"Watch me!"

In a certain dense part of the Demon Forest, Shuai Diaozha charged at the roaring BOSS opposite him with his Weapon raised, unleashing a Skill:

"Fire Dragon Soaring to the Heavens"

A blazing illusionary dragon roared as it slammed straight into the BOSS’s third eye on its forehead:

"Boom~"

"-299785" weak point Attack~

"-104411" burn~

"-104411" burn~

...

Right after that, a figure silently appeared behind the BOSS. Red Eyes grabbed a dagger and viciously stabbed it into the BOSS’s neck:

"Life-taking Stab"

"Puchi~"

"-344108" Critical Strike~

System: "Passive Skill triggered, target cannot move and lasts for 1.5 seconds."

Seeing the opportunity, Red Eyes immediately pulled out the dagger, then stepped on its shoulder with one foot, and with a backhand took out a jade-green dagger from his backpack:

"Shadowless Infinite·Bloodthirst"

After activating the Skill, taking advantage of the BOSS being controlled, Red Eyes moved like Cloud Flowing Water and drove that jade-green dagger straight into the BOSS’s third eye on its forehead in one smooth motion:

"Puchi~"

"-452067" fatal strike, poisoned~

As the Attack took effect, Red Eyes quickly pulled out the dagger, then landed on the ground with a stylish backflip.

Everyone else also stopped their actions one after another at this moment.

Shuai Diaozha directly canceled the Magic Skill he was halfway chanting, while Stable as a Mountain and Speechless stood with their shields raised.

Just as everyone was watching the BOSS’s HP bar on its head get emptied, Shuai Diaozha suddenly said:

"The BOSS here isn’t even as strong as the field BOSSes on the Rafam Continent."

"This is way too weak."

As he was speaking, the BOSS’s more than three-meter-tall body crashed heavily to the ground.

Unlike on the Rafam Continent, after the BOSS died, it didn’t drop anything, but in the team channel, notifications appeared:

System: "Congratulations on killing the Three-eyed Golden Spirit King, you have obtained Equipment: [Golden Spirit Armor Lv70 Myth]." [Bid]

System: "Congratulations on killing the Three-eyed Golden Spirit King, you have obtained Equipment: [Shadowless Long Spear Lv71 Legend]." [Bid]

System: "Congratulations on killing the Three-eyed Golden Spirit King, you have obtained Equipment: [Rage Bracelet Lv73 Epic]." [Bid]

System: "Congratulations on ..., you have obtained a Pet Egg: [Golden Spirit Guard]." [Bid]

System: "Congratulations on ..., you have obtained a new item: [Complete Beast Hide]." [Bid]

System: "Congratulations on ..., you have obtained a new item: [Demon Core Lv72]." [Bid]

...

Seeing the dozens of messages in the team channel, everyone was instantly dumbfounded.

Shuai Diaozha couldn’t help but exclaim in shock:

"It actually dropped Mythical Equipment, damn!"

As the one in charge of managing Equipment trading in the Creation Mercenary Corps, the instant Shuai Diaozha saw these BOSS drops, goosebumps rose all over his body.

Before this, Legendary Quality Equipment on the market was something you could hardly find even if you begged for it.

What Shuai Diaozha never expected was that this place could actually drop Mythical Equipment that ordinary people regarded as Divine Artifacts.

In that instant, Shuai Diaozha could already imagine what a massive shock this opening of the Demon Forest would bring to the Equipment market of the Rafam Continent.

And not just Shuai Diaozha.

The others might not understand the Equipment market that thoroughly,

but even so, they still understood just how terrifying it would be for this place to be able to drop Mythical Level Equipment.

On the Rafam Continent, let alone Mythical Quality Equipment, even Legendary Level Equipment was extremely rare.

So far, everyone only knew that World BOSSes had a chance to drop Legendary Level Equipment.

As for Mythical Level...

Most people could at best feast their eyes on them in the [Equipment Rankings].

At this moment, Xiao He suddenly thought of a question:

"If that’s the case, won’t our overall strength jump up several tiers by then?"

But Xiao He’s words were immediately refuted by Tian Ci:

"Not just us—everyone."

Red Eyes asked curiously at this time:

"Do you think this sudden increase in drop rate is for the upcoming new version..."

"Tomorrow?!"

Lin Yi looked at the old man who suddenly appeared beside him in shock:

"That sudden?!"

Earlier today, Fu Bai had just said he’d take him to check out the so-called [Paradise Island], and now this old man Hongmeng was announcing that it would open tomorrow.

Such a sudden decision came without the slightest hint, not even a single announcement.

The Demon Forest had just opened, and tomorrow Paradise Island would open as well.

When these two events were inexplicably linked together, Lin Yi couldn’t shake the feeling that this matter was anything but simple.

As soon as Old Man Hongmeng appeared, he first glanced at Fu Bai, then said nothing as he hovered in mid-air beside Guderian’s head.

Then, together with Lin Yi, he gazed at the island below that was already unrecognizable, and let out a sigh that made Lin Yi’s heart clench:

"The time left for us is running out."

Before Lin Yi could ask what he meant, Fu Bai suddenly spoke:

"It’s here."

"It’s here?"

Lin Yi paused:

"What is?"

Following Fu Bai’s gaze, Lin Yi looked down at the scorched earth below.

He saw that on the island known as [Paradise Island], the ground suddenly began to tremble.

At first, Lin Yi thought this was a sign of ’Rejuvenation of All Things’, that emerald green trees and grass would sprout from this land filled with death.

But what Lin Yi saw next once again shattered his understanding.

At first there were only occasional signs of movement.

Before Lin Yi could move closer to check, rustling sounds started coming from everywhere.

Within the range of his vision, beetle-like creatures the size of washbasins continually emerged from beneath the ground.

In just a short moment, the entire island was covered with these bugs, leaving not even the tiniest gap.

Even someone like Lin Yi, who didn’t have trypophobia, felt his scalp tingle and his nerves tighten at the sight.

Lin Yi muttered in disbelief:

"This is..."

The Paradise Island he had imagined as a Peach Blossom Spring had, in an instant, turned into a terrifying ’paradise’ for bugs.

Lin Yi couldn’t imagine how he was supposed to search this island for traces of the Celestials’ former existence.

Just then, the unkempt old man beside Lin Yi—Hongmeng, known to the Rafam Continent natives as the Father God—suddenly explained:

"This is a type of Scarab Beetle that can split infinitely."

Lin Yi was puzzled:

"What exactly happened here? How did it become like this?"

Old Man Hongmeng shook his head:

"You’ll have to find the answer to that question yourself."

With that, his body began to fade, turning transparent and about to disappear.

At the last moment, the old man still added:

"But what I can tell you is, this place will let you Chosen Ones grow stronger quickly."

In that instant, a thought suddenly flashed through Lin Yi’s mind.

To verify his guess, Lin Yi ignored the departing Old Man Hongmeng and instead moved closer to the island.

However, the island was currently surrounded by a transparent Energy Barrier, preventing Lin Yi from entering.

Even so, that didn’t stop Lin Yi from observing the dense masses of:

[Scarab Beetle] Lv70

Life Value: 300000/300000

Looking at those Lv70 Scarab Beetles that only had the HP of an Lv50 Ordinary wild monster, and recalling Old Man Hongmeng’s words...

Lin Yi suddenly realized:

"We’ve got an Equipment dungeon, and now there’s an EXP dungeon... this game is about to upend the World!"