novelraw Chapter 335-2: Pilgrimage Angel (2)
Chapter 335-2: Pilgrimage Angel (2)
[You possess the shell of the Fire-Worshipping Ninja Master!]
[You turn lightly, open a pair of dim eyes, and your figure vanishes without a trace…]
[You move with utmost care, making no sound at all, and slowly draw closer to the Emerald Sacrificial Ground…]
[…]
[You gradually approach the sacrificial ground and the encircling ring of Ascended…]
[The crazed Ascended are jostled together, crowding around the sacrificial ground without leaving the slightest gap. Even the sacrificial ground’s main gate is sealed tight.]
[If you wish to enter the sacrificial ground, you must deal with them first.]
[Do you want to launch an attack?]
Lin Xun knew that you could not catch wolves without risking your lambs.
Right now, he could only resort to his well-practiced ‘lure the tiger away from the mountain’ tactic.He was just about to pull back so he could summon the Valkyrie and draw the monsters away when he suddenly saw the hellish game’s text scroll up…
[As you approach the sacrificial ground, you fail to notice that although you remain invisible, the footprints you leave in the snow stand out starkly…]
[The other Ascended’s footprints are being covered and blurred by the freshly falling snow from the blizzard, but your newly made footprints remain glaringly conspicuous.]
[The Ascended Pilgrimage Angel suddenly jerks its head up and looks your way. Its enormous compound eyes reflect countless footprints.]
[It lets out a piercing screech. The sound is so sharp and shrill that you cannot help clutching your ears as dizziness overwhelms you…]
[While you are still reeling, a spear-like proboscis as thick as a dragon spear shoots toward you!]
[You are unable to resist. In an instant your blood is sucked dry, and you collapse to the ground as a shriveled corpse…]
[…]
[You are dead!]
[…]
[The powerful wandering soul is reborn within a mucus-filled sac…]
[You are on the second floor of the Ancient Nest…]
“I bleep your damn bleep bleep!”
Lin Xun could not help blurting out a curse.
Being exposed despite being invisible was not the worst part. He had never expected this boss to actually have a control skill.
For a glass cannon assassin like the Ninja Master, once he fell into a control state, it was no surprise that the boss could one-shot him.
“Hellish game, you think this is enough to stop me?”
After thinking for a while, he came up with a way to enter the sacrificial ground.
Lin Xun was about to leave the Ancient Nest and head for Bush Cricket City again to work on the boss when a thought struck him. Instead of leaving right away, he first went to the third floor of the nest.
On the third floor, the friendly oath character, Oathbreaker Flanda, was still trapped there in her half-human, half-insect form, showing no sign of having ever left.
“I hope I’m just overthinking this.”
He had originally wanted to ask Flanda about the Pilgrimage Angel and Nightmare Yuri.
But after some thought, he decided not to act rashly. He did not disturb Flanda and turned to leave…
Nightmare Yuri had said that the one taking over and rebuilding Bush Cricket City was the Desire Wet Nurse’s youngest and most beloved daughter, Flanda.
Although Lin Xun did not believe Nightmare Yuri’s words, he still could not help staying cautious and chose not to ask Flanda about it.
[…]
[You once again ride the Courier Mole Cricket and arrive at the snow-filled Bush Cricket City…]
[…]
[Traveling onward, you soon once more see the Ascended Pilgrimage Angel crouched atop the sacrificial ground.]
[The many Ascended still surround the sacrificial ground. Compared to before, there is no change aside from a few more dried-out corpses on the ground.]
[The footprints you left earlier and those of the other Ascended have all been covered by the snow where the blizzard originates, vanishing without a trace.]
[Will you attack the Ascended encircling the sacrificial ground, strike directly at the Pilgrimage Angel, or head straight into the Emerald Sacrificial Ground?]
The snowy terrain had an additional effect of breaking stealth. In this place, the Ninja Master no longer had any advantage.
Lin Xun’s original plan had been to use the Valkyrie to draw the boss away, but once he realized the Pilgrimage Angel had a control skill, that was no longer feasible.
If he summoned the Valkyrie, the boss could use a control combo followed by its damage skills to instantly kill her, giving him no chance at all to clear out the trash mobs and enter the sacrificial ground.
Among all his shells, only Little Dragonkin had a skill to resist control, The Dreamer Awakens First.
He could try another way: have Little Dragonkin carry the Abyss Lantern to lure the boss away, while the Valkyrie cleared out the mobs so he could enter the sacrificial ground.
But Lin Xun worried that there might be options or exploration points inside the sacrificial ground that summons could not interact with.
After mulling it over, he decided not to play fair.
“So you know how to control, do you?”
“Today I’ll show you what real control looks like.”
[You possess the shell of the Fire-Worshipping Palace Master of Iya Palace!]
[You take out the Refined Copper Sand Maraca and gently rattle it. The Battle Angel – Valkyrie steps out of the void!]
[You raise the purification wand and summon shikigami…]
[A peerless beauty steps through the air toward you, her form wreathed in ocean-like waves of violet thunder and lightning. The Origin-Tracing Nine-Tailed Fox responds to your summons and appears!]
[You possess the shell of the Knowledge-Seeking President of the Direct Vision Association!]
[Such a display of force draws the attention of the distant Ascended Pilgrimage Angel. It jerks its head up and is about to let out a screech…]
[At your command, the Nine-Tailed Fox lifts the orb in her hands, her sleeves fluttering in the wind and snow…]
[Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Stealing activates!]
[In a flash, a divine-soul intent strikes the Pilgrimage Angel.]
[Its screech is cut off before it can be released, and even the constant beating of its wings halts.]
[Under your orders, the Valkyrie looses an arrow wreathed in golden lightning into the sky.]
[The arrow plunges into the mass of Ascended and turns into a constantly flashing chain of lightning, blasting the crazed Ascended into charred husks…]
[Your watcher has defeated Ascended Rebel Soldier. Experience has slightly increased…]
[Your watcher has defeated Ascended Rebel Soldier…]
[Your watcher…]
[Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Stealing does not hold the Pilgrimage Angel for long. Its two pairs of scaled wings begin beating again, and it seems about to recover clarity…]
[You open a pink eye. The special skill Pleasure-Hazed Sight activates!]
[The Pilgrimage Angel once more falls into a rigid state, motionless as it crouches atop the sacrificial ground.]
[Following your orders, the Valkyrie fires arrow after arrow. In short order, she clears out all the Ascended surrounding the sacrificial ground…]
Compared to the Nine-Tailed Fox’s Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Stealing, Pleasure-Hazed Sight’s control duration was a bit shorter.
Fortunately, before the Pilgrimage Angel could fully awaken, the Nine-Tailed Fox landed another control.
The two control skills were powerful, but their cost was enormous. A few uses were enough to empty their mana bars.
Lin Xun alternated between casting control skills and commanding the Valkyrie and Nine-Tailed Fox to attack the boss.
However, the boss called Pilgrimage Angel was extremely difficult, with a long health bar that could not be emptied in a short time.
Once the Nine-Tailed Fox and the Direct Vision President ran out of mana, the boss’s counterattack would begin.
When that time came, a single control combo would finish off all his summons. Only by switching to Little Dragonkin’s shell could he avoid being wiped out along with them.
[You possess the shell of the Desire-Bearing Greedy Wolf Star Lord!]
[Taking advantage of the brief window when the Nine-Tailed Fox once again uses Soul-Seizing and Spirit-Stealing to control the Pilgrimage Angel, you muster your full true essence, ride your sword as a streak of light, and rush to the sacrificial ground’s main gate.]
[At this moment, the Nine-Tailed Fox is already exhausted and can no longer float in midair, collapsing to the ground instead. Even so, she still points toward the tribulation cloud above, continually calling down divine thunder against the enemy.]
[Above the gate, the Pilgrimage Angel’s piercing proboscis hangs limply.]
[Ignoring the sharp mouthpart, you swiftly push open the door and slip inside…]
[You have entered the Emerald Sacrificial Ground!]
The first thing Lin Xun did upon entering the sacrificial ground was to recall the Valkyrie and the Nine-Tailed Fox.
“Damn, finally made it in. That was intense.”
The Emerald Sacrificial Ground was the only structure in the city that had not been destroyed.
The Pilgrimage Angel had been crouching silently atop the sacrificial ground and had not damaged it, which meant the sacrificial ground definitely had something special about it.
With the boss’s difficulty this absurdly high, simply reaching the sacrificial ground under its attacks was already a near-impossible feat.
If he were still going to be attacked after entering the sacrificial ground, then there was nothing he could do. One way or another, he would die. Better to waste a little less soul strength.