With most of his objectives completed now, Xu Feng no longer delayed their journey by acting overly cautious.
Instead, he confidently advanced forward while secretly inspecting the surroundings.
As each inspection went on, the more confident Xu Feng was, given he was familiar with the mechanism and the monsters.
The passage wasn't that long and dangerous, given the monster was baited out by Autumn Breeze already. What made it difficult was the endpoint of the passage.
At the endpoint, there would inevitably be monsters camping, and he would not be able to use any loopholes or tricks to avoid them.
However, knowing it and divulging the information were two different things. He needed to be careful when divulging the information.
"Alright, near the endpoint would be monsters camping there." Xu Feng turned around and explained.
"I've explored the Hell Mode difficulty earlier and managed to reach the endpoint before being killed, so we must be extra careful." He added, revealing "fake" information on how he was so knowledgeable.
"Aha, I knew it." Autumn Breeze suddenly clasped her hands.
"I knew something was fishy when you seemed quite familiar with the environment and the monsters. It all makes sense now. You're level 2 because of the severe death penalty while exploring the dungeon, right?" She added, feeling quite proud of her deduction.
Nodding and scratching his head, Xu Feng's action was no different than admitting it.
Alas, little did they know that the current Xu Feng wanted to lift Autumn Breeze up for such great assistance.
'Jeez, you really are wonderful. I'll just let you mistakenly believe that your statement is the truth.' He exclaimed inwardly.
Thanks to Autumn Breeze's statement, no one else, including Gentle Wind suspected him otherwise.
After all, there was no way a person would suddenly think of a "reincarnation" possibility as the reason for him being knowledgeable.
Thus, the only plausible and logical reason here was that he attempted the Hell Mode difficulty dungeon multiple times, prompting him to be stuck at level 2.
"Anyway, let's not talk about this trivial matter and focus on the important things." Xu Feng tried to brush the matter aside, acting perfectly in line with someone who had been caught red-handed and wanted to avoid embarrassment.
"Hehe, sure Team Leader." Autumn Breeze held a gleeful smile, remaining ignorant of the truth.
Ignoring her tease, Xu Feng's aura subconsciously changed to a domineering and fierce one.
Since he was no longer required to stall, it was time to get serious and end this dungeon.
Gentle Wind, Autumn Breeze, and the rest of the members were able to sense this change from Xu Feng.
The pressure was palpable despite not actually feeling it physically. Despite being completely stunned by the aura of Xu Feng, they managed to compose themselves rather quickly as they followed him closely.
Sometime later, they reached the endpoint of the passage, and glancing from above, they all noticed that underneath them was like a mini arena stage.
And in the mini arena stage, there was only one monster present: Inferno Tyrant.
The Inferno Tyrant loomed ominously on the arena stage, its massive form towering over the area like a living inferno.
With molten lava coursing through its veins, the creature radiated intense heat, causing the air around it to shimmer with waves of distortion. Its body was encased in rugged, obsidian-like armor, adorned with glowing runes that pulsed with fiery energy.
Twin horns protruded from its head, gleaming like polished onyx, while its eyes burned with a fierce, otherworldly glow.
Each step of the Inferno Tyrant sent tremors rippling through the cavern floor, and its deep, guttural roars echoed off the rocky walls, instilling fear in Gentle Wind's guild members.
With every movement, it seemed to command the very elements themselves, bending fire to its will in a display of raw, primal power.
"A-Are we seriously supposed to defeat that?" One of Gentle Wind's members, a Berserker class, asked in dismay.
"Stop being a coward, Rageheart!" Autumn Breeze snapped out, slapping Rageheart on the back of his head.
"You're a Berserker, and it's your job to confront these types of monsters. If you can't even stand your ground, then you might as well delete your account and remake a new class."
Rageheart, upon being reprimanded by Autumn Breeze, merely flashed a bittersweet smile.
Weren't the other people feeling the same sense of dread upon witnessing the Inferno Tyrant's appearance? The only wrong thing he did was ask if it was possible to defeat it.
It was a question that any normal person would have asked.
"There's no need to chide him for being frightened by the Inferno Tyrant's appearance, Autumn Breeze." Xu Feng suddenly chimed in.
"The Inferno Tyrant has an Aura of Intimidation that instills fear toward nearby players with its mere presence. The most affected ones are tanks such as Gun Knight, Knight Lancer, and Berserker." He explained, saving Rageheart from the embarrassment.
"I-Is that so?" Autumn Breeze was taken aback by the explanation.
She then turned to Rageheart and apologized, admitting her fault straightforwardly. "Sorry about that, Rageheart."
"It's fine, Vice Guild Leader." Rageheart smiled and scratched his head, not blaming her a bit.
"Although Lin Feng said the intimidation affected tanks the most, you can see the others are trembling slightly. Yet Lin Feng is still calm and collected. Our mentality simply needs work." He added, pointing at his fellow comrades.
Sure enough, Autumn Breeze realized the others were intimidated as well, and when she glanced down, she noticed her hands were trembling subconsciously too.
'So I was intimidated as well, eh?' Autumn Breeze was shocked inwardly.
She then glanced at Gentle Wind and noticed she was in the same situation.
However, when she turned to look at Xu Feng and saw him completely normal, she was stunned.
'H-How is he fine?' Her eyes nearly popped out from the astonishing scene.
Literally, all of them were intimidated, but Xu Feng was perfectly fine.
Just when she began to wonder what secret he was hiding, Xu Feng turned to them and cast Blessing Valor.
