CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 41: SIGNS BEGIN TO SHOW

While chewing on the still wriggling Puki, he easily dodged the Mushroom Cannon.

This Dragon Man, he actually showed a look of happiness on his face?

Goodness, so you think my Puki is tasty, eh?

Lin Jun decided to personally assist with aiming.

Preemptive judgment, blocking positions in advance, firepower coverage—

Very good... Missed one shot...

This Dragon Man’s speed was the fastest he had ever seen.

Not just fast in a straight line, accelerated quickly, decelerated quickly, and turned quickly.

This guy is all-around fast!

While being fast, the destructive power was quite astonishing.

Absolutely a supermodel among supermodels.

After attempting a few attacks, Lin Jun gave up—what a waste of effort.

And there were other demons coming out of the rift, losing this side was inevitable...

As Lin Jun thought this, the Dragon Man suddenly rushed forward, decapitating two demons.

After the demons emerged, they planned to eat the Puki in front of them.

Huh?

Guarding food!?

Lin Jun also refrained from letting the remaining Puki fight, instead having them all gather in front of the rift to ensure the demons coming out would notice them first.

He intended to take advantage of the Dragon Man’s food guarding, but the next demon to emerge still surprised him a bit.

Merely stretching out a paw from the rift, a cold aura swept over.

A giant demon with muscles bulging all over and covered in sharp exoskeleton forced its way out of the rift.

[Race: Rat Race - Frost Giant Rat

]

[Level: Level 54]

It’s called the Rat Race, but with a body nearly seven meters tall, it was hard to associate it with a mouse.

If anything, only the pointed head showed a bit of similarity.

Dragon Man and Giant Rat, both were formidable monsters over Level 50.

The demons coming out of this side of the rift seemed much stronger than the other side.

After emerging, the Giant Rat naturally noticed the half-frozen, stiff Puki in front.

Its thick foreleg reached out, about to swat these little things to death.

Before the claw could fall, a black figure charged straight forward.

The Dragon Man, appearing insignificant compared to the Giant Rat, directly knocked the Giant Rat to the ground.

The Dragon Man’s claws sliced through, tearing the flesh on the Giant Rat’s chest, causing it to wail in pain.

The Giant Rat roared, spewing out a large amount of frost toward the Dragon Man in front of it.

The two monsters fought fiercely in front of the rift, although the Dragon Man had the upper hand, the Giant Rat was not without the power to resist.

The subsequent demons coming through the rift were all affected, either crushed to death or frozen to death.

Meanwhile, the Pukis hid in the distance, ready to become the victor’s snack.

Lin Jun even specially adjusted over a dozen Hallucinogenic Pukis as extra meals, rushing over.

Wonder if he could benefit like a fisherman.

At any rate, the trouble with this rift was at least temporarily resolved.

But Lin Jun still didn’t relax much...

Following the two rifts, a third problem emerged—lower-level demons began to charge toward Level 5.

Looking down the edge of the staircase, various types of demons, like insects, stacked layer upon layer, swarmed upward.

The originally spacious ring-shaped staircase was crammed without any extra space, with a few occasionally getting pushed off.

There was almost no situation of demons attacking each other.

Lin Jun even saw natural enemies going up side by side.

Why does it feel like all the other demons are part of the Underground City’s big family, except for him, an outsider...

Not including me in the game?

Then go die!

Over a hundred Pukis filled the corridor edge, pouring down Mushroom Cannon fire.

The demons with nowhere to hide suffered considerable damage, while those at the forefront were directly pasted against the walls.

Of course, there was counterattack, but due to the height difference, not many could harm the Pukis.

The spikes and water guns shot from below occasionally took one or two Pukis,

but new Pukis quickly filled the gaps, without much impact.

Most of the current invaders were Level 6 demons, so the pressure was still manageable.

However, later there might be demons coming from lower, or even Deep areas.

Moreover, this black rift shouldn’t appear only on Level 5 by coincidence...

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In front of the Purple Crystal Dungeon gate.

The adventurers were shooting through gaps at demons attacking the barricades.

These demons were not of high level.

However, a doubt lingered in everyone’s mind.

Besides the common types from Levels 1 and 2, there seemed to be some unseen creatures mixed in?

One-meter-long flying worms with terrifying mandibles.

Small Dragon Beasts with sturdy hind legs that run incredibly fast.

Were these things in the Purple Crystal Dungeon before?

No one brought it up amidst the battle to distract their focus.

After all, these new species were not particularly strong, having little effect.

In the Adventurer’s Guild, within the guild master’s office.

Obel, who had been monitoring the gate situation with the crystal, breathed a small sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the lower areas of the Dragon Cliff Dungeon were not connected directly.

If this pace could be maintained...

In the crystal screen, the adventurers stationed at the gate seemed to see something, becoming visibly flustered.

People quickly dodged to the sides, leaving only one adventurer still peering intently through the gap.

This scene also made Obel nervous.

Please don’t be...

It seemed the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.

The wooden planks and stones blocking the exit shattered like fragile eggshells before the massive scale-armored body.

A two-zhang tall Giant Lizard, swinging its long tail covered in bone spikes, burst out from the flying debris.

The poor guy who didn’t escape in time was directly crushed by the rolling stones, his life or death unknown.

Facing the anomaly, the adventurers present stood on end with hair standing up.

Marshall, worthy of being a veteran Gold Level adventurer, was the first to react, roaring to awaken everyone:

"What are you all standing there for? Attack!"

Saying this, he was the first to charge forward.

Although the Giant Lizard had a massive body and an astonishing power during its charge,

it was also briefly dazed from crashing through the gate.

Under the focused fire of the adventurers, it quickly fell.

However, with the gate wide open, the demons swarmed out unhindered.

The scene quickly descended into chaos.

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The curved saber stabbed into a flying worm’s abdomen, slicing it open with one stroke.

Vera hastily wiped the blood off the blade with a cloth.

Not out of affection for this ordinary curved saber, but because he realized that the blood of these flying worms was corrosive.

Leaving the blood on it, the blade would soon turn into scrap metal before the day ended.

"Fei Ling, Fei Yin, don’t leave my side."

After receiving a confirmed response from behind, Vera scanned around.

Despite many demons breaking out, the situation wasn’t out of control yet.

Several mages combined forces to temporarily hold off the subsequent demons with magic.

Although there were quite a number of monsters that had already broken out, none of them were of particularly high level.

Most present were seasoned adventurers, including many Silver Levels like himself.

Plus, there were more than a dozen Gold Level adventurers with strength comparable to Marshall.

They should be able to clear the scene soon.

However, Vera was still deeply troubled.

Wasn’t it said that the Demon Tide’s initial days wouldn’t be very intense?

Yet, the gate was breached on just the first day.

Glancing back at the two sisters behind him, Vera made a firm decision.

If the situation truly worsens, even at the cost of having the guild revoke his adventurer’s license, he would evacuate them early.