Ya's damage reaching a terrifying level.

The Yiling Pill's damage has been increased to 2%, critical hit chance (400% critical hit damage) has become 8%, and shockwave critical hit chance has become 32%!

Theoretically, once you stack 10 layers of "Precision", you can take down the boss with just 3 shots.

Unfortunately, this is physical damage, not true damage.

If you encounter a boss with high damage reduction, you may need to spend more time dealing with it.

[System Notification: The Source of the Curse is Dead]

The battle is over.

From start to finish, 19 seconds.

In the first 17 seconds, Lin Xue pulled the monsters, and Lin Ya stacked the Precision buff.

In the next two seconds, the stacks were fully stacked, giving the BOSS a spectacular farewell.

The cave was completely silent.

Only the lingering smell of gunpowder and charred marks remained.

Lin Yu looked at the output statistics:

Lin Ya's DPS... is over 103,000.

Such high output is thanks to the minions summoned by the source of the curse.

Although those cursed zombies were instantly killed by the explosion, they helped Lin Ya boost her stats.

It played a very crucial role.

It was worth the sit-ups.

"Master, we're done." Lin Ya put down the hand cannon and turned to look at Lin Yu.

Her expression... clearly showed that she wanted more.

His dark eyes sparkled, and his cheeks were slightly flushed with excitement.

The hand cannon was still emitting blue smoke, but she seemed completely unconcerned.

"You played very well," Lin Yu praised sincerely.

The combat instincts inherited from the Transformation Pill, combined with the talents of an S-rank profession.

This allowed Lin Ya to demonstrate the level of a top-tier damage dealer in her very first official battle.

The output rhythm, skill combos, target selection... all achieved a perfect balance of highlighting key aspects.

Then, the cutscene began.

The cave scenery began to fade, turning into a series of yellowish images.

It recounts the origin of the curse:

Countless miners were deceived by mine owners and entered into mines where they never saw the light of day, where they worked for the owners until their deaths.

It was formed from the resentment of the miners who were tortured to death.

It sought revenge on its boss, tore him apart, and then remained in the place where it was born...

It's a very cliché story.

But Lin Yu didn't look at it much.

He's watching...the artillery squad.

Yes, the battle is over, the cutscene has started, but the two summoned artillery squads haven't disappeared yet.

They were still making fire buns.

Six miniature versions of "Lin Ya" are still diligently operating the howitzer.

The one with the binoculars is currently pointing at the one carrying the shells and cursing him—probably because the loading speed is too slow.

The one carrying the shells looked aggrieved, but he still worked hard to move them.

The one adjusting the angle sat on the gun mount, with an expression that said, "It's none of my business."

A few seconds later, the artillery squad's time limit expired.

The six mini-Linya and two howitzers then turned into specks of light and dissipated.

The last scene shows the guy with the binoculars giving a thumbs-up to the other two before disappearing.

Lin Yu: ......

This summon is quite interesting.

Not only is he good at fighting, but he also has his own little skit.

At this point, the cutscene ends, and a system notification pops up:

[Dungeon Completion Rating: SSS]

[Clearance Time: 5 minutes 17 seconds]

[Item drops being processed...]

Lin Yu obtained the equipment and materials.

The equipment is a level 15 common quality greatsword, which is not even usable by the team.

He directly selected "copy recycling".

[Recycling successful, received 2203 yuan]

After deducting the 1200 yuan entrance fee, the net profit is 1003 yuan.

Earn 1,000 yuan in 5 minutes and 17 seconds.

Lin Yu's rapid mental arithmetic: I can do it about 11 times an hour, which is... more than 11,000.

11,000 per hour!

He never dared to dream of this kind of income before.

When they were in the Dawn Squad, they would run level 15 normal dungeons, and the income from each run would be split equally among the five members.

It's only 200 per person.

He also frequently donated his income to prioritize upgrading the equipment of other members of the squad.

Looking back now, it was truly a case of feeding a dog with one's sincere heart.

Moreover, back then, it took more than fifteen minutes to complete the game, and you could only play it a maximum of four times per hour.

Compared to the speed just now, this is too slow.

Now he enjoys all the profits by himself, his efficiency is four times that of before, and his single profit is five times that of before.

"This is the difference that comes with strength..." Lin Yu thought to himself.

He didn't dwell on his feelings for too long.

"Let's continue."

Time is precious.

Over the next two hours, Lin Yu, along with Lin Xue and Lin Ya, ran 11 more level 15 normal dungeons.

The efficiency is stable at once every 5-6 minutes, with a net profit of 1000-1100 yuan per session.

After two hours, the total profit was over 12000 yuan.

Of the 11 pieces of equipment that dropped, 3 can be used by Lin Xue and Lin Ya:

A leather headband for Lin Ya, +12 to both physical and magical defense, +0.5% critical hit rate.

A pair of heavy armor leggings for Lin Xue, granting +24 to both physical and magical defense, and +100 to maximum health.

A heavy armor helmet for Lin Xue, +19 to both defenses, +3 to constitution, and +2 to strength.

Lin Yu chose to recycle all the other equipment.

Lin Xue and Lin Ya are not yet at a high enough level to wear these three pieces of equipment.

Lin Yu then went to the management office at the entrance of the instance.

This place offers equipment storage services, specifically designed to solve the problem of "insufficient backpack space" for students.

Rent a small locker for 300 yuan per month, which can store up to thirty pieces of equipment.

Previously, when Lin Yu was in the Dawn Squad, he paid a year's rent of 3600 yuan to facilitate the management of the team's supplies.

It was registered under his name at the time, and he can still use it now.

"How are you two doing?" he asked.

Lin Xue looked at her panel: "Level 14, still 30% experience needed to reach level 15."

Lin Ya: "Level 13, 60% short."

This upgrade speed is already quite fast.

After all, there were only three of them sharing the experience.

Moreover, Lin Yu's level is too high, so she gets very little experience in this dungeon; the majority of the experience goes to Lin Xue and Lin Ya.

"If I go to run level 20 normal dungeons, the experience loss will be severe," Lin Yu analyzed in his mind. "Although the financial returns will be higher, the leveling speed will be slower."

After weighing the options, he decided to continue farming level 15 dungeons to bring Lin Xue and Lin Ya to level 15 first.

However, it's not of normal difficulty.

"After watching it so many times, I'm getting a little tired of it." Lin Yu checked the time; it was noon.

I spent more than two hours grinding through the dungeon. Although it was a complete breeze, the repetitive work still made me tired.

The awful cutscenes, in particular, are incredibly tiring.

"Let's try something different," he decided. "Let's run the level 15 elite dungeon and use up our attempts for the month."

The level 15 elite dungeon "Crimson Desert" has a monthly limit of 10 attempts to earn rewards upon completion.

Yesterday, leading the "Bond" team was a freebie.

After clearing these 10 times, Lin Xue and Lin Ya should both reach level 15.

Then you can challenge the level 15 hard mode dungeon—

There are only 5 reward opportunities per month, but the drops are better and the experience is more.

I'll upgrade my equipment then, so I can go back to playing in the level 20 dungeon.

"Let's go," Lin Yu said. "To the Crimson Desert."