Chapter 1113: Abyss Eye

"No need, I can hold them here, just letting Mo Wen catch his breath; you coordinate with my ranged pets, keep activating, after clearing the other one, come over to pull Hate."

Xingchen spoke.

Indeed, although Xingchen was using his pet to hold the third Abyssal War Soldier, that soldier's health was still basically full.

Because Xingchen's pets calculate Hate Value separately, and his front-line pets can't even hold, they can only each take a hit.

In this situation, to avoid Hate chaos, Xingchen must personally command these pets, and cannot let his damage-dealing pets deal damage, otherwise Hate would shift immediately.

Thus Xingchen's ranged pets are all helping with damage output here.

"No! I'll go pull Hate over!"

"Otherwise we'd output less here; I can still hold two, this is a timed Dungeon, we need to speed up."

Su Sheng outright rejected Xingchen's plan, also explaining why.

Xingchen needs precise pet control, so he himself has no energy to output. Moreover, his front-line pets, though not high damage, still contribute some output by sheer numbers, so under these circumstances Xingchen can only have half his output assisting.

The Dungeon's monsters are already tough, plus Demon Energy suppression, and with reduced output, whether the time is sufficient becomes a problem.

Xingchen also reacted immediately; earlier he saw Su Sheng holding two, which seemed rather dangerous, so he thought of letting Su Sheng recover a bit.

"Alright!" Xingchen nodded immediately.

Then Su Sheng, seeing the Hate on this Abyssal Demon Soldier was still stable, immediately charged a rush over.

Taunt, attack!

Swish~

In three hits and five cuts, the monster's Hate was also pulled over by Su Sheng.

"Prioritize Focus Fire on this!"

Su Sheng said.

"Understood!"

The others naturally followed Su Sheng's attack target; otherwise it would easily cause OT, since the other Abyssal War Soldier that Su Sheng wasn't attacking would have its Hate drawn over after a few hits.

Swish swish swish~

A barrage of relentless bombardment!

When the last Abyssal War Soldier was dealt with, Su Sheng looked at his remaining roughly half health and couldn't help a headache.

"These things are hard to handle; this way it'll take a lot of time," Su Sheng said gloomily.

That final Abyssal War Soldier was lucky; when its health dropped to just 10%, Su Sheng triggered an Execution Skill: Hunting passive and instantly slashed the soldier.

"But there's no other way right now,"

Xingchen frowned.

"Technically, this is still a Dungeon within the Main City territory; although our level hasn't reached 80 yet, even before Fourth Rebirth, reaching 80 would only give us limited improvement."

"Thus, our vanguard squad is truly the combat ceiling for the Main City stage; if we can't clear it, this Dungeon will have to wait until after Fourth Rebirth to return."

Shen Wang added from the side.

Everyone fell silent.

"Let's go, keep moving, take it step by step," Su Sheng whispered, then rode a mythic lion forward.

Shen Wang also rode his terrain dragon to keep up.

Soon they encountered the second wave, again three Abyssal War Soldiers per group.

They still used the same method, took a bit of time, and cleared this group of Abyssal War Soldiers again.

At the same time, the last Abyssal War Soldier dropped a purple accessory.

Its attributes were indeed a small masterpiece, though all leaned toward Strength bonus; level 80, with no Fourth Rebirth requirement.

Naturally, the accessory went to Shen Wang; among those present, only Shen Wang benefits from primary Strength.

This was the first time seeing purple gear in this Dungeon; earlier mobs dropped a few green and blue pieces, but they held little value… at least for those present, essentially no value.

"The experience is quite generous; hopefully if we fail this Dungeon, we can at least level up before failing," Shen Wang said happily, pocketing the accessory, which could be used directly after obtaining a Heavenly Craft Stone.

"Hopeful,"

The others also checked their experience bars; if time runs out and they can't clear it, it's counted as a failure, they get teleported out, and still lose 50% of experience.

Only Su Sheng looked gloomily at his own experience, now just over 40% approaching 50%; if this Dungeon truly fails, that experience will be lost.

"I believe we can clear it; why panic? There's over seven hours left, keep going!!"

Su Sheng waved his hand grandly.

Thus, about three more hours passed.

The Dungeon's time limit still had a little over four hours left.

"Four hours isn't enough for us to fight the BOSS, right?"

Staring at this time limit.

Huang Mingxin and Li Wenwan felt a bit deflated.

The experience was still generous, but they hadn't leveled up yet; if they fail, they'd lose a lot of experience.

Shen Wang and Xingchen said nothing, while Su Sheng silently forged ahead.

The difficulty of this Dungeon, indeed…

If it were another squad, five people would probably be wiped at the Abyssal War Soldier stage.

If Wu Zhaodi came, they'd likely not hold.

It's just that Su Sheng's gear is extremely lavish, and with his own combat awareness, he can occasionally use Block and Parry with shield and weapon… uh, though he often fails because the attributes are too high.

However, at that moment.

Ding~

Environmental Demon Energy concentration increased!

Demonic Qi Suppression Effect increased by 30%!

Everyone's expression flickered!

30% Demonic Qi Suppression Effect!

This suppression is truly perverse.

But everyone also understands that this should be moving to the next stage. If nothing goes wrong, it should be the final stage.

Four hours remain; we don't know if that's enough.

"The Abyssal War Soldiers just now were already this troublesome; I wonder if this Third Stage is a BOSS."

Li Wenwan spoke.

However, everyone's expression was rather heavy, given the difficulty of this Dungeon.

If this Third Stage really is a BOSS, finishing it within the remaining four hours would be impossible.

But we've come this far; we can only take it one step at a time.

Yet almost everyone thought that if we fail this time and the Dungeon doesn't disappear, we can wait until Fourth Rebirth and then return.

The group pressed onward.

About five minutes passed without encountering a single monster.

Everyone exchanged a glance: what the heck?

But there was no other choice; we could only keep moving.

Soon, a movement came from ahead.

Everyone rallied their spirits.

Two or three figures walked toward us from ahead.

The group looked and wore strange expressions.

Looking at those shapes, why do they seem like Abyssal Demon Soldiers?

Shouldn't the Third Stage be harder? Why are they monsters from the first stage?

"Let's attack first and see. Although they look like Abyssal Demon Soldiers, their attributes might differ."

Shen Wang reminded, there are three Abyssal Demon Soldiers ahead.

"I'll try with a remote pet."

Xingchen immediately commanded one of the remote pets, launching a ranged attack.

Puff!

Hit!

Seeing the damage pop up and the returned attribute panel, everyone looked at each other in surprise.

It really was an Abyssal Demon Soldier, exactly the same as the previous ones; although the damage was slightly lower, that's because the current Demonic Qi Suppression Effect had reached 30%.

"Anyway, deal with them first."

Su Sheng raised his shield and surged forward.

Even though there were three, and the attribute suppression effect was at 30%.

However, Su Sheng combined the Blue Anti-Demon Elixir and the Dragon Blood Secret Elixir!

The Blue Anti-Demon Elixir granted 10% magic resistance, and the Demon-Suppressing Army Soldier Nameplate granted 5% magic resistance.

Then the commander effect added another 10% attribute, making it roughly equivalent to only suppressing Su Sheng's attributes by 5%.

Moreover, the overall attributes of the Abyssal Demon Soldiers were inferior to those of the previous Abyssal War Soldiers, so these three Abyssal Demon Soldiers were cleared quickly.

"Let's go, keep checking the situation."

Su Sheng continued leading the team forward.

Soon, they encountered another wave of three Abyssal War Soldiers.

This time the attribute suppression was higher, and the group spent a bit more effort to deal with them.

But the Blue Anti-Demon Elixir was nearly depleted.

Thus, they kept walking and slashing, encountering mostly alternating Abyssal Demon Soldiers and Abyssal War Soldiers.

"If that's the case, the Third Stage difficulty isn't that high," Xingchen complained.

They fought for an hour, barely encountering any tricky situations.

But at this point, only three hours remained to clear the Dungeon.

Boom!

At that moment, a surging black wave of energy rushed from ahead.

Everyone was startled!

Su Sheng immediately raised his shield at the front.

But the black wave simply covered them, causing no damage.

However, a new System Notification popped up.

Ding~

Demon Energy concentration up!

Environmental Demonic Qi Suppression Effect reached 35%!

"Whoa!"

"They keep suppressing; this mechanism feels like it's designed to prevent us from clearing," Li Wenwan complained with a bitter expression.

"Come to think of it, it does make sense; after all, this is a Dungeon within the Demon Realm," Shen Wang said helplessly.

There were no monsters; the black wave only suppressed attributes.

Then everyone continued forward.

However, as they continued forward, the surrounding space seemed to shrink.

Su Sheng was riding a xiezhi, so he felt it more noticeably.

However, at that moment, the surrounding black demonic energy seemed to become thick.

Immediately, the attribute suppression increased again!

Demon Energy Suppression 40%!!

!!!

Everyone frowned tightly; a 40% attribute suppression would basically cripple them.

There was still some blue anti-demon potion in reserve, but this 10% magic resistance felt like a drop in the bucket.

There was also a bit of purple anti-demon potion, but its magic resistance was only 15%!

As for orange, it could provide 20% magic resistance, but altogether they only brought five bottles, exactly one per person.

"Let's keep going." Su Sheng also felt helpless, so he could only continue leading the team forward.

Immediately, everyone saw a somewhat terrifying sight.

Ahead, there was no road left, only a huge rift.

It was a vertical rift, with black energy constantly emanating from it, and at its center was a crimson vortex.

At a glance, this rift looked like a giant vertical pupil, with no sclera, black surroundings, and a red pupil in the middle.

A thing named fear naturally emanated from that single eye.

"This... is the Abyss entrance." Shen Wang looked at that single eye ahead and murmured.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but think of the dungeon's hint.

The requirement was to destroy the Abyss entrance.

Now, having delved deep into this Abyss lair, they had reached the end; there was no path forward, only that single eye.

"Does this dungeon have no boss?" Xingchen asked, somewhat doubtful.

However, just at that moment!

Swish~

Suddenly, a red light shot out from that crimson "pupil."

Three figures condensed!

They were three Abyssal War Soldiers.

This distance is very close!

As soon as the three Abyssal War Soldiers appeared, they immediately triggered aggro and charged at Su Sheng's five-person party.

"This should be the final stage; don't hold back, drink the purple anti-demon potion directly!"

Su Sheng gave that reminder, then immediately raised his shield to meet the monster.

Now the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect reached 40%!

And the effect of the purple anti-demon potion was only 15% magic resistance.

Then offset the 10% bonus from Su Sheng's Shield Mastery effect.

The attribute suppression remained at 15%!

So this fight was extremely strained!

It took much longer than before, and only then did they defeat the three Abyssal War Soldiers.

When they defeated the Abyssal War Soldiers, Su Sheng's HP was only just over 50,000; if they dragged it out a bit longer, Su Sheng might even have to pay for his life.

Moreover, Xingchen's melee pet also died five times, and they'd have to wait a while before being able to summon it again.

"The final stage should be right here; we should destroy this teleport array, right?"

"Attack!"

Su Sheng charged straight over!

Cry~

A Fire Phoenix swooped past Su Sheng and rushed toward that vertical pupil!

Boom!

Sparks flew everywhere!

A horrendous damage number popped up, just over ten thousand; for Li Wenwan's output, it was indeed horrendous… no way, the suppression effect was too disgusting. Moreover, the vertical pupil's defense is likely very high.

Abyss Eye (Special Region Unit. Lord-class)

Durability:????

Everyone's expression changed in shock!

A Lord-class special unit!

Whoosh!

At that moment, another crimson light shot out at extreme speed directly from that red pupil!

It was like a red laser, extremely fast; even Su Sheng didn't have time to react.

Pfft!

The red light directly hit Li Wenwan, piercing her instantly!

-308167!!!

The terrifying damage jumped out from Li Wenwan's head, and then Li Wenwan collapsed silently without a sound.

Youth is great—just lie down and sleep!

Seed of Life, triggered!