The way his female boss handled the situation left Lin Xun disoriented.
Setting up a large enchantment indeed expended a considerable amount of materials, which had a spiritual value of several tens of thousands, but that was still far from the value of a legendary defensive artifact.
He caught Li Xingyue giving him a look, as if to say: you just need to nod and agree to play along.
What else could Lin Xun do but put on a begrudging expression?
He admitted that just as Li Xingyue had said, they had indeed expended a lot warding off the surprise attack, such as the consumable used to unleash a heaven-shattering sword swing, the summoning artifact to call forth the warrior army, and finally the 'legendary-grade' defensive artifact...
After the difficulty of the hidden chapter was raised, Lin Xun estimated that it had been bumped up from normal difficulty to nightmare difficulty, and not a solo nightmare dungeon, but a large-scale nightmare chapter for seven people.