readbooksol Chapter 113 [Dark Cave] Dungeon
Chapter 113 [Dark Cave] Dungeon
[Nightmare Difficulty]: It is recommended to form a team of 10 or more players, and the recommended level is 20 or above.
Each difficulty level has a leaderboard that records the top ten teams that cleared the game the fastest.
The leaderboard for Normal difficulty is already densely filled with records:
1rd place: Completed the course in 1 hours, 18 minutes and 32 seconds.
2rd place: Completed the course in 1 hours, 19 minutes and 15 seconds.
3rd place: Completed the course in 1 hours, 20 minutes and 08 seconds.
......
10th place: 25 minutes and 47 seconds
The leaderboard for the hardest difficulty level is much quieter, with only a handful of entries:
1rd place: Completed the course in 1 hours, 56 minutes and 16 seconds.
2rd place: Completed the course in 1 hours, 58 minutes and 52 seconds.
3rd place: Completed the course in 2 hours, 02 minutes and 24 seconds.
......
Only 4 teams cleared the level.
The leaderboard for Nightmare difficulty is blank, displaying only the message: "No completion record available."
At the same time, each person can only enter each difficulty level once per day.
"Looks like no one has cleared Nightmare difficulty yet." Lin Tian pondered, stroking his chin. "The leaderboards for Normal and Hard difficulties have already been dominated by the big guilds."
The surrounding players, seeing Lin Tian pausing in front of the stone tablet, began to murmur again:
"The pro is checking the leaderboard, which difficulty level do you think he'll choose?"
"It should be on normal difficulty, since there are only two people: him and a beautiful woman."
"Not necessarily. Look at his summoned creatures, their stats are ridiculously strong. They might be able to challenge even the hardest difficulty dungeons."
"Are you kidding me? The hard difficulty is no joke. I heard the monsters inside have terrifyingly high attack power and all sorts of disgusting control skills."
Just as everyone was discussing this, a team emerged from the dungeon looking disheveled and exhausted, each member with low health.
"Damn it, the last boss on Hard difficulty is insane! It goes berserk when its health drops below 30%, it's impossible to withstand!" the leading warrior cursed.
His teammate, a female priest, said with a mournful face, "My healing couldn't keep up at all, and the boss's burst attack wiped out the entire team."
At this moment, the assassin in the group noticed the unusual surroundings. Following everyone's gaze, he widened his eyes in surprise: "That...that's Lin Tian, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, the warrior looked up sharply, and upon seeing Lin Tian, he was initially surprised, then his eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward: "Brother Lin Tian! Are you here to run a dungeon?"
Lin Tian nodded slightly, his gaze still fixed on the stone tablet.
Seeing this, the warrior became even more enthusiastic: "Boss, we're from the second team of our guild. We just tried the hard difficulty and failed. If you're planning to challenge it, could you take us with you? Our damage output is decent, but we can't withstand the boss's burst damage."
The other team members also cast expectant glances their way.
Lin Tian shook his head: "I'm used to acting alone."
Disappointment flashed across the warrior's face, but he remained undeterred: "Boss, the dungeon is really difficult; I'm afraid it'll be too hard to do alone..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lin Tian had already made his decision.
As Lin Tian rode the Blazing White Tiger with Celia straight toward the dungeon entrance, all the surrounding players' eyes were on him.
"He's here! Boss Lin Tian is here!"
"Are they going to run a dungeon? Just the two of them?"
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lin Tian arrived at the dungeon stone tablet that was emitting a faint glow. After examining it briefly, he actually chose to enter.
Please confirm whether you wish to enter the Dark Cavern (Normal Difficulty)?
[Note: Normal difficulty, 10-player team recommended]
The system notification was clearly audible, and Lin Tian selected "Yes" without hesitation.
The next moment, a white light flashed, and he and Celia, along with their mounts, vanished from the spot in an instant.
The light curtain at the entrance of the Dark Cave (Normal Difficulty) rippled slightly before returning to calm.
A brief silence fell over the scene.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the empty entrance in disbelief.
"He...he really went in?" A mage player rubbed his eyes and stammered.
"Just two people? A mage with a... girl?" The warrior next to him gaped, his mouth wide enough to fit an egg.
"Are you crazy?! Even if he's a top player and his summons are powerful, this is a dungeon! The monster mechanics here are different from those in the open world!"
"Even on the easiest normal difficulty, it shouldn't be so easy that two people can clear it, right? We had ten people working together, and we almost wiped out on the second boss!"
"Even if it's a big shot like Lin Tian, isn't this a bit too arrogant?"
"I guess the big shot is overconfident? After all, he just wiped out two hundred people all by himself..."
"Lin Tian is a mage, and this lineup doesn't even have a tank. How are they going to win?"
"I think it's risky. There are dense mobs, elites, and bosses in the dungeon, and the aggro mechanism is complicated. No matter how high the DPS is, if there's no one to tank and draw aggro, the healers will be under a lot of pressure, and it's easy for members to die."
"Yeah, his beautiful companion looks delicate and doesn't seem like the type to be so resilient and capable of healing..."
The members of the second team of the alliance, who had just emerged from the difficult difficulty level, were even more dumbfounded.
The squad leader gaped, "Two or two people dare to go in? We, ten fully armed men, have been wiped out twice on normal difficulty!"
The female priest murmured, "The final boss's burst attack in the mine is so powerful that you can't withstand it without two tanks taking turns using damage reduction abilities..."
The assassin team member shook his head and said, "Looks like even the big boss is going to have a bad run. This dungeon isn't like fighting monsters in the wild."
Not far away, several remnants of the Aoshi Guild hid behind the crowd, exchanging gloating glances.
"He's gone too far with his bragging, isn't he? Just wait and see how he gets his comeuppance!"
"It would be best to die a few times, losing levels and equipment!"
Almost no one was optimistic about Lin Tian's dungeon adventure. After all, the dungeons in the Battle of the Myriad Realms were notoriously difficult, emphasizing teamwork.
No matter how strong a person is, they will inevitably struggle when faced with a multi-tasking dungeon mechanism.
The warrior from the second team of the battle alliance who had previously failed to invite Lin Tian to join his team shook his head and sighed.
"Sigh, the expert was too overconfident. Although it's possible to solo the normal difficulty, that's for top players with overwhelming equipment and stats. Even though his stats might be high, the monsters in the dungeon have level suppression and resistance bonuses."
His fellow priests nodded in agreement:
"Yeah, and the mobs in the dungeon do pretty much damage too. If you pull too many at once, and there's no tank to draw aggro, the healers can't keep up, and you can easily get worn down. I hope you don't wipe out there."
The crowd was abuzz with discussion, with most feeling that Lin Tian was likely to suffer a major setback this time, and some even began to speculate on how long it would take for him to fail and be teleported out.
However, they did not know that what they considered their limit was perhaps not even a warm-up for Lin Tian.