Chapter 96 -96-First Citybreaker Tier Kill!

Chapter 96: Chapter96-First Citybreaker Tier Kill!

Dawnstar City.

The human mage who had single-handedly crushed multiple legions.

And the Northern Plains.

Baal, who had just gone missing.

The two incidents instantly connected in Grey’s mind.

Killing intent surged in his eyes.

"It was you."

John didn’t answer.

His staff was already pointed at the ground.

"Thunder Prison Chains!"

RUMBLE—!!!

Countless chains of lightning erupted from the earth!

They instantly wrapped around Grey’s limbs.

[Double Bind triggered!]

[Chains of Silence triggered!]

The massive chains tightened continuously.

For the first time, Grey’s enormous body was forced to stop in place.

John didn’t hesitate.

He raised his staff.

Void Spears had already filled the space behind him!

"Die."

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH—!!!

A dense storm of spears rained down!

BOOM!

The first spear struck.

John was just about to check the damage.

The next second.

His eyes narrowed.

[-200,000!]

The second spear.

[-200,000!]

The third.

[-200,000!]

...

Every single hit dealt exactly two hundred thousand.

John’s brow instantly furrowed.

Something was wrong.

His Void Spear’s normal damage was definitely much higher than this.

Had the damage been forcibly capped at two hundred thousand?

"A damage-reduction talent?"

Or some higher-level damage-limiting ability?

There was no time to think about it.

Grey had already lowered his head.

He stared at the lightning chains wrapped around his body.

His eyes turned completely blood-red.

"ROAR—!!!"

BOOM!!!

Scarlet flames of energy erupted from his body!

[Target has entered a special state: Bloodrage!]

Crack!

One chain snapped.

Then.

BOOM—!!!

Every Thunder Prison Chain was forcibly shattered apart!

John’s pupils contracted slightly.

He brute-forced his way out of the crowd control?!

Grey had already raised both blades.

The next second.

Slash!

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!

One.

Ten.

A hundred!

Dense waves of enormous blade energy instantly filled the entire sky!

These weren’t ordinary projectiles.

They were massive-area slashing attacks!

[Sanctuary of Defense!]

A pale golden domain instantly unfolded.

The first blade wave crashed down.

BOOM!

The entire domain shook violently.

The second!

The third!

Crack!

Fractures spread across the edge of the domain.

It couldn’t hold!

John didn’t hesitate for even a second.

"Void Shift!"

Buzz!

Disappear.

Reappear.

BOOM!

The ground beneath his feet was torn apart by a blade wave.

Disappear again!

A building to his right collapsed with a thunderous crash!

Another shift!

A blade wave grazed his shoulder.

[-12,680!]

A chunk of John’s HP vanished instantly.

But the next second.

A Fire Dragon in the distance crashed into the remaining soldiers.

BOOM!

[Bloodthirsty Strike triggered!]

His HP rapidly recovered.

John didn’t stop at all.

Shift.

Shift.

Keep shifting!

The entire area around the City Lord Mansion turned into a storm of blade waves.

Buildings collapsed one after another.

Deep ravines were carved across the ground.

Hundreds of Dark Realm soldiers who hadn’t managed to retreat in time were dragged into Grey’s attacks as well.

Screams rang out one after another.

In just a few seconds.

Smoke and dust had completely swallowed the entire area.

BOOM—!!!

The final blade wave crashed down.

At last, the world fell silent.

Chunks of rubble continued raining from the sky.

The thick smoke slowly dispersed.

Of the soldiers who had once packed the area.

Barely any were still alive.

At opposite ends of the ruins.

Only two figures remained.

Grey.

John.

The two stared at each other through the rolling smoke and dust.

The robe on John’s body had been torn in several places.

Grey’s black armor was also marked by several wounds left behind by Void Spears.

Neither of them moved again.

In those brief ten seconds.

John had already confirmed one thing beyond any doubt.

He couldn’t fight this guy right now.

At least.

There was no reason to.

He flipped his left hand.

A scroll appeared in his palm.

Silver spatial light slowly began to glow.

Grey’s eyes darkened.

A teleportation item.

John grinned.

"Bye-bye."

Riiip—

The scroll shattered.

White light instantly swallowed his entire body.

Grey took one step forward.

Then stopped again.

The spatial fluctuations had already vanished completely.

He couldn’t catch him.

Grey didn’t roar.

Nor did he mindlessly destroy the surrounding buildings.

He simply stood there.

His expression terrifyingly dark.

Meaningless anger.

Had no value.

If you could chase them, chase them.

If you couldn’t.

Remember them.

Grey slowly sheathed his two blades.

That human just now.

Had endured more than ten seconds of his direct attacks.

And still managed to escape.

Someone like that...

Could absolutely not be allowed to live.

"Endbringer."

Grey quietly spoke the name from the battle reports.

Then turned around.

And walked out of the ruins.

...

Thorn Witch’s residence.

Buzz—

Spatial fluctuations suddenly appeared.

Rosaline had only just raised her head.

When white light exploded in the middle of the living room.

John stumbled out of it.

"Oh?"

Rosaline raised an eyebrow.

"That fast?"

John didn’t waste any words.

He waved a hand.

Bang!

A thick black-and-red grimoire slammed directly onto the table.

"Your grimoire."

For the first time, the smile on Rosaline’s face froze.

She stared at the book on the table.

Silent for several seconds.

Then.

She reached out and carefully lifted it into her hands.

Her fingertips gently brushed across the thorn-covered patterns on the cover.

Her movements were unusually tender.

"Old friend."

"We finally meet again."

Buzz—

Black-and-red magic flowed from her palm into the pages.

The grimoire opened on its own, pages flipping wildly.

The next second.

The entire book suddenly transformed into black-and-red light.

Shrinking continuously.

Until it finally became an exquisite staff only about the length of an arm.

Rosaline gripped the staff.

Her aura changed ever so slightly.

She was clearly in a good mood.

"Before you officially make your move, I’ll find a way to lure Grey away from the teleportation arrays."

"As for the rest..."

"You’ll have to rely on yourselves."

John nodded.

"Mm."

Then.

He dropped straight onto the sofa.

With absolutely no intention of continuing the conversation.

Rosaline: "..."

After spending ten seconds being chased around by Grey’s blades.

All John wanted to do now was see exactly what he had looted.

A huge number of system messages were still hanging on the right side of his vision.

He hadn’t had time to deal with a single one of them since earlier.

John opened them.

The very first message at the top.

Made him sit up a little straighter.

[Congratulations! You are the first player in the entire server to kill a Citybreaker Tier BOSS!]

[Kill Target: Lv50 Citybreaker Tier BOSS — Ottor · Darkseal!]

[Hide your player identity in the server-wide announcement?]

John didn’t even need to think about it.

"Don’t hide it."

The next second.

A grand system voice echoed throughout all of Apocalypse!

[Server-Wide Announcement!]

[Congratulations to player "Endbringer" for achieving the first Citybreaker Tier BOSS kill in the entire server!]

[Kill Target: Lv50 Citybreaker Tier BOSS — Ottor · Darkseal!]

[As the first player in the entire server to kill a Citybreaker Tier BOSS, you will receive a special First-Kill Reward!]

Three times in a row!

The entire player channel instantly exploded.

[?????]

[Wait, how long has it even been since the Legionbreaker Tier first kill?!]

[Lv50???]

[What map is Endbringer even on?!]

[I’m still fucking killing Lv14 wild boars!]

[Are we seriously all playing on the same server?!]

Dawnstar City.

Loki, who was inspecting the defenses atop the city wall, suddenly froze.

He slowly raised his head.

The officer beside him looked completely bewildered.

"Endbringer?"

"Wasn’t he sent out on a secret mission?"

Loki fell silent for several seconds.

"Pretend I didn’t hear that."

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