Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

"Stop gossiping and have a good rest."

Welf: "..."

After resting in the cave for a quarter of an hour, the team continued to move forward.

As they went deeper, the frequency of battles gradually increased and elixirs began to be consumed, but this was not a big problem. In Su Mo's opinion, as long as the team could maintain its own rhythm, it meant that the team had not reached the point of being out of control.

After taking two more breaks, the team finally arrived at the entrance to the fourteenth floor.

The strategy, adaptation and running-in were all going smoothly, but today's luck was obviously not very good. On their way here, they didn't encounter a Minotaur.

Entering the fourteenth floor, the potential abilities of the monsters are enhanced.

As the spearhead, Bell's pressure increased further, but his own condition declined, and more pressure inevitably fell on Welf.

Just like the first domino falling, such changes disrupted the team's originally stable rhythm bit by bit.

Bell's condition declined, but Welf's condition was even worse than Bell's. Coupled with the sudden increase in pressure, Welf was able to hold on at first, but when he reached the fifth cave, he was unable to withstand the pressure and eventually became a flaw, and his thigh was cut by the violent beetle, leaving a shallow wound.

Su Mo quickly took action to resolve the battle.

“…It’s your turn!”

The wound healed quickly under Lily's treatment. Welf stamped his legs and felt that there was nothing serious. However, he immediately chose to step down from the 'vanguard' position and return to his original position.

Su Mo nodded, "Recover your condition well. We will meet the Minotaur later, so you can go first."

Upon hearing this, Welf’s face suddenly turned bitter.

The four of them continued to rest for a while, and when they set out again, Su Mo became the vanguard.

Although he did not directly replace Bale, as those who had been slacking off except for the nanny period began to work hard, the pressure on Bale, as the spearhead pioneer, will naturally be relieved.

"Flame lightning..."

The flames roared like lightning, engulfing the hellhound with flames in its mouth first.

Partnering with his own captain, the biggest change Bell felt at this moment was that the forced defense was rapidly reduced.

With less unnecessary defense, more energy can be used on the offensive end to directly eliminate the enemy and further reduce pressure.

It feels like I've jumped out of a vicious cycle.

Everyone in the team can naturally feel the intuitive changes in the team.

"Lily, we are on the same side after all."

Welf said with emotion, feeling that he was becoming a protected person.

"Lily won't admit this. You'd better conserve your energy, Lord Welf. There is still a big battle waiting for you ahead!"

Lililuka said as if reminding, but also as a joke.

Not only did the feeling of being on the verge of the limit disappear, but even the previous feeling of stumbling was gone. Feeling this deeply, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and at the same time, she had a better understanding of the true strength of this team.

The speed of advancement is accelerating, even faster than when they were on the thirteenth floor, and this is when Master Su Mo is not exerting his full strength...

Aim for the fifteenth floor?

The strength of this team is definitely more than that. When the master of the seventeenth floor is not here, this team can directly reach the eighteenth floor.

The team's rhythm returned to normal. They fought and stopped, walked and rested, and took one step at a time. Soon the team reached the middle of the fourteenth floor, and here, everyone finally saw the figure of the fierce bull - the Minotaur.

"Welf..."

Without saying anything, Welf took out two bottles of elixir and poured them into his mouth.

"Lily, get ready to give me a boost!"

Lilyluka quickly came to Welf's side and raised her short staff.

But she did not release the encouragement immediately, so at this moment, a figure as fast as the wind was quickly clearing the field.

Except for the Minotaur, all the monsters in sight fell down one after another and quickly.

It was a crushing speed and the most ruthless harvest. Most monsters were slaughtered before they could even react.

Seeing the scene of killing monsters like cutting vegetables, Welf, who was holding the big knife tightly with both hands, finally couldn't hold back. "He said before that at least a second-level adventurer is qualified to be called a 'monster'. I think he is more terrifying than an ordinary LV.3. What do you think?"

Seeing Su Mo use his full strength for the first time, Lilyluka nodded subconsciously.

"This state cannot be maintained for long, and the lack of strength is difficult to make up for... Well, that's what the captain said himself."

"If he can maintain this state for a long time, he will be more than just a monster."

While we were talking, the battle was over.

Except for a Minotaur who was still standing there in a daze, none of the other monsters were still standing.

"Lily..."

Bright red blood light suddenly burst out from the short staff.

Surrounded by the red light, Welf felt his blood boiling and wanted to fight...

114

Chapter 114: Reasons.

Welf went up, Welf...

"...That power is too foul."

Welf lay helplessly on Bell's back, his voice full of helplessness.

"You've been pretty good, Mr. Welf."

Bell praised sincerely.

In the back, Lilyluka echoed, "That's right! Lord Welf, now at least we can be sure that you can indeed deal with the Minotaur, and you did injure it."

"Then I was knocked down by its axe. I used both hands to block it with my knife. My strength was also 'C', and..."

If you make a small cut, does that really count as hurting the other person?

Welf felt that his sword was completely unable to cut through that layer of extremely tough muscle.

He couldn't even take a single blow from the opponent head-on, and could only barely break a layer of skin with his attack. How could he win against such an opponent?

"Greedy knife, that's it."

Su Mo, who was leading the way, calmly analyzed: "I remember telling you that I have the Goddess Sword. When the power is only 'A', I can't completely cut through its muscles along the joints. How dare you cut it with that knife?"

"If I can't hurt the other person, how can I win?"

With one sword, Su Mo sent the soul of Bergbear back to the dungeon. Without even turning his head, he asked, "Bell, what will you do now?"

"I will try to remove its weapon first, then use magic to interfere with its feet and slow it down. If there is a better chance, I will do the same as Mr. Welf and try to cause some damage to it... There is a slowing poison on the sword, which will take effect when it comes into contact with blood."

Hearing Bell's final words, Welf's eyes widened. "Bell, you actually poisoned your weapon?"

"Well, Miss Chloe said that the biggest shortcoming of short weapons is the lack of damage. Poison can make up for this shortcoming. But I don't know how to mix these. The poisons were given to me by Miss Chloe. They are very precious, so I usually don't use them."

Welf's eyes were dull, and he turned around and asked, "Lily, do you know this?"

"Lord Welf, what are you talking about? Didn't you notice that Lily never touched the sword from beginning to end?"

I am the only honest person... Suddenly, Welf opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

"So, is the magic sword on your waist just for fun?"

Su Mo's voice began to add to the attack at the right time, "I already brought it with me, don't tell me you just brought it out to take a look?"

"Well, when it comes to challenges, it's only fair, right?"

"Master Welf, you are level 1, and the Minotaur's potential is at least level 2..."

Lilyluka didn't say anything else, but even a fool could understand that there was no fairness in this kind of challenge.

Welf was completely silent.

He suddenly felt so stupid, really.

Arriving at the fifteenth floor along the passage, Su Mo opened fire at full force and cleared the way ahead.

The team was running fast, advancing at a very fast speed, but gradually, Lililuka felt something was wrong, "Captain? This doesn't seem to be the way to the temporary safe cave?"

"That's right, let's go directly to the sixteenth floor."

Lililuka's expression suddenly changed, "Captain, our current situation..."

"Don't worry, we have strong support."

Su Mo interrupted directly.

"Who?"

The curiosity of the three people was instantly piqued.

"The Brave Man - Finn, the Sword Lady - Ace Wallenstein, are they strong enough?"

One is LV.6, the other is LV.5, this is obviously too strong!

"Sword, Sword Princess..."

Bell was simply stunned.

"Are you going to ask them for help?"

Welf found it hard to understand. When did the leader of Loki's family and Sword Princess have close contact with the leader of Hestia's family?

"They want to meet me, and the itinerary is all in the underground city. I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

"Then let's..."

"The title of a hero is still trustworthy."

No one objected to this.

The shadow of a tree, the name of a person, not everyone in this world is qualified to be named a "hero" by the gods.

Anyone who has this title must have the character and achievements that match it.

After drinking two bottles of elixir and stuffing some dried meat into his mouth, Su Mo rushed into the cave while chewing before the beasts rushed into the aisle.

With the increase in level and the blessing of the hero's mark, he can now maintain the "crown" for a long time. He has not yet tried the limit, but at twice the speed, it can definitely exceed 4 minutes, which is more than 2 minutes in reality. Compared with before the upgrade, it has almost doubled.

The delayed fatigue and further improvement of recovery ability give him even stronger endurance.

In combat mode, all abilities are enhanced.

Standing tall on the earth, all abilities are enhanced.

Being next to the fire, all abilities are enhanced.

With the multiple enhancements to his already extraordinary basic abilities, Su Mo feels that he now has a kind of "numerical" beauty.

That's right! Even if he was 'beside the fire', it was not a state that needed to be triggered for him. The so-called 'fire' had already existed behind him.

The purest mark of fire, the emblem of the burning holy fire, had already been engraved in the hands of the gods.

She is the symbol of the eternal sacred fire.

The warmth on my back slowly faded away, and there was no longer a single monster in the cave, not even a corpse.

The pace did not slow down at all from beginning to end. Bell, who was carrying Welf on his back, and Lililuka ran at a steady speed and passed through the cave where monsters were lurking just a moment ago.

Even faster than the previous journey through the fourteenth floor, the four members of the team walked without stopping all the way. They quickly passed through the fifteenth floor and arrived at the maze-like sixteenth floor.

The topographic features of this layer have changed more than those of the first few layers in the middle layer.

The cave rooms are getting bigger, there are more forks in the roads, and there are more large empty cave rooms. Correspondingly, the tunnels are getting wider, shorter, and fewer. In addition, the roads are changing, and not all of them are passable. So many changes have made the connections between the cave rooms here closer, and have also turned this level into a real maze.

The sixteenth floor is a maze centered around the Minotaur.

Likewise, it is a floor that adventurers dislike very much.

The difficulty of defeating the Minotaur was already great, and the geographical advantage here allowed the cattle to gather quickly. When a group of fierce cattle charged, even the second-level adventurers had to avoid them. When escaping on this floor, something would happen that would make the adventurers extremely disgusted.

Maze dead end -

The most accessible routes on the sixteenth floor are the closely connected cave rooms, rather than aisles and paths.

A road that does not use the cave as its starting point, even if it is a road that you clearly remember as being passable, may become a dead end the second time you walk on it, and eventually become a dead end where you will be buried.

"Follow me."