Chapter 168: Chapter 166: Pressing the Attack

Benovia noticed that Phil and Hilia’s expressions were completely different from before after they returned.

The former seemed preoccupied, the latter had a peculiar expression, as if... holding back laughter?

They seemed to have experienced something, but would certainly not reveal it easily. Benovia was curious but chose not to inquire.

As Hilia counted Silver Coins, she gave Phil an inquisitive look: "How is it?"

Phil nodded: "It’s almost done, enough to face tomorrow’s raid."

Doris, who was inspecting a Magic Puppet, looked up and said: "Tomorrow I plan to clear it in one go, everyone check if there are any issues with the Puppet to avoid problems tomorrow."

"You want to clear it in one go? Then I need to prepare too."

Encore laid out a bunch of colorful potions that didn’t reveal their actual purpose by appearance.

"I’ve prepared for meeting a monster pile like today, it won’t waste as much time this time."

"What did you prepare?"

"Burning Potion, enhanced version, a spreading Burning Potion."

Hilia asked, "Will it burn the stuff in the lighthouse?"

Encore pondered briefly before raising his head: "Yes."

The others: "..."

...

The next morning.

The five girls set off again.

They obtained new badges, and before departing, Abros advised them not to act rashly, and to use the badge to leave immediately if they encountered danger.

To this, Rose laughed: "Yesterday you left using the badge, disrupting the lighthouse owner’s plans. It will certainly restrict the use of teleportation today; you might not be able to use the badge as easily."

Hilia confidently said: "Then let’s not use the badge, like Doris said, clear it in one go!"

"Good, very spirited!"

The girls passed through the periphery and arrived at the Golden Coast, ready to enter the lighthouse, when suddenly the sky seemed to darken.

They paused and gazed toward the sea in the distance.

Sure enough, a Ghost Ship was slowly sailing towards them.

"Too much!"

At the same time, mercenaries adventuring on the periphery noticed the darkening sky and cursed.

"Enough already, Ghost Ship two days in a row!"

"Unbelievable, it used to appear once in ten or fifteen days, why now two consecutive days?"

"Could there be someone big raiding the lighthouse?"

The mercenaries on the periphery couldn’t affect Hilia and the others.

They arrived outside the lighthouse’s door, finding it tightly closed when it should have been open.

The girls were stunned: "Is this rejecting us from outside the lighthouse?"

Benovia contemplated: "Maybe the Tower Master wants the Ghost Ship to deal with us."

Doris said: "We absolutely can’t encounter the Ghost Ship, or we’ll be lost. Let’s find a way to open the door."

"Let me try." Hilia stepped forward, pressing her hand on the tower door, magic light glistened in her hand, forming complex patterns that merged into the door.

Moments later, the door opened in response.

The others had puzzled expressions, Hilia chuckled: "Just a simple rune trick."

The others: "..."

That truly was "simple."

After entering, the first level reappeared with attacking Demons, but they were simple for them.

Rose provided Hilia with a full "x-ray" Spiritual Scan, allowing them to quickly ascend to the fourth level.

After a brief rest on the fourth level, they directly entered the fifth level before the Ghost Ship sailed over.

Hilia said: "From the fifth level, lower-level Demons will retreat and ambush. Higher-level Demons will block the path directly. You handle the high-tier Demons, I’ll eliminate those lurking low-level ones."

With Rose’s full perspective, all hiding became a joke, and Hilia shot them down with Crystal Arrows one after another.

She then joined the hunt for high-level Demons.

The fifth level, conquered!

The Ghost Ship had sailed halfway, time was pressing, the girls didn’t investigate the fifth level but proceeded directly to the sixth level.

On the sixth level, low-level Demons no longer hid and appeared alongside high-tier Demons. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Moreover, two high-tier Demons appeared, increasing the difficulty.

But for the well-prepared Holy Maiden Squad, two Demons were no match, and they smoothly conquered them in ten minutes.

Next was the seventh level, successfully conquered before the Ghost Ship docked.

A melodious whistle sounded again, Hilia glanced outside the window and suddenly wondered: "Can’t we attack them with long-range magic spells here?"

Doris said: "Don’t be foolish. Attacking special events in such relics, who knows what unexpected events might occur."

Having more experience in exploring relics, Doris left Hilia silent.

The Holy Maiden Squad rested briefly on the seventh level, then continued forward.

On the eighth level, the difficulty increased suddenly. High-tier Demons became five in number, accompanied by numerous low-level Demons, launching a frenzied attack right after they arrived.

The Ghost Ship docking amplified their power more fiercely than the night, overwhelming all.

And then they were blocked by a combination skill of scrolls and potions.

Various scrolls created chain reactions, combined with negative effects from potions, incapacitating the five Demons with no chance for resistance.

Unlike the levels below, starting from this level, they deployed powerful Magic combined with scrolls and potions for meticulous control and output, preventing the enemy from launching frenzied counterattacks.

With some thrills but no danger, they conquered the eighth level.

Gasping, Doris cheered her teammates on: "Just two more levels, and we’ll clear them! Let’s give the perfect answer for our trial!"

Hilia said: "Don’t rush, rest a bit while I sort out the runes."

She approached the window and looked down at the Ghost Ship.

The dense pollution turned into substantial fog, spreading upwards along the tower body.

Hilia placed her hand on a special stone brick, Mage’s Hand transformed into threads, penetrating the brick, reaching the internal rune patterns, and through a prepared backdoor from yesterday, invaded the entire relic Array System.

Rose said: "Now you can only prevent Demonic Qi from below entering the upper levels; you can’t weaken the ninth level’s Demons. No matter how you manipulate the Virtual Curse Pattern, it’s the same."

"Alright then..."

Aiming to manipulate the entire relic Array System like in the Dusk Sect’s base to strike against the Tower Master, Hilia gave up.

"Blocking the pollution from below is also good; it indirectly weakens their combat power."

Following a brief rest, the Holy Maiden Squad ascended to the ninth level, the second-to-last level.

As soon as they arrived, they found this level much larger than those below.

By remembering the structure, they quickly recognized where this was.

"Is this the outward extending level? Isn’t it the highest level?"

Hilia looked at the Demons on the ninth level and whispered: "This is the highest indoor level in the lighthouse. Going up from here, is the Tower Master’s observation level. Defeating here... ten Tier Three Demons, then we’ll directly face the Tower Master."

Ten frenzied Tier Three Demons, with various forms like piecing together parts of various animals, guarded the staircase to the tower top, glaring at them.

Here, no low-level Demons existed, but there was enough space.

"Aoo—!"

The Demons launched their final attack!