Chapter 122: Lost Land

Soon after, everyone arrived at the Yellow Sandy Land.

This is a vast desert, with dunes rising and falling, the curves stretching endlessly without visible horizon.

The desert hides countless level-100 sand worms, poisonous scorpions, and other creatures; though small in size and low in health, they appear and disappear unpredictably, making them very troublesome.

Team Leader Xiao Dao walked while looking at the map, saying, "Not far ahead, near the entrance there are many poisonous scorpions—be careful."

Those who can reach this map are no ordinary players; Xiao Dao and the others initially didn't fight their way here—they took a gathering quest, searching for plant materials in the desert, and came here cautiously.

But now this team is fierce as a tiger, with no reservations.

All along the way they charged straight through, trampling and crushing any minor monsters they saw, easily arriving at the entrance.

Xiao Feng looked ahead and saw a small lake with patches of greenery around it—a desert oasis scene.

But around the oasis, poisonous scorpion monsters swarmed densely, at least a hundred or two.

"Bosses, last time I used assassin skills to sneak in, but with so many of us we can only fight our way through," Xiao Dao said.

As his words fell, a flash of fire passed, and Xiao Feng threw a diameter-3-meter explosive fireball.

Boom!

The fireball exploded, radiating out with a 45-meter radius.

All poisonous scorpions within the radius were killed.

The remaining unkilled minor monsters were startled by the commotion, and all rushed toward Xiao Feng and the others.

"Rainstorm Technique!"

Xiao Feng then unleashed another skill—a massive rainstorm 150 meters on a side—directly clearing all the minor monsters.

"So strong..."

Xiao Dao was still seeing Xiao Feng's attack for the first time, and couldn't help but stare dumbfounded.

"Let's go," Xiao Feng said.

Everyone followed Xiao Dao forward into the lakeside greenery.

"Where is the dungeon entrance? There's nothing around here," Chu Long wondered.

This green patch is small, about the size of a basketball court. Aside from a few trees and patches of grass, only several stones lay on the ground.

Xiao Dao explained, "There's a teleportation gate here that can be opened only with a quest item."

Speaking, he walked over to those stones, took out a worn sheepskin scroll, and gently opened it.

While opening the entrance, he explained, "This is a hidden quest I received while doing my life profession; I need to enter the Lost Land to find a medicinal herb called 'Ghost Cry Tooth.' The scroll was given by my life profession mentor, usable up to five times; if all attempts fail, there will be no more chances."

"Only five times? Haven't you already failed twice?" Li Li asked.

Xiao Dao nodded, "Yeah, only three attempts left. If we can't win this time, I suggest you bosses come back at level 100, because it's really tough!"

"Don't worry, with Xiao Feng here, I guarantee you'll complete the quest," Chu Long laughed.

"Yeah, that would be best. Actually, failing doesn't matter anyway— the money I earn from selling dungeon runs already satisfies me," Xiao Dao chuckled.

Hidden quests of life professions at most reward items like divine-grade potions and scrolls.

His income from selling dungeon runs is far more valuable than those rewards, so it's best if he can complete the quest, but it's not a problem if he can't.

"Opened!"

Humm~

As they spoke, the stones on the ground suddenly emitted light, connecting with each other to form a dazzling teleportation gate.

"Go in, this teleportation gate will last only five minutes," Xiao Dao told everyone.

Xiao Feng, without hesitation, put on an earth elemental shield and led the way in.

Xing Yun Miao, Li Li, and Zhang Fan followed behind.

After them came Shen Di, Chu Long, Zhan Tian, and the others.

The World Guild members walked at the rear, trailing slowly.

"Ding~ You have entered the Legendary dungeon 【Lost Land】!"

"Current dungeon progress: 0/9."

"Tip: This map is a one-time dungeon; monsters and resources do not respawn. Players on gathering quests, please note the success rate."

As soon as Xiao Feng and the others entered the dungeon, they heard the tip.

"Is this really a combat dungeon? It feels purely like a gathering quest for life materials," Xiao Feng muttered to himself.

Possibly because Xiao Dao has a quest, the system's tip extra emphasizes the gathering reminder.

Inside the Lost Land is a dim space; the sky is gray and misty, they stand on a flat stone hill, surrounded by cliffs with no path forward.

As everyone entered the dungeon, the numbers grew, making even standing room a bit cramped.

"Shen Di boss, in that direction there's a platform you can jump down from, level by level to the bottom, where you'll encounter monsters," Xiao Dao reminded.

Upon hearing that, Shen Di looked down and indeed, about three meters below the cliff, there was a protruding spot to jump down from.

"I'll clear the way, Team Leader give me the authority," Xiao Feng said, knowing the dungeon's high difficulty and not wanting others to die pointlessly, so he took the lead.

Xiao Dao handed the Team Leader role to Xiao Feng, who would later distribute the dungeon battle loot.

Looking down the cliff, it's all mist—nothing can be seen clearly.

But when Xiao Feng jumped onto the protruding stone, he could see another protruding stone below.

Thus, jumping down level by level, after about twenty-plus jumps, they finally reached the base of the cliff.

The teammates came down one after another, slowly reaching the cliff bottom.

The environment below the cliff is relatively open, with a small river flowing through; the water is about five meters wide and two to three meters deep, revealing ferocious large fish swimming in the river, and around it are some herbs that can be gathered.

Xiao Feng checked the attributes of the large fish in the water.

【Aberrant Man-Eating Fish (Elite)】

Level: 140

HP: 1300000/1300000

It's obviously just an elite monster, but it has stats on par with an epic boss; it's genuinely a bit frightening.

However, the man-eating fish can only move in water and cannot go ashore, so the Invincible Under Heaven who previously entered the dungeon did not attack it.

"Old Xiao, let's test the monsters' attack power here," Li Li suggested.

"You just want to see me get beaten up!" Xiao Feng saw through his friend's little trick at a glance.

However, he didn't refuse, bearing his shield, he came to the riverbank.

He had just arrived at the shallow water area when a man-eating fish in the water launched a springing leap, opening its blood disc-like mouth, its serrated teeth lunging to tear at Xiao Feng.

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The zero-defense shield took a bite, sustaining damage close to 24,000.

If it were a 2nd-transformation elite knight like the Candle Dragon instead, the damage would be over 10,000 points—unpleasant but not enough to be insta‑killed.

"Not bad, just about that."

Xiao Feng showed disdain, casually firing a Lightning Arrow that instantly killed the man‑eating fish.

"You defeated the man-eating fish, gaining 34,830 experience."

Everyone received the experience reward, and on the ground fell two gold coins, a piece of blue equipment, and a sharp tooth.

"Xiao Dao said: "That tooth is one of my quest items; if you big shots have no use for it, you can give it to me!""

Xiao Feng glanced at it.

"【Man‑eating Fish Tooth】: Rare quality, material for crafting a level‑120 mana potion."

Nobody among them had this, so he casually tossed it to Xiao Dao.

"The monsters' HP is 20 times that of the outside world, their attack and experience are 2×; it feels okay."

After defeating a monster, Xiao Feng figured out some information about the dungeon.

"Let's go, keep moving forward!" He waved his big hand, gripping his staff, and headed deeper into the dungeon.