Chapter 272: Is the Dungeon Over?

"About to explode?"

Su Sheng was startled.

"The literal meaning…"

Tie Chui Airen answered without even turning his head, his short stubby legs exploding with extreme speed.

The other nine dwarves followed closely behind.

As dwarves, and having set up the thing themselves earlier—the self‑detonating central furnace—they were very well aware of its power.

"Damn!"

Su Sheng was speechless for a moment; no wonder they ran so fast.

He remembered Iron Hammer having said that their central furnace was comparable to a gigantic Divine Artifact.

Moreover, according to dwarf culture.

Every city is built around a central furnace, so if Iron Hammer prepares to blow up the central furnace of Chi Yan City, he is preparing to blow up the entire Chi Yan City.

The power to destroy an entire city…

"Run!"

Su Sheng said nothing else and spoke directly.

"Take this!"

Su Ba handed out several Fengxing talismans.

Su Sheng didn't know whether there were pursuers behind them.

Even if there were, they'd probably just be some small‑stature Demon Race figures; the portal wasn't large, and an 80‑level lord certainly couldn't get in.

As for enlarging the portal, the inner wall of the central furnace is of Divine Artifact grade, with the portal's thickness exceeding two meters.

Not to mention, the special non‑metal, non‑stone material is terrifyingly hard.

As for how the dwarves could open the portal, it was probably a hidden hand left beforehand.

After all, they already knew that this mine tunnel led straight to Zhuque City.

…

…

Su Sheng and his party ran for about half an hour in one breath.

But there was no sign of movement behind them.

Su Sheng was somewhat surprised: "Iron Hammer Grandmaster, are you sure your arrangement wasn't mistaken? It's been so long and there's still no sign…"

"Of course not, I'm a Grandmaster now! Do you understand the value of a Grandmaster!"

He ran while panting, retorting to Su Sheng.

Su Sheng obviously knew that Grandmaster was essentially the ceiling for secondary professions.

According to official information, secondary profession ranks are Apprentice, Normal, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, Grandmaster, and then nothing.

Although there is a God tier above, there is no explanation path, and the official description is very vague.

"We've had the relevant arrangements all the way, now we blow it up—are you afraid of living long?"

"Once it explodes, it's not just the central furnace of Chi Yan City; the whole mine tunnel will be blown through."

Tie Chui Airen complained.

Su Sheng was startled, then recalled the dwarves' arrangements along the way.

"Let's go quickly!"

"Run faster!"

Tie Chui Airen urged.

Run, what else can we do.

Fortunately, there were hardly any monsters along the way.

Otherwise it would have been really troublesome.

…

Buzz~

About 40 minutes after Su Sheng and his group left the Chi Yan City furnace.

A low, subsonic wave suddenly echoed through the entire mine tunnel.

Su Sheng's spirit jolted!

It exploded!

"It exploded! Run, the blast will arrive soon!"

Sure enough, Tie Chui Airen spoke.

Keep running!

Ding…

Dungeon Prompt:

Chi Yan City was detonated.

Player preliminarily cleared the Dungeon "Demon‑Occupied Zone Chi Yan City".

Chi Yan City detonated, countless Demon Race perished.

Option 1: Settle the Dungeon.

Option 2: Continue escorting Iron Hammer and the other dwarves to a safe withdrawal.

Su Sheng was stunned, how could there still be such an option.

Has the Dungeon ended here?

I just don't know whether that level‑80 lord‑level Demon Race boss was directly blown up dead.

If he was blown up dead, it's still a pity not to get any loot.

And blowing up that many Demon Race means the experience doesn't count for me; a whole city's Demon Race, if it counted for me, plus the Dungeon mechanics…

My god, will I instantly jump 80–90 levels?

But thinking about it, such a perfect thing wouldn't exist; how would other players survive?

Moreover, those Demon Race weren't killed by me but by the Dwarves, so it's normal they don't count for me.

Choice, two!

Su Sheng didn't hesitate; since the system gave a choice, it meant there were further rewards,

Of course, Su Sheng didn't ask what would happen to the Tie Chui Airen if he chose option one.

"Run faster! Chi Yan City has already exploded; run to the Bronze Gate, and we'll be safe," the Tie Chui Airen said.

Boom—

Although they had been running for over forty minutes and were already far away.

But from deep within the mine behind them, the sound of collapse kept coming.

Clearly the Tie Chui Airen's arrangement took effect; after Chi Yan City exploded, the blast traveled along the mine toward them.

If they didn't run faster, they'd probably be buried under the mine.

Su Sheng's party was fine; they only lost some experience, since the Dungeon death penalty is a fifty‑percent loss of current‑level experience.

Run…

After 50 minutes…

They could vaguely feel the mine collapsing beneath their feet.

"Faster, or we won't make it."

Feeling the tremor beneath their feet, the Tie Chui Airen was obviously a bit anxious.

It wasn't his arrangement that failed, but he overestimated their speed.

At this rate, they'd barely make it out.

Boom!!

55 minutes!

Ahead, the Bronze Gate was already in sight.

When they entered, they had walked for a long time, but it was just normal swift movement.

But now they were running all the way, so the speed was naturally much faster.

Boom!

From behind, a faint gust of air was coming from deep within the mine.

Clearly, the explosion was still ongoing!

Bronze Gate, almost there!

Flames were already coming from deep within the mine behind them.

One hour!

Out!

Arrived!

Everyone finally reached the Bronze Gate.

But the explosion still continued!

"Not good, and the aftershock wasn't accounted for!"

"It's over!"

The Tie Chui Airen leaned against the Bronze Gate, watching the incoming flame aftershock.

"Dad! Prison Cage Talisman!"

Su Sheng shouted.

Bang!

A tan light dome instantly enveloped the entire mine entrance.

Boom!

Those flames and aftershocks wildly slammed into the tan light dome.

But within three seconds.

Inside the Prison Cage Talisman, so far Su Sheng hasn't found anything that can break it.

However…

Su Sheng glanced at the Divine Artifact long spear in his hand.

One of the Divine Thunder Magic Light's divine attributes, Break Demon, should be able to break this Prison Cage Talisman, right?

Su Sheng, having thought this far, looked at his dad, then turned back to have his dad test it.

Earlier Su Sheng was fretting over how to handle the Prison Cage Talisman, and now this Break Demon attribute is like timely rain.

But it has to be tried to know.

Three seconds…

The Prison Cage Talisman vanished.

But a tiny bit of explosive aftershock remained unsuppressed.

Su Sheng, not backing down, stepped forward holding his Gun Shield.

"Back off!"

"(I'm about to start showing off!)"

Fireworks Blessing!

The knight's resolve (no Battle Intent, shield value 0).

Su Sheng was speechless.

The shield value of over ten thousand provided by the lion was enough.

Defensive Stance!

Boom!

The aftershock surged in…