The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

You have entered the level 5 dungeon [Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain], current difficulty: Hell.

[Timer starts for completion!]

Upon entering the instance, a continuously scrolling timer appeared in the upper right corner of the view.

Currently, the record for the Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain instance is 30 minutes and 59.99 seconds.

The last time this record was broken was 128 years ago.

"Brothers, go all out!"

Upon entering the instance, Song Gua didn't even get a clear look at the map before releasing two hundred clones all at once.

The clones, like ferocious beasts unleashed from their cages, roared and pounced on the nearby monsters.

"Don't try to take it from me! I'm still a fucking level 0!!"

"I'm the main force! I'm the main force! Give me the kills! Give me the kills!"

"There are no heads here, only monkeys!"

"Give me the monkey head! Give me the monkey head!"

The Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain instance, as its name suggests, is entirely a monkey mountain.

Players can clear the dungeon by starting from the foot of the mountain, climbing upwards, clearing out all monsters, and defeating the Monkey King boss at the summit.

"They killed them too quickly. At least leave one monster alive so I can see the details of these monsters."

Although they outnumbered each other, Song Gua knew that dungeon speedruns required skill and attention to detail.

The prerequisite is a thorough understanding of everything in the instance.

Terrain, environment, secret passages, traps, monster attributes, and so on can all determine that difference of a second.

Although it is mentioned in the book.

But what you learn from books is never enough; you have to see it for yourself to understand it in person.

The monsters at the foot of the mountain were a group of monkeys with bloodshot eyes, wearing tattered clothes and carrying wooden sticks. They were wandering around as if on patrol.

Red-eyed monkey offspring

[Level: Lv10]

[Positioning: Elite]

【Strength: 86】

[Physical Fitness: 78]

【Spirit: 25】

[Agility: 90]

[Skills: Monkey Staff Strike (Normal, Lv5), Monkey Staff Sweep (Normal, Lv5)]

[Description: The most common small monkeys on Monkey Mountain, always shouting "Protect the King!", but they may have never seen the Monkey King.]

There are five types of monsters: regular enemies, enhanced monsters, elite monsters, bosses, and BOSS monsters.

In Hell difficulty dungeons, the monsters start as elites and are level 10, which is higher than in lower difficulty dungeons.

In addition, higher skill levels mean higher damage and stronger effects.

However, monsters like the Red-Eyed Monkey King are, after all, forcibly enhanced versions of regular soldiers; they lack talent and have poor skill mechanics.

Faced with the countless clones charging up the mountainside, their only advantage—agility—was no longer an advantage.

There are too many people; there's nowhere to move.

"Holy crap! This monkey's stick hurts a bit when he hits you, it almost sent me flying!"

"They're level 10 monsters, elites at that! Squishy characters stay back, while the tanks and crowd control characters charge in, form a human wall, and push through!"

"These monkeys have very low spirit attributes. Magic damage classes should unleash their skills, while physical damage classes should protect them!"

"Damn it! Summoning sequence guy, stop summoning! There are already enough people here!"

"Tch! So what if I summon a few more creatures? Do you think this is some early-game version of Dungeon Fighter Online, where summoning too many things causes lag?"

The clones were noisy and chattering, but their hands never stopped moving. They pushed their way up the mountain from the foot of the mountain, running wildly at an extremely fast speed.

Song Gua even saved the trouble of giving orders.

The clones are taking good care of themselves.

Song Gua could only follow behind and pick up the fallen items.

They still picked up what the clones had left behind.

"Monkey Mountain Leather Armor! I'm an expert in leather armor, I'll take it!"

"Monkey Mountain Cloth Shoes! I'm an expert in cloth armor, I'll take them!"

"Give me this longsword; my weapon of choice is the sword!"

"I'll take the mana potion! I've used too many skills, I'm out of mana!"

"Who picked up the red medicine? Give me a bottle! I just got accidentally hit by a stick!"

"geigei~~ Why are you drinking red medicine? I'll give you a sip of milk~~"

"Ugh!!! Stay away from me, you sissies!"

The clones each took what they needed from the falling debris, fighting and picking up items as they went.

One by one, their equipment became more and more complete.

Fortunately, this is a hellish difficulty dungeon, which is why there are so many loot drops.

If it's on easy difficulty, several monsters might drop a few items, which wouldn't be enough for these bandits to share.

The terms "monkey mountain leather armor" and "monkey mountain cloth armor" are actually abbreviations.

The equipment with only four characters in its name is of excellent quality and is produced in low-difficulty dungeons.

Items dropped in Nightmare and Hell dungeons have a prefix and are of higher quality.

[Equipment Information]

【Name: Agile Monkey Mountain Leather Armor】

[Part: Top]

Type: Leather Armor

[Quality: Excellent (Green)]

[Level: Lv5]

[Durability: 100%]

【Effect:

—Physical defense +30, magic defense +10, health +500.

—Constitution +1, Agility +5

—Monkey Mountain Set (1/4): Physical skill damage +10%

If it's a high-quality Monkey Mountain dungeon armor, it only increases basic attributes and doesn't have any four-dimensional stats or set effects.

There are four types of armor: cloth armor, leather armor, light armor, and heavy armor.

Their defensive capabilities are better than the last, but they are also heavier than the last, and the weight will affect the actual performance of agility.

Therefore, higher defense is not necessarily better; it depends on your class specialization.

The only types of armor that drop in the Red-Eyed Monkey Mountain dungeon are cloth armor and leather armor.

The other level 5 dungeon, Spider Cave, only has light armor and heavy armor.

The two basic dungeons for each level range follow this armor drop logic.

In the early stages of the game, the main way for professionals to obtain equipment is through drops from wild monsters and dungeons.

Wild monsters only drop basic gear, which is sold by weight, and nobody wants it.

The equipment dropped in dungeons is what first-class players wear the most.

"This experience level is increasing really fast."

In a typical dungeon party, experience is shared based on contributions such as damage output, healing output, and crowd control duration when killing monsters within the dungeon.

Because they must have teamed up, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to get in.

Even after Song Gua entered, he still didn't use the team-up function.

The clones that kill the monster will receive the experience.

Song Gua did this to facilitate the cultivation of top students.

The consequence of having two hundred clones and distributing the benefits equally is that everyone levels up slowly.

That won't work; a lower level means weaker combat power.

The Song hexagram indicates that the rising first will lead the rising later, and together they will move towards greatness.

Song Gua, who had his hands in his pockets and didn't have to do anything, had already accumulated more than half of his experience bar by the time he reached the halfway point of the mountain.

This is a level 10 experience bar!

"You wretched humans, stop right now!"

Suddenly, a huge fireball with a diameter of more than ten meters appeared out of thin air and fell from the sky, bringing with it a roaring wave of heat.

"A super fireball has been detected en route!"

"Incoming—"

"Scatter! Scatter! Scatter!"

The terrain on the mountain is narrow, with even less room to put your feet down, and not much spacious area.

Two hundred clones were scrambling to grab the monster, making it quite crowded.

In this haste, a stampede even occurred.

It was clear that many of the clones were unable to dodge the attack.

Song Gua has made his move.