Chapter 330: The River God's Speed, Unwavering

The Water God Courtyard is not only a structure in the Instance, but the flowing music and stone murals also brim with strong artistic atmosphere.

Even the BOSS before us is full of artistic feeling; to be precise, it is the armor they wear, engraved with exquisitely fine patterns.

Jiang Chen looked once and could only describe it as perfect.

However, perfect things are often easier to destroy; only a slight flaw is enough.

Skeleton Warrior rushes from all directions, the Blade in hand radiating Rage Power.

The Skeleton Mage's attacks are even more focused and fierce.

The BOSS is instantly heavily damaged; the exquisite armor shatters, the body is burned black.

The BOSS lets out a silent Roar, angry, and the gem on the trident glints.

Water light ripples, the temperature in the palace drops rapidly, the water flow stops, white mist spreads.

In almost an instant, the entire palace becomes a world of ice.

Skill: Eternal Freeze!

The freezing area is vast; the Skeletons are each encased in ice, falling into ice blocks.

However, the power...

The Skeletons only need a slight struggle to break the ice layer and burst out.

At this level of attack, trying to freeze Skeletons is just a pipe dream.

Lich General raises the staff.

Skill: Purge!

All Skeletons are unsealed.

Jiang Chen lightly taps.

Skill: Damage Curse!

Water God (Projection) BOSS is cursed, the damage it takes instantly increases more than tenfold.

The Skeletons surge out of the ice and continue the assault.

The trident radiates light again, a massive water vortex shoots out, trying to disperse the Skeletons.

The Skeletons stand firm within the water vortex, their attacks unchanged.

Jiang Chen casts a Curse once and then takes no further action.

He knows letting the BOSS in front struggle is useless.

Death is only a matter of time.

Even if it has a trait that reduces physical damage by 50%, even as a BOSS its vitality far exceeds that of ordinary monsters.

But it still cannot escape the fate of death.

Sure enough, after only a dozen seconds.

Goddess (Projection) falls with resentment.

Its armor has been smashed into fragments, almost no part remains intact.

"How a pity."

This armor could be called a work of art, but the one before us is not genuine.

It is merely a polymer of Water Element energy.

The Hell Difficulty BOSS, considered extremely hard for other classes, is no match for Jiang Chen.

"Kill Water God (Projection), Experience +4100000"

"Obtain Clear Water Crystal Fragment ×2."

"Clear Water Crystal Fragment: Five fragments can be fused into a Clear Water Crystal."

Looking at the harvest, he checked the experience again.

The experience increase is small, just over 2%, not even 3%.

Now his experience is still 53% short of leveling up.

Even if next time he starts grinding Hell-level Difficulty, with more monsters, the experience is also more.

At most it would double compared to Nightmare Difficulty.

Roughly about 5% experience.

He still needs to grind over ten times to level up.

"Efficiency really isn't high."

"But at least it's easy, and the scenery here is nice, the air is fresh."

Jiang Chen ponders a moment, then decides to continue grinding the Water God Courtyard.

The experience is a bit low, but he needs Clear Water Crystals.

At two fragments per run, three runs are needed to obtain one Clear Water Crystal.

Two pieces are used to synthesize an Elemental Divine Stone; extras can be kept as spares.

"Unfortunately, no Water Element gem was obtained."

Jiang Chen's eyes show slight disappointment; this Instance's loot is poor.

The only benefit is the beautiful scenery.

Just as he is about to leave, he suddenly sees a trident on the ground.

The BOSS's corpse has vanished, but the trident remains, appearing undamaged.

On the trident, the embedded gem shines, while the aura of Water Element ripples.

"Gem?"

Jiang Chen's mind races with speculation, and he immediately picks it up.

The halberd was unexpectedly light, with not a trace of weight.

After it fell into Jiang Chen's hand, it actually began to shrink.

In the blink of an eye it shrank to the size of a palm, and the gem set into it fell out with a sound.

"Water God Key"

"Key to opening the true Shuishen Dian."

"Clear Water Gem"

"Clear Water Gem: permanently reduces Water Element damage by 50%, has a chance to grant a Water-type Skill, effective only on first use."

Jiang Chen showed a trace of joy, "As expected..."

"Didn't expect this time it wasn't dropped directly by the BOSS, almost missed it."

"Now that we have the key, something else is still missing."

"Something that can awaken the Water God."

Based on past experience, Jiang Chen thought he must have overlooked something.

His gaze swept across the Dungeon Hall, searching carefully.

Finally, he saw an item.

It was a flute-like instrument, embedded in a stone pillar.

The flute wasn't large and looked rather unremarkable.

If you don't look closely, you'd basically miss it.

The obedient Skeleton fetched the flute for Jiang Chen.

"Water God Flute: can be used to awaken the Water God."

"The four items from the Elemental Instance are finally gathered."

"Fire, Water, and Light are all present; only Wind and Lightning remain."

Regarding the legendary Five Great Element Dungeons, Jiang Chen felt he was very likely to collect them all.

He didn't know what wondrous changes would occur then.

It was as if a layer of secret was being lifted by him, and Jiang Chen's curiosity was piqued.

Jiang Chen immediately activated the Clear Water Gem, and his whole body was enveloped in shimmering water light.

In the Dungeon Hall, the bell rang again.

A long time had passed since the last bell rang.

Many people this time didn't rush in madly; they knew what was happening and took it as usual.

"Divine General Jiang has set a New Record again."

"I wonder what the Score is."

"No need to check the first time; the current Score is inaccurate anyway."

Si Tu Yu listened to the discussion, found it odd, and couldn't help asking, "Classmate, why is Jiang Chen's current Score inaccurate?"

The classmate's eyes flashed with infatuation, clearly smitten by Si Tu Yu's beauty, almost leaving saliva.

He quickly replied, "It's like this: each time Divine General Jiang creates an Instance record, the first time doesn't count as good."

"Of course, it's definitely better than others."

"Then Divine General Jiang will run the Instance a second and third time, and at that point the Score will be terrifying."

At that moment Jiang Chen's Score displayed.

Because of the Instance Upgrade, the previous team's Score had been erased.

Regardless of Jiang Chen's Score this round, it would rank first.

"48 minutes 22 seconds"

Si Tu Yu shivered; achieving such a Score in the Hell Dungeon was not only astonishing, it was almost unbelievable.

Yet, according to others, the first Score couldn't be considered good.

What kind of Score would count as good then?

With Si Tu Yu's perspective, she couldn't comprehend.

"I think this Score is already good enough; others will find it hard to beat," Si Tu Yu said, her tone questioning.

The person smiled again, "Others find it hard to beat, but Divine General Jiang can break it himself. Just watch; once Divine General Jiang runs a second time, he'll definitely surprise you."

"Really?" Si Tu Yu was skeptical.

Accompanied by a slight warp of space, Jiang Chen appeared at the Entrance.

The next second, he entered the Instance again.

From outside the Dungeon Hall came a shout.

"Divine General Jiang is doing a second run, the bet officially begins."

"Divine General Jiang's first run took 48 minutes."

"We set 24 minutes as the cutoff; everyone may place bets now."

"Bet on Divine General Jiang's new Record: over 24 minutes or under 24 minutes."

"Each bet is a Thousand Points Reward; everyone hurry and bet."

"Betting on under 24 minutes pays 2:1."

"Betting on over 24 minutes pays even money."

"Opportunity missed, never returns; next time Divine General Jiang runs the Instance, who knows when that will be."

Si Tu Yu was stunned; this could actually be wagered?

She, curious, walked over.

Outside, the crowd swarmed, and everyone was placing bets.

Si Tu Yu watched for a moment, and her emotions were also stirred.

She had never seen anything like this, and in her confusion she went ahead and placed a bet.

A dignified Empire princess, the daughter of a Divine-level Strongman, would naturally not make a small move.

Bet a Thousand Points Reward? She couldn't afford to lose to that person.

She instantly wagered ten thousand points, making her almost the highest bettor.

She didn't believe Jiang Chen could push the Score down to under 24 minutes.

Don't even talk about a Solo Run; even a twelve‑person team composed entirely of High-level Professionals wouldn't manage it.

After placing the bet, Si Tu Yu began monitoring the Instance's developments.

She seemed to have forgotten she was also here to level up, and ended up idly waiting for several hours, accomplishing nothing.

She completely became a source of amusement......