Chapter 362: Transmission Mishap, Arrival in the Corpse Realm

Jiang Chen has already successfully obtained Electric Grass, the Thunder God Sword, and even the Lightning Gem has already been put into his bag.

Therefore, he no longer needs to limit royal members from grinding instances.

Instances always exist, and no matter how many parties enter, they are the same.

At this moment, his secondary instance runs are for Elemental Crystals, and the royal parties are also after the same goal.

As soon as Jiang Chen enters the instance, he immediately activates Lightning Wing and darts through the valley at top speed.

Although the number of monsters outside the valley is not small, they are too scattered, making efficiency low.

Elemental instances are not the best places for leveling.

Jiang Chen's goal is to finish quickly, obtain enough Lightning Crystals, then move to a more suitable leveling instance.

Lightning Wing leaves a trail of sparks and lightning, swiftly crossing the valley before charging into the Thunder Swamp.

In the center of the swamp, the largest patch of thunder marsh no longer has any grass.

A Lightning Ape leaps out of the swamp, but is immediately besieged by the Undead Legion.

Skeleton Great Mage and Skeleton Archer have long been waiting on the shore; once the Lightning Ape appears, they instantly unleash concentrated fire.

The Lightning Ape had just leapt out of the swamp, only managing a few symbolic counterattacks before being swiftly defeated.

Apart from a single Lightning Crystal fragment, nothing was left.

Jiang Chen thinks that among the many Hell-level Dungeon bosses, the Lightning Ape is definitely the most "poor" one.

The Undead Legion crosses the swamp, continuing toward Thunder Eagle Mountain.

Halfway, the shadow of the Thunder God Sword has already vanished, and the area where the Thunder God Sword stood is bombarded by dense lightning, cutting off the road to Thunder Eagle Mountain.

When Jiang Chen arrives, he is still a thousand meters from Thunder Eagle Mountain; lightning is already striking him, but without the Thunder God Sword, the lightning's power is greatly reduced, unable even to damage Bone Armor.

Jiang Chen easily ignores this level of attack; even with the Thunder God Sword he could easily resist, let alone now.

For teams of other professions, the electric sea here remains a tough test.

Under the dense lightning assaults, Jiang Chen passes through, and before his eyes the spectacular scenery of Thunder Eagle Mountain appears.

A sharp eagle cry comes from Thunder Eagle Mountain; a massive Thunder Eagle, bearing wind and thunder, dives down from the sky.

A lightning orb fires, instantly turning the area where Jiang Chen stands into a sea of lightning.

Skeleton Great Mage and Skeleton Archer stand motionless within the lightning sea.

Skill: Aging Curse!

Red Light fills the sky, the Thunder Eagle's speed drops sharply.

Skeleton Archer simultaneously draws bow and fires arrows.

Arrow light flashes, cutting through space, instantly piercing the Thunder Eagle's body.

In the blink of an eye, thousands of arrows are lodged in the Thunder Eagle, turning it into a literal porcupine eagle.

Then its body erupts like fireworks; the Skeleton Great Mage's Elemental Explosion bursts with multicolored light, dazzlingly bright.

Curse damage is amplified fifteenfold; the damage is unimaginable.

It is the Hell-level Dungeon BOSS, and with a vitality‑enhancing trait, its life force is abnormally strong.

Yet even against the Undead Legion's powerful attacks, it still cannot endure.

Just two rounds of attack leave it heavily wounded.

The Thunder Eagle lets out a scream, swiftly turns and flies back toward Thunder Eagle Mountain.

It intends to return for recovery.

But this time Jiang Chen gives it no chance.

Lightning Wing spreads, and in the blink of an eye catches up to the Thunder Eagle.

Affected by the curse, the Thunder Eagle's speed is completely incomparable to Jiang Chen's.

Jiang Chen lands on its back, and nearly a hundred Skeleton Berserkers appear.

Axes blaze with Red Light, skill erupts.

"Frenzy Bombardment (Level 1): deals damage equal to 500% of own strength to target, cooldown 10 minutes."

Among the three types of Skeletons in the Undead Legion, the Skeleton Berserker ranks first in instantaneous burst power.

With a single strike, the Thunder Eagle falls from the sky.

"Kill Thunder Eagle, experience +4,900,000"

"Obtain Lightning Dagger"

"Obtain Lightning Crystal Fragment ×2"

"Lightning Dagger: Platinum Grade Weapon, All Attributes +1200, Assassin skill amplification 60%, Skill: Lightning Strike."

"Lightning Strike: deals electric element damage equal to own strength attribute to enemy; for 30 seconds, every 3 seconds applies a paralysis effect. Cooldown 5 minutes."

Jiang Chen is slightly stunned; this time only two Lightning Crystal fragments dropped, half as many as last time.

Moreover, only one item dropped.

Jiang Chen's eyes show a hint of confusion, "Could it be because I killed it too quickly?"

Normally, the Thunder Eagle returns to Thunder Eagle Mountain before death to recover there.

It takes two defeats of the Thunder Eagle to truly clear the stage.

But now, he hasn't given the Thunder Eagle a chance to return and recover.

So the gains are greatly reduced.

Aside from this possibility, the drop that can be called a Thunder Eagle is random.

It could be 2 to 4 pieces.

Jiang Chen thinks, exits the instance, uses a Cooldown Talisman, then re‑enters.

This time, Jiang Chen does not directly kill the Thunder Eagle, but lets it return to recover and performs a second kill.

Sure enough, this time the dropped items increased, and the Lightning Crystal Fragments became four pieces.

"Looks like you really can't clear it too fast."

After running it several more times in a row, as long as he followed the Instance's mechanics, the Thunder Eagle dropped four Elemental Crystal Fragments every time.

One full round yielded a complete Lightning Crystal.

Including the Instance Upgrade run, he cleared it six times in just two hours.

Looking at the two Elemental Divine Stones in his hand, Jiang Chen let out a long breath.

Finally, he had fused the crystals from all Five Great Element Dungeons into them.

Not just the Five Great Element Dungeons—he had also incorporated other Elemental Crystals on top of that.

"Elemental Divine Stone (Fire, Poison, Earth, Light, Water, Wind, Lightning): Use during Third Transcendence to increase Profession Ascension chance by 35%."

"Elemental Divine Stone (Fire, Earth, Light, Water, Wind, Lightning): Use during Third Transcendence to increase Profession Ascension chance by 30%."

The two Elemental Divine Stones differed slightly; lacking the Poison element, their effects varied a bit.

"I wonder how long it'll be before the Earth Touch Dragon God reappears. If I get a chance, I can get another Poisonous Crystal."

"Or else, find another BOSS that drops Poisonous Crystals."

Jiang Chen thought to himself—such things could only be sought by chance; everything depended on luck.

Putting away the Elemental Divine Stones, Jiang Chen exited the Instance.

He had farmed enough; he still had four Lightning Crystals on hand.

Besides that, he also had leftover Flame Crystals, Earth Crystals, Light Crystals, Clear Water Crystals, and Whirlwind Crystals.

If he wanted, he could form a brand-new Elemental Divine Stone at any time.

Inside Huang Gong, Si Tu Yu and Jiang Chen walked side by side.

Si Tu Yu was leading Jiang Chen to the Teleportation Array.

She had personally watched as, in less than two hours, Jiang Chen completed the Instance Upgrade.

And he had also repeatedly cleared the Instance six times, obtaining enough Elemental Crystals.

Si Tu Yu asked, "Where will you go next?"

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, "I might stay in the Dungeon Hall for a while."

Si Tu Yu understood Jiang Chen's thinking, "With your profession's strength, once your level goes up, your combat power will be terrifying."

Even Jiang Chen, who had just completed his Second Transcendence, Si Tu Yu felt could already contend with many Level 70 Top-tier Professionals.

If Jiang Chen could reach Level 50 or even Level 60 and master new Skills, he would probably be even more formidable.

Challenging above his level would be effortless.

The two arrived before the Teleportation Array, and Si Tu Yu said with a smile, "Then if I need your help again, how should I contact you?"

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, raised his wrist, and they added each other as friends on the Communicator.

That way, as long as he wasn't in the Otherworld Battlefield or the Ancient Battlefield, Si Tu Yu could reach him.

Even if he was inside an Instance, Si Tu Yu could leave a message.

He would receive the message once he finished the Instance.

"Don't refuse me then!" Si Tu Yu's smile bloomed like a flower.

Jiang Chen still owed Situ Li a favor, so naturally he wouldn't refuse, "I'll help with whatever I can."

Without realizing it, their relationship had improved a little.

It had changed from a purely transactional relationship to friendship.

Hearing Jiang Chen's answer, Si Tu Yu smiled even more happily.

Si Tu Yu activated the Teleportation Array, her hands forming one seal after another, and the two vanished from the array together.

The scene during teleportation was fragmented and dazzling; Jiang Chen suddenly felt a twinge of unease in his heart.

Immediately after, Si Tu Yu also sensed something was wrong; her whole body tensed up instantly.

She looked at Jiang Chen and saw caution and vigilance in his eyes.

From inside Huang Gong to outside Huang Gong, the teleportation should have taken at most two seconds.

Yet the two of them teleported for a full five minutes before landing.

At the speed of the Teleportation Array, such a long teleportation time had already completely exceeded the borders of the Shenlong Empire.

A cold wind carrying a putrid stench rushed into their nostrils; Si Tu Yu instantly became panicked and cried out in surprise, "Fusishi Jie—how did we end up in Fusishi Jie?"

Jiang Chen's eyes also saw a rotting corpse charging toward the two of them...