Sweep the dungeon, powerful ant fist

A white light flashed.

Lin Xuan and his many contracted beasts entered the dungeon space.

This dungeon was quite special.

The entire space was located within a gigantic Ant Nest.

In other words, it was underground.

Lin Xuan had checked the forums and found a guide for the first stage of the Ant Nest.

It only required breaking through two hundred small sub-nests ahead.

It seemed very simple.

But in reality, this was the tricky part.

The terrain of the Ant Nest was intricate and complex.

And the paths were littered with ant acid and strange fungal mats.

Fortunately, the nest was high enough.

It was a bit like an underground tunnel.

Lin Xuan waved his death scythe and used Summon Undead.

Over two hundred Skeleton Soldierss appeared, instantly filling the passage ahead.

However, because Lin Xuan had already summoned the Golden Giant Crocodile.

Under its massive size.

Lin Xuan himself and the Dragon Girl Irena were squeezed together.

"Silly Cow, why are you squeezing over here? Keep your ox horn in!"

Lin Xuan pushed Silly Cow away with a shove.

He glanced at the blushing Irena and quickly recalled the Golden Giant Crocodile into his contract space.

He wasn't the kind of pervert who wanted to take advantage.

Having Irena dress as a maid.

One reason was to allow her to better command the Skeleton Soldierss in battle.

Another aspect was to give her a status.

Normally, she could help him with laundry, cooking, massage, cleaning, and warming... warming the air.

"Frost Giant, keep your cold air in too, you're freezing me."

Lin Xuan showed no embarrassment.

He turned around and told the Frost Giant and Silly Cow, his two contracted beasts, to spread out.

Of course, Irena, who was behind him, quickly adjusted and stepped forward to command the Skeleton Soldierss to disperse and fight.

In fact, Lin Xuan truly had no ulterior motives towards Irena.

While Professionals were extraordinary beings.

They hadn't reached the point of not eating, drinking, or sleeping.

Even if they weren't like cultivators.

Who needed to cultivate constantly.

Frequent skill casting and mana consumption could still lead to mental fatigue.

Rest was very important for Professionals.

At this moment.

If there was a maid to share some mundane tasks, a Professional's life would naturally be easier.

Click-clack, click-clack—

The Skeleton Soldierss were small in size.

Without the Golden Giant Crocodile, the entire space was still quite spacious.

Over two hundred Skeleton Soldierss advanced in an orderly fashion.

Under Irena's command, they were like a sharp sword, piercing the ant swarm and leaving it riddled with holes.

And these ants, though seemingly large and numerous.

Were actually very fragile.

All of them were easily killed by the Skeleton Soldierss.

Twenty minutes later, the space ahead began to be blocked by a pale green liquid.

Ant acid liquid, it looked like slime.

If Professionals didn't avoid this slime, they would also be attacked.

Skeleton Soldierss, being small and having low defense.

Would turn into shattered bones upon contact with the slime.

For a time, the Skeleton Soldierss were unable to withstand the ant swarm.

Soon, the passage was completely blocked by the ant swarm.

Lin Xuan noticed this and detonated the low-health skeletons.

At this moment.

Irena's high intelligence became apparent.

Silly Cow and the Frost Giant were still foolishly pushing forward, hacking and slashing at the ants.

Irena stepped back.

Opened her small mouth.

And spewed out small bursts of dragon breath, one after another.

The slime was quickly cleaned up.

Lin Xuan nodded in approval and summoned over two hundred more Skeleton Soldierss to advance again.

Further down the path, dense ant acid slime was visible everywhere.

Lin Xuan simply summoned two waves.

A full six hundred-plus skeletons, filling the long passage.

Lin Xuan could even see the battle situation at the very front.

"I heard Necromancers have a skill that allows them to share the vision of their summons."

"I'll go check the exchange house later."

Now that there were more Skeleton Soldierss, and their strength had increased.

But in this kind of terrain, not being able to clearly see the battle situation would ultimately be somewhat inconvenient.

While the Skeleton Soldierss advanced.

Lin Xuan took out his Mana Gourd to restore his state.

At the same time, he cast Magic Barrier, stacking another layer of maximum HP.

Only two or three days had passed since school started.

His maximum HP had already increased by over a hundred thousand.

By the end of the month, when he would participate in the Global New Student Exchange Competition, it was entirely possible for it to reach six or even seven million.

Those Professionals from Sakura Country whose parents had a grudge with Mingzhu University.

Were sure to participate in this New Student Exchange Competition.

Lin Xuan was still unclear about their methods, so he could only try his best to improve his own strength.

"Today, I cleared Thunderous Ruins over twenty times, and my level increased by three levels."

"If I clear the Ant Nest and the last Black Wind Cave completely, I should be able to reach level forty-five or even forty-six today."

"Tomorrow is the weekend, so there's a good chance I can reach level fifty before Monday."

Suddenly, with a bang, a commotion came from the front.

Lin Xuan couldn't see the specific situation, but he could feel the Skeleton Soldierss rapidly decreasing.

"Did we encounter a BOSS?"

The Ant Nest guide mentioned three types of BOSSes.

Corrosive Ants, Crystal Ants, and the strength-type Mutated Horned Ant.

These three ants didn't have explosive abilities.

While he was wondering, half of the Skeleton Soldierss at the front had already been lost.

Irena and the contracted beasts like Silly Cow retreated.

Only then did Lin Xuan see the situation clearly.

The Skeleton Soldierss at the very front were covered in small yellow ants.

As soon as those ants reached the Skeleton Soldierss' waists.

With a boom, they self-destructed.

Self-destructing ants.

The most difficult monster to deal with in the Ant Nest.

If it weren't for the fact that these monsters didn't always spawn.

The school would have removed this dungeon long ago.

After all, these guys were too dangerous.

Many Professionals would immediately exit the dungeon upon encountering them here.

"They self-destruct, huh? Then let's see who self-destructs faster."

This was Lin Xuan's second time encountering a bane for Skeleton Soldierss.

The first time was in the New Student Trial Secret Realm, where many Professionals controlled them.

This time, the Skeleton Soldierss were destroyed by the ants' self-destruction before they could even act.

Fortunately, ants ultimately lacked human intelligence.

Lin Xuan spread out the Skeleton Soldiers formation.

Once a certain Skeleton Soldiers had enough self-destructing ants on it.

He would actively command the Skeleton Soldiers to charge into the ant swarm and cast Corpse Explosion before them.

Rumble—

The number of self-destructing ants rapidly decreased, and soon this area was cleared.

Lin Xuan summoned Skeleton Soldierss again and continued to advance.

"If I had Skeleton Cavalry now."

"A cavalry charge would directly impact this self-destructing ant formation, making it much simpler."

Looking at the ground full of remains, Lin Xuan's desire to upgrade his skills intensified.

Without the self-destructing ants, the rest of the journey proceeded relatively smoothly.

After dealing with a batch of larger ants.

Lin Xuan arrived at the guardian BOSS.

This was a giant Horned Ant.

According to the data, it had immense strength.

Unfortunately, no matter how great its strength, it posed less of a threat to Lin Xuan than the self-destructing ants.

Bone Cage, Soul Fire, and Grasp of Death cleared the way.

Crossbows fired continuously, and swordsmen followed.

Soon, the dungeon clear notification sounded.

Opened the treasure chest and exited the dungeon.

Upgraded and allocated points.

Chose the difficult level and re-entered the dungeon.

The entire process was seamless.

With the first experience, Lin Xuan felt much more relaxed about the difficult level.

Irena commanded, while he checked the treasure chest loot in the back.

With five people clearing it, a lot of equipment and items dropped.

Unfortunately, the attributes were mediocre.

The only valuable item inside was a skill book.

Great Ant Fist.

After casting the skill, it could not only unleash a powerful punch forward.

But also grant a three-second, three-times strength BUFF.

It was a common skill for close-combat professions like pugilists.

Lin Xuan had checked relevant information when preparing close-combat skill books for himself before.

He almost bought it.

Later, he encountered the more suitable Splitting Mount Hua.

Compared to this ordinary buff.

The skill effect of Splitting Mount Hua was that the more HP, the more damage it amplified.

It was a divine skill for many tank front-liners to supplement damage in the later stages!

Of course, for him, with millions of HP.

It was already a divine skill now.

"I heard Crystal Ants have very high defense and hard shells."

"This time, I'll test you. Let's see how much damage I can deal after using Reversal of Qiankun to change my attribute to strength!"