Thud!!
Xi Ye's combat skill, which had originally faded, flared up again, and a faint red tint appeared on his skin.
He stomped the ground and instantly charged at Lu Yuan, sweeping his longsword toward Lu Yuan's neck.
The greatsword tore through the air, raising a howling gale.
Lu Yuan's expression hardened as he raised his sword to meet it.
Clang!
Lu Yuan felt a tremendous force far stronger than before crash into him.
His face changed slightly as he retreated two steps.
Xi Ye, on the other hand, did not retreat a single step.
Seeing this, Xi Ye revealed a savage smile.
He snorted coldly and swung his longsword at Lu Yuan again.
His attacks came wave after wave, relentless and unceasing.
Lu Yuan's expression shifted slightly as he continuously blocked the attacks, his feet steadily moving backward.
Clang!
After another collision, Lu Yuan retreated another step, nearing the wall.
At that moment, Xi Ye sidestepped some distance.
Lu Yuan heard a sharp whistle cutting through the air and felt a searing heat.
Not good!
His expression changed, and he quickly dodged to the side.
Whoosh!
An arrow streaked past Lu Yuan's shoulder with a black gleam, tearing a gash in the armor there.
Fortunately, the arrow had not struck Lu Yuan's body.
Otherwise, even with his current defense, he would still have been injured.
A fireball flew past Lu Yuan and struck the wall behind him.
Boom!!
The fireball exploded, and a wave of flames carrying surging heat burst forth, slamming heavily into Lu Yuan's back.
Lu Yuan could not help but stagger two steps forward.
Xi Ye, who had dodged aside earlier, appeared again at that moment.
His cat-like eyes carried a cold, mocking glint. Gripping the hilt with both hands, he slashed his longsword at Lu Yuan's waist.
Lu Yuan's pupils contracted. Every muscle in his body tensed as he planted his foot and shifted sideways.
The longsword passed along his waist, cutting open his skin as a thread of blood seeped out.
Lu Yuan let out a slight breath of relief. Good thing he had practiced his movement technique before.
Otherwise, he really might not have been able to dodge that strike.
After evading Xi Ye's attack, Lu Yuan retreated several steps in succession.
He looked at Xi Ye, Molly, and Nan Qi in the distance, a cold expression appearing on his face.
A pale black potion appeared in his hand, and he tipped his head back and drank it.
Ordinary Defense Potion.
After drinking the potion, Lu Yuan could clearly feel it turn into an invisible spirit energy fluctuation within his body, forming a special barrier.
He could sense that this barrier had greatly increased his defensive ability.
An ordinary quality Defense Potion could increase defense by roughly twenty percent.
How strong was Lu Yuan's defense at the moment?
With another twenty percent added, it became utterly absurd.
The only problem was that it was too expensive. One bottle cost 10,000.
At the thought of the price, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
Damn it, he had worked so hard before, and the materials he obtained had only been worth a little over 10,000.
With this, it was all gone.
He looked at Xi Ye and the others, intense killing intent in his eyes.
It was all those bastards' fault!
Why did they have to use potions for no reason?!
When they saw Lu Yuan drink the Defense Amplification Potion, all three of their expressions changed slightly.
"Damn it! This guy actually bought potions!"
"Xi Ye!"
Molly called out from afar.
Xi Ye looked at Lu Yuan, his gaze flickering as he nodded.
"Retreat!"
He ran toward Molly and Nan Qi.
Watching them flee, Lu Yuan's cheek twitched.
"Damn it, I drank a potion and lost 10,000. If I let you run away, can I even call myself a man?!"
He charged directly after the three of them.
He absolutely could not let them escape this time!
As soon as he rushed out, Lu Yuan saw that the three had already run more than thirty meters away.
He had to admit that his speed was indeed inferior to theirs.
Especially since the Cat Person Swordsman and cat person archer had both taken Speed Potions.
Although the cat person element warrior had not taken a potion, he was being carried by the Cat Person Swordsman, so he was not slow either.
If Lu Yuan wanted to catch them, he would probably have to drink a superior Speed Amplification Potion.
But that thing cost 50,000 per bottle!
He had already lost 10,000. If he killed those three Hunters and they did not drop anything good, would he have to lose another 50,000?
He really could not accept that.
More importantly, it was his trump card for escaping when he encountered danger. Using it here would be far too wasteful.
But if he did not chase them now, he would not be able to accept it either.
He could only grit his teeth and continue pursuing the three Cat Person Hunters.
At the same time, he secretly made up his mind.
After breaking through to the first rank, the gene he recorded had to be a speed-type one!
One side chased while the other fled. Before long, Lu Yuan realized the distance between them was steadily growing.
The three Cat Person Hunters were already around fifty meters away from him.
In such a short time, he had been left behind by twenty meters.
"Am I a damn turtle or what?!"
Lu Yuan could not help cursing himself.
The firelight in the dungeon passage was dim, and darkness lay ahead. If they ran a little farther, Lu Yuan would probably not even be able to see them.
Fortunately, there were no other forks in the path here. Otherwise, those three Cat Person Hunters would have already shaken him off.
But if this continued, they would sooner or later reach a fork.
Then it would only be a matter of time before he lost them.
Just as Lu Yuan's expression darkened, a low roar suddenly sounded in the distance.
Lu Yuan's eyes lit up. It was the sound of Little Stone Men.
He saw two piles of rubble in the distance, their stones flying toward the three Cat Person Hunters.
Lu Yuan could not help revealing a smile.
However, just as his smile appeared, two fireballs struck the piles of rubble in succession.
Before the two piles of rubble could finish transforming, they became nothing more than real rubble.
The Cat Person Swordsman and cat person archer did not even need to make a move.
The cat person element warrior being carried could completely free up his hands to deal with any ferocious beasts they encountered.
Judging from how practiced they were, these three Cat Person Hunters had probably been chased many times before.
The smile on Lu Yuan's face froze.
The Little Stone Men were too weak.
The strength of these three Cat Person Hunters was now not much different from his after drinking the potion.
Little Stone Men could not stop them at all.
Lu Yuan's heart turned cold again.
Still, Lu Yuan did not give up the chase.
He was still unwilling to accept it.
What if this path was a dead end?
Then how would those three bastards escape?
Lu Yuan felt a little expectant.
After running for a while longer, the three Cat Person Hunters drew closer and closer to the darkness.
Nan Qi lay on Xi Ye's back and blasted a black scorpion trying to ambush them to death with a fireball.
He turned to glance behind him.
Lu Yuan, more than seventy meters away, was staring coldly at them.
Nan Qi was delighted and bared his teeth provocatively.
"Human! With turtle-like speed like yours, you think you can catch us?! Maybe in your next life!"
Molly carried her longbow on her back and rolled her eyes at Nan Qi.
"We haven't escaped yet."
Xi Ye's expression was cold. "That human probably hates us to death."
"There's nothing we can do about that. We've run into him twice, after all. I didn't expect his strength to improve so quickly. Last time, he could barely handle Xi Ye alone."
Molly's expression was grim.
"This guy is probably a genius."
Nan Qi grinned, unconcerned.
"So what if he's a genius? At worst, we'll go around him whenever we see him in the future. He's a Guardian type, and he's so slow. Could he possibly hunt us down?"
"Mm. Let's escape this time first."
"Why isn't there a fork yet..."
Molly frowned.
But before she could finish speaking, the ground beneath her feet suddenly cracked apart, opening into a large pit. She fell straight down.
Not only her, but Xi Ye beside her and Nan Qi on Xi Ye's back fell as well.
After falling around five meters, they landed on the ground again.
But this time, their faces had gone deathly pale.
"Damn it! It's an ant nest!"
"Are we seriously this unlucky?! We actually ran into an ant nest?!"
Molly and Nan Qi's eyes were filled with despair.
Xi Ye's mouth twitched violently as well.
He looked at the passages on either side.
There were no torches in the passages within the ant nest. Even with the enhanced eyesight of a Gene Warrior, they could only see less than five meters away.
Everything beyond was pitch-black.
However, a Gene Warrior's extraordinary hearing allowed him to hear rustling sounds rapidly approaching.
Xi Ye's pupils shrank. "Find a way to get back up first!"
"No! That human is up there! He wants to tear us apart!"
Nan Qi hurriedly said.
Xi Ye's mouth twitched.
At that moment, Molly's expression changed drastically. "They're here!"
Hearing this, Nan Qi and Xi Ye's expressions changed as well.
They looked around. From the dim passages on both sides, ants entirely yellow and nearly a meter tall, like giant dogs, crawled out from the depths of the tunnels.
Dungeon Sand Ants.
Their Tempering Levels ranged from 10% to 99%. They were one of the most powerful groups in the Sandstone Dungeon.
The ant nests in the Sandstone Dungeon could be said to be spread throughout the entire dungeon.
The Dungeon Sand Ants' deep black eyes stared fixedly at the three Cat Person Hunters, the antennae on their heads constantly swaying.
A moment later, several Dungeon Sand Ants let out shrill cries and charged madly at the three Cat Person Hunters.
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