After listening to the report from her subordinates.
Nanami remained unperturbed; she was very exhausted, and frowned as she spoke:
"I know many have died, but a dozen managed to succeed in landing and infiltrated, which is worth it. For those who died, just prepare the condolences money."
However, her subordinate’s expression looked worse than crying.
Cautiously, he said, "No, it’s not... the dozen who survived, they also died..."
Hmm?
Nanami was taken aback.
Instinctively she said, "They also died? What do you mean? Half an hour ago, they sent me a message through their communication devices, and they had just entered Longxia afterward, died? Are you joking with me?"
The subordinate hurriedly said, "No, no, I wouldn’t dare, it’s just that just now, in the guild list, all their names turned gray, maybe... maybe they collectively chose to hide with their communication devices?"
Impossible!
To control their movements, even if international communication was not possible, Nanami wouldn’t allow them to go invisible.
Besides, while in Longxia, whether their communication devices are invisible or not, it makes no difference!
Thinking of this, Nanami quickly opened her own communication device, and upon looking, she was struck dumb.
The names of the subordinates who had sent her messages half an hour ago had indeed turned gray!
This...
Could they really all be dead?
In just half an hour, they had just landed in Longxia through the Forbidden Sea, and they’re dead?
Is Longxia’s National Defense Army really so tight on the coastline of the Forbidden Sea?
But the fact was right before her.
Most likely... they really were all dead!
"Forget it, prepare the condolences money as well." Nanami said irritably.
Recently, things have been going terribly!
The only consolation was that she had climbed up another floor in the Endless Tower, extending the lead over Yu Qingcang by three floors!
And with that Undead Mage, she was still four floors ahead!
On the other side.
In the dungeon hall.
Liu Xinxin said, "Let’s continue with the dungeon runs. Lu Ran’s leveling is essential, after tonight’s runs Lu Ran, follow the usual pattern, continue to charge the levels."
However, Yu Qingcang no longer participated, instead investigating those communication devices for any important messages.
Meanwhile, there were many other things to handle.
So, the team was once again left to the three guild leaders taking Lu Ran along.
They were no longer running the Land of Flames.
Instead, they chose the level 25 Eternal Frost Forest.
The drastic temperature difference from the scorching heat of the Land of Flames to this extremely cold place was somewhat unsettling.
However, the dungeon route of the Eternal Frost Forest was not complicated, the area was vast, and while the monsters were sparse, Lu Ran’s skills could cover them all.
Lei Tai and Ye Hongyi directly skipped all the minor monsters to look for the elite ones.
Lu Ran used the Skeleton Storm repeatedly to clear the minor monsters, and once they were mostly dealt with, and the elites were killed, the mechanism could be triggered to summon the final BOSS, which they could instantly kill to clear the stage.
The cooperation was quite seamless.
But unlike in the Land of Flames, Lu Ran wasn’t so bored during this process.
The Carp Spirit stood cutely by Lu Ran’s side.
Lu Ran didn’t let her go fight the monsters because with her meager damage, it was practically useless.
Instead, if no one looked after her, she could be killed by the monsters.
Lu Ran released a few Skeleton Storms, seeing that the minor monsters were almost wiped out.
He shivered and turned to look at Liu Xinxin.
He asked, "Xinxin, are you cold?"
Liu Xinxin replied casually, "The temperature in the Eternal Frost Forest is a bit low, you just need to get used to it. If you’re really cold, you can go outside to stretch a bit, or perhaps, start a campfire here."
Just as the words fell.
The Carp Spirit suddenly raised her small hand.
She waved at Lu Ran, and a giant Bubble Shield was thrown across, wrapping Lu Ran inside.
Lu Ran then realized that this Bubble Shield not only could withstand a lot of damage, but it also had the effect of isolating the harsh, cold environment!
The biting cold no longer affected him at all!
Liu Xinxin found it amusing and said, "Give me one too."
But the Carp Spirit remained unmoved.
As if she hadn’t heard Liu Xinxin’s words.
Lu Ran realized, nodded at the Carp Spirit, no words needed, a thought conveyed, and only then did the Carp Spirit turn and throw a Bubble Shield at Liu Xinxin.
Liu Xinxin was a bit taken aback.
She said, "I wonder if the Carp Spirit behaved this obediently and sensibly in her original days, yet your Skeleton Throne entry completely seized control and ownership, it’s really domineering!"
The entire day, except for lunch break.
They were in the dungeon, crazily leveling up.
At six in the evening, when it was dinner time, they came out.
It was evident that everyone was very tired.
Even the three guild leaders had never crazily run dungeons like this during their training days.
The key was, in these dungeons, they were instantly defeating everything, the minions were handled by Lu Ran.
They were practically mechanically harvesting elites and dispatching the BOSS.
Constantly repeating this process was unbelievably boring.
"Hang in there a bit longer, once Lu Ran reaches level thirty, we won’t have to run these regular dungeons anymore." Liu Xinxin said, comforting everyone.
"Yeah! I almost forgot about that, at level thirty we can tackle the first group dungeon. When our small team enters the group dungeon, the experience gain is tremendously high, the efficiency is countless times faster than these regular dungeons!" Lei Tai said excitedly.
"Lu Ran has been grinding all day, only risen to level 27, still three levels short, at least three days, there’s no way it could be that fast." Ye Hongyi waved his hand and said, "It’s better to focus on eating for now, let’s go, my treat at Celestial Fate Tower."
"Lu Ran, don’t forget your Endless Tower, finish that up and then we’ll go eat." Liu Xinxin reminded him.
Never forgetting the important task.
Lu Ran nodded, and directly headed towards the Teleportation Array for the Endless Tower.
Then selected to enter, seeing the BOSS, immediately threw a Blood Spear for an instant kill.
Got the experience, exited the Endless Tower dungeon.
A series of actions were smooth as flowing water, incredibly seamless.
Upon exiting, Lu Ran looked up at the global rankings of the Endless Tower.
Second place!
Lu Ran had reached level 59.
Yu Qingcang, who originally held second place, was also at level 59.
But clearly, Lu Ran’s clearing time was unmatchably quick, thus naturally surpassing Yu Qingcang, firmly staying in second place.
"Only three levels away from Nanami, clear one level early tomorrow and the day after tomorrow morning, I’ll be able to suppress her." Lu Ran mused aloud.
At the same time.
There were naturally people in the dungeon hall who noticed this scene.
"The Undead master is running the Endless Tower again, he’s already second place!"
With this shout, the entire dungeon hall, or perhaps globally, everyone started paying attention to this scene.
The Undead Mage master, dormant for a day, was finally taking action again!
And not only did he clear the 59th level, but he also surpassed the former top-rank Yu Qingcang with absolute advantage, now holding second place!
At the same time.
This news also quickly reached the Ikenai Grand Shrine.
It was evening then, and Nanami, in a rather good mood, was enjoying tea and resting.
Suddenly she saw a maid rushing over in a hurry, with a look of anxiety, giving her a sudden jolt of panic.
Something’s wrong...