81: Chapter 81 Challenge of the Gods!

Lu Yin walked to the front of the stairwell, where the deep blue Dungeon entrance was like a flowing deep spring, emitting a profound light.

He reached out to touch it, and a chilly breath spread through his body along his fingertips.

[Dream God Challenge]

[Level Limit: Below Lv30]

[Recommended Players: 1]

[Dungeon Difficulty: Normal/Hard/Nightmare]

[Daily Limit: 1 time]

[Note: Different difficulty levels have different drop rates for dream god crystals]

Lu Yin chose the Nightmare difficulty without any hesitation.

As his figure was submerged in the teleportation light, Elder Zhou stepped out from the corner.

"I wonder to what extent this little fellow can go."

Meanwhile, as the teleportation light dissipated, Lu Yin found himself appearing in a distorted space.

The surroundings were filled with grey mist, and tiny light spots floated in the air, like shattered dream fragments.

The ground was as soft as stepping on clouds, yet it carried an unsettling stickiness.

Faint whispers came from the distance, like countless people murmuring in their dreams.

[Ding! You have entered the Dream God Dungeon (Nightmare Difficulty)]

As the notification sound faded, Lu Yin had just taken a step when the mist not far away suddenly surged violently.

A distorted shadow pounced out from the mist.

It was a creature with an eerie form, its body like flowing ink, without a fixed shape.

Its body constantly deformed in mid-air, sometimes turning into sharp claws, sometimes into spikes.

[Nightmare Beast]

[Level: 30 (Nightmare Grade)]

[Strength: 10,000, Constitution: 10,000]

[Agility: 10,000, Spirit: 10,000]

[Trait: Illusory Body (Immune to Physical Attacks)]

[Skills: Nightmare Breath, Mental Shock, Shadow Raid, Dream Weaving]

Lu Yin glanced at the monster's attributes; although it was only level 30, its four basic attributes far exceeded bosses of the same level.

Furthermore, it possessed a trait that allowed it to be immune to physical attacks.

"As expected of a God's Challenge, this monster's abilities are indeed a bit too exaggerated, but..."

"Come forth, Extreme Cold Tyrant."

Fifty pitch-black magic circles appeared around Lu Yin.

Fifty Extreme Cold Tyrants appeared, causing the temperature of the entire distorted space to drop suddenly, even the dream light spots floating in the air seemed to be frozen.

At the edge of the grey mist, tiny ice crystals condensed, making a faint "crackling" sound.

That distorted Nightmare Beast let out a piercing mental shriek, and an invisible Mental Shock surged toward Lu Yin like a wave.

Extreme Cold Ice Spike!

However, fifty Extreme Cold Tyrants attacked simultaneously, and a sky full of giant ice spikes shot toward the Nightmare Beast like a rainstorm.

Since it's immune to physical attacks, using magic attacks will do.

The Nightmare Beast's distorted form constantly shifted and dodged in the rain of ice spikes, but the number of Extreme Cold Tyrants was simply too many, covering the entire space.

Several ice spikes pierced through its flowing ink-colored body, and a large number of damage characters floated above its head.

-123,552!

-113,584!

-136,548!

...

[Ding! You have killed a Nightmare Beast, experience points increased by 80,000 (-20%)!]

[Ding! Obtained loot: dream god crystal]

Lu Yin held a walnut-sized irregular diamond-shaped crystal; there were countless tiny golden light dust particles inside the crystal.

Like a frozen galaxy, moving slowly along some mysterious trajectory.

Staring closely, one could seemingly see dream-like picture fragments flashing past in the deepest depths.

"Hmm, not bad, the drop rate is higher than expected... It's just that these Nightmare Beasts cannot drop soul of death, nor can they be resurrected as Death Soldier."

Lu Yin put away the dream god crystal and continued walking deep into the mist.

The soft ground beneath his feet rose and fell slightly with his steps, as if the entire space was breathing.

Those tiny whispers became clearer and clearer, like countless dreams intertwining in his ears.

Before he had gone far, the mist ahead suddenly split to the sides, revealing a very eerie sight.

Three larger Nightmare Beasts were slowly rotating around a floating dark purple crystal.

That crystal emitted heart-palpitating energy fluctuations, causing the surrounding space to produce subtle distortions.

[Nightmare Beast (Elite)]

[Level: 30 (Nightmare Grade)]

[Strength: 20,000, Constitution: 20,000]

[Agility: 20,000, Spirit: 20,000]

[Trait: Illusory Body (Immune to Physical Attacks), Dream Resonance (The HP of the three Nightmare Beasts is linked)]

[Skills: Dream Chain, Mental Storm, Shadow Raid, Dream Weaving]

"Resonance trait?"

Lu Yin's eyebrows twitched slightly.

It seemed these three monsters had to be killed simultaneously, otherwise they would heal each other.

While he was thinking of a tactic, the three Nightmare Beasts suddenly let out sharp hisses at the same time.

Their ink-colored bodies surged violently, turning into countless pitch-black chains that coiled toward Lu Yin from three directions like venomous snakes!

Dream Chain!

Lu Yin's figure retreated rapidly, and with a thought.

Frozen Domain!

Fifty Extreme Cold Tyrants erupted with magic power at the same time, and bone-chilling ice energy exploded outwards with them as the center.

The entire space was instantly frozen, along with those attacking chains.

Less than three meters from Lu Yin, they were frozen in mid-air, making a "cracking" sound of shattering.

However, the strength of the Elite Nightmare Beasts far exceeded that of ordinary individuals; they broke free from the ice.

Their ink-colored bodies suddenly fused together, turning into a giant black vortex.

In the center of the vortex, a terrifying Mental Storm was brewing!

"Combination skill?"

Lu Yin's eyes narrowed.

Frost Nova!

Fifty bursts of frost energy erupted, the extreme cold making the space seemingly solidify.

The surface of the vortex formed by the fusion of the three Nightmare Beasts began to freeze, and the brewing Mental Storm was forcibly interrupted.

-128,742!

...

Dozens of huge damage numbers floated up, but the Nightmare Beasts' health bars only dropped by about one-tenth.

Furthermore, relying on the Dream Resonance trait, their health was rapidly recovering.

"Is that purple crystal recovering their health?"

Lu Yin saw the core of the problem and immediately changed his strategy, preparing to destroy that purple crystal first.

Ice Crystal Blast!

All the Extreme Cold Tyrants raised their claws simultaneously, and countless ice crystals condensed around the Nightmare Beasts, then exploded.

Amidst the continuous explosions, the three Nightmare Beasts let out painful roars.

But soon, they counterattacked.

One of the Nightmare Beasts suddenly turned into a black shadow, breaking through the ice crystal blockade and appearing in front of Lu Yin!

Shadow Raid!

However, just as its claws were about to touch Lu Yin, ten Extreme Cold Tyrants had already blocked the way, building an ice wall with their bodies.

Meanwhile, the other forty Extreme Cold Tyrants continued to bombard the purple crystal.

Lu Yin stood behind the ice wall, carefully observing the situation.

That purple crystal had very high defense, and its health was also quite thick.

Even though he could ignore its defense, it still took two full waves of attacks.

Two waves of attacks from fifty Extreme Cold Tyrants, that was a full ten million in output.

Looking at the shattered purple crystal, Lu Yin couldn't help but think to himself.

This was only possible for him; if it were any other Mythic Class.

Entering for the first time, being able to defeat the first Nightmare Beast would already be worthy of praise.

But nothing is absolute; after all, mythical-grade Professionals all have ridiculous settings.

Plus, this purple crystal was not immune to physical attacks, which gave other Professionals a chance to clear it.

After the purple crystal shattered, the three Elite Nightmare Beasts lost their recovery ability.

Fifty Extreme Cold Tyrants used their strongest skills simultaneously, and the entire space was submerged in deep blue light.

Amidst desperate roars, the three Nightmare Beasts dissipated into black smoke.

[Ding! You have killed a Nightmare Beast, experience points increased by 120,000 (-20%)!]

[...]

[Ding! Obtained loot: dream god crystal x3, dream fragment x1]

Lu Yin looked at the loot in his inventory and found that besides the three dream god crystals, there was also a silver fragment that looked like a broken mirror.

Countless distorted images were reflected in the fragment, as if it carried numerous dreams.

[dream fragment (Special Material)]

[Usage: A fragment containing the essence of dreams, seemingly part of some kind of key]