Comparing speed and meeting on a narrow road

In the Ninth Level of the Underground Palace, the closer to the center, the higher the level of the demons.

Lin Xuan had complete confidence in this competition.

He was sweeping upwards from the Fifth Floor of the Dungeon, moving away from the central levels.

However, the Otherworld Demons on the Ninth Level of the Underground Palace were moving from the Ninth Level of the Underground Palace towards the center.

“Silly Cow, take your Tiger Bro and Seventh Bro Horse Head and go left. Irena, you go right…”

After Lin Xuan entered the third level, he quickly arranged his attack strategy.

Front and back, left and right…

With the entrance as the center, Lin Xuan directly divided his troops into eight routes.

His summoned beasts now possessed enough intelligence to lead the Skeleton Soldiers army.

Thump-thump-thump—

Nearly a hundred thousand Skeleton Soldierss split into eight directions and began to advance mightily.

To save time, most of the Skeleton Soldierss Lin Xuan dispatched this time were Skeleton Knights and Skeleton Cavalry.

He even used the centaurs that had just been converted into undead creatures on the Fifth Floor of the Dungeon.

Skeleton Mages, priests, and crossbowmen rode on the centaurs, providing auxiliary attacks.

The third level was similar to the Seventh Level of the Underground Palace.

But now, with the appearance of Skeleton Priests, coupled with almost all cavalry, the advancement speed was several times faster.

After only seventeen minutes, Lin Xuan received a notification from Irena that she had discovered a World-Class BOSS.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Xuan would definitely choose to clear all the demons on the third level before fighting the BOSS.

However, given the special situation, Lin Xuan directly put away the Skeleton Soldierss in his direction, mounted his purple golden gourd, and quickly rushed towards Irena’s position.

The speed of the seventh-tier gourd was extremely fast; with full activation, Lin Xuan took almost only five minutes to reach the location where the World-Class BOSS was appearing.

This was an ape-like demon, with a very large body.

If Lin Xuan hadn’t killed similar demons on the Seventh Level of the Underground Palace before, he would have thought it more appropriate to call it a gorilla.

At this moment, Irena had already led the Skeleton Soldierss into battle.

The Skeleton Soldierss were of a lower level, and even with the presence of Skeleton Priests, they were no match for the ape-like demon of over one hundred levels.

This type of demon was too agile and very skilled at using tools.

One long arm would occasionally grab stones from the ground, enchant them with skills, and launch attacks, while the other hand would swing a giant tree.

“Not bad, much smarter than the one on the seventh level.”

Lin Xuan watched the demon’s attacks for a while, nodded, then summoned Jade Rabbit, had him enlarge himself, and immediately shot out three Shining Carrots.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Three golden, shimmering carrots flew towards the ape that was currently fighting.

Just as they were about to hit, the ape actually dodged them with a flash.

“Hmm?”

“Its combat awareness is quite strong.”

Lin Xuan’s eyes lit up, and he developed a desire to recruit it.

An ape is still a monkey; he would observe it further to see if it was suitable to be incorporated into the Twelve Zodiac Squad as the Monkey.

Screech, screech, screech—

The ape that had dodged the carrots shot by Lin Xuan shrieked twice from a distance, and Lin Xuan instantly lost interest.

An ape that can’t communicate isn’t a good monkey; die!

Lin Xuan, enlarged, used Void Walk to traverse a great distance, rushing in front of the ape in a blink of an eye, and unleashed a Splitting Mount Hua.

Boom—

This ape was clearly skilled in strength; under Lin Xuan’s attack, it merely swayed slightly.

In contrast, it roared and swung the giant tree at Lin Xuan.

The speed was very fast.

But Lin Xuan was even faster at this moment!

Under the Moon Phenomenon, Lin Xuan’s Void Walk was pushed to its extreme.

With a full mana bar, he could dodge infinitely!

Lin Xuan dodged sideways, appearing on the ape’s right side the next second, and raised his hand for another strength-based Great Buddha Hand.

The ape gripped the giant tree with both hands and swept it horizontally.

Lin Xuan’s attack was blocked again.

“Its strength is great, but it’s still a bit weaker than the demon black bear.”

Lin Xuan briefly assessed the ape’s strength, already having a clear idea.

This ape had very high attack and defense, and its combat awareness was also very strong.

However, it still lacked some intelligence.

Bone Cage!

The close-range, powerful control skill firmly held the ape in place.

And at that instant, three carrots flew from a distance, hitting the ape and instantly dealing hundreds of millions of damage.

“Not bad.”

For World-Class BOSSes with hundreds of billions of health, Jade Rabbit’s Shining Carrots were very effective.

Lin Xuan saw the damage numbers floating above the ape’s head, delivered a Splitting Mount Hua, then pulled back, ordering the Skeleton Soldierss to attack.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Arrows enchanted by Skeleton Priests rained down like a torrent.

In an instant, thousands of attacks triggered the true damage effect of their talents.

After three or five rounds, the ape roared repeatedly, its blood-red eyes fixed on Lin Xuan, its arms constantly swinging, either throwing stones or wielding the giant tree.

It even launched large-scale area-of-effect skills.

However, facing the siege of the Skeleton Soldierss, death was only a matter of time.

He checked the information of the virtual dungeon.

On the Eighth Level of the Underground Palace, those Otherworld Demons who had just entered the dungeon were gathered together, clearly having also discovered a World-Class BOSS.

At this moment, only two minutes remained of the thirty-minute buffer time.

Lin Xuan was not flustered.

He had already been waiting for an opportunity to deal additional damage.

The ape in front of him was already on low health; it was time to kill it and convert it into an undead creature.

Slap—

Seizing the opportunity, Lin Xuan stepped forward and slapped it.

The demon died on the spot.

“Congratulations on killing a Level 137 World-Class BOSS, you have gained…”

“Hmm?” Lin Xuan frowned.

The thirty-minute buffer time had passed.

The Demon Race professionals from the Moro Realm would no longer be able to obtain the dungeon core for the next seventy-two hours.

But Lin Xuan did not relax.

He found that not only were nearly five thousand Otherworld Demons on the Eighth Level of the Underground Palace rushing towards the center.

The nearly ten thousand remaining Demon Race members on the First Level of the Underground Palace had also entered the Second Level of the Underground Palace!

“Interesting.”

Lin Xuan had now cleared the Third Level of the Underground Palace, and going up from there would be the Second Level of the Underground Palace.

This meant he would first encounter the nearly ten thousand Demon Race members who had descended from the First Level of the Underground Palace.

“Alright, I wasn’t looking for you, but you came looking for me first.”

“In that case, let’s add more to my skill points.”

Lin Xuan smiled faintly, put away the items dropped by the ape BOSS, mounted his purple golden gourd, and swept all the demons on the Third Level of the Underground Palace.

Only then did he hold the dungeon core and open the teleportation gate to the Second Level of the Underground Palace.

Whoosh—

Emerging from the teleportation gate, Lin Xuan first summoned all his contracted beasts.

The First Level of the Underground Palace, Second Level of the Underground Palace, Ninth Level of the Underground Palace, and Eighth Level of the Underground Palace were similar in that their spaces were relatively small.

They were somewhat like dungeons.

They were not suitable for large-scale Skeleton Soldiers combat.

However, they were suitable for high-level Skeleton Soldiers types to perform.

Aside from Skeleton Swordsmen and Skeleton Priests, other Skeleton Soldiers types possessed four qualities: Normal, Elite, Epic, and Legendary.

The higher the quality, the stronger the combat power of the unit and the higher its intelligence.

Of course, the probability of summoning them was lower each time.

However, due to the death scythe’s blessing, a max-level Summon Undead could now summon 2048 Skeleton Soldierss.

So there were still quite a few rare unit types each time.

Epic and Legendary-level units had very high intelligence and knew how to fight.

They were more suitable for combat in such narrow environments.

Of course, cavalry and knights were exceptions.

Within the cavalry and knight unit types, there were Skeletal Dragons and Mammoths, among other units.

The rare units were arranged.

Lin Xuan summoned many Skeleton Priests for support.

Soon, in this gloomy Second Level of the Underground Palace, Lin Xuan sent out several bats for reconnaissance.

Soon, Lin Xuan, through the effect of his unique equipment’s special entry, switched his vision and saw the nearly ten thousand Demon Race members who had entered the Second Level of the Underground Palace from the First Level of the Underground Palace.

They were right in front of his current position, truly a case of 'foes meet on a narrow road'.

“Not bad, just in time to find a World-Class BOSS for me…”