13: Ironback Bear

Chapter 13: Iron-Backed Bear

If it were before, Qin Wuyao might have hesitated.

Because a Rift Dungeon’s difficulty is comparable to a team dungeon of the same level.

The Level 10 Rift Contract in Lu Ran’s hand naturally opened a Rift Dungeon with a difficulty comparable to a Level 10 dungeon.

Lu Ran was a Level 8 Undead Mage, and although Qin Wuyao had a hidden profession, she was only Level 5.

Professionals with Rift Contracts either choose to sell the contract or hire or find a more advanced professional they know to clear it for them.

Under normal circumstances, a Level 8 Undead Mage and a Level 5 Space Walker would not be able to clear a Level 10 Rift Dungeon.

But now, Qin Wuyao had no reservations whatsoever.

She knew that Rift Contracts were different from team dungeons; team dungeons could be entered solo, but Rift Dungeons had a rule requiring a team of at least two and a maximum of five people to enter!

The reason Lu Ran brought her along was probably because he wanted a tool.

He didn't even think about needing this tool to help with damage output.

Then, the two quickly returned to the previous Illusion Monarch Butterfly area, and after another ten minutes, they precisely located the specific entrance of the Rift Dungeon marked by the Rift Contract.

The mark on the Rift Contract began to flash.

Lu Ran also saw the option to open the Rift Dungeon, so he chose to open it without hesitation.

Instantly, a mysterious force tore open a rift in the space in front of them.

Lu Ran and Qin Wuyao exchanged glances and stepped into it together.

After a brief blur of vision, their surroundings opened up. Similar to the Illusion Monarch Butterfly area they were in before entering, it was a hillside.

The area was quite large, but the monsters inside were not Illusion Monarch Butterfly; instead, they were massive, stout black bears wandering around!

The black fur of the giant bears gleamed with a cold, dark light under the sun, and their backs were covered in a metallic sheen.

“Level 10 Iron-Backed Bear!” Qin Wuyao immediately recognized them.

Lu Ran was also familiar with them.

The most information learned in the academy was about low-level dungeons.

Lu Ran checked the dungeon name; it was indeed a Level 10 Rift Dungeon: Bear Hill.

Rift Dungeons exist independently of regular dungeons, with fixed levels and random monsters.

They only have one BOSS and various numbers of regular monsters, with no elites.

“Iron-Backed Bears have a low attack frequency, but their damage is very high, and their defense and HP are very thick. We need to be careful,” Qin Wuyao cautioned.

“It’s fine, let’s start killing,” Lu Ran said indifferently.

Then, he plunged his staff into the ground.

An endless stream of Skeleton Soldiers began to burst forth, densely covering a large area in front of them in an instant!

Because this dungeon had an open terrain with no fixed areas, Lu Ran simply spread out the Skeleton Soldiers, and when they encountered an Iron-Backed Bear, they would Corpse Explosion!

The team successfully killed an Iron-Backed Bear and gained 180 experience.

“Wow, so much experience!” Lu Ran’s eyes lit up.

It was almost three times the experience of a Level 5 Frost Wolf in Frostwolf Valley!

But the difficulty was the same, because no matter what kind of monster it was, a group of skeletons would rush up and hack it to death, and if it wasn't killed, a Corpse Explosion would finish it off!

“It’s really high!” Qin Wuyao was also excited.

After all, she hadn't entered a dungeon yet. When grinding monsters in the wild, the experience penalty combined with the low experience from wild monsters meant each one only gave 30 experience!

She had originally planned to have someone carry her in a Level 5 dungeon today.

Now, she was first pulled into a Rift Dungeon by Lu Ran.

One monster gave 180 experience!

Moreover, Lu Ran’s monster-clearing speed was very fast!

Even after using Corpse Explosion to finish off monsters, Lu Ran could replenish his mana through natural recovery.

But throughout the entire process, neither of them needed to do anything; they just looted the bodies of the Iron-Backed Bears along the way.

Not only was the experience high in Rift Dungeons, but the drop rate was also high.

From just these regular monsters, Lu Ran picked up over a dozen blue-grade items and even one purple-grade rare item!

Unfortunately, all the equipment dropped in this Rift Dungeon was heavy armor, which Lu Ran, a magic-user, couldn't use, but he could sell it for money!

The two strolled along leisurely, and when they were about to encounter the Bear King, Qin Wuyao successfully leveled up to Level 6.

She was already second on the newcomer ranking, and her experience was not far from Level 6. With such high experience in this Rift Dungeon, leveling up was to be expected.

For Lu Ran, although the experience was also very high, he still needed quite a bit more to reach Level 9.

After clearing all the regular monsters, the two arrived at the Bear King's area.

Lu Ran, who had already blown up many Frostwolf King BOSSes, was familiar with the process. To be safe, he had also accumulated a wave of Skeleton Soldiers outside.

Finally, with a single command,

Over a hundred Skeleton Soldiers surged forward, approaching the Bear King and directly using Corpse Explosion!

The injured Bear King roared furiously, raising its claws and attacking the surrounding Skeleton Soldiers indiscriminately!

But it simply couldn't withstand wave after wave of Corpse Explosion.

In less than ten seconds,

The Bear King's health bar was emptied. It let out a mournful howl, fell to the ground, and went still.

Bang!

From the Bear King's corpse, five pieces of equipment dropped!

Two blue, two purple, and one was even gold!

“Gold-grade equipment!” Lu Ran’s eyes lit up.

Gold-grade, that was legendary equipment!

Even a Level 10 legendary item was extremely valuable!

He excitedly rushed over and picked up all the equipment.

“It’s a shame this crappy dungeon only drops heavy armor. As a magic-user, I can’t use it!” Lu Ran was utterly speechless.

If the legendary equipment dropped had been for magic-users, Lu Ran could have worn it when he reached Level 10, which would have been a significant upgrade!

But now, he had to sell them all!

However, calculating the total, selling all this equipment would be worth a fortune!

Compared to the price of the Rift Contract itself, it was an absolute steal!

“You’re lucky, because even if Rift Dungeons have a high drop rate, the drop rate for legendary equipment isn’t that high,” Qin Wuyao said from the side.

As for gold coins, Lu Ran picked up over five thousand, which was also a good amount!

At the same time.

Liang Family.

Liang Shaoyu and Liang Tai sat together, both looking extremely grim.

“Father, those three guys’ communicators are offline. It’s also possible they manually set themselves to offline/do not disturb. They might not necessarily be dead,” Liang Shaoyu said cautiously.

“The three of them were sent by me to kill Lu Ran, and they haven’t sent back any news, then suddenly all set themselves to offline status?” Liang Tai retorted.

Liang Shaoyu was immediately speechless.

Liang Tai frowned deeply, pondering, “But if they are dead, what’s the reason? Killing Lu Ran shouldn’t have resulted in them being counter-killed, unless someone else intervened. Could it be the Qin Family?”

And most importantly, is Lu Ran dead or not? What about his equipment?

“Father, could it be that those three guys got greedy after obtaining Lu Ran’s level-less equipment and ran off?” Liang Shaoyu suggested, as if something occurred to him.

Liang Tai’s face immediately darkened; it wasn't impossible!

But just as the father and son were worrying about this, someone suddenly came in to report: “Lu Ran and Qin Wuyao have returned from outside the city, safe and sound!”