Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Black Robe
As the words don't express it well, the black robe's howl at that time was really to summon his companions, but fortunately everyone was already prepared, so they were not too surprised.
Tang Li was lucky. The black robes that came over this time were also suitable for her level, and there were two of them this time.
Everyone tacitly left these two to her and chose to attack with other higher-level black robes.
The primary target of attack was the leader in black robe. With the previous experience with the black robe, everyone's attention was focused. Once the black robe made a summoning gesture, everyone interrupted him immediately and did not give him the chance to use his skills.
The black-robed leader was very frustrated because of the concentrated fire, but he was soon defeated by everyone.
Next, everyone tacitly turned their attack targets to the other black-robed people present.
Tang Li did not dare to delay, she chose a suitable black robe and launched an explosive attack.
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"Hua La La——" This time the death effect was triggered faster than last time. Before Tang Li could react, the man in black robe fell to the ground and turned into a stream of experience to replenish her experience bar.
After everyone defeated the black-robed leader, a white light flashed on Tang Li's body, and her level directly rose to level 14.
Looking at the black robe with equipment scattered all over the ground, Tang Li was excited and quickly attacked another black robe.
This time, the goddess of luck didn't care about her so much. Until others dealt with a few more black robes, the probability of death was not triggered.
"Let me help you." Seeing that the other black-robed men had been almost dealt with, Ci Budiyi came to Tang Li with his staff in hand.
"Yes, thank you." Tang Li nodded. Team experience was shared, and she had no obsession with defeating the man in black robe by herself, so of course she would do whatever would save time.
With the help of his poorly expressed words, this man in black soon followed the same fate as the other men in black.
As their black-robed man fell to the ground, the remaining black-robed men were dealt with one after another by others.
"Let's continue exploring." After everyone recovered, Cibudiyi gave an order and everyone got up and walked into the depths of the forest.
Along the way, they met many patrolling black robes, and with everyone's tacit cooperation, they escaped danger without any danger.
After her level was raised, Tang Li had more options, and she also made a lot of efforts in defeating the patrolling black robes.
It was fine for Li Zi and other teammates who often teamed up together, but teammates like Benming Mantou and others who were working with Tang Li for the first time were all amazed by her efficiency.
It’s not that her operation and attack power are really that great, but compared to her level, the attack efficiency she shows is really amazing.
Even if we exclude the explosive impact that surprised them the most, Tang Li knows a little bit of every skill. She has learned a lot of different skills while still maintaining her attack power. This is really admirable.
Although she didn't know what the future would hold, her current core skill, Explosive Impact, her beautiful curse skills, supplemented by other skills, and her own impressive performance were enough to earn the recognition of these professional gamers who made a living from gaming.
For example, before, when they said they were counting on her explosive impact to kill the boss, Benming Mantou and the others took it as a joke, but now, they feel that there seems to be a great hope.
There is no other reason. Tang Li's mana recovery speed is beyond everyone's imagination. As the saying goes, quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Under such intensive attacks, even the God of Misfortune can trigger the efficiency of certain death.
"Boss, your level is up to us." Benming Mantou seemed to have thought of something, and approached Tang Li with a smirk on his face, as if saying "you are my only hope."
Tang Li: “…”
"Don't think I don't know what you're up to. You haven't even met the boss yet, and you're already thinking about lying down and hugging his thighs?" Li Zi rolled his eyes at Benming Mantou.
He almost forgot that the people present, including Tang Li, were his bosses. Benming Mantou begged for mercy: "No, I'm not trying to be lazy, I'm just offering a possibility."
"Then I also offer a possibility - Benming Mantou can defeat the boss single-handedly." Juzhuzi looked at Benming Mantou with a smile.
Everyone else present had an expression of anticipation for a good show.
"I think this possibility is very high. I believe in my destiny." Why bother saying more? It's rare for him to be so sinister.
"No, no, no, I was really wrong!" Benming Mantou knew that he had angered everyone. He regretted it so much that he would not have teased Tang Li if he had known earlier. "How could I possibly challenge the boss alone?"
"So you don't want to fight the boss." It's rare to misinterpret the meaning of Benming Mantou even if the words don't express the meaning clearly.
My destiny steamed bun: “……!!!”
"Hahahaha!" Seeing Benming Mantou looking so frustrated that he couldn't speak, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Even Tang Li smiled with her eyes curved when she saw this.
Okay, okay, there are people standing behind Lucky Star Boss, who won't let her feel wronged at all. But when it's his turn to be teased, there's no one behind him, right? Benming Mantou was filled with sadness and felt that he had made a wrong decision after all.
"Okay, no matter how much you make trouble, don't stop attacking." Seeing that Benming Mantou was completely pale, the Hand of God gave him the final blow again.
"Wow, you all bully me!" Benming Mantou cried and raised his shield to block the attack of the black-robed man in front of him.
How many people in the world are as miserable as him? He is being ridiculed by everyone, but not only can he not get angry, he has to stand in front of these people to help them resist the attacks.
I'm so angry, I really want to let them go! Benming Mantou thought with a thief's heart but no courage.
"Be on guard ahead!" After everyone defeated the patrolling Black Robes, the elusive God's Hand returned from the front. "There's a village ahead. Judging by the style, it seems to have been built by elves, but no elves have been seen yet, only the Black Robes on guard. The biggest threat is the watchtowers in the four corners of the village. I've observed that there are about two monsters on each tower. If we don't deal with them quickly, we'll likely alert other monsters, including the Black Robes guarding the village gate and the Black Robes patrolling the village."
Everyone listened attentively, and the Hand of God continued to add: "And from my observation, the black robes in the village are generally level 20, and some are even above level 20."
Everyone felt a sinking feeling in their hearts when they heard the news.
After reaching level ten, it becomes increasingly difficult to upgrade. The highest level among them is Cibudiyu, who is level 17. Even he is far from level 20, let alone others.
Although the level of the patrolling monsters outside the village is not low, any discerning person can see that the black robes in the village are much stronger than those outside the village.
Everyone knew that this time, let alone challenging the boss, they were not even sure if they could break through the window's defenses.
"It's okay. We definitely won't be able to clear this dungeon in a short period of time. We should have been mentally prepared." Seeing that everyone was a little depressed, Ju Lishi spoke to comfort them.
"That's right, just fight them. Even if there are small monsters in the dungeon, you can get more experience than outside." Everyone just had a momentary distraction and quickly adjusted their state again.
Everyone hurried all the way and came to the edge of the village detected by the Hand of God. If they went any further, they would be discovered by the black robe on the watchtower.
Everyone found a few big trees to climb up, using the trees as cover to observe the situation in the village.
The entire village is surrounded by high walls made of vines, and there are watchtowers guarding the four corners of the village, so climbing the wall is impossible.
All they could do was to get rid of the black-robed people on one or two of the watchtowers first to prevent the other party from observing their whereabouts from the air.
But it’s not possible at the moment, because attacking during the day would be too obvious.
"The night vision potion has just been refined. Let's wait until night." Tang Li took out the night vision potion from her backpack.
"Hahaha, we brought it too!" Li Zi and the others also took out the night vision potion they had collected from the gang's warehouse. "If Xiaoli hadn't just happened to refine the night vision potion, we probably would have returned empty-handed."
"The boss is a prophet!" The zodiac mantou only remembers to eat but not to be beaten, and still talks nonsense.
As expected, Tang Li's face darkened once again, and she waved her hands helplessly: "No, there's no such thing as foresight. I just happened to refine it. And isn't the Hand of God the one who deserves the most credit? He was the one who discovered the replica."
"Hehe, it was just a coincidence for me." God's Hand tried hard to suppress the smugness on his face. Although he said it modestly, he was actually very satisfied with himself for being able to find the copy in such a hidden place in advance.
The most important thing was that after discovering the important copy, the contribution given by the gang really made him happy. He was indeed a wealthy boss, and his choice at that time was not wrong.
The time waiting for dark was very boring. Tang Li and God's Hand exchanged a few humble words and soon started talking about other topics.
"Speaking of which, is our gang going to recruit new members soon?" Tang Li was a little curious. The gang had not recruited new members since its establishment. What if all the good candidates were picked up by other gangs?
"We're indeed recruiting new members," he nodded, explaining as if he knew what she was thinking. "Currently, the gang members have almost gotten along well, and the logistics of evaluating other players in the town are ongoing. The specific list is out, so we can just invite them according to the list when the time comes."
Tang Li tried to understand it in her own words, but her words didn't quite make it clear what she meant. The reason they hadn't recruited new members before was to give the existing gang members time to get used to each other.
This is indeed necessary. Tang Li thought about recruiting 300 professional players at once. Although these people may not be of high enough level at the beginning, they are top-notch in terms of operation and game awareness. If you want these masters to cooperate, money alone is not enough. Introducing a large number of players of varying quality into the gang at this time, just thinking about it will make you know how chaotic it will be.
So while giving the gang members time to get used to each other, they also started looking for suitable players. To put it bluntly, they probably wanted to go for the boutique route.
"But what if the player you like is snatched away by another gang?" After roughly understanding what the other party meant, Tang Li asked her last question.
This question didn't need an inexplicable answer. Benming Mantou and God's Hand beside him laughed: "Hahaha, Boss, guess how we got here?"
Tang Li actually knew that most of the players in the gang were either poached from other games or transferred from other maps.
"Okay, it's about money, right?" Tang Li expressed her understanding.
"Although not everyone buys this trick, most people should be able to dig it up this way," Juer Lizi nodded nearby. "Even if we can't dig it up in this town, we can always go dig it up elsewhere. Anyway, there will be no shortage of people."
As for whether they can find suitable ones in other places, there is no need to worry about that. Since their logistics can count and evaluate the players in the small town, they can naturally study the well-known players of other forces.
"I admire you!" Tang Li was defeated by these krypton guys.
As we chatted, it quickly got dark.
"Keep fighting."
He silently took out the night vision potion and dripped it into his eyes, waiting for a minute for the blindness effect to pass. Everyone looked at their teammates around them, and they all turned into red-eyed monsters.
"It's kind of cool." Li Zi touched the eyes of the person holding the chestnut. If it weren't for the touch of skin in his hands, he would have thought there were two fireballs in the other person's eye sockets.
"It seems a bit eye-catching." Tang Li also touched her eyes. The two balls of fire looked quite scary from a distance in the dark.
"It's okay, many animals' eyes glow at night." Ci Budu pointed to the grass under the tree nearby.
When everyone looked over, they found several pairs of green eyes.
Looking back at the dense forest, Li Zi lightly shot an arrow into the distance, startling countless eyes of different colors.
There are so many monsters? Tang Li's forehead was covered with cold sweat. She was determined not to provoke them, for fear that they would provoke some difficult wild boss before they finished the dungeon.
Although the probability of a wild boss appearing in a dungeon is very low, it is always better to be careful.
After a brief test, no one wanted to provoke these monsters anymore. Except for Tang Li, no one thought that fighting the monsters would also provoke the boss. They were just worried that the movement here would attract the attention of the black-robed people in the village.
That would be a waste of time.
"I don't know if the night will have any effect on their vision, let's try long-range attacks first." Cibudiyi relied on the cover of trees and the effect of night vision potion to cast his gaze at the black-robed man on guard at the watchtower in the distant village.
Perhaps the other party was dedicated enough, or perhaps the news of the hunting patrols outside the village had spread back to the village. In short, the black-robed men on the watchtower looked very alert. Once they were alarmed, the whole village would probably know that they had broken in.
"Yeah." Teammates with long-range attack skills nodded, while melee fighters tried to lean back as much as possible to provide enough space for long-range attacks.
Cursed Eye!
Cursed Eye!
Tang Li knew that if she chose to be a hexagonal warrior, she would definitely have to give up some of her attack power.
Except for Explosive Impact, her other attack skills did not have much advantage, so from the very beginning she chose to play to her strengths and avoid her weaknesses, acting as an assistant to others to control the black robe on the watchtower.
This strategy was quite good. The two black-robed men on the burning tower closest to them were immediately immobilized by her.
The setting for using skills in the Magic Continent is that as long as the proficiency is maxed out, there will be no cooldown period when using skills as long as the mana bar is sufficient.
This is another one of the super-realistic details of the magical continent.
Cursed Eye is a skill that Tang Liman had acquired a long time ago. She used it very frequently, so she had naturally maxed out her proficiency. Also, because her meditation skill was high, her mana recovery speed was naturally very fast. Using two Cursed Eye skills in a row was a bit of a stretch for her given her current mana consumption, but it was not completely impossible.
"Well done!" The teammates next to her were amazed by her beautiful operation.
In order not to be outdone, everyone showed off their skills, and various skills were silently used on the two black-robed men.
After the immobilization skill cooled down, Tang Li used it again.
In this way, they controlled and fought at the same time, and with everyone's concerted efforts, the two black-robed people on the first watchtower near the gate were eliminated.
Next is the one next to it. As long as they get rid of the black bag on the nearby watchtower, the watchtower on the other side will be separated from them by the village gate, and they will have a visual blind spot to sneak into the village.
"Let's go." Everyone moved their position tacitly, hiding their figures in the dense forest at night, and shuttled to the second watchtower.
"Who are you?" Before they could deploy their attack strategy, a pair of patrol teams suddenly turned around the wall in front of them.
The noise of the patrol team disturbed the nearby animals, and a little squirrel happened to bump into Benming Mantou's feet.
"Squeak!" The little squirrel screamed miserably in fear, jumping around on the tree, which not only disturbed other animals, but also completely exposed the figures of Tang Li and others.
"Chase!" This sudden change made the patrol team, who were originally not sure whether there was anyone on the opposite side, firm in their thinking, and they quickly led the team to catch up.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" At the same time, the black robes on the turret also began to warn the village.
Almost at the moment when the patrol team caught up, magic lights lit up all around the village, illuminating the entire village like daylight, and then groups of patrol teams ran towards this side quickly.
This time the infiltration plan was a complete failure.
"Run!" Seeing that they could not avoid a fierce battle, after giving an order, everyone immediately scattered under the cover of the dense forest.
The patrolling black robes were still able to move freely in the dark, but the night also affected their vision to some extent. Tang Li and others hid in the dark and dispersed them one by one. After working for most of the night and putting in eye drops several times, they finally eliminated most of the patrol team.
Thanks to the copy for not killing them all, the patrol team is still the same level as before outside the village.
If they had changed into black robes above level 20 in the village, they would probably have died here today.
Although you won't lose levels if your whole team is wiped out in a dungeon, your exploration progress will be cleared.
"I don't know how many patrol teams are left, let's retreat first." After eliminating another group of patrolling monsters, seeing that it was getting late, he signaled everyone to retreat.
"Um."
There was no chance of winning if we continued fighting, so everyone gave up and quickly retreated to a safe place.
"Find someone to stay idle in the dungeon. The others will retreat for now. We'll come back tomorrow evening."
"I'll arrange the people." The Hand of God signaled two members of his team to withdraw from the team, and then he lowered his head to tinker with it for a while. Soon, a young man applied to join the team. After he agreed without expressing himself, the other party was immediately transferred over through the team.
The young man nodded to everyone, and calmly followed the guidance of the Hand of God into the so-called safe zone - a hidden tree hole, and then started to hang up.
This is still a bizarre place found by the Hand of God. It is difficult for anyone except him to find such a place that is unimaginable for ordinary people.
Tang Li suspected that the Hand of God might be a master of hide-and-seek in real life.
The key point is that his group members seem to be used to it, which makes it really hard to imagine what their group has been through.
"Everyone go and have a rest, leave this to our team." God's Hand covered the AFK young man more tightly with satisfaction.
"Trouble."
Due to misunderstanding, they gave up the captaincy to the other party, and everyone left the team one after another and was excluded from the copy.
After saying goodbye to everyone and going home, Tang Li, who had been tired all day, no longer had the desire to continue fighting.
"Tomorrow, I will let you out to fight monsters tomorrow!" Tang Li let Xirang out in a daze, and once again received an angry protest from the little guy. She cheered herself up and comforted him with a few words, then quickly returned to the room and lay on her back on the bed.
Just like you will feel greedy when you are full, although sleep is not necessary, it is really comfortable. Lying on the soft bed, Tang Li closed her eyes contentedly.
After a good sleep, Tang Li was fully recovered the next morning.
The happy morning started with a recliner and a book. Tang Li lay leisurely on the recliner, reading and eating fruit, and deeply felt that this was the life that people should live.
Xirang, who was still angry last night, has now made peace with Tang Li. While jumping around in the yard, he would occasionally take fruit from Tang Li's hand to eat, looking very unhappy.
After reading a few pages and writing a thick stack of notes, Tang Li went to the grocery store to buy some new seeds for research.
After buying the seeds, Tang Li thought that since it was close to the restaurant, she planned to go over and take a look.
"Thinking pranks are fun every day, that's all you can do in Silver Town!" As Tang Li approached the restaurant door, she heard a player who was obviously from another territory shouting loudly.
"Am I wrong? Your town just loves marketing this nonsense. There aren't many experts out there!" This player was clearly looking for trouble. He held his head high with pride. "That guy who doesn't express his true feelings well, so what if he's ranked highest on the player rankings? We, Feilong Xiaotian, weren't the first to clear the Hell dungeon!"
I understand. You're here to make your presence felt. Tang Li silently looked away. What if you swallowed the three fresh vegetables in your mouth when you said that?
"The Doom Restaurant is so popular, they've even advertised here," a nearby player couldn't help but laugh. "Is it because they know we get a lot of adventurers from other towns coming here every day?"
"Can't you even afford a speaker?"
"Isn't it because many big gangs felt that it wasn't cost-effective to complete the Hell dungeon first?"
The players laughed and obviously glanced at Tang Li, not taking the player's words to heart.
However, Tang Li was really curious about what was dropped in the Hell dungeon. She opened the topic and searched, and surprisingly, there was some.
Looking at the drops posted by the other party, it is similar to the first-pass rewards for normal mode and difficult mode, but when you think about the effort put into it, the cost-effectiveness is indeed too low.
Tang Li closed the forum without interest and went back to studying her plants.
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