Time passed swiftly, and Game Nine Heavens had entered its one-week mark since the server's global opening.

Inside a Fire Trial Dungeon in the region of the Fire Trial Dungeon Boss, Venix faced towering, two-meter-high fire elementals—five in total.

Venix gripped a gleaming one-handed sword surrounded by golden fire lightning.

The Fire Elementals gathered, enveloping him in an unimaginable heat.

Venix stood tall, eyes gleaming with determination. The Fire Elementals gathered, surrounding him with an unimaginable heat.

Venix's sword strikes burned like golden flames, enveloped by blazing energy. He moved with astonishing speed, dodging deadly fire attacks.

Yet, the Fire Elementals relentlessly attacked, their bodies emitting heat beyond human limits. Venix felt the intensity but stood firm, finding openings amidst the fiery onslaught, suddenly infiltrating the formation.

With each slash, his sword created golden fire marks on the Fire Elementals. The power of the golden fire weakened their fire protection. Amidst the exhausting heat, Venix remained focused on his current goal.

Venix carefully attacked a point, exposing the core of the Fire Elementals. As he closed in, the Fire Elementals' attacks grew fiercer. But Venix pressed forward, cutting and penetrating deeper.

Finally, with a powerful sword strike, Venix successfully opened the core of the Fire Elementals!

Golden light enveloped him, eliminating the Fire Elementals from within. As the fading fire weakness took its toll, one by one, the fire elementals perished at the hands of Venix.

Venix stood on the surface of the black rocky ground, breathing heavily.

The Fire Elementals vanished, and the power of golden fire lightning surrounding him dimmed.

On the other side, Elwin and the others faced a towering 20-meter fire elemental, astonished at Venix's increasing prowess.

"Soon or later, Venix seems likely to join a major guild," Elwin said softly.

"Well... It looks like Kaeran will also receive an invitation from a guild," Naesa said with a slight smile.

Kaeran, on the other hand, was indifferent to that and said, "Let's finish this dungeon quickly."

Elwin and the others nodded.

"I'm coming!" Venix rushed back to his team to join the battle against the Dungeon Boss.

The six stood ready to face the towering Elemental Fire Boss. Aymar positioned himself at the front, ready to withstand the Boss's fierce attacks, while Naesa stood behind, ready to heal any wounds they might sustain.

Venix stepped forward, his one-handed sword ablaze with golden fire lightning. Kaeran stood by his side, dancing as his two swords merged with shadows and darkness. Elwin, with his magnificent greatsword, prepared to strike with immense force like a force of nature!

The Elemental Fire Boss began its attack, creating waves of heat that struck the team. Aymar withstood the attacks, shielding the entire team in an energy shield.

The shield suffered damage from the Elemental Fire Boss's attacks. Aymar, as the shield caster, sustained injuries as it gradually wore down. Naesa immediately healed any open wounds on Aymar's body.

Loya, using her sharp arrows, shot towards the Elemental Fire core. However, the Boss's robust body easily withstood the attacks.

Venix prepared for the next attack. With lightning speed, he moved toward the Boss, seeking an opportunity to attack the hidden core. Kaeran unleashed his shadows upon the Elemental Fire Boss, providing space for the others.

Elwin leaped high and swung his greatsword towards the Elemental Fire core. However, the Boss resisted, creating a burst of fire that attacked Elwin's large sword, preventing him from advancing further.

Aymar drew the Boss's attention, while Naesa directed damage buff energy to Elwin. Loya continued releasing his powerful arrows towards the Elemental Fire core, opening opportunities for Venix and the others.

With perfect timing and coordination, the team set up the final attack. Venix thrust his sword, Kaeran delivered shadow attacks in tow. Elwin swung his greatsword, now ablaze with a damage buff from Naesa. Loya released her ultimate arrow.

The Elemental Fire core opened, and their final attacks united to crush it. The Elemental Fire Boss roared in defeat, dissipating into particles of energy sweeping across the entire area.

After the Elemental Fire Boss died, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Then the Elemental Fire Boss's body disappeared, and a large, ornate Gold Box appeared in front of them.

Elwin stepped forward first and opened the box.

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Inside, there was a stack of gold. Additionally, there were eight valuable pieces of Equipment, with one of them at the Legendary level!

[ Cloak Moon of Fire — Legendary — Tier 1 ]

[ • Increases Fire Resistance by 50% ]

[ • Strengthens attacks related to fire by 30% ]

[ • Skill (Fire Barrier): Creates a fire barrier surrounding the player's body. It can be enlarged to cover an area of 5 meters, and the defensive strength depends on the player's overall power. ]

[ • Skill (Elemental Fire Clone): Creates a Clone similar to the player's in-game character. It has the same body structure as the Fire Elemental, totaling two Clones. Each Clone has 10% of the player's power.]

"This item is quite good; well then, it suits Venix," Elwin said, handing the Legendary item to Venix.

"Eh? Is it okay?" Venix received their first Legendary item feeling uneasy.

"You've done the task exceptionally well. This Dungeon is notorious for its difficulty, facing twenty Fire Elementals when confronting the Boss. Yet, you managed to handle five of them at once, making our battle much easier," Elwin said casually.

Certainly, there were other things Elwin didn't mention. Since Venix joined them, their hunting efficiency increased rapidly, and they all reached level 25 swiftly!

Elwin, even worried that this speed matched members from major guilds.

"Well, I won't be rude," Venix said, storing the item in his inventory and immediately equipping it through the character profile menu.

Instantly, a black cloak with golden lines appeared behind Venix's back.

Currently, Venix wore a red hunter outfit with golden lines. It enhanced his strength as the attributes of the equipment suited him.

Again, Elwin specifically ordered this from an NPC in the city of Caria. By chance, they obtained the design for this set of gear when killing one of the bosses in the deep forest.

Elwin distributed all their loot to everyone.

In the end, Venix could smile contentedly, knowing he had gathered a lot of Gold!

He gathered a lot of Gold, and it had accumulated to 10,000 Gold!

For Tier 1 players, to obtain very good equipment, it would take around 5,000 Gold. Accessories like Cloaks, Necklaces, and Rings were even harder to come by.

Besides Gold, Venix also had many raw materials that he could use to forge equipment with blacksmith NPCs in the game or sell to other players or vendors.

Basically, raw materials in the game had various uses; he could also sell a set of raw materials to complete a mission.

"Open the profile," Venix said in his mind.

[ Name: Dawn Shadow ]

[ Race: Human ]

[ Level: 24 (Tier 1) ]

[ Experience: 400,000/ 400,000 ]

[ Skills: , , , , , ]

[ Abilities: , ]

Venix had gathered enough experience to level up.

And strangely, all his skills had changed to have the word 'Force' behind them. Venix was confused by this. Other players in the forum had standard skill names, not like his.

Was it because of his Energy Flow Technique? Venix wasn't sure.

"Alright, let's leave this Dungeon then," Elwin said to everyone.

After that, Elwin clicked the 'Yes' button on the in-game system interface, and Venix and the others' bodies glowed with light, disappearing from the Dungeon.

A few seconds later, their bodies reappeared under the bright sunlight, surrounded by the lush forest just outside the Dungeon entrance. In addition, many human players gathered around them, each with their own team or searching for new team members.

Every team formed circles one by one. On the other side, a row of players was very eye-catching. They wore the same colored clothes.

Whether they were Green, Red, Black, etc., with the symbol of a guild on their clothes.

"It's really bustling." Elwin looked around at the crowded players.

Previously when they arrived, it wasn't this crowded.

"Look over there! That's the Fireflayers Guild! One of the top 20 Guilds in Asia!" Naesa pointed to the players wearing fiery red clothes.

In this game, if you put a few Gold coins into the system, you could get simple clothes. These would adapt the shape of the Armor or clothes worn by players.

"There's also the Black Wing and Greeny Guilds. Hey, since when did they spread their branches to our city?" Aymar observed players from other guilds with curiosity.

"There are at least 5 famous Guilds here... Did they send their members to various places to get a better start?" Venix pondered, holding his chin.

That makes sense.

The starting area of each player depends on where they are currently located. If a large guild places all its players in one city or location, although their progress will be very fast, what they can obtain may not be as much.

"They're just professionals from other games. Here, I can easily behead them one by one," Kaeran, on the other hand, belittled the professional players in front of him.

Venix rolled his eyes in exasperation and looked at Kaeran.

This person had behaved well for the first 6 hours, and suddenly, he reverted to the brash Kaeran Venix knew from the beginning.

As time passed, Kaeran became increasingly unpleasant.

Fortunately, Venix was already considered a part of Kaeran's team, and he didn't offend Venix at all.

"Don't cause trouble," Elwin patted Kaeran on the shoulder and shook his head slightly.

As Venix pondered, he suddenly noticed a woman waving at him.

Loya, who accidentally saw the girl, said, "Huh? Is that girl waving at us?"

The girl started to approach Elwin's team and the others.

The figure of the girl brought about 7 people behind her. The most surprising thing was that three of them were from the Fireflayers Guild! It's unusual to see members of such a prominent guild in this area.

Three Fireflayers members, two males and one female. The other four were two males and two females.

"Big brother!"

The girl waved her hand repeatedly towards Elwin's team and the others.

"Big brother?" Elwin looked at everyone around, wondering if this girl was one of their sisters.

Venix raised his hand and waved back at the girl, saying to Elwin and the others, "She is my younger sister."

Hearing that, Aymar was quite surprised to learn about Venix's sister.

"Darn! His sister is top-tier beauty! No wonder the Fireflayers members could be captivated by her and form a party with her!" Aymar thought to himself.

Yuna led her team and approached Venix.

"You are really cruel, big brother. You never once intended to meet me in the game." Yuna sighed sadly as she said this.

Venix used his two fingers to gently tap Yuna's forehead, "You've grown up and are not a child anymore. Make your own friends and don't trouble your big brother."

"Huh!" Yuna snorted, "Oh right, these are my friends. This is Kris, he's a member of the Fireflayers Guild! And there is Shanon, my elder sister, she's also a member of the Fireflayers Guild! Then, that is..."

Yuna introduced each of them one by one to Venix.

Venix smiled slightly and nodded to everyone.

"Well... I am Venix, Yuna's older brother. As for the rest of you... you can introduce yourselves."

"My name is Elwin."

"I'm Naesa."

"I'm Loya!"

"You can call me Aymar."

"Kaeran."

Everyone introduced themselves to each other.

Then, Kris from the Fireflayers Guild saw the cloak that Venix was currently wearing.

"Legendary Equipment?" Kris asked Venix.

"Uh, yes. We just obtained it while completing this Dungeon earlier," Venix nodded in response.

"Are you selling it?" Kris asked Venix again.

"Eh? About that..." Venix did plan to earn some extra money through the game. However, he intended to sell items that he wouldn't use.

Moreover, this is still in the early stages of the game, and Accessory Equipment is very hard to come by and even rarer. It also enhances Venix's in-game character, so he is less willing to sell it.

"Do you think you can buy anything just because you have money?" Kaeran suddenly spoke with an unfriendly expression.

Venix was surprised by Kaeran's sudden hostility! This person was really asking for trouble!

"Wait, wait! Forget what he said! I won't sell it for now because I need it too. If I decide to sell it later, I'll contact you through my sister!" Venix quickly said before any misunderstanding occurred.

"More precisely, if you have enough ability, you can find it yourself and get it when conquering this Dungeon," Kaeran added again.

Pat! Venix slapped his face out of embarrassment and exhaustion, realizing the awkwardness caused by Kaeran's comment.

Kris didn't actually mind Kaeran's first statement, and after Venix explained it again, she also didn't mind. However, after Kaeran spoke the second sentence, Kris frowned.

"Sorry, did I offend you somewhere?" Kris furrowed his brow at Kaeran.

"Hm? No," Kaeran replied casually.

"Then why did you throw a sentence like that?" Kris furrowed his brow again.

"Ohhh, I just stated a fact," Kaeran answered calmly, staring at Kris without fear, as if trying to intimidate him with his gaze.

"Hey, kid, do you know where we come from?" Another member of the Fireflayers Guild, a man named Raul, stepped forward, asking Kaeran.

"So?" Kaeran asked in a weary tone as his hand reached for the sword behind his back.

Everyone thought it was just a typical bluff.

Draw ~

As Kaeran drew his sword, his hand swiftly turned into a shadow, a prelude to his unique technique!

Slash ~ Slash ~ Slash ~

Kaeran's body was instantly shrouded in the power of a black shadow. He attacked Raul's neck very quickly and suddenly.

Thud ~

Raul's player's body fell to the ground, a severe wound on his neck revealing the gravity of the situation.

Seeing this, Venix, Yuna, Elwin, and the others were stunned. They didn't know what was really happening right now!