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Chapter 376: The Raid and the Exaggeration
On a certain floor inside the pitch-black tower, in a dark palace.

A thirty-something mage player from the Kingdom of Clawgua was dealing with the remaining monsters on this floor.

He had darker skin and wore the iconic loose, thin clothes developed by the Kingdom of Clawqua to adapt to the hot climate. He wore a pointed wizard hat on his head and held a short gray-black staff in his hand.

As he waved his hands, basketball-sized fireballs bombarded the black monsters around him like automatic cannonballs.

At present, most of these monsters with sharp teeth and claws have been easily eliminated by him, and only the three largest individuals are still retreating in the fireball attack and struggling to survive.

"These things are very weak... This floor has a flat floor and can be used as a resting place after cleaning."

The player from Clawgua country maintained his offensive while thinking in his mind.

But don't think that he will be careless just because he finds the enemy is weak. The slightest unexpected situation can put him in danger.

In fact, players who can reach his level will not have this shortcoming. Although he seems to be playing casually at the moment, his defense and reconnaissance work have not been neglected at all.

Specifically, he has been maintaining a spell called "invisible defense", always letting his perception pay attention to any movement around him, and he also holds a small prop in his hand, which can be used immediately when encountering danger.

Hoo~ho~
At this time, all the ordinary black monsters in front of him had been destroyed by the fireballs, and only the three largest elite monsters were still alive, but they were also badly burned by the fireballs. They were constantly forced to flee everywhere by the many fireballs fired by this player, and could not launch a counterattack at all. They could only roar and make meaningless threats.

However, just as this man was about to launch the final attack to destroy these elite monsters, he suddenly turned his head and looked behind him, while tightly clenching a certain item in his hand!
Guaguagua!
A loud sound of frogs suddenly appeared in the air, along with a shock wave centered on the player from Clawgua Country!
The ripples spread out in all directions at an extremely fast speed, first scattering the monster corpses on the surrounding ground, and then producing violent ripples in the seemingly empty air, making the outlines of two axes appear in front of the player's eyes in an instant, and approaching violently!

"There are enemies!"

The player from Clawgua country was suddenly shocked. A strong flame suddenly rose from his body, covering him like a fire man. This was a defensive skill called Flame Shield.

Then he tried to dodge sideways, but the enemy's attack came too fast. Before he could completely dodge, two axes hit his neck, breaking the fire shield defense on his body.

But when the axe penetrated deeper, it encountered unexpected obstacles and its power was greatly slowed down. That was the power called invisible defense.

"Death Ray!"

The player who was ambushed had just barely survived the first round of attacks and was about to launch a counterattack, when he sensed a blurry, thin figure emerging in the distance. A long stream of pitch-black light was emitted by the staff held by the figure, and it came towards him with a terrifying chill.

What made him even more terrified was that a large group of strange mosquitoes emitting a terrifying and dangerous aura had appeared beside him at some point, and they fearlessly drilled into his fire shield, easily breaking through his already unstable body defenses.

"what!!!"

The attacked Clawgua player couldn't help but let out a shrill scream. He wanted to find a glimmer of hope in the desperate situation he suddenly fell into, but the enemy was too cruel and didn't give him any chance of survival.

The enemy holding two axes moved violently, knocking the staff in his hand to the ground, and almost chopped off his hands, leaving him unable to make any further response.

The dark death ray hit his body in the blink of an eye. Even though most of it was blocked by the fire shield, invisible defense and equipment on his body, he still suffered huge damage and fell into a trance.

Countless strange mosquitoes brought him extreme pain and torture, which was the main reason for his screams.

But the scream did not last more than two seconds before it disappeared, because before the player was bitten to death by the mosquito venom, his neck had been chopped off by two axes of the enemies beside him.

"He died just now? He didn't last long enough, did he? But it's not hard to understand why a mage was killed instantly by three players of the same level..."

Wang Zhifan, who was on the top floor of the black tower, had just observed the whole process and felt that the result was a little beyond his expectations, because he thought that the player who was attacked could fight with the three people for more than ten seconds, but he died in just three seconds. It can be said that he died very quickly.

At the crime scene, the trio of perpetrators had already begun collecting the spoils, and their methods seemed quite skilled.

"This frog toy is a rare defensive item. Judging from the effect just now, it is still somewhat useful. Do you want it, David?"

The thin wizard squatted down and found a small frog model from the dead player, and asked the other two people beside him for their opinions.

“I want the hat more.”

The white summoner shook his head when he saw this. He bent down, picked up the pointed hat that had fallen near the dead man's head, and put it on his own head.

"Is this hat suitable for a summoner like you? Then I want his ring. I happen to be a mage as well."

The white mage did not argue with his companions and changed his goal.

The remaining tall female warrior didn't seem to like any of the equipment on the dead man. She took a look and said:
"Give me everything you don't want, and I'll sell it all for money."

While the three were discussing, a few low growls were heard near them. They were the three elite monsters that had not been cleared out by the dead before, making their presence felt.

These monsters must have been confused by the sudden scene just now, so they waited until now to make threatening noises and remember their duties.

"court death!"

The female warrior, who was already feeling a bit bored, suddenly became angry upon seeing this, and was about to rush over with the double axes in her hands to deal with these debris. She was very sure that she could easily destroy these three monsters.

But what these people didn't know was that Wang Zhifan was still watching them, ready to add fuel to their successful hunt.

"I have no problem with you killing other players in my territory, but it's reasonable for you to pay some taxes to me as the host after you get your gains, right?"

As he thought about this, he activated his power as the Lord of the Black Tower, causing a sudden change in the situation on that floor! Specifically, this change occurred to the remaining three monsters. With their strength, it was impossible for them to survive the hands of the female player who walked over, but Wang Zhifan temporarily loaded them with upgrade modules, which made their strength soar dozens of times in an instant, and completely turned them into monsters of another strength.

When the white female warrior, full of fighting spirit, walked forward with two axes in hand, she suddenly found that the three black monsters in front of her had suddenly grown in size, from the original size of big gray wolves to the size of adult black tigers, and their teeth and claws became sharper. What was even more outrageous was that two pairs of large bat-like wings grew on their backs, and they looked like they were completely different species from before!
"William! David! How come these monsters suddenly mutated!"

Upon seeing this sudden situation, the female warrior stopped and took a defensive stance, while loudly reminding her two companions who were still discussing the division of the spoils behind her.

The first person to respond to her was the mage William. This guy's perception was probably the strongest among the three people present, so he noticed the sudden situation just now and immediately raised his head to observe.

"Evacuate quickly! There's no need for us to provoke these monsters!"

The man then made a decision very quickly, which was not to fight against this suddenly powerful monster, and the best strategy was to run away decisively to conserve his energy.

"You take the spoils away! I'll hold them back!"

The white summoner David also agreed with his companion's decision. He quickly stood up and spoke to the female warriors blocking the way, asking them to retreat first and take away the players' bodies as trophies.

As for his means of containment, he still relies on various insects. It is very appropriate to let the insects deal with large opponents, because it is difficult to kill large targets efficiently with the swarm of insects, and the swarm of insects can use the advantage of numbers to cause continuous and high damage to them.

As he finished speaking, swarms of flying insects swarmed around his body, as if layers of thick fog were surrounding him. Those were all things he had prepared in advance for this hunt, but they were not used much in the previous battle. It was not a waste to use them now.

"Okay! You come and stop them! I'll be responsible for taking the spoils away!"

After hearing this, the female warrior who was facing the mutant monster in front began to retreat continuously to cooperate. She did not feel ashamed of her retreat at all, because their team had been formed for a long time, and there was a precedent for who would be the main force in any situation. No one would be looked down upon for not being the main force.

Seeing this, the thin wizard William also stepped forward and handed the spoils entirely to the female warrior, while the staff in his hand began to brew a spell suitable for the current situation.

"I'll help you control it."

He said this probably in order to restrict the actions of the mutant monsters ahead so that his companions summoned by the swarm could reduce some risks.

This set of coordination may sound a bit complicated, but it actually happens within one or two seconds.

When the monster that had suddenly mutated and become many times stronger flapped its huge wings and swooped down towards the three players, the Swarm Summoner immediately commanded his army of insects to meet the enemy, while the skinny wizard William used a spell similar to illusory chains to try to tie up the monsters.

But what happened next caught them off guard!

The huge winged monsters that rose into the air suddenly opened their huge mouths in mid-air and spewed out a large amount of unknown black liquid, which covered most of the insects controlled by the swarm mage like oil, making most of these tiny creatures stuck together in an instant, and fell to the ground like mud, temporarily losing their mobility and attack power.

Those illusory chains released by the wizard William were even more ineffective. They actually dissipated on their own before binding the three monsters, as if they had encountered some targeted force.

"Nova! Stop them! Leave the bodies alone!"

This situation immediately made William realize that the enemy's strength this time was more terrifying than they thought, and they could not deal with it just by taking it seriously.

The biggest evidence is that the chain skill he just used has an upper limit on the strength level of the bound target. The fact that they dissipated directly shows that the enemy far exceeds the upper limit that this skill can deal with.

So he quickly asked the female warrior Nova who was preparing to evacuate to hold off the enemy.

But Nova was not a fool who would let anyone tell her what to do. She had already noticed something was wrong with the enemy before her companions called out to her. She immediately determined that she could not fight such a being head-on, so she rushed to the spiral staircase on the lower floor, shouting as she ran:
"You guys retreat quickly! It's safe on the second floor!"

After saying that, she was the first to rush into the spiral staircase, followed by the mage William and the swarm summoner David. These two had the blessing of acceleration magic and ran no slower than her, a warrior.

"Finally escaped... William, what on earth was that monster just now?"

After coming down from the third floor and reuniting on the second floor, the three found that the enemy did not chase them directly as they expected, so they stopped and began to ponder this strange thing.

Especially the wizard William, he didn't understand what happened just now and why the monster suddenly became stronger, but his companions thought he would understand and expected him to give an answer.

"I don't know what's going on... Maybe we broke into someone else's tower climbing space and were considered friendly forces, causing the tower to increase its challenge difficulty?"

He can only make this rather far-fetched speculation at the moment.

"That may be the case...but I still have some equipment to take from the prey. If I had known, I would have moved faster."

After hearing this, the Swarm Summoner David also agreed, regretting that they had not yet collected all the spoils.

"It doesn't matter. That person doesn't have anything good. We can just find another target to make up for it."

After hearing this, the female warrior Nova quickly walked towards the spiral staircase leading to the first floor. Not only was she not frightened after the turmoil, she also planned to strike back with a powerful punch.

As the three men walked towards the first floor entrance while talking, Wang Zhifan saw everything. He planned to make things more difficult for them without much hesitation. The main reason was that his goal had not been achieved yet. He had only forced these people to leave behind a useless corpse, and had not successfully forced them to complete the "tax payment".

So when the three of them walked along the spiral staircase to the first floor, what caught their eyes was not the grass on the first floor, but the three familiar black-winged monsters in the dark palace. In other words, they were strangely trapped in a loop and returned to the third floor again.

"This is the third floor! We were clearly going down! How did we end up back here?!"

Wizard William was shocked when faced with this bizarre situation. He knew that this tower was definitely not as simple as they thought, but he did not expect that the Black Tower would trap them and would not let them leave until they had cleared out the monsters.

(End of this chapter)