Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow.

Chapter 332: Battle in the Abyss
"Haruhime, use the 'Treasure Hammer' to bless five people first!" Finn immediately gave the order.

As for why Finn did not order the blessing of the seven Lv.7 including himself, but instead ordered the blessing of the remaining five Lv.6, there is a reason for this.

If Finn and the others were now facing a group of Lv.8 floor masters, then Finn would definitely not give such an order.

But if we are just facing a group of Lv.8 monsters, the situation is not that critical.

After two years of training, the seven Lv.7s, including Finn, are now confident that they can challenge a Lv.8 floor master alone. Although it will certainly be a tough battle, they definitely have no chance of winning.

Of course, even if you can't win, you can definitely get away with it.

This is also the confidence that Loki and his followers have developed through special training in the past two years.

Precisely because they dared to touch even the floor master, the Lv.8 monsters naturally could not bring much pressure to Finn and the other seven people.

In fact, if the three-headed hounds of hell had not been a bit unsportsmanlike and planned to attack in groups, and if there had not been 12 of them, making it difficult for Finn and the other seven to handle them, he would not have let Haruhime use the magic of the Manufacture Hammer.

"Okay, Captain!" After hearing this, Chun Ji knew who the five people Finn was referring to were.

Her other magic, 'Ninefold', can link up to nine people at a time and cast her own magic 'Treasure Hammer' on them.

"The snow of love. The crimson of love, the white light of love. May you always be by my side, the love wish that has not been fulfilled for two thousand nights. My name is Fox Demon, the destruction of the past. My name is Ancient Ballad, the longing of the past.

Just for the noble man who flaps his wings like a flying bird, he makes the nine monsters live in his body. Let the golden song flow, the poem of the jade algae. White face and golden hair, the king of the nine tails. Swallowing everything, realizing everything, the tail of the auspicious beast - Kunou!
Become bigger! With its power and actions, countless treasures and countless wishes. When the bell rings, pray for glory and fantasy! Become bigger, swallow this body of divine food, and give the golden light of the gods. Give the hammer back to the earth and give blessings. - Become bigger! The hammer of a million treasures! "

As Haruhime chanted quickly, golden light was bestowed upon the five Lv.6 members, led by Ryu.

While Haruhime was singing, Riveria, Lefiya, and Alicia were also singing at the same time.

"Herald of the end, white snow, at the hour of dusk, stir up the wind. The closed light, the frozen earth, the snow blowing all over the sky, the third winter, my name is Alv! - Rapture, Fimbulwinter!"

Along with three clear female voices in unison, a biting chill descended upon the Black Oil River below the gentle slope and the two lands that separated the Black Oil River.

The ice quickly froze everything in range, the flames were extinguished, and the jumping hellhound was frozen in place.

However, the ice could only spread to half of the hellhound's body. It was impossible to freeze it completely. At most, it could only delay its ability to move.

And the delay time is very limited.

Because of several frozen hellhounds, one of their heads opened its mouth and sprayed black oil all around, while another head spit out flames from its mouth to ignite the black oil, and the remaining head blew out strong winds, which immediately warmed up the suddenly dropped temperature a lot.

"This monster is pretty damn smart. Chun Ji, Cassandra and Daphne, stay behind, stay safe, and everyone else, follow me to stop them!" Finn then rushed forward with the magic spear made by Guberniu's followers raised high.

As for the weapons mimicked by the slime, Loki's followers generally do not use them.

One reason is that high-purity mithril weapons are really eye-catching, and the other reason is that this type of weapon does not have that many additional attribute blessings.

Especially for several magicians, the wands in their hands have a blessing effect on their own magic, which is not comparable to the slime bracelet with limited functions.

Among the crowd, only Aisi likes to use the long sword mimicked by slime.

After all, this thing has both indestructible properties and is not afraid of Aisi's violent use.

It seemed that her previous 'Sword of Despair' would often lose its sharpness due to violent use, and she would have to take it to Guberniu's Familiar for maintenance every time she went to the dungeon.

But now with the slime sword as a replacement, Aisi has saved the cost of maintaining the weapon.

The weapons had not been maintained for a long time, which made the forging master of Guberniu's family curious and asked others about it.

The answer I got was that Aisi's sword skills had improved a lot, and this was also true.

After all, after realizing the Breathing of All Things and entering the level of a swordsman, Aisi already understood the meaning of the phrase "It is a shame for a swordsman to damage the blade."

Because of this, Aisi's way of using the sword is relatively gentle.

With Finn leading the charge, the group rushed towards the gathering three-headed hellhound.

For a moment, the place that was frozen before became very lively, because the people who rushed up had no intention of fighting in a group.

After all, the main purpose of this time is to accumulate great achievements, so everyone chose the solo method, which opened up twelve battlefields.

If Reed and Claire hadn't come along this time, Finn would never have given orders like this.

After all, the risk of commanding in this way is too great.

But with two strong men, Lv.9 Li De and Lv.8 Claire, supporting them, they don't need to worry too much.

At least the safety of Haruhime and the other two who were left behind could be fully guaranteed.

Among the 12 people who went up, the pure magicians actually had more advantages than the warriors.

Take Lefiya for example, her level was temporarily raised to Lv.7, and the power of her magic was also increased. I can't say for sure that she can reach Lv.9, but Lv.8 is definitely no problem.

During the other two years of special training, whether it was her, Livilia, or Alysia, the girls all focused on physical techniques based on the Six Styles.

The magicians only had a brief understanding of the attacking [Finger Gun], [Mist Kick], and the defensive [Iron Block].
The real focus of their training is on [Shaving], [Moon Steps] and [Paper Painting].

The first two are mainly used for quick movement and escape, while the latter is mainly used for melee combat and avoiding attacks.

It is also because of this that the women did not suffer any loss in close combat with the three-headed dog of hell.

Even though the hellhound had three heads and a snake tail, a total of four attack points, it still couldn't do anything to the extremely agile women.

After the women finished preparing their attack magic using parallel chanting, they used a [Shave] to distance themselves from the hellhound, and then controlled the attack magic to bombard it.

Even if you cannot defeat the Cerberus in one go due to the level difference, it doesn’t matter. You can just repeat the previous combat methods.

Anyway, as long as you continue to harass the Cerberus with weapons during the chanting, making it unable to support the other dogs and threaten the three weakest women who are lagging behind, there will be no problem.

Of course, this was a magician's way of fighting with his brain. As for the warrior, although he was not reckless, he was much more direct than the magician. He basically raised his weapon and attacked the three-headed dog of hell.

Some were slashing with swords, some were stabbing with spears, some were chopping with axes, and there were also those who swung with large double blades, used double knives, and so on, and almost every move resulted in blood.

If it were the monsters on other floors, they would have been killed and turned into ashes long ago, but the monsters on the eighty-first floor, even if they were just small monsters, could not be easily dealt with.

In addition, the three-headed hellhound is not one that can just stand there and let people hack and kill it at will. It has a combination of black oil, flames and strong winds that it can deliver to the adventurers who rush up in the next second.

There are people who get ignited because they are not careful, such as the Amazon sisters who were too reckless.

If it weren't for the big breast Cassandra who was guarding the back and providing healing at any time, the two sisters would probably have suffered a lot even if they won.

One level lower is lower. Even if the opponent is just a small monster, it is not easy to win.

Although the situation was not as tragic as the battle between Bell Crane and Minotaur, it was definitely not easy either.

Even Finn and the others had to thank the burning Black Oil River, because at the edge of the swamp near the central area, a huge snake-like head emerged from the swamp and looked at the area below the castle.

A hint of disgust towards the burning black oil river not far away flashed across his cold and ruthless vertical pupils.

It can be said that if there were no obstruction of the Black Oil River, the Hydra, the Lord of the Small Floor, might not have stayed so honestly in the swamp waiting for the arrival of adventurers.

"Haruhime, Cassandra and Daphne, don't focus all your attention on the front. You also have to pay attention to the back." Li De, who had been watching the battlefield, suddenly spoke to the three women who were also paying attention to the battlefield not far away.

"Hey" the three girls turned around subconsciously when they heard it, and then saw three black spots flying out from the back door of the castle.

"I never said that the gargoyle would not leave the castle." Reed said with a smile.

"Lord Sid." Daphne looked at Reed's smirk and suddenly became emo.

You have to know that they have only been promoted to Lv.5 a few days ago, and they are still support personnel mainly responsible for auxiliary work.

It's so exciting to deal with a Lv.7 monster right at the start.

"This is the dilemma that must be faced when skipping level strategies. You must know that the deeper you go in the dungeon, the less impatient you must be. You must take one step at a time and make a practical strategy to minimize the danger.

For example, if you had cleared the gargoyles in the castle all the way here, then at least when you were dealing with the three-headed dog of hell, these gargoyles would not have reborn and would not have put you in the current pincer attack situation." Li De explained slowly.

"Lord Sid, what should we do now?" Daphne asked a little anxiously.

"Apart from fighting, do you have any other choice? Don't underestimate yourself. After all, you have gone through two years of special training. Even if there is a gap in level, it shouldn't leave you without the slightest ability to fight back.

Believe in yourself. Even if it is difficult to fight, the chance of winning is not zero. Great cause is beckoning to you. What are you waiting for? Oh, Chun Ji, don't use the Wanbao Hammer. After all, there is a small floor master waiting for the strategy later. "

After listening to Li De's words, the three women looked at each other, and then formed a three-person defense team according to the previous teachings.

They were already two levels weaker, so even if the three women all knew how to use the Moon Step, they wouldn't be stupid enough to fly into the air and fight a one-on-one duel with the gargoyle.

Just as the three women formed their formation, three gargoyles swooped down.

As for Reed and Claire, who were not far from the three women, the gargoyle seemed to have not noticed them at all and simply ignored the two of them.

"Sister, you are becoming more and more proficient in the use of the spatial power of pupil techniques." Reed couldn't help but say as he looked at Claire.

"Of course. After all, the law of shadows is not that easy to comprehend. It is also a good choice to use the extra time to familiarize yourself with the spatial power brought by the pupil technique." Claire nodded with a smile.

In fact, the gargoyle did not notice Reed and Claire at this moment, mainly because Claire used the power of pupil technique to isolate the space. Although it seemed that the two were not far away from the three women, they were actually not on the same spatial level as the three women.

The gargoyles in this dungeon rely on their life breath to lock onto their enemies. Since they can't sense the life breath of the two people, they naturally can't detect their existence.

Ten minutes later, the twelve three-headed dogs of hell were turned into ashes one after another.

However, the group that defeated the three-headed dog of hell was not in a hurry to rescue Haruhime and the other two girls, because although the three girls were a little embarrassed by the gargoyles, they did not show any signs of defeat.

Instead, they relied on flexible movement to complement each other and used mithril weapons to continuously cause damage to the swooping gargoyles.

It was not until about a quarter of an hour later that the three gargoyles turned into ashes with great reluctance.

"Huh, finally solved it. I'm so tired." After getting rid of the gargoyles that besieged the three of them, Cassandra immediately sat down on the ground and sighed.

Being besieged by three Lv.7 gargoyles right from the start was really too difficult for the three women.

Moreover, it seemed that such a high-intensity battle as today was the first time that the three women had encountered it outside of special training.

If it weren't for the weapons mimicked by the Mithril Slime Bracelet, the three of them would have no chance of winning.

Fortunately, the mithril weapon was powerful, and by accumulating a little bit of damage, the opponent was finally worn down.

"Thank you for your hard work!" As soon as the three women finished fighting, Livilia, Lefiya and Alicia came forward to greet them.

"Captain, are we going to continue the attack today? After I take a short rest, I can help the seven of you use the Wanbao Hammer once more." Chun Ji, who was standing aside, asked Finn who was walking over.

"Captain, that Hydra looks difficult to deal with." Daphne on the side said in a deep voice.

After all, she was still on a gentle slope and could see the Hydra that had reached the edge of the swamp at a glance.

"Sid, do we have a chance of winning?" Finn asked Reed.

"It's hard to say, but if there is someone to support us and we can control the time before the Cerberus is reborn, it should be okay to give it a try." Li De said after thinking about it.

"Sid, how long will it take for the Cerberus to be reborn again?" Grace asked from the side.

"Don't worry, it takes a whole day for the Cerberus to regenerate, so you have enough time." Li De replied with a smile.

(End of this chapter)