Infinite Trial from the Giant

There was indeed no need to hide anything, so Xia Tian sold all the monsters he had conquered during this period of time, as well as the information related to the completed tasks to Argo. After the other party paid a considerable sum of money for the information, he left after saying, "As agreed, I will personally bring it to you when it is done, so stay tuned," and then left.

Several days of exploration followed. Meanwhile, the number of players in Torbana gradually increased. Apparently, some novice players had successfully passed the first death test and caught up with the current exploration progress. With the influx of novice players, especially after rumors emerged that a closed beta player was besieged and killed by a group of novice players outside the safe zone, the closed beta players became more low-key.

Fortunately, there is no "noble mark" unique to closed beta players on their foreheads, otherwise, Xia Tian might have to consider parting ways with Loki.

The two of them still kept their pace and explored the maze area on the first floor. During this period, Argo's strategy book had been successfully published. As Xia Tian said, this book was made of parchment, with a round ear on the cover and three whisker marks on each side. Argo distributed it for free to the prop houses in various bases including Torbana. This strategy book was indeed of great help, and to a certain extent increased the survival rate of novice players and even closed beta players.

The exploration of the maze area was progressing steadily. On this day, Xia Tian and Loki successfully reached the eighteenth level. According to Loki, during the closed beta period, the first-level maze tower had only twenty levels. If the number of levels has not changed now, it means that they are very close to the BOSS's room.

"Speaking of which, I haven't been able to contact that rat in the past two days. I don't know if other players have found the way to the 19th or even 20th floor. Where did that guy go?"

With skillful cooperation, Xia Tian and Loki successfully dealt with the two ogres. While continuing to explore forward, Loki spoke helplessly.

"It's obvious that he's going to deal with intelligence matters."

Indeed, Xia Tian and his team would update the latest map data with Argo as soon as they left the maze area, but they suddenly couldn't contact Argo these two days, so they had to continue exploring according to the progress of the previous day. Xia Tian did ask Liz about her and Kirito's exploration progress, but the reply he got was that they had only explored to the 16th floor.

"There's no need to rush. There will be others to help find the boss's room. In order to be able to fight the boss on the first floor, I have been asking Kirito to train my strength these days."

Liz obviously didn't care much about the progress of the exploration.

"You should at least reply to her message. After all, we are acquaintances. If she wasn't visible in the friend status, everyone would have thought she was dead." Loki said as he swiped open the menu again. Looking at Argo who was still displayed normally in the friend list, he sighed helplessly again.

"The impact won't be that big. Even if we don't update the map, based on the current progress, we should be able to find the boss's room in about two days."

Boss's room...

At this moment, a unique idea emerged in Xia Tian's mind, and at this moment, a low growl and the sound of fighting came from the front.

"There are other people ahead, probably other exploration teams. What should we do?" Loki turned his head and asked.

"Let's go and take a look. Maybe they are coming down from the upper levels and preparing to return to Torbana. If that's the case, maybe we can exchange some map data with them." Xia Tian decided, temporarily putting aside the thoughts in his mind.

If you want to return to the town from the maze area, besides going back the same way, you can use the teleportation crystal. However, expensive items like teleportation crystals are not available for sale on the first floor. So if you want to return to Torbana, the only way is to go back the same way. It is precisely because returning to Torbana requires time and energy that players basically will not let themselves get too tired during the exploration process to avoid accidents on the way back to the city.

After Xia Tian finished speaking, the two of them moved forward.

The source of the low roar was naturally the Kobold monster. As the levels increased, the number of ordinary beast-type monsters gradually decreased, while the frequency of Kobold monsters gradually increased. From the 16th level onwards, basically all the Kobold monsters that appeared were Kobold monsters. However, contrary to Loki's judgment, the one fighting with him was not a team, but a single person.

At this time, the dog-headed man was using the three-hit combo that Xia Tian and Loki were very familiar with. The petite figure wrapped in a cloak who was fighting with him moved his body to avoid it one by one. After exploring these days, Xia Tian had already completely understood the dog-headed man's attack mode. In addition to the dog-headed man with red eyes and a chance to bite after the three-hit combo when angry, in general, the dog-headed man would be very stiff after performing the three-hit combo. This was the best time to attack the dog-headed man.

Obviously, the lone player in front also understood this, and when the kobold showed a flaw, the player had already used his sword skills.

A rapier sword technique, a straight thrust of a single thrust attack was used from the opponent's hand.

"So fast."

Loki's exclamation reached Xia Tian's ears.

The straight thrust, like the plundering slash, is the most basic sword skill. It only requires a simple action of holding the sword in the center of the body and stabbing out. However, even so, the straight thrust performed by this player is extraordinarily fast. Loki couldn't even see the blade of the rapier clearly. He could only see the specific light effect that was emitted when the sword skill was used hitting the kobold.

This speed is completely independent of the system's assistance and is accelerated by the player's own actions after becoming proficient. Loki has only seen this kind of performance in Xia Tian so far.

No wonder he dared to appear here alone.

Rapier user...

However, Xia Tian's attention was not on the super-fast sword skills displayed by the opponent, but on the crimson hooded cloak worn by the opponent.

In the battlefield ahead, the attack and defense between the kobold and the player continued for another three rounds. Finally, the player, without taking any damage, solved the problem with three high-speed straight thrusts. After stabbing the deadly blade into the kobold's chest, causing it to shatter and dissipate, the player leaned against the wall behind him as if he had lost strength, and slid to sit on the ground.