Who designed this underworld dungeon?.

Chapter 699 Dungeon Battle

There are subtle differences between dungeon deathmatch and regular combat.

Besides the difference in the costs and rewards for the winners and losers, there is another difference in the arena where the battle takes place.

Dungeon battles are highly customizable; you can either engage in a chaotic free-for-all by deploying troops, or set up numerous traps to explore slowly, and there are also some strange and imaginative gameplay options.

For example, Chi Ya once fought against a city lord on a map where floating lands would be generated infinitely. However, the rules of the battle were not to explore the map or to fight by assembling troops. Instead, both sides controlled the same monsters to jump back and forth on the constantly generated floating lands, and whoever fell down first lost.

This battle was once voted by the city lords as the "most peaceful dungeon battle of the year".

But no matter what form the battle takes, it all comes down to one decisive factor in the end—the map.

The map for a deathmatch is chosen by the challenged player from their own resource pool, which is a huge advantage for the challenged player. Therefore, no one would rashly initiate a deathmatch without thorough preparation.

The battle map is easy to negotiate; it doesn't matter who comes, you can simply each contribute half and create a complete map. Even the rules for winning and losing can be customized, which shows how high the degree of freedom is.

The map for the battle between the Sien Dungeon and the Blazing Dungeon was randomly selected by both dungeon lords, so it didn't matter which one was chosen.

Gong Qiying has no intention of using the Corruption Lake or Abyssal Madness bombs again. His goal now is not to kill the opponent like he did when he fought the Calamity Nest dungeon.

Another problem is that the monsters in Flamefire seem to be purely elemental creatures, and the environment of the Corruption Lake seems to have limited effect on them. Madfire directly attacks the opponent's mind, which is too ruthless. As for the Abyss, compared to the previous two, this thing is a bit too slow to take effect.

This is a rare peaceful battle, yes, peaceful!

He intended to have a serious battle, and Flamefire had the same idea, so they simply let the dungeon randomly select a match.

[The fusion of explosive dungeons is completed]

At the moment the two underground cities merged, a map randomly selected from the underground cities also surfaced.

It was a fairly spacious arena, somewhat resembling the fighting arena in Shenhuo Village, only much larger, with all sorts of weapons scattered around, and a heavy iron gate standing at the edge of the arena.

This place is filled with the atmosphere of man-made objects, especially the iron gate. If the Ice Dragon were here, it would probably be very unhappy.

This was randomly selected from the resource pool of the Blazing Dungeon. It looks surprisingly ordinary, but it seems perfect for a manly head-on confrontation.

The hearts of both city lords are located at opposite ends of this arena, exposed in plain sight. Whoever breaks through them first will win.

[The Lord of the Blazing Dungeon has sent a call request.]

“Let’s begin, Godwin.”

Gong Qiying answered the call request, and Yan Huo's energetic voice immediately came through; you could tell he was very excited.

He's probably excited because he'll soon be able to get his hands on such a large figure as the Furnace Golem. If you told an anime fan that you'd give them a moving waifu figure if they won a certain match, they'd be even more excited than Flame.

"Then let's get straight to it without further ado." Gong Qiying nodded with a smile.

"This will be a battle that burns everything!"

Yan Huo's high-pitched and passionate voice rang out, making one think that he was a native warrior of the land of warriors.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a towering flame erupted on the side where the fire was located.

It was an extremely vibrant flame, its orange light leaping excitedly, turning most of the arena into a huge bonfire, even the air itself distorted under the intense heat.

Despite the large fire, it didn't seem ferocious. The orange flames looked quite whole, much more benign than the colorful flames adventurers often saw in the Sien dungeon, such as blood-red or black flames.

The large ball of flame suddenly gathered and condensed into a giant flame bud. As the bud burned, it scattered flames all over the sky. Each flame transformed into a fire elemental creature of various shapes as it landed.

The most basic humanoid form, the common tiger and wolf beast form, and the rare monster form. All sorts of monsters of different sizes and shapes were born from the flames, each with an imperceptible thread extending from its body, connecting to the huge flame bud behind it.

These are clearly advance troops; although their strengths differ, the difference isn't significant.

Behind this advance force, a colossal creature was born.

It was a fire lord whose upper body was a giant with two horns on its head, while its lower body was an amorphous flame.

The power emanating from the Flame Lord was undoubtedly that of a leader!

This was the first time Gong Qiying had ever seen a boss-level monster from another dungeon. He had never seen other city lords use it before when he was fighting sealed artifacts.

This monster is very strong, comparable to some of the leaders in the Sien Dungeon.

Sure enough, high-level dungeons can yield some good stuff.

Looking at the formation opposite him, Gong Qiying could tell that Yan Huo was a pure fire element user, and all these monsters were pure elemental creatures.

If I add fire immunity or high fire resistance to monsters, wouldn't you explode? Like the Black Knight.

However, this is different from the situation when fighting the Burning Demon, because the Burning Demon had a physical form, while the fire elemental creatures here are all like elementalized Flame-Flame Fruit users. Gong Qiying had done his homework; elemental creatures are generally immune to purely physical attacks.

Yunka, an elemental creature, plus the Demon King's bloodline that Japal killed, seems to have an abundance of beings immune to physical attacks. The physical damage warriors are going to cry. On Gong Qiying's side, there are quite a few monsters with high fire resistance, and to reflect the dungeon's combat style of stopping short of engaging and controlling costs...

He first played a rather ordinary card, the Furnace Golem.

However, it seems to consume far more mental energy than a single Burning Furnace Golem.

When the Furnace Golem appeared, the vast arena seemed cramped in comparison. Flamefire laughed loudly, and his army of monstrous, alien creatures surged towards the Furnace Golem.

Faced with this group of fire elementals that looked different but were essentially the same, the Furnace Golem suddenly lowered its head, or rather, its brazier. Without any pause, a vortex of flames that could traverse the entire arena erupted from the brazier, engulfing all the fire elementals that rushed towards it.

Even when attacked with fire, fire elementals are not completely immune to such damage. If they were hit by such an attack, none of the fire elemental units except for the fire lord would be able to withstand it.

When the vortex of flames crashed into the Flame Lord, the monster, whose size was no less than that of the Furnace Golem, spread its arms and spewed out the same vortex from its chest in retaliation. The two vortices of different colors collided and immediately became mixed together, making it almost impossible to tell which one had the upper hand.

The scene looked like a clash of waves, but Miyazaki felt a strange sensation coming from the Burning Furnace Golem.

"I was right, elemental creatures can be used like this." He exclaimed.

The flames on the Furnace Golem at this moment
It's gotten smaller.

The flames that spewed from the body made of iron bars were shrinking. First, the flames shrank in size, and then the amplitude of their flickering became smaller and smaller. Then the flames on the legs went out, and the trend of extinguishing continued to spread upwards.

It looks as if the flames inside the Burning Furnace Golem are being sucked away.

"Fantastic, Godwin! The flames from the Burning Golem are just as I imagined, and the quality is beyond my expectations. I've never seen this type of flame before!"

A loud shout came from Yanhuo, filled with excitement, but even more so with fervor.

It's that kind of fanaticism where you absolutely have to get your hands on the good stuff in front of you!

For Flamefire, tasting high-quality, never-before-seen flames was like eating a lucky egg—irresistible. That's why he set his sights on the Furnace Golem from the very beginning, or more precisely, the flames within it.

"My monsters are different from the fire elementals in nature that only act on instinct. I used to be a scholar of elemental creatures, and the monsters I added to this dungeon based on my experience naturally have their own unique characteristics!"

"My fire elemental creatures possess more than just the ability to kill enemies with fire; they can also manipulate any fire they can reach!"

"Any flame that is tainted by magic is under my control!"

In other words, his Fire Lord is currently absorbing the flames from the Furnace Golem.

Perhaps absorbing the flames of the Burning Furnace Golem would also cause some damage to Flamefire, but on the surface he appears to be in high spirits.

Yan Huo's lips curled into a wild smile.

Moreover, there was something he hadn't fully told Gong Qiying.

He is an elemental biologist, and not just a scholar specializing in fire element biology.

He has dabbled in the basic elements such as fire, water, ice, and lightning.

There are corresponding elemental creatures that can be controlled, but they are not as easy to handle as fire elements!

He didn't reveal all his information, after all, he wasn't a sorcerer, and disclosing his abilities wouldn't make them stronger.

If Gong Qiying brings out a monster that counters fire, he can still summon a creature of the same element to counter it!

After all, all living things in this world need to use magic to utilize the elements.

How could there be creatures that can control ice, fire, and lightning without magic? That's not scientific.

"Hmm, I roughly understand."

Gong Qiying nodded. Although he hadn't expected that the monsters of the Flame Dungeon could control the enemy's flames, he had considered this before the battle. He knew that the monsters in a dungeon of the Explosive Flame Dungeon level couldn't be ordinary and have no special abilities.

The reason why the Blazing Dungeon earns so little Spirit Points is probably because the monster characteristics it possesses can only be used in combat and cannot attract adventurers.

"If only monsters that can manipulate elements without using magic can avoid being countered by fire..."

It seems that Gong Qiying really exists.

The flames of the Burning Furnace Golem were completely absorbed at this moment, and the Flame Lord's temperature reached its highest point of the day, with the flames leaping excitedly.

But before he could even enjoy the heat for a moment, a cold wave suddenly descended.

Gong Qiying summoned a new monster:
【Ice Curse Dragon】

These dragons from Monster Hunter are the most scientifically based.

(End of this chapter)