[Molten World]
Whoosh!
When Zhang Yue passed through the Gate of Flames and reached the other side, he suddenly found himself on another highland within this molten area.
And this highland was right next to the highland Zhang Yue had been on earlier.
At this moment, Armageddon Black Dragon, Apex Predator, Cherry, and the others were still on the opposite highland.
So, at Zhang Yue's signal, they also passed through the Gate of Flames one after another, moving onto this highland.
Facing each other, the Gate of Flames closed.
Everything returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.
Only then did Zhang Yue realize, "So the function of this Gate of Flames is simply to cross between highlands."
Looking around, there were highlands everywhere.
The distance between each highland was at least over three hundred yards.
And aside from the highlands, in any other area, if someone tried to cross from above, they would be constantly struck by pillars of flame, perfectly blocking the possibility of crossing by leaping.
Zhang Yue glanced at the Armageddon Black Dragon beside him, which now had only 71% of its max HP left after being eroded by the molten lava.
After leaving this hidden dungeon, it would definitely recover.
But before that, it was clearly impossible to heal it in any way.
This kind of max HP loss was more painful than direct damage.
Thus, the Gate of Flames became the only way to cross the highlands.
"In that case…", Zhang Yue thought to himself, 'The way to leave this Molten World should be closely related to these highlands.'
At this moment, Cherry flew high into the air. While making sure not to leave the range of the highland, she used her aerial advantage to overlook the entire Molten World.
Not long after, she turned the information she saw into a magical map and handed it to Zhang Yue.
On the map, Zhang Yue saw that with the highland he was currently on as the center, there were countless highlands scattered in all directions.
Zhang Yue began to imagine.
If this was a maze, then each highland would be a stopping point.
Each highland would have 1 to 4 teleport spots. Opening the Gate of Flames at any of these teleport spots would lead to a corresponding other highland.
Some highlands had no other teleport spots, meaning they were dead ends.
If you entered by mistake, you had to return to the previous highland and choose a different teleport spot to reach another highland.
Anyone trapped on this map had to move step by step along these highlands, finding the correct route to reach the exit.
After figuring out this feature, Zhang Yue began to act.
The next task was to kill monsters, collect Flame Pearls, and open the Gate of Flames.
So Zhang Yue repeated his earlier method, approaching the edge of the highland to lure out the Crimson Flame Dragons hidden in the molten lava.
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
With a series of roars, three Crimson Flame Dragons leapt out of the molten lava.
One of them instantly caught Zhang Yue's attention.
"Oh? A Lord-tier?"
"A bonus meal."
This time, before his pets could act, Zhang Yue made the first move.
Annihilation · Thunder Might!
Sanctuary · Thunder and Fire Burning the Plains!
Thunder · Devour the Sky, Destroy the Earth!
Shatter · Heart of Thunder!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Four consecutive SSS-grade unique lightning skills blasted toward the Lord-tier Crimson Flame Dragon.
-3.05 billion!
-3.26 billion!
-3.98 billion!
-380 million! -380 million! -380 million…
The Lord-tier Flame Dragon with over 12 billion max HP was instantly killed.
At the same time, the passive pursuit effect of Shatter · Ghost Eye was triggered, dealing two more hits of over 3.8 billion damage each, killing the two ordinary Crimson Flame Dragons on either side.
The moment the three dragons were killed, Cherry quickly flew over, grabbed the dropped Flame Pearls, and returned to the highland before the underground flames surged up.
It proved once again: Lord-tier monsters were more valuable than ordinary ones. This could be confirmed in every way.
The three Flame Dragons gave Zhang Yue 7 Flame Pearls.
Clearly, the two small ones contributed 2, while the other 5 came from the Lord-tier Flame Dragon.
But for Zhang Yue, this harvest was still too little.
Looking around, Zhang Yue muttered, "Come on, give me something exciting."
Then Zhang Yue looked at the Armageddon Black Dragon beside him.
The Black Dragon understood and spread its wings, soaring into the air.
ROAR!
Flying around the highland, it breathed dragonfire to burn the surroundings.
Soon, Crimson Flame Dragons rose from around the highland, roaring as they launched long-range flame attacks toward Zhang Yue in the center.
Using himself as bait, the Apex Predator and the Armageddon Skeleton King took the chance to attack.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
In a lightning-fast sweep, they killed all visible Flame Dragons around them in turn.
Meanwhile, Cherry followed their kill path, picking up every Flame Pearl the moment a dragon died.
Among them, 71 ordinary Flame Dragons dropped 71 Flame Pearls.
Three Lord-tier Flame Dragons dropped 24 Flame Pearls.
It was obvious, the spawn rate of Lords had greatly increased.
Back on the first highland, collecting 100 Flame Pearls, Zhang Yue hadn't even met one Lord-tier Flame Dragon, only ordinary ones, and had to kill 100 of them to get 100 Flame Pearls.
This highland was harder.
He harvested 95 Flame Pearls in one go.
Adding the previous 5, he had exactly 100.
So Zhang Yue picked a direction and used the 100 Flame Pearls to open the Gate of Flames.
WHOOSH!
Through the Gate of Flames, he teleported to the neighboring highland.
Next came the same challenge. Kill Flame Dragons, collect Flame Pearls, and every 100 orbs open the Gate of Flames to jump to another highland.
After several highland transfers, Zhang Yue discovered a pattern.
Each time he crossed to a new highland, the difficulty increased.
The monsters' strength rose, increasing the challenge.
From all ordinary Crimson Flame Dragons at the start, to gradually more Lord-tier ones, until now, on the ninth highland, BOSS-tier Crimson Flame Dragons began to appear.
Every ten Flame Dragons now included one Lord-tier. It had become the norm.
For ordinary people, this definitely meant greater difficulty.
But for Zhang Yue, it was actually good news.
With his strength, even a level 175, 30-star BOSS-tier Crimson Flame Dragon could be instantly killed within 3 seconds.
Ordinary Flame Dragons dropped 1 Flame Pearl each.
Lord-tier dropped 5–10 Flame Pearls.
BOSS-tier dropped as many as 20–30 Flame Pearls.
As the highlands he moved to had stronger monsters, Zhang Yue's speed of collecting Flame Pearls became faster and faster.
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