Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 171 - 158: The Grand Era of Soul 5 is Coming

Chapter 171: Chapter 158: The Grand Era of Soul 5 is Coming

Swift Slash had failed, but Leon still possessed other skills.

When the invaders appeared again, he opted to initiate a Marathon, embarking on his third phase.

He utilized terrain traps to disrupt the invaders and took the opportunity during their confusion to rush in and pummel them to death, the armor crafted by Rust Monsters would never corrode his fists as well.

These crude invaders were evidently unacquainted with the sophisticated tactic of Marathon, proving its efficacy time and again.

Throughout the day, Leon felt as though he was continuously battling various Soul-sucking Ghosts.

It was as if these invaders had specifically trained to combat them, making the fights extremely uncomfortable.

Although the Strategy Group always managed to avert danger with their profound capability, they still felt exhausted.

Only after numerous PVP battles did they realize the beauty of PVE.

In reality, the intervals between each invader appearance weren’t short, taking about one or two hours for two or three to show up.

By the time an utterly exhausted Leon chose to depart the Dungeon, he had already encountered no less than ten Soul-sucking Ghosts. During that time, Drew and Tal were careless and got killed once.

Their usual exploration experience was completely ruined!

He wondered how these intruders even infiltrated their ranks, considering the massive amount of people staying in the Dungeon daily. Could it be possible to designate specific individuals during an invasion?

Even the powerful Strategy Group could potentially fail under consecutive invasions, not to mention other adventurers.

Imagine being deeply immersed in the normal mapping process when suddenly several bright-red individuals kill you, and after revival, you still have to travel 365 miles again.

Just thinking about it was infuriating enough to make one curse at the invaders’ families.

But none of these mattered anymore.

Looking at the speckled night sky, Leon had never left the Dungeon as resentful as he did tonight.

He must make those who invaded him pay!

But how exactly should he retaliate?

After pondering for a while, Leon realized that the invaders seemed to use codenames, concealing their real identities thoroughly, making them hard to trace.

So, could there be countermeasures against invaders within the Sain Dungeon?

If he could encounter one tomorrow, he must capture an invader for a thorough interrogation, extracting all information before dismembering them!

He glanced at the hilt of his Reverse Sword left in his arms, sighed, and decided that his urgent business was to visit the blacksmith shop to see if the Reverse Sword could be repaired.

However, when Leon walked out of the blacksmith shop, his expression was grim.

It was unrepairable, and even a forced repair wouldn’t be effective. The blacksmith suggested forging a new one entirely.

"Damn."

He wandered the streets, troubled, as the Reverse Sword had witnessed many events with him, and he had grown attached to it, making parting with it impossible.

His current feeling resembled when he had been killed by the Lion Ape and plunged into a Horror State—not out of fear, but feeling equally helpless.

Perhaps by some fateful design, as Leon walked on, he found himself standing in front of a familiar shop by the time he returned to his senses.

[Madar Magic Tool Store]

It really had been a long time since his last visit.

Reflecting on the past, it was the owner here who inspired him to become brave. Without that packet of Horror Dispelling Powder, he might have ended up a broken man.

"I initially thought of coming here to thank the owner, but I forgot."

He turned to leave, and upon returning, he brought with him bags of dairy products or fruit baskets.

When Gong Qiying in the shop saw Leon approaching with these items, he thought he was visiting a hospitalized patient.

"I truly owe my thanks for your care back then, owner."

"You are... oh, I remember now, it’s you," Gong Qiying feigned a look of "Why bring gifts?"

"Thank you for your help back then."

When not engulfed by Soul V, Leon was refined and well-mannered, duly observing social niceties.

Gong Qiying smiled and chatted casually with him, discussing topics a real businessman would care about.

It didn’t take long before Leon couldn’t hold back and shared his real purpose for the visit.

"Do you have a way to repair weapons?" Gong Qiying showed a helpless expression and said, "Sorry, I don’t know much about weapons. Maybe you should go to a blacksmith."

Leon helplessly said, "It’s because the blacksmith couldn’t help, so I came here..."

I must be crazy to think a tool shop would have a way to repair weapons. Do I hope to find some magical tool here that could simply repair it with a tap?

As he stood to leave, at that moment, Gong Qiying hesitated and seemed to want to say something as if there might actually be a way. Leon’s breath staggered, and with a deliberate sigh, he stretched out his words, "Ah, if only someone could give me a suggestion. I’d even be willing to spend a lot of money."

"Hey, maybe I have a way," Gong Qiying suddenly said.

Perfect, the boss is hooked!

Leon asked eagerly, "What way?"

"You just wait, I’ll go look for it."

Shortly after, Gong Qiying returned from the storeroom with a strange object in his hand.

Leon’s expression turned peculiar as he asked, "Is that a tongue?"

"Correct, this item is called the [Taunter’s Tongue]."

Gong Qiying carefully placed it in front of Leon and said, "Its effect, when used in the Dungeon, is to attract invaders, and it has a higher probability of attracting those who have invaded you before."

Leon instantly understood the usage of the item, his eyes suddenly shining.

"I’ll buy this!"

When conducting business in a Magic Tool Store, it’s basic knowledge not to ask about the source of the goods.

It’s enough that you could buy something useful!

"Hold on a second," Gong Qiying suddenly grabbed Leon’s hand reaching for the tongue, looked into his eyes, and asked, "Do you really think you can kill all the invaders by yourself?"

"..." Leon fell silent, "I can’t."

"I do have an idea, do you want to hear it?" The shop owner revealed a smile that said, ’Plan successful.’

So, Leon honestly listened to what he was going to say next, just like he once listened to his "Beating Theory."

"No matter how you fight, the Soul-sucking Ghost’s contract will definitely be exposed, it’s just a matter of time, the number of invaders will increase continually, can you kill them all by yourself? You’re human too, you’ll run out of energy eventually."

"So, I should find teammates?" Leon asked.

"No, you don’t need to find teammates, you just need to do one thing."

Gong Qiying smiled slightly and said:

"Publish all the techniques you’ve accumulated so far for dealing with people."

"Ah?"

Leon was stunned, "But then, won’t the invaders be able to learn them?"

"You need to understand one thing, the current situation is that the invaders all have specialized combat techniques against humans, those pure adventurers who only explore Dungeons are no match for the invaders."

"After you publish your techniques, the biggest beneficiaries are the normal people, people will be on guard against the invaders, and learn how to handle them, at least they won’t be speed-killed in battles and could take a chunk of flesh with them even in death!"

"As for the invaders, even if you don’t publish your experience and techniques, after fighting them a few times using the Taunter’s Tongue, they will learn it anyway; it’s nothing more than running, catching the back swing, anyone can understand that."

"In the current environment, invaders leverage information asymmetry to achieve numerous victories, what you need to do is bridge this information gap, or even muddy the waters! The dirtier, cough, the more complex the combat methods people use in battle, the better, making invaders pay a price for only meager gains!"

"Give everyone a chance to become you!"

Moments later, Leon somewhat dazedly left the Magic Tool Store.

He couldn’t help starting to think whether Gong Qiying’s words were correct.

A few seconds later, he found his answer — they were correct.

The next steps were clear, to go home, organize the information, and then publish it!

"Hehe, cough cough cough, what am I laughing at."

Leon shook his head, this conversation had enlightened him, making him feel as if the world had broadened.

As for the challenge with the New Strategy Group? Who cares, considering those folks probably won’t achieve anything significant in the short term.

Just as Leon had found his future direction, the members of the New Strategy Group were diligently exploring the Sain Dungeon.

The New Strategy Group consisted of five people, "Black Bat" Luluwo, "Giant" Berto, "Iron Fist" Mila, and a set of twins named Ais and Em.

At this moment, they were in the tomb area, and they were walking the path of the Death Knight.

Why not explore Fran Fort, where there is more information and the maps are already near completion?

The reason was simple, they couldn’t beat the Fran Undead Team...

They could only hope that the final boss of the tomb area would be weaker.

They now believed that their progress was top-tier among many adventurers, with not many able to keep up with them.

"Captain, after we smashed the Big Pot just now, it dropped this."

Mila picked up a light point from the blood and flesh scattered after the Warrior Pot shattered, but showed a look of disdain after checking it.

[Yellow Wildflower]

[Apart from being cute, a worthless wildflower that carries the sincere blessings of children, perhaps for the Warrior Pot, this is its greatest value]

"That useless thing, just throw it away," Luluwo waved his hand.

They had just encountered a Warrior Pot being attacked by monsters, and internal strife among the monsters presented a good opportunity.

So, they rushed up and took out the Warrior Pot along with the other monsters, but unfortunately, these foolish monsters didn’t drop anything good.

"I don’t understand, why didn’t that Big Pot fight back when we attacked it?" Berto looked puzzled and glanced at a door, which the Warrior Pot had previously been blocking with its body.

"Captain, should we go in and have a look, there might be treasure."

The New Strategy Group excitedly pushed open the door.

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