Even Luo Taozhi couldn’t help but look towards Xiao Nanchu.
Being stared at by four people, Xiao Nanchu gave a light cough.
“Well… I don’t know either. Anyway, we should just keep moving forward.”
He didn’t know why his base stats were so high either.
His only unique skill was [One Who Stands Alone], but that skill didn’t mention any special conditions for adding attributes.
The only possibility was that he had triggered a bug during his repeated resets of the opening sequence, but he couldn’t tell them that.
Should he say he could infinitely rewind time? Or that he could foresee the future?
Saying that would probably get him laughed at by everyone except Luo Taozhi. The only one who would believe him, Luo Taozhi, couldn’t reveal her account either.
In short, he really had no good way to explain his attribute issue.
Seeing that Xiao Nanchu didn’t want to talk about it, the others didn’t press him. After all, it was his secret.
Stopping the discussion about Xiao Nanchu’s attributes, the group continued walking down the straight path.
They still had to progress through the stage, after all.
The road was empty. They walked for several minutes without seeing any new monsters.
It wasn’t until they reached a corner.
It was a very strange corner, completely out of place with the surrounding withered trees.
A wall.
It appeared very abruptly in the middle of the path, forcing them to turn left.
There was no other way. The straight path outlined by the withered trees ended here.
The right side was completely blocked, as if telling them the only way forward was into the pitch-black darkness on the left.
Once the five of them entered, the surrounding scenery changed dramatically again.
The walls beside them transformed. Torches appeared on the walls one by one and were inexplicably lit.
But at least they could finally see the path clearly by the torchlight.
Just like before, it was a very straight road, with walls tightly blocking both sides, feeling even more oppressive than the previous trees.
“I have to say, this scene transition is way too strange. Could it be that the final boss is right ahead?”
Li Dong was the first to speak up, unable to hold back.
The current atmosphere was a bit too tense; he wanted to talk with his teammates.
“Maybe. Otherwise, what’s the point of this scene change?”
Since his boss had spoken, how could Xiazhi, as a subordinate, let his words hang in the air?
Of the remaining three, the Tiger Regiment Leader wasn’t very knowledgeable about game-related details.
Luo Taozhi had zero interest in the topic, leaving only Xiao Nanchu who could barely keep up the conversation.
“It’s also possible they just switched to a new batch of small mobs. The ones before were a bit too weak, after all.”
“That’s true. But a Novice Village stage shouldn’t have traps, right? If traps appeared in a place like this, none of us would have anywhere to run.”
Li Dong looked at the walls on both sides, reminded of some unpleasant experiences in other soul-like games.
If something like a stone ball came rolling out, or the walls started closing in, they’d be done for.
“It probably shouldn’t be possible, since it’s just a Novice Village dungeon?” Xiao Nanchu wasn’t sure either.
He wasn’t afraid of new monsters appearing, but he dreaded these weird, unpredictable traps.
“I think we can stop guessing.”
Luo Taozhi’s gaze was fixed on the darkness ahead, interrupting the conversation between Xiao Nanchu and Li Dong.
“Monsters are coming.”
“Coming?” Li Dong was stunned, squinting his eyes to try and see something different ahead.
“Where? I don’t see anything?”
Unfortunately, he couldn’t see anything except pitch black.
“The ground is vibrating. They’re really coming.”
The Tiger Regiment Leader looked at Luo Taozhi in surprise. He hadn’t expected this person to notice it even faster than he did.
Before Li Dong could carefully try to feel it, the outlines of monsters had already appeared before his eyes.
They were a group of bug-like creatures, each roughly over a meter in size. Their sharp mandibles and antennae were clearly discernible even from this distance.
The sound of their carapaces colliding as they scurried was extremely clear in this empty corridor.
Before they had fully closed in, the Tiger Regiment Leader and Xiao Nanchu, positioned at the front, could already see the names of these bugs.
[Abyssal Crawler]
[Lv8]
[Health Points: 200]
[Introduction: Food from the deepest layers of the Abyss. Extremely numerous, with hard shells. However, the meat inside seems quite good.]
Although the introduction was a bit absurd, the extremely low health points made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Until Li Dong’s arrow hit one and a damage number popped up.
-20
Twenty, only twenty damage!
“Damn it! They have physical resistance!”
Li Dong shouted indignantly.
He was really starting to feel like this dungeon was not friendly to archers like him at all.
“It’s fine. At least there aren’t many of them.”
The Tiger Regiment Leader and Xiao Nanchu had already charged forward and made first contact with the bugs.
-50
-200!
-44
-46…
Damage numbers kept popping up where the two clashed with the bugs. Aside from Xiao Nanchu’s absurdly high numbers, it was almost hard to tell if it was the bugs or the two of them losing health.
The two of them held the front line firmly. Behind them were Xiazhi and Luo Taozhi, with Li Dong at the very back, pitifully shooting his arrows.
As a greatsword user, Xiazhi naturally positioned himself in front of Luo Taozhi and his boss, Li Dong.
What he didn’t expect was for Luo Taozhi to actively take two steps forward, standing at the same position as him.
“Big Shot, you and Brother Dong should provide ranged support from the back.”
Xiazhi was just trying to be considerate. Who would have thought Luo Taozhi would just give him a strange look, then demonstrate why she had moved up.
The tachi in Luo Taozhi’s hand emitted a faint white light, precisely striking the bugs in coordination with her movements. And the damage she dealt wasn’t low either.
-160! Weakness Critical Hit!
-80!
-80!
The damage was remarkably consistent, and even higher than that dealt by the Tiger Regiment Leader, who was Lv10 and had already undergone a Class Change!
The most outrageous part was that Xiazhi noticed she could even spare the effort to launch several waves of Sword Qi to support the two in front, all without losing a single point of health herself!
Luo Taozhi’s movements were agile and elusive; not a single bug could touch her!
Soon, with Xiao Nanchu’s absurd damage that killed any bug he touched, and Luo Taozhi’s skillful Weakness Critical Hits within the monster pack, the several dozen bugs were quickly cleaned up by the group.
“Damn it, I’m really done. This dungeon is targeting me, right? Archer players are crying!!”
Seeing the fight was over, Li Dong couldn’t help but speak up again.
“Um… Brother Dong, Big Shot’s Sword Qi seems to be ranged too, but her damage still seems pretty high…”
Even his subordinate Xiazhi couldn’t bear to watch anymore, quietly reminding his boss.
After all, being the closest to Luo Taozhi, he had witnessed the entire process. The reason she could deal such high damage was because her seemingly casual Sword Qi slashes could accurately hit the gaps in the bugs’ carapaces.