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Finally, Wu Ming stood in front of the teleportation array. He paused for a moment, took a deep breath, calmed himself down, then activated the magic shield and light work skills, and stepped into the teleportation array of the next level without hesitation.

What caught his eye was a long passage. Wu Ming walked along the road to the top and found that there were five suspended diamond-shaped earth platforms.

In the next moment, a hint for passing the level suddenly appeared in front of Wu Ming. This hint was the key clue to passing this level.

"Brave team members, please use the following clues to guess the three-digit combination hidden on the platform! As long as you can successfully guess the correct answer, you will successfully complete the level! But remember, if you guess wrong once, the terrifying dark tide will surge in, and with it, a surging army of monsters! May good luck always be with you!"

"This should be similar to the rope climbing challenge from before! I just don't know what kind of monsters will make up this wave of monsters? Could it be those low-level Green Water Spirits that are used to gain experience?"

Wu Ming stared at the pass hint and thought to himself.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown. However, with the experience of the previous level, Wu Ming knew very well that to successfully pass this level, he still needed to skillfully use the coordination between the shadow clone and the substitute technique.

Fortunately, the shadow clone will follow in one's own shadow without giving any orders, and the substitution technique can be activated immediately by simply casting the summoning method again.

"Even with the worst luck, it'll only take nine attempts to pass! I'm curious how many tries it will take me to guess the correct number arrangement!"

He began racking his brains to analyze various possible combinations of numbers. After the analysis, Wu Ming muttered to himself and fell into deep thought.

Wu Ming carefully placed the scarecrow at position 1 on the dirt platform. After all, it was a scarecrow designed to protect him from damage. He took a deep breath, looked sharply at his own shadow, and then issued a command with his mind.

A black shadow quickly separated from his shadow and rushed towards position 2 at an extremely fast speed like a ghost. Wu Ming himself stepped onto position 3 without any hesitation.

After everything was ready, Wu Ming stood quietly, silently calculating the time. Just over ten seconds passed, and something he had expected finally happened.

In an instant, a mysterious black aura spread like a surging cloud of thick smoke, covering the sky and the earth. This black aura came with such force that in the blink of an eye it enveloped the entire area, leaving it impenetrable like a dark abyss.

Then, a cacophony of noises began to emanate from the ground below. It was like countless insects flapping their wings and chirping simultaneously, a terrifying sound. Wu Ming looked over and saw a dense swarm of monsters swarming in from nowhere.

They are a strange blue color all over, small in size but agile, and there are so many of them that it's enough to make one's scalp numb.

"Wow, it's not Green Water Spirit this time. But if you look closely, it's actually not much different from Green Water Spirit, just the color has changed! Could it be that they are all 'blue and thin'?"

Wu Ming couldn't help but mutter to himself.

At this time, a large group of blue water spirits continuously poured out from the passage. They jumped up and down, and from time to time jumped on their companions' heads to play stacking, and rushed towards the earth platform where Wu Ming was.

Faced with such a dangerous situation, Wu Ming didn't hesitate at all. He moved quickly and teleported off the platform like an arrow.

The next moment after teleporting, he directly activated the magic shield and lightness skills. A layer of magic shield flashing with light blue light instantly appeared around his body, then merged into his body and disappeared.

Next, Wu Ming used the lightning spell, a group attack skill, on the group of aggressive blue water spirits without hesitation.

For a moment, Wu Ming turned into light again, followed by lightning and thunder. Dazzling lightning bolts from the electromagnetic field around his body struck the blue water spirits fiercely.

The surging lightning rushed towards Lan Shuiling like a dragon. While hunting, Wu Ming also used the snail throwing technique and then checked the monster's details.

【Blue Water Spirit】

Rating: 15

Health: 260/300

Attack: 5

Defense: 10

Magical Defense: 10

Description: A water spirit monster that lives in dark underground areas. Compared to the Green Water Spirit, it moves faster and has a higher evasion rate, making it difficult for beginners to deal with.

"Wow! This is actually twice the level of Green Water Spirit!"

Wu Ming stared at the details of the monster with wide eyes, and exclaimed in his heart.

Looking at the monster's detailed attributes, Wu Ming's face showed no sign of panic, but rather a look of ease. He nimbly moved among the monsters, unleashing lightning spells with all his might, each time killing a large group of blue water spirits.

This wave of monsters was far larger than any he had encountered before, seemingly several times larger than the previous level. Wu Ming fought fiercely against this surging tide of beasts, time ticking by. After more than ten minutes, he finally slew all the monsters.

[You killed Green Water Spirit and gained 52 experience points.]

[You killed Green Water Spirit and gained 18 experience points.]

[You killed Green Water Spirit and gained 18 experience points.]

. . .

"Damn, I'm so tired!"

"This damn Blue Water Spirit has no mana at all! My passive skill is completely incapable of absorbing its MP to replenish my own. Furthermore, I wasted over a dozen bottles of precious vitality potions just to maintain my combat effectiveness!"

Wu Ming stopped panting and couldn't help complaining. Thinking about the fact that he had to drink more than a dozen bottles of vitality potions to restore his mana in the process, he couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in his flesh.

What made him even more depressed was that, perhaps because of the dungeon monsters, these hunted blue water spirits did not drop light balls containing drops as usual.

The moment they died, just like the Green Water Spirit in the previous level, they turned into a ball of black gas and disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace.

"I still have two or three hundred bottles of vitality potions, which is enough for me for now! Luckily, the drop rate of this potion is quite high when hunting stone men!"

Looking at the vitality medicine in his backpack and then at the experience bar, Wu Ming breathed a sigh of relief. At least, the experience gained from these dozen bottles of medicine was worth it.

"123 is wrong, then it's 124!"

Wu Ming thought to himself, and then stepped onto Platform No. 4 again without hesitation.

However, it turned out that this time, he still couldn't do what he wanted. As expected, the result was still wrong, which meant that he needed to face the annoying blue water spirits once again and eliminate them completely.

When Wu Ming finished this round of cleaning, he subconsciously glanced at the potion in his backpack. At this moment, a faint sense of unease surged in his heart.

After two consecutive fierce battles with Lan Shuiling, he had consumed nearly fifty bottles of vitality potions, and now there were only a little over two hundred left in his backpack. If he continued to use skills at such a high intensity in the next battle, he would likely face a shortage of MP potions.

Thinking of this, Wu Ming decided to open the auction system to see if there were any higher-level potions available for purchase that could restore more MP.

But just as he clicked on the operation interface, a damning prompt popped up on the screen: "Sorry, you are currently in a copy and cannot open the auction system at the moment."

"What the hell! At this critical moment, they don't even allow us to use the auction system!"

When Wu Ming saw this message, he was stunned and cursed in his heart!

In desperation, Wu Ming resorted to the most primitive method, using local materials. He took out the rich chair from his backpack and sat on it, quietly waiting for his HP and MP to slowly recover.

Recalling the two failed encounters with the Blue Water Spirit when he had just entered the second level, his MP had not yet fully recovered from hunting the Green Water Spirit, so he had to continuously drink vitality potions to maintain his combat effectiveness.

Now that he found that he could not purchase the urgently needed potion through the auction system, Wu Ming knew that he had to be extra careful.

After all, he had no idea what kind of monsters were hidden in the next map he was about to enter. If he wasn't careful, he might end up being resurrected.

After seeing his MP of more than 3,000 recovered, Wu Ming stepped onto Platform No. 5 again.

"It's numb, and it's not right! It won't be the last one!"

This time, Wu Ming learned his lesson and moved the scarecrow directly to platform No. 3. Then he sent his shadow clone to platform No. 4, and waited on platform No. 5 himself.

"Wow! It really is the last set of numbers!"

Watching the black air on the map disappear and turn into lush green grass, Wu Ming complained in his heart.

Then he went straight into the next level.

This time, a passage higher than the previous level appeared, but at the end of the passage there was a five-pointed star altar.

"Brave team members, please use the following clues to guess the three-digit combination hidden on the altar! As long as you can successfully guess the correct answer, you will successfully complete the level! But remember, if you guess wrong even once, the terrifying dark tide will surge in, and with it, a surging army of monsters! May good luck always be with you!"

This time, I actually have to stand on the five-pointed star altar! Wu Ming muttered to himself, thinking that it shouldn't be much different from the previous levels.

After he skillfully arranged the scarecrow, he directed his shadow clone to stand at a random corner, while he himself casually stepped onto another corner.

As expected, nothing unexpected happened. The next moment, a thick black gas quickly spread out, covering the entire five-pointed star altar and the map.

However, what surprised Wu Ming this time was that the wave of monsters emerging from the darkness was no longer the familiar blue water spirits, but had turned into a group of ferocious crocodiles!

However, for the powerful Wu Ming, this was just a piece of cake. He swung the weapon in his hand easily, releasing a series of sharp lightning attacks that burst out in an instant. Before the crocodiles could get close, they fell to the ground and died.

After getting rid of these crocodiles, Wu Ming took a short rest. After his MP was fully recovered, he began to walk back and forth on the pentagram altar to explore.

这次可真是全凭运气了，因为这个五角星祭坛与之前遇到过的关卡平台截然不同。之前的平台可以清晰地标示出 1、2、3、4、5 等序号，方便攻略副本的人按照顺序依次触发机关来排除线索。

But this five-pointed star altar is located directly in a circular area, and each corner looks almost identical. Wu Ming really finds it difficult to tell which one is the so-called corner No. 1.

In this way, time passed by minute by minute, and Wu Ming kept trying to step into different corners, but he was still unable to find the number to pass the level.

Fail, then clean up the crocodile, rest to restore MP, and try again, as if entering reincarnation.

Nearly two hours passed. When Wu Ming recovered his MP and stepped into a corner again, suddenly, a dazzling light rose from under his feet, instantly illuminating the entire space.

"Haha, I finally cleared the level! It was so fucking tiring! It's a multiplayer dungeon after all, and it's really tiring to complete it all by myself!"

Wu Ming shouted excitedly, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this level really took up a lot of energy and time!

"If there's no experience points to be gained from the monsters on this map, I'd really quit trying to conquer this dungeon!"

Wu Ming looked at the map in front of him, which was originally shrouded in black air and was gloomy and terrifying. At this moment, all the black air had been dispelled, presenting a beautiful scene with birds singing and flowers blooming. He couldn't help but complain harshly.

He stood there, sitting on the luxurious chair, quietly waiting for his MP to slowly recover. Time passed by, and when his MP was finally fully restored, Wu Ming turned around without hesitation, took a firm step, and walked straight into the teleportation array leading to the next map without looking back.

A strong feeling of dizziness washed over Wu Ming like a tide, and he felt as if the world had turned upside down. When the dizziness finally subsided, he slowly opened his eyes and began to examine the mysterious map before him.

The first thing that caught my eye were the faintly glowing buildings. Like stars twinkling in the night sky, they brought a touch of light to this otherwise dim place. These buildings varied in shape, some tall and majestic, others small and exquisite, but all exuded an ancient and mysterious aura.

The building was surrounded by a tall, cyan stone wall. The wall appeared indestructible, its surface clean and pristine, as if newly constructed. Each stone in the wall had a unique pattern, each one seemingly telling its own story, silently speaking its mind.

In the left and right corners of the map stood two massive and magnificent stone pillars. Towering into the clouds, they were meticulously carved with a variety of exquisite patterns. These intricate and delicate patterns unfolded before our eyes like a series of artistic scrolls. A faint glow emanated from the stone pillars, a breathtaking sight.

In the very center of the map, a massive statue of a green water spirit stands out. It's incredibly lifelike, as if poised to spring to life at any moment. Unlike the usual green water spirit images, this one wears a dazzling crown, lending it an air of unparalleled nobility.

However, after a careful inspection, Wu Ming was surprised to find that there were no monsters on the map, nor any quest instructions. He searched the map again, but still found nothing.

Looking at this bright but empty map, and recalling the maps he had experienced before that were shrouded in black air and full of dangers, Wu Ming suddenly felt a little confused and had no idea what to do next.

The very next moment, Wu Ming moved forward curiously, wanting to observe this peculiar green water spirit statue more clearly.