"The concentration of magic here is truly astonishing."
Whenever a player found themselves in a place saturated with magical elements, their mind would become sharper and more active. This had considerable benefits for improving skill completion rates and combat techniques.
"With this level of concentration, the boosting effect is probably no worse than drinking the Hundred Fruits Fine Wine. If players could level up and train their combat skills here, their improvement speed would be five or six times faster than the outside world. What a pity that this place is completely isolated — you can't just come and go as you please."
Shi Feng opened his system interface and found he could no longer contact the outside world. On the dilapidated streets, numerous wandering undead creatures were roaming about, none of them particularly high-level.
Painful Wraith —
Ghoul — Undead creature, Special Elite, Level 60, HP 700,000.
These semi-transparent Painful Wraiths and the Ghouls wandering the city streets were relatively few in number. A Level 60 party could handle them without much trouble.
Farming monsters here would be the best choice for both leveling up and improving skill completion rates.
Shi Feng took out a Concealment Scroll, used it, and carefully made his way across the rooftops toward the location of the palace marked on the map.
The entire city had long since become a dead city. Statues stood tall throughout the streets — all these people had been turned to stone by the curse. Clearly, breaking the curse couldn't be accomplished simply by killing the undead creatures. The solution had to be found at its root.
In the
Thunder Emperor Caesar!
Thunder Emperor Caesar had originally been a peak fifth-tier Sword Saint, just one step away from stepping into the sixth tier of godhood. Unfortunately, that one step was an impossibly vast gulf.
For players, advancing from a fifth-tier class to the sixth tier required tremendous opportunity, luck, and strength. Let alone the NPCs of the Divine Realm — even in his previous life, someone with immense potential like the Dark Gold-grade guardian Kait could only reach peak fifth-tier. Breaking through to the sixth tier was an impossible dream.
According to legend, Thunder Emperor Caesar had mobilized the entire empire's resources in pursuit of immortality and performed a forbidden act.
Now it seemed highly likely that this forbidden act was connected to the capital's curse.
"Damn it, the city is destroyed. How are there still guards?!"
Shi Feng reached the rooftop of a building across the street from the palace and stared intently at the mechanical guardians stationed on both sides of the palace gates.
Thunder Beast Keeper — High Grand Lord, Level 200, HP ???????
The Thunder Beast Keepers' level was far too high for Shi Feng to even see their exact HP values. However, one thing was certain — their HP was absurdly high.
A normal High Grand Lord typically displayed six health bars. But the Thunder Beast Keepers in front of him showed ten. That was how massive their HP pool was.
And there were fully eight of these Thunder Beast Keepers...
This made Shi Feng truly marvel at the power of the Thunder Beast Empire.
He had visited quite a few imperial capitals, but this was the first time he had ever seen mechanical guardians this formidable.
The entire palace was protected by an enormous magical array. To enter the palace, he would either have to destroy the array or walk through the main gates.
Destroying the array was obviously not realistic.