After activating the Ancient God's Secret Key, Shifeng's vision blurred. Suddenly, he found himself in an ocean of space-time. Various images flashed before his eyes, depicting the past of God's Domain. These images depicted the rise of kingdoms, the wars of empires, and the triumphant return of heroes.
After traveling for an unknown period of time, Shi Feng suddenly discovered a gigantic space-time black hole before him. Countless pitch-black electric arcs filled the black hole, and Shi Feng could clearly sense how powerful these electric arcs were. He felt as if even a Tier 5 player would be reduced to ash in the face of these electric arcs.
However, as Shifeng entered the space-time black hole, the magic barrier enveloping Shifeng easily blocked these electric arcs. He then entered the black hole without any hindrance.
By the time Shifeng snapped out of his daze, he found himself inside an ancient, dilapidated palace.
System: You have discovered the Ancient God's Maze.
System: You are unable to contact the outside world while inside the Ancient God's Maze. The flow of time is the same as in the real world. Upon death, you will be automatically teleported out of the Ancient God's Maze.
So, this is the trial ground?
Shifeng wasn't particularly surprised by the system notification. After all, this was a place left behind by the Ancient Gods. It was completely isolated from the outside world, so it was normal for time to flow differently here. On the contrary, he was more interested in the Ancient God's Maze's environment.
Aside from the tightly shut stone door before him, there were no other exits in the palace. However, the Mana here was much denser than in Ling Yi City.
This was a good thing for the players.
In an environment with high Mana density, not only could players display their strength better, but they could also recover their Stamina and Concentration faster. In other words, players could continue to fight without worrying about exhausting their Stamina and Concentration.
Following which, Shifeng approached the tightly shut door.
Many divine runes had been carved into the massive obsidian door, and the closer he got to the door, the stronger the pressure he felt. The pressure he felt when standing before the door was no less than that of a Tier 5 NPC.
System: You have discovered the Ancient God's Door. You have four difficulties to choose from: Normal, Hard, Hell, and Asura. Once you have made your selection, you cannot change it. Please choose carefully.
"Four different difficulties?" Shifeng was stunned when he heard the system notification.
In his memory, there were only three levels of difficulty for the Ancient God's Secret Key: Normal, Hard, and Hell. The names of these three levels were the same as the difficulty of the Instance Dungeon. Many players did not pay much attention to these three levels and ended up wasting a great opportunity.
For ordinary experts, Normal Mode was nothing. They would usually choose Hard Mode. However, for many peak experts, choosing Hell Mode was their bottom line.
Yet, in the end, ordinary experts couldn't even clear Normal Mode, while peak experts were helpless against Hard Mode …
This was also the reason why so many players had wasted the opportunity to obtain the Ancient God's Secret Key.
In Normal Mode, players had a relatively high chance of obtaining an Epic item. In Hard Mode, players could obtain several Epic items. There was even a small chance of obtaining a Fragmented Legendary item. As for Hell Mode, players had a high chance of obtaining a Fragmented Legendary item.
And now, there was an Asura after Hell. How could this not be surprising?
For a moment, Shifeng was at a loss as to which difficulty he should choose.
In the Ancient God's Secret Key trial, players' levels were not necessarily better. After all, the difficulty of the trial depended on the player's level. Compared to leveling up, players' personal strength was far more important.
Originally, Shi Feng had planned to challenge Hell Mode and compete for a Fragmented Legendary item. He was confident that he could succeed, but now that he had encountered Asura, he faced a problem.
Every Ancient God's Secret Key trial's difficulty increased tremendously. Of course, the rewards for succeeding would also be bountiful. He might be able to clear Hell Mode, but it would be very difficult to clear Asura Mode.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Let's choose Asura! After giving the matter some thought, Shifeng chose Asura's difficulty.
Although there was a high chance of obtaining a Fragmented Legendary item in Hell Mode, there was no guarantee of obtaining one after clearing it. According to the game's settings, if one cleared Asura Mode, they would definitely obtain a Fragmented Legendary item. Rather than gamble on the possibility of obtaining a Fragmented Legendary item in Hell Mode, Shi Feng might as well attempt Asura Mode.
After all, to the current Ling Yi, one or two Epic items were of limited help to him and his Guild. Only Fragmented Legendary items were of paramount importance. This was especially true for the current Ling Yi.
As players' levels and combat standards improved, more Epic items would become available. Previously, Ling Yi had been able to rely on his Epic Equipment to contend with the various superpowers' experts, but as time passed, the number of peak experts and their standards would gradually become apparent.
However, to nurture a true top-notch expert, even with abundant resources and talent, it would take a lot of time. Moreover, this time was calculated in years.
If Ling Yi wanted to maintain his current standards, he could only rely on Fragmented Legendary items.
Moreover, after reaching Tier 2, even Epic items would be of limited help to players. Tier 3 was a massive turning point in God's Domain's power hierarchy. Many powers that had once flourished in God's Domain had fallen because of it.
After reaching Tier 3, however, only Fragmented Legendary items would be of significant help. With these items, many experts with weaker combat standards would reach Tier 3. This was also why Guilds with Fragmented Legendary items had more Tier 3 and Tier 4 experts than Guilds without them.
In other words, every additional Fragmented Legendary item a Guild obtained now would allow them to nurture more Tier 3 and Tier 4 experts in the future.
Since Shi Feng had a 100% chance of obtaining a Legendary item, he naturally couldn't let this opportunity slip by.
After Shifeng chose the Ancient God's Gate's difficulty, the two massive doors glowed with a golden light. The doors then slowly opened, revealing a long, narrow corridor before Shifeng.
Sure enough, this place isn't simple. Shifeng wore a grim expression as he gazed at the dark corridor. His mind constantly warned him of death.
Although Shifeng had yet to enter the Ancient God's Gate, he could already see plenty of corpses lying on both sides of the corridor. These corpses all wore excellent equipment, and every one of them radiated the glow effect of Epic Equipment. Meanwhile, the Epic Equipment on these corpses was in tatters. It was obvious how difficult the Asura Mode trial was.
To players unfamiliar with God's Domain, these corpses might be treated as mere decorations in a maze.
However, to Shifeng, who had played God's Domain for over a decade, these corpses weren't mere decorations. Rather, they were a warning of extreme danger.
Epic Equipment was an Extraordinary item. Destroying one was no easy task. The same was true even for NPCs, yet the Epic Equipment before Shi Feng's eyes had been completely destroyed.
Following which, Shifeng took a deep breath and summoned the Fire Spirit to lead the way.
The instant the Fire Spirit entered the Ancient God's Gate, a furious roar suddenly came from the dark corridor. The roar was so loud that even Shifeng had to cover his ears.
Meanwhile, Shifeng had never been so familiar with this roar before.
Dragon's Roar!
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