In the second round of trials, Lu PingAn made it to the eleventh floor.
More precisely, after defeating the canned BOSS on the tenth floor, Lu PingAn chose to give up.
"I finally understand what it feels like to keep opening cans. It hurts, it's frustrating, and it makes me want to cry."
The opponent on the tenth floor had not been malicious enough to send another peak Tier 2 of the same path.
It was an ordinary Tier 2 Living Armor, one of the Heavy Armor Knight types.
"Did I just say ordinary? Why did I say ordinary?! This is obviously malicious as hell."
Living Armor was already tough enough. Add the Tier 2 Heavy Armor Shield Warrior profession and its double heavy-armor configuration, and Lu PingAn had opened cans until his heart ached, his hands hurt, his legs went numb, and his head spun. He had spun around to generate force too many times; his legs had gone weak.
"Look on the bright side. At least it isn't Sir Knight's signature profession. Uh, Sir Knight's Heavy Armor Knight is Tier 3, right? That Tier 2 one would just be free meat for me."
But that thought was precisely the fundamental reason Lu PingAn could not keep forcing himself onward.
Sir Knight's Tier 2 Duel Swordsman was a lightly armored swordsman. For Lu PingAn, who currently excelled at wide-range slashes, it was actually fairly easy to handle.
But the Tier 3 Arena Knight was particularly tough even among iron cans.
"If I'm not mistaken, I'll probably encounter a Living Armor Arena Knight on the fifteenth floor. It might be several times tougher than a Tier 2."
If the traits of two cans were combined, it probably would not be as simple as one plus one equaling two.
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