19: Chapter 19 Su Xiaoxiao is shocked, group time frozen!?

On the other side.

With a distortion of space, the figures of Chen Xi, Li Murou, and Su Xiaoxiao appeared at the biting cold entrance of the Frost Dragons Lair.

"Wow! It's so cold here!"

With a reaction almost identical to Zhang Xinyu's, the moment she stepped onto this frozen land, Li Murou couldn't help but shiver and let out an exclamation.

However, unlike the Shenfeng Squad's miserable attempt to tough it out, Chen Xi had been well-prepared for this.

He simply flipped his wrist, and three cards glowing with a faint fiery red light appeared in his hand.

With fluid, practiced movements, he applied one to himself and casually tossed the other two at Li Murou and Su Xiaoxiao, respectively.

The moment the cards touched their bodies, they transformed into a soft phantom of fire, gently wrapping around them and emitting a cozy warmth that instantly dispelled the biting cold air around them.

【Card: Ball of Fire】

【Effect: Fire Blessing — After use, forms a barrier of fire around the body to continuously resist the cold. Fire duration: 1 hour.】

"Phew... that's much warmer."

Li Murou let out a long sigh of relief, a comfortable expression appearing on her face.

Beside her, a trace of imperceptible surprise flashed in Su Xiaoxiao's eyes.

She could clearly feel that the ball of fire not only had no burning sensation, but instead continuously provided warmth, perfectly shielding her from the pervasive cold air.

This Card Maker named Chen Xi seemed... to actually have some real skills.

Chen Xi looked at the two and patiently explained: "Pay attention, everyone. The cold air in this Frost Dragons Lair isn't just about low temperatures; it also carries a persistent Frost debuff. The longer we stay here, the faster our body temperature will drop, which will significantly reduce our attack speed and movement speed."

He pointed to the faint halo of fire on the three of them. "However, I've already added the Fire Blessing buff to you both. Within one hour, this debuff will be ineffective against us."

After completing the pre-battle preparations, Chen Xi began to set up the formation.

"Alright, let's start advancing. Mu Rou, you take the lead and walk at the very front. Xiao Xiao, you stay in the middle and be ready to enter combat mode at any time. I'll bring up the rear."

"A support... taking the lead?"

Hearing this arrangement, even with Su Xiaoxiao's cool and detached nature, she couldn't help but ask curiously.

In her experience, there had never been a team that dared to let a squishy support walk brazenly at the very front of the party, acting as a tank.

However, before Chen Xi could answer, Li Murou, who had already gained an understanding of her own strength, patted her chest and said confidently: "Don't worry, Sister Xiaoxiao! I can do it!"

Seeing this, although Su Xiaoxiao was still full of doubts, she nodded: "Hmm... alright then. I'll just follow behind you and can support at any time."

Chen Xi looked at the two and added: "Rest assured. Our goal this time isn't just as simple as clearing the dungeon."

His voice was not loud, but it was full of a convincing power. "Our goal is a speedrun record!"

"A speedrun record...? Just with the three of us?"

Su Xiaoxiao's brows furrowed slightly again.

Chen Xi didn't offer any further explanation. No words were as impactful as the facts witnessed with one's own eyes.

He just smiled confidently and waved his hand. "Let's go!"

After saying this, the three of them walked with big strides toward the depths of the cave, following this strange formation of one support, one warrior, and one support.

They had only walked a few steps forward when, from the shadows above the cave, two small, snow-white Frost Young Dragons suddenly fluttered their wings and flew down, letting out sharp warning screeches!

"Monsters incoming!"

Li Murou immediately entered combat mode and wanted to pull out her electronic keyboard right away.

Su Xiaoxiao, behind her, also decisively pulled out the magic staff tied to her waist at almost the same time, the tip of the staff already beginning to gather faint energy.

"Don't move!"

However, at this critical moment, Chen Xi's voice came from the back of the party, stopping their attack.

"Ignore them! These two Frost Young Dragons are just sentry monsters in this dungeon and don't do any real damage. Attacking them will cause the ice cave to shake, and the falling icicles will instead hinder our progress! Listen to my command, ignore them, and just charge straight to the end!"

"Charge to the end!?"

Hearing this instruction, Su Xiaoxiao was completely stunned: "That... that will pull all the monsters in the first half of the dungeon!"

Chen Xi didn't explain, but repeated his instruction in an even firmer tone: "Charge!"

"Yes!"

Regarding Chen Xi's command, Li Murou could be said to have unconditional trust at this moment.

After receiving the order, she didn't hesitate in the slightest, took big strides, and charged into the depths of the cave, taking the lead!

"..."

Seeing this, although Su Xiaoxiao was full of helplessness, she could only silently complain in her heart. With such a strange setup of two supports and one damage dealer, to actually dare to use this crazy 'one-wave' mob-pulling tactic... this Chen Xi must be crazy! Who plays a dungeon like this?

After complaining, despite her extreme reluctance, as a team member with extremely high professional standards, Su Xiaoxiao knew: in a dungeon, unconditional obedience to command is the cornerstone of ensuring team cooperation.

Seeing that Li Murou had already rushed out, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and follow along, steeling herself.

While rushing, she couldn't help but remind Chen Xi, who was bringing up the rear: "Hey! If you guys charge around like this and pull too many monsters, I might not be able to protect you two!"

Chen Xi replied in a relaxed tone: "Don't worry, you just need to follow my commands."

The three of them raced crazily through the narrow and winding ice cave. Behind the ice walls on both sides, there were constant, thunderous rumbling sounds.

One by one, the adult Frost Wyverns, which had originally been dormant in the ice, were awakened one after another by these uninvited guests!

"Roar—!"

Sounds of angry dragon roars echoed throughout the cave, one after another, shaking the ice walls on both sides continuously.

Countless sharp icicles, like rain, fell rustling from the top of the cave.

Very quickly, under Li Murou's reckless sprinting, the three of them ran and ran, only to find that the road ahead had been completely blocked by a huge ice wall.

It was a dead end!

"Captain Chen! There's no road! What do we do now?"

Li Murou stopped, wiped the fine sweat that had seeped from her forehead due to nervousness, and turned to ask.

At this moment, behind them, in the narrow passage they had just rushed through, deafening footsteps and the sound of flapping wings could already be heard.

Looking back, they saw a dense crowd of at least dozens of huge adult Frost Wyverns, flapping their frost-covered wings, charging crazily toward the location of the three of them!

Facing this terrifying beast tide surging like a tidal wave, Chen Xi, who was bringing up the rear, did not have the slightest panic on his face.

He just looked calmly at the group of Frost Wyverns in front of him and gave instructions word by word: "Next, it's time to play the music."

"Understood!"

Li Murou instantly understood, she turned around abruptly and stood directly at the very front of the party.

Looking at the dozens of Frost Wyverns about to charge into their faces, Li Murou took a deep breath and lifted the electronic keyboard with one hand. With the other hand, her slender, white fingers danced crazily on the keys.

"Sorrowful Elegy!"

A field of black musical notes, composed of pure negative energy, swept toward the rushing group of Frost Wyverns.

The moment the group of Frost Wyverns touched that field of black notes, the dozens of Frost Wyverns, which had originally been aggressive, suddenly had their flight speed and wing-flapping motions slowed by half in an instant.

It was as if an invisible mountain had been forcibly tied to the body of every dragon!

"This is!"

Su Xiaoxiao, who had been in a spectator state, saw this scene, and a look of incredible brilliance erupted in her ice-blue eyes!

Group... powerful slow!?

"Again!" Chen Xi continued to command.

Li Murou understood, and without the slightest hesitation, the rhythm of her fingertips accelerated again!

【Sorrowful Elegy】, play another song!

Another wave of black notes quickly caught up with the afterimage of the previous wave and merged into the group of Frost Wyverns that had already fallen into the quagmire.

Hum—!!!

In an instant, the whole world seemed to have been pressed with a pause button!

Dozens of huge Frost Wyverns, along with the howling cold wind around them, and even the sharp icicles preparing to fall from the top of the cave... everything, absolutely everything, was completely frozen at this moment.

Their ferocious expressions, their waving claws, their flapping wings, all were eternally frozen in this second. Motionless!

Su Xiaoxiao looked in shock at the miraculous scene before her, her mind blank, and could only squeeze out a few words full of shock from her throat: "Group... Time... Freeze!?"