This isn't a souls-like game at all.

The stairs are long because the corridor on the lower floor is higher than that on the upper floor.

But compared to the clean upper level, the lower level looks a mess.

As soon as Ye Yiyi came down, he found a lot of dead fire lizards.

Judging from the magma blood that has solidified into stone, these fire-breathing lizards have been dead for some time.

"Killed by a skilled slave?"

He squatted down and looked at the lizard's corpse thoughtfully.

The cause of death of these fire-breathing lizards was obvious. Their heads were smashed by heavy hammers, and the magma flowing out of them splashed all over the ground.

Judging from the marks, he must have been killed by a servant's hammer.

"It's time for the skilled slaves to clean up the pests again."

Ye Yiyi sighed, took out a silver-cast iron throwing knife and tried to dissect the corpse.

But unfortunately, the long-dead Salamanders were harder than stone. No! Their bodies had turned into stone and could not be cut with sharp tools.

After thinking for a moment, he took out the slave hammer and smashed it hard.

"Boom!"

The body of the Fire Lizard shattered into large and small pieces of black stone.

"Isn't this thing really a stone spirit?"

Ye Yiyi muttered to himself as he searched among the rubble on the ground.

"There are no lava blocks. No, the lava blocks have lost their flames and turned into ordinary stones."

Standing up and glancing at the corpses of the Salamanders in the corridor, Ye Yiyi felt somewhat disappointed.

"So the same goes for the other corpses. It seems the lava block must be removed within a short period of time after the Salamander dies, otherwise, by the time the magma blood solidifies, there will be nothing left."

Ye Yiyi put away the hammer and walked along the corridor.

He found that there was no corridor leading to the inner elevator entrance. Instead, he found another corridor leading to the outer level.

"Is this a pyramid-like structure? It gets wider as it goes down?"

Out of curiosity, he stepped into the outer layer again.

"boom!!"

"Fuck!!"

Unexpectedly, just as he entered the outer layer, a giant fire-footed lizard that had been lying in ambush at the corner suddenly spat out a large piece of lava at him!

He had originally thought there were no living creatures on this floor, so he let his guard down. How could he have anticipated that an old pervert would sneak up on him from around the corner?!

A large piece of lava fell straight on his forehead, followed by a violent explosion!

Ye Yiyi's eyes lit up, and the intense flames and loud explosions immediately overwhelmed her five senses.

A violent shock wave rushed through the air and blew him away with great force.

After tumbling and flying dozens of times in the air, its body slammed heavily against the dark wall of the corridor and slid down the wall like a rag.

After lying on the ground for two seconds, he got up from the ground with a charred face but an expressionless face.

Seeing that the sneak attack was successful, the giant fire-legged lizard that was crawling over excitedly suddenly froze in place.

"This is such blatant malicious intent! If this were the normal course of the game, I would have already reported back to the Holy Monument."

Ye Yiyi lowered his head, glanced at the "diaper" that was burned to ashes, and then silently took out the slave hammer.

"How could you, as foolish as you are, know that I, naked as I am right now, am my strongest form!!"

Combat Skill: Charge and Thrust Activated!!

He stomped heavily on the ground, and his figure turned into a shadow and rushed over, and in an instant he arrived in front of the Fire Lizard.

The monitor lizard was startled and quickly opened its mouth to breathe in, just as it was about to release the sea of ​​fire that was engulfing the surrounding area.

But Ye Yiyi was faster. He jumped up with the momentum of his sprint, turned in the air, and his hammer drew a huge arc and landed heavily on the monitor lizard's head!

The combat skills that have been learned can produce different effects depending on the type of weapon.

After a heavy blow, the monitor lizard rolled its eyes and its big mouth, which was opened to inhale, closed heavily.

Ye Yiyi had a cold face and said nothing. He held the hammer handle with both hands, put the hammer in front of his face, and made a special posture.

Combat skill: Continuous hammer strike activated!

The next moment, he raised the hammer high and smashed it down on the monitor lizard's head several times.

“40! 40! 40! 40!”

Amidst the rhythmic vibrations, the monitor lizard went from suffering to lifelessness in just a few tens of seconds.

"Boom!!!"

With the last blow of the hammer, a stream of magma and blood suddenly splashed and landed on Ye Yiyi's cheek.

The monitor lizard's head was deeply sunken, and it was actually hammered to death by Ye Yiyi!

"Huh~ I finally feel relieved!" He let out a long breath, reached out to brush away the lava on the hammer, and put the hammer head away.

Soul Echo +770

Current Soul Echoes: 2524+770=3294

Upgrade Required: 3200

Combat skill [Continuous Hammer] proficiency (1/30) improved!

“I can upgrade again.”

Glancing at the light screen, Ye Yiyi took out a silver-cast iron throwing knife, dissected the dead fire-foot giant lizard, and took out 6 small pieces of lava from its body.

But unfortunately, there is no Dragon Roar Lava Block in this giant lizard's body.

"It seems that the one that attacked me just now was the Dragon Roar Lava Block."

It was really thrilling! Ye Yiyi couldn't help but sigh.

I almost forgot that this is a soul-like game full of maliciousness!

If it hadn’t been opened, I don’t know how many times I would have died along the way!

Putting away the small chunk of lava, he continued to explore the outer corridor.

But the difference is that he always holds the shield in front of him, ready to defend or dodge.

Although being attacked by surprise doesn’t cause any harm, it is embarrassing!

Walking into the room in the outer corridor, Ye Yiyi looked around.

The layout of the room is similar to that of the upper floor, with a railing separating the rooms.

On one side is a corridor, and on the other side is a metal mechanism structure composed of gear transmission rods.

But the difference is that the metal mechanism on this layer is not complete.

Ye Yiyi keenly observed that the surfaces of some gears were blackened and had undergone serious deformation.

The deformed gears caused the entire mechanism structure to be unable to function properly.

"What does this mean? Is it time for the decryption phase?"

After careful observation, Ye Yiyi speculated that it was blown up by a block of lava.

Leaving a piece of rainbow stone as a mark, he walked along the corridor to check most of the metal mechanisms.

It took less than five minutes to walk around.

Three rainbow stones were used.

This means that the gears in three places are deformed and cannot work properly.

In addition, he also found a damaged Skilled Slave in the corridor outside the room.

However, the death of this skilled slave was somewhat horrifying.

The metal body made of pure black tungsten iron was torn in half by the giant claws, as if it was cut in half, and various types of gear parts were scattered all over the ground.

Ye Yiyi looked at it in shock. This was definitely not the damage that the giant fire-legged lizard could cause!

Rather, it was some larger and more aggressive lava creature that did the deed.

But apart from the fire-foot giant lizard that he beat to death due to a sneak attack, he did not find any trace of other lava creatures on this floor.

It is worth mentioning that there is a metal cart not far from the damaged Skilled Slave.

Inside the cart were metal gears of various sizes.

“It seems that this skilled slave was originally planning to repair the damaged metal mechanism.

“But some lava creatures from nowhere attacked it and destroyed it.

“So the restoration work was put on hold until I came here.

“But the problem is, apart from the stairs leading to the upper floors, there is no way to other floors!

"How did that giant lava creature get in? And what about all these dead Salamanders?

"If I want to know the answer, I have to repair the gears first..."

Ye Yiyi separated the skill slave that was cut in half and harvested three pieces of pure black tungsten iron. He then pushed the metal cart towards the location where the gear was damaged.

Replacing the gears is an extremely difficult task. First, the damaged and deformed gears must be removed, and then gears of exactly the same size and width must be found to replace them.

"Fuck! My fingers!!!"

Looking at his fingers stuck in the gear teeth, Ye Yiyi's expression darkened.

"If it hadn't been turned on, I would be disabled now!"

It took a lot of effort to pull his finger out of the gear. He looked at it with concern, and after confirming that his finger was intact, he continued to change the gear with a sullen face.

Thanks to the 20-point skill attribute, Ye Yiyi became more and more proficient in his movements after trying a few times.

"Alright! The last one!"

After inserting the last gear into the metal mechanism, Ye Yiyi jumped off the railing and looked up.

All the damaged gears were replaced, and the metal mechanism in front of him started working immediately.

"This is outrageous! This thing has been running the entire time, and the maintenance was just a hard replacement without even having to shut it down!"

Looking at the mechanism structure that was spinning faster and faster, Ye Yiyi complained with a dark face.

"It's a good thing they're skilled servants. If they were human beings doing the maintenance, there would be at least ten major safety incidents a day!"

"Clang!!"

Suddenly, a crisp sound of metal mechanisms snapping was heard from deep within the wall, and then the ground beneath his feet began to shake violently.

"Has it started?" Ye Yiyi stood up, holding the wall, and looked towards the corridor outside the door.

"Fuck!!"

As he was stunned, the corridor outside the door suddenly broke away from the room and extended outward.

The area outside the door suddenly turned into a cliff!

Then the unhooked corridor actually moved upwards, and the next moment, a new circular corridor rose from below.

With a heavy metallic snapping sound, the circular corridor and the gate merged seamlessly.

“So awesome!!”

Ye Yiyi's eyes widened, and suddenly he seemed to sense something and turned his head to look to the side.

The pitch-black metal wall at the end suddenly cracked in the middle, and a metal rod stretched out from the wall covered with metal gears and finally appeared on the wall.

“Ding ding!!”

As two bells rang, the sound of metal clashing deep in the building gradually subsided.

"Is this the end?"

Ye Yiyi curiously poked his head out of the door and looked around.

Then he saw a road leading downwards appearing on the right side of the circular corridor.