The story of the black silk female knight

Chapter 140: Three against one, yet still managed to be killed; the female knight had to step in.

The Red Cloud Adventure Team was defeated.

The male warrior, leading twenty-two Pearl-level adventurers, fought against four Lighthouse-level cave monsters and more than twenty Pearl-level cave monsters without any problems; in fact, they fought very steadily.

The problem lies on the other side.

Three Lighthouse-level adventurers—a male thief, a female warrior, and a female elemental mage—fought against one monster, yet they still couldn't defeat it.

Before becoming an epic-class cryptid, this cryptid was clearly a mutant. In addition to the cryptid's basic ability to turn things into mud, it also had a very powerful tongue and a single eye.

Its tongue is flexible and powerful, like a long whip in the hand of a weapon master, like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, like a black lightning bolt that streaks across the day.

The thrust was fast, powerful, and silent, making it difficult even for a Lighthouse-level mage to defend against... The female elemental mage had three layers of ice shield and one layer of earth shield shattered by a single tongue thrust.

If it weren't for the timely support from the female warrior and the male rogue, the female elemental mage might have been instantly killed by the tongue's extremely fast second piercing attack before she could even replenish her shield.

The female warrior also struggled in close combat with the male thief.

That battle-hardened cave monster could use its tongue like a longsword and an iron whip, its skill was extremely high, and it was not at a disadvantage in a one-on-two fight.

If that were all, it would be fine. After all, there are three people on the Red Cloud Adventurer's side. As long as the female warrior and the male thief use melee attacks to entangle the battle-hardened dungeon monster, giving the female elemental mage time to apply buffs and cast high-level spells, they can deal a lot of damage to the battle-hardened dungeon monster, and victory will be within reach.

However, the most formidable feature of this battle-hardened cave monster is not its incredibly fast, ruthless, and skillfully crafted tongue, but rather the single eye above its mouth.

That one eye was incredibly powerful; it almost made Valensa scream out in surprise.

If Tia hadn't explained to her friends in time that it was a kind of magic ability, Valensa would have thought that this battle-hardened crypt monster was a guy from her previous life who liked to carry a bag of rice up and down several floors in the world of ninjas with eyes that had traveled through time.

This battle-hardened cryptid's true trump card is its ability to use gravity and repulsion through its one-eyed, spell-like power.

Especially that gravity, combined with the ability of all the cave monsters to turn things into mud, it's incredibly useful.

Although this ability is useless against living things, the armor worn by adventurers is not a living thing, and most adventurers cannot afford armor with high-level enchantments... Most of them only have two or three relatively expensive and handy weapons.

Both the female warrior and the male thief were tricked by the battle-hardened cave monster using this method.

When the battle-hardened cryptid's eyes began to charge, both the female warrior and the male rogue assumed it was about to unleash some powerful curse ray and prepared to defend themselves and dodge.

Unexpectedly, a huge gravitational force suddenly appeared, and the female warrior and the male thief lost their footing and were instantly sucked to the side of the battle-hardened cave monster. Their armor and clothes were all turned into a sticky paste by the mud-turning effect, which greatly affected their movements.

Then, the battle-hardened crypt monster pressed its advantage, its black tongue lashing out like a berserker's sword, leaving numerous wounds on the female warrior and the male thief. Just as the female warrior and the male thief were getting used to fighting while covered in slime, a sudden wave of repulsive force erupted.

The female warrior fared a little better, since warriors have stronger frontal defense and a more stable lower body, but she was still knocked back several steps and coughed up blood.

The male thief was no match; despite his high attack and low defense, he was directly knocked into a tree by the repulsive force, twitched a few times, lost consciousness, and was the first to withdraw from the battle.

The female warrior didn't last long either, as she was pulled down by the gravitational pull and pinned down by the battle-hardened crypt monster. Just as she was about to have her head pierced by the tongue, the female elemental mage cast a fireball that repelled the battle-hardened crypt monster and saved her.

However, the real world doesn't have the game's setting where skills don't harm friendly units. The Fireball spell, with its missile-like explosive force, not only repelled the battle-hardened Crypt Fiend but also completely stunned the female warrior, rendering her incapacitated and the second to leave the battle.

With both front-line enemies down, the female elemental mage was left alone in the back row facing the BOSS, and naturally, she couldn't hold out for long either.

She cast several shields on herself and then unleashed a few fire-attribute spells, burning off a significant portion of the long hair on the battle-hardened cryptid. However, the battle-hardened cryptid struck her kidney with its tongue, causing her to urinate on the spot. Tormented by both shame and pain, she fainted and was forced out of the battle.

Thus, the three-man team of the Red Cloud Adventurer Group, which they used to fight the tempered dungeon monster, was completely wiped out, a classic case of three against one being turned around and killed.

Although none of the three were dead yet, the battle-hardened cave monster had no intention of letting them go. It immediately thrust out its long tongue again, intending to finish them off. The first to be targeted was the female elemental mage who had already fainted but was still urinating incessantly.

However, this time, the black tongue that had been invincible when fighting three opponents failed to hit its target again.

A hand wearing black stockings firmly grasped the female elemental mage's tongue just as it was about to pierce her, while another hand, also wearing black stockings, casually cast a healing spell on her.

Valensa still made a move.

Although the employer had no obligation to rescue the adventurers, and Valensa could even save 6000 gold coins if the Red Cloud Adventurer Group were wiped out, she was not an inhuman capitalist and would not do such a despicable thing.

The battle-hardened cryptid seemed to know how powerful Valenza was, and immediately activated the spell-like ability of its large, one-eyed monster, using an extremely strong gravitational pull to pull Valenza toward itself.

After all, the female knight's armor looks very defensive and heavy. If we can use the "transformation into mud" technique to dissolve the armor into a paste, we can both break through the female knight's defenses and hinder her movements.

The idea was good, but just as battle-hardened monsters cannot be compared with other monsters of the same level, Valensa had long surpassed other cultivators of the same level.

The battle-hardened Crypt Fiend is strong, but its one-eyed and tongue abilities have already been revealed, so it poses no threat to Valensa in her serious state.

crackle.

Valensa not only did not resist the gravity, but also actively accelerated her charge along with it. During the charge, she activated the [Ceremony Armor: Lightning Armor] and strengthened herself with mental power, kicking the battle-hardened crypt monster.

The battle-hardened crypt monster lived up to its reputation. It immediately realized that if it took this kick, it would be severely injured or killed. It hurriedly endured the backlash and forcibly changed the large one-eyed monster's magic-like ability from gravity to repulsion in an attempt to push Valenza away.

Chapter 141 Beating Up a Battle-Tier Class

The repulsive force is different from the kinetic energy impact caused by an explosion.

The shockwave from the explosion is powerful, but it's usually a one-time event; if you can withstand it once, you'll generally get through it.

Unlike repulsive forces, this is a continuously effective force, which should actually be called a force field, where each point has a force vector.

Just as everything on Earth is constantly subject to gravity, when the Tempered Crypt Fiend activates its spell-like ability, everything within its range will be continuously pushed outward by a repulsive force.

In other words, Valencia's attempt to withstand this repulsive force and make a powerful charge is not like simply withstanding the impact of an explosion; rather, she will be continuously subjected to the repulsive force during the charge.

Even with the [Ceremony Armor: Dark Lightning Armor] and the self-enhancement of mental power, it would be difficult for her to force her way to the tempered-class cave monster and kill it.

It's impossible, at least in non-evil god mode, and there's no need to enter evil god mode.

After her brain instantly understood these things, Valensa stopped charging forward against the repulsive force and instead chose to somersault backward halfway through, retreating in one breath from the range of the repulsive force of the battle-hardened crypt monster.

Just before landing after her backflip, Valensa extended her right hand, which was not holding a sword, and pointed it at the battle-hardened crypt monster whose large one-eyed monster was bleeding due to the forced conversion of magical abilities.

With the index finger pointing forward, the thumb pointing upward, and the remaining three fingers clenched together, this was the hand gesture that children in my past life loved to make when playing shooting games.

biu

A beam of intense light condensed at Valensa's fingertip in an instant, and then shot out immediately.

[Divine Art: Sunfire Ray]

The power of the Sunfire that Valensa used was still forcibly converted from Holy Light using the power of her mind. It takes 100 parts of mental power and 42 parts of Holy Light to convert into one part of Sunfire power.

It was incredibly taxing. When training in the underground ruins of the Barren Ridge, Valensa would feel completely drained after only a few BIUs.

But now we're in Fran, on land blessed by the Sun Goddess, where the consumption of Sunfire magic has been greatly reduced.

Although each unit of Sunfire Power still requires 100 units of Mental Power and 42 units of Holy Light, Valensa only needs to contribute a little bit of Sunfire Power to start it up, and the Goddess's Blessing will automatically complete the energy replenishment and finish the divine spell. The consumption can be said to have been reduced by more than 95%.

Your Majesty is truly amazing!

Valensa sighed inwardly as she watched her divine spell precisely hit its target, shattering one of the shoulders of the battle-hardened cave monster.

Gaaah!

The battle-hardened crypt monster let out a wail. Not only had it lost an arm, but its long hair had also been ignited by the power of the sun's flames. The sun's fire, which was hotter than ordinary flames, was continuously burning it, causing its body to emit a fragrant aroma of roasted meat within seconds.

At the crucial moment, the Tempered Crypt Fiend demonstrated why it was able to become Tempered.

After realizing that it was no match for Valensa, this battle-hardened crypt monster burrowed into the ground and ran away without a second thought, without even saying goodbye to the other crypt monsters who were fighting the Red Cloud Adventurer Group. It was clear that it was sacrificing its teammates to cover its retreat!

This is the key to becoming a Battle-hardened class! High talent and strong mutation abilities are useless; to become a Battle-hardened class, you must first be able to survive!

Even a seasoned warrior, experienced in taking beatings and adept at escaping, is still a seasoned warrior!

The battle-hardened cryptid was incredibly fast. Thanks to its racial ability to turn matter into mud, it burrowed deep underground in an instant, escaping Valenza's sight and attack range. It also managed to extinguish the flames on its body using the mud transformed from the soil.

After that, it showed no intention of lingering in the fight or seeking revenge, and continued to move rapidly underground. It planned to leave the Mawsmora Basin and find another group of cave monsters to live among.

Anyway, given his status as a battle-hardened mutant, he'll be treated well in any race!

Just as this battle-hardened cave monster was contemplating how to boast about finding a new tribe, a flash of golden light appeared before its eyes, and it suddenly returned from the depths of the underground to the surface, right next to the terrifying black-silk bipedal beast!

The black-silk bipedal beast was smiling at it, one of its black-silk legs raised high straight up.

Oh no, I'm doomed!

The battle-hardened cave monster's large, one-eyed creature thrashed wildly. It desperately wanted to dodge and had figured out how to do so, its brain frantically sending commands to its body.

Unfortunately, its body seemed to be saying: "Sorry, Your Majesty, I cannot do it."

Whoosh!

Valensa's black-stockinged leg slashed down like a sharp sword. Although the battle-hardened cave monster's mind managed to react, its body couldn't keep up at all.

Snapped!

So the kick landed squarely, and after one of the arms was blown apart by the Sunfire Ray, the battle-hardened Crypt Fiend's leg was also shattered under Valenza's boot.

run! Must run!

Without any intention of continuing the fight with its tongue and one-eyed giant, the battle-hardened cave monster burrowed back into the ground without hesitation.

Losing a leg significantly reduced its speed, but it can still escape 100 meters in a few seconds!

It didn't know what force had just dragged it back, but its experience told it that when facing a powerful enemy, the best thing to do was to run downhill without thinking.

It is doing this now, and at the same time, it has set aside a part of its thinking ability to constantly sense changes in itself and its surroundings, in order to prevent itself from being inexplicably taken back again.

When the battle-hardened crypt monster had burrowed down about 300 meters, the golden magical light brought it back to the surface and brought it to the face of the terrifying black-silk bipedal beast!

The battle-hardened cave monster was in despair, but there was some good news... It finally understood how it had been captured.

It was on the lower left side of its body that a mark had been placed there at some unknown time. It was the magical power of this mark that caused it to be caught and brought back to the original spot no matter how far it fled.

The battle-hardened crypt monster is no stranger to spatial magic... after all, it is a battle-hardened monster that has experienced countless battles.

It was just very confused... it had been very careful, so when exactly did those two-legged beasts mark it?

It hurriedly reached for the marked area on its body, trying to wipe it off, but instead grabbed a golden paste.

This is……

While the battle-hardened cave monster was still standing there in confusion, Valensa stopped attacking it. Instead, she took a few steps back to clear the battlefield and smiled:

"Alright, now this guy has Tia's spatial mark on him, so he can't escape. I also broke one of his arms and one of his legs, so his combat power is much weaker... If you want to use him for practice, that's perfect. Want to have some fun? This is a rare Lighthouse-level monster with high experience points."

"of course?"

Chiba, Melody, Gil, and Harry, who had been itching to fight for a while, immediately surrounded the battle-hardened dungeon monster and eagerly took out their weapons.

Chapter 142 Everyone Levels Up Together

The fate of the battle-hardened cave monster was actually decided long ago.

This is a legendary battle-hardened monster. In the game, it would be a rare boss that offers at least 10 times the experience and can be used as a level-breaking quest objective.

Now that we've encountered it, there's no reason to let it go.

When the Red Cloud adventurers were fighting three against one, Thousand Leaf Grass and his companions expressed their desire to try and use this battle-hardened dungeon monster to break through their own limits.

Valensa was very generous to her friends and readily agreed, quickly discussing a plan with Tia.

In short, Tia's plan is to place a spatial marker on the battle-hardened cryptid to prevent it from burrowing underground and escaping.

Valensa first needs to cripple the battle-hardened cryptid to weaken its fighting power, otherwise Chiba, Melody, Gil, and Harry will be no match for it, and it's hard to say who will use whom to level up.

Therefore, Valensa deliberately avoided the vital points of the tempered crypt monster in her previous solar flare and the downward kick just now, just in case she accidentally killed the monster that her friends were leveling up.

Tia secretly threw a gold card with spatial coordinates at the first time the battle-hardened crypt monster used a spell-like ability to activate gravity to deal with the male thief and female warrior.

Her original intention was to hide the golden card in the long hair of the battle-hardened crypt monster, but she didn't expect that the crypt monster's racial talent of turning things into mud would be stronger than expected, and it would even be effective on the golden card, turning it into a mess.

Interestingly, after the golden card was melted away and turned into mud, the spatial coordinates on the golden card were also melted into the tempered-level cave monster... Tia herself didn't know the reason behind it, but she knew that this tempered-level cave monster was definitely not going to escape.

Regardless of mobility or escape method, all will be countered by space-time magic.

And so, the battle-hardened cave monster, having lost an arm and a leg and knowing that it would be caught by the spatial link no matter how it tried to escape, willingly became the training target for Chiba and the others.

But the four of them, who claimed to be leveling up, actually got a beating right away.

Even battle-hardened cryptids have their tempers; they'd rather be killed than humiliated. And although it has lost an arm and a leg, its most formidable features—its tongue and its large, one-eyed creature—remain intact.

Even the three skilled Lighthouse-level adventurers from the Red Cloud Adventurer Group were no match for them; they were easily defeated in a three-on-one fight. Now, Chiba, Melody, Gil, and Harry, who are all stuck at the peak of the Pearl Realm, are even less likely to succeed.

The battle-hardened cryptid was clearly fighting for its life; its tongue was faster and stronger, and its large one-eyed creature was also using gravity and repulsion flexibly, even at the cost of blood constantly flowing from the corner of its eye.

Chiba Grass tried several times to create clones to harass and launch stealth attacks, but was repeatedly blasted away by the repulsive force. The special plant that was created using ninjutsu didn't last long either, as it was completely cleaved in two by the battle-hardened dungeon monster's long black tongue.

Giluna's greatsword, as thick as a door panel, was incredibly effective at crushing weaklings, shattering them with every strike. But now, it's being beaten so badly that it can't find any opportunities to attack and can only be used as a shield.

Fortunately, the greatsword was of good enough quality. Every attack from the battle-hardened cave monster's tongue seemed capable of piercing the greatsword, but it never did. At most, it only forced Gil to retreat.

Harry, as a ranged attacker, was actually quite cautious... He learned from the previous lesson of the female elemental mage and first stacked 10 layers of elemental shield on himself before attempting to attack.

However, it still didn't work.