Dalun Li did not gather all of his monsters.
Otherwise, if adventurers made a direct push, he would be in trouble.
However, he gathered almost all the combat-type monsters from the floors not yet open to the public.
To make it easier for the monsters to gather and form ranks.
Dalun Li specifically opened a hidden floor and transferred all the monsters there.
But to wage a war safely, this was far from enough.
Although the death of monsters had no real impact on Dalun Li himself.
These monsters were the accumulation of his efforts until now; if the losses were too high, he would have to waste a significant amount of time and power to recreate them.
Especially the intelligent monsters—the memories and wisdom they had accumulated were the treasures of the dungeon.
Even if they were recreated after death, they would not compare to these experienced, intelligent beings.
Furthermore, resurrection required even more energy.
Efficiency and conservation were the priorities.
Unfortunately, Feiwan had been sent out; a grand-scale battle like this was exactly her specialty.
However, Dalun Li had not expected such a situation to arise on the fifteenth floor.
Plans often fail to keep up with changes.
"My Lord."
"Prepare for battle. You will serve as the primary commander of the battlefield."
"Yes, my Lord."
Serving her Lord was the greatest joy and honor for Zeno.
Inside the hidden floor, the monsters had finished gathering.
Vast numbers of fire-resistant wyverns, undead lizardmen, gargoyles, lava gargoyles, wood soldiers, and wood armor monsters assembled in the hidden floor.
There were also elite monsters: heroic gargoyles, large skeletal lizards, Wyvern Leaders, and skeletal shamans.
Among them, the skeletal shamans possessed the highest intelligence and leadership talent, serving as the group commanders for the various monster types.
Additionally, some gargoyles and undead lizardmen had been temporarily specialized to carry large shields and serve as the heavy warrior frontline.
There were also combinations of gargoyles, undead lizards, and large skeletal lizards.
The skeletal lizard knights.
The large skeletal lizards were not created by Dalun Li himself, but were mount-type monsters specialized by the skeletal shamans in the Desert Stratum using lizard remains.
They were larger and extremely fast, capable of moving nimbly beneath the sand.
This type of monster had already appeared in the Desert Stratum and demonstrated impressive power while killing adventurers.
They primarily served as mounts for the undead lizardmen, providing them with powerful and flexible mobility.
Besides the ground knights.
Combinations of wyverns with skeletal shamans or lava skeletal shamans formed the aerial knight units.
They could command the entire battlefield from the sky and provide aerial fire support.
The wyverns themselves did not possess flame abilities, except for the Wyvern Leaders who had some fire pouches.
However, the lava skeletal shamans possessed the power of fire; by coordinating with the wyverns, they could achieve aerial fire suppression.
Furthermore, the bodies of the lava skeletal shamans consisted only of bone and were extremely light, so they did not hinder the wyverns' aerial mobility at all.
In addition, the frontline units were mostly equipped with armor crafted by the purple-skinned blacksmiths.
They also wore monster armor composed of wood armor monsters.
However, the number of monsters responsible for long-range damage output was still somewhat insufficient for Dalun Li.
Only the lava skeletal shamans were responsible for a portion of the backline's firepower.
The elite units—the lava heroic gargoyles and the Wyvern Leaders.
Combined to form dragon knights.
These powerful dragon knights were Dalun Li's elite squad; distributed across the battlefield, they were primarily responsible for fire cover and performing decapitation strikes against any intelligent command units the enemy might possess.
This was the sum of all the monsters Dalun Li had accumulated.
Unfortunately, there were some monster units that simply could not be deployed.
For example, the lava frogs, lava fish, and lava giant fish—monsters that heavily relied on specific terrain.
As well as non-combat monsters like the monster merchant, the purple-skinned blacksmiths, and the dwarf miners.
The staging area of the hidden floor.
Every monster's chest was now filled with the excitement of battle.
Fight for the Lord!
Fight for the Well of Eternal Imprisonment!
Just the thought of it sent a surge of excitement from deep within their bloodlines through every monster on the field.
Their fighting spirit did not need to be stoked; it was already boiling!
Zeno descended onto the highest platform of the hidden floor.
She was now equipped with the Fire-Extinguishing Light Armor bestowed upon her by Dalun Li, standing in a posture ready for battle at any moment.
Behind her stood the Desert Sword Attendants she had resurrected and the Exiled Sentries, all standing respectfully at her back.
Beside Zeno stood another guardian.
Tongmu!
The presence of the two guardians pushed the fighting spirit of all the monsters on the floor to a climax!
The instinctive, excited roars of the monsters.
Combined with the praises of the intelligent monsters, they raised a wave of sound that seemed ready to tear the vaulted ceiling apart.
Tongmu's large eyeball scanned the sea of monsters below.
Tongmu, who had always stayed by Dalun Li's side, was seeing such a grand scene for the first time.
However, to maintain its dignity as a guardian, it could not appear too excited!
Tongmu's intelligence seemed to have increased slightly over time.
Looking at the monsters below, whose fighting spirit was boiling, Zeno understood that a pre-battle speech was unnecessary.
It seemed that human knowledge was not entirely correct.
These were all her Lord's creations; how could humans even compare?
As a guardian, she only needed to say one thing.
"Fight for our Lord!"
"...Fight for the Lord!"
Countless intelligent monsters raised their weapons and responded fervently.
The power had finished accumulating.
Dalun Li, who was constantly monitoring the hidden floor, knew that the entire Well of Eternal Imprisonment was ready for battle.
Or rather, they seemed a bit over-prepared.
Dalun Li channeled the power of the pitch-black palace, surging it toward the spatial cluster on the fifteenth floor once more, tearing a rift in the chaotic spatial energy.
Within the rift, the broken earth filled with the aura of death and the murky sky appeared before him again.
Dalun Li did not rashly disturb the world inside the spatial cluster.
The spatial cluster had already memorized his power; the moment he made a move, he would be repelled by the entire cluster.
Reconnaissance.
The first step was to scout and determine the size of the spatial cluster's interior, the types of monsters, their deployment, and the terrain.
Only after confirming this intelligence could he seize the initiative and dispatch a large force of monsters to attack.
The interior of the spatial cluster was the enemy's home ground; fighting on their turf without sufficient information would be like serving himself up on a platter.
As for the monsters responsible for scouting, Dalun Li had already prepared them.
One by one, wood soldiers were transferred into the spatial cluster.
Wood soldiers and wood armor monsters were a combined type of monster.
Their combination was currently Dalun Li's strongest stealth monster unit.
The wood armor monsters on the wood soldiers also mimicked a pitch-black color.
Additionally, Tongmu's pupil glowed with light.
A special aura of stealth completely enveloped each wood soldier; it was the power of the pitch-black palace.
The pitch-black palace was the condensation of the evil god Dark Starry Sky's power.
And the domain of the evil god Dark Starry Sky was Dark Stealth.
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