soul knight World, Dungeon Level 1.
Adventurer Xia Yu had already arrived at Dungeon Level 1 via the portal; this was the simplest level and the starting point for rookie adventurers to begin their journey.
"Hey, Xia Yu, do you need us to give you a hand?"
An adventurer party saw that Xia Yu was alone again and waved a friendly greeting. Hearing the call, Xia Yu turned his head to look.
"Ah, no thanks, I want to try going solo today."
"Alright then, be careful."
"Okay, you guys be careful too."
After saying goodbye to the party that knew him, Xia Yu walked towards the depths of the dungeon. People here were very friendly; he had received plenty of help from veteran adventurers when he first started entering the dungeon alone.
The layout of the dungeon was random. Except for the exit portal which remained unchanged, every time one entered the dungeon, its layout would shift. Adventurers almost never encountered the exact same dungeon twice.
Encountering two dungeons with identical layouts was as rare as finding a divine artifact right at the start.
This was the charm of the dungeon; because you never knew what scenery would appear next, adventurers were so passionate about adventuring.
"So it's a Goblin Dungeon start. Not bad, they're relatively easy monsters to deal with." Looking at the forest entrance at the doorway, Xia Yu concealed his figure.
While the dungeon layout was ever-changing, the monsters didn't vary much. Generally, there were three types of starting monsters: the Goblin Forest, the Miner Ice Field, and the Monkey Ruins.
Among these, the Goblin Forest start was the simplest and the most common one encountered by adventurers.
Xia Yu didn't rush forward. Although he already had the power to kill Goblins easily, they had agreed to enter the dungeon together, so they had to enter the monster rooms together.
After finding a random safe room, Xia Yu ducked inside. Safe rooms were places for adventurers to rest; lucky adventurers might find a weapon chest, and if they were even luckier, they could pull a powerful weapon.
Besides weapon chests, one could occasionally find gold mines and mana mines. Gold mines yielded gold coins, while mana mines yielded mana stones.
Gold coins were the currency used within the dungeon and couldn't be taken out; they could only be traded with dungeon merchants or exchanged for gem coins before the exit. Gem coins were the actual currency of the soul knight world. Mana stones were exactly as they sounded: ores condensed from mana that could replenish spent mana in the body. Naturally, mana stones couldn't be taken out of the dungeon either, but they could also be exchanged for gem coins.
"Let's see, the invite button, right?"
Adventurer Xia Yu clicked on the avatars of those who wanted to join the dungeon run and then pressed the invite button.
The next moment, invisible ripples appeared in the space before him, and an Armored Figure appeared in front of him.
"Hello, Adventurer."
The Armored Figure reached out a hand with a smile. Adventurer Xia Yu also smiled and gave the other's hand a firm shake.
"Hello, Undead."
"Wait a moment, I'll invite the others over first."
After greeting Undead Xia Yu, Adventurer Xia Yu spoke casually. Undead Xia Yu nodded and stood to the side.
Along with Adventurer Xia Yu's invitation, the remaining two figures appeared out of thin air. They were Ashen Xia Yu and Chief Xia Yu.
Tarnished Xia Yu and Marvel Xia Yu were busy—one learning Combat Arts and the other learning magic; they didn't have time for a dungeon run. resident evil Xia Yu and AI Xia Yu were researching Machine Lifeforms and also had no time. Demon God Xia Yu couldn't travel to other worlds for now, and Neil Xia Yu went without saying; if he suddenly disappeared, those three Androids would definitely go crazy.
Out of the ten Xia Yus, only the four of them actually had the conditions and time for a dungeon run. Thinking about it, that wasn't too few; it was almost half.
"You bastard, you actually dare to show your face in front of me!"
The moment he saw Chief Xia Yu, Ashen Xia Yu grabbed the other's collar and spoke fiercely.
"Hey, hey, you can't blame me for this. I can't control my own transmigrations." Chief Xia Yu raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, looking innocent. "Besides, we're all on the same side. There's no reason to be jealous of yourself."
Ashen Xia Yu's teeth itched with rage, but facing his own face, he couldn't actually bring himself to strike. After a few deep breaths, he let go of Chief Xia Yu.
Then, with a thud, he fell to his knees, his hands hanging limply. "No!!!"
At this moment, the BGM of Yi Jian Mei seemed to ring in The Xia Yus' ears, and they even hallucinated falling snowflakes.
"Alright, alright, that's enough."
Undead Xia Yu kicked Ashen Xia Yu with a look of disdain, then looked at Chief Xia Yu and Adventurer Xia Yu, his tone somewhat odd.
"You two should put on a mask or something. Otherwise, looking at my own face feels a bit weird."
Hearing this, Chief Xia Yu and Adventurer Xia Yu looked at each other. They hadn't felt anything just now, but after it was pointed out, it really did feel weird.
It was like looking in a mirror; even if their hairstyles were slightly different, that handsome face was exactly the same.
"Fine, fine, it really is weird." x2
Adventurer Xia Yu pulled a face cloth from his waist pouch and wore it like a mask. Chief Xia Yu pulled a gladiator mask from his large backpack and snapped it onto his face.
"Whoa, you've got quite a lot of spell potions in that backpack of yours."
Adventurer Xia Yu glanced casually at Chief Xia Yu's backpack and was instantly shocked by the densely packed spell potions inside.
"These?" Chief Xia Yu casually pulled out a long glass bottle. The blue liquid inside had faint sparks of lightning flickering.
Shaking the Lightning Spell Potion in his hand, Chief Xia Yu said nonchalantly, "Anyway, they only take a few minutes to make. I've got a huge pile of them back home. I don't know how powerful they are here, so I brought some to test them out."
"Besides, I inherited everything from the game, so almost all the spell potions I have are at max level..."
As he spoke, Chief Xia Yu's voice trailed off. He felt two piercing gazes and sensed that if he continued, he would really get beaten up.
Undead Xia Yu, Ashen Xia Yu: (╬－＂－)
"Alright, alright, let's hurry to the dungeon. Why are we still hanging around the safe room?"
Seeing the situation turning sour, Adventurer Xia Yu hurriedly pushed the two distorted-faced Soul World unfortunates outside, while signaling Chief Xia Yu to follow behind.
Chief Xia Yu shook his head with a helpless chuckle and followed, tossing the Lightning Spell Potion in his hand.
Goblin Forest, Entrance.
The four sneaky bastards crouched at the entrance. With their strength, they could easily rush in and slaughter the first-floor Goblins, but they chose a sneak attack approach.
"Hey, hey, didn't you want to test your spell potions? Try them now."
Ashen Xia Yu poked Chief Xia Yu. Although his face was hidden by a helmet, Chief Xia Yu could imagine the expression under the mask. They were all the same person; how could he not know what the other was thinking?
Chief Xia Yu rolled his eyes and forcefully threw the Lightning Spell Potion he had been holding from the start.
The potion bottle traced a long arc through the air. Before the Goblins could notice, the bottle had already landed and shattered.
Smash!
The next moment—
Rumble!
A terrifying thunderstorm filled with destructive force flooded the entire dungeon space. Dazzling silver currents crackled, and the blinding light illuminated everything around them.
The Goblins at the center of the lightning didn't even make a sound before being completely annihilated by the extreme electricity, leaving not even a speck of ash behind.
In a short moment, the extreme lightning that filled the dungeon space dissipated. The dungeon space that originally held a forest and Goblins had turned completely charred.
Nothing remained; even the treasure chest for defeating the Goblins had been annihilated.
Undead Xia Yu: (°ー°〃)
Ashen Xia Yu: (⊙x⊙;)
Chief Xia Yu: (-﹏-`;)
Adventurer Xia Yu: Σ(д|||)