Question: If a player encounters two mobs at the entrance of a dungeon, how would they handle it?
Option one: Crouch down, hide their presence, avoid line of sight, sneak in quietly, eavesdrop for intelligence, and evacuate safely.
Option two: Use brute force to steamroll through.
Lu Xun chose the second option.
As a high-skill player who loved playing Zhao Huaizhen in Honor of Kings, white-haired twin-tailed characters in LOL, Neuvillette in Genshin Impact, Chixia in Wuthering Waves, Minato in Naruto, the Iron Terminator in Crossfire, Wei Yan in Three Kingdoms Kill, lawnmowers in Plants vs. Zombies, Aizen in Bleach vs. Naruto, and who always stuffed Guff Runetotem into his Druid decks...
Lu Xun firmly believed that his hard work and sweat could conquer anything!
Grinya's hand suddenly gripped a wooden sword; without a second thought, she knew this was the evil god's ability.
The wooden sword smashed toward the back of one guard's neck, the immense force instantly knocking him unconscious as he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Just like in any other game, with two guards as blind as these, knocking one down would immediately draw the other's aggro.
Raer's eyes widened as he watched his companion fall, his gaze filled with disbelief.
Where the hell did this person come from?.
Then the shock in his eyes turned to fury as he pulled out an iron rod and charged forward.
Raer engaged!
Raer was defeated.
Grinya remained utterly indifferent, slowly sheathing the wooden sword into a non-existent scabbard.
These were two punks who didn't even qualify as apprentice mages; their strength wasn't even comparable to the Buze encountered in the tutorial, let alone the current Grinya who had already reached level 5 and received an all-around boost to her attributes.
Lu Xun had merely clicked the left mouse button once to easily deal with these two insignificant NPCs.
"That was some truly intense micro!"
The factory gates were covered in rust, and the acidic scent of rain-corroded metal permeated the air.
【Mysterious Processing Factory (Recommended Level: Lv. 5)】
Finally, after spending many hours in the game since it started, he had finally encountered a proper game dungeon.
He controlled the character to slowly push open the gates, the decaying metal letting out a piercing screech.
A pitch-black altar stood in the center of the spacious clearing, engraved with complex and profound patterns. Several pipes extended from its sides, connecting to several massive, bloated pieces of alchemical machinery that emitted unsettling black smoke.
A substance resembling black mud sat in the center of the altar, out of which grew a gruesome, sinister-looking arm.
So this was the raw material production factory for the candy?
Grinya suddenly felt a wave of nausea.
No wonder the evil god had come here; he had already anticipated that something was wrong with those candies!
Thinking back to how she had internally cursed the evil god this afternoon for the despicable act of stealing a child's lollipop, she was suddenly overcome with shame.
The evil god was actually protecting those children!
The evil god was truly great!
She was moved to tears, sobbing internally...
"How did you find this place?" A raspy voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts. A group of followers dressed like cultists had already surrounded her, their eyes filled with killing intent.
Behind them, directly in front of the altar, was a mysterious figure completely shrouded in a black robe.
The blurry voice that made it impossible to discern gender had come from him; it contained shock, anger, and a trace of barely perceptible fear.
Grinya had never seen such a criminal scene before, and her mind instantly went blank with terror.
Was it too late for her to turn around and run?
It was probably too late because her legs felt as if they were sinking into wet cement; the evil god had no intention of running away whatsoever.
At this moment, Lu Xun was sizing up everyone in the factory.
Since it was a dungeon room, he could see the titles and levels of his opponents even if he didn't know their names.
【Cultist (Lv. 1)】
【Cultist (Lv. 2)】
【Cultist (Lv. 3)】
...
Aside from a few level 5 cultists, most were between levels 1 and 3.
Although their attributes were completely inferior to Grinya's, they had the advantage of numbers.
In battles between low-level mages, numbers were more important than attribute advantages from levels because, at this stage, the gap between a mage and an ordinary person wasn't that large.
Without a Life Crown title or Life Star skills, they were ultimately just ordinary people with better physical fitness.
However, in the eyes of the crowd, this mage—who clearly wasn't high-level—had strolled in with swagger. She didn't show the slightest hint of cowardice; instead, she sized them up with a cold and arrogant gaze.
Finally, her gaze locked onto their priest.
It was as if she had already decided that the priest was her only real enemy.
The crowd suddenly felt she was unfathomable!
【Priest (Level Unknown)】
Lu Xun stared fixedly at the top of the mysterious black-robed figure's head. Seeing the "level unknown" marked in deep red, he knew without a doubt that the opponent's level was far higher than his own.
He suddenly had some choice words he wanted to say.
Wasn't the recommended dungeon level 5?
Why was there an enemy here that he completely couldn't beat?
The system was screwing him over!
Feeling cheated, Lu Xun just wanted to turn around and bolt on the spot. He unhesitatingly opened the map and clicked on the church icon. Sure enough, the word 'Teleport' appeared!
【Teleportation is unavailable during combat】
"..."
Facing Grinya's cold and heartless gaze, the mysterious black-robed man suddenly took a step back in fear.
This person wasn't afraid of him at all!
She definitely had a secret; he absolutely could not engage her head-on.
The mysterious black-robed man hardened his heart and immediately ordered the cultists, "Stop her! Don't let her disrupt the ritual!"
With the priest's command, the cultists' eyes filled with power as they let out heaven-shaking war cries, looking as if they wanted to hack Grinya into a thousand pieces.
A new clue suddenly popped up in Lu Xun's quest list.
【Hidden Quest: The One Who Gazes into the Abyss.】
【Kill all Diao Cult cultists and disrupt the ritual.】
There was no other choice. Since the quest objectives had been updated, Lu Xun could only try to clear out the surrounding mobs first.
A white-grade training wooden sword was somehow swung with a legendary flair by him.
Amidst the flashes of sword shadows, the nearby mobs kept falling, giving him a sense of satisfaction similar to playing a dynasty warriors game.
However, he never forgot to keep an eye on the boss, fearing a sudden sneak attack.
Seeing the opponent easily harvesting the lives of the cultists while appearing completely at ease—and with those cold eyes still fixed on him—the mysterious black-robed man felt his scalp go numb.
At the thought that the opponent's true identity might be an unknown evil god, he lost all courage to step forward and fight.
So, he turned and left, heading toward the inner rooms.
When he passed the pitch-black altar, he paused and gave it a pained look.
Damn it, why did they have to be discovered at this exact moment!
They were only a short time away from being able to transfer the Hand of the Plague God, but now they could only let the opponent take advantage of it for free.
At the thought that he and the cult had planned so meticulously only to benefit another evil god in the end, his heart bled with regret!
He could only hope that this unknown evil god was a great existence from the same faction as the plague god tens of thousands of years ago.
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