After clearing this area, they found no passage ahead. Wu Shaochen returned to the middle position and walked to the right. Soon, he entered another mining area and noticed a large number of skeletons scattered throughout. He used the skill "Insight" and found level 25 Skeleton Assassins with high attacks of 720, 65,000 HP, 560 defense, and the exclusive skill of assassins called "Backstab." However, the Skeleton Assassins' Backstab seemed stronger than Wu Shaochen's, ignoring 55% defense and dealing 160% damage with a 25-second cooldown.
"An upgraded version?" Wu Shaochen wondered. The name and skills were exactly the same, but all the attributes had improved.
"Can skills be upgraded? But I don't see an upgrade button anywhere," Wu Shaochen pondered. Well, he would figure it out eventually.
Without further consideration, Wu Shaochen realized that these assassins didn't have any control skills. Although one Backstab could take away over 700 of his own HP, he could withstand attacks from more than ten of them. Additionally, the Silver Wolf occasionally provided a boost to his attack and defense, making it not too difficult to defeat them.
He continued grinding until after midnight, finally clearing all 612 Skeleton Assassins. His experience reached lv23: 407,742/600,000, and his Immortal Body gained an additional 612 HP. His HP reached 16,319 points, while the Silver Wolf leveled up to 17, with 96,400 HP, 750 physical defense, 500 magical defense, 1,250 attack, and an astonishing speed of 500. Apart from HP, these attributes were already comparable to a Silver-tier boss.
"Alright, let's go back to farming instances. Hopefully, we can get another piece of golden equipment," Wu Shaochen muttered. He then used a teleportation scroll and returned to Jinling City, rushing towards the instance without delay.
"Boss, Chen Feng is back and heading towards the instance."
Wu Shaochen arrived at the Linglong Instance and noticed that there weren't as many people there anymore. It seemed their curiosity had faded after realizing it was for leveling up.
He quickly formed a team in front of the instance and was soon transported inside.
Meanwhile, Jinling City was bustling with players as they noticed one after another of the players from the "Proud World Heroes" guild returning and gathering at the city gate.
"Proud World Heroes are up to something big again."
"Haha, we've got some news to enjoy. Jinling City has been too quiet these past few days. I'm not used to it."
"Yeah, but with such a grand display, is Proud World Heroes about to declare war on another guild?"
"I wonder if they're going to kill Dust Sealed God again."
"Don't jinx it, but it's quite possible! Let's catch up and witness the show."
Not long after, the mighty group of over 3,000 players from Proud World Heroes marched towards the direction of the Linglong Secret Realm. They quickly arrived at the entrance, surrounding it tightly. Standing in the crowd, Proud World Heroes, donning their silver equipment, gazed towards the Linglong Secret Realm with a gleam of hatred in their eyes. "Dust Sealed, today is your death day!"
After two days of rest and development, the overall strength of the Proud World Heroes team had greatly improved. Every member of this elite team had a full set of black iron or higher equipment, and the core members from over ten guilds were fully equipped with bronze gear. The improvement was truly earth-shattering compared to before.
Wu Shaochen was once again familiar with navigating through the Linglong Secret Realm. This time, he had significantly boosted his strength compared to before. Moreover, his Silver Wolf had become immensely powerful. If it weren't for its toxic attacks, Wu Shaochen might not even be able to defeat it. At this moment, the Silver Wolf, relying on its talent of dealing 30% extra damage and healing 30% of the damage dealt, along with its speed, happily dashed into the monster groups, killing them left and right. Finally, Wu Shaochen could rely on his own strength without being a freeloader.
This time, with the doubled poison damage and the help of the Silver Wolf, Wu Shaochen cleared the instance in just 16 minutes, setting a new personal record. After killing the guardian, he obtained another piece of golden equipment. As the final reward, he received a Silver Treasure Chest, but before he had a chance to open it, he was instantly teleported out. Fortunately, Wu Shaochen had anticipated this, but he didn't expect to be immediately surrounded upon his return.
As soon as Wu Shaochen teleported out, he hadn't recovered yet when he was suddenly struck by waves of damage. His health rapidly decreased. Without any hesitation, Wu Shaochen activated his Void skill to evade the remaining attacks. Looking ahead, all he saw were people. Among the crowd, he recognized a few familiar figures. Wu Shaochen finally understood who they were. Thankfully, pets were automatically recalled to their pet spaces when teleporting into instances; otherwise, with so many people, his Silver Wolf might have lost a level.
On the side of Proud World Heroes, they were ecstatic to see their archers and mages dealing damage to Dust Sealed God that wasn't just -1 but could reach over a hundred. The shield bearers and warriors immediately charged towards Wu Shaochen.
"Damn it! Fortunately, this isn't the kind of place that can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the city gate; otherwise, we'd be doomed." Last time, at the city gate, Proud World Heroes managed to line up thousands of people to attack simultaneously, but it wasn't possible here. Although the Linglong Secret Realm could accommodate thousands of people, they couldn't form a proper formation. Only a few hundred players could actually attack, while those at the back couldn't reach their target.
Fortunately, Wu Shaochen's sudden appearance caught the majority of Proud World Heroes off guard, and they didn't react in time to attack simultaneously. Otherwise, even with just two or three hundred people, they could have easily taken him down. After players geared up, it was impossible to recreate the scenario where Wu Shaochen single-handedly defeated thousands. However, last time, it was also because of a protective scroll that he survived; otherwise, he would have been defeated. Currently, individual strength has its limits, and numbers still determine everything.
Soon, Wu Shaochen's invisibility faded, and the shield bearers and warriors from Proud World Heroes arrived, blocking his escape route. As the next wave of ranged attacks was about to hit Wu Shaochen, his figure suddenly vanished from the spot. Everyone was bewildered until they heard a shout from Proud World Heroes, "Over here!"
At that moment, Wu Shaochen appeared behind Proud World Heroes and swiftly used a heavy strike followed by a weak click to take them down. Although Wu Shaochen hadn't increased his strength, his attack power reached over 1,700. With these two skills, he directly dealt over 5,700 damage, surpassing the health of Proud World Heroes, who, as a warrior, hadn't reached that level of HP yet.
After Proud World Heroes fell to the ground, two pieces of equipment dropped and were snatched by Wu Shaochen. It was only then that the rest of Proud World Heroes reacted and started using their skills on Wu Shaochen. However, Wu Shaochen took out a scroll, crushed it, and disappeared from the spot, leaving the scattered Proud World Heroes in the wind.
Proud World Heartless swallowed nervously, not knowing what to say. Surrounding someone with thousands of people and having their leader killed so effortlessly was quite embarrassing.
"Now what?" asked Proud World Lone Peak. He had never agreed to participate in the siege against Dust Sealed God. This person was not so easily killed, but the leader didn't listen.
"I informed the leader about the situation, and he told us to retreat for now," said Proud World Fang Yu.
Meanwhile, at the resurrection point in Jinling City, Proud World Heroes' face was as dark as water. His speculation was correct; the thousands of people he brought could indeed break through the defense. After all, adding two points of attack for every one point of strength, and one point of defense for every one point of constitution, meant that attack would naturally be higher than defense. However, he underestimated Dust Sealed God's trump cards. Once again, being witnessed by everyone, he was killed by Dust Sealed God, and his hatred towards him became uncontrollable.