"Which one? I'll say I didn't expect the power to be this great, would you believe me?" Leader Xia Yu said weakly.
"Hmph!" x3
The Xia Yus didn't believe a single word Leader Xia Yu said. Since they were all Xia Yu, who didn't know who?
After righteously lecturing Leader Xia Yu for his pretense, The Xia Yus set off again. They agreed to clear the dungeon; how could they let Leader Xia Yu show off alone?
In order to properly enjoy the dungeon adventure, The Xia Yus decided not to use large-scale destructive skills. Leader Xia Yu's magic potions were also tossed into the group Red Envelope by the other Xia Yus.
For the time that followed, The Xia Yus engaged in all sorts of sneaky tactics: if they could backstab, they wouldn't fight head-on; if they could ambush, they wouldn't attack directly. The upper few floors of the dungeon were quickly cleared, and the weapons in their hands grew numerous.
But most of the weapons were white-grade items (White Quality Weapons) like small pistols, pitchforks, javelins, and machetes. The best weapon was an old rocket launcher, but even that was still a white item.
Ashen Xia Yu tapped the old rocket launcher in his hand and frowned slightly, "No way, are we really this unlucky?"
"Actually, this is the norm for dungeons," Adventurer Xia Yu shrugged helplessly and explained casually, "Powerful weapons are on the lowest floors. The upper floors basically only have simple weapons. It's not uncommon for some unlucky fellows to run the dungeon all day and not even get a small pistol."
Hearing this, Leader Xia Yu lost interest, "I feel the gap between the game and reality once again. Back in the game, I could almost always get Green or even Blue Items from treasure chests, but now that we're in reality, we can only get White Items."
"I want to go back. I'll come back next time to accompany you on the dungeon crawl. I'll send some more magic potions into the Red Envelope when I get back; whoever wants them can take them."
As soon as he finished speaking, Leader Xia Yu's figure gradually became illusory. After a casual farewell, his form completely vanished.
"Are you two still continuing?" Adventurer Xia Yu turned and asked the other two.
He had grown accustomed to this world, so he wouldn't be discouraged by only getting white items, but it was normal for the other Xia Yus to feel disheartened since it was their first time in a dungeon.
He himself had once been quite upset after spending a whole day without getting a single Green item, but he eventually let it go. After all, there were plenty of people unluckier than him; only through comparison could one realize they weren't the most miserable.
"Continue, of course, why wouldn't we? We can just treat it as warming up for the upcoming fight," Ashen Xia Yu said casually while fiddling with the old rocket launcher in his hand.
He was going to fight the gatekeeper of Cold Ridge Valley later, so this was just a warm-up.
"We should see things through to the end. At least we should defeat the Goblin BOSS," Undead Xia Yu also didn't want to give up now; he felt they should at least defeat the BOSS first.
"Alright then, let's go."
Adventurer Xia Yu grabbed his weapon and continued deeper into the dungeon. The remaining two also prepared for battle at any moment, not letting down their guard in the slightest.
Caution is never wrong, because you never know what is hiding around the next corner.
As the three continued forward, they soon arrived in front of the BOSS Room on the first floor of the dungeon.
The BOSS of the Goblin Forest was the Goblin Priest, a mage wearing a mask and holding a staff. It could summon small goblins and also cast Meteor Shower.
As for where the dungeon got meteors from, one shouldn't question matters of magic too much.
Undead Xia Yu, wielding the machete obtained from the dungeon, flashed into the BOSS Room. The next moment, a crimson energy blast shot violently towards him.
"Swish—!"
Undead Xia Yu slashed back with his weapon, instantly splitting the energy blast in two, causing it to fly past both sides of his body and smash into the dungeon walls.
The scorching energy blast exploded instantly, leaving cracked scorch marks on the walls. Broken stones and gravel trickled down, and thick black smoke rose slowly from the high heat.
Two red lights lit up from the depths of the forest. The Goblin Priest stepped out slowly, holding its staff, radiating immense pressure. The feather-decorated staff glowed red, and another energy blast was already condensing.
"What are you showing off for?"
A long spear suddenly shot out from behind Undead Xia Yu, aimed directly at the Goblin Priest's staff, just as the energy blast on the staff was fully condensed.
The next moment, the energy blast collided with the spear.
The explosive energy instantly repelled the spear, which spun backward and embedded itself in the wall, its shaft vibrating and humming.
Ashen Xia Yu walked up from behind Undead Xia Yu, holding a P250 pistol. Seeing the Goblin Priest's pretentious display, he was very displeased.
He could show off, but he couldn't tolerate others showing off in front of him.
"Goblin Priest, huh..." Adventurer Xia Yu also walked up from behind the other two, sighing slightly as he looked at the Goblin Priest's appearance.
"The last time I saw this thing was when I was running a dungeon with a large team. It's not strong; it only knows a few large-area attacks. You can dodge them if you pay attention."
"Look at how pretentious it is, I thought it was powerful," Ashen Xia Yu mocked while leveling his pistol, channeling magic power rapidly into the gun body to condense high-intensity magic bullets, which he then fired continuously at the Goblin Priest.
The Goblin Priest on the other side seemed to understand Ashen Xia Yu's taunt, let out a powerful roar, and with a flick of his staff, a row of energy bullets shot out instantly.
Colliding head-on, the magic bullets shot by Ashen Xia Yu were completely negated, and the remaining energy bullets sped toward the three of them.
"Dodge!"
Undead Xia Yu stamped his foot on the ground, his figure vanishing instantly, while the remaining two hurriedly dodged the incoming energy bullets.
The Goblin Priest did not stop attacking; he waved his staff again, and another row of energy bullets lit up.
"Boom boom boom—!"
The location of the forest entrance suffered a devastating blow. A violent explosion echoed deep into the dungeon, and billowing black smoke swept across the entire forest under the impact.
Flickering sparks ignited the forest, and flames instantly flared up in the strong wind. The three who were dodging ignored this interference and used the thick smoke to approach the Goblin Priest.
The next moment, various weapons attacked from all directions, aiming directly at the Goblin Priest in the center, but the Goblin Priest merely waved his staff, causing several fire meteors to fall from the sky.
The meteors smashed the attacking weapons, and the expanding shockwave instantly dispersed the surrounding thick smoke, instantly exposing the figures of the three hiding within.
However, the three were not alarmed; this level of combat would never make them nervous.
"Taste this!" Ashen Xia Yu threw out all the melee weapons he had collected, imbued them with telekinesis, "Inferior Youth Learning Edition of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"
The melee weapons tore through the air and reached the Goblin Priest in the blink of an eye. The flying weapons tore through the Goblin Priest's defenses, disrupting his judgment.
Undead Xia Yu also joined in, using telekinesis to control the melee weapons to disrupt the Goblin Priest. Whenever the Goblin Priest tried to summon a meteor or anything else, a weapon would always graze his arm, preventing him from truly summoning it.
The Xia Yus shared a consensus: the BOSS of their own world must receive the final blow from themselves, so the BOSS in the dungeon was definitely meant for Adventurer Xia Yu to finish off.
While the Goblin Priest was in a futile rage, Adventurer Xia Yu, holding a long sword, secretly moved behind him. Although he could have killed the enemy using telekinesis to control a weapon, he still chose to do it himself.
"Puchi!"
The sharp blade pierced through the body. The Goblin Priest looked at the blade in his chest with disbelief. A mouthful of foul blood sprayed out from his mouth. Just as he was about to summon a fire meteor for a mutual kill, Xia Yu raised both swords upward.
The blade sliced upward from the Goblin Priest's chest, splitting the mask he wore on his face into two halves, which clattered onto the ground.
"Backstabbing feels really good, I might be getting addicted to it." Adventurer Xia Yu shook the blood off his sword and picked up the Goblin Priest's Meteor Staff.
But the next moment, the Meteor Staff, like a relic fragment aged by time, dissolved into grayish-white sand that scattered in the wind.
"What's going on? Can't keep the BOSS's weapon?" Ashen Xia Yu walked over, frowning as he watched the sand blowing away in the wind.
"The BOSS's weapon is bound; even if we get it, we can't use it unless we pull it out of a treasure chest. If we do, then we can use it. So, who among you wants to open the treasure chest?"
Adventurer Xia Yu explained while pointing to the weapon treasure chest obtained after defeating the BOSS.
The weapons inside the chest were not fixed; it was entirely possible for a BOSS chest to yield a worn-out small knife—it all depended on luck.
The two Xia Yus from the Soul World exchanged glances and both shook their heads. They knew their luck well enough; if their luck were good, how could they have transmigrated to the Soul World, and worse, with a beginner start?
"Forget it, forget it, I'll leave the weapons inside for you." Ashen Xia Yu raised the pistol in his hand, "This is enough for me. I still have to fight the gatekeeper dogs when we get back, sigh, tough life."
With that, Ashen Xia Yu's figure vanished directly, and Undead Xia Yu on the other side did the same, bidding farewell before his illusory form left this world.
The two of them had only come here for fun, and now it was time to return to their own affairs. Moreover, since this world had Adventurer Xia Yu, they didn't need to come to this world themselves to grind for weapons.
As the two Xia Yus from the Soul World departed, Adventurer Xia Yu was left alone in the BOSS Room.
"They left quite quickly."
Adventurer Xia Yu stretched. This dungeon crawl had been almost entirely effortless for him; he only exerted himself for the final backstab.
"Let's see what I can get from the treasure chest."
Looking at the treasure chest before him, Adventurer Xia Yu rubbed his hands together with a strange laugh, grasping the lid of the chest and raising it upwards, causing a dazzling light to shine forth.
"...Why is it a white light!!!"
With a thud, Adventurer Xia Yu knelt powerlessly to the ground, and he seemed to hear the faint, indistinct tune of 'Yi Jian Mei' in his ears again