Chapter 1138

Left side I've got it controlled, right side Xingchen, have your Earth Violent Bear block for a moment, focus fire on the front monster!

Shen Wang! Connect control skills, left side!

Prioritize focusing fire on the target I'm attacking!

……

The battle raged fiercely.

The second stage of this dungeon actually only lasts twelve hours, exactly the same as the dungeon Su Sheng experienced earlier on the Eagle Sauce Server, and the monsters are old friends.

Upon entering here, the first thing to face is the 15% Demonic Qi Suppression Effect; Su Sheng directly ignored it, as he personally has a continuous 10% boost from the Victory Song Shield in his hand, which roughly cancels out 10% of the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect. Of course, without the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect, this would be an additional boost.

But don't forget, Su Sheng's Demon-Suppressing Army Centurion insignia!

The Demon-Suppressing Army soldier insignia is white, providing 5% Demonic Qi Suppression resistance; at the decurion level it's green, providing 10% resistance; now Su Sheng's has been upgraded to blue-quality Demon-Suppressing Army Centurion insignia, providing exactly 15% Demonic Qi Suppression resistance, canceling out the current stage's Demonic Qi Suppression Effect.

As for Shen Wang and the others, although they don't have Demon-Suppressing Army insignias, this time everyone prepared anti-demon potions exceptionally well.

Since experiencing the last Abyssal Dungeon, and additionally knowing from earlier on the Eagle Sauce Server that this dungeon's nature is a demon lair, naturally… the three major guilds of Yanhuang, Wan Yu, and Qiming Xing have collectively gone mad gathering materials to supply the production of anti-demon potions.

So, for this dungeon run, everyone is indeed fully prepared.

Although the success rate of purple anti-demon potions is low, so there aren't many, but blue anti-demon potions are fine; they provide 10% magic resistance, plus Su Sheng's shield gives a team 10% boost, so the impact of this 15% Demonic Qi Suppression Effect is really not big.

At least compared to the initial Abyssal, there's a slight difference: the monsters' attributes are higher.

But… these monsters, when Su Sheng faced them earlier on the Eagle Sauce Server, were indeed ridiculously difficult.

But for the current team, all having undergone Fourth Rebirth and being the top of the Whole Server, these monsters' difficulty is just that.

So at first everyone was a bit relaxed, but as they continued deeper, they discovered something was off.

Initially, when on the Eagle Sauce Server, Su Sheng and the others didn't go deep; they just handled one monster and logged out.

Now, as the dungeon deepens, the situation is different. Originally it was just a single monster, but later it gradually became two, and the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect increased to 20%.

When they went even deeper, the monsters became three.

This time, everyone found it a bit strenuous, but fortunately, Xingchen's pet can tank one, and with everyone's control skill chaining, they can also temporarily control another… after all, these Elite Monsters aren't boss units, so control skills still work.

Randomly, everyone focus fires; before the control skills lapse into a vacuum, instantly killing one of the monsters is easy.

But doing that means each time before fighting a monster we have to wait for the control skill cooldown, which really wastes time.

And this dungeon itself is also limited to 12 hours!

All these circumstances reminded everyone present of the previous Abyssal Dungeon they experienced in the Demon Realm; it seems a large part of the mechanics overlap.

But no matter what, whether overlapping or not, the first thing to consider is to quickly find a way to clear the dungeon.

After clearing another wave of small monsters consisting of a trio of Elite Monsters.

Su Sheng looked at the mission time, his brow slightly furrowed.

This won't do, it's too wasteful of time.

Twelve hours, I don't know how the later situation will be. Although it overlaps highly with the previous Abyssal Dungeon, after all it's the only mission, so there's likely to be a change.

Su Sheng pondered.

Shen Wang also slightly nodded: 'Indeed, continuing like this isn't a solution. Moreover, as of now, we still don't know if later the monster count will increase, and furthermore, going deeper will likely require the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect to keep rising.'

Xingchen frowned, deep in thought, without speaking.

The difficulty lies in this Demonic Qi Suppression Effect, plus the time limit; otherwise, this dungeon would be quite easy to clear.

Like this, old routine: Xingchen, you help share a monster, just tank it to buy time.

Then I'll directly take on two monsters; if there's a control skill, I'll toss it over to help control and ease my pressure. Even without control, it's not a big problem—you just activate the monster I'm attacking. Su Sheng said.

Two Elite Monsters, according to the current monsters' situation and our own attributes, we can still tank them… mainly because after Fourth Rebirth, Huang Mingxin's buff has greatly increased, almost matching Feng Wu Jiu Tian who hasn't changed jobs.

Not to mention healing, Huang Mingxin herself completely outclasses Feng Wu Jiu Tian; the Holy Flame Priest healing of Feng Wu Jiu Tian is actually mediocre, mainly because the buff support is incredibly overpowered.

Of course, Feng Wu Jiu Tian after Fourth Rebirth will likely be even more overpowered, but that's for later.

Okay, no problem, let's do as you said.

Shen Wang nodded.

Everyone else naturally had no objections, after all Huang Mingxin and Li Wenwan themselves know Su Sheng's strength, and Shen Wang and Xingchen, having fought together until now, naturally also have confidence in Su Sheng.

Furthermore, when Su Sheng tanked one monster earlier, he performed very easily; now tanking two shouldn't be a big problem either, as long as healing keeps up.

Immediately, everyone proceeded to act according to this plan.

Su Sheng simultaneously bears damage from two monsters, so there's no need to specially wait for the control skill cooldown and waste time.

There's a bit of pressure, but it's still not a big problem.

Everyone's combat awareness is also very good; they advanced all the way without any mistakes.

The mission still has 9 hours left, and today's game time has already arrived.

Everyone could only log off first.

The next day, when game time arrived, everyone logged on together.

Continuing to maintain yesterday's pace, they began to advance.

It must be said, even though Su Sheng had seen this dungeon's situation before on the Eagle Sauce Server, this time around he was still amazed by the richness of the experience rewards.

Su Sheng watched his level 81 experience bar stagnate for a while, then finally began to rise again, and he couldn't help but smile.

At the same time, Su Sheng took a moment to check his Demon-Suppressing Army medal's Demon-Suppressing Army contribution; the acquisition situation was also quite optimistic.

But soon, the situation changed.

Because after everyone advanced for about thirty minutes or so, they encountered a wave of monsters ahead—this time there were four!!

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

How so?

Shen Wang looked at Su Sheng.

Su Sheng thought for a moment, calculated in his mind, and it seemed he could still tank it, though the pressure would be great.

However, Su Sheng hasn't spoken yet…

Shen Wang there raised his head: "If the situation is more troublesome, I can also hold one on my own."

Having pushed all the way to now, these monsters haven't changed much; after understanding their situation, Shen Wang is still quite confident about holding one on his own.

Of course, taking on and killing one alone isn't impossible, it's just more difficult and would take some time.

After all, I am a Hidden Class after the Fourth Rebirth; an 83‑level Elite Monster, even if it's a Demon Race unit, I still have confidence.

At the same time, Shen Wang glanced at Su Sheng's side; he knew that Su Sheng's class‑change mission had previously been to kill a Fourth‑Rebirth Elite Monster while in Third‑Rebirth form.

He naturally wouldn't think he was inferior to Su Sheng.

"No need! That would reduce our damage output, making it harder to handle; I'll take on three myself, and the Priest will focus on healing!"

Su Sheng shook his head.

That would scatter our firepower a bit and also waste time, and right now we're concerned about time.

Although Su Sheng also believes Shen Wang has the strength to solo a dungeon monster, in a solo situation the need to take damage, move, and output would definitely lower overall efficiency.

It's definitely better for me to take the damage, letting Shen Wang output safely, which would be faster.

"Alright, let's try; if it doesn't work, I'll take over directly."

Since Su Sheng has already said that, Shen Wang naturally has nothing to object to.

Immediately, Su Sheng and the pet controlled by Xingchen rushed forward.

Xingchen's pet engaged one monster on its side, while Su Sheng drew the aggro of three monsters on his side.

While simultaneously taking damage from three Elite Monsters—still Demon Race units—Su Sheng indeed faced considerable pressure, but with his heaven‑defying attributes and his Shield Block technique, although his health fluctuated like a roller coaster, he overall managed to hold up.

The five‑person vanguard squad cooperated smoothly to clear this wave of monsters. Overall, compared to the time spent clearing the previous three monsters, it didn't add much—just a reasonable amount of time for one extra monster.

"Fortunately, thanks to the Demonic Qi Suppression Effect not having increased yet; otherwise it might have been difficult."

Upon hearing that, Su Sheng couldn't help but frown, recalling the 'jinx' attribute his father had when they previously ran dungeons together.

Unconsciously, Su Sheng glanced at Xingchen, but didn't say anything for the moment; this guy hardly speaks after clearing dungeons.

Xingchen found Su Sheng's glance puzzling, and instinctively reached out to tease the little pet crouching beside him.

Then…

Before the group had even encountered the next wave of monsters, a System Notification came through.

The Demonic Qi Suppression Effect increased from 15% to 20%.

"..."

"..."

Everyone fell silent, then turned their heads to look at Xingchen.

Xingchen's face flushed slightly embarrassed: "It's not my fault either; I don't have the jinx attribute."

"Still okay, a 5% increase; let's keep grinding, we should still be able to hold up."

Su Sheng didn't linger, taking the lead at the front.

Everyone could only follow behind.

Soon they encountered another squad of four monsters.

The additional 5% attribute suppression really had no effect on Su Sheng.

Altogether it came to 20%; since he had to tank three small monsters, Su Sheng didn't let his guard down and drank a bottle of green anti‑demon potion.

The green anti‑demon potion adds 5% resistance to Demonic Qi pressure, and together with the Centurion Insignia it exactly cancels out the 20% Demonic Qi Suppression Effect.

Su Sheng's side is fine, but the others lost 5% of their attributes, and their combat efficiency indeed dropped a notch.

This also means Su Sheng's side needs more time to simultaneously tank three monsters, but as long as he doesn't make a mistake, there's no problem.

Overall, the time to kill and grind monsters increased a little, while other issues remain minor.

Then the group continued forward like that.

"Won't..."

At that moment, Xingchen suddenly spoke again.

"Cough cough, Chairman Xingchen, you'd better not speak for now."

Su Sheng quickly turned his head.

Everyone also turned their heads to look at Xingchen.

Xingchen couldn't help feeling a bit gloomy: "I really am not a jinx, and I didn't say anything bad; I just wanted to ask whether this dungeon might be like the previous Magical Abyss, with no boss, and we just need to defeat something similar to a Demon Race passage at the end."

Xingchen continued speaking.

Upon hearing that, the others remained silent. Su Sheng himself also harbored this suspicion: aside from the earlier mission boss, after entering the second stage, almost everything was largely similar to the Magical Abyss dungeon.

"If that's the case, then that would be even better."

Shen Wang chuckled hehe, after all they had made thorough preparations this time, and they were carrying plenty of Siege Tools.

Last time in the Demon Realm's Magical Abyss dungeon, if they had brought enough Siege Tools, it wouldn't have been so brutal.

But everyone was also pondering the reliability of Xingchen's words in their minds.

Now, the dungeon still has just over seven hours left.

If there is a boss, we should see it right away; otherwise, judging by this dungeon's difficulty, the remaining time would be insufficient to defeat a boss.

If we continue to encounter only small monsters all the way, then Xingchen's speculation is quite likely.

If that's the case, with everyone fully prepared this time, the dungeon's difficulty might not be as terrifying as imagined.

However, it's a pity…

As the group cleared their way forward, wondering whether they would run into a squad of five small monsters ahead…

Suddenly, the scene ahead opened up!

The environment also completely changed.

Originally it was just the monotonous scene of the demon cave, a pitch-black stalactite cavern, with occasional wisps of pitch-black demon energy drifting by.

But at this moment, a large square that was dark yet glowing appeared ahead.

At a glance it looks dark, yet it also looks bright—so contradictory!

As for why such a contradictory situation exists—

It's because the entire square ahead is made of those dark, translucent crystals.

Those crystals are all semi-transparent, yet they emit a deep, profound darkness.

This makes the square look bright when viewed, yet also seem dark.

And in the very center of the square stands a throne made of this crystal; on the throne is empty, yet there is nothing there.

"Looks like we're about to fight a boss."

Su Sheng looked up at the mission timer; there were still 6 hours and 27 minutes left.

I don't know if this amount of time will be enough to defeat that boss.

Xingchen somewhat embarrassedly snatched the little bird from his shoulder, held it in his hand and rubbed it, but made no sound.

The poor pet struggled in protest, but it was obvious the protest was ineffective…