Everyone quickly focused all their attention on the dungeon itself.
From a corner on one side, red light was emitting. After a while, a little dragon jumped out.
The little dragon was entirely red, with flames blazing on its wings. Its eyes looked extremely fierce. However, due to its small size, it was hard to tell for the moment whether its attack power was high or low. So, all of them were quite cautious. They didn't dare to attack rashly or move forward either. They just stood there watching.
Generally speaking, for an invisible boss that suddenly appears like this, its attack power is either incredibly high or defeating it will yield some special attributes.
Since this dungeon already has two additional buffs, the group didn't think there would be any extra bonuses after defeating this boss. Most likely, it was extremely powerful, which definitely didn't match its appearance.
Ji Siyue hesitated and asked, "Should we fight this boss or not?"
"If we launch an attack rashly, we might consume too much of our energy in the early stage. It could be really difficult for us later," Bai Yu's voice came from the other end of the phone.
They had been in this dungeon for more than six minutes. Ji Siyue had already used half of her mana bar. The mana - replenishing skills she brought could only allow her to replenish mana four or five times in this dungeon. So, Ji Siyue was also very hesitant.
When everyone was hesitating, their attention naturally shifted to the core member of the team.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Siyue, cast a healing buff on that dragon."
"Ah... Okay!"
Although Ji Siyue really wanted to ask why she should heal the little boss, she knew it would be a waste of time to ask now. Time in the dungeon was money. She reluctantly suppressed her curiosity and cast a small healing buff.
As soon as the green healing aura enveloped the little boss, the health points of the team members suddenly soared.
Ji Siyue was stunned, and so were the others.
After the healing buff was cast, the little dragon's health bar also decreased by a corresponding amount.
"Wait... Could it be that this dragon exchanges blood for blood?" Zhu Zhiyao said in disbelief.
After Ji Siyue checked the statuses of her teammates and herself, she was surprised to find, "It's not just that! The mana I used for that skill just now has also returned! Does that mean this dragon is actually here to temporarily replenish our health?"
This discovery made everyone quite happy.
After all, it was the first time in the dungeon that they could replenish the whole team's health without consuming mana.
At this time, Qin Chengyao said again, "I just calculated the time outside. The people who went in before also took about six minutes to come out. Presumably, they should have encountered this little dragon too. But the reason they failed so quickly might be that they attacked this little dragon. Its attack power must far exceed our imagination."
The others believed this explanation.
If that was the case, it could explain why those who went out before were all kicked out of the dungeon in six or seven minutes.
Ji Siyue stepped forward.
"Since it can replenish our health, how about I wait here? You go ahead first. I'll keep an eye on your health bars. In this way, I won't consume mana and can still replenish your health. Anyway, I don't have much offensive ability."
"No, you still have to come with us. You have a hidden team attack bonus, but it will disappear if you're out of a certain range," Qin Chengyao directly rejected Ji Siyue's idea.
Nan Gongqi said, "I also think this dungeon won't be that simple. Given the style of the operating company, there should be bigger pitfalls later. Let's just leave this little dragon alone for now."
After some discussion, they all agreed on this idea. However, it didn't fit Ji Siyue's style to let go of such a free benefit. So, before leaving, she cast a continuous healing buff on the little fire dragon.
Sure enough, the little fire dragon's health dropped rapidly, and the other team members also got a buff.
The team continued to move forward, killing small monsters along the way to accumulate in - game battle funds and upgrade their skills. The level of the wild monsters also increased as their levels went up. So, it hadn't been easy from the beginning until now.
When they reached a corner, another little dragon appeared. This one had something blue flowing on its body, looking like water spirits.
As soon as Nan Gongqi saw it, he blurted out, "I think this should replenish our mana! Siyue, quickly cast a skill on it!"
Ji Siyue replied, "Okay!"
Just as she was about to cast a mana - replenishing skill, a sword light from Qin Chengyao blocked her at the last moment.
"What's wrong? Why did you block my skill?" Ji Siyue was a bit confused.
"You heard what I said just now. The developers aren't that kind - hearted. They won't just give us free health and mana in such a difficult dungeon. Let's not use it for now. Our overall mana is still in good condition. When it drops to 45%, we've already covered about half of the dungeon, and you still have four mana - replenishing chances. Even if this dungeon is really difficult, we should still be able to pass it. We don't need this."
"Okay!"
Once Qin Chengyao said something, no matter how much Ji Siyue, as a healer, regretted missing such an opportunity, she would agree without hesitation.
Qin Chengyao had a natural and magical leadership ability that could make people unconsciously trust him.
Even when he didn't give any explanation sometimes, people still felt that what he said was correct and full of foresight.
They continued to move forward, clearing each level and killing at least a dozen small bosses. Finally, they came to a stone gate.
The area around this stone gate was covered with frost. When they got close to the stone gate, icicles would keep falling from above. When an icicle hit a character, it would slow the character down, reduce the attack speed, and the amount of health lost was almost negligible.
Even so, they still carefully dodged.
Finally, when they all reached the stone gate, the icicles suddenly stopped falling.