Chapter 1002: So Much Foreplay

Wow! This wind grew legs, it kicked me! Dun Dun screamed in fright, quickly scrambled to his feet, and ran to hide behind Xiao Feng.

The dungeon gate opened; inside was pitch black, and with the blowing of the gloomy wind, came a series of roars resembling a dragon's cry.

"How could the wind be that strong? Must be seeing ghosts, and a perverted one at that!" Li Li gave a hehe laugh, making the already somewhat frightened Dun Dun even more nervous.

Xiao Feng raised his hand, condensed a small fireball, and threw it into the tomb passage.

The fireball illuminated the dark tomb passage, revealing numerous spider silk traces, and some mice scurrying about, emitting squeaky strange cries.

The three female members of the team were a bit nervous, naturally fearful of tombs, mice, and such things.

The Candle Dragon said: "This dungeon is really strange; the entrance is too special, actually being one with the great world."

Xiao Feng said: "I'll go in first to have a look; don't rush in, this might not yet be the dungeon entrance."

Saying that, he stepped forward alone and walked into the opened tomb passage gate.

Dun Dun, who had lost protection, hurriedly stayed together with her beloved big-breasted mom; both were a bit nervous as they looked ahead.

Xiao Feng stepped through the gate, walked forward a few steps, and not long after, a deafening roar suddenly came from beside him.

The roar was like a thunderclap, directly stunning him for 0.5 seconds.

At the same time, from a crack in the mountain wall, a dragon‑person over three meters tall emerged… a corpse!

【Dragon Corpse Ghost】

Level: 470 (Upper God)

HP: 1.2 billion/1.2 billion

Note: The power of Lu'erge granted it an immortal soul!

This is a dragon‑person zombie that has been dead for many years; its armor has long since weathered and broken, leaving only a few scraps of leather hanging on its body.

Its flesh had also withered, and it raised a great sword with both hands, swinging it at Xiao Feng.

"Source Needle!"

Whoosh!

Xiao Feng willed it, and a single‑target skill shot out, striking the dragon corpse ghost's head.

With a puff, the tremendous force of the Source Needle slammed the dragon corpse ghost backward, blasting a hole in its skull, dealing several billion damage, and killing it instantly.

"Its defense is average, damage reduction about 99%, 1.2 billion HP… far less than a 470‑level King‑ranked character outside, so it looks easy to handle." Xiao Feng instantly judged the data of this zombie monster.

After slaying a dragon‑person zombie, he gained nothing—no equipment dropped, no energy orb appeared.

On the other hand, the map information for his location changed.

Originally the whole map was called "Lu'erge Tomb", including the outer islands.

Now it switched from the world map to a mini‑map, labeling the area: Upper Tomb Passage.

In other words, he entered a level‑2 map, officially stepping into the graveyard.

Xiao Feng walked back a few steps to the gate, saw his teammates still there, and could still come and go freely—clearly this is not a "dungeon" but an ordinary map directly connected to the great world.

"You all come in too; the monsters inside aren't strong." Xiao Feng told everyone.

Even with his bare‑handed attack power he could easily one‑shot them; leaving these little monsters to the teammates would finish them off in just a dozen seconds or so.

Zhang Fan and the others followed him in.

The Candle Dragon took out a lighting magic crystal, tossed it onto his head; the crystal automatically floated and followed his movements.

Li Li buffed the group with a defense buff and an attack buff, then they started moving forward as a tight formation.

To look after the three girls, the party formed a circle: Xiao Feng in front, Zhang Fan second, the Candle Dragon covering the rear, and the others guarding the left and right sides.

After walking just a few dozen meters, the stone walls on either side of the tomb passage collapsed slightly, and a dragon‑person corpse ghost leapt out from each side.

"Roar!!"

The dragon‑person corpse ghost, dead who knows how many years, let out a roar louder than when it was alive, making the loli‑type T go weak in the knees.

Xiao Feng casually flicked two Source Needles and instantly killed them.

The monsters came fast and went fast, crumbling straight into a pile of bone fragments.

"Damn it, this loudmouth—I suspect the system is deliberately trying to scare players!" Li Li said, clearly annoyed.

Xing Yun Miao also complained: "I wish this game could adjust the volume…"

The team pressed forward; the tomb passage was thick with spider silk, and the ground held broken swords and weapons, pottery, uncollectible gold coins, etc., likely grave goods.

The tomb passage spirals downward, and they continued to go deeper underground.

After walking several hundred meters, they had wiped out three batches of dragon‑person corpse ghosts, and a stone door appeared ahead once more.

This door was about the same size as the previous one, but looked more antiquated.

The gate was carved with a pattern of a flying dragon spreading its wings and soaring high.

Worth noting, the carved dragon has only one head, unlike the double‑headed flying dragon Lu'erge.

Xiao Feng stepped forward and pushed the door, receiving a prompt.

【Prompt:: This is a mechanism door; please open it correctly, or violently push it open with 80,000 points of strength.】

This time the strength requirement is higher, needing 80,000 strength; even a warrior raised to level 500 couldn't muster that many attribute points.

Everyone spread out to look for the mechanism, and soon found a nine‑palace grid in a corner similar to the outer tomb passage entrance.

After the nine‑palace grid was solved, the screen displayed an image of an ordinary single‑headed flying dragon, matching the stone door.

Click‑click‑click~

As the mechanism opened, the stone door slowly swung open.

The difference is that this time there was no more gloomy gust; instead, a vortex‑shaped dungeon portal appeared.

"This is the real dungeon entrance…"

"Holy crap, it's so terrifying—I thought we were about to reach the main burial chamber, but we've only just arrived at the gate!"

"This Lu'erge Tomb has so much foreplay; the reward is sure to be good!"

Xiao Feng and the others let out cries of astonishment.

They originally thought that as they went deeper into the tomb passage, they could straight reach the inside of the grave, find Lu Erjia's remains, and then end the exploration.

They never expected that this gloomy stretch of road was merely a small preliminary challenge before the dungeon.

If the prelude is this dark, wouldn't entering the official version of the dungeon be even more terrifying?

"Old rules, I'll lead the way!" Xiao Feng strode first into the shimmering void portal.

【Ding~ Warm tip: You have discovered the level 450 main storyline dungeon "Lu Erjia's Secret Burial Ground". The system detects that your level does not meet the recommended challenge level, posing considerable risk. Confirm entry?】

The system popped up a prompt.

Xiao Feng instantly rejoiced: "It's a level 450 cultivation base; looks like we didn't come for nothing!"

Earlier, seeing the level of the double-headed snake Qilila, he had estimated it should be a level 425 dungeon; he didn't expect the actual level to be even higher!

A level 450 small group dungeon—its rewards will certainly not be lacking!

"Confirmed!"

Xiao Feng directly confirmed and entered the dungeon.

The others, hearing his explanation, also became curious and closely followed behind.

Although Dun Dun was a little afraid, his love for experience outweighed the fear, so he still went along.

The party shuttled into the vortex‑shaped portal, officially entering the dungeon.