My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 102 - 101 Monster Spawning

Underground Cave Third Floor.

As Lu Wu moved forward alongside Little Skeleton, he analyzed the current situation and explained his upcoming plans.

"According to the intel we’ve gathered, the third floor of the Underground Cave has four types of Summoned Beasts.

They are the Rock Snake, Earthman, Little Rock, and a type of rodent.

All four Summoned Beasts are three stars and their power levels are quite similar, but the Rock Snake and Little Rock present a tougher challenge for you; their defense is too high, making them too exhausting to defeat through normal means. The only way to beat them is with electricity.

But the bit of electricity you have is what I was planning to save for the boss battle, so we can’t use it!

As for the Earthman, it’s also a troublesome Summoned Beast and not easy to fight!

That means the only opponent suitable for us to choose is the rodent!"

"So what we need to do now is find a proper place to lure the monster. We’ll lure and farm it while accumulating Experience Points for you.

Once your Experience Points are full, I’ll smash my phone for you to level-up, then we’ll go find the third floor’s boss. At that point, I’ll smash another phone, you unleash your Big Move and sweep the boss."

As Lu Wu spoke, Little Skeleton nodded his skull.

In reality, it didn’t understand a word Lu Wu was saying but it knew that nodding made Lu Wu very happy, and when Lu Wu was happy, so was it.

Lu Wu, on his part, didn’t really expect the little guy to understand.

He patted the little guy, knowing it was a bit slow, and talking about these things served more to ease his own nerves.

After all, this was his first time venturing into an instance alone, and although he had become familiar with the second floor, entering the third floor was still rather foreign to Lu Wu, making him slightly nervous.

But he was fairly courageous and quickly adjusted his state.

The duo, a man and a skeleton, soon arrived at the designated spot.

Under the light of nearby torches, the place where Lu Wu stood could be seen as an intersection with multiple branches leading in various directions.

In the center of the junction, there was a decoratively carved stone floor.

Lu Wu carefully observed the surroundings and nodded with satisfaction.

"Good, it seems my information was accurate. With this, we can commence the next phase of the action!"

With that, Lu Wu began to busy himself.

He first took out a bundle of wire and four different bells from the backpack he was carrying.

Then, with Little Skeleton’s help, they spent several minutes setting up the wire and bells at several of the junctions as a simple alert system.

Lu Wu then returned to the junction, placing a blob of yellow paste-like substance on the central stone floor.

Indeed, Lu Wu had made exhaustive preparations for climbing the leaderboard, including preparing items for monster farming in advance.

This paste-like substance was specifically prepared by Lu Wu after researching information about the rodents through the internal network to attract them.

"Watch carefully. Once the rodent arrives, don’t rush. Wait for it to reach the stone floor and start eating before you make your move. This way, it won’t be able to drill underground and escape.

Also, remember, your electricity is reserved for pushing the boss, so you absolutely must not use it while fighting these rodents, got it?"

Facing Lu Wu’s instructions, Little Skeleton’s skull bobbed furiously.

Hmmm, the nodding frequency was quick, clearly indicating that the little guy truly understood this time.

Yet Lu Wu was somewhat unsure and checked Little Skeleton’s state again.

Little Skeleton[Excited (Little Skeleton understood, Little Skeleton is super capable and efficient!)]

Assured that Little Skeleton truly understood, Lu Wu felt relieved. He then found a spot that wouldn’t affect Little Skeleton’s combat and hid.

It was only then, as Lu Wu hid alone in the corner, that he considered whether or not to summon another Summoned Beast for his personal protection, giving him a sense of security while venturing into instances.

Hmm, perhaps he could choose a Summoning Stone from the leaderboard, maybe he should select one later and raise another Summoned Beast?

While Lu Wu pondered this, a particularly faint noise arose from the left.

Lu Wu and Little Skeleton immediately perked up. Soon after, a mole on the left fork cautiously poked its sharp nose out, sniffed vigorously, and then emerged from the fork, cautiously making its way over to the rocky floor.

"Now!"

As the prey entered the trap and began to lick the bait, Lu Wuyi commanded, and Little Skeleton dashed out in a burst, pouncing toward the rocky floor.

The mole was startled by Little Skeleton suddenly springing into action and subconsciously tried to drill into the ground to escape, but instead, it bumped its head on the rocky floor, almost getting a bump.

Then, Little Skeleton’s big club followed.

With a burst of whacking sounds—

[Ding, your Summoned Beast has successfully defeated a three-star mole, and you have gained 5 points!]

Upon seeing this notification, Lu Wu had Little Skeleton stop.

The points were already scored; there was no need to keep hitting the little guy.

After Little Skeleton ceased, acting like an old pro in the Secret Realm, the mole limped away, occasionally looking back thrice at the yellowish paste.

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It looked quite pitiful.

But helplessly, Lu Wu couldn’t give it to the mole as he used it to lure the monsters.

He didn’t carry anything else on him and could only watch the little pitiable creature leave.

Following this mole, Lu Wu and Little Skeleton’s monster luring endeavors started to flourish.

This item was extremely lethal to moles; soon, the next unlucky victim arrived, followed by a third and a fourth...

In just half an hour, Lu Wu had attracted 15 moles with this tactic.

These moles were adorably foolish, biting the bait as soon as they arrived, drilling into the ground at any sign of danger, knocking their heads and then getting hit and scored.

Such dumb monsters were especially easy to farm; sometimes, if two appeared at once, Little Skeleton could knock them both out together.

In half an hour, Lu Wuyi scored 75 points in one go, along with the previous 50 points from passing the second floor and 50 points for spending 20 minutes on the third floor.

Together with the walking distance and the time spent in the Secret Realm, Lu Wu’s total score abruptly reached 195 points.

What did this score mean? Ask the Hengheng Monster watching the scoreboard outside.

After Lu Wu made his bold statement, she didn’t leave but kept standing below the scoreboard waiting for Lu Wu.

She wasn’t waiting to see Lu Wu’s downfall but rather for him to emerge and fall flat.

Indeed, she never believed the short, swift, and soft Lu Wu could make it onto the scoreboard; after all, she had been following them for the past half-month, and their score never exceeded 100.

For such a guy to suddenly talk about claiming a prize, did that mean Lu Wu was breaking into the top ten? Only the top ten actually had rewards to claim!

But was that possible?

Hengheng Monster did not believe Lu Wu could do it!

She figured, half an hour at most—Lu Wu should have been out by that time.

However, when half an hour passed, Lu Wu hadn’t emerged, but his name did appear on the scoreboard.

170 points, ranked 99th!

175 points, ranked 98th!

180 points, ranked 96th!

…

195 points, ranked 85th!

Seeing Lu Wu’s ranking rapidly climb, Hengheng Monster started feeling nervous.

Could this guy actually make it into the top ten?

Meanwhile, inside the Secret Realm, Lu Wu was also contemplating; with monsters nearly farmed out, should he let Little Skeleton advance?