Black Death Armor

When that earth-shattering aura arrived, Li Qingyan knew the answer in his heart.

After all, having fought for over a decade and clashed seven or eight times, Li Qingyan naturally remembered the Barbarian King's Source Qi fluctuations.

After a moment of silence, she said softly:

"This aura definitely comes from that Barbarian Tribe Alien King."

Upon hearing the affirmative reply, Xu Yuan's expression became somewhat strange.

After the Kunwu Mirror shatters, people within the area enveloped by the white light will be indiscriminately teleported in a general direction. However, in this kind of ultra-long-distance teleportation, even the slightest error can lead to a huge mistake.

Normally, the landing points would differ by at least several hundred miles, but this Barbarian King also entered this Underground Palace.

Yeah, I guess this guy is also incredibly unlucky.

certainly,

It's also possible that Li Qingyan's bad luck was so low that he attracted the Barbarian King, who was his enemy, along with him.

However, this wasn't all bad for him and Li Qingyan.

Making the boss fight the boss is Xu Yuan's favorite way to skip class in Cangyuan.

The remaining question is whether the Barbarian King, whose forearm is thicker than Xu Yuan's thigh, can break through this "Dead Silence Underground Palace".

According to Xu Yuan's memory, that Barbarian Tribe Alien King was definitely strong enough to break through.

Although only one timeline leads to the final boss, it's still the final boss. With its various insane attributes and skills, it can easily clear a level 90 dungeon using physical attacks.

Just as I was thinking,

Li Qingyan's hoarse voice suddenly interrupted Xu Yuan's thoughts:

"My lord, the Barbarian King is most likely serious now. It's not like he's encountered that Mortal Shedding you described."

Xu Yuan composed himself, glanced back at Li Qingyan's eager expression, and smiled with a sigh:

"It shouldn't be."

Li Qingyan reacted quickly, her eyebrows furrowing:

"Is there more than one Mortal Shedding Strange Ghost in this Underground Palace?"

"Right."

Xu Yuan nodded, inwardly giving her a thumbs up for her quick wit.

Aside from being too opinionated, this princess is a perfect teammate in every other respect.

Xu Yuan patted his slightly disheveled robes and continued:

"There are four otherworldly beings in this Underground Palace that are comparable to first-rank Strange Ghost, as recorded in my Prime Minister's Mansion's internal records. As for the Origin Beginning Origin Beginning are countless, many, many more."

As a game, it's impossible to immediately fight the boss upon entering a dungeon.

Moreover, wouldn't it be somewhat disrespectful to the "player" class to only put one boss in the dungeon?

In the level 90 outdoor dungeons of Cangyuan, not to mention the regional mini-bosses and elite monsters, even the most ordinary monsters are level 70 or 80.

Thinking of this,

Xu Yuan's gaze suddenly fell on the Strange Ghost that Li Qingyan had casually burned to ashes.

This Strange Ghost wasn't particularly strong; the speed it displayed was roughly comparable to that of a powerhouse at the Fusion Realm.

It is already considered very powerful in the outside world. If the officials in charge are negligent in their duties and fail to control it in time, a single Strange Ghost could even cause a county to fall.

However, such low-level items are not found in the Dead Silence Underground Palace of Cangyuan.

How could a level 90 dungeon have level 60 mobs?

But thinking about it, this makes sense. After this Dead Silence Underground Palace came to life, it could have covered an area spanning thousands of miles. How could such a large Strange Ghost's lair only contain those "big monsters" from our memories?

While Xu Yuan was deep in thought, Li Qingyan also fell silent.

After a long while, she suddenly asked:

"Prince Consort, did you really obtain the information in this Underground Palace Prime Minister's Mansion your top-tier internal reports?"

"Um?"

Xu Yuan subconsciously let out a soft sound of doubt, then asked without hesitation, "What? Besides the Prime Minister's Mansion's top-tier internal reports, does the Princess think I have other ways to obtain intelligence?"

Li Qingyan looked at Xu Yuan and suddenly asked:

"If what you say is true, Prince Consort, ordinary first-rank experts who accidentally enter this place will most likely not return, unless Chief Lou or the Sword Saint personally come to investigate. But if they are indeed here, there should be no survivors in this Underground Palace."

Xu Yuan sighed inwardly.

How can this woman be so cunning? She's incredibly difficult to deal with.

After a brief pause, Xu Yuan had already formulated a plan in his mind, and without changing his expression, he casually made up a story:

"My Prime Minister's Mansion's residence doesn't only have the Black Scale Guard as a source of intelligence. The Strange Ghost beings were a cataclysmic event ten thousand years ago, and many rare ancient books record them. Well... never mind, you'll find out eventually anyway, so I'll just tell you the truth. When my Prime Minister's Mansion destroyed the Burial Village, we obtained a Soul Ring, which houses a remnant soul that's been around for ten thousand years. He knows everything about these Strange Ghost, and all the information here comes from him."

Anyway, it's unlikely that Old Man Luo will have a chance to communicate with Li Qingyan, so it's perfect to pass the buck to that old geezer.

"Is that so?" Li Qingyan pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly, acknowledging Xu Yuan's answer. She then chuckled and asked, "Alright, let's..."

"Li Qingyan." Xu Yuan suddenly interrupted her.

"Um?"

"The last time."

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Li Qingyan narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and his crimson pupils gradually began to glow.

Xu Yuan stepped forward, raised his index finger, and pressed it firmly against her chest:

"Li Qingyan, I know that a woman like you has her own decisions in everything, and I know that you are not used to taking orders from others, but you should know that soldiers are duty-bound to obey orders. Before we go out, I hope you won't act this way in front of me Xu Changtian."

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Li Qingyan didn't speak. She first glanced down at Xu Yuan's finger poking her chest, then looked up to meet his gaze.

Xu Yuan applied slight pressure with his fingertips, causing her soft skin to sink in instantly. He stared at her, enunciating each word clearly:

"From now on, whatever I say, don't ask me for any explanation. I don't have time to explain to you. If you can't do it, you can just leave. Anyway, this political marriage hasn't been finalized yet, so we can just let fate decide."

There can only be one leader in a team.

Although Li Qingyan had verbally agreed to his request, she soon resumed acting according to her own set of life Principle in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Being too capable and opinionated can be a great teammate at times, but conversely, it can become a burden in certain periods.

His chances of survival were slim without Li Qingyan, but if Li Qingyan disobeyed him, his chances of survival wouldn't be much better.

He now needed to be certain that Li Qingyan would be 100% obedient to him, at least until they left this Underground Palace.

The passageway was dark and silent, with only a few embers on the ground emitting a faint glow.

After a while,

With a soft chuckle, Li Qingyan lowered her beautiful eyes slightly, looking at his fingers:

"My lord, your fingers are hurting me a little. Could you please remove your hand from my chest?"

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A moment of silence,

Xu Yuan glanced at it, withdrew his hand without changing his expression, and continued to ask, word by word:

"Li Qingyan, I'm asking you, can you do it?"

"Soldiers consider obedience to orders their primary duty."

Li Qingyan patted the folds of her red robe at her chest, causing them to ripple. After a moment, she looked up at Xu Yuan and said in a clear voice, "From this moment on, you, my consort, are my commander-in-chief."

As they locked eyes, the strong wind emanating from the depths of the passageway ceased.

Li Qingyan smiled and asked:

"So, Commander-in-Chief, what should I do now?"

Xu Yuan looked him up and down, stroked his chin, grinned, and said:

"Take off your clothes."

"Splash--"

Before the words were finished,

The red robe rustled as it fell away, revealing slender branches and abundant fruit, skin as white as snow, and the long, distinct scar from the previous battlefield still visible on her well-defined abdomen.

Everything was so clear it felt almost unreal.

Wow. This woman is playing this high-stakes game?

However, Li Qingyan's actions confirmed something that Xu Yuan had been quite curious about.

After her clothes were torn apart by the spatial turbulence, it was clear that the princess was indeed naked, wearing only a loose red robe.

"You've already taken it off, so what's next?"

With a frank and open expression, Li Qingyan stood ramrod straight, smiling as she stared at Xu Yuan, and said with a faint smile, "My lord, you wouldn't just want to see my body, would you?"

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They locked eyes for a moment,

A Nameless welled up within Xu Yuan, but he was filled with awe and quickly circulated his Cultivation Method to suppress it. With a calm expression, he glanced at the surrounding area and then turned his gaze to the inner wall of the cave beside him:

"Of course not. The commotion the Barbarian King caused just now has most likely awakened the thing deepest in the Underground Palace. These fungal carpets can help it sense outsiders from a distance. Go and get some down, a lot of them, I need some too."

After a pause, Xu Yuan added:

"Oh, and remember not to use fire; flames will destroy its activity."

The reason was not asked, nor was the purpose inquired.

Li Qingyan glanced sideways and raised her hand. With a slight tremor, a large piece of the brownish-red fungal carpet clinging to the inner wall of the passage was torn off as if being peeled off, and was gathered up out of thin air and piled up on the open ground in front of the two of them.

Looking at the brownish-red fungal carpet on the ground that seemed to pulsate with life, Li Qingyan asked softly:

"Then what?"

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Without a reply, Xu Yuan put the Blood Jade Glazed Robe he was wearing into his Sumeru Ring.

Li Qingyan glanced down with interest, raised her phoenix eyes, her full, rosy lips forming an "O" shape, and then let out a soft laugh.

Xu Yuan's eyes twitched. He glanced back at the woman who didn't know her own mortality, then placed his hand on the constantly pulsating brownish-red fungal carpet, and his Source Qi surged out.

And the next moment,

As if recognizing its master, the brownish-red fungal carpets followed Xu Yuan's hand and began to cover his entire body.

Li Qingyan stood to the side, arms crossed, watching quietly.

Feeling the rustling sounds around him, Xu Yuan explained softly:

"This fungal carpet is actually a kind of natural vine armor. As long as enough Source Qi is injected, this thing can adhere to the body and can evade the detection of us by high-level Strange Ghost through the fungal carpet."

Li Qingyan leaned forward slightly, her phoenix eyes narrowed, as she examined the fungal carpet that was spreading across Xu Yuan's body.

After a few breaths, she suddenly said:

"Although this thing has weak protective capabilities, it seems to be able to continuously solidify. If all the fungal carpets in this tunnel were to be fused together to form a suit of armor..."

Xu Yuan was surprised halfway through the conversation.

How could this woman figure that out with just one glance?

Subconsciously looked up

Then,

He saw Li Qingyan in a half-bowed, arms crossed posture.

His heart raced for a moment, and he forcefully suppressed his respect by circulating his Cultivation Method. Looking into the eyes of the aloof princess, he chuckled softly:

"Don't even think about it. Taking a small amount of fungal carpet is like plucking a hair from Monkey; it won't attract the attention of that thing deep inside the Underground Palace. But if we take too much, we'll become its first target."

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Without another word, Li Qingyan extended a jade-like hand, her slender index finger lightly touching the fungal carpet. Fiery red Source Qi, accompanying the brownish-red fungal carpet, instantly spiraled upwards along her fair arm. Smiling, she asked:

"So, you mean my guess was correct?"

Xu Yuan paused for a moment, then nodded:

"Yes, that's fine."

These fungal mats in Cangyuan have blood bars.

Destroying a patch of it will guarantee a drop of a material called "Black Death Fungal Mat".

When you click on the backpack to view the materials, a special option to "inject Source Qi" will appear, and then the "Black Death Fungal Mat" can be transformed into a blank piece of equipment called "Black Death Armor".

For players who have reached the late game, the armor's stats aren't exactly low, they're practically nonexistent, and it also continuously drains mana (Source Qi).

However, despite the full debuffs, the Black Death Armor's monster-avoidance property is still quite useful.

Because the mini-bosses in this Dead Silence Underground Palace will roam freely across the map, and will come and chase after players as long as they stay within the 3x3 grid area of the map.

However, none of this matters to players who are considered the fourth calamity. What matters is that the "Black Death Armor" can be continuously upgraded.

From basic equipment to green equipment, then to blue equipment, then to purple equipment, then to legendary gold equipment, all the way to the ultimate Crimson Artifact.

This perfectly aligns with players' collecting instincts and desire for positive feedback.

Of course, obtaining the Crimson Artifact isn't so easy.

When the "Black Death Armor" is upgraded to green gear, the area boss and all the monsters will start chasing and killing the player.

The blue equipment makes it even more insane; the final boss will awaken and join the hunt.

In this situation, the most likely process for players to craft equipment is to first clear out monsters, and then gradually farm the creep carpet.

Unfortunately, this strategy doesn't work in the Black Underground Palace.

Because as long as the fungal carpet isn't completely removed, the monsters in the Dead Silence Underground Palace can resurrect indefinitely, including some elite monsters and even regional mini-bosses.

Dozens of monsters gather on one map to chase each other, and if you are hit by a high-level BOSS, there is a chance that you will be poisoned and unable to get rid of the poison.

It keeps losing blood until it dies.

With this hellish difficulty, unless players join the great Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, they can only collect items while running around.

These monsters were originally called "???", but it turns out they were Strange Ghost.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan sighed deeply.

As he pondered, the fungal carpet that had been peeled off the ground was now empty, and Li Qingyan's soft voice drifted from the side:

"This thing looks a lot like what women in brothels would wear."

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Xu Yuan turned his head and looked over, raising a slight brow.

Li Qingyan was looking down at her raised jade-like hand. Her long, straight legs, shapely and full figure, and the curves of her waist and hips were fully displayed under the close-fitting Black Death Armor, while the strange brown-red markings added a touch of bewitching charm to the heroic look in her eyes.

Seemingly noticing Xu Yuan's admiring gaze, Li Qingyan puffed out her chest, turned around with a light smile, and asked softly.

"Stop looking at me, my lord, what should we do now?"