Chapter 91: If the Upper Path Doesn't Work, Try the Lower

Egg?

What item?

The egg of the Desert Ant Queen, Jiang Chen held it in his palm and examined it carefully; its shape was like a transparent egg.

This egg can be given to a Beast Tamer to hatch a Desert Ant Queen.

And the Ant Queen can cultivate a massive ant colony.

Once the Ant Queen is controlled, it is equivalent to mastering the entire ant colony.

Although the Desert Ant Queen's level is not high, its level can be raised through Beast Tamer cultivation.

Jiang Chen thought this thing would be valuable and, after returning, could consult a professional Beast Tamer.

As for the two white‑silver weapons, they are not particularly important to Jiang Chen, but they can be used to exchange for some Gold Coins.

When the Ant Queen was killed, after a minute its corpse vanished, revealing a passage.

Skeleton Warrior rushed into the passage first; the passage extended upward, while the Ant Hole remained underground.

There were no monsters in the passage; following it upward, Jiang Chen finally saw sunlight again.

It had been quite cool while underground.

Now that he's on the surface, the heat is unbearable!

Yellow sand fills the sky, endless as far as the eye can see.

Jiang Chen found himself in a steep, cliff‑lined forest mountain, which separates the Dungeon Area from the outside world.

To reach here, one must pass through the Ant Cave.

At this point, eleven hours have already passed.

This instance is truly huge; most of the time was spent searching for a route.

Now, Jiang Chen must press on quickly, because the longer he drags, the smaller the chance of obtaining the Tyrant's Heart.

Suddenly, a beam of light shot down, striking Jiang Chen directly.

Jiang Chen's Bone Armor emitted a bright White Light, blocking the attack.

The attack was extremely powerful, and after the Bone Armor blocked the attack it also

Collapses rapidly.

Jiang Chen's heartbeat quickened, and he retreated swiftly.

The beam struck the desert ground, kicking up a gust of flying sand.

Then another beam shot in, and Jiang Chen's Skeleton Warrior quickly formed a shield wall, protecting Jiang Chen.

Following the direction of the beam, he saw the attacker—a monster he had never seen before—hovering about ten meters above the ground.

What is this?

Jiang Chen's eyes flickered with a slight surprise.

Its shape was a huge sphere, about two meters in diameter.

A single eye grew on the sphere.

The eye occupied about 80% of the monster's body area.

At this moment, Jiang Chen was still a hundred meters away.

It initiates attacks from ultra‑long distance, and while leaving

so many Skeletons untouched, directly targeting itself.

This monster is somewhat interesting.

When the master is attacked, Skeleton Warrior rushes over at once.

After the monster attacked twice and found it ineffective, it turned and fled.

Skeleton Mage has already launched an attack.

It gave the monster no chance to escape; the Skeleton Mage's attacks came down in overwhelming waves.

Among them were also Jiang Chen's Detection Technique.

"Demon Eye Monster (Super-Enhanced Elite Monster)"

"Level: 28"

"Strength: 500"

"Agility: 2000"

"Spirit: 6500"

"Constitution: 3000"

"Skill: Destructive Ray"

"So it's a mage monster."

Seeing such a high Spirit Attribute, Jiang Chen knew this monster belonged to the mage class.

Mage‑type monsters are fairly common, but one this pure is a first for him.

Its Strength attribute is weaker than that of ordinary monsters of the same level.

It seems all attributes were given to Spirit.

The power of the Destructive Ray is indeed considerable.

It almost shattered the Bone Armor in a single hit.

The key is that the attack range is very long; beyond a hundred meters it can

activate attacks, and it can also fly.

Moreover, when it finds its attack ineffective, it actually retreats.

Unfortunately, Jiang Chen has too many Skeleton Mages, and their attack power is terrifyingly strong.

A volley of shots struck down, instantly killing the Magic Eye Monster.

"Kill Level 28 Magic Eye Monster, Experience +284350"

"Obtain Primary Magic Eye Crystal"

"Primary Magic Eye Crystal: a Magic item; alchemists can use it to craft items, and array masters can also use it to set up formations."

Jiang Chen glanced at it and pocketed the Magic Eye Crystal.

This thing seems quite useful, but its level is too low.

Anything bearing the Primary label works basically only below Level 40.

Once above Level 40, it falls into the intermediate category.

Above Level 70, it belongs to the advanced category.

Generally, aside from some special items, anything marked Primary is not very valuable.

With this experience, Jiang Chen began to watch the sky.

Skeleton Warrior, while advancing, also watches the sky.

Soon, a massive structure appeared in his line of sight.

It looked like a castle.

Outside the castle were rows of huts arranged in a formation.

A military camp, from afar one could see countless Orcs moving inside.

The camp even had a playground and military formations training within.

Jiang Chen began to understand the meaning of Tyrant.

It means a king.

The monsters in the camp have heads like lions, bodies covered in fur.

Wearing armor, each stands over three meters tall.

Their actions are orderly and imposing.

Unlike scattered monsters that are easy to take down one by one.

Here, a single slip forces you to face more than ten monsters at once.

This is not

ordinary monsters; each is a Super-Enhanced Elite Monster.

They are stronger than monsters from a Nightmare Difficulty Instance of the same level.

Even a 40‑person team would find it very difficult.

It requires good Compatibility, top‑tier gear, comprehensive Skills, none can be lacking.

Unless, like Jiang Chen, one crushes them with absolute overwhelming power.

Skeleton Warrior has launched a Charge.

Skeleton Mage follows closely.

Magic Eye Monsters float over the camp, instantly spotting the Skeleton Warrior.

A warning is immediately issued, the camp gate opens, and an army of over a hundred troops rushes out.

This is Jiang Chen's tactic.

He also ponders how a different class would act.

Probably a ranged class would pull the Magic Eye Monster over, then eliminate it first.

Then they would clean up gradually, slowly eroding the camp's monsters.

Otherwise, like him, directly facing the Orc army would be certain death.

Jiang Chen follows the Skeleton Mage forward, simultaneously casting Detection Technique.

"Desert Lion Clan Warrior (Super-Enhanced Elite Monster)"

"Level: 28"

"Strength: 6500"

"Agility: 5000"

"Spirit: 2000"

"Constitution: 5000"

"Skill: None"

Compared to Flying Ants, the Lion Clan Warrior's strength is greater and agility is greatly increased.

High strength and high agility greatly boost combat power.

Constitution is relatively weaker than the Ant tribe, only 5000; they lack the armor that Ants have.

But seeing the armor they wear, Jiang Chen feels that this 5000 Constitution might be a bit inflated.

Before the Skeleton Warrior collides with the Lion Clan Warrior, the Skeleton Mage's skill attack has already

descended.

Skill: Blazing Flame!

Skill: Ice Storm!

Skill: Tornado Storm!

Skill: Five Thunder Overhead!

Fire, ice, wind, and lightning, the four great elements, four distinct skills blossom among the Lion Tribe.

Both single‑target and AoE attacks are present.

The Skeleton Mage's Spirit Attribute is too strong, and its skill attack power is terrifyingly high, even surpassing the Skeleton Warrior.

Under a round of focused fire, several lion tribe Warriors immediately fell to the ground.

Jiang Chen followed behind, raising his palm.

Skill: Corpse Explosion!

With a booming crash, the vicinity was cleared.

"Killed a level‑28 Desert lion tribe Warrior, Experience +325412"

"Obtained lion hide ×5"

Within a 60‑meter radius, not a single lion tribe Warrior could survive.

Experience surged upward like riding a Rocket.

Lion tribe Warriors still rushed out of the camp, but none could halt Jiang Chen's advance.

No matter how many they bring, they're just fodder.

Suddenly a corpse was tossed into the air.

It was then detonated.

The floating Magic Eye Monster was blown up on the spot, crashing down with a boom.

Jiang Chen grew more adept at the Corpse Explosion skill.

He felt that using it a few more times would upgrade the Corpse Explosion skill.

Skeleton Warriors stormed the camp, paying no heed to the lion tribe Warriors inside.

Crushing, total crushing.

In the blink of an eye, the monsters in the camp were all cleared.

Swish swish swish!

Sharp arrows fell from the sky like rain.

A large number of Archers appeared atop the castle.

"Desert lion tribe Archer (Super-Enhanced Elite Monster)"

"Level: 29"

"Strength: 5000"

"Agility: 6500"

"Spirit: 1500"

"Constitution: 4500"

"Skill: Hundred Hits"

Sharp arrows fell densely like raindrops, and the Skeleton Warriors brandished their Blades to block.

The castle stood 50 meters tall; the Skeleton Warriors leapt high and then climbed the walls.

But the sharp arrows carried great impact; after several attempts, they were repelled midway.

Skeleton Mages stood beneath the castle and began a duel with the Archers.

Various spells rained down, the Archers being killed one after another.

However, more Archers immediately filled the gaps.

The fallen Archer lay on the wall, blocking Jiang Chen's view; he could not lock onto the target, thus could not use Corpse Explosion.

To breach the castle, the best method is to break through the main gate head‑on.

Some Skeleton Warriors had already charged to the gate, hacking with Blades.

The gate was extremely sturdy; it could not be opened at once.

The Arrow Rain over the castle never ceased.

"Since the top won't work, let's blow up the gate!"

"Full‑power attack on the gate."

Since the top is impossible!

Then let's try the bottom instead!