Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

The boy's voice came from the front, and the black figure that stood between the boy and Cosette had already swung his sword to cut down the galloping blue flame horse.

Being in a high-speed charge state, Ksette had no way to turn sharply and could only rush forward. He could predict that if he took the attack head-on, it would not be fatal.

However, Cosette did not expect that the black figure's attack was not over yet.

As a thunderous dragon roar sounded, a blue flame flying dragon also flew from the front, spewing dragon flames and swooping down to crash into Cosette!

In an instant, there was a sea of ​​blue flames in front of Cosette. He could see nothing except the blue flames all over the sky.

Faced with this horrifying scene, Cosette didn't dare to rush forward. He wanted to use the skill "Underground Stealth" to avoid the direct attack, but just like he couldn't use the "Black Gold Heavy Armor" just now, he couldn't use "Underground Stealth" now.

The chance to escape was fleeting, and the merciless blue flames rushed and devoured Cosette's body.

Under the high temperature of the galaxy, the powerful black gold bug knight was burned to charcoal in just a moment.

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"Phew, I win."

Jiang Ran breathed a sigh of relief, then fell to the ground.

His victory in this battle was a gamble. If he lost the gamble, he would only have the "Double Shadow Escape Step" to escape.

However, Jiang Ran had no better choice than to "take a gamble."

Under Jiang Ran's gaze, Ksette's charred corpse was quickly absorbed back into the magic circle. Before long, the next enemy would appear.

According to the rules so far, Jiang Ran’s next enemy will be a fifth-order, level 141 monster. When such a guy appears, will Jiang Ran still fight?

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Current Challenge Level: 5

Reward Level: 4

Time remaining: 811 seconds

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8.36 - Knowing is easy, doing is hard (Part )

A huge, pitch-black magic circle was spinning.

An insect egg with red markings on its shell slowly floated to the surface.

This was the first time Jiang Ran had seen insect eggs other than pure white since entering the trial, which was enough to show how different the enemy this time would be.

Judging from the size, the insect eggs this time are also a little bigger than the last time, with a diameter of probably four to five meters. Jiang Ran only felt his own insignificance when looking at such insect eggs.

Then, accompanied by the sound of "crackling", the shell of the insect egg gradually cracked, and then an "armored knight" slowly stood up from the eggshell - this was the illusion that the newborn Ksette first brought to Jiang Ran.

Just when Jiang Ran thought that Cosette would go further and further on the path of "insectization", Cosette, whose strength reached the fifth level, seemed to return to human form.

What caught Jiang Ran's eyes at this moment was a "Sickle Knight" who was nearly four meters tall, with a huge physique and wearing a white exoskeleton armor.

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After his strength was raised to level five, Cosette's new combat class was named "Platinum Bug General" and his level was unsurprisingly 141.

Matching this class and level is Cosette's new appearance, which is solid, steady and indestructible.

Jiang Ran saw that on Ksette's new "head", there was still a pair of split giant horns as decoration, and at the end of the horns there was a strange structure between a red mushroom and a coral.

In addition to the ends of the horns, such peculiar structures are also present on his pair of exaggerated and huge shoulder armors. These things with unknown effects make Jiang Ran suspect that there may be a function of spreading poisonous powder hidden in them.

As for the structure of the torso, arms and legs, they have returned to a posture similar to that of humans, with a pair of thick arms and a pair of strong legs full of power.

If it weren't for the strange insect face growing in the center of Cosette's "chest", Jiang Ran would have found it difficult to associate him with the "insect man". However, after discovering this insect face, Jiang Ran was shocked to find that the head on Cosette's neck was just an empty decoration, and many insect arthropod antennae extended from the gap between the body and the armor, which was creepy to look at.

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There is no doubt that this Platinum Bug General is the new form of Cosette after his "evolution".

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Exeter

Insectoid, male, 0 years old

Combat Class: Platinum Bug General - Lv141

Skill slots: 5 / 5

HP: 20121 / 20121

Stamina: 16039 / 16039

Mana: 10685 / 10685

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After Platinum Bug General Cosette stood up, he just hooked his finger at Jiang Ran and stopped provoking him.

Someone like him, just by standing there, is actually enough to provoke others.

After Jiang Ran had identified Kset's new data, he sat down directly and calmly waited for the paralysis effect to wear off.

It was mentioned before that Jiang Ran had discovered the numerical trap of the "Level 3 Cosette", and now, Jiang Ran noticed that the "Level 5 Cosette" had been "modified" into an even more outrageous "trap".

Jiang Ran still had some confidence in his memory. He clearly remembered that the total value of the fourth-order, level 140 Frost Wolf Frozan should be around .

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[The screenshot above is from chapter 7.31 - Underground Caverns]

However, this Platinum Bug General, Cosette, was only one level higher than the Frost Wolf, but his total value added up to a staggering 46,000!

Nearly twice the size of the Frost Wolf!

What kind of numerical monster is this?!

Jiang Ran could accept that there would be some differences between different people and different species in the same class and level, but when the numerical difference was so exaggerated, there was no way to explain it.

Therefore, Jiang Ran was more inclined to believe that the "Trial" had tampered with Cosette again.

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Now, Jiang Ran's paralysis has been lifted, but he has no intention of challenging this fifth-level Kseth, even though his magic power is still abundant.

After four consecutive battles, Jiang Ran gradually realized that each "evolution" of Cosette seemed to be intended to optimize his fighting style.

Frankly speaking, if Jiang Ran didn't have the trump card of "Golden Bracelet·Goblin's Cunning" to use in the last battle, he would probably still be in a tough fight.

The skill effect of "Golden Bracelet: Goblin's Cunning" is that as long as the wearer causes any damage to the target's vitality, the target will be unable to use any active skills for the next five seconds.

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[The screenshot above is from chapter 7.38 - Escape but Not Yet Reborn (Part )]

Jiang Ran first had the shadow clone attack Cosette with the less threatening poisonous dagger. This was both a test of whether the poison could be stacked and a foreshadowing for the subsequent "Plan B".

After discovering that the stacking poison had failed, Jiang Ran immediately activated the skill effect of "Golden Bracelet: Goblin's Cunning", and then took advantage of the fact that Cosette was unable to use his skills and wiped him out in one go with his maximum firepower within five seconds.

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It feels great to win from a comeback, but using up two of your trump cards is an unavoidable reality.

The cooldown time for the skill "Goblin's Special Deal" is 24 hours, which means Jiang Ran can no longer execute some bold and imaginative tactics;

Although the cooldown time of "Golden Bracelet·Goblin's Cunning" is only 30 seconds, Jiang Ran has reason to guess that "Trial" already knows that he has this ability, so the fifth-level "Platinum Bug General·Ceset" must have a countermeasure against this ability.

Therefore, Jiang Ran decisively gave up fighting. He believed that the decision he made was correct.

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However, there is a saying in the Book of Documents: Explanation of Destiny: "It is easy to say but difficult to do."

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a thinker named Wang Shouren who proposed a philosophical viewpoint called "the unity of knowledge and action";

Jiang Ran believed that he was right, but watching the more than 800 seconds decreasing second by second, he felt like he was being tortured to death, and every second was more painful and unbearable than the last.

In the countdown in the sky, with every second that passed, Jiang Ran would ask himself, "Am I right?"

He couldn't help but worry, "What if the challenge level isn't high enough?"

Then, as the time left dwindled, the anxiety started to grow.

When there were only 300 seconds left, Jiang Ran began to think that this fifth-level "Platinum Bug General Cosette" did not seem to be invincible.

When the time came to the last 100 seconds, Jiang Ran had even begun to formulate a strategy.

"As long as we can find out his true intentions first, and then find a way to exploit his weaknesses..."

"Yes, I still have the trump card 'Yanma's Advent' to use..."

"Twenty thousand vitality points would melt before Yama's advent..."

Jiang Ran seemed to be possessed by a demon, talking to himself non-stop.

The pressure of "I might have made a wrong judgment" made it difficult for him to maintain his composure.

Finally, when there were only fifty seconds left in the countdown, Jiang Ran began to lose control of his body. He stood up and walked towards Cosette uncontrollably.

At this moment, Jiang Ran suddenly grabbed the poisonous dagger and stabbed it into his thigh.

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8.37 - Unity of Knowledge and Action

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Current Challenge Level: 5

Reward Level: 4

Time remaining: 49 seconds

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The intense pain brought Jiang Ran out of his trance. He fell to the ground, gasping for breath, still frightened by the fact that he almost attacked Platinum Bug General Cosette.

After taking a break, Jiang Ran checked the wound on his thigh. Fortunately, he still had some sense when he stabbed him, and no artery was injured.

However, Jiang Ran was speechless to find that he had actually poisoned himself.

The poison of the Corrupted Dagger is a corrosive poison that will last until the target dies. Each layer of corrosive poison deals 6 points of damage per second.

Jiang Ran glanced at the remaining time on the countdown. Fortunately, there were only 43 seconds left. He could still withstand the less than points of damage.

As for the issue of the corrosive poison being fatal, according to the experience of the last trial, as long as the challenger passes the level, the trial will help the challenger to eliminate all abnormal conditions and restore all values. If he fails to pass the level, Jiang Ran still has a bottle of antidote to backup.

Jiang Ran looked at the Platinum Bug General Cosette who was standing there quietly. This guy was now as motionless as a statue. Why did he lose control of himself like a madman just now?

Thinking carefully about everything that happened after he entered the trial, Jiang Ran had a vague guess: Maybe... there is some special magic or spell in this trial space. This kind of weird thing will make the challenger's mind more easily shaken, so Jiang Ran did not behave as calmly as usual.

Seeing the countdown coming to the last thirty seconds, in order to avoid repeating the same mistake, Jiang Ran forced himself to focus on his "vitality". He had to calculate the value of the reduction every time his vitality decreased.

What Jiang Ran didn't expect was that his attempt to divert his attention led him to a new discovery.

Jiang Ran noticed that after he was poisoned, his vitality did not decrease by 6 points every second, but sometimes by 3 points and sometimes by 4 points.

This means that he is resistant to poison damage. So where does this poison resistance come from?

Jiang Ran remembered that the "Corrupted Dagger·Poison Dragon Claw" had a description like "Poison Resistance +15", and the "Crimson Dragon Cloak" also had a description like "Poison Resistance +20". If these values ​​were understood as percentages, then it would make perfect sense.

（6 X（100%-15%-20%）= 3.9……所以才会有时候减少3点有时候减少4点吗？）

After the calculation, Jiang Ran made a new discovery. The underlying rules of this world can be calculated to decimal places, but the values ​​he can see at present are only integers.

This means that after Jiang Ran's super-dimensional divine eye level is upgraded again, he should be able to discover more truths about the Prison Star World.

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When people focus on anything, time always passes very quickly.

While Jiang Ran was thinking about these things, the last thirty seconds passed quietly, and then the countdown information in the sky disappeared. The "Platinum Bug General Cosette" who was standing motionless also turned into black smoke and returned to the dark magic circle.

(Is it over?)