A Dungeon Full of High-Level Monsters

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Ahead, two Whopperflowers continuously weaved through the ground as they advanced.

Behind them, Wu Wanghai strolled along leisurely.

With a Pyro Whopperflower, a Cryo Whopperflower, and his own large Hydro Sphere summon guarding the front, he felt completely safe.

Just now, his party had encountered a Tainted Hydro Phantasm immune to Hydro, and Lynette had originally wanted to deal with it immediately.

But Wu Wanghai had stopped her and told her to rest a little longer.

Lynette had nearly been moved to tears. What a wonderful boss—always telling her to take a break.

Wu Wanghai personally directed the two Whopperflowers to test themselves against the Tainted Hydro Phantasm.

The result satisfied him greatly. Not only did he no longer have to fear monsters immune to Hydro, but the damage was incredible. Two charged machine-gun barrages went out immediately, constantly triggering Vaporize, Freeze, and then Melt.

Even if they failed to freeze it, and it became a larger monster immune to Freeze, there was no problem. Their damage was still insanely strong...

"Why are you making the Whopperflowers keep darting back and forth?" Furina watched the Whopperflowers constantly burrowing through the ground ahead and felt tired just looking at them.

"I'm testing their limits." As Wu Wanghai said that, the two Whopperflowers ahead simultaneously wilted and stopped teleporting.

"Tsk." Wu Wanghai felt that the Whopperflowers were not exactly perfect pets after all. They could not teleport many times, and their frequency was low.

Sure enough, they were only suited for standing still and dealing damage. Their stamina was truly terrible; they wilted after only a few teleports.

And their mobility was too poor! They could only move by burrowing into and out of the ground.

The Whopperflower combination was not very good.

Then Wu Wanghai grabbed a Whopperflower in each hand and hurried forward. He could already see the Domain entrance in the distance.

The monsters he had captured could not be put away at any time like his skill summons. It was really troublesome. Overall, this ability was not all that great.

Soon, Wu Wanghai and Furina, with Lynette in tow, stood before the Domain gate.

"Are we really going in?" Furina looked at the gate before asking.

"Of course!" Wu Wanghai said as he pressed both hands against the Domain gate.

The gate opened, revealing a dazzling light. Wu Wanghai reflexively closed his eyes, and the next moment, his body felt weightless before jolting to a stop.

When he opened his eyes again, Wu Wanghai had truly arrived inside a grand Domain.

Wu Wanghai looked around. That was right, this was the structure of a dungeon, just somewhat enlarged.

High mountains surrounded the Domain, with several waterfalls and jellyfish floating in the air. Beneath them ran a river.

Wu Wanghai tried using his capture skill on a jellyfish, but as expected, there was no response.

"This kind of Domain has been explored before. The scenery and space here are all fake. There's nothing inside! In the end, there's only that Ley Line tree, and behind it is an exit." Furina walked up in front of Wu Wanghai and said, "And I heard that some adventurers jumped off this platform, only to be teleported back here the next moment. They stayed here for barely half a quarter of an hour before somehow being sent back to Teyvat."

Lynette nodded as well. She knew about this type of Domain. "There are many Domains like this in Teyvat. No one likes coming here to explore."

"So that's how it is?" Wu Wanghai was surprised, then nodded. "Still, what you described is quite similar to a dungeon."

Then he slowly walked down the stairs and entered the circular clearing.

Sure enough, there was no red key in the middle. It was completely empty. He could not open the dungeon at all.

Just as Wu Wanghai was wondering about it, the phone that had been silent for a long time popped up again.

Wu Wanghai looked at the phone interface and discovered a new icon: "Domain."

When he tapped it, it opened a scanning interface.

Could this be it? Wu Wanghai had a guess. Then he quickly stepped back.

He aimed at the center of the area, and sure enough, a red key appeared on his phone screen. Wu Wanghai tried touching it.

[Denouement of Sin unlocked.]

"Rumble, rumble." A sound suddenly came from the surrounding space.

The sudden disturbance made both women tense. Lynette gripped her sword and went on guard.

Furina, meanwhile, teleported directly behind Wu Wanghai and grabbed the back of his collar.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Wu Wanghai had not even had time to say anything after being grabbed.

The next moment, two ownerless clockwork mechanical dogs suddenly appeared in the field before them.

"They're Clockwork Meka: Recon Log Meks." Furina immediately identified the monsters before them.

Furina instantly lowered her guard. These Clockwork Mekas were everywhere in Fontaine.

"Be careful! They're ownerless!" As Lynette spoke, the two mechanical dogs charged toward Wu Wanghai and Furina in the middle of the field.

"Ah!" Furina immediately scampered several steps outside the platform's boundary.

After reaching a somewhat safer position, Furina did not forget to clench her fists at the two of them and cheer them on. "Good luck!"

Oh? This was different from the game. They could run straight outside without an invisible wall blocking them?

"Go, Whopperflowers!" Wu Wanghai immediately commanded the two Whopperflowers to teleport in front of him, and both began charging at once.

"..." Wu Wanghai truly decided that he had to replace the Whopperflowers in the future. They attacked too slowly.

"I'm here!" Lynette emerged from Enigmatic Feint in front of Wu Wanghai, then swept her sword with Anemo power and knocked aside the attacks of the two mechanical dogs.

Wu Wanghai swept his eyes over them and found that the two mechanical dogs now had levels and health bars.

LV. 59. Their health bars had only dropped by a sliver.

"Fifty-nine?!" Wu Wanghai shouted in disbelief.

Luckily, his Elemental Burst had been fully charged before they entered.

"I'll support you." As Wu Wanghai spoke, a blue circle appeared on the ground within ten meters around him.

"Ha! Ruin Serpent!" Wu Wanghai activated his skill, and a Hydro drill emerged from the ground, followed by section after section of its body.

It stabbed, pierced, and smashed into the mechanical dogs with a series of bangs.

After that sequence of attacks, the mechanical dogs' health visibly began to fall. Yet the damage seemed to have no effect at all on their appearance.

Had their health bars even dropped by five percent?

"Clang, clang, clang." The sound of metal striking metal came from Lynette's side.

"Bang—" Lynette knocked away both mechanical dogs with her final strike, then immediately unleashed her Elemental Burst.

"Magic Trick: Astonishing Shift!"

A huge Surprise Kitty Box appeared in front of the two of them.

The two mechanical dogs in the distance immediately changed targets and attacked the kitty box.

The kitty box had a taunt effect. At the same time, it turned blue and continuously fired Hydro projectiles at the mechanical dogs.

"Your skill seems to turn my attacks into Hydro." During the brief respite, Lynette spoke beside Wu Wanghai's ear.

This was also the first time Lynette had fought within Wu Wanghai's Elemental Burst. During the previous time, she and Furina had merely watched from the side.

Wu Wanghai nodded. "That's right. And within this circle, allies' Hydro damage is increased."

For the duration of the Elemental Burst, the two of them remained locked in a long stalemate with the mechanical dogs.

Wu Wanghai also joined the battle with Splendor of Tranquil Waters in hand, using several characters' Elemental Bursts.

When the Elemental Burst finally ended, Wu Wanghai had not expected that even after fighting the two dogs alongside Lynette, their health had not even fallen below half.

Watching Lynette strike metal at the front, Wu Wanghai held Splendor of Tranquil Waters and secretly shook his head.

This won't do. I don't actually know how to fight. I don't dare rush up and attack with her, in case I disrupt her rhythm and make things worse!

He could not get a hand in at all. It seemed he had to find someone to teach him when he had the chance.

Wu Wanghai could only control his Hydro Sphere summon, continuously applying Hydro to the mechanical dogs so Lynette could keep dealing Hydro Swirl damage.

The two Whopperflowers farther away had also been firing their machine-gun attacks the entire time, slowly chipping away at their health.

"Huff, huff, huff." After so much exertion, Lynette was beginning to pant.

Fortunately, when Lynette released Surprise Kitty Box again, the two mechanical dogs were finally beaten into paralysis and stopped moving—before suddenly disappearing.

Furina, who had been anxiously watching them fight from outside, also breathed a sigh of relief. But when she saw the mechanical dogs suddenly vanish, she was confused.

What was going on? Not only had these Clockwork Mekas taken so long to defeat, but instead of collapsing paralyzed on the ground, they had disappeared.

Their appearance had been strange, and their disappearance was strange too.

Lynette also felt that the two mechanical dogs had been difficult to deal with. She had fought several in Fontaine before, and a few sword strikes had been enough to finish them.

Back then, their parts had scattered all over the ground. It had not been nearly this exhausting.

Before Lynette could begin wondering why the two dogs had suddenly disappeared—

The next moment, two more mechanical dogs appeared, along with a Clockwork Meka: Arithmetic Enhancer.

That was right. Defeating the two had not ended it. The dungeon monsters came in two waves!

Cold sweat began to form on Wu Wanghai's forehead. Fighting the two level 59 monsters with Lynette had already been exhausting enough.

He did not dare imagine how they would handle three.

If he had known, he would have waited until his level was higher before coming here to farm. The monsters were all level 59 now, so the artifacts they dropped would probably only be blue and purple. It was an enormous waste.

He should at least be level 70 before starting to farm gold artifacts, Wu Wanghai secretly decided.

Lynette gripped her sword and charged forward again, resuming her metal-smashing battle. Wu Wanghai picked up Splendor of Tranquil Waters and helped as much as he could alongside his summons, occasionally finding an opening to stab with the sword.

But from this point onward, Lynette began to suffer injuries. Her clothes were also torn in places where the mechanical dogs' claws had struck her.

Seeing Lynette take hits with her own body, Wu Wanghai felt terrible.

Although getting hit by the monsters also hurt him badly, like being struck with a club, Wu Wanghai still did his best to help Lynette absorb some damage. When he truly could not make it in time, he threw out his Hydro Sphere summon.

The two of them fell into a hard battle in the center of the field...

Furina was anxious as well, pacing back and forth outside the circle.

It would be difficult to call anyone for support now, and she could not fight herself...

Furina's mouth turned downward, and she looked deeply upset.

But just as Furina kept praying that the two of them would hold on and defeat those three Clockwork Mekas—

She saw a fiery red figure run in from the Domain entrance.