Qi Xu finally found the correct way to play this dungeon.
She had to use her skills wisely!
This Extreme Socializing skill had been used no more than five times in total since she successfully acquired it. With this kind of efficiency, when would it ever level up?
My summoning of monster knights isn't because I'm lazy, it's all to hone my skills!
Right at this moment, a purple-furred thunder lion appeared, and Qi Xu gained another lion knight!
Repeatedly riding different monsters finally dispelled a lot of the fatigue that had built up over the past few days. Even the sorrow of her long ponytail being burned into a tiny stub faded. When she got back, she would have to find a skilled hairstylist to design a proper new hairstyle for her.
Occasionally, when she couldn't encounter a suitable monster knight, Qi Xu would directly use Crimson Assault to dash forward, teleporting ahead continuously. With a power bank in her pocket and Ni Jiujiu on her head, she didn't even need a mana buff—she had infinite stamina!
When she was truly exhausted, she would find another opportunity to summon a monster knight. As she kept summoning... the skill unexpectedly leveled up.
It successfully reached level 2, allowing her to have two good friends at the same time, and the duration increased from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
Qi Xu let out a maniacal laugh, startling the surrounding monsters. Had this highway driven yet another person insane?
The rest of the journey was much easier. Whenever Qi Xu was besieged, she could have two monster friends. She tried to choose mount types. If they were snakes, bugs, rats, or ants that weren't suitable for riding, it didn't matter.
She could just let them go in front to act as vanguard grunts, block the monster horde, or simply cover her rear. No matter what, they could lend a hand!
Qi Xu even started to guarantee her daily sleep time. Every time, she would wait until the collapsing highway behind her was right on her heels before she sprinted off again.
Alternating between Crimson Assault and the Extreme Socializing skill made this return journey incredibly smooth.
She originally thought the 50,000 km would take at least 20 days, but it had only been exactly 11 days, and she only had the last 500 km left.
Qi Xu determined that the Extreme Socializing skill had no chance of leveling up in the short term, so she decided to push herself and focus on practicing Crimson Assault.
To see if she could successfully break through to level 3 in this dungeon, she stopped summoning monster knights.
After every forward dash, she tried to change the attack angle of the pink fog blades from multiple directions, slowly raising her standards, striving to make every hit strike the monsters' fatal spots or vitals.
There was also the combo frequency between two uses of Crimson Assault, and the feinting gaze—these were all points that needed practice.
Qi Xu was already intimately familiar with this skill. In fact, the closer she reached her physical limits, the better she felt she performed. Previously, successfully using Crimson Assault twice in a row required advance preparation and preset plans.
Now, not only could she complete it effortlessly, but she could even pull off a trick in the middle of it. Qi Xu vaguely touched the threshold for another upgrade, but no matter what, she was just one last step away.
Qi Xu somewhat regretted not bringing the Smart Fruit in with her...
Seeing that only the last 10 km remained to successfully complete the 50,000 km milestone goal, and with her mental energy nearly depleted, Qi Xu went all out. She had Little Seven and her other two pets hold off the surrounding monsters while she put all her effort into dashing and sprinting with Crimson Assault.
Charging straight for the finish line!
In the end, it took her 12 days to successfully complete the 50,000 km of the Death Battle Royale!
The moment Qi Xu exited the dungeon, she swallowed a Smart Fruit in one gulp and entered the skill training space again! Since she had come this far, if she couldn't level Crimson Assault up to level 3, she wouldn't even be able to sleep at night.
Qi Xu threw herself into it wholeheartedly once again, completely deaf to the server-wide announcement echoing outside the skill training space.
[Congratulations to player Invincible Black Whirlwind from the China Server, Region 88, Sub-region 666, for breaking the server-wide clear record for the seven-star dungeon Death Battle Royale with an astonishing time of 12 days, 12 hours, and 1 minute! Special reward: 10,000 vehicle upgrade cards and a mysterious map.]
The server-wide announcement was heard simultaneously by all players across the server.
Everyone involuntarily checked their own remaining mileage, and then couldn't hold back their frantic outbursts.
Is she hacking? How many legs does she have to run 50,000 km in twelve and a half days? You couldn't even fly that fast!
Does this person not need to eat, sleep, or rest? What kind of Eastern sorcery is this?
Boss Whirlwind is awesome! Good heavens! I've only run 10,000 km.
No wonder she's called Invincible Black Whirlwind. She's literally turned into the wind, of course she runs fast!
Her teammates in the gold group chat card were equally dumbfounded. They knew their boss was strong, but they completely couldn't imagine she was this strong.
The higher the vehicle level, the heavier the weight on one's body.
The boss should be carrying an 80-pound weight, and the monsters she encountered should be the highest level, so why could she run so fast?
Only a few core members who were exceptionally familiar with all of Qi Xu's skills roughly guessed the method their boss had used.
It really was true that having more friends meant having more paths!
Qi Xu had originally entered the skill training space stone in a state of extreme physical exhaustion. Upon entering, she encountered dense swarms of various monsters. Almost the instant she entered, many wounds appeared on her body.
Because there were too many monsters, there was no way to find an accurate landing spot. Sometimes, she couldn't even use Crimson Assault. It was at this moment that Qi Xu suddenly understood what the drawback of Crimson Assault actually was.
Those wounds were still bleeding, and a burning pain crawled through her nerves all over her body, yet Qi Xu's eyes shone astonishingly bright.
Crimson Assault relied on precise anticipation and instantaneous explosive power, like a sharp blade that required focused aiming. But when the monsters surged like a tide, squeezing away even the space to breathe, where was there any room left to lock onto a single target?
As Qi Xu dashed forward, her sleeves were torn by three monsters simultaneously. When she rolled to the side, her ankle was entangled. She gritted her teeth and swung her blade to cleave the shadow in front of her, only to watch helplessly as another monster pounced from her blind spot.
So... it's like this. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Qi Xu simply smiled. Despite the metallic scent of blood, there was a clarity of sudden enlightenment.
She sheathed her blade directly, allowing a monster's sharp claws to graze past her cheek. In that hair-breadth opening, she instead captured a trace of a pattern hidden within the chaos.
Crimson Assault was like a stream of water. When encountering a single stone, it could pierce through; when encountering a torrential flood, it should transform into a wave washing over the reef. Qi Xu involuntarily licked the blood at the corner of her lips, facing yet another wave of pouncing monsters.
For the first time, she proactively threw herself into the center of the most chaotic vortex. Since she couldn't find a landing spot, she would make herself the fulcrum that stirred the battlefield. She would completely separate the two actions of the pink fog blade and the forward dash.
I can fling the fog blade first, or I can dash first. My landing spot can be behind you, or it can be in mid-air. I must do as I please and not be bound by the skill!
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