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Chapter 643 Attrition
"what happened?"

The sudden increase in momentum of the leader monster scared several people. They were still fighting the enemy at the original rhythm and were caught off guard.

Especially Hansen, who was originally a fighter and was at the forefront. He had adapted to the monster's strength and speed before, but the monster's attack was suddenly much stronger than before, and the speed was so fast that he had no time to react. Although Hansen hastily put up his shield for defense, he was still knocked out, and the man and the shield separated, drawing an arc in the air, falling to the ground and rolling for many times before stopping. When he stood up again, he spat out a mouthful of blood foam, and his left hand, which had been holding the shield before, was twisted and swollen, obviously with broken bones.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this. Is there a second stage?

Hansen was like this, and the others were even more afraid to face the monster's attack. Seeing the violent monster rushing towards them, everyone retreated and began to use long-range attacks to contain it!

However, the leader monster not only becomes stronger in strength, but also in speed and physical strength!
It smashed Gonzalez's fireball with its head, raised its hand to block Elena's bullet, stepped on Ivanka's mechanical beast, and blocked Diana's flying knife. Like a mad bull, it braved the attacks of the crowd and pounced on Diana, who was closest to it, at an incredible speed.

At the critical moment, Diana activated the flash function of the treasure, her figure disappeared, and when she reappeared, she was already dozens of meters away.

The monster reacted extremely quickly, changing its target in an instant and pouncing on Elena!

Seeing this, Elena jumped up lightly and fired a shot at the monster. The power of this shot was not very outstanding, but its stopping power was amazing. It actually stopped the forward momentum of the giant beast as big as a building for a moment. At the same time, the amazing recoil of this shot also pushed her backwards away from the monster.

However, the recoil and jump of Elena was still not as quick and decisive as the teleportation. After being delayed for a moment, the leader monster finally caught up with her. This time, Elena was in mid-air with nowhere to escape.

Luo Jun, who was far behind, narrowed his eyes and held a piece of the Slayer's bone spur in his hand.

Although he put the monster into a frenzy, his original intention was not to harm anyone, so he also secretly made preparations.

Of course, Luo Jun also didn't believe that it would be so easy for someone to win a place in an international exchange competition and get a spot in the Tianyuan Conference.

Sure enough, when she was about to be caught by the monster, a pair of white wings suddenly grew out from behind Elena, wrapping her whole body, like a white ball covered with feathers!

The monster's big hand grabbed the white ball, but failed to crush Elena's wings. Instead, a white light flashed between its fingers, and many feathers flew out, cutting the monster's palm!
The monster let go of her hand in pain, and Elena spread her wings behind her and flapped them into the air, instantly putting distance between herself and the monster and starting shooting from a distance with a sniper rifle in hand.

"This look is more like an angel than Gabriel." Luo Jun exclaimed.

At this time, Gonzalez chanted a spell and suddenly cast out a burning lava net to cover the monster. The others also took the opportunity to distance themselves and began to attack through the net.

This lava net is in a semi-liquid state. It is more like sticking to the monster than covering it. The monster is wrapped all over by the sticky magma, enduring the high temperature and huge resistance. Although it is still showing its fangs and claws, it is no longer as dangerous as before.

Even after going through the Burning Life Rage, it is only the BOSS of the first cycle after all, and its basic strength is limited. There are many masters among the challengers present, and it is not difficult to defeat it after being prepared.

However, the monster's fearless resistance and the support and harassment from its minions still posed a threat. The crowd was troubled by the slow curse, and their movements were not agile enough, so they were still a little stretched in the fight.

Finally, under the siege of everyone, the leader monster died completely before the time limit, but there were still a dozen of its subordinates left around it, which eventually turned into curse power and hovered over the venue.

"Huh..." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This battle was indeed more difficult than the previous ones. The great improvement in the individual abilities of the monsters caused their energy consumption rate to increase significantly. Except for Taim, a lot of the elixirs they had accumulated before were consumed, and Hansen was also injured. This intensity can be said to be worthy of the position at the bottom of the level.

Fortunately, the supplies given after the cycle have been upgraded to a higher level. Not only is the food more refined, the medicines are also more effective, and there is even an extra vitality pill.

At the same time, a round hole appeared again in the middle of the venue, but compared to the previous escape passage, this time there was a circle of golden decorations around it, and the hole was no longer a straight cliff, but had an additional downward staircase.

“Is this the Glory Passage?”

Hansen sprayed some medicine on his injured right arm, fixed it with a gauze splint, and stood at the stairs in the passage looking down.

"Leaving from the Glory Channel, you can walk down leisurely, which is much more decent than jumping from the escape channel." Elena said with a smile.

"What's the difference? You can fly, right?" Luo Jun joked. "I didn't expect you to be a dual practitioner of the Shapeshifting School and the Spellcasting School."

"It's strange that she can't transform." Taim looked at Elena: "The blood talent of the Hell Creek family is the shapeshifting school. It seems that you have not shown your true ability during the exchange competition."

"Same here." Elena said with a smile: "Except when you dealt with Ling Xin and Xue Lan, the two top masters, your speed was not that exaggerated."

"By the way, who among you got the reward for killing the boss?" Gonzalez interrupted their conversation and asked, "Don't the rules say that you will be given an extra six-pointed star?"

Everyone looked at each other, and no one admitted that they had received a reward.

Just now the leader died suddenly under the siege of everyone. No one dared to be sure which attack killed him, and the distribution of this hexagram would not be announced to the public, so only he himself knew whether he had received it or not.

"There's no need to hide this, right?" Gonzalez glanced at the few people: "The mission stipulates that we cannot kill each other, and we cannot steal other people's hexagrams. There will be no loss if we admit it generously."

But they looked at each other, and indeed no one had gotten it. Gonzalez's eyes accidentally fell on Luo Jun, who smiled and said, "Why are you looking at me? Are you doubting that I got it?"

Gonzalez snorted. Indeed, Luo Jun did not participate in the battle, so it could not be him.

As a result, the ownership of the extra hexagram remained a mystery, and everyone was guessing who dealt the final blow to the BOSS.

Only Luo Jun knew that the final BOSS was not killed by being beaten, but because his life was burned out.

That’s right, the final hexagram was actually in his pocket.

Of course, this was not in Luo Jun's plan. He had no control over when the BOSS would be burned to death or whether he would be killed by others before that. It was purely an accident that the hexagram fell into his hands. He was stunned when he got the news.

But I definitely can't admit it now, so let them guess.

With the end of the first cycle, more than 30 hours have passed. Although there is an hour of rest between each round, it is necessary to recuperate and replenish physical strength. There are not many opportunities to sleep. At most, they can only take a nap for a few dozen minutes. Even with the physical strength of the practitioners, after more than 30 hours of high-intensity fighting, some people are more or less tired. At this time, the Glory Channel is in front of them. As long as you walk down, you can leave with six six-pointed stars as a reward. If you miss this opportunity, you can only wait until the next cycle ends and fight for more than 30 hours.

"Everyone, I've decided to quit." Hansen raised his intact right hand. "The intensity of this mission is a little beyond my expectations. I thought I could at least last five or six cycles, but I didn't expect the first one to be so difficult. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on until the next time to claim the reward."

As he spoke, he bowed slightly to the others with a hint of apology: "I'm sorry, I promised to be everyone's shield at the beginning, but I didn't expect that I would be the first to back out..."

I have to say that Hansen is a very good front row. If the BOSS hadn't suddenly strengthened and caught him off guard, he wouldn't have been injured so badly.

Admittedly, everyone had powerful healing tools in their hands, but even if Hansen's arm was healed, the psychological trauma from the blow would prevent him from facing the next battle in the best condition.

After watching Hansen walk down the stairs and leave the mission, the others fell into deep thought.

The rules of this mission seem simple and clear, but in fact, there are dangers hidden everywhere.

If you fail to kill all the enemies, the curse will be triggered. The curse will weaken the challenger's strength in the next round, leading to a more serious curse. This is a vicious cycle.

As the challengers become more and more exhausted, their numbers will surely start to decrease, whether through sacrifice or voluntary departure. However, the challenges they face will not become less difficult. So as fewer and fewer people are left, the relative difficulty of the challenge will increase significantly. This is the second vicious cycle!
With these two factors combined, even if the challengers have been advancing in a perfect state of full crew and low curse, as long as there is a small thing, the curse becomes stronger, and the number of personnel is reduced, the entire mission will collapse at an extremely fast speed, and the remaining people may not be able to react in time and die in the mission.

Then again, as long as the mission is progressing steadily, people will not quit easily. On the contrary, when someone leaves, it means that something has gone wrong with the mission. At this time, the most sensible thing to do is for the remaining people to leave with him and let the character end.

Everyone present is smart and naturally understands this truth, so now everyone is in a dilemma.

"I quit too!" Ivanka also raised her hand: "My ability consumes too much energy. I relied on pills to survive the previous round. If the next tasks become more and more difficult, I will definitely not be able to handle it. So, goodbye everyone."

Having said that, he also left.

There were only five people left at the scene, and the other four all looked at Luo Jun at the same time.

"You're not leaving yet?" Gonzalez asked.

"I... want to wait a little longer..." Luo Jun said with a grin, "I'm a little curious about what kind of monster I'll encounter next."

"Now is not the time to be curious." Diana frowned and looked at Luo Jun: "The first cycle is already so difficult, and now there are two less people, the next one will definitely be more difficult. You are a closed student, your life is in danger at any time."

"Thank you for your concern, but didn't I say that you are not responsible for my life or death?" Luo Jun still looked nonchalant.

"You are so confident, you must have a backup treasure." Elena looked at Luo Jun: "Is it to escape from the mission? Or is it a rebirth? You have no vitality now, it should be the type that is passively activated. Could it be that you have already refreshed the status before coming in?"

Luo Jun clapped his hands: "After all, he was selected for the Tianyuan Conference, so he is smart."

"I see..." Gonzalez nodded and looked at Luo Jun: "You came prepared."

"There's nothing I can do. When faced with such misfortune, I have to be prepared." Luo Jun shrugged.

After Luo Jun made his position clear, the others had no intention of leaving, so they began to rest on the spot and wait for the content of the curse to be revealed.

Energy-Draining Curse: Increases the energy consumed when using abilities.

Number of monsters remaining: 14.

Monster Strength: Weak.

Curse Strength: Increases energy consumption by 35%
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This is a rather troublesome curse for everyone, but fortunately, its intensity is not very high.

But everyone looked at each other and no one chose to quit!
After a short wait, the first round of monsters of the second cycle appeared. This time, it was a group of big-eared monsters.

The big-eared monster is a close relative of the goblin. It also has a wretched and ugly appearance and blue-green skin. However, compared to the goblins who are short and look like children, the big-eared monster is obviously much taller and stronger than ordinary people on average. When equipped with weapons, it is indeed much stronger than the zombies and skeleton soldiers in the first cycle.

But compared to the monsters in the last few rounds of the previous cycle, these miscellaneous soldiers with combat power similar to that of human soldiers are still much weaker. Combined with the number of appearances, everyone was slightly relieved.

Stronger than the fifth round, but obviously not as strong as the sixth round. It seems that the last round of each cycle will indeed significantly increase the intensity, and the first round of the next cycle will not inherit this leap-forward enhancement, and the intensity is more like a continuation of the fifth round...

In this way, even though there were two fewer people, everyone could still cope with it more easily. After round after round of challenges, although Luo Jun was still looking for opportunities to secretly hinder them, they still held on and no one escaped.

Finally, the challenge came to the twelfth round, which is the last round of the second cycle.

The content of the curse is to weaken the attack power. No matter what ability it is, whether it is a treasure or one's own physical strength, the power will be reduced by 52% when it hits the target.

In other words, all damage to everyone was cut in half.

This time, the monsters they faced were a group of tall ogres.

These monsters looked similar to humans from a distance, but they had physiques far beyond that of ordinary people. They were over three meters tall, with muscular bodies, and were covered in rough but thick armor. What was even more terrifying was that these ogres were the first monsters to have a division of labor.

(End of this chapter)