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Chapter 615 The Azure Clouds Changed That Day~
The burly man never imagined that he would do something so bizarre in his life.

"Gently, then gently, then heavily."

Inside the spiked tunnel, designed with reference to the Path of Pain, the burly man held a Tall-nut shard in each hand, constantly striking the gleaming spikes.

Each strike would cause his body to bounce upwards, and if the angle was right, he could also move and adjust in all directions. Moreover, the height he bounced up would also be affected by the force applied.

Inside the tunnel, with sharp spikes pointing downwards and iron thorns pointing upwards, even the slightest misstep in applying force could cause your back to slam directly into the iron thorns.

The torn clothes and flowing blood on the strong man's back were proof that he had hit the iron spikes.

"One more time, then, three, two, one, push!"

He counted silently, like he was playing hopscotch as a child. When he reached the end, he suddenly burst out with all his might, and his whole body sprang high into the air, his back undoubtedly slamming into the iron thorns.

But this damage is negligible because—

"Buzz!"

The moment the burly man sprang up, a sharp chainsaw suddenly shot out from the spikes beneath him, spinning continuously!
That buzzing sound and the speed so fast it's almost invisible, it must be enough to disembowel someone with the slightest contact!
"Hehehe, I dodged it!"

Ignoring the pain in his back, the burly man laughed as he fell from the air, using the high-nut shards to strike the spikes as he advanced, his face filled with a maniacal grin.

He was already feeling the pain.

Just now, he had failed countless times in the initial stage, each time falling into the spikes and being stabbed all over, suffering excruciating pain.

But every time he was about to die, plants would rise from the thorn bushes, lifting him back to the starting point and even healing his wounds.

His grandmother's thoughtfulness was so extreme it left people speechless.

The strong men were thinking, why couldn't he just die cleanly? Why did he have to lift them up again and again to start over?

Thanks to the experience gained from countless "deaths," he gradually mastered the method to pass through the first short section of the road, and his skills improved. Just now, he finally managed to pass through the first chainsaw through his own efforts.

This chainsaw is a threshold; if you can get past it, it means you've already entered the door of this place!

This is his first time passing through here; what lies ahead is an unknown territory!

But the strong man now felt full of confidence. He had already endured the hellish scenery in front of him, so what else could he not do?

"Is there anything I can't do?"

Looking ahead at the denser array of spikes, the more chainsaws, and the insects swarming about, he felt that a great journey awaited him.

"I feel like all my previous depression has been swept away, and life is full of hope. I have nothing to be afraid of anymore."

"Once I get through this tunnel, I'll go back to the Sien Dungeon and start over. Sooner or later, I'll be able to defeat Overlord Warnir!"

A smile appeared on the burly man's lips as he uttered a line that sounded like he was planting a flag.

About half an hour later.

Looking ahead, the tunnel was so narrow that even with his hunchback he could barely squeeze through, and there was a red, horned chainsaw spinning back and forth at three times the speed, and strange insects that occasionally fell from the iron spikes and bumped into people.

Moreover, what was originally a straight tunnel is now showing signs of turning.

It's not just a simple left or right turn, it's a vertical one.

How do you get past this thing? Do you hit it left and right and jump over it?
Based on these two pieces of high-nut shells in my hand
Once you get to the top, there are large gaps where there are no spikes to use for leverage, only chainsaws swaying back and forth. If you fall down, you might not only get impaled, but you'd probably die from the fall itself.

Does he have to keep hitting the chainsaw that's swinging back and forth as he moves forward?

Only the Sword Saint himself could complete this extreme challenge!
Anyone who can walk the entire route is no longer human; if they were, they would dare to eat the Farron Fortress while standing upside down!
The burly man, his arms aching and too sore to swing a high-nut nut, gave a painful smile as he recalled his confident self not long ago.

It's impossible to get through, it's simply impossible to get through.

The burly man couldn't fathom how he could traverse this bizarre terrain using only the two tall nuts he held, without relying on any special abilities.

Here, he always felt like he had become a 2D paper doll, and no matter what he did, he could only move forward. That deep sense of powerlessness invaded his whole body.

"You're such a bastard, Sien Dungeon."

He could no longer hold on, his hand loosened, and he fell towards the spikes. Just before he was pierced, he suddenly realized what had happened.

"No, I misspoke. This is Cangyin Underground City."

"Hiss, without realizing it, I thought I was in Sion."

Even as she was about to fall into the spikes, she didn't seem particularly afraid, because she knew that once she fell, vines would emerge from the spikes to pull her up and send her back to the starting point.

They're completely fearless, aren't they?

"Pfft!"

The sound of flesh being pierced by spikes rang out, and the familiar stinging sensation spread throughout his body. The burly man smiled, just like Esmerald.

However, after a while, the smile turned into fear.

Where are the vines? Why aren't they here anymore?
No! This time I'm really going to die!
In his terror and delirium, he seemed to see the overlord Wolnir, draped in the black robes of death, reaching out his hand to him. With his last strength, he let out a scream:
"Don't come any closer—" A century later, a historian from Kasuga Castle wrote the following words in response to the events of that day:

On that day, the verdant landscape changed, and the adventurers began to cry and waile.
It's late at night.

"What the hell is going on with the Cangyin Underground City, you bastard!"

In Spring City, the plaza where the Azure Underground City portal is located is where adventurers gather and make a lot of noise.

It's nighttime now, the time when the dungeon closes, and also the time of day with the highest number of adventurers.

However, people used to complain about other things, and it's been a long time since we've seen such a commotion, so clearly directed at the Cangyin Underground City.
A naked adventurer, stripped down to nothing but a tattered rag, pounded the ground in a fit of rage and shouted:
"This is the first time in my life I've ever seen a Doom-shroom cannon. When that giant mushroom came crashing down on me, I had no idea how to run! That thing is already ridiculously powerful, so everyone avoids it for safety. Why the hell is it now attacking on its own?!"

Why did I run into a fiery jalapeno?

"I have a cherry bomb pitcher here!"

"Have you seen the giant Puff-shroom that spews Doom-shrooms out of several holes? A friend of mine had his lower body blown off."

The adventurer's words quickly garnered a large response from other adventurers, who began to angrily denounce the strange plants that the Azure Valley had produced.

"I thought those plants were great to begin with. Each one had a natural ability that made me, a plant lover, ecstatic."

"What are these things now? They look like they were just roughly fused together. Putting aside the aesthetics, the sheer intensity is beyond our capabilities! This thing should be stuffed into the Sien Dungeon!"

"Has no one encountered that tunnel full of spikes? I feel like I'm being stabbed and leaking water right now!"

"Has the Azure Cloud Dungeon acted up again like before? If I get disgusted and driven away this time, I'm not coming back!"

The atmosphere of discussion among the adventurers in the Azure Dungeon was completely different from that on the other side of Sein.

If the Sien Dungeon were to implement these changes, everyone would be unsurprised and simply wait for a walkthrough. However, the Cangyin Dungeon is already hurling insults.

Just as everyone's anger was erupting like a volcano, a calm voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

"Why haven't I encountered any of the things you mentioned? Did you do something?"

His words immediately made him the target of everyone's anger, and some people shouted:
"I didn't do anything, I was just chasing after marigolds and that's when I encountered them—"

Before he could finish speaking, someone shouted, "I also encountered those strange plants while chasing after marigolds."

"Me too!" "Wait, you all are?" "Me too."

The angry volcano was suddenly frozen, and people looked at each other, pointing at one another like Spider-Man.

That calm voice rang out again.

"See? You all fell for the dungeon's trick. I knew something was wrong as soon as I saw the marigold and didn't chase after it. In the end, it was all your own greed that made you get tricked by the dungeon. There's nothing you can do about it."

"I had a pretty good experience today. Although I encountered a crazed green tree spirit whose body turned red and it took me a long time to defeat it, the rewards I received were much higher. I earned two weeks' worth of living expenses today."

His opening was like a chat group suddenly having a lucky player showing off their cards, which would attract countless other lucky players to join in, leading one adventurer after another to share their day's gains.

"That painful path, I mean that tunnel full of spikes, I didn't make it through, but I was lucky enough to get halfway through. When I resurrected, I found a Tall-nut seed in my hand, which sold for a good price."

The person who said this was a dwarf who was only half the height of others, so it makes perfect sense that he could only run half of the Path of Suffering.

"If that's the case, then it seems I also received a plant as a reward, just not seeds, although they can still fetch a good price."

Inspired by the dwarves, people began to communicate and discovered something.

The Azure Dungeon has grown larger, adding a deeper combat zone filled with fused dangerous plants and even bizarre creatures like the Path of Pain.

However, the reward is a stable supply of plant seeds or mature plants.

If we were to say what is valued in the current Cangyin Dungeon, it would definitely be plants, especially those favored by alchemists and craftsmen.

These plants can be fused with various equipment or directly forged into equipment. While they may not be of superior quality compared to ordinary equipment, they each have their own unique uses. Shields made from nuts are surprisingly effective against undead creatures, pea shooters can be inoculated onto arm armor to turn them into living hand cannons, and torch stumps can automatically adjust to the perfect temperature for cooking.
In particular, the recently launched "Giant Plant Cultivation Project" is an attempt by the people here to cultivate giant, aggressive plants to replace the city's defensive cannons. If it is successful, it could change the kingdom's defensive situation.

Due to their various miraculous effects, these plants have always been very expensive. However, the drop rate of these plants as rewards in the Azure Dungeon is unstable, with only a few produced per day, making the market supply far from meeting the demand.

Now, the adventurers have tallied up the numbers and found that although the difficulty has increased, there is now a slightly more stable source of plant rewards.

"Could the difficulty be made even higher? I want even more rewards!"

So some people directly made this appeal.

When the rewards are meager, adventurers will complain bitterly about even the slightest hardship.

When the reward equals the effort, adventurers will take it for granted.

When the rewards suddenly increase, people are pleasantly surprised, even if their own efforts also increase accordingly.

The adventurer will still fill in "very easy" next time!
Years later, when people look at the city walls covered with giant plants, they will surely remember the day that Cangyin Underground City underwent its transformation.

(End of this chapter)