52: Is this the dragon monster? So strong! Jinniu, swallow it!
The teleportation light faded away.
Qin Yun discovered that he had appeared within an ancient valley.
Looking around, he saw towering ancient trees with roots like coiling dragons, and cliffs of varying heights, all filled with a primal, savage atmosphere.
Suddenly!
The sounds of numerous Dragon Monsters roaring echoed all around.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
【Master, there are a large number of Dragon Monsters in this valley, even more than the exotic beasts in the Black Bone Forest!】
A sentence popped up over Golden Niu's head.
"What? The number of Dragon Monsters in just this one valley is greater than the exotic beasts in the Black Bone Forest map?"
Qin Yun felt a surge of joy and opened the map. He could see the terrain and size of the valley; it was more than half the size of the Black Bone Forest map, while the area outside the valley was just a void.
To reveal the map of other areas, he would need to explore them.
"Golden Niu, can you smell everyone's scent?"
A line of text appeared above Golden Niu's head: 【I am a Golden Toad, not a dog, I cannot smell across maps!】
Qin Yun gave a sheepish smile.
It seemed he had underestimated the size of the Dragon Abyss Ancient Land map; he had originally thought it was just a map slightly larger than a normal one.
However, he had distributed resurrection coins to everyone, along with a set of top-tier early-game equipment.
As for his parents and Oldest Sister, Qin Yun had also given them plenty of resurrection coins, so there was no need to worry too much.
This way, he could be a lone wolf and roam freely without worry.
After all, unknown Opportunities were hidden everywhere here, and having them follow him might not necessarily be a good thing.
With that thought, Qin Yun decided to start grinding Dragon Monsters first to see how they differed from exotic beasts!
Thump, thump, thump!
Dozens of foraging Dragon Monsters discovered Qin Yun. Their Ranks were not high and were uneven; some were Rank 1, some were Rank 2, and the highest was only Rank 3.
Qin Yun realized.
The first layer of this Dragon Abyss Ancient Land map was only accessible to those Rank 5 and below, which meant the monsters inside were not all Rank 5, but ranged from Rank 1 to Rank 5.
Qin Yun looked at the leading Dragon Monster.
It looked like a Triceratops, but with significant differences; this Dragon Monster stood upright, its forelimbs were like human arms but covered in scales, and it wore ancient armor, held a battle-axe, and had a thick dragon tail behind it.
【Name: Triceratops Dragon Monster】
【Rank: Rank 3 LV90】
【HP: 24280】
【Beast Power: 4080】
【Attack: 7585】
【Defense: 9712】
【Talent: Dragon Breath (C)】 (Universal talent for Dragon Monsters, only the level differs)
【Effect: All stats +12%, can inflict high damage to a fan-shaped area in front, C-Rank Dragon Breath has no additional special effect bonuses.】
【Innate Beast Skill: Tri-Horn Break (C)】
【Exclusive Beast Skills: Dragon Charge, Dragon Axe Horizontal Slash, ... Dragon Scale Armor Technique】
【Special Status: Dragon Abyss Power】
【Equipment: 3 pieces of Rank 3 attack blue gear, 2 pieces of Rank 3 attack green gear, 5 pieces of Rank 3 defense green gear】
What the f***?
Just a normal monster and it's fully geared?
Can you believe this?
You have to know, outside, exotic beasts, normal monsters, and even elite monsters often have no equipment; only some BOSSes have them.
Yet in this map, any random normal Dragon Monster he encountered was fully geared. Other weaker Dragon Monsters were also fully geared, just with lower quality equipment due to their lower level.
But this was already shocking enough.
With equipment bonuses, the stats of these Dragon Monsters were definitely much higher than normal exotic beasts. It could be said that any random Dragon Monster had the combat power of an elite exotic beast, or even higher.
At this moment, Qin Yun noticed that the HP and Defense of this group of Dragon Monsters were not right!
Under normal circumstances, this Rank 3 Dragon Monster's HP should only be over ten thousand, but now it was over twenty thousand, clearly doubled.
【Master, these Dragon Monsters all have a special BUFF effect!】
Golden Niu reminded him.
Special BUFF?
Qin Yun then noticed the Dragon Monster's special status 【Dragon Abyss Power】: "What is the use of this Dragon Abyss Power?"
Without transforming into his Beast God Form, Qin Yun could not inspect the Dragon Abyss Power, but Golden Niu could.
【For normal Dragon Monsters, HP and Defense are doubled! The higher the potential of the Dragon Monster, the higher the bonus!】
"What? Doubled HP and Defense? No wonder their HP and Defense are so astonishing!"
It seems the Dragon Monsters here have a natural advantage; if others encountered them, they would likely have a bitter fight!
"Roar!"
The leading Dragon Monster seemed very angry, but since it hadn't reached Rank 5, it could only roar in beast language.
"Golden Niu, what is it saying?"
【It says, outsiders should all die, and no one should think about coveting the great treasure guarded by their Dragon Monster clan!】
Qin Yun's eyes lit up immediately; it seemed the rumors of a great treasure in the Dragon Abyss Ancient Land were not groundless.
At this moment, the Dragon Monsters had already launched their attack. They sprayed Dragon Breath at Qin Yun together. Dozens of visible streams of Dragon Breath sprayed over, with astonishing power!
But! -0! -0! -0!
The Dragon Monsters' eyes instantly bulged, staring like copper bells.
Wait!
Isn't this little brat only Rank 3?
Why could their active Dragon Breath effect not harm a single hair on him?
Qin Yun naturally wouldn't explain to them; with their weak combat power, they couldn't hope to break his defense!
"Golden Niu, devour them!"
【Okay, Master!】
Golden Niu opened her mouth, and the entire Dragon Valley map was enveloped by the abyss.
Seeing such an exaggerated Beast Skill effect, the dozens of Dragon Monsters present were stunned on the spot.
"Oh no! There's a cheater!"
Before they could speak, Golden Niu swallowed the vast majority of the Dragon Monsters in the Dragon Valley map in one gulp. The remaining ones were scared out of their wits, trembling like weak and helpless quails.
【Ding, devoured normal Dragon Monster, spat out Gold Coins X20!】
【Ding, devoured elite Dragon Monster, spat out Gold Coins X60!】
【Ding, devoured leader BOSS Dragon Monster, spat out Gold Coins X200!】
【Ding, triggered other currency, extra spat out resurrection coin X20, Zuang Coin X2!】
【Ding, triggered other currency, extra spat out resurrection coin X60, Zuang Coin X4!】
【Ding, triggered other currency, extra spat out resurrection coin X200, Zuang Coin X6!】
【Ding, killed special monster Dragon Monster, EXP doubled!】
【Ding, your Rank increased +1!】
【Ding, your Rank increased +1!】
【Ding, your Rank increased +1!】
Looking at the flood of notifications, Qin Yun was instantly stunned.
No way!
Killing Dragon Monsters doubles the coin drop?
Most importantly, there's a probability of dropping resurrection coins and Zuang Coins when killing these Dragon Monsters?
Didn't it only have a chance to drop when killing BOSSes before? How come it drops even when killing normal Dragon Monsters here?
"Golden Niu, what is going on?"
【Master, I don't know...】
Ugh!!!
Qin Yun guessed that perhaps this was a hidden function of the System; killing monsters inside special maps, even normal monsters, could potentially drop special currencies.
Or perhaps it was due to the rules within the Dragon Abyss Ancient Land map; every Dragon Monster killed here had a high probability of dropping a lot of loot!
He could analyze this from the fact that a significant amount of items dropped after Golden Niu devoured those dozens of Dragon Monsters.
Since that was the case, Qin Yun was even less likely to let any Dragon Monster here escape.
He wanted to rely on this special map to accumulate enough resurrection coins, Zuang Coins, and Gold Coins!
This wasn't just a special map; it was clearly a massive treasure trove for farming coins!
30 seconds later!
"Golden Niu, take another bite, clear out the Dragon Monsters here, we will sweep this map clean!!!"
【Alrighty!】
Golden Niu cast Infinite Devour again on the spot, devouring all the remaining Dragon Monsters.
【Ding, devoured normal Dragon Monster, spat out Gold Coins X20!】
【Ding, triggered other currency, extra spat out resurrection coin X20, Zuang Coin X2!】
And just after Qin Yun rode Golden Niu away from the Dragon Valley map, a dark figure emerged from the shadows, and it let out a sinister laugh: "Heh!"