novelraw Chapter 188-2: Battle of Giants, the Fall of a Legend (2)
Chapter 188-2: Battle of Giants, the Fall of a Legend (2)
[You possessed the Shell of the Knowledge-Seeking Grand Scholar of the Multivision Association!]
[Battle Angel – Valkyrie flew toward the giant beast, holding the Abyss Lantern, weaving back and forth in front of it.]
[Thunderbeast Mammoth fixed its crimson eyes on you, wanting to charge at you again, yet repeatedly having its attention drawn back to the swirling point of warm light.]
[It roared and charged toward the Valkyrie once more!]
[You raised your staff and began chanting a spell…]
[…]
[Thunderbeast Mammoth’s charging speed increased more and more, closing the distance with the Valkyrie.]
[Several times, the sharp tusks nearly sliced into the Valkyrie’s body, but each time she narrowly evaded them by a hair’s breadth, the situation growing ever more perilous.]
[You understood that Thunderbeast Mammoth was about to shake off the Weakened effect and recover its full strength!]
[Countless characters gathered to form a giant spear, but this spear was visibly smaller than the ones you had cast before.][The spear shot swiftly toward the giant beast…]
[Suddenly, the Thunderbeast Mammoth let out a deafening roar. To your horror, you saw that the chitinous carapace covering its body had returned to its original color. Under the starlight shining through the hall, the pitch-black armor gleamed brilliantly!]
[The moment Knowledge Spear struck the carapace, the giant beast radiated a frenzied aura. In its two eyes blazed a fearless, fanatical glare!]
[The spear struck the carapace and instantly dissolved into countless characters, completely incapable of piercing the hardened defense.]
[Legendary Starborn Spirit – Thunderbeast Mammoth Lonka has shed the Weakened effect!]
“Damn it. Valkyrie!”
Before Lin Xun could even try to recall the Valkyrie, the game text sped by.
[The giant beast suddenly accelerated. Two tusks slashed mercilessly through the air…]
[Your watcher, Battle Angel – Valkyrie, has died!]
Lin Xun took a long, deep breath.
From the moment the Valkyrie had begun following him until now, she had never died.
He never imagined her first death would come in the Star Spirit Palace.
Facing this savage giant beast boss, even summoning the Three-Headed Lion wouldn’t have been enough, it could have swallowed it in a single bite.
There was no way out now.
He opened the inventory and clicked on an item.
[You took out a massive, pitch-black eyeball. Reflected in the iris was the image of a colossal, grotesque aberration.]
[You have used Overlord’s Summoning Eye (Epic+ Grade Item)!]
[Countless disordered, chaotic characters erupted from the black monstrous eye. The giant eyeball in your hand gradually shriveled and withered…]
[The dense swarm of characters filled the vast hall.]
[Thunderbeast Mammoth halted its charge toward you, roaring and bellowing nonstop, as if it sensed some unsettling, maddening presence.]
[The chaotic characters condensed into the shape of a vast, hideous aberration.]
[Without any concealing mist, its terrifying form occupied your entire field of vision in perfect clarity!]
[Its gargantuan, twisted trunk was connected to countless thick tentacles studded with eyeballs. Six enormous legs bore the weight of its colossal body.]
[Inside the spacious Star Spirit Palace, its body pressed up against the vaulted ceiling!]
[Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration Overlord has answered your summons. For the duration of the summoning, it will obey your commands completely!]
[Seeing the Veiled Aberration Overlord’s complete form for the first time, the countless eyes on its monstrous body and tentacles filled you with bone-deep dread. You felt the world spin as a torrent of disordered knowledge poured into your soul.]
[You have acquired knowledge. Your Knowledge stat increased by 9,999! Current Knowledge: 14,600 / 15,200]
Lin Xun’s eyes glinted with ferocity. Without hesitation, he selected the attack command!
[The Veiled Aberration Overlord let out a thunderous roar. It heaved its enormous body forward, charging at the Thunderbeast Mammoth, now covered in wounds!]
[Deafening, heavy footsteps pounded the ground. The hall shuddered, and gray dust drifted down from above…]
[In Thunderbeast Mammoth’s eyes blazed madness once more. Its hind legs kicked powerfully against the floor, launching it toward the monster even larger than itself.]
[The two titans collided. For an instant, you heard no sound at all, only saw a shockwave burst from the point of impact!]
[Darkness swallowed your vision. You could not control your body as the blast hurled you away. A moment later, the deafening boom that shook the entire hall finally reached your ears.]
[You couldn’t help but cough up a mouthful of blood. Your ears buzzed, and your frail body throbbed with pain.]
[You have suffered severe injuries!]
[Using hands and knees, you struggled back to your feet and looked toward the center of the hall…]
[The Thunderbeast Mammoth’s remaining two tusks had already snapped. The crown-like armored plate on its head had caved in, leaking dark green blood and a paste of brain matter.]
[The front limbs of the Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration Overlord bent backward at twisted angles. Two broken giant tusks were embedded in its massive body, blood pouring down like a waterfall.]
[Thunderbeast Mammoth’s body convulsed endlessly as countless enormous tentacles covered in eyes coiled around it, tightening with crushing force!]
[Thunderbeast Mammoth had no strength left to resist. Its eyes gradually dimmed, the crazed glare giving way to clarity.]
[With its final moment of lucidity, it no longer roared but spoke in solemn words.]
[“Great radiant stars… Lonka has failed to defend your starlight…”]
[Special summoned creature Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration Overlord has defeated Legendary Starborn Spirit – Thunderbeast Mammoth Lonka. You did not gain experience points.]
[You obtained Faint Spirit Essence of Sanctity x1]
[You obtained Complete Forging Crystal Chunk (Item)]
[You obtained Advanced Essence of Star Faith (Item)]
[You obtained Legendary Thunderbeast Mammoth’s Tusk (Material)]
[You obtained Legendary Thunderbeast Mammoth’s Chitin Carapace (Material)]
[You obtained Legendary Thunderbeast Mammoth’s Flesh Essence (Special Item)]
[You obtained Audience with the Mother of Stars Star Map (Special Item)]
Lin Xun let out a long breath.
“At last, this big boss is finally dead!”
Even with the Veiled Aberration Overlord fighting it in peak condition, the battle had left it gravely wounded and crippled.
If both colossal creatures had clashed at full strength, the one to fall would probably have been the Veiled Aberration Overlord.
Thankfully, Lin Xun had used the White Dwarf Star Elixir beforehand to weaken the boss and bring it to critical health.
Otherwise, even summoning the Aberration Overlord would at best have cost its life in exchange for severely wounding the boss.
“All this effort, but at least the rewards are worth it.”
Just as Lin Xun was about to check the loot, the game text kept scrolling.
[The corpse of Legendary Starborn Spirit – Thunderbeast Mammoth Lonka rapidly decayed and rotted away, soon crumbling into a pile of black ash.]
[You looked toward the depths of the hall. The mass of flesh expelled by Thunderbeast Mammoth still stood there.]
[The flesh mass had been partially damaged by the fierce battle. Many thick vessels on its surface had ruptured, and dark green ichor gushed out in streams.]
[As the ichor pooled on the ground, it turned into a foul, pitch-black liquid…]
[Do you wish to enter the flesh mass while the ichor has not yet run dry to undergo transformation and evolution?]
Lin Xun’s eyes lit up.
This time, Thunderbeast Mammoth hadn’t stomped the flesh mass into a pulp, leaving him a sliver of opportunity to act.
The only question was: how would he handle the flesh mass’s friend-or-foe recognition function?