Mission Complete

The Shadow Assassin immediately went into stealth mode, while the other summoned creatures advanced steadily.

Li Shuyi activated the Phase Shift effect on her shoes and rushed towards Glandis. Her mission was to deal with this Boss Tier who was skilled in magical attacks.

Carlisle dutifully stepped in front of Li Shuyi, and just as their bodies were about to make contact, Carlisle's speed increased dramatically. He suddenly appeared behind Li Shuyi, and a flash of sword light pierced towards Li Shuyi's back.

Facing Carlisle, Li Shuyi's prized agility was severely Suppression. Fortunately, her Melee Specialty were quite high, and she instinctively shifted a few inches.

With a hiss, Carlisle's sword flashed, leaving a trail of blood on Li Shuyi's shoulder. This was merely a probing thrust; after putting Li Shuyi into a slight state of paralysis, Carlisle gathered his strength slightly, and with the blade leaving three additional Afterimage, he thrust out again.

Combat Skill - Multiple Heart Sword Technique!

Sizzle!

A bolt of lightning Lightning Strike!

Carlisle froze abruptly, and at that moment, Qiao Rui finally caught sight of him, raising her hand to unleash the Mind Cage!

"Switch fire!"

Bai Xiaowen spread his arms wide, and an invisible Overawing Presence suddenly spread out! Intimidation activated.

In an instant, Melda, who was rushing over, Glandis, who was casting a spell, were both gripped by Fear Status! The rough-looking old lady Sanya, fared even worse, being knocked unconscious.

Bai Xiaowen activated Rapid-Fire Mode, unleashing a barrage of bullets at Carlisle, marking the start of his attack. The first shot triggered Killing Thirst, dealing true damage equal to 10% of Carlisle's maximum Life Value!

Ignoring the pain in her back, Li Shuyi nimbly turned around, her right hand flashing with the light of her blood-red longsword. A stream of blood was drawn from Carlisle's body and poured onto the blade, followed by Triple Slash combo.

The Rageclaw and Skeleton Champion swarmed forward, unleashing Rageclaw Bite and Rend, while the Skeleton Champion unleashed a charged slash!

Although Carlisle is powerful, he is a damage dealer. As Sword Saint, a class with high agility Swordsmanship Specialty, Carlisle has always relied on Critical Hit and evasion for defense. After his movements were restricted by Qiao Rui's Mind Cage, he became a target and was obviously not very durable.

In the first three seconds, which was also the moment when Bai Xiaowen's side had the strongest firepower, Carlisle's Life Value was reduced by more than 500!

In an instant, Carlisle and Glandis were filled with panic. They hadn't expected Bai Xiaowen's team to have such powerful output and such perfect teamwork! At this moment, the control time of Mind Cage was about to expire, but Rageclaw had already stood upright, its claws landing on Carlisle's shoulders from behind, about to unleash its ultimate attack to Suppression!

"Stop!"

Recovering from her Fear Status Glandis shrieked, took out a magic scroll, and ripped it open!

A blue light spread out, enveloping Glandis, Carlisle, and Melda and Sanya not far behind them. Then, the blue light quickly shrank into a single point of light, and all four Boss Tier vanished.

Its Rageclaw missed their target, leaving it with a mouthful of mud and rocks, and it growled twice in dissatisfaction.

"Phew... it's finally over."

Bai Xiaowen let out a long sigh, walked to the Rageclaw, took out some jerky, tore it open, and fed it to the animal as a form of comfort.

He knew Glandis had teleportation abilities, so he hadn't really expected to be able to retrieve the treasure chest.

Advanced Boss like Glandis, with her special status, is definitely different from ordinary Advanced Boss; she has extremely strong survival abilities. Unless there are targeted items like Spatial Lock Aura or War Shackles, she is basically impossible to kill.

"Senior, what brings you here all of a sudden?" Li Shuyi asked Qiao Rui curiously.

"Well... it's just a coincidence..." Qiao Rui skillfully changed the subject. "You guys actually managed to enter this hidden dungeon. What quest did you trigger? The rewards must be pretty good. Hurry up and turn in the quest."

"There's an S+ Elite Tier side quest, and another... well, I can't say." Li Shuyi paused quickly, remembering the classified information about the Scavenger mission.

Qiao Rui smiled and said, "It's Scavenger mission, isn't it?"

"Yes... wait, senior, you know too?" Li Shuyi asked in surprise.

"I've done these kinds of special missions too..." A hint of reminiscence flashed in Qiao Rui's eyes. "They were really difficult, practically a life-or-death situation."

"Ah... that's a bit of an exaggeration. Can't we use a forced return item to leave?" Li Shuyi said with a smile.

Bai Xiaowen interjected, "Not necessarily. For example, this time... with the Spatial Lock Aura in place, any teleportation item will be ineffective."

Li Shuyi nodded in sudden realization.

"Submit the task quickly and see what the reward is," Qiao Rui said.

No rush.

Bai Xiaowen closed his eyes slightly and began to communicate with the Spirit Realm Rules. During the last Scavenger mission, he had experienced negotiating with the Spirit Realm Rules —or more precisely, negotiating with the suspected manipulators behind the Spirit Realm Rules. He planned to do the same this time.

"I have completed the SS-Tier Scavenger mission and now request my reward."

The Spirit Realm Rules prompt: "Please open the Sealed Holy Coffer to submit the quest."

"Wait, wasn't the mission objective just to find the Sealed Holy Coffer and destroy the Sealing Incantation?" Bai Xiaowen pointed to the now dim and lifeless Sealing Incantation on the Sealed Holy Coffer. "Now that the mission is complete, why should I do this unnecessary step?"

"Please open the Sealed Holy Coffer to submit the quest." The Spirit Realm Rules responded stiffly and mechanically.

"Could you give me the Death God's Hand Bone as a reward for the mission? For it, I not only offended the Resistance Army, but also the Imperial Army again, suffering huge losses! These losses cannot be recovered by some ' Ancient Divine Power Residue '." Bai Xiaowen planned to argue for a while, since the initiative was in his hands now.

"No."

After the Spirit Realm Rules rejected it, they seemed to freeze for a second before the notification message came again:

"Based on your completion rate, and within the limits permitted by the rules, your mission reward: Ancient Divine Power Residue can be purified and upgraded."

"Upgrade requires a certain amount of Psionic Points. Do you agree? Warning: Insufficient Psionic Points will result in upgrade failure."

Bai Xiaowen glanced at his remaining 400,000 Psionic Points and readily said, "No problem... but I have one small request..."

He sensed that the Spirit Realm Rules had changed "person" again, seemingly transforming from a program into... a programmer?

Spirit Realm Rules: "..."

Bai Xiaowen felt a chill run down his spine. This string of ellipses... seemed quite humane. He felt a little more confident.

"My small request is... could the reward for the other S+ Elite Tier side quest I completed at the same time also be upgraded? I'm willing to pay Psionic Points! Hey, I completed both of the Scavenger quests so well, shouldn't I get some performance bonus or a reward...?"

One more chapter to come.