We Take a Shortcut

Everyone agreed with Li Yu's idea without exception. Everyone wanted to go down and gain experience, even though there might be some danger, but what did it matter?

The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish. Everyone is eager to improve; only by gaining a lot of experience can they become stronger. And I wonder if everyone wants to achieve some kind of great feat to level up?

Is leveling up simply a matter of gaining enough experience? Or is some kind of great achievement required? In any case, after this, everyone must break through to the fourth tier. As for great achievements, we can just fight the boss together then.

Or perhaps they don't need that thing at all; all they need is experience. Once they have enough experience, they can break through? After all, everyone's stats are completely different from those in this world.

"It seems like no one has any objections, so let's go to the plains on the 23rd floor to grind monsters tomorrow!" Li Yu's lips curled up slightly as he looked at everyone's reaction, and his mood instantly improved.

"Class monitor, what's the method for summoning Dungeon monsters? What do you need?" Xia Yu asked curiously.

Her words drew everyone's attention to Li Yu, and everyone was indeed curious about how Li Yu had managed it. It was truly intriguing.

"It's nothing, it just cost me Yukino to use her talent to condense Divine Blood," Li Yu explained with a smile.

These words made everyone understand why Li Yu was able to make the Dungeon spawn monsters on its own; wow, he was exploiting the Dungeon's mechanics regarding God!

Then, Yukino Yukinoshita's talent perfectly matches this point, so if you want the Dungeon to spawn monsters on its own, you just need to condense the Divine Blood.

"Is that even possible? Does that mean that in the future we can ask Hestia for some blood to enter the Dungeon and let the Dungeon spawn monsters anytime, anywhere?" Xia Yu's eyes lit up when she heard this.

She had a great idea in mind: why not just ask Hestia for some Divine Blood?

"You can't do that. If you bring Divine Blood into the Dungeon, Dungeon will immediately riot." However, before she could finish speaking, the native Lefiya spoke up.

Her tone was extremely serious. "If you do that, the Dungeon will rage the moment you step Dungeon."

"That's right, doing it that way will indeed result in this. The Divine Blood we condense here only lasts for a few seconds before dissipating, otherwise, the number of monsters will increase." Li Yu also fully agreed with Lefiya's statement.

Bringing something in from the outside and taking it out from inside are two completely different things. If you bring it in from Orario, you'll be noticed as soon as you step into the Dungeon, and then you're doomed.

However, things were different internally. Not to mention that Li Yu only allowed the Divine Blood to appear for a short period of time, essentially sending a message to test the waters before urgently withdrawing it.

The other party had only just come in and glanced around, but hadn't seen anything. These two concepts are completely different, so Xia Yu's idea should be abandoned.

After hearing Li Yu's explanation, Xia Yu understood. Unfortunately, the idea died before it even began, and she didn't say anything more about it.

Lefiya looked at Li Yu and asked, "Are you sure your method is okay? Won't the Dungeon get angry?"

She was still somewhat worried, after all, Li Yu's actions were almost like testing the limits of a cliff. If the Dungeon were to rage, everyone would have to face thousands upon thousands of monsters.

There's even a possibility that monsters from lower levels will spawn, and if those monsters do spawn, the entire group could be wiped out.

Even the Loki Familia wouldn't dare say they could roam freely in the deep Dungeon. Orario used to have several even more powerful Familia, but they're all gone now.

The Dungeon Dungeon destroyed them, so Lefiya still held it in awe, fearing that Li Yu's actions might backfire.

"It's not a big problem. We've tried it. As long as the Divine Blood isn't exposed for too long, it'll be fine." Li Yu immediately relayed the results of their previous tests.

After hearing Li Yu's words, Lefiya finally breathed a sigh of relief. If that was all, then there was indeed no problem. Moreover, she was shocked that these people could even re-condense the Divine Blood that had been integrated into their bodies.

If that's the case, it might not be a bad idea—a way to get the Dungeon. Suddenly, she was looking forward to tomorrow's battle.

Lefiya thought there was no problem, Ais was even more so; in fact, she never saw any problem from beginning to end, and was even eager to try it out—should she just spawn a bunch of monsters in the Dungeon?

This is truly exciting! Tomorrow I can go and have a blast in battle.

After discussing these matters, everyone prepared to quickly wash up and rest, so as to be fully refreshed for tomorrow's big battle.

Nothing happened that night, and the next day arrived quickly. Everyone got up early, ate breakfast, and then gathered together. Once everyone was present, Li Yu gave the order and they began heading towards the 23rd floor.

Everyone was quite excited along the way, and many were hoping that they could level up directly after exiting the Dungeon and updating their stats.

Many people were really looking forward to breaking through to the fourth tier. Everyone passed through the 19th floor and then quickly entered the 20th floor, a floor they had never been to before.

Upon entering, Ais stepped forward and said, "Let us lead the way; there's a passage here that leads directly to the 23rd floor."

Hearing Ais say this, Li Yu was taken aback for a moment. After thinking about it, he didn't refuse. If there was a passage, it would save a lot of time.

Having spent years roaming the Dungeon, Ais and her companion were clearly more familiar with the area, knowing all too well where the shortcuts were.

Next, it was Ais's turn to lead the way. She led everyone directly towards a monster room, a path completely different from the one shown on the map leading to the 21st floor.

Although Li Yu was very puzzled, he did not ask. Instead, he chose to believe Ais, since she had no reason to trick him and would not do such a thing given her personality.

After Ais led the group into the monster's room, she went straight in, stood in front of a wall, and immediately punched it.

With a loud bang, the wall above was instantly shattered, revealing a pitch-black cave in front of everyone, who were all stunned by the sight.

"The walls are restored every week. This is a passageway leading to the lower level, but it only leads down; coming back up is quite troublesome," Lefiya explained from the side.

Hearing her words, everyone felt relieved and followed her inside. The dark environment did not hinder Li Yu and the others from moving forward.

This cave isn't very big; it can only accommodate two people at a time. If you're carrying a larger backpack, you won't be able to get through.

Ais walked at the front, followed closely by Li Yu and Asuna. The group lined up and followed Ais forward, and everyone could clearly feel how steep the path was.

If you keep going down, you might even tumble down if you're not careful. Li Yu noticed this and quickly notified the people behind him to be careful.

No wonder Lefiya said it was very difficult to get up here; the path was too steep, and just climbing up was troublesome enough, and the speed of progress might even be slower than taking other routes.

Li Yu and the others walked in the pitch-black environment for more than ten minutes. Ais was walking in front, stopped because they had now reached the end of the passage.

"We're here!" Ais's voice fell, and she punched again, smashing open the wall in front of her. Then she walked out, and they found themselves in another monster's room.

As soon as they stepped out of the passage, the Dungeon gave them a surprise: monsters inside the room began to spawn.

Faced with this situation, Li Yu did not hesitate and launched an attack. The others also quickly joined the battle after they came out of the passage and began to clear the monsters that had spawned in the room.

After spending some time dealing with all the monsters here, Li Yu said, "We can still use this passage when we go back. With the help of this Lightness Technique, it shouldn't be too difficult for us."

Li Yu voiced his thoughts: since there's a shortcut, why not continue? Although it's a bit steep, it's not a problem for anyone.

Practice makes perfect. Using the Lightness Technique, everyone can move around quickly inside. Also, now that everyone has the Perception Technique, they're not afraid of bumping into walls or anything like that; they can walk around with their eyes closed.

Ais was taken aback when she heard Li Yu say that, then she nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll take this route back too."

Li Yu's words make a lot of sense. Having the Lightness Technique is indeed not a difficult path, so it is possible to return via this route.

"Okay, let's get started. The plain doesn't seem too far from this room." Li Yu glanced around, then quickly pinpointed their location using his senses to survey the terrain.

With that, Li Yu walked outside, and the monsters and Magic Stone that everyone had just killed had already been collected by the other students.

Led by Li Yu, the group quickly found the wide plain. The area on the 23rd level was already quite large, so having such a plain wasn't particularly surprising.

Upon arriving at his destination, Li Yu didn't rush into action but instead observed the surrounding environment. The terrain of the entire plain was relatively flat, with nothing else besides some scattered rocks.

In addition, visibility here is very poor. It's all hazy and even with Li Yu's eyesight, he can only see about ten meters away. Anything further away is pitch black.

After observing for a while, Li Yu spoke up, "Everyone, please activate your senses at any time. Miss Yukinoshita, please begin your performance."

Li Yu gave everyone a few words of advice, then looked at Yukino. It was time for her to step up and start pulling the monsters!

Upon hearing Li Yu's words, everyone silently took out their thermos cups, gulped down several mouthfuls of Blue Potion, and silently activated their sensory abilities—the battle was about to begin!

Everyone activated their senses at that moment, and Yukino Yukinoshita also stepped out and began to act, already holding her weapon in her hand.

And slowly, through his talent, he gathered that Divine Blood into his hands. As the aura of the Divine Blood began to spread, the Dungeon reacted the next moment.

As everyone sensed it, countless monsters began to emerge from the ground, and their numbers continued to increase. The floor seemed to tremble slightly at that moment. Noticing this, Li Yu quickly said, "Stop! Yukino, that's enough!"

As Li Yu's voice fell, Yukino Yukinoshita hurriedly returned the Divine Blood to its place, while the others looked at the summoned monsters and were immediately excited.

This wave is simply too large; looking around, there must be close to a thousand monsters spawned this time.

Without any hesitation, everyone rushed out to fight the monsters that had spawned. Ais was no exception; she led Lefiya toward the skeletal, crawling monster not far away.

She recognized them; those monsters usually spawned at deeper levels, but this time they spawned here, clearly created to deal with the aura she sensed.

The entire battlefield was now within Li Yu's perception range. He saw Ais's movements and noticed the monsters with obviously different auras, but since Ais had already charged forward, Li Yu didn't need to worry about them.

"You guys go ahead, I'll support you from the air!" Li Yu said, and then took off. Because the Dungeon had a peak, the position Li Yu could fly to wasn't too high.

But that was enough. None of the monsters below could fly, so for Li Yu, who could fly, those monsters were now easy targets.

Lefiya, who was using True Magic to support her, was also stunned when she saw Li Yu fly up. He could actually fly? This scene left Lefiya somewhat bewildered.

She was well aware of the impact being able to fly would have on the battlefield. Although it affected mobility somewhat inside the Dungeon, being able to fly was a good thing.

With a moment of musing, Lefiya began to drape Ais with the Life-Binding Phantasm she had learned from Riveria. Apart from Ais, everyone else also had a shimmering light appear around them.

Seeing Lefiya below continuously casting shields on people, Li Yu also stepped in to help, casting shields on those who didn't yet have them in mid-air, and began using piercing True Magic to provide support from the air.

A large-scale monster spawn began to appear on this floor, which startled some people who were already on the floor, who were not quite sure why so many monsters had suddenly appeared.

This caused chaos throughout the 23rd floor, but the adventurers were quite experienced, and they quickly killed a group of monsters before fleeing.

Once they reached a safe place, they slowly observed what was happening. When they discovered that the monsters were all rushing in one direction, they hesitated for a moment and then chose to leave.

This is clearly someone using special methods to attract monsters. It's best not to be too curious and go join the fun.

Then others will treat you like a monster and attack you too, so running away is the most important thing at this time, especially after hearing the explosion over there, which made these people run even faster.

In just a few minutes, only Li Yu and her group remained on the 23rd floor. Li Yu, who had been using her perception abilities, noticed that some monsters nearby were being attracted to them.

Thinking of this, Li Yu couldn't help but speak through the mark, "Attention everyone, we've attracted all the monsters on this level. More monsters will join the battlefield in a few minutes."

Li Yu's voice was transmitted to everyone's ears through the mark. Upon hearing this, everyone responded through the mark while fighting, and a series of understanding voices rang in Li Yu's ears.

Seeing this, Li Yu also began to clear monsters quickly. Flying in the air, Li Yu instantly Avatar a battlefield killing machine. Piercing True Magic was constantly being fired from Li Yu's hands. Each attack would annihilate a monster on the spot, leaving only a Magic Stone to fall to the ground!