3: Abyss Dungeon: Goblin Camp

Dungeon difficulty levels are divided into five categories: Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare, and Abyss.

After Xu Le teamed up with Li Yang, he chose the Abyss difficulty without hesitation.

Li Yang took a deep breath and selected "Confirm."

The two men and one chicken turned into a streak of light and entered the dungeon.

The crowd of onlookers not only didn't thin out but grew even larger. Although they couldn't see the content inside the Abyss dungeon, they could see the outcome!

They were all Calling Friends and Companions, surrounding the Goblin Camp so tightly that not even a drop of water could trickle through.

Huang Desheng was overjoyed. The more people there were, the more teammates he could choose from. He quickly found four teammates—three A-ranks and one B-rank—and chose... Nightmare difficulty.

Only a fool would choose Abyss difficulty at level 0... Inside the Abyss dungeon.

Li Yang looked at the Little Yellow Chicken at his feet and began to advise Xu Le earnestly, "Brother Le, women are like clothes; if this one doesn't fit, we'll just get another. Don't risk your life over a fit of pique!"

"It's just 568,000 credit points. Once we're higher level, that won't mean a damn thing! Now that we've entered the dungeon together, we'll each pay half."

"We'll just stay at the entrance for half an hour, mess up our appearance a bit, and when we go out, we'll say we almost killed the boss. It's not embarrassing."

Xu Le gave him a strange look. "You think I chose the Abyss dungeon because I was being impulsive?"

"Isn't that why?"

"Of course not. We just awakened our classes, so the first dungeon run is free. Otherwise, a level 3 Abyss dungeon like this would cost 300,000."

"But..." Li Yang was still skeptical.

Just then, he saw two green-skinned Goblins with wooden clubs on the mountain path. He quickly raised his heavy shield and was about to charge when he saw the Little Yellow Chicken dash past him and spit out a fireball.

Blazing Shockwave!

Boom!

The Goblin on the left charged forward with a scream, only to fall to the ground as a charred corpse.

The Goblin on the right was startled and dropped its club to flee, but a second later, it was caught by a white fireball and turned into charcoal.

[Experience +8]

[Experience +8]

Li Yang's eyes widened, and his voice was dry. "Le... Brother Le, are you... are you using cheats?"

"Something like that. I have good luck; my parents left me a Phoenix Egg. So while it looks like a chicken, it's actually a Phoenix."

Although he was close with Li Yang, his talent was truly shocking, so he chose to hide it.

"Even the weakest Phoenix breed is an SS-rank Divine Beast!"

"Incredible!"

"Brother Le, you're freaking incredible!"

"If that gold-digger Xiang Ying found out, wouldn't she be on her knees begging to get back together?"

Li Yang's face flushed with excitement. He recalled the Phoenix illustrations he had studied; the appearance was quite different, but there were over a hundred varieties of Phoenixes, so it was normal that he hadn't seen this one.

The two continued forward and soon encountered a squad of ten Goblins.

The squad consisted of four with clubs, two with wooden shields, and four archers. With both melee and ranged units, their power was not to be underestimated.

Li Yang hurriedly raised his shield. "Brother Le, be careful."

"Don't panic."

The Little Yellow Chicken immediately unleashed "Meteor Fire Rain."

A mass of red clouds enveloped the ten-man squad. Before the melee Goblins could charge, the fire rain had already begun to fall.

Eight members of the squad were instantly killed, leaving only two wooden shield Goblins with low health, -150 damage floating over their heads.

As the next wave of fire rain fell, the two wooden shield Goblins collapsed after taking just a single step.

[Experience +8] × 4

[Experience +12] × 4

[Experience +10] × 2

Two beams of white light rose from above the two men.

They had leveled up.

"I leveled up just like that?"

Li Yang opened his status panel in disbelief and found that his four attributes had increased by 7/2/7/2 points respectively. He immediately shouted in excitement.

"Hahaha! The Heavy Shield Guard is indeed a B+ class close to A-rank. My four attributes increased by a total of 18 points."

"Uh... Brother Le, I'm sorry."

He suddenly remembered that Xu Le was an F-rank class; his total attribute gain per level wouldn't even reach 5 points.

"It's fine."

Xu Le suppressed a smile as the description of "One Man Attains the Dao" flashed in his mind.

[You have attained the Dao and become a god. Each level increases your four attributes by 100 points.]

He opened his attribute panel:

[Strength] 105

[Agility] 105

[Constitution] 104

[Spirit] 110

His entire body was instantly filled with power, as if he could shatter a small hill with a single punch.

Invincible!

The Little Yellow Chicken had also leveled up.

Xu Le found that the Little Yellow Chicken's four attributes had increased by 10/30/10/50 points, primarily in Spirit and Agility.

Not only had its body grown to the size of a fist, but its speed had also doubled.

Mana pool exploded!

Strength greatly increased!

Along the way, they easily wiped out two more Goblin squads. Both reached level 2, and their attributes surged again.

Further ahead.

Was a Goblin outpost.

Li Yang, who hadn't been of any use along the way, had his eyes light up. He raised his heavy shield and let out a roar.

"Brother Le, hide behind me! There are too many Goblins here."

The next second.

An even larger fire rain enveloped the Goblin outpost. Countless white lights rose, turning into experience points that merged into their bodies.

Li Yang: "..."

This was clearly a great feeling, so why did it feel a bit stifling?

Continuing on, they cleared three Goblin outposts and wiped out six squads of ten, finally arriving at the Goblin Camp.

Tents were packed densely, surrounded by arrow towers—at a quick glance, there were no fewer than ten.

If these arrow towers fired a volley together, even a "heavy tank" wouldn't be able to withstand it.

In the middle of the numerous low tents, there was a tall tent with four level 5 Goblin Warriors standing at the entrance.

They held gleaming steel sabers and looked difficult to deal with.

According to the guides, the Goblin Chieftain inside the main tent was level 8, and there were four level 6 Goblin Warlocks beside him. If they swarmed out together, even a full A-rank team wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Brother Le, I'll go pull the mobs!"

Having been carried the whole way, Li Yang was already numb.

Seeing the dense crowd of Goblins at this moment, his eyes immediately lit up.

Xu Le glanced at his own status panel.

[Name] Xu Le

[Class] Contractor

[Level] 5 (25/1600)

[Talent] Innate Divinity

[Strength] 505

[Agility] 505

[Constitution] 504

[Spirit] 510

... (Collapsed)

Not even mentioning the damage reduction from his talent, just charging into the monster swarm wouldn't even scratch his health.

However, looking at the excited and expectant Li Yang beside him, he couldn't bear to dampen his enthusiasm.

"You go ahead!"

"Yeah!" Li Yang shouted in excitement.

The old general Lian Po isn't old yet; he can still eat.

Charge!

Li Yang let out a roar and charged forward with his heavy shield. Seeing this, the Goblin archers on the arrow towers immediately sounded the alarm, and a rain of arrows began to fall.

Every Goblin in the camp was alerted and rushed over with weapons, giving the players no chance to split and pull the mobs.

Abyss difficulty was a true battlefield; all the Goblins followed the Goblin Chieftain's command, forming a neat military formation and beginning their charge.

"Brother Le, run! I can't hold them!"

Li Yang, who had been grinning foolishly, was now scared out of his wits, shouting as he fled.

Screech!

The Little Yellow Chicken suddenly took flight and unleashed the "Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens" skill. Four identical Little Yellow Chickens flew out from its body, charging toward the dense Goblin army.