Chapter 795: Demon Cave (Combined 4000 characters)

Dozens of Demon Race archer soldiers, although they are 65th‑level with exaggerated high‑level attributes, faced the absolute elite; after being caught off guard at first, they later opened formation and easily swept this wave of Demon Race archers.

Even though we easily cleared this wave of Demon Race archers without any casualties, no one's face showed a relaxed expression.

After all, this appetizer was a level‑65 monster; who knows how strong the later monsters will be.

But it's fine; the experience is quite abundant.

Also, the loot drop rate seems pretty good; this small wave of Demon Race archers dropped two level‑65 blue pieces, and their stats can be called minor masterpieces.

But they can only be stored temporarily; the level is too high.

As for Su Sheng… naturally he doesn't care about blue gear.

If the attributes aren't a perfect match, Su Sheng now even dislikes his purple equipment.

Can't have too many delicacies, the palate gets picky… Su Sheng's current gear, though still has purple pieces, is overall quite luxurious.

"Assassin, scout ahead!"

"Everyone else maintain battle formation, hanging the pot does not help the world, take over the command!"

Su Sheng directly, brandishing his spear while riding, leads the charge.

He walks at the front of the squad.

It also helps that the environment is spacious enough; otherwise, Su Sheng on his mythical lion mount would have trouble moving…

Then, everyone continues forward.

As they advance, they haven't encountered monsters yet, but the Demon Energy suppression has already risen to 5%.

Everyone's expression looks uneasy; this Dungeon's difficulty already seems high—a hundred‑person Dungeon.

Moreover, there is now a negative debuff suppressing your status, making it even more uncomfortable.

But for now, besides doing nothing, there is no solution.

If this Dungeon isn't cleared, the ultimate threat will be Yanhuang Guild's foundation… Yanhuang Town.

"Stay alert, the second wave of monsters is ahead!"

The assassin with the routine has already posted a screenshot in the Team Channel.

Dense and countless, the entire passage is filled with monsters.

Demon Race Expeditionary Army! Elite Monsters!

Otherwise, they're the Demon Race Expeditionary Armies that previously attacked Xuanwu Main City and Baihu Main City.

Elite monsters fluctuating between levels 65–69, whose attributes aside from HP are comparable to ordinary BOSSes.

But it's okay…

Although there are many Demon Race Expeditionary Armies, the passage's area is limited; given collision volume, Su Sheng's party can only face three to four at a time.

Su Sheng and Wu Zhaodi should each be able to solo‑tank one.

As for the other positions, the Hidden Dragon elite aren't idle; they can't solo‑tank, but rotating to share damage is fine.

When alternating tanking, you must manage the monsters' aggro shifts; this, for Hidden Dragon members who are perfectly in sync, is no problem at all.

Fight!

Su Sheng is completely relaxed, bearing the Holy Word buff from Feng Wu Jiu Tian; he basically doesn't need a priest to watch him, occasionally relying on the healing stored by Feng Wu Jiu Tian's Holy Words, and can easily endure.

On Wu Zhaodi's side, Bai Pangpang specifically watches her HP; the Earth Shield stance with both feet planted lives up to its reputation.

And Huang Mingxin is responsible for the other side, the Hidden Dragon's T position, which is also elite.

Unfortunately this Dungeon is perverse; the level gap is large, and often the numerical disparity can't be compensated by skill.

But overall it's holding steady.

"Maintain the pace, we advance steadily."

Can't see the end; the whole passage is packed with countless Demon Race Expeditionary Armies, the number unknown, and because of collision volume, the scouting assassin can't get through either.

Shen Yang can't do anything; it's too dense…

As time passes.

Su Sheng's party suffers and enjoys at the same time.

So far, none of the 100 members have been lost.

But they've been pushing for over two hours, and the passage's Demon Race Expeditionary Armies keep coming nonstop; it's unclear when it will end.

Still, the experience is quite plentiful.

Some Hidden Dragon members have already leveled up directly.

But now it's not easy to handle… initially it was just ordinary Demon Race Expeditionary Armies.

After about an hour and a half of pushing, the Demon Race Expeditionary Armies started mixing in Demon Race archers.

The most speechless thing is that those Demon Race archers are tucked far behind within the Demon Race Expeditionary Armies.

Before clearing the front Demon Race Expeditionary Armies, there's no way to deal with those archers.

But that's not the most baffling.

The most helpless thing is that the Demon Race archers' attack range is actually longer than the players' normal attack range.

When regular players can't reach those archers with ranged means, the archers can directly, using their range advantage, bypass the front Demon Race Expeditionary Armies and Yanhuang's T position, striking the rear Yanhuang units behind.

In response, Su Sheng has no good solution; he can only allocate some priests to start covering the many fragile rear units' HP.

Of course, this adds a bit of pressure to the front line, but there's no alternative.

You can't have both fish and bear's paw; there must be sacrifice… they can only sacrifice the front T position.

After all, the rear players are the core of damage output.

Anyway, overall it's still stable, and the push continues slowly.

Su Sheng glanced at the game time.

There are still seven or eight hours left, and it's unclear whether that's enough to finish this special Dungeon.

At present there is no shortcut; we can only kill methodically, step by step.

We've been pushing forward all the way and have no idea how many Demon Race Expeditionary Armies we've already slain.

But the monsters in the passage still seem endless.

Seeing the dense mass of Demon Race Expeditionary Armies before him, Su Sheng truly feels relieved that Dalian came, and that they led them to the location of this demon cave.

Don't be fooled that everyone is crowded in this single passage; although it's somewhat difficult, it's still progressing steadily at this moment.

That's because of favorable timing, terrain, and people…

Although there is a Demonic Qi Suppression Effect, Su Sheng's party arrived… very early, and the demon cave hasn't fully matured yet.

But if this demon cave fully spawns these dense Demon Race Expeditionary Armies, appearing outside Yanhuang Town would be troublesome.

Secondly, regarding the passage's size, the number of Demon Race Expeditionary Armies they need to face at once isn't large; only occasionally, demon archers on the side fire cold arrows that give a tingling scalp sensation.

Other than that, there are no other drawbacks.

…

And another hour has passed.

The Hundred-Person Team lost one member.

An unlucky hidden‑dragon ranged archer, amid the crowd, was focus‑fired by several demon archers and couldn't dodge.

Moreover, his equipment was slightly inferior to that of the other members.

He was instantly killed by the focus fire.

But now we finally see the end…

Beyond the dense Demon Race Expeditionary Armies ahead and the demon archers mixed among them, a spacious area can be seen behind.

Having been accustomed to cave passages all the way, everyone's eyes lit up.

Finally, there's some change.

Although we still can't see the interior of the cave, and even assassins can't get through, it can't be that the space is filled entirely with these Demon Race Expeditionary Armies.

Su Sheng, however, keeps focusing on this Dungeon's clearance condition: destroying the Demon Energy Well.

The Demon Energy Well is the core within the demon's core; to perfectly spawn a demon cave, the Demon Energy supplied by the well is indispensable.

Moreover, this Demon Energy Well is sizable; if the well were too small, the time to spawn the demon cave would be too long and would affect the subsequent troop‑spawning speed.

Given the situation, the Demon Energy Well must be at the deepest part of this demon cave.

Thus they need to push forward all the way.

Although they've already seen that spacious spot, that short distance still took the group more than half an hour.

Ahead, the view opens up brightly.

Demon Race Expeditionary Army, still Demon Race Expeditionary Army.

That towering figure, black as ink, is also a mass of Demon Race Expeditionary Army.

Everyone looked on speechlessly, but that's quite normal.

The point of this demon cave is to spawn troops; in this case, wouldn't a few more Demon Race Expeditionary Armies be normal?

If the numbers are insufficient, how will we conduct a siege later?

These Demon Race Expeditionary Armies are hard to deal with from the players' current perspective.

But could it be that, in the demons' eyes, these Expeditionary Armies are merely cannon fodder?

Cannon fodder, of course, the more the better.

Besides the dense Demon Race Expeditionary Armies on the outskirts, there is also a lone figure on a central high platform—a black‑robed silhouette.

That figure is also towering, nearly over two meters tall, entirely shrouded in a black robe; the details are unclear, but faint black Demon Energy can be seen swirling slowly within the robed form.

BOSS!

Everyone's mind conjured that thought.

But Su Sheng glanced over the spacious area, taking in some of its interior details.

Besides the dense Demon Race Expeditionary Armies, there is a solitary boss on the central platform, with no Demon Energy Well in sight.

"So, it seems the Demon Energy Well is still inside," Su Sheng quipped.

"But we don't see any other paths around; only this mass of Demon Race Expeditionary Armies and the boss on the platform," someone said hesitantly.

Someone hesitated to speak.

Indeed, there are no other entrance locations here.

"We should probably defeat the boss before it appears; this must be the first gate‑keeping boss of the demon cave,"

"Alright, we'll clear those Demon Race Expeditionary Armies on the outskirts,"

"Try not to agitate the boss as much as possible,"

Zhang Zhi began to take over command.

At present this counts as a small‑scale battle, which Zhang Zhi is very adept at.

There's no choice; if they were ordinary small monsters, it would be no problem.

But these are Demon Race Expeditionary Armies; at this stage the disparity is significant, and even a single round against them is very taxing.

If the boss is provoked simultaneously, severe casualties are inevitable.

But barring any mishaps, this is indeed the first gate‑keeping boss of the demon cave.

If casualties are too heavy, we won't be able to tackle any subsequent bosses.

Then, following Zhang Zhi's orders, Lin Huan drew his bow and fired an arrow at a short distance, striking a Demon Race Expeditionary Army on the outskirts with precision.

Clack clack clack~

That Demon Race Expeditionary Army immediately turned around, and the ones from the same squad also turned and emerged.

Suddenly, 4~5 Demon Race Expeditionary Army emerged.

It seems that within this spacious interior, these Demon Race Expeditionary Armies are organized in small squads.

Otherwise they wouldn't react to a single hair's movement, but when one is pulled, the whole squad is drawn out.

Yet everyone's gaze was fixed on the black‑robed BOSS on the high platform.

Fortunately…

As this squad of Demon Race Expeditionary Army stepped out, the black‑robed figure on the high platform remained motionless.

"Clear the monsters!"

The group's actions weren't slow; it was only 4~5 Demon Race Expeditionary Army, and they wiped them out in a flash.

Then Lin Huan nocked another arrow.

This time, however, a few archers beside Lin Huan also nocked arrows together, preparing to pull monsters.

We can't just pull out a round of 4~5 to fight, can we?

That would take forever, given the number of Expeditionary Armies in this spacious interior.

And there are person #100 present? No, now it's 99…

As long as the front holds, the rear can output and handle a dozen or so simultaneously, which is doable.

"Everyone be careful, try not to agitate the BOSS."

Zhang Zhi reminded them again.

As time passed, the number of Demon Race Expeditionary Army inside the arena space gradually decreased.

Su Sheng glanced at the game time, feeling a bit helpless.

There are still four or five hours left; whether we can finish this Dungeon today… it's really uncertain.

We've only cleared about a third so far; estimating the remaining cleanup will take nearly half an hour, then we still have to fight the BOSS.

Heaven knows what attribute this BOSS has, whether it's hard to deal with?

Keep grinding.

…

…

Ugh—

A wail—

About an hour and a half had passed in total.

At this point, the plaza's densely packed Demon Race Expeditionary Army was finally all gone.

"Everyone, recover a bit, rest for two minutes, then get ready to start the BOSS!"

Zhang Zhi also knew that the time spent so far was too long.

Almost all of it was high‑intensity combat; under such circumstances, a break is needed, even if only the mind is in the game, the fatigue remains.

During this interval, Zhang Zhi tallied the loot.

Then he traded everything to Su Sheng…

Overall, it's quite good, but they're all level‑65 starter gear, not usable now.

But it's better to be prepared.

Two minutes later, everyone immediately regrouped.

Preparing to start the BOSS…