"The enemy is strong, everyone bring out your best!"

The adventurer captain shouted, and before the Venerable Rot Knight took action, the adventurer team immediately responded.

"Since it’s standing in the swamp... [Mud Binding], [Hardening]!"

The Magician waved the magic wand, and the swamp rose instantly, transforming into thick ropes that tightly wound around the Venerable Rot Knight. The hardening magic was also simultaneously applied, but for some reason, perhaps due to the special water quality of the swamp, the hardening speed was far slower than outside.

The archer shot three consecutive arrows, and the assassin threw flying knives. Upon closer inspection, both the arrows and the flying knives seemed to be products of Sain Dungeon.

Because the swamp was filled with toxins, the adventurers dared not approach recklessly, and the melee attackers had no way to get closer.

But at this moment, the adventurer captain charged forward, with a straight sword in one hand and a magic wand in the other, rushing to a place at a certain distance from the Venerable Rot Knight without touching the swamp. He suddenly stabbed the shimmering magic wand towards the enemy, and the azure magic lighted up abruptly, the long blade piercing the enemy!

It was actually [Calia Piercing]!

"Lure it over!" the adventurer captain shouted as the Calia Piercing dissipated, and new magic was gathering on his magic wand, [Highmore Hammer]!

So this guy had learned quite a bit of Sain magic as a close combat mage.

Tepi nodded silently, his eye for people was accurate. This adventurer team cooperated harmoniously, and their combination of moves was quite good. They were a qualified Silver Level team, and the price to hire them was quite reasonable, much lower compared to market prices a year ago.

Their strength wasn’t top-notch, but their coordination was seamless, and they were the ones he could find and get in tune with the fastest.

Speaking of which, the market price for hiring adventurers seemed to be dropping lately.

His eyes flickered; based on his intelligence network, a large number of reasonably strong adventurers had appeared recently. They might have some shortcomings in terms of adventuring time compared to veteran adventurers, but their strength was undeniable. Copper Level ones were rare, with most being just below Silver Level, and the number of Silver Level adventurers was also on the rise.

This change in the adventuring industry was gradually becoming apparent, and it was definitely going to be more than at the current level.

And the "culprit" for this phenomenon seemed to be precisely this Sain Dungeon he was currently in!

"Ah!"

Before he could let his thoughts wander, the scream of an adventurer came over, and the scalding blood splashed onto his face in the next moment.

He turned to look, gasping in shock.

The Magician, who had used [Mud Binding] and [Hardening] earlier, had been cut in half!

His lower body was still standing in place, spurting blood like a fountain, while his upper body was applying [Emergency Treatment] to himself, enduring severe pain.

What happened just now?

It seemed the Venerable Rot Knight had already broken free from the binding, swung the scythe to ensnare the adventurer captain, and, catching him off guard, flung him into the distant swamp while he was immobilized by charging the Highmore Hammer.

"Splash—"

The captain’s body splashed into the swamp, and the Venerable Rot Knight swung two fatal halos, charging towards the adventurers under the cover of the halos.

Nobody knew what happened just now, except for the adventurers on their side.

When the Calia Piercing struck the Venerable Rot Knight, he sensed something was off, because the feel wasn’t like piercing a human body but had an indescribable sense of chaos.

It was as if beneath the Venerable Rot Knight’s armor there was no normal body, but rather a sensation of muddy slime!

And because of this, the opponent instantly broke free from the binding with a movement impossible for a human body, suddenly erupting and throwing out rings, cutting the Magician in half.

Indeed, monsters emerging from such an abnormal swamp couldn’t be gauged by common sense!

The Sword Shield Warrior and Heavy Armor Warrior in the team rushed over to fend off the Venerable Rot Knight, while Tepi performed super assembly, swiftly piecing the Magician’s upper and lower bodies together and pouring a large amount of healing potion.

The wound healed instantly, and his life was no longer in danger, but the Magician couldn’t walk for now; his lower body had turned into something like Hawking.

"Bang!"

The Sword Shield Warrior and Heavy Armor Warrior together blocked the slash of the Venerable Rot Knight’s scythe, while the others maneuvered at the periphery to attack, keeping a close eye on the scythe, ready to interrupt it the next time the enemy attempted to release the halos.

The Sword Shield Warrior erupted with force, a shield bash striking the Venerable Rot Knight, causing him to step back half a step. The Heavy Armor Warrior was about to move in to attack when he heard a retching sound coming from within the armor.

"Ugh!"

The Venerable Rot Knight suddenly spewed out a large amount of foul-smelling liquid from a gap in his helmet, instantly dousing the Heavy Armor Warrior!

"Ughhhh!" The liquid seemed to contain a potent poison, causing the Heavy Armor Warrior to fall and cry out immediately.

"What!?"

The Sword Shield Warrior was shocked, and the Venerable Rot Knight had already locked onto him.

"Don’t just stand there in a daze, idiot!" The assassin suddenly appeared overhead, a dagger coated with flame oil in hand, stabbing towards the Venerable Rot Knight.

A flash of light, and the scythe in the Venerable Rot Knight’s hand suddenly transformed into a spear, thrusting towards the assassin.

"Oh no!"

The spear tip pierced through the assassin’s abdomen, and a large amount of blood gushed out!

The Venerable Rot Knight swung his arm, flinging the impaled assassin away. Although the assassin wasn’t dead immediately, he was bleeding profusely.

A sudden turn of events had reduced their numbers, with three people losing combat effectiveness!