Just as Jian Li and Shen Nian turned into white light and entered the instance, Lu Xiu rested for a moment, grew bored, and entered the Construction Space to build a new instance as well.
Elsewhere.
Inside the Monster Hunter instance.
Ulysses of Red Tide and Xia's joint team were enduring an ordeal that could only be called interminable.
After replacing five entire waves of teammates—some unable to withstand the pressure, others simply not good enough—this team, which represented Red Tide's highest combat strength, finally ground the arrogant Nergigante to death after countless Felyne Carts and retries.
The moment they defeated Nergigante, Ulysses nearly collapsed from exhaustion.
He no longer dared to naively assume, as he had after defeating Anjanath, that the rest of the instance would be smooth sailing.
Nine Provinces instances!
They simply could not be judged by common sense!
That Architect was insane!
And reality was indeed as cruel as he had expected—if anything, even worse.
Nergigante had barely fallen.
One heavyweight Ancient Dragon after another came charging in.
Kushala Daora, which frequently took to the air and could whip up wind pressure in the sky, making it incredibly difficult for melee fighters to get close.
Teostra, wreathed in flames and constantly dealing explosive damage.
And Vaal Hazak, which directly reduced their maximum health while the terrain itself drained their health.
And that was not the end.
After they staggered their way past those three Ancient Dragon mountains.
What awaited them was Xeno'jiiva, whose health bar was thick enough to inspire despair.
A full four days.
Ulysses and the others had truly faced hurdle after hurdle in the instance.
Lu Xiu's new instance was nearly complete.
Yet they had only just reached Xeno'jiiva—
Still.
It was finally over.
When the final blow landed, Xeno'jiiva fell into the