The Holy City of Titan was buried beneath God's Domain. An extremely complex maze surrounded the Holy City. Winding tunnels connected the city in all directions, and it was very easy for players to get lost in this natural maze.
Although the maze was underground, there were many glowing blue crystals in the caverns. Hence, the vision inside the maze wasn't too bad.
After Shifeng and the others entered the teleportation gate, they were teleported to the entrance of this natural maze.
"This place is so spectacular!"
Shiuse Qiangwei and the others, who were here for the first time, were shocked when they saw this scene.
As for White Night, Bloodsucker, and the other experts, they wore solemn expressions.
Aside from the spectacular scene, ten 100-meter-tall Titan statues stood on either side of the maze's entrance. Every statue radiated a boundless aura of power. Before these statues, players were like small boats drifting in the ocean, capsizing at a moment's notice.
Although they had long since known that the quest Shifeng had assigned them would not be simple, seeing this scene with their own eyes, they had no choice but to take it seriously.
The moment they set foot in this maze, they could clearly sense the warning of death coming from their surroundings.
This was especially true for the depths of the maze. It was as if a gigantic beast had opened its maw, waiting for them to enter and die.
"They're just statues. Why do they have such a powerful aura? Are these statues alive?" Shiuse Qiangwei frowned as she looked at the towering statues. She could feel that the pressure coming from these ten statues. If they fought under such pressure, it would be very disadvantageous for them.
"Relax. Those are just statues. Their main purpose should be to scare other monsters away," Shifeng explained.
These ten statues were of the ten Saints who had founded the Holy City of Titan.
It was rumored that each of these ten saints had great power that rivaled the gods. Before they died, these ten saints used their last bit of power to create the Titan Armor to protect the Holy City of Titan. As long as one wore the Titan Armor, they would have the power to rival the gods. However, after several catastrophes in the Holy City of Titan, the Titan Armor was scattered everywhere and its whereabouts were unknown.
In the past, Shifeng had been fortunate enough to come across one of the Titan Armaments. Although it had only been a pair of gauntlets, the gauntlets had been Legendary rank. The gauntlets had greatly increased a player's Strength Attribute. In fact, the player who had equipped the gauntlets had only used a Fragmented Legendary Weapon to fight a player wielding a Legendary battle axe.
Among the various pieces of equipment available to players, weapons provided the most benefits, yet the Titan Set's gauntlets could rival a Legendary Weapon in terms of Strength. One could just imagine how powerful the Titan Set was.
In Shifeng's opinion, it was indeed possible to equip a full set of Titan Armor to contend against the gods.
Unfortunately, the Titan Armor had always been a mystery. Even after ten years, players had only discovered three pieces of the Titan Armor. Moreover, these three pieces had been claimed by three different players. Due to this, many assassinations had been attempted on these three players.
"Alright, let's head in," Shifeng said as he clapped his hands. Everyone then adjusted their formation and officially entered the Holy City of Titan's entrance trial.
After walking down the straight maze for a few minutes, everyone came to a halt.
"Commander, there are a total of four paths up ahead. Which one should we take?" Shiuse Qiangwei asked Xiang Shifeng. "Should we send someone to investigate first?"
All four paths gave off the same feeling of danger. It was difficult to determine which path to take.
"Which path did you take the last time?" Shifeng asked Youlan. Although he knew which path to take, he still asked.
"Last time, we investigated all four paths. One of them was guarded by a Great Lord ranked Big Wave SS. The other two paths were filled with traps and ambushing monsters. The last path was guarded by quite a few monsters. After we killed those monsters, we discovered that the path led to another fork. Hence, we decided to take the path guarded by the Big Wave SS. However, before we could get very far, three Big Wave SS's annihilated our team," Youlan explained.
In reality, their previous adventure had ended before they had obtained any information.
Hence, Youlan wanted to find an expert to challenge the three Big Wave SS again.
When Overwhelming Smile's members recalled the three Great Lords they had encountered, they could not help but feel chills run down their spines. Even a 100-man team would struggle to deal with a single Great Lord. Aside from the Great Lord, there were also many other monsters. There were very few players capable of taking on a Great Lord, not to mention three Great Lords.
Before they could deal with the three Great Lords, they had been overwhelmed by the smaller monsters accompanying them …
"I see. Let's take a look at the path with the fork, then," Shifeng said, nodding.
"Normally, the path guarded by the Big Wave SS is the correct path. Taking a fork is just a waste of time," Youlan explained.
"What you said might be true in other virtual reality games, but in God's Domain, it is half true, half false," Shifeng said, chuckling. "This is an entry trial. The ultimate goal is to clear the maze, not to defeat all the Big Wave SS, right?"
In reality, of the four initial paths, every path could lead to the exit of the maze. It was only up to players to choose which path to take.
If one was strong enough, they could take the Big Wave SS path, which was the most difficult path. This path was the most direct, and it also saved the most time. On the contrary, as Youlan had said, the paths with many forks were the safest and most time-consuming.
Youlan and the others had chosen the most difficult path from the very start. It was no wonder why they had been annihilated so soon after venturing into the maze.
The matter of these four paths was a lesson learned from the experiences of countless players.
Back when Shi Feng and the others had first arrived here, they had been just as ignorant. They had insisted on single-mindedly killing all of the Guardian Bosses. In the end, they had been annihilated several times. Fortunately, they always had a Cleric stand guard at a distance. Once they were killed by the Guardian Bosses, they could resurrect and challenge the Guardian Bosses. Fortunately, this was the entrance trial. No matter how many times players died, they would not lose EXP after resurrecting. However, they would lose Skill Mastery.
However, they would lose Skill Points. Unlike Youlan, who had been so naive as to charge forward without a single player reviving, she had wasted an opportunity. She hadn't even had the chance to gather information.
When Youlan and the others heard Shifeng's words, realization dawned on them.
Following which, Shifeng led the team down the path with the most forks. Along the way, the Shifeng deliberately led the team down many wrong paths, leading the team into difficult situations and traps. However, with the team's strength, dealing with these traps and the various Level 40-plus Elemental Creatures was a piece of cake.
In less than two hours, the team arrived at a large hall. This hall was the size of five soccer fields, and at the end of the hall was a large iron gate. Meanwhile, a steel statue over a dozen meters tall paced back and forth before the gate, its eyes glowing red. Aside from this steel statue, which was the largest in the hall, there were also a number of smaller steel statues around it. Every one of these steel statues wielded weapons, and they looked like well-trained soldiers.
[Steel Slaughterer] (Grand Lord) Level 44 HP 50,000,000/50,000,000
[Steel Guardian] (Lord) Level 42 HP 7,000,000/7,000,000
[Steel Watcher] (Elite) Level 40 HP 120,000/120,000
"Ke Le, you'll tank the Steel Slaughterer in a moment. The other MTs will each take on a Guardian! White, you'll pull the aggro of the Elite monsters. All mages, help me clear out the mobs! Everyone, go! "
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