Life Dungeon Game

Compared to the corrupted monsters on the Navigator, which were primarily mechanical, the monster before him was clearly made of flesh and blood with mechanical components as a secondary element.

As they were talking, He Ao glanced behind the monster, and Fiya shone her flashlight in that direction.

The stone-paved ground was covered with all sorts of crimson bloodstains, and on top of these bloodstains, there were some faint footprints.

These footprints resemble sheep hooves and match the monster's hooves.

The only difference is that there are a lot of these footprints.

"Is this... a pack of monsters?"

Fia gazed at the footprints, slightly...

He paused for a moment, then said in disbelief.

A C-level peak monster, and one that lives in groups—that's just too terrifying.

“If we are in ruins, it’s actually quite normal.”

He Ao shook his head.

The first time he entered the ruins, he encountered a group of C-level monsters. The bone sword in his hand was made from the bones he took from the body of one of these monsters after he killed it.

Of course, besides the group-living C-rank monsters, he also encountered two B-rank monsters that time.

Fiya raised her head and looked at He Ao blankly.

She always felt that He Ao's definition of 'normal' was different from hers. When she entered the ruins, she had never seen groups of C-level beings.

Everyone enters the ruins within the beginner protection zone; encountering one or two C-rank characters is considered extremely lucky.

However, He Ao didn't pay attention to Fiya's surprise, but carefully examined the footprints.

The footprints overlapped haphazardly not far in front of the two, suggesting that many monsters had once lingered there.

He walked to the middle of the footprints, staring at a dried, crimson stain of blood on the ground, his brow furrowing slightly.

Fiya also came over and, looking in the direction He Ao was looking, discerned the bloodstains.

These bloodstains blended into the crimson ground, making them difficult to spot without close inspection.

Is there a problem with this bloodstain?

Fia stared at the bloodstains with a puzzled look, her brows furrowing slightly as she pondered, "Was there a battle here before we arrived?"

"This might be human blood."

He Ao withdrew his gaze from the bloodstains and looked into the deep, dark corridor ahead.

The environment of the ruins can be considered equivalent to the environment of the wilderness in the instance world.

In the wilderness, the bloodstains of ordinary people are easy to distinguish.

All beings with extraordinary powers have extraordinary influences in their blood, which contains traces of energy, making any abnormality immediately apparent.

Even the blood splattered at He Ao's feet from the monster he had just killed had a faint gray glow.

The blood of ordinary people remains unchanged and unremarkable.

However, this seemingly insignificant detail, mixed in with a group of anomalies, actually makes it quite eye-catching.

Heo inherited many wilderness survival skills from Ronald, including how to distinguish human blood from that of wild animals.

Although the bloodstain is quite old, it is still easy to spot.

"Is there anyone else here?"

Fia paused for a moment, then looked up into the deep corridor, as if she had thought of something. "But there are no footprints? Were they just ordinary people who accidentally wandered into those 'doors'?"

The rock slabs and bloodstains on the ground were harder than expected, and it would be difficult for a light-weight ordinary person to leave obvious footprints.

Fia had previously received reports of people going into the 'door' and disappearing.

She paused, glanced at the footprints on the ground, and continued, "Here...those ordinary people..."

She didn't say what followed, but the meaning was quite clear.

In this place where even peak C-rank monsters roam in droves, ordinary people have almost no hope of survival.

"The bloodstains are beneath the footprints,"

He Ao understood all of this, and he looked at the deep darkness ahead, "Let's go..."

Let's go check it out ahead.

"it is good!"

Fia nodded.

The two took a few steps forward, and a '|-' shaped fork appeared in front of them. On the right side of the originally straight corridor, a somewhat hidden horizontal fork connected to the corridor.

This side passage was actually very close to where He and Ao had just entered, but because it was hidden on the right and shrouded in darkness, the two of them did not notice it.

He Ao turned on his flashlight and shone it into the side passage. There were many monster footprints in this passage, but they were pointing towards where He Ao was standing.

The chaotic footprints left by the monsters beneath He Ao's feet began to show clear directions, running straight ahead. Not far in front of them, new bloodstains were faintly visible.

“Those monsters came from that side passage,”

Fia watched all this unfold, following He Ao forward while pondering and analyzing the situation.

"They were probably attracted by the smell of that ordinary man's blood."

"They took a fork in the road, turned left, and arrived at where we were. They saw the bloodstains, but didn't find anyone. Then they turned back and followed the bloodstains along the main corridor."

She paused, as if realizing something, "So when these monsters arrived, the 'ordinary person' who had wandered in had already gone far away? His wounds weren't caused by the monsters, but were pre-existing, so it's possible he's still alive?"

At this moment, she finally understood what He Ao meant by "bloodstains under footprints".

He Ao nodded, turned off his flashlight, and continued forward with Fia, "If he's lucky."

"That person is injured and much slower than these monsters, so he shouldn't have gone far."

Fia nodded in agreement, though she knew the chances were slim.

boom--

The two were moving very fast, and after walking about ten meters forward, a loud crash sounded ahead.

It sounded like something heavy hitting the wall.

The two exchanged a glance, slowed their pace slightly, turned off their flashlights, and tried to make as little noise as possible as they quickly approached.

Soon, a faint light appeared in their field of vision after they reached a corner.

The four monsters they had just killed were now crowding under the still-lit light, desperately ramming against a gate on the left side of the corridor.

Leaning against the corner, He Ao glanced at the feet of the monsters.

The absence of torn clothing and shattered flesh and bones is perhaps good news.

Through the dim light, He Ao glanced at Fiya beside him and said in a low voice,

"Three of them are at the peak of C-level, and one of them may have exceeded the limit of C-level."

Advancement in the talent sequence represents a leap in strength with a significant increase. The maximum physical fitness of a C-level combat-type superhuman is around 800, while the starting physical fitness of a B-level superhuman is around 2000.

Normally, extraordinary individuals with exceptional talents cannot break through the C-level limit without advancement. He Ao's breakthrough was due to the support of martial arts. However, many of the monsters He Ao is encountering, especially those related to gods, seem to...

There is no such limit.

Upon hearing He Ao's words, Fiya paused, seemingly lost in thought for a moment, before lowering her voice, "Within five meters, I should be able to briefly put these monsters into a state of sluggishness, but it will only last for a maximum of three seconds."

These monsters are nearly five meters long.

Within five meters is already a very dangerous distance.

He thought for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Follow behind me."

Then he glanced at the monsters, and dashed off like an arrow, with Fia close behind him.

He was fast, but he deliberately controlled his speed so that Fia wouldn't fall behind. When he ran over, he had roughly estimated Fia's speed limit.

As soon as the two appeared, the monster on the outermost side of the four monsters was drawn to their attention.

It tapped the ground with its feet, then dashed out like a gust of wind, crashing directly into Heo in front of it.

He Ao held his bone sword horizontally in front of his chest and met the attack head-on.

The monster froze abruptly the moment it approached He Ao, as if it had lost control. It watched helplessly as He Ao, wielding the bone sword, sliced ​​through its body horizontally and charged forward, spraying blood everywhere.

At this moment, the other three monsters also realized what was happening.

Two of them, one in front and one behind, one on the left and one on the right, charged towards He Ao.

At that moment, He Ao's bone sword had just pierced through the body of the first monster. Upon seeing this, he gripped the sword with both hands and swung it like a knife.

A pure white sword light traced a smooth crescent shape in the air, instantly severing the neck of the monster lunging from the right, then sweeping across the sky and slashing downwards to decapitate the monster on the left.

At this moment, the strongest monster at the very back, seeing that the situation was not good, immediately turned around and prepared to escape.

He Ao then somersaulted onto the still-standing body of the monster on the left, following the momentum of the sword. He then gripped the hilt of the sword, unleashed a burst of power, and threw it forward.

The pure white sword light, like a shooting star streaking across the sky, instantly pierced the neck of the last monster, the sword tip sinking into the rock slab, pinning its massive body to the ground.

He Ao took a step forward and jumped off the monster. With a series of muffled thuds, the massive monster behind him crashed to the ground.

All of this happened too fast; almost in the blink of an eye, the four monsters were already dead.

He walked to the nailed monster, pulled out the short sword stuck in the monster's body, and let the blood flow naturally down the blade. Turning around, he saw Fiya standing in the middle of the monster's corpse, her eyes wide and her mouth slightly open.

"Thanks a lot."

He Ao looked at her with a smile.

"You're being a bit too strong,"

Fia suppressed her surprise, but her eyes still held a hint of amazement. "You can still kill them easily without me. I would believe anyone who said you were a B-rank."

"I'm only slightly stronger than a regular C-rank."

He Ao said with a smile.

He didn't use his B-level power at all, and the only time he used his full physical strength was when he threw his sword.

click -

At that very moment, accompanied by a dull thud, the metal gate, which had been deformed from being repeatedly struck by the monster, slowly opened.