Chapter 793 - 540: [Hexagon Warrior] (Part 2)

"What’s your strategy for this dungeon?"

Chang Shoushang asked while carefully observing his surroundings.

Strictly speaking, it was his first time tackling a team dungeon in the imperial capital here.

Unlike small dungeons requiring tasks, here you can just deal with the dungeon core.

"Clear as many monsters as possible..."

Li Pu did have his own strategy.

He had already combed over the sufficiently cheap related items at the trading station.

Spending money directly felt really satisfying.

However, to wait for a considerably large quantity of related items again, the trading station would need some time to restock.

So the biggest problem hindering the growth of his summoned beasts was the related items.

In a 30-man dungeon, if all magic beasts’ corpses are taken out, they might sell for about 300,000~500,000.

Therefore, the cleaner you sweep them, the better.

"Well, if that’s the case, let’s go."

Knowing Li Pu’s goal, Chang Shoushang indicated he was ready.

Ever since he found out his Bite Flower had a hero attribute and could kill creatures that even Li Pu and Scarecrow couldn’t, he had been walking around with an upright posture.

Of course, when it came time to be used as medical experimental equipment, it was still that piece of equipment, no change there.

"Let’s go."

Li Pu thought for a moment, then had Little Ugly Wolf lead the way at the front.

Given their current lineup lacking a Fire Tongue Scorpion, this guy was the most suitable for the front row.

Immune to physical damage, and equipped with a [Dragon Scale Amulet] to reduce non-physical damage—its dual damage mitigation is quite high.

Adding the [Spiritual Essence] penetration, it could generate electricity for self-healing, making its survival capability quite strong.

The only flaw is...

[Rumble Rumble!]

After just two steps, Little Ugly Wolf dug into the sandy ground and deposited a pile of cloud-shaped poop.

Then, Chang Shoushang’s storage space suddenly opened automatically.

"No, no, no, although this is also a cloud, you absolutely cannot eat it."

Having received the telepathy, he quickly shut the space again.

Then, he looked toward Li Pu.

"Bite Flower says it smells food about 150 meters ahead in the sand."

"We need to be cautious; it might be ambushing monsters."

Bite Flower is very sensitive to anything edible, sometimes serving as a monster radar.

"Understood."

Li Pu walked side by side with Chang Shoushang toward the front.

After walking about 100 meters, turning around a cliff, the two saw something different.

About 50 meters ahead, there were a few sparse yellow flowers.

The flowers were approximately palm-sized, characterized by a blossom with patterns resembling a smiling face of a person.

"Smiles in the Sand!"

Chang Shoushang excitedly shouted the name of the plant.

"We’re in luck; I heard that this exotic plant can be sold for 200,000 Crystal Coins per intact bloom!"

"Look here, there’re seven or eight blooms!"

"The dungeon is so large, maybe there are more later on!"

He shook Li Pu’s shoulders.

To witness such a remarkable discovery by Bite Flower!

Smiles in the Sand is quite precious and renowned as an exotic plant.

It’s said that any sand-type summoning beast below 5 tiers can instantly level up to max from LV1 by consuming just one bloom!

"Hold on."

But Li Pu stopped Chang Shoushang who wanted to rush in to pick them.

"Senior, don’t forget what this dungeon is called."

As he said this, his eyes turned blurry and distorted.

Fisherman’s Beach, not Fishman Beach.

The difference between these is significant.

Fishmen refer to a type of half-human, half-fish monster or alien race.

But Fisherman, in this context, represents the idea of fishing.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Clearly, Chang Shoushang hadn’t caught on yet.

At that moment, without even needing Li Pu to issue orders, Little Ugly Wolf briskly walked over beside one of the "Smiles in the Sand" and raised its hind leg.

Prominent landmark objects are its favorite marking tools.

This territory will be yours truly—Wolf Grandpa’s—from now on.

Zap!

A lightning bolt shot toward the flower’s root.

Violently...

To Chang Shoushang’s surprise, as Little Ugly Wolf peed, the sand around the flower’s root began to shake.

A red crab, large as a minivan, emerged from the yellow sand.

[Bo Crab!]

Its two claws differ in size, resembling a magnified ordinary crab.

However, unlike the typical crab, those eye stalks stood upright, capped with big broad bean-shaped curved eyes.

At first glance, it seemed to be smiling.

Between the eyes grew a long plant-like antenna, precisely what they saw before as "Smiles in the Sand."

"Fisherman’s intention is to fish for people."

Li Pu unveiled the mystery for the senior.

If anyone were to be enticed by Smiles in the Sand’s illusion and recklessly approached, they’d walk right into this creature’s feeding trap.

"Is that so."

Chang Shoushang quickly accepted and retorted, "But I thought only cooked crabs are red."

The monsters at [Fisherman’s Beach] mostly focus on ambushing and the element of surprise, with a diverse range of species.

Since it wasn’t documented, Li Pu didn’t know what this big crab was called.

For now, let’s call it Bo Crab.

[Bo Crab!] xN

The first Bo Crab’s roar alerted other Bo Crabs, who emerged from the sand beach.

They all looked identical, incessantly blowing bubbles from their mouths.

[Bo Crab!] xN

The moment the standoff lasted for a second, the Bo Crabs suddenly synchronized their actions.

Accompanied by their roars, large water balls formed out of thin air.

And their target was none other than Li Pu and his team.

"Glug glug."

Li Pu found that within seconds he was enveloped in a water ball.

This unique imprisoning method was something he hadn’t encountered before.

Resisting the water’s drag, he walked a few steps forward, discovering the water ball followed along.

In other words, this was a movable, close-fit skill.

Luckily, [Willpower] provided an underwater breathing effect, keeping him calm.

It was Chang Shoushang’s situation that warranted a little concern.

He glanced over to see Chang Shoushang opening his storage space.

"Glug glug?"

(Is Bite Flower going to act?)

Li Pu raised an eyebrow.

Having Bite Flower directly absorb and dry up this water ball seemed viable.

Yet the reality differed from his expectation; Chang Shoushang pulled out a long plastic hose from the storage space.

He bit one end of the hose and extended the other end outside the water ball to breathe freely.

"Glug glug."

Li Pu couldn’t resist the urge to poke fun.

Is this guy’s storage space a treasure chest? How does it even contain hoses?

"Glug glug."

Noticing Li Pu’s gaze, Chang Shoushang helplessly gestured.

Roughly indicating that Bite Flower wasn’t willing to deal with such trivial situations, leaving him to figure it out on his own.

Turning back to the other summoned beasts, they seemed to be handling it effortlessly.

Bub Bub used a [Ghost Step] to escape the water ball’s imprisonment instantly.

With the water ball losing its target, it immediately lost cohesion, dispersing into splashes.

Crash!

As for Number 2, it remained unmoved.

If it didn’t have waterproof functionality, it’d be unworthy of being called a mecha brain.

Moreover, it didn’t need to breathe.

Similarly, Little Ugly Wolf didn’t require breathing and even opened its mouth targeting a Bo Crab.

[Glug glug roar!]

Boom!

An attack mixing various elements burst in a jet-like fashion, piercing right through the Bo Crab’s body.

[Bo-Bo Crab!]

The Bo Crab emitted painful wails, jumped three feet high, then flipped in mid-air, belly-up, expired.

This reminded Li Pu of how Mud Mud Crabs in the Lesser Five Realms behaved similarly in death; it seemed to be a signature death style for crab-type monsters.

After a few rounds of attacks from Bub Bub+Little Ugly Wolf, this batch of Bo Crabs was entirely wiped out.

Gathered the related items, finding them worthless, only fit for sacrifice.

The remaining portions will be sold at the trading station.

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