[Ding~ Welcome to the level 32 dungeon Snake King Island! First entry into the dungeon is free! This dungeon has no time limit. Please find the dungeon quest and complete it according to the instructions to clear the dungeon!]
As the system voice faded.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Woosh!
Five beams of white light fell onto a massive island shrouded in darkness.
Lin Mo and the other four arrived inside the dungeon.
Above them, dark clouds churned, lightning flashed, thunder roared. Rain poured down in sheets.
An endless sense of suffocation rushed straight at them.
Niu Dali was so excited he looked like a fool, "Is this really a game? This is way too real! It's just like a movie scene!"
It was hard to imagine. That this guy, Niu Dali, actually made his living loan-sharking and running with gangs.
At this moment, Su Muqiu was clearly well prepared before entering the dungeon. He spoke up, "According to the official information released by Divine Oracle, although the Snake King Island dungeon has no time limit, it will still be graded based on the time taken to clear it. The four ratings are: average, moderate, excellent, and perfect."
"The higher the rating, the higher the drop rate of snake gallbladders when you run the dungeon the second and third time."
Now, almost all players in Blazing Ember City already knew that inside the Snake King Island dungeon, poisonous snakes could drop snake gallbladders, which could be used to upgrade the quality of all poison-type equipment, with the highest quality reaching gold.
Moreover, Wang Junjie was buying snake gallbladders at the sky-high price of one thousand yuan each.
So the value of snake gallbladders had already been fully revealed. Every player who wanted to enter the dungeon was doing it for snake gallbladders.
Of course, such an expensive and rare resource was not easy to obtain.
According to the officially released dungeon information, before clearing Snake King Island, the probability of poisonous snakes dropping snake gallbladders was only 1%.
Only after clearing the dungeon for the first time would the snake gallbladder drop rate increase based on the clearance rating.
An average clear would increase the drop rate to 5%;
A moderate clear would increase it to 10%;
An excellent clear would raise it to 30%;
A perfect clear would boost the drop rate to 100%.
"If we want to refine a full set of gold-quality Venom gear for Ning Xi using snake gallbladders, it definitely won't be easy, and the demand for snake gallbladders will be extremely high."
So clearing Snake King Island just once was definitely not enough.
And Lin Mo's plan was this: on the first run, clear it as fast as possible and secure the highest rating he could.
That way, when running it the second and third time, collecting snake gallbladders would be much faster.
At this moment, Dragon Soul Aoshi suddenly said, "Chaotic World has already split into several thousand raid teams and sent their entire force into the dungeon. They've started sparing no cost and using any means necessary."
"We must clear the dungeon before them and get the first-clear reward."
Niu Dali was anxious too.
Of course, what made him anxious was not the dungeon first-clear reward.
It was the qualification to join the Divine Kingdom guild that came with being among the top ten teams to clear Snake King Island in Blazing Ember City.
The moment he thought about how entering the Divine Kingdom guild would give him a chance to see the goddess Ling Xue he had been longing for day and night, Niu Dali could not help but feel his heart flutter, "Big bosses! Then let's hurry up and clear the dungeon!"
Su Muqiu said, "We need to find the dungeon quest first and follow the quest line."
"But the official side didn't release a detailed guide, and Chaotic World is tight-lipped. They haven't leaked a single word about the dungeon."
Lin Mo, however, did not care, "Follow me."
As he spoke, Lin Mo led the team with confidence straight toward the center of the island.
In his previous life, Lin Mo, in the world of Divine Oracle, was like countless other weak players, a stepping stone for the strong from beginning to end.
At first, in the Insect Nest Underground Palace, he farmed poison bottles day and night, exchanged them for Venom gear, and sold them to big shots to make money.
After the golden age of Venom sets passed, he began charging into the Snake King Island dungeon, working himself to death farming snake gallbladders, then selling them to big shots again to upgrade their gear and earn money.
Because of this, Lin Mo had run Snake King Island hundreds, even thousands of times. No one knew the layout of Snake King Island better than him.
As far as he knew, the only NPC who could give the dungeon quest was locked inside a cage in the core area of Snake King Island.
Rustle~ Rustle~
All around them, pairs of green glowing eyes stared straight at the five of them. Mixed with the sound of flicking tongues, it made their scalps go numb.
Su Muqiu and Dragon Soul Aoshi gripped their bows and greatswords tightly, staying alert to their surroundings, ready to fight at any moment.
At this time, a greenish gas visibly spread through the area.
[Ding~ You have entered a poisonous gas-filled area. You will suffer a continuous poisoning effect, losing 1% of your maximum HP per second!]
[Ding~ Venom set skill "Immunity to All Poisons" has taken effect. You are immune to poison gas erosion!]
Compared to the 10% maximum HP per second poison damage in the Shadow Sanctuary, this mere 1% per second loss seemed insignificant.
But, for players who wanted to farm snake gallbladders on Snake King Island for a long time, it was still a serious threat.
After all, even if you stood still, with full HP you could only survive for 100 seconds.
And every player who came to Snake King Island did so to farm snake gallbladders to make money. They were unwilling to use expensive potions.
So the Venom set was ultimately still a great thing.
Among the "Four Talents" of Blazing Ember City, Snake King Island was just a little brother.
Venom Marsh, Corrosion City, and Scorpion Empire were the real big brothers and sisters.
On them lay even more priceless treasures.
And clearing them was inseparable from the Venom set.
All five people present were equipped with Venom sets.
Only Niu Dali, even though Lin Mo had reminded him in advance, still did not understand the priorities. He only got himself a Tier-1 Venom set.
The Tier-1 Venom set skill only provided 50% poison immunity.
In the end, Niu Dali still took poison damage equal to 0.5% of his maximum HP per second.
He could only rely on potions to sustain his life.
Before taking the dungeon quest, killing any number of poisonous snakes was pointless.
Lin Mo moved with ease, avoiding areas where poisonous snakes were entrenched, and made his way unobstructed to the core area of Snake King Island.
Along the way, Su Muqiu, Niu Dali, and the others were all stunned.
Niu Dali said in disbelief, "Boss Mo, you didn't design this dungeon yourself, did you?"
Lin Mo ignored him.
Ahead, in a dark and damp area, they saw an iron cage imprisoning a woman with disheveled hair, covered in blood, tortured until she barely looked human.
The woman's name was [Lina].
Before Lin Mo and the others could even approach, Lina shouted at them, "Don't come any closer! Leave now! Get out of here!"
"This place is hell! They're all man-eating demons! Run!"
Lin Mo walked over without hesitation, crouched down, and said to Lina through the bars, "Don't be afraid. We're here to rescue you."
Lina shook her head, her eyes full of fear, "The Snake King on this island is terrifying. No one who comes here ever makes it out alive. They're all used by the Snake King to feed her offspringm"
Lin Mo said with certainty, "I can kill the Snake King."
As soon as he said that, hope reignited in Lina's eyes.
Behind him, Su Muqiu, Dragon Soul Aoshi, Niu Dali, and Ning Xi all heard the system notification at the same time—
["Ding~ You have accepted the Snake King Island dungeon quest · Slay the Snake King!"]
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