Chapter 165: Third Trial

In the party, everyone's eyes were drawn to that orange light.

"Don't tell me it's another recipe or something."

Chen Guan muttered on the side.

"Don't jinx it."

Li Wenwan retorted at Chen Guan.

Chen Guan shrank his head and stayed silent.

If it really is a recipe or something, Chen Guan would have to slap himself.

Su Sheng smiled, walked over, and picked up everything.

Everyone stared at Su Sheng with burning eyes.

Su Sheng also immediately examined the orange equipment, but then his pupils slightly contracted.

"It's not a blueprint, it's equipment, just...."

Su Sheng somewhat gloomily displayed the equipment.

Mysterious Component (Orange)

Component: 08

Description: None

That's it.

"What the hell?"

Li Wenwan was somewhat surprised.

"This is my stuff, but I can't use it for now either."

Anyway, everyone here is our own, so Su Sheng didn't hide anything and directly showed the mysterious ring.

"Holy crap, growth equipment!" Chen Guan drooled.

He knew that during the Heroes era, Su Sheng's dagger in his hand was also growth equipment.

"Sheng bro, this ring is way more badass than your weapons back in the Heroes era." Chen Guan exclaimed without reservation.

"Yeah, it has 49 combinations; it looks like this eighth one is already orange epic. Anyway, after 49 combos it's definitely a Divine Artifact. It's a pity we can't combine it now—we're missing 05, 06, 07, so we have to combine in order, but getting 08 first isn't bad either." Su Sheng nodded.

But after saying that, Su Sheng subconsciously felt something was off.

He turned his head and saw Huan Jie gazing at him with a deep look.

Gulp~

Su Sheng swallowed his saliva, not knowing how to speak for a moment.

His family had no idea about his Heroes business, including Huan Jie.

"Cough cough, uh... let's keep looking at the gear; there are two nice purple pieces." Su Sheng quickly changed the subject.

Damn it, I forgot to give Kong Lang this guy a preventive shot, and I still haven't told my family about the Heroes business.

Below there are two more level-40 purple pieces of equipment with decent stats, but they're not for Su Sheng.

Actually there's a necklace that Su Sheng could use, but it's meaningless.

It's an agility-type necklace; let's give it to Huan Jie or Chen Guan.

Although Su Sheng's Wolf Fang Pendant is still level 10, the 3% lifesteal is really useful.

As for the other blue and green gear, the stats are okay, but they're all level 40, so we can't use them for now.

This boss dropped a total of six pieces of equipment: one orange, two purple, two blue, one green. The highest orange gear is already in our pockets, so what does Su Sheng have to complain about?

"This dungeon probably hasn't ended yet; there's no settlement screen." Su Sheng continued.

Su Sheng, not knowing how to explain for now, didn't want Huan Jie to bring up the Heroes business, especially with Chen Guan nearby; even if he wanted to bluff, he couldn't get away with it.

Changing the subject is the best choice.

"Right, maybe there's another floor?"

Chen Guan also said strangely: "Haven't we already beaten the boss?"

Everyone's gaze involuntarily turned to the middle "treasure chest," or rather treasure coffin—a chest-shaped coffin, glittering with jewels.

"Cough cough, Sheng bro, you should do it." Chen Guan shrank his neck a bit out of fear.

Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of well ropes.

Su Sheng smiled, had no reservations, walked over, and kicked open the treasure-chest coffin with one foot.

Crack crack crack~

Sure enough, an entrance was revealed, plus a third floor!

"As expected, let's go in." Su Sheng laughed and prepared to lead the way inside.

"Ah Sheng, wait, isn't the game time running out?"

At that moment Lin Huan spoke up to remind.

Su Sheng froze, glanced at the time.

Indeed, the Yin-Yang Fangshi boss took up too much of their time.

Now only about an hour of game time remains; if the third floor has a boss, there definitely won't be enough time.

The second floor's boss is already this tough; the third floor's boss....

But there's still an hour left; we can't just idle here for an hour, can we?

Once you leave the dungeon, you can't bring items back in.

"No problem, we'll first scout the path; if it doesn't work, we'll retreat to the second floor, take out a tent to log off, and continue tomorrow." Su Sheng said.

Inside the dungeon, logging off isn't prohibited.

As long as you're not in combat state, it's fine.

"Okay." Lin Huan thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Anyway, there's still an hour left; just idling would be a waste.

So, everyone entered the third level's entrance under Su Sheng's leadership.

It was still the familiar passage.

But the floor tiles had changed.

The original blue‑brick passageway turned into black‑and‑white tiles; the dim green oil lamps were gone, replaced by bright ordinary oil lamps.

"Let's go, be careful, we're going in." Su Sheng raised his shield and led the way.

But as soon as they entered, Su Sheng felt something was off.

I'm losing HP!

"Get out!"

Su Sheng was startled and shouted loudly.

Everyone quickly retreated, and Su Sheng swiftly stepped back out of the black‑and‑white tile area.

"Why am I losing HP for no reason?" Li Wenwan exclaimed.

Su Sheng opened the combat prompt.

Combat prompt: Entering the Yin‑Yang Force Field drains 1% of HP per second.

Yin‑Yang Force Field?

Su Sheng looked at the black‑and‑white tiles on the ground.

"Is this the trial of the third level?" Su Sheng muttered to himself.

"Huh? Brother Sheng, what did you say?" Chen Guan turned his head in surprise.

"The position of the black‑and‑white tiles should be the trial for this dungeon's third level." Su Sheng voiced his analysis.

"The first level tested our magical output capability."

"The second level tested our physical output capability."

"Which boss should be the test of our team's overall strength."

"For this third level, I feel it should be testing our healing and survivability."

"Mingxin sis, it's up to you." Su Sheng turned his head to look at Huang Mingxin.

"Five people, losing 1% HP per second."

Huang Mingxin frowned as she calculated.

"It shouldn't be a big problem!"

After saying that, Huang Mingxin showed off her level‑35 purple staff in her hand.

Because they submitted soldier insignias, the weapons obtained are their own class's weapons.

Therefore, the weapon in Huang Mingxin's hand is also exclusive to the Priest class.

It comes with a Priest‑series healing skill that is slightly stronger than the normal Healing Technique, but its cooldown is the same as the normal Healing Technique.

This also instantly greatly increased Huang Mingxin's healing amount.

"That should be fine; if I'm not mistaken, this passage shouldn't have any monsters."

Su Sheng saw this and nodded.

Afterwards, the group cautiously re‑entered the black‑and‑white tiled passage.

Yin‑Yang Force Field!

HP drain begins, 1% per second!

Percentage‑based HP drain, regardless of current HP!

100 seconds to kill one!