Chapter 124 -124-The Dark Realm Is Attacking?

Chapter 124: Chapter124-The Dark Realm Is Attacking?

John opened the Void Arsenal.

The icy-blue crystal appeared in his palm.

"Ice Rose."

A summoning glow flashed.

The Thorn Turtle appeared beside him.

"Guu?"

John held the evolution crystal in front of it.

[Use the SSS-Rank Pet Evolution Card on your pet "Ice Rose"?]

"Use it."

Crack!

The crystal shattered instantly.

Dense icy-blue energy surged wildly into Ice Rose’s body.

The thick shell covering its back rapidly began to transform.

The protruding crystalline thorns became even sharper.

Deep-blue patterns spread outward from the center of its shell.

A wave of freezing air swept through the surroundings.

A layer of white frost quickly formed across the nearby ground.

[Evolution Successful!]

[Your pet "Ice Rose" has increased in quality!]

[SS-Rank → SSS-Rank!]

John immediately opened its status panel.

[Ice Rose]

[Quality: SSS]

[Level: Lv40]

[HP: 400,000/400,000]

[HP Growth: 10,000 × Level]

[Spell Power: 6,400]

[Spell Power Growth: 160 × Level]

[Physical Defense: 10,400]

[Physical Defense Growth: 260 × Level]

[Magic Defense: 10,400]

[Magic Defense Growth: 260 × Level]

The moment John saw its HP,

his eyes lit up.

Four hundred thousand!

And farther down—

the skills were even more ridiculous.

[Ice Bullet Lv4]

[Fires a highly condensed ice projectile, dealing Ice Damage equal to 1000% of Spell Power to a single target!]

[Cooldown: 0]

...

[Frost Breath Lv4]

[Breathes extreme cold into a fan-shaped area ahead, dealing 1200% Magic Damage to all targets within 80 meters!]

[Additional Effect: Reduces Movement Speed by 50% for 5 seconds!]

[Cooldown: 5 seconds]

...

[Ice Crystal Explosion Lv4]

[Detonates a giant ice crystal at a designated location, dealing 1600% Magic Damage to all targets within a 160-meter radius!]

[Cooldown: 20 seconds]

...

[Frostthorn Armor Lv4]

[When struck by a melee attack, deals Ice Damage equal to 800% of Spell Power to the attacker!]

[Also reduces the target’s Attack Speed by 50%!]

...

[Frost Aura Lv4]

[Passive Effect: Reduces the Movement Speed and Attack Speed of all hostile units within 80 meters by 40%!]

John stared at the skill list for quite a while.

"This upgrade..."

"Is kind of insane."

Its attributes had skyrocketed.

Its skill damage had skyrocketed.

Its attack ranges had expanded dramatically as well.

And now it had even gained a permanent AoE slowing aura.

At this point, if Ice Rose were simply dropped onto a battlefield...

With four hundred thousand HP and over ten thousand in both defenses,

players at the current stage would probably struggle to deal with it at all.

Anyone who approached would have both their Movement Speed and Attack Speed reduced.

Melee fighters who dared attack it—

would immediately eat the counterattack from [Frostthorn Armor].

As for ranged attackers trying to slowly chip away at its HP...

John still had [Mobile Health Pack], along with all kinds of healing abilities to support it.

Most importantly—

[Shared Status Panel].

A system notification had already appeared.

[Shared Status Panel activated!]

[Your pet is currently summoned!]

[You gain 50% of Ice Rose’s panel attributes!]

[Maximum HP +200,000!]

[Spell Power +3,200!]

[Physical Defense +5,200!]

[Magic Defense +5,200!]

John’s breathing stopped for a moment.

Two hundred thousand HP.

Added directly to him.

Previously, Ice Rose had only provided him with thirty-six thousand HP.

Now that number had jumped straight to two hundred thousand.

John reopened his own status panel.

[Maximum HP: 332,000]

Three hundred and thirty-two thousand!

And that was just his own health bar.

Standing beside him was another Ice Rose with four hundred thousand HP.

As long as [Mobile Health Pack] was active,

enemy attacks would be taken by his pet first.

If someone really wanted to kill him head-on...

The visible damage capacity alone already exceeded seven hundred thousand HP.

And that wasn’t even counting healing, lifesteal, defenses, damage reduction, and all his other special effects.

"..."

John suddenly felt like—

he was drifting farther and farther away from the path of a fragile mage.

John looked at his status panel.

He had to admit,

watching numbers inflate this quickly was dangerously addictive.

He was just about to test Ice Rose’s upgraded skills when—

a deep horn suddenly sounded in the distance.

Woooooo—!!!

The sound swept across the skies above Dawnstar City.

The previously noisy military camp immediately fell quiet.

Then—

more horns sounded one after another from different directions.

The expressions of the soldiers throughout the encampment changed at once.

Some immediately dropped whatever they were holding.

Others began putting on their armor.

Large numbers of cavalrymen rapidly gathered toward the central area.

The smile on John’s face slowly faded.

That horn...

Definitely didn’t sound like good news.

Woooooo—!!!

The deep war horn echoed throughout Dawnstar City.

Inside the central command tent,

Loki abruptly raised his head.

The next second—

he had already rushed outside.

The entire camp descended into chaos.

Large numbers of soldiers donned their armor and rushed toward the city walls. Cavalrymen mounted their horses, while officers responsible for delivering orders sprinted through the camp.

In the distance, someone shouted at the top of their lungs.

"The Dark Realm is attacking!"

"The Dark Realm army is here!"

Loki’s steps abruptly stopped.

His expression changed instantly.

The Dark Realm?

What the hell?!

Endbringer had only returned from Night City yesterday.

All five large-scale legion teleportation formations had been destroyed.

According to the military’s estimates, the Dark Realm should have needed a considerable amount of time to reorganize another large-scale offensive capable of threatening Dawnstar City.

How could they possibly be here this quickly?

Loki had no time to think further.

Golden Holy Light erupted around him.

His entire body shot directly toward the city wall.

The moment he landed,

his gaze locked firmly onto the distance.

The Eternal Night Gate!

The ruins, which had already lost all their light, were now trembling violently.

Between the shattered stone pillars—

space itself seemed to be forcibly torn apart by some terrifying power.

Pitch-black cracks continued spreading.

Until finally—

they formed a gigantic black gateway!

Dense Dark Realm energy poured wildly through it.

Then—

the army appeared.

Black-armored warriors.

Dark Realm cavalry.

Mage legions.

Massive war beasts.

Countless figures continued pouring through the gateway before rapidly spreading out toward Dawnstar City.

As far as the eye could see,

they had already covered a vast stretch of the wasteland.

Loki’s expression grew darker and darker.

There were too many.

And the quality of this army was far beyond anything they had faced before.

Ordinary cannon fodder was almost nowhere to be seen.

Even the Dark Realm soldiers at the front were generally above Lv40.

Elite units appeared in entire formations.

Even more terrifying were the towering figures mixed among the army.

[Dark Realm Blood Cavalry Commander]

[Lv40]

[Thousand-Player Tier BOSS]

...

[Soul-Devouring Archwarlock]

[Lv43]

[Thousand-Player Tier BOSS]

...

[Black-Armored Vanguard Commander]

[Lv45]

[Thousand-Player Tier BOSS]

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