novelraw Chapter 187-1: Fierce Battle with the Legendary Starborn Spirit (1)
Chapter 187-1: Fierce Battle with the Legendary Starborn Spirit (1)
Noontime sunlight poured through the window, flooding the rented apartment.
Clattering sounds came from the kitchen, mingling with the aroma of cooking food.
A pretty young woman in an apron was busy at work.
Last night, Lin Xun had teleported to the Multivision Association to find Bennett and have his eyeball synthesized.
Perhaps because it was Bennett’s first time performing such a procedure in a real situation, his hands had been a bit clumsy, and Lin Xun had waited a long time without seeing the synthesis completed.
When he woke up in the morning, the game finally delivered the good news that the synthesis had succeeded.
[Subterranean Shadow Fiend King’s Eyeball (Epic): Created by combining the eyeball of the Subterranean Shadow Fiend with that of an unknown phototrophic creature, resulting in a new eyeball. While preserving the original abilities, it has eliminated the flaw of photophobia.]
[Dim Shadow (Special Effect): Gaining this effect will greatly enhance your stealth skills, making them extremely difficult to detect.]
[This enhancement effect will ignore current light levels and always maintain optimal amplification.]
After transplanting the new eyeball into the Dancer, Lin Xun teleported back to the Star-Chasing Corridor.This time, when he used the Ring of the Radiant Stars, the creature he summoned was not the Dread Stinger Serpent, but the Nightmare Jumping Mantis he had glimpsed once in the Star Spirit Palace.
The Dim Shadow enhancement was remarkably effective. With the stealth skill active, the Dancer followed the creature to the labyrinth’s end without being discovered at all.
The starborn creature called the Nightmare Jumping Mantis was significantly weaker than the Dread Stinger Serpent.
In fact, Lin Xun had actively ambushed it and slain it himself.
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[You have defeated the Spirit of the Stars – Nightmare Jumping Mantis. Your experience has greatly increased!]
[You obtained Ridgegrown Sickle Limb of the Mantis (Material).]
[You obtained Essence of Star Faith (Item).]
[You looked toward the magnificent Star Spirit Palace in the distance, listening closely. No sounds came from within; it seemed the soul of that terrifying giant beast had long since departed.]
[Do you wish to step forward and enter the Star Spirit Palace?]
According to the description, the legendary soul inside the Star Spirit Palace had already vanished.
If he wanted to summon it again, he would have to use the newly acquired Essence of Star Faith.
“I have the feeling the Nightmare Jumping Mantis is even weaker than the Dread Stinger Serpent. If I summon its legendary soul, could I actually beat it?”
Lin Xun rubbed his chin, pondering.
The Thunderbeast Mammoth was colossal and terrifyingly strong.
The monster had only stomped on him once, without even using the tusk blades beneath its jaws, and that alone had shown him just how pitifully weak he was.
[You step forward, ascend the stone steps, and enter the vast hall.]
[As far as you can see, the corpses in the depths of the hall have all maintained their original poses. The remains you care about most, Legendary Starborn Spirit – Thunderbeast Mammoth Lonka, are just as they were when you first encountered them, as if the legend’s soul had never descended.]
[Do you wish to awaken this remains again, or choose a different one to awaken?]
[Summoning a legendary soul again would consume your only Essence of Star Faith.]
And since the Ring of the Radiant Stars had already exhausted its uses, this meant Lin Xun was down to a single final chance.
“Claiming the reward is going to be tricky, who’d have thought the prize would come with a built-in way to detect enemies?”
“But fighting the boss to get loot… that I can try.”
The reason he dared to say this wasn’t because he was feeling cocky, but because he’d already figured out a way to tackle the boss!
He’d spent hours last night rummaging through his inventory before finally locating the key item to counter the boss.
His inventory was piled with heaps of worthless junk, things like Foul-Smelling Dungstone, Rusted Iron Chunk, Multivision Association Scholar’s Certificate, Rotten Meat, and even Silk Undergarment (Women’s), so much garbage that finding clues in it was basically panning for gold in sewage.
[You take out the Refined Copper Sand Maraca and shake it lightly…]
[Battle Angel – Valkyrie responds to your summons, stepping forth from the void.]
Lin Xun prepared himself for both battle and retreat.
[You take out a flickering speck of cold starlight and offer it to the remains of Legendary Starborn Spirit – Thunderbeast Mammoth Lonka.]
[The Essence of Star Faith merges into the colossal remains, and starlight blooms in the giant beast’s eyes.]
[The weathered corpse slowly regains vitality. The savage, towering creature has been awakened by you once more!]
[The deafening roar of the Legendary Starborn Spirit – Thunderbeast Mammoth Lonka shakes the hall, echoing again and again…]
[“Outsider starborn! You have awakened a slumbering legendary soul!”]
[…]
[“Starborn, what kind of reward do you wish to receive?”]
Just as Lin Xun was about to use his item, he froze.
He had been planning to fight the giant beast boss head-on, but to his surprise, the monster was acting as if it didn’t recognize him at all, repeating the exact same lines as before.
The same three familiar options appeared before his eyes again.
Lin Xun frowned and analyzed carefully.
From the way the giant beast behaved, it didn’t feel like senility, as if it had forgotten their earlier encounter. Rather, it felt more like a pre-set program: no consciousness, merely executing a fixed script.
“If that’s the case, maybe I still have room to maneuver.”
Once more, he selected the third option: Fearless Frenzy of Unyielding Zeal.
[You loudly declare to the colossal creature before you that you wish to receive Fearless Frenzy of Unyielding Zeal!]
[Sure enough, the giant beast’s reaction was identical to last time, it laughed again, asked whether he was certain, and spoke the exact same words down to the letter.]
“Maybe the legendary souls in this hall have already completely disintegrated.”
“The Radiant Stars can reconstruct them, but once the consciousness is lost, all that’s left is this mechanical response. Maybe that’s just a side effect of the reconstruction…”
Lin Xun’s mind raced with wild speculations.
“These Legendary Starborn Spirits really have it rough, forced to serve when alive, and still have to work after they’re dead.”
[Legendary Starborn Spirit – Thunderbeast Mammoth Lonka opened its massive jaws, and a lump of foul-smelling flesh dropped heavily to the ground.]
[…]
[The giant beast motioned for you to step into the flesh and begin your great and glorious evolution!]
[You looked at the flesh that had split open a gap, recalling the experience of your previous death, and couldn’t help feeling hesitant.]
[Do you want to force your way into the opening to undergo the transformation, or refuse the transformation and attack the giant beast?]
Lin Xun drew a deep breath and shifted his gaze to an item in his inventory.