Chapter 640: High-level Instances Are Not Suitable for Leveling
After passing the second stage, the instance became a smooth path. Lin Moyu had not obtained any rewards so far.
Apart from some experience and useless materials, he didn’t even get a decent piece of equipment.
This instance can only be summed up in one word so far: poor.
Not only in terms of equipment, but also in terms of experience, it was pitifully poor.
Except for when he first entered the instance and gained a wave of experience, the little snowmen and the formation light balls just now didn’t give any experience at all.
If the initial and intermediate instances are leveling holy lands, then the high-level instances really have nothing.
As they walked higher along the mountain path, the wind and snow became more and more fierce.
Here, even level 70 players might not be able to withstand it.
The temperature dropped to a terrifying degree, with water turning to ice being the most common phenomenon.
Even Lin Moyu could feel the chills at this moment.
The current low temperature was enough to cause damage to him, and the damage transfer skill continued to function, transferring all the damage to the undead army.
The soul fires in the skulls of the skeletons were also compressed by the cold air.
Lin Moyu could feel that under the snow, there was ice that had existed for who knows how many years.
Braving the bitter cold, they advanced, encountering no monsters along the way.
Until they reached the depths of the instance, four square platforms appeared within sight.
Beyond the platforms was a thick fog, with no way to proceed further.
There were indentations on the platforms that looked like keyholes.
Lin Moyu immediately understood and took out the elemental keys obtained from the Elemental Fortress.
Different platforms represented different elemental keys.
For most teams, only one key was needed to open the next stage.
But Lin Moyu now had all four keys gathered.
He inserted the four keys one by one, and the four platforms simultaneously let out a roar.
The roar grew louder and louder, and then the platforms exploded, transforming into their respective elements.
Wind, fire, water, and lightning - the four elements gathered again, forming four pillars of light that shot straight into the sky.
Parting the clouds, a brand new path appeared in front of them.
This path seemed to lead directly to the peak’s divine palace, its end not in sight.
At the moment the path opened, terrifying waves of energy rippled out.
A large number of dormant monsters awoke.
Each of them was over level 78, and they were not ordinary monsters, but at least leaders.
The number and strength of the leaders were clearly visible under Lin Moyu’s soul perception.
The number of awakening leaders was not too many or too few - exactly four hundred.
Lin Moyu pondered, "If only one path was opened, the number of leader monsters to face would probably not be so many."
Lin Moyu was correct. If only one path was opened, they would only need to face one hundred leader monsters.
Moreover, the leader monsters awoke at different speeds, and powerful teams could take advantage of this time difference to clear them one by one.
At most, they would only need to face four leaders at the same time.
But now, Lin Moyu had activated all four paths simultaneously, causing four hundred leader-level monsters to awaken at once.
At most, he might have to face sixteen leaders at the same time.
For any team, that would be a disaster.
After all, a team only had 24 people, and facing sixteen leader-level monsters simultaneously would basically have no chance of victory.
The corners of Lin Moyu’s mouth twitched slightly, "Just this?"
Four hundred leaders were too weak!
Before the leaders could fully awaken and charge over, the undead army had already rushed forward.
This was the last stage of the instance, but it still left Lin Moyu feeling disappointed.
The leaders gave high experience, much higher than ordinary monsters.
But the number was really too small.
Four hundred was only equivalent to 4,000 ordinary monsters, even if the experience was ten times higher.
Not to mention, the experience wasn’t even ten times higher.
If this was all, the high-level Kunlun Divine Palace instance was no longer suitable for him to level up.
Grinding this instance would be slower than going to the Wind and Thunder Great Tree and clearing all the thunder trees and wind flowers outside of the Thunder Mountain Range.
[Killed 78-level Fire Giant, experience +***]
[Obtained: Fire Sword.]
[Fire Sword: Near-legendary weapon, all attributes +60,000, all fire skills power increased by 120%, additional skill: Burning!]
[Burning: Continuously deals damage to the target for 1 minute.]
As one of the fire elemental leaders was killed, Lin Moyu obtained a near-legendary weapon.
Although it wasn’t very good, it couldn’t be considered bad either.
At least its attribute bonuses were far stronger than platinum-level weapons.
Even the worst near-legendary weapon would have attribute bonuses in the tens of thousands.
For any job, a near-legendary weapon would be a huge leap.
If paired with good skills, this weapon would be extremely powerful.
The leaders were killed one by one, and pieces of near-legendary equipment entered the storage space.
Lin Moyu finally understood that high-level instances were indeed not suitable for leveling up.
This place was for you to obtain equipment.
Calculated at a 10% drop rate, even if only one path was opened, that would mean 10 pieces of near-legendary equipment.
Ask yourself, which instance could produce 10 pieces of near-legendary equipment at once?
And Lin Moyu had opened all the paths, obtaining at least 30 to 40 pieces of near-legendary equipment - an astonishing gain.
Low and intermediate levels were for leveling up, while high levels were for obtaining equipment.
This way, you would have both levels and equipment.
"The Kunlun Divine Palace truly lives up to its reputation."
"Although the difficulty is indeed higher, it has brought a large amount of resources to the human race."
Lin Moyu felt moved. It was indeed very good.
Among the human race, there were not many high-level craftsmen.
Even if they gave their all, they could not produce many near-legendary pieces of equipment.
As for true legendary equipment, that was even more unthinkable.
In the human race, the vast majority of near-legendary equipment came from high-level instances.
A high-level instance like the Kunlun Divine Palace that could mass-produce near-legendary equipment was of paramount importance.
With equipment, the combat power of human professionals could be greatly increased.
A single piece of top-notch equipment could even change a profession, and this was not an exaggeration.
Unfortunately, all this equipment was useless to Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu had tried various equipment, but only the Sovereign’s Scepter was useful to him.
The undead army charged into the path, slaughtering indiscriminately.
Whether you were an awakened leader or an unawakened one, they would just hack away at you.
The undead army’s brutality was fully displayed at this moment.
Lin Moyu didn’t need to do anything, he just had to follow the path and continue climbing towards the peak.
Along the way, the sounds of battle never ceased.
Information kept popping up.
Lin Moyu got closer and closer to the peak, until a formation appeared, blocking his path.
At this point, he was only about a thousand meters away from the divine palace at the top.
He could clearly see the divine palace.
The divine palace was exquisitely built, standing at the very peak of the mountain.
The connection between the divine palace and the mountain body was only a small point.
Yet even so, the divine palace remained extremely stable, not swaying at all in the raging winds.
Wind chimes hung at the four corners of the divine palace, constantly ringing as the wind blew, producing a faint melody that drifted over.
In the information about the instance, there were no records about the divine palace.
...Some teams had opened the path and reached the end before.
At the end of the path, they encountered the final BOSS of the instance.
After defeating the BOSS, they left the instance, with no further developments.
However, they had only used one key, while Lin Moyu had used all four keys.
The difficulty was more than quadrupled, and the result he saw was also somewhat different.
At least the formation in front of him was not mentioned in the information.
The melody of the wind chimes coming from the divine palace was also not mentioned.
If it had been, it would certainly have been recorded.
The sound of the wind chimes was pleasant, carrying a hint of sadness.
The wind chime melody was music, but also a story.
Lin Moyu was drawn into the sound, becoming somewhat entranced.
It was as if he could see some scenes from the sound, witnessing the story that had happened back then.
His soul power surged, influenced by the sound of the wind chimes.
His morale was aroused, his soul was excited, and his fighting spirit was boiling.
Lin Moyu had the urge to join the battlefield and bravely slay enemies alongside the undead army.
He realized that this thought was not normal, but he couldn’t control it.
"This is wrong, stop!"
Lin Moyu growled inwardly, struggling to control his soul.
His will was in conflict with his subconscious.
Suddenly, the nine-colored dragon soul crystal let out a dragon’s cry, and Lin Moyu shuddered, immediately snapping back to his senses.
Lin Moyu exhaled deeply, recalling what had just happened and that uncontrollable feeling.
"The power of laws!"
He was shaken, never expecting the sound of the wind chimes to contain a trace of the power of laws, causing him to be influenced without realizing it.
The four wind chimes at the corners of the divine palace were extremely unusual.
Lin Moyu became fully alert, for this was no benign place.
He had not taken the instance seriously, but the divine palace at the peak of Kunlun was full of hidden dangers at every step.
Lin Moyu tightly guarded his soul, temporarily no longer paying attention to the divine palace.
The four hundred leaders in the path had been almost completely cleared.
With the death of the last leader, the four directions churned, and a large amount of elemental energy gathered in the field.
The mountain peak shook constantly, and an enormous creature descended from the sky amidst the wind and snow.