"So what should we do now? Go straight to Demon King Rimuru?!"
At that moment, Mark suddenly spoke up.
"First, we follow the plan and clear the floors. We need to prove our strength so our words will carry more weight."
Shen pondered for a moment before answering carefully.
"Mm. That makes sense!"
Shinji nodded in agreement.
"Then let's clear the floors!"
Mark chimed in as well.
The three of them then began their so-called labyrinth challenge.
What happened next was much like the intelligence Rimuru had gathered. Perhaps in order to prove their worth, the three of them gave it everything they had while conquering the Great Underground Labyrinth. None of them dared hold back.
The earlier floors had been manageable. Although the three of them did not possess Demon King-level strength, each of them was still Special A-rank.
However, once they reached the fortieth floor, the three began to struggle.
That was because the fortieth floor's guardian had already reached the peak of A-rank, perhaps even pseudo-Special A-rank.
Logically speaking, the floor guardian on the fortieth floor of the Great Underground Labyrinth should not have been this strong in the original story!
At most, it should only have been A-rank.
But the current Great Underground Labyrinth was vastly different from the one in the original story.
Nearly all the sentient floor guardians here had received more or less of Mo Li's teachings. Naturally, the Ten Great Labyrinth Masters had received the most.
As for why those mindless monsters had become so powerful, it was because of the two dragons guarding the hundredth floor of the Great Underground Labyrinth: Veldora and Waka.
In the original story, only Veldora guarded the hundredth floor. But now there was also Waka, a Dragon King even stronger than Veldora, a True Dragon.
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