Legendary Person: I brought my skills back to reality!

Upon receiving Xu Hao's message, Qiao Xi's doubts weren't completely dispelled, but she had no better option at the moment. She waved her hand and said in a deep voice, "Maintain formation, keep in sight, and keep your eyes peeled. Now, get down!"

The team members followed orders and filed into the deep cave entrance.

As Xu Hao had said, the spiral stone steps did not trigger any forced teleportation. As they went deeper, the air grew increasingly cold and damp, and the outline of the vast space below gradually became clearer. When the last team member stepped onto the plaza's surface, everyone was awestruck by the sight before them.

This is an unimaginably vast underground plaza, with an uneven surface and jagged rocks. In the distance, there are indistinct, enormous stone pillars, like the tombstones of ancient giants.

Above us was an endless dark dome, and the air was thick with the nauseating smell of sulfur and blood.

Xu Hao was already waiting near the entrance. When he saw everyone come down, he quickly went up to them and lowered his voice: "Sis, I searched around this area again, but there's still nothing. It's eerily quiet."

Qiao Xi nodded, her sharp gaze sweeping across the empty, desolate square: "Okay, I understand. Everyone stay alert, form a defensive formation, and we'll explore the central area."

The group moved forward cautiously, their footsteps amplified in the open environment, making them exceptionally clear.

The warriors marched in front, the mages in the middle, and the Taoists brought up the rear.

Xu Hao moved like a ghost along the edge of the group, warily observing the shadows around them. After walking about a hundred meters, the surroundings remained deathly silent; apart from themselves, there was no sign of any living thing. The impatient warrior couldn't help but mutter, "This damn place... it's really weird, not even a single monster spawns?"

Before he finished speaking, a sudden change occurred!

Without warning, dozens of blinding white lights simultaneously burst forth from the ground and air around the team!

The light, like boiling energy, flickered and twisted violently. In just an instant, the light dissipated, and a large group of ferocious monsters appeared on the spot!

Dozens of light spots spread out on the ground like puddles, the viscous light surging and solidifying upwards, quickly outlining a chilling silhouette—it was the same Sirius Spider, Moon Demon Spider, Flower Kiss Spider, Phantom Spider, Black-edged Spider, and Venomous Spider we had encountered before!

They broke free from the light, revealing their deep blue carapaces, purple fluorescence, pink patterns, translucent bodies, jet-black armor, and those familiar venomous pincers, which appeared densely from all directions, hissing and their scarlet or pale green compound eyes fixed on the group, instantly forming an encirclement.

Immediately afterwards, several even larger orbs of light exploded violently in the air, the turbulent energy currents causing everyone's clothes to flutter and the ground beneath their feet to tremble slightly. At the center of the light, two enormous, breathtaking figures were rapidly solidifying.

One was a towering giant, several meters tall, covered in dark golden fur, with two ferocious heads and exposed fangs—a two-headed Vajra! It landed with a dull thud, then pounded its chest, which was covered in thick muscles, and let out a deafening roar. Its two pairs of fierce eyes were filled with savagery as it locked onto the crowd.

In the blink of an eye, the once empty and desolate square was completely filled with these suddenly appearing monsters, surrounding the team completely.

The hissing of various spiders and the roar of the two-headed giant gorilla, mixed with the stench emanating from the monster, created an aura of despair and death that instantly enveloped everyone.

"Enemy attack! Defend!" A chorus of exclamations and roars erupted in the team chat.

The soldiers immediately formed a circular defensive line, and the lights of their weapons flashed instantly.

The mages chanted spells, and frost and lightning exploded among the monsters, while the Taoists unleashed their buff skills as if they were free.

However, the number of monsters was far too great, and their distribution was too "perfect," just outside the optimal distance for the team to move and cast spells, completely blocking all possible escape routes.

"Damn it! What's going on?!" someone shouted in alarm and anger. "Where did all these monsters come from?!"

Amidst the chaos, Qiao Xi remained remarkably calm. While wielding her staff and casting spells to support the warriors at the front, she rapidly analyzed the situation. Her brows were furrowed, and her eyes were icy.

For a long time, people have believed that the spawning of monsters is highly random in terms of both location and time.

But there are always patterns to follow.

Generally speaking, when a small team is exploring a map, they will most likely encounter monsters in front of or to the side, and then the team will either actively engage or evade them.

Occasionally, monsters may suddenly spawn beside you, catching you off guard, but this is usually just one or two at a time, and the number will never be large, let alone pose a fatal threat.

But what about right now?

This isn't "refreshing around you," it's "refreshing all around you"!

And it wasn't just one or two, but a whole large group, so numerous that they could instantly encircle each other.

What's even stranger is that the encirclement was neither too big nor too small, just enough to completely trap their small team of several dozen people in the core, leaving no gaps, as if it were a trap tailor-made after precisely calculating their position and team size.

This is definitely not a normal random refresh!

A name flashed through Qiao Xi's mind instantly—Thursday.

It seems that guy's authority not only disables randomly teleported items, but he can even precisely control the spawn locations and numbers of monsters!

It previously caused a lot of trouble for everyone with forced teleportation, and now it has come up with this "perfectly surrounded" refresh method. First, it uses a vast and desolate environment to lower their guard, and then suddenly attacks, putting them in the most dangerous situation.

"It was Thursday's doing..." Qiao Xi muttered to herself, "Controlling the monster respawn?"

A chill ran down her spine, and even Qiao Xi felt a sense of unease as she watched the team suddenly surrounded and in grave danger.

The roars of monsters all around, the shouts of the team members, the explosions of spells, and the muffled thuds of warriors' weapons clashing all mingled together, making eardrums buzz.

She instinctively waved her staff, and a blazing wall of fire rose up beneath the warrior's feet, temporarily repelling several Moon Demon Spiders that pounced on her. At the same time, she narrowly avoided a spider silk shot from the side.

As Qiao Xi's gaze swept over the monsters that had solidified from the light and were positioned in tricky locations, especially the two enormous two-headed giants, a clear idea surfaced in her mind: "So that's it... controlling the spawn points and their numbers..."

This thought didn't make her more nervous; instead, it felt like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. The corners of her tightly pressed lips even curled upwards almost imperceptibly, carrying a hint of cold mockery.

"Heh," she chuckled almost silently, but her spellcasting didn't stop. Another chain of lightning leaped precisely between several Flower-Kissing Spiders, causing a paralysis effect. "So this is your method, Thursday?"

"That's not enough!"