Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 516 Moving forward
Zheng——! !

The sound of swords and claws clashing was endless, and dazzling sparks flashed in the wet cave.

[Hint: The Abyss Derivative · Blue Crab (Alien) has been killed, Orario Faction Reputation +2049]

[Tip: Obtained treasure chest (gold)*2]

“Hoo…Hoo…!”

Heavy breathing sounds came from Xin Lailai's mouth. He was seen leaning against the rock wall, his wet hair stuck to his tired face, and he was gasping for breath.

Bang!
Suddenly, the rock wall above his head collapsed without warning, and a shrill scream exploded from his ears. He saw a creepy monster that looked like a snake man, but with densely packed vertical eyes on its forehead and a bone spear in its hand, roaring and attacking Xin Lailai.

Not only that, almost at the same time as the snake-like monster rushed out, the rock walls and the ground behind, under and on the sides of Xin Lailai also exploded, and sharp centipede-like limbs stabbed towards Xin Lailai's limbs and vital parts with sharp whistling sounds.

In an instant——

Om-! !

Suddenly, a circle of sealing formation lit up on the rock that Xin Lailai had just touched with his palm, causing the movements of the abyss derivatives that were attacking him to freeze. At the same time, Xin Lailai, who had been leaning against the rock wall gasping for breath and looking exhausted a second ago, suddenly attacked, swung the Abyss Ink in his hand with all his strength, and whistled towards the snake man above his head.

Tangled Blade·Flowing Slash!

Wow!
A dark sword light flashed by, and then Xin Lailai instantly switched Yuan Mo into a gun shape and aimed it at the ground.

Bang bang bang!
Three gunshots were heard so fast that they were almost indistinguishable from each other. Three alchemical bullets loaded with 5mL of dark corrosive toxin flew out from the dark muzzles and instantly sank into the ground and the rock wall behind them.

"squeak--!!"

The next second, the makeshift sealing technique was broken, and three almost overlapping screams came from deep in the rock. The limbs that were supposed to stab Xin Lailai began to twitch wildly on the spot, causing the surrounding rocks to splash everywhere. After several seconds, they suddenly froze and froze there, completely motionless.

[Hint: The Abyss Derivative Naga (Alien) has been killed, Orario Faction Reputation +2033]

[Hint: The Abyss Derivative - Water Centipede (Alien) has been killed, Orario Faction Reputation +1769]

[Hint: Killed...]

Four consecutive kill prompts sounded in Xin Lailai's mind. Only then did Xin Lailai finally breathe a sigh of relief, leaned against the wall, and slowly slid down to the ground. His dark pupils were full of fatigue.

'Laila, let me take over. You should take a rest.'

Ling Yuzi's voice sounded in Xin Lailai's mind. Hearing this, Xin Lailai nodded slightly. With a thought, the scene in front of him instantly changed from the wet maze to the soul space. He closed his eyes and fell asleep lying on the ground in the soul space.

Ling Yuzi, who had taken over Xin Lailai's body, controlled Xin Lailai's body to open his eyes, took a deep breath, and looked at the equipment on the equipment bar, which had basically lost 35% to 40% durability. He lowered his eyes slightly, opened the psychic field, compressed it to a radius of 100 meters, took out a fatigue-releasing agent from the storage space, and injected it into "himself".

Immediately afterwards, Ling Yuzi opened the branding interface, and after two quick operations, he placed a map on the top of the branding interface.

Four days have passed since they woke up from the shallow area of ​​the abyss. During these four days, she and Lai Lai basically fought with the abyss derivatives in the dungeon whenever they opened their eyes.

Escape, fight, and take a short break…Escape, fight, and take a short break…

Although judging from their location, the section they are in is near the lower to middle level of the dungeon, theoretically only monsters below level 2 will be born there, and the refresh frequency should also be very slow.

But perhaps because they had completely fallen into the abyss, the monsters they had faced along the way were not only all abyss derivatives with strength at the first echelon of the second stage or above, but also refreshed very quickly, with a new wave refreshing every fifteen minutes on average.

The only thing to be thankful for is that perhaps due to the constraints of the dungeon's own rules, the maximum number of monsters that can exist at the same time in each layer of these abyss derivatives has not changed much from the original lower and middle layers of the dungeon.

Plus, because they are constantly climbing up, the pressure is actually getting smaller and smaller.

This can be seen from the change in the number of levels when they took turns. At the beginning, she and Lai Lai had to take turns to rest for a while after climbing each level of the maze, otherwise their energy would not be able to support battles of that frequency and intensity.

After reaching the 30th floor and above, the interval between each floor between her and Lai Lai gradually increased. For example, this time, they switched to single-player operation after killing the level master who turned into an abyss derivative on the 28th floor. When she rested for eight hours and switched back, Lai Lai had already explored to the 25th floor. According to the information left by Lai Lai, the refresh frequency of the abyss derivatives was also extended from 15 minutes at the beginning to 30 minutes.

As long as they keep up this pace, they will be able to reach the first floor of the dungeon in two days at most, right?
Ling Yuzi looked at the map in front of him, his eyes slightly lowered. After a moment of silence, he opened the equipment bar and began to operate skillfully.

[Hint: Already equipped with "Night Stealth Clothes +5"]

[Hint: Already equipped with "Night Stealth Wristband +5"]

[Hint: Already equipped with "Night Stealth Boots +5"]

[Hint: "Night Stealth Suit +5 (3/3)" has been activated]

……

[Night Stealth Set +5 (3/3)]

Set effect 1, Dark Night (Passive): Agility +10, Intelligence +10, when in the "Shadow" area, gain the "Shadow Shelter" effect, breath shielding rank +1.

Set Effect 2, Stealth (Passive): When in the "Shadow Shelter" state for more than 30 seconds, gain the "Shadow Stealth" effect, eliminating your own presence and increasing your stealth rank by +2.

Set Effect 3, Hunting (Passive): When entering the "Shadow Stealth" state, the damage caused by the next attack increases by 200% and the penetration increases by 50%; if this attack is a "melee attack", it will immediately recover the damage caused*0.5 points of maximum health, and when this attack kills the enemy, it will immediately exit the "Shadow Stealth" state and gain the "Unparalleled" effect, strength +10, physical strength +10, body defense +3, lasting 10 minutes; if this attack is a "ranged attack", the attack will be attached with the "stealth" effect, and when this attack "kills the enemy", the "Shadow Stealth" state will be extended for 10 seconds, and the next "ranged attack" will gain the "flight acceleration" effect.

...

+5 Enhancement Effect: The required Shadow strength to trigger Shadow Refuge is reduced to Dark Level.

……

[Hint: The "Shadow Shelter" effect has been obtained]

A cold prompt flashed through Ling Yuzi's mind, and he saw that the [Transcendence Suit] on the equipment bar was instantly replaced by the [Night Stealth Suit]. The body surface of Xin Lailai, controlled by Ling Yuzi, also began to be quickly covered with a layer of hazy shadow.

When they entered the world of Dicuo this time, they prepared a total of 3 sets of legendary equipment, among which the [Legendary Warrior Set] was directly scrapped when resisting the space storm. As for the remaining two sets of legendary sets, although the [Fanatical Saint Set] could not be used for the time being, the [Night Stealth Set] played an extremely important role in their process of climbing up.

Thanks to this suit, she and Lailai can use the Star Breaker + Special Alchemical Bullets + Gun Master LV.MAX to steal one-third to one-half of the Abyss Derivatives every time they enter a new layer, greatly reducing the difficulty of the battle. [Hint: Entered the "Shadow Stealth" state]

30 seconds passed quickly, and after entering the "Shadow Stealth" state, Ling Yuzi took out a white smiley mask from the storage space and put it on his face.

[Hint: Already wearing "Disguise the Evil Face"]

The disguised evil face can also provide the "breath concealment" effect. Not only that, compared with the "king's might", the "blood" transformed by the disguised evil face is

Although it is inferior in terms of consuming enemy stamina and causing damage, it is better in terms of armor penetration and erosion. In particular, a large amount of blood energy is compressed on the warhead of the alchemical bullet. Combined with the sneak attack penetration bonus provided by the "Night Stealth" suit, it can basically completely ignore the defense within 60 points, and hit those second-level abyss derivatives as if they were real damage, one shot at a time.

Tick, tick!

There was a sound of dripping liquid. Ling Yuzi glanced at the dark liquid that began to drip from the ceiling and realized that this layer would be refreshed with abyss derivatives soon. He did not dare to delay any longer and immediately tiptoed and quickly shuttled through the dim cave like a ghost.

A few minutes later, Ling Yuzi stopped and looked at the spiral stairs in front of him. After taking a deep breath, he walked up carefully, hiding in the shadows without making any sound.

10 meters…20 meters…30 meters…

In the darkness, there were occasional rustling sounds and spine-chilling breathing sounds. After climbing up the spiral staircase to a height of about 100 meters, Ling Yuzi stopped.

24th floor, here we are.

You don't even need to sense it specifically. Just by standing at the entrance, you can sense the dense gazes sweeping around from time to time.

"Let's start right here."

Ling Yuzi looked up at the scene in front of him, and saw that about 200 meters ahead, faint rays of light began to fall from the top of the cave, illuminating the large hole in the center of the cave.

Below the hole was none other than the 25th floor that she had just climbed up.

Falling into the abyss not only caused great changes to the creatures in the dungeon, but also caused a certain degree of change in the terrain of the maze. In some dangerous terrains, if the operation is not proper, one may have to face the siege of abyss derivatives in two or even three layers of the maze at the same time.

click!
In the darkness, Ling Yuzi silently raised his arm and pointed the two-meter-long black gun barrel in his hand at the first abyss derivative. After aiming at the opponent's head, he pulled the trigger.

There was no flash, no noise, and no movement at all when the trigger was pulled. The alchemical ammunition with the "concealment" effect silently sank into the head of the abyss derivative and accurately hit the core of its brain.

[Hint: Abyssal Derivative·? ? ? (Aberration) has been killed, Orario camp reputation +2239]

A kill notification without even a unit name sounded. For creatures derived from the Abyss, the naming rules are basically based on the biological prototype before the mutation, so if it is an "Alien"

It's ok to call them "hosts", but for the "aberrations", basically 10 out of 5 have names like ???, because it's impossible to confirm what kind of creature their prototype is.

Two golden treasure chests floated out from the corpse. When Ling Yuzi, who was in the shadows, saw this, he did not rush to pick up the treasure chests. Instead, he aimed the sight at the next abyss derivative that was lurking on a rock wall and could only be seen from a specific angle. After locking the opponent's core with the psychic field, he pulled the trigger.

[Hint: The Abyss Derivative, the Ghost Lizardman (Alien) has been killed, Orario camp...]

The cold killing prompt sound continued to ring out. In the dim cave, Ling Yuzi, who was lurking in the shadows, was like the god of death who reaped lives. He pulled the trigger at an extremely stable frequency, reaping the lives of the abyss creatures one by one.

Ten... fifty... a hundred...

Bullets wrapped in shadows flew out again and again, and the breath of life in the cave began to decrease. Gradually, some derivatives of the abyss seemed to have discovered something strange, but before they could scream and wake up their compatriots, they would be killed by a sudden flying bullet or soul blade.

[Hint: You have exited the "Shadow Stealth" state]

Ten minutes later, when the last abyss derivative fell, Ling Yuzi slowly put down the Star-Breaking Cannon in his hand, looked at the light gold and golden treasure chests filling the cave in front of him, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Starting from the 24th floor, the strength of these abyss creatures is obviously much weaker than those below. Not only do they all have only one life, but they have never encountered any troublesome things like "host bodies" and "abyss-breeding creatures".

[Hint: Treasure chest (light gold)*332 has been obtained]

[Tip: Obtained treasure chest (gold)*108]

In the cave full of corpses of abyss derivatives, Ling Yuzi moved forward like a ghost. As he moved forward, a number of treasure chests that was enough to make other second-level contractors wonder if they were hallucinating flashed by on his brand interface. At the same time, the treasure chests that were almost spread throughout the cave disappeared instantly.

In fact, the amount of these treasure chests is relatively small compared to the abyss derivatives they killed.

In fact, since she and Lai Lai entered the abyss, the effect of their luck attribute on treasure chest drops has obviously become much worse. The treasure chest drop rate is usually 100%, but in the shallow area of ​​the abyss, it is only about 20%.

And this was the result after recovery. When they just woke up, their treasure chest drop rate was not even 10%. It was not until after the 28th floor that it gradually rose to 20%.

According to their speculation, it is very likely that the existence of the abyss itself has seriously interfered with their fortunes, or in other words... since they woke up, all their lucky attributes have been frantically focused on how to save their lives and get them out of danger, and they don't have much time to take care of external things such as treasure chests.

This is not groundless speculation, but a conclusion drawn based on the circumstances when they woke up.

Neither she nor Lai Lai thought that it was a simple coincidence that after encountering the space storm and falling into the abyss with the dungeon, they happened to land in a safe area without any abyss derivatives, and woke up from the coma in time while being eroded by the abyss energy, and survived by a narrow margin.

Whether there were people behind the scenes manipulating things or it was simply luck, achieving such a result could not avoid sacrificing their own fortunes.

If they did not have the support of more than 1 points of luck, they might not be standing on the 24th floor only a few steps away from the 40st floor, but would have died in a corner below the th floor.

[Hint: Entered the "Shadow Stealth" state]

A cold reminder sounded, and in the dim maze, Ling Yuzi controlled Xin Lailai's body and quickly disappeared into the shadows, leaving only the corpses of the abyss derivatives on the ground, proving what had happened here.

Whether it's the abyss or the dungeon, the only thing they have to do is one thing:

live.

……

(End of this chapter)