Although the invasion event was a bit torturous, players were actually still looking forward to [Dark Souls]—and that was hardly surprising.
After all, neither Nine Provinces nor Prison Rock currently had any player-created dungeon rated SSS.
How could the first dungeon of that kind not draw interest?
There was no need to even mention the players of Nine Provinces.
Lu Xiu's dungeons had certainly been tormenting—but their rewards had also been genuinely good. The reason Nine Provinces' lower- and middle-tier players had won far more than they lost in this arena was inseparable from the rewards Lu Xiu's dungeons provided.
As for the torment—people were like that. Once they got good rewards, they would always consciously overlook and downplay the suffering they endured along the way.
It was like jogging. People found it hard to remember the pain of wringing out their potential while running; what they remembered most clearly was always crossing the finish line.
As for Prison Rock.
During this period, they had been locked in fierce battles with Nine Provinces' players. More or less, they had all encountered people like Du Shu and learned that those bizarrely powerful skills wielded by Nine Provinces' players all came from Lu Xiu's dungeons.
Envy and desire were inevitable.
Not to mention that this dungeon was rated SSS. Even Nine Provinces' players had never encountered one before. Its rewards might be even better, so how could they not be tempted?
Although they had only just been slaughtered into doubting their lives by those unreasonable invasion monsters yesterday, and although their instincts were frantically warning them that this dungeon would definitely be difficult.
Before that SSS rating, which represented a certain pinnacle, all fear and hesitation were forcibly suppressed by their desire for powerful skills and items.
High risk often meant unimaginably