Chapter 1 System Notification

System: Player has slain a Snakeman for the first time, initiating the Trial of the Thunder God. Slay one thousand Snakemen. Current count: 1.

System: This trial is a reward quest for your first time entering this dungeon. Death or leaving the dungeon will be considered a quest failure. As a reward quest, there will be no penalty for failure.

Instantly, a Trial of the Thunder God appeared in Shi Feng and the others' system windows, displaying the current number of Snakemen slain.

"One thousand Snakemen, that's way too many," Yi Yun said, frowning slightly as she looked at the system notification.

It had taken them over twenty minutes just to kill one Snakeman Guard, and the Snakeman Guard was the weakest monster in the entire dungeon. The amount of time it would take to kill one thousand Snakemen was unimaginable.

And this was just a dungeon quest. They didn't know how many quests they could have completed outside with that much time.

"Although this quest is time-consuming, the experience points from these Snakemen are amazing. The leveling speed is definitely more than 50% higher than outside," Zhuo Hai exclaimed in amazement, looking at the increasing experience points.

The leveling speed inside the Thunder God's Secret Territory was already fast, and this was 50% faster. It was definitely a leveling paradise. Of course, a big reason was that they were killing Snakemen above their level, so the experience points given were a lot, and there were only ten of them.

If they were replaced by a hundred-man team of level 90 players, the leveling speed would be very average.

"Since we can't get out for the time being anyway, let's just level up here. We can treat the quest as a bonus," Lun Hui said.

"That's right. The leveling speed here is faster than outside. If the people from Seven Crime Flowers knew we were leveling up comfortably here, they would probably be furious," Bing Ying said with a smile. "We were in a dilemma before, now let's see who can outlast who!"

They could easily guess the situation outside the dungeon. Di Tian would definitely send a large number of people to guard the entrance, and they definitely wouldn't let them off easily once they went out.

They were anxious before because they couldn't do anything inside the dungeon, while the people outside were constantly improving.

Now that their improvement speed was faster than outside, they didn't mind doing the quest while waiting out Seven Crime Flowers.

"Trial of the Thunder God?"

Shi Feng suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such a quest, but no one had done it in his previous life.

The reason was simple: it was an era where every second counted, and no one wanted to waste so much time. Even if a hundred-man team of level 90 players came, it would take them five or six days to grind one thousand Snakemen. With that much time, they might as well do other quests, and their levels and equipment would have gone up long ago.

Moreover, the core of the Thunderclap Temple was the main hall. The side halls were just a transition to really entering the main hall. Who would spend a lot of time on them?

But since they couldn't get out now, having a quest was better than having no quest.

As for the drops from the Snakeman Guards, they were very average. Besides magic crystals, there were some miscellaneous items. Not even a single piece of ordinary weapon or equipment dropped. In addition, they dropped Thunderclap Secret Territory's special currency, Purple Crystal Coins, which could be used to purchase Thunderclap Temple's unique goods, or exchanged for gold coins at a one-to-one exchange rate.

The others weren't surprised by this. After all, the Snakeman Guards were just the weakest monsters in the dungeon. They were strong to them because of their level and equipment. It would be a miracle if the small monsters in a dungeon could drop top-grade equipment.

Then, the others continued to grind Snakemen.

Although the process of killing them was tiring, they were very happy every time they saw their experience points increase.

Just after killing the sixth Snakeman Guard, a piece of blood-colored shard dropped by the Snakeman attracted Shi Feng.

Thunder Demon Stone Shard!

Although it was just a gem shard and not a top-grade piece of equipment, it was very famous in God's Domain.

This was because ten Thunder Demon Stone Shards could be directly combined into a Thunder Demon Stone. This thing was a gem researched by the Thunder God specifically for his soldiers' standard equipment.

A single Thunder Demon Stone could increase a player's basic attributes by 2%, and up to three could be inlaid. This might be something that many expert players would disdain.

It only increased by 2%, and three added up to only 6%. The effect wasn't as good as those high-level gems that increased more.

However, after collecting three Thunder Demon Stones, it would trigger the hidden effect, Thunder God's Blessing, which not only directly increased the player's basic attributes by 9%, but also increased their physique by 20%.

In other words, after inlaying three Thunder Demon Stones, a player's basic attributes could be increased by a total of 15%, and their physique could be increased by 20%. It was a top-grade gem that wouldn't be eliminated even when used by Tier 3 classes.

Moreover, in the Thunder God's Secret Territory, the effect of the Thunder Demon Stone would give players an additional 10% increase in their basic attributes. It was a small artifact for clearing the Thunder God's Secret Territory. After all, in the entire Thunder God's Secret Territory, players' tiers were always Tier 0. If they wanted to increase their combat power, they mainly relied on their basic attributes, in addition to improving their own skills.

"It dropped after only killing the sixth Snakeman?" Shi Feng was a little surprised. "Could it be a reward for players entering the Thunderclap Temple for the first time?"

The drop rate of Thunder Demon Stone Shards in the Thunderclap Temple was very low, less than 1%. Now, only six Snakemen had been killed and a shard had dropped. Either his luck was extremely good, or the drop rate was high for first-time clears.

Soon, after Shi Feng and the others killed the seventeenth Snakeman Guard, another Thunder Demon Stone Shard dropped.

"As expected, it's a benefit for first-time entry!" Shi Feng was slightly excited when he saw the second Thunder Demon Stone Shard.

Originally, his plan was just to kill small monsters in the dungeon to increase his level, and then find a way to break out after his level was high enough. But if he could get enough Thunder Demon Stone Shards, then it would be very different.

Although Lun Hui and the others' basic attributes were far from the requirements of the dungeon, if everyone could collect three Thunder Demon Stones, then they wouldn't be too far from the minimum requirements for clearing the dungeon. With their combat skills, they could completely challenge the side hall of the Thunderclap Temple.

It should be known that even though it was only the side hall of the Thunderclap Temple, it was still a deity's secret territory. The items dropped were not comparable to ordinary super-large team dungeons.

Afterwards, Shi Feng told everyone about the Thunder Demon Stone. This made everyone even more motivated to grind Snakemen. After all, the purpose of everyone coming to the Thunder God's Secret Territory was to improve themselves and obtain higher-level weapons and equipment. Everyone had been desperate before, but now that there was some hope, they naturally wanted to give it a try.

High morale made everyone frantically kill Snakemen. As soon as their stamina recovered, they would go to grind Snakemen without saying a word. Moreover, as their levels increased, they were grinding faster and faster.

The Snakemen's experience points were very high. In less than nine days, everyone's level had reached level 80, crossing a major threshold. Their epic-grade equipment had reached level 80, which greatly increased their basic attributes, and Shi Feng's level had also reached level 84. The leveling speed was frighteningly fast.

Just as everyone had collected 28 Thunder Demon Stones and was only eleven Thunder Demon Stone Shards away, the crisp system notification sound rang in everyone's ears once again.

System: Congratulations, player, for completing the Trial of the Thunder God by slaying one thousand Snakemen.