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Chapter 118 A first exploration into the underground city

2023-06-01

The origin of the dungeon is now unknown.

People only know that the underground city already existed on this land long before the gods came to the world, that is, in ancient times a thousand years ago.

The underground city at that time was a cave that appeared on the earth, like a huge mouth from the abyss. All kinds of monsters kept emerging from it, endangering the human world.

In order to deal with the monster disasters emerging from the dungeon, people of that era built a giant tower at the entrance of the dungeon, which was equivalent to putting a lid on the mouth of the dungeon to block the monsters.

The giant tower that served as a lid was the predecessor of the present Tower of Babel.

The reason why it is called the predecessor is that the giant tower has been destroyed many times.

The current Tower of Babel was built by the people of that time after the gods came to the earth a thousand years ago, and it has stood for a thousand years.

And right below the Tower of Babel is the entrance to the underground city.

As soon as you arrive at the Central Square, you can see the sacred and majestic white tower standing tall in the center of the city.

The base of the giant tower is about several hundred meters wide. Dozens of large arches facing all directions have been built on the first floor of the tower. Adventurers coming and going are constantly entering and exiting, making it look very lively.

Jiang Li suppressed his excitement, put on his equipped breastplate and dagger, and walked into the large archway.

This dungeon will become the nourishment for him to strengthen himself for a long time to come.

As soon as you enter the Tower of Babel, the first thing that catches your eye is a huge white hall. From the depths of the hall, you can faintly hear the sound of flowing water. Many adventurers walked in with blood all over their bodies, and then walked out refreshed.

Jiang Li took a quick look and then quickly walked to the center of the hall.

This is a huge hole with a diameter of more than tens of meters.

The entrance of the cave is distributed vertically, falling vertically into the underground world, like a monster with its mouth wide open, waiting for its prey to jump in unconsciously and then suffocate it in one gulp.

This is the entrance to the dungeon.

Once you go down to that entrance, you will officially step into the dungeon.

Following behind the other adventurers, Jiang Li, wearing a cloak, looked left and right like a country bumpkin, and walked slowly along the silver spiral staircase towards the underground.

…………

"Guwa!"

As soon as I stepped into the dungeon, before I had time to look around, a monster rushed up with a strange cry.

It was a monster with a dog's head. Although it walked upright, its skin was gray and rough like rock. It was about half a person's height, with black claws on its ten fingers and red eyes. It looked completely irrational.

The dog-headed man rushed towards Jiang Li at an extremely fast speed.

"Hey!"

There was a sound of a knife tearing into flesh.

Jiang Li took a step to the side and the dog-headed man happened to rush towards the dagger in his hand.

The dog-headed man showed a look of horror, but he couldn't restrain his body from rushing out. His head was instantly cut off by the dagger, and black and red blood splattered out.

The monster's body split into two and fell to the ground. The pigment on its body quickly disappeared, and then the white body collapsed directly, turning into black smoke and dissipating.

"Crack!"

Only a blue-purple crystal the size of a fingernail remained, falling to the ground from its chest.

"Unlike humans, monsters use their strength based on their abilities, making their behavior patterns easier to interpret."

Jiang Li picked up the blue-purple crystal with no expression on his face.

To him, these monsters were like wild beasts he encountered on the roadside, and these beasts even waved their claws and fangs at him, revealing a clear murderous intention.

He would still show some mercy to humans, but he would never show any mercy to monsters that showed their claws to him.

"This is the magic stone."

Jiang Li lowered his head and looked at the crystal in his hand.

Magic stones are crystals of magic that drive monsters and serve as the energy source for creatures like monsters. As long as a monster is defeated, magic stones will fall from its body. You can take them to the guild and exchange them for money. This is the main way for most adventurers to make money.

The magic stone itself seemed to contain incredible power, and the guild mastered the method of using that power to create many devices that used magic stone as energy, such as magic stone lamps, magic stone stoves, magic stone refrigerators, etc.

These are things clearly recorded in the atlas. It seems that the guild also wants adventurers to bring back as many magic stones as possible. There is great profit in the magic stone trade.

"Let's go deeper."

Jiang Li identified the map in his hand and walked towards the next floor.

According to the illustrated guide, the first level only has very weak monsters such as Gnolls and Goblins. As long as they muster up the courage, even ordinary people can defeat them.

According to the guild's recommendation, a Lv.1 solo adventurer can only go down to the 12th floor at most, and that's for the elite Lv.1. New adventurers can usually only move on the first five floors.

Jiang Li could defeat Lv.2 adventurers without using his special powers, so he should have no problem going to floors below 12. However, Finn warned him not to go to the 13th floor, so he definitely had a point in saying that... so let's just take it one step at a time and see.

Jiang Li advanced quickly in the underground city.

Following the instructions on the somewhat abstract map, he quickly crossed various straight roads and forks, went back and forth between the light blue caves, then found the stairs leading to the next level and walked in without hesitation.

After a while, he arrived at the 5th floor.

"The illustrated guide says that the difficulty of the dungeon increases slightly every five floors..."

Jiang Li walked down the slope.

What caught the eye was a corridor narrower than the one on the 4th floor, and a more complex maze terrain. The walls of the cave had also turned a more creepy light green, and some moss had grown in the corners. The complexity of the map had visibly doubled.

Not only that--

"call--!"

Silently, a lizard about half a person's height swooped down from the wall. Its color blended with the wall, making it difficult to be spotted and hard to guard against.

"Hey!"

Jiang Li did not retreat but advanced. He swung the dagger with his backhand and slashed into the lizard's open mouth. With the sound of tearing flesh, he cut its body in half.

A slightly larger magic stone fell out and he picked it up and put it in his waist bag.

"Come to think of it, according to the illustrated guide, if you're lucky, monsters won't just drop magic stones, they'll also drop items..."

Magic Stone is a must-drop item from monsters.

However, some monsters are different from other individuals of the same species and may have sharper claws. After defeating them, you may get drops such as "sharp claws", which are generally more valuable than magic stones dropped by the same monster.

But that was when he was lucky, and Jiang Li's luck was—

"Well, someone as rich as me doesn't need any dropped items at all!"

Chapter 119: Deep into the Tenth Floor

2023-06-01

"Guooooooh!"

"scare!"

In a fog.

Monsters called "little demons" with slender bodies and huge heads appeared in groups and continued to flow towards the center from all directions.

In the center, the shining blade light never stopped for a moment, as gorgeous as the dance of swords, guarding the whole body tightly. Occasionally, a flash of blade light flashed and cut off the head of a little devil.

There were more than a dozen little demons in total, but even if they rushed forward together, they couldn't gain any advantage and couldn't invade the opponent's sword barrier at all.

He seemed to be moving effortlessly, his feet constantly moving, always keeping the number of enemies he faced at the same time to a minimum, and then he swung his sword unexpectedly, effectively reducing the number of little demons.

This is a sword technique created by Jiang Li, specifically for defense, and its name is "Buddha's Light Without Leakage".

His master, the fighting god Nango Torajiro, had a very famous move called "Sword Song: Sword Dance". He relied on this move to roam the battlefield and survive every battle without any injury in the muddy melee, thus earning the reputation of "Perfect".

Jiang Li absorbed the essence of it, and then developed it into something new, transforming it into a sword skill that suits him, which is this move called Buddha's Light.

This is a sword technique that is very suitable for group battles. It can only exert its power in a melee, making its own cross-range area as inviolable as a barrier, and it can be said to be indestructible when used for defense.

As time passed, Jiang Li slowly reduced the number of little demons to only three or four.

At this point, the little demons finally felt fear and realized that this was a tough nut to crack, so they quickly fled in panic and disappeared into the thick fog.

Jiang Li did not pursue, but kept breathing heavily on the spot, recovering his consumed strength.

“Hoo ...

But before he could rest for long, a roar came buzzing in the air.

Immediately afterwards, a huge orc gradually walked out of the fog.

The orc had a huge body of three meters tall, a pig's head, dark brown skin all over his body, and a grass skirt around his waist. His fat body looked a little bloated, but every step he took made the ground shake slightly.

"Is the tenth floor actually so difficult?"

This is the tenth floor of the dungeon.

The space was filled with a pitch-black fog. After walking a few meters, the distant scenery became invisible. There was dry grass underfoot, which made a rustling sound when stepped on.

There is also a completely dry forest around, with no leaves left, only tree trunks of varying hardness and brittleness.

The further down you go, the more complex the terrain of the dungeon becomes. Not only do terrains like grasslands and woods appear that are almost never seen on the upper levels, but the spatial scope also becomes larger and larger.

The maze on the fifth floor was only as big as the central square, but the maze on the tenth floor was at least a dozen times as big as the central square. Coupled with the thick fog that was always present, even the roads became difficult to distinguish.

According to the rule of "the difficulty increases every five floors", the monsters on the tenth floor have also become a level stronger.

Giant monsters like orcs would never appear on the upper floors. This was the first floor where giant monsters appeared. Their three-meter-tall bodies were extremely oppressive, and the difficulty could be imagined.

“Hiss…drink!”

Jiang Li took a deep breath, and through the ancient breathing method taught by his master, he squeezed out all the remaining physical strength, and then suddenly dived towards the orcs!

The orc was very large and his strength must have been incredible, but his huge body made entirely of fat also became a burden to him, making his movements very slow.

The orc slapped it, but it only hit a patch of grass. Jiang Li's figure drew a curve, went around from his side to behind it, and then slashed at its foot tendon with a knife.

"Buling~!"

The sword flashed.

“Oooooooh—?!”

The orc cried out in pain as the heels of both his feet were cut off and his body fell forward to his knees uncontrollably.

"what!"

Jiang Li let out a low roar, jumped from behind, and stabbed the orc's heart with a knife.

"Hey!"

The blade penetrated the fat without any hindrance.

The orc opened his eyes wide, but could not make a sound. Then his body lost all color and turned into black smoke and disappeared, leaving behind only a magic stone about the size of a thumb.

"call……"

Jiang Li couldn't help but sit down on the ground.

After a fierce battle with the little demons and using breathing techniques to exert all his strength, he had almost exhausted all his energy. He had to find a way to move to a safe place first and wait until his strength recovered before exploring again.

"Roaroooooooooooo!"

"Uuuuuuu——!"

However, as if stirring up a hornet's nest, two more orcs ran out from the thick fog. The two orcs were even holding dry tree trunks, obviously treating the surrounding woods as a natural arsenal.

Not only that, after the orcs approached, a group of bat monsters also appeared in the air, constantly emitting disturbing sound waves from their mouths.