Reincarnation Of The Strongest Sword God

Chapter 200: Flame God’s Cave Red Flame Fortress was located in the middle of the Scorching Hot Canyon; a large volcano loomed behind it.

The terrain around this region was extremely hot all year round, and the air was similarly parched and blistering.

A gust of wind here was like a wave of heat, and one wouldn’t feel a hint of relief from it.

Meanwhile, the surrounding environment of the canyon consisted of only scorched, barren earth and mountains.

All around, web-like cracks decorated the ground.

Just this sight would cause one to lose their appetite.

As this was a virtual environment, players could fully experience the scorching heat.

Being parched and drenched in sweat were only minor inconveniences, but one’s vision blurring?

That was a bigger problem.

Moreover, battling in such an environment was extremely taxing to a player’s stamina.

Due to such a brutal environment, many players did not like grinding or questing here.

Moreover, the Scorching Hot Canyon wasn’t the only Level 20 to Level 25 map.

There were more than 20 such maps within the White River City region.

The millions of players within the White River City region could simply choose any one of these other locations to grind and do quests.

For example, the Cooling Lakeside, the Shady Forest, and such were all good locations.

There was no need for them to torture themselves by coming to the Scorching Hot Canyon.

For Shi Feng, however, such a brutal environment did not affect him much.

In addition to having activated the Hidden Passive Skill, Basic Body Strengthening, Shi Feng also had 20 points of Fire Resistance.

As a result, the high temperature of the Scorching Hot Canyon did not have any effect on Shi Feng.

Shi Feng would not greatly exhaust his stamina by fighting in this hot environment either.

Moreover, the majority of the monsters in the Scorching Hot Canyon dealt fire-type damage, so this place was suitable for players like Shi Feng, who had high Fire Resistance, to level.

Shi Feng’s leveling efficiency would increase by at least 20% compared to leveling up at other maps.

In God’s Domain, nature’s power was very strong.

If players wanted to level up quickly, they needed to overcome many of such natural environments.

As players progressed down their paths in God’s Domain, the importance of resistances would also increase.

This was why Shi Feng grew excited when he learned that the Ice-Blue Devil Flame increased both his Fire Resistance and Ice Resistance.

After arriving at the Flame Red Fortress, Shi Feng opened the system map.

Confirming the location of the Flame God’s Cave, Shi Feng advanced towards it along a red dirt road.

Although there were plenty of Level 20 and higher monsters, such as the Fire Raging Bull and Violet Flame Wolf, along the way to the Flame God’s Cave, Shi Feng walked on the official road.

There were normally high-level NPCs patrolling the official roads, and these NPCs were usually 15 Levels higher than the map they occupied.

Moreover, they patrolled in small parties rather than individually.

If there were any foolish monsters that dared come close to the official road, these Level 40 NPC’s would immediately dispatch the offending beast.

The moment they came within a 40-yard distance to the official road, the patrolling NPCs would discover these monsters and turn them into soup.

Hence, all the surrounding monsters did not dare come within 40 yards of the official road at all, allowing players to travel safely through it.

— Around half an hour later, Shi Feng finally arrived at the Flame God’s Cave.

The Flame God’s Cave was situated close to a volcano at the outer edges of the Scorching Hot Canyon.

Plenty of Elite monsters and Chieftain ranked Bosses resided within the cave.

However, even when players discovered this location, they would normally choose to turn around and leave as the monsters here were simply too strong.

If monsters had not chased that party, they would not have run to the Flame God’s Cave, incidentally discovering the Ranger’s secret of grinding Bosses and Elite monsters.

However, only Shi Feng knew of this secret right now.

The monsters in the Flame God’s Cave were all Level 25, and generally, only players who had reached Level 20 would grind here.

However, Shi Feng’s equipment had the Ignore Levels Attribute, so he could barely grind here as well, though with much lower efficiency.

Regardless, he would still be grinding Level 25 monsters.

Even if his speed were slower than a Level 20 player, his gains would still be much greater compared to grinding Level 14 monsters.

As for why the monsters in the Flame God’s Cave were so amazing, it was mainly because of the extraordinarily high damage of their fire-type attacks.

Even if it were only a Level 25 Common monster, it could still kill an MT of the same level with just two or three moves.

Not to mention, the monsters in the Flame God’s Cave all lived in groups, and one would usually meet five or six monsters at the same time.

Even an MT with top-tier equipment could not handle so many monsters at once.

There was also a large amount of Elite and Special Elite monsters here; they could practically one-shot an MT of the same level.

Hence, even when players knew about the Flame God’s Cave, there was still nobody daring enough to grind at this place.

However, it was a different story when one had the Flaming Sun Scripture.

The Flaming Sun Scripture could grant players a Flaming Sun’s Blessing effect.

The effect was closely related to the surrounding environment; the denser the fire-type mana present in a location, the greater were its effects.

The effect lasted for two hours.

However, the introduction of the Flaming Sun Scripture did not reveal such an effect, so players in the past couldn’t discover its exact purpose.

The Flame God’s Cave could be considered as one of the locations within Scorching Hot Canyon that had the densest fire-type mana.

As a result, the fire-type damage of the monsters inside was extraordinarily high.

However, precisely because of this same reason, the Flame God’s Cave was also a perfect place for one to use the Flaming Sun Scripture.

However, even with the Flaming Sun Scripture, Shi Feng needed to be extremely careful while he was here.

After all, the Flame God’s Cave was a nest for Level 25 monsters.

With the level gap of 11 Levels, these monsters could easily extinguish Shi Feng’s life with just two moves, and Shi Feng would not even have the chance to resist before dying.

Moreover, Shi Feng’s level was just too low; these monsters could detect him easily.

Hence, he needed to act with extreme caution.

The moment Shi Feng carefully set foot in the cave, a wave of hot air swept past him from within the cave.

Just when Shi Feng’s five senses heightened to their maximum limit, his system communication suddenly rang out.

“Crap!

That nearly gave me a heart attack!

” Shi Feng jumped, taken by surprise.

He glanced at the system notification.

Fortunately, monsters could not hear the system notifications.

In the same way team chat worked, only specified players could hear them, while outsiders would remain unaffected.

“Flying Dragon?

Why is he playing God’s Domain as well?

” Shi Feng wrinkled his eyebrows at the sight of the caller ID blinking before him.

This Flying Dragon was none other than Shi Feng’s classmate and the ninth-ranked in Jin Hai University’s fighting competition, Ling Feilong.

However, in Shi Feng’s previous life, Ling Feilong only joined God’s Domain long after the game’s release.

At that time, Shi Feng had already become the Guild Leader of Shadow.

For Ling Feilong to join God’s Domain in advance, could this be the result of the butterfly effect?

 Shi Feng lowered his head in thought.

However, he soon revealed a smirk.

In this life, he had not revealed his character’s ID to anyone else.

As for Blackie, Shi Feng had long since told him not to reveal anything.

Hence, no one in Jin Hai University knew Shi Feng was Ye Feng.

Similarly, nobody else knew that Blackie was Black Cloud in God’s Domain.

Blackie’s friends only knew that he was getting by fairly well in the game.

“Who are you?

What business do you have with me?

” Shi Feng answered the call with a cold and imposing tone as if he were a god looking down on an ant.

Ling Feilong immediately felt chills all down his body when he heard Shi Feng’s voice, followed by immense pressure.

He felt like he had just walked out of a cold pool of water.

His heartbeat instantly soared to 180 beats per minute.

This is Ye Feng, the god-ranked expert that caused even Martial Union to submit?

His voice alone is already so imposing and threatening… The pressure he gives off is even stronger than Brother Zhang’s!

It’s as expected of a god-ranked expert.

No wonder Brother Zhang wanted me to recruit him.

 Ling Feilong was inwardly shocked, and he grew even more respectful towards Shi Feng.

Originally, Zhou Yuhu should have been the one to contact the god-ranked expert.

However, Zhou Yuhu previously had a falling out with the god-ranked expert, so the responsibility had been pushed onto him, Ling Feilong, instead.

Ling Feilong felt that his chance to shine had arrived.

As long as he could deal with this matter appropriately and gain the favor of such a god-ranked expert, his position in Shadow would rise quickly in the future; he would surely surpass Zhou Yuhu.

After all, Zhou Yuhu had once found conflict with this god-ranked expert.

In the future, Zhou Yuhu would certainly have difficulty getting by in Shadow.

Before Ling Feilong had personally felt Ye Feng’s imposing aura, he always thought that nobody could be as strong as Brother Zhang.

However, Ling Feilong was now completely certain that, if this god-ranked expert joined Shadow, even Zhang Luowei would have to submit to his strength.

Meanwhile, Shadow would similarly fall under the control of this expert.

“How are you, expert?

I am Shadow’s representative, Flying Dragon.

We sincerely want to recruit a god-ranked expert like yourself into Shadow.

As for the treatment you will receive, please rest assured.

We at Shadow will certainly not mistreat you,” Ling Feilong’s tone was both soft and respectful when he spoke.

After all, the god-ranked expert before his eyes right now someone he needed to fawn over desperately in the future.

He was truly afraid that this god-ranked expert would immediately disconnect his call.

Chapter 201: Scripture’s Might Hearing Ling Feilong attempt to fawn over him and his respectful attitude while doing so, Shi Feng couldn’t help but sigh.

The shoe was on the other foot now!

Fate truly knew how to toy with people.

Judging from Ling Feilong’s tone, Shi Feng could discern that Ling Feilong intended to ride on his coattails.

“If you wish to recruit me, tell me what sort of benefits you plan to offer first,” Shi Feng calmly asked.

“Brother expert, I guarantee that you’ll be satisfied.

As long as you join Shadow, you’ll immediately become an elder of the Guild.

Moreover, our Guild has a large backing behind us, and we have plenty of funding, so we can temporarily set your annual salary at one million Credits.

In addition, we’ll give you 10% of Shadow’s shares.

I think you should know the value of Guild shares, right?

As long as Shadow rises to glory in the future, this 10% will far exceed tens of millions of Credits.

No other Guild can offer you this kind of treatment,” Ling Feilong explained, very satisfied with himself.

His words even moved his own heart.

That was 10% of the Guild’s shares!

Right now, all of the Guilds out there only offered high annual salaries when recruiting an expert; none of them would willingly hand over a portion of the Guild’s shares.

Along with a Guild’s growth, the value of its shares would continuously rise.

In addition to God’s Domain’s growth potential, if Shadow properly developed as time went on, this 10% could represent billions of Credits or more.

Hence, all the large Guilds would not simply offer their shares, and instead, choose the wise decision of offering a static salary.

“Who’s making this promise?

” Shi Feng was slightly bewildered.

He did not think that Shadow would be so decisive in their actions.

In Shi Feng’s previous life, although he was the Guild Leader of Shadow, he did not possess any shares of the Guild.

However, Shi Feng had only recently become the Guild Leader at that time, so he did put too much thought into the matter.

In the end, the Guild kicked him out.

One could say that the shares of a Guild were the true proof of one’s authority.

If Shi Feng had 10% of the Guild’s shares at that time, Lan Hailong would not have dared to casually expel him from the Guild and sever all connections with him.

“Our Guild Leader made this promise.

Of course, with your strength, the position of Guild Leader will doubtlessly be yours in the future,” Ling Feilong unwaveringly started flattering Shi Feng.

“Oh?

Very well,” Shi Feng calmly laughed.

He then, with a tone as cold as ice, arrogantly said, “Return and tell your Guild Leader this; if you want me to join Shadow, then I want 60% of the Guild’s shares and the position of Guild Leader.

Otherwise, there’s no deal.

” Finished speaking, Shi Feng disconnected the call.

Of course, he only said those words as a joke to toy with Ling Feilong.

Even if Shadow were willing to hand over 100% of its shares, Shi Feng would still reject the offer without hesitation.

He swore that would never again wear the hateful name of Shadow.

He simply said those words because he knew that Ling Feilong, Zhang Luowei, and Lan Hailong could never truly agree to such a request.

After all, with 60% of the Guild’s shares, Shi Feng would become the head honcho of Shadow; his word would be final.

Whether it was Zhang Luowei or Lan Hailong, neither could endure being a subordinate of someone else.

“Such a domineering tone!

No wonder he could force Martial Union, who is even stronger than Shadow, to take a huge loss.

Unfortunately, he isn’t a broad-minded person.

If he had accepted the offer, based on the strength he possessed, he could have easily become the Shadow’s true boss in the future if he wanted to.

” Although Ling Feilong admired Shi Feng, he sneered disdainfully as he determined Shi Feng to be a boorish fellow.

Yet, without a backer to rely on, it was impossible for Ling Feilong to climb further up the ranks of Shadow.

Zhang Luowei trusted Zhou Yuhu much more than Ling Feilong.

Ling Feilong was simply an elite member of the Guild in Zhang Luowei’s eyes.

So, it was imperative that Ling Feilong looked for a reliable backer.

Meanwhile, a boor like Shi Feng couldn’t be a better backer.

Although 60% of the total shares seemed a little high, if Ling Feilong expended a lot of effort, it was not an impossible number to accomplish.

“It seems that I’ll have to rearrange his words before reporting back to Brother Zhang and Brother Lan.

” At this moment, Shi Feng would have never imagined that his casual remark meant to anger Lan Hailong and Zhang Luowei would become Ling Feilong’s new goal.

— Inside the Flame God’s Cave, Shi Feng took out one of the Flaming Sun Scriptures from his bag.

He then opened the book, reading the incantations inside.

All of a sudden, the Flaming Sun Scripture ignited, emitting dazzling golden flames.

As if the fire-type mana within the Flame God’s Cave had transformed into soldiers, it all charged towards the golden flame, submitting to it.

The golden flame was like an emperor among flames.

In reality, it wasn’t just the fire-type mana that was affected.

Even Shi Feng’s Ice-Blue Devil Flame felt restless, giving off the notion of submission.

Just what kind of flame is it?

 Shi Feng looked at the bundle of golden flame; his heart filled with curiosity.

 To cause even the Tier 2 Ice-Blue Devil Flame to submit, if this flame had a rank, I wonder what tier it belonged to?

It should be at least Tier 3, possibly Tier 4.

 If Shi Feng could absorb this bundle of golden flame, his strength might rise to a whole new level.

Unfortunately, this flame was not a Mysterious Flame, so Shi Feng had no way of absorbing it.

After a minute passed, the golden flame sank into Shi Feng’s body after it absorbed a sufficient amount of fire-type mana.

Instantly, a new status effect appeared on Shi Feng’s status bar.

[Flaming Sun’s Blessing] Increases Fire Resistance by 100 points and reduces damage from fire-type attacks by 90%.

All fire-type damage received has a 20% chance to recover an equivalent amount of HP.

Damage dealt towards fire-type monsters increased by 100%.

Duration of two hours.

Effective only within the Flame God’s Cave.

In reality, the Flaming Sun Scripture’s original purpose was simply for the convenience of players when grinding in a hot environment.

However, when used inside the Flame God’s Cave, where the density of fire-type mana was extremely high, its effects increased by manyfold.

Hence why the Ranger in Shi Feng’s previous life was able to solo the Elite monsters and Chieftain ranked Bosses here.

To begin with, Shi Feng already had 20 points of Fire Resistance.

Now that he gained an additional 100 points, normal fire attacks would only be an itch to him.

Not to mention, there was also the 90% damage reduction to fire-type attacks.

This increase was just too awesome.

With the Flaming Sun’s Blessing, Shi Feng boldly advanced deeper into the Flame God’s Cave.

There were multiple pathways in the Flame God’s Cave, and it was extremely spacious.

Players could easily get lost in the cave.

This, however, was not a problem for Shi Feng.

The Flame God’s Cave was like his own backyard, and very quickly, he located a lone Level 25 Lava Hound lying on solidified, blackened lava.

[Lava Hound] (Common Monster) Level 25 HP 5,400/5,400 The Lava Hound was several sizes larger compared to a normal lion.

Its entire body emitted red flames; its skin was a dark yellow, and it had a pair of large, crimson eyes.

Detecting Shi Feng’s presence, the Lava Hound abruptly stood; its blood-red eyes glared at Shi Feng as it let out a low, angry growl.

The Lava Hound’s sharp claws easily shattered a chunk of charred rock.

Just as Shi Feng unsheathed the Abyssal Blade and Silver Lake, the Lava Hound spat a mouthful of flames at Shi Feng.

Without holding anything back, Shi Feng activated the Ice-Blue Devil Flame, covering his entire body with a deep-blue flame.

He then charged at the ball of flames head-on.

The Lava Hound’s attack could originally devour close to half of the HP of an MT of the same level.

However, when struck Shi Feng, the attack merely caused around -10 points of damage.

The damage the Lava Hound’s attack dealt was even less than the attacks of a Level 10 Common monster.

As expected, with 120 points of Fire Resistance, my resistance has reached extraordinary levels.

 Finished experimenting with his durability, Shi Feng arrived in front of the Lava Hound and sent a Chop slashing at its nape, drawing a pool of piping-hot blood.

A damage of -345 points appeared above the Lava Hound’s head.

The damage was barely within Shi Feng’s acceptable range.

Moreover, due to the Lava Hound being 11 Levels higher than himself, Shi Feng’s Skill Proficiency also soared with lightning speed.

Every usage netted him 3 Proficiency points.

Although the Lava Hound was powerful, Shi Feng only needed to take note of its AOE skills like the Flame Breath and Flame Explosion.

Without the threat of these powerful skills, Shi Feng only needed to deal with the Lava Hound’s sharp claws.

With Shi Feng’s extraordinary evasive techniques, in addition to his very high Agility, he could easily dodge the attacks from the Lava Hound’s sharp claws.

Before even a minute had passed, Shi Feng had killed the Level 25 Lava Hound, the monster leaving behind a Flame Crystal and several Copper Coins after it died.

System: Level 25 Lava Hound killed.

Level difference of 11.

EXP obtained increased by 1,100%.

Obtained 16,500 EXP.

Chapter 202: Scorching Lamia Within the brightly lit Flame God’s Cave, Shi Feng advanced further into the cave relentlessly.

The Lava Hound he previously killed had raised his Skill Proficiencies by quite a bit.

However, that was it.

In contrast, the EXP the Level 25 Lava Hound gave was much less.

However, this was not strange.

After all, the monsters within the Flame God’s Cave had both high Attack Power and HP but gave out very little EXP.

Under normal circumstances, average players would not grind here at all.

However, it was a different story once players had the Flaming Sun Scripture.

With it, they could easily deal with the monsters in the Flame God’s Cave.

Moreover, the monsters here dropped Flame Crystals.

Flame Crystals were the main materials used for crafting Basic Fire Resistance Potions.

By the time the majority of players reached levels between 20 to 30, they would discover that most Party and Team Dungeons required a high Fire Resistance.

Otherwise, they would have no way of raiding these Dungeons.

The Level 25 large-scale Team Dungeon, the Flame Nest, for example; without Basic Fire Resistance Potions, players would have absolutely no way of conquering it.

Yet, this Team Dungeon had loads of good equipment and items in it.

Moreover, out of all the Level 25 Dungeons, the Flame Nest gave out the most Guild Reputation.

Most importantly, there was a very small chance for players to obtain a Guild Mine Certificate and Guild Medicine Garden Certificate from the Dungeon.

These were both items that could allow a Guild to develop itself further.

Normally, only Guilds with their own Guild Residence would be considered true Guilds.

Meanwhile, players could establish certain constructs within the Guild Residence to further aid in the Guild’s development.

Among these facilities, two of the most important constructs were the Medicine Garden and Mine.

These two constructs could provide the Guild with a fixed amount of herbs and ore on a daily basis, and it could greatly reduce the Guild’s burden.

It could also allow Potionmakers and Forgers to have sufficient resources to increase their Lifestyle Skill Proficiencies.

Hence, as long as it was a Guild that possessed their own Guild Residence, they would unhesitatingly raid the Flame Nest regardless of the price they had to pay to obtain these two certificates.

As such, plenty of Guilds had tried to raid the Flame Nest when their players reached between 20 and 30 Levels, causing the Basic Fire Resistance Potion to become a high-demand product.

Even until now, Shi Feng had remembered that the Basic Fire Resistance Potions at that time had sold for 50 Silver Coins per bottle.

Meanwhile, a single Flame Crystal sold for 15 Silver Coins.

Thus, even at the cost of three to four Gold Coins, players would willingly purchase the Flaming Sun Scripture.

After all, they could easily obtain 25 to 30 Flame Crystals by grinding the Flame God’s Cave for two hours.

In the Flame God’s Cave, a Common ranked Lava Hound had a 3% chance of dropping a Flame Crystal, three times higher than the drop rate of fire-type monsters outside.

Meanwhile, the Level 25 Elite monsters in the Flame God’s Cave had a 100% chance to drop one Flame Crystal and a 10% chance to drop two Flame Crystals.

Of course, these monsters would also drop equipment.

As for Level 25 Special Elites, they had a 100% chance of dropping two Flame Crystals, a 20% chance to drop four Flame Crystals, and a 10% chance to drop five to seven Flame Crystals.

Level 25 Chieftain Bosses were even more rewarding.

They had a 100% chance to drop 10 Flame Crystals, a 30% chance to drop 13 pieces of Flame Crystals, and 20% chance to drop 20 to 25 Flame Crystals.

Players could easily earn up to 2 Gold Coins by killing a single Chieftain Boss.

Not to mention, these Bosses also dropped equipment and tools.

Shi Feng continuously killed lone Level 25 Lava Hounds as he advanced further into the depths of the Flame God’s Cave.

Even when he met two Lava Hounds at the same time, he still easily dealt with them.

Only, more time was necessary.

The Flame Breath of the Lava Hounds could be easily dodged.

Players only needed to take note of the Lava Hound’s throat.

When its throat glowed and gave off the color of fire, it was about to spit out flames.

However, the damage of this move was only a small matter to Shi Feng; it dealt about only -100 damage in total to Shi Feng.

As for the Lava Hound’s other skill, Flame Explosion, it could cause extremely high flame damage to all enemies within an 8-yard radius.

Without 120 points in Fire Resistance and 90% damage reduction to fire-type attacks, MTs of the same level would instantly lose three-fourths of their HP to this single attack.

However, the Lava Hound’s actions were obvious before it would cast this skill.

It would raise its claws high, then slam them on the ground, creating an explosion of flames.

However, the skill’s effective range was wide, making it extremely hard to avoid.

It was practically a sure-hit skill.

Fortunately, Shi Feng’s Fire Resistance was extremely high, and he would, at most, receive around -100 damage from the Lava Hound’s Flame Explosion.

Shi Feng had over 1,800 HP, so this damage was not significant.

Another hour or so passed by, and Shi Feng finally arrived at the core area of the Flame God’s Cave.

On his way here, Shi Feng had killed many Lava Hounds, and due to the Luck +3 provided by the Shadow’s Blessing he wore, he obtained a bountiful number of Flame Crystals.

He could get one Flame Crystal for every half a dozen or so Lava Hounds he killed.

Throughout his journey, Shi Feng had killed over 40 Lava Hounds, and obtained a total of eight Flame Crystals.

His experience had also risen to 37% of Level 14; his leveling speed could already be described as flying.

His skills, Chop, Thundering Flash, and Thunder Flame Explosion, also rose to Level 7, Level 5, and Level 3 respectively.

If including the upgrade provided by the Abyssal Blade, these skills would be Level 10, Level 8, and Level 6 respectively.

These improvements had pushed Shi Feng’s damage output to a whole new level once more.

Unfortunately, the Lava Hounds Shi Feng killed did not drop any equipment; the same went for the Forging Designs that Shi Feng most desired.

The core area Shi Feng had reached was a large, empty lava field; molten lava flowed throughout the surroundings.

At the highest point of the empty field sat plenty of bright crystals reflecting the glow of the lava into the surroundings, illuminating the spacious and empty field.

The cooled accumulation of lava formed the land here.

This place was more like a swamp than a durable stone road, and players would find it very hard to transverse across this lava field.

A single misstep would instantly lead to players fall into a pit of molten lava.

If players did not possess a definite control over their own bodies, they would find themselves at a serious disadvantage when battling here.

Meanwhile, on the empty land a short distance away, Shi Feng discovered plenty of Level 25 Elite Flame Naga silently guarding.

Occasionally, he could also spot a few Level 25 Special Elite Flame Naga Warriors.

Compared to the Lava Hound, these monsters possessed much more intelligence.

Aside from attacking with flames, they could also deal a substantial amount of physical damage.

These monsters also had exceptionally fast reactions, especially the Flame Naga Warriors.

These warriors wore armor and wielded a shield in one of their hands.

They were practically Shield Warriors, and players would find them extremely difficult to deal with.

[Flame Naga] (Elite Rank) Level 25 HP 20,000/20,000 [Flame Naga Warrior] (Special Elite) Level 25 HP 50,000/50,000 Soon after, Shi Feng lifted his head and shifted his gaze towards the distant central region of this lava field.

Due to the long distance, Shi Feng had to squint and focus his eyes for quite some time.

Only after activating his Extraordinary Vision could he discover a beautiful figure laying atop a stone altar.

That was a Lamia.

Unlike her Naga brethren, who possessed the heads and faces of a snake, although the lower half of this Lamia body was a snake’s tail, her upper body was that of a human’s.

This Lamia possessed beauty that even women would envy.

Her eyes were like red gemstones, giving off a dazzling glow.

Her lustrous and seductive black hair was tied into twin ponytails.

Exposed to the light of the flames, her delicate white skin shone like supple white jade.

The most attractive parts of this Lamia were her elegant temperament and her exotic beauty.

The bright silken blouse she wore was especially eye-catching, as it served to accentuate her delicate body and ample breasts further.

Just a glance at this Lamia would easily captivate any intruder.

It was truly hard to imagine that this delicate and beautiful Lamia was the Scorching Lamia Cela, the Level 25 High Lord ranked Boss of the Flame God’s Cave.

“Sure enough, the benefits of pioneering a new land are plentiful; I have already found a High Lord rank on this first trip.

” In Shi Feng’s previous life, most of the Bosses Shi Feng had met were Chieftain rank, and only rarely could he meet a Lord ranked Boss.

Only with superb luck could one find a Lord ranked Boss.

Shi Feng’s eyes shone as he gazed at Scorching Lamia Cela’s attractive appearance; his breathing became slightly hurried.

He also grew excited, a never-before-seen resplendent smile appearing on his calm face.

Of course, Shi Feng wasn’t captivated by Cela’s beauty, but the bountiful wealth that a High Lord ranked Boss represented.

Not to mention, Cela was the High Lord of the Flame God’s Cave.

If he could kill her, he wondered just how much EXP and high-level items and equipment he could obtain.

If Blackie and the others knew Shi Feng’s current thoughts and appearance, they would definitely curse Shi Feng for being inhuman.

Not sparing even a weak and delicate Lamia, Shi Feng was practically a beast… Chapter 203: Scorching Heart Molten lava slowly flowed across the vast, empty field.

Meanwhile, the Scorching Lamia Cela paid no particular attention to the intruder, Shi Feng.

She simply swished her tail, slithering to a pool of lava.

With a splash, Cela dove straight into the scorching pool, frolicking with a content expression.

If a normal player copied Cela’s actions and jumped into the lava pool, they could lose their lives in a given minute.

Even if they activated the Flaming Sun’s Blessing and received an additional 100 points to their Fire Resistance, they would still lose 300 HP every second they submerged in the lava pool.

Taking a good, long look, Shi Feng finally decided upon a plan.

[Scorching Lamia Cela] (High Lord Rank) Level 25 HP 500,000/500,000 A Lord ranked Boss was not as easy to deal with as a Chieftain ranked Boss.

If it were a Level 25 Lord ranked Boss, not to mention a 20-man elite team, even a 100-man elite-team would still die at the Boss’s hands.

A Lord ranked Boss was simply too powerful.

The only way to kill these Bosses was to gather thousands of players and use the advantage of numbers to exhaust these Bosses to death slowly.

Other than that, there was no other way around it.

Meanwhile, the Scorching Lamia, who bathed in the lava pool, was even more intimidating than a normal Lord ranked Boss.

Without the Flaming Sun Scripture, even thousands of players would have zero chances of defeating Cela.

On the other hand, Shi Feng had a method of dealing with the Scorching Lamia.

However, he first needed to clear out the surrounding Elite and Special Elite monsters.

Otherwise, he would be similarly helpless against the Scorching Lamia.

Let’s first lure them slowly and clear them, bit by bit.

 Shi Feng then randomly looked for a solitary Flame Naga, boldly walking over to it.

He did not intend to use any special means to lure these monsters.

As Shi Feng was only Level 14 right now, when faced with Level 25 elites, these Elites would all charge at him in a craze as long as he came within 40 yards.

Hence, he still needed to apply some techniques to lure only one Flame Naga.

Be it a snake-type monster or a Naga, both were innately born with exceptional hearing.

Hence, players needed to be light on their feet when approaching these Naga.

If players made even the tiniest disturbance, they would find only their own deaths.

Shi Feng walked with a strong and steady pace atop the soft and unstable ground, and with relative ease, he attracted the attention of a Flame Naga.

Immediately, Shi Feng watched as the Flame Naga charged at him like a madman.

“Come, come!

” Seeing that the Naga had taken the bait, Shi Feng faintly smiled as he spun around and ran towards a distant rock cliff.

The Flame Naga was well versed in close combat.

Meanwhile, its only ranged attack was the Raging Flame Roar, and it belonged to the category of channeling spells.

The skill had an effective area of 40*4 yards, and it needed 3 seconds to channel the skill fully.

However, this skill did not pose any threat to Shi Feng.

On the contrary, melee combat with the Flame Naga was much more difficult.

As the chase continued, although the Flame Naga was fast, Shi Feng was not any slower than it either.

The moment Shi Feng arrived in front the rock cliff, with no further paths of retreat remaining, Shi Feng started climbing up the extremely steep cliff with great ease.

When he arrived at the top of the cliff, he stuck out his tongue at the creature as he silently looked down at the Flame Naga.

The Flame Naga was further incensed by Shi Feng’s blatant provocation, and it, too, started frantically climbing the cliff.

Although Shi Feng was not a ranged class, and he could not kite the Flame Naga, melee battle the Flame Naga was simply too dangerous.

If Shi Feng was slightly careless, the Flame Naga could kill him with just two moves.

Hence, Shi Feng intended to fight from a range.

Seeing that the Flame Naga was about to climb the cliff, Shi Feng took out a Basic Frost Grenade from his bag.

He then threw it at the Flame Naga.

Peng!

 Ice fragments scattered, and cold air spread out to the surroundings.

The Flame Naga instantly froze.

Due to the Flame Naga’s fear of the cold, the Basic Frost Grenade managed to deal -300 damage to it.

However, the Flame Naga possessed 20,000 HP, so this small amount of damage barely made a scratch.

Frozen halfway through its climb up the rock cliff, the Flame Naga’s immobile body fell.

Two stones, protruding from the rock wall, halted the serpentine beast’s fall, sandwiching the Flame Naga’s body between the rocks as it hung halfway up the cliff.

Be it attacking or dodging, the Flame Naga would find it extremely challenging to do either from its current position.

It could not even carry out the simple action of turning its own body right now.

Shi Feng smiled at this sight.

He jumped down from his elevated position, landing on one of the stones trapping his opponent.

He then started attacking the Flame Naga from behind.

It was extremely easy to kill a Flame Naga that had zero means of retaliating.

Shi Feng sent a Level 10 Chop slashing at the Flame Naga’s back, earning him a scream of pain coupled with a damage of -168 above the monster’s head.

Shi Feng couldn’t help but admit that a Level 25 Elite was truly amazing.

With the level suppression, in addition to the Flame Naga’s superior Defense, his attack could not even deal -200 damage even with the damage multiplier from the Flaming Sun Scripture.

Immediately after, Shi Feng followed up with Thundering Flash, Earth Splitter, Double Chop, and Thunder Flame Explosion.

A series of damages appeared above the Flame Naga’s head.

However, even with the damage amplification effect inflicted by Thundering Flash, the highest damage Shi Feng had dealt with a single attack was barely over -200 points.

Though there was the occasional critical hit of over -400 damage, the Flame Naga had a total of 20,000 HP.

Aside from Shi Feng’s skills being capable of causing more than -100 damage to the Flame Naga, his normal attacks could not deal over -50 damage.

Moreover, Shi Feng had activated the Ice-Blue Devil Flame’s effect before his attacks.

Seeing as the freezing effect was about to end, Shi Feng threw another Basic Frost Grenade at the Flame Naga, freezing his target once more.

He then resumed his barrage of attacks.

Although the Flame Naga had relatively fast regeneration, neither was the damage Shi Feng was causing to it a small amount.

Two minutes later, the Flame Naga’s HP finally fell to 20%.

Simultaneously, the Flame Naga released a fierce roar.

Flames covered its entire body, and shortly after, its body started trembling.

Shi Feng had long since been prepared for it.

Immediately, he hid behind the corner of a rock.

Boom!

Countless flying flame-blades shot out from the Flame Naga’s body.

These flame blades were the beast’s scales, and their appearance signaled it’s ultimate move, Flame Bullets.

The damage these Flame Bullets dealt was a combination of physical and fire-type damage.

With Shi Feng’s current HP that was slightly over 1,800 points, these bullets could instantly send him into a critical condition.

However, with the iron-like rock blocking these blades for him, Shi Feng received no damage at all.

After the waves of Flame Bullets ended, Shi Feng threw out another Frost Grenade before resuming his attack.

In the end, Shi Feng killed the Level 25 Flame Naga with relative ease.

The instant the Flame Naga died, Shi Feng’s experience bar increased by a small portion.

Shi Feng was already Level 14, and he needed an extremely large amount of EXP to reach Level 15.

His experience bar rising by a noticeable chunk showed just how bountiful the EXP the Flame Naga provided was.

The Flame Naga also dropped two Flame Crystals, one Bronze Ornament, and tens of Copper Coins.

Ornaments were the rarest of all equipment.

Compared to jewelry such as rings and necklaces, ornaments were far more valuable.

In God’s Domain, every player could equip three ornaments at most.

As of this moment, however, Shi Feng’s ornament window was still a big, empty space.

He truly did not imagine that he would inadvertently obtain a Bronze Ornament.

His luck was simply too good.

[Scorching Heart] (Ornament, Bronze Rank) Equipment Requirement: Strength 80 Strength +10, Agility +10, Endurance +10 Fire Resistance +3 Can be activated to cast a Tier 2 Flame Shield that can absorb a maximum of 1,000 flame damage.

Although this ornament did not offer a large increase to his Attributes, ornaments that could increase one’s resistances were extremely rare.

Every such ornament was valued at 6 Gold Coins or more.

“This is too great!

I’m now Level 14, and I have 114 points in Strength and 131 points in Agility.

If I equip this Scorching Heart, it will increase both my Strength and Agility by 10 points, just enough for me to meet the requirements of 120 points in Strength and 140 points in Agility for the Blazing Meteor!

” Shi Feng was ecstatic as he held the flame-red-colored Scorching Heart.

Shi Feng did not think that he could equip the Pseudo-extraordinary Weapon within such a short period after obtaining it.

If he could equip the Blazing Meteor right now, his strength would definitely receive an explosive increase.

He might even reach the standards of an official Tier 1 Swordsman.

Chapter 204: Battle Prowess of a Tier 1 If he could increase his strength to the standards of a Tier 1 Swordsman, he could easily deal with the High Lord ranked Scorching Lamia.

The Scorching Lamia had 500,000 HP.

Possessing the superior battle recovery of a High Lord ranked Boss, the Scorching Lamia could recover 10,000 HP every five seconds.

If players did not possess a DPS[1] of 2,000, Cela was, essentially, invincible.

This was one the reasons even an elite team of hundreds of players could not exhaust a High Lord to death.

Not to mention, the Scorching Lamia possessed frightening attacks and overly powerful skills.

If players wanted to raid Cela head-on, it would be no different than seeking their own deaths even with a team of thousands of players.

However, it would be a different story if they possessed the Flaming Sun Scripture.

Previously, before Shi Feng obtained the Scorching Heart, he had close to no confidence of successfully soloing the Scorching Lamia.

He merely thought of giving it a try.

In any case, he would not incur a huge loss.

However, he now had some confidence in actually killing Cela.

Although Shi Feng had never experienced the might of a Pseudo-extraordinary Weapon, according to Shi Feng’s estimates, it should grant him the strength of an official Tier 1 Swordsman.

Immediately, Shi Feng retrieved the Pseudo-extraordinary Weapon, the Blazing Meteor, from his bag, equipping it on himself.

[Blazing Meteor] (Throwing Weapon, Dark-Gold Rank) Equipment Requirement: Strength 120, Agility 140 Attack Power (Value is set at Player’s Strength*2) Strength +50, Agility +65, Endurance +10 Attack Speed +5 Maximum throwing distance: 45 yards Ignore Levels +8 Attack Speed increased by 15% When attacking: 35% chance to ignore target’s Defense.

30% chance to activate Quadruple Phantom effect, each phantom causing 50% flame damage.

10% chance to activate Knockback effect.

5% chance to activate Burning Flames effect, dealing 200 flame damage to the target every second for 10 seconds.

Stacks up to 5 times.

Additional Skill: Flame God’s Fury.

Deals physical and flame damage to enemies within a 40*3 yard area.

Deals 900% damage to the initial target, and damage reduces by 10% with each consecutive enemy hit to a minimum of 500% damage.

Cooldown: 3 minutes The Blazing Meteor was forged by the Grandmaster Forger, Seliora.

Due to the limit of its materials, it is only a Pseudo-extraordinary item possessing strength at the very limit of mortal men.

The Blazing Meteor can be reforged into an Epic Ranked item after gathering Epic ranked fire-type materials.

User restriction: Ye Feng Unable to be dropped.

Unable to be traded.

After equipping it, Shi Feng’s Attributes instantly soared.

His Strength reached 174 points, while Agility reached 206 points.

He was only a few Attribute points away from being able to equip the Fragmented-Legendary ranked item, the Heavenly Dragon’s Breath, which required 200 points in Strength and 120 points in Intelligence.

With the improvements provided by the Pseudo-extraordinary Weapon, Shi Feng’s Attack Power with throwing weapons increased to 696 points, while his melee Attack Power with his right and left hand were 444 and 426 respectively.

The base damage for his ranged attacks far surpassed his melee attacks.

In addition, due to the Blazing Meteor ignoring +8 Levels, Shi Feng would no longer face any level suppressions, which would greatly reduce his damage, when dealing with Level 25 monsters.

As Shi Feng’s Agility Attribute reached 200 points, he once again activated one of the Hidden Passive Skills, Basic Disappearance.

The passive skill increased Shi Feng’s Movement Speed and Attack Speed by 20% and greatly decreased his stamina consumption during a battle.

When he tread water, he could travel a distance of 10 yards with a single leap.

His evasion also increased by 10%.

With such a boost, Shi Feng’s confidence increased once more.

“I can start clearing the place now,” Shi Feng shifted his gaze towards the distant Elites and Special Elites.

Since his ranged attacks were more impressive than his melee attacks now, he would naturally avoid using his previous, inefficient battle techniques.

He could simply copy the Ranger in his previous life, using the basic kiting method to kill these Naga.

That way, not only would the battle be swift, but he could also guarantee his own safety.

At a spot 43 yards away, two Level 25 Elite Flame Naga and one Special Elite Flame Naga Warrior currently conversed with each other in soft tones.

None of them had noticed Shi Feng’s presence.

In contrast, Shi Feng, currently covered in deep-blue flames, retrieved the flame-red, thin, needle-like Blazing Meteor from his waist.

He aimed the Blazing Meteor at the Flame Naga Warrior standing between the other two Flame Naga, initiating his attack.

Xiu!

 The Blazing Meteor shot through the air, transforming into a meteor and instantly piercing the Flame Naga Warrior’s forehead.

Simultaneously, the Ignore Target’s Defense effect and Quadruple Phantom effect both triggered upon impact.

Before that Flame Naga Warrior could even manage a scream, -1526, -758, -758, -758, -758 appeared above its head.

Even Shi Feng dared not believe his own eyes right now.

Although he had the support of the Flaming Sun Scripture, the might of this single attack was still too powerful.

A single, normal attack had destroyed over 4,500 HP from the Flame Naga Warrior, which was close to one-tenth of the Special Elite monster’s total HP.

Shi Feng only needed to repeat this attack 11 more times to kill a Level 25 Special Elite.

In the entire God’s Domain, aside from Shi Feng, there might not be a second person capable of carrying out such a feat.

Replying to Shi Feng’s brutal attack, the three Naga released angry roars.

They revealed sinister expressions as they charged towards Shi Feng, gradually splitting from the main force of the Naga.

When the distance between the three Naga and Shi Feng had shortened 20 yards, Shi Feng threw a Basic Frost Grenade at them.

The three Naga immediately froze in place, damages of -300 appearing above their heads.

Holding nothing back, Shi Feng threw the Blazing Meteor at the three Naga relentlessly.

The Blazing Meteor’s effects constantly triggered, each attack dealing over -1,000 damage, while the occasional critical hit dealt over -2,000 damage.

The three Naga were helpless.

They could only attack Shi Feng using fire-type spells.

However, Shi Feng always managed to predict the location of their attacks, so he could dodge the attacks beforehand, never letting any of the spells land on him.

Before even two minutes had passed, the two Elite and one Special Elite monster died.

They contributed a large amount of EXP and multiple Flame Crystals to Shi Feng.

Possibly due to the Shadow’s Blessing’s effect, the Special Elite Naga even dropped a Level 22 Mysterious-Iron ranked plate armor.

Afterwards, Shi Feng repeated this process of luring and killing the Elite and Special Elite Naga.

Although the process was mind-bogglingly boring, the fatigue on his spirit lessened greatly when Shi Feng thought about the Flame Crystals and the various Level 20 to Level 25 equipment he could obtain.

— Unknowingly, more than four hours had passed.

Shi Feng had cleared out practically all of the Naga present in this lava field.

Shi Feng had also risen to Level 15, and he was only a tad bit away from Level 16.

While Shi Feng rested, he opened the Ranking List for White River City.

Right now, the first place on the Ranking List was occupied by a Level 13 player.

Shi Feng could not help his shock at this sight.

How could there be someone leveling so quickly?

Not much time had passed since players outside of Shi Feng’s team had entered White River City.

Logically, it would already be amazing for players to reach Level 11.

Yet, there was actually someone that had reached Level 13?

Was this person hunting monsters of a higher level as well?

Shi Feng’s mouth twitched when he saw the name of this first-ranked player — Lone Tyrant.

 Who was this person?

How come I’ve never heard this name before?

 Meanwhile, the Snow Goddess, Gentle Snow, occupied the second place on the Ranking List; she was Level 12 right now.

Following closely, another Level 12 player possessed the third rank.

, and Level 12 players occupied the remaining top then ranks.

This situation confounded Shi Feng.

This leveling speed far surpassed his expectations.

Could this be due to the butterfly effect?

 Shi Feng wondered.

Although players’ leveling speed would indeed increase after entering White River City, it shouldn’t increase to such a degree.

Meanwhile, the eleventh to fiftieth-ranked players on the Ranking List were all Level 11.

Reaching this level was still reasonable.

If these players were all Level 12 or 13, Shi Feng would truly be speechless.

Although the first ranked player had already reached Level 13, that player could not even reach Shi Feng’s shadow.

If other players discovered this fact, they would definitely be shocked.

After Shi Feng reached Level 15, he had placed all his Free Attribute Points into Intelligence.

He had done so to meet the requirements of the Heavenly Dragon’s Breath as soon as possible.

However, the points he added were only a drop in the bucket.

“It should be about time to deal with you now.

” After recovering to perfect condition, Shi Feng abruptly stood.

He looked at the Scorching Lamia still lounging in the pool of lava, a faint smile appearing on his face.

TL Notes: [1] DPS: Stands for Damage Per Second Chapter 205: Queen’s Rage Just when Shi Feng contemplated raiding the delicate and weak-looking Scorching Lamia, the entire White River City region flew into an uproar.

The cause was no other than the White River City region’s Ranking List.

A Level 13 player actually held the first place.

“What is this?

I’ve only managed to reach Level 10 and enter White River City after much difficulty, yet, there is already a Level 13 player?

What did this bastard eat growing up?

” “I know, right?

That Lone Tyrant fellow previously ranked in the tens, but he had suddenly shot up to first place, surpassing even the Snow Goddess!

” “Lone Tyrant is from a Guild called Dark Star.

Isn’t that a third-rate Guild?

How could they be so strong as to surpass the Snow Goddess?

” The official forums were already in a fiery uproar over this matter, and the previous issue relating to Shi Feng had become forgotten history.

— Inside the Level 10, 10-man Team Dungeon, the Dark Crow Cave.

A Black-feathered Crow with a six-meter tall body lay motionless on the ground, a pile of items sitting by its side.

Among these items, there were pieces of Level 10 Mysterious-Iron Set Equipment.

There were even two Secret-Silver ranked items and a large number of rare materials.

Meanwhile, standing beside this Black-feathered Crow was a fairy.

This fairy possessed skin as white as snow and an appearance that could charm any mortal man.

Her body was the very definition of absolute perfection.

However, this fairy’s eyes possessed a penetrating gaze with a boundless and intimidating chill.

This woman who seemed to transcend mortal men was none other than Gentle Snow.

System: Ouroboros has cleared the Hard Mode of Black Crow Cave.

Rewarding 300 Guild Reputation.

“Snow, someone’s reached Level 13 already.

They’re a lot faster than we are.

Why don’t we stop Dungeon-diving and resume leveling up?

” possessing a similarly devilish body, Zhao Yueru pouted as she spoke, displeased.

After going to a Level 12 monster area while they were only Level 9, they quickly discovered that they could constantly improve their battle prowess.

Although it was extremely difficult to kill those monsters, in the beginning, they rose swiftly after experiencing many near-death situations and long periods of research and self-reflection.

With their battle techniques having greatly improved, they felt that killing monsters three levels higher was no longer just a pipe dream.

They also felt that they could achieve the feats Shi Feng had displayed in the past, similarly obtaining an effortless victory over a great number of players.

After arriving at White River City, they immediately picked up the Daily Reputation Quests.

They then looked for an extremely good leveling spot, grinding there for a period.

However, due to their equipment being slightly outdated, they decided to raid a Dungeon to upgrade their equipment, making preparations to obtain the First Clear of one of the Level 10 large-scale Team Dungeons.

Otherwise, a player from a measly third-rate Guild wouldn’t have surpassed them.

“Ignore him.

Compared to Levels, the First Clear of a large-scale Team Dungeon is far more important.

Moreover, after exceeding Level 15, it won’t matter, even if we manage to clear the Hell Mode of a Level 10 large-scale Team Dungeon.

Our equipment should be close to ready now, so let’s start with obtaining the First Clear of a Level 10 Party Dungeon.

” When Gentle Snow noticed Lone Tyrant’s name occupying the first position on the Ranking List, a calm smile appeared on her pure and untainted complexion.

Gentle Snow’s team members revealed excited smiles when faced with Gentle Snow’s decision.

They could finally display their prowess for all to see.

After all, they had all been experts in the past virtual reality games.

Throughout this period, they had constantly strived and battled against high-level monsters.

During their breaks, they would research the videos of experts, especially Shi Feng’s battle footage.

Although the video was short, it held great significance.

The more they studied Shi Feng’s battle, the more shocked they became.

Unknowingly, their own battle techniques also began to improve madly.

To put it another way, they had started to familiarize themselves with the realistic battle methods of God’s Domain.

Simultaneously, they had also grasped ahold of their body’s true strength.

The Hard Mode of a Team Dungeon could not fully sate their thirst for growth.

It was especially true after they familiarized themselves with their Extraordinary Condition.

Right now, only Hell Mode could truly excite them.

Just like when they were in the Hell Mode of Dark Moon Graveyard, they wished to experience the feeling of having every single cell within their bodies tremble.

In the past, they believed that their trembling represented fear.

In reality, however, that trembling resulted from the excitement that grew in their hearts.

Meanwhile, the other large Guilds were similarly shocked by the sudden appearance of Lone Tyrant but quickly dismissed this matter from their minds.

The average players, however, were astonished.

This incident had allowed the apex third-rate Guild, Dark Star, to firmly established a foothold in White River City.

Even the second-rate Guild, the Assassin’s Alliance, was a step behind them.

None of the top ten players on the Ranking List belonged to the Assassin’s Alliance.

Contrary to expectations, the Assassin’s Alliance had three members ranked within the top 30.

One of them was the Guild Leader, ranking 18th.

The second person was Stabbing Heart, who ranked 26th.

Finally, the Assassin’s Alliance’s top Elementalist ranked at 29th.

Yet, to the majority of the players within the White River City region, having such a rank was no different than having no rank at all.

The fame of having such a rank was worlds apart from that of being in first place.

— Flame God’s Cave.

At this moment, Shi Feng had lured the Level 25 High Lord ranked Scorching Lamia to a corner absent of any lava.

Half of the Cela’s amazing prowess relied on the presence of lava.

Hence, by luring her away from the lava, the raid difficulty of the Scorching Lamia instantly reduced by half.

However, even with such a reduction, Cela was still a High Lord ranked Boss.

She was not something average players could afford to provoke.

“Kneel before me and receive your punishment of flames!

” the Scorching Lamia’s finger trembled, and suddenly, a whip of flames appeared from her finger.

She then abruptly cracked her whip towards Shi Feng’s skull.

The flame whip transformed into a streak of flowing light as it swung towards Shi Feng’s cranium.

Queen’s Whip!

This was the melee skill that the Scorching Lamia often used.

If an MT of the same level did not possess the Flaming Sun’s Blessing, this single whip could instantly kill him.

In addition, this skill was a wide-range AOE skill, and it had a maximum attack range of 25 yards.

If players wished to use the advantage of numbers to deal with the Scorching Lamia, they would quickly find themselves cremated by her whip.

After all, even an MT could not block this attack, let alone the other fragile classes.

Faced with the incoming flame whip, Shi Feng sprung himself into the air and threw himself to the ground.

Although he easily avoided the flame whip, the whip’s flaming trail still singed Shi Feng, dealing slightly over -70 damage.

However, Shi Feng took this chance to pull quite a distance away from the Cela.

He then jumped and twisted his body in the air, throwing the Blazing Meteor at the Scorching Lamia.

A red glow shot forth, accurately piercing the left arm that the Scorching Lamia was about to lift.

The attack activated the rarely seen Burning Flames effect, immediately causing -754 damage and inflicting a negative status effect that caused -400 flame damage per second for 10 seconds.

Simultaneously, the attack also interrupted the rhythm of the Scorching Lamia’s next attack.

“Despicable human!

I will capture you and make you my pet!

” Rage surfaced on the Cela’s beautiful face.

Immediately, she swung her tail with all her might.

Her speed abruptly soared, instantly shortening the distance between Shi Feng and herself.

“Almost…” Shi Feng took a look at the surrounding environment, abruptly halting his steps.

He then turned to face the Scorching Lamia, throwing a Basic Frost Grenade at her.

Hard, iron-like rocks surrounded their current location; not a single drop of lava was visible.

This terrain would greatly limit the Scorching Lamia’s most powerful skill, Queen’s Rage.

This skill allowed her to command the surrounding lava, transforming it into a wave that engulfed everything in its path.

Even if Shi Feng had 123 points of Fire Resistance, he still couldn’t endure this fierce move.

The Queen’s Rage was the Scorching Lamia’s ultimate team-wipe skill.

Aside from the Queen’s Rage, Shi Feng also needed to be careful of the arrows from the Scorching Snake Lady’s bow, as this attack caused a combination of physical and flame damage.

The Flaming Sun’s Blessing did not provide any physical damage reduction.

Hence, Shi Feng could, at most, take two hits from her arrows before saying goodbye to his life.

Hence, he needed to treat them with care.

Chapter 206: High Lord Ranked Battle Due to the Frost Grenade’s effects, a layer of snow covered the black, charred land.

Meanwhile, the Scorching Lamia’s tail had frozen to the ground; her motions halted as a result.

A hint of fury surfaced on her beautiful countenance.

She raised her right hand, pointing a finger at Shi Feng.

Immediately, a large gathering of violent fire-type mana collected at her tender, jade-like finger.

This was one of Cela’s skills, Flame Burst.

Flame Burst had a 2-second cast time, and it was a continuous-attack skill that caused extremely high fire-type damage to the target.

It could practically instant-kill a top-tier MT with full HP, and even if that MT possessed the Flaming Sun’s Blessing, he would still receive a ton of damage.

Watching the flames gathering at the Scorching Lamia’s fingertip grow more violent, Shi Feng immediately activated Defensive Blade.

His eyes focused on the ferocious flames, and the instant she launched her attack, Shi Feng simultaneously attacked with the Blazing Meteor.

He intended to interrupt, or at least delay, the Scorching Lamia’s assault.

In God’s Domain, players could dodge spell attacks.

However, they needed an accurate grasp on the timing of the attack.

Otherwise, whether dodging a second too late or too early, the attack might land on its target.

As casting spells would provide the caster with a lagging advantage, the caster could gain a clear grasp of their target’s movements before launching their attacks.

If players dodged before the spell released, they would become an easier target.

Hence, the best time to dodge a spell was the moment the spell was released.

However, once a spell discharged, it would travel to its target with blinding speed, making it extremely challenging to dodge.

Of course, if players had very fast Movement Speeds, they could utilize that speed to their advantage, preventing the enemy caster from getting a firm lock on them.

When faced with the High Lord ranked Scorching Lamia, however, it was beneficial to have such thoughts.

Shi Feng sent attack after attack with the Blazing Meteor, causing a series of damages of -743, -1,502, -751, and -749.

Although the damages looked awesome at first glance, to Cela’s 500,000 HP, they were just a drop in the bucket.

The Scorching Lamia also had a frightening battle recovery, so in reality, Shi Feng did not cause any significant damage to her at all.

However, as he had triggered the Knockback effect of the Blazing Meteor, Shi Feng managed to interrupt the casting time of the Scorching Lamia’s Flame Burst.

“I will burn your soul with the flames of god!

” The Scorching Lamia’s smile was imposing.

At this moment, the tip of her jade-like finger suddenly shone with a dazzling light, illuminating the entire cave.

The temperature within the cave also increased by several folds.

The light on Cela’s finger was like a miniature sun.

Suddenly, streak after streak of searing, white flames shot out from the Scorching Lamia’s fingertip.

One streak after another, the flames bombarded Shi Feng like a heavy machine gun.

The instant Cela launched her flames, Shi Feng used his evasive maneuvers.

However, he was still a step too late.

In the blink of an eye, one of the flames struck him, robbing the Defensive Blade of one of its limited charges.

Although the first streak hit its target, Shi Feng dodged both the second and third.

The flames scraped past Shi Feng’s clothes, striking the rock wall behind him.

Boom!

Boom!

The wall, which was normally as hard as steel, was as soft as water when struck by the white flames.

Not to mention easily piercing through the rock wall, the flames even formed a one-meter-wide and ten-meter-deep tunnel into the rock wall.

What was even more shocking was that the tunnel seemed polished.

The walls of the tunnel were smooth and sparkling, giving it a metallic sheen.

This was the result of those molten white flames.

If Shi Feng had not used the Defensive Blade to block that attack, he would have evaporated out of existence.

Although this was not the first time Shi Feng had encountered this attack, he would still feel his heart skip a beat each time he witnessed this frightening power.

This was the strength of a High Lord.

A battle with a High Lord ranked Boss was no ordinary battle.

Instead, it was a superhuman battle that could cause the destruction and reformation of the surrounding terrain.

When the bombardment ended, Shi Feng had exhausted the remaining charges on the Defensive Blade.

However, the Scorching Lamia had halted her steps for quite a while now.

Due to Shi Feng constantly throwing Frost Grenades at her, Cela could only take out her bow and attacked with her fire arrows.

Compared to the Flame Burst, these fire arrows were much easier to dodge.

Shi Feng managed to attack with the Blazing Meteor while simultaneously dodging the fire arrows, steadily depleting the Scorching Lamia’s HP.

However, Cela was no fool.

She, too, knew how to dodge.

Only, due to her frozen body, very rarely did she manage to dodge or block against an attack.

98%… 95%… 93%… 91%… Over an hour had passed, and Shi Feng didn’t even know how many times he had thrown the Blazing Meteor.

In the meantime, the Scorching Lamia’s HP gradually decreased, finally reaching 80%.

During this time, the Scorching Lamia had cast up to nine Flame Bursts and Queen’s Whips, but Shi Feng defended against all of them with either Defensive Blade or Parry.

At one point, a Flame Burst nearly killed Shi Feng.

Fortunately, he quickly used an Intermediate Recovery Potion, replenishing much of his missing HP.

Although constantly attacking and dodging made the battle seem tedious, it would still be extremely worthwhile if such a tedious task allowed Shi Feng to kill a High Lord ranked Boss.

A High Lord ranked Boss’s drops were normally bountiful, and at the very minimum, it would drop a Fine-Gold ranked item.

There was even the possibility of dropping several Dark-Gold ranked items.

Fine-Gold rank or Dark-Gold rank, players at this stage of the game could only dream of possessing either.

Not to mention, before Shi Feng had even reached Level 25, he already had a reliable source for Level 25 equipment.

After landing attack after attack on the Scorching Lamia, the Burning Flames effect had stacked up to five times, causing Cela to lose 2,000 HP per second.

The damage was just right to combat the Scorching Lamia’s battle recovery.

Suddenly, the Scorching Lamia’s HP started rapidly decreasing.

After another two hours, the Scorching Lamia’s HP fell to 23%.

If Shi Feng continued with this pace, the battle would conclude in, at most, one hour.

At that thought, Shi Feng’s hands moved faster as he further increased his attack rate.

At this moment, Shi Feng’s system communication suddenly rang; the caller was Stabbing Heart of the Assassin’s Alliance.

By now, Shi Feng had already gotten used to dodging Cela’s attacks after repeating the process so many times.

Since he had nothing better to do, he accepted the call.

“Brother Ye Feng, I wonder if I can request your help on a matter?

” Stabbing Heart spoke without adding any unnecessary flattery, getting right to the point.

However, he immediately felt surprised by his own actions in suddenly seeking Shi Feng’s help.

After all, an expert’s time was extremely valuable.

Not to mention, the competition in White River City right now was far more intense than the competition in Red Leaf City in the past.

After all, when all was said and done, Red Leaf Town only had a player base 20,000 to 30,000 in the past.

Meanwhile, White River City had over a million players right now.

Adding to the fact that plenty of experts had gathered at White River City, the intensity of the competition there had increased by several times.

“Help?

I wonder what Brother Stabbing Heart needs me to do?

” Shi Feng asked.

“It’s like this.

I wish to invite you to raid a Team Dungeon with us.

If we have the help of an expert like Brother Ye Feng, we will have a very high possibility of clearing the Dungeon.

” Stabbing Heart was clearly embarrassed for asking.

“Which Team Dungeon is it?

Don’t tell me that you’re looking at one of the three Level 10 large-scale Dungeons?

” Shi Feng was slightly astonished.

He did not think that Stabbing Heart would look to him for help with a Dungeon.

Regarding the three large-scale Dungeons, Shi Feng had no intentions of involving himself with them.

After all, it would have a huge impact on the course of history.

His First Clear of Dark Moon Graveyard had already affected the progression of history.

If he helped the Assassin’s Alliance obtain the First Clear of a large-scale Team Dungeon, god knew if something out of his control would happen in the future.

Large-scale Team Dungeons were worlds apart from normal Team Dungeons.

Their difficulty was directly increased by two to three levels.

Even if Shi Feng gave his help, with the current state of the Assassin’s Alliance, they could not even clear the Normal Mode of the Dungeon.

Chapter 207: Killing the Queen Shi Feng did not want this timeline to develop out of his control.

If Stabbing Heart really wanted to raid one of the three great Dungeons… He could only sternly refuse.

Stabbing Heart shook his head, faintly exclaiming, “It isn’t one of the three great Dungeons.

It is just one of the 20-man Team Dungeons, the Beastman Munition Factory.

That is a Level 10 to Level 13 Team Dungeon, and the equipment dropped there would be of great help to us when we raid the three large-scale Dungeons.

Although we’ve already cleared the Normal Mode of that Dungeon, the Hard Mode is simply too difficult.

We have been stuck at the first Boss all this time, so we wished to seek your aid.

” Shi Feng’s heart was slightly moved when he heard of the words “Beastman Munition Factory.

” That Dungeon did indeed possess a lot of valuable items, especially the Basic Fire Resistance Potion Recipe and the Level 10 Swordsman Set Equipment, Wind Extinguisher.

It would not be a bad idea to make a trip there for these items.

“Fine, but I have a demand,” Shi Feng said.

“Brother Ye Feng, there is no need to hold back!

” Stabbing Heart released a sigh of relief after hearing Shi Feng’s agreement.

He was deeply afraid that Shi Feng would refuse.

“I want all the Recipes and Forging Designs we obtain from the Dungeon.

In addition, I want priority over all Swordsman equipment.

If you can agree to these conditions, I will have no problem offering my assistance,” Shi Feng listed his demands.

Stabbing Heart carefully considered Shi Feng’s words.

If he were the one leading the team this time, he wouldn’t hesitate to agree to Shi Feng’s demands.

However, the leader of the team this time was the Guild Leader of the Assassin’s Alliance, Cruel Sword.

So, Stabbing Heart had no authority to make this decision.

“Brother Ye Feng, I have to consult with the Guild Leader about this matter.

Can I give you a reply sometime later?

” Stabbing Heart said with less confidence.

“Sure.

” In any case, Shi Feng was not in a hurry.

There was still some time before he could kill the Scorching Lamia.

— After Stabbing Heart disconnected the call, he immediately went up to the Guild Leader, Cruel Sword.

Cruel Sword was currently a short distance away, clearing the monsters in the Dungeon.

Based on appearance alone, Cruel Sword looked very young, and his tall and robust body seemed full of energy.

In actuality, he was already 39 years old.

Normally, he wore a stern expression, and he would always look at others with an intimidating and penetrating gaze.

His ferocious appearance was just like that of a warrior about to enter a battlefield.

In fact, Cruel Sword was a mercenary in reality.

However, he had long since retired from his squad.

After his retirement, he joined the then-weak Assassin’s Alliance, and after enduring over ten years of hardships, he finally managed to turn the Assassin’s Alliance into an apex second-rate Guild, gaining plenty of support and sponsors from large corporations.

“How did your negotiations with him go?

” Cruel Sword turned his head and glanced at Stabbing Heart, asking sternly.

Previously, the Assassin’s Alliance had been stuck at the first Boss of the Hard Mode Beastman Munition Factory.

Hence, Stabbing Heart suggested recruiting a god-ranked expert to help them.

However, Cruel Sword felt that it was beneath him to do such a thing.

 What god-ranked expert?

Everyone’s just blindly overestimating him.

If it weren’t for the fact that Stabbing Heart had performed extremely well in recent days and been promoted to an elder of the Guild, Cruel Sword would not have let Stabbing Heart contact Shi Feng at all.

“He agrees to come, but he has a demand.

He wants all of the Swordsman equipment and the Forging Designs and Recipes that drop.

” Stabbing Heart carefully said, “However, I feel that Ye Feng is worth this price.

After all, even the Snow Goddess greatly valued his performance.

” After listening to these words, Cruel Sword’s coarse eyebrows furrowed.

He clearly felt dissatisfied about Shi Feng’s demands.

“Boss Cruel Sword, Ye Feng is truly powerful.

Without Shi Feng, the Snow Goddess, Gentle Snow, might not have even obtained the First Clear of the Dark Moon Graveyard,” Stabbing Heart hurriedly said.

“Gentle Snow, is it?

” Cruel Sword’s resolve slightly wavered after hearing this name.

Just half an hour ago, Gentle Snow had shocked all players throughout the entire White River City region, Cruel Blade included.

Gentle Snow had taken down the First Clear of four Level 10 Party Dungeons and two Level 10 small-scale Team Dungeons.

Moreover, it wasn’t the First Clear of Hard Mode, but the First Clear of Hell Mode.

Simultaneously, her achievements signified the gap between her and the other Guilds growing even larger.

Moreover, Cruel Sword received information that Gentle Snow had already begun raiding the Hell Mode of a 20-man Team Dungeon.

If Gentle Snow really succeeded… She would no longer occupy the same playing field as the other Guilds within the White River City region.

“It seems that Ye Feng indeed has some capabilities.

Since that is the case, agree to his demands.

” Cruel Sword was very curious about Shi Feng now.

He wondered if Shi Feng was truly as strong as Stabbing Heart described him.

In truth, Cruel Sword did not want any outsiders participating in the Guild’s expedition.

However, the Assassin’s Alliance’s position in White River City was becoming more insignificant as time passed.

Ignoring the first-rate Guild, Ouroboros, even the third-rate Guild, Dark Star, would soon surpass them.

The severity of this matter further increased due to the sudden appearance of that Lone Tyrant, who occupied the first position on the Ranking List.

Dark Star then continued to successfully raid the Hard Mode of two small-scale Team Dungeons, greatly increasing their fame and surpassing the other Guilds.

On the other hand, aside from obtaining the First Clear of several Normal Mode Dungeons, the Assassin’s Alliance had yet to even obtain the First Clear of a single Hard Mode Dungeon.

Hence, Cruel Sword had personally organized an elite team to raid the Beastman Munition Factory.

He intended to take this chance to obtain the First Clear of a Hard Mode Dungeon, increasing the Guild’s influence in White River City and ending the gossip of Assassin’s Alliance’s inferiority to Dark Star.

Hearing Cruel Sword’s command, Stabbing Heart immediately contacted Shi Feng, excited.

“Brother Ye Feng, our Guild Leader has agreed to your demands.

I wonder if you can come here immediately?

” Stabbing Heart asked.

At this moment, Shi Feng still battled the Scorching Lamia, so how could he possibly leave now?

Making a rough estimate, he said, “I still have some matters to attend to right now.

I’ll need around two hours before I can hurry over.

” “Alright, then let’s meet up at the entrance of the Beastman Munition Factory in two hours.

” Although Stabbing Heart wanted Shi Feng to arrive as soon as possible, Stabbing Heart did not dare insist on the matter since Shi Feng had his own matters to attend.

After all, it was already stunning that Shi Feng would willingly help them out.

“Alright.

I’ll be there in two hours.

” Shi Feng disconnected the call, resuming his barrage of attacks on Cela.

Just after the Scorching Lamia’s HP fell below 20%, a change suddenly overcame her previously beautiful appearance.

Crimson-red sacred runes suddenly appeared on her jade-white skin, releasing a frightening magic power.

Moreover, her red gemstone-like eyes released a brilliant white light.

Immediately, the Flame God’s Cave trembled.

Cracks appeared on the ground, and very quickly, these cracks widened into large fissures that spewed molten magma.

The lava formed a river as it moved and spread throughout the ground.

This was the Scorching Lamia’s strongest skill.

Queen’s Rage!

Fortunately, Shi Feng had long since lured Cela to this location.

Otherwise, the lava that spewed from the ground would not be limited to a single river; it would form a great ocean that could instantly turn tens of thousands of players into ashes, becoming fertilizer for this great piece of land.

Immediately, Shi Feng activated Gravity Liberation.

He jumped up into the air, and like a cannonball, he shot forth towards a rock wall some ten meters away, successfully avoiding the incoming surge of lava.

Approximately half a minute passed before the lava fully receded.

However, the land was still dyed a crimson-red, releasing piping-hot steam into the air and the surrounding environment.

If an average player set foot on this land, they would lose at least 500 HP every second in the best case scenario.

However, Shi Feng was different.

He had 123 points in Fire Resistance, so he could completely ignore the ground’s high temperature.

After he landed, he immediately resumed his attacks on the Scorching Lamia.

It was extremely exhausting for Cela to cast Queen’s Rage.

So, after using the skill, she would enter a period of weakness.

During this period, she would not have any Attack Power remaining, and it was the best time for Shi Feng to kill her.

If Shi Feng waited for the land to recover its normal state, the Scorching Lamia would have also recovered from her weakened state.

In addition, her HP would also recover to 30% or above.

The Scorching Lamia in a weakened state stood no chance against Shi Feng.

The Blazing Meteor caused over -1,500 damage to Cela with every strike, with the occasional critical hit causing over -3,000 damage.

18%… 16%… 14%… 12%… By the time the Scorching Lamia had broken away from her weakened state, she only had 10% of her HP remaining.

In the end, the Scorching Lamia entered a berserk state, and her damage increased by several folds.

However, with Shi Feng’s Frost Grenades controlling her movements from beginning to end, Cela could not display her frightening might in melee combat at all.

After another ten minutes or so, the Scorching Lamia released a blood-curdling scream as her body fell to the ground.

Instantly, Shi Feng’s level increased by one, reaching 17% of Level 16.

The bountiful EXP even shocked Shi Feng.

Shi Feng then heard the sound of an explosion, and a large amount of Flame Crystals, equipment, and items appeared in place of the Scorching Lamia’s body.