Ancient Ark: A Dark-Themed Historical Survival Game

My first time tackling a nightmare!

Jiang Xiaoxia, Lu Dahai, and Zhao Gang were all on high alert, especially after hearing the relevant instructions.

At this time, the monsters in the Nightmare Dungeon are enhanced by the Deep Sea, with their health doubled and their attributes greatly increased, making their overall strength far exceed that of normal.

"Are monsters boosted that much?"

Jiang Xiaxia exclaimed in horror, "My God, with this level of enhancement, even ordinary monsters can rival elites! This difficulty is just too outrageous!"

"Indeed."

"But the monster is even stronger."

"The drop rate is even higher! That's exciting!"

The nightmare of the deep sea remains unpurified.

It is very difficult to obtain, but the drop rate is also high.

This is the situation faced by the pioneering teams.

Of course, even if the nightmare is cleared, it will not disappear, but it will be purified and weakened, thereby reducing its ability to pollute the past.

Under these circumstances.

The difficulty and drop rate will be normalized.

Certain special loot items, such as named heroic spirits and special equipment, can only be obtained once.

Therefore, the earlier you challenge a dungeon, the greater the high-value rewards you can obtain. While the pioneering team bears high risks, the expected potential returns are also greater.

This is the first time we've cleared the land.

Increase monster drop rate by 50%.

The lucky aura is increased by another 50%!

In other words, double the drop rate!

This is why Xiao Yu still takes Jiang Xiaxia, who is clearly a noob, to run dungeons.

She can not only increase the drop rate of regular monsters, but if "Lucky Light" is triggered when opening treasure chests, she can also greatly increase the drop rate of rare and unique items.

If you're lucky enough.

The profits will be far more than double or triple!

High risk.

High returns.

Tense and exciting!

"This is the lowest-level Nightmare dungeon from the past, but it's quite difficult at the current stage. Not only does it contain the final boss, the Rotten King Bear Dwelling, but also several mini-bosses and hidden areas!"

"The contamination level increases by 1 point approximately every hundred seconds, meaning this instance has a 3-hour time limit, but we need to maximize our gains and profits!"

At this moment, Lu Dahai said directly, "Boss, don't say anything more, I'll do whatever you say!"

"Let's take action!"

Xiao Yu doesn't waste time.

It was decided that the commander would explain the command while fighting.

Based on copies of information collected in my previous life.

Xiao Yu knew that compared to the other nightmares, the structure and tactics of the Yingdu ruins were not complicated.

This instance is divided into three layers.

The first layer is the outer perimeter, which is the burial area of ​​the royal tomb. It consists of eight burial chambers, each containing different types of sacrificial monsters.

The second level is the central area, with multiple royal tomb passages riddled with traps. These passages lead to three side halls, each guarded by a mini-boss.

The three mini-bosses are: "The Thousand-Tongued Demon Fei Wuji", "The Gluttonous Magistrate Nangwa", and "The Lamenting Queen Meng Ying".

The third level is the core. After defeating any of the aforementioned mini-bosses, players can enter the main hall through the side hall passage to challenge the ultimate boss, "King of Corruption - Xiong Ju".

It's easy to see that time is very tight.

Players don't need to clear the entire map. The fastest and safest way to complete the level is to quickly enter the outer perimeter of the royal tomb from the entrance, open up a burial chamber, and enter the second area.

In this area, choose the correct side hall route, defeat one of the three mini-bosses, and you can enter the main hall to start the final boss battle.

Xiao Yu can do this.

However, the benefits cannot be maximized.

The completion rate and kill performance of this dungeon directly affect the output of the final treasure chest reward, so Xiao Yu plans to increase the completion rate as much as possible.

The four arrived at the entrance.

It's more like a luxurious palace than a tomb entrance.

In front of the gate were four stone beasts with tiger bodies and dragon heads, but their heads had been smashed and replaced by piles of eyeballs formed by the proliferation of flesh and blood, each eyeball moving randomly.

Extremely bizarre!

The gate is ten meters high and has an obsidian texture. The gate is half destroyed, with the left side collapsed and the rubble forming the entrance passage. The right side of the gate still stands with the "King of Chu Receives the Mandate of Heaven" carved on it, in which the King of Chu and his subjects are all twisted and demonized.

The four people walked through the gate.

They only felt a continuous flow of dark red mist, in which tiny fragments of gold foil floated, seemingly historical debris peeling off over thousands of years of corrosion.

From the murmurs of the endless deep sea.

Occasionally, there are sounds that are indistinct yet discernible.

"Wu She is innocent... Wu She is innocent..." (This was a sorrowful old man.)

"Father, is that Qin woman truly more important than me?" (This was a young man filled with resentment.)

"The State of Chu is doomed, the State of Chu is doomed..." (Countless voices chant in unison.)

"..."

All three of them turned pale.

All I felt was a sense of antiquity and terror.

Xiao Yu immediately warned, "Nightmare is filled with ancient historical echoes, as well as many traps formed from historical ashes and pus. Do not be attracted to them or touch them, otherwise the pollution level will increase significantly."

When passing through the gate of Chu Mausoleum.

The first burial chamber, the main hall, has appeared.

This rectangular tomb chamber looks like a front hall, with rows of bizarrely styled bronze lamp slave statues holding eerie blue phosphorescent flames that illuminate the entrances in eight directions.

Xiao Yu nodded secretly.

The intelligence seems to be correct.

Jiang Xiaxia followed closely behind.

She asked in a trembling voice, "How do we get there?"

Xiao Yu said, "These should all be burial chambers, and also the only way to get deep into the royal tomb. The monsters on the outermost edge shouldn't be too strong."

Done.

Enter the first burial chamber.

The space was filled with a nauseating stench of blood, and there were many corpses nailed to bronze pillars, their blood pooling in the center.

This bizarre scene of human sacrifice was enough to shock anyone in a civilized society, but before the group could adjust to the environment, a voice filled with resentment and malice appeared.

One after another, grotesque, blood-soaked figures burst out of the central pool of blood, each with disheveled hair and a semi-transparent body.

[Wraith of the Sacrificial Spirit], Level 3 Normal Monster, 60 HP...

"A ghost!"

Jiang Xiaxia screamed in surprise.

Lu Dahai and Zhao Gang both felt a chill run down their spines.

The sudden appearance of such a monster in this situation is indeed beyond the psychological tolerance of ordinary people.

"calm!"

Xiao Yu remained calm.

"Just a level 3 normal monster!"

Although they are indeed just level 3 normal monsters, their health is about the same as that of level 3 elites, and most importantly, there are too many of them, probably more than twenty.

This scene.

It's not just terrifying.

The most troublesome thing is that spirit monsters have extremely high physical damage immunity. Without the fire spell, even Xiao Yu would have difficulty damaging them!

Not only that!

Wraiths can use the blood pool to recover health.

Once they are injured and return to the blood pool, they can recover their full health in no time. If you don't notice this in time, you will suffer a great loss!

"Gangzi, activate your shield!"

"yes!"

The vengeful spirits who were buried alive with the deceased retreated with screams, as if they had touched a red-hot iron, upon encountering the golden shield of light.

Zhao Gang's "Holy Shield" can counter ghost-type monsters, and they cannot break through its defenses in a short time.

"Fatty, ignore these monsters and burn down the blood pool first, or this will never end."

"clear!"

Under Zhao Gang's cover, Lu Dahai continuously attacked the blood pool with fireballs. The blood in the pool was quickly evaporated, and after four or five attacks, it was completely destroyed.

When the blood pool was destroyed.

The vengeful spirits went berserk, but they were still unable to break through the defenses in a short time; the level 4 Holy Shield was very effective.

but.

It's almost at its limit.

Zhao Gang is about to reach his limit.

Xiao Yu empowered himself with "Aggression Like Fire" and launched a counterattack together with Lu Dahai, unleashing a barrage of rockets and fireballs.

The vengeful spirits have extremely high physical damage immunity, but they are not immune to fire damage and are even weak to fire, so they can easily deal very high damage.

As the vengeful spirits are slain!

The group gradually regained their confidence.

The burial chamber looks terrifying, but as long as you know the method, it's not very difficult to fight. In just over ten minutes, all twenty-four vengeful spirits were wiped out.

[You have collected loot: Spirit +9, Soul Stone +2!]

[You have collected loot: Spirit +9, Soul Stone +1, Wraith Ashes +1!]

【…】

Holy crap!

"So much energy!"

Everyone showed excitement.

The vengeful spirits that were sacrificed to the dead are just ordinary monsters.

The amount of essence that could be obtained was comparable to that of relatively weak elite monsters, and a total of 198 essence was gained in less than fifteen minutes.

39 yuan per person for the three of them!

Ten portions of gray-grade materials, and a whopping thirty-one soul stones! Such an output is unimaginable outside!

"My energy is full!"

Lu Dahai shouted excitedly.

Xiao Yu: "Then what are we waiting for? You have an offensive talent, and at level 4 you can unleash even greater power, which can speed up our upcoming battle."

"Okay!"

Lu Dahai decisively upgraded his strategy.

No rest, keep fighting!

Logically, once the burial chamber is cleared, one should quickly break through the outer perimeter and enter the second area to allow enough time for the subsequent BOSS battle.

Xiao Yu, however, did not do that.

Instead, they retreated to the outer hall.

Then challenge the second burial chamber.

There are eight burial chambers on the outer perimeter, each with a different environment and monsters, and varying degrees of difficulty.

Xiao Yu is always able to crack the mechanics or find the monster's weakness in the first instance.

Under his command.

All eight burial chambers have been cleaned.

The output of vital energy is as high as 1,500!

Xiao Yu accumulated 645 essence points, while the other three each accumulated approximately 320!

Jiang Xiaoxia has broken through to level 4!

In this way, everyone leveled up, and the astonishingly fast leveling speed once again exceeded all expectations!

Xiao Yu did not hesitate.

Breakthrough in cultivation level in the first instance.

When I learned that he had reached level 5.

All three of them felt a deep sense of awe and respect.

Although Xiao Yu said that level is not always that important, having a level without matching skills, heroes or talents is just for show.

But no matter what.

Level 5 is too powerful!

This guy is one of the fastest people to reach level 5 in this game, and there's a very high chance he's the fastest!