"The first challenge has begun!"

Just as Zhou Yingting finished choosing the talent entry, a red light suddenly flashed.

Soon after, a giant figure began to slowly walk toward them from the distance.

Seeing this, the five of them hurriedly controlled their small heroes to confront the enemy.

"Damn, it's only the first challenge, and this small boss already has a combat power of 30?"

Their small heroes had just come out, prepared to eliminate this small boss, when they took a closer look and realized the boss's combat power was indeed thirty.

Witnessing this, they instinctively glanced at their teammates.

On the combat power leaderboard, Hong Wanqing was in first place with a combat power of 28.

Han Qiaowen had a combat power of 27, Ji Mingkai's was 25, the same as Chu Shanshan's.

And lastly, there was Zhou Yingting, with a combat power of only 10, at Level 2.

Seeing this, the four of them were momentarily stunned, then looked incredulously at Zhou Yingting.

Even if he were a newcomer, he shouldn't be dragging the team down in a dungeon like this, should he?

They were all already Level 4, while Zhou Yingting was only Level 2? What was going on?

Moreover, how come at Level 2, his combat power was only 10?

Even at the very start of the game, one's combat power could reach at least 10.

"Yunlin, why is your combat power so low? What about your equipment? Didn't you bring any? What upgrade rewards did you choose?"

At this point, even Chu Shanshan couldn't hold back.

She had repeatedly told Hong Wanqing how impressive Zhou Yingting was.

But now, seeing Zhou Yingting like this seemed really weak.

No, it's not just weak; it's downright terrible!

"I chose a developmental talent entry, so I'm weak in the early stages."

Zhou Yingting responded after hearing this.

A developmental talent entry?

The four of them were experiencing this type of dungeon for the first time, and upon hearing this, they couldn't help but exchange glances.

If Zhou Yingting's explanation was to be believed, it seemed reasonable.

With developmental talent entries, it's normal to be weak in the early stages.

Upon realizing this, the four of them gritted their teeth, "Then you develop steadily, and we'll cover the early stages!"

"Yeah, you don't need to confront the enemy; we can handle this small boss."

When fighting the boss, they couldn't keep fighting the small monsters, as this would slow down their leveling speed.

At this point, the four of them decided to let Zhou Yingting continue to grind and level up, while they dealt with the small boss.

Zhou Yingting was taken aback by their words; he hadn't expected them to place such trust in him.

After a moment of hesitation, knowing he needed levels, Zhou Yingting gritted his teeth and controlled his small hero to return to the leveling area to start grinding his level.

Meanwhile, the four of them focused intensely on battling the small boss.

Even though the boss's combat power was only 30, the combined combat power of the four of them was higher than the boss, yet it still took a few minutes to bring the small boss down.

As a result, the four of them lost quite a bit of time.

They controlled their small heroes to return to the leveling area and continued to level up.

Sneakily, they glanced at Zhou Yingting, hoping his combat power would soar as he developed.

He couldn't remain weak forever, or the dungeon task would become hopeless!

As everyone continued leveling up, their levels slowly increased along with it.

Zhou Yingting, upon seeing any equipment, equipped it immediately, only synthing items when possible to enhance his combat power.

As Zhou Yingting's combat power increased bit by bit, it still couldn't match up to the substantial growth of the others.

By the time Zhou Yingting's combat power reached 89, the others had already surpassed 300+.

With each upgrade, Zhou Yingting couldn't find the talent entries he desired, causing him to grow anxious.

Then suddenly, Zhou Yingting's eyes widened when he saw a talent entry drop while monster hunting.

Upon picking it up and examining it, he discovered something.

Talent entry drops from monsters could indeed be equipped!

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting was overjoyed and quickly informed the others, "If any of you find the Talent Entry 'Courageous,' make sure to give it to me!"

"Courageous?"

The others had never seen this talent entry, but they nodded along to Zhou Yingting's request.

"Understood, we'll give it to you if we find it."

All they wanted was to clear the dungeon; giving Zhou Yingting the entry if it dropped was a small task in comparison.

"Whoa, I just got SS-level equipment!"

Just as everyone was gradually boosting their small heroes' combat power, Ji Mingkai erupted in a cry of delight, quickly equipping the SS-level gear.

With that, his small hero's combat power instantly reached 900+.

"Great, with this combat power over 900, taking on small bosses will be much easier."

The others were immediately pleased to hear this.

They were all focusing on elevating their combat powers and hoping their teammates could catch up too.

"The tenth challenge has begun!"

In the midst of their joy, red light flickered once more, and a small boss appeared before them.

They looked on, the smiles on their faces freezing.

In front of them was a small boss with a towering combat power of 1000.

"What's going on? Why did the combat power suddenly increase so much?"

The four of them stared dumbfounded, utterly unprepared for such a sudden spike in the boss's combat power.

"Charge, whether our combat power matches his or not, we have to go."

They had come this far, retreat wasn't an option.

Zhou Yingting also realized he couldn't linger in the back any longer; they had to first take care of this boss.

However, as soon as Zhou Yingting controlled his small hero to engage, he was instantly killed by the boss, turning into white light and starting a countdown; he needed ten seconds to revive.

Behind the small heroes stood a Resurrection Keystone.

If this Resurrection Keystone was destroyed, it would mean mission failure in the dungeon.

"Go back to developing; we'll handle this here."

Seeing Zhou Yingting getting one-shot, Ji Mingkai and the others' expressions were grim but urged Zhou Yingting to quickly return to developing.

The four of them had an uneasy feeling.

It seemed their normal pace of increasing combat power couldn't keep up with the rapid growth of these small bosses' combat power.

If that were the case, their dungeon mission was doomed to fail.

They feared they wouldn't even get to see the final boss before losing.

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