111: New skills make their debut.

"Haha, is that it? I thought there would be some fearsome monsters here, but it turns out to be these slow-moving guards after all," Jian Wuxie laughed.

"You should still be careful. Since Brother Lin took out that tablet again, there must be something different about this place," Xiao Hongyuan advised.

Quan Wudi ran out first to lure the statues into reviving.

But just as he passed the first statue, the guard moved directly, and the longsword in its hand thrust straight into Quan Wudi's back.

Quan Wudi was shocked, fell to the ground, and discovered that his HP had dropped by one-tenth.

"Damn, how did the statues here revive so quickly!" Quan Wudi exclaimed in surprise.

Seeing this, Jian Wuxie hurriedly ran over to support him.

He hadn't expected that even with only two statues in the first room, someone would still get hurt.

Jian Wuxie arrived nearby and immediately activated Soul Devouring Hand to control the guard, while saying to Quan Wudi, "Brother Quan, be a little more careful!"

Quan Wudi ignored his teasing and said seriously, "You be careful; the damage from these guards is quite high."

Xiao Hongyuan and A Fei also came to support, using an Uppercut to launch the guard into the air, and the two of them quickly finished the battle with a coordinated attack.

At this moment, Quan Wudi returned with the second guard, and the four of them surrounded and killed it.

"It seems the monsters here aren't much; they're just a bit faster and have higher attack power. As long as we're careful, there's no problem at all," Jian Wuxie said.

"Not necessarily," A Fei said as he picked up the badges dropped by the two guards. "These badges only say 'Soldier.' Where there are soldiers, there must be commanders. We should still be careful."

The environment of the Hanging City wasn't complicated; there was only a path leading straight up, which saved the four of them the trouble of finding their way.

Arriving in the second room, the number of guards had increased to six.

Xiao Hongyuan told Quan Wudi to be careful, then signaled him to go forward and activate the guards.

But before Quan Wudi could make a move, the guards activated on their own and quickly surrounded the four of them.

"Damn! The guards here are all alive; no need to lure them!" Jian Wuxie cursed and jumped up, executing a Mountain Collapse Strike.

All six guards were knocked down, but they stood up much faster than usual.

Seeing this, the three of them immediately stepped forward, preparing to support Jian Wuxie.

Unexpectedly, Jian Wuxie smiled and said, "Perfect time to test my new skill!"

As he spoke, he was enveloped in blood qi, and he stood in place and stomped his foot hard.

The next moment, a small Formation appeared beneath his feet, enveloping the guards around him, and suddenly, a massive amount of blood energy erupted from the Formation, surging upwards.

The guards within the Formation were violently launched into the air by the blood qi, clearly suffering immense damage, and then they clattered to the ground one after another.

Jian Wuxie immediately released a Cross Slash, turning the guards who were still alive on the ground into white light.

"Not bad! This new skill of yours is quite something," Quan Wudi praised.

"Of course, this is called Rage Burst, a skill exclusive to the Berserker," Jian Wuxie said proudly.

A Fei stepped forward to pick up all the dropped badges and said, "This Dungeon Instance seems okay so far. The difficulty really isn't very high; it might be because we've all learned new skills."

The four of them prepared to enter the third room with ease.

What Jian Wuxie didn't notice was that after he cast his new skill, not only did one of the colorless small crystal fragments in his inventory disappear, but his spiritual power also dropped sharply.

Arriving at the third room, the number of guards had increased to nine. As soon as the four of them entered, the guards surrounded them with speed much more agile than usual.

Xiao Hongyuan, who was at the front, was quick-witted and immediately pulled off a Wave Split Slash to knock the guards back.

But as soon as the guards hit the ground, they immediately held their longswords horizontally across their chests and quickly lunged forward.

Xiao Hongyuan held her light sword diagonally, pointing the tip toward the ground behind her, and bent down.

Suddenly, a bright yellow shield appeared in front of her. With her shoulder forward, she lunged ahead, staying close to the ground.

The guards' swords swept against Xiao Hongyuan's shield, causing her no damage, and instead, she pushed them all back by herself.

The moment the shield in front of her vanished, Xiao Hongyuan slashed the light sword that had been pointing diagonally at the ground upward, launching all the guards into the air with this single strike.

Xiao Hongyuan didn't look at the guards who had fallen to the ground; instead, she stood still, slightly in a horse stance, with her light sword at her waist, one hand gripping the hilt.

As soon as the guards who had landed stood up, Xiao Hongyuan let out a shout, then drew the light sword from her waist, her entire body surging upward with the force of the light sword.

The next moment, Jian Wuxie and the others felt their vision blur, and they only saw Xiao Hongyuan suddenly appear in mid-air, while the guards who had just stood up were launched into the air once again.

Xiao Hongyuan didn't stop; she activated Silver Light Falling Blade in mid-air and plummeted downward.

Landing almost simultaneously with the guards, a Shockwave emerged from beneath her feet, the timing perfectly precise.

As the guards landed, they were hit by the Shockwave and all vanished into white light.

"Senior Sister! What skill is that?" Jian Wuxie asked.

"This is something I just learned. The first one is called Army Breaker Rising Dragon Strike; it can ignore enemy attacks, charge and knock back enemies, and then I can draw my sword with one hand to launch them into the air."

"Oh, I've seen that! I saw that man use it in the Tower of Delusion!" Quan Wudi interjected.

Jian Wuxie ignored Quan Wudi's words and asked urgently, "And the other one? The one where you suddenly surged into mid-air?"

"That skill is called Flowing Heart Ascent; it's also an application of the Flowing Heart Sword Technique. I just learned it, and it can also launch enemies into the air," Xiao Hongyuan explained.

"That move is really cool!" even A Fei, who was usually quiet, couldn't help but praise.

Xiao Hongyuan was happy to see the envious looks from the three of them. Before learning the new skills, she really had few attack methods and didn't contribute much to the team. Now that she had these two powerful skills, she was finally no longer the one holding everyone back.

Arriving in the fourth room, the guards here had changed; their armor had turned cyan, and their weapons had been replaced by strange, cone-like longswords.

Although their numbers hadn't increased, as soon as the four of them entered, the guards pointed their weapons toward them and all lunged forward violently.

A Fei was careless for a moment and was stabbed by the strange weapon, causing his HP to drop by one-fifth.

Xiao Hongyuan was right behind A Fei and quickly placed her light sword vertically in front of her, activating the Block skill to parry the lunge.

"Help me Block!" A Fei shouted and took two steps back.

Jian Wuxie hurriedly held his Greatsword horizontally across his chest, using the Block skill to switch positions with A Fei.

A Fei arrived behind Jian Wuxie and immediately extended his Ghost Hand, releasing the Ghost Gods. The phantoms of Kazans Blade Soul and Erosion Purimon appeared in the room, their evil eyes flashing with red light.

A Fei didn't stop there; the next moment, an ice-blue Formation appeared in the room, and within that Formation, another blue Ghost God appeared.

As soon as the blue Ghost God appeared, its eyes locked directly onto A Fei.