When Gu Ming opened the duplicate item of the Curse of the Flame Demon, he was transported to a desolate land.
Everything as far as the eye can see is fiery red, magma is flowing everywhere on the ground, and terrifying ground fires erupt from time to time. Some broken building ruins can be vaguely seen.
You can also see some fire-attribute monsters wandering around.
"Reminder: You have come to the nightmare of Balrog. This place was once a prosperous city in ancient times. However, a group of taboo apprentices started forbidden research, established four evil summoning altars, opened the abyss rift, and summoned Balrog to the world. , so the world suffered a catastrophe...
Because you killed the Balrog, the Balrog left a curse, which brought you into the nightmare created by the Balrog.
Please smash the four altars located in the four directions of southeast and northwest within two hours to end the nightmare of the Balrog.
Note: This dungeon is a single-player dungeon, which can be entered by players of levels 20 to 25. Players can obtain corresponding points by killing hostile creatures and completing destruction tasks. After completing the dungeon, the points can be redeemed for dungeon rewards. Players can exit at any time during the dungeon, but The accumulated points for this instance will be reset to zero. "
A dungeon mission reminder appeared in front of him, telling him how to clear the dungeon.
Destroy the altars located in the four directions, and the place where Gu Ming is now is located in the middle of the Fire Demon map.
"This copy looks very simple..."
Moreover, in this world cursed by the fire demon, players are subject to fire damage all the time. The little zombie Liuli who is following Gu Ming seems to feel the heat wave. He is sticking out his little tongue and breathing continuously...
But Gu Ming has [Elementary Flame Resistance], is not afraid of flames at all, and continues to accumulate resistance proficiency. Isn't this a skill power bank?
But soon, Gu Ming discovered the problem with this copy.
That is, the map of this dungeon is very large, no smaller than Lone Star City.
The four altars are located in the four directions of the map.
If you want to solve these four altars one by one, you will need to run back and forth on the map for half a day.
You know, it would take Gu Ming more than half an hour to walk from the east of the city to the west of the city. The Fire Demon dungeon map is similar in size to Lone Star City. This requires destroying four altars in sequence. Gu Ming conservatively estimates that it will cost more than the dungeon limit. Two hours...
If he uses skills, his movement speed will naturally be much faster, but energy consumption may also be a problem.
Not to mention there are also wandering fire-attribute monsters, including: salamanders, magma bugs, black flame beetles, etc., ranging from level 20 to 25. They will madly attack any player who is close to a certain range, and you must spend some time to deal with them. .
After Gu Ming determined that he couldn't complete the task by just walking, he had an idea and thought of his newly learned [Styx Ferry]. After trying it a few times, he could always teleport to a place closer to the target, right?
But Gu Ming soon discovered that this method was not applicable.
Because after teleporting twice, he was teleported directly into a magma pool...
Thanks to his [Elementary Fire Resistance], he was not immediately burned to death by the flames, and he quickly reacted and used [Shadow Flash] to leave the magma pool, avoiding a tragic death on the spot.
But in less than a second, more than half of the blood was consumed.
Although the little zombie Liuli who fell into the magma pool with him was not hurt, she lost her smile after leaving the magma pool. She stared at Gu Ming with her hands on her hips and her eyes wide open: Master, do you know how to teleport? You scared the baby to death!
Fortunately, the Gu Ming family's battle pets are of a special type and do not have the attribute of intimacy, otherwise the intimacy would definitely drop a lot...
"This method will definitely not work. This map is too dangerous, and the risk of random teleportation is too high." Gu Ming had no choice but to shake his head and sigh, and then chose to exit the copy map directly.
"I didn't expect this dungeon to be like this... There's no way I can clear this dungeon now!"
Not just Gu Ming, no player can clear this copy, right?
But it was impossible for Era of Dawn to give players a dungeon that was impossible to pass... Suddenly, Gu Ming had a flash of inspiration and thought of the key.
"Mount!"
This dungeon requires players of level 20 or above to participate. In Age of Dawn, players can have mounts after level 20.
In fact, recently, Gu Ming has occasionally seen players passing by on different mounts, including ordinary horses, as well as more specific tall birds, war bulls, etc.
If Gu Ming wants to complete the dungeon of Curse of the Flame Demon, he needs a mount, and a mount with fire resistance!
Having a mount can help you travel faster, enough to complete the task of destroying the altar within the time limit!
Thinking of this, Gu Ming temporarily went offline, took out his new mobile phone, and searched for mount-related information on the Internet.
He bought a mobile phone just to make it easier to check information.
When he was doing the bloodline mission before, he was complaining about the difficulty of the player's journey and wanted to have a mount as soon as possible. Now he just took the opportunity to get it done!
There are special mount-related NPCs in each major city. You can complete the corresponding mount tasks, and then buy various horses, tall birds, war oxen and other common types of mounts from the NPCs.
There are also players who triggered special missions and obtained some mounts with special abilities that can advance on special terrain.
This special kind of mount is naturally extremely precious, and only a few of them have been produced at the moment.
It's not enough for players to just have a mount, they must also learn the [Riding] skill first.
[Riding] There are three categories: land riding, water riding, and flying.
Currently, the only thing players can learn is [Land Riding]. The related skill books cannot be obtained from NPCs and can be dropped from a few types of monsters.
There are studios and gold miners who have discovered the business opportunity of riding skill books in advance and have started to buy these things.
If players want it, they can purchase it directly.
The auction house also has riding skill books for sale, which are not difficult to obtain.
"Um?"
When Gu Ming inquired about information on how to obtain special mounts, he suddenly saw a piece of news: "A wealthy foreign player spent a lot of money to collect thirteen ancient fossils dropped from the second floor of the Dark Tower. After completing the combination, the BOSS will be summoned. Kill it, and the final reward is a mount!"
"The ancient fossil is a mission item related to the mount?" Gu Ming's eyes were filled with joy.
I quickly read the news carefully to make sure it was correct.
Isn't this a coincidence?
He was originally interested in these ancient fossils. After three copies, he collected ten ancient fossils, only three were missing!
Then Gu Ming went online again, and the dungeon could not be downloaded for the time being, but items such as ancient fossils must be dropped by the Styx Ferryman BOSS. If you spend a lot of money to purchase them, you should be able to get them.
But Gu Ming opened the auction house and was about to release the acquisition information when he stopped again.
He opened the chat box of Captain Dragon Soul in his friend list and sent a message: "Are you here? Do you have any ancient fossils on hand? Lend me three pieces first, and I will return them to you after the next instance."
In the morning, Gu Ming noticed that Dragon Soul City also successfully cleared the second-floor copy of the Dark Tower, but only got eighth place.
There are not many teams that have temporarily cleared the second level of the Dark Tower, and the number of ancient fossils is quite limited.
Knowing that this thing is related to the mount, if Gu Ming wants to buy it, he will definitely be ripped off.
Then why not borrow it from Dragon Soul City first?
Moreover, this borrowing and repayment can also deepen the relationship between each other.
After learning that there was a Dragon Soul Group in the real world, Gu Ming also looked for an opportunity to deepen his relationship with the Dragon Soul Guild...
Captain Dragon Soul quickly replied: "We have cleared the level twice in total. We have seven yuan on hand. I can give you three yuan first and pay it back after early morning."
Gu Ming: "Thank you."
Captain Dragon Soul also had a bold personality, so he readily agreed and traded three ancient fossils to Gu Ming for 1 copper coin.
Then Captain Dragon Soul sent another message: "Brother, you are awesome. You have broken records continuously. Our president is extremely convinced of you now!"
Gu Ming: "I just happened to find a suitable way."
"Strength is strength. Our president also said that we will definitely discuss with you when the arena opens."
"Arena?" Gu Ming was stunned and asked curiously.
Captain Dragon Soul: "You don't know yet? Now that players have completed the bloodline awakening missions one after another, the basic attributes of the players have been formed. The official announcement has been made. The arena will be online in the short term, and all players of the same level can compete on the same stage. There are rich rewards.”
Gu Ming really didn't pay attention to this news.
He showed an interested expression and sent a message: "That's just right, I'm also curious about your president's strength!"
"Then we have an appointment?"
"It's a deal!"
This is considered an appointment in advance...
The president of the Dragon Soul Guild, Dragon Soul Feimeng, can be said to be the most famous player in China second only to Gu Ming.
The advanced one is also a legendary profession, the Sword Master.
The bloodline he awakened seems to be very powerful and has not been announced, but it is definitely not an ordinary bloodline.
This is definitely an opponent that Gu Ming deserves to take seriously!
Gu Ming was naturally looking forward to it.
Then he came to an open space outside Lone Star City, took out thirteen ancient fossils in sequence, and assembled them according to the task instructions.
"Reminder: You used ancient fossils to piece together a weird creature. It was a beast that lived in ancient times. It was accidentally infected by the breath of death, slept underground, and turned into a fossil after countless years.
Do you want to wake it up?
Note: It is infected by the breath of death and will attack any living creature crazily. Only by defeating it can it be freed. "
"wake!"
Gu Ming equipped himself with weapons and made his choice without hesitation.
