Chapter 78

Entering directly from the second level of the save file, they experienced another wave of monsters.

The monsters are not difficult to spawn, and one person can knock them down by throwing a few skills. The difficulty is that as they go deeper into the tomb city, they begin to encounter tomb traps.

Represented by the melee fighters such as Laughing to the Point of Facial Paralysis and Bobo Chicken, they were the first to be attacked by the machine gun as they were clearing the way.

I don’t know which stone I stepped on, but the mechanism was triggered, and countless daggers suddenly shot out from the walls on both sides of the passage.

The dagger was poisoned, and they didn't bring the antidote this time. Several people were quickly poisoned to death because they laughed until their faces were paralyzed.

Just like when we played the first level, no one expected to pass the second level in one go, so when it came to the deaths of a few people who laughed so hard their faces were paralyzed, everyone's mentality was as calm as they appeared.

The man sprawled on the ground, laughing his face off, watched the scene, clutching his chest, heartbroken: "You heartless bunch! I sacrificed myself to clear the way for you, and in the end, you didn't even get a word of thanks! Oh, the little cabbages are dying in the field, and no one cares for them! What a sin!"

In the narrow passage, everyone could only hear the extremely noisy voices.

Xia Mo raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but Qingshui spoke first: "Shut up."

I laughed until my face became paralyzed and I stopped laughing instantly.

Seeing that silence had finally settled, He Ye Xiaoxiao spoke over the voice chat, "You're laughing your face off. Bobo Chicken, and the other two melee fighters who died, please recall the path you just took. Which trap did you step on that triggered the mechanism? Give us a map once you're out."

Xia Mo looked at He Ye Xiaoxiao and clearly felt the latter's progress in the past two days.

When playing the first level, He Ye Xiaoxiao was very unconfident about herself and her mentality was a little unstable. But today, no matter how many people in the team died, she did not show much fluctuation, and she was extremely calm, reminding the few dead people to review the game.

The divine wings continued He Ye Xiaoxiao's words and said, "By the way, Bobo Chicken, you should also remember the poison you were poisoned with and read the description of the toxicity. Then everyone can prepare the antidote."

Bobo Chicken lying dead: "Okay, I and Laughing to the Point of Facial Paralysis are recording this."

After assigning the tasks, the living people stepped over them on the ground and continued to move forward.

Walking out of the narrow tomb passage, a suspension bridge appeared in front of everyone. Everyone knew at a glance that there must be a mechanism on the suspension bridge.

After a brief discussion, everyone finally decided to let the assassin Ye Buyu go up and try first. The assassin has high agility, and even if he encounters danger, he might be able to come back.

Ye Buyu stepped out of the line and rushed onto the suspension bridge.

The moment he stepped onto the bridge, the suspension bridge suddenly ignited with blue phosphorous fire!

The phosphorous fire burned very fiercely, enveloping Ye Buyu in an instant. Soon, his health bar was burned through by the phosphorous fire, and he fell to the ground on the suspension bridge.

As soon as he died, the phosphorescent flame immediately went out, and the entire suspension bridge was as quiet as before, as if nothing had happened.

The team leader He Ye Xiaoxiao and his wings frowned and fell into deep thought. Not long after, they came up with a plan to give damage-free skills to those crossing the bridge to see if they could withstand the phosphorous fire on the suspension bridge.

The second assassin went up the suspension bridge, and the priest's wings gave him a [Light of Prayer], which made him immune to any physical and spell damage for 5 seconds.

The assassin rushed forward with the light of invincibility, but unfortunately, the phosphorous fire ignored the priest's skills and still killed the second assassin.

"Could it be that Phosphorus is immune to the Priest's [Light of Prayer]?" He Ye Xiaoxiao bit her lower lip in thought. "How about the Warlock's [Dispel Darkness]? That skill also provides immunity."

If being a priest doesn't work, then I can only try another profession.

The godlike wings nodded: "This is the only way."

This is what it’s like when you’re exploring a dungeon. There’s no strategy, no guidance, and everything depends on everyone trying again and again until they find a solution.

The hunter with a knife hidden in his crotch was sent up. Before going up the suspension bridge, Qingshui threw a [Darkness Dispel] at him.

What surprised everyone was that after putting on [Darkness Dispelling], he was immune to all damage from the phosphorus fire!

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. He Ye Xiaoxiao couldn't help but look back and look at Xia Mo in the crowd, as if to say, look, we found a way!

Xia Mo smiled slightly, giving her silent encouragement.

Under the cover of the sorcerer's skills, the group reached the other side one by one. The scenery on the other side, which was previously shrouded in green mist and could not be seen clearly, quickly dissipated after they arrived, revealing a huge sacrificial palace.

Dark Greek stone pillars supported the dome, and suddenly a noise came from deep within the palace.

"You annoying ants, you disturbed my sleep!"

A sacrificial boss who was a circle larger than the old armored guard appeared. As soon as he appeared, he released a powerful skill that caused damage to everyone.

Xia Mo reacted quickly and immediately activated Ice Barrier. The priest had a self-defense skill, and while activating it for himself, he also threw it to the nearest teammates.

The rest of the people suffered. Warlocks, hunters, elementalists, star officers... these equally fragile creatures had their health bars wiped out by half because they reacted a little too slowly.

"It's so exciting when I rub it, it's more exciting than bungee jumping!"

"The second one is so awesome, if I don't take him down today, I'll be wasting my half-blood!"

As they spoke, several people gulped down a bottle of big red medicine and began to attack.

Hundred-step shot, holy strike, soul extraction, ice chain, star shock and star destruction... long-range skills intertwined in mid-air, and finally converged into a point and blasted towards the Boss High Priest.

Because half of their health was taken away in the first second at the beginning, many people were feeling frustrated, so they played with extra enthusiasm at the beginning.

The accident happened 15 minutes later. When the high priest's blood dropped by 10%, he suddenly let out a long roar, and countless lightning-like balls rolled out from under him, then rushed to various crowds at an extremely fast speed and exploded!

Two elementalists, a hunter and a warlock were killed on the spot because they didn't react in time.

The biggest fear when doing a dungeon is that someone dies. When some people see their teammates die, they will become uncontrollably nervous. When they are nervous, their brains go blank and they forget everything they used to remember.

What about reading the bar and running? They are all empty talk.

What's worse, I even forgot that the skill was still on CD. After releasing it several times, I found that it was unsuccessful. Then I couldn't figure out what went wrong, so I became even more panicked and started to release it randomly like a headless fly.

In fact, if you play a few more dungeons, you will find that death is a very normal thing. Even a master like Xia Mo died 19 times in the simplest level 5 dungeon, didn’t he?

If she told this to everyone, I'm afraid no one would believe it.

But this is what she used to be like, worried about herself dying, worried about her teammates dying, not knowing how to fight the boss, having no skills at all, just rushing in recklessly.

Thinking back to his past self and looking at the members of Qingyaozhishang who were now thrown into disarray, Xia Mo understood their panicked reactions.

However, although we understand, they have spent so much time and money, and they are not here for a day sightseeing. They need to learn the skills they need to learn, and the areas that need to be corrected must be corrected as soon as possible.

The survivors held on for a few more minutes, and in the end, the high priest's blood was only reduced to 15%, and they were almost wiped out.

Xia Mo and her Jingjing were the ones (pets) who lasted until the last round. Seeing that everyone else was lying dead, there was no point in her persisting any longer, so she quickly escaped from the battle with Jingjing before being blasted by the high priest.

The group returned to the gate of the Tomb City and quickly reviewed what they encountered in the second round.

Laughing to the point that Face Paralysis and Bobo Chicken had already finished cleaning up when the corpse was lying there. Several people marked the floor tiles that had been stepped on in the passage one by one, and also attached the poisoning situation.

He Ye Xiaoxiao looked at the marks, and God-like Wings looked at the poisoning records, and finally they came to their own conclusions.

"The fifth block from the left and the eighth block from the right could both be traps. Next time you go in there, mark these two blocks so people behind you can see them and avoid them."

He laughed until his face was paralyzed and nodded: "Okay, I'll go to the store and buy a can of spray paint and mark it in advance."

The divine wings continued, "The poison on the dagger is highly toxic. I don't think ordinary antidotes will work..."

Hearing this, Latiao Xiaohuahua suddenly turned to look at Xia Mo: "Mo Se, I remember when we cleared the level 15 dungeon last time, didn't you bring us a bowl of detoxifying dessert? Does that still work?"

Xia Mo was about to answer when the god-like wings interrupted her in confusion: "What detoxifying dessert?"

Latiao Xiaohuahua explained, "When the guild leader, the laughing-so-dead-faced guild leader, and Mo Se were exploring a difficult level 15 dungeon, we encountered a small plot after defeating the boss—avoiding the poison gas in the laboratory. We all ran as fast as we could, but we couldn't outrun the gas. We were all poisoned and nearly died in there, but luckily, we survived."

At this point, she glanced at Xia Mo with relief: "Mo Se brought some desserts that can detoxify. After we drank them, the poisoning state was immediately lifted, and that's how we all escaped."

I didn't know there was such a perverted plot at the end of the difficult book. The god-like wings exclaimed, "Where can I buy the dessert?"

Xia Mo: "Looking for Ashaya, the pastry chef in the royal city."

Godlike Wings immediately took note: "Okay, I'll go buy some later. What's the name of that dessert?"

"It's called [Yangzhi Ganlu]," Xia Mo said, pausing, "but I can't guarantee that it can cure the poison in the tomb city mechanism."

Yangzhi Ganlu is just a dessert of entry-level quality, and the detoxification effect it brings only applies to general poisoning debuffs. In a situation like the Tomb City, she really doesn't dare to promise it.

But no matter what, it’s okay to stock up on five or six as backup.

Qingshui heard the voice and stepped forward: "Buy six. Remember to take the receipt to ask Sala for reimbursement after you buy it."

With the president's words, God-like Wings immediately flapped his butt and stood up, pulled out his mount, and rushed back to the city overnight.

"Dessert is just one of the backup plans. We still need to prepare some antidote potions." Xia Mo looked at the clear water and asked, "Is there any antidote potion in the warehouse?"

Qingshui clicked on the warehouse panel: "Yes, but not many, only 3 bottles."

Xia Mo hummed: "It's a little insufficient."

Qingshui admitted truthfully: "Yes."

The most common way to obtain antidote potions is to buy them from the pharmacist NPC.

But there is a problem with the purchase.

Even if it is manufactured by NPC, there is a certain daily production rate limit.

Taking the intermediate pharmacist as an example, a pharmacist of this level can only produce a maximum of 10 bottles of detoxification potion per day. Note that this is only the maximum. Xia Mo, who was a pharmacist in his previous life, knows too well how difficult it is to successfully refine these 10 bottles.

Even she could only produce about 8 to 9 bottles a day.

Senior pharmacists are more powerful and can produce about 20 bottles a day; special pharmacists 30 bottles; master pharmacists 40 bottles; and finally the top epic pharmacists can produce 50-60 bottles a day.

Otherwise, why do they say that pharmacists become more popular as they get older? Although this profession is tough in the early stages, once you persevere, you will definitely be a hot commodity among all major guilds.

As of now, there is no master-level pharmacist in the royal city, and the highest level is only special level.

Due to the limited output, the detoxification potion was basically snatched up by the major guilds and wealthy players as soon as it came out. How could it be the turn of Qingyao, such a small guild, to take action?

Moreover, Qingyao Zhishang can no longer afford to support his own pharmacist. The three bottles of stock in the warehouse are all stockpiled from previous dungeon and wild games.

That’s how small guilds are, they have no money and are short of money to do anything.

But Xia Mo didn't mind.

Because Qingyaozhishang was the only guild willing to take her in back then.

Although she only stayed there for two months, she always kept this kindness in her heart.

Back to the present, due to insufficient antidote potions, tonight's second dungeon run has to be put on hold.

Xia Mo: "I'll figure out the potion issue. Everyone go back tonight and figure out how to dodge the High Priest's skills. Then gather together tomorrow night."

Although they can pass through the mechanism passage without the potion, one of them will definitely die.

Every time one person dies, one less person will have to fight. No one wanted to make the fight harder and harder, so everyone nodded and agreed to come back tomorrow night.

After disbanding on the spot, Xia Mo immediately rode his horse to the wild map [Kuguir Swamp].

The potions from the pharmacist NPC were hard to come by, but she knew someone who might have some in stock.

But she didn't dare to be 100% sure. After all, so many years had passed, and with the butterfly effect caused by her rebirth, who knew if that guy was still there?