How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

The scale of the Blood Origin Ruins is very large. Based on my observations along the way, I roughly estimated that it covers at least hundreds of square kilometers, which is equivalent to a mid-sized city.

As we traveled through the city blocks, we encountered many monsters.

But they were all overwhelmed by the team's firepower and did not cause much hindrance at all. In less than half an hour, we arrived at the central area of ​​the Blood Source Ruins.

red.

Blood red.

What meets the eye is a sea of ​​blood red.

Countless blood-source crystals are densely packed in this area. The squares, buildings, walls and corners are all occupied by these blood-source crystals, growing wildly like weeds.

The huge building in the center, which looks like a city hall, is blocked by a crystal cluster made up of many blood-source crystals, and is wrapped in amber.

This patch of blood-red seems to be able to arouse people's inner restlessness.

I couldn't help but frown, looking at the strange scene in the distance, feeling inexplicably dizzy, and glanced at the status bar and found an extra layer of negative effect.

Blood Weakness: All attributes reduced by 80%.

The description is simple, but the effect can be said to be extremely terrifying.

The same went for the other people around me. They seemed to be suppressed by something and their breathing became heavy. Even Ahri was not as lively as at the beginning and lay sickly on my shoulder.

I felt sorry for her and quickly put Ahri back into the pet space.

The only ones who were not affected were Hill and Claire.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Hill immediately released his strength, but it only reduced the pressure slightly.

Fortunately, Claire was prepared before she came over. She pulled out a gray, ancient sword from her waist and stabbed it into the ground with force.

Countless complex patterns spread out from the tip of the sword, forming a glowing magic circle.

Satasia was frightened and wanted to dodge but was held back by Jacinia. Only then did she realize that this magic circle of light did not pose any unnecessary threat to them.

Not only is it harmless, it will also eliminate all the influence brought by the blood crystal.

"Kai, take the others to clear out the monsters in the city. The next action has nothing to do with you."

Claire retracted her sword and said calmly.

"Yes."

Kai nodded, feeling the pressure relieved. The others also knew that their strength might not be enough to go deep into the area, so they followed Kai's orders and headed to different districts.

Claire looked at the two sisters beside her.

"It's probably very dangerous in here."

Although it was not said explicitly, the meaning was very clear.

But Satasia shook her head with a determined look.

I rarely see this idiot look so serious. "Let them come together, Sister Claire. It shouldn't be a problem with you and Hill here."

Since I had already spoken, Claire didn't say anything more. Or maybe she was aware of their determination and just gave them a heads-up. She took the lead and walked towards the building in front.

The closer you get to the huge building, the more blood-red the surrounding blood crystals seem to appear.

However, with Claire's power continuously dispersing it, there was no impact along the way, and they approached the entrance of the building smoothly and without hindrance.

It would be more appropriate to call it a hole formed by collapse rather than an entrance.

It is nearly twenty yards wide and is filled with clusters of blood-origin crystals.

There are many similar huge holes around.

Fortunately, it looks like it is only two or three stories high. If it is as high as the buildings next to it, even with the blood crystals filling the holes and maintaining the overall structure, it would probably still face the risk of collapse.

Chapter 75: The Mysterious Underground Space

But that's not what we're concerned with.

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The blood crystal in the direction we were facing was purified by Claire, revealing a hole leading to the interior of the building.

"This is?"

When I stepped into the building, the scene that appeared before my eyes surprised me.

From the outside, it looks like a two or three-story building, but the interior is extremely spacious.

Although it was filled with dense clusters of blood source crystals similar to the outside, the difference was that the ground in front of it collapsed into a huge hole, revealing a spacious space underground.

The load-bearing stone pillars seemed to have disappeared with the collapse, and a cluster of huge blood-source crystals supported the top of the building, preventing it from facing the danger of collapse.

Obviously, the deeper secrets of the Bloodborne ruins are buried beneath the ground.

Because the collapse of the ground was obviously not caused by human beings, but the indigenous people of this city seemed to be equally curious about the mysteries of the underground space and specially set up a teleportation array.

There is one in front of us, which can probably accommodate more than a hundred people at the same time.

There is also one on each of the other three directions of the hall.

"The structure is intact, but there is no energy supply."

Claire checked the teleportation array.

After all, hundreds of years have passed, and it is normal for the energy stored in the city's urban core to be exhausted.

But speaking of this, we also have to find the core of the city.

After all, it is not realistic to occupy this city by force alone.

Without activating the city core, monsters will still spawn inside the city, and it will be troublesome to deal with many things.

So after spending 100 energy points of the Heart of Herontis to temporarily activate the teleportation array, I also contacted Kai and asked them to help keep an eye on the location of the city's core.

The light appears along with the transmission.

Our group was teleported to a super large teleportation array deep underground.

It was about fifty or sixty yards high.

I looked up at the hole at the top and made a rough estimate.

The light underground was naturally very dim, but the blood source crystals that covered the top of the building cast a light that illuminated large areas of space. It seemed that because of the remote distance, the blood red color was greatly diluted, and at first glance it looked as beautiful as a galaxy belt in the universe.

The space underground is vast.

There is no end in sight at a glance. The surrounding terrain is sometimes wide and flat, sometimes there are maze-like rooms composed of stone walls, and there are also rugged and undulating height differences. Of course, the indispensable ones are those blood crystals.

And compared to the ones above, these blood crystals look purer.

Of course the impact is more profound.

Claire could only add another magic circle for us to relieve the discomfort.

"There, I sensed their bloodline."

Satasia looked towards the southwest with a sharp gaze.

But Claire gave a slightly different answer, "I sensed that the power of the blood crystal is in the area below."

"I felt it, too. It's quite a distance away from us. This underground space may have more than one layer, Your Highness."

Hill reminded.

"should be."

I nodded.

Claire and Hill's strength is there, so their perception will not be wrong.

After thinking about it, he took out the scroll of arcane channel from the badge space, intending to try whether he could go down directly through special methods like the Undercity ruins. However, he found that it was affected by an unknown force and could not be used.

It seems that I can only find the entrance to the next level obediently.

And since Satasia pointed out a direction, we might as well investigate it if there are no clues.

But before that, I switched to the profession of a great thief.

Activate the Silver Wing Phantom skill attached to Silver Wing Lawrence.

This was the first time that this set of skills was used. Two phantoms that matched my appearance but were dimmer appeared. Following my instructions, they went to both sides and explored within a range of two to three hundred yards from me.

At the same time, I also opened up the skill of thinking beyond the ordinary.

In this way, the scope of exploration can be greatly increased, which will help to map the underground space more quickly.

While heading in the direction indicated by Satasia, we also encountered monsters in the underground space. The levels of these monsters were just over level 100.

In addition to their powerful strength, what is particularly peculiar is that they have clusters of blood crystals growing on their bodies to varying degrees, either on their heads, backs, or limbs.

The names all have the prefix "Blood Origin".

Similar to the monsters outside the Bloodborne Ruins, the Bloodborne Crystals also enhanced certain aspects of their abilities, and the extent of the enhancement was even greater.

However, because the power of the blood crystal has penetrated deeply into their bodies, their original physical mechanisms have been destroyed, and they are unable to obtain valuable materials like the monsters outside.

Maybe this is what is called "too much is as bad as too little".

And they have a lower chance of dropping blood crystals after death.

However, the blood source crystals that dropped are of higher quality, which can be more or less seen from the color of the crystals.

There was feedback from the phantom, plus Satasia's vague perception.

It took us nearly forty minutes to reach the edge of this floor. It can be seen that this underground space is huge, almost one-fourth the size of the entire Blood Origin Ruins.

And this is just one layer.

Such a mysterious space happens to be located underground in the center of the city. It is no wonder that the indigenous residents of the Blood Origin Ruins would be curious.

It is also possible that the catastrophe was caused by them touching some mysterious power hidden underground, which led to the large-scale eruption of blood crystals, just like the development of many similar stories.

I thought to myself, while looking far ahead.

There was the edge of the underground layer, and there was a giant hole that was dozens of yards high and hundreds of yards wide. It was almost filled with clusters of blood-source crystals, glowing with a bright red light.

It was probably the entrance to the second floor, which was found by Satasia by accident.

There are also groups of blood monsters at the entrance, including ordinary, elite, bosses and even chiefs. The lineup is very luxurious.

But these are not what Sartasia is focusing on.

"It's there!"

I followed Satasia's gaze and found that there seemed to be some vague black spots behind the entrance blocked by the blood crystal, but I didn't know what the specific situation was.

But no matter what, now that we have found the entrance, it is impossible to just leave like this.

Satasia took the lead and Jacinia followed closely behind.

Facing two people with the strength of level 120 lords, these monsters were harvested like wheat in autumn, and even the leader was no exception.

The only pity is——

"How much equipment can these monsters drop?"

I couldn't help but feel sad.

But there was nothing I could do about it, so I had to divert my attention and think about other things.

For example, the issue of occupation of the Bloodborne ruins.

It is obvious that the resources of the Blood Source Ruins are very rich. Although the function of the Blood Source Crystal is still unknown, it can also be used to convert energy with a high conversion efficiency.

The monsters outside the ruins can also drop many precious and rare materials because of the influence of the blood crystal.

But the question is how to "collect" these resources.

Chapter 76: Special Secret

Although some of the monsters under his command are now over level 100.

But deploying them to fight the monsters in the Bloodborne Ruins would not only fail to give them an advantage in numbers, it would also be a waste.

And there is no way these guys would know how to collect.

By then, the materials on the monsters outside the ruins can be said to be completely wasted.