Chapter 525 - Exploring Hall of Corpses (1/2)

After bidding farewell to the solo players, the three of them entered the Mediumship Tower again. The few Mediumship Towers within the General’s Tomb were completely the same, so the Boss was easily killed by the experienced trio. The second Mediumship Orb was also successfully obtained.

Next was the third map, Hall of Corpses! Once they cleared this map’s Mediumship Tower, they would be able to enter the General’s Mausoleum and find the Wind Earl’s corpse.

Dark Earl said, “We’ve arrived at the Hall of Corpses, the three of us should temporarily split up and act separately! Remember to keep it for me if the two of you find any corpses with Blood Essence.”

“You also suck blood from corpses?” Very Fat’s jaw dropped. “Forget it, it’s a game, so I won’t tease you. The Halls of Corpses are all single-person maps, everyone would be randomly teleported to a hall, so there were no patterns or clues that could be found. I’ll wish the both of you to obtain a windfall within the hall beforehand.”

The Hall of Corpses was different from the other two maps. At most, only one person would be able to enter each hall. Then, a barrier would be formed, and other players would not be able to enter. Therefore, there were few players in the Hall of Corpses as the monsters in the General’s Tomb were simply too powerful. If normal players did not team up, then they would not even be able to kill the monsters. Only a few experts were daring enough to go there and farm alone.

Lin Jie put away the Mediumship Orb into the team’s backpack and said, “We’ll keep this team so that we’ll be able to enter the General’s Mausoleum together after it opens. Without further ado, let’s enter the map.”

“Sure.”

The three of them were not people that would hesitate, so they directly entered the Hall of Corpses. The scenery in front of Lin Jie changed, and he entered an eerie hall that was dimly lit. His surroundings were filled with clay statues of soldiers, which looked like Terracotta Warriors in the Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum. Once they were touched, these monsters would awaken.

“Finally, I’ve left those two guild leaders. Their observation skills, execution, and thoughts were all extremely delicate, so they were very restrictive. Being by myself is really much more comfortable.” Lin Jie stretched his body. Although Very Fat and Dark Earl were Lin Jie’s allies, and they coexisted peacefully, who could truly be able to understand others’ thoughts?

No matter what, one should not let their guard down!

After entering the Hall of Corpses, he was like a duck in water—he did not need to hide his strength anymore!

The Hall of Corpses’ interior was pitch-black, the range of the players’ visible line of sight was at most five yards, but such a distance would just nicely trigger the monsters. Therefore, it was extremely inconvenient to walk within the hall. There were some oil lamps on the stone pillars, so if players brought Fire Torches, they would be able to light up the oil lamps. However, such an action would trigger all monsters within a 60-yard radius—the results would be even worse.

“Day and Night Sight!” Lin Jie’s pupils turned white, and the white of his eyes turned black, which looked weird. In the blink of an eye, the scenery in front of Lin Jie was clear, the majestic and vast hall was visible now. There was only one main passageway in the hall, and two rows of clay soldiers stood there orderly. Their emotionless but cold expressions would cause shivers to run down one’s back.

These soldiers were all Level 65 Elites, and their health points were as high as 300,000! They would be Bosses if they were outside the hall and would need at least a ten-man team to be able to kill one of them barely.

“That is…” Lin Jie was surprised to discover a treasure chest in the middle of the row of soldiers on the left. That treasure chest shone brightly, and it was actually a Dark Gold treasure chest!

The hidden map was different from normal maps, the chances of a treasure chest appearing within the map were not high, but there would be plenty of rare materials within the hidden map! These materials may not be of much use now, but as the game progressed, they would become more critical as they were necessary to level up, fusing, and forging equipment.

Also, there was a restriction by the system in The New Age, which was the following rule: when high-level players killed low-level monsters, the drop-rate would be significantly decreased. Players would not be able to obtain large amounts of materials from overpowering the monsters, so they’d have to farm masses of monsters in one go. That would also result in the procurement of some rare materials to become extremely difficult.

Lin Jie licked his lips. The treasure chest was right in front of him, so he would be an idiot if he did not open it! Just from their appearance, the four clay statues standing around the treasure chest were obviously powerful. Those four wore heavy armor, medieval knights’ helmets, and their weapon were long spears, which were around 220cm long.

[Wind Guardian Knight] (Dark Gold Mini-Boss): Level: 65, Health Points: 750,000

As Lin Jie’s level was too low as compared to the Wind Guardian Knight, he was unable to identify the specific attributes of those few monsters. However, just from the sharp Knight’s long spear, one would be able to know that the battle powers of those few monsters were definitely powerful!

‘Even if I activated Death Rage and Clomaros’ Kill, I would not be able to kill them all, and if I triggered some other monsters, then I would definitely die.’ Lin Jie thought it through carefully. It seemed that attacking the monsters head-on was asking for the impossible, so he might need another way. The good thing was he had the Day and Night Sight’s line of sight, so he clearly distinguished the surrounding structure. It seemed like if he wanted to open the treasure chest, the best way was to pull all four Mini-Bosses away from the treasure chest.

Not only so, but he also had to accurately calculate the aggro radius of the monsters, or else, if other monsters were attracted to opening the treasure chest, it would be all over! Lin Jie used the aggro formula and calculated, besides pulling away the four Mini-Boss Knights from the treasure chest, he still needed to pull the two monsters beside it away.

‘The difficulty seems to be high.’ Lin Jie planned in his head, and after a while, he finally decided. He gradually closed into one of the stone pillars, and the Holy Light Winged Armor behind him moved. He folded his wings, and it transformed into eight fierce-looking spider legs. It was the Spider Transformation skill! After Feather Drop was activated, the Spider Transformation’s movement speed increased, and Lin Jie climbed onto the wall like a spider. He carefully climbed right on top of the four Mini-Bosses.

The clay on the four Mini-Bosses instantly fell to the ground, revealing their perfectly-preserved bodies. The four Knights had already noticed Lin Jie’s presence! Lin Jie took out Silent Killer, and two bullets were instantly shot onto the empty space in front of him. The sound of the shots hitting the ground was wholly transmitted into the Undead’s ears. In that instant, six monsters were awakened! The Mini-Bosses’ eyes turned blood-red and locked onto Lin Jie!

Whoosh—

Lin Jie jumped down and canceled the Spider Transformation state. He glided towards the back, and the four Mini-Bosses immediately waved their long spears, charging towards Lin Jie. The few Knights’ Movement Speed was over two times faster than normal players, and they chased up to the gliding Lin Jie in less than three seconds. They thrust their long spears and whirlwinds, which were formed, pierced towards Lin Jie!

Wind Spearmanship•Whirlwind Ambush!

‘Mini-Bosses that have comprehended a Mystic Skill Book!?’ Lin Jie was astonished. He used Light Empathy to interrupt the monsters’ skills, and the instant he landed on the ground, he rolled to the side, hiding behind the stone pillar. He immediately took out a bottle of Middle-Grade Stealth Potion and drank it, then his body gradually disappeared.

To Undead creatures, the effects of skills like Stealth Move would decrease greatly, but the effect of decreasing aggro radius would still be effective.