After entering the outer zone of the Fallen Ark, the Midnight Tea Party and their companions were extraordinarily cautious.
After all, they had nearly been wiped out when they triggered a trap earlier.
No one had expected that after the system update, a failed trap disarm attempt would set off the trap. With Huangquan Langzi's high-level Trap Disarm skill, there was no way to guarantee a hundred percent safety when dealing with high-level traps. The team could only inch forward.
"We should've entered the Ark before the system update," Qingfeng Zhujiu said with a bitter frown, feeling his earlier decision had been a mistake.
The outer zone of the Ark was patrolled by numerous Fallen Watchers. At their current crawling pace, running into one was almost inevitable. If that happened, emergency retreat was the only option — and whether they could ever make it into the Ark's inner zone afterward remained a big question.
If they had used those twenty minutes of mandatory system downtime before the update, they might have already reached the inner zone.
"Raid Leader, your choice wasn't wrong," Weiyang Qianhen said with a gentle smile, as if reading his thoughts. "Even if we had entered the Ark before the update, we would still have faced the risk of being detected by those Abyssal monsters. The situation wouldn't be much better than now. Besides, we've figured out how to lure the Abyssal monsters away. If all else fails, we can always come back after we reach Level 50 and complete our second-class advancement. At that point, even if we run into Fallen Watchers, we can kill them quickly and slip away. For now, let's just treat this as an advance scouting run."
The others nodded in agreement after hearing Weiyang Qianhen's words.
The quest had a time limit, but there was still plenty of time left. They could afford to prepare properly.
While the group was chatting and laughing, Weiyang Qianhen suddenly received a message.
A playful smile tugged at the corner of her lips after she read it.
"Sister Weiyang, is something good happening?" Yun Zhongsha noticed Weiyang Qianhen's amused expression and asked curiously.
"You could say that. I'm not sure if any of you are interested in Dark Arena matches, but I just received an invitation. We're allowed to bring five people along," Weiyang Qianhen said with a smile.
"The Dark Arena?"
The entire group's interest immediately evaporated.
Sure, the competitors in those matches were stronger than ordinary experts, but they were all just minor squabbles between guilds. None of them would ever reveal their true cards. For experts of this caliber, those battle spectacles held no real reference value.
"You're really not interested? I heard this time the Dark Arena is also hosting a grand auction — there are even Epic-grade items up for sale," Weiyang Qianhen said with a hint of regret, noticing everyone's disinterest. "And the two competing sides are quite interesting. One of them is the
"Epic-grade items? Zero Wing versus Miracle?"
"Sister Weiyang, I want to go!"
"Wait — I've never been before. Let me go this time!"
The moment they heard Weiyang Qianhen's words, the entire group was suddenly brimming with enthusiasm.
Never mind how tempting the Epic-grade items were on their own — a clash between Zero Wing and Miracle was reason enough to watch. Miracle might only be a top-tier guild, but the quantity and quality of their top fighters were on par with any super guild.
If Miracle sent their best, this battle was going to be something truly special.
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Meanwhile,
"So this is the strategy for beating it?"
The two Primordial Species looked like utterly invincible existences. Even a hundred-man Level 60 second-class expert team would meet the same fate.
This level of difficulty seemed impossible to overcome in the current stage of the game. However, since the Main God System had set the difficulty this way, there had to be a sliver of hope.
He didn't know how much damage these two weaknesses could inflict on the Fossil Tyrannosaurus, but leaving a Sub-Legendary chest untouched without even trying would be a colossal waste.