Mu Yuan: "!!!"
"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
"Guk ji~!"
Through the Mental Link, Dolei sent an emoji of itself standing with its hands on its hips, affirming that it hadn't seen wrong.
Wait, when you describe snake monsters, you make them sound so pathetic. How come you show such intelligence and creativity when making custom emojis?
Dolei moved forward another short distance, stopping less than twenty meters from the statue and peeking at it stealthily.
Now that they were close enough, Great Lord Mu also obtained more information.
"These few snakes are all Snake Person Warriors, comparable to Common Star Three-Star Troops. The reason they suddenly became stronger just now was probably..."
They had leveled up!
When troops and monsters leveled up, they became taller, stronger, and more imposing. This was especially obvious during the Apprentice Grade.
Could this temple building...?
At that moment, several more snake people entered from outside.
The snake person at the front had a bulging chest, with a weapon larger than a basketball, and held a gray, unremarkable staff with some kind of crystal embedded at its tip.
This was a Snake Person Witch, comparable to a Goblin Shaman.
She also walked up to the statue and muttered something incomprehensible before pressing nearly her entire body against it. The next moment, the statue burst into radiance that enveloped the Snake Person Witch.
Her long brown hair fluttered without any wind. She let out a low hiss, and the snakeskin on her body seemed to peel away as new clothing grew in its place. A powerful aura erupted outward from her, startling the surrounding snake people into kneeling and prostrating themselves.
Mu Yuan was stunned as well.
"Is this... a Professional Grade breakthrough?"
For a troop or monster to break through to