Prelude to the Strongest Father-Son Battle in History

What adventurers in the Sain-type of dungeons take for granted may be nightmares never before experienced by other adventurers.

Putting aside its talent, its appearance is at least a nightmare.

Meanwhile, in the Zane Dungeon, the adventurers, who hadn't fought against normal elite-level monsters in a long time, even felt "pleasant" and "comfortable." Perhaps it was an algorithm issue, but Sain-type adventurers rarely encountered Sain-type monsters in skirmishes.

The death rate of adventurers has visibly decreased. It's okay if Sain's revenue is a little lower these two days, since it's a special occasion. Consider it an event bonus, and there will be plenty of time to recoup it later.

Watching adventurers from the Sain-type fight monsters in other dungeons might be a bit boring, since the process and the result seem to be surprisingly similar.

But what about other dungeon adventurers fighting against Sain-type monsters?

Great!

In the Unicorn Dungeon filled with girly decorations and Barbie pink colors, Grafted Noble with Lobster Head crawls out of the meteorite crater and plays with a windmill with the couple in front of him.

In the Glory Dungeon, where gladiatorial combat is a matter of life and death, the Demi-Human Sword Saint and his Demi-Human Swordsman, jumped out, and Vergil's catchy tune rang out from the Sound Recording Stone he brought with him.

In the Misty Forest dungeon, famous for its battle pets, people nervously stared at the meteorite crater in front of them. Suddenly, a slender blue figure slowly emerged from the mist, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads as they looked closer.

It's an adorable "Swift Weasel" in the art style. How did it end up here? It must have been a slip of the hand by Gong Qiying.

"What? It doesn't look like it has any fighting power at all. It's hilarious, haha."

The next second, the Swift Weasel gave a "Bro, you smell so good" look and pounced straight at the nearest adventurer, while an unstoppable blizzard swept around them. This is a top-tier Palu with all attributes maxed out and all colored stats!

Meteor Shower and Black Hole appeared in the skies of all the dungeons. Any adventurer who looked up at the Black Hole was sucked in and suffered a first-encounter kill upon meeting Astel.

In the Boulder Dungeon, known as the world's mineral museum, the Falling Star Beast and charged toward the adventurers before him. Wherever the oxcart passed, mountains cracked and rocks crumbled, leaving no grass growing. Wherever it stepped, purple lightning crackled and flashed, and gravity became abnormal.

The Boulder Dungeon is an open dungeon with no limit on the number of people exploring at the same time. The place where the Falling Star Beast fell happened to be one of the most crowded scenes, and this sudden attack caused blood and flesh to fly all around.

"Stop right now!"

A Greatsword leaped out of the crowd and swung his sword fiercely at the head of the Falling Star Beast, actually trying to stop the oxcart!

Cheers erupted from the crowd. "Look, it's Silver Rank Sa Mida! We're saved!"

The Falling Star Beast head had withstood the blow solidly, did not stop at all. With just one collision, it turned the Greatsword into a star in the sky.

The crowd booed, then roared as new adventurers joined the battle!

"Look, it's Silver Rank Las Kok! We're saved!"

As the Falling Star Beast, new adventurers became stars in the blink of an eye.

A chorus of boos followed, but then new adventurers appeared.

"Look, it's XXX! We're saved!" (Cheers from the adventurers)

"Thud!" (Sound of an adventurer being knocked away)

"Whoa—" (The adventurer's hiss)

The attitude of the adventurers on site became a completely formulaic cycle: cheers for the Hero Appears – the hero turns into a shooting star – boos from the crowd – cheers for the Hero Appears again.

All adventurers who stand out have a dual nature, either being superhuman or super-demon, but so far only super-demon seems to exist.

"A bunch of idiots with no sense of crisis"

A discordant sound came from the side. A middle-aged man, who looked seven or eight parts like Leon from the Strategy Team but with a more clever face, limped back, seemingly heading towards the location of the Boulder Dungeon portal.

This is Leon's father, Te Pi Bask. Is he trying to run away?

"Heh, it's true that I was blessed by Lady Luck; I'm the only one who survived!"

Just now, he was among the first unlucky ones to be turned into Falling Star Beast.

As a result, all his teammates were gored to death by the bull, while he only injured his leg. After he managed to escape and blend into the crowd, the monsters shifted their target to others.

How lucky!

He turned back not to escape, but because he could only enter the dungeon once a day, and going out now would be a waste.

Right now, the Boulder Dungeon —no, all forty-odd underground cities—have undergone strange changes. In his eyes, this is clearly a once-in-a-century opportunity, something that most people seem to have overlooked.

"The bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish; the more mutations, the better the reward. The competition has already begun!"

As the leader who single-handedly transformed the Bask Family from a fallen noble family stripped of their titles into the wealthy merchant family they are today, Te Pi may have shortcomings in parenting, but when it comes to the sense of profit, he has never lost to anyone. When he saw the Glory Stone Tablet in the Glory Dungeon appear, he realized that he must compete for first place, or at least be in the top ten!

With such a large-scale mutation, the rewards that the Glory Stone Tablet can provide must be extraordinary.

If he is able to get those rewards

"Hehe, Leon, my good son, your father is about to go back and beat you up."

Ever since Leon publicly beat him up, something inside Te Pi has awakened, and he's determined to fight back!

Having spent half his life as a businessman, he picked up his brass knuckles again, a skill he had used since his youth. After hiring martial artists for intensive training at great expense, he has now returned to the Silver Rank strength he once possessed in his youth. However, due to age and other issues, he has reached a bottleneck in this level.

He and Leon's sister Mei Gen split up to seek experience. He didn't know where Mei Gen went; perhaps to the Zane Dungeon? But he definitely didn't want to go to Sien right now.

As for why, it's because Leon obtained his power from Sain, and Te Pi himself is also a bit conflicted, unwilling to follow the same path as Leon.

So he wandered around and finally arrived at the Boulder Dungeon in the Warrior Country, where he trained in this place full of Wu De, discarding anything related to Sain.

Although I've heard that the Zane Dungeon is a rare dungeon that expands.

"But it can't possibly expand to the edge of my house, can it?"

Te Pi bought a piece of land in the Warrior Country to build a house. It is said that there were once ruins of an ancient underground city on this land, but the underground city has long been abandoned, leaving only a bare portal. He just bulldozed it a few days ago, and the foundation of his house was built on the land that was originally the portal.

"Finally back."

Looking at the plaza with the teleportation portal standing in the Boulder Dungeon, Te Pi found a place to sit down and tend to his wounds. After finishing, he squeezed through the crowd and threw a Small Falling Star tied to his waist into the Meteor Altar.

This is Small Falling Star. He chose the Red Fang Dungeon in exchange for a drop of Red Flying Dragon Blood to strengthen his body and accelerate the healing of his injuries.

People saw his actions, and many of them suddenly realized what was happening. They quickly called their friends and ran towards the depths of the underground city. Te Pi saw this and a hint of impatience appeared between his brows.

On the Glory Stone Tablet, his ranking is currently stable at third, only lower than Luo Jieer and Te Mude. He doesn't know who the former is, but the latter is a member of the royal family of the Warrior Country, so he thinks it's only natural that he ranks so high.

"So this Luo Jieer must also be a highly skilled person."

Te Pi must maintain his current advantage, but he also understands that the adventurers haven't recovered yet. Once everyone reacts, the rankings on the stone tablet will face a terrible "battle." He must take advantage of the present moment to catch as many Small Falling Star as possible to maintain his ranking.

So, there's something we need to do now.

"Hey, young man, yes, I'm calling you," Te Pi waved to a young-looking adventurer and asked, "Haven't gotten your supplies from the Meteor Altar yet? Great, I'll pay for yours. Hurry up and get your supplies."

When the adventurer asked him which dungeon's supplies he needed, Te Pi answered without hesitation:

"Sean!"

Well, although he had previously declared that he wanted to cut ties with Saine, he couldn't resist the fact that the supplies Saine provided were so useful that he simply couldn't refuse them.

After all, he doesn't know magic, so if he wants to catch Small Falling Star, he can only do it by hand or with the help of tools. Poké Ball are undoubtedly much more useful than ropes or anything like that.

"Zane Dungeon? I think I've heard of it, but my memory is hazy. It shouldn't be a very famous dungeon. Why don't you choose established dungeons like Red Fang or White Hole?" the adventurer asked curiously.

"Why ask so many questions? Just choose the right one."

The adventurer curled his lip, handed over all the supplies from Sain, and muttered to himself as he left:

"Strange old man. If it were me, I would definitely choose the more famous dungeon. Where did I hear about Sain? I just can't remember."

"Tch, what a blind fool." Te Pi watched the adventurer's departing figure and said, "In a few days, you'll have Sen etched himself into your mind."

After using his money to collect over a dozen supplies from Sion, Te Pi hired a new group of "partners" and marched in a grand procession towards the beginner area of Boulder Dungeon, the Black Quarry. This was one of the few places in the Boulder Dungeon where you could see the sky, and the monsters there were just some stone golems.

The safety of capturing Small Falling Star here is very high. Te Pi originally brought a servant to purchase supplies for him from the Saen, but the servant was killed by the Falling Star Beast, so he had to run back to buy them himself.

These hired adventurers varied greatly in skill level, lacked restraint, and couldn't control their strength. In short, they didn't know how to lower the enemy's health, either killing Small Falling Star outright or letting it escape, causing a lot of trouble for Te Pi's capture efforts.

"Damn it, so I guess I still have to build my own team after all?"

A bunch of Poké Ball were thrown out, and four or five hours had passed. Te Pi only managed to catch eight Small Falling Star, four of which were caught with Poké Ball, while the other half were being held in the adventurer's arms.

On the way back to the portal plaza to resupply, Te Pi looked rather grim and could only look at the surrounding scenery to vent his emotions.

"That's... the [Super Vision Mirror], a specialty of the Flat Mirror Dungeon?"

The adventurer exclaimed in surprise, "The Flat Mirror Dungeon has three branches located in different countries. Each dungeon is filled with Super Vision Mirror. These mirrors can see people passing by in other branch dungeons in real time. They are often used to confuse adventurers in the Flat Mirror Dungeon."

Te Pi let his thoughts wander a little. So, the effect of the Super Vision Mirror here might be that it allows him to randomly see adventurers from the other forty-odd dungeons? He was quite curious about what the others were doing.

As he walked up to the mirror, the mirror flickered, and several figures standing in front of it, examining themselves, appeared.

When you can clearly see who the person on the other side is.

Te Pi's expression froze.

Leon frowned as well.

The father and son, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, met at this moment.

Both of them saw the Poké Ball the other was holding, and Malu's Small Falling Star broke free and flew away.

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A flame called "competition" suddenly ignited in the eyes of Leon and Te Pi.