After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

"You, are you sick? Trying to murder the young lady here!?" Lia's head threw back, her small legs clad in black knee-high socks kicking wildly like a grasshopper impotently raging on a stick.

Lin Da took the flailing young lady to the back row, and said to Klrona, "Hold off the magical creatures until I get back!"

Klrona's eyes lit up, and she proudly patted her steel armor, which clanked in response, "Leave it to me!"

This feeling of being entrusted by Lin Da was like a potent healing art, instantly invigorating Klrona.

Lin Da, meanwhile, had his own plan. Once the Red Armored Crab King used "Thousand Army Scatter," it wouldn't use "Death Crab Pincer" for a while. Klrona could handle the creature's regular attacks.

He needed this precious time to recuperate.

Deep in thought, Lin Da suddenly felt a gust of wind and a soft piece of clothing snapped over his face, plunging his vision into darkness.

In the back lines, Oru and Phyllis sheepishly turned their looks toward the Red Armored Crab King, while the girls showed looks of surprise.

It turned out, covering Lin Da's face, was Lia's skirt lifted by the wind!

"Uh, that kindergarten kid's bear-patterned underwear, that's Lia's? I always thought it belonged to Klrona..."

Aiko thought speechlessly.

"What's going on?"

Lia suddenly felt a chill down below. Being carried on Lin Da's shoulder, she tried hard to turn her head only to see her own face flush red like a monkey's butt.

"Let go, put the young lady down!"

After a fierce struggle, Lia successfully landed on the ground, covering her skirt in shame, "You, you saw?"

Lin Da nodded, "My eyes aren't bad."

Classic brown bear pattern.

Lin Da had no interest in such juvenile stuff. Glancing at Klrona who was still resisting the Red Armored Crab King, he took a life potion, and applied healing art and verdant shield on himself.

Then, he walked toward the monster with his sword.

His voice drifted back to Lia, "Do you want to repeat what happened on the second level of the World Tree?"

Lia's expression stiffened, her fists clenched, she said, "No...ah, I just, wanted to help you."

"But you'll only make things worse," Lin Da said bluntly.

"What? Can't you see how high my output is? The biggest gap on that Red Armored Crab King came from me!"

Lia was nearly driven mad by Lin Da.

All her effort and contributions were significant, so why couldn't Lin Da see them, and still treated her like a fool who only dragged others down?

Lin Da said indifferently, "The Flailing that can't even withstand a single skill from the Red Armored Crab King shouldn't crowd the front line, Klrona and I are enough."

Lia, unconvinced, still wanted to talk it over with Lin Da, but Aiko grabbed her hand and frowned disapprovingly:

"Don't be impulsive, you'll only mess up Lin Da's battle plan."

"You think I'm a hindrance too?"

"Not at all."

Aiko knew how to soothe the firecracker, "But everyone doesn't want to see the captain get hurt, and maybe Lin Da thinks so too. He wants you to stay back and follow orders to protect you, you know?"

"Lin Da... protecting me?"

Lia was shocked.

She bowed her head low, lost in thought.

Aiko hooked her lips, thinking: What a simple and straightforward elementary school kid.

But Lin Da had indeed changed.

To actually call Lia a flailer.

Aiko always felt that Lin Da was up to something.

'Could it be that he wants to cultivate her independent abilities as a captain?'

Aiko pondered.

...

Meanwhile, Lin Da finished chanting his spell.

He opened his left hand and threw out a Venom Magic Sphere, hitting the Red Armored Crab King in the face.

With Klrona fully on defense, as soon as he caused damage, the Red Armored Crab King immediately shifted its attention to him.

As a high-level magical creature, the Red Armored Crab King's intelligence wasn't inferior to that of human children; it could discern who the core of the adventurers was.

Only Lin Da could withstand all its attacks.

His recovery amount was also high.

"Get rid of this one first, and the rest pose no threat."

Although Lin Da didn't have a taunting skill to pull the creature's aggression, he successfully attracted the Red Armored Crab King with his high health and recovery amount.

This battle, under Lin Da's meticulous control, entered a loop.

He drew enough aggression, letting his teammates deal damage, reducing the Red Armored Crab King's health points.

Then his teammates ceased fire, and he continued to pull aggression with the Venom Magic Sphere and healing art.

After several cycles, the Red Armored Crab King's health dropped to 40,000, pushing it into phase two.

Lin Da, seeing the light of victory ahead, excitedly called out, "Everyone, follow the plan I just laid out!"

In its second phase, the Red Armored Crab King would summon Murderous Crabs, augmenting them.

Elevating them to the attributes of a level 20, rare blue magical creature.

Lin Da needed to gather these small creatures and wipe them out in one go!

The Red Armored Crab King released a powerful shockwave, forcing both teams back thirty meters.

Then, the Red Armored Crab King, tilting its head back, let out a strange screech.

From the bulging ground, Murderous Crabs emerged.

Their eyes emitted a crimson glow, their pincers expanded several sizes with a bang, and their aura wildly surged.

Kafni, with her high agility, and Lia, nimble in her movements, were the top performers.

Under Lin Da's command, they grouped the Murderous Crabs together.

Monica and Aiko, two mages, simultaneously chanted spells.

Earthen spikes, and arrows of light descended on the crowd of creatures.

"Such tough shells." Aiko was having a tough time, "It's hard to deal with them immediately without using 'Rain of Light'."

Even Aiko could make mistakes. During the first wave of attack on the Red Armored Crab King, irked that the creature had attacked Lin Da, she unleashed her Ultimate Skill right away.

Now she and Monica couldn't eliminate these minor creatures quickly.

"Hiss—"

The Red Armored Crab King made a strange sound, commanding the swarm of crabs to disperse.

The expressions on everyone's faces weren't too good.

The twelve Enhanced Murderous Crabs, once scattered, would require too much Magic Power to eliminate.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Fifteen Area-of-Effect Spells would suffice to wipe them out.

Single-target Spells might only need ten, but facing twelve Murderous Crabs amounted to a total of one hundred twenty times.

This consumption was much greater than that of Area-of-Effect Skills!

Lin Da naturally wouldn't make such a rookie mistake.

He directed his teammates to gather the swarm of crabs, confident in eliminating them all at once.

Driven by a bit of greed, he aimed to secure the Last Hit on the entire swarm to collect Mystical Points.

"Aiko, Monica, you've done well."

"Now, leave it to me."

Lin Da looked at Oru, "Throw me into the air, the higher, the better."

"Sure thing, partner!" Oru slapped his chest, walking over full of confidence.

"You can't handle it, let me do it."

Lia stepped forward before anyone else could.

Don't be fooled by her slender arms; her Ability scores were genuinely high.

Possibly harboring a blend of public and private grievances, Lia coldly said, "Don't blame me, Young Lady, if I throw you too high and you fall to your death."

"That would be beyond the stars," Lin Da said with an unchanged expression. Experience tales at empire

"Wait, what are you going to do in the sky?" Aiko asked, puzzled.

Twelve Enhanced Murderous Crabs, judging by the current thickness of their Life Barrier, still retained half their health points.

With Lin Da's damage, it wouldn't be possible to annihilate them instantly.

What exactly was Lin Da planning?

Aiko found herself increasingly unable to see through him, feeling the anxiety of having a rope in her hands that Lin Da had already wriggled free from.

She could no longer control Lin Da as she used to, doing whatever she desired.

Before Lin Da could reply, Lia lifted him mightily.

Like a javelin, he was thrown into the sky above the swarm!

All eyes followed Lin Da as he moved.

He took a fiery red stone out from his Space Ring.

The stone contained a massive amount of volatile Magic Power, causing the space around Lin Da to lightly twist as if scorched by intense fire!

Feeling threatened, the swarm of crabs looked up in panic, issuing uneasy hisses.

The stone in Lin Da's hand was a reward from increasing Lulu's trust—a "Large Explosion Stone."

He had kept this item in hand until today, when there was a scene to showcase its tremendous power.

"The power of the Explosive Stone is equivalent to a level 20 Ultimate Skill."

"My Magic Attack might be lower than a level 20 Mage, but the swarm's health points have been halved by Monica and the others."

Lin Da had already calculated the health points.

Above in the sky, he resembled a bomber, dropping the Large Explosion Stone!

Its vertical fall was extremely fast, giving the swarm no time to react.

The Large Explosion Stone hit the ground.

Then there was a thunderous boom!

A mini mushroom cloud rose!

Waves of flames formed, sweeping across the area, engulfing all the Murderous Crabs.

The immense power of the Large Explosion Stone inflicted a five-digit Area Damage.

-10321!

The hot wind caressed Lin Da's face.

Below, amidst billowing smoke, only the damage numbers could be seen bursting out.

Standing in the air, he shielded his face with his arm, a bittersweet thrill in his heart.

With one Explosive Stone, the swarm of Enhanced Murderous Crabs was wholly eradicated.

He also received a substantial sum of Mystical Points.

[System Notification: For slaying the Red Armored Crab King's kin, 20 Level Enhanced Murderous Crabs, you have gained 1500 Mystical Points]

By wiping out 12, Lin Da earned a total of 18000 Mystical Points in one go.

This brought his total Mystical Points to a terrifying 187867.

Enough for a three-level promotion.

These three levels were his powerful trump card for handling the final stage of the Red Armored Crab King.

The enraged Red Armored Crab King raised its Crab Pincer, pounding the ground with its lobster-like tail like a wild beast roaring.

Under a white light, all its legs and large pincers transformed into terrifying crimson blades.

"Stage three."

Lin Da used his Dark Whip to buffer his landing, his eyes slightly intense now.

The third phase of the Red Armored Crab King meant all attacks were True Damage, and it would frequently launch the highly damaging "Death Crab Pincer."

A level 23 Red Armored Crab King using "Death Crab Pincer" could deal 6000 points of True Damage!

As the people in the back cheered for the crab swarm's demise, the next moment, the Red Armored Crab King entered phase three, its four sets of blade-like legs stabbing into the muddy ground, ferociously charging towards Lin Da!

Chloe's face tightened, she hurried to assist.

But Lin Da shouted her back sharply.

"Everyone, do not act recklessly, wait for the right moment!"