At present, this is the ruins of the Cold Nation's annihilation.
Here and there, one could see loot dropped by top-tier professionals from the three major families of the Cold Nation's upper-class banquet. Each piece was of immeasurable value.
Professionals from the three major nations, Dragon Nation, Bear Nation, and Thracian Nation, had already looted the area.
Aside from some equipment, potions, and materials that were harvested, on Axe's side, he picked up something extremely special, "Look at this, what is it?"
Following the voice, they saw that in Axe's hands was a bronze-colored circular object.
Axe handed the disc to Athena.
Athena just took a glance at the disc, and then immediately brought it to Zhang Yue and handed it to him.
"This should be something that can help guide us in clearing this dungeon."
"If it weren't for you, when we encountered those Nightmare Guardians earlier, we probably would've been wiped out already. So, the dungeon reward rightfully belongs to you."
The Thracian Nation leader, My God Asura, nodded repeatedly, "Right, right, no objections from Thracian Nation!"
Though what they said made sense. What they didn't know was: those Nightmare Guardians were actually drawn in by Zhang Yue～
Zhang Yue took the disc and examined it.
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[Deep Sea Compass] (2)
[Description: According to the compass's guidance, you'll be able to explore the great secret hidden within this deep sea maze...]
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The description was quite simple.
But it wasn't hard to imagine, this thing was definitely related to clearing the dungeon.
Just then, from Wu Haotian's side and Li Yue's group as well, they also found another compass.
The numbers in parentheses afterward marked them as (3) and (5).
Each compass had a pointer that pointed in a certain direction.
And the pointers on different compasses all pointed to different directions.
Compass 2's pointer pointed toward Compass 3.
While the pointers on Compass 3 and Compass 5 pointed toward different directions again.
At this point, Ouyang Ling'er came to a conclusion, "These compasses guide one another. Compass 2 points to Compass 3, Compass 3 probably points to Compass 4, and Compass 5 points to Compass 6, and so on."
"It seems we need to first find all the compasses, and the method to clear the dungeon is on these compasses."
Thus, everyone began to move in the direction indicated by the compass.
With the guidance of the Deep Sea Compass, the maze no longer felt like a maze.
While hunting down various sea beasts that appeared along the way, and following the pointer on Compass 3, before long, Zhang Yue arrived at a statue standing deep in the sea. And sure enough, he found another compass on that statue.
That compass was the [Deep Sea Compass] (4).
Compass 4 pointed to Compass 5.
Now that 2, 3, 4, and 5 had been found, everyone followed the direction from Compass 5 to begin the next search.
Eventually, according to Compass 5's direction, they found Compass (1).
It turned out this deep sea maze had a total of only five compasses.
After collecting these five Deep Sea Compasses, they saw the pointers on the compasses begin spinning wildly, as if they had a soul of their own.
Finally, all five pointers pointed in the exact same direction.
"Looks like we're not far from clearing this dungeon."
Lin Tian sighed, "It's all thanks to the Cold Nation for providing us with guidance."
"Indeed!", Ouyang Ling'er couldn't help but giggle, "If they hadn't contributed the compasses, we honestly wouldn't have known what to do."
So, following the same direction indicated by all five different compasses, very quickly, the group traversed the deep sea maze and arrived before a towering stone wall.
The pointer was pointing right at the impenetrable stone wall before them.
"What does this mean? There's clearly no road here, so why is the compass pointing here?"
As Wu Haotian finished speaking, Zhang Yue said, "If it were that obvious, the compass wouldn't be worth much, now would it?"
As he spoke, Zhang Yue reached out and touched the stone wall before him.
Sure enough, the stone wall was just an illusion. His hand went straight through it.
Immediately after, Zhang Yue's whole body passed through the wall and vanished.
"Holy crap! A hidden entrance?"
Watching Zhang Yue disappear, Wu Haotian looked super excited.
"Good stuff, wait for me—I'm coming too!"
Wu Haotian charged at the wall, only to hear a loud "BANG!" as he smashed into it, bruising his nose.
"Damn! What's the meaning of this? Is it targeting me 'cause I'm too handsome or what?"
Ouyang Ling'er gagged and almost threw up, "You? Handsome? At best, you just don't look bad!"
At this moment, Overlord Blade approached the spot where Zhang Yue had passed through earlier and reached out to touch it, only to find that the wall was solid and impenetrable.
Only then did he realize, "Looks like only those holding a compass can enter."
"The next challenge is up to the Guild Leader alone."
Night Owl shrugged, "Anyway, even if we went in, aside from shouting encouragement, we wouldn't be able to do much else."
One-Night Stand, "Don't just go around telling the truth!"
Seeing they couldn't enter, everyone simply spread out nearby, continuing to hunt sea beasts and search for treasures, maximizing the loot from this dungeon run.
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On the other side—
After Zhang Yue passed through the wall, he arrived at the other side, a war ruin abandoned deep beneath the sea.
On the ground were scattered bones of humans and beasts alike.
And swords rusted with age, stuck haphazardly in the ground.
Just as Zhang Yue arrived, a deep and hoarse voice echoed in his ears, "You've finally arrived!"
In front of his vision, a deep-sea dragon over tens of meters long appeared.
SS-rank Scouting Technique results showed: [lv105 Deep Sea Dragon King · Gonia (Magic Class · 17-star BOSS)]
He had thought at the very least it would be a god-level BOSS.
'Didn't expect, it was just a regular BOSS.'
This final boss of the dungeon really disappointed Zhang Yue.
Then again, thinking about it. It was actually quite difficult.
After all, only those holding the Deep Sea Compass could enter, meaning at most five professionals could enter together.
At the current stage, five professionals under level 100 fighting a level 105, 17-star BOSS together?
Risky, very risky.
Fortunately, the one who entered was Zhang Yue.
Facing him, the Deep Sea Dragon King Gonia saw that Zhang Yue had come alone and seemed to feel that his opponent this time was too weak, zo he said arrogantly: "Originally, your odds of winning could've increased fivefold, yet you chose to come in alone and die. How foolish."
Zhang Yue looked at Gonia, unhurriedly, "Any last words?"
Gonia: "I…"
Zhang Yue, "Forget it. Don't say it. I can't be bothered to listen."
"Just get on with it."
With that, Zhang Yue raised his staff.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Shattering Thunder!
Thunderous Might!
Thunder · Lightning Dance!
Voidless · Godslaying Curse!
A full chain of thunder-element magic skills was launched straight at Gonia...
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