Chapter 97: "Locking Eyes" With the Red Moon!

Chapter 97: Chapter 97: "Locking Eyes" With the Red Moon!

[Life Value: -3,000,000]

Accompanied by a booming ROAR, the final Golem shattered in an instant.

Yu Zhun stood in the rubble-filled hall, a somewhat speechless expression on his face. This was the first time he had encountered an opponent he couldn’t kill in a single strike. Even for him, this adversary proved highly troublesome.

The difficulty didn’t lie in having to attack seven more times, but rather in the fact that after he killed the Red Moon Golem: Greed, the Dungeon Boss fully realized that Yu Zhun had the power to instant-kill it. Then, things began to spiral out of control.

Just as the Red Moon Golem’s skill description stated, every time its Life Value hit zero, it would randomly transfer into another Golem and gain its two corresponding Golem skills. Among the two skills possessed by each Golem, there was guaranteed to be one similar to [Greed]—a skill that could actively reduce its Life Value to zero to provide a new buff for the subsequent Golem.

Therefore...

Before Yu Zhun could even make a move, the Red Moon Golem forcefully shattered itself six times, transferring all the buffs to the final Golem to fight him in its strongest possible form.

Fortunately, Yu Zhun still won in the end. He had his max-level [Sword Dance] to thank for that.

[Congratulations! You have displayed immense divine might in Red Moon Tide, defeating the Boss, Red Moon Golem (Lv35)! Level Experience +500,000!]

[Congratulations! Your level has increased to Lv26!]

[The Dungeon Boss, Red Moon Golem, has left a surprise for you upon its death. Dropped item: Red Moon Crimson Book (Epic)!]

[The Dungeon Boss, Red Moon Golem, upon its death, has...]

[Congratulations! You have met the clearance conditions for the [Red Moon Tide] Dungeon!]

"Holy shit! Five hundred thousand experience? Red Equipment?!" Yu Zhun’s eyes widened in shock, unable to hold back his exclamation.

Generally speaking, in a Lv30 3A-grade Dungeon, only a perfect first clear guaranteed a piece of Red Equipment. A regular perfect clear had about a 5% chance of dropping Red Equipment and guaranteed two pieces of Purple Equipment. A normal clear guaranteed one piece of Purple Equipment. As for the experience points gained from the Dungeon, it usually ranged between 100,000 and 150,000.

But now, he had merely achieved a normal clear in the [Red Moon Tide] Dungeon, yet he had received 500,000 experience points and a piece of Red Equipment. Yu Zhun couldn’t even begin to imagine how incredibly generous the rewards for this Dungeon would be if they managed to get a perfect first clear.

On the stairs behind him, Ji Xiaoyu and the others quickly rushed up, excited expressions on their faces. Following Yu Zhun’s kill of the Dungeon Boss, the Red Moon Golem, they had also received the system prompts.

"Guild Master, you’re amazing!" Ji Xiaoyu grinned and gave him a thumbs up. "That took less than a minute."

"Although the time was short, the Red Moon Golem was indeed very troublesome." Yu Zhun shook his head with a smile. "By the way, a piece of Red Equipment dropped. It’s a Priest’s Book."

"Eh?!" Su Yue and Salas’s eyes lit up simultaneously.

Neither of them had a Red Weapon. Now that one had dropped, they naturally needed to find a way to compete for it. At this thought, the two Priests couldn’t help but exchange a glance.

"We’ll distribute it after we leave the Dungeon." Seeing the excitement of the two Priests, Yu Zhun smiled. "If we can perfectly clear [Red Moon Tide], there should be more chances to obtain Red Weapons in the future."

Sheila stood behind the group, staring fixedly at Yu Zhun with a strange glimmer in her eyes.

This young man was truly confident. He seemed to have never doubted whether he could achieve a perfect clear. Confidence without the strength to back it up was just arrogance, but clearly, this young man possessed the requisite strength. Before this, Sheila had been wondering where Ji Xiaoyu and the others’ blind confidence and trust in Yu Zhun came from, but now, she seemed to understand a little.

"Guild Master, how do we get a perfect clear?" Su Hong asked the most crucial question.

Yu Zhun had provided a Dungeon strategy plan beforehand. However, it was impossible for him to be omniscient and know everything in advance. Therefore, as to how to achieve a perfect clear, Yu Zhun had no concrete plan. He mostly relied on his adaptability.

"I have a few ideas right now. Due to the descent of the Red Moon upon this world, countless creatures have been subjected to Demonization.

"As challengers, what we actually need to do is Rescue this world and Rescue these Demonized Creatures," Yu Zhun spoke slowly.

Everyone nodded in unison. This concept had long been a strategic consensus among various guilds.

"Because we need to Rescue the Demonized Creatures, we can’t slaughter them indiscriminately. Once we kill too many, it will lead to an increase in difficulty later on. This is considered a punishment Mechanism the Dungeon imposes on challenging players.

"But did you guys notice a certain detail?

"Whether it’s the survivors possessing the [Azure Pearl] or the commanders of the Demonized Creatures after regaining their consciousness, none of them showed any hostility towards us because of this," Yu Zhun said with a slight pause, then smiled.

Everyone’s eyes lit up.

"No wonder I felt something was off." A hint of contemplation flashed in Ji Xiaoyu’s eyes. "So the true meaning of the red-name Mechanism is..."

"To attract the Red Moon’s attention!" Su Hong eagerly answered.

"Exactly. Even though the Demonized Creatures are pitiable, only by killing a certain number and displaying enough strength can we make the entity above the Red Moon feel threatened.

"To make It ’cast its gaze’ upon us.

"So here comes the problem. If It is looking at us, what should we do?" Yu Zhun nodded and smiled.

"Make eye contact... with It?" Su Yue murmured uncertainly, then her face paled as she vehemently shook her head. "No, making eye contact means death!"

Those who look directly at the Red Moon die! This rule was absolutely not to be broken.

"The train of thought is correct, but it’s true that we cannot directly look up at the Red Moon. Therefore, we need the altar.

"The Red Moon was summoned by the eight sinners using the altar. We can also use the altar to communicate with the Red Moon without looking at it directly.

"However, I checked the activation method for the altar earlier. It requires sacrifices imbued with Demonic Qi," Yu Zhun smiled, pulling out the Sheepskin Scroll from his chest pocket and pointing at it.

THUD.

At the exact moment Yu Zhun finished speaking, Sheila, who had left the group at some unknown point, returned carrying a small bag and tossed it onto the ground. The mouth of the bag fell open, revealing numerous Crimson spheres inside.

"Eyes." Sheila’s words remained as concise as ever.

"Impressive." Yu Zhun gave Sheila a thumbs up.

The sacrifices he had thought of were precisely the eyes of the eight Golems! Although the Golems were shattered, their fragmented remains hadn’t vanished. Using the eyes as sacrifices for the altar could be considered as gazing at the Red Moon. In this way, the condition of "making eye contact" was fulfilled.

Following the activation method recorded on the Sheepskin Scroll, Yu Zhun and the other five placed the sixteen eyeballs at various corners of the altar, then activated it. The sixteen eyeballs dissolved at a visible rate as a blood-red pillar of Light shot into the sky, piercing straight towards the heavens!

A terrifying presence, far surpassing that of the Red Moon Golem, descended with a thunderous BOOM!