Invaders Unleashed

In his nearly fifty years of life, the most astonishing thing for Te Pi was being beaten in public by his own son at a party.

How did the timid Leon of yesteryear become the Warrior he is now?

What exactly changed him?

And now, something new has probably been added to his list of things that are surprising:

In the Boulder Dungeon, a mysterious Dark Blue Spirit appears, wielding dual swords with monstrous strength. Even with all one's might, victory remains uncertain.

When Te Pi saw the magical rune that indicated he had been invaded, he felt an unprecedented sense of bewilderment. He seemed to recall seeing something like "invasion" when investigating the Zane Dungeon; it was a way for adventurers whose minds had been clouded by the dungeon to fight amongst themselves.

But isn't this a specialty of the Zane Dungeon? Why is it here? Well, even the Glory Stone Tablet and the Super Vision Mirror have appeared, so having another Sien doesn't seem like a big problem.

What on earth are these dungeons up to?

He had praised Saine back then, saying that it had successfully used the invasion mechanism to shift some of the adventurers' conflicts from the dungeon to the adventurers themselves. But now it's invaded his own city!

According to the intelligence that Te Pi possessed, the invaders and the invaded were locked in a life-or-death struggle, and once they encountered each other, they would inevitably fight to the death.

That Dark Moon Blade intruder doesn't seem to have reacted yet. Heh, he's probably confused because of the unfamiliar environment. I know that for an intruder to win, both strength and familiarity with the environment are indispensable. Coming to an unfamiliar dungeon is like crippling yourself!

Before the intruder could react, Te Pi quickly ordered all the mages to focus their fire on the intruder and wipe him out in one fell swoop.

However, something miraculous happened. The intruder stood still and simply swung his two swords, creating an impenetrable net of blades that scattered all the incoming magic in mid-air.

This strength is almost on par with that of Elite Monsters!

Te Pi was greatly alarmed and kept ordering his men to attack. At the same time, a bad premonition arose in his heart, and he thought to himself:

Gods above, I barely escaped a battle, and now an intruder is coming to mess with my mentality?

His original intention was to urge the adventurers to quickly eliminate the invaders, but this commanding posture actually helped Fingel identify his target.

Previously, besides feeling lost in the unfamiliar place he was in, he also didn't know how to start with the huge crowd. Logically speaking, each invasion would have a main target and several secondary targets. Killing the main target would directly lead to victory, and while the secondary targets could also be killed, that would not declare victory.

"That guy giving orders should be the main target, right? I think I can see the mark of the Blood-Red Eyeball Orb on him."

Just as Fingel was about to give chase, Te Pi saw through his plan and set off alone in his carriage. The wind blew up his hood, revealing his lion-like face.

"Oh, Mr. Te Pi?"

Fingel's steps faltered abruptly. He never imagined that one day he would intrude on the body of the uncle who had once sponsored him.

Should I stop here? But I've already used up Cracked Blood-Red Eyeball Orb I have. Using the deep blue ones would not only be inefficient, but the enemy would also become stronger.

A hint of struggle appeared in his eyes. When he was down on his luck, it was Te Pi who took him in. To repay the favor, he served him like a slave for two years. In the end, they parted ways due to differences in ideals, and they had no contact since then—except for the time he delivered a letter to Leon.

It's impossible to say he doesn't feel some old feelings for this older man, but...

He tightened the hood over his face and muttered to himself:

"Anyway, nobody here knows me."

As the saying goes, when a person puts on a hood, it is as if he has taken off all his disguises.

Wuhu!

Suddenly, Fingel let out a loud laugh as if he had inhaled nitrous oxide, and his legs moved with lightning speed, instantly breaking through the adventurers' encirclement and charging straight at Te Pi!

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When Te Pi saw this scene, he trembled so much that he almost had a heart attack. If you saw a maniac, laughing, dark blue cloaked with a thief's mask rushing towards you, wouldn't you be scared?

Not only was he frightened, but the adventurers next to him were also stunned. Adventurers who had only ever fought monsters had never seen anything like this before.

This is probably the reaction of a well-intentioned PvE player when they encounter a crazed PvP player.

However, besides the stunned majority, some people in the crowd crouched down, trembling and covering their heads. Fingel's figure seemed to awaken a long-forgotten memory in one of them, who muttered to himself:

"Damn it, why is Sion still chasing me? I've already run all the way to the Warrior Country, how could I still be invaded!"

Clearly, this poor fellow was one of the group that was driven back to the Zane Dungeon by the invaders after their defenses were breached.

Now, the nightmare is repeating itself.

"Wait, wait!"

Seeing that the intruders were targeting him, Te Pi gritted his teeth, grabbed an adventurer at random, threw him onto the carriage full of Poké Ball, punched the horse's rump hard to make it run faster, and then jumped off the carriage to block the enemy.

Fingel understood; the opponent was determined to protect their Poké Ball even at the cost of their life. He couldn't help but think:

Leon and Mr. Te Pi, these two are probably the most bizarre father and son I've ever seen in my life.

"You want to kill me? No way!"

Facing the overwhelming foe, Te Pi roared and unleashed a flurry of punches, one wreathed in flames and the other covered in frost, both aimed at Fingel.

Fingel, however, deftly flipped over him with a light touch of his toes, and in mid-air, he took out his magic wand and waved it lightly, using the unremarkable Glintstone Pebble.

Head shot!

The next moment, the dark blue spirit turned to ashes and vanished before it even hit the ground. Having successfully eliminated its target, it had no reason to stay any longer.

The adventurers of the Boulder Dungeon were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

What just happened?

"I don't know. Aren't they invaders from the Zane Dungeon? How did they get here?"

"Hiss. If you hesitate and choose magic, it must be magic. Maybe it was an experiment by some magician?"

"Then I hope they won't come again, I'm really scared."

[Invaded by the soul-sucking demon "Beautiful Elegant Black Bat Lady"!!!]

"Not again!?"

Does this scene look familiar? It's playing out in over forty underground cities.

You might be the next one.

While adventurers from other dungeons were bewildered when they encountered the ferocious beasts from the Zane Dungeon.

Fingel successfully brought back humanity and helped Tus's sister perform the Kindling Secret Ritual; both of them fell into a state of sleep.

However, after giving them a rousing spell and a potion of unknown effect, the two instantly woke up and vomited while hugging the pillars of Firelink Shrine.

The Guzha Squad members even had the leisure to joke, saying, "Big brother, I told you a long time ago not to look at the Black Hole, but you insisted on looking anyway. Now you feel good, right?"

"Uh, where am I?"

Tus's eyes revealed a clear sense of confusion.

"No way, big brother, you've lost your memory?"

"How did I end up at the Firelink Shrine?" Tus looked around and muttered to himself, "I clearly remember taking care of my sister at home."

His sister also said, "I remember I just came out of vacation from the Royal Palace, how come... this is an underground city?"

Fingel and the others exchanged glances. Oh no! They hadn't expected that Dark Meteor Astel's mental attack would also have the effect of causing amnesia. Now they couldn't challenge him so easily.

"Um, big brother, you actually..."

Someone took on the role of a narrator and recounted everything that had just happened.

"I see, thank you everyone, thank you, Brother Fingel." Tus said sincerely, but his eyes glanced unconsciously at the Black Hole in the sky. It wasn't intentional; it was just his body's instinctive reaction. Before he could react, Fingel's large hand had already covered his eyes.

"Still looking? You've forgotten how you were taught a lesson, haven't you?"

Tus chuckled, but he really felt a strange longing for Black Hole. It was so weird; who would want to go in and get killed by monsters?

"Are you hungry? You don't look well. Eat something to replenish your energy."

Tus and his sister received two Happiny as their food. After the daily supply from Sain appeared, the price of Happiny dropped even further. People originally went for Poké Ball, and Happiny and Lure Skull were just byproducts.

However, for some adventurers from other places who have never seen such things, the Happiny might be the real reason they choose to supply supplies in Sein.

This stuff really makes people feel extremely happy. It's more effective than the highest concentration of Blood Therapy Potion. Once you eat one, you want to eat it again and again, every day and every month.

Sales of Blood Therapy Potion have been halved, halved, and halved again, and they're almost becoming unsellable items. Fortunately, Bede Family has switched to making classic and fashionable small toys, otherwise they would have gone bankrupt.

The moment he ate the Happiny, Tus felt as if he were floating in the sky, as if he were surrounded by Marshmallon and enveloped in sweetness.

When he came to his senses, he no longer longed for the Black Hole at all, and even disliked it, which led him to stop liking to watch Meteor Shower.

On the second day of the limited-time Meteor Shower event, people had figured out what the new content was. Those who were interested chased after the Small Falling Star, while those who weren't interested simply grabbed a free supply and continued exploring the dungeon.

The public reveal of Pontiff Sulyvahn's Phantom didn't generate as much buzz as expected, as the Meteor Shower completely stole the spotlight, and there weren't many challengers, since it's really hard to beat.

The competition for the Glory Stone Tablet rankings is intensifying, with adventurers from all over the world putting in their best efforts. Even Leon has fallen out of the top ten, and Te Pi is now outside the top thirties, with no chance of catching up.

Meanwhile, the adventurer Te Mude Temud firmly maintained his position as the perennial runner-up, showing remarkable resilience.

The various rewards that Small Falling Star can be exchanged for have become a hot topic of discussion. Figuring out the exchange formula is a fun yet painful process, but it has also become addictive for many people.

Some even begged others to let them handle the reward exchange, saying they only wanted to exchange the rewards and didn't want any of them.

In addition, a message circulated that "Astel's mental attacks can cause people to go insane or even lose their memory," but it has not yet received much attention.

As time passed, the second day of activities came to a close.

Gong Qiying was standing by the Shrine, waiting for Chi Ya to bring him today's data. On the Glory Stone Tablet, Leon had been ranked fifth, making him the most promising kid in the Zane Dungeon.

The number of people redeeming Sion's supplies and rewards remains strong today, so Gong Qiying thinks he might still be ranked first.

The letter did arrive shortly afterward, but its contents were not quite what he had imagined.

[The city lords have jointly reported you for maliciously manipulating adventurers to disrupt normal exploration of other dungeons. What's going on?]

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