· Escape... The Cleared New Species

"Qiming?"

"Are you alright?"

Tione and the others watched the giant Cannon Dragon Lu Qiming had just dispatched with a single strike, then hurried toward him.

"Move!"

A shout rang out from the sky, and everyone looked up.

"Gareth?"

The Level 6 Dwarf Gareth descended from above, clad in armor and wielding two massive axes.

"You lot okay, rookies?"

Gareth landed before them, eyeing them with concern.

"We're fine, but Qiming seems a bit..."

"What's wrong with Qiming?"

Gareth looked over curiously to see Lu Qiming swaying on his feet, looking as if he were drunk.

"I-I'm fine, just a bit dizzy. I'll be right as rain in a second."

Lu Qiming spoke, closed his eyes for a few seconds, then opened them again. His swaying body managed to straighten up, and he appeared to be fine.

Gareth scrutinized Lu Qiming, and once he confirmed he was alright, he turned his gaze to the surroundings.

The Wyvern that Lefiya had cleared from the sky had reappeared, circling overhead, while on the ground, countless Cannon Dragon and new-breed Furry Green Worm monsters were swarming in to surround them.

"Oh my, looks like there's no time for a break."

Gareth turned to Lu Qiming and the others, issuing an order.

"You lot, keep this place clean until Finn and the others arrive."

"Even if you didn't say it..."

Tione raised her greatsword, aiming it at the surging tide of monsters.

"...we'd do it anyway!"

Bete let out a low growl and lunged forward, kicking a new-breed Furry Green Worm until it exploded.

"Little darlings, let the party begin! Hahaha! Let's become one!"

Lightning surged over Lu Qiming's body, and Divine Judgment transformed into a forty-meter greatsword once more as he vanished from his spot.

Elsewhere, in a deep floor of the Dungeon.

A figure shrouded in a black robe stood still. Around him, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of man-eating plant-like new-breed monsters swayed their long bodies. Opposite him stood a red-haired woman and a silver-haired man.

"Someone has reached the deep levels of the Dungeon and is about to touch the fifty-ninth floor. Go and wipe them all out. Everything is for the will of 'Her'."

"Yes! For the great 'Her', I will surely wipe out those little ants who reached the deep levels! Hahaha! Everything is for the great 'Her'!"

The silver-haired man, Olivus Act, laughed maniacally. Behind him, the man-eating plant monsters twisted in rhythm with his laughter. Then, a massive mother-type man-eating plant lifted Olivus Act up and began to rush toward the upper floors.

Beside them, the red-haired woman swallowed a green Magic Stone, nodded, jumped onto a man-eating plant monster, and departed.

The figure in the black robe watched the two leave, then turned and walked deeper into the Dungeon.

Floor 58.

"Arc Arrow!"

Lefiya raised her staff high, aiming at the Wyvern in the sky. Golden arrows struck the Wyvern down, sending it crashing into the swarm of new-breed monsters below.

The next second, the new-breed monsters surrounding the fallen Wyvern swarmed over, fighting to devour it.

"Ugh!"

Lefiya watched the monsters cannibalizing each other and couldn't help but cover her mouth, feeling a wave of nausea.

Swish!

Tione cut down a monster creeping up behind Lefiya and looked at her.

"Don't worry about those cannibalizing each other. Listen, the new breeds are attracted to magic, pull back further!"

"Understood!"

Lefiya retreated further behind the group.

"These Furry Green Worms are starting to move toward the south."

Gareth cleaved a new-breed in half with one swing of his axe and looked around. The once-numerous Cannon Dragon and Wyvern had been mostly slaughtered.

However, the Magic Stone left behind by the dead Cannon Dragon and Wyvern were all being devoured by the new-breed monsters, leaving only the drop items behind.

"What the hell is going on?"

Bete turned to look at the shifting mass of new-breed monsters.

"There's a floor passage to the south. In other words, they're heading toward the deeper levels."

"Could it be that they're also heading to the 59th floor?"

Tiona turned her head to look at Gareth.

"That's unclear, but regardless of where they intend to go, it's no longer possible."

Gareth spoke while looking toward the south, where endless sword radiances soared, sweeping away the new species of monsters advancing in that direction.

"Hahaha, my little darlings, where do you think you're going? Let's continue our happy little game."

Lu Qiming's figure appeared in mid-air, his bloodthirsty eyes fixed on the other new species below that were devouring the Magic Stones dropped by the ones he had just killed. After consuming a certain amount of Magic Stones, each new species scrambled toward the passage to the next floor.

In a short span of time, the Magic Stones dropped after his slaughter were completely devoured, and a massive number of new species monsters began crawling toward the entrance to the next floor once again.

"Don't even think about running; stay here and keep me company, like good little things!"

Gale Dance

The forty-meter Divine Judgment in Lu Qiming's hand began to dance at high speed, and endless sword radiances erupted from the blade, shrouding everything except the area where Bete and the others were standing.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

After a series of roars, all the monsters on the 58th floor were wiped out, leaving behind only a floor covered in Magic Stones and drops, along with the 58th floor itself, which had been completely devastated by the sword radiances.

"Hoo~"

Lu Qiming exhaled deeply and landed in front of Bete and the others.

"It's done. Now we just have to wait for Finn and the others to arrive."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lu Qiming sat weakly on the ground. The strange pressure radiating from his body vanished, and the blade of Divine Judgment, formed from lightning, shattered.

"Qiming, what's wrong!"

Seeing Lu Qiming sit down weakly, Tiona rushed over to help him up.

"I'm fine, just a bit exhausted."

Lu Qiming leaned against Tiona and pulled a top-tier Mana Recovery Potion and a stamina potion from the small pouch at his waist, drinking them down. That final move had completely drained both his stamina and mana.

He couldn't even maintain Musou, which was why he was sitting on the ground, weak and drained.

He hadn't expected there to be so many monsters on this floor; the more he killed, the faster the Dungeon hatched new ones. Fortunately, he had cleared out all the monsters before his stamina and mana ran dry.

"Everyone, are you alright!"

At this moment, Finn's voice came from afar. Everyone quickly turned to look in that direction, seeing Finn, Ais, and the others rushing toward them at high speed.

"Riveria! Ais! And... Captain!"

Before long, Finn and the others arrived in front of Lu Qiming and his group.

"Are you all okay?"

Finn looked at the group and asked.

"Yeah, we're fine. It's just that Qiming is a bit exhausted."

Gareth nodded, pointing at Lu Qiming, who was leaning against Tiona.

"Qiming, are you injured?"

Finn looked at Lu Qiming and asked.

"I'm fine, just a bit exhausted, and my mana is depleted. I can't activate Musou for the time being."

"Then let's rest for a while. Everyone, focus on recovering."

Finn looked at Lu Qiming, then at the 58th floor, which was almost completely destroyed, and the Magic Stones and drops scattered everywhere. He roughly understood what had happened.

As for the Musou that Lu Qiming mentioned, it was likely his trump card—the unknown skill he had activated on the 50th floor.