First Clear - Pioneer Plains
The news of the battle in Westwind Plains quickly spread throughout Epochal World.
The main culprit behind it was none other than Single Eye Breaker.
The recent encounter had cost him a bronze-quality weapon, causing him immense pain.
However, information about Azure could fetch a good price.
So, he sold the recording of the events leading up to his death for 20,000 yuan.
This brief, less than two-second video, caused a huge uproar throughout Epochal World.
Topic after topic with high engagement was pushed to the top of the community forums.
* "Dagger Splits Bullets, S-Shaped Arcane Flash Followed by Basic Attack, Has the Title of Top Assassin Changed Hands?"
* "Revelations About Godslayer Guild's Astounding Member Composition: At Least Three S-Rank Players Within? Azure Turns Out to Be an S-Rank Talent!"
* "Another Debt Collection Notice: When Will Stargate and Hidden Origin Pay Up!"
* "Moonlit Guild Offers 1 Billion, Demanding Merger with Godslayer Guild"
Countless players who saw the videos in the community expressed their shock.
Most players in the third server were veterans with a deep understanding of gameplay mechanics.
"Holy crap? Can a human even do these things?"
"Those Lucas die-hard fans, stop blindly praising him! Can Lucas pull off any of these moves? If he could, they'd have spread throughout Epochal World already!"
"I can't even stand still and split a bullet with a dagger, and this Azure can accurately split six bullets while moving at extreme speed."
"I'm officially declaring right here and now that Azure is the top assassin in Epochal World!"
"You're talking out of your rear end. His class is rogue, not assassin. Good skill doesn't make someone an assassin."
"Azure is undoubtedly the best player in Epochal World in terms of raw skill; I don't think anyone can deny that, right?"
"When are these two guilds going to pay back the money? Are they so broke that they can't even afford a million gold coins? Damn, I was originally thinking of joining their guilds, but it looks like they can't even afford to pay their employees."
"Indeed, Moonlit Guild is very generous. They recently offered 200 million, and now they're offering 1 billion. If it were me, I'd sell it immediately."
But then, another bombshell dropped in Epochal World.
* "Shocking Inside Story of Hidden Origin Guild! Top Assassin Lucas Left Hidden Origin Before the Server Launched!"
* "Top Assassin Lucas Faces Astronomical Breach of Contract Penalty, Possibly Up to 500 Million!"
* "Comparing the Similarities Between Azure and Lucas: They're Both Actually..."
This news made the heads of all Epochal World players explode! Lucas had left Hidden Origin Guild?
Combining this with Azure's performance, wasn't this a clear declaration that Azure was Lucas?
"Internal sources say that Hidden Origin Guild has already sent people to Lucas's house."
"Unbelievable. If Azure is Lucas, then isn't Godslayer Guild founded by Lucas? Isn't this a blatant move to go against Hidden Origin Guild?"
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**Pioneer Plains Dungeon - Westwind Plains**
* **Entry Level: 8**
* **Difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare**
* **Current First Clear Team: None**
* **Current Fastest Clear Time: None**
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Lucas and the others found a nearby dungeon.
Arriving at the dungeon entrance, Lucas said to Dauntless, "The guides in the community are for average players. They're not suitable for us."
Bella nodded, explaining, "The fastest way to level up is by running dungeons. The experience points from monsters in the wild are too low. Only players who don't have the strength to clear dungeons will choose to level up in the wild."
"For a guild like Godslayer, it's obviously faster to run dungeons."
Dauntless nodded, seemingly understanding.
Lucas looked at Winter beside him. "What are you planning to do? If you can't make a decision yet, you can join us for the dungeon run."
Winter was slightly silent, but eventually joined Lucas's team.
She hadn't made up her mind about the Godslayer Guild's invitation. But leveling up was a must.
Winter didn't have any reason to refuse leveling up by running dungeons.
\[Winter has joined the team]
"Bella, are you ready?"
Bella gave an OK gesture. "No problem!"
Her Sacred Tome had already recorded three fully chanted spells.
"Alright, then I'm counting on you."
After giving the instructions, Lucas directly selected the highest difficulty, Nightmare, to enter.
The other team members followed their leader's choice, agreeing to enter the dungeon.
Everything went dark, and in the blink of an eye, the team arrived on a vast plain. The four team members stood in the center of the plain, surrounded by white-furred wild wolves on all sides.
In the distance, there were faint glowing lines, indicating the boundaries of the dungeon.
Even dungeons of the "Plains" type weren't infinite in size.
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**Plains Wind Wolf**
* **Level: 10**
* **Health Points: 3500**
* **Skills: Quick Charge, Bite, Pounce**
* **Description: Wind wolves that live on the plains. They have extremely high speed, and being bitten by them has a high chance of causing bleeding.**
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Winter frowned slightly, getting into a battle stance to prepare for the fight.
Facing hundreds of monsters with 3500 health points each at once, it would be difficult to handle even with her skills.
Moreover, in the center of the wolf pack was a two-meter-tall \[Gale Wolf King].
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**Gale Wolf King**
* **Level: 15**
* **Health Points: 135,000**
* **Skills: Ground-Shaking Roar, Wind Blade Howl, Wolf Pack Summon, Pounce, Gale Charge**
* **Trait: Bloodlust Frenzy - The lower its health, the higher its damage and speed, up to a 70% increase in damage and a 90% increase in speed.**
* **Description: An extremely violent wind wolf king. The lower its health, the more difficult it is to deal with. Be careful of its outrageously high speed.**
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A boss with 100,000 health points was very troublesome, even for S-rank talent holders.
Compared to Winter's seriousness, Lucas was casual.
He had his hands in his pockets, showing no intention of taking the dungeon seriously.
This made Winter frown.
But suddenly, a huge meteor appeared from the sky.
**Three-Star Elemental Magic: Meteor Shower - Select a location, summon a meteor, deal 10x Mind damage to directly hit target, and deal one-fifth of this damage as impact damage to a radius of 200 + (0.1% Mind) meters, then leave a sea of fire within a radius of 100 meters, dealing 0.5x Mind damage per second for 1 minute.**
The Gale Wolf King was still howling at the sky!
\[Wolf Pack Summon]
This was the only thing the Gale Wolf King would do after entering the Nightmare difficulty dungeon.
It would use \[Wolf Pack Summon] three times in a row.
Each time, it would summon 100 Plains Wind Wolves.
During this process, it was in a hyperarmor state and wouldn't move.
And coincidentally,
This state made it a target for \[Meteor Shower].
The meteor appeared from high in the sky, falling towards the earth with a long trail of fire.
It took two full seconds to fall!
*Boom!*
It accurately struck the Gale Wolf King's back.
A terrifying shockwave erupted in all directions!
-287,422
-52,186
-51,721
-53,953
...
The Gale Wolf King was instantly killed by Bella's 250,000 damage.
The 30x power and 30x range also completely cleared all the monsters in the dungeon.
Meteor Shower took two full seconds to fall.
Under normal circumstances, no one would be hit head-on. The real threat of Meteor Shower was most of the time the 200-meter radius impact.
Basically, no one could escape the 200-meter radius, and the fire sea that blocked movement was also very annoying.
Unfortunately, the Gale Wolf King in Nightmare difficulty would only summon wolf packs at the start and wouldn't dodge.
\[Congratulations to players: Azure, Dauntless, Bella, Winter for completing the Level 8 Nightmare Difficulty Dungeon - Pioneer Plains]
\[Completion Time: 00 hours 00 minutes 03 seconds]
\[Godslayer Guild has achieved the first clear of Pioneer Plains!]