secret dice.

Chapter 801 The real numerical monster has appeared!

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the lizard monster was kicked back a step, and then everyone saw that its health bar was instantly emptied, and its huge body collapsed to the ground, turning into a pile of rubble and metal!

Flash sale? !
Shi Lei and the others stared wide-eyed. Although they didn't know how strong this lizard monster was, it could stand alongside the lion-headed and elephant-headed monsters at level seven, so it must have at least hundreds of thousands of health points. Yet it was defeated with a single kick...

Who exactly is this person who suddenly appeared?

At that moment, the attacker landed next to Mu Ning, grabbed the girl's shoulder, and threw her backward: "Run!"

Sakura manipulated the giant snake, transforming it into a giant wolf. She snatched Mu Ning in her jaws and tossed her onto her back. Only then did the others get a clear look at the newcomer. Everything about him seemed ordinary, with almost nothing memorable about him. The only striking feature was the half-face mask he wore.

At this moment, all the monsters, including the dog-headed giant, had rushed over. The terrifying pressure made the group immediately run towards the door. After leaving the hall, Mulan Shi looked back one last time. Through the hall's door, she could see the numerous monsters constantly approaching, and the lonely figure blocking the hall's entrance.

Outside the main hall was a wide corridor. The group ran out and quickly rushed out of the palace. At that moment, a notification popped up in front of everyone:
"You have left the lord's tracking range, but the lord has remembered your scent. When you reappear in the ancient palace, the lord and his guards will enter a berserk state in advance and attack you first."

With this notification, everyone was safe, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. As for what was discussed later, such as preemptive berserk mode or priority attack, those were not things to consider now.

"Who exactly is that person?" Thomas calmed himself down and turned to look at everyone. "Do you know?"

“I… I think I know him…” Duan Feilan raised his hand: “About a year ago, he and I were teammates on a mission… It was because of that mission that I truly experienced the saying that there are always people more powerful than you. I have been working hard to cultivate over the past year and my strength has improved a lot.”

"I really want to hear you mention this before..." Shi Lei asked, "This mask, could it be... Night?"

"Night? Who's that?" Thomas and Sakura were both confused.

“When you came in, Ye was only very famous among the cultivators of Zhen Dan,” Mu Lanshi explained. “Now it’s different; he should be considered world-famous.”

"What happened?" Duan Feilan and Shi Lei asked.

“It’s still the Tianyuan Tournament.” Mu Lanshi sighed. “Around the time before the semi-finals, the Heavenly Kingdom was invaded by otherworldly beings. When many beings united to fight back, Ye appeared and defeated several beings who were at or close to the level of being a being… Now, although his identity is still unclear, the whole world recognizes him as a being.”

"He ascended to immortality?!" Duan Feilan exclaimed in surprise. "Just a year ago, he was doing missions with me. At that time, we were only wondering if he had reached the peak level... He ascended to immortality so quickly? Does that mean he might be an even younger ascended expert than Ling Yao?"

"Because their identities and ages are unknown, it is still uncertain whether Ye or Ling Yao is younger," Mu Lanshi said. "But he did demonstrate the strength to ascend earlier than Ling Yao, and judging from his battle record, he should be at or above the intermediate level in the ascension process, not like a novice."

"By the way, Mu Ning also participated in a mission with Ye before, right?" Mu Lanshi looked at Mu Ning: "I have seen the report from that time."

Then everyone remembered Mu Ning. Thomas said, half-scoldingly, "By the way, why didn't you run away? You almost died at the hands of the monster!"

However, everyone noticed that Mu Ning still seemed to be in a daze. When asked, she glanced at everyone, shook her head, and then looked back at the palace gate.

"Finally, we can't see it anymore."

"What?" the group asked, puzzled. "Finally, we can't see anything anymore?"

“Red…” Mu Ning sighed, “Just now inside, when that person appeared, I felt like I went blind. My vision was completely filled with red, and I didn’t even notice him…”

"What red?" The group was completely confused. Shi Lei, recalling Mu Ning's reaction when she saw the elephant-headed monster, suddenly realized, "You're not talking about... a health bar, are you?"

“That’s right…” Mu Ning nodded: “The instant Ye appeared, in my vision, the entire hall… was filled up with his health bar…”

"What?!" The group exclaimed in surprise. "How many life points would that require?"

“I don’t know…” Mu Ning shook her head: “I only know that as long as you look in that direction, all you can see is red. You can’t tell how long it is or how many rows it is… That hall is too small. I guess the only way to really see the whole thing is in an open area…”

Everyone was completely stunned.

Is that hall too small? That hemispherical hall is the battlefield prepared for those colossal statues that are often more than ten meters tall. Its radius is at least a hundred meters. To humans, it is even somewhat frighteningly empty. Even so, it is not enough to support the "Night's" health bar.
Is it because of metamorphosis?

Shi Lei asked, "Mu Ning, what does Aunt Xue's health bar look like in your eyes?"

"It's very long," Mu Ning said. "But not ridiculously long. In terms of absolute length, it's about the same as that lion-headed monster. But what's even more exaggerated is its mana. It's more than twice its health points."

"Aunt Xue's life points are 530,000..." Shi Lei frowned. "After all, she is an elementalist, not known for her physique and qi strength, yet she can still crush me, a peak martial arts practitioner... If Ye is really a martial arts practitioner who has ascended to immortality, then his life points in this world should far exceed Aunt Xue's... Based on the difference between elementalists and martial arts practitioners of the same realm, it is possible that it is ten times, or even twenty times!"

Everyone gasped upon hearing this. Thomas exclaimed in surprise, "Are you kidding me? Twenty times? That's tens of millions of health points!"

However, Mu Ning still shook her head: "Not that little..."

“There’s no point in worrying about this now… If Ye really has that much health, he shouldn’t have any problem defeating the lords and monsters inside, let alone winning them.” Shi Lei analyzed, “Let’s go back first and report the situation here to everyone.”

"Finally back!" Thomas took out the levitation blanket again, preparing to drag everyone back.

"But Luo Jun hasn't been found yet..." Mu Lanshi was still somewhat unwilling.

"Forget about him!" Thomas complained. "Didn't you say that kid wanted to check out the BOSS room? If he really came, judging by his demeanor, he probably would have already..." "Hey!" Shi Lei interrupted him, turning to comfort Mu Lanshi. "This floor is so spacious. We've made our way to the BOSS room and haven't seen him. It's very likely he's not here. Let's go back first. Maybe we'll find him waiting down there."

As a top-tier official at headquarters, Mulan Shi knew this wasn't the time to act on emotion, so she nodded. After boarding the floating carpet, she still looked back at the magnificent palace with a touch of reluctance.

To make a long story short, the group sat on the blanket and floated back to the entrance of the fiftieth floor, returning to the forty-ninth floor.

"Hey? You've come down!" They heard a call as soon as they appeared in front of the Crocodile King's tombstone.

"Hey, don't stop me, that's my teammate!"

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw two mercenaries from the association blocking a young man from getting close to the tombstone.

"Luo Jun?!" Mu Lanshi's voice was filled with surprise. "Are you alright?"

"What could possibly happen to me!" At Shi Lei's urging, the two guards finally let Luo Jun pass.

"What are you doing here?" Mu Lanshi asked as she stepped forward. "I thought you had run back to the fiftieth floor!"

"I ran back," Luo Jun explained. "When we were teleporting down, there seemed to be a bug. You went down, but I went up, and ended up in front of that palace! I was a bit confused at the time. I was curious about what the boss on the 50th floor looked like, but I also knew that the boss was too dangerous. I wanted to go down to find you, but I was worried that I wouldn't be able to cross the vast desert. While I was hesitating, guess who I ran into?"

"Who did we run into?" The group exchanged glances, and Mu Lanshi tentatively asked, "It wasn't... Ye, was it?"

"How did you know?!" Luo Jun asked in surprise, "Did you run into them too?"

“Um…we just encountered…” Mu Lanshi looked at the others, “and we were just saved from death…”

“Me too!” Luo Jun said, “I just saw Ye when a giant sandworm suddenly crawled out of the ground. I was about to be swallowed when Ye kicked it to death, and materials scattered all over the ground… When do you think Ye came to this [game] world? Judging from his skills, he seems to have mastered quite a few abilities. He must have been here for a long time!”

"Sand worms?!" Shi Lei exclaimed in realization, "So the sand worms at the palace gate were killed at night?"

“Yes…” Luo Jun nodded: “Then he helped me get back to the forty-ninth floor, and in the end, he even made a deal with me.”

"What deal?" Thomas asked with a strange look on his face.

A mysterious, masked, and incredibly powerful expert makes a deal with an ordinary cultivator, and due to cultural differences, he is reminded of the temptations of demons.

"It was just a skill book traded." Luo Jun smiled and looked at Mu Lanshi: "Sister Mu, do you remember the Meteor Shower skill book that I drew before? Ye saw it and bought it, trading it to me for another rare skill that is more suitable for me."

"What skill?" Mulan Shi asked.

Luo Jun chuckled, and suddenly his body shone brightly. A moment later, he transformed into a monster about ten meters tall, covered in white fur, with a blue face, fangs, sharp claws, and a body shape similar to a gorilla.

"This is... a transformation technique?" everyone exclaimed in surprise, while Luo Jun immediately transformed back: "It is a transformation, but it can only transform into this one type of monster. Although there are no special abilities after transformation, the skin is thick and the survival ability is very strong. Moreover, there are no prerequisite skills required to learn it; I learned it directly."

The others didn't suspect anything, only marveling at the kid's good luck. However, Mu Lanshi looked at Luo Jun with some suspicion: "Didn't you really want to learn that magic? You handed it over so easily?"

“I was a bit naive before,” Luo Jun laughed. “Having witnessed the monster’s power this time, I feel it’s more important to turn my abilities into reality as soon as possible.” As he spoke, Luo Jun suddenly turned to Shi Lei: “I haven’t introduced myself yet. My name is Luo Jun, and I’m the newest explorer this time… I’ve seen everyone’s information. In terms of ability, I’m definitely not as good as everyone else, but I’m pretty good at navigating missions and finding clues. I hope I can be of some help.”

Seeing that Luo Jun had changed the subject, Mu Lanshi didn't delve into it, after all, she had witnessed Ye's appearance with her own eyes. She had seen records about this mysterious person in the documents more than once before, and this time, even though it was just a fleeting glimpse, it left a deep impression on Mu Lanshi.

"Absolute power...absolute...oppression!"

Now that they had found Luo Jun, their objective had been achieved, and the group immediately teleported down from the forty-ninth floor.

"Phew, looks like I got away with it..." Seeing that no one else asked for more details, Luo Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was certainly not the real Luo Jun. The real Luo Jun was wearing a mask and playing the role of "Night" on the fiftieth floor. The "Luo Jun" in question was actually Ashlia impersonating him using shapeshifting magic.

Since he can't take off the mask, Luo Jun can only appear as Ye for now. So what about Luo Jun's identity? He can't just disappear like this, can he?

Following the usual pattern, Elontian would naturally wear a mask to impersonate him, but the problem is that the Mask of the Imposter is only an epic Noble Phantasm and can't be used, so they had to have Ashlia transform to impersonate him. Moreover, to explain Ashlia's possible transformation abilities, they even fabricated a scene where Luo Jun and Ye traded skills.

To be honest, in terms of acting skills, Ashlia is inferior to Elontan. Because the Eye of Domination is absent, Luo Jun can't provide guidance through telepathy, so Ashlia is worried she'll give herself away. Fortunately, none of her teammates this time are particularly familiar with Luo Jun, so it seems no one is suspicious...

At the headquarters in the capital, Mulan Shi and Luo Jun were introduced to the others, and the situation was also shared.

"The lord is a gigantic monster with a dog's head and a human body, and he has twelve guards under his command?" Upon hearing the report from Shi Lei and the others, Jennifer, the red-haired leader of the Federation, said, "Compared to the lord on the fiftieth floor, this number of guards isn't that many..."

“There are only ten left now, and we don’t know if Ye killed more afterward.” Shi Lei corrected, “Although there aren’t many of these guards, they are of very high quality. Like I said, one of them is estimated to have more than 500,000 HP, and the other should have more than 3 million. But the good news is that judging from the equipment they drop after they die, they probably won’t respawn.”

"Wait!" Duan Feilan suddenly exclaimed, "The equipment is gone!"

"What?" Shi Lei was stunned. The other people who had escaped from the fiftieth floor also opened their backpacks and found that all the equipment and materials they had taken from the dead lion-headed monster had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)