The Serpent Shadow Flowing Pattern Sword pierced through the mouth of the Thunder Demon Wolf, penetrating the back of its head.

In the instant of its death, the Thunder Wolf turned a dull gray and vanished with a gentle breeze.

Instead, a ball of light the size of a coconut appeared.

With the monster dead, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Gale exclaimed, "The White Dove Adventurers have benefited from your success!"

The members nodded in agreement.

Anna, whose shell is harder than a tortoise's, and Linda, who is skilled in various support spells and whose damage output is also considerable, along with the other team members, are all significantly stronger than ordinary Moon-rank members.

The White Dove Adventure Team alone would never dare to venture deep into the Five Mountains region.

With the addition of the Phoenix Tail Flower, they were able to defeat three monster leaders in succession.

Linda wiped the sweat from her brow and laughed, "Without you, we wouldn't have been able to kill the Thunder Wolf so easily."

These words were no mere formalities; the ten members of the White Dove Adventurer Group suffered injuries no less than those of the Phoenix Tail Flower. Having just killed three monster leaders, Linda's magic power was reduced to only about 20%, leaving her with no strength to continue the fight.

Moreover, having more people can spread the risk of attacking the iris, preventing the focus from being solely on attacking it.

The heavily armored warriors on both sides can also take turns using taunt skills, which is convenient and effortless.

The only downside is that half of the experience points are taken away by the system.

There's nothing we can do about it; it's too dangerous for Luanweihua to travel alone in the Five Mountains region.

Abner firmly stated, "Let's split the spoils 40/60, otherwise I won't feel right about it."

"Alright then." Seeing Abner's serious expression, Linda had no choice but to agree.

At this moment, the golden light cluster was distributed, and sixteen points of light floated towards everyone.

Linda and Anna received the larger portion, followed by Abner and Lulu.

[System Notification: Defeat level 46 epic four-star monster 'Thunder Wolf' and gain 150,000 experience points!]

Finish off the enemy with the last hit and receive an extra 150,000 diamonds!

Current experience points: 650,000/3,000,000

Seeing the frighteningly long experience bar filled to one-fifth, Linda felt a slight excitement. At this rate, if she could advance to the 20th floor every five days, she could level up by one level, which was quite fast.

"Unfortunately, this Greater Rift will only be open for two days. We'll have to wait about a month before it reopens."

With only 20% of her magic power remaining, Linda felt a little unsatisfied. She couldn't fight the monsters in the Fifth Mountain, and she was worried about encountering a demon adventure team if she went to the Fourth Mountain.

The will is willing, but the ability is insufficient.

With a helpless sigh, Linda walked towards the glittering mountain of spoils ahead, packed up, and prepared for another battle tomorrow.

"Luckily, I got an epic item!"

Linda's eyes lit up.

The two monster bosses we defeated earlier had terrible luck; they didn't drop a single epic item.

Abner and the others remained calm; it was normal that they couldn't reveal their true intentions.

According to the Adventurers' Guild's statistics, the chance of an epic monster dropping an epic item is only 10%.

Linda held a cotton hat shaped like a wolf's head, with lightning flashing on it and a strong magical aura.

[Item: Thunder Wolf Helmet]

[Quality: Epic Three Stars]

[Level: 46]

[Attributes: Defense +200, Magic Power +500, Lightning Damage +10%]

"Level 46 equipment."

Linda glanced at it; the attributes were alright, but she couldn't use them for the time being.

After discussion, it was decided that Luanweihua had contributed more in the battle against the Thunder Demon Wolf, so the equipment would belong to them.

The rest were just some cheap trinkets, which were easily distributed.

"Tomorrow, we can try going to Mount Rokue."

Linda thought to herself.

Starting from Mount Rokuchō, legends of demonic creatures have emerged.

Having tasted the sweetness of the Serpent Shadow Flowing Pattern Sword, ordinary epics are hard to impress Linda.

Compared to legendary weapons, epic weapons are barely better than paper. The demon captain with the black fruit had his spear tip chipped after just one exchange with him.

Linda pondered, if he had a legendary leather armor, wouldn't ordinary attacks be unable to hurt him?

But then I thought about the dismal drop rate of gear in Mythic+ dungeons. Legendary one-star monsters have a 1% drop rate, and even the highest seven-star monsters only have a 7% drop rate.

An unlucky adventure team might fight dozens of legendary monsters in a row without ever seeing that dazzling golden light.

Linda gazed at the distant, illusory mountain silhouettes, her heart surging with emotion. Deep within the Ten Thousand Mountains, there surely lurked monsters far surpassing even legendary levels.

If even legendary equipment performs so powerfully in battle, how formidable must the even higher-level [Ancient] equipment be?

While marveling at this, Linda took out the teleportation stone.

Blue light spots gathered in the stone, forming intricate and complex magical symbols.

And just then...

Linda's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly felt uneasy.

Kaphni frowned, closed her eyes, and used her detection skill.

What are you doing?

Before Abner could finish speaking, Kaphni suddenly cried out, "Watch out!"

boom!

A fiery red meteorite pierced through the clouds and crashed down on the crowd!

The meteorite was twenty meters in diameter, covered with pits and craters, with viscous magma surging inside, and raging fire elements like bulls breaking free of their reins, poised to pounce.

This is the ultimate skill of fire mages: Meteor Spell!

"Enemy attack!"

Linda hugged Monica and Tasia and quickly retreated with them.

Abner was quick-witted and grabbed several of his own mages.

However, the male mage named Rand was in a terrible position, right at the center of the meteorite, and couldn't escape its range.

"No!"

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