Chapter 234 - Challenging the Nightmare Mode Yet Again
Chapter 234: Challenging the Nightmare Mode Yet Again
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Yi, who was level 35, was gathering his friends from the Carefree Station.
Soon, everyone arrived at the meeting hall. Their goal this time was very simple — to challenge a level 35 dungeon.
Actually, many players had already started challenging this dungeon.
Although the level requirement was increasing, everyone’s leveling speed now was faster than before.
The higher the level, the more familiar everyone was with the leveling techniques. If Li Yi wanted to stay in the top two, it might not be as easy as before.
He had already dropped to third place. If this continued, he would soon drop to fourth place.
So, this time, they were going to clear dungeons. Of course, according to how Li Yi usually worked, he would naturally go straight to the highest difficulty.
After all, there were already players who had cleared the normal and difficult difficulty. If he wanted to obtain the first clear reward, then he could only challenge the even more difficult nightmare mode.
Hence, this time, he gathered his companions and prepared to challenge the nightmare mode.
The first thing was to bring along rations. After all, this was a protracted battle. Compared to the previous levels, which gave the players opportunity to rest, this time’s dungeon would not have the opportunity to rest at all.
This was also his experience from his previous life. In his previous life, after reaching level 35, one dungeon run consumed a lot of stamina.
Everyone would bring some food to regain their strength. This time, they naturally had to prepare in advance.
The best thing to use was the steamed bun. The small bun had the best effect.
One steamed bun was enough to last half a day. Other than that, there were all kinds of potions that were brought along.
This time, not only did they have to prepare the Guardian Potion, but they also had to prepare support potions such as the Antidote Potion. Moreover, everyone had to have enough Mana and Health Potions.
They were trying their best to minimize as much damage as possible.
Their highest level was only level 35. If they were to directly challenge nightmare mode now, the difficulty could be imagined.
They definitely could not do it without being fully prepared. Moreover, all the elites had to be present this time.
Li Yi did not want to fail the challenge.
It was not worth it to expend energy like that.
It would be best if he could clear it in one go. Others might not be able to, but Li Yi could; he still had memories from his previous life.
He could not say much for everything else, but he was very familiar with clearing dungeons.
After all, he had been a level-grinding maniac in his previous life. Clearing dungeons was a common occurrence in his past life.
Most of the players had come, but Clutch King and Dream Seeker had not shown up yet.
Li Yi had received a message saying that they had not finished settling some matters and would not be participating this time.
Li Yi could not force them to come.
If Clutch King was not in a good condition, he would only make mistakes if he went.
Since he was not coming, he would just let someone else take his place.
If the dungeon was successful this time, the participating members of the party should all be able to reach level 35.
When that time came, everyone would be able to go through their second transition.
Their overall strength would increase by a large margin.
The main combat strength participating this time were Snow Chaser, Winnie, and Positive Barry.
The majority of the remaining members were Positive Barry’s original organization members.
These were all experienced players. This dungeon raid could be considered the first battle of Carefree Station.
The other players could wait until the second time they went. It was much better to use these experienced players for the first time they went.
The number of players was more or less the same. With a team of 30 players, it was barely enough. If there were more, the containing effect would be more challenging.
With these 30 players, Li Yi and the others arrived at the dungeon’s entrance.
Oh, why did he not change his class to a hidden class? There was no second transition for a hidden class, only an upgrade. So far, the level requirement was level 40, and Li Yi had not reached that stage.
However, the abilities he just gained were enough.
The Carefree Station’s players came to the entrance. There were not many players here.
They were probably players from other stations.
However, for some reason, everyone was wearing masks and cloaks.
It was very strange.
Li Yi did not care too much, and led his team directly into the dungeon.
This time, the dungeon location was within the Ghana Empire’s borders.
The Graveyard of the Dead in the northwest was a mass grave. The players buried here were all nameless. All sorts of grievances accumulated over time and naturally formed this very place.
Of course, there was also a very big reason for the formation of this place.
There was a tomb in this Graveyard of the Dead. No one knew the name of the owner in this tomb. It had a long history.
There were historical records that had existed for 800 years.
The tomb owner absorbed countless grievances from the world and formed this place.
Of course, Li Yi knew that in the nightmare mode, the tomb owner suppressed the underground Demonic Dragon’s seal. When the seal was broken, the Demonic Dragon came into being with the fire attribute.
It was very difficult to deal with.
Li Yi had specially brought a Mage who focused on the water element to deal with the Demonic Dragon.
However, the previous undead tomb lord was very difficult to deal with.
Li Yi’s Substitute skill had to be kept to deal with the Demonic Dragon and could not be used earlier in the dungeon.
Therefore, Li Yi wanted to be a Templar Knight at the start as well.
Holy Light had a miraculous effect on the undead. Fortunately, he had accidentally learned this skill in the end. It was just that he did not know if the effect would be the same as what Li Yi would expect.
The Graveyard of the Dead was not spacious. There were three floors in total and three sections at the front and back of the graveyard. It was for the three small bosses. After they finished fighting, they would be the graveyard master of Graveyard of the Dead. Finally, they would fight the Demonic Dragon.
It seemed simple, but there was no time to rest during the entire process.
The undead in the graveyard would respawn endlessly.
They would not be able to stop fighting until everything ended.
Only after they finish off the boss would they have a short 10 seconds of rest before the next time happens.
Therefore, the tactic was to clear the dungeon as quickly as possible. The faster the speed, the better the effect.
If the monsters were slightly slower, it would be difficult to deal with them when the monsters respawned at full capacity.
[System Notification: Please choose the difficulty of the challenge.]
“Nightmare mode.”
[System Notification: Are you sure you want to choose nightmare mode?]
“Yes.”
[System Notification: You are about to enter nightmare mode.]
[System Notification: Countdown time… 10, 9, 8, 7… 3, 2,1.]
[System Notification: Officially entering nightmare mode.]
A beam of white light teleported Li Yi and the others into the Graveyard of the Dead.
The sky was pitch black. The surrounding air was filled with the chilling aura of death. In front of them were the wandering undead and unruly tombstones.
There was no light at all.
After Li Yi and the others took out their torches and lit them up, there were 10 players holding torches.
“Now, remember the plan. I’ve already made the arrangements. Now, we’ll just act according to the previous arrangements. Everyone, pay attention to your surroundings and adapt to the situation. When we go in, I won’t be able to take care of everyone.”
Li Yi stood in front of the team with his sword and shield in hand as he warned them. At the same time, he slowly advanced forward.
“Don’t worry. We’re all experienced players.”
Positive Barry replied.
Snow Chaser and Winnie stood on both sides behind Li Yi.
Positive Barry led the team behind him.
Li Yi held his breath and focused. It was always like this before every battle. He needed to calm down and think rationally. He needed to calm down his beating excited heart.
“Get ready, charge!”