"...That's it?" Chu Tian landed, no longer feeling any tremors from the ground.
He squinted, scanning his surroundings.
The ground was riddled with explosion craters.
"Leizi... I'm sorry, I misjudged. You weren't the one clearing mines, it was the boss..." Jing Kaiyu said in shock as he witnessed the scene.
The others silently nodded in agreement.
"Stop mocking me!" Zhao Lei felt embarrassed at this moment.
He wasn't the one clearing mines; he was the one triggering them!
It was only thanks to the three healers constantly restoring his health that he managed to forge a path.
Then he looked at Chu Tian, his agile movements, his graceful posture.
Hadn't Luo Luo's eyes almost popped out when she saw him?
Zhao Lei was relieved that Ye Ling wasn't in the team.
Chu Tian was also frustrated. He hadn't been to the seventh level for exploration in his past life.
He truly had no idea there would be so many mines at the entrance.
If he had known, he would have definitely found a way around them, leaving them all for the lesser enemies behind.
Now, looking at the craters everywhere, it seemed as if he had stepped on all of them.
He had no idea how Zhao Lei and the others had passed, nor had they bothered to hint at it.
Helpless, Chu Tian gently extended a front claw to test the ground.
Then, he leaped, each landing point falling into a crater left by an exploding mine.
Who knew if there were still mines on the intact ground?
Seeing Chu Tian approaching, the few people touched their noses.
"How did you guys get here?" Chu Tian finally asked.
"Leizi cleared the way!" Gao Kai stated directly.
"..." Chu Tian looked at Zhao Lei speechlessly.
Looking at their expressions, he guessed.
They had deliberately not told him earlier, wanting to see him embarrassed.
Fortunately...
Even though he had also triggered mines.
His pride was somewhat intact.
He looked at Zhao Lei, his head and face covered in mud.
His entire body was scorched black...
Chu Tian couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
*Bang...*
A sound echoed from the darkness.
Chu Tian instinctively thought it was a mine, almost jumping up.
Zhao Lei also flinched.
However, he quickly distinguished that the loud noise was not the sound of a mine exploding.
"Brother... over there!"
Luo Luo wore more dark vision equipment.
Therefore, she could see more clearly.
Chu Tian quickly transformed into a leopard.
He looked in the direction Luo Luo was pointing.
Chu Tian hadn't been to the seventh level before either.
In his past life, he had only reached the sixth level with his guild during their exploration.
As he looked, Chu Tian saw the environment of the seventh level's underground world.
It was like a prison...
Over there, countless metal fences.
The beings inside were massive.
Bones were exposed in many places, but flesh and blood still covered most of their bodies.
The metal fences were trembling from the impact of the beings inside.
*Creak...*
A gap cracked open.
A metal bar, perhaps brittle from age, broke as it was struck.
Only then did everyone realize that there wasn't just one or two such creatures within the metal fences.
They were lined up.
The metal fences were sealed at the entrance of what looked like a corridor cave.
It seemed to be their place of confinement.
This group of monsters, with flesh that hadn't decayed, resembling zombies.
They let out angry roars and charged towards Chu Tian and the others, pouring out from the gap in the fence.
Several massive figures, as they rushed out of the fence opening, were cut on their waists and bellies by the sharp broken edges of the fence.
Foul-smelling liquid gurgled out...
As more and more monsters surged out, the metal fences could no longer withstand the pressure.
Finally, they all bent and snapped...
At this moment, they broke free like a tide.
A broken metal fence scraped against a monster,
And was dragged a long distance by it.
"Damn, what are these things? They're so disgusting!"
Zhao Lei cursed, but he reached out, picked up a club with one hand, a wine barrel with the other, and got into a stance to tank the incoming enemies.
Chu Tian raised his hand...
And cast Advanced Appraisal.
[Ding... Your Appraisal experience is full, upgraded to Expert Appraisal.]
Chu Tian paused. Appraisal had leveled up at this moment.
However, he didn't pay attention. This wasn't the time to check skills.
Those guys were already close to Zhao Lei.
The information from Appraisal returned.
[Lost Soul, Imprisoned for Ten Thousand Years]
Level: 63
Rarity: Rare Elite
Health: 6,300,000/6,300,000
Attack: 13,000
Defense: 26,000
Skills: Bloodlust, Berserk, Frenzied Slash, Execute.
Chu Tian saw this information and his heart sank.
These guys were too fierce.
"Leizi, don't tank them head-on... check their skills."
Chu Tian reminded Zhao Lei. He knew Zhao Lei must have used an appraisal skill.
This was the most basic operation for an MT, to first understand the monster's information.
"Tian Ge, no problem, don't worry. As long as my health stays above 20%, and they don't trigger Execute, I'm fine."
Zhao Lei had some unknown confidence.
He was facing twenty such monsters.
However, since Zhao Lei said so, Chu Tian didn't say anything more.
After all, he had been a tank for so long; he knew better than Chu Tian, who only relied on theory.
But he still spoke, "Yaoyao, pay attention to maintaining Leizi's health. Xiaoyu, keep your shield on him! Kai Ge, you don't need to heal for now, focus on burst healing.
Absolutely do not let Leizi's health drop below twenty percent. With so many monsters, if they all trigger Execute at the same time.
It's possible one of them will succeed, and Leizi will be gone.
For the rest, except for Lin Ran and Lin Chi, everyone else will focus on one monster with me, single target kill.
Lin Ran, you two brothers take down one each...
Otherwise, I'm afraid by the time we finish them, you two won't have even used your skills yet."
With the assignments done, everyone nodded.
Zhao Lei moved his body and, facing a monster, extended his middle finger.
He roared, "You... come here!"
Chu Tian was stunned. This guy's taunt had changed its wording.
Previously, when Zhao Lei used taunt, he would shout: "Son of a bitch!"
Then he would charge out...
This time, with his shout, one of the monsters
suddenly accelerated, charging towards Zhao Lei like a charge.
"Holy crap, it actually works... Roll out, Bouncing Ring..."
Clearly, Zhao Lei was also using this skill for the first time.
Seeing the monster charging, he pointed his club at the ground.
A circular area appeared, and the charging monster was instantly sent flying.
The monster, like it had no brain, kept charging forward and kept being knocked back.
Finally, the monsters behind also reached him. Zhao Lei threw a Drunken Brew in the middle of the monsters.
After he took aggro, Chu Tian went into stealth.
He circled behind a Lost Soul Imprisoned for Ten Thousand Years and initiated with Slashing Strike.
"Damn, the damage is so high!" Zhao Lei had been very confident just now.
After taking a hit, Chu Tian saw his Drunken Fist debuff display a heavy red.
It still showed severe drunkenness.
However, the damage he took every 0.5 seconds reached over 6000 points.
"You guys go ahead and fight, I'll scout ahead! Keep Leizi's health up."