Chapter 639: Chapter 467: City of Eternal Fire (Part 2)
He was already accustomed to this kind of fire hazard scene.
His grandfather, who had a special constitution, was naturally flammable.
Either he would accidentally set himself on fire, or he would ignite things around him.
Sometimes, a small mistake would lead to a large fire.
Among everyone present, Li Pu had the highest adaptability, being used to it.
"The area near the dungeon entrance is relatively safe, but moving forward, magical beasts will appear."
"Therefore, we should release our summoned creatures first."
It was clear that Qian Shanshan was not the only one who had done her homework; Li Yilou timely reminded everyone.
[Roar!]
[Dragon, oh dragon!]
[Roll!]
[Egg!]
[Bang!]
...
Thus, everyone released their summoned creatures, making the team several times larger in an instant.
There were too many summoned creatures present for Li Pu to observe them all closely at once.
However, what intrigued him the most were Wu Guinan and Long Ren.
These two hadn’t been idle and had completed their third pact during this time.
Moreover, they had meticulously nurtured their creatures to a level where they could play a critical role during encounters.
Wu Guinan’s new summoned creature was, predictably, also a turtle.
However, its shell was not the ordinary shape but a metallic horn-shaped shell.
According to his introduction, it was a rare type that used sound waves as its primary means of attack.
Its name was Baa Baa Turtle.
Following this pattern, Li Pu guessed that Wu Guinan’s fourth and fifth pacts would likely summon hooligan turtles and accountant turtles.
As for Long Ren’s third summoned creature, it was a green snake about the thickness of three fingers.
It didn’t look particularly impressive, but according to him, it also possessed dragon bloodline.
An Emerald Blood Jiao.
It specialized in poisoning and applying negative effects and was considered an offensive-support type summoned creature.
At least, by appearance, it seemed more reliable than Wu Guinan’s Baa Baa Turtle.
"Our team is indeed very strong."
Seeing everyone’s summoned creatures at this time, Li Yilou’s expression was slightly uplifted.
Including all the scarecrows that hadn’t shown up, their group of twelve was entirely composed of summoners with the third pact.
This level of strength was more than enough to conquer the City of Eternal Fire.
Although Qian Shanshan organized this dungeon expedition, when the top ten gathered, Li Yilou’s word carried the most weight.
Not only because he was among the top three in strength but also due to his penchant for always speaking first.
"Let’s set off quickly then."
Liu Sha Fa liked to take the first opportunity, the two were a pair.
So, under their direction, everyone began proceeding along the road.
The biggest advantage of the City of Eternal Fire is that there wasn’t any need for maps or similar guidance.
One simply had to follow the main road straight ahead and enter the Eternal Fire Castle.
In the Eternal Fire Hall on the top floor of the castle, taking a photo with the fire skeleton sitting on the throne counts as completing the dungeon mission, recognized by the school.
The fire skeleton wasn’t a magical beast but just an ordinary skeleton.
Only when combined with a scarecrow would Li Pu gain immunity to fire damage.
So, this time, he honestly stayed within the summoner team and let the summoned beast defense line move forward.
"Brother."
After taking only a few steps, Ti Jiu proactively approached him.
After retrieving the [Gravity Field] that day, he began to study it carefully.
However, so far, he was still very unfamiliar with Phase 1.
Only without interference could he achieve about a 50% success rate at best.
Now having an opportunity, he wanted to seek advice from Li Pu.
"Everyone, be cautious, there are magical beasts approaching ahead!"
Before Ti Jiu could even open his mouth, they suddenly heard Li Yilou loudly warning them.
"Eh?"
With this reminder, Li Pu saw several approaching figures through the gaps in the summoned beast line of defense.
[So, so hot! Ow Owww!]
On the main road appeared human-like figures, awkward in their step and burning with fire, slowly approaching them.
They seemed to be zombies.
But zombies on fire—Li Pu neither heard nor had seen such a thing.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 8 of them."
Standing at the forefront, Gu Zhe reported the count.
"Get the summoning creatures that can take hits upfront, and have the long-range summoned creatures hurry up and attack!"
"Melee summoned beasts, don’t engage!"
As soon as Li Yilou heard the number, his expression changed slightly, and he quickly issued the order.
The team members present were all competent, so within an instant, they communicated with their respective summoned beasts and positioned themselves according to his instructions.
[Roar!]
One of Li Yilou’s own summoned beasts, the Hundred-Horned Rhino, stood bravely in the very middle and front of the line.
This summoned beast gets its name not because it has a hundred horns.
But because its horn can morph into any shape.
It had transformed into a bright shield, ready to fend off those fire zombies.
[Glug glug glug!]
Another noticeable and clearly main tank was Wang Fengmang’s elemental summoned beast.
Its turquoise body was massive, with a big belly, and its lower half resembled a whirlpool. Inside it, water flowed continuously, creating a lot of bubbles.
The Blue Wave Water Elemental, a high-level specialized water elemental that combines not just water, but also wind attributes.
It’s known that pure water or wind elemental summoned beasts are already rare, and this one is a water and wind hybrid, making it even more so.
Plus, the water elemental clearly has a strong counter ability against fire zombies.
Equally suitable for the tanking role was Wu Guinan’s Rolling Turtle, a heavily armored big turtle.
The line of defense built with the Hundred-Horned Rhino + Blue Wave Water Elemental + Rolling Turtle as the core was reassuring.
Dealing with a mere 8 fire zombies was not going to be a problem.
Bo Bo, a master of long-range, naturally would participate in the battle.
But the Ugly Little Wolf was restrained from joining by Li Pu since others had said ordinary melee shouldn’t engage.
Although it could attack from a distance, it was too likely to hurt allies accidentally.
"My Fire Tongs isn’t afraid of fire, it’s fine."
However, someone was confident in their melee summoned beast.
This logic wasn’t wrong; the Fire Pincers Scorpion itself emitted flames.
Summoned beasts of this kind often weren’t afraid of fire.
So Long Ren even ordered the Fire Pincers Scorpion to rush out of the defensive line and take the initiative to pounce on the enemy.
"Huh?"
As a result, Li Pu and Wu Guinan witnessed an unexpected scene.
The Fire Pincers Scorpion easily knocked down a fire zombie in a few moves.
This wasn’t the Fire Pincers Scorpion they thought they knew.
Boom!
But before they could process the surprise for even 3 seconds, the fallen fire zombie suddenly exploded.
The explosion was so powerful that it even took down the surrounding fire zombies.
The chain reaction of those fire zombies’ deaths introduced a new explosion.
The broad and damaging explosion left a crater on the main roadway.
When the smoke cleared, there was no trace of fire zombies on the field.
As for the Fire Pincers Scorpion, it was overturned on the ground, belly up, with Xs for eyes.
It was gradually turning into blue light and dispersing, going back to the other world.
"That’s more like it."
Wu Guinan let out a sigh of relief.
Sacrifice task 1/1, seems like this journey would go smoothly.
"These fire zombies have weak bodies, but they explode violently upon death."
"Even if your Fire Pincers Scorpion isn’t afraid of fire, it doesn’t help."
Qian Shanshan timely explained.
Her elf fire element was also unafraid of fire, and she hadn’t deployed it just for this reason.
"Why the hell didn’t you say that earlier!"
Long Ren, infuriated, grabbed Wu Guinan by the collar.
"..., why don’t you take it out on her?"
Wu Guinan was beyond speechless.
"Stop arguing, more fire zombies are approaching again!"
At this moment, Gu Zhe reminded everyone again.
With his warning, everyone looked into the distance to see a large group of fire zombies advancing from the end of the main road.
Moreover, these fire zombies seemed to be organized and disciplined, with a strategic formation.
The distance between each of them was just right, preventing the explosions from affecting others.
Li Yilou: "Damn, where did so many fire zombies come from?"
Liu Sha Fa: "Oh my, there must be nearly a hundred of them!"
Ti Jiu: "This... doesn’t feel like something we can handle."
Wu Nianxiang: "What a bore, it’s so uninteresting."
Zhang Liuliu: "Why don’t we just bail?"
It was truly an inauspicious start, encountering such a scale of beasts after only a few steps.
Everyone’s expressions turned grim.
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