Chapter 393 - 399: Strongest Lord Monster
The second level’s hidden zone, with its deep corridors, crisscrossing like a labyrinth.
Beyond the numerous skeletal prison guards,
there appeared different monsters here.
Ancient Prison Guardians, bearing the appearance of Dark Elf subspecies, level 14 Bronze Lord Monsters!
The Erha Spirit sniffed hard and then perked up, wagging its tail and saying, "Boss, this place seems very spacious, and there are many Lord Monsters!"
Upon hearing this, the others
all showed expressions of delight.
This place has a horde of Lord Monsters!
Typically, Lord-level monsters don’t appear in large numbers in the same area because this level of monsters is usually the leader of a monster group.
However,
in the second level’s hidden zone of the Ancient Prison,
there are unexpectedly a large number of Dark Elf Prison Guardians.
Each Prison Guardian is a level 14 Bronze Lord.
Before coming to this place, no one dared to believe there could be such a good spot for farming Lords, so without further ado, they immediately jumped into battle.
Hang Yu can easily deal with a level 14 Silver Lord Prison Warden.
These level 14 Bronze Lord Monsters are really beneath his notice.
He was too lazy to even activate the Chasing Light and Shadow Array.
As long as no more than three Guardians attack simultaneously or aren’t surrounded by more than twenty prison guards, with the strength of Hang Yu’s team, they can basically advance effortlessly, killing with no pressure.
The types of Ancient Prison Guardians vary; some are Combat Professionals, some are Magic Professionals, some are Spiritual Professionals, and there are even Holy Professionals. Because of the rich variety, the drops are also very abundant.
When they killed the second Ancient Guardian,
Jiang Nan rummaged through the body and found a blueprint. She glanced at it, her eyes lighting up, and immediately passed it excitedly to Hang Yu: "Great God, look quickly, another blueprint just dropped!"
[Artifact Refining Blueprint: Ancient Holy War Breastplate], level 13 bright green quality blueprint, learning requirement: Advanced Artifact Refining Technique.
The others gathered to look.
Xu Tianhua said, "Another bright green quality blueprint. Based on past experience, when the blueprint itself is bright green quality, there is a high chance that the equipment crafted from it will be dark blue."
Hang Yu nodded and said, "The special product of the second level’s hidden zone in the Ancient Prison is probably the dark blue quality ancient set, although blue equipment rarely drops directly, let alone these Ancient Guardians are merely Lord Monsters."
"Set? Blue set!"
Zhao Ming’s expression subtly changed.
Nowadays, top experts like Hang Yu, Zhao Ming, and Xu Tianhua generally have put together a set of green equipment, and Hang Yu is using the "Molten Rock Wolf Set" assembled during the battle at Deserted Valley Town.
This level 10 green set is not bad to speak of.
But it is somewhat unsatisfactory for someone of Hang Yu’s level.
However, this is unavoidable, as at this stage unless you mobilize the resources of a whole nation, it’s unlikely anyone could wear a complete blue set.
Unexpectedly.
In this Ancient Prison,
there can be drops of blue set blueprints.
Hang Yu nodded affirmatively and said, "The Ancient Guardian Set is divided into two types: The Ancient Holy War Set and the Ancient Spirit Magic Set. The former is more suited for Combat and Holy Professionals, while the latter is better for Magic and Spiritual Professionals."
Zhao Ming was very interested: "If our Azure Dragon can master these two equipment blueprints, wouldn’t it mean we possess the most top-notch, cutting-edge equipment manufacturing technology?"
Xu Tianhua said, "Level 13 blue sets will attract interest from both national leadership and international forces, who will come to request custom orders with materials in hand."
Brother Dog wagged its tail, "Wow, high-end customization is a good business and can make a lot of money!"
In fact,
as more people learned about Hang Yu’s identity,
there are now many forces contacting Su Yunbing or Zhao Ming, hoping to place orders for top-tier equipment like the "Earth Dragon Fluctuation Spear" and the "Demon Scorpion Axe," offering hefty sums.
However,
it’s difficult to customize these two pieces of equipment because they are unique.
Their crafting requires lower tier bright green weapons as core materials.
And unlike materials, which have many acquisition channels and methods, specific equipment like the Earth Dragon General’s Spear and Highly Poisonous Scorpion Axe have very limited means of acquisition.
The Ancient Guardian Set is different.
It is entirely forged from materials.
Therefore, mastering such blueprints not only allows creating top-tier equipment for themselves but also allows the development of high-end equipment customization business in the future.
How rare is a whole set of blue equipment?
The rarity and value are proportionate to the potential profit margin!
Hang Yu’s team was instantly full of motivation. The allure of this place is not just the set blueprints.
The Lord Monsters have a high drop rate.
Skill Stones and green equipment are abundant.
Jiang Nan and Xiaoqiang were quite lucky, acquiring several pieces of green gear or green quality Skill Stones suitable for themselves, which are extremely valuable to them, yielding a bountiful harvest.
Besides the spoils,
the Lord Monsters emit Spiritual Qi containing green essence.
In a certain sense, the immense value of the green Spiritual Qi is even higher than these green equipment, green skill stones, green scroll materials, and so on.
Hang Yu’s green essence keeps increasing.
78%, 80%, 82%, 84%... 98%, 100%!
The team continuously slaughtered two hundred ancient prison guards and more than ten ancient guardians, allowing even Qin Mu and Xiaoqiang to smoothly level up to level 11, while Hang Yu accumulated over 7000 Spiritual Qi, and the green essence reached 100%.
Still 5000 Spiritual Qi short? No big deal!
Hang Yu used the "Spiritual Qi Power Bank" Human-faced Ant Queen to infuse himself with 5000 points of Spiritual Qi, quickly pushing the Spiritual Qi within him close to the threshold, and then all the Spiritual Qi and essence were released and transformed into strength.
"Boss leveled up to 12!"
"Congratulations, congratulations!"
"The great god levels up so fast!"
Seeing Hang Yu level up, everyone was excited and delighted. After all, Hang Yu is the leader of the Azure Dragon, and the stronger he becomes, the more at ease everyone feels.
A quick check on the attributes.
Level 12 Combat Professional, Life Energy 200, Spiritual Power 145... Spiritual Qi 5/20000, Green Essence 0.9%.
Life Energy +20!
Spiritual Power +11!
The boost is already quite significant!
The actual effects of Strength, agility, and other attributes have become even greater!
Hang Yu knew that as the level continues to increase, leveling up will become more and more difficult, with more requirements and more stringent conditions, but the boost effects of leveling up will also become more and more astonishing.
According to his understanding.
In a world like the Earth Dragon Realm.
The levels of Minor Lords are generally between 11 and 13.
The levels of Great Lords are generally between 14 and 15.
The Spirit Realm Governor actually also belongs to the category of Great Lords, but to become a governor of a Spirit Realm province, one must be among the best of Great Lords, with a level of at least 15 to 16.
Existences like the Mad Dragon King Heska.
It’s estimated to be a King Level existence between 18 and 20.
Of course, the above data are merely speculations, there may be exceptions that are lower or higher than expected, but it is believed that in most cases, it fits within this range.
Hang Yu is already level 12.
His current strength is similar to that of a same-level Golden Lord.
If you look at the circle of Minor Lords, Hang Yu is already a standout presence, but in front of Great Lords, he might still be somewhat inferior.
A Great Lord is already a regional Overlord.
At the very least, they are all Bronze Overlord level creatures!
Everyone was very excited, not expecting such a huge gain this time. With just these Spiritual Qi and essence, it’s enough for them to surpass many masters.
The group wiped out a total of twenty ancient guardians with a circle of kills.
Their drop rate for blueprints is quite high!
It’s possible to gather the complete set of blueprints!
"The Ancient Holy War Set of four is complete."
"The Ancient Spirit Magic Set is one short of a cloak blueprint."
"Now we’re just one Spirit Magic Cloak blueprint away from a perfect achievement." Zhao Ming laughed heartily, "Let’s keep it up!"
Jiang Nan was also excited, her face flushed.
Xiaoqiang quickly said, "Brother Dog, hurry, find a few more monsters!"
"Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’m already looking," Er Gou’s clone was moving around nearby, "Oh, this is not good, it seems there are no ancient guardians left around here."
Everyone was stunned.
No ancient guardians left?
Does that mean we’re missing a blueprint?
Zhang Xiaoqiang was suddenly depressed, missing a blueprint means they can’t complete the Ancient Spirit Magic Set!
With a missing component of the set.
The value of the whole equipment will be greatly reduced.
Who knows where else we can get the ancient set!
Hang Yu made a quick calculation, "It seems the ancient guardians have indeed been completely wiped out, but I know there is another place that might drop the Spirit Magic Set blueprint. Follow me."
Hang Yu’s team navigated through the intricate labyrinth
And finally walked into a spacious hall.
It looked like a BOSS room.
A dark elf monster was standing on a high platform, holding a magic staff, and his equipment was obviously much more exquisite than the guardians outside. The blue spiritual energy aura was continuous over his body, clearly an Ancient Spirit Magic Set.
Everyone was on high alert.
"Ancient Prison Warden, this is the second layer’s hidden BOSS, and though it’s a level 14 Golden Lord monster, it’s definitely one of the strongest among same-level Golden Lords," Hang Yu said, "As long as we can defeat him, we can proceed to the third layer."
The second layer’s hidden BOSS.
Very strong, above a Lord, but below an Overlord!
However, as long as it’s not at the Overlord level, it doesn’t yet pose a threat to Hang Yu’s team!
