296: New skills and new terms are needed

Chapter 296: Need New Skills and New Entries

Seeing the bewildered expressions on the faces of the group from Chi Nai Grand Shrine,

The leader knew that they also had no idea about Nanasheng's current situation.

Even,

Even the Onmyoji present were looking at each other.

Although Nanasheng was the Divine Child of Shintoism, they currently had no idea what her situation was.

"I probably know why Dragon Xia was able to clear the normal and hell difficulty of Black Dragon Mountain Range so quickly," one of the Shintoism members said.

"Speak," the leader said directly.

"It should be Yamata no Orochi!" that person said. "Nanasheng formed a reverse contract with Yamata no Orochi. Although it was equivalent to selling her own soul, Yamata no Orochi would help Nanasheng in order to emerge from the Shikigami space and obtain a continuous supply of resources. Don't forget, Yamata no Orochi is a Level 100 BOSS-level creature! Clearing Black Dragon Mountain Range would be simple, wouldn't it?"

To be fair, this analysis made a lot of sense!

But this enraged the leader.

"Baka! Since Nanasheng has Yamata no Orochi, why didn't she lead us, Great Sakura, to quickly clear Black Dragon Mountain Range in Sakura? That would have accumulated countless black dragon equipment for us, allowing our Sakura to stand at the peak of the Global, and win the National War King!" the leader roared.

This...

Everyone looked at each other.

They really hadn't thought of this at the time.

It was simply that Nanasheng was somewhat autocratic back then.

After being continuously suppressed by the Mysterious Necromancer, Nanasheng's pressure had reached its peak!

So after obtaining Yamata no Orochi, the first thing Nanasheng wanted to do was not to clear Black Dragon Mountain Range, but to go to Dragon Xia and kill that Undead Mage!

Unfortunately...

No one knew what exactly happened in between.

Leading to the final result being:

Not only did Lu Ran not die, but Nanasheng also didn't return!

It was bad enough that she didn't return, but Nanasheng even joined the opposing team in clearing Black Dragon Mountain Range.

With Yamata no Orochi's assistance, Dragon Xia achieved the first clear of Black Dragon Mountain Range!

Moreover,

Nanasheng herself wasn't even the captain; she was completely just a worker in the team!

Using Yamata no Orochi as a tool to help Dragon Xia gain Global honor!

This almost made everyone present furious!

What made them even more frustrated was that

Professional players from other countries didn't even know that Nanasheng had Yamata no Orochi.

Now, Dragon Xia had cleared Black Dragon Mountain Range.

And they cleared the hell difficulty of Black Dragon Mountain Range in twelve minutes!

This credit would not be attributed to their Sakura Onmyoji Nanasheng, but to that Undead Mage Lu Ran, and to Dragon Xia!

"Given the situation, we still don't know Nanasheng's current status, but there's one thing we need to figure out quickly."

One of the leaders said, "We need to quickly figure out whether Nanasheng has betrayed our Sakura, or if she has some other scheme?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"She shouldn't have betrayed us; there's no reason."

"Yes, Nanasheng has Yamata no Orochi, she's invincible Global, that Undead Mage couldn't possibly be Nanasheng's opponent."

"She can't have betrayed us, it's just that we don't know the specific situation right now."

"Damned Dragon Xia has shut down cross-country communication, so we can't contact Nanasheng now."

"The most crucial thing isn't Nanasheng's scheme, but whether she will still serve our Sakura!"

"During the National War, as long as Nanasheng is here, as long as Yamata no Orochi is here, we will be number one Global!"

"But if Nanasheng doesn't return and doesn't participate in the National War, our Sakura's situation will be precarious."

"Indeed, we must quickly ascertain Nanasheng's current stance and situation, as well as her true intentions."

"But how do we do it? Organize a large number of professional players to infiltrate Dragon Xia again? Smuggling through the Forbidden Sea has too high a death rate!"

"The National War is imminent; we cannot afford to lose any more professional players!"

...

Everyone spoke one after another.

Some advocated sending people to contact Nanasheng to clarify the situation.

Some suggested applying for entry into Dragon Xia to find Nanasheng.

Others insisted that Nanasheng had not betrayed them, but simply had another scheme, so there was no need to worry.

For a while, there were all sorts of opinions.

The leaders, however, were in a predicament.

Under the current circumstances, simply contacting Nanasheng via communicator would reveal where the problem lay.

But Yu Qingcang had announced the shutdown of cross-country teleportation and cross-country communication, so Dragon Xia was now like a stubborn rock, completely unresponsive!

There was simply no way to obtain any intelligence from within Dragon Xia!

Ultimately,

The leaders dared not take risks easily.

They could only use the safest, but also most likely to fail, method.

"Apply for entry. Chi Nai Grand Shrine and Shintoism must have people familiar with Nanasheng submit the entry application list. If it passes, contact Nanasheng as soon as possible! I need to find out what happened!" the leader said.

"What if Dragon Xia rejects the entry application?" someone asked.

The leader's words immediately caught in his throat.

If the entry application was rejected,

Who knew what to do!

"Let's take it one step at a time. Prepare the list immediately, then apply, and we'll see the result," the leader's head was about to explode.

Meanwhile, Nanasheng,

Had already re-entered Black Dragon Mountain Range with Lu Ran and the others.

But this time, they weren't entering the hell difficulty.

But the hell difficulty!

The highest level, highest difficulty team dungeon, Black Dragon Mountain Range's hell difficulty, on a Global scale!

And Lu Ran had already started clearing it!

With the experience from the hell difficulty, Lu Ran was even more at ease.

Although the difficulty difference between hell difficulty and hell difficulty was significant, huge!

Before Lu Ran, however, there was actually no difference.

BOSSes were instantly killed by Si Luoluo!

Whether it was normal difficulty, hell difficulty, or hell difficulty, they were all instantly killed.

What was the difference?

Although the regular monsters were stronger, Lu Ran's infinite stacking of Bone Storm and the vast Undead Army meant the overall clearing speed would be a bit slower.

But they would all die before the final Black Dragon BOSS appeared.

Then,

Si Luoluo would instantly kill the Black Dragon BOSS.

In terms of speed, it was even faster!

The difficulty, on the other hand, had no difference!

Therefore,

After Lu Ran cleared the hell difficulty,

The record was broken again.

Of course,

Because it was the Global first clear of the hell difficulty Black Dragon Mountain Range,

So no matter how long it took, the record would be broken.

However,

This hell difficulty's time also broke the hell difficulty's world record.

This time, it took eleven minutes and thirteen seconds!

"It's a pity, I couldn't get under ten minutes, it's still a bit slow," Lu Ran said regretfully.

Black Dragon Mountain Range was simply too big.

Even flying, plus the time to trigger the BOSS and travel time, it was difficult to compress the time to within ten minutes.

This time was already extremely tight.

"If there were new abilities, new skills, like Skeleton Tyrant, perhaps the time could be compressed further," Liu Xinxin mused.

Then she looked at Lu Ran.

Lu Ran, with his spiritual sense, glanced at his experience bar, which was just a sliver away from leveling up.

He mused, "Anyway, the black dragon heart hasn't dropped yet, so we need to keep clearing. Moreover, one more clear, and I'll be able to Level 55. At that time, new entries and new skills will be unlocked."

Upon hearing this,

Liu Xinxin and the others' eyes immediately lit up!

In other words, on the next run, Lu Ran would be able to Level 55 and unlock new skills and new entries!