Chapter 1454 - 1353: So the Strategy Was Hidden Here

While Mitsubishi was busy plotting against Da Fei, Da Fei had already gathered all his vice heroes and followers, except for the busy Selvia, for a meeting in the tavern. Faced with Da Fei’s questions, the group of beauties remained speechless!

Damn! I don’t believe it. Is the system deliberately preventing me from getting hints from the NPCs?

Da Fei had no choice but to first address Elena: "Elena, you should have encountered Medusa in the underground, right? Do you have any ideas?"

Elena shook her head and sighed, "My lord, the Medusas we’ve encountered were very ordinary, unlike the Medusa you saw in the trial scene. They are not of the same caliber."

Da Fei said in frustration, "There must be something inherently similar, right?"

Elena sighed, "A change in quantity leads to a change in quality. Undoubtedly, the Medusa you encountered possesses massive power, capable of tearing through space—even those hiding in the otherworld won’t be spared. The closer you get to Medusa, the higher the probability of petrification. It’s an almost unbeatable existence. Perhaps, only when you become a god can you resist her."

Wait until I become a god? How much faith do you have in me? Well, it’s good to have confidence!

Da Fei had to ask Anlicia: "Miss Deputy City Lord, what do you think?" Among this group of beauties, you have the smallest bust but the smartest mind!

Anlicia let out a long sigh, "Having never encountered Medusa, and in the interest of being responsible to Lord City Lord, I offer no opinion."

Da Fei shook his head and sighed inwardly. It’s over, no hope!

Catherine, however, said, "Medusa should be a type of Sea Demon, right? I remember those elderly Sirens who led us to the Siren Ice Song City said so."

Damn it! I know you’re well-endowed, but don’t interrupt! Da Fei said irritably, "Then, Catherine, do you have any ideas?"

Catherine replied calmly, "For pirates, if they can’t beat the enemy, they don’t fight. My solution is... you know it, Captain!"

Da Fei spat out a mouthful of water! You’re good, you’ll blow my mind!

At this moment, Catherine added, "Captain, are you sure this trial’s mythical goal is to chop off her head and not take the treasure she guards?"

Da Fei laughed in surprise, "In such a barren stone cave, where would she have any treasure—"

At this point, Da Fei was suddenly stunned! Yeah, there’s no indication that it’s necessarily about chopping her head off? Could she have a treasure? At this moment, Da Fei vaguely felt like he had overlooked something?

What did I miss? This mythical-level dungeon, compared to the vastness of Pandora’s Box and the grandeur of the Minotaur Labyrinth, is just a tunnel to a big hole—it’s too simple. That is to say, there might be a hidden scene in this dungeon? So, where’s the entrance to this hidden scene?

In the water!?

In a flash of inspiration, Da Fei thought, Yes, water! As soon as I entered the dungeon, there was water up to my knees! Water is the easiest place to hide something, so let’s take another look. If it doesn’t work, I’ll have to wait until I become a god.

Da Fei then dismissed everyone, "Thank you all for your effort, return to your posts!"

Thus, Da Fei re-entered the dungeon, once again standing in knee-deep water. This time, with a new focus, Da Fei immediately made a new discovery—the slow-flowing water in the tunnel at his feet! Where is this water coming from? Of course, it’s from the Medusa Stone Cave! And where does the water in the cave come from? Naturally, it must be from the hidden scene!

Excited, Da Fei re-entered the stone cave to more thoroughly investigate the source of the water. After searching underwater, Da Fei helplessly discovered that these water flows were seeping and collecting from the water droplets on the damp stone walls, with no hidden entrance found. If there really is a hidden scene, it could only be outside the stone cave. Would there be such a space?

At this moment, Da Fei could only let out a helpless sigh. Speaking of which, Japanese players could also think about this hidden scene approach, right? Although facts have proven that they couldn’t find it doesn’t mean I can’t, but today’s Luck Skill big move has been used, so I can only come back another day, and advance the Treasure Appraiser to Grandmaster in the meantime. Anyway, this dungeon has a real-world reset time of ten-plus days, no need to rush.

But wait, this is a dungeon in the Japan area, in a dozen days, I’ll definitely be back home. Who’s to say I can still enter this dungeon after returning? The server will be disconnected, won’t it?

No, think more carefully, what have I missed?

I’m now at God-level Reconnaissance Skill, God-level Luck Skill, plus the sentinel, Treasure Appraiser, and the Divine Artifact Dragon Eye Ring’s enhancement on my Invisible Hand. My treasure hunting ability should be years ahead in the game, even restoring erased name scratches. This is already peak God-level treasure hunting. If even I can’t find it, then it surely doesn’t exist. Otherwise, how would other players clear this? If even with all my configuration I can’t find the trick, wouldn’t I be on the same level as those foolish Japanese players? What use is it for me to be ahead?

Da Fei sat in the water again, concentrating in contemplation. Not just for breaking the situation, but to prove that I’m smarter than the Japanese players! As the world’s number one expert, Da Fei will not allow anyone to say that I am just a nouveau riche who rolled a snowball with good luck at the start. Even if others don’t say it, my self-esteem can’t accept my failure.

The water quietly flowed past him, time passing unwittingly with Da Fei’s considerations. What have I overlooked? Water! It must be related to the water! This water is not merely for enhancing Medusa’s combat power.

Wait! It seems I’ve only been focusing on where the water comes from, without thinking about where it’s going, right? The water surely flows to the dungeon entrance? Certainly to the place where I appear in the dungeon? And the starting point of the entrance is precisely the blind spot most players tend to overlook?

With a final glimmer of hope, Da Fei quickly got up and ran towards the dungeon entrance. Then he arrived at the place where he entered the dungeon and continued forward!

Under normal circumstances, a dungeon is a limited space, and at the edge of a dungeon, one will encounter an invisible "air wall" making it impossible to proceed further.

Very quickly, after Da Fei walked a dozen steps, he encountered an air wall and couldn’t move forward anymore. This is the edge of the instance, and the entrance to an instance usually is at its edge. The scene and the spawning point here are nothing unusual.

But, Da Fei placed his last hope here, feeling around the stone walls on both sides, searching at the bottom of the flowing water, everywhere—nothing! Still nothing.

Summon the Blood Eagle together, I refuse to believe it!

Five minutes, ten minutes, Da Fei has searched all the stone walls and the water bottom within ten meters around, still no discoveries, Da Fei couldn’t help but curse! If an instance must be designed such that players have to become gods to pass, it’s not impossible, but don’t classify it as a "trial instance." If players have become gods, what’s the point of having a trial then?

Give up? Impossible!

There must be a trick! There must be a hidden scene! As a Mythical Level instance, this scene is too small and completely mismatches the level! Is the entrance to the hidden scene not at the entrance of the instance or in the cave, but in the middle section of the passage? Could it be that I have to search along the entire way? Damn, this isn’t such a high-level idea, Japanese players are many, maybe they have searched the whole way too?

At this moment, an unprecedented sense of defeat surged into Da Fei’s heart. Helplessly, Da Fei cast his gaze once more towards the deep passage, at the end of the passage, those two rubies were still gleaming brightly, as if maliciously mocking Da Fei, the world’s number one player.

If only a guide were available! At this moment, Da Fei couldn’t help but reminisce about the carefree battles when playing games back in those days. Just worry about PK, facing high-difficulty instances, he’d go online and be a freeloader—those pioneering high-level players would pave the way for him.

Speaking of which, aren’t these Mythical Level instances adapted from myth stories? Enlightenment might be found from myth stories, right?

With the last shred of hope, not expecting anything anymore, Da Fei began to browse Medusa’s myth story online. Maybe during the time he’s checking the information, his game character might have a eureka moment and find the target?

Soon enough, Da Fei found the story of how Pegasus Perseus killed Medusa. Perseus borrowed four treasures from the gods: shoes to fly and escape, a cap for invisibility to assassinate Medusa, a leather bag to hold Medusa’s head, and a sword to behead Medusa’s head—

Wait! Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, invisibility? Isn’t invisibility useless against Medusa? The fact that the invisible Blood Eagle almost got petrified is evidence—

That’s not right either! Invisibility? Otherworld? Suddenly, Da Fei vaguely sensed that he might have overlooked something important!

An inexplicable inspiration brought a sliver of hope to Da Fei, who rushed towards the stone cave entrance with the Blood Eagle again!

Stop! Just as arriving near the cave entrance, Da Fei suddenly realized something was wrong!

What was wrong? The wall of people seen in Da Fei’s main view formed by Japan players is slightly different from the wall seen in the invisible Blood Eagle’s Otherworld view! The main view’s wall is lined up neatly, while the wall viewed from Blood Eagle’s perspective seems a bit out of order—

Da Fei hurriedly switched to the Blood Eagle’s perspective for a side-by-side comparison. In an instant, Da Fei was overjoyed!

Found it! Behind the wall seen from Blood Eagle’s perspective, there was suddenly an additional figure!

This figure, Da Fei couldn’t see in the main view because the figure was in the Otherworld! And this figure’s attire obviously wasn’t a Hell player but a human NPC warrior!

Da Fei was shaking with excitement and regret; the answer was hidden in the Otherworld! It turns out the hidden scene I’ve been tirelessly searching for can only be found by a player who can turn invisible! But I could have discovered it long ago; however, the Blood Eagle was flying around without a care!

Damn! Damn!

In the next moment, the Blood Eagle swooped down, the statue in the Otherworld crumbled heavily! Within Da Fei’s stunned gaze, several shining treasures appeared on the ground!

OMG! If these are not the treasures needed for a mythical walkthrough, I’ll eat three pounds of excrement! Da Fei was extremely excited and went forward to pick them up!

——System Prompt: You have obtained task Divine Artifacts "Invisibility Cloak," "Beheading Treasure Sword," "Hero’s Pack"! (These task Divine Artifacts can only be used in the Medusa’s Eye instance)

Apu! Da Fei spewed a mouthful of blood and urine wildly! Turns out it takes an unyielding God Slayer super Divine Artifact "task item" to sort this out! What the hell is a mythical instance, it’s still the same old tune! Haha, wahahaha!

While Da Fei laughed heartily, he couldn’t help but shed tears! This is the feeling of pondered thoughts, countless twists and turns, eventually finding that guy in the midst of dim lights—a taste of bittersweet joy!!!

There’s nothing much to say about task Divine Artifacts, Da Fei opened the Hero’s Pack, inside was a book titled "Hero’s Diary".

Could this be the instance hint? Da Fei opened it and read:

——The legendary evil monster Medusa has appeared again, it’s said she possesses the power to petrify all living spirits, only a true hero can defeat her. I prayed devoutly at the Temple of the Gods and acquired the weapons Perseus used in the myth era to defeat Medusa; the Invisibility Cloak can greatly reduce the influence of Medusa’s Gaze, the Beheading Treasure Sword allows me to cut off her head, the only thing left is whether I am a true hero! I will prove myself!

Da Fei took a deep breath. He died halfway in an invisible state, which shows how powerful Medusa was when alive. But as for the deceased Medusa, if that cannot be settled, then better swallow excrement to end life!

Da Fei donned the task cloak and, holding the task sword, charged unhesitatingly towards Medusa.(To be continued. If you enjoy this piece of work, you’re welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)