I summon the heroic spirits of China in the infinite world.

Night fell.

The desolate feeling unique to the wasteland became even more pronounced as night fell.

Looking out from the direction of the wooden house, one can vaguely see figures moving about in the seemingly empty wilderness.

Soon, the first wave of monsters entered the territory.

This time, the monsters are a new species.

It was a serpentine creature covered in dark red scales, without limbs, relying entirely on the scales on its abdomen to writhe and glide across the ground.

They are not large, about two meters long from head to tail, but there are a great number of them.

At once, more than a dozen appeared, densely packed, surging in from the entrance of the city wall.

The detection stone read the information immediately.

【Red Scale Serpent】：LV5

【Burning Kiss - Passive】: The Crimson Serpent's attacks inflict a burning effect.

[Slippery Scales - Passive]: The Crimson Serpent reduces the enemy's hit rate by 20%.

"LV5, that's good, experience points won't decrease."

Dawn stood beside the main cube, surveying the battle from a third-person perspective.

The corridor, shaped like a coiled snake, is truly coiled like a snake this time.

After the red-scaled snakes surged in from the entrance, they were divided into two streams by the screen wall, and automatically formed a column as they turned the corners of the long corridor.

[Shining Silver!]

Zhao Yun, transformed into a silver-white streak of light, pierced through the straight corridor, causing the bodies of the Crimson Scale Serpents to explode and dissipate into blue fragments of light wherever he passed.

A single flash of silver light pierced through seven or eight red-scaled snakes, clearing a large section of the corridor instantly.

"This efficiency is amazing."

Dawn couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

With the permanent 100% movement speed bonus from the Jade Lion, Zhao Yun's teleportation ability is fully effective, allowing him to move freely on the battlefield and enter from any direction he wants.

The corridor tactic, combined with Zhao Yun's AOE ability, has increased the efficiency of clearing monsters by at least 100%.

The remaining heroes each performed their duties, and the entire territory's defense system operated like a sophisticated machine.

Silent all night.

As the first rays of sunlight shone once more upon the barren land, the monsters of the night receded like a tide.

The next few days passed relatively peacefully.

During the day, at dawn, the troops split into two groups to hunt in all directions, clearing out all the monster strongholds they could find in the surrounding area.

In particular, Zhao Yun's movement speed is much faster than Ma Chao's, and his speed riding the Jade Lion is twice that of Li Feisha.

With Zhao Yun's Jade Lion, his travel speed was greatly increased, and he unlocked more and more black fog on the map.

The efficiency of gaining experience points also increased, and the level of the heroes steadily rose.

By the fifth day, all the team's heroes had reached LV6.

Stone Monkey, the laggard, finally caught up with the main group, at least his rank was no longer a drag.

But a weight was always pressing on Li Ming's heart.

Every morning when he wakes up, the first thing he does is open the map function of the main cube to check the location of that deep red dot.

It's getting closer.

From several thousand kilometers at the beginning to several hundred kilometers now.

Location data, delayed by six hours, shows that it is moving this way at a steady pace.

Based on the current distance and speed, it is estimated that the other party will reach the edge of this newbie instance area in about a day.

And immediately after this foreign summoner arrived, the twentieth night began.

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At the same time, hundreds of kilometers away.

A horse-drawn carriage was steadily moving along the barren land.

The carriage was entirely black, its surface covered with densely packed runes.

The runes gleamed with a dark purple light in the sunlight, flickering rhythmically with the swaying of the carriage.

The driver was a woman wearing a black cloak and a black veil covering her face, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes.

Lu Ziyou put down the reins and looked up ahead.

On the horizon at the edge of the field of vision, a semi-transparent barrier can be vaguely seen.

The barrier resembled a massive, curved wall, stretching from the ground to the unseen heights of the sky, completely enveloping the area in front of it.

"We've finally arrived."

She said softly.

For the past two weeks, she has traveled from her own territory across thousands of miles of desolate land.

We finally arrived at the destination marked for this quest.

The carriage slowly came to a stop in front of the barrier.

Lu Ziyou jumped off the carriage and walked to the barrier.

Through the semi-transparent barrier, you can see that the view on the other side is exactly the same as this side.

It was the same barren land, the same deathly silence.

She reached out and slowly pressed her hand against the surface of the barrier.

It felt icy cold to the touch, like a thick film of water.

With a slight exertion of force, ripples appeared on the surface of the barrier, but it was not penetrated.

A notification popped up on her summoner panel.

Your level is too high; entry into this instance will be restricted.

The maximum level for Servants in this instance is LV10. You will not be able to use Servants higher than LV10.

[The maximum number of Servants allowed in this instance is 10. Please select 10 Servants.]

The maximum summoner level in this instance is LV10. Once you enter, your summoner abilities will be suppressed to LV10 level.

Are you sure you want to enter?

"LV10...that was a long time ago."

Lu Ziyou murmured.

She was mentally prepared for this restriction.

The entry restrictions for high-level summoners in low-level dungeons are fixed.

But for me, it won't be an obstacle.

As a high-level summoner, she has never stopped nurturing heroic spirits.

The so-called cultivation of heroic spirits refers to discovering some high-potential heroic spirits and leveling them up from scratch.

And among these, quite a few have naturally reached LV10.

And there are exactly 10, no more and no less.

"This combat power is sufficient to deal with a mere newcomer."

A moment later, Lu Ziyou finished making his selection.

After putting the carriage and the lizard pulling it back into the cards, and also collecting the escorting spirits, Lu Ziyou stood in front of the barrier and took a deep breath.

"Enter."

hum!

The barrier surface rippled violently, and an invisible force enveloped her entirely.

She could clearly feel the power within her body rapidly draining away; it was the process of her summoner level being suppressed from LV30 to LV10.

This feeling is unpleasant, like something is being forcibly pulled out of your body.

A few seconds later, the compression was complete.

Lu Ziyou opened his eyes and assessed his current state.

Summoner levels have been suppressed to LV10, making many advanced summoner abilities unusable.

Looking at the distance display, it will take about 3 days to get there from the edge of the instance.

She took out a Heroic Spirit Card and said softly, "Come out."

A flash of black light.

A headless knight clad in heavy black armor and riding a ghostly warhorse appeared out of thin air in front of her.

The iron hooves pounded on the parched earth, producing a dull echo.

"Walk."

Lu Ziyou flipped himself onto the ghost horse and rode off in the direction marked on the map.

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