They were soldiers from the Annihilation Army.
Black Pot Cooked Meat and the other four members leaned against a sand-eroded wall. From what they had seen, the intruders in their Path of Ascension Trial were five soldiers from the Annihilation Army.
Their average Health Points ranged between 300,000 to 1,000,000. They were not difficult enemies, but the real problem was the guardian of this stage.
If Black Wok Cooked Meat did not remember the guide incorrectly, the guardian of this stage was a Giant Desert Worm. It could appear at any place and swallow the invaders in one gulp.
The abandoned building that Black Pot Boiled Meat was standing on was the one with the lowest probability of the desert worms appearing. However, if they were to start a fight with the Annihilation Army, it would undoubtedly add a new level of risk to the already dangerous instance dungeon.
As Black Pot Cooked Meat was thinking about how to deal with the five soldiers from the Annihilation Army, one of the soldiers suddenly spoke.
"Holy Spirits, I know where you are!"
The soldier from the Annihilation Army seemed to know that he had not entered a trial for the residents of the Sanctuary of Creation, but a dungeon where the Holy Spirits were substituting for him.
Their target was none other than the Holy Spirits who had entered the Path of Ascension as substitutes.
I've been discovered?
Black Pot Cooked Meat was ready to attack, but the words of the soldier from the Annihilation Army made Black Pot Cooked Meat pause for a moment.
"I think we can work together!
Holy Spirits, our common enemy is the guardian of this place! "The soldier from the Annihilation Army shouted.
"Work together?
You're a red-named monster, what are you talking about?
I can hit you with a bunch of AoE skills! "
Black Pot Cooked Meat shouted when he heard the words of the soldier from the Annihilation Army. If he could really work together with the Annihilation Army, Black Pot Cooked Meat would consider it.
However, the problem was that the Annihilation Army was a group of red-named monsters. Most of the skills of the Holy Spirits in the game were AoE damage. Even if he really teamed up with the Annihilation Army illegally, Black Pot Cooked Meat's Volley would probably be able to turn the soldiers into sieves!
"AoE, red-named monsters … The glossary for communicating with the Holy Spirits doesn't have these terms."
"Didn't General Deiris mention AoE damage and hostile characters?"
"The term 'Holy Spirits' is really strange … Holy Spirits!
We can attack the guardian on two separate battlefields at the same time!
What do you think of this suggestion? "The soldier from the Annihilation Army shouted again.
That seemed to work?
Black Pot Boiling Meat's goal in this Instance Dungeon was to kill the guardian of the Path of Ascension. The soldiers of the Annihilation Army were only secondary targets. If both parties could work together, the efficiency of clearing the Instance Dungeon would increase significantly.
Could it be that his Charm was too high, triggering the plot of him teaming up with the invaders from the Annihilation Army?
"It's not that easy for me to believe you!"
Black Wok Boiled Meat was still unwilling to believe that these … monsters with red names above their heads would be willing to cooperate with them.
However, the team led by Black Pot Cooked Meat was only one wall away from the five soldiers from the Annihilation Army. If they wanted to attack, there was no need for them to waste their breath.
Suddenly, Black Pot Cooked Meat sensed something being thrown at him. Black Pot Cooked Meat fired at the object thrown by the Annihilation Army.
It was a cloth bag, and the divine crystals in the bag fell to the ground. One of the crystals even rolled to the feet of the black wok cooking the meat.
"Twenty divine crystals!
This is our sincerity! "The soldier from the Annihilation Army said.
"Leader, why don't we try to work together with them this once?
If worst comes to worst, we can just kill them the next time we meet them in the Instance Dungeon, "a player with the ID Fission Formula said to Black Pot Cooked Meat.
This player's suggestion moved Black Pot Cooked Meat. Even if he failed this Proxy Leveling Quest, he would only face the punishment of not being able to accept the quest for two hours. If he failed a second time, it would be four hours. If he failed a third time, it would be 16 hours. If he failed a third time, it would be 16 hours. If he failed a second time, it would be a week.
However, if they could really work together with the Annihilation Army, they would be able to receive assistance from the Annihilation Army in future Proxy Leveling Quests. That way, they would be able to accumulate dungeon clearing points at an unbelievable rate.
However … … Black Pot Cooked Meat felt that something was wrong.
As he was thinking about what was wrong, gunshots rang out from behind him. That caused Black Pot Cooked Meat to become extremely tense.
Black Pot Cooked Meat thought that the Annihilation Army had finally torn off their mask of hypocrisy to attack him. However, he found out that the ones being attacked were … … the five soldiers from the Annihilation Army.
A huge hole appeared on the chest of one of the soldiers from the Annihilation Army. Then, he fell down and transformed into light as he was teleported out of the Path of Ascension.
Who?
As the question appeared in Black Pot Cooked Meat's mind, the four surviving soldiers from the Annihilation Army had the same question on their minds. However, they were greeted by four robotic hounds.
The hounds pounced on the soldiers from the Annihilation Army. By the time they wanted to resist, it was already too late.
In less than ten seconds, the four soldiers of the Annihilation Legion were reduced to ashes after three … no … thirty-four gunshots.
Who was it?
As Black Pot Cooked Meat was wondering who the attacker was … … another shot was fired. This shot pierced through the wall that Black Pot Cooked Meat's team was hiding in. Then, Black Pot Cooked Meat received a prompt.
[Your teammate, Fission Formula, has been killed by Alma!]
[Alma!]
[Alma!
Why is he here?]
Black Pot Cooked Meat's limbs instantly turned so cold that he could not move. Even his lips had lost their color.
Fear … … fear that he had never felt before spread through his heart.
"Leader!
Leader!
I'll use Resurrection … … "
[Your teammate, Nuclear Prayer Bell, has been killed by Alma!]
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It's over!
The moment Black Pot Cooked Meat heard the prompt, he finally regained his senses. Nuclear Prayer Bell was their team's healer. Now that it had been killed, it was unlikely that they would be able to complete this instance dungeon.
However, they had to fight!
"Southern Dynasty!
Eggplant!
You little … … "
As Black Pot Cooked Meat raised his two pistols and was about to lead the remaining members in a counterattack …
[Your teammate, Southern Dynasty's Eagle, has been killed by Alma!]
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[Your teammate, Fried Eggplants with Fish, has been killed by Alma!]
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The two prompts popped up beside Black Pot Cooked Meat's ears. What greeted Black Pot Cooked Meat's eyes was a pitch-black muzzle. The muzzle was already pressed against his forehead.
"Not the Annihilation Army?
But the Last Descendant of the God Eater Invader … … is not bad. "
The figure that was like a nightmare to Black Pot Cooked Meat was standing in front of him.
Alma the Divine Spear.
This NPC was far more traumatizing than Thorne. Black Pot Cooked Meat had only fought against Alma once. That was when he and Caramel went to rescue Director Yin.
He had originally thought that Alma was just an ordinary Elite monster. However, the feeling of helplessness he felt when fighting against Thorne was once again engraved on Alma's body.
The feeling of being unable to even touch the corner of his opponent's clothes no matter how hard he tried.
Am I going to be insta-killed again?
This bitter and powerless thought appeared in Black Pot Cooked Meat's mind.
Alma placed his hand on the trigger of his spear. The moment he pulled the trigger, Black Pot Cooked Meat used all his strength to jump backward.
This backward jump was as though he was tearing his body apart, forcefully pulling every inch of his muscles in reaction.
The bullet fired from Alma's spear pierced through his ear. However, it did not kill him!
Backward jump!
A headshot!
Black Pot Cooked Meat dodged the shot and counterattacked. The revolver in his hand fired a bullet with the Death Smoke effect. However, this shot only hit the mechanical hunting dog beside Alma.
Where?
Where did he run off to?
After flying in the air for less than a second, Black Pot Cooked Meat kept turning his eyes, trying to find Alma's figure. However, he could not find him!
The moment Black Pot Cooked Meat landed on the ground, he did not hesitate to release Random Shooting!
Since he could not find him, he would treat every inch of space around him as his target!
The Random Shooting of a Roaming Gunner was also about control. A Novice Roaming Gunner would let the system handle all the random bullets. The bullets would be shot randomly. That was the true meaning of Random Shooting.
Experienced players might be able to lock onto a single direction, but Black Wok Cooked Meat's Random Fire was able to shoot in the direction he wanted.
This required extremely fast arm movements and waist rotation … … The moment Random Shooting stopped, a painful touch appeared on his body.
Just as he was about to release the follow-up Multiple Headshot skill, Black Pot Cooked Meat found that the slight pain in his waist was becoming more intense.
Was even a little bit of high difficulty control not allowed?
Just as Black Pot Cooked Meat was thinking about this, another bullet pierced through his chest.
His HP instantly dropped by two-thirds. Black Pot Cooked Meat caught sight of Alma's figure. It was right behind him!
However, when he turned around to aim, it was already too late … … the stabbing pain in his waist slowed down his hand movements. In the next second, Alma's rifle shot out a bullet and pierced through Black Pot Cooked Meat's head. Black Pot Cooked Meat powerlessly fell to the ground.
Perhaps … … it was time for him to retreat?
Black Pot Cooked Meat looked at the dark blue sky and the round sun. This thought was still lingering in his mind.
However, a shadow blocked his line of sight. It was Alma's face.
Black Pot Cooked Meat found that … … he had never seen Alma's face.
This Sharpshooter, who was as terrifying as Thorne, did not have her own eyes. She was a blind man!
For a Sharpshooter, the most important thing for a Sharpshooter was her eyes.
I actually lost to a blind man in marksmanship?
"You're still missing something, kid." Alma said. This was the last sentence Black Pot Cooked Meat heard before he was kicked out of the instance dungeon.