Chapter 43: Shoot the Cannon, Young Man!

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The two Archers from the Huashan Guild were instantly killed by arrows, water arrows, and Light Balls as soon as they appeared at the Eastcloud Valley’s temple.

They had resurrected for more than five times at the same location and had a level worth of EXP forcefully reduced. They were then sent to the nearest resurrection point, also known as the temple, in the map. However, the temple was not located in a Safe Zone. They were vulnerable to attacks even if they were revived.

Li Yi smiled as he spoke, "Their levels have been dropped by 2 levels from us. I guess they wouldn’t dare to resurrect for quite a while."

Chen Yang was ecstatic. "I’ve released all of my anger already. Why don’t we go have a look at the Pinnacle of the Fire?"

Li Yi turned around and looked at Fire Ice. She was so shocked that she immediately turned her head to the other side.

"Alright. Let’s head back to the city first. I’ll make the preparations."

Li Yi squashed the Return Scroll.

Then, Chen Yang shouted. "F*ck. I don’t have a Return..."

Li Yi threw a stack of Return Scrolls to Chen Yang before his avatar completely disappears.

...

Li Yi rushed toward the Auction House and he started smiling.

After a few days since the release of Pinnacle of the Fire, the Fire Resistance Potion’s price had hiked up to 200 Gold Coins for 20 of them per set.

Both the ingredients were now being sold between 1 to 3 Gold Coins. If he were to succeed in creating them in every trial, he would be able to earn a fortune. This was all under the assumption that he could purchase the ingredients at 1 Gold Coin each, which meant that his initial cost would be 2 Golds per potion and one set of potions would cost him 40 Golds.

However, the success rate of creating the Fire Resistance Potion was not high. Taking Li Yi as an example, despite his Apothecary Mastery being at 2670 points, he would fail once every two to three attempts at creating the Fire Resistance Potions. If he were unlucky, it was not uncommon for him to fail dozen of times consecutively.

Being an Apothecarist was definitely the most money exhausting lifestyle career out there.

Li Yi put up 100 sets of the potions which cost 400 Golds each. Then, he bought the ingredients required to create the Underwater Breathing Potion before he left the Auction House, satisfied.

The Dwarfs were famous because of their meticulous crafts, so much so that even the Gods were envious of their delicate manufacturing processes.

However, while they were able to bring convenience through their manufacturing processes, it had also brought destruction upon the world. Vladimir, the leader of the Dwarfs who lived at the Rocky Mountain 300 years ago, had ordered his men to mine all of the Magic Crystals deposited in the Rocky Mountain as he wished to build a huge perpetual airship. However, this had weakened the seal by an ancient God due to excessive mining, releasing the Fire Devil Ivrit back to the realm. His raging fire set the entire valley on fire in an instant...

The description above was the plot of the Instance Group Dungeon, Pinnacle of the Fire. Furthermore, the Fire Devil Ivrit was also the strongest boss in the Instance Group Dungeon that players were required to challenge.

There were a total of sixteen entrances of Instance Dungeons from the peak to the foot of the mountain in the Pinnacle of the Fire. Each of these Instance Dungeons was independent of one another and players could freely choose any one of them to explore. The Fire Devil Ivrit was located inside the Instance Dungeon that was at the peak of the mountain, waiting for players to challenge him.

"There’re a lot of Instance Dungeons. Which one should we enter first?"

Chen Yang looked at the violently burning Pinnacle of the Fire as he waited for Li Yi to voice out.

Li Yi spoke after pondering for a while. "Let’s go to the Heart of the Fire first."

There were only three of them and Li Yi did not wish to find any other random players. He chose the Heart of the Fire after some consideration as it was slightly easier than the rest and it was a good place to upgrade their equipment as well.

"Alright, I’ll follow your advice since we’re not afraid of getting wiped. Haha."

Chen Yang was in complete agreement, and Fire Ice did not have any opinion as well.

"Why are you so far away from me? Do I look like I have thorns all over my body?" Li Yi could not help but ask Fire Ice before they entered the Instance Dungeon Heart of the Fire.

"No.. Nothing." Fire Ice responded before she took a few steps back.

Why was she acting so strangely...

Li Yi shook his head hopelessly as he led the way into the Instance Dungeon.

System Notification: [You’re now entering the Instance Dungeon Heart of the Fire. Since this Instance Dungeon has a time limit, you can only stay in the Instance Dungeon for 3 hours and the Instance Dungeon will refresh in 24 hours.]

All of the Instance Dungeons in the Pinnacle of the Fire were at least Heroic Level, and there were no Normal Level Instance Dungeons.

The time started ticking the moment the trio entered the Instance Dungeon.

It was set in a plain. However, there were no grass or trees on the ground; the entire surface was covered in fire. The sky was also red, and flames could be seen everywhere.

The negative status Burn, which was a debuff, appeared on the trio’s heads. Their HP would consistently drop every second due to the scorching hot environment. The rate was equivalent to half of their current level.

"Let’s drink the potion first."

Li Yi passed the Fire Resistance Potion to the other two.

The debuff above their heads disappeared after consuming the Fire Resistance Potions. What replaced the debuff was a buff called Fire Resistance which could prevent the player from the burning due to the hot atmosphere and reduce the ATK from fire-attribute monsters. The buff lasted for 1 hour.

Chen Yang was astonished. "This item is great. How much did you spend to buy it?"

"20 Golds per potion."

"Looks like you know what you’re doing since you’re able to obtain such an expensive item."

Chen Yang stuck his tongue out. One had to know that he had earned less than 100 Golds since the server had started.

"The Instance Dungeon is about to start. We don’t have a main tank and can only rely on your Water Spirit and my pet to bait the monsters. However, my pet will definitely not last long, and we have to go all out."

Li Yi was slightly stunned as he rushed towards Chen Yang and smiled. "Your brothers have arrived."

As he was speaking, four dwarves, covered in flames, screamed as they ran toward them.

The Mutated Small Wild Boar and Water Spirit rushed towards the front line as they held four of the Fire Dwarfs off.

As Li Yi went all out, Fire Ice and Chen Yang did not slack at all. All of them used their strongest attacks on the Fire Dwarfs.

They eventually killed the four Dwarfs as they were about to reach them.

"There are two waves of these Fire Dwarfs. You two should follow me immediately once we’re done dealing with the second wave."

"Understood." Chen Yang would always listen to Li Yi’s command in the game and had never questioned his decision.

Li Yi resurrected his pet while Chen Yang summoned a new Water Spirit. This time, the second wave of the Fire Dwarfs appeared behind them.

This battle was much more intense as the Mutated Small Wild Boar and Water Spirit were killed in just a few hits. Chen Yang was fine with it as he could summon a new Water Spirit whenever he wanted. However, a pet could only be resurrected outside of combat. The trio ran about everywhere as they were being chased by the Fire Dwarfs.

Li Yi gave out a long sigh as the last Fire Dwarf was killed. Then he led them and ran forward as fast as he could.

System Notification: [You’ve entered the central region where the Fire Dwarfs reside!]

Eight gigantic fire cannons appeared before their eyes; a pile of cannonballs was placed just beneath the Fire Cannons.

"I’ll fire the cannons. Fatty, you’re in charge of reloading the cannonballs. Fire Ice, you’ll guard our back. Report to me immediately once you see any Fire Dwarf."

Li Yi split the roles in a simple manner as he walked towards one of the fire cannons.

"We’re shooting cannons now? What kind of Instance Dungeon is this?" Chen Yang was stunned.

He did not have time to explain as a few hundred Fire Dwarfs appeared in the distance, all of them were running towards them.

"Boom!"

Li Yi shot out the cannon and instantly killed 56 Fire Dwarfs. At the same time, a huge golden letter [56 combo!] appeared on their heads.

"What are you staring at. Quickly reload the cannon!"

Li Yi shouted. Fatty came to his senses as he quickly carried a cannonball and ran towards Li Yi...

"Boom!"

Another cannonball was shot out. The golden letter above the party’s head changed.

[116 combo!]

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