Chapter 1 Ancient Ruins?

Shi Feng's interest was immediately piqued when he heard the words "ancient ruins."

Ruins are most easily found within the secret realms of God's Domain. Depending on the era, they are divided into ancient ruins and primeval ruins. Primeval ruins are extremely rare because, due to the passage of time, most of them were thoroughly plundered during the ancient era. Primeval ruins that survive into the modern era are as rare as legendary items.

The primeval era was an age when gods were born, an age when the ancient gods still existed. If you were lucky, you might even discover something left behind by an ancient god in the primeval ruins.

"Where are you?" Shi Feng couldn't help but ask in the group chat.

"A stream valley in the south. There are many Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers wandering around, more than three thousand of them, seemingly guarding these ancient ruins." Huo Wu glanced around at the patrolling Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers and said quietly, "And besides the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers, I suspect this primeval ruin is likely a sacrificial site for the Corrupted Blood Monsters. I previously saw several Corrupted Blood Priests of the Superior Legendary rank, level 160 or higher, walking inside, seemingly to perform some kind of ritual. The defenses inside should be extremely tight. It'll be very difficult to sneak in, so a frontal assault might be the only option..."

"More than three thousand Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers?" Shi Feng frowned upon hearing this.

If there were only a few hundred Legendary-ranked Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers, he could lead the others in a fight, but with more than three thousand, plus Superior Legendary-ranked Corrupted Blood Monsters, even if he could hold out, the others wouldn't be able to. After all, these Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers weren't fools who would just rush in without any coordination.

Just the simultaneous use of Tier 4 skills by three thousand Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers would force him to temporarily retreat, fighting by dodging and maneuvering. Even as a Tier 5 class, he would still take damage if hit by a Tier 4 monster.

Tier 5 classes can rely on reaction speeds and movement speeds far exceeding Tier 4 to dodge and block attacks. However, it's a pipe dream for Tier 4 classes to dodge and block a large number of Tier 4 skills. Even with the help of One Thought Transforms the World, it's impossible, because Tier 4 Legendary monsters can capture the speed of Tier 4 players and accurately attack them. Even without hundreds, just dozens of Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers attacking would be enough to kill a Tier 4 MT, let alone other Tier 4 classes.

To directly confront more than three thousand Legendary-ranked Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers, at least three or four Tier 5 classes would be needed for support. A single Tier 5 class would have to exert all their strength just to dodge Tier 4 magic skills, let alone kill Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers.

In short, they could survive, but a frontal assault was impossible.

"Guild Leader, how about we kill those Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers in batches!" Han Guang Shi Ying suggested, "Although there are many Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers, they are scattered. It takes time to concentrate them. We can take this opportunity to quickly kill some Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers. After those Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers concentrate their forces, we can retreat. After a few repetitions, those Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers will definitely be unable to hold on."

"That's one way." Shi Feng shook his head after hearing this, "But there's one prerequisite: there can't be any healing classes on the other side. Those Corrupted Blood Priests can all heal, and as Superior Legendary monsters, their casting range is extremely wide. If I'm not mistaken, the patrol range of those Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers is probably within the healing range of the Corrupted Blood Priests. As long as we attack the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers, the Corrupted Blood Priests will definitely heal them immediately."

"With the healing of Superior Legendary monsters, unless we can instantly kill the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers in a very short time, it's impossible to kill them..."

Han Guang Shi Ying fell silent upon hearing this.

Whether they killed the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers first or the Corrupted Blood Priests first, both were unsolvable choices, because the Corrupted Blood Priests had powerful healing abilities. Without the power to kill several Corrupted Blood Priests simultaneously, it was impossible to deal with these Corrupted Blood Monsters. In short, there was no room for trickery, and only a frontal assault was possible.

"Are we just going to give up like this?" Yu Bai couldn't help but become anxious, "Those are primeval ruins!"

Even Mirage Myth had never encountered primeval ruins. They had only explored a few ancient ruins, but even so, the rewards were enormous, especially in terms of improving the Mana Body. Those old monsters in the guild improved so quickly in the Mana Body thanks in large part to those ancient ruins.

Primeval ruins are even more precious than ancient ruins. If they could obtain the treasures within the primeval ruins, it wouldn't be strange for them to advance to Tier 5 classes. After all, that was an era when the ancient gods still existed. The legacy within the ruins was incomparable to the ancient era and the current God's Domain.

"It's not that there's no chance at all." Shi Feng suddenly said after thinking for a moment, "But it might be very risky. We might even be wiped out..."

There were restrictions on entering secret realms. Depending on the level, the cooldown time for players would also change. For God-ranked secret realms, players were only allowed to enter once every ten days. If the players were wiped out, they could only revive outside the secret realm, and the next time they could enter would be ten days later.

They had gained a lot in the Corrupted God Secret Realm, and they could kill more monsters. There was no need to take risks to improve their strength.

Han Guang Shi Ying couldn't help but look curiously at Shi Feng and asked, "Guild Leader, how confident are you?"

"Thirty to forty percent, I guess." Shi Feng said after thinking for a moment, "Of course, that's if there are no unexpected circumstances on the ruins side."

"Thirty to forty percent?" Han Guang Shi Ying couldn't help but look at Shi Feng. This success rate could be said to be very high, especially considering that they had to face more than three thousand Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers and Corrupted Blood Priests. She then said, "I think we can give it a try. It would be a pity if we failed, but it would be difficult for us to improve our strength further in the Corrupted God Secret Realm unless we went deep into the inner region, but there should be many Tier 5 Saint Legendary monsters wandering there. It's uncertain if we can beat them, so we might as well take a risk. If we succeed, we'll make a huge profit."

Tier 5 Saint Legendary monsters were not easy to defeat, just like how it was difficult for Tier 4 players to kill Tier 4 Legendary monsters in a one-on-one fight.

In the Corrupted God Secret Realm, fighting Tier 5 Saint Legendary monsters would likely attract more of them. If two appeared, they would definitely be wiped out without a doubt. Only Shi Feng had a chance of escaping.

When Hei Zi, Cola, and the others heard this, they nodded in agreement.

Their weapons and equipment had already been greatly improved, and it would be difficult to improve further in the short term. To change weapons and equipment, they would need either a level 180 Epic eight-piece set or Legendary item fragments. As for upgrading Legendary item fragments to Legendary items, that depended on luck. After all, not every Legendary item fragment could be upgraded with just Divine Crystals, not to mention that the drop rate of Divine Crystals was completely random.

"Since you all think it's okay, let's give it a try." Shi Feng looked at everyone wanting to take a gamble and then said, "Entering the primeval ruins is actually very simple. All we need is someone to hold back those Corrupted Blood Monsters outside. As long as we can lure out a large number of Corrupted Blood Monsters, I can enter the ruins. But before that, you need to be able to hold back the Corrupted Blood Monsters that are lured out. Otherwise, if these Corrupted Blood Monsters gather, I can only escape, and I won't be able to do anything inside the ruins."

"Then leave it to us, Guild Leader!" Cola patted his chest and said confidently, "Just the few of us MTs, by using taunt and rotating defensive skills for a short time, it's definitely no problem to last for five minutes."

"In addition to Cola and the others, we magic classes can also use magic barriers to trap those Corrupted Blood Monsters for a while." Zhao Yueru also nodded.

Shi Feng nodded after hearing everyone's suggestions: "Okay, then I'll leave it to you. I'll explore the ruins as quickly as possible."

After speaking, Huo Wu, Han Guang Shi Ying, and Yan Tianxing, the three assassins, began to attract the attention of the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers from three different directions, trying to lure the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers out of the primeval ruins as much as possible and move towards the designated location.

It had to be said that when the number of Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers reached a certain level, even Tier 4 experts like Huo Wu and the other two could only barely survive by activating burst skills and various defensive skills, struggling to lure more than 70% of the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers to the designated location.

After the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers arrived at the designated location, Cola, Ye Wumian, Ban Hua, and Yu Bai used taunt skills at the designated locations, forcibly causing these Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers to turn their attacks to the four of them. Then, the four of them activated all kinds of defensive skills and constantly dodged and weaved. The healers also frantically healed the four of them.

The four of them saw their health fluctuate wildly, as if their lives hung by a thread...

While the four of them were holding back the Corrupted Blood Beast Soldiers, Shi Feng, who had been hiding not far from the primeval ruins, with his aura and presence completely concealed, took a step forward and directly entered the void, rushing towards the primeval ruins at high speed.

Thanks to the Shadow Walker's Cloak's ability, a distance of several hundred yards was only a step for Shi Feng.

As if teleporting, in less than two seconds, Shi Feng crossed a distance of several thousand yards and came directly to the gate of the primeval ruins. Even the Corrupted Blood Monsters who were watching closely and hadn't rushed out didn't react before he turned into a shadow and entered the broken underground ruins.

The moment Shi Feng entered the primeval ruins, all the Corrupted Blood Monsters went berserk, their eyes bloodshot. They rushed towards Shi Feng, their speed and reaction greatly increased, completely entering a berserk state. Several Corrupted Blood Priests kneeling in the ruins hall chanted spells frantically, unleashing Tier 4 forbidden spells as if their lives depended on it, bombing and hindering Shi Feng's advance.

However, for Shi Feng, who was at Tier 5, especially equipped with a Legendary item, this level of attack didn't even require him to defend at all; he could easily dodge it.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Feng disappeared from the vast hall and entered the deeper second-level underground passage. All kinds of magic traps along the way were completely useless to Shi Feng, whose mastery of magic arrays had reached the Grandmaster level.

In less than a minute, Shi Feng arrived at the deepest part of the primeval ruins.

At the deepest part of the underground ruins, it was like a void space. In this void space stood a magnificent ancient temple. Even after endless years, the ancient temple still exuded unimaginable divine might.

If Shi Feng hadn't reached Tier 5, he wouldn't even have been able to withstand the divine might naturally exuded by the temple.

"What a powerful temple. If it weren't for the Legendary Shadow Walker's Cloak, I would probably be greatly affected." Shi Feng looked at the temple in front of him and sighed inwardly.

The Shadow Walker's Cloak not only concealed his aura and pressure but also resisted external auras and pressures, acting as an isolating barrier, separating the inside from the outside.

However, even with the Shadow Walker's Cloak's isolation, the divine might exuded by the temple could still affect him, reducing his mobility by 30%. This showed how terrifying the temple's divine might was.

It could be said that even a true Tier 6 god couldn't compare to the ancient temple in front of him.

For a temple to have such divine might, it could only have been left behind by the legendary ancient gods!

As Shi Feng approached the ancient temple, the hundreds of Corrupted Blood Monsters that had been chasing him suddenly stopped. They all stood in the distance, worshipping the temple without approaching it.

This made Shi Feng feel relieved, and he easily walked into the ancient temple. Next, he just needed to consider how to get out.

However, after Shi Feng entered the temple, in the brightly lit temple hall, a young man dressed as a scholar in a black cloak stood silently.

At this time, the young man was trying to piece together several golden stone slabs. The complexity of the magic array that was revealed made even Shi Feng's head ache.

The moment he saw this young man, Shi Feng felt a tremor in his soul.

"It's you!"

Shi Feng stared intently at the scholar youth in the black cloak, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Because the young man in the black cloak was the mysterious youth who had fought in Blackwing City and placed a soul chain on him.

"So it's you, little guy." The mysterious youth glanced at Shi Feng, who appeared behind him, and said with a slight surprise, "You were struck by my soul shackles, yet you haven't died even now. You're truly surprising."

"Should I feel honored?" Shi Feng looked at the mysterious youth in front of him, his heart full of vigilance.

When he first saw the mysterious youth in Blackwing City, he felt that the mysterious youth was extraordinary and definitely not comparable to an ordinary Tier 5 class. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to escape from Blackwing City.

And now, he had reached Tier 5, yet he still couldn't detect the mysterious youth's specific information.

The only thing he could see was that the mysterious youth was also a Tier 5 class, but the feeling he gave off was extremely special. Even as a Tier 5, he would feel a inexplicable palpitation.

"Not bad. As a Favored One of this God's Domain world, you've managed to advance to Tier 5 so quickly. You're barely qualified to become my puppet." The mysterious youth looked at Shi Feng as if he were looking at a toy, and a happy smile appeared on his lips. "Since you've taken the initiative to come to my door, I'll liberate you today!"

As he spoke, the mysterious youth raised a finger.

Instantly, a black magic ball flew directly towards Shi Feng. As the black magic ball flew out, it cracked open, turning the surrounding space into a void of nothingness and darkness.

Tier 5 Forbidden Spell: Dark Paradise!

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