I conquered the cultivation world with scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Bai Zhizhou cuts blood to set up an array.

Sensing danger, the group continued their attack. Compared to the giant stone snake, the orchid mantis, being an arthropod, was not entirely hard.

The orchid mantis did not move; its abdomen was now sunken and covered with numerous wounds.

Seeing the Orchid Mantis's health bar getting thinner and thinner, Helian Fenghua was overjoyed:

"It was so hard, we're finally about to kill him. We've been fighting for four hours now."

Helian Fenghua's tone was cheerful, and He Bi's eyes also showed joy.

The two rushed forward, but suddenly a strong gust of wind blew them away.

This gust of wind was much stronger than the initial gust that the orchid mantis had blown.

Apart from those who were on guard, Long Aotian, and Jiang He, everyone else was blown to the cave entrance.

Just as she was about to succeed, Helian Fenghua was blown to the ground. She braced herself with her sword and tried to get up to finish off the enemy.

Jiang He and Long Aotian shared the same idea.

They absolutely must not let the orchid mantis lay its eggs, otherwise they will not only have to face an A-rank monster, but also many monsters that may be C-rank.

The orchid mantis was furious at the sight of so many humans attacking it, but its berserk phase had already ended. Looking at the humans, each one brimming with spiritual energy, it crouched on the ground and swiftly snapped its mandibles at Long Aotian, who was closest to it.

Long Aotian showed no intention of backing down in the face of the orchid mantis's attack. He met the attack head-on and, together with Jiang He, cut off the monster's other foreleg.

"Well done!"

Helian Fenghua cheered.

But before she could be happy for long, Helian Fenghua's smile froze. Then, looking at the egg case that the orchid mantis was slowly expelling, she couldn't help but gasp.

In less than ten minutes, the orchid mantis laid a number of eggs under its body.

A total of five egg cases were released, and each egg case typically hatches between 30 and 50 eggs.

Helian Fenghua's face turned deathly pale:

"They can have children like that, and so many at that, it's insane."

As the temperature continued to rise, Helian Fenghua felt that the clothes inside her school uniform were all sticky with sweat.

The clothes clung tightly to the skin, which didn't feel good for anyone, but the feeling was even worse for the egg cases that were about to hatch.

The orchid mantis protected the egg cases behind its back.

Except for the unconscious Jin Dazhu, everyone got up and quickly approached the orchid mantis. Their target was the five egg cases, and since it concerned their college entrance exam scores, everyone used all their strength to attack the egg cases.

Taking advantage of the orchid mantis's weakness, the group worked together and managed to break two of the five egg cases and puncture the eggs one by one.

As they tried to break open the other three egg cases, the orchid mantis exerted its strength again, this time flying high into the air while holding the egg cases.

"The orchid mantis is stalling for time. Everyone, pay attention to the direction of your attack."

The orchid mantis was heartbroken to see its eggs destroyed by these humans. Suddenly, its compound eyes flashed with a strange light, and it was this light that shone through.

Upon seeing the compound eyes of the orchid mantis, the cultivator felt dizzy and collapsed to the ground. Jiang He lowered her head quickly but was still affected.

At that moment, she felt dizzy.

The orchid mantis perches on the orchid, and as the temperature rises, the eggs in the egg case slowly hatch.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang He saw countless small mantises hatch.

They spread their forelegs, pierce the eggs, and then crawl out.

As if facing a famine, the densely packed orchid mantises burst out of their egg cases and immediately climbed onto the female orchid mantises.

Soon, they saw the horrifying scene they had witnessed at the beginning again.

Instead of swarming towards them, the small orchid mantises perched on the female orchid mantis and opened their mouthparts.

The small orchid mantis is even more ferocious than the female orchid mantis.

Helian Fenghua swallowed hard:

"How come this orchid mantis is born a predator? It even eats its own mother. I now seriously suspect that they eat anything they see."

"Attention all candidates taking the maze dungeon: the maze dungeon level has been increased from easy to difficult."

Upon hearing this statement, some examinees who were still wandering around in a certain part of the maze looked completely bewildered, unable to find the next monster.

Candidate 1: "What happened? Why was it upgraded to the difficult level?"

Candidate XX: "I don't know. By the way, how do I get to this road?"

The barrage of comments kept being generated.

[Why is this group of test takers still here, mwah? The other group is already on the highway.]

*Ahem*, that's not how you use that phrase.

Don't worry about using it that way. Look closely at those orchid mantises; they've actually eaten their own mothers. Their level must be high, not low.

No way, the orchid mantis born from an A-rank monster should only be C-rank, B-rank at most.

I'm curious why the dungeon difficulty suddenly increased. Is it just because these little orchid mantises leveled up?

Conan: The person upstairs is half right. The difficulty of the dungeon is indeed adjusted based on the number of monsters. You can see this by looking at the level of the Orchid Mantis detected by the instrument. It really does correspond to the rule of the end of the maze.

The expert is back again. Could you please explain this more clearly? I don't understand.

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There are three egg cases, and each egg case contains thirty to fifty orchid mantises. The orchid mantises are densely packed on the female orchid mantis, feeding on her. He Bi couldn't even count how many there were.

Before he could even pick up the sword from the ground, Jiang He and the others dragged him away. Only then did the instrument display the number and grade of these orchid mantises.

These little orchid mantises are neither C-level nor B-level monsters. After testing, they were finally determined to be A-level monsters!

There were a total of 112 orchid mantises. They were very powerful and bit off more than half of the female orchid mantis in one go.

The female orchid mantis, having lost its forelegs, could only struggle in agony, watching helplessly as it was slowly devoured, its compound eyes seemingly filled with regret.

Why stand there dumbfounded? You've already connected all the dots in an instant:

"These orchid mantises are Grade A, so they can kill female orchid mantises that are also Grade A."

He slapped his thigh suddenly:

"Damn, so this is what increasing the difficulty of the dungeon means. Damn the Education Bureau, they dug a hole here!"

"With so many A-rank monsters, are we really left with no choice but to retreat?"

Helian Fenghua asked unwillingly.

"Let's retreat, saving our lives is the priority, sigh."

Why sigh?

After everyone retreated to the cave entrance, Jiang He and Long Aotian both stopped in their tracks.

Jiang He looked into the cave and automatically converted these Grade A orchid mantises into 112 Grade A crystal cores:

"If we don't retreat, we can still fight."