Don't mess with that necromancer; his summoned creatures level up on their own!

Above the entrance to the Wind and Thunder Temple instance, on the open space guarded by Yu Xiaogang.

The air suddenly began to ripple like the surface of water.

Four figures appeared out of thin air from a crack.

The leader was a man with a scar on his face. After landing, he immediately surveyed his surroundings.

His gaze swept quickly over the trees charred by lightning and the craters in the ground.

The three people behind them also managed to stand up one after another.

Some dusted themselves off, while others shook their legs.

One of the men, with green hair and a lean build, squatted down and reached out to touch the ground.

He rubbed the charred ashes between his fingertips and brought them to his nose to smell them.

"The president is right, that kid named Lu Zhixing is indeed a dual-elemental user of wind and thunder, and look at his destructive power."

He pointed to the trees around him that had been uprooted and the tree stumps that had been burned down to their blackened base.

"The output is very high, extremely high. This level of lightning-based burn is at least a remnant of a mid-level lightning skill."

Scarface stood at the very front of the line, his face bearing a hideous scar that stretched from the corner of his right eye down to his jaw.

"Indeed very strong. I've killed quite a few people, but few can leave such battlefield marks at this level. I never expected someone could actually inflict this kind of damage at this level."

Green Hair smiled, stood up from the ground, patted the dirt off his knees, and shook his wrist with a relaxed expression.

"Brother Dao, thankfully our guild leader went all out this time, giving each of us a set of Wind and Thunder God Armor, a dual-resistance equipment that can reduce lightning damage by 80% and wind damage by 70%."

"No matter how strong that kid is, he's just a level 25 kid. He can only scratch the surface of us with our gear."

"His attack on us probably wouldn't hurt as much as a stray dog ​​bite."

A broad-shouldered, muscular man with dyed red hair grinned, revealing a set of teeth stained yellow from smoking.

"Hey, what do you guys think? When that kid finds out he can't even break through our defenses, his expression will be priceless, hahaha."

He laughed so loudly that his voice echoed through the dense forest several times.

Green Hair laughed along, and the bald man's lips twitched slightly.

Apart from Scarface, the other three burst into unrestrained laughter.

Scarface didn't smile.

His expression remained unchanged throughout.

He spoke only when the laughter started.

"Alright, stop laughing. You need to understand that we're facing the elite of the Azure Dragon Squad, not some petty thief on the street."

"The Azure Dragon Class consists of twenty people selected from across the country, each of whom has emerged from countless trials."

"While we have the advantage in equipment and surprise attack, we must not underestimate our enemy."

"Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall, and a cornered rabbit will bite, let alone a young man who has fought his way up to the top of the Azure Dragon Class rankings."

The three of them calmed down a bit and responded in unison.

"Understood, Brother Dao."

Although they kept their mouths shut, the contempt in their eyes did not completely disappear.

A hint of a smile lingered on the red-haired man's lips, while the green-haired man's gaze lingered on the dark patterns on the Wind and Thunder God Armor.

Green Hair leaned close to Red Hair and lowered his voice, so low that only the two of them could hear it.

"The bounty is 100 million. We'll split it among the four of us, 25 million each."

"With this money, and after going to Japan with Mr. Yamamoto... tsk tsk tsk, I won't have to worry about the rest of my life."

Red Hair licked his lips.

"Twenty-five million... I've never seen so much money in my entire life!"

"When I followed the chairman, I only made about 10,000 yuan a month. Twenty-five million is enough for me to live on for the rest of my life."

"When I get to Japan, I'll go straight to that Kabukicho district and book all the top courtesans! I'll enjoy the life of the elite!"

Green Hair scoffed and nudged Red Hair in the ribs with his elbow.

"You're useless. You spend all your money on women. What will you do when you get old? I'm different. I'm going to buy a big villa with a hot spring, soak in the bath and drink sake every day. That's what I call living."

"Buy a few good potted plants, get a dog, and sleep until you naturally wake up every day."

The bald man couldn't help but interject, his voice carrying a more basic need.

"I just want to get a legitimate identity; I don't want to live this life of constant danger anymore. I want to find a place to open a small shop, sell odds and ends, and live a peaceful life."

Scarface walked ahead, not stopping the noise behind him.

Moderate greed is the best stimulant, making these people more motivated when they take action.

His eyes were sharp, and he always kept looking forward.

"Alright. If you want money, women, and a stable life, the prerequisite is to do your job well."

"If we fail, not only will Japan perish, but this day next year will be our death anniversary. Let's go!"

He took the lead and plunged into the dense forest.

The other three exchanged a glance, gripped their weapons, and quickly followed.

The four men moved swiftly through the dense forest, maintaining a loose fighting formation.

Scarface led the way, with Green Hair and Red Hair flanking them on either side, and the bald man bringing up the rear.

Their footsteps trod over the scorched ground and broken rocks, passing through trees scorched by lightning.

A moment later, as they passed through a patch of low bushes.

The green-haired man at the front suddenly stopped, his eyes wide open, his mouth slightly agape, pointing ahead and letting out a sharp cry of surprise.

"Holy crap? What's that?"

The view ahead.

Countless thick, blood-sharp spikes pierced through the ground.

The blood spikes were covered with the corpses of monsters, and blood dripped slowly down the blood pillars, staining the originally scorched earth below in varying shades of dark red.

Red Hair swallowed hard, nearly dropping the giant axe in his hand.

"What the hell is this? How can there be something like this? And the monsters in this dungeon can even create Bloodthorn Forests?"

Scarface stepped forward and reached out to touch the surface of the nearest bloodthorn.

He looked down at the dark red liquid on his fingertips, then looked up at the lizard corpses hanging there, and frowned as he spoke.

"It's a blood-based skill. These spikes are formed from condensed blood element."

Redhead scratched his head, looking confused. "Bloodline? Isn't that kid a dual-elemental user of wind and thunder?"

"The information the guild leader gave me clearly states it's wind and lightning type, so where did the blood type come from?"

Green Hair rolled his eyes around, then suddenly slapped his thigh, making a crisp sound.

"I know! This must be a hidden boss in the dungeon! Think about it, this is an orange-quality temple dungeon, isn't it normal to have a hidden boss or two?"

"Some bosses have special attributes that are unrelated to the player's own attributes."

The bald man was taken aback: "A hidden boss? What about that kid we were chasing?"

Green Hair looked confident and tapped his fingers in the air a few times as he analyzed, "Think about it, this is such a large scale, it's obviously the product of a high-level skill."

"That kid is only level 25. Even if he's incredibly talented, he couldn't possibly unleash a skill of that scale, right? So it must be something that's already in the dungeon."

The bald man looked at the red-haired man with a suspicious expression and gestured with his chin.

"Red Hair, you go to school a lot, what do you think?"

Red Hair rolled his eyes.

"Me? I dropped out of school before finishing junior high, which means I studied for two more years than you guys. How would I know?"

"What's the difference between asking me and asking a roadside stone?"

The bald man cursed under his breath, his voice muffled.

"Damn, a bunch of illiterate people, they can't even come up with a decent analysis."

He looked at the monster's corpse, then at the dark red bloodstains, and swallowed hard.

"Guys, do you think... we'll end up hanging up there too?"

Red Hair spat on the ground a few times: "Pah, pah, pah! You jinx! If you can't speak properly, then don't speak!"

Scarface remained silent for a moment, leaning towards Green Hair's guess.

"It must be a trick of a special BOSS. The dungeon will only close when the dungeon is cleared or all entrants die. Since the dungeon is still open, it means that kid named Lu Zhixing hasn't left yet."

"They might already be dead, or they might still be running ahead."

"No matter what, I want to see them alive or dead."

A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

"keep going."

The three answered in unison, "Yes!"

Footsteps sounded again, and four figures passed through the edge of the stone forest, continuing their journey into the denser forest ahead.

Deep within the instance, Lu Zhixing and his group were heading towards the finish line.

The ground gradually changed from scorched ash to dark brown hard soil, and the trees on both sides gradually returned to dark green from the withered black color of being burned by lightning.

Although the color is still dark, as if shrouded in some shadow, at least it is a living tree.

The view ahead became increasingly open, with thunderclouds churning overhead.

Su Lin muttered to herself, dragging her legs behind her as she walked.

"Ouch... my legs are about to break... this road is so hard to walk on! It's full of potholes and rocks. I twisted my ankle at least three times just now, but luckily I reacted quickly and didn't actually twist it."

"And those spider webs, they were all over my face, I don't even know if they're poisonous."

Su Youran's temple veins throbbed.

"Su Lin, shut your mouth. Lu Zhixing was the one who drove the whole way, and you just followed behind shouting '666' and eating snacks."

"I saw you eat three bags of those potato chips already, how dare you complain about being tired?"

Su Lin straightened her chest confidently, put her hands on her hips, and raised her chin two inches.

"Shouting '666' is also very tiring, you know! My mouth was constantly moving, and my throat was so dry."

"Besides, this is called emotional value. Do you understand emotional value? A team can't just have high DPS; someone also needs to liven up the atmosphere, otherwise dungeons will be so boring!"

Lu Zhi walked at the front, listening to the sounds of playful fighting behind him.

It was a bit noisy, but I have to say that these girls really made grinding less boring.

The little vampire suddenly stopped in his tracks.

She was originally walking in the middle of the group towards the back, but suddenly stopped.

"Master! Master! There's something behind us!"

Lu Zhixing was taken aback, stopped and turned around.

"What? Wasn't everything cleared out just now? I checked the kill log on the panel; all hostile units within a one-kilometer radius should have been eliminated."

The little vampire intently sensed the tremors of the earth.

Her palms were pressed against the ground, and a dark red light seeped from her fingertips into the soil.

"There are four monsters! They've been tainted with my blood essence and are creeping up behind me! They're about a kilometer away, moving slowly but clearly targeting me."

Lu Zhixing looked puzzled.

"Huh? Only four monsters?"

With Su Lin's taunt buff along the way, usually hundreds of them would come, so why did only four come this time?

This is not reasonable.

Rumble—!!!

The earth trembled violently.

Countless trees were uprooted from the ground, their roots tumbling through the air with soil and pebbles.

Dark red blood spikes shot out wildly from the ground, one after another rising from the surface.

Su Lin stared blankly at the billowing dust for a moment, with half a cookie still dangling from her mouth.

She turned to look at Lu Zhixing.

"Lu Zhixing, what's going on? Did you use your skill again?"

Su Youran and Song Xiaohe also looked at him at the same time.

Lu Zhixing stood there, completely bewildered.

He immediately asked himself, "Little Blood, what are you doing? Where's the monster?"

The little vampire spoke with certainty.

"...There really is something strange! My senses are very sharp! There's no doubt about it! And they have my blood element mark on them, so they're moving this way!"

Lu Zhixing's expression shifted slightly. Xiao Xue had no reason to lie; if she said there was something strange, then there must be something there.

He looked at the three women and explained in a serious tone, without blushing or skipping a beat.

"I sensed something approaching from behind, so I used a skill. Better to strike first than let them get close enough to touch us."

Su Lin stood on tiptoe and squinted to look into the distance, shielding his eyes from the dim light cast by the thunderclouds with his hand.

"Something strange? Where is it? I don't see anything."

Song Xiaohe did not answer; her gaze fell on the dust and smoke stirred up by the blood spikes, pointing upwards.

"Look over there... what's that hanging on the Bloodthorn?"

Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing, and saw four figures hanging from the tips of the four blood spikes in the distance.

Those figures were suspended diagonally in the air, their limbs hanging limply, their clothes fluttering slightly in the wind.

Lu Zhixing took the lead, quickening his pace: "Let's go, let's go take a look."

The three women exchanged a glance and quickly followed.

As they drew closer, the figures became clearer.

Su Lin rubbed her eyes and swallowed the last bite of biscuit in her mouth.

He stared in bewilderment at the figures hanging on the blood spikes.

Green hair, red hair, scars, and bald head.

The logo of the Mad Shark Guild could still be identified on their clothing.

Some of them were still clutching weapons, and the giant axe was still hanging from Red Hair's wrist, swaying back and forth in the air.

Su Lin's voice carried a sense of bewilderment, as if her worldview had been shaken.

"Green hair... red hair... scarred... and a bald guy? This... this isn't a monster! It looks like... a person? How come there are other people in the dungeon?"

The wind blew through the stone forest, causing the four figures hanging on the blood thorns to sway slightly.

There really shouldn't be anyone else in the instance.

But someone did come in.

This means that something is happening.