The God of Desire's Demon Domain, although it could only send enemies to a random nearby map with a confinement effect, forcing them to fend for themselves within that domain, if one was lucky, they could leave in a few days.
If unlucky, they might be trapped for life.
But there was another effect: the Demon Domain could strengthen the sealing effect of the teleported map, causing enemies sent to the corresponding domain to lose the ability to communicate with the outside world.
Originally, Zhang Yue thought that as long as he recorded a short video of this place and sent it to Ouyang Linger, even if this was a brand-new hidden map that had not been cleared in a hundred years, with Ouyang Linger's ability, she could probably find a way to clear it within a few hours.
But now it seemed that losing contact with the outside world also meant that the method of requesting outside assistance was no longer possible.
Zhang Yue could only find a way to leave here himself.
Logically, a small hidden map in the World 32 shouldn't be able to trap a figure like Zhang Yue.
"Cherry, let's make a bet, one hour to get out. Believe it or not?"
Cherry shook her head, "Master, I feel that this place is different from anywhere we've been before. This place is very dangerous."
Zhang Yue was unconcerned, "I've cleared the Gate of Immortality, so I don't believe there's any dungeon in this world I can't clear."
The image of the God of Desire Wuen appeared in his mind, and Zhang Yue thought to himself, "When I get out, you're the first one I'll kill."
Opening the map, he found that there was no record at all of the hidden map, dungeon, or secret realm under his feet.
On the map, the area beneath his feet was shown as a blank space.
"Forget it."
"Do it myself, self-reliance brings abundance."
Zhang Yue picked up his Transcendent Staff and headed toward the edge of the high ground.
As he neared the edge, a strong wave of scorching heat instantly surged up from below.
At that moment—
BOOM!
A crimson flame dragon with molten lava flowing over its body surged up from beneath the lava, opening its bloody maw and firing a beam of molten death directly at Zhang Yue.
Before Zhang Yue could act—
Clang!
The Ice-Sealed War God stepped forward, appearing in front of Zhang Yue, using its ice shield to block the flame dragon's attack, and with the shield's counter-shock effect, it instantly froze the flame dragon.
Seizing the opportunity, the Apex Predator and Armageddon Skeleton King attacked together, chaining their skills, dealing over 5 billion in critical damage and over 3 billion in normal damage, to instantly kill the level-175 [Crimson Flame Dragon] on the spot.
It was worth mentioning: the cooperation between his "sons" was becoming more and more seamless.
They just didn't yet have the strength to fight a king-level BOSS. Otherwise, Zhang Yue wouldn't have been beaten by Asura and the three Main Gods earlier.
After killing this crimson flame dragon, he saw that the gold coins dropped from its corpse fell directly into the boiling lava below.
Standing at the high ground's edge, Zhang Yue watched the loot fall into the lava, feeling a pang in his heart, "Such a waste!"
At that moment, Zhang Yue also noticed: the crimson flame dragon's corpse seemed to drop a red bead, which also fell down.
"What's that?"
'Equipment? There's no equipment in this shape.'
'It can only be a treasure?'
'A regular small monster dropping a treasure?'
'Although not impossible…'
Zhang Yue instantly felt he might have missed out on a mythical-grade treasure.
After killing that crimson flame dragon, two more flame dragons emerged from the lava.
Once again, Zhang Yue didn't need to lift a hand, Cherry easily took them both down with a skill combo.
This time, Zhang Yue noticed: each of the slain flame dragons dropped a fiery red bead.
In that case, it was almost certain, these beads must be related to the key to clearing this dungeon.
He needed to get one to see exactly what it was.
It looked like he'd have to change his killing position.
With that thought, Zhang Yue ordered his pets to stop attacking.
When another crimson flame dragon leaped from the lava, Zhang Yue blinked to dodge its attack, retreating while adjusting his position.
Sure enough, the crimson flame dragon chased after him, leaping up onto the high ground.
At that moment, with Zhang Yue's command, the Apex Predator flashed like lightning in the dark, piercing forward—
Swish! Swish! Swish!
A series of rapid slashes, with three critical hits exceeding 5 billion each, instantly killed the crimson flame dragon with its 12-billion HP.
But this time, the flame dragon dropped no bead.
Zhang Yue frowned slightly, "You messing with me?"
After repeated tests, Zhang Yue discovered: the crimson flame dragon only dropped the red bead when it died in the lava domain.
If it died on the high ground, no drop.
This intentional design to increase the difficulty of obtaining the bead also increased its value, making Zhang Yue even more eager to get it.
But the price of leaping down into the lava to grab the bead the moment the dragon died… was falling into the molten lava itself.
Glancing back at the Armageddon Black Dragon lying on the high ground still in a burned state, Zhang Yue immediately gave up that idea.
At the side, Cherry seemed to see through Zhang Yue's thoughts, "Master, leave this task to Cherry."
So Zhang Yue approached the high ground's edge and lured out three crimson flame dragons.
Before they could attack, the Apex Predator, Armageddon Skeleton King, and Ice-Sealed War God instantly killed them.
At that moment, Cherry timed it perfectly, flapping her wings and soaring upward, flying over the bodies of the three crimson flame dragons, catching the beads as they fell.
In the next moment, she landed in front of Zhang Yue and opened her palm, "Here!"
Zhang Yue took the bead, which flowed with flame, appearing scorching hot but actually just slightly warm.
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[Flame Pearl] (Special Item)
[Description: A sacred relic formed from condensed hellish lava. With enough Flame Pearls, one can forge the Gate of Flame…]
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"This description… really says a whole lot of nothing."
What the Gate of Flame was for, he didn't know.
Still, better to collect them first.
Thus, Zhang Yue began luring large numbers of crimson flame dragons, killing them to collect Flame Pearls.
As the number of Flame Pearls in his hand grew, nothing unusual happened.
Zhang Yue grew a little impatient.
Looking ahead, his gaze fell upon another high ground in the distance.
Perhaps a different high ground would have different information.
However, the distance between the two high grounds far exceeded the casting range of Blink.
Just then, the Armageddon Black Dragon recovered.
Zhang Yue mounted it and attempted to fly from this high ground to the other one.
Yet just as they ascended—
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Massive columns of flame shot up from the ground. The Black Dragon dodged left and right, but was still pierced several times.
With pained roars, before being completely engulfed by the flame pillars, the Black Dragon was forced to return to the original high ground.
Its previous wounds not yet fully healed, new ones now appeared, and behind its HP bar, a white empty segment appeared.
"Max HP corrosion?", At that moment, Zhang Yue realized this domain was anything but ordinary.
The lava's corrosion directly damaged maximum HP.
After multiple erosions, the Black Dragon's maximum HP had already dropped to 71% of normal.
And the wounds to maximum HP seemed impossible to heal.
Zhang Yue looked at the Flame Pearl in his hand.
"Looks like the only way to clear this place… is this thing?"
Zhang Yue continued collecting Flame Pearls.
When the Flame Pearls in his hand reached exactly 100—
WHOOSH!
They suddenly turned into streaks of fire, forming a two-meter-tall Gate of Flame in front of him.
Zhang Yue looked at the fiery gate with delight.
'So this is the Gate of Flame.'
Without hesitation, Zhang Yue stepped into the Gate of Flame.
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