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A gigantic, inverted triangular black shadowy monster, dragging a heavy chain hammer, appeared from the other end of the corridor and rushed towards them at breakneck speed, with an overwhelming momentum that seemed intent on crushing everyone to dust.

The fourth monster has appeared!

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

A fifth monster appeared, standing at the other end of the corridor, letting out a loud scream.

The sound surged towards Fan Xiao and the others like waves, causing their bodies to stiffen.

Meanwhile, the sonic attacks also continuously ravaged their bodies.

Those who failed to activate their defensive items in time showed expressions of pain on their faces.

In the chaos, Mercury spread his arms wide, pointing his hands at either end of the corridor.

In an instant, a large amount of air was altered in structure and form, transforming into hard, heavy, and thick metal, like two large doors, blocking the attacks from both ends of the corridor.

The talkative monster's sound waves were blocked.

The inverted triangle-shaped black monster crashed into the invisible metal wall. The huge impact shook the entire corridor, but the metal defenses remained intact.

"We're friends."

Suddenly, a voice rang out from the classroom where the walls had been broken.

A sixth monster emerged from the darkness.

It has a human-like body, but its head is flat and has no face.

But Fan Xiao and the others felt a sense of being stared at, as if they were being watched by it.

"We're friends."

The monster's roar rang out again.

Subconsciously, everyone present felt the thought, "It's my friend, I can't hurt it."

The monster approached Fan Xiao and the others unsuspectingly, a black dagger appearing in its hand at some unknown time.

It chose Fan Xiao as its first target and suddenly raised its knife to stab him in the heart.

"We're friends."

"I don't have any shameless friends."

Fan Xiao grinned, then slapped him hard across the face.

With a loud thud, the faceless monster's head spun three times, its neck twisted into a pretzel, and its body quickly collapsed to the ground.

Fan Xiao stomped on it, crushing its head.

Mercury and the other three looked at him in surprise upon seeing this.

Fan Xiao's mental resistance was abnormally high—they realized this once again.

The faceless monster's mental interference had absolutely no effect on him.

If it were them... if they didn't handle it properly, there's a high chance they'd be stabbed to death.

After the unexpected incident, Mercury and the others quickly regained their composure and turned their attention to the other monsters.

Guan Yao has already used "Heart Arises from the Heart" to assist Luo Hao in attacking the slender monster and the red-eyed monster.

Tu Shang reminded Mercury, "Loosen your defenses, leave it to me!"

He raised his battle axe and pointed it at the huge, inverted triangular black shadow monster.

Mercury nodded and transformed the air, which had turned into metal, back into metal.

As the obstruction disappeared, the shadowy monster rushed over, its chain hammer swirling in its hand.

Tu Shang charged forward, swinging his battle axe to cleave the incoming giant hammer. A flat light screen reappeared, instantly splitting the giant hammer in two.

Meanwhile, Mercury charged toward the talkative monster at the other end of the corridor.

He activated his talent, creating an invisible metal spike trap in the air. Then, he activated his artifact, causing his arm to transform into numerous writhing tentacles that extended outwards, instantly engulfing the talkative monster in the distance and violently dragging it into the prepared metal trap.

Seeing this, Fan Xiao activated "Lost Kingdom" at the opportune moment, expanding the forgotten domain of spiritual forging and enveloping all the monsters still alive within it.

The monsters immediately forgot to attack or fight back.

Although this forgetting is brief, it is incredibly deadly!

Soon, the outcome was revealed.

The slender monster and the red-eyed monster were riddled with holes by Luo Hao's flesh-eating worms and both collapsed to the ground.

The inverted triangle-shaped black monster was cleaved in two by Tu Shang's battle axe.

Mercury, through a combination of his talents and items, turned the talkative monster into a hornet's nest.

All six monsters died.

Or rather, he is temporarily dead.

"Finally done..."

Mercury let out a soft breath.

His gaze then fell on Fan Xiao, and he continued, "That was really dangerous just now! If you hadn't dealt with their mental interference, we would probably have been wiped out."

"Yes, the monsters here are really terrifying."

Fan Xiao agreed.

"..." Mercury: "Heh heh."

"I was just saying, why the hell are you getting involved?" he couldn't help but think to himself.

The total annihilation he referred to naturally excluded Fan Xiao.

He knew exactly what kind of strength this guy possessed.

"These monsters aren't actually that strong... or rather, they all have the serious flaw of high attack and low defense."

Guan Yao said, "Their combined abilities to attack are indeed bizarre."

"But our talents and tools seem to be able to easily interfere with and kill them as well."

"I feel that whichever side gains the initial advantage will have a greater chance of winning."

"We were on the defensive just now because we were caught off guard."

"None of you have any items that can enhance mental defense?" Fan Xiao asked.

“I do,” Guan Yao said, “but it’s not a dedicated mental defense item, but rather an additional ability of an item.”

“I have a feeling we’ll fall into their trap, mainly because the monsters in Green Mountain Prison are too powerful,” Mercury said. “Ordinary mental defense items really can’t stop their mental interference.”

“Strong in ability, but weak in defense,” Guan Yao said. “In a way, this can be considered a manifestation of game balance.”

"Sigh... your guess was right."

Mercury looked at Fan Xiao and sighed slightly, "Or rather... you're a bit of a jinx. You just said that forming a team might lead to a major crisis, and then six monsters came to launch a sneak attack."

"I don't have any 'poisonous prediction' abilities," Fan Xiao shrugged. "If there are too many people in a team, it's probably inevitable that we'll encounter a group of monsters. The ideal situation is probably two people per team."

"The two of them..."

Mercury shook his head: "At this point, it's better not to separate. We're just one last clue away from finding the answer."

"Speaking of which... the abilities of the monsters here are really diverse."

"Things that arouse lust, weaken people, silence them, force people to be friends..."

"There are three monsters that he and I killed before."

Guan Yao pointed at Fan Xiao and reminded everyone, "These monsters recover so quickly! We need to hurry up and act. I don't want to experience a second wave of this kind of sneak attack anytime soon."

“We need to hurry,” Fan Xiao nodded. “The target location is on the third floor, so let’s skip the stairs.”

After saying that, he released the blood blade he had condensed and activated emotional magic.

Boom! A violent burst of crimson flames exploded, blasting through the ceiling of the corridor... or rather, the floor of the second floor, leaving a huge hole.

Fan Xiao repeated the same method, blowing a hole in the floor of the third floor.

With a loud commotion, he approached the hollow, bent his knees slightly, and leaped to the third floor.

Mercury and his companions followed.

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"Is it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

After Mercury jumped to the third floor, he asked Fan Xiao, "What if blowing up the entire floor attracts monsters?"

"Once the monsters in this dungeon reach a certain level of intelligence, they will develop a sense of territoriality."

Fan Xiao spoke very quickly: "We have all fought monsters before, making quite a commotion, but none of us encountered any new monsters that were attracted by the noise during the battles."

"Logically speaking, it would be unreasonable for a monster to kill a player."

"The most likely answer to why this is the case is 'territoriality'."

“'Territoriality'…”

Upon hearing this, Guan Yao, who was standing to the side, showed a thoughtful expression: "The three monsters that attacked you and me at the beginning didn't have any 'territorial awareness'. They all came to this building to launch a second wave of sneak attacks."

"My use of 'territoriality' is just a metaphor."

Fan Xiao explained, "The original meaning refers to intelligent monsters that do not steal each other's prey."

"We were just ambushed by six monsters. The results of the battle have just come out. The other monsters probably don't know yet and won't come over rashly."

"They might think that the noise of the building being blown up now is the result of a battle."

He waved his hand and continued, "Don't worry about damaging buildings or making noise. If you're itching to do it, you can try it."

After saying that, he fired another blood-red blade forward, activating his emotional magic.

Boom! The windows and walls nearby were shattered, and the loud noise echoed throughout the entire school.

"Are you attracting other people over?" Mercury asked.

"That's it."

Fan Xiao nodded at Mercury: "Now shout at the top of your lungs—Oh my God! Come and see, we've finally found the exit!"

Then he turned to look at Guan Yao: "You shout along—Great! We'll be out soon! I love this feeling of grasping hope."

"..." Mercury: "Isn't this a bit over the top?"

"Do you think everyone else is a fool? Don't you know we're luring people here?"

Fan Xiao shrugged and said, "What we say isn't important. It's just a token gesture, a signal."

"The Green Mountain Prison is so dangerous, the surviving players probably can't wait to get out."

"Now that an opportunity is presented to them, they won't let it slip by."

"If you want me to shout it... it sounds a bit awkward." Guan Yao asked doubtfully, "Are you sure you want me to shout it like that?"

“I'm sure,” Fan Xiao said seriously. “This will be the best way to achieve the desired effect. Do as I say.”

"Ok."

Guan Yao, without suspecting anything, called out to the window.

Mercury, forcing himself to speak, began to shout loudly, suppressing his embarrassment.

Since it's a team effort, he naturally has to contribute as well.

Of course, what he said was normal, not in a translated tone.

Meanwhile, Luo Hao and Tu Shang joined the effort to destroy the building.

The five people worked together, creating a great commotion.

After the noise subsided, Fan Xiao said, "Alright, let's wait patiently."

"I suddenly feel...aren't we going to be doing something unnecessary?"

Mercury cast a suspicious look at Fan Xiao: "Back at Green Mountain Academy, when you tricked those two cannibalistic players, you revealed a lot of information to them."

“They are also in Qingshan Prison now. If they want to deal with you, they will definitely leak some of the information you gave them, and then work with others to control you.”