Their ranking is even higher than Lu Cang's; it's not just a casual ranking.
It's just unknown whether the boss, after gaining strength in the qualification trial grounds, or she, is stronger.
After all, the leaderboard isn't updated in real time.
The current rankings are still based on the initial rankings.
It took Lu Cang and the others three hours to get here.
In the past three hours, Yun Qing has helped Lu Cang collect the seven-star skill books that the Kind and Benevolent Guild owed him.
One skill book for archers, and one skill book for mages.
The guild leader dared not delay payment, and upon returning, he immediately sought out his good friend to buy the Seven Star Skill Book.
The price paid was considerable, but compared to life, life is still more precious.
Xiu Mi has learned the Seven Star Skill: [Extreme Gaze (Seven Stars) (LV: 5)]
[Effect: Replaces your basic perception ability, increasing your basic perception range to 100x the original. You can see through all observation restrictions of level seven and below, see through invisibility of level seven and below within your perception range, and can more clearly perceive the approximate existence of ethereal life forms.]
Xiu Mi's previous observation skill was the six-star Eye of All Things.
Now, having learned the Seven Stars' detection skills, Xiumi's perception range has expanded once again.
A skill used solely for observing the Seven Stars would naturally have an extremely exaggerated increase in the observation range.
XiuMi's current sensing range has exceeded 300 million.
Xiu Mi's pupils contracted, his vision accompanying his perception, piercing through a distance of 300 million kilometers. However, this instance was not that large; the space of the first layer had a radius of only 50 million kilometers.
This is a spherical palace complex.
It seems as if the interior of a planet has been divided into rooms of varying sizes. The entire palace has tens of millions of rooms, each sealed with a different restriction.
Some rooms had such strong restrictions that even Xiu Mi's eyes could not see through them; these were at least level eight or higher restrictions, accounting for about one ten-thousandth of the total.
Each room has its own guardian.
Some rooms have one guardian, while others have a group of guardians.
Without exception, each of these guardians is protecting a treasure.
And in these countless rooms, Shumi also saw a presence that was both familiar and unfamiliar...
【Bow of Lolomi】
【Luluwei - Chosen Sequence: 6】
The sixth rank of the Bow God, the very condition for my own demigod advancement, was encountered here...
This is what Cangcang meant when he said it was just on the way.
"God of the Bow... Sequence 6".
Meanwhile, Rona, who was standing to the side, seemed to sense something as well, and she smiled at Shumi.
"Kitty, you should have seen it, right?"
“When I’m training the chosen ones of the wealth sequence, I also like to issue missions that involve killing each other,” Rona said with a smile.
Although Shumi didn't share her view, she already knew what Shumi had seen.
Luo Na looked at Lu Cang and said softly, "Little Lu Cang, if you carry too much stuff, you'll be a burden to me."
"Don't forget the rules of this restricted area."
Different restricted areas will have their own unique mechanisms.
The mechanism within this restricted area is called the Greed Shackles.
The Shackles of Greed
There are countless rooms here, filled with a dazzling array of treasures, some of which are so precious that they could drive the entire Upper Realm into madness.
If one could collect all the treasures in all the rooms, it would be an absolutely terrifying fortune.
However... there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
Within this restricted area, each treasure acquired will place layers of greedy shackles on the entire team.
[100-Layer Greed Shackles: Maximum Health Halved]
[150 Layers of Greed Shackles: All items, skills, and abilities have their cooldown time doubled]
[200-Layer Greed Shackles: Unable to use the user's highest-star skill]
[Level 250 of the Greedy Shackles: Level reduced to 100]
[300-Layer Greed Shackles: All Attributes Halved]
[Level 350: The Greedy Shackles: Unable to use the second-highest star-level skill.]
[400 Layers of Greed Shackles: Locking away any divine authority one possesses]
...
[1000 Layers of Greed Shackles: Divine Power Rank Reduced by One Rank, or Direct Loss of Divine Power]
[1500 Layers of Greed Shackles: Divine Power Rank Reduced by Two Ranks, or Instant Death]
Each stage of the shackles of greed is an extremely deadly negative state.
These shackles don't end after a period of time; they will continue until the entire restricted area is completely cleared.
Even Rona is not immune to the negative effects of the "Greedy Shackles".
And based on the trials of previous lifetimes, even if one leaves the instance through other means, these shackles of greed will still remain.
These shackles of greed will only be removed after passing through this entire forbidden zone.
Even if you don't enter the dungeon first, but return to it later through special methods, the shackles will still be applied directly to the later members based on the team's level.
There is no way to escape this mechanism.
Rona crossed her arms, narrowed her eyes, and looked at Lu Cang and Yacaticto: "In my opinion, the two of us, plus Yacaticto, make the best combination."
"You're dragging these people down with you."
Yacaticto also emerged from the passageway of the guild stronghold.
Lu Cang smiled but remained silent in response to Luo Na's explicit suggestion.
"We have a cooperative relationship. Once we enter the instance, we are a team."
"I will help you get the treasure you want, but how this process will be completed is probably not written in the contract."
Rona's tone was slightly sarcastic: "Even though you didn't write it, you'll still ruin yourself by messing around like this."
As she spoke, Lorna stretched.
"But since you're willing to give yourself to me, I don't think it's a bad deal."
"If you are unwilling to follow the path I have prescribed, then you shall plan your own path."
This palace is a labyrinth.
It's intricate and complex, with winding and repetitive routes, and countless interconnected passages, so you can't just go to whichever room you want.
If you walk straight now, there will be a room in front of you, to your left, and to your right.
Each room has a different treasure guardian.
After defeating these guardians, you must take the treasure.
Only after taking the treasure will the corresponding passage to this room be opened, and then you will have to choose the room you want to enter based on the new passage.
Sometimes you have to choose one of ten rooms, and sometimes you have to choose the only room that you can't choose from.
Every choice leads to a different path.
At the same time, the entire palace is like a Rubik's Cube; each time a route is chosen, the entire palace will move and rearrange.
After picking up the treasure, you may trigger a mechanism, which will then change the route based on the treasures you have previously acquired and the path you have taken.
Different mechanisms correspond to different puzzles, and the underlying principles are difficult to fathom.
Sometimes you even have to take the treasures from multiple rooms at the same time before choosing a path to enter another room.
Sometimes, it is necessary to split up and eventually reunite after going through multiple rooms.
The minds of demigods are already vastly different from those of mortals.
Clear-headed and logically sound.
Even the bravest can now easily solve complex math problems at a glance.
It can also remember tens of millions of different numbers and symbols at the same time without memory confusion.
However, these abilities are completely insufficient in the face of this complex maze.
Rooms that seem unrelated may inexplicably become connected, while rooms that seem closely connected may never intersect.
"If you want to help this little kitten get the Bow God Sequence 6, then the path I planned before is no longer viable."
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