Fight 10 of them

All in all, You Chu's first trip to the dimension had been pretty good so far. He felt that he was getting along quite well with the Beetle Killers living in this dimension.

However, he did not know if the other party was happy about it.

However, there were actually not many who were as happy as him in the instance dungeon. Many Summoners who had obtained this rare opportunity to explore were actually not that relaxed either.

After a period of exploration, many people had actually discovered that the deeper into the Dark Forest, the more difficult it was.

Summoners often encountered only one or two solitary Beetle Killers on the perimeter of the Forest, but the deeper they explored, the more the Beetle Killers began to huddle, and it was not unheard of for three or five to appear together.

This was hard on those working without teammates.

In fact, many of the Summoners who had come to explore this time had come alone, and there were no teammates to form a team to help. For the Bronze Summoners, whose strength was in the middle-range, it might be a little difficult to deal with one Beetle Killer alone. If they encountered two at the same time, they would have to flee.

Therefore, these Summoners could only explore the perimeter. At most, they would probe a little deeper.

Those like the little fatty Yu Huang were doing better.

He was more or less an excellent student in his own school, and the few companions accompanying him were all quite strong. The few of them cooperated with each other and assisted each other, so it was relatively easy to deal with a solitary Beetle killer.

However, when they tried to explore the unexplored mysterious area deep in the Forest, they quickly encountered unexpected resistance.

They were confronted by a squad of ten Beetle Killers.

They had never encountered so many on their way here. The most they had encountered at a time was five or six.

Unexpectedly, Yu Huang's team also fell into a fierce battle.

Fortunately, the few of them were adaptable enough and had some tacit cooperation. Although it was a little difficult, they still managed to regain their disadvantage bit by bit and suppress this group of insect creatures.

But then a bigger guy showed up.

It was the biggest thing they'd encountered in the Dark Forest, a three-meter-tall brown-and-black Beetle Killer. Its massive body was covered in green-and-black armour that protected its vital parts – a treatment that none of the other Beetle Killers have.

A Beetle commander.

It waved a thick and heavy spear in its hand. The spear was like a dragon, powerful and domineering.

Yu Huang and the others did not expect a boss-level to appear in this pile of trash. Their spell spirits were scattered by the Beetle commander's spear and were killed. They hurriedly retreated with their tails between their legs.

After finally getting rid of this group of beetles, Yu Huang and the others found a good angle and observed secretly from a clump of bushes on a slope.

As the few of them rested, a certain rich second-generation heir in the team summoned his drone spell spirit and flew out from the sky to gather information. At the same time, he fed the scene back to the team.

'There doesn't seem to be any other way around here.' The rich kid rubbed his temples, wincing a little. 'In any case, we can't get around that wave of Beetle killers if we want to go further in this direction.'

They all fell silent.

Indeed, they had all seen the images sent back by the drone.

It was as if the Beetle Killers were guarding the protective membrane of the Forbidden Area. If they wanted to enter, they had to break through this defense line first. There was no way to bypass it.

However, after the battle just now, they all knew that their team was too weak and might not be able to enter for the time being.

"It's mainly because that Beetle commander is so annoying," a girl said. "It's smelly, hard, and strong. It can't be beaten at all. If it hadn't suddenly interfered, we would have broken through long ago…"

"If we had brought that expert who got first place in the assessment, we might have been able to enter." The rich second-generation heir looked at Yu Huang with a complaining gaze. "I wonder who would have thought that we would definitely…"

The corner of Yu Huang's mouth twitched. "I already said that he used to be very lousy! Who knew that he would suddenly act like he was on steroids…"

But before anyone could say anything, he quickly changed the topic.

"Besides, so what if we brought him along? Everyone saw how powerful that Beetle commander was just now. The few of us spell spirits surrounded it and couldn't even skin it.

It simply isn't something having one more person in the team can solve."

They fell silent.

Indeed, Little Fatty Yu Huang might be telling the truth.

Spell spirits never won battles by sheer numbers. That was common knowledge among Summoners.

Unless the attack power of the two spell spirits was very close to each other, it was very rare for an ant to bite an elephant to death in a battle between spell spirits.

Their spell spirits were no match for the Beetle commander at all. That guy was probably close to the limit of a Level 1 spell spirit. They estimated that only a Level 2 spell spirit could defeat that guy.

To be able to control a Level 2 spell spirit, one had to be a Silver Summoner.

However, when the assessment results list was announced, they clearly remembered that there were no Silver Summoners participating in this exploration.

It was not surprising. There were only so many Summoners above the Silver level in this city. Perhaps some looked down on such a low-level alternate dimension. Some might not be free. Others might be official Summoners.

Lower-level spaces would be open to social Summoners first. Giving them first-hand resources was a benefit.

When the public exploration period was over, the officials would clean up the scene.

Now, they all felt that since there were no Silver Sorcerers involved, they would most likely have to wait for the officials to take action to pass this round.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the Beetle Killers did not seem to have any intention of leaving, Yu Huang could not help but say, "Forget it, it's not a good idea to waste time here."

This path shouldn't work. Let's change directions. The dimensional space is so big, there should be other places to explore. If we really can't, it's good to go farm some materials to recoup our losses…"

At this point, the girl suddenly interrupted, "Wait, look over there."

Their gazes returned to the image transmitted by the drone spirit.

The screen was still showing the Beetle Killer squad they couldn't get past, still guarding that road.

A girl swordsman appeared before them.

Her body, encased in white armour, was as slim as a roadside reed, a stark contrast to the ten tall Beetle killers before her.

However, she gripped her sword tightly and was fearless against an opponent who was so different in size.

Because the drone was a little far away, Yu Huang could not see the girl's face clearly.

"Then whose spell spirit is it?"

"So fierce? One against ten?"

"She wants to fight ten at once?"

Yu Huang and the others began to stir.

Then, the girl on the screen pressed down on the hilt of her sword and bent her body slightly. Immediately, she charged towards the Beetle Killers like an arrow!

"Damn, she really charged!"

Yu Huang and the others widened their eyes. It was almost impossible to imagine what was going to happen next.

They had all suffered at the hands of those Beetle Killers and knew the power of these rock creatures.

'One against ten. That would get you killed in seconds, wouldn't it?'

They could almost imagine the tragic scene of this poor spell girl being pressed to the ground by ten burly men.

Which Summoner was so heartless as to let such a cute spell spirit girl go up for nothing?

But the subsequent unfolding was completely beyond any of their expectations.

The girl met the first Beetle killer at the front. With a flick of her wrist and a flick of her sword, the Beetle's palm was broken at the root, and the spear in her hand rose into the air!

"!"

The onlookers were all shocked.

'That fierce?'

They had all fought with these creatures before. Even if the best spell spirits among them could win against them one-on-one, but they would still have to go through a fierce battle.

But this swordswoman had actually disarmed one of the Beetle killers in just one exchange!

However, Yu Huang and the others also knew that the spell spirit's attack power was only a reference value. It was only a comprehensive reflection of the spell spirit's power and energy. It could not directly represent the spell spirit's strength.

For example, combat techniques, sword techniques, and other complicated factors could not be considered.

Perhaps it was because the swordsmanship was superb that she relied on her skills to suppress the simple-minded mantises who only knew how to go straight.

But Yu Huang and the others were thinking, so what if she disarmed them?

She would still be surrounded by the hoard later on, and that probably wouldn't change the outcome.

But then something even more jaw-dropping happened.

The girl slipped into the formation of a large group of beetle killers. She stopped in her tracks, turned her wrist nimbly, and her sword shook rapidly. Another beetle killer let go of his spear!

Fatty Yu Huang was shocked.

He could see that the girl next to him was also shocked. Her mouth was wider than his, wide enough to fit an apple.

The female swordsman continued to move.

She extended her left hand and grabbed the two spears she had shot down. At the same time, her right hand flew out like a sword, accurately breaking through the layers of defense as if she was cheating. She aimed at a flaw and hit the wrist of the third Beetle.

The third spear flew out of his hand!

The girl swept her left arm again and grabbed the third spear. She nimbly avoided the futile attacks coming her way and continued to find the fourth beetle killer…

Fatty Yu Huang fell silent.

He suddenly realized something very strange.

Perhaps it should have been very easy for the female swordsman to instantly kill these ten.

The reason she didn't do so was probably because she wanted the spears from these monsters…