Wrong Ground, Spiral Twins

"So, there really is a trick?"

"Born, does that count?"

Finn leaned his spear back on the ground and asked, "Did you find it? Or did you find the goddess Hestia?"

"He came to me on his own."

Speaking of this, Su Mo showed a playful smile.

"According to him, he spent several days visiting almost all the well-known Families in Orario, but no one was willing to take him in. When he found our Familiar, he had been sleeping on the street for two days and hadn't eaten for almost a day."

"..."

Even a brave man felt an incredible sense of shock at this moment.

The goddess Hestia took in two homeless people, and it turned out that both of them were unprecedented geniuses. Is there really such a coincidence in the world?

"This kind of thing is easy to find out. You can check it out later to see if he has ever been to your clan's base."

If the silencing skill just a moment ago was an incredible one, then these words were real damage that hit the pain point directly.

Finn naturally wouldn't think that there was something wrong with his own screening mechanism, or rather, the way each clan selected people was almost the same, but there were obvious differences in the direction of screening the people they needed.

"When relying on common sense and experience, errors will eventually occur. This is unavoidable."

As the two were talking, the battle in the distance came to an end.

The injuries and poison made the Minotaur's movements gradually slow, and the sword that hit the calf above the bull's hoof and cut the bone further reduced its mobility to the point where it could hardly dodge effectively.

"More than a month? I'm afraid he will break the record you just set!"

His basic abilities had already met the conditions for upgrading, and now that he was able to defeat the Minotaur on his own, it was natural that his level would not be far away.

It is true that higher-level experience is difficult to obtain, but the method of obtaining it is not so strict that fighting against enemies above your level or defeating a strong enemy alone will not bring much improvement.

"I had anticipated this kind of thing a month ago. Otherwise, why do you think it took us five months?"

Hearing the hidden meaning, Finn couldn't help but laugh, "Is this the deadline to become a second-level adventurer?"

"It's my deadline, but it may not be his."

“What confidence!”

It took more than four months to become a senior adventurer, plus five months, which is just over nine months. To become a second-level adventurer in such a short time is absolutely unprecedented.

But even someone who is so confident that he can achieve unprecedented things believes that there are people who can do it faster than him.

So, how much faster can it be... Finn looked at the white-haired boy who had dodged the Minotaur's desperate counterattack in the distance, and had to admit that he could not deny this possibility.

"Ow..."

With howls of unwillingness, the Minotaur, who finally failed in his counterattack, was completely defeated.

The silver, blood-stained sword tip pierced from behind and came out from the chest, and that was the blow that shattered the magic stone.

"Lord Bell..."

The magic stone shattered, and the Minotaur immediately turned into ashes and disappeared. The next moment, the excited Lilyluka rushed towards the winner first, "You succeeded, Master Bell! You defeated the Minotaur, you really defeated it..."

"Congratulations, Bell!"

Welf also congratulated him at the right time.

If you can defeat the first one, you can defeat the second one. If you keep fighting like this, upgrading is a matter of time.

The two blonde girls watched this scene silently, but their mindsets were completely different.

When was she able to defeat a monster like the Minotaur on her own... When she got the answer, Lefiya suddenly felt a strong sense of frustration.

119

Chapter 119: Extreme Strengthening.

"how do you feel?"

Su Mo and Finn also came to the crowd. Su Mo took a few more steps and came in front of the three people whose emotions had gradually calmed down.

"I'm fine, Captain!"

The physical exhaustion still couldn't hide Bell's excitement. "I really felt the state that Miss Chloe described just now. Seeing through the enemy's actions and intentions, the battle suddenly became easier."

"Ability is ability, and skills are skills. Miss Chloe will definitely be happy to know that you have achieved this."

Even he is struggling in the "ability value trap", and Bell, who is growing faster, is naturally no exception. In addition to his fighting talent, this feeling arises more because he has further controlled his own abilities under extreme pressure in the battle of life and death.

The most powerful combat skill is to fully control oneself and achieve unity of mind, skills and body. This is a truth known to everyone, but it is extremely difficult to actually do this. This is a path that requires more experience accumulation, learning and training than "ability points".

Of course, just like improving ability points, there are shortcuts on this path as well, and they all lead to the same destination.

Taking risks, squeezing out desperate situations, fighting to the limit, fighting for life and death... everyone knows the truth.

“Also, it’s really remarkable to be able to do it in one go.”

Su Mo gave a thumbs up.

Although it was not a carefully selected, enhanced version of the bull after LV.7 training, Bell's ability value was not exceeded at present. He had already prepared that the first few times were just attempts to accumulate experience in fighting with the bull.

Being able to win the first battle is definitely a manifestation of fighting talent.

Hearing such praise, Bell touched the back of his head and his smile suddenly became a little shy.

"Click..."

Maybe they were so engrossed in their conversation that they couldn't even bear to watch the dungeon anymore, because a "clicking" sound suddenly occurred.

Cracks appeared in the surrounding stone walls, and Minotaur quickly broke through the walls, but at this moment, someone was much faster than them.

The goddess's sword was unsheathed, and the Minotaur, who didn't even have a natural weapon in his hand, had his chest cut by the sharp blade as soon as he walked out of the stone wall. The Minotaur that walked the farthest only took three or four steps before falling in a pool of blood.

This one was naturally the one Su Mo attacked.

When he looked back, just a few breaths later, there was no living Minotaur in the cave.

"Do you want to continue?"

Finn asked, walking over with his spear in hand.

Su Mo did not answer immediately, but instead looked at Welf, "How is the condition?"

“My hands are still a little sore.”

"Then let's go to the eighteenth floor."

Su Mo turned his head to Finn and said, "Can I be the vanguard?"

With someone's support, your life safety is guaranteed by 99.9%. If you don't push yourself and look at your limits at this time, you don't know when you will have such an opportunity again.

"If you're willing to help."

Finn naturally had no objection to such a request.

Su Mo nodded, walked to the front of the team and began to lead the way.

The sixteenth floor is a maze, with large caves serving as the best signposts. Monsters in the cave ahead can be seen from afar, and the Sword of the Goddess in Su Mo's hand also begins to emit a faint platinum glow.

The light was very faint at first, but gradually, the illusory light became like a burning flame, igniting the sacred words on the sword one by one, making it bloom with platinum light from the inside out.

Such a scene quickly attracted everyone's attention.

The sacred words lit up one after another, until the moment the last sacred word lit up, as if a qualitative change point had arrived, the platinum light suddenly spread out, the illusory light became real at this moment, and in a breath it dyed the originally black sword into a bright platinum color.

There was no illusory light dissipating anymore, but the platinum sword with restrained light was still emitting a different kind of light.

That is the cold glow called sharpness, which can be felt just by looking at it, without the need for contact or actual brilliance.

Her skin was stinging... Lefiya looked at the sword that seemed to have completed its transformation, and she felt her whole body was restless. It had nothing to do with her reason. This was her instinct as a second-level adventurer telling her so.

That sword could definitely break through all her defenses at this moment, and then easily cut her body open... All her senses, instincts, and even her reason were telling her so.

To manipulate metal is to naturally strengthen it. Feeling the sharp aura emanating from the sword, which seemed to be tangible, Finn couldn't help but be amazed.

Without even having to verify it, he was already certain that, at least at the middle level, no monster's physique could withstand the edge of this sword.

There was a commotion in the cave ahead.

Facing the deep red animal eyes, Su Mo quickened his pace and the dagger at his waist was unsheathed the next moment.

Ai Si quickly followed, and at the same time, everyone subconsciously quickened their pace.

Soon, Lefiya was sure that the instinctive restlessness was not an illusion.

"..."

Bell and Welf were stunned when they saw the Minotaur being cut in half along with its arm by a sword.

With the sharpness of their second-level weapons, the thick flesh that was difficult to completely cut through even with all their strength was now cleanly severed along with the bones and internal organs in an instant.

The whole process didn't seem to have any sense of stagnation at all.

Lilyluka's eyes widened as she said uncertainly, "I remember the captain himself said that if he faced the Minotaur head-on, he could only quickly eliminate four or five of them?"

There are at least more than a dozen Minotaur's in this cave!

"That sword is really sharp."

Finn answered, "I'm afraid he himself doesn't know that the sword in his hand can be so sharp!"

The initial cut in the waist was an attempt, and the result was obviously surprising even to the owner of the sword, so the fighting style changed quickly.

He sheathed the dagger directly and abandoned most of his defenses. What he ultimately displayed in this battle was only a speed faster than the enemy, a sharp edge that ignored the body's defenses, and an extraordinary vision that seemed to be able to see through all the movements of the bull.

When the sword can easily take the enemy's life, the battle will naturally become simple.

"Come to think of it, Aisi, he seems a bit like you."

Ai Si nodded and did not deny it.

Judging from the current battle, they are the type that uses magic to increase their speed, attack, and defense, and then use faster speeds and more fierce strikes to directly defeat the enemy.

“He’s extraordinary in every way.”

The blonde girl suddenly commented.

"This..."

Finn couldn't help but smile.

After all, according to Loki's guess, this monster is most likely upgraded after all its basic ability values have exceeded the limit.

The basic ability value that has completely broken through the limit, the ability to ignore metal armor, and even the ability to strengthen the sword's edge to the point where it can easily cut off the Minotaur's torso, plus the strange speed brought by the extraordinary magic...

He seemed to understand why Loki regretted it.

120

Chapter 120: Thousand Fairies.

Transforming from a caregiver to the cared for, Su Mo did not waste this opportunity and kept trying to push the limits.

For him, this trip to the dungeon was actually a bit rushed. Although his physical and mental coordination had been completely smoothed out after the actual combat training with the elf lady and the teasing of the gods, there was still some gap between him and the state before the upgrade.

The body and mind still need to be adjusted, and the best way Su Mo currently knows to adjust the body and mind is to pursue the limit.

Reaction speed, movement speed, attack speed, dodge speed...pursuing faster speeds again and again, breaking through the original limits again and again, surpassing oneself again and again, this is a process of constantly further controlling one's own abilities.

Such an intention was not difficult to detect. After only one or two battles, Finn and Ais saw the intention of the vanguard.

Likewise, neither of them tried to stop the other from drinking the elixir and continuing their sharpening.

Pursuing the limit in a dungeon is not a good option, but they can still protect themselves on a floor like this.

It feels good to constantly pursue the limit, but such extreme training also has its limits after all. When it came to the middle and late stages of the sixteenth floor, Su Mo's pace of training himself slowed down, and he had to hand over more avant-garde tasks to others.

No matter how strong the recovery ability is, the recovery speed of magic power and physical strength can hardly keep up with the intense consumption in pursuit of the limit.

However, this attempt did give Su Mo a clearer understanding of his own strength - on this floor alone, it should not be a problem for him in his prime to kill through about ten caves in a row, but if he wanted to kill through the entire floor, this was really not suitable for an explosive player like him.

Only when the battle is shorter can he burst out stronger strength, and his advantage is based on the rapid squeeze of physical strength and magic power. After all, being able to squeeze out all of one's physical strength and magic power in one or two seconds is not something that everyone can do.

With Sword Lady leading the way, the second half of the sixteenth floor was quickly completed.

The group reached the seventeenth floor, a floor where there were not many monsters, so they naturally moved forward a bit faster. They walked quickly all the way to the Hall of Sighs, where they stopped at Finn's signal.

"Lefiya..."