I Save The World In A Doomsday Text Game

Chapter 253-2: Corrupting Incense Power, A Heaven-Shaking Sword (2)

Lin Xun quickly pressed the Earth Giant’s skill buttons, hoping for another critical strike to block the monster’s assault and buy time for the Ninja Master and Valkyrie.

[With fearless resolve, you raised your blade to meet the attack. Undying Flame ignited once more, and you swung for the tentacle’s weakest point, determined to block this overwhelming strike with your sword, even if it cost your life…]

[The blade clashed against the gigantic tentacle…]

“Damn it, no crit.”

Even with a critical strike, Lin Xun could only barely withstand the monster’s normal attack.

Now, facing this far more ferocious heavy blow, and without a critical bonus, the fight was likely about to end.

[A radiant beam of sunlight split the rainstorm. At its far end, it struck precisely where blade met tentacle!]

[A surging force erupted. Your vision went black again, pain exploded through your body, and you could no longer remain standing.]

[You have suffered near-fatal injuries!]

[You forced your head up to look at the sea monster. One of the two tentacles was nearly severed, hanging on by only a few strands of flesh.][Dark blue blood spurted continuously, staining the sea.]

[Your and the Valkyrie’s combined full-power attack seemed to have provoked Nurarihyon’s furious wrath.]

[A chorus of monstrous roars echoed out. Four enormous tentacles rose from the waves, intertwining with each other. The creature was about to unleash an unprecedentedly powerful attack!]

[Suddenly, the roaring stopped. At some unknown moment, most of the motes of light around the monster had faded, less than a tenth remained.]

[The tentacle that should have regenerated instantly remained split and unmended!]

[Not only that, without the Incense Power’s support, the monster’s vast body began to shrink…]

[From a size larger than the entire island, it shrank until it was only slightly larger than your own giant form.]

[The tentacles rising from the water also dwindled, now no thicker than your thigh, no longer looking so impossible to overcome.]

[The illusory ocean around you flickered erratically, like a flawless mirror fracturing. Through the peeling shards, you could even glimpse the interior of the main hall.]

[The monster’s pointed, bird-like beak gaped open, emitting shrill cries of terror.]

[It seemed unable to believe its Incense Power had vanished for no reason…]

“Ha! The item finally worked!”

Lin Xun was overjoyed. He and the Valkyrie had only barely blocked the monster’s heavy attack together.

If the creature had unleashed its ultimate technique, with the Earth Giant near death and no healing from Senior Sister, there would have been no chance of survival.

Facing an attack dealing four times normal damage, even the dragon would have been pounded into paste…

[Just then, the Ninja Master’s figure vanished, replaced by…a blinding, heaven-sundering arc of sword light!]

[The sword light swept forth, shattering the illusory mirror realm wherever it passed. Like a cleaving strike splitting the filthy world itself, it washed away all corruption, leaving only the blazing brilliance to purify everything…]

[The world spun wildly around you, transforming utterly.]

[…]

[When you came to your senses, you were standing once more in the main hall.]

[Before you stood the motionless Nurarihyon, and behind him, the Ninja Master slid his sword back into its scabbard.]

[A thin red line appeared on Nurarihyon’s brow, then spread in a spiderweb pattern. Dark blue blood spurted outward as the yokai’s body was instantly chopped into countless tiny pieces.]

[The meat chunks twisted and expanded, transforming into a vast heap of shattered flesh that covered most of the worship hall.]

[Among the fragments, you could still see many round suckers and soft tentacle segments…]

[At the front of the hall, the monstrous creature bound in chains lowered itself, eagerly scooping up the bloody scraps to devour them.]

[Nurarihyon has been slain. You have gained no experience points!]

[You have obtained Fading Chunk Spirit Essence of Profound Unfathomability]

[You have obtained Beak of Nurarihyon’s True Form (Material)]

[You have obtained Coiling Cloud Dragon-Patterned Censer (Epic-Grade Item)]

[You have obtained Nurarihyon’s Yokai Heart (Legendary-Grade Item)]

[You have obtained Unfinished Divine Idol (Legendary-Grade Item)]

[You have obtained Withered Flower of Evil (Special Item)]

[You have obtained True Treatise on Incense-Powered Divinity (Document)]

Lin Xun saw the hellish game display the words Nurarihyon has been slain, and with the ground covered in a bounty of rewards, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

“At last… managed to take down this big boss. That was really not easy…”

If it hadn’t been for the help of the Ninja Master and Senior Sister, Lin Xun probably wouldn’t have lasted long enough for the Hundred Yin Kuei Water Vessel to take effect before being defeated by Nurarihyon’s true form.

If he had used the special item and still failed to topple the boss, it would have meant he might never have been able to kill it.

[The Ninja Master slowly turned around, his face covered in dark red blood.]

[That blood was not Nurarihyon’s, it was the Ninja Master’s, seeping steadily from the seven apertures of his face. Yet his gaze remained brilliantly clear.]

[Like the last glint of twilight when the sun dips beneath the horizon…]

[The Ninja Master hobbled over to you, then unbuckled the lifelong companion at his waist, the Dragon Sword Masamune, and placed it into your hands.]

[He gave a free and easy smile, saying that although he had truly wished to defeat the final monster in this hall and escort you and Tsukishiro safely down the mountain… he no longer had the strength.]

[All he could do was beg you to help him one last time, to slay the monster and bring Tsukishiro back to Tisi Island, where she could live out her days in hiding, together with your friend, his disciple, Hayashida Yoichi.]

[He drew out a bloodstained letter from inside his robes, plainly asking you to deliver it to Yoichi.]

[The Ninja Master looked toward Tsukishiro Murasakiyo, still unconscious behind you, his eyes full of affection and reluctant sorrow.]

[In that moment, he was no longer the fearsome Ninja Master whose name had terrified all of Sakura Falls, he was just a kindly old man about to depart this world, leaving his child behind.]

[The light in the old man’s eyes gradually dimmed, but his small figure still stood in place.]

[The Fire-Worshipping Heartless Ninja Master has died. You have gained no experience points.]

[You have obtained Faint Spirit Essence of Profound Unfathomability]

[You have obtained Dragon Sword Masamune (Epic+ Weapon)]

[You have obtained Dragon Jade (Legendary-Grade Item)]

[You have obtained Letter to Yoichi (Document)]

[You looked toward the old man’s body, standing upright even in death…]

[Shell of the Fire-Worshipping Heartless Ninja Master: A razor-sharp ninja blade under the highest ruler of Sakura Falls. Over decades, it assassinated countless traitorous bandits who betrayed the Shogun, never once failing. In his old age, unable to endure the hidden wounds of years past, he was granted a remote island to spend the rest of his days. He died from the soul-consuming backlash after unleashing all his potential. Compatibility: 118 (+55%)]

[Would you like to possess this Shell?]