Chapter 71: Summoning the BOSS Again |
The unfamiliar runes on the altar began lighting up one after another.
The flesh and blood on top also began visibly melting away.
Ferocious human faces seemed trapped inside the altar. They desperately struggled to break free from it, yet were firmly restrained by the altar itself.
Some faces let out agonized screams, while others greedily devoured the flesh and blood that had dissolved into a paste-like slurry.
Ugh... ugh...
Vivian felt her sanity plummeting.
What the hell was this...?!
Vivian considered herself someone who had already witnessed plenty of shocking scenes over the past two days.
But even so, what she saw before her still completely shattered her composure.
Amid Vivian’s terrified cries—
Her body calmly walked forward against her will.
Then it began taking out one Sacred Artifact after another.
Compared to the terrified Vivian, Jiang Chen was actually feeling excited at this moment.
“Nice, very nice!”
“I knew this place couldn’t possibly not have a BOSS.”
The countdown timer on the screen also excited Jiang Chen tremendously.
【The BOSS will descend in 59 seconds....58 seconds...57 seconds....】
He took out the remaining two sets of Sacred Artifacts in his possession.
“If we’re going to blow things up, then we’re taking everything with us.”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen removed the satchel hanging at his waist and strapped it onto the Candy Bear.
The reason Jiang Chen was so satisfied with the Candy Bear skill was firstly because it was a summoning skill.
Aside from being able to provide high damage by itself, the most important thing was that it could carry C4.
Having it carry C4 to approach enemies was on an entirely different level of safety compared to personally getting close and throwing C4.
“There’s still a lot of potential to develop with the Candy Bear’s mechanics. I’ll study it properly when I have time.”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen began the summoning.
After seeing the appearance of two summoning countdowns, Jiang Chen did not hesitate. He leapt upward directly as the scythe in his hand swung.
The falling crystal chandelier was stored inside the Spatial Ring by Jiang Chen.
“This thing naturally can’t be left behind either.”
After finishing all of that, Jiang Chen activated the bracelet skill Stone Wall LV5.
Massive stone walls rose from four different directions on the ground.
Directly sealing the altar inside.
Standing atop the stone wall while waiting for the three bosses to appear, Jiang Chen began his setup.
“With Candy Bear plus C4 damage, I refuse to believe the summoned BOSS can survive this.”
“Corrosion Curse LV1, Fusion Skill switched, Candy Bear!”
Immediately afterward—
“Weapon Blessing LV1!”
Both the Candy Bear and the C4 became coated in a faint golden glow.
Then Jiang Chen took out two thousand gold coins.
Almost simultaneously, the coins vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Gold Blessing LV1 activated!
The blessing skills were separately applied onto the Candy Bear and the C4.
This made Jiang Chen feel a wave of pain in his heart.
“Damn it, that’s two thousand gold coins!”
“This better not make me lose money!”
While thinking this, Jiang Chen controlled Vivian to rapidly retreat.
After retreating to the corridor entrance, Jiang Chen stopped. Then the Blood-Red Scythe in his hand instantly switched into umbrella form.
Misty Moon Dream Umbrella Form — Spell Damage increased by 10%.
After this series of actions, Jiang Chen’s remaining skills were as follows: Weapon Blessing and Montage Technique each had one remaining usage.
The bracelet skill still had two remaining uses, while the ring skill had one remaining use.
“These remaining skills should still be enough.”
“Even if the target survives and I need to finish it off in melee combat, I’m not afraid at all.”
“With Montage Technique, combined with scythe form and Misty Moon Dream enhanced by Weapon Blessing, breaking ten thousand damage over the duration will be easy.”
“On top of that, there’s the bracelet skill, the cannon-fodder skill for summoning elemental spirits, the defensive Stone Wall skill, and the damage-dealing Flame Explosion.”
The sustained follow-up damage output was also more than sufficient.
......
“Hm?”
The familiar sea domain.
Before Fiona knelt a phantom figure.
“Honorable Lady Fiona, not long ago Aaron died. According to reliable information, Vivian was responsible.”
The voice of a young man dressed in noble attire rang out.
This instantly caused Fiona’s expression to darken.
“Vivian..... Vivian... that damned woman again!”
“So she’s deliberately opposing me!”
Fiona was extremely furious toward this person who had repeatedly provoked her time and time again.
However, Connor’s next words made Fiona completely unable to endure it any longer.
“Lady Fiona, before Aaron died, he already activated the grand magic formation.”
Upon hearing this, Fiona finally exploded in anger.
“Aaron!”
Fiona’s voice carried gritted teeth.
She knew very clearly what it meant for the plan to be forcefully activated midway through execution.
Everything she had done previously could very likely end up wasted.
“How dare Aaron do this?!”
Fiona’s tone turned ice-cold.
She swore that if Aaron had not already died, she would definitely make him understand what true suffering meant.
Taking a deep breath, she calmed herself.
Fiona understood clearly that she no longer had any choice.
“Looks like the only option is to fully activate the magic formation.”
“What matters now is ensuring the magic formation operates smoothly.”
......
As Fiona was preparing to arrange further matters—
“Hm?”
A familiar summoning power appeared.
This even left Fiona somewhat dumbfounded.
However, she quickly understood what was happening.
This infuriated Fiona so much that her chest heaved violently.
“Vivian!”
She practically spat out the name through gritted teeth.
Not only had Vivian ruined her plans and killed her subordinate, but she also repeatedly provoked her again and again.
This summoning force was more than twice as powerful as the previous one. It was obvious that Vivian was deliberately doing this out of fear Fiona would not come.
“Good, very good!”
Fiona laughed out of extreme anger.
This was the first time Fiona had ever encountered someone who dared oppose her so brazenly and arrogantly.
“Excellent!”
“To think that I, the mighty Deep Sea Witch, would one day be looked down upon.”
This time, Fiona decided she would make this ignorant fool understand what cruelty truly meant!
Fiona estimated that the reason Vivian dared to act so wildly was because she knew Fiona could not display much power through summoned descent.
Even though the summoning force this time was clearly much stronger than before, the other side surely still knew how much strength she could exert.
It was precisely because they had calculated this that they dared behave so fearlessly.
“However, you probably don’t know that the stronger the magical equipment used as the vessel, the more it can also enhance my power after descending to a certain extent.”
Although it pained her, Fiona still took out a magical equipment piece that even in her eyes counted as relatively precious.
“This time, my projection will at least be able to display Six-Ring strength.”
Having learned her lesson from last time, Fiona naturally made preparations.
“Once I descend, I’ll immediately cast defensive magic.”
“It doesn’t need to be too high-level. Around Fourth Ring will suffice.”
“At that tier, I can cast defensive magic instantly, then immediately follow up with Sixth Ring defensive magic.”
“Although Sixth Ring defensive magic cannot be cast instantly, the Fourth Ring spell should buy enough time.”
After confirming her plan, Fiona took another deep breath.
Casting defensive magic in advance, combined with the fact that this time she could display Six-Ring strength—
“This time, victory is guaranteed!”
......
Almost simultaneously—
Under Jiang Chen’s gaze—
Inside the rock prison, one monster had already appeared.
【Abyssal Phantom, Tier: ??? HP: 10000/10000】
【The BOSS will descend in 3 seconds.....】
Watching the countdown for the second BOSS, Jiang Chen held his breath.
Meanwhile, on Vivian’s side—
Watching vine-like phantoms extend outward from the unsealed opening above the stone prison while continuously multiplying—
Unknown “murmurs” seemed to echo inside her mind.
Vivian felt her thoughts becoming chaotic.
The fear she had buried in the deepest corners of her heart gradually expanded.
Vivian seemed to see that night from her childhood once again—the sky filled with flames.
Outside were endless sounds of killing, pleading, and raging fire, while she hid inside a cellar as her mother tightly covered her mouth.
At this moment, those previously blurry memories became increasingly clear.
Without realizing it, two streams of tears slid down Vivian’s cheeks.
Those whispers made Vivian grow increasingly dazed.
And at that moment...
A familiar voice rang out.
“2 seconds, 1 second, blow up for me!”
Lord Evil God’s voice instantly jolted Vivian awake.
Almost simultaneously, the deafening explosion accompanied by overwhelming flames caused the entire secret chamber to tremble violently.
The altar, along with the stone walls constructed from Fifth Ring Magic, was instantly swallowed whole.
Immediately afterward, enormous flames centered around the altar began devouring everything nearby.
At this moment, Fiona was completely dumbfounded.
She had no idea what had happened.
Having made every possible preparation, Fiona had intended to teach this repeatedly troublesome fool a profound lesson.
Yet who could have imagined that the moment she appeared—before she even had time to cast defensive magic—she had already been swallowed by flames.
Fiona: ????
Somewhere in the deep sea.
Fiona began questioning life itself.
“So what exactly just happened?”
“How did I suddenly come back?”
If not for the fact that a considerable amount of Faith Power had once again been stolen, along with the disappearance of her precious magical equipment, Fiona would have genuinely believed she had never gone anywhere at all.
“No...”
“This... this...”
Fiona became incoherent.
“How did I die?”
“Why did I die before I could even react?”
This experience was simply too awful!
.....
While Fiona was still doubting reality itself, over on Jiang Chen’s side—
“So what exactly is this damage output?”
After the explosion ended, the ceiling of the basement had already been blasted open with a massive hole.
Moonlight poured down through the opening.
At this moment, Jiang Chen continuously replayed the enormous damage numbers that had appeared earlier.
-23145X2
These two massive numbers were the damage received by the BOSS summoned from the Sacred Artifacts.
The summoned BOSS this time had possessed a full thirty thousand HP, though it had been instantly killed the moment it appeared.
Even so, Jiang Chen still felt lingering fear.
The HP bar had appeared briefly, and Jiang Chen vaguely saw the displayed Six-Ring indicator, though only for an instant.
But if he had not fully stacked buffs, Jiang Chen estimated that his Candy Bear plus C4 might not have been enough to instantly kill it.
Thankfully, he had not tried to save money.
Otherwise, if it had survived with low HP, he had no idea what kind of trouble he would have faced.
Aside from those massive numbers, another damage number was what concerned Jiang Chen the most.
-8250x2
These were two instances of true damage.
It was the damage received by the monster summoned from the altar.
What Jiang Chen found most absurd was that the monster had only taken true damage, while completely ignoring every other type of damage.
“This is still the early game phase, damn it.”
Although it felt unbelievably outrageous—
Jiang Chen currently had no time to care about such a minor issue as what types of damage the monster could take.
“I wonder what kind of equipment the two BOSSes dropped this time.”