Chapter 221: Layoffs

Less than 20 minutes.

With a whimper, the Cave Wolf King fell, full of resentment.

Unfortunately, this Cave Wolf King had already been cleared twice by the Dream Building Squad, dropping nothing worthwhile.

A blue and two green level‑35 pieces of equipment; Su Sheng was too lazy to take them and gave them all to the Dream Building Squad.

Next comes the second wave of monsters.

Level‑40 Iron‑eating Bug.

A giant maggot that feeds on iron ore; its body only crawls, but its huge mouth full of teeth is chilling. Its appearance resembles a sandworm, though it isn't as long as a sandworm.

It has a passive Iron‑eating effect that ignores 20% of the target's defense, and its attack also performs Armor Break, granting an additional 10% penetration.

A full combo yields a total of 30% Armor Break.

No wonder the Dream Building Squad was defeated here twice.

These things are packed together, very dense.

Yet these are high‑attack, low‑defense, very fragile; their defense and HP are even lower than the Cave Wolf's.

They spawn 2–4 at a time, but it's not a big issue since their Armor Break does not stack.

Even if Su Sheng's defense is reduced by 30%, he still has nearly 1,400+ defense, so the bugs' 1,000+ attack still can't pierce it.

Just like that, the scene with the Cave Wolf seems to replay.

Su Sheng slashes through everything like cutting fruit and vegetables.

This time it even takes less than 40 minutes; although the "difficulty" rose, the total number of monsters decreased.

Just after 30 minutes, the second BOSS, the Iron‑eating Bug King, appears.

Level‑42 Elite Boss, also high‑attack, low‑defense.

It isn't a big threat to Su Sheng, but it also has the minions' defense‑reduction ability; after reducing defense, it can break Su Sheng's guard.

But behind, don't forget the Dream Building Squad, who have been forced into a spectator role all along.

With five members cooperating, they easily press the BOSS down and crush it.

However, when the BOSS entered 10% health rage, an unexpected incident occurred.

At 10% health, the massive "maggot" burrowed underground, then opened a huge mouth on the spot, swallowing Su Sheng and Zhu Meng Ali, the two melee fighters, whole.

Devour Skill!

While devouring Su Sheng and Zhu Meng Ali, the BOSS's HP kept steadily recovering.

Roar!

Lion Roar!

Decontrol!

Su Sheng burst out of the giant mouth's range.

However, Zhu Meng Ali lacks a Decontrol Skill, Zhu Meng Xiao E hasn't learned a support Decontrol skill yet, and moreover the worm BOSS is completely untargetable at this moment.

Everyone can only watch helplessly as Zhu Meng Ali is slowly devoured by that sharp huge mouth.

Although Zhu Meng Xiao E keeps feeding Zhu Meng Ali with health.

But when Zhu Meng Ali is fully devoured, it directly triggers a kill‑shot effect.

Instant death...

Zhu Meng Ali's avatar instantly went black.

Zhu Meng Qipaoshui, seeing Zhu Meng Ali revived at the Dungeon entrance, couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Why did you come out? Did you crash again?"

"Is this Dungeon really that hard? Even Mo Wen the god can't beat it?"

"Not really..." Zhu Meng Ali replied with a helpless expression, "I just crashed..."

With no devour target left, the Iron‑eating Bug BOSS resurfaced from underground, but its HP had already recovered to 30%.

So unfair...

This rage skill is literally unsolvable...

Without a Decontrol Skill and unaware of the mechanics, all melee players would be wiped out.

And it's a kill‑shot mechanic; even if the BOSS has little HP, melee players get killed, leaving the remaining ranged players to struggle to continue.

Also, it's still unknown whether this is the final BOSS.

If there are later phases, we won't be able to proceed.

Seems this is the Dungeon's trap mechanic.

Fortunately, Su Sheng happens to have a Decontrol Skill.

Even though one person was lost, Su Sheng is still here and can keep fighting!

"Keep fighting!" Su Sheng activated Shield Rush and charged forward.

Deadly Lion Fang!

This foe has low defense, but its whole body is soft with no obvious weak point; the only weak‑spot is its mouth, which must be timed to open during the BOSS's attack to land a hit.

Without a weak‑spot indicator, even with low defense, it's not killed quickly.

After the rage, the BOSS has no other comeback chances; ten minutes later it collapses with a thud.

With the BOSS dead, the little fellow's level has reached 29, just one short of 30.

I wonder what skill a level‑30 character gets.

Su Sheng finally looks at the loot.

There's only one purple item, and it seems a bit underwhelming.

But there's no indication that the Dungeon is completed.

Dungeon, not yet finished.

Su Sheng took a look; that purple was a piece of cloth armor, and Su Sheng simply didn't want it.

As agreed at the start, one gets to pick two items first, naturally leaving the rest for last selection.

"Thank you, Mo Wen, great god!"

Zhu Meng Junjie sincerely thanked.

If it weren't for Su Sheng, they couldn't clear this dungeon; even if Su Sheng took all the loot, they'd have nothing to say.

Although Su Sheng himself might not care for these things, don't forget Su Sheng is now the Chairman of the Yanhuang Guild; the members below are exactly at the stage where they need this gear.

"Alright, let's keep moving forward."

Su Sheng waved his hand, didn't say more; as for the mysterious ring, better not say too much to the Dream Building Squad people.

Although the items are already in his hands, handing them over is impossible; moreover, saying too much, if later they truly advance to the Divine Artifact stage, he can't guarantee the Dream Building people won't hold a grudge.

Normal people, they'll have some of that.

Don't gamble on human nature.

Just follow one's conscience and compensate the Dream Building Squad members; after all, I'm not helping for free, just reduced the pay.

Besides, Zhu Meng Junjie's Innate Mission Holy Body makes it worthwhile to befriend him.

The four continued forward; the surroundings changed, but no small monsters were seen; instead, some skeletons appeared at the edge, though the skeletons looked relatively small.

Looks like those are the skeletons of the dwarves.

Su Sheng looked around; the third stage probably isn't small monsters, maybe a big boss.

The facts proved Su Sheng wasn't wrong.

The four entered a huge pit; the space is large, a faint foul smell wafts.

In the center of the pit, a huge figure sat slumped; seeing the crowd enter, that figure sprang up.

"Food! Food has come!"

The huge figure looked at the four entering, eyes shining!