Chapter 394: Dungeon Returns!

【Decay Touch (Orange)】

【Critical Hit +15%】

【Passive Skill: Decay】

【When wearing this equipment, attacks carry the Decay attribute, capable of inflicting one stack of 【Weakness】 effect on the enemy.】

【Weakness: Randomly reduces the enemy's attribute values by 15 points. Each stack of 【Weakness】 effect can be stacked and lasts until the end of the battle.】

【Gloves crafted by the God of Decay and Necromancy. Although the effects are simple and plain, they are extremely practical.】

【Kindred Mark (Red)】

【Maximum HP +25%】

【Passive Skill: Lamb's Respite】

【The life aura of the Kindred Mark will restore 5% of the wearer's HP every turn.】

【Passive Skill: Malice Mark】

【At the start of battle, the mark will 【Mark】 all enemy units!】

【Mark: When receiving an attack, the lost HP will be 100% stolen by the mark and restore the wearer's lost HP. When HP is at full value, it will form a 【Shield】.】

【In addition to this, every attack will stack one layer of the 【Growing Fear】 effect.】

【Growing Fear: Speed -10%, and there is a probability of skipping the action turn due to the 【Fear】 effect. The more stacks of Growing Fear, the higher the trigger probability of 【Fear】. When four stacks are full, the 【Terror】 effect is triggered.】

【Terror: Clears all stacks of Growing Fear and deals damage to the enemy equal to 35% of their lost HP.】

【The mark of the God of Hunting and Death, Kindred. Holding it, you are the spokesperson for hunting and death. By the way, is this thing really not an Artifact?】

【Mask of the God of Pleasure (Red)】

【Stealth +25】

【Passive Skill: Pleasure Party】

【At the start of each battle, randomly provides effective buff effects to all our units, while for intruders (hostile units) not invited to the party, it will give corresponding debuffs.】

【Passive Skill: Secret Masquerade】

【When wearing the 【Mask of the God of Pleasure】, any detection means below 【Myth】 level will be unable to probe the true face under the user's mask.】

【And when a 【Myth】 level existence probes, they will first see the smiling face of the God of Pleasure and Chaos, Vikala.】

【Passive Skill: Random Number】

【When wearing the 【Apostle of Joy's Mask】, any action by the wearer will have a certain probability of triggering the 【Random Number】 effect, and the effect of this action will be determined according to the 【Number】 of the 【Random Number】.】

【Active Skill: Mask Substitute】

【Summons a clone possessing 50% of the main body's attributes, which can be controlled remotely and is capable of using all the main body's items and skills.】

【What is your relationship with the God of Pleasure and Chaos?】

The above are the attributes and effects of the three new pieces of equipment Yun Mu has obtained.

In terms of quality, the gloves gifted by Fen Yege are the worst.

And in terms of effects... well, they are also the worst.

However, no matter what, this still counts as a Legendary-level item, and its +15% critical hit attribute is quite powerful.

And if the effect carried by the skill, which can reduce an enemy's attributes by 15 points once per turn, could be triggered on multiple units simultaneously, that would be truly amazing.

Just right, the cooldown time for the Dungeon has passed.

She can enter the Dungeon to test its strength.

In fact, the Dungeon had already finished its cooldown a few days ago.

It was just that at that time, she was only a little bit away from advancing to Master.

With the thought that the level of the Dungeon would increase accordingly after advancing, Yun Mu did not enter the Dungeon immediately.

Instead, she only began preparing today, after advancing to Master.

Unlike the previous few times, this time she is going to bring Brenna along.

Ever since she used the 【Partner Recruitment Ticket】 to recruit Brenna as her teammate last time, she has been able to let her participate in Dungeon Exploration together.

This is the first time, but it will definitely not be the last.

"Dungeon Exploration... that's what Miss Yun mentioned before, right?" After hearing Yun Mu's intention, Brenna recalled for a moment.

"Is there any ritual that needs to be prepared?" She asked Yun Mu.

"No, no need." Yun Mu waved her hand: "Just do it like usual... but we will need to fight in the Dungeon later, so all preparations related to combat must be done in advance."

"I understand." Brenna nodded: "I carry all combat machinery with me; we can start at any time."

"It's not that urgent, though."

Yun Mu indicated that she still needed to prepare for a while, then closed her eyes and tapped the 【Dungeon Exploration】 button on the Game Panel in her mind.

By the way, she had already told Lucy in advance about the plan to conduct Dungeon Exploration.

During the previous few Dungeon Explorations, she would always tell her in advance.

So today, Lucy was not controlling her own body to go out shopping, but was beside Yun Mu, recuperating in the form of an Ether Body.

【Detected Paths: 【Scarlet】, 【Cat】, 【Painting】, 【Civilization】, 【Desire】, 【Plague】, 【Writer】, 【Death】, 【Nuclear Fusion】. Creating Dungeon...】【Dungeon 【Blood Thorn Road lv58 (Master)】 created! Enter Dungeon? Yes/No】【Dungeon 【Dream of the Cat Demon lv52 (Master)】 created! Enter Dungeon? Yes/No】【Dungeon 【Painting Spirit lv60 (Master)】 created! Enter Dungeon? Yes/No】【Dungeon 【Abyss Gate lv65 (Master)】 created! Enter Dungeon? Yes/No】【Dungeon 【Flesh and Blood Communion lv51 (Master)】 created! Enter Dungeon? Yes/No】【Dungeon 【Plague Village lv112 (Legendary)】 created! Enter Dungeon? Yes/No】【Dungeon 【Absurd Dream lv51 (Master)】 created! Enter Dungeon? Yes/No】【Dungeon 【Resurrected One lv51 (Master)】 created! Enter Dungeon? Yes/No】【Dungeon 【???】 Error, 【Nuclear Fusion】 Path failed to load!】 Good grief, a lv112 Legendary-level Dungeon!

Yun Mu glanced at her own lv6 【Plague】 Path and immediately gave up the idea of exploring this Dungeon.

Even she wouldn't dare to cross so many levels to challenge a Legendary Dungeon, okay?

That's not Dungeon Exploration; that's courting death.

"Hmm... since Plague is ruled out, then the remaining ones are Scarlet, Cat, Painting..."

Yun Mu's gaze lingered on the various Dungeon names for a moment, and soon, one Dungeon caught her attention.

"Abyss Gate?"

Judging from the order, this is highly likely a Dungeon created by the Civilization Path.

Its level has also surprisingly reached lv65, making it the highest-level Dungeon other than the Plague Path.

And coincidentally, she had just heard about the historical events regarding the "Gate" from Vikala, the embodiment of Pleasure and Chaos.

"Dwarf, magic, unknown monsters, Portal, Baluo Fortress."

She was actually quite concerned about this matter.

If the plot within the game Dungeon was truly related to that Portal, should she go in and take a look? The higher the overall level of a Dungeon, the more generous the rewards that could be obtained. That's it, I choose you, Abyss Gate! 【Dungeon 【Abyss Gate lv65 (Master)】 has been selected!】 【Please select the Path you will use in this Dungeon: Scarlet lv4, Cat lv3, Painting lv4, Civilization lv4, Desire lv2, Plague lv6, Writer lv1, Death lv1, Nuclear Fusion lv1.】 All Paths at only level one were excluded; as for the highest-level Plague, no one could deal continuous damage besides her, so it was excluded.

Among the remaining Paths, only she herself could receive the bonus from Painting, so it was excluded.

Scarlet and Civilization... the former has higher damage, while the latter has stronger stability.

Moreover, the Civilization Path gains bonus damage when facing races one has fought before, so the damage isn't too bad either.

Let's choose Civilization.

【Civilization lv4: Max HP +80, Resilience +6. When receiving a fatal attack, you will not enter the death state, and your HP will recover to half of its maximum.】 【When fighting against races you have previously fought, damage +35%, damage taken -20%.】 After selecting the Path, Yun Mu prepared herself to enter the game Dungeon at any time.

However, to her surprise, the Game Panel popped up an interface she was quite unfamiliar with at this moment.

【Please configure equipment for your team!】

【Note: After Master-level Dungeons, the number of equipment items each unit can carry will be restricted based on their level.】 (Excluding class-bound items) 【In addition, monsters and player partners in the Dungeon will be replaced from phantoms to real existences.】

【Let us enjoy a more realistic and more exciting combat experience!】

Enjoy your head!

Yun Mu looked at the message prompt popping up on the Game Panel with black lines all over her forehead.

From the perspective of game balance, limiting the number of equipment items is very reasonable.

But she doesn't need any damn game balance!

The player side should be as strong as possible! Unfortunately, the Game Panel has no complaint feedback window, otherwise, she would definitely firmly oppose it.

As for the current situation, it's already updated, so what else can be done.

Moreover, Yun Mu's intuition was also telling her that the new restrictions in the game Dungeon might not be without reason.

The increase in Dungeon difficulty and the combat system becoming more realistic... could it be that after the Dungeon world became more realistic, the advantages brought by the Game Panel were reduced?

That doesn't seem right either; when she carries all her equipment on her body in the real world, it's... also not quite the same.

For example, wearing a hat in a game Dungeon increases full-body defense, whereas in the real world, if others don't hit your hat, the hat has no effect.

Thinking about it this way, it is more reasonable... Shaking her head, Yun Mu clicked on the team configuration page.

She, Lucy, Brenna, and Liliya, who serves as a Mount—four units in total; because the Mount can be used for Riding, she could bring one additional unit inside.

There was nothing to hesitate about, that's it—Plague Mad Crocodile! As the Leader BOSS in the last Dungeon challenge, its fierce combat style left a deep impression on Yun Mu.

It's a pity the level is only lv35; I don't know if it will be enough in a lv65 game Dungeon.

Speaking of which, Lucy's level doesn't seem very high either... Let's see how many Gold Coins are stored in the bank.

34147!

Compared to when they were initially stored in the bank, there are over ten thousand more!

Uh, it doesn't seem like much?

Sigh, the five percent weekly interest is not enough to use.

The greed in Yun Mu's heart was secretly at work, as if seducing her by her ear to keep the Gold Coins stored in the bank so she could obtain more Gold Coins... Of course, she would not be attracted by this kind of Seductive temptation.

Spend when it's time to spend; don't let the money remain unspent when you die.

【Gold Coin -6800!】

【Gold Coin -7200!】

【Gold Coin -8000!】

【Gold Coin -8800!】

【You consumed 30800 Gold Coins, 【Alchemist Lucy】's level has increased to lv32!】 【【Alchemist Lucy】's Max HP +6, Attack +2, Spell Strength +11, Defense +2, Resilience +1, Dodge +4, Speed +1, Critical Hit +1%.】 Hiss... Looking at Lucy's level and the Gold Coins spent, Yun Mu suddenly felt a toothache.

lv32, not even as high as the Plague Mad Crocodile; it really is a case of the starving starving to death and the bloated bloating to death.

Yun Mu suddenly regretted choosing the lv65 level Dungeon.

The Gold Coins spent on this leveling are too many... If only I could find a few more Super Golden Spatulas.

Intuition told her this shouldn't be difficult; after all, besides allowing teammates to level up synchronously, Super Golden Spatulas also gift building blueprints and Partner Recruitment Tickets.

Normally, although such items are rare, they are by no means the only ones in the entire game.

She will definitely encounter them again in the future.

Opening the equipment slot, Yun Mu discovered she could carry five pieces of equipment.

Then let's go with Earth Dragon Scale Armor + Bird Demon Feather Boots + Divine Blood Pendant + Meirniya's Music Box and the Heavy Magic Ice Staff Modified—these five items.

The main focus is on damage.

As for this 【Heavy Magic Ice Staff Modified】, it was naturally reinforced by Lucy using Dragon Bone, the horn of a Snow Monster Leader, and Dragon Jade as materials to strengthen that 【Heavy Magic Ice Staff】.

Below are the attributes of this staff.

【Heavy Magic Ice Staff Modified (Orange)】

【Attack +25】

【Spell Strength +40】

【Spell Penetration +10】

【Casting Speed +20% / Spiritual Power·Qi Strength Recovery Speed +20%】

【Passive Skill: Heavy Dragon Bone】

【This staff, with a Dragon Bone shaft, is very heavy. When you wield it as a blunt weapon, the damage dealt is +40%.】

【Active Skill: Ice Pulse Burst】

【Fire six ice pulses forward, dealing piercing and Freeze damage to all enemies along the path, range 8, area damage, +45% damage modifier, and applying a 【Slow】 effect to the hit units.】

【Slow: Speed -25%, Dodge -50.】

【Active Skill: Shattered Snow Glacier】

【Summons a Blizzard to shroud the area ahead, simultaneously generating hard ice cones in the air to deal 8 hits of damage to all enemies at random, with a +30% damage modifier.】

【Freeze 90%】

【Freezes the enemy for one turn; while frozen, damage taken from physical strikes is +25%, and damage taken from fire-attribute attacks is +45%.】

【A very, very heavy magic staff. The Lord-tier Extreme Cold Ice Snow Elemental Core originally embedded at the tip has been replaced with the Dragon Jade of an Elemental Dragon, and the material encasing the Dragon Jade is the horn of a Snow Monster Lord. Its staff body has been upgraded via Alchemy to a dragon bone material; it is quite handy even if used as a club. Well, provided you can swing it.】

【"I once heard the story of a Legendary mage who supposedly only used a spell called Light Spell to illuminate the Darkness and knew nothing else. How did he become a Legendary mage?" — Former Sword Saint and current Heling Mage Association President, Adolf.】

(End of chapter)