Calamity Messenger

Chapter 233 - 185: It’s Over (2)

"How are you?"

"Just a few broken ribs." Prajna pulled out several Blood Replenishing Pills and stuffed them into his mouth. The injuries, with blood oozing from seven orifices and a sunken chest, seemed like mere light wounds to him: "But it will take some time!"

"By the time you recover, we’ve already divided the spoils." Blood Phase laughed.

Missing one person didn’t affect the battle in any way. Even though the Corpse King was fast and agile, its opponents weren’t just the remarkably skilled Rabbit Heroine, but also the world’s top gaming expert, Yan Qing. As long as this brother-sister duo teamed up, none below Foundation Establishment could stand against them!

With the Karmic Force Gauge about to hit zero and health at 3%, Rabbit Heroine shouted: "It’s now, let’s attack together!"

Beiyou, Blood Phase, and Pharmacist’s Wish immediately poured all damage in, the Corpse King’s health plummeted to 1%, and simultaneously, its last strand of Karmic Force was drained by Rabbit Heroine!

"Blood Phase, I’m not willing! I can’t die! You, descendant of the Blood Demon Sect, I must act for heaven, how dare you kill me!"

The Corpse King’s health was locked tightly at 1%, clearly, like Skull Tower and the Red-clothed Demon Fiend, after the Karmic Force Gauge hit zero, it would activate a mechanism before finally dying!

Yan Qing’s brow furrowed heavily now, and given his understanding of the game design, the BOSS likely wouldn’t unleash new skills — it would probably reuse existing ones, meaning—

"Blood Phase, I! Want! You! Dead!" As the Corpse King roared word by word, it raised its right hand to unleash the Dragon-Slaying Seal once again, targeting the only messenger present possessing a Buddhist Sect token, Rabbit Heroine!

This time, from raising hand to attack, it took only about two seconds, coinciding with the time it took to finish its last sentence, much quicker than before, leaving no time for reaction—running immediately was still within its lock-on range!

No escape, no retreat!

Such rapid activation speed made gathering impossible, unless they had seen a strategy beforehand, they might not have been able to gather in time to share the damage!

It’s a rookie killer, a lesson players must face!

Honestly, in hard-level and above dungeons, rookie kills were quite common. Players couldn’t possibly clear them the first time; they’d have to experience all mechanisms, face multiple wipes before succeeding. Yan Qing understood rationally, but emotionally, he still wanted to fly the designers’ horse.

No way around it, Yan Qing thought, this time it has to end here.

Not to mention no one could gather to share the damage, even if they could, Prajna was missing. Originally five people sharing would be reduced to blood residue, but four people sharing was too stretched, assuming the Corpse King’s last Dragon-Slaying Seal didn’t amplify!

Besides, how could Blood Phase and Beiyou possibly come to share? Corpse King’s collapse meant the day they turn against each other; facing such sudden crisis, them not seizing the chance to throw stones down the well was already a breach of their professional ethics as Demon Path Third Transition, relying on their brotherhood was less reliable than hoping Shang Xinlei doesn’t serve bitter melon fried beef today.

However, Yan Qing didn’t plan to sit idly; with his speed, he had one last action — transferring Rabbit Heroine’s crucial equipment back to the shared warehouse.

Yet just as Yan Qing opened the item page, he saw two figures appear beside Rabbit Heroine. One was Blood Phase who could still make it over in such tense time, the other naturally was Pharmacist’s Wish who always kept an eye on Rabbit Heroine.

"Beiyou, get over here!" Blood Phase shouted angrily.

"Don’t be afraid, I’m here." Pharmacist’s Wish’s voice showed no trembling, only unwavering resolve.

Yan Qing’s mind flashed back to many scenes: Black Wolf’s hand pulling him up at the Secret Vault entrance, the sunset embrace between Rabbit Heroine and Pharmacist’s Wish... Before Yan Qing could think, his gaming instincts had already decided for him.

In the woods behind, Blood Phase looked with one eye at Beiyou rushing over, another eye at the Dragon-Slaying Seal about to fall from above. His legs were already tense and ready to spring at any moment. With his speed, he could run anytime, but he still stood under the seal, seemingly holding out until the last moment, seemingly not willing until the final second.

Pharmacist’s Wish, however, wasn’t as thoughtful; she had prepared to activate the Life-Saving Pill, yet facing such earth-shattering onslaught, the pill couldn’t give her much sense of security, only doing what she could and leaving the rest to fate.

But with her at the front, at least Rabbit Heroine could stay unharmed...

At this moment, everyone saw Rabbit Heroine suddenly leap high, unexpectedly so that no one reacted, nor could stop it. They watched Rabbit Heroine voluntarily charge towards the descending Dragon-Slaying Seal, clutching a peculiar Token inscribed with two golden characters: "Return!"

Boom!

The Corpse King’s last Dragon-Slaying Seal was more powerful than ever, as if heaven and earth crumbled and winds tore clouds, even the full-force strike of a Foundation Establishment Messenger was perhaps only this much. Yet such a terrible onslaught that could easily crush them couldn’t stir a ripple against Rabbit Heroine’s Golden Light Barrier!

Return Order!

After using the Return Order to trigger teleportation, enters into a ten-second invincible countdown time, during which players are in absolute invincible state, never mind facing the difficult level Third-Turn Demon Fiend, even the legendary Eighth-Turn Demon King can’t harm Rabbit Heroine a bit!

As a rare reward appearing once in ten thousand scores at Mansu Forest Land, the Return Order had too many places it could be used but too few occasions to use it.

Three seconds later, the power of the Dragon-Slaying Seal dissipated entirely, and Rabbit Heroine immediately canceled the teleportation. Although she canceled the teleportation, the Return Order’s crack deepened almost splitting the Token in two, even without system descriptions, anyone could see it could only be used once more.

After unleashing the final Dragon-Slaying Seal, the Corpse King appeared utterly exhausted, kneeling and immobile, while the Karmic Force Gauge rapidly rose, indicating the period when players could freely attack.

However, no one acted, everyone awaited Rabbit Heroine’s command, she had won everyone’s respect. Rabbit Heroine approached the Corpse King and thrust a sword, the Corpse King immediately collapsed heavily, left with only the last sliver of health.

"In the end, still, not possible..." The Corpse King’s dozens of heads simultaneously murmured the same words: "Could it be, I’m wrong..."

Watching the Corpse King’s body turn to dust, Yan Qing suddenly recalled the Secret Realm’s background description, the last sentence stating ’Maybe only through avenging their hatred could the karma here be unraveled’. This sentence appeared meaningless, but combined with the clue that those possessing a Buddhist Sect token would be considered Blood Phase by the Corpse King, perhaps it meant ’To unravel the karma here, you must face their vengeance’, predicting the Corpse King would launch a finishing attack sufficient to eradicate Blood Phase before dying.

Even without Si Wuxie triggering Karmic Force Gauge difficulty increase, under normal difficulty the Corpse King would likely unleash a Dragon-Slaying Seal, but only in the final moments, its speed and force likely similar to the first time, with enough time for players to gather and share.

Though he thoroughly understood all the mechanisms in Corpse Bone Forest, Yan Qing probably wouldn’t come back to clear this dungeon again, and this dungeon, might not continue to exist.

"Is it over?" Pharmacist’s Wish awoke as if from a dream.

"It’s over." Rabbit Heroine replied.