Xiu Lijia was pressing her hands on the helmet, continuously firing laser beams through the visor.

Boom!

Every beam explosion caused those chaotic sharks to flip over.

"Quickly cast [Barrier], why are you still standing there?"

Seeing Long Ren idle, Qian Shanshan smacked him heavily on the back.

"Ouch!"

Long Ren staggered, wincing in pain.

Entering battle, Qian Shanshan's entire demeanor shifted.

She seemed fierce, quite intimidating.

"..."

Li Pu saw this and remembered he was also idle, quickly deciding to join the fray.

"Don't move!"

"Protect her well for me!"

Unexpectedly, Qian Shanshan grabbed him and forcefully pushed him next to Xiu Lijia.

Seeing this, Long Ren wisely erected a [Barrier].

Buzz!

A transparent shield enveloped the group inside.

Only Li Pu and Xiu Lijia were excluded.

Because Xiu Lijia needed to maintain her output, firing lasers within the [Barrier] would directly hit the [Barrier].

"Why so troublesome?"

Li Pu murmured softly as he looked on.

It would be faster if Xiu was inside the shield and he wiped out the enemies outside.

But what's done is done, he had nothing more to say.

This encounter was on a completely different level than before; those chaotic sharks seemed endless.

Wave after wave, defeating one batch and another would appear.

If it were ordinary first-year students, they couldn't handle it.

Against such overwhelming numbers, the Summoner is the most vulnerable.

Taking Long Ren as the typical example, even throwing his half-dragon into thousands of chaotic sharks, it wouldn't easily die.

Unless exhausted, it wouldn't be defeated.

But when the number of beasts rises, and the half-dragon can't keep up, Long Ren becomes vulnerable.

With his small frame, dealing with one or two chaotic sharks would be tough.

However, this scenario won't happen right now.

Because Long Ren is quite self-aware; he learned and specialized in the skill [Barrier] early.

Breaking through his [Barrier] with the strength of chaotic sharks is considerably difficult.

The key point is these chaotic sharks come in batches rather than all at once, or else they could easily be overwhelmed.

For now, Li Pu finally understood why this dungeon was known as the hardest for first-year students.

With so many monsters employing swarming tactics.

But even these chaotic sharks aren't truly endless, as time passes their numbers begin to dwindle.

"Is it finally over?"

Long Ren continued maintaining the [Barrier], sweat dripping down his face.

Though occasionally some stray sharks slipped through, they were still prevented.

These chaotic sharks are invisible types, silently approaching and causing great danger.

"Wow, we did it."

"Remember last semester when we encountered the shark tide, we could only run away."

Tian Tian was shaking her arms, having cast [Heal] until her arms went limp.

As for Ah Yajun, he had long since collapsed on the ground, panting heavily, typical signs of spiritual power exhaustion.

"Yeah, we're definitely different this semester."

Qian Shanshan finally showed a relaxed smile.

"And thankfully, there's no boss in this shark tide."

She then added.

"!!!"

Long Ren's expression changed instantly.

Geez, can you keep your mouth shut!

If not, donate it to someone who can!

Coincidentally, as she spoke, Li Pu slightly furrowed his brows.

He sensed something was off with the air around him.

Before, there was always wind blowing from behind, but now it was eerily calm as if in a safe harbor.

Meanwhile, elsewhere Long Ren and others witnessed a scene Li Pu couldn't see.

Behind him and Xiu Lijia, a towering chaotic shark appeared out of thin air.

I was four to five times the height of a normal chaotic shark, dwarfing them like an adult and a child.

In its hand, it held a Fine Steel Greatsword vastly superior to other chaotic sharks, its huge shark mouth opened like a bloody maw.

The giant shark's intelligence was far above other chaotic sharks.

It had been secretly observing the battle, discovering that Xiu Lijia's explosive laser attacks posed the greatest threat to the shark army.

With its fast frequency, strong lethality, and area attack.

It could be said nearly 1/5 of the chaotic sharks fell to laser explosions.

So once targeting Xiu Lijia, it slowly started to lurk closer.

From its position now, it intended to kill two birds with one stone, slicing Li Pu along with her.

"Watch out!"

Qian Shanshan, realizing she misspoke, immediately shouted a warning.

Though she knew Li Pu could defeat senior Druid easily.

Druid: Hey.

Even among summoners of their rank, no matter how strong, he couldn't physically withstand a strike from such a large chaotic shark, right?!

Especially not a sneak attack!

Tian Tian and Ah Yajun were equally petrified, speechless.

Especially Ah Yajun, who sometimes wished Li Pu would die.

But that was just a figure of speech at the card table, not a true desire to see him sliced in two.

Only Long Ren, picking his nose, watched everything unfold.

Soon, a shocking scene unfolded for Qian Shanshan and others.

Li Pu, not turning his head, seemed to know what was coming, simply raising his right arm above his head.

(What's he doing?!) x3

Qian Shanshan and the others couldn't understand.

Regardless of how Li Pu detected the sneak attack.

Typically, this looked like using an arm to block a sword.

The problem is that it's a hand, a flesh-made hand!

And the object to block is a sword!

From a powerful monster's hand!

One strike down, his hand won't...break the sword?!

Clang!!!

"Huh?!" x3

Qian Shanshan and three others were wide-eyed.

What kind of hand could block a sword?!

The key is it appeared his arm was unscathed!

Was he human or a monster?!

Not just them, even the giant shark was dumbfounded, frozen in place unsure what to do.

It had never encountered anything so hard!

"Oh my..."

Just then, Li Pu let out a cry.

"Whew..." x3

For some reason, Qian Shanshan and others breathed a sigh of relief.

At least he still felt pain.

Otherwise, he would've truly been non-human.

"My sleeve is torn."

Li Pu's words broke their defenses again.

He wasn't physically hurt, it was emotional pain.

"Dude! That was their livelihood their weapon broke, just a torn shirt is nothing!"

Ah Yajun couldn't help but retort.

"Is that your half-dragon disguised in human skin?"

Qian Shanshan dumbfoundedly turned to Long Ren, pointing to the half-dragon among the beasts: "Is that half-dragon actually him in a costume?"

Compared to blocking the boss's sword, she found it more believable to brawl with beasts.

"Young girl, you're still too young."

Long Ren chuckled, patting her shoulder while subtly wiping his fingers on her clothes.

Thanks, Li Pu, for letting me brag again.

"Eh? What happened?"

Only then did Xiu Lijia turn her head, belatedly realizing.

Because of the helmet, her near-sight perception was limited.

"No worries, focus on output."

But Li Pu held her iron head, turning her back directly.

This boss was his, no one should take it.

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