novelraw Chapter 166-2: Cloudless Lightning, the Overlord’s Demise (2)
Chapter 166-2: Cloudless Lightning, the Overlord’s Demise (2)
“Trading an Epic+ grade item for three Epic-grade divine items, worth it!”
Lin Xun gritted his teeth and pressed the ‘Use’ option.
[You used the Storm Scroll of Thunder from the Cloudless Wastes (Epic+ grade item)!]
[You stared at the colossal monster drawing near. The suffocating pressure at such close range left you no hesitation as you tore open the ancient scroll in your hand…]
[The starlight in the sky abruptly dimmed. Countless thick bolts of lightning materialized in the night sky, blinding golden serpents of electricity coiling and writhing in layers…]
[In an instant, innumerable lightning arcs converged into a massive thunderbolt, descending from the heavens like a golden dragon!]
[It was as if a god had hurled a lightning spear to cleave the world, the spearhead aimed squarely at the towering creature behind you…]
[With an earth-shaking roar, your vision was filled with golden light. You could see nothing else, only surrender yourself to the sea of lightning!]
[…]
[The golden light faded, the lightning gradually weakening…][The Veiled Aberration Overlord had already halted its charge, frozen in place.]
[Its massive body still crawled with golden serpents of lightning, its surface covered in charred scorch marks. The countless huge black eyes had all burst apart, leaving dense, bloody craters.]
[Yet even such godlike punishment had failed to kill it!]
[It struggled to resume its charge toward you, but the golden serpents dancing across its flesh forced it back into paralyzed rigidity…]
A single-use Epic+ grade item, its power already surpassed legendary skills.
And even that fearsome might still couldn’t instantly kill the heavily wounded Veiled Aberration Overlord.
Lin Xun seized the moment while the item’s paralysis effect remained, launching a fierce assault!
[You possessed the Knowledge-Seeking President of the Direct Vision Association Shell!]
[You gripped your two staves and began chanting incantations…]
[The Battle Angel – Valkyrie carried you in a rapid dive, descending to the ground in an instant. She gently set you down, drew her longbow from her back, and pulled the string taut like a full moon…]
[In the distance came the heavy, muffled footsteps of the four remaining behemoths approaching.]
[Arrows streaking like meteors and blazing starlight struck the colossal creature together.]
[Paralyzed and rigid, it could only let out wails that echoed through the fog, unable to retaliate.]
[Through the mist, the silhouettes of four massive shadows gradually took shape…]
[The four behemoths burst through the fog, saw the immobilized Veiled Aberration Overlord, and without hesitation charged straight at it!]
[The Battle Angel – Valkyrie kept drawing arrows from her quiver, firing rapidly at the rigid giant.]
[You once more raised your staff, chanting with all your strength…]
[Cold sweat poured down your forehead as you forced yourself to complete the final syllable of the incantation.]
[Endless starlight blazed forth again…]
[You felt utterly exhausted, so drained that even taking a single step was an impossible luxury.]
[Knowledge-Seeking President of the Direct Vision Association has collapsed from overexertion. Do you wish to exit this Shell?]
[Amid the blooming sea of starlight, the colossal monster finally fell…]
[You defeated the Veiled Aberration Overlord. Experience greatly increased!]
[The power within your Shell began to boil. The level of the Knowledge-Seeking President of the Direct Vision Association Shell has increased. Current Shell Level: 53 (+2)]
[The Knowledge-Seeking President of the Direct Vision Association Shell slowly regained consciousness… You felt utterly refreshed and full of vitality, all fatigue and injuries completely restored to their peak state.]
[You obtained Faint Spirit Essence of Sanctity ×1]
[You obtained Complete Forging Crystal Chunk ×1]
[You obtained Overlord Behemoth’s Tentacle (Material)]
[You obtained Aberration’s Newborn Egg (Special Item)]
[You obtained Overlord’s Summoning Eye (Epic+ Grade Item)]
[The four colossal shadows surrounded the corpse of the fallen Veiled Aberration Overlord and began to viciously devour and gnaw at it.]
[From time to time, they clashed over the carcass, but their desire soon overwhelmed any conflict, and they resumed tearing into the flesh with gaping maws.]
[As for you, so small compared to the corpse of the Veiled Aberration Overlord, they simply had no attention to spare.]
Lin Xun let out a long sigh of relief.
He had finally slain the Veiled Aberration Overlord!
This big boss had dropped five different items all at once, letting him taste the thrill of a massive haul once again.
Because the President’s Shell had leveled up, it was now fully restored. The four remaining behemoths could be dealt with one by one using hit-and-run tactics.
The four behemoths before him were busy feeding. Given the overlord’s enormous size, it would take them at least several days to finish eating.
For now, Lin Xun wasn’t in any rush to kill them.
He opened his inventory to inspect the loot he’d obtained by spending an Epic+ grade item.
[Faint Spirit Essence of Sanctity (Item): A faint, sacred, and pure spirit essence lingering upon the Shell. Using it grants 100,000 Spirit Essence.]
“Not bad, another hundred thousand in the account. Time to buy the Valkyrie some more powerful arrows.”
Lin Xun looked over his stash of Spirit Essence items. By a rough estimate, he was about to break the five hundred thousand mark.
With that much wealth, he could buy two or three Epic-grade weapons in the library, or if he went for Epic-grade armor, he could probably double that amount.
[Complete Forging Crystal Chunk: A mysterious ore containing unknown power. Can be used to enhance Legendary-grade equipment. Requires learning forging skills to use.]
“All right, I’ve got the forging stone to upgrade Legendary equipment. Now, could someone please tell me where to pick up the Legendary equipment itself?”
Lin Xun muttered a sarcastic comment to himself, then looked at the next item.
[Overlord Behemoth’s Tentacle (Material): A thick, massive tentacle still slick with disgusting slime and lined with rows of pitch-black eyes. The black eyes occasionally blink, as though the tentacle retained a semblance of life. Forging Shell equipment with this material will guarantee the generation of a related Equipment Trait.]
Lin Xun’s eyes lit up.
The material dropped by the Veiled Aberration Overlord was a special type that could create equipment traits, extremely valuable.
Counting his materials, he already had five. If he gathered a few more, he might be able to craft an unprecedentedly powerful piece of equipment.
[Aberration’s Newborn Egg (Special Item): A giant egg half the size of a person, from which a dull thump, thump rhythm sounds like a heartbeat. Neither the Veiled Aberration nor the Veiled Aberration Overlord possess any reproductive capacity, making this egg’s appearance quite bizarre.]
[You cannot use this special item. You must wait for it to hatch. Perhaps in the near future, the creature that emerges will take you by surprise.]
“A behemoth egg? Don’t tell me it’s going to hatch into a mini version of the Veiled Aberration?”
Lin Xun pictured the Aberration’s disgusting form and involuntarily shivered.
“This thing could end up being either a gift or a nightmare…”
He carefully stowed the Aberration’s Newborn Egg away and turned to the last item.
[Overlord’s Summoning Eye (Epic+ Grade Item): A huge pitch-black eyeball whose iris reflects the image of a colossal, terrifying aberrant creature.]
[Using this item allows you to briefly summon the powerful being known as the Veiled Aberration Overlord. This creature will obey all your commands during the summoning period, until the duration expires or it dies.]
[This item is consumable and does not conflict with your other summoned creatures, they can coexist.]
Lin Xun was overjoyed.
This single item alone completely made up for the Storm Scroll of Thunder from the Cloudless Wastes he had spent.
Compared to the lightning scroll, the Overlord’s Summoning Eye was far more powerful.
Suddenly, Lin Xun frowned, sensing something was off.
The power of the Storm Scroll of Thunder from the Cloudless Wastes needed no further explanation. Against the badly wounded Veiled Aberration Overlord, it might not have been able to kill it outright, but it certainly could paralyze it for a long time.
So why had Omniscient True Knowledge dispatched a watchdog to interfere when he’d tried to use this item on the Multivision President?
Even if the scroll couldn’t instantly kill the Multivision President, it would have paralyzed him, turning him into a helpless lamb ready for slaughter.
“Could it be that Omniscient True Knowledge had some deeper reason for doing this?”