Bai Xiaowen checked the description on the console. The difficulty of the trial space was related to the reward of the treasure chest at the end of the trial. The higher the difficulty, the better the treasure chest reward.
In addition, every trial space had a "time limit". If one cleared the trial within the time limit, not only would they get a treasure chest, but they would also get a reward of psionic points.
If they exceeded the time limit, they would not get any psionic points. However, as long as they cleared the trial, they would still get a treasure chest.
And if they cleared the trial early, they would get an extra treasure chest reward! If they cleared the trial 20% earlier, they would get two treasure chests. If they cleared the trial 40% earlier, they would get three treasure chests!
Although the reward of the three treasure chests was still one ticket to the Spiritual World, they would give other treasures, such as psionic points, equipment, items, and so on.
Therefore, when choosing the difficulty of the trial, they should not mindlessly choose the highest difficulty. They should weigh the difficulty and the extra reward and choose according to their own ability.
Bai Xiaowen thought for a moment and said, "Do any of you know about the four difficulties of the first floor?"
Han Xu said, "There is a leaderboard at the bottom left corner of the console. We should be able to refer to it."
Bai Xiaowen clicked on the leaderboard at the bottom left corner of the console screen and chose the leaderboard for the first floor of the trial space, Pirate's Lair.
First place: Ling Feng, Level 91, 46 minutes, 39 seconds, Extremely Difficult
Second place: Huang Tianyi, Level 89, 47 minutes, 26 seconds, Extremely Difficult
Third place: Jia Ting, Level 89, 52 minutes, 54 seconds, Extremely Difficult
Fourth place …
"Are the results of the seniors over the years on this leaderboard? Were they created during school? "Bai Xiaowen asked.
Han Xu nodded.
Bai Xiaowen nodded and smiled. "I think I understand. I've heard of Ling Feng. He's a tank-type hunter, right? According to common sense, his damage output shouldn't be high. It's a bit puzzling that he's ranked first. "
Ding Cheng explained, "In the trial space, if you accidentally die, you can revive on the spot. However, you need to wait for a period of time to revive. Moreover, the more you die, the longer it takes to revive. As long as a tank-type hunter can withstand the difficulty, their efficiency in clearing the trial is faster than a fragile DPS … "
Bai Xiaowen nodded and began to choose the difficulty. He immediately selected 'extremely difficult' and clicked 'confirm'.
"Ah … It's my first time. I should be more careful …" Li Shuyi said.
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I don't think the Ling Feng in school is much stronger than me now. What he can do, I can do better. "
Li Shuyi nodded gently. She seemed to understand what Bai Xiaowen was thinking.
The other team members who did not know what was going on were a little confused. They did not understand why Bai Xiaowen, who had always been amiable, would speak so aggressively to Ling Feng, who was a total stranger.
The mechanical electronic voice said, "Trial Space Level 1, Pirate Lair Instance Dungeon has been created. Difficulty: Extremely difficult. Time limit: 60 minutes. The instance dungeon timer will begin in 10 seconds … "
Bai Xiaowen waved at everyone and stepped into the trial space portal that was glowing faintly. The others rushed to the lounge and turned on the LCD screen, connecting to the first level of the trial space.
…
The slightly moist sea breeze blew on his face. Bai Xiaowen found himself at the stern of a large ship. Below him was a blue sea. His body swayed along with the ship's rocking.
If it was an ordinary person who had never been on a ship before, it would most likely take some time to adapt. They might even get seasick. However, the awakened ones had strong physiques and high agility. For example, Bai Xiaowen's agility was more than ten times that of an ordinary person. He adapted after a few steps.
There were a total of three ships on the sea. Each ship was connected by an iron chain between the bow and the stern. They had to kill the captains of the three ships, which was the Boss pirate leader, to clear the instance.
It seemed that the sea in this instance dungeon was very vast. In fact, it was only the area of three ships. If they wanted to leave the instance dungeon, they just had to jump into the sea …
Bai Xiaowen further thought that it would be fun if the Boss had a skill that could send them flying. Wouldn't it be tantamount to failing the challenge if the awakened one fell into the sea? Wouldn't it waste a lot of time to re-enter the instance dungeon?
"Croak … croak …"
An ear-piercing sound rang out and a parrot flew past Bai Xiaowen. Next, three burly men wearing tattered sailor clothes noticed Bai Xiaowen.
"Fresh meat!"
The three pirates' eyes glowed with greed as they pounced over.
Bai Xiaowen first used insight.
['Varyag' Pirates (Elite Level 4)/Varyag's Assemble Command]
[Race: Humanoid/Human]
[Profession: Pirate]
[Attributes: Strength 21, Agility 10, Physique 18, Spirit 7]
[Skills: Net, Hook, Heavy Hack]
It was worth mentioning that the three pirates had a buff on them.
[Varyag's Assemble Command: The target has received the Pirate Captain Varyag's Assemble Command. HP increased by an additional 100 points and attack power increased by an additional 10 points.]
This should be a buff skill unique to the 'Extremely Hard' difficulty. These pirates originally had close to 200 HP and around 30 attack power. Adding the buff from the Assemble Command, each pirate's HP was up to 300 points and attack power was 40 points. Normal awakened ones would not be easy to deal with.
Bai Xiaowen raised his hand and summoned a large number of creatures, leaving only a skeleton sword-and-shield in the Black Soul Stone to block the critical skills. In order to rush for time, he even summoned the Vampire Kitts.
The Vampire Kitts had been stifled for more than a month. As soon as he came out, he let out a carefree cry. He turned into a group of bats and flew to the back of the pirates. His sharp claws tore at their backs.
However, the Vampire Kitts' damage output was average. It was lower than the Shadow Assassin. His strength lay in staying alive. In addition, he had a complete consciousness and thinking ability. In the Spirit Plane where there were no language barriers (Ancient Latin Plane), he could take on some tasks that required negotiation and transmission of orders.
The real main damage output was still the Wrath Claw. Bai Xiaowen deliberately controlled the Wrath Claw to take a few hits. After the Claw's HP was reduced to around 60%, the Wrath Claw's every hit had an additional 40% critical hit rate. Adding in the Wrath Claw's high agility and critical hit rate, the damage output was simply explosive. Biting and biting, it killed a pirate in two or three bites.
Bai Xiaowen paid attention to his notifications and found that it was as Yan Xiaoxin had said. Killing monsters in the trial space not only increased skill proficiency, but also increased combat experience!
In the Cain Plane, Bai Xiaowen's combat experience bar was less than 10% away from reaching the limit of Level 5. On one hand, it was because he had unearthed enough heroic quests in the Cain Plane. On the other hand, it was also because of the hard work he had put in clearing out zombies in the last five days.
As for the elite monsters in the trial space, every one of them gave quite a lot of experience. It was about two to three times the experience of monsters of the same level in the Spirit Plane.
Bai Xiaowen understood why Yan Xiaoxin had said that there would be many seniors fighting to help him in the trial space dungeon. Moreover, they didn't want any rewards from the treasure chests. This kind of high-efficiency leveling that didn't require any storyline and didn't have any risks, who wouldn't be willing?
After pushing all the way to the bow of the ship, Bai Xiaowen finally saw the captain of the ship. It was a big man with a bare upper body. His left arm had a metal hook, and his right hand held a large axe.
[Varyag (Leader Level 4)/Varyag's Determination]
[Race: Humanoid/Human]
[Profession: Giant Blade Warrior]
[Attributes: Strength 38, Agility 20, Vitality 30, Spirit 16]
[Skills: Great Strength Swing, Trample, Giant Axe Mastery (Passive),???]
As for the additional buff "Varyag's Determination", it increased HP by 200 and Attack Power by 20. It was double the buff of the other elite sailors.
This was also a characteristic of the "Extremely Hard" difficulty. Bai Xiaowen further speculated that if it was the "Hard" difficulty, then the elite monsters and leaders shouldn't have such abnormal buffs. If it was the Normal or Easy difficulty, then maybe there would be some special buffs to weaken the boss's debuffs.
This was the trial space's first floor dungeon, so the levels of the elite monsters and bosses were on the low side. This made Bai Xiaowen, who was used to killing bosses above his level, feel a lot more relaxed.
This boss was clearly a warrior-type leader, so it wasn't difficult. The only thing he needed to pay attention to was the combo of "Trample" and "Great Strength Swing". However, Bai Xiaowen, who had seen it in advance, commanded his summoned creatures to easily dodge it.
The only skill that he didn't detect was called "Hook Grab". It was activated when the boss only had 1/3 of its HP left. The boss suddenly raised his left hand, which was equipped with a hook, and aimed it at Bai Xiaowen. With a whoosh, an iron chain shot out.
Normal people might not be able to react in time, but Bai Xiaowen could. He didn't even need to move. He just controlled Fatty, who was in melee combat, to take half a step forward and block the skill.
With a whoosh, Fatty's fat body was dragged into the boss' melee range … Because Fatty and Varyag were originally facing each other, the drag only moved him by one centimeter, which was equivalent to wasting one of the boss's skills.
With a thud, the boss fell to the ground.
There were no treasure chests when the boss of the trial space fell to the ground. To clear the trial, a treasure chest would appear at the end of the trial.
After recalling his summoned creatures, Bai Xiaowen stepped on the thick iron chain at the front of the ship and jumped onto the second ship in a few steps.
The second ship was called "Ulag". The sailors on the ship were all wearing tattered mage robes. They were actually a bunch of mages …
The buff on them was called "Ulag's Arcane Rune". Its effect was to increase their HP by 100 points and increase their basic magic damage by 20 points.
If it was someone else, they might be scared to see a ship full of pirate mages. However, for Bai Xiaowen, it was the easiest way to clear the trial. Three Skeleton Swordsmen cleared the way in front. I heard you wanted to cast a spell? A Shield Bash was thrown at them.
Unfortunately, these pirate mages had extremely low Strength. Some of them were even weaker than the Skeleton Swordsmen. They were directly sent flying into the sea. These unlucky people didn't need to be hit. They were directly judged to have drowned …
Although it was strange for a pirate to die by drowning, he was still a mage-type pirate … There were gains and losses, right?
Bai Xiaowen didn't think too much about this philosophical question. He directly faced the leader of the second ship, the Arcanist Ulag.
It was worth mentioning that Ulag was a green-skinned orc …
Bai Xiaowen didn't even have time to complain about the setting of the trial space. The orcs, who had always been known as a magical desert, actually had mages. They even taught a ship full of apprentice mages to be sailors.
The Arcanist Ulag's four skills were: Arcane Impact, Arcane Barrage, Arcane Nova,???
After seeing the detailed description of Ulag's third skill [Arcane Nova] through Insight, Bai Xiaowen's heart instantly sank.
[Arcane Nova: With the caster as the center, an arcane explosion is instantly launched. All enemies within a radius of 10 meters will be dealt arcane damage and blown away. The distance of the blow is determined by the total attributes of both parties.]
The AoE magic damage wasn't that big of a deal, but the "blow away" effect was the most important! Ulag was standing at the bow of the ship. If his summoned creatures were blown away, falling into the sea was equivalent to dying in battle …
In this Pirate's Lair instance, the death of Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures was even more serious than his own death. He could still revive if he died in battle. It would just take a little more time. If his summoned creatures died in battle, he wouldn't be able to summon them again in this instance. This was because once a summoned creature died in battle, it would take 12 hours to summon them again!
The Wrath Claw didn't even need to be mentioned.
Fortunately, Ulag was only level 4. Apart from his high Spirit, his Strength and Dexterity were both low. His Physique was also less than 30 points. Even with the additional 200 HP, it wasn't much. In order to save time, Bai Xiaowen decided to kill him directly.
The best way was to prevent the boss from casting any skills!
"You will all die in the sea!" With this line, Ulag's boss battle began.
All the summoned creatures rushed forward to surround Ula Ge. Just as Ula Ge's first spell was about to be cast, the three Skeletal Shield Bearers simultaneously used [Shield Bash]. Due to the difference in Strength, a single Skeletal Shield Bearer's [Shield Bash] might fail to be interrupted.
As expected, the Shield Bash of the three Skeletal Shieldbearers worked. Ulag staggered a step.
The Wrath Claw immediately used its ultimate. With a long howl, it buffed the whole party's Attack and Attack Speed by 20%. Then, it pounced on Ulag, pinned him under its claw, and scratched him wildly.
Due to the difference in Strength, this suppression lasted for 3.5 seconds. Of course, Bai Xiaowen wouldn't waste this opportunity. He held his gun with both hands and fired wildly.
After 3.5 seconds of suppression, Arcanist Ulag lost over 300 HP! However, this wasn't the end. Bai Xiaowen used the Talisman Switch skill. With a yellow card, he stunned Ulag, who had just finished suppressing him, and stunned him for 3 seconds.
As Ulag fell to the ground, Bai Xiaowen quickly recalled his summoned creatures. He used the iron chain to board the third ship, the Gregor.
The ship was quiet. Not a single person could be seen.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. After 0.1 seconds, his super brain immediately reduced the range of his mental scan, greatly increasing the accuracy of his scan. Suddenly, two faint figures holding short daggers appeared in his field of vision.
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