Sandstorm Scroll (Third Update)

In terms of strength, Queen Ayi, as a level 5 Boss Tier, is actually two points stronger than the Butcher. However, the Meat Hook's grab also has a size factor, and the Butcher was prepared by casting the hook in advance. Given that Queen Ayi was not on her own, it was only natural that she was dragged out.

However, due to her strength, Queen Ayi regained control of her body during the dragging process! She raised her hand towards the Butcher and unleashed the Sand-Gathering Coffin skill.

"It can even be fired silently!"

Bai Xiaowen's heart skipped a beat. He had thought that Queen Ayi wouldn't be able to use her skills while being dragged, but unexpectedly, something had happened.

A layer of quicksand rapidly rose beneath the Butcher's feet, forming a giant quicksand coffin that enveloped Butcher!

The Imprisonment of the Sand-Gathering Coffin is different from ordinary Imprisonment and immobilization; the yellow sand freezes the Butcher's pulling motion.

Queen Ayi landed mid-flight, avoiding the melee range of Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures! Her expression was solemn as she raised her staff high and shouted, "Bury them in the desert!"

Ultimate move: Sandstorm activated!

A howling sandstorm swept in, engulfing Bai Xiaowen and all his summoned creatures! The sand pelted his body, and single-digit damage values kept appearing on his skin. Although the damage per hit was small, the frequency was astonishing.

Don't underestimate this level 5 boss. With the buffs from the highest difficulty level, Queen Ayi's spirit is over 60, and she also has extra Life Value. In terms of strength, she's close to Advanced Boss, so the damage from her ultimate move, Sandstorm, is certainly considerable.

More importantly, Bai Xiaowen and his summoned creatures were both put into a state of halved speed... This negative status cannot be removed. Even if you use a debuff removal item, it will only remove the debuff for a moment. The subsequent effects of the sandstorm will also put the speed reduction back on.

"Hmm, the optimal solution in this case should be..."

The light in Bai Xiaowen's palm flickered, finally settling on a red Spell Talisman.

Berserk Talisman! Increases the damage of the target friendly unit by 20% and grants immunity to control effects with a priority of 7 or lower!

A beam of red light fell upon Rageclaw, instantly enlarging its size and shrouding it in a layer of red light. It roared as it charged toward Queen Ayi at the center of the sandstorm! The rolling quicksand posed no obstacle to Rageclaw at this moment.

Bang!

The Rageclaw struck down Queen Ayi, who was casting a spell, and swung the Claw five times in succession—this was a powerful Suppression move.

With Queen Ayi Suppression, her sandstorm ultimate attack naturally ceased. A group of summoned creatures surged forward again, ganging up on Queen Ayi.

This time, Queen Ayi was no longer able to cause any trouble, and she died not long after.

A mechanical beep sounded:

"You have cleared the second level of the Trial Space dungeon, Desert Ruins, extremely difficult, in 26 minutes and 9 seconds."

"Based on your completion time, you have received an additional treasure chest reward. Total number of treasure chests: 3."

Your achievements will be recorded on the leaderboard as Inspire to those who follow. Keep up the good work!

Whoosh! Three gleaming treasure chests appeared before Bai Xiaowen.

Bai Xiaowen opened the first treasure chest, and the guaranteed reward—a ticket—appeared.

This Spirit Realm Ticket is called "Ancient Inscribed Stone Tablet," and it is covered with various ancient scripts. Bai Xiaowen, who has been collecting and researching Ancient Egypt materials these days, found these scripts strangely familiar. Although he wasn't entirely sure, he believed that the script on them was the hieroglyphic script of Ancient Egypt.

"Indeed, choosing the Desert Ruins was the right decision... and the names of these three bosses, Akenna, Morpheus, and Ayi... all have a strong Ancient Egypt style."

Judging from the Psionic Particles detection, this should be a C-Tier Spirit Realm Ticket, and there's also a chance to draw a special affix— Bai Xiaowen is quite lucky. He only got a D-Tier ticket for the first level of the Pirate's Nest.

Bai Xiaowen then opened the second treasure chest.

"You have gained 5000 Psionic Points."

5000 points is not a small amount, but for Bai Xiaowen, whose net worth is around several hundred thousand, it's nothing. Bai Xiaowen then opened the third treasure chest.

"You have obtained the item: Sandstorm Scroll."

[Sandstorm Scroll: S-Tier item. When used, it summons a large-scale sandstorm (radius = user's Spirit * 10, unit: meters). Enemies within the sandstorm's area will suffer continuous physical and magical damage and be slowed by 50%. Requires continuous casting (cannot move) and consumes Divine Might. When Divine Might falls below 2 points, it will instead consume your Life Value.]

"Nice one."

Bai Xiaowen's eyes lit up. He couldn't help but think of the [Thunderstorm Scroll] in the Three Kingdoms Plane World. The two were obviously of the same type. In terms of grade, the Sandstorm Scroll was one level higher, but in terms of additional control effects, the Thunderstorm Scroll's group paralysis was obviously more powerful than the Sandstorm Scroll's group slowing.

The reason for this abnormal situation is that the Three Kingdoms Plane World has a higher difficulty level, resulting in more powerful items, equipment, and skills. For example, Li Shuyi's Thunderwind Swordsman class...

Of course, as an S-Tier item, the Sandstorm Scroll certainly has its advantages. First, it activates immediately after use, without the 10-second preparation time required for the Thunderstorm Scroll; second, it has a relatively large range, and the stronger the user's Divine Might, the larger the area covered by the sandstorm.

In addition, Bai Xiaowen had personally experienced the damage value of the Sandstorm Scroll; the damage frequency was extremely high, significantly higher than that of the Thunderstorm Scroll.

In short, this is a strategic item, a game-changer. Bai Xiaowen carefully put away the Sandstorm Scroll and then exited the dungeon.

"You've worked hard." Li Shuyi gave Bai Xiaowen a big hug as soon as she came up—anyway, it was late at night, and the second basement level was quiet, so no one would see them...

"Haha, this trip was quite fruitful." Bai Xiaowen seemed very satisfied.

"I saw the results outside. You halved the time of Ling Feng, who was in first place! Hmm, he's in second now," Li Shuyi said with a smile. "Although I knew you would break the record, I didn't expect you to break it so thoroughly... I remember Ling Feng prepared for this record for several months."

Bai Xiaowen said, "Although the dungeon difficulty has increased by 1 level, I've also leveled up compared to the last trial dungeon challenge. Moreover, the increase in combat power is much greater than the increase in dungeon difficulty, so this result isn't surprising. Now I've figured out many of the dungeon's strategies, so I should be able to complete it faster if I challenge it again."

"Before we graduate, I'll challenge the Trial Space instance again," Bai Xiaowen paused, then said with a smile, "To give future generations a record they can never surpass. It sounds pretty exciting."