194: Chapter 190: Challenge - Clear the Top Ten Dungeons in 7 Days!

Meanwhile, in Xia Country, all television stations, online streaming platforms, and social media were simultaneously broadcasting the situation outside the Atlantis dungeon.

When those golden characters appeared on the clearance leaderboard—the entire Xia Country exploded.

The comment stream scrolled frantically.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!!"

"Three minutes and twenty seconds?! It takes me longer than that just to go downstairs and buy a bottle of water!!!"

"Atlantis? Is that it?! Is that really it?!"

"Lu Yuan is a legend!!!"

"I'm here trying to challenge it, and you're speedrunning it?!"

"I hereby announce that starting today, Lu Yuan is my idol forever!!!"

Lu Family Residence.

Li Muyao sat on the sofa, clutching the hands of Bai Zhi and Celia tightly.

All three of them stared intently at the golden characters on the screen.

When they saw the words "Clearance Successful," Celia jumped up, shouting excitedly.

"Young Master succeeded! Young Master cleared it!!!"

Bai Zhi did not speak, but her usually calm eyes welled up with tears of excitement.

...

[Congratulations on killing the Emperor-level BOSS [Poseidon, Sea Emperor], rewards are being calculated...]

[Experience Points + 200 Million]

[Dropped Items: Legendary Weapon: Sea Emperor's Trident, Legendary Set: Sea God's Armor (Top), Legendary Set: Sea God's Leggings, Super-tier Skill Stone: Deep Sea Domain, Water Attribute Crystal Core × 10]

Lu Yuan looked at the glittering equipment on the ground and couldn't help but whistle.

"Tsk, as expected of the final BOSS of a Forbidden Dungeon. This drop rate is decent."

He bent down and picked up the trident, which glowed with a golden light.

[Sea Emperor's Trident (Legendary)]

[Attack Power: + 85,000]

[Special Effect: 30% chance to summon a sea beast to fight for you upon attacking]

[Special Effect: Water Attribute Skill Damage Increased by 50%]

[Skill: Sea God's Wrath — Summons a giant whirlpool, dealing continuous damage to all enemies in range for 10 seconds.]

Good grief.

An attack power bonus of 85,000, plus two special effects and an active skill.

If this thing were put up for sale, it could probably be traded for an entire city.

However, Lu Yuan glanced at his pile of Magic Pets.

It seemed none of them were suitable for using a water-attribute weapon.

"Whatever, I'll just keep it for now. It might barely be usable for Celia when I get back."

Next, he picked up the two pieces of Sea God's Armor.

[Sea God's Armor (Legendary Set)]

[Defense: + 120,000]

[Set Effect: Water Attribute Skill Damage Reduction 50%]

[Set Effect: Fire Attribute Skill Damage Reduction 50%]

[Set Effect: Grants Domain Skill: Deep Sea Domain — Exerts pressure on sea beast-level creatures, reducing all their attributes by 30%.]

"A set?"

Lu Yuan's eyes lit up.

Fifty percent damage reduction for water attributes, fifty percent for fire attributes.

Plus the pressure effect of the Deep Sea Domain.

Fighting sea beast-type BOSSes would basically be like a father beating his son.

"Alright, I'll put it on for now."

He immediately equipped the two pieces of armor.

A golden light flashed across him and vanished, as if it had merged with his body.

Comfortable.

Lu Yuan rolled his shoulders and turned to walk out of the dungeon.

...

Outside the dungeon.

Seeing the young man slowly walk out from the spatial rift, the whole world fell into a dead silence!

"He's out! Lu Yuan is out!!!"

"He walked out alive!!!"

"Someone actually managed to clear a Forbidden Dungeon."

"Three minutes and twenty seconds!"

"This isn't a dungeon challenge, this is clearly a speedrun!"

"Lu Yuan is the legend! The eternal god!!!"

"Mom's asking why I'm kneeling while watching the stream!"

"Once these dungeons are cleared, they won't be able to descend into the real world again!"

...

Lu Yuan looked at the seething crowd and scratched his head, somewhat helpless.

"Is it really that big of a deal? It's just a dungeon run..."

Lei Zhen strode out from the crowd.

He stared at Lu Yuan, looking him up and down several times to confirm that he hadn't even scratched his skin, then took a deep breath.

"You brat... are you even human?"

Lu Yuan smiled: "I'm the genuine article."

Lei Zhen: "..."

Genuine article my foot!

A three-minute and twenty-second clear of Atlantis!

He had lived for fifty years and had never heard of anything so outrageous!

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared in everyone's field of vision.

It hadn't walked out.

It had appeared out of thin air.

A black robe, a white mask.

The Mask had no expression, only two hollow eye sockets that seemed to swallow all light.

He stood quietly on the high point of the ruins, looking down at the crowd below.

Everyone was stunned.

"Who is that?"

"I don't know... never seen him before..."

"Wait! That mask..."

Someone's eyes widened abruptly, their voice trembling.

"The leader of the Dark Church!!!"

Boom—!

The crowd instantly exploded.

The leader of the Dark Church?!

That mysterious existence who had been wanted globally for decades but had never been caught?!

Wasn't he always hiding behind the scenes?!

How dare he show his face in public?!

Lei Zhen's brows furrowed, and a thick arc of lightning shot out from between his hands.

However, the lightning attack passed straight through The Mask's body.

"This is... an illusion?!"

The Mask shrugged: "Lei Zhen, kid, we haven't seen each other for so many years, why are you still so hot-headed?"

Lei Zhen frowned and demanded: "You guy, what exactly are you trying to do by sending a shadow here?"

Beneath the white mask, a hoarse and low voice slowly sounded.

"Of course, it is for our savior."

"Congratulations, Lu Yuan."

"You successfully cleared Atlantis, becoming the first person in all of humanity to clear a Forbidden Dungeon!"

"You are very strong."

"Strong enough to exceed my expectations, and you have disrupted many of my plans, causing me quite a bit of trouble."

He paused for a moment and continued:

"So I have decided, starting from today, the world's ten great Forbidden Dungeons... no, now it is the nine great Forbidden Dungeons, the spatial barriers of these nine dungeons will all be torn apart, and the Emperor-level BOSSes inside will all descend into the real world."

As his voice fell, the entire place fell into a dead silence.

Everyone's faces turned pale in an instant.

"Wh... what does that mean?!"

"The ten great Forbidden Dungeons descending into reality?!"

"Those are all filled with Emperor-level BOSSes!!!"

"Is he crazy?!"

Beneath the white mask, that hoarse voice sounded again, carrying a trace of mockery.

"If you want to survive, it's simple: hand Lu Yuan over to me, and I will stop all of this."

His gaze passed through the crowd and landed on Lu Yuan.

"How about it?"

"Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the people of the world?"

The whole place fell silent again.

Every gaze fell squarely on Lu Yuan.

"Um... actually, I think if sacrificing one person can save the whole world..."

"Yeah, besides, he's so strong, maybe he won't even die if he goes?"

"Sacrifice the individual for the greater good..."

Those voices were very small, very small.

But in the quiet square, they were exceptionally grating.

Lu Yuan smiled.

"I am not willing."

Crisp and clean.

Without the slightest hesitation.

The voice beneath the white mask seemed somewhat surprised.

"Oh?"

"It seems you want the whole world to be buried with you!"

Lu Yuan looked at the Black-robed Man standing on high and shook his head lightly.

"No,"

"I just think that these so-called Forbidden Dungeons are nothing special."

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately caused an uproar.

Many people felt Lu Yuan was arrogant.

But Lu Yuan had indeed cleared a Forbidden Dungeon.

He had the right to say that!

A faint, elusive smile curled at the corners of Lu Yuan's mouth.

"I declare here, in front of the whole world."

"Within seven days."

"I will sweep through all the ten great Forbidden Dungeons globally."

"Not a single one will be left!"