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"The Lava Monster is not so easy to deal with..."

Yafei lay behind a boulder, her eyes vacant as she looked towards the relatively charging figures in the distance.

Three tiny... no, there was one more.

Apart from the slightly elevated three, as the Wenbo brothers had mentioned, there was another small black dot further down at the foot of the mountain.

Upon spotting their companion on the mountain encountering the creature, the remaining black dot also started sprinting towards their companions.

The four tiny black dots scattered across the mottled grey-black earth were barely noticeable, in contrast to the giant stone figure striding down the slope, its height of over ten meters striking awe into onlookers.

In comparison, the three approaching dots seemed pathetically futile, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Lava Monsters are creatures that appear periodically on volcanoes, and the rocks that seem to make up their bodies are not their core.

Players have observed these monsters forming—it is some unknown living flame that adheres to ordinary rocks.

This creature, once formed, would lock its vengeful gaze firmly on Grey Iron City, and all humans encountered on its path of destruction towards the city would be brutally trampled.

Those in Grey Iron City were all too familiar with such creatures; in fact, ordinary people stood no chance against them, and even those players who had successfully undergone one or two operations would not rashly confront such terrifying beasts. Enjoy new adventures from My Virtual Library Empire

One operation might barely allow an escape, two might allow a slightly more composed escape, but three... there were no such talents among the players yet.

Therefore, the Lava Monsters that were known to appear from time to time were affectionately and familiarly referred to by players as "the monster siege," a challenge that only the power of the city could withstand.

"The power of the Lava Monster is very strong, one must never be hit head-on," Wang Wenbo said with a tense expression, not wanting his boss's recent surge of joy and anticipation to be shattered in an instant.

If not for the fear of being affected by the aftermath of the battle, he would have liked to remind these seemingly reckless newcomers of the formidable strength of their adversary.

Unless it were one of those fierce men in the city who had undergone specialized third operations, no one could withstand even one punch from it.

Watching from afar as the three small black dots closed in, the hearts of the three onlookers leapt into their throats when the giant stone man raised its fist.

"Run!" Wang Wenyan clenched his fist tightly!

"Boom!"

The ground shook, dust spread.

The vibration reached their feet moments later, the rumbling echo resonating in their ears.

Squinting towards the now murky direction, the three wondered what carnage lay beneath the rising dust.

"Didn't I just say not to fight it head-on?" Wang Wenbo lamented in frustration.

Wang Wenyan reminded him softly, "They can't hear us from here."

"... Seeing such a large figure, shouldn't normal people know not to engage it head-on?"

Yafei remained silent. Her excellent eyesight as a sniper allowed her to catch a glimpse of a detail—

The Lava Monster's fist hadn't managed to smash directly to the ground...

A tiny black dot stood in front of it, blocking the creature's punch with arms that, from afar, looked no bigger than the tips of needles.

And slowly lifting it up...

"Uh, uh, uh, ah!"

Kuang Xin's forehead bulged with veins as he firmly braced his feet, sunk into the ground, against the earth behind his heels.

Absolute Defense, taught by Bai E, made his body sturdy as iron, fully integrated; by nature already biased towards physical prowess, under the Advanced Physical Training Program 3.0, his physical attributes had reached the human limit of 15 points. Added to his inherent brute force talent and the explosive power from Overlimit Drive, also taught by Bai E, his strength was beyond the imagination of an ordinary person.

At this moment, after initially blocking the energy-charged punch of the giant, the motionless stone fist was gradually lifted up.

Standing by, his teammate would not just watch Kuang Xin fight alone. Facing an unknown and strange giant creature, the best response was to take it down first.

Having put on the Spiritual Energy gloves once again, Gu Lan flexed his wrists and sprinted towards the stone man tussling with Kuang Xin. He stepped on the creature's rugged surface, reaching the top of its head, and with a raised fist, smashed down towards the rounded stone skull before him.

"Crack!"

The condensed Spiritual Energy was transformed into a substantive force by the mysterious function of the gloves, and the punch, which did not seem all that powerful, displayed an explosive force even more exaggerated than Kuang Xin's.

Spiritual Energy can morph anything.

Though each individual's Spiritual Energy has its own attributes and the tendencies often act as limitations, meaning individual Spiritual Energy cannot whimsically change.

But humans possess wisdom, and those craftsmen with Spiritual Energy create works that allow limited individuals to exhibit infinite variations.

Gu Lan, who had joined Kuang Xin's trio, never left her original guild since those guild players were, after all, on her payroll.

Thanks to the hard work of the "mining" personnel, this glove was another combat weapon she had acquired at great expense.

"No wonder the big gorilla loves close combat; it really is thrilling."

After causing the stone man to stagger, Gu Lan nimbly landed on the ground and, shaking her slightly sore wrist, chuckled to Dai Lian not far away.