I can tolerate anything, but I can't tolerate anyone bullying my woman!
With this in mind, Lu Ming's grating cannon blasted the two Arakkoa mages into dust, and even broke one of their magic wands!
"Lily and Yusaha, step back! Yul'ska, detoxify them! Dex, grab Yusaha's shield and charge forward! Those guys aren't all dead yet!" As soon as the dust and smoke from the shockwave of the grating cannon explosion settled, Lu Ming immediately began directing the others. He himself drew his Sage's Candlestick and stepped forward.
Upon hearing the order, Lily and Yusaha immediately retreated and handed the shield to Dex. Yul Sica and Dex also quickly carried out Lu Ming's command.
Soon, several more crowmen rushed up the hillside. Although there was no magician among them, one of them was carrying a large scythe!
"Are they here? Dex's bow and arrow ready!" After giving the order, Lu Ming himself used the Seed Machine Gun to fire at the crowmen.
"Clang clang clang clang clang..." Just like before, the seed machine gun easily pierced through the bodies of a large group of crowmen wielding daggers, accompanied by arrows. However, the crowman wielding the large scythe managed to forcefully block Lu Ming's seed machine gun with his scythe.
"Is it like this again? Well then, Fine Snow!" Realizing that the Seed Machine Gun skill could be blocked and was useless against the crowman wielding a staff and scythe, Lu Ming rushed forward and used Fine Snow to freeze the crowman's hands and clothes, preventing him from attacking him.
"Ah!" With a roar or a scream that was hard to tell, Lu Ming used the Sage's Candlestick to sever the crow's head!
"Ha~ha~ha~" After beheading the crow-man, Lu Ming collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. Behind him, Lily and Yusaha, thanks to Yu'erxika's treatment, had almost fully recovered. The poison had also been neutralized.
"Dex, can you please stop shooting like that? It's easy to kill someone!" After a while, Lu Ming finally got up from the ground, glaring at Dex as he said angrily.
"Sorry! I just shot randomly. I promise it won't happen again!"
Hearing Dex's assurance, Lu Ming said nothing more. He then went to collect equipment with Yusaha.
After glancing at the stats of the Arakkoa mage's storyteller's staff, Lu Ming handed it and an Arakkoa dagger to You'erxika. This action displeased Yusaha somewhat, but he didn't say anything. After all, healers were crucial in this map.
Chapter Sixteen - Dungeon [The Road of Sacrifices] Part Two
After collecting all the equipment, Lu Ming and his group of five jumped from a low cliff to the lower level of the Road of Sacrifices, preparing to continue their journey. However, while everyone else had already jumped off the cliff, even Lu Ming, a shut-in, had done so, Dex, who looked just like Nezha and had a burly build, hesitated to jump, leaving the others somewhat incredulous.
"Dex, come down quickly!"
"I do not!"
"I'll say it again! Get down here!"
"I do not want!"
Watching Lu Ming and Dex shouting at each other, Yusaha sighed and patted Lu Ming on the shoulder, saying, "Wouldn't it have been over if you just shot him down with the seed machine gun?!"
Upon hearing this, Dexter's face darkened, and he immediately jumped off the cliff.
"What? You're so big, yet you're afraid of such a small cliff. I really don't know how you do it!" As soon as Dex came down from the cliff, Yul Sica laughed and mocked him.
Lu Ming then chimed in, "He's clearly burly and strong, yet inexplicably looks almost like a woman. His personality can also be feminine at times. Who knows, maybe there's a woman's soul inside him!"
Upon hearing what You'er Sika and Lu Ming said, Dexton immediately became furious and started chasing after the two of them.
But they didn't know that when Dex landed, the ground trembled slightly, drawing out a madwoman dressed in tattered clothes, carrying a rag bag, and wielding a large machete from behind a small hill behind them.
"Meat...meat...fresh, delicious meat..." Fortunately, Lu Ming remembered this plot, so upon hearing the seemingly murmuring voice, Lu Ming didn't hesitate and fired a seed machine gun shot in the direction the voice came from, forcing the crazy woman to hide behind a small hill and not be able to show her face.
But as soon as Lu Ming finished firing his seed machine gun, the crazy woman suddenly rushed out, yelling, "Meat...meat!", waving her large machete, and pounced on Lu Ming and the others.
Her target was Lu Ming, who had just used his first skill and hadn't had time to use his second.
If Lily hadn't rushed in front of Lu Ming in time and activated the shield of the Dark Hand, Lu Ming might have been killed by the madwoman's cleaver!
Seeing the massive cleaver that had cleaved the Dark Hand's shield, Lu Ming's face contorted with rage. He immediately unleashed a Sage's Candlestick thrust, aiming straight for the madwoman's throat.
Surprisingly, the crazy woman dodged Lu Ming's attack with a simple roll and even tried to continue attacking him and the others.
Of course, everyone was very generous in helping this crazy woman who was courting death.
The crazy woman fought against Lu Ming and his five men all by herself, and the result was obvious – she was quickly cut down and killed!
In this way, the group obtained her large cleaver and also found a rather shabby set of clothes, an axe, and a pair of swords at her hiding place.
"Let's go! The first campfire is just ahead." After picking up their equipment, Lu Ming and the others continued their advance.
However, a few clueless Arakkoa and an Arakkoa mage blocked the bridge between them and the first campfire, which annoyed them somewhat.
Lu Ming glanced at the Arakkoa mage swaggering on a hillside, then chose to ignore him and target the Arakkoa who hadn't yet grown wings.
"Seed Machine Gun!" Lu Ming, Lily, and Yusaha unleashed the Seed Machine Gun together, and a three-shot burst of seeds instantly rendered all the Arakkoa except for the Arakkoa Mage unable to get up again.
Upon seeing this, the crow-man mage immediately rushed to the bridge, and to Lu Ming's disbelief, knelt down with a thud, respectfully offering his magic staff. Then he fled as if his life depended on it.
"Uh..." Lu Ming stared blankly at the retreating figure of the crow-man, and it took him a while to react before shouting, "Hey!! What about your dignity as a mage!? How can you kneel down and beg for mercy just because you disagreed with me!?"
Unfortunately, the crow-man mage didn't answer him. Instead, he mocked him and ran away while patting his butt.
This made the four people other than Lu Ming burst into laughter. Dex, in particular, who had just been mocked by him and You'er Xika, laughed the loudest.
Moreover, ignoring Lu Ming's somewhat dark expression, Dex pointed at him and laughed loudly, saying, "So you've finally been mocked by the crow people!"
Lu Ming gritted his teeth and glared at Dex, then walked across the bridge to the first campfire.
"Hey! Don't be angry!" Seeing that Lu Ming seemed genuinely angry, Lily and Yusaha hurriedly followed.
However, they discovered that Lu Ming didn't care about Dex's words at all, and was instead looking at a mountain wall below in the direction they had come from.
What happened there?
"No, it's nothing." Lu Ming shook his head slightly, then led Lily and Yusaha toward the campfire at Lubanbian Village.
Although a cave that used to be in the mountainside was gone, Lu Ming didn't really care. After all, nobody in their team understood Braille, right?
After entering the dilapidated half-village, Lu Ming looked at the undead Yusaha beside him and gestured for her to light the bonfire. However, because she had set her own hand on fire when she lit the bonfire last time, Yusaha hesitated.
This gave Yul'sika, who was listening to Dex talk about campfires, a chance to try and set one up. But she wasn't immortal, and she couldn't light it at all. And even when she tried to make a simple campfire like Lu Ming had, she couldn't get it to burn.
Seeing Yu'er Sika fiddling with the campfire like a fool, just like Lu Ming had done before, Yusaha couldn't help but laugh, which made both Lu Ming and Yu'er Sika give her a somewhat displeased look.
Taking a deep breath, Yusaha mustered his courage and walked to the campfire, placing his hand a little distance away from it. The campfire burst into flames the next moment.
With the campfire, Lu Ming and the others could rest for a while, heal their injuries, replenish their elemental bottles, elemental ash bottles, and mana, and then continue their advance.
However, the monsters in the Crucible Forest after this campfire don't drop many good items.
The wandering spirits here are mostly clinging to a large tree stump or carrying a cross, fighting bare-handed, which makes everyone a little frustrated.
However, a large black worm carrying mushrooms and resembling Parasitic dropped some special herbs for antidote, which made Yusahar a little happier.
About twenty minutes later, Lu Ming and the others arrived at the second campfire.
"I haven't found anything good along the way, except for the two shields. I wonder if the monsters ahead will have anything good."
Sitting by the campfire, Yusaha looked at his phone's inventory, which contained only a few good items, hoping that he might encounter something better ahead.
Hearing Yusaha's wishful words, Lu Ming smiled helplessly, then pointed to the road ahead and said, "There are a lot of good things ahead, but the monsters are quite difficult to defeat."
"No matter how tough they are, are they harder than those Arakkoa, Hyde Knights, or Ancient Knights? Even if they are tougher than those, they're nothing under my Dex's arrows!" Dex patted his chest muscles and said arrogantly. He showed none of the cowardice he had shown earlier when he refused to jump off the cliff to the lower level.
But is the strangeness here really as Dexter described? The answer is no!
They hadn't gone down into the swamp before, so they hadn't encountered the most terrifying monster in the Crucible Forest, the Yangcheng Lake hairy crab!
So when Lu Ming led them down into the swamp and left, and they saw the Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs with their own eyes, Dex almost slapped himself twice.
"Dex, grab your shield and go up there! Everyone else, attack with all your might. Kill that crab as quickly as possible, before Dex gets smashed!" After giving the orders to Lily, Yusaha, and Dex, who was tearfully and reluctantly moving to the front, Lu Ming used the Grass-type move Seed Gun, which is super effective against Water-types, to lure the crab to them.
Seeing that the crabs were being effectively hit by the seed machine gun, they angrily ran over. Lu Ming immediately said to Dex, "Dex, push them up!"
"Show me how you do it!" Dex cried, tears streaming down his face.
"Stop fooling around, you two! The crab is coming!" Yusaha said hurriedly to the two of them as he saw the large crab getting closer and closer.
At this moment, the giant crab had already swaggered over and raised its huge pincers, slamming them down heavily on Dex, who was blocking its path to Lu Ming.
With a loud thud, Dex's legs, which were holding up his shield, were smashed into the muddy swamp by the giant crab.
What offered Dex a sliver of comfort at this moment was not the seeds that were planted on the crabs, but rather a healing spell from Yorshka.
But who cares about him at this point?
Everyone who knew how to use the seed machine gun, including Lu Ming, was desperately using it to shoot at the hairy crabs, making them spit bubbles.
"Bubbles? Wait! Lily, go protect Yulshka, Yusaha, come protect me! This crab is about to use magic!" Upon seeing the bubbles in the crab's mouth, Lu Ming shouted to Lily and Yusaha. This series of commands put everyone on guard and alert regarding the crab's magic.
As for Dex, who was carrying the giant crab, Lu Ming said that there was no need to worry about the elf with the shield!
After charging up for a while, the giant crab sprayed a large amount of bubbles at Lu Ming and the others, which hit their shields with a clanging sound.
"Wow! Bubble beams?" Lu Ming was surprised as he listened to the sound of bubbles hitting the shield.
But at the moment the bubble ended, he, Lily, and Yusaha once again delivered the three-seed machine gun gift pack of hairy crabs, sending the hairy crabs to the kitchen for the deluxe lunch.
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Many people have asked about Yusahar stealing loot. To that, I just want to say that Lu Ming only chose her as a teammate out of necessity. Furthermore, Yusahar doesn't have much affection for Lu Ming; she's just using him. However, since everyone dislikes it, after this dungeon, I will make sure Yusahar stops stealing equipment. Rest assured!
Chapter Seventeen - Dungeon [The Road of Sacrifices] Part Three
Despite being half-slammed into the swamp while fighting off the giant crab's attack, Dex, along with Lu Ming, Lily, and Yusaha, unanimously agreed that the Bubble Ray skill book dropped by the giant crab should belong to Dex.
Dexter protested! "Why should I blow bubbles when you don't want to?"
Unfortunately, Dex's protests went unheeded. The same was true for Yorshka, who had just joined!
In a canal-like room beneath a massive building, Lu Ming and his companions slashed a crazed wandering spirit and obtained a ring, the Standing Dragon Emblem Ring.
Lu Ming thought about the ring's effects and realized that no one in his team could use it. So he had no choice but to put it away and deal with it later.
"The building above us leads directly to the location of the Crystal Elder. Should we go directly to the Crystal Elder, or should we clear this area first?" After putting away the standing dragon emblem ring, Lu Ming pointed to the building above and asked the others.
“Of course we’ll sweep them away! We’ve already fought our way here, why should we be afraid?” Yusaha’s answer was simple and direct, which drew unanimous agreement from Yulshka and Lily.
As for Dexter, who was ignored by everyone, he chose to abstain.
Thus, the group began their operation to sweep through the entire swamp.
What looked like wandering spirits, Parasitic insects, and two small crabs the size of fists—all of them were wiped out by Lu Ming and his group. Only two knights who looked like formidable opponents remained: a well-equipped black knight and a giant crab bigger than a bus.
For safety reasons, the group decided to start with the giant crab. After all, they all had experience fighting giant crabs, and Dexter had even been slapped by one. It would be a little easier than those three knights who looked like tough opponents, right?
And so, the group harvested the last hairy crab from the area.
"Get me out!" As a tank, it's perfectly normal for Dexter to be slapped into the mud by a crab.
Lu Ming and his team were quite adept at digging him out; they dug him out quickly after only a few digs.
"What's this?" While cleaning up the battlefield, Yul'sika found a ring splashed up from where the giant crab had died and vanished as soul bubbles. Not knowing its purpose, she foolishly showed it to Yusahar, hoping for an answer. Unfortunately...
After putting the ring into her phone and glancing at its effect, Yusaha said to Yulshika with a disappointed look, "It's a ring that enhances the crab's abilities."
"Huh! A ring that enhances crabs?" Yulshka was shocked when Yusaha gave such a strange answer! In her opinion, crabs don't have fingers, so how could there be a ring that enhances crabs?
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