After Soul Chaser and the others had fooled around enough, Night Owl spoke. “Let’s go. It’s time to go to the Dark Tomb challenge dungeon.”
“Okay, okay, okay. Let’s go!” Soul Chaser and the others immediately became energetic and couldn’t wait to get the second first kill.
There were still not many people at the entrance of the Dark Tomb dungeon. The difficulty of this dungeon was too high and the requirement for the priest was also very high. A careless person would easily die, and the danger of forming a random team was too great. So, players would rather go to the wild to grind monsters and upgrade. They also didn’t want to come to clear this experience dungeon.
As for the challenge dungeon, no one came. They must know the difficulty of the challenge dungeon was several times more than the experience dungeon. The damage caused by the mobs to players had also increased simultaneously. In the Dark Tomb’s experience dungeon, they might only lose a few drops of HP every second when they were in a low-level poisoned state, but in the challenge dungeon, they would lose more than a dozen drops of HP every second when they were in a low-level poisoned state. Not to mention the negative state, the amount of HP loss after stacking would be terrifying.
The dispel potion was indeed useful, but there was a 30-second interval time limit for the potion’s use. In case the negative statuses stacked up, it was questionable whether it could last for 30 seconds.
The mobs alone were difficult enough, not to mention the three tricky bosses. If they couldn’t handle one of them, they would die on the spot. In other words, Night Owl and the others were brave and talented. With Ran Qi, a powerful priest, they dared to take the lead in challenging.
It was not like playing a traditional online game when they were dying. After they died three times in <Magic Realm>, they would be forced to go offline for 7 days. So, no one dared to do anything uncertain.
Whenever this happened, Soul Chaser and the others would be extra grateful for Ran Qi’s existence.
They should know that Bai Ran’s purification skill cooldown time was only 5 seconds. Not only could it remove all negative statuses, but it could also keep the target in a purified state for 3 seconds without having to worry about being affected by negative statuses. He was also wearing the first set of handmade priest suits in the entire server. The healing bonus threw off the ordinary priests by several blocks. His continuous healing effect from the Recovery skill was already amazing, not to mention that the healing skill could heal the HP back to the full in a single go. This amount of healing was simply full of a sense of security.
“Be careful after entering. Clear out the monsters one by one. Don’t attract too many.” Despite having confidence in his team’s strength, Night Owl still adopted a very cautious attitude.
Even if they had Bai Ran, a powerful priest, they couldn’t play too aggressively. Otherwise, the priest would be under a lot of pressure.
“No problem.”
Everyone’s attack power was not low. They could basically kill the mobs in seconds as long as they focused on their attacks. They quickly got to the rhythm and began to advance steadily.
Just when they were fighting the Zombie Sorcerer, they ran into some trouble. Previously, when they were in the experience dungeon, Plume Ink could directly interrupt the boss’s skill chanting with Triple Shot, but when they got to the challenge dungeon, the boss’s skill chanting speed was accelerated. Its group silences were hard to interrupt, so everyone had to change the style of play.
They decided that Gu Le would attract the boss’s hatred and take the boss to stand in the very center of the chamber, while the others spread out to the two sides to attack. The boss would raise the staff in its hand before casting the Silence spell to the front. Its casting range was fan-shaped, which gave everyone time to react. As long as they saw it raise its hand, they would use the fastest speed to get behind it as soon as possible, so that they wouldn’t get hit.
However, since the damage of the boss had also increased a lot, it would be inappropriate for Night Owl, a mage, to serve as a human shield to attract the boss’s attack this time. So, Ran Qi simply went in on his own.
He had just changed into a new suit, with basic attributes plus the suit attributes. His magic defense was much higher than Night Owl. He was definitely not squishy in the general sense and could not be killed instantly. He controlled his own HP to make sure that when the boss teleported, he would be the first one to be targeted by the attack.
Moreover, his prediction was very good. Basically, when the boss teleported, he also started to chant his healing skill. The next second, when the boss’s attack landed on him, the healing skill also took effect immediately, directly and seamlessly, as if he hadn’t been attacked at all.
“Beautiful!” Soul Chaser couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration. “Boss. Although you are not lucky, you still have good vision!”
“Fuck off.” Night Owl smiled and cursed. He threw another fireball at the boss.
Although everyone cooperated very well, this Zombie Sorcerer always silenced the group and teleported at every turn, which was really annoying. They fought for a full 17 minutes before finally defeating this annoying boss.
[System Announcement] Player [Night Owl] raised his sword to kill and the Zombie Sorcerer dropped [Knight Boots] and fled in embarrassment.
[Knight Boots]
Restriction Level: 20 or above
Limited Profession: Warrior, Assassin, Archer
Grade: A
Durability: 200/200
Attributes: Basic Defense+74, Max HP+138, Agility+17, Strength+11
“Wow! Purple shoes!” Soul Chaser was the first to jump up. “What kind of luck are we getting? The first boss actually dropped equipment! It’s purple!”
“It must be our brother Ran’s lucky aura exploding!” Plume Ink’s eyes were also glowing with excitement. Since Bai Ran joined their team, they finally gotten out of the unluckiness.
The question about whether it could be Night Owl whose luck had transformed.
They used their experience of the past ten years to vouch for it, absolutely not! It couldn’t be! He couldn’t!
Gu Le collapsed on the ground weakly. He was the most tired when fighting the boss just now. Others could avoid the boss’s silence skill, but he had to stand in front of the boss to hold the boss’s hatred. So, when the boss cast a group silence, he was the only one who got hit. He was forced to stand there countless times and look at the Zombie Sorcerer’s hideous face at close range. He suffered a mental shock. Every time the boss teleported away, he had to rush over and pull the boss back. In the later stage, he almost saw the boss in the back of his head. It was really tiring.
“The four of you roll points.” Everyone could wear these shoes except Ran Qi and Night Owl. So, to be fair, Night Owl allowed them to roll points to directly decide the ownership of this pair of shoes.
Perhaps God felt sorry for Gu Le’s experience, and the final victory belonged to him.
“Hahaha, I think I can do it again!” With the purple suit, Gu Le instantly came back to life as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
“I think I can do it too!” Soul Chaser’s eyes were filled with anticipation as they looked in the direction of the second tomb. The boss that was so disgusting just a moment ago had now turned into a big glowing treasure in their eyes.
[World] Shadow Cold: Ahhhh, the best shoes for physical attack! So envious QAQ
[World] Puzzled Clear Breeze: I really want to join Big Boss Night Owl’s team!!!
[World] Aspasia: Awesome! This is only the second day of the server, right? My team can’t even beat the experience dungeon in Dark Tomb. The big boss has already gone to play the challenge dungeon… Why does it always feel like we are playing a different game with the boss…
[World] One Stroke at a Time: I have a hunch that Big Boss Night Owl is going to get the first kill again!
After taking a short rest, everyone rushed towards the second tomb with high spirits.
“Boss, please take it easy this time…” Sword at Fleeting Time reminded him.
The spider boss would constantly summon mobs. It did not have a magic defense as high as the Zombie Sorcerer, and Night Owl’s attack damage was too high for them to deal with if too many mobs were summoned.
“I know.”
Since the poisonous damage of the little spiders had become stronger, they didn’t use the method of luring the little spiders to defeat the boss this time. Instead, they dealt with the little spiders one batch at a time in a step-by-step manner.
It was a pity that the spider boss this time was stingy. After he fell, he left them with nothing but pitiful experience points.
But no one was disappointed. They only needed to kill the last boss to get the treasure chest.
The last boss had the most complicated mechanism. Its physical defense was very high, so it had great restrictions on professions that focused on physical attacks, such as Soul Chaser, Plume Ink, and Sword at Fleeting Time. So, they needed to rely on Night Owl’s attack.
Of course, Night Owl never disappointed them in terms of attack. HIs magic bullets and fireballs hit the boss’s vital points accurately every time, with critical hits one after another. Gu Le must use his skills desperately to grab the hatred to restrain the boss from attacking Night Owl.
When the boss’s HP dropped to 50%, it waved its cyclone hammer and started to circle the field, and the entire team began to run around. Because the difficulty of the challenge dungeon increased, the boss’s attacks also caused more damage to the players by multiplying. The boss’s cyclone hammer would destroy almost half of his HP and he would definitely die in two hits.
Ran Qi felt that he had never run so fast in his life. While running, he had to observe the surrounding situation and try his best to heal others. He really wished he could grow three heads and six arms to perform a giant bird spreading its wings at the edge of death.
“Don’t worry about us, just take care of yourself and Coke.” Night Owl said to Ran Qi loudly.
Soul Chaser and others were inherently highly agile professions. If they focused on dealing with the boss, they would basically not encounter any attacks. Although Night Owl was a mage, when he got serious, his speed was no slower than Soul Chaser and the others. He could always react quickly at the critical moment to dodge the boss’s attack. His HP never decreased from beginning to end. No wonder he told Ran Qi to leave them alone. Looking at the situation, Ran Qi also knew that they were not showing off, so he naturally changed his strategy.
With only two people to manage, he and Gu Le. Ran Qi’s pressure was greatly reduced. He barely escaped several attacks from the boss, and the boss collapsed unwillingly in their efforts.
[System Announcement] Seems plain, but can amaze the world with a single brilliant feat! Congratulations to the player [Night Owl] [Soul Chaser] [Plume Ink] [Sword at Fleeting Time] [Coke] [Bai Ran] for clearing the first kill of the Dark Tomb Challenge Dungeon! Get the title [Tomb Conqueror], and [Physical Exchange Coupon*1].
[System Announcement] Congratulations to the player [Night Owl] [Soul Chaser] [Plume Ink] [Sword at Fleeting Time] [Coke] [Bai Ran] for clearing the Dark Tomb Challenge Dungeon in 45 minutes, 19.02 seconds, and getting S-level evaluation.
[World] Long Northern Mountain: Kneeling to the boss. They cleared Dark Tomb so quickly!
[World] Xi Xun: Please share the dungeon strategy with me… I can pay for it ah!
[World] Wind Fall Without Sound: Request for a dungeon guide. I don’t hae high requirements. I will be very happy if I can get through the Shadow Forest Challenge dungeon…
Everyone in the dungeon was quite disappointed. Maybe they passed the dungeon a little slower for the sake of stability. The rating didn’t reach the standard SSS-level, and they didn’t get the extra treasure chest. The original gold treasure chest had become a silver treasure chest.
“It’s okay. Our Bai Ran is so lucky. Even if it’s a silver treasure chest, we can still get good things!” Gu Le was the first to break the silence.
“Right, right, right! It’s time for our brother Ran’s lucky hand to shine!” Soul Chaser and Plume Ink both turned their expectant gazes to Ran Qi.
Now their team had assumed that Ran Qi would be the one to open all the treasure chests. After all, his good luck had never let them down.
[System] Congratulations on obtaining [Skill Book – Explosive Arrow] and the special item [Abyssal Fragment].
[Skill Book – Explosive Arrow]
Can Learn Level: 20
Limited Profession: Archer
Description: Open it to learn the skill [Explosive Arrow]. Chant for 0.5 seconds, cooldown for 3 seconds. Launch powerful magic arrows forward. After hitting the target, an explosion will occur, causing damage to other targets within 3 meters.
“Oh my god! It’s actually a skill book! It’s an AOE attack!” Soul Chaser’s eyes almost popped out of his head. “It’s my turn this time!”
Although Plume Ink also wanted it, he had already gotten a skill book. So, this skill book was assigned to Soul Chaser.
In this way, their team’s attack professions finally had an AOE skill, which would make them more efficient when killing monsters in the future.
“Go, go, go! Let’s go to the Forest Cemetery!” Soul Chaser had a new AOE skill. He couldn’t wait to try his skills at killing monsters.
The Forest Cemetery was a dungeon accessible at level 20. The map was very large, and mobs came one after another, giving them quite a lot of experience.
“Wait a minute.” Night Owl suddenly stopped them and sent a screenshot to the team channel.
Everyone clicked on it and found out that it was an email sent by gm001 to Night Owl, hoping that as the team that got the first kill, they could publish the clearance strategy of the challenge dungeon or record the clearance to the forum. The system would give each of their team 2 Physical Exchange Coupons as a reward.
It was probably because the outcry from the players on the world channel was so strong that the GM approached them. If the players had been unable to clear the dungeon, it would have dampened their motivation to play.
The game had only been open for two days. They took the first kill of two dungeons in a row and it was enough to show their abilities. The dungeon clearance strategies they wrote were much more useful than the messy strategies posted by ‘beta testers’ who didn’t know whether it was true or false.
“If you all are fine with it, let’s organize a guide and post it.” There would definitely be no more screen recordings. After all, they finished the dungeons. There was no way to record them, even if they wanted to.
“Of course, I have no objection!” The six people voted unanimously. Naturally, they would not refuse such a good thing.
