496: Only you are so fast

Chapter 496: Only You Are This Fast

This Gui Nu River is a standalone instance, although it resembles the outside environment.

Beyond a certain range, it's just chaos.

The area isn't very large, and there aren't many monsters.

Lu Ran roughly glanced around; there were probably a few hundred?

The Level 40+ monsters looked very ordinary; he wondered why they were made into something resembling a ruin instance.

No wonder few people bothered to clear it.

The activation process was so tedious, yet the rewards obtained from clearing it were disproportionate. If it were Lu Ran, he wouldn't bother either.

But now.

To get the item for the Summoning God quest, he had no choice but to clear it.

With a thought, Lu Ran cast Wither Curse.

But the next second.

Nanasheng's startled cry came from beside him.

"Something's wrong, my body, something's wrong!" Nanasheng exclaimed in surprise.

Huh?

Lu Ran looked at Nanasheng.

She said strangely, "My HP is only a few thousand, this... what's going on? Also, my defense, attack, movement speed, all of them..."

Mid-sentence.

Lu Ran awkwardly scratched his head and said, "Sorry, I forgot we weren't in a party. You're an enemy unit now."

The effect of Wither Curse affected Nanasheng as well.

After speaking.

Lu Ran sent a party invitation to Nanasheng.

Only after Nanasheng accepted did the effect of Wither Curse disappear.

At the same time.

Nanasheng looked at Lu Ran and said, "What kind of ability is this again? I didn't look closely just now, is it some kind of debuff?"

Lu Ran nodded.

He said, "Yes, it's just one of my skills."

Skill?

Do Undead Mages have skills that apply debuffs to others?

But immediately, Nanasheng reacted.

Lu Ran's level was not something other Undead Mages could possess; Lu Ran had brand new Undead Mage skills.

"What's the effect?" Nanasheng asked.

"Attack power, maximum HP, defense, movement speed, all reduced by 99%," Lu Ran said casually.

Uh...

Nanasheng was dumbfounded.

Is this still a debuff?

Doesn't this simply turn any enemy unit into trash?

"I think I understand. You're an anomaly. Even if other Undead Mages reach this level and unlock this skill, they definitely won't achieve your effect, right?" Nanasheng asked.

"Smart," Lu Ran praised.

Then he turned his head.

Bone Storm directly raged forth.

The monsters were already Level 40+.

Now they were also affected by Wither Curse.

The efficiency was imaginable; one Bone Storm cast, and the entire map was cleared.

Then.

A dozen elites appeared.

Nanasheng was already used to Lu Ran's monster-clearing speed.

She explained, "After the normal monsters are cleared, elites will appear. After killing the elites, a BOSS will appear. The equipment drop rate is decent, but they are all Level 40-50 equipment, not very useful."

As she spoke, those dozen elites had already died.

Because Bone Storm was still ongoing, and the damage was still ticking, the dozen elites died as soon as they appeared.

Then.

The BOSS appeared, but also immediately died.

The entire instance instantly became quiet.

The entire process didn't even last through the eight-second duration of Bone Storm.

"Is that all?" Lu Ran asked.

"Yes, it's over. Probably only you can clear it this fast," Nanasheng said speechlessly.

This had nothing to do with level; even Nanasheng couldn't clear it this fast.

After all, although there weren't many monsters here, the area was large!

It wasn't like everyone had skills that covered the entire map like Lu Ran's.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ran immediately unfolded his Elf Wings and flew across the entire map, searching for drops.

Equipment and gold coins, Lu Ran ignored them all.

But after scanning around, he found nothing.

"It didn't drop, is the drop rate very low?" Lu Ran asked.

"There are too few monsters, the drop rate isn't actually very low; maybe it's just bad luck this time," Thor explained.

According to Thor's explanation.

For the interference data to achieve such a drop rate was already the limit of what the Hall of Valor could do.

Although this was a lower-plane world.

The digitized will was extremely powerful, powerful enough to contend with the Hall of Valor!

"Alright, then let's keep clearing," Lu Ran said helplessly.

What else could he do? He could only keep clearing.

Lu Ran returned to Nanasheng's side and asked, "How long is the monster respawn time here?"

"Five minutes, it's still quite fast," Nanasheng said.

She still didn't know what Lu Ran was looking for.

Of course, it couldn't be the equipment and gold coins here.

After all, they were all Level 40-50 equipment, which were not even considered trash to Lu Ran.

But it was strange.

Onmyojis from Sakura had been clearing this Gui Nu River for so many years, and she hadn't heard of anything new.

"Five minutes..." Lu Ran muttered helplessly.

Fast?

That was too slow!

Five minutes to respawn, eight seconds to clear, then check for drops.

The five-minute waiting process was too boring.

But there was no other way.

He could only clear it over and over again, and he didn't even know the specific drop rate.

Until over an hour later, Lu Ran couldn't remember how many times he had cleared it.

After the final BOSS died, Lu Ran didn't even habitually search for drops when he saw a golden light shoot straight into the sky!

"Holy crap! This is such a huge spectacle. I knew I didn't even need to search. This is too obvious. I was wondering if I hadn't looked carefully before and missed it," Lu Ran said with a wry smile.

He flew closer and picked it up to take a look.

Indeed!

It was the Scroll of Summoning God!

Lu Ran tore the scroll without hesitation, activated it, and successfully accepted the quest!

Lu Ran was already very familiar with this quest panel.

The required materials were indeed many.

"It's done. Let's go back and prepare for the summoning ritual," Lu Ran said.

It's worth mentioning that the materials required for this summoning quest are universal, and Dragon Xia also has them.

But the final summoning location must be in Sakura.

It's not limited to Gui Nu River, but it must be in Sakura, so he would have to make another trip there later.

The immediate priority now was to go back and have the Four Great Guilds help gather the materials.

With the capabilities of the Four Great Guilds, a few hours would be enough.

The two immediately rushed back.

Upon returning, they immediately found Liu Xinxin and the others.

Liu Xinxin and her group were quite familiar with the process. After recording the exact quantity of materials needed, they immediately divided the tasks.

Large quantities of materials began to rapidly converge on the Imperial Capital!

Two hours later, the materials were all gathered.

After Lu Ran submitted the materials.

Indeed!

The quest progress was achieved. Now, it was time for the final summoning ritual.

Lu Ran checked and saw that no local professional assistance was needed. Otherwise, if he really needed a dozen or twenty Onmyoji to assist, Lu Ran really wouldn't be able to handle it!

After all, currently, on a Global scale.

There was only Nanasheng left as an Onmyoji.

If he wanted more Onmyojis, unless Nanasheng could give birth to and raise a few, it would definitely be impossible.

And now, the process was simple.

Only one last summoning ritual remained, and the fifth God would appear!