Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 1074 - 698: Dungeon Showdown

There are subtle differences between dungeon death matches and battles.

Besides the difference in the costs and rewards for winning and losing parties, there's also the matter of the battlegrounds.

Dungeon battles are quite... customizable, where sides can directly engage in chaotic combat or set up numerous traps for slow exploration, with a variety of bizarre and whimsical styles.

For instance, Red Teeth once faced off against a certain City Lord on a map that endlessly generated floating islands. However, the battle rules were neither about exploring the map nor chaotic combat; instead, both manipulated the same Monster on the floating islands endlessly jumping back and forth, and whoever fell first would lose.

This battle was once voted by the City Lords as the "Annual Most Peaceful Dungeon Battle."

But regardless of the form of battle, it ultimately hinges on a decisive factor — the map.

The map for a death match is selected from the resource pool of the challenger, which is a significant advantage for the challenger, so without thorough preparation, people rarely initiate death matches rashly.

The battle map, however, is negotiable; it doesn't matter who chooses it, and both parties can even contribute half to create a combined map. Even the rules of winning and losing can be customized, showing a high degree of freedom.

For the map of the battle between Sain Dungeon and Blast Flame Dungeon, both City Lords left it to dungeon random choice, and it doesn't matter who was chosen.

Gong Qiying does not plan to deal with Corruption Lake or Abyssal Madness Fire like pollution bombs again, as his goal now isn't to kill the opponent as he did against Evil Nest Dungeon.

There's also a problem; Flame Fire's Monsters seem to be pure Elemental Creatures, and the environment of Corruption Lake seems less effective against them. Madness Fire directly targets spiritual power, which is too harsh, and as for Abyss, it works too slowly compared to the other two.

It's now a rare peaceful battle, yes, peaceful!

He plans to engage in a serious battle, and luckily Flame Fire agrees, so they've left it to dungeon random choice.

[Blast Flame Dungeon Integration Complete]

At the time of integration between the two dungeons, the map randomly selected by the dungeon emerged.

It was quite an expansive combat arena, resembling the combat arena of Divine Fire Village, but the space was broader, scattered with various weapons, and the edges of the area were marked by heavy iron doors.

This place exudes a strong sense of artificial creation, especially the iron doors; the Ice Curse Dragon would presumably be very unhappy here.

This was randomly selected from the resource pool of Blast Flame Dungeon; surprisingly ordinary-looking, seemingly suitable for a head-to-head manly battle.

The heart of both City Lords is at each end of this combat arena, exposed in clear view, and whoever breaks it first will win.

[Blast Flame Dungeon City Lord has sent a call request]

"Let's begin, Gedwin."

Gong Qiying accepted the call request, and Flame Fire's high-spirited voice immediately came through; it was apparent he was very excited.

Probably because he was thinking about soon getting the big Burning Furnace Golem doll in his hands, if you told a two-dimensional enthusiast that winning a certain match would win them a moving wife figure, they'd be even more excited than Flame Fire.

"Then let's cut to the chase, let's start immediately." Gong Qiying nodded with a smile.

"This will be a battle that burns everything!"

Flame Fire's voice rang out, so passionate that one might think he's a native warrior from the Warrior Country.

As soon as the words left his mouth, flames erupted skyward on Flame Fire's side.

These were exceptionally lively flames; the orange-yellow fire danced excitedly, transforming most of the combat arena into a giant bonfire, even twisting the air under its high temperatures.

Although the flames were intense, they didn't feel menacing because the orange-yellow fire looked very healthy and much more amiable compared to the various colored flames Adventurers often saw in Sain Dungeon, like blood-red and black flames.

The large cluster of flames suddenly gathered, forming a giant flaming bud that scattered countless embers as it burned, each ember transforming into uniquely shaped fire Element Creatures upon landing.

Basic humanoid shapes, common tiger and wolf beast shapes, rare Monster shapes... Varied in size and form, each Monster was born from flames, extending nearly invisible threads from their bodies that connected to the large flaming bud behind them.

These were clearly the vanguard; their strength varied but wasn't significantly different.

And behind this vanguard, a massive entity emerged.

It appeared as a giant with a horned head as its upper half, while its lower half was a shapeless blaze of flames, representing the Flame Lord.

On the Flame Lord, undoubtedly emanated head-level strength!

This was Gong Qiying's first time seeing head-level Monsters from other dungeons; no other City Lord had used such head-level Monsters during sealing item battles before.

The strength of this Monster... was conspicuous and wouldn't be inferior to some of Sain Dungeon's head-level Monsters.

Indeed, high-level dungeons can certainly produce some impressive things.

Gong Qiying looked at the lineup opposite him, evidently, Flame Fire was purely a fire Element enthusiast, and all these Monsters were purely Elemental Creatures.

Isn't it problematic if I use fire immunity or high fire resistance Monsters against you? Like the Black Knight.

But this was different from the previous Burning Demon battle as Burning Demon has a physical entity, whereas all the fire Elemental Creatures here are akin to elemental fruit ability holders, and Gong Qiying had done his homework; Elemental Creatures generally are immune to pure physical attacks.

Younka, Elemental Creatures, combined with the Demon King Bloodline dealt by Gapar before, isn't there a bit too much immune to physical attacks, the physics warriors sure are crying.

Gong Qiying had quite a few Monsters with high fire resistance, to demonstrate the characteristics of dungeon battles that stop at just the right point, controlling the costs.

He first played a seemingly ordinary Burning Furnace Golem.

However, the consumption of spiritual power appeared to be much more than just for one Burning Furnace Golem.

When the Burning Furnace Golem appeared, the vast arena suddenly seemed somewhat cramped. On Flame Fire's side, he laughed heartily, and the army of Monsters composed of numerous Aliens charged towards the Burning Furnace Golem.

Faced with this group of Fire Element Creatures, whose appearances differed but whose essence was the same, the Burning Furnace Golem suddenly lowered its head, or rather its fire pit. With almost no pause, a fire vortex capable of piercing straight through the entire arena erupted from the fire pit, swallowing all the charging Fire Element Creatures.

Though Fire Element Creatures are not completely immune to damage even from fire attacks, after suffering such an attack, apart from the Flame Lord, Flame Fire's troops certainly couldn't withstand it.

When the vortex of flames surged towards the Flame Lord, the creature, no smaller in stature than the Burning Furnace Golem, spread its arms wide, and a similar vortex erupted from its chest as a counterattack. The two whirlpools of different colors collided and instantly mixed, indistinguishable, almost making it impossible to see which side had the advantage.

The scene looked as though a sentient battle wave was underway, but from Gong Qiying's side came a different sensation from the Burning Furnace Golem.

"Indeed, Elemental Creatures can be used like this." He uttered with a sigh.

At that moment, the flames that burned on the Burning Furnace Golem...

unexpectedly shrank.

The flames gushing from its body of iron bars began to shrink, first in scale, followed by the amplitude of their flickering becoming smaller, then the flames at the legs extinguished, and the trend of extinguishing continued upwards.

It seemed as though the flames inside the Burning Furnace Golem were being siphoned away.

"Brilliant, Gedwin, the flames from the Burning Furnace Golem are just as I imagined, of surprisingly high quality—I've never seen this type before!"

Flame Fire's excited voice echoed, filled with enthusiasm, but more so with a fervor.

It's the kind of fervor that drives one to get the good things in front of them!

For Flame Fire, tasting high-quality and unprecedented flames is an unstoppable urge, like taking Happiness Eggs, so he targeted the Burning Furnace Golem from the start, more accurately its internal flames.

"My Monsters are different from the Fire Element Creatures in nature that operate purely on instinct; I used to be an Elemental Creature Scholar. Based on my experience, the Monsters I've added in this dungeon naturally have exceptional attributes!"

"My Fire Element Creatures not only utilize fire to kill enemies simply; they can manipulate all the flames they come into contact with!"

"As long as it's flames touched by Magic, they are under my control!"

In other words, his Flame Lord is currently absorbing the flames from within the Burning Furnace Golem.

Perhaps even Flame Fire would experience some loss when absorbing the Golem's flames, but outwardly he seemed full of vigor.

Flame Fire's lips curled upward with madness.

Moreover, there's something he hasn't fully disclosed to Gong Qiying.

He is an Elemental Creature Scholar, and not merely focused on Fire Element Creatures.

Fire, water, ice, thunder... He has explored these basic elements.

He has corresponding Elemental Creatures he can control, although not as proficiently as the fire element!

He hasn't revealed everything about himself since he's not a sorcerer; disclosing his abilities won't make them stronger.

If Gong Qiying brings out Monsters that counter the fire element next, Flame Fire can still summon Elemental Creatures of similar elements for a counteraction!

After all, all beings in this world wanting to use elements require Magic Power.

How could there exist creatures manipulating ice, fire, thunder, and lightning without Magic Power? It's unscientific.

"Hmm, I roughly understood."

Gong Qiying nodded, although he hadn't expected Flame Fire's Monsters to be able to control the enemy's flames, he had considered before the fight that the Monsters possessed by a dungeon like the Blast Flame Underground City could not be ordinary, devoid of any special abilities.

The reason for the Blast Flame Underground City's low spiritual power earnings is likely because the traits of these Monsters can only be used in battles, making it impossible to attract adventurers.

"If only Monsters that can control elements without Magic Power can avoid being countered by Flame Fire..."

Gong Qiying might actually have one.

The flames from the Burning Furnace Golem were absorbed completely at this moment, and the temperature of the Flame Lord reached its highest today, the flames jumping with excited jigs.

But before it could enjoy this high temperature for even a moment, a cold wave suddenly swept in.

Gong Qiying summoned a new Monster:

[Ice Curse Dragon]

These dragons from Monster Hunter are the most scientific indeed.