Traveling through the game world

Opening his character panel casually, Lian Yang saw the experience points needed to level up to 30 and said smugly, "Looks like the gains are pretty good. I'm level 29, almost 30. Little Dot has finally reached level 20 too; soon it will be our helper." After checking his own panel, he glanced at Little Dot. In Dungeon & Fighter, pet leveling experience is the same as adventurers; after level 15, the experience required to level up increases exponentially. However, since the level is still relatively low, leveling up is generally quite fast.

Baron casually opened his character panel and said, "Level 34, such a good opportunity is hard to come by. What about you, Alice?"

"Level 31, just leveled up." Looking at the character panel, Alice said, "It seems we're in some trouble. Letting Hughman escaped."

Waving his hand dismissively, Lian Yang said, "It's alright. He wouldn't dare do anything openly. At most, he might hire some assassins, but the truly top-tier assassins in the Huttonmar Ruins won't come. At most, a few level 45 or 50 assassins would be quite formidable."

While it's difficult for Lian Yang and his group to defeat beings above level 45, even the most skilled Shadow Dancers couldn't eliminate them silently. This is because Lian Yang and his team have advantages in terms of contracts and equipment.

Although Liedinghuman was an imperial nobleman, colluding with a band of thieves was a serious crime. If he dared to expose this, it would not be Lian Yang and the others who would die.

Shaking his head, Baron said, "No matter how much we talk, in the end we still need to fight to solve the problem. Let's go, let's go deeper into the area. I have a feeling we'll run into that goblin named Maggie today."

After two fierce battles, it was already noon, and the ruins of Huttonmar, shrouded in the Black Nightmare, were now quite hot.

After walking through a quiet street, the mushroom-man monsters that should have been everywhere seemed to have vanished. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Lian Yang said gravely, "Something seems wrong. We were walking very carefully before, which is why we didn't encounter many mushroom-men, but now we're just walking normally, yet there are still a few monsters on the road. This is very strange."

Upon hearing Lian Yang's words, Alice, who also felt puzzled, carefully observed the surrounding environment. Pointing to a patch of grass in the distance, Alice said, "There are traces of a large group passing by there. There were probably around two hundred people."

Baron continued, "There were only about a hundred people who attacked us at the time, but they were all of low rank."

"Those people were just stalling for time!" Lian Yang said confidently. "As for Redding and Schumacher, they were probably originally there to hold us off or even kill us. Their main force quietly advanced while we were fighting, they must have discovered some new boss!"

"Follow me!" Alice found the direction the Black Hat Thieves were heading and called to Lian Yang and the others to run at top speed.

Following the trail of the Black Hat Thieves, the further they went, the more chaotic the ground became, with occasional sightings of freshly killed mushroom-men. Lian Yang and the others immediately felt relieved; the Black Hat Thieves must have discovered a new boss, because only boss-level monsters could summon a large army of mushroom-men to protect them.

Soon, the sounds of fierce fighting ahead reached Lian Yang and the others clearly. Taking off his weapon, Lian Yang said, "When we go up there, don't hold back! Unleash your wide-range skills! Let's check things out first."

Sure enough, the Black Hat Thieves discovered another mushroom-man boss, and this one was even more powerful than the previous Super Mushroom Man, Bernanze.

At this moment, the Super Mushroom Man sat firmly at the rear of the Mushroom Man army. At the very front were the most basic Mushroom Man monsters, the Mushroom Man Clowns, and in the middle were the Mushroom Man Commanders. The Super Mushroom Man stood at the very back, responsible for commanding.

As expected of a team specifically sent to fight bosses, this black-hatted band of thieves had an average strength of at least level 30. They were slaughtering the mushroom-man clowns like cutting vegetables, but there were just too many of them. They would painstakingly kill one group, advance a few meters, and then another densely packed horde of mushroom-man clowns would appear.

The Black Hat Thieves, who had been fighting for an unknown amount of time, were still at least 30 meters away from the Super Mushroom Man. Although many Black Hat Thieves lay dead on the ground, the Mushroom Man army was beginning to experience a vacuum.

The ultimate strategy for taking down a boss is to eliminate the enemy when they are about to kill the boss, and then finish off the boss, saving time and effort. And clearly, Lian Yang is currently planning to do just that.

It wasn't that Lian Yang cared much about what the boss could drop, but rather that he wanted to better weaken the Black Hat Thieves. There were still 130 members of the Black Hat Thieves on the field, and if they really rushed in all at once, it would definitely be a tough fight for Lian Yang and his group.

The stalemate continued, and it was fortunate that Dungeon Fighter Online had such amazing potions, otherwise no unit could have fought in close combat for so long.

At this moment, the Black Hat Thieves were less than 5 meters away from the Super Mushroom Man, and the monster that had been charging at the forefront of the Mushroom Man's attack had now become the Mushroom Man Commander. The Black Cat Thieves now had only about 90 members left.

Lian Yang drew his weapon and ordered, "Let's go. Remember to stab the Super Mushroom Man a few more times along the way. No one will notice in the chaos."

The Three-Stage Slash was faster than the battlefield. "Draw Sword Slash!" Taking advantage of the Black Hat Thieves' inattention, Lian Yang decisively unleashed a Draw Sword Slash with the largest damage range in the most densely packed area of ​​the crowd.

Baron also chose the most crowded spot, unleashing his fury and releasing all of his Blood Blade at the Black Hat Thieves around him.

But when it comes to killing the most people, it has to be Alice. With a flick of her wrist, she unleashes an FM-92MK2 howitzer, followed immediately by an FM31. Taking advantage of the distance, just as the howitzer fire ended, she turned around and fired a charged laser cannon. Firearms truly are the masters of the battlefield; when it comes to killing monsters, even Lian Yang and Baron can only admire Alice's speed.

A sudden attack further decimated the already severely weakened Black Hat Thieves, reducing their numbers by another third. While a force of over ninety men still held some advantage against the Mushroom Man army, the surprise attack by Lian Yang and his group revealed that the Mushroom Man's superior units and commander were now gaining the upper hand over the Black Hat Thieves.

At this moment, the leader of the Black Hat Thieves said angrily, "Damn it, you guys are ruining my plans again! I won't let you get away with this! Let's retreat!"

The leader of the Black Hat Thieves was well aware of the situation. If it weren't for Lian Yang and his group interfering, he was confident he could kill the Super Mushroom Man when his forces were reduced to 70. At this point, the Hendon Myre Ruins were teeming with adventurers as long as there was money. Therefore, no matter how many people died, as long as the boss was defeated, he would profit.

However… Lian Yang's intrusion disrupted all his plans. Before even reaching the designated location, his forces had dwindled to 60, below his required number to kill the boss. Moreover, Lian Yang, lurking nearby, was clearly no pushover. When things go wrong, running away is the thieves' usual style.

A single attack wiped out 30 of the enemy's men. Seeing the bandit group trying to escape, even Lian Yang didn't stop them; the adage "never pursue a cornered enemy" holds true. Turning back to Alice and Baron, he said, "Let's take down the boss quickly! Hmm? This looks a lot like Bernanke?"

Lian Yang glanced back at the boss and realized that the giant mushroom-like figure in front of him looked a lot like Bernanze. But he had already defeated Bernanze and gotten all the experience and equipment. This puzzled Lian Yang greatly.

But Lian Yang saw the Super Mushroom Man, and the Super Mushroom Man clearly saw Lian Yang too. The Super Mushroom Man shouted angrily, "It's you again, you damned human! Soldiers, kill them all!" Though his words were fierce, his feet were already secretly preparing to leave the battlefield.

Upon seeing this, Lian Yang confirmed that the giant mushroom man before him was indeed Bo Nanze, though he didn't know why he had resurrected. He immediately shouted, "Now that I've seen you, you still want to run? Die! Flowing Heart Leap!" The distance, which was originally about five meters, had become six or seven meters due to Bo Nanze's retreat, but Lian Yang easily caught up with him using Flowing Heart Leap.

"Come back here!" Lian Yang conjured a whirlwind of sword energy and blood energy in his left hand, forcefully pulling the fleeing Bo Nanze back. It was the Bloodthirsty Demon-Sealing Slash, only Lian Yang's version infused with sword energy.

As for Bernanze, as one of the Mushroom Man bosses, he was living a pretty good life, if not luxurious. But then the damned Black Hat Thieves came to hunt him down, and he also angered three enemies, including Lian Yang. The shadow of being killed by Lian Yang last time was deeply etched into his heart. This time, after being resurrected through spores, he was discovered by the Black Hat Thieves again, and what's even more infuriating is that Lian Yang, that scoundrel, has returned.

Unfortunately, Lian Yang couldn't hear his inner monologue, because Lian Yang didn't care what the boss was thinking. Lian Yang knew that killing him would bring him a lot of benefits.

Yang relentlessly unleashed a barrage of attacks—including the Ghost Sword Technique, Triple Slash, Mountain Crash, Draw Sword Slash, Rage Burst, Soul Devouring Hand, and Bloodthirsty Demon Sealing Slash—on Bo Nanze as soon as their cooldowns were over. Bo Nanze was left in excruciating pain.

The mushroom-man Da Jun, whom he had been counting on, was now being completely suppressed by Alice Baron and Little Dot, along with the Qilin, making it impossible for them to help. As for the miserable Bernanze, although his own attacks were powerful and heavy, and could fiercely strike Lian Yang, every time he was hit, Lian Yang would drink a potion and immediately be fully healed.

Bo Nanze's attacks did not cause any damage to Lian Yang, but Lian Yang's skills were deadly to Bo Nanze. The mushroom army that was right next to him could not help him fight the enemy. In Bo Nanze's great frustration, he was killed by Lian Yang for the second time!

After taking down the towering Bernanze, the mushroom-man army, which had been charging fearlessly, suddenly retreated in a frenzy. In a short time, only Lian Yang's trio and Little Dot remained on the battlefield, along with the monster corpses scattered everywhere.

"Ouch... Ouch..." No, Lian Yang seemed to hear a groan in the distance. He turned around and looked around: "Alice, did you hear a groan?"

"A groan?" Alice paused to listen carefully, then said, "Yes, there, behind Bernanze's body."

Sure enough, after bypassing Bernanze's corpse, they found a lush green goblin groaning in a small crater behind him. Judging from its injuries, it probably wouldn't have survived if Lian Yang hadn't arrived in time.

He took out a bottle of Remy's Kiss and fed it to Maggie to stabilize his injuries. Lian Yang chuckled, "It's true what they say, 'What you seek is often found without effort.' If he weren't injured and unable to run, with his small size, we really wouldn't have been able to find him if he hid."

Having found Maggie, and not the dead Maggie from the game, Lian Yang felt a little smug; after all, it altered the plot. With Maggie's injuries now stabilized and a full bag of loot, Lian Yang happily set off on his journey back to the City of Misfortune…

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