Chapter 898: Lifting a stone only to drop it on one's own foot

On the altar there is a loading bar; according to its speed, it will take nearly over forty minutes to finish loading.

That means everyone needs to defend this altar for forty minutes.

The previous Po Xiao team's four dungeon runs all ended in failure here.

The longest they managed was only about twenty-five or twenty-six minutes.

So, after discussion and calculation, the Po Xiao people finally came to a definite conclusion.

They couldn't get past; this stage is simply a matter of insufficient stats… they weren't killing fast enough.

After switching in the three Yanhuang members, Feng Wu Jiu Tian's buff bonus reaches over forty, compared to the previous Holy Light Great Angel's buff which increased by about ten percent.

Moreover, this increase applies to the whole team; furthermore, two tank positions were removed, and they originally had no output in this stage.

Then, swapping in Mo Wen Qianchen and Late Falling Cherry, their combined output directly exceeded that of their entire previous team.

Besides the Judgment Angel, one can barely see the 'taillights' of Mo Wen Qianchen and Late Falling Cherry; others can't even catch their exhaust.

This is the gap.

Originally, due to insufficient output and not killing fast enough, they kept failing this stage; now, however, their output is completely overflowing.

Now over thirty minutes have passed, yet the altar's durability remains full.

If nothing unexpected happens, this second stage can be considered easily cleared.

As for the Po Xiao people, they care about this one-time stage.

But Su Sheng cares about needing to kill a bit faster…

Experience!

It's all experience!

The secret realm dungeon is also a dungeon, with no level restrictions; plus, the dungeon monsters' experience rewards are inherently rich.

Roughly, each elite I kill now gives me experience equivalent to what I used to get from killing three to four monsters at the 70-level training spot.

From this, one can see how abundant the experience reward is.

Shen Wang, that old brat 'eating well', has been chasing hard all the way, and it's not without reason.

The dungeon team's experience distribution is set to allocate by contribution, which is fairest, after all this is a combined team of Po Xiao and Yanhuang.

The 'distribute according to labor' model is most suitable…

Meanwhile, Su Sheng rushes out to kill, specifically targeting those elite monsters, basically killing them all by himself.

Su Sheng even wishes the altar's loading bar were a bit longer.

However, time passed bit by bit, and the altar's loading bar finally filled up.

Forty minutes have arrived!

Boom—

The entire altar shuddered slightly, then began to rise.

"Hurry up and get down from the altar!"

Su Sheng quickly spoke up to remind them.

However, everyone present were old fritters, and they immediately got down at the first sign of the altar's change.

Feng Wu Jiu Tian was also pulled down by Li Wenwan.

And as the altar changed, the endless stream of incoming earth-walking dragon monsters immediately turned tail and fled.

Su Sheng clicked his tongue, watching the backs of those earth-walking dragons, feeling somewhat unsatisfied… the experience is really high.

Boom—

And as the altar rose, it immediately cracked open, and a gray-black aura immediately spread throughout the altar.

Everyone watched with solemn faces; if nothing unexpected… the second boss of the secret realm dungeon should appear.

And Su Sheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at those gray-brown auras.

These auras feel familiar…

At a glance you know it's a strong negative 'smell'; obviously this isn't anything good.

Death qi!

These gray-brown auras are, in fact, undead death qi, something visible at some undead training spots.

Furthermore, when Yanhuang previously did that garrison mission, they also offended the so-called 'Undead Overlord'.

Later, when the garrison was completed and they faced monster sieges, the 'Undead Overlord' added extra difficulty.

Otherwise, back then, it was still a question whether the six-guild alliance gathered by Qiancheng Muxue could even breach their own garrison walls.

Thinking of this, Su Sheng glanced at the Twelve-winged Angel.

Speaking of which, the Po Xiao guild originally seemed to be the main force.

The Twelve-winged Angel seemed to sense Su Sheng's gaze, lifting its head to look over…

However, Su Sheng had already withdrawn his gaze and redirected it back onto the altar.

The Twelve-winged Angel felt somewhat bewildered, but not understanding why, it could only redirect its gaze back to the altar.

At this moment, a hazy death qi began to spread from the center of the altar.

Seeing this, Su Sheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

No way…

Su Sheng still remembers that if death qi is too strong, it also has negative effects.

Demon qi is attribute suppression, while death qi causes HP loss per second.

In a sense, death qi is even harder to handle than demon qi.

After all, since the Yanhuang guild gained Chen Jianping, Su Sheng always keeps some anti-demon potion on hand.

However, the good ones are ineffective while the bad ones work—whatever you fear will come.

Ding~

They entered an environment filled with deathly aura.

HP drops by 1% every second.

Everyone from Dawn turned pale, and they haven't even seen the boss yet!

Although Su Sheng felt helpless, he was at least mentally prepared.

Li Wenwan was fine too, after all she had experienced the previous garrison mission.

"Priest, keep an eye on everyone's HP; everyone also remember to drink blood potions."

Although everyone present were elites, Su Sheng still habitually gave a reminder.

Everyone nodded slightly.

Dawn's Holy Light Archangel also lifted her spirits; now is the time to test these Holy Light Priests.

Afterward, she also glanced at Feng Wu Jiu Tian standing beside Li Wenwan, who seemed a bit unnatural.

All along, these people from Dawn could see that Feng Wu Jiu Tian, this little sister, although a Hidden Class, her personality seemed a bit...

Click-click~

At this moment, the altar had completely cracked open, revealing a huge fissure, pitch black.

Grayish-brown deathly qi continuously spread from that fissure.

Su Sheng furrowed his brows, noticing a detail!

That is...

The corpses of the earth-walking dragon monsters he had killed while defending the altar hadn't respawned!

Su Sheng was speechless; this seemed to be one of the conspiracies!

If the altar is destroyed, the dungeon fails directly.

But to defend the altar, one must kill the earth-walking dragons.

And ironically, for the sake of experience points, he went on a massive killing spree!

Heaven knows the second boss of this dungeon would actually be related to the undead; the first stage of this dungeon shows no relation to the undead at all.

According to the nature of the undead series, these corpses will definitely 'rise'.

Su Sheng felt somewhat helpless; is this not like lifting a rock only to drop it on his own foot?

"What's wrong? Chairman Mo Wen?"

At this moment, the Judgment Angel not far from Su Sheng noticed his strange expression.

Upon hearing that, Su Sheng didn't hide it; letting everyone know counts as being prepared.

Immediately, Su Sheng explained the situation of those unrespawned earth-walking dragon corpses and his speculation...