Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 131 The Madman's Actions (10K Subscription Request)

Level 4 Earth Centipedes, although digestion only takes a dozen seconds for a slime, the Queen of Slime's high output means that as soon as one Earth Centipede is digested, another one will crash into it.

The hundreds of slimes that appeared on the scene were completely subdued by the endless swarm of level four centipedes.

Lin Hanchuan contentedly continued harvesting with his ice pick.

Each kill grants over a thousand experience points.

Soon, Lin Hanchuan received a notification sound indicating another upgrade.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully reached level 16, triggering the Berserker Archmage class trait: base attributes +3, free attributes +6, and intelligence +1!"

Lin Hanchuan allocated all 6 points of his free attribute to stamina.

Although skills like Ice Spike, Fireball, and Explosive Arrow have no cooldown, Lin Hanchuan was still using them too frequently, even with his dual-wielding magic mastery.

Hundreds of slimes, each with 8000 HP and thick defense, were frozen into ice sculptures and remained in place. It took Lin Hanchuan far more effort to clear them out than to kill 10 Queen Slime Kings.

As for why we didn't use the higher-damage, more efficient D-grade explosive arrows to clear it out.

Besides the fact that the Explosive Arrow would cause the slime to explode instantly upon death, spraying foul-smelling blue liquid everywhere, Lin Hanchuan also wanted to see if he could trigger the Minor Enlightenment state again through actual combat to improve his other low-level skills.

Unofficial research data suggests that skills are more easily improved in real-world situations.

Seeing that Lin Hanchuan was getting tired from fighting, Cao Renjie also came over to help, carrying a shield and an axe.

Tsk tsk tsk! !
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With each strike, the damage was like scraping a scald. It took Cao Renjie, as the tank, more than a minute to defeat an elite slime.

Their efficiency is nowhere near that of Lin Hanchuan.

Long Xiaochen wasn't idle either. While controlling the Queen Insect King to create as many centipedes as possible, he also ordered his jungle hyenas and jungle dwarves to attack the slime.

Their kill efficiency was higher than Cao Renjie's.

Long Xiaoyue quietly stayed by Xingchen's side to prevent any unexpected situations from occurring.

The stars must not be harmed.

Even Cao Renjie, after slaying two slimes and joining in the fun, returned to Xingchen's side.

"Ding! Successfully killed a level 15 elite slime, gaining 2000 experience points..."

Just as he was about to complete the mission of killing 100 enemies, Lin Hanchuan received another upgrade notification.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully reached level 17, triggering the Berserker Archmage class trait: base attributes +3, free attributes +6, and intelligence +1!"

The main reason for the fast leveling is that the first kill experience is the same as the kill experience. The first kill reward is not for a single species, but for every wild monster. As long as it is killed for the first time, the player will receive the first kill experience point reward.

For example, Lin Hanchuan only cleared a small portion of the centipedes in the first wave of the insect plague. Later, when players entered the Shura-level [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon again, some did not receive the first kill experience point reward when killing the centipedes, while others did.

This is a special experience point acquisition setting made for the Ninth District, one of the purposes of which is to increase the leveling speed of players in the Ninth District.

Although first kills are usually achieved by highly skilled players, as long as the leveling speed of the top players in a region increases, the players below will quickly catch up.

When Lao Mo came up, Lin Hanchuan planned to give him the cached videos of the first clears of several dungeons, make a rough guide, and then organize a "guide team" to go down the dungeons and make more detailed guides.

However, generally speaking, it is the faction that secures the first clear of the dungeon and plans to retain that privilege as a cash cow that undertakes the strategy.

Once they've created the guides, they often release them to players for free, hoping to help more players clear the Shura-level dungeons. The 10% reward each time is much more profitable than selling the guides themselves.

Those factions that sell their dungeon rights directly to the system are generally not very interested in creating dungeon guides.

Lin Hanchuan did this simply to gain a reputation and lay a solid foundation for establishing influence in Wangyue City in the future.

It's worth mentioning that the strategy team is not the same as the raiding team. The raiding team is usually the strongest squad in a guild, composed of top players, who are responsible for clearing dungeons and, after achieving the first clear, providing the information and combat videos obtained from the dungeon to the strategy team, which consists of skilled or elite players.

Strategy Team (Full Name): Strategy Creation Team
After conducting research, the strategy team will organize personnel to run dungeons and follow strict procedures to find a way that allows ordinary players to clear the dungeons.

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Lin Hanchuan casually allocated 6 points of free attribute to Intelligence and then continued clearing out the slimes.

Sometimes, it has to be said that it's quite boring to have monsters standing there motionless, letting you attack them.

Fortunately, it came to an end soon.

Then the hundredth slime died, and as the remaining slimes on the scene dissipated under the mosaic light, a system notification sound rang in Lin Hanchuan's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully killed 100 slimes and cleared the Shura-level [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon. The second wave of the beast tide—[Slime Carnival]!"

"Receive the second-stage reward: "
All members: Experience points +1.2, Spirit +1, Gold +6000!

Team: Slime Pendant!

Lin Hanchuan took out a pendant from his backpack. It had a jelly-like texture and was a miniature blue slime, about the size of a longan. It looked very cute.

Slime Pendant

Quality: Special Item

When worn, if the damage received by the host exceeds their maximum tolerance, a slime will emerge from the pendant and envelop the host's entire body, allowing the host to withstand up to 20,000 points of damage. During this time, the host's movement speed will increase by 50%, and the host will gain the ability to jump over long distances.

Usable times: 3
"Good stuff!" Lin Hanchuan nodded in satisfaction, took the pendant and walked towards Xingchen.

If we're talking about who in the team needs the most protection, it's undoubtedly Star. The slime pendant can also be given to her as a small gift.

"Ding! Please note that the third wave of beasts—the [Crazy Bull Herd]—will appear in 5 minutes. Please survive this phase for 2 hours, or kill 20 night-patrolling mad bulls!"

As I walked over, a preview of the next phase of the beast tide system had already appeared.

As the system's voice faded, Lin Hanchuan looked up at the sky. The clear blue sky was slowly darkening at a visible speed.

It wasn't that dark clouds were covering it, but rather that day and night were alternating.

The earth was trembling at this moment. In the area outside the barrier, the ground was churning, and various plants were sprouting from the soil. Some of the saplings grew into towering trees at an extremely exaggerated speed, forming a dense forest.

In just two or three minutes, the area where Lin Hanchuan was located was transformed into an open space in the forest.

"They're going to change the battle scene!" Lin Hanchuan muttered to himself.

Changing the battle scene is the most common way to transition between stages in Endless Mode. Sometimes, the previous mode was a sweltering summer day, and the next one might be a freezing snowy landscape.

The change in scenery is not meant to make players marvel at the system's magic, but rather to create the living environment for the next wave of wild monsters.

Moo moo moo!

When Lin Hanchuan arrived in front of Xingchen, it was already dark. Visibility was barely enough to make out things ten meters away. Loud shouts came from the distant forest, along with the occasional sound of trees being broken.

"This is going to be a head-on clash!" Seeing this commotion, Cao Renjie was full of energy. With more than a minute to go before the start, he had already raised his shield, his fighting spirit soaring as he looked at the shadowy forest ahead, where red light flickered intermittently.

That's the Night Patrol Bull on the move.

"Xingchen, this is for you!" Lin Hanchuan took out the slime pendant and put it on Xingchen's head. "Remember to add some healing and defense-related blessings to this brother later."

Given the flat terrain, Lin Hanchuan and his group were destined to lack effective means to resist the Night Patrol Bull.

The only option was for Cao Renjie to tough it out.

The stars' wishes naturally fell upon him as well.

"Okay!" Xingchen nodded. She would remember everything Lin Hanchuan said.

Cao Renjie looked down at Xingchen and grinned, "Xingchen, I'm counting on you from now on!"

The power of the stars is evident to all.

As a tank, who wouldn't want a strong support point in the rear? He had long wanted Xingchen to help him with a coordinated attack.

Unfortunately, Lin Hanchuan, the old father, always protected him.

At this moment, Long Xiaoyue also took out a suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument).

Cao Renjie's condition was maintained by the Stars' Prayer. As a musician, her focus would now be on controlling the monsters.

Night Patrol Bulls lock onto targets remotely before launching an attack, making it difficult to change their direction of movement during this time. While [Hyakki Yagyō] currently cannot achieve group control, it is still easy to affect the vision status of one of them at crucial moments.

With less than thirty seconds left in the countdown.

dong dong dong! !

The ground shook.

At the edge of the distant forest, dozens of red lights flickered incessantly.

Moo moo moo!

The excited bellowing of the cattle had already resounded throughout the area.

"Go to the middle."

Lin Hanchuan led everyone to the middle of the battle scene. The first 100 meters were reserved for ranged attacks to kill the Night Patrol Mad Bull, and the last 120 meters were reserved for them to retreat in the subsequent battle.

After testing the explosive arrow and confirming that it could hit the barrier in front of him, Lin Hanchuan reminded him, "Let's begin preparations!"

Cao Renjie raised his shield and activated his defensive skill. A transparent barrier more than five meters long appeared in front of the shield, protecting Lin Hanchuan and the others.

Long Xiaochen continued to have the Queen Insect continuously produce Earth Centipedes. At this moment, the Earth Centipedes had already covered the scene, forming a dense orange-red carpet.

At the same time, he summoned three jungle cats to pull the cattle.

Lin Hanchuan held the Despairer in his hand, gazing at the massive, dark figures surging forward.

3!

2!

1!

As soon as the countdown on the panel ended, the earth began to boil.

Moo moo!
Boom boom boom! !

In the distance, a massive herd of night-patrolling bulls, their crimson eyes fixed on the earth, charged out of the forest, their hooves pounding the ground with a series of crashes.

【Night Patrol Mad Bull】

Level: 15

Rank: Lord
Blood volume: 18000
Attack: 500-1500
Note: A group of social creatures living in the forest, who prefer to appear at night. They have a strong sense of territory and will attack with all their might if they find an intruder in their territory. Please be careful to dodge their charging attacks. When the charging distance exceeds 150 meters, the attack power will reach its maximum.

Bang bang bang! !

As soon as Night Patrol Bull stepped into the battle scene, the thick layer of centipedes on the ground went berserk and began to crush them.

Like an orange-red tide.

They surrounded the patrolling bull and started biting it.
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Double-digit or even single-digit damage values ​​had no effect on the Night Patrol Bulls. With a roar, they reared up and charged straight at Lin Hanchuan and his group.

clap clap clap! !

The centipedes on the ground were crushed by being trampled.

They pose absolutely no obstacle to the night patrol bulls.

His large, bell-shaped eyes were filled with longing for Lin Hanchuan and the other players.

Bang bang bang! !

Lin Hanchuan also made his move, launching a barrage of explosive arrows.
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354!
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341!
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356!

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The damage dealt by Explosive Arrow to Night Patrol Bull isn't very high, only a little over 300, but the value increases with the number of times Explosive Arrow hits.

Before long, it reached over 400, and with the splash damage, it barely exceeded 500.

Under normal circumstances, with mastery of both magic, firing eight Explosive Arrows per second can deal nearly four thousand damage, which is already quite impressive.

The key issue is that Lin Hanchuan can't keep aiming at the same one. There are forty or fifty Night Patrol Bulls charging out from the front. When one of them is injured, its movement speed will decrease, and it will be replaced by the Night Patrol Bulls following behind, blocking Lin Hanchuan's firing trajectory.

Lin Hanchuan's explosive arrows do not have a forced lock-on effect. The reason he can hit the Night Patrol Bulls every time is not only because the distance is not very far, but more importantly because their bodies are very large and they are charging in a straight line. There are so many of them that he can hit them without aiming.

As the night patrol bull herd drew closer, Lin Hanchuan summoned his holy sword.

"You guys attract their attention first!"

"I'm going to bomb them!"

Lin Hanchuan stepped on the Holy Sword, and his figure instantly rose into the air, flying at low altitude straight towards the Night Patrol Bull.

Looking down from the air, it is indeed possible to pinpoint the target more clearly.

As they drew near, Lin Hanchuan locked onto the strongest and leading night patrol bull, unleashing a barrage of explosive arrows.

Boom boom boom! !
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345!
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363!

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The damage values ​​rapidly increased from the leading Night Patrol Bull, rising higher and higher under the effect of the Explosive Arrow skill.

At the same time, every time the Explosive Arrow hits its target, it will not only damage the target but also burst out with a light no less than that of the Illumination spell, like a headlight suddenly turned on, extremely dazzling in the dark environment.

However, the blinding effect of Explosive Arrow has a relatively low trigger rate. Even under the Berserker Archmage class, Lin Hanchuan had to throw more than a dozen Explosive Arrows at the same Night Patrol Bull before it was triggered.

boom! !

The explosion emitted a blinding light that blinded the Night Patrol Bull, causing it to freeze in its tracks and roar angrily.

Its sudden stop immediately triggered a chain reaction. The night patrol bulls that were charging behind it had no time to brake and a large-scale collision occurred on the spot.

Bang bang bang! !

The lead Night Patrol Bull was knocked down by a swarm of Night Patrol Bulls behind him. While they were piled up, Lin Hanchuan immediately cast a Fire Domain.

A massive fire suddenly erupted.

It directly enveloped about a dozen night-patrolling mad bulls.
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Amidst the dense barrage of damage, Lin Hanchuan immediately manipulated the Holy Sword, arrived at the center of the Night Patrol Bull, and unleashed Starfire.

Hundreds of sparks erupted from Lin Hanchuan's Desperate Staff, covering an area of ​​20 meters and encompassing thirty to forty Night Patrol Bulls.
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The damage wasn't high, but the quantity was sufficient.

Moreover, with the Night Patrol Bulls so densely packed, the damage effect of Starfire is maximized.

The centipedes from all directions were not idle either, and they swarmed towards the fallen Night Patrol Bulls.
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The damage wasn't significant, but the number of casualties was large enough.

Lin Hanchuan returned to the air, and the explosive arrows continued to target the bombardment ahead.

Boom boom boom! !
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345!
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386!

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Seconds later, Lin Hanchuan received the first kill notification of the Night Patrol Mad Bull.

"Ding! Successfully killed a level 15 Lord-level Night Patrol Bull, gaining 7000 experience points. This kill is the first kill of this Night Patrol Bull in this level dungeon, so an additional 7000 experience points are gained. Team action grants an additional 50% experience point bonus, so an additional 3500 experience points are gained!"

"Ding! Since you did not specify the experience distribution method when you entered, it will be split equally by default. You will personally receive 4375 experience points!"

The Night Patrol Mad Bull's basic experience is one thousand higher than that of the Queen Insect King.

"There are 19 left!"

The system notification sound for the first kill did not cause Lin Hanchuan's attack to pause at all. Taking advantage of the fact that these Night Patrol Bulls were still getting up, he immediately increased his attack speed.

Boom boom boom! !

"Ding! Kill successful..."

When the second kill notification sounded, the Night Patrol Bulls got up. Since bulls cannot raise their heads, they could not see Lin Hanchuan, who had been attacking them from above.

Therefore, the Night Patrol Bull roared and stomped its hooves, launching an attack on Cao Renjie and his group not far away. Since they couldn't see the sky, their enemies were the few humans standing on the ground in front of them.

The herd of bulls gathered and launched an attack on Cao Renjie and his group, which was exactly what Lin Hanchuan wanted. He wanted Cao Renjie and his group on the ground to act as a group of monsters, so that he wouldn't have to worry about the Night Patrol Bulls scattering and running wildly.

For mages, the denser the monsters are clustered together, the more cost-effective it is to hit with their skills, especially since the Summon Holy Sword has a duration of two minutes.

He would have to stand on the ground and fight the remaining Night Patrol Bulls.

But as long as you have those two minutes, you can attack from the air to the ground, and as long as you don't do anything reckless, you can deal damage without taking any damage.

Boom boom boom! !

Every explosive arrow Lin Hanchuan hurled fueled the Night Patrol Bulls' anger towards Cao Renjie and his men.

Boom boom boom! !

A mad bull is running rampant at night, and the earth is trembling.

After Lin Hanchuan killed two more Night Patrol Bulls, the Night Patrol Bull herd clashed with Cao Renjie.

Because Lin Hanchuan had interrupted Night Patrol Bull's charge once before, the attack it released when it collided with Cao Renjie's shield was only a little over 700.

The shield only swayed slightly, but did not break.

But Cao Renjie's expression was anything but relaxed, because this was only the first night patrol bull.

There's more to come!

Bang bang bang! !

One, two, three...

More and more night-patrolling bulls charged in, and the barrier quickly gave way, cracks beginning to appear.

"I can't hold on much longer!" Just as Cao Renjie was about to unleash his second barrier skill, a system notification sounded in his mind.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have received a 'Blessing from the Stars,' gaining the following effects: Shield Enhancement (shield strength doubled); Health +1000 + 50% of base health; Defense increased by 30%."

A flash of light appeared, and the barrier that was about to shatter before Cao Renjie's eyes instantly regained its original brightness.

Bang bang bang! !

Even as more and more Night Patrol Bulls charged in from behind, the shield showed no signs of cracking.

Cao Renjie looked at the shield, then at the attributes that had just surged on the panel, and immediately turned to Xingchen to express his gratitude.

"Star, you are my angel!"

Long Xiaochen was astonished by what he saw. "This is truly incredible!!"

Long Xiaochen was well aware of Cao Renjie's professional characteristics. Facing so many Night Patrol Bulls, with the support of his talent and four or five pieces of silver equipment, and after using all his skills, he could barely withstand them.

However, the presence of the stars greatly increased Cao Renjie's margin for error in this battle.

Looking at the massive Night Patrol Bulls, Cao Renjie straightened his chest, raised his shield, and slowly retreated. If it weren't for the people protecting him behind him, he felt he could have taken up his shield and engaged these Night Patrol Bulls in hand-to-hand combat.

The health and defense boost from Star Prayer made it hard for him not to feel confident.

Boom boom boom! !

Lin Hanchuan followed closely in the sky.

The Explosive Arrow attack never stopped.

The splash damage from Fire Domain, Starfire, and Explosive Arrow had already inflicted considerable damage on many Night Patrol Bulls.

Therefore, Lin Hanchuan's subsequent attacks were essentially just finishing off the wounded, and the number of Night Patrol Bulls killed began to increase steadily.

After killing more than a dozen in a row, Lin Hanchuan leveled up.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully reached level 18, triggering the Berserker Archmage class trait: base attributes +3, free attributes +6, and intelligence +1!"

On the ranking list of Wangyue City, Lin Hanchuan regained the top spot, with the rest of the Heavenly Dao Squad following closely behind.

They dominated the top five spots on the leaderboard!

Outside the [Endless Beast Tide] instance.

The news that Arakawa Shirakage was leading the Heavenly Path team into the dungeon had already spread like wildfire, and more and more players were gathering from all over the place.

They weren't there to run the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon; they wanted to see for themselves what the first squad in the Ninth District looked like.

People have been paying attention to the ranking list for a long time.

The ranking list, also known as the experience ranking list, ranks players of the same level based on the number of experience points they have.

Once a top-ranked player enters the dungeon, you can roughly determine their situation inside by simply looking at their level and whether their ranking on the leaderboard has risen or fallen.

The moment Lin Hanchuan reached level 18, players on the scene exclaimed in surprise.

"He's leveled up! He's reached level 18, surpassing the expert that Madman brought in from another region—'I Am Mad'—and taking the top spot on the leaderboard!"

"Hahaha, Madman and his gang are getting more and more hilarious. I heard they paid experts to climb the rankings, and after all this time, they were easily defeated by Arakawa Shirakatsu. Madman must be furious right now!"

"Isn't the Asura-level [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon supposed to be really hard? Some veterans even said they couldn't beat the first wave of centipede monsters. How come Arakawa White Owl is killing them so easily!"

"There are different kinds of big shots. When Huangchuan Baixiao came, Yiye Duzui had just come out of the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon and immediately rushed over to curry favor and build a relationship. After they entered the dungeon, Yiye Duzui said outside that Huangchuan Baixiao's Heavenly Dao Squad would be the first to clear the Shura-level [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon this time."

"I remember that before Arakawa Shiro entered the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon, he was level 14 on the level leaderboard. How long has it been? Just an hour? And he's already level 18!"

"An hour left!? It's only been a little over half an hour since Arakawa White Owl entered the [Endless Beast Tide] instance."

"No way, if that's the case, he levels up in less than ten minutes. Could it be that Arakawa White Owl went berserk in the Shura-level [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon?"

"Don't say that. Besides Huangchuan Baixiao, the Heavenly Dao Squad also has three other powerful members. They are probably all former members of the Night Owl Squad from District One. This time, they are really going to lead our Wangyue City to new heights."

It was noisy.

On the ranking list, Cao Renjie and his team also reached level 18, and their rankings changed again.

Ranking List:

First, Arakawa White Owl, level 18

Second, "The dragon soars too high and regrets," level 18.

Third, Bloodthirsty Demon Slayer, level 18

Fourth, the moonlight is cold and clear, level 18.

Fifth, coming for madness, level 17.

The players on site stared at the portal to the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon, as if witnessing history.

"The entire Heavenly Dao Squad dominates the Moon Gazing City ranking list. They truly deserve to be the first squad established in the Ninth District."

"Dominating the top four is not the limit for the Heavenly Dao Team. It's because the Heavenly Dao Team only has four members. If it were full, all the top ten would have to be their members."

"The Madman's Mad Family Army was making a ruckus in the public chat channel yesterday, but they've been quiet today. I thought they were holding back a big move, but it turns out they've been holding back a huge one."

"Keep your voice down. There are a few players from the Mad Family Army here. They can't afford to mess with Arakawa White Owl, but do you think they can't do anything to you?"

"Hmph! He's just a bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong!"

The players of Wangyue City have been watching the grudges and love affairs between Huangchuan Baixiao and Kuangren for the past two days.

Especially yesterday, after Arakawa White Owl killed nearly a hundred of their players in front of the [Goblin Cave] instance, the Mad Family Army started spamming the public chat channel of Wangyue City, offering bounties and belittling Arakawa White Owl.

Although Arakawa Shiro didn't reply to them on the channel, from the first clear of the [Trap Corridor], to establishing the first team in the Ninth District, to now leading the entire Heavenly Path Team to the top of the level leaderboard by stepping on the leveling players of the Mad Family Army.

These actions are, in a way, a response to the Mad Family Army.

However, some people believe that Arakawa Hakukatsu never took the Madman and his Mad Family Army seriously from the beginning.

Among the crowd, a few players were quietly watching the noisy crowd. Most of them were shocked by Arakawa Shiro's performance on the ranking list, while a few were cursing them.

"Should we write down all the IDs of those who insulted our Mad Family Army?" an assassin player asked, turning to the person next to him.

They rushed over as soon as they learned that Arakawa Shiro had entered the [Endless Beast Tide] instance.

They originally just wanted to wait here for Arakawa Hakuyo to come out, but they didn't expect to encounter so many people cursing them.

"Did the vice president give you money?" the leading player asked coldly.

"no!"

"Then why are you so eager to do it!?"

"Give me this much money, and I'll do this much! Don't worry about anything else, understand?"

"Okay, I got it!" The assassin player nodded quickly, then asked with a puzzled look, "Boss, do you think we'll succeed in assassinating Arakawa Shiro this time? He's so strong, he's always been number one on the power rankings, and he's already level 18 on the level rankings!"

They were sent by the Madman to assassinate Arakawa Haku.

The vice president personally contributed 300,000!

As long as you take down Arakawa White Owl's assassination red name, the 300,000 will be credited to your account immediately.

The leader of the players frowned, clearly dissatisfied with his companion. Ever since they decided to assassinate Arakawa Shiro, he had been asking questions incessantly, and now he was asking them again.

"If you have no confidence at all, then you can leave now. After we complete the assassination, you won't get a single penny of that 300,000."

Upon hearing that he was going to be kicked out, the assassin player quickly said, "Boss, don't be angry, I was just asking!"

"Then don't ask anymore. Once Arakawa White Owl comes out, as long as we follow the plan, the success rate is at least 80%!" the leading player said coldly.

He knew that assassinating Arakawa Hakuo would be very difficult.

But that's under normal circumstances.

They were now fully prepared.

Especially after obtaining an item, his confidence soared. He was confident that he could kill not only Arakawa White Owl, but even the strongest player in the Ninth District!

All that's needed now is to wait for Arakawa White Owl to emerge.

Inside the Asura-level [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon.

"Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully killed..."

With the 20th Night Patrol Bull dying in the explosion of the Holy Sword, Lin Hanchuan received the notification of the completion of the third phase.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully killed 20 Night Patrol Bulls and cleared the Shura-level [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon. The third wave of the beast tide is now [The Mad Bull Herd]!"

"Receive the third-stage reward: "
All members: Experience points +1.5, Agility +2, Gold +7000!

Team: Mad Bull Set!

"Ding! Please note that the fourth wave of beasts—[Ultimate Night]—will appear in 5 minutes. Please survive this phase for 2 hours, or kill 100 night creatures!"

Upon receiving the system notification, Lin Hanchuan opened his personal panel, took out the Mad Bull Set, and handed it to Cao Renjie, saying, "The level 15 Silver +8 tank set is yours now!"

In this operation to kill the Night Patrol Bull, Cao Renjie performed exceptionally well. With the help of Xingchen, he not only successfully withstood wave after wave of attacks from the Night Patrol Bull, but also helped Lin Hanchuan achieve the effect of gathering monsters.

It was precisely because of this that Lin Hanchuan was able to bombard these night-patrolling mad bulls so easily, making the third phase the fastest phase they had cleared in the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon so far.

From the time the night patrol bulls emerged until 20 died.

It only took 1 minute and 56 seconds!
If Cao Renjie hadn't pulled him away, Lin Hanchuan would have had to ride his holy sword and chase the Night Patrol Bull all over the map, killing it.

It would take at least ten minutes to kill 20 Night Patrol Bulls.

"Boss, thanks!" Cao Renjie didn't stand on ceremony with Lin Hanchuan. He kept saying thank you while taking the Mad Bull Set from Lin Hanchuan.

He only glanced at the information about the Mad Bull Set, and the smile on his face never stopped. "Truly top-notch!"

If he had been wearing this outfit when he faced the Night Patrol Bulls, he could have withstood their onslaught alone, even without the help of the Stars' Prayer.

"Stop laughing so happily, hurry up and take out the fluorescent stone!" Long Xiaochen urged, as the sky darkened, even darker than when the Night Patrol Bull appeared.

Previously, he could at least see the outlines of creatures ten meters away, but now, even though Cao Renjie was standing right next to him, Long Xiaochen could barely see him with the naked eye.

The deepest darkness is descending!

"Oh!" Cao Renjie immediately came to his senses and took out more than a dozen fluorescent stones from his backpack. All his stock was here.

A dozen or so fluorescent stones gathered together, but the brightness they produced only illuminated an area of ​​about three meters in radius. Beyond three meters, the world was pitch black, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, as if layers of ink were rolling in the air.

"The brightness is not enough!" Lin Hanchuan said in a deep voice. The fourth stage of [Endless Beast Tide] is against dark creatures. Those guys live in darkness, and this extremely dark environment is no different from daytime to them.

More importantly, those guys walk silently and are also good at stealth.

The system notification said that at least 100 animals must be killed.

This means that there will be no fewer than 100 dark creatures descending here in the fourth phase.

"Star, give each of us a soul perception!" Lin Hanchuan then said to Star.

"Okay, Brother Huang!" Xingchen nodded quickly and immediately made a wish.

The system notification immediately rang in the minds of everyone in the Heavenly Path Squad.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have received a 'blessing' from the stars and gained [Soul Perception], with a range of 30 meters and a duration of 30 minutes!"

After Starry Sky reached level 15, the range of Soul Perception did not increase, but the duration increased to half an hour.

"A 30-meter range isn't enough to detect the traces of those long-range dark creatures, but it's fine for sensing some melee creatures or those flying at low altitudes!" Lin Hanchuan said. "Next, we'll use Cao Renjie as the center, move away from the barrier, and form a protective circle on the spot!"

So far, jungle monsters have all emerged from the barrier directly in front of them, but the system has not stipulated that jungle monsters cannot emerge from barriers in other directions.

In high-level endless mode, monsters can swarm in from all directions in overwhelming numbers.

Rather than relying on barriers, it's better to stay put and confine yourself.

Without powerful perception skills, Lin Hanchuan is unable to enter the darkness and fight against the dark creatures. He can only stay put and wait for them to come and deliver him to his doom.

As long as Cao Renjie can handle it, there won't be any major problems.

"Okay, boss, watch my performance now!" Cao Renjie nodded immediately, then suddenly raised the Mad Bull Shield in his hand. The moment the shield was above his head, a spherical transparent shield instantly formed, enveloping Lin Hanchuan and the others.

Long Xiaochen then summoned the Queen Insect King again.

This time, a level 18 one was summoned.

The centipedes released by the Queen Insect also reached level 8, making them even stronger than the first wave of the Endless Beast Tide.

The moment the earth centipede emerged from the mother insect queen's chest cavity, it quickly scattered in all directions. No matter what kind of dark creatures came next, as long as they stood on the ground, they would definitely face attacks from the earth centipedes in the first wave.

Long Xiaochen didn't expect the centipede to kill the dark creatures; that was unrealistic. But just making some noise would be enough.

Where there's a lot of noise, it's likely that there are many dark creatures there, so they can prepare in advance.

Long Xiaoyue silently took out her gold-grade weapon—the erhu. On her skill panel, there was a piece of music that could be of great help in the current situation.

Even Xingchen began to put her hands together in prayer. She wasn't praying, but preparing to make a wish at any time to contribute to the team.

1 minutes and 35 seconds!
1 minutes and 34 seconds!
……

29 seconds!
28 seconds!
……

While waiting, the countdown on the panel ticked away second by second.

The surrounding forest was completely silent, without even the slightest sound.

With everyone having made their own preparations.

Lin Hanchuan wasn't idle either; he was casting illumination spells outside.

The illumination spell can be thrown about 50 meters.

The moment it lands, it can bring a brief moment of brightness to the surrounding environment, but before you can even blink, it is quickly swallowed up by darkness again.

Clearly, in such an extremely dark environment, the duration of illumination is greatly shortened.

"Boss, what are you doing?" Cao Renjie couldn't help but ask, watching Lin Hanchuan continuously casting illumination spells.

As Lin Hanchuan cast several Illumination spells in succession, he said to Cao Renjie without turning his head, "I'm trying to see if I can trigger Minor Enlightenment and upgrade the level of Illumination. If I can upgrade it to Brightness, then those dark creatures will be much easier to deal with."

"Boss, is this some kind of last-minute cramming?" Cao Renjie teased, somewhat speechless. In his opinion, even though Lin Hanchuan had 16 points of comprehension, under the [God of Laws] talent, he could increase the frequency of triggering the minor comprehension state.

However, Xiao Wu's state had already been triggered once before, when he upgraded the E-grade spell arrow to the D-grade explosive arrow, and about half an hour had passed between the two events.

In such a short time difference, even if Lin Hanchuan possessed the [God of Law] talent, it would be impossible for him to trigger the Minor Enlightenment state again.

After all, it's not like it's a cabbage.

You can come whenever you want.

Do you really think that the game doesn't care about cheats?

Cao Renjie was smiling.

A system notification sounded in Lin Hanchuan's mind.

"Ding! You have just entered the 'Minor Enlightenment' state..."

(End of this chapter)