Chapter 101: Huge Rewards! Entire Group Leveled Up!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As the reward notification for clearing the dungeon sounded, the world before Link and the others had also changed dramatically.
They appeared in a huge arena, surrounded by a circle of seats that climbed upward. There were even a few extremely magnificent thrones in the void.
Even though there were no creatures seated on the thrones now, the lingering pressure that remained from endless years ago still caused their hearts to palpitate!
The pressure was like the sky’s majesty, vast and mighty!
Under such pressure, any creature would seem to be small as dust.
It was hard to imagine what powerful creatures were seated there in the past! In other words, those were simply the seat of the G.o.ds!
Link was solemn in his heart. This Killing Purgatory is indeed the same as what the notification said when I entered. This is the arena of 10,000 races!
The reason why the G.o.d of Death created this place was most likely also for pleasure. It was a wonder what the scene here was like when the G.o.ds hadn’t yet been affected by the great disaster and died endless years ago...
Link’s heart trembled slightly, and he clenched his fists secretly. How terrifying was the disaster that even the G.o.ds could die to it?
Link desperately wanted to figure out the truth; he also wanted to become even more powerful! Only by doing this could he truly control his own destiny and reach the peak!
Just when Link fell into deep thought because of the sight in front of him, the notifications also rang in his ears.
“Ding! Congratulations on clearing h.e.l.l-level difficulty. Your performance evaluation is rated SSS!”
“Ding! Obtained experience reward: 800,000 points!”
“Reward for clearance: [Lost Mask].”
“Reward for clearance: 20,000 trial points.”
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At the same time, everyone else also received rewards for clearing the dungeon. Although n.o.body else got SSS-rating, their rewards were also extremely rich!
After all, the difficulty of this dungeon at h.e.l.l-level was truly terrifying!
A golden light rippled from Link’s body, and his aura strengthened rapidly!
[Ding! Congratulations on successfully leveling up to Stage Four, Level 1!]
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[Ding! Congratulations on successfully leveling up to Stage Four, Level 2!]
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[Ding! Congratulations on successfully leveling up to Stage Four, Level 3!]
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The huge amount of EXP directly pushed Link from Stage Three, Level 10 to Stage Four, Level 3. This allowed him to reach the ranks of the highest leveled humans!
However, Link possessed Taboo-grade professions. Thus, his attributes far exceeded ordinary people in the first place!
At Stage Three, he could already kill Stage Five monsters!
After advancing from Stage Three to Stage Four, the stage advancement had caused Link’s attributes to increase by a large margin. Even if he faced terrifying Stage Six monsters now, Link was powerful enough to fight against them too!
As Link leveled up, the three summoned beasts that originated from him also gained ma.s.sive amounts of EXP!
[Ding! Congratulations on your summoned creature—Holy Angel—successfully leveling up to Stage Four, Level 3!]
[Ding! Congratulations on your summoned creature—G.o.d Devourer Ant—successfully leveling up to Stage Four, Level 3!]
[Ding! Congratulations on your summoned creature—Chimera—successfully leveling up to Stage Four, Level 3!]
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It wasn’t just Link’s aura that had become more terrifying and more profound.
Yang Xuerou, Luo Xingyao, Xue Linglong, and the others also radiated light all over. Their auras also became more intense too!
With the exception of Yang Xuerou, everyone advanced past Stage Three and entered the ranks of the most powerful humans at present—Stage Four!
This was also because Luo Xingyao and others frequently entered the solo dungeon, Sin Realm, to train themselves.
Since Link possessed the City of the Undead’s dungeons, his people’s leveling speed was much higher than those from other factions.
This was the importance of resources in the apocalypse!
It was worth mentioning that Yang Xuerou received an S-rating for clearing the dungeon as a support Priest, which was second only to Link.
But the others weren’t surprised. If it weren’t for Yang Xuerou, Xue Linglong and the others would’ve been unable to complete such a continuous, high-intensity battle.
The true role of a Priest could only be reflected in team battles. After all, not everyone could be like Link.
Link alone was an entire team!
Smiles appeared on Yang Xuerou and the others’ faces. They were all very satisfied with this dungeon’s rewards.
At the same time, the outside world wasn’t peaceful either.
A loud explosive sound reverberated.
The entire City of the Undead was shaking slightly! The quiet and peaceful Undead Town also shook!
Lights of various colors intertwined in the sky, concealing the sun and looking extremely extraordinary!
Fatty Lu Da—who was in charge of keeping watch over the city—noticed this phenomenon and hurried to the City of the Undead to inquire about the situation.
“What’s the matter? Brother Link and the others are still in the dungeon! The City of the Undead mustn’t have any problems now!”
There was a smile on Saiya’s face. She stroked her sideburns, smiled, and said, “It’s okay. This happened because Master cleared Killing Purgatory’s highest difficulty. Hence, a phenomenon has appeared here.”
“In this case, this is a good thing!”
“Haha, I knew that Brother Link is awesome! Clearing the most difficult dungeon isn’t of any difficulty to him!” Lu Da smiled, feeling proud of Link’s achievement too.
Very soon, Link and the others’ figures appeared outside the City of the Undead.
Seeing Lu Da present, Link asked, “How is the situation in the city?”
The monster siege was approaching, so people’s hearts would inevitably feel insecure.
At this time, some of the seeds planted by various factions might make small moves and cause riots.
Having lived two lifetimes—especially in this life where he had come into contact with various factions—Link increasingly felt that the reason Dragon City was destroyed in his previous life wasn’t solely because of the monster siege!
Not only was the Undead army terrifying, but some factions in Dragon City were probably causing chaos from the backend too. For example, the Blood Fiend Gang and the Black Dragon Gang...
Lu Da shook his head slightly and said, “Brother Link, everyone in the city is actively preparing for the battle according to your instructions. No problems have arisen. But during the time you were inside the dungeon, someone came to look for you.”
“He said that he is of Dragon City’s commoner Evolvers, and they have formed a legion alliance together. They hoped to form an alliance with us to resist the monster siege together!”
“Oh.” Link’s memories of his previous life popped into his mind, and he asked, “What is the name of that legion?”
“The name is No Retreat Army. It means that they will not retreat half a step and will defend their home to the death!” Lu Da replied.
Link nodded slightly. As he expected, it was indeed the No Retreat Army he remembered from his previous life.
In his previous life, he had received No Retreat Army’s help and defended against the monster siege together.
It was just that things didn’t go as they had hoped. In the end, the strong humans in No Retreat Army were killed by the monsters, and the monsters still bathed Dragon City in blood. Corpses were everywhere, and the survivors escaped into the wilderness...
No Retreat Army had also become the dust of history.
But the few strong humans in the No Retreat Army truly lived up to the name of not retreating and fought to their deaths.
If there was a chance, Link was willing to give a helping hand to this legend—which had an extremely strong backbone—even though he was very cold to other humans.
Link’s memories stirred his emotions, and his eyes became deeper. He then asked, “How much longer?”
Lu Da’s expression became solemn too. He knew what Link was asking about—it could only be the remaining time before the monster siege arrived!
“The version update has started, and it is now counting down. There are still ten hours.”
Link nodded and instructed Xue Linglong and the others behind him, “All of you, go back and get some rest. Recharge your batteries and prepare for the siege that’s coming in ten hours!”
“Yes, Lord!” Xue Linglong and the others responded with resolute expressions.