Chapter 111: The Violent Attribute, an Assassin Among Monsters

Even a lion fighting a rabbit must go all out; at all times one should be careful and never careless.

Jiang Chen decided to adopt a more cautious strategy, no longer acting rashly, but gradually using his numerical advantage to eliminate the Dragon Race monsters outside the Fortress step by step.

After a full hour of battle, the Dragon Race monsters outside the Fortress were finally wiped out, and Jiang Chen obtained another Dragon Race horn.

The four Dragon Race materials required for Hong Jishi are the Dragon Race heart, Dragon Race essence blood, Dragon Race horn—each needing 10 units—and the Dragon Race crystal core, needing 5 units.

So far, Jiang Chen has obtained 5 Dragon Race horns, but the other materials are still missing.

Jiang Chen feels the materials for Hong Jishi are extremely hard to obtain, perhaps even a single instance is insufficient.

After a brief rest, he checked his Spiritual Power.

Considering his Spirit Set, he has a total of 3300 Spiritual Power, with 2200 remaining—exactly two‑thirds.

While clearing the Dragon Race monsters, his Spiritual Power was hardly spent.

Jiang Chen's gaze turned to the towering Fortress; he has devised a new plan.

There are two types of monsters on the Fortress: archers and mages.

Jiang Chen knows something about the mages but has never personally encountered the archers; nevertheless, he knows they are also hard to deal with.

Jiang Chen ordered several Skeleton Warriors to step forward and keep a close watch toward the Fortress.

When they approached within about 300 meters, the Dragon Mage and Dragon Archer on the Fortress both noticed the Skeleton Warriors' appearance.

The Dragon Archer immediately drew a longbow and fired an arrow, while the Dragon Mage's staff blew out

a gentle breeze, beginning to release Wind Bind.

At the moment they acted, Jiang Chen ordered the Skeleton Warriors to retreat immediately.

Though the arrow missed its target, Wind Bind accurately struck one Skeleton Warrior, freezing it in place, unable to move.

The second Skeleton Warrior rushed forward, grabbed the bound companion, then quickly retreated.

The Dragon Archer and Dragon Mage on the Fortress leapt down, pursuing relentlessly.

Jiang Chen has successfully drawn them out of the Fortress, ready to eliminate them.

Just after they were drawn out by the Skeleton Warriors, Jiang Chen commanded the surrounding Skeleton Warriors to immediately advance and surround them.

At the same time, Detection Technique was activated.

"Dragon Archer (Hell‑tier Elite Monster)"

"Level: 31"

"Strength: 8000"

"Agility: 8500"

"Spirit: 3000"

"Constitution: 8000"

"Skills: Arrow Rain, Binding Arrow"

Jiang Chen had already anticipated that the Dragon Archer also possesses a Control skill, which is why he used this tactic.

All the monsters here have Control skills, and when their numbers increase, Jiang Chen's Skeleton Warriors find it hard to be effective.

Therefore he cannot gather too many monsters; he must lure them in small groups and defeat them one by one.

If the number of lured monsters is small, the Skeleton Warriors' attributes are very strong, and the damage they deal is considerable.

After a few seconds of fighting, Jiang Chen successfully cleared two Dragon Race monsters.

He received a notification.

"Killed Level 31 Dragon Archer, Experience +365,867"

"Obtained Dragon Race essence blood"

Jiang Chen understood: "So the Dragon Race's essence blood comes from the archer."

As for the material dropped by the mage, it is a Dragon Race horn, while the Level 30 Dragon

Race Spearman did not drop any material.

Jiang Chen continued with the same strategy, drawing out and clearing the Fortress's monsters one by one.

Half an hour later, no monsters remained on the Fortress.

Jiang Chen let out a long sigh: "Finally done!"

At this point, he already has 8 Dragon Race horns and 4 Dragon Race essence bloods in his hands.

Jiang Chen clapped his hands and strode into the Fortress.

The Fortress is not large; like its instance name, it is merely an Outpost Dungeon.

The space inside the Fortress is not big.

Strangely, apart from those archers and mages on the walls, no other monster was seen.

While Jiang Chen was puzzled, a Skeleton Warrior was suddenly attacked.

The attack power was astonishing; the Skeleton Warrior was instantly severely wounded.

The sudden attack made Jiang Chen slightly alarmed, and instinctively he recalled that Skeleton Warrior back to the Summon Queue.

The recall succeeded; the Skeleton Warrior returned to the Summon Queue.

Fortunately, the Skeleton Warrior was not controlled, only simply attacked.

At this moment it looked miserable, its bones riddled with cracks as if about to break, heavily injured.

In less than two seconds total, the Skeleton Warrior was almost instantly killed.

If another few seconds passed, the Skeleton Warrior would likely have died.

Jiang Chen thought to himself, "What a strong attack power."

Such massive damage, first time encountering it.

Even the World-Class Boss Lion Tribe Tyrant could not inflict such damage on a Skeleton Warrior.

The most crucial thing is that he doesn't even know where the attack came from.

The Skeleton Warrior didn't detect the attacker.

Even with the Skeleton Warrior's keen senses, it couldn't locate the attacker, which is also something Jiang Chen has never encountered.

Silently, he re‑equipped himself with bone armor.

Armor, to avoid being ambushed.

A few seconds later, another Skeleton Warrior was attacked.

The injuries were equally severe.

Jiang Chen immediately put the Skeleton Warrior away.

Then all the Skeleton Warriors returned en masse, converging around him.

The unknown enemy is the most terrifying.

"Two Skeleton Warriors were attacked, ten seconds apart, with positions hundreds of meters apart."

"The attack methods were almost identical, both launched from behind."

"Either the movement speed is extremely fast, or there is more than one."

"Regardless, find a way to locate it first."

The situation seems somewhat tricky.

Jiang Chen's gaze hardened; the Hell-level Dungeon's difficulty truly exceeded his expectations.

For him, the difficulty of a Hell Dungeon isn't about the monsters' attack power or their numbers.

It's mainly because the monsters here all use Control Skills.

Which prevents the Skeleton Warrior from performing its proper role.

Skeleton Mage, Skeleton Warrior, three layers inside and three layers outside encircle Jiang Chen in the middle while searching for the ambushing monster, and Jiang Chen does not move forward.

His breathing gradually steadied, and Jiang Chen became completely calm.

After a dozen seconds, another Skeleton Warrior was attacked.

Three Skeleton Warriors were attacked simultaneously.

"Attack!"

He was already prepared.

When the Skeleton Warrior was attacked, the Skeleton Mage's Skill activated simultaneously.

The interval between them was no more than 0.1 seconds.

Ice Storm, Tornado Storm.

These two offensive Skills are used.

Coverage radius: 10 meters; no target lock required.

Within the Skill's coverage area, ice falls like rain in midair, and the tornado howls incessantly.

Combined, the ice spirals like sharp arrows in the air.

Several blurry

shadows appear in his sight.

Under attack, the unknown enemy finally revealed itself, and the nearby Skeleton Warriors instantly triggered their Skills.

Red Light burst from the Blade.

Skill: Rage Power!

Amid the screams, the hidden monster finally fully revealed its form.

Dragon Monster, wielding a Dagger, wearing black light armor.

Assassin?

Jiang Chen looked at the monster, and the word instantly popped into his mind.

The next second, Detection Technique shot out.

"Dragon Assassin (Hell-level Elite Monster)"

"Level: 32"

"Strength: 6000"

"Agility: 9500"

"Spirit: 2000"

"Constitution: 5000"

"Skill: Invisibility, Lethal Strike"

Extreme attributes.

Both Strength and Agility reached

over 6000, while Spirit was pitifully low at 2000 and Constitution only 5000; such extreme attributes, combined with Invisibility Skill and Lethal Strike Skill.

The instantaneous burst power was extraordinarily astonishing.

Even the Skeleton Warrior was gravely wounded by a single strike.

Moreover, they activate Skills while invisible without the invisibility being dispelled.

An extremely powerful monster.

Unfortunately, it was still found by Jiang Chen.

The Invisibility Skill is removed when attacked.

Once exposed, their advantage disappears entirely.

The frail Constitution became a fatal flaw.

Under the focused fire of the Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Mages, three Dragon Assassins were instantly killed.

"Killed level 32 Dragon Assassin, experience +386234"

"Obtained Heart of the Dragon Race"

Jiang Chen felt a slight joy in his heart: "So the Heart of the Dragon Race comes from Dragon Assassins."

Mages drop horns, archers drop essence blood, assassins drop hearts.

Now only the Crystal Core's origin remained unknown.

He gazed deep into the Fortress.

The Fortress was shrouded in night, silent and still.

In the deepest part was a plaza; that was the Instance's final point.

Not a single Dragon Monster could be seen along the way.

But Jiang Chen knew there should be many Assassins lurking in various corners.

Waiting for the opportunity to launch fatal attacks.

The team no longer spread out.

Skeleton Warriors on the outside, Skeleton Mages on the inside, Jiang Chen at the very core.

The entire team advanced through the Fortress.

Just as Jiang Chen had predicted, they encountered ambushes again along the way.

The Skeleton Mages reacted swiftly, using area Skills to force the Assassins out one by one, then the Skeleton Warriors unleashed a barrage of focused fire, killing them instantly.

Although the Skeleton Warriors took heavy damage from the ambushes.

For Jiang Chen, it was actually much easier.

Because they had no Control Skills.

The Skeleton Warriors recovered quickly in the Summoning Space; as long as they did not die, it would not take long for them to fully recover.

Finally, the team pushed forward to the Instance's final point and saw the BOSS.

On the rock wall behind the plaza, a giant dragon pattern was carved.

Lifelike, as if a real giant dragon were soaring with spread wings.

In the center of the plaza, there was likewise a stone statue.

The stone statue was about ten meters tall, in the shape of a Dragon Monster.

With Jiang Chen's arrival, the entire Fortress began to shake.

The stone statue cracked open, and a large amount of rock fragments fell like rain.

The BOSS began to awaken.

Jiang Chen was slightly startled — the BOSS was inside the stone statue?

Jiang Chen was slightly startled—the BOSS was inside the stone statue?