The entrance to the Molten Core was in the Blackrock Depths, at the end of the bridge behind the Room of the Seven, which was next to the Iron Furnace used to smelt Black Iron.
Of course, you didn't need to enter from here every time. There was a small room at the end of the Blackrock Mountain with an Elf inside. Players could find him to accept the quest for the Molten Core. After completing the quest, they could directly use the Teleport Crystal to enter the Instance Dungeon.
The quest was given to a high Elf NPC at the entrance of the Molten Core, Lothos Skyscar. He would ask you to go to the Blackrock Depths and bring him a 'Molten Fragment'.
This wasn't difficult at all. After entering the Blackrock Depths Instance Dungeon, there was a fork in the road in front of the Hall of the Seven that led to the Molten Core. The Molten Fragment that Lu Li and the others needed was on the left side of the Instance Dungeon's entrance. Of course, they could use the conventional method to kill their way there.
For the current players, the Blackrock Depths Instance Dungeon was very easy.
The formation of the Molten Core roughly happened 300 years ago during the War of the Three Hammers.
When Emperor Thaurissan was defeated and the Bronzebeard Dwarves were at the foot of the Blackrock Mountain, he planned to summon a demon to help him deal with the enemy. However, the demon that he summoned wasn't an ordinary demon. The demon that he summoned was the Lord of Fire, Ragnaros, who had been banished back to the Elemental Void by the Titans.
Ragnaros broke through Emperor Thaurissan's control and brought back the Fire Elemental from the same dimension. He transformed the Blackrock Mountain and the surrounding environment into an active volcanic area, while also killing Emperor Thaurissan.
As for the coalition of the Bronzebeard Dwarves and the Wildhammer Dwarves, anyone with a brain would run away when they saw such a large Fire Elemental rushing out of the mountain.
The Bronzebeard Dwarves went home to repair Ironforge, and the Wildhammer Dwarves who returned to Grim Batol found that it was already rotten moved to Eagle's Nest Mountain. The Dark Iron Dwarves became Ragnaros's lackeys in this world.
Ragnaros, who had finally returned to the world of Azeroth, went into hibernation. He handed over the Molten Core to Majordomo Majordomo, who led the Flamewalker army to guard it. Together with his cute pet Magmadar, the two traitors of the Wind Prince, Jarl and Baron Geddon, as well as the lava giant, Guremang, they guarded the underground cave.
During the Elemental War many years ago, Ragnaros was able to absorb most of Thunderaan's essence and seal the rest of Thunderaan's energy in the Windseeker's Imprisonment Skull accessory. He even split the accessory into two and gave it to Jarl and Baron Geddon who betrayed the prince.
The respawn time of this Instance Dungeon was one week. The respawn time would start from the moment your party killed any of the Bosses. Of course, they would usually kill the first Boss, Lucifron.
Any player's dungeon record in the same party would affect the entire party. In other words, if a party managed to kill a Boss, then any one of the 40 players could join another party and the Boss that was killed would not appear in the dungeon that the party entered.
This also meant that the substitutes would be at a disadvantage.
If they didn't enter the Instance Dungeon, then their cooldown would not be affected. However, since they had arranged for substitutes, then the probability of entering the Instance Dungeon was very high. As long as there was a need, they had to enter the Instance Dungeon. There were even some who repeatedly wiped after entering the Instance Dungeon. In the end, they were replaced by someone else. Without even killing a single Boss, they would not have the chance to enter the Instance Dungeon this week.
That was why when Lu Li requested for 15 substitutes and listed the required professions, Lu Li thought that there wouldn't be many people signing up.
He originally thought that there wouldn't be many people signing up, or that they would all be low-level players. After all, as long as the high-level players got the guide, they could enter the Instance Dungeon and fight the Boss according to the guide. By then, equipment and EXP would be at their fingertips.
However, the reality was beyond his expectations.
Those who signed up were all high-level players. They were the cream of the crop in the elite party. They were all talents that Lu Li had nurtured as a core member.
On the other hand, the slightly weaker elite members didn't join in the fun.
Wander looked down on Lu Li's IQ and shallow knowledge. He didn't understand why Lu Li felt that the substitutes would be at a disadvantage. Even if they were substitutes, they were still substitutes for the First Clear team. They were the strongest players in Ruling Sword besides the 40-man team.
Moreover, substitutes also meant that they had the opportunity to become regular players.
As for wasting the Instance Dungeon cooldown, who cared about this? When the Instance Dungeon guide was completed, there would be so many elite teams entering the Instance Dungeon. How could they have the opportunity to show off their strength?
As such, the First Clear team consisted of 40 players, plus 15 substitutes. There were a total of 55 players participating in the joint Instance Dungeon raid between Ruling Sword and Drizzle Court.
Drizzle Court was invited by Lu Li. Water Fairy herself, along with the Priest Star Baby and the Mage Qingcheng Yun, participated in the raid.
All three of them were girls, which represented the characteristics of Drizzle Court.
Originally, Lu Li was considering adding a few players from Peerless City. In his opinion, not only would this increase the strength of the team, but it would also unite their ally, Peerless City.
In Lu Li's long-term plan, Ruling Sword, Peerless City and Drizzle Court would form an iron triangle structure. It was more reliable than having a single king, and it wouldn't attract the attention of all the big and small guilds in the gaming circle. Take The Capital of Glory for example. They were constantly dividing their strength, creating new branches, secretly supporting new forces and so on.
The other clubs were the same.
However, no matter how much the Capital of Glory divided their strength, they were still the number one force in the gaming circle.
No matter who it was, as long as there was an opportunity, they wouldn't mind taking advantage of The Capital of Glory. This was called shooting the bird that stuck out.
After a period of time, Lu Li would also try to set up a branch. Ruling Sword's scale of 100,000 combat members was already enough.
Although they had 100,000 combat members, there were only a few thousand of them who were really strong. They were still far from the big clubs, so every time Lu Li had a large-scale battle, he would bring Drizzle Court, Peerless City, or other clubs in the Alliance.
However, Water Fairy rejected Lu Li's decision to bring Peerless City to participate in the raid.
Peerless City was an independent club. Even if Drizzle Court developed a strategy for the Molten Core and gave it to them, they would still have to pay a certain fee. Ruling Sword had no reason to take advantage of them for the sake of unity.
As the head of the club, Lu Li had to be responsible to the higher-ups and subordinates of the guild.
It was better for him to prioritize his own people first.
Before entering the Instance Dungeon, Lu Li had everyone go to a small island in the east of Azshara. The Hydrathean Water Elementals here were the mortal enemies of Ragnaros and his army.
From the Hydrathean Water Elemental Quartermaster, they could receive a Fire Resistance Potion. Although the effect wasn't too overpowered, it was still considered a good item. At the very least, it could play a certain role in a critical moment.
After everything was ready, Lu Li brought everyone into the Instance Dungeon.
This was an Instance Dungeon where any random piece of equipment could change a player's fate.
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