Ling Yi and the others slowly advanced through Cold Spring Forest. As the map had yet to be explored, they encountered more Dragonkin along the way. Fortunately, the number of Dragonkin Warriors they encountered hadn't increased, so this didn't affect the team's overall performance.
In God's Domain, Level 100-plus monsters provided far more EXP than Level 99 monsters. Previously, Shifeng had led the team to a Level 100 forbidden land to grind. However, the team's levels had been too low back then, and they'd relied on the Tier 3 Demons to do battle.
Now, however, every member of the team had the strength to contend with a Level 100 Lord. They killed the Level 100 Dragonkin very quickly, and everyone's EXP bars rose at a visible rate.
After six short hours, everyone had leveled up, reaching Level 98. Yan Tianxing and the other experts had reached Level 99 and were only a step away from reaching Level 100. As for Shi Feng, he had long since reached Level 101. Everyone was ecstatic to see this.
However, the weapons and equipment the Level 100 Dragonkin Warriors dropped rendered everyone speechless.
Even a High Lord like the Dragonkin Captain would only drop Level 100 Mysterious-Iron Equipment, and this was only because the drop-rate of weapons and equipment was much higher. Otherwise, the Dragonkin Captain would've only dropped Bronze Equipment. There was no way it could compare to a Level 99 High Lord.
However, Shifeng wasn't surprised.
After reaching Level 100 in God's Domain, even Level 100 experts would only be fully geared in Mysterious-Iron Equipment. Without a sufficiently powerful team, it would be impossible to obtain Level 100 Secret-Silver Equipment by killing monsters. As for obtaining Level 100 Fine-Gold Weapons and Equipment, that was simply a pipe dream.
Only Tier 3 experts could obtain Level 100 Fine-Gold Weapons and Equipment. As for Dark-Gold Weapons and Equipment, that depended on luck.
This was also why the various major powers' main force members had begun to focus on Tier 3 experts and Subclass Masters after reaching Level 100.
After reaching Level 100, the number of players no longer mattered. Only quality mattered. The various major powers relied on Tier 3 experts and Subclass Masters.
Without a Tier 3 expert and a Subclass Master, it would be impossible to obtain Level 100-plus Fine-Gold Weapons and Equipment. How could a Guild develop without top-tier Level 100-plus weapons and equipment?
Level 100-plus monsters were not to be trifled with, especially after reaching Level 105. Players could rely on their Level 100-plus Dark-Gold Weapons and Equipment to deal with Level 100-plus monsters and Bosses, but after reaching Level 100, monsters would grow significantly stronger with every five levels they gained. Without the corresponding top-tier weapons and equipment, Tier 2 players wouldn't be able to deal with Level 100-plus monsters and Bosses. After all, only a small number of Tier 3 experts were capable of challenging their Tier 2 Promotion Quests. Most Tier 2 players were still stuck at Tier 2.
While these Tier 2 players might have an easier time getting promoted to Tier 3 as they reached higher levels, they would still need top-tier weapons and equipment to do so.
"Guild Leader, I dropped a tattered parchment that can't be appraised!" Hei Zi looked at the ancient parchment that the Dragonkin Warrior dropped. He could not help but pass it to the Shifeng, his heart filled with anticipation.
His Appraisal Report had reached the Advanced level and was only a step away from the Master level. An item that even he couldn't appraise must be extraordinary.
"A parchment?" After receiving the parchment and using Omniscient Eyes to appraise it, Shifeng was overjoyed. "Not bad! It's a Magic Trap Design!"
"A Magic Trap Design?" Hei Zi's interest immediately waned. "What bad luck. I thought it was a weapon or equipment design."
Traps were very common in God's Domain. Some players had set up traps to deal with Field Bosses, but compared to magic arrays, traps were far inferior. Sometimes, traps were even useless against Great Lord ranked Bosses. They could only be used against Lords.
Meanwhile, Tier 2 players could easily defeat a Lord ranked monster even without traps. Why would they waste time and materials to set up traps?
"This is good stuff." Shifeng chuckled. "In any case, let everyone take a look at it. If there are more, bring them to me. Also, have A Melancholy Smile prepare the required materials. Buy as many as you can."
God's Domain's players had most likely suffered from traps in the past. In fact, many experts had fallen to traps in the past. However, due to the fact that traps were ineffective against monsters, they had gradually been forgotten.
However, the various ruins in God's Domain had no shortage of traps. How could they possibly be useless?
Previously, the traps players had only learned about were Basic Traps. The materials and manufacturing methods required to construct them were very simple. Naturally, they weren't very effective against monsters. This was because the Main God System wanted players to slowly adapt and learn about traps before reaching Level 100.
However, after reaching Level 100, the Main God System would remove the restrictions on players, and all traps targeted at Level 100-plus monsters would become available. Intermediate Traps would become much more difficult to construct, both in terms of materials and manufacturing difficulty. At the same time, their effectiveness would increase significantly.
Even Level 100 Great Lords would suffer greatly if they fell into traps, let alone Level 100-plus Lords. In the best case scenario, the Great Lords would be heavily injured for a short time. In the worst case scenario, the Great Lords would suffer greatly. However, compared to the precious magic arrays, traps were much more suitable for the masses.
In the past, many Tier 2 experts had relied on traps to raid high-tiered Bosses and grind monsters. Otherwise, Tier 2 players would've long since lost their footing.
The Magic Trap before Shi Feng was the Countercurrent Swamp Trap, which targeted monsters below Level 120. When triggered, not only would monsters be immobilized for a short time, but their reaction speed and Basic Attributes would also decrease by 15%. Of course, the stronger the monster, the weaker the effects would be. However, it was still effective against Level 120 Great Lords.
A Level 100 Great Lord was already a Boss. Ordinary Tier 3 experts had no choice but to dodge. They couldn't kill a Level 100 Great Lord in a one-on-one fight.
With this Magic Trap, Tier 2 players could team up and kill a Level 100 Great Lord.
"Alright, I'll notify the others." Hei Zi still wasn't interested in the Magic Trap. To him, how could a trap compare to a magic array?
Following which, the Shifeng led his team to grind the Dragonkin army. They weren't in a hurry to reach Cold Spring Forest's central area. After a day of frenzied grinding, the Shifeng obtained four more Trap Designs. Two of them were for the Countercurrent Swamp Trap, while the other two were for the Physical Trap, Flaming Fire.
The Physical Trap had many shortcomings compared to the Magic Trap. For example, it wasn't effective against flying monsters. However, the Physical Trap's advantages were obvious. It could deal with a group of monsters and deal high damage over time as long as players were trapped.
As long as the Magic Trap and the Physical Trap worked well together, even Tier 2 players could survive in Level 100 neutral maps. Only, their performance in Dungeons would be slightly inferior to Tier 3 players.
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