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Chapter 800: The Numerical Monster Appears
The lord's room on the fiftieth floor.

Shi Lei and others are using supplies to restore their status and repair equipment.

Dozens of meters away from them, the enormous monster controlled by the Domination Ring was wielding four long swords, hacking wildly at its own head and face!

Because of the game's rules, all damage is converted into a reduction in health. Before health is depleted, no matter how vital the blow or how serious it looks, the monster will not die.

This monster, due to its mechanics, also has very high physical resistance, so even when I slashed it with my greatsword, its health did not drop significantly.

"How much longer?" Shi Lei asked Duan Feilan, who was wearing a headband.

"One minute left." Duan Feilan glanced at the monster's remaining health, which was only a third of its original value. "That's enough time. We can take it down!"

Because of the challenge mechanics, this monster won't activate other monsters before it dies, so controlling it is pointless; the battle will continue after the timer expires. After much thought, the most reasonable method is to let the monster commit suicide before the timer expires.

As for the outcome, it might activate a stronger monster, or it might provide an opportunity to leave the room and end the challenge... They can only take a gamble.

Finally, with a single slit in the throat, the monster's health points were completely reduced to zero, and its massive body collapsed to the ground, turning into a pile of rubble and metal debris.

At the same time, a one-minute countdown suddenly lit up on the altar in the center of the challenge room.

"This is..." Everyone turned around excitedly, only to find that the door was still tightly closed and they could not leave.

"They won't let us leave?" Thomas frowned. "Then what's the point of this countdown?"

"Loot the corpses!" Mu Ning suddenly reminded them, "There are equipment, items, and supplies in the monster's corpses!"

The group then realized what was happening and rushed forward. Sure enough, the rewards from the corpse were plentiful, including a pair of golden twin swords, a magic scroll that increased the group's all-around defense and resistance, a large amount of supplies, and several magical jewels that could be inlaid into equipment.

"Only at the Imperial Guard level, and already has gold-tier equipment?" Shi Lei frowned. "On the 49th floor, besides the Crocodile King, only its three major retainers can drop gold-tier equipment..."

As he spoke, he looked around: "There are eleven more monsters like this?"

"This guy, if we don't find his weakness, he's almost as good as that toad progenitor, even if he's not quite as good," Thomas complained. "That giant toad, if it weren't for its numerous monster minions, the Ice Queen could have dealt with it herself!"

"It seems the fiftieth floor has indeed become much stronger." Mu Ning nodded, then suddenly turned to look at the dog-headed giant statue in the distance: "It's alive again!"

Everyone looked over and saw that the giant statue's eyes were glowing red, and it raised its hand again, pointing to another statue.

Unlike the previous agile and ferocious monster, this one is large and fat, with an elephant's head, large ears like two large doors, and long tusks like two telephone poles. As its thick trunk curls, the surface of the stone peels off with a crackling sound.

Unlike the lion-headed monster that had just stood upright, this elephant-headed monster was initially seated, but its height was already comparable to that of the other monsters. Now, as it is activated, it slowly stands up and is almost half again as tall as the other statues around it!
Moreover, it was wearing heavy armor and its weapon was a huge spiked club. Judging from its size, you could tell that being hit by it would be extremely painful!

"Mu Ning, how much health does this guy have?" Shi Lei raised the newly repaired shield, watching the monster approaching.

Judging by its size, this guy is definitely more durable than the lion-headed monster from before, but exactly how much more so is anyone's guess...

"Mu Ning?" Shi Lei noticed that Mu Ning didn't react, so he turned around and urged her, only to find that the girl was staring wide-eyed and had actually froze.

"What's wrong?" Shi Lei was taken aback and reminded her before Mu Ning came to her senses.

“We can’t win…” Mu Ning shook her head, her voice trembling slightly. “This is the first time I’ve ever seen a health bar like this…”

"What health bar?" Shi Lei frowned. "How long is it?"

“It’s not a problem with its appearance…” Mu Ning said through gritted teeth, “It has two health bars!”

"Two tubes?" Everyone else was stunned. Then they saw Mu Ning raise her hand and point to the top of the elephant-headed monster's head: "This one wasn't enough, so we broke two more!"

Shi Lei still didn't quite understand, but Thomas, who had played games before, realized: "Some games also display health bars proportionally. If the health is too high and the health bar is too long, they will display it in two rows..."

As he spoke, he looked at the elephant-headed monster: "But games display like this because the graphics are limited to the computer screen, and it's a compromise for the hardware... This isn't a real game, there's no screen here, so how could there be two lines..."

“Because it’s too long…” Mu Ning said through gritted teeth. At this moment, in her eyes, the monster, which was over twenty meters tall, had a health bar on its head that was more than twice its height, making it look at least fifty meters long. And that was after folding it into two rows. If it were displayed in one row, it would probably be over a hundred meters long!
No wonder there are two rows; the health bars are hundreds of meters long, like a train overhead. Even without the screen, you can't see them all at a glance. It's really inconvenient...

But this also means that this monster's health is at least six or seven times that of the lion-headed monster just now, probably more than three million!
You should know that the Crocodile King, the boss of the 49th floor, only has a total of 1.8 million HP. That monster is already one that requires countless experts to cooperate to defeat. This elephant-headed monster has twice the HP of the Crocodile King.
These are just the lord's guards; what kind of monster must the real lord be?

"Fei Lan, how long is the cooldown for the Circlet of Domination?" Shi Lei realized the seriousness of the problem and asked loudly.

"Cooldown time: 30 minutes!" Duan Feilan shouted. "About 20 minutes left!"

"Twenty minutes...?" Shi Lei gritted his teeth: "I have to hold on no matter what!"

Before they could finish speaking, the elephant-headed monster had closed to within fifty meters. Suddenly, it bent down, then changed its previous clumsy steps, and with a burst of explosive power, it charged forward!

"Get out of the way!" Shi Lei took the lead, raising his giant shield and charging forward!

"Unmoving as a mountain!"

"Holy Spirit Protection!" Compared to last time, in addition to stabilizing his body with unwavering stillness, Shi Lei also activated a high-level defensive skill. A golden light shone on the shield, forming a huge phantom of a heavily armored warrior wielding a shield. The figure was about the same size as the charging monster, and its posture was the same as Shi Lei's, facing it head-on!

"boom!"

With a loud crash, the monster's spiked club struck the giant warrior's shield squarely. A golden phantom flickered, and Shi Lei, who was enveloped by the phantom, saw his blue bar drop drastically!

"So strong! If I hadn't activated Holy Spirit Protection, I definitely wouldn't have been able to withstand this. My shield would definitely be destroyed, and even if my health bar wasn't completely depleted, I probably wouldn't have had more than 20% left!"

Shi Lei managed to withstand the attack thanks to his skills. When the elephant-headed monster saw that its attack had failed, it roared, swung its spiked club, abandoned the unmoving Shi Lei, and chased after the others!
The immovable mountain state greatly increases defense and stability, but correspondingly, movement speed is greatly limited, making it impossible for him to catch up with the monster!

"Taunt!" Shi Lei shouted, raising his hammer and striking his shield in an attempt to pull the monster back.

However, as the magical fluctuations spread, the monster, after being hit, hesitated only slightly before shaking off the taunt and continuing to chase after others!
"Oh no!" Shi Lei's eyes widened when he saw this.

Previously, the lion-headed monster's weakness was discovered to be mind control because Mulan Shi noticed it could withstand a full bar of taunts. This time, however, the monster is completely immune to taunts, which means it has very strong mental resistance?
So what are its weaknesses?
While Shi Lei was still in surprise, the monster had already rushed to Mu Ning's vicinity and brought down its spiked club!
In desperation, Mu Ning used a warding spell on the monster!
This is a mental skill that intimidates and dispels monsters. It is usually only effective against relatively weak monsters, but if this monster is like the previous lion-headed monster and has no mental resistance at all, it should be able to drive it away!
However, after the skill hit, the monster didn't even hesitate for a second before the spiked club came crashing down!
"Useless?" Mu Ning panicked a little. Just then, a huge golem rushed over and hugged the monster from behind. On the other side, the giant snake summoned by Sakura suddenly appeared, wrapped around the monster's arms, and prevented its spiked club from falling.

The power of the two summoned creatures was no match for the elephant-headed monster, but at least they slowed its attack down by half a beat!
Just then, an arrow suddenly shot out, and at the same time, Murong Wei shouted, "Grab it!"

Mu Ning immediately reached out and grabbed the arrow, and was then carried away by the arrow, leaving the dangerous area in front of the monster!
At the same time, the monster broke free from the restraints of the two summoned creatures, and its huge spiked club fell, only to crash into nothingness.

Before Mu Ning could even breathe a sigh of relief after escaping, she immediately turned around and cast a curse that increased damage and weakened the monster!

At this moment, Duan Feilan appeared. She had somehow jumped onto the roof of the main hall, holding a long spear, and launched a skill from above, thrusting it straight down at the monster's skull!

Clang!
This move hit the monster squarely on the top of its head, but based on his feel alone, Duan Feilan knew the damage wouldn't be high!
Too shallow...

Sure enough, the two rows of health bars above the monster's head only lost a negligible amount, less than one percent of the total health of one row...

Don't underestimate that one percent. The monster has over three million HP, so even one percent of that is still tens of thousands of damage. Duan Feilan is an extremely strong martial artist with excellent basic attributes. He has also spent a long time honing his skills in the [game] world, and the skills he has learned, the equipment he has acquired, and the enhancements he has received are among the best of all explorers...

A single strike dealing tens of thousands of damage would be enough to wipe out 99% of monsters outside the Tower of Babel, allowing her to roam freely throughout the Empire. But this was the fiftieth floor of the Tower of Babel, and facing this monster with millions of health points, her power was still insufficient…

Just then, the monster's long nose suddenly swung around, sweeping towards Duan Feilan above its head with lightning speed!

So fast!

Upon seeing this, Duan Feilan immediately jumped away, but the long nose seemed to be able to extend and retract freely, moving at an unbelievable speed. It actually caught up with Duan Feilan in mid-air and entangled her tightly!
The monster was twenty meters tall, with a nose that was two meters thick. Duan Feilan was caught in it and almost submerged in its wrinkled muscles... In this situation, she couldn't use her spear effectively, so she simply put away her backpack, took out two daggers, and stabbed them fiercely at the elephant's trunk!

In reality, an elephant in pain would probably retract its trunk... But unfortunately, this isn't reality, and the elephant on the other side isn't a real elephant.

The dagger only caused negligible damage. The nose was wrapped tighter and tighter, and Duan Feilan's health bar began to drop steadily under the pressure!
"Her!" Shi Lei shouted, forcibly breaking free of his immovable state, leaping onto the monster's head and smashing down with his hammer!

Others also attacked, but no matter what their attributes were, it was like scratching an itch through a boot when faced with a terrifying amount of health of over three million.

Just as Duan Feilan's health was getting lower and lower and was about to reach zero, a loud notification sound suddenly came.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the previously closed door had suddenly opened!
"The door is open?" Everyone was taken aback and looked towards the door, where they saw a figure standing in front of it.

"Hurry up!" someone at the door shouted.

"But..." Shi Lei wanted to leave too, but Duan Feilan was still tucked inside the elephant-headed monster's trunk...

thump!
Shi Lei turned around and saw that Duan Feilan had fallen down.

Then look at the elephant-headed monster; it was standing there blankly, completely still.

What's going on? Does the challenge end once the door is open?

Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a terrifying tremor came, and then everyone felt a clear mental pressure. The panel even showed that they were suffering mental damage!

This feeling of oppression, could it be...?

Shi Lei looked towards the innermost part of the main hall and saw that the giant statue with a dog's head and a human body had actually stood up!
Not only that one, but the remaining ten stone statues also had their rock layers peeling off one by one, and they were all coming back to life, their terrifying killing intent pointing directly at everyone!
"Go!" Shi Lei shouted, rushed forward and carried the injured Duan Feilan on his back. The others also realized the urgency of the situation and rushed towards the door.

But there was only one exception!
Mu Ning!

The girl with the most sensitive senses seemed to have gone mad, standing motionless in place!

Was she frightened by the BOSS's terrifying presence? No... she wasn't looking in the lord's direction, but rather... towards the doorway?
He just stood there motionless, staring blankly at the door, oblivious to the monsters chasing after him.

"Mu Ning! Run!" Shi Lei shouted, casting a calming spell at the same time. Mu Ning finally came to her senses, but her eyes remained vacant, and she moved a beat too slowly...

That feeling was like going blind!
Just as she hesitated, a half-lizardman monster rushed up behind her, its serrated scythe sweeping across, while Mu Ning seemed oblivious to the danger behind her...

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air and kicked the lizardman in the face!
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(End of this chapter)