Chapter 407: First Layer

At the instant the crossbow bolt came within reach, Su Sheng directly triggered the Awakening Lion Charge skill, targeting the Skeleton Technician before him.

Clang~

Clang~

Two light sounds: one is Su Sheng striking the skeleton in front of him, the other is the crossbow bolt hitting Su Sheng's shield.

And at the moment the bolt struck the shield in Su Sheng's hand, the cloak behind him turned black.

Falling Demon Body, open and close in an instant!

The bolt first hit Su Sheng's shield, then Su Sheng collided with the skeleton.

Whoosh~

The Skeleton Technician, already low on health, was shattered by the impact.

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More than four thousand damage burst from Su Sheng's head, yet Su Sheng stayed motionless; the over four thousand damage didn't even break the lion beast's Fireworks Blessing Shield.

Regarding the bolt's knockback, Su Sheng's riding charge is a Dominant Body, and he timed it very cleverly; the Dominant Body from the Awakening Lion Charge cancelled the bolt's knockback, which is why Su Sheng stayed unmoved.

Su Sheng curled his lip, thinking that had he known, he could have saved the Fireworks Blessing skill.

The lion beast's Fireworks Blessing can be applied to teammates, which also gives a slight margin of error to teammates other than Su Sheng and Wu Zhaodi.

If others inadvertently trigger a trap and cannot dodge in time, the lion beast's Fireworks Blessing might save them.

As for attacking Wu Zhaodi, it's normal that a crossbow bolt with over ten thousand damage only hammered Su Sheng for about four thousand, because while Su Sheng is in a shield stance his defense already exceeds Wu Zhaodi's, and the shield also blocked the bolt, greatly reducing the damage.

Moreover, there is a 30% attack and defense bonus from the Falling Demon Body.

"Continue advancing!"

Having resolved this trap crisis, Su Sheng commanded the party to keep pushing forward.

Wu Zhaodi looked at Su Sheng with some admiration; to be honest, due to special reasons Wu Zhaodi is a female strong advocate, she upholds the saying that a woman may not be inferior to a man.

But now, when compared, both dealing with mechanisms, the gap becomes evident.

Although Wu Zhaodi currently lacks a Dominant Body skill, even if she had one she would still need to seize the timing.

The subsequent advance proceeds relatively smoothly.

Honestly, the first stage of this Dungeon, these skeleton minions aren't the main test; the real test is these... mechanisms!

Midway, the relatively more eccentric Shen Yang accidentally triggered a mechanism.

Fortunately, Shen Yang's Hidden Class is Shadow Walker.

Su Sheng hadn't even had time for the lion beast to apply Fireworks Blessing to him, when Shen Yang used a skill, Chasing Shadow, to run behind Su Sheng, dodging the bolt.

Chasing Shadow... now can be used on teammates.

It just deals no damage.

After about forty minutes, the party finally fought their way out of the heap of skeletons.

They arrived in front of a wooden teal gate.

Around them, there were no monsters.

Obviously the first stage was passed smoothly by everyone.

Su Sheng glanced at the loot, finding a few green 40-level pieces, but no blue ones.

Experience… honestly, it's decent.

Although a single 40-level 'Skeleton Scraping Technician' doesn't give much experience, there are many of them.

Even for 48-level Su Sheng, this stage yielded about eight percent experience; that eight percent equals the amount Su Sheng would have spent half a day grinding on the outside map.

"Everyone rest for a moment, then we go in," Su Sheng said after seeing the wooden tomb chamber door, pausing the group.

"According to convention, there should be a small boss inside."

"Maybe..."

The group murmured among themselves.

Su Sheng glanced at the back passage, showing a strange expression.

"Maybe... there's no boss."

"Huh?" the others looked at Su Sheng in confusion.

"Could it be that..."

"We never actually entered the tomb; we just... passed the preceding passage... only after passing this gate do we officially enter the tomb," Su Sheng said, looking at the door before them.

The others fell silent for a moment upon hearing that.

So... that was just an appetizer?

After a while, everyone's condition was fully restored.

"Alright, ready, I'll open the door."

Su Sheng clapped his hands.

Then Su Sheng flipped off his mount.

He raised his Shield, staying alert as he approached the tomb's wooden door.

At the same time he activated the Fireworks Blessing Shield.

Having passed the earlier passage mechanisms, Su Sheng felt it best to stay cautious.

The others kept a certain distance, watching Su Sheng's movements warily.

Su Sheng reached the wooden door and tried to pry it open with his Shield.

Creak~

It was easy, with no obstruction.

Directly pushed open a gap.

After waiting a while, there was no reaction, and even this small gap revealed nothing of the inside.

Su Sheng then shoved the door open with force.

Gurgle~

As the door was fully pushed open, a sound indeed came from inside.

Su Sheng immediately raised the shield.

Defensive Stance!

Hoo~

Then a burst of green mist instantly enveloped Su Sheng.

Ding~

Entered poisoned state.

Indeed…

There will be trouble…

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This poison is pretty fierce… a jump of two hundred HP.

Su Sheng was speechless; Defensive Stance can only block direct attacks, this debuff does not reduce damage.

Originally ready to activate Falling Demon Body at any time, it was no longer necessary…

Fortunately nobody else came along, otherwise the poison gas's range would have poisoned everyone.

Swish~

Two beams of light fell one after another onto Su Sheng.

They were Huang Mingxin's and Bai Pangpang's Purification Spell.

Su Sheng's poisoned status was instantly removed.

"No need to both add; it's lucky only I got poisoned, you need to cooperate, otherwise if two more people get poisoned, your Purification Spell cooldown won't finish." Su Sheng advised.

"Okay, Chairman!"

Bai Pangpang responded.

"Understood."

Huang Mingxin also nodded; after signing the contract, Huang Mingxin also adjusted her mindset, today afternoon her father's matter basically had no effect on her.

Originally that scumbag, over these two years, I don't know how many times, similar things happened.

At this moment, Huang Mingxin didn't know yet, tomorrow a good news awaited her.

"Let's go, let's go in."

Su Sheng nodded, then led the way in.

Great Elf Tomb: First Layer.

Su Sheng glanced at the map's name.

Indeed, only now is the formal entry into the tomb; before was just an appetizer.

"Tomb raider…"

"Discovered tomb raider…"

Click click click~

The tomb is quite spacious…

At a glance, the dense earth-yellow monsters all started moving.

Su Sheng's expression changed…

What the hell, all drew aggro?

"Fall back quickly…"

Su Sheng quickly turned and shouted.

The people who just came in were still a bit confused, but they didn't hesitate to follow Su Sheng's command.

Immediately they turned and headed outside, Su Sheng also quickly retreated.

"Quick, Zhaodi Jie come over! Together with me, raise shields to block the doorway!"