Chapter 814: Dark Prisoner (1/2)
After the Ice Qilin Horse fell heavily to the ground, it let out a shrill neigh as it was forced back into my mount slot. The Heaven-opening Tiger’s Spatial Rift had instantly gotten rid of my mount! This skill is way too OP! It actually sent me straight from the fourth floor to the seventh floor! I didn’t even need to clear the fifth or sixth floors!
This was actually a good thing though! Given my current strength, I should be able to explore the seventh floor without any problems. I also wouldn’t have to worry about any players stealing my monsters or sniping the boss. Furthermore, if my memory served me right, Lin Yixin had also been teleported to the seventh floor. Working together, even taking on the floor’s boss wasn’t that much of a pipedream!
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I hefted my sword in my hand as I slowly rose up from my knees. After that, I carefully surveyed my surroundings and saw a black figure in front of me. It was a humanoid monster clad in metal armor with its back facing toward me. Its long black hair fluttered in the night wind as it let out a hoarse moan. I could see stark-white bones showing through the gaps in that armor and it was clear that this monster belonged to the Night Creatures. However, the most intimidating thing about this monster was the weapon that it was holding. It held a huge, two meter-long warmaul in its hands and the head of the maul was studded with sharp spikes.
I brandished the Cyan Netherworld Sword as I licked my lips and summoned the Phantom Wolf King. After that, I slashed forward with my sword and used Dragon Slaying Slash. The cyan blade of sword energy immediately illuminated the seventh floor, which had been blanketed in darkness, as it shot toward the undead monster.
Bang!
26615!
The dark shadow shuddered and swayed before it slowly turned around. A horrifying, half-rotted face framed by an ebon helmet greeted me. I shuddered as I stared at that terrifying face. Rotting strips of meat hung off its withered face and one of its eyeballs was dangling out of its socket. When it stretched open its rotted mouth and let out a shrill wail, a noxious stench wafted out from between its greenish-black teeth. I instantly activated my Dark Pupils, causing the monster’s stats to appear in front of me.
Dark Prisoner (Dread)
Level: 191
Attack: 6900~8250
Defense: 7700
HP: 800000
Skills: Darkness Slash, Deathblow, Warhammer Storm
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One of the dread-rank creatures from the upper floors was finally revealed. It was a Level 191 monster whose Defense was slightly lower than the Bronze Beast’s, but it compensated by having a far higher Attack! This Dark Prisoner also had very good attack skills, so it definitely wasn’t going to be some pushover. If I don’t approach this fight with extreme caution, I might very well slip up when I least expect it!
”Rooooaaarrr…”
The Dark Prisoner let out a howl of fury as it charged toward me. Sparks erupted from the head of the gigantic maul as it was dragged across the ground. My Dragon Slaying Slash had utterly enraged this beast seeing how fast it was closing the distance between us.
One couldn’t be careless when fighting high-level monsters like this, so I sprang into action before he got within striking range. I swiftly calculated his speed and the remaining distance before I waved a hand in the air. Divine energy surged out of my left arm as God Binding Art caused four divine weapons to form in the air and whistle sharply toward the Dark Prisoner. They perfectly encircled and bound the undead brute, instantly halting the Dark Prisoner in its tracks. These mobs weren’t bosses, so their resistances toward crowd-control skills like God Binding Art weren’t high.
I couldn’t help but grin as I activated Thunderous Charge. After I slammed into the monster, I immediately hit it with War Crush + Burning Blade Slash. Even though the Dark Prisoner’s Defense was quite high, it was no match for my ridiculous Attack. My clone and pet also attacked it furiously, and we quickly took out 400k of the monster’s HP.
I deliberately slowed down the tempo of my attacks. I wanted to see exactly how hard this Level 191 dread-rank monster could hit!
The Dark Prisoner let out an earth-shaking roar as my God Binding Art slowly dissipated. It fiercely swung its spiked maul toward my left shoulder. Black sword energy instantly surrounded the maul in the shape of the blade as it used its Darkness Slash skill!
Bang!
My body shuddered slightly as pain shot through my left shoulder! The Dark Prisoner had hit me so hard that a crack appeared in my left pauldron!
15081!
God damn, that is some crazy attack power! It hit me for so much fucking damage that it can start comparing notes with a boss monster!
It followed up that Darkness Slash with Deathblow that hit me for a good amount of damage as well. I decided that I had seen enough, and I swiftly surrounded the Dark Prisoner with my clone and the Phantom Wolf King. Perhaps we had triggered an attack based on our positioning, because the Dark Prisoner suddenly let out a furious roar and threw out its war maul. The gigantic spiked maul flew through the air as it whirled around the Dark Prisoner and smashed into all three of its attackers, causing all of us to lose a great amount of health.
Okay, the testing was definitely over! I had the measure of my foe now.
Taking on one or two Dark Prisoners at the same time wouldn’t be too much of a problem, but taking on three to four would push me to my limits. If I had to take on five or more, I would definitely die unless I activated Great Earth Transformation!
Pchhht!
I skewered the monster with my Universe Break and robbed it of its last slivers of health. After that, I felt warmth surge through my body as a large stream of experience filled my being. The Dark Prisoner had also dropped a magic stone, so I simply picked it up and threw it into my bag. After that, I waved a hand and absorbed the floating undead spark. It would be a waste for me to not absorb the spark of such a mighty undead creature. After all, I wasn’t content with just being an Asura. I wanted to become an Asura King, and eventually, an Asura God! When I finally reached that state, my Deterrence might very well do a lot more than reduce the stats of enemy undead by 15%!
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I sent a message to Lin Yixin: ”Yiyi, what are your coordinates? I’ll go to where you are! After that, we can team up and grind mobs!”
Lin Yixin swiftly replied: ”Yeah, I’m currently at (18734, 9872). How about you?”
”I’m pretty close. Give me five minutes and I’ll be there!”
”You’re gonna charge over?”
”Charge your ass! There are so many Level 191 dread-rank monsters. They’ll stomp me to death! I… I’ll sneak over…”
I could practically see Lin Yixin’s smirk when she replied: ”Okay! Hurry up and get over here!”