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Chapter 36 Dungeon: Crescent Moon 3-Star Cave

"Hehehe! You're the one!"

Before Lin Ye could react, everything went black in front of him the instant the words were spoken.

When his vision cleared again, he realized he was at the foot of a cliff.

Look up.

All I saw was...

Sunlight reflects on the misty mountains, gently locking in the verdant green; rain ceases, and the dark blue hues are coolly tinged with blue.

Withered vines entwine old trees, and an ancient ferry crossing marks a secluded path.

Rare flowers and auspicious herbs, tall bamboos and pines, evergreen for ten thousand years, surpassing even the blessed land; rare flowers and auspicious herbs, never fading in all four seasons, rivaling even the legendary Penglai.

The song of a secluded bird is near, and the clear sound of a spring flows gently.

The valleys are filled with orchids and magnolias, and moss grows on the cliffs everywhere.

"Where...where is this place...?"

Lin Ye felt as if his eyes couldn't take it all in, as if he had returned to the world of ancient Chinese folk tales.

[Entered a special instance: Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave, Memories]

[Dungeon Clearance Conditions: ??? (0/1)]

That familiar, clear, and crisp laughter rang out again, but this time, there was a hint of nostalgia in it.

"Hehehe! Whether you can obtain my master's teachings—no!—depends on your abilities!"

Lin Ye wanted to find out where the sound came from.

But in the end, he could only stare blankly at the sky.

"What exactly is going on?"

Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave.

These two impressive names alone are enough to leave a lasting impression.

But in his previous life, he had never heard of it, either before or after the arrival of the "Divine Realm".

"However, I've never even heard of Flower Fruit Mountain or Water Curtain Cave."

"It seems that this trip has allowed me to uncover some truly hidden secrets that have never been exposed to the world before."

With these thoughts in mind, Lin Ye continued to look towards the mountaintop.

There are vaguely visible structures resembling cave dwellings.

Since the conditions for passing the checkpoint are vague, why not just go and take a look over there?

They could just pack up and go.

He immediately set off and walked onto the mountain path in front of him.

The road ahead was relatively easy to travel, but once you reached higher ground, a light, continuous snow began to fall.

Unlike the fine, salt-like snow of the Ancient Frost Plains, the snow in this instance is like willow catkins, drifting down onto Lin Ye's hair, not drooping down his eyebrows, but rather clinging to them.

Lin Ye also experienced growing old together.

With the help of the soft, continuous snow, he no longer seemed out of place, but rather blended into the landscape.

As Lin Ye slowly walked up to the middle of the mountain, he heard a melodious cry of a crane.

He turned his head to look.

Suddenly, a flock of cranes flew over and circled around the mountain.

It has a long neck and white feathers.

They are truly beautiful animals.

Lin Ye paused, lost in thought.

The cranes flew closer and closer.

then.

The cranes began to accelerate, like missiles.

Flying towards the forest night.

"Clang—!"

Lin Ye quickly stepped aside to avoid it.

All I could see was the spot where he had just been standing.

The rock wall behind them had been pierced by the crane's sharp beak, and countless stone fragments were falling down.

The crane merely shook its body, then immediately turned towards Lin Ye and charged forward again.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Lin Ye still didn't understand.

In mid-air, another crane transformed into a missile and flew straight toward Lin Ye.

The poetic and picturesque, antique atmosphere was instantly shattered.

【Lingtai Crane - Memories】

Level: Lv20

Grade: Elite

Health: 10200

Power: 210

Agility: 175

Physical condition: 360

Spirit: 130

[Entry]

Memories (Special)

This is a memory; after defeating it, no entries can be extracted, nor can a contract be obtained.

Spirit Beak Piercing (LV4)

Normal attacks have a piercing effect, ignoring 20% of the target's defense, and dealing additional wind damage equal to [Strength x 18%].

White Feather Riding the Wind (LV3)

While in the air/flying state, evasion rate +25%, ranged damage taken reduced by 20%. Immune to frost slow and wind knockback effects.

Immortal Mountain Blessing (LV3)

Within the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain scene, all attributes are increased by 12%; 3% of maximum health is automatically restored every 10 seconds.

Dive potential energy (LV3)

When using a dive-type skill, the damage is increased by an additional 30%, and there is a 40% chance to cause a critical hit.

【Skill】

White Feather Dives

Type: Charge Lock

Cooldown: 8 seconds

Effect: After taking off, dives at high speed to lock onto a target within 25 meters, dealing [Strength x 260%] physical damage and knocking the target back 2 meters, inflicting [Piercing Bleeding]: dealing [Strength x 25%] damage per second for 5 seconds. Can destroy environmental cover and rock walls.

Back wind flapping wings

Type: Range Control

Cooldown: 12 seconds

Effect: Violent wing flapping generates wind pressure, dealing [Strength × 100%] wind damage to enemies within 5 meters and knocking them back 4 meters. Gains [Gale]: Movement speed +50% for 4 seconds.

A series of crane cries

Type: Passive Trigger

Cooling: Built-in 3 seconds

Effect: When hitting the same target consecutively, the damage of each attack increases by 15%, stacking up to 3 times (+45%); the stacks are reset when the target is switched or the player leaves combat.

"Such a beautiful crane, is it really a monster in a dungeon?"

Lin Ye quickly suppressed his shock, immediately raised the Glacier Crevice Greatsword on his back, and slashed at the crane that had taken off again.

[-9770!] (Normal Attack, Physical, Holy)

【-1431!】(Frostfang, Frost, Holy)

【-5!】(Fang, Toxin, Holy)

With a single sword strike, the crane perished.

Faced with so many enemies and no allies around, he immediately activated his aura.

[Extreme Cold Aura (LV4) activated, range: 100 meters]

【-723!】(Extreme Cold Aura - Frost - Holy)

Then, Lin Ye immediately turned around and faced the crane that was closest to him.

"Sword Shatters the Universe!"

The sword energy flew out, annihilating the opponent into ashes.

Ke Linye continued to look up at the sky.

The cranes were densely packed together. It didn't look like it could be cleaned up completely.

Normally, Lin Ye would definitely stop and pause.

This is the perfect time to farm attributes and stack marks.

But right now, Lin Ye's brows were furrowed, and he couldn't be happy at all.

After all, this was a dungeon he had never heard of before, and everything was unknown.

There might be variables hidden within that he was unaware of.

"You can farm stats from any monster, so it's no big deal to do it this time!"

Having figured it out, Lin Ye no longer hesitated and strode up the mountain.

He could only turn around from time to time and flick a sword aura at the enemy.

Fortunately, the extreme cold aura has a slowing effect, and he is also extremely agile.

These cranes couldn't catch up at all.

As he reached the summit, the cranes dispersed like the receding tide, disappearing into the clouds and reverting to their elegant and beautiful forms.

However, one of them was moving too slowly.

"Sword Shatters the Universe!"

The sword energy flew out, adding another layer of mark to Lin Ye.

"call!"

Lin Ye let out a long sigh, which served as a summary of the not-so-dangerous chase.

[Slayed: Cloud-patterned Crane x9]

[Experience Settlement]

Cloud-patterned crane: 1000 × 9 = 9000

Lv36（260/3700）→ Lv38（1760/3900）

Leveled up 2 times and gained 20 free attribute points.

[God-Slaying Mark +8]

(Of the 9, 8 died from the sword breaking the universe, and 1 died from the halo and special effects.)