Chapter 33: Return to the surface

Half a step back, the short knife slashed out after accumulating power, sealing the next possible change in the claw, for fear that it would suddenly become longer.

Squat down slightly, avoiding the sweep of the other claw.

At this moment, Lily suddenly realized that her female Joe's small size seemed to be a great advantage in front of the shadow of the wall. (Imagine, the goblin thieves of Mt. Yamaguchi)

In a flash of light, Lily had already thought of a strategy against the enemy, and instead of retreating, she stepped into the attack range of the shadow of the wall.

The short knife was raised, holding the claws, and with a twist of the wrist, he avoided the next change of the shadow of the wall as if he had foreseen it, and took advantage of the situation with the knife in his backhand to slash at the opponent's arm.

The female Qiao Xiao's body quickly moved to the other side of the shadow almost against the wall, and slashed down with three slashes, leaving three gaps in her body.

Lily knows that the weakness of the wall shadow is in the magic stone and the skull, and small wounds can be recovered by wriggling for the wall shadow, but this recovery will make the opponent slower down.

The two are fighting fiercely, and it is this line that is fighting.

With a twist of footsteps, he came to the back of the wall shadow and stabbed him with a knife before he could react.

There was a crisp "ding", and the tip of the knife stabbed on the magic stone.

The body of the wall shadow exploded into ashes in an instant, but the magic stone could not be exchanged for money.

Dungeon space, seventh floor!

Tink, twitter, the sound of chewing dirt echoed all around.

Phosphorescent glow shone from the ceiling, illuminating the edge area surrounded by thin, square-shaped green walls. This is called a "room", a space in the dungeon that spreads out in a cube.

In the midst of this, Bell clenched his sword in both hands and confronted the guy, Lily stood on Bell's left side with a short knife in her hand, her gaze drifting, observing the situation around her.

Four feet, two thin wrists, plus two giant eyeballs. The whole body is soaked in blood red, and this posture can't help but remind people of ants.

But unlike ordinary ants, the body is not only as big as a human, but it also uses its slender waist as a fulcrum to stretch its forequarters as if it wants to lift its upper body.

Killerant.

A monster that only appears after entering the 7th floor. It seems to be called the "Rookie Killer" along with the "Wallshadow" on the 6th floor.

The name comes from the hard shell that wraps around its body, and its high attack power, which is different from that of low-level monsters like goblins, and the outer skin that covers the surface of its body is as solid as armor.

At the front of the arm are well-developed four hook claws. The twisted protrusions faintly reflected a sinister sheen, and the back half of its body landed on all fours, ensuring its balance when attacking.

Keep attacking until the opponent's defenses break down, then take the opportunity to inflict fatal damage with your sharp claws. This is the fixed pattern of killer ant attacks.

Unlike the monsters that were obviously easy to deal with up to now, most of the adventurers who were used to enemies up to the 5th floor became their bait.

"Whoa—"

Cooing, cooing, killer ants rustle their mouths and make a piercing grinding sound.

In fact, this monster is calling for its companions. Although it doesn't scream, it seems to secrete a hormone unknown to humans in times of crisis (heermeng).

It really has a good phase with the hard shell. Although for adventurers, this is the worst.

In any case, if you want to defeat it, you have to rely on a quick attack. Of course, it's best to be able to kill it with a single blow.

A few paces away, Bell and the killer ant stared at each other.

"-Phew-"

The first to move is Bell, as a frontal attack, it is bound to pull enough hatred, and the first blow has the greatest hatred value.

Provoke a battle from this side, shouting, brandishing a long sword and rushing towards the arms of the killer ants.

The enemy's hook claws draw a white arc in the air, approaching from the left and right sides of the line of sight.

Bell is helpless, return to the sword defense!

The bell, the two bells, the sword and claw struck, Bell was shocked by the force of the shock and took half a step back, and the killer ant was not happy, and the upper body was agitated and leaned back.

"Huh!?"

Lily began to move slowly when Bell struck, and circled to the right side of the killer ant, and when the sword and claw intersected, her body instantly accelerated, and she came to the killer ant, and the short knife quickly slashed down.

A jet-black light fell, slashing through the gap unprotected by the hard shell, attacking the joints of the joints that were not protected by the soft car.

As she listened to its painful words, Lily leaped to her feet, her little hand resting on the killer ant's back, falling to its left side, and slashing with her short knife.

It's not completely severed, but it's attracted enough hatred.

The hind limbs were injured, and the killer ant was unstable on its footing, but under the stimulation of the pain, the upper body turned around in anger, and the left two claws had already attacked Lily.

Seeing that the killer ant's attention was not on him, Bell immediately aimed at the head of the killer ant that exposed his defenseless upper body, jumped up with his sword, and slashed down.

The blade uses its gravity to burst into the hard shell that guards the head.

It was only felt at first, and then the blade continued to penetrate without much resistance.

Sand, with a sound that felt good, the long sword slid out, and the killer ant's head split in two.

Then, the body that had lost its head fell to the ground as if it had just reacted.

“…… Well, not bad! ”

While wielding his sword and shaking off the body that was stuck to it, Bell bent down to pick up the items dropped by the killer ants, and Lily also picked up the magic stone that the killer ant's body had turned to ash and fell to the ground.

The scenery and topography of the dungeon on the 8th ~ 9th floors will change dramatically.

First of all, the number of rooms will increase, and it will also become wider. The passage connecting the rooms became very narrow, and at the same time, the ceiling was only three or four meters high, and here it was close to ten meters.

The wood-colored walls are covered with moss, and the ground is a grassland covered with short grass. The intense glow from the head is like sunlight, giving the illusion of stepping into a wide grassland.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the monsters that have appeared so far are comprehensive. There are no new types of monsters, but as an alternative, goblins, kobolds, etc., will appear in a more formidable state. Although it is necessary to correctly estimate the strength of the opponent in order to fight as before, the 8th~9th floors are still relatively easy to attack.

It's a hodgepodge, but with more space, giving Bell and Lily more tactical play.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Chen Mo carried the two people who were already exhausted in one hand and returned to the ground.

Back in the chapel, after teaching the two of them the eighteen movements of the second floor of the dragon elephant, he sent the two to rest.

After a long battle, although there was some rest in between, the two of them were still exhausted at this moment, and they just wanted to fall asleep.

Chen Mo himself was in deep thought, and when he practiced the dragon elephant just now, he felt that his cultivation speed seemed to have become faster.