Teleportation pillars allow for the placement of spatial markers on special floors within a dungeon.
Future adventurers can then teleport directly from the surface to the location of these teleportation pillars.
However, teleportation pillars cannot be placed on just any floor.
They can only be installed on major floors.
The tenth floor, the twentieth floor, the thirtieth floor...
Dalun Li had long known this would happen.
The neighboring Gray Mist Valley was already bristling with them.
Dalun Li couldn't stop it, nor did he have a way to.
He could certainly have his guardians destroy them, but doing so would only make others more aware of how special the Well of Eternal Imprisonment was.
Other Wells of Eternal Imprisonment don't react when they're tagged; why are you reacting so strongly?
This Well of Eternal Imprisonment has the potential of a Grand Emperor; it cannot be allowed to remain.
Then an angel would descend, and it would be over for him.
“Let them place them. I've been mentally prepared for this for a long time anyway.”
A teleportation pillar couldn't be placed for every single floor explored.
Only one could be placed every ten floors.
Therefore, he still had plenty of breathing room.
He would focus on increasing the depth of the Well of Eternal Imprisonment and the strength of its monsters.
Then, he would create more guardians!
No matter how many explorers came, Dalun Li would rely on his heavy-hitting standard maneuvers.
If open methods didn't work, he'd use secret ones; if those failed, he'd resort to underhanded ones.
As long as adventurers explored, he would ensure there was a suitable way for them to die.
As for new guardians, Dalun Li currently lacked the power to support their creation.
Guardians were different from other monsters; for them to grow, they required the dungeon's power as a foundation.
With eighteen floors currently, he could only support three guardians.
He estimated that once he reached the twentieth floor, he would barely be able to support the creation of another guardian.
As for the new guardian, Dalun Li already had a design prototype in mind, but he still needed some materials.
Dalun Li zoomed in on the three groups of guests in Eternal Imprisonment Town.
“It looks like these guys might be able to provide some new materials for my next guardian.”
Perhaps because he had witnessed the grand scale of the God War in the chaotic space, Dalun Li didn't panic much in the face of these three powerful enemies attacking the dungeon simultaneously.
The current depth of the dungeon gave him some confidence.
If these people really could conquer their way to the deepest depths... then let them try.
Dalun Li would strike in his strongest form, provided they had the ability to break through and challenge him in person.
“Zeno.”
“My Lord.”
Looking at Zeno, who was kneeling on one knee with her head bowed in silence, Dalun Li issued his command.
“Coordinate with Tongmu. Keep a constant watch on these people's movements and assess their stockpile of magical artifacts. Do not get exposed.”
Although Dalun Li had always used Zeno as a warrior, her specialization wasn't actually combat.
Survival, control, and sensing.
These were the areas Zeno excelled in. Her essence was that of a plant, not made of flesh and blood.
Meanwhile, Tongmu specialized in vision and stealth.
With the two of them cooperating, they could discreetly figure out the magical artifact distribution of these groups. This would allow him to better create and arrange monsters on the floors below to counter them.
“Yes, My Lord.”
Zeno accepted the command and withdrew, being transferred by Dalun Li to the upper floors.
“Feiwan.”
“My Lord.”
Feiwan was also very much looking forward to a mission from her master.
“Go to the Lava Lake and act as a safety net. Ensure that certain key figures don't die accidentally; I have further arrangements for the Forbidden Fire.”
As he spoke, Dalun Li took out a special crystal and let it float toward Feiwan.
Kneeling on one knee, Feiwan reached out with both hands and caught the crystal.
The crystal was a special magic crystal created from the magic crystals produced in the Dark Palace, infused with Dalun Li's power of creation.
This wasn't the power of creation used to make ordinary monsters, but the kind used to create guardians.
He had already given two to Zeno; this one was for Feiwan.
Its purpose was to revive hidden bosses.
The two hidden bosses, the Exiled Sentry and the Desert Sword Attendant, had already been revived by Zeno and were currently her direct subordinates. Thanks to the power of creation, both had broken free from the restriction that prevented bosses from leveling up, allowing them to increase their strength.
In contrast, Feiwan currently only had generic minions as subordinates and lacked any boss-level underlings.
“I'll leave the revival of the Sub-dragon Wyvern to you.”
Feiwan happily accepted the revival crystal.
She was going to have her own subordinate! She was so happy!
Even if the Sub-dragon Wyvern didn't seem that smart, it didn't matter—as long as it looked cool!
Purely in terms of appearance, the Sub-dragon Wyvern was quite impressive, with a body twenty meters long and covered in beautiful red scales.
“Yes, My Lord. I will not fail you!”
Having received the revival crystal, Feiwan was teleported by Dalun Li to the lava lake on the twelfth floor.
As for Tongmu, who was standing to the side with wide, pitiful eyes...
Maybe next time.
The boss of the lava floor was indeed more suited for Feiwan; assigning it to Zeno would have been a poor match in terms of compatibility.
And assigning it to Tongmu would have been more than just a compatibility issue.
Tongmu just needed to help him watch over the entire dungeon.
With the tasks assigned, Dalun Li moved to the hidden floor.
This hidden floor was where the bones of the giant rotting snake were concealed.
On that snake skeleton, which stretched for over a dozen kilometers, Dalun Li had now revived eighteen massive, pillar-like bones—nine pairs of snake ribs.
At the same time, he had revived the section of the vertebrae that connected those nine pairs of ribs.
These revived bones loomed over Dalun Li like a palace.
However, compared to the entire snake skeleton, the section Dalun Li had revived was only a tiny fraction.
“Is my power still insufficient?”
Even though Dalun Li was constantly using the Eternal Imprisonment Brain to learn the death knowledge from Withered Reincarnation, he still felt insignificant in the face of this giant snake skeleton he wished to fully revive.
The portion of the snake bones revived so far was mainly thanks to the contributions of the adventurers.
As long as an adventurer contracted with the snake bone, they would refine a steady stream of mana for it, aiding its revival.
At the same time, their deaths would provide the snake bone with a surge of death power for its restoration.
Dalun Li had already loosened the requirements for obtaining summoning marks, creating numerous ruins where summoning marks could be found, and making them reusable so that almost anyone could obtain one.
Even those who weren't mages could get a mark.
Simultaneously, he was gradually increasing the drop rate of the Eternal Imprisonment Snake Bone Token.
Anyone holding an Eternal Imprisonment Snake Bone Token could head to the Snake Bone Forest to contract with the Snake of Eternal Imprisonment.
Then they could obediently work for him. Jiejiejie.
To be honest, Dalun Li was quite looking forward to the performance of the three major factions in this exploration.
The higher the rank of the adventurers who contracted with the snake bone, the faster they would help him awaken the Snake of Eternal Imprisonment.
The higher the rank of the adventurers who died, the more massive the death power they would provide.
Meanwhile, in the lava lake, the first wave of battle had already erupted.
The two sides engaged in combat were the elven team and the knight order gathered by Caiman.
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