The Flamehorn Race members threw every material they had into the furnaces, even tossing in items they had just forged, all to consume the energy of the flames.
Over time, this endless mechanical labor drove the Flamehorn Race members out of their minds. They stopped communicating and grew utterly numb.
They had already forgotten why they had begun forging in the first place.
Now, they forged only because the flames kept burning and expanding. They had to keep consuming their energy to delay the coming destruction.
"That's a pretty tragic story."
Su Ye shook his head and looked toward the enormous stone wall at the far end of the entrance hall.
A clearly defined handprint recess marked the stone wall.
According to Great Xia's intelligence, the requirements for earning the highest SSS rating in this instance were extraordinarily harsh.
The most important thing was speed!
The timer would start the moment the first forging Flamehorn Race monster was killed.
Players had to clear the entire instance and kill the final boss within four hours.
Why four hours?
Because, under this instance's rules, every forging Flamehorn Race monster killed meant one fewer worker consuming the furnace flames.
Once that consumption decreased, the flames would expand faster.
Four hours was the limit.
After four hours, if the boss had not been killed and the furnaces shut down, the dark purple flames would erupt completely, engulfing the volcano's entire interior.
"Four hours would be tight for other players, but it should be fine for me."
Su Ye smiled. With his tier three vehicle, he could rampage through this instance, apart from the final boss.
He immediately took out the large quantity of Flameblood Essence that had just dropped, then gripped the skeletal remains by the right wrist and wrenched hard.
With a crack,