Chapter 86: The Fall of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord! Clearing the Dungeon!
"This Bone-Corroding Demon Lord is indeed not that easy to deal with!"
Jiang Yuan, who instantly appeared ten thousand meters above, had deliberately wanted to stay away from Dongque City to avoid the aftermath of the battle harming the people inside the city.
But the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord was very smart and simply refused to fall for it!
"Since that's the case, there's no other way!"
Jiang Yuan took out a High-Grade Spirit Potion and drank it in one gulp.
Hum hum!
Above Dongque City, the fire elements between heaven and earth rioted wildly, and the sky originally shrouded by the Dark Demonic Light was forcibly torn apart by an ultimate scorching heat.
Roar!
A dragon roar that shook the universe resounded, and the world-destroying sound containing the Law of heaven and earth instantly overpowered all sounds in the world.
Just relying on a sonic wave caused the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord's hand-raising movement to stall.
A look of horror flashed in the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord's eyes, and he felt that the surrounding Magical Energy was trembling violently, showing faint signs of dissipating.
You must know that even when facing powerful creatures of the eighth rank, his power rank was not inferior to the opponent at all.
Aside from the Dark Bone Demon Emperor, the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord had not encountered an enemy that made him fearful for a long time!
The next second, a huge figure condensed from ultimate flame energy suddenly appeared.
This was precisely the Extinction Flame Dragon!
Its whole body was composed of pure crimson-gold flames, its dragon body winding tens of thousands of zhang, blotting out the sun and sky; when its dragon wings unfolded, it dyed the entire sky above Dongque Citycrimson-gold.
Its dragon scales were like the core of a molten sun, emitting terrifying heat sufficient to distort space, and its dragon pupils were two beating black annihilation fires containing only a pure will of destruction.
Most crucially, the Extinction Flame Dragon controlled the power of the World-Extinguishing Ember Flames.
This was the most ultimate flame power between heaven and earth, which could not only burn all things, but also directly destroy rules!
At the moment the Extinction Flame Dragon appeared, a flash of apprehension crossed the dark green vertical pupils of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord for the first time, yet he still forcefully maintained a furious posture.
Dozens of dark green bone claws suddenly swung out, and countless dark green corrosive energy blades shot toward the Extinction Flame Dragon.
At the same time, the light of the dark golden scales around his body surged greatly, preparing defensive measures.
But as soon as these corrosive energy blades approached the body of the Extinction Flame Dragon, they were instantly annihilated by the World-Extinguishing Ember Flames escaping around it, failing to stir up even a trace of ripple.
The Extinction Flame Dragon ignored the attack of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord altogether, slightly lowering its huge dragon head, its black dragon pupils locking onto this twenty-zhang-tall abyssal demon lord-class creature, and then slowly opened its dragon mouth.
The next moment, a crimson-gold dragon breath condensed to the ultimate burst forth, mixed with dense black annihilation fire, shooting straight at the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord like a flame spear piercing through heaven and earth.
This dragon breath lacked earth-shattering explosive might, but carried an ultimate destructive aura; wherever it passed, space was completely burned through, leaving behind twisted traces of nothingness.
"Impossible!"
The Bone-Corroding Demon Lord let out an incredulous roar, exhausting all his strength to drive the Magical Energy within his body as the abyssal demon patterns on his dark golden scales circulated wildly, attempting to resist this world-destroying dragon breath.
But this time, his formidable defense completely failed.
The crimson-gold dragon breath instantly struck his chest, and under the burning of the World-Extinguishing Ember Flames, the dark golden scales rapidly melted like ice and snow meeting a scorching sun, shattering in an instant.
The dark green Bone-Corroding magic fluid was also directly evaporated by the dragon breath, failing to exert even a shred of corrosive power.
The World-Extinguishing Ember Flames penetrated the scales, surging directly into the body of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord, and began to frantically burn his demonic body and abyssal Origin.
Ah!
The Bone-Corroding Demon Lord let out a scream that reached the ultimate degree of misery for the first time.
His twenty-zhang-tall massive body convulsed violently in the flames, and the dark purple Magical Energy was instantly ignited, transforming into a raging fire.
He attempted to mobilize Magical Energy to resist, but the abyssal Magical Energy power inside his body was completely vulnerable before the World-Extinguishing Ember Flames, being directly torn apart and burned to ashes.
The demonic body of the pure-blood abyssal demon lord, which it took pride in and which possessed formidable defensive power, vitality, and resilience, completely failed at this moment; the burned demonic body could not be reorganized at all, and instead continuously melted in the flames.
"Indeed, although the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord is invincible below the eighth rank!!!"
"But what he encountered is the Extinction Flame Dragon, which is inherently the Avatar of the supreme Law of fire; it doesn't care whether one is invincible or not!"
Jiang Yuan high up in the sky was secretly startled, but he didn't forget to take out another bottle of High-Grade Spirit Potion and drink it.
"No!"
"This lord is a pure-blood abyssal demon lord, how could I possibly lose to a mere fire Dragon!"
The roar of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord gradually grew hoarse, his body continuously shrinking in the crimson-gold flames, his dark green blood burned into black mist, and his Divine Soul also let out painful wails under the erosion of the World-Extinguishing Ember Flames.
Eventually, under the continuous dragon breath attacks of the Extinction Flame Dragon, the body of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord was completely swallowed by the World-Extinguishing Ember Flames, and his twenty-zhang-tall massive figure gradually turned into nothingness, leaving not even a shred of bone fragment behind.
This pure-blood abyssal demon lord at rank 7 Level 210, who had breached Dongque City three hundred years ago and committed countless sins of slaughter.
In front of the most ultimate flame power between heaven and earth, he ultimately met the tragic end of having his Divine Soul shattered and being completely annihilated.
With the demise of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord, it seemed to proclaim the end of everything.
The soldiers on the city wall did not exclaim loudly as before upon seeing the death of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord; expressions of relief and deliverance finally appeared on their faces.
This regret spanning three hundred years had finally come to an end today.
In this life-and-death battle that surpassed the limit of the dungeon, they had won after all!
And their destiny ended here!
"Thank you, Grand Commander, for protecting Dongque City!"
Every single soldier on the city wall forgot their fatigue and injuries at this moment, laying down the weapons in their hands and raising their heads to look up in unison.
The commoners inside the city also walked out of their homes entirely, swarming onto the streets, standing on tiptoes to look at the crimson-gold figure on the city wall.
This victory not only defended Dongque City, but also ended the three-hundred-year-long destined entanglement between the Human Race and the Abyssal Demon Race, drawing a full stop today.
"Thank you, Grand Commander, for protecting Dongque City!"
Not knowing who spoke first, the hoarse yet powerful shout instantly spread across the entire city, with countless voices following closely behind, converging into a deafening sound of gratitude that echoed over Dongque City for a long time.
Hearing this, Jiang Yuan cast his gaze toward Dongque City below, scanning the figures of every soldier and commoner; everyone's face wore a happy smile without any regrets.
Just as Jiang Yuan was moved by this happiness and couldn't help showing a smile, the corners of his mouth involuntarily froze.
Everyone inside Dongque City transformed into specks of golden light, shooting straight into the clouds, and ultimately melting into Jiang Yuan's body.
Dongque City, which was originally packed with people, fell into dead silence, leaving behind only an empty giant city!
Under Jiang Yuan's efforts, not a single person among the people of Dongque City within the dungeon world suffered casualties.
But the people of Dongque City in history had been wantonly ravaged by the iron hooves of the Demon Racearmy, long since turning into dust!
Just as Jiang Yuan was immersed in the sorrowful emotion of Dongque City's demise, a series of System prompt tones pulled him back to reality.
Chapter 87: Golden Legendary Achievement Title: Guardian of the Eastern Gate
[Ding, killed the rank 210 Abyssal Boss Bone-Corroding Demon Lord, obtaining 600,000,000,000 personal experience points, 9,000,000 skill experience points, an abyssal demon lord Set (eight pieces), a pair of Abyssal Demon Eyes, a pure portion of Abyssal Demon Blood (bloodline), an abyssal demon lord Mark, abyssal demon lord (Class Advancement Token), ten Bone-Corroding Demon Claws, and four Skill Books (Tier 7)...]
[Ding, congratulations on successfully clearing the Dongque Lone City · Abyssal Myriad Calamities Guard dungeon (rank 0-200), becoming the first clear record holder of this dungeon, entering the World High-Level Dungeon Hall of Fame, and obtaining 200,000,000,000 personal experience points, 3,000 Books of Knowledge, 7 Abyssal Sets (Tiers 1-7), 7 Attribute Pages (Tiers 1-7), 1 talent spirit crystal, a Skill Compendium (Elemental Type)...]
[Ding, congratulations on obtaining the special achievement title: Guardian of the Eastern Gate (Golden Legendary), with an additional reward of 200 Attribute Pages (Rankless, Unrestricted)]
[Ding, would you like to make your dungeon clear records and World Hall of Fame information public? Choosing public will grant the special achievement of "World High-Level Dungeon - Clear Record Holder (Purple Epic) and World Hall of Fame (Golden Legendary)"; you can choose your real name or a code name when making it public, and concealing it will prevent you from receiving the corresponding rewards]
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The rewards for killing the rank 210 Abyssal Boss Bone-Corroding Demon Lord were exceptionally bountiful. Leaving aside that string of zeros in experience points, anyway, it was just something nice to look at.
However, a full 9 million skill experience points directly raised the level of Fireball Spell to Level 51.
Skills had tier distinctions, and leveling up only increased the base numerical values of the skill, up to a maximum of Level 100!
Moreover, leveling up Fireball Spell also granted a massive boost to the skill's power.
However, the further along a skill was, the more experience it required, making leveling up extremely difficult, even surpassing Advanced skills.
The other dropped rewards were extremely numerous, such as the eight-piece abyssal demon lord Set, which had a very high probability of being Tier 7 Legendary-gradeequipment.
In addition, the Abyssal Demon Eyes, Abyssal Demon Blood, and so on were all abyssal items originating from the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord, containing special energies and abilities within them.
But when using such abyssal items, one had to be very careful, preferably with the assistance of a pharmacist.
Otherwise, if used rashly, although one could instantly gain immense power, both the body and the soul might be eroded by the abyssal power, subtly completing the demonic corruption process and ultimately plunging into the abyss.
Of course, treasures of this kind were excellent materialsfor crafting high-rank equipment.
In short, they had great utility, powerful effects, and were very valuable!
But for Jiang Yuan, they were temporarily unusable.
He was merely a Second-Rank Class Holder; if he dared to consume the Abyssal Demon Blood from the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord, he might be directly corrupted or subjected to Body Possession!
Furthermore, the death of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord meant that Jiang Yuan had successfully cleared the dungeon of Dongque Lone City.
And he became the first person to clear the dungeon.
The rewards were likewise not bad.
Three thousand Books of Knowledge meant three thousand skill points.
Fireball Spell had the highest usage frequency and was frequently used to kill enemies, so its rank rose very quickly.
But the levels of the other few skills were not high.
With these three thousand skill points, he could level them up by quite a bit.
In addition, seven Abyssal Sets dropped, ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 7 respectively, though he did not know how their quality was.
As for the Attribute Pages, seven volumes dropped all at once, also divided from Tier 1 to Tier 7.
In each volume, there were a total of three hundred Attribute Pages!
This was equivalent to a full two thousand one hundred Attribute Pages.
However, the higher the tier of the Attribute Page, the greater its value.
Just like the Tier 1 Attribute Pages Jiang Yuan bought in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, a single one cost five hundred gold coins.
As for Tier 2 Attribute Pages, a single one cost three thousand gold coins.
The price of Attribute Pages above Tier 2 was even higher.
Generally speaking, low-tier Attribute Pages could be bought as long as one was willing to spend money.
When it came to mid-tier Attribute Pages, the price was even higher, and the market suffered from a shortage where demand exceeded supply.
As for high-tier Attribute Pages, much like top-tier equipment such as the abyssal demon lord Set, they could only be encountered by chance and not sought out, belonging to rare strategic treasures.
"Attribute Pages are truly good things; the more that drop, the better!"
Jiang Yuan happily took out a volume of Tier 2 Attribute Pages, and after absorbing them, he gained a full 300 points of mental attributes.
As for the Tier 1 Attribute Pages, they were already useless to him.
The Tier 3 to Tier 7 Attribute Pages were kept to be used after his Class Advancement.
"This talent spirit crystal..."
Jiang Yuan glanced at it, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic.
The usage description of the talent spirit crystal was very simple, stating that it could enhance talent abilities!
"The talent spirit crystal is undoubtedly a top-tier treasure not even recorded in textbooks!"
"Its specific effects and usage are probably not that simple."
"I will keep it for now and wait until I fully understand it before deciding!"
Jiang Yuan put the talent spirit crystal into his spatial inventory.
For things like the Abyssal Demon Eyes, Jiang Yuan didn't dare to use them directly for fear of severe sequelae.
Meanwhile, the talent spirit crystal belonged to the category of top-tier treasures, and he worried that using it recklessly would fail to maximize its effect and instead waste it.
Finally, Jiang Yuan looked at another item.
The Skill Compendium!
Unlike a Skill Scroll, it looked like an atlas containing various elemental powers.
The moment he touched it, Jiang Yuan understood the function of the Skill Compendium.
One could write down the requirements for the needed skill on the atlas, and then the compendium would match it within the world's skill library to find a skill with the highest similarity.
To put it simply, it was like a skill wish book, capable of obtaining any skill one desired!
However, the type of this Skill Compendium belonged to the elemental category.
Therefore, one could only choose skills related to elements!
"This is likewise a rare and good thing!"
Jiang Yuan's eyes couldn't help but light up.
After leveling up to rank 60, he had unlocked three more skill slots.
After learning Undead Summoning, two slots remained.
Currently, Fireball Spell represented ultimate output.
Thunder Shield Technique granted him invincible defense.
The super-high movement speed of Gale Technique could span a thousand miles in an instant.
The healing effect of Water Healing Spell was frighteningly high and also came with holy purification.
As for Undead Summoning, it could create an Undead Scourge.
"I still lack a crowd-control or debuff-cleansing skill!"
Jiang Yuan fell into deep thought.
Would a crowd-control skill be better!
Or a cleansing skill?
In fact, both were equally important.
But there was only one Skill Compendium!
Jiang Yuan couldn't help thinking of Water Healing Spell, which actually had a similar purification ability.
Although it might not remove all control effects, the purification ability was enough to neutralize most crowd-control effects.
In fact, aside from crowd-control and cleansing skills, if Jiang Yuan wanted to become an all-around mage, there were still many skills he needed to learn.
It's just that on one hand, skill slots were limited, and he had to go one by one.
On the other hand, skills that suited oneself and matched the System were hard to come by.
Jiang Yuan would rather leave his skill slots empty for now and search slowly than learn random skills and waste the slots.
Speaking of skills, after killing so many monsters in the dungeon, the dropped Skill Scrolls were definitely not few.
There were even Tier 7 Skill Scrolls!
Chapter 88: Sixth Skill: Ice Seal Technique! Guardian Willpower!
"As for the element types, I already have fire, thunder, water, and wind. Then let's add... the ice element!"
"As for the requirements for the skill, besides having crowd control effects, it naturally needs a low cooldown and low cost!"
Among the numerous element types, Jiang Yuan chose the ice-type element.
The ice-type could be considered an Advanced type of water-type element.
Its effects were not bad in all aspects.
After Jiang Yuan put forward his request, white light bloomed on the skill illustrated guide, finally transforming into a Skill Scroll exuding frost and cold Qi.
Ice Seal Technique!
Single-target strong confinement, freezing the target's entire body inside an ice pillar, unable to move or cast skills, with the duration depending on the strength of both parties.
Jiang Yuan pushed his palm forward.
Within one second, the frost elements rapidly condensed, forming a cylindrical ice pillar two meters high and over one meter in diameter.
The ice pillar was crystal clear throughout, with spiral ice patterns surrounding its surface, and its overall temperature was terrifyingly low.
White cold Qi would steam from the ice pillar, the cold Qi pervaded, and fine ice crystals continuously condensed on the ground.
If there was no external force to break it, it would probably take a long time to melt.
Speaking of control effects, the ice seal effect completely matched Jiang Yuan's expectations.
After learning it, he glanced at the cooldown time!
Cooldown three seconds!
Chant plus casting action one second!
Mana consumption twenty points!
This was simply the best of the best!
The current three-second cooldown, after various cooldown reductions, would only take one second, comparable to Gale Technique.
As for the chanting casting time, under the talent ability bonus of Instant Chant: Song of Legacy, it could completely achieve instant casting.
The mana consumption of twenty points was indeed much higher than Fireball Spell and Gale Technique.
But it also proved from another angle that the higher the mana consumption, the better the skill effect.
After looking at the skill effects of Ice Seal Technique, Jiang Yuan looked at the other rewards.
I have to say, the dungeon harvest this time was very high, far exceeding his expectations.
In addition to the rewards, there was also an achievement title.
Guardian of the Eastern Gate: Golden Legendary-grade!
After wearing this title, within the Dongque City territory (including Dongque City, Dongque City controlled areas, affiliated satellite cities and towns, etc.), you gain enhancement effects of attack damage +30%, defense vitality +50%, and movement speed +20%.
And activate 'Guardian Willpower · Dongque'; when people of Dongque generate positive emotions towards you such as gratitude, belief, worship, love, and awe, they will provide you with Guardian Willpower; consuming Guardian Willpower can enhance your comprehensive combat power, and the more Guardian Willpowerconsumed, the greater the enhancement magnitude!
Current Guardian Willpower value: 1,200,000 points!
"A top-grade Legendary-grade title!"
After understanding the function of the achievement title Guardian of the Eastern Gate, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but feel shocked.
The attribute enhancements gained from wearing it went without saying, living up to the specifications of a golden legend.
But what was unexpected was this special thing called 'Guardian Willpower'.
Jiang Yuan remembered seeing some records about the Power of Vows when browsing ancient books in the library.
Belief Power of Vows can open up the path to becoming a god!
That is to say, to become a god, one must have sufficient belief Power of Vows.
Furthermore, the strength of deities also depends on the amount of belief Power of Vows.
Like some deities spreading faith and expanding believers in the mortal realm, the essence of it was just to collect belief Power of Vows!
Therefore, are this Guardian Willpower and belief Power of Vows the same type of thing?
Jiang Yuan couldn't help thinking.
"Regardless of whether Guardian Willpower can help me become a god!"
"However, helping me enhance my combat power is certain!"
Above Jiang Yuan's head, a glittering Legendary-grade title instantly appeared, surfacing above the other titles.
Even the text was a circle larger and slightly brighter than the title 'Gaze from the Abyss' obtained previously.
It seemed that even among golden Legendary-grade titles, there were differences in levels!
As expected, this was a world with strict ranks and where the strong were respected!
[Ding, do you want to make your dungeon clear records and World Hall of Fame information public? Choosing to make public can grant the special achievements of "world high-level dungeon - clear record holder (Purple Epic) and World Hall of Fame (Golden Legendary)"; making public allows you to choose your real name or code name, and concealing it will prevent you from obtaining the corresponding rewards]
Jiang Yuan looked at the last prompt.
"Of course make it public!"
Regarding this, Jiang Yuan naturally had no hesitation.
Not to mention, he could also use the code name 'Flame God' to make it public.
He wasn't worried about his true identity being exposed.
The wider the reputation of Flame God spread, the more stable and important his position in the Federation would become.
It could even help him collect some Guardian Willpower!
It was just a pity that the source of Guardian Willpowerwas limited to the people of Dongque City.
If it were the people of the entire Federation or even the whole world, how great would that be!
[Ding, your (Flame God) clear record will be permanently engraved on the teleportation boundary monument of the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon, and you have obtained the title: world high-level dungeon - clear record holder (Purple Epic)]
[Ding, your (Flame God) have successfully ascended to the World Hall of Fame - Dungeon Rankings, and obtained the title: World Hall of Fame (Golden Legendary)]
world high-level dungeon - clear record holder: Wearing this title grants one free entry chance to dungeons every day without consuming dungeon tickets; each time a world record is broken, additional rewards will be obtained!
World Hall of Fame: After wearing this title, it will greatly enhance your prestige among the Human Race, make it easier to gain the trust and friendship of the Human Race, and make it easier to receive invitations and attention from any faction.
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Meanwhile.
At the Dungeon Plaza of Dongque City.
On a towering and upright teleportation formation boundary monument, a dazzling golden light instantly erupted, enveloping the entire plaza.
Upon seeing this, the Class Holder on the Dungeon Plazacouldn't help stopping in their tracks, lowering what they were doing in their hands, and looking up.
"That is... the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon?"
"Look quickly, there is an extra clear record on the boundary monument!"
"What, could someone have cleared it!?"
Many people showed shocked expressions.
Even if Dongque City was no longer as glorious as before, as a city with tens of millions of people, it had quite a few Advanced dungeons.
But so far, there was only one Advanced dungeon that had been successfully cleared.
That was the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon.
This was also an unforgettable pain in the hearts of countless Dongque people, representing a tragic and miserable history!
Ever since the Dongque City dungeon was formed, the Dongque City official authorities and even the Federation had constantly organized elite powerhouses, attempting to raid the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon.
But time and time again, they all failed.
In the end, everyone thought this dungeon could not be cleared.
Even over the years, there were some Professional teams from all parts of the world trying to challenge the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon, but not a single team succeeded.
You must know that clearing the dungeon was not only to make up for the regrets of that history, but also because the rewards for the first clear would be exceptionally rich, alongside making a name for oneself and so on.
Chapter 89: The Name of Flame God Shakes the Entire City!
"Flame God?"
"Who is Flame God? Why haven't I heard of him before!"
"Did you guys notice, the clearance record only shows one person's name instead of a team!"
"How is this possible? How could he succeed in clearing the level alone? I heard from some Seniors that the final BOSS seems to be a rank 210 abyssal demon lord!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Isn't the maximum rankrestricted for Class Holder in the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon 200?"
Dungeon Plaza was in an uproar, with everyone's gazes fixed on the lonely name upon the boundary stele—the name of the first person to clear it.
The topics they discussed were basically related to the Dongque Lone City dungeon and the mysterious "Flame God".
Even the history of Dongque City from three hundred years ago was dug up, becoming a common talking point with various opinions.
"Is it really Flame God?"
"He entered the dungeon a few days ago, and I was the one who gave him the ticket!"
"Let's go, let's hurry over and take a look!"
At the Dongque City gates, the Divine Wing Battle Teamhad returned from hunting once again.
Qi Qingyang, the captain of the Divine Wing Battle Team, was dressed in a set of abyssal demonized equipment, resembling a Shura female general walking out from the netherworld, forming a chilling scenery that people dared not look at directly.
The full set of armor was dark purple throughout, and its surface was not a smooth metallic texture, but rather covered with protruding patterns resembling abyssal tentacles.
Between the patterns flowed thick ink-purple shimmering light; that light was sluggish and sticky, resembling congealed blood or surging miasma.
The moment one got close, it would send a piercing chill creeping through all one's bones and limbs.
Her facial features were naturally pure, sharp, and fierce, with sword-like eyebrows slanting into her temples and a high-bridged nose.
However, at this moment, dark purple light surged deep within her ink-colored pupils, as if hiding an abyss that was devouring everything, making people look upon her with dread and not dare to approach.
After many days of wilderness hunting, not a shred of fatigue could be seen on her.
Not only Qi Qingyang, but even her teammates beside her were beaming with the joy of reaping massive gains.
It had to be said that their choice to spend a massive sum of 1.2 billion gold coins to secure the Tier 6 Legendary-grade set was an absolutely wise move.
After possessing this set of equipment, Qi Qingyang's strength greatly increased.
Several BOSSes that they previously couldn't deal with had all been killed, and this outing for hunting could be described as returning with a full load.
Just as they returned, they quickly received the news that the Dongque Lone City dungeon had been cleared.
And the person who cleared it was none other than Flame God, who had sold them the equipment.
"Flame God, why is it him again?"
"Just how strong is his strength?"
At Dongque City's Early Warning and Crisis Management Center, person-in-charge Fan Jian quickly received the news.
Not only him, but the news of the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon being cleared quickly spread throughout the entire Dongque City.
Especially Dongque City's upper echelons and numerous factions, who had to take note of the person named "Flame God" and successively inquired about news related to him.
At this point, the name of Flame God could be said to have shaken the entire Dongque City!
"A few days ago, after accepting the invitation issued by the City Lord's Mansion and becoming an Advanced Guest Elder, he entered the city with Qi Qingyang... and then entered the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon!"
"Judging by the time inference, this should be the exact timing when the twentieth wave of the Demon Tideoffensive appeared!"
"The final BOSS of the dungeon is the Tier 7, rank 210 Bone-Corroding Demon Lord, and his strength is consistent with the real Bone-Corroding Demon Lord, without weakening due to the dungeon!"
Fan Jian's subordinate analyzed calmly.
Yet the more he analyzed, the more terrifying he felt it was.
This Flame God was terrifying!
Because the Federation had once assembled a team of ten Class Holder whose professional ranks were all Golden Legendary-grade to enter the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon, but they ultimately returned in defeat and failed to clear it.
Yet Flame God successfully cleared it with his own single strength?
What did this mean?
"This person's true combat power probably has reached Tier 8!"
Even Fan Jian, who had seen countless Geniuses and High-Tier Experts, couldn't help taking a deep breath, a flash of apprehension crossing his eyes.
However, for them, this wasn't necessarily bad news.
At least this person, Flame God, hadn't shown any hostile attitude toward the Federation.
Moreover, he accepted Dongque City's goodwill and became an Advanced Guest Elder.
He even sold the set dropped from the abyssal demonized BOSS to the Divine Wing Battle Team.
Although it was a transaction, it also revealed an intention to be on good terms.
"Since he can enter the dungeon, his rank definitely doesn't exceed 200 at the highest, yet his true combat power reaches Tier 8?"
The subordinate was likewise shocked beyond measure.
For ordinary Class Holder, they simply couldn't see what lay behind this.
But for High-Tier Experts like them, they deeply understood the terror within it.
At lower ranks, as long as one's strength was slightly stronger, perhaps one could achieve cross-rank kills.
But after reaching high ranks, even if there was a difference of just one rank, the gap in strength would be immense.
Let alone being separated by an entire major tier!
"Update his profile, and raise his strength evaluation and danger level!"
Fan Jian sighed softly and closed his eyes.
How wonderful it would be if Flame God were a person of Dongque City!
It was a pity that Flame God was unwilling to reveal his true appearance.
Even though the other party had always maintained a friendly attitude.
Yet between them, there was ultimately a veil of the unknown separating them!
If Flame God's true identity really was someone from the Federation, that would be fine.
What they feared most was that Flame God was a spy sent by hostile forces!
"Yes!"
The subordinate hurriedly nodded, and just as he was planning to leave, suddenly a burst of red light flashed across the entire early warning center once again.
"What has happened again?"
Fan Jian quickly opened his eyes.
"Excessive concentration of dark Magical Energyfluctuations detected, location locked... It's Rift Abyss Valley!"
A staff member stared at the screen, and a low, trembling voice came out.
As his voice fell, everyone couldn't help stopping their movements, and even stopped breathing, plunging the entire early warning center into absolute silence.
Only the flashing red light remained, falling upon the gloomy and solemn faces of every staff member.
The next second, everyone busied themselves swiftly, returning to their work stations.
"Alarm! Alarm! The spatial rifts in Rift Abyss Valley are expanding abnormally, and dark Magical Energyfluctuations exceeding Tier 8 and close to Level 9 have been detected! It is suspected that a high-tier abyssal entity is knocking on the gates!"
"Violent spatial fluctuations are coming from Rift Abyss Valley, and the Seals of multiple spatial channels are showing signs of loosening..."
"Latest news: The Seal of one spatial rift has already been breached. The length of the rift has exceeded one thousand meters, with a width reaching three hundred meters, and it is still continuously expanding..."
"All High-Tier Experts and armies responsible for guarding Rift Abyss Valley have entered a state of war, and request Dongque City to prepare response plans!"
"A Tier 8 emergency plan has been triggered. Immediately notify all High-Tier Experts to enter combat readiness, immediately mobilize troops to guard Dongque City, immediately close Dongque City, be ready to activate the city-protecting magical array at any time, and evacuate personnel in the towns surrounding Dongque City... If Rift Abyss Valley experiences abnormalities again, support Rift Abyss Valley at the first instance!"
"The City Lord's Mansion has approved the emergency plan..."
"The abnormalities in Rift Abyss Valley have been reported to the Federation... The Federation states that it is already aware and makes it clear that when the situation deteriorates further, it will mobilize the first batch of High-Tier Experts to come and support..."
Looking at the wildly jumping values on the instruments, the staff members turned as pale as paper, their hands trembling as they operated the equipment, attempting to record this terrifying data of abnormality.
Chapter 90: Rift Abyss Valley Abnormality! Ultra-Large All-Weather Open Dungeon!
"Everyone stay at your workstations and do your jobs well!"
Fan Jian's voice rang out like a sedative, helping everyone regain their composure.
Piece after piece of important news was transmitted to the early warning center and then to major official organizations, making the entire early warning center operate like a precision machine.
Even when facing the crisis of potential city annihilation, it still operated in an orderly manner.
"Quick, look, what is that?"
At this moment, multiple surveillance feeds filming Rift Abyss Valley showed a fissure completely swallowed by darkness.
That darkness was not the dark purple demonic fog of the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord, but a pure-to-the-extreme nihilistic black, as if light, energy, and even space itself were about to be completely swallowed and annihilated by this darkness.
The speed at which the darkness spread was astonishingly fast, shrouding the entire sky in the blink of an eye.
Everyone's eyes were tightly locked onto the center of the darkness, seeing the space there crack inch by inch like shattered glazed glass, as a huge fissure spanning heaven and earth was slowly torn open.
Twisted spatial turbulence flowed along the edges of the fissure, making a harsh cracking sound as if recounting the fury of crossing planes.
Inside the fissure was not pure nothingness, but a clear reflection of the scenery of another world!
That was a desolate blood-red land, the sky was a depressing dark purple, and the air floated with Magical Energy so dense it condensed into mist; countless ferocious-looking abyss monsters crawled and roared on the ground, devouring each other, forming a scene like Hell.
And right in the center of the blood-red land, a figure several times larger than the Bone-Corroding Demon Lordstood proudly.
He wore a black imperial robe embroidered with intricate abyss runes, the hem of the imperial robe dragging on the blood-red ground, stained with the blood of living beings accumulated over unknown years, and every inch of fabric exuded a heart-palpitating majesty.
Floating around him were nine pitch-black magic beads, each magic bead resembling a small abyss, inside which rolled violent dark energy, forming a bizarre energy resonance with each other and exuding crushing-level coercion.
Most terrifying were his eyes.
Even across the spatial fissure and the world barrier, and through the screen, one could clearly feel the gaze of those two glances!
That was a pure-to-the-extreme indifference, just like humans looking at ants beneath their feet, without anger or murderous intent, only disdain and indifference towards all living beings in the world.
"Abyss... This is, it is the Dark Bone Demon Emperor!"
Fan Jian's voice was hoarse beyond recognition.
As a high-ranking member of Dongque City, he naturally knew of the existence of the Dark Bone Demon Emperor, and had even seen a portrait of the Dark Bone Demon Emperor in a secret treasure trove.
Three hundred years ago, the Dark Bone Demon Emperorhad successfully broken through the blockade of Rift Abyss Valley and successfully invaded the real world.
Could it be that history was going to repeat itself today?
If the Dark Bone Demon Emperor were to truly descend, it would likely cause the deaths of countless people, and the entire Dongque City would surely be plunged into misery and devastation!
"What is he trying to do? Is he really going to break through?"
Fan Jian pressed his hands heavily on the workbench, his eyes glaring straight at the figure on the screen.
And the Dark Bone Demon Emperor on the screen, as if discovering that someone was spying on him, suddenly shot out a condensed-to-the-extreme pitch-black Demonic Light from his eyes, directly piercing through the world barrier and shooting out from the spatial fissure.
At this moment, several High-Tier Experts guarding Rift Abyss Valley rushed out simultaneously, attempting to stop this black beam of light.
But as soon as they got close, they were knocked down by the terrifying Magical Energy, their figures plunging from mid-air.
"That direction... Not good, it's Dongque City!"
Everyone could only watch as that Dark Demonic Lightshot toward the direction of Dongque City.
This scene shared similarities with the Demonic Light shot out by the Bone-Corroding Demon Lord.
But in comparison, this Dark Demonic Light was even more massive, more extreme and pure, and its speed was so fast that even those High-Tier Experts didn't have time to react.
"Quickly activate the city-protecting grand formation!"
Fan Jian shouted angrily.
"It's... it's too late!"
His subordinate's voice trembled uncontrollably.
On the screen, that Dark Demonic Light had already crossed the ramparts of Dongque City.
"Quick, see where it hit!"
Fan Jian asked hurriedly.
"Position locked! It's the Dungeon Plaza!"
The Demonic Light crossed the clouds at an extreme speed, completely evacuating the air along the way and leaving a long black trajectory, the space around which was slightly distorted.
Its destination was precisely the towering teleportation array boundary marker in the center of the Dungeon Plaza!
Meanwhile, the Class Holder gathered in the Dungeon Plaza seemed to be affected by that Demonic Light, as wisps of black mist involuntarily emerged from their bodies, and their expressions became extremely ferocious.
"What just happened?"
"It seems a black ray of light shot over!"
"And then, it disappeared?"
The Divine Wing Battle Team and others who had just rushed to the Dungeon Plaza could not help but show expressions of confusion and panic on their faces.
They had just received emergency news that an abnormality had occurred in Rift Abyss Valley, and it was feared that the Demon Race was attempting an invasion, instructing them to immediately enter a state of combat readiness and await orders at any time.
But before they could react, they discovered that many Class Holder on the plaza were showing signs of demonic corruption.
The severe cases had already turned into ferocious, flesh-blurred demonized monsters, crazily launching attacks on the surrounding humans.
Buzz!
Beneath the boundary marker of the teleportation array that had previously erupted with golden light, another burst of dark aura sufficient to make people feel terrified surged out.
At this time, the Demonic Light projected from the abyss caused abnormalities to occur in both the real world and the dungeon world, producing an extremely bizarre linkage.
...
Rumble!
In the same world, at Rift Abyss Valley inside the dungeon world, a huge fissure spanning heaven and earth similarly appeared, gradually revealing the terrifying figure of the Dark Bone Demon Emperor.
In an instant, the blood-red land reflected in the fissure trembled violently, and countless Magical Energyconverged toward the fissure, forming a black beam of light homologous to the Demonic Light shot from the real Rift Abyss Valley!
The light beam was as thick as a pillar supporting the heavens, carrying the might to destroy everything, and blasted straight toward the spatial node where Dongque City was located.
The moment the light beam hit, the entire dungeon world shook violently!
Dense cracks began to appear on the city walls of Dongque City, and the defense runes that were already dim on the ramparts completely went out, turning into dots of starlight and dissipating.
The Magical Energy previously purified by Jiang Yuansurged out from the underground once again, the warm aura in the air was instantly dispelled, replaced by a suffocating dark demonic might.
If it weren't for the fact that the common people and soldiers inside Dongque City had already perished, they probably would have already been transformed into demonized creatures by the Dark Demonic Light!
"Hasn't it ended?"
"What kind of situation is this again?"
Jiang Yuan had not yet fully tallied his gains when he discovered that the entire dungeon world was undergoing earth-shaking changes.
Especially in the direction of Rift Abyss Valley, it felt as though the entire space-time had shattered, tearing open streams of spatial fissures.
[Ding, the dungeon world is impacted by unknown energy and is undergoing unknown changes...]
[Ding, the dungeon world abnormality is complete, the Lone City of the Eastern Palace Dungeon officially enters the second phase, Dongque Counterattack: The Ambition of the Dark Bone Demon Emperor!]
[Ding, the dungeon has been temporarily upgraded to an ultra-large all-weather open dungeon, the rank limit has been raised to rank 240, and all personnel can freely enter and exit without restriction]
[Ding, please kill the mental Avatar of the Dark Bone Demon Emperor within twenty-four hours. If successfully killed, the dungeon will be permanently upgraded to a rank0-240 Advanced dungeon; if it fails, the dungeon will permanently disappear and stimulate the ambition of the Dark Bone Demon Emperor to invade the real world once again!]