Chapter 247 Dragon Pit
Although a little confused, Wang Yao didn't care about these things at all. He had already come to the lower half of the river and was only concerned about one thing, that is, whether the words the woman said to him more than a month ago were true.

After a long while, the woman finally seemed to calm down: "Ah, sorry, little soldier, I was just being chased and beaten. Are you okay?"

"I just wanted to confirm with you, are those gold coins you told me about before really hidden in the dragon pit in the river?" Wang Yao confirmed again and again.

"What do you mean? I'm just kidding you for fun." The woman seemed a little angry, but she quickly reacted: "Wait, so you are now in the lower half of the river in the western canyon?"

"Ah."

"Oh, it's pretty fast. So you're so short of money? Ha, luckily you know me, otherwise once you're desperate, you'll probably have to sell your body for money. By then, you'll be ravaged and abused by those menopausal widows day and night. How exciting that scene would be!"

"This is none of your business!" Wang Yao's eyebrows kept trembling. If possible, he really didn't want to come to this crazy woman!
"Okay, I just said it casually. There are indeed gold coins hidden in a cave in the dragon pit." After a pause, the woman reminded: "But do you have enough equipment? Be careful, there is a big guy guarding the pit, don't let it be eaten. Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I must remind you, because those gold coins have been left in that filthy place for too long, they may have been cursed."

Wang Yao didn't hear the second half because he hung up the phone.

Putting away his phone, Wang Yao turned around and nodded to Zhao Yun, "Okay, it should be in the dragon pit in the river."

"Well, let's go." As a competent partner and first guard, Zhao Yun has very good professional ethics and never asks too many questions. After a simple response, he took the lead and walked into the river.

Wang Yao couldn't help but ask, "Hey, are you planning to swim over there? At least you need to find a boat first???"

He stopped talking abruptly when he saw Zhao Yun, who had ignored gravity and buoyancy, and was standing strangely in the river that should be a thousand meters deep!
"Holy crap, Lao Zhao, you actually know the long-lost martial arts skill of walking on water?!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Standing on the river, Zhao Yun turned around and rolled his eyes at Wang Yao who was making a fuss. "All heroes can walk freely on the water. This is common sense. Aren't you already a hero? Why don't you know this?"

"I don't know!" Wang Yao shouted in frustration, "I'm just a copycat, and Zhuge Liang is a manufacturer who doesn't care about anything. He actually didn't tell me many things in detail."

While complaining, Wang Yao switched to hero mode, then carefully stretched his feet onto the water surface, tried the feel, and found that it was quite thick, just like stepping on foam, quite magical!
Standing on the sparkling river, Wang Yao looked down at the clear lake surface that reflected his shadow. Tiny circles of water were spreading out from his feet. Suddenly, a hint of childish excitement emerged on his face.

It’s so convenient to be a hero. Even walking on the river has the passive skill of “Chakra Attached Shoes”!

On the other side, the grass in a war-torn area was rustling and shaking, and at the same time, a low curse was constantly coming out from it.

"Hmph, bastard! How dare you hang up on me? Once you get my phone, I'll kill you! This soldier shouldn't be a problem, right? If I remember correctly, those gold coins seemed to have been licked by a dark tyrant."

Suddenly, a deep male voice sounded from the side: "What are you mumbling about there alone?"

I saw a tall man holding a flaming three-pointed double-edged sword, who walked to the edge of the grass at some point.

He was wearing black armor with gold edges and a long white silk scarf on his shoulders. He had a resolute brow and his white hair stood up high in the air under his angular gold ornaments. His entire outfit was inlaid with gold and silver and was extremely shiny. He looked like a celestial general.

Behind him, there was a dog-like creature whose body was made of red magma. Raging flames were constantly rising from its body, and any grass it approached withered and died.

"Damn it, you're finally willing to come down? It's been quite a while, can't you see I'm being chased and beaten like a rat? I spent all my effort to buy you this new skin, and this is how you repay me? Can you please be more careful? Can you please?!"

"Yes, yes, it's my fault." The man rubbed his head with a headache, "Aren't I here to avenge you?"

Just at this time--

A murderous voice suddenly came from outside the bushes!

"Hmph, you remnants of Jixia, stop hiding and come out to die!"

The next second, a violent explosion and flames engulfed everything.

boom--

The river was really large. After walking for more than an hour, Wang Yao and Zhao Yun still did not see the place that resembled the dragon pit as they remembered.

During the process, Wang Yao kicked the water with interest and asked Zhao Yun: "By the way, just now in the middle lane, I heard Luna say something about elite-level mages. What does that mean?" "In the circle of heroes, level is not the only standard of strength. Above this, there are various watersheds, that is, five stages!"

Zhao Yun raised his index finger and said one by one: "From the lowest to the highest, they are apprentice, senior, elite, and master. After the master, there are legendary figures in various fields. According to their own types, they will be given different stage titles. For example, Zhuge Liang, the military advisor, is now a master-level mage and one of the top heroes in the world. If one day he meets certain conditions, he can become a legend of magic! How to say it, at that time, he will have no rivals in the world."

After hearing this, Wang Yao couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Isn't this the level division of hero proficiency? No wonder every time you transform, you will see a badge flashing next to the health bar of the enemy and our heroes. This is the reason. But Zhao Yun's next words made Wang Yao's face suddenly pale.

"Don't underestimate these five watersheds, because they are different from the traditional levels. Theoretically, every time the heroes advance a level, their attributes will improve. I believe you have seen that the Moonlight Girl, who was originally unrivaled in the senior ranks, could not match Zhou Yu, who was at the elite level, no matter how strong her mobility was."

After a pause, Zhao Yun's expression suddenly became serious: "But the most important thing is that every breakthrough of the heroes is not so easy. It requires meeting certain specific conditions! Let me put it simply. To advance from senior to elite, you need to fight at least 300 canyon wars. Do you know what this means?"

Wang Yao certainly knew what this meant—

That's why he turned pale for a moment.

300 Canyon Wars means that this hero has probably killed countless minions. If one minion unit is killed in each battle, that is, 1000 people, then 300 battles means -

30 million people!

One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of men! Wang Yao finally understood how cruel this sentence was. Of course, this also made Wang Yao fundamentally disgusted and questioned the meaning of heroes.

What on earth were the heroes of this alien world created for? Wang Yao really couldn't guess, and currently no one could tell him the real reason.

But at least at this moment, Wang Yao finally understood the horror of "stage". Back then, in the Wei Kingdom Highlands, when he was at his peak, he was beaten back step by step even though he had five pieces of divine equipment: Shadow Ninja Foot, Infinite Battle Blade, Armor-piercing Bow, Violent T-shirt, and Resurrection Armor. He had no power to fight back!
According to this calculation, Wang Yao had underestimated the strength of this alien hero from the very beginning. He used to think that as long as he collected six pieces of magic equipment, it would be enough to crush the level 15 zero-equipment hero. Now it seems that at least twelve pieces of magic equipment are needed to overwhelm the enemy hero head-on. Moreover, this may not include those heroes at the "Grandmaster stage".
While Wang Yao was deep in thought, Zhao Yun suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed his shoulder.

"Wait a minute, something seems wrong!" Zhao Yun frowned, his blue eyes scanning back and forth cautiously, as if he was facing a great enemy.

Wang Yao came back to his senses at this point, but suddenly discovered that a thick and strange lavender fog had been spreading over the originally vast river channel since he did not know when. The surrounding air also seemed very heavy, making people feel depressed.

"Finally I found the real owner." Wang Yao looked up intently, looking at the huge shadow that was shrouded in fog and was a hundred feet high.

That was not the shadow of a monster, but a dragon pit surrounded by mountain walls!
"It seems that there are some extremely terrifying creatures living in here." Zhao Yun's expression was very heavy. It can even be said that even when facing enemy heroes, he had never been so serious.

"That's the Lord of the River!" Wang Yao turned around. At this time, he didn't dare to make any jokes. "Be careful when you go in. I haven't seen it with my own eyes, let alone how powerful it is. Anyway, let's fight it first. If it doesn't work, we'll retreat and think of a way!"

After giving numerous instructions, Wang Yaocai was the first to walk in.

This is a river valley surrounded by mountain walls on three sides. It is very large and spacious, but at this moment, it is empty.

There was no trace of any huge demon species and it was very peaceful. The only weird thing was the lavender mist around that never dissipated.

what's the situation?
How come there are no demon species in the dragon pit? Is it possible that in this world, wild monsters and demon species also have a "birth" time?

Wang Yao kept looking around, somewhat confused.

Just at this time--

"It's up there!" Zhao Yun next to him suddenly shouted.

“?!!” Wang Yao’s face changed drastically, and he quickly raised his head to look upwards. Immediately, his pupils shrank into two small dots.

At the top of the valley, in the thick purple fog, a pair of terrifying scarlet eyes were looking down at them with an extremely dangerous aura.

It's like looking down on two worms!
(End of this chapter)