Chapter 103: All Three Fuse Units Destroyed! The Lv.42 Lord Boss Drops Four Mythical Equipment Pieces!

Chapter 103: Chapter 103: All Three Fuse Units Destroyed! The Lv.42 Lord Boss Drops Four Mythical Equipment Pieces!

The Fire Mages’ magic orbs followed close behind, crashing onto the frozen surface. The combination of scorching flames and freezing ice caused the electrical grid’s patterns to begin cracking.

"Raistlin, have the Elven Summoners add some more damage."

Raistlin waved his hand, and a thousand Undead Elven Summoners immediately raised their staffs.

Gray-white vines emerged from beneath the bases of the fuse units, wrapped themselves around the electrical grid supports, and pulled with all their might.

Summoning formations lit up one after another. Skeletal Direwolves and Undead Falcons rushed forward, biting at the electrical cables.

Their attack frequency rapidly increased, forcibly widening the cracks spreading across the electrical grids.

[Ding! Triple Fuse Unit (1/3) destroyed!]

However, just then, the core’s HP dropped to 80%.

[Core HP has fallen to 80% — Circuit Breaker Protection triggered!]

[Immune to all damage for 6 seconds! Defense reduced by 50% for the following 20 seconds!]

Electrical arcs instantly erupted across the central core’s surface. Every attack that struck it was repelled.

John immediately shouted, "Stop! Wait until the circuit breaker phase is over before attacking again!"

Six seconds later, the immunity wore off, and the core entered its weakened-defense phase.

"Now! Unleash everything!"

Ophelia’s Dragonbane Sword Wave, Bladeborne’s Radiant Judgment, Raistlin’s Elemental Burst, and Vira’s Dragon Fang Rift-Cleaving Strike all struck the core simultaneously.

With its Defense reduced by 50%, the damage numbers not only returned to normal but doubled.

-54800!

-56400!

-53980!

Its HP began dropping faster and faster.

However, after twenty seconds, blue light appeared around the central core once again.

Following the automatic circuit reconnection, the core recovered 8% of its HP.

"It’s regenerating." Vira frowned.

"It’s fine. Keep destroying the fuse units," John said calmly. "Move on to the second one."

The second Circuit Breaker Protection phase occurred when the core’s HP dropped to 60%. The same sequence repeated itself.

By now, however, John’s team had completely figured out its mechanics.

During the period when the core’s Defense was weakened after each circuit breaker phase, all their powerful burst skills were unleashed with pinpoint accuracy.

The second fuse unit was destroyed when the core’s HP dropped to 40%.

The third fuse unit was destroyed when its HP reached 20%.

[Ding! Triple Fuse Unit (3/3) destroyed! Circuit Breaker Protection and circuit reconnection permanently disabled!]

"It won’t be able to trigger the circuit breaker anymore!" John’s spirits lifted. "Everyone, full assault!"

Ophelia activated Dragonblade Rampage in midair, entering her true half-dragon form. She unleashed more than a dozen consecutive Dragonbane Sword Waves, each dealing over ten thousand damage to the core.

Raistlin’s six-pointed star formation descended from the sky. Six elemental pillars of light struck the core simultaneously, peeling away its layers of defensive plating one after another.

Bladeborne led his Swordsman troops directly beneath the core, repeatedly striking its cracks with Radiant Judgment.

Arno’s Shadow Assassins emerged from the shadows, their curved blades precisely stabbing into the gaps between the core’s circuits. Every strike sent sparks flying.

John wasn’t idle either.

Myriad Layers of Slaughter had reached its maximum stacks again. He unleashed another Lightning Bolt—

-864,200!

A damage number approaching seven digits exploded across the battlefield.

The enormous central core shook violently, and cracks spread outward from the point of impact.

The final blow was delivered jointly by Ophelia and Vira.

The purple dragon and the water-blue dragon swooped down from opposite directions, piercing straight through the center of the core.

[Ding!]

[Your army has defeated "Overload Core · Valkan (Lv.42 · Lord-Class)!"]

The core exploded into a mass of blue-white electrical sparks, sending fragments flying in every direction.

[Obtained: Basic Resource Mega Pack ×1 (20 million units of each basic resource)]

[Obtained: Mythical Legion Equipment Chest ×1]

[Obtained: Mythical Equipment Chest ×3]

[Obtained: Tech Points ×1,000,000]

[Obtained: Teleportation Stone ×3]

[Obtained: Nine-Star Unit Training License ×1]

[Obtained: Nine-Star Unit Altar Stone ×1]

John looked at the dazzling list of rewards and took a deep breath.

As expected of a boss that required him to sacrifice a million troops just to activate it. The rewards were certainly substantial.

He first took out the Mythical Legion Equipment Chest.

"Open."

[Ding!]

[Obtained: Staff of Life (Mythical · Legion Equipment)!]

[Rank: Mythical]

[Level: 1]

[Bonus Attributes: All Priest troops under your command gain +20,000 maximum HP, +3,000 Attack, +10% Healing Effectiveness, +10% Skill Cooldown Reduction, and +10% Casting Radius.]

[Bonus Effect 1: Divine Grace Rain (Active) — When more than 5,000 Priest troops are present simultaneously, activates the "Divine Grace Rain" formation, continuously replenishing the HP of all allied units within its coverage area at a high frequency.]

[Bonus Effect 2: Blessing of Vitality (Passive) — Any target healed by a Priest troop receives the "Blessing of Vitality" buff: maximum HP increased by 40%, along with substantial damage reduction. Duration: 5 minutes. Trigger cooldown: 20 minutes.]

[Bonus Effect 3: Reversal of Life and Death (Active) — By chanting a resurrection incantation, forcibly restores a designated fallen target to full condition at its original location. Cooldown: 12 hours.]

[Upgrade Requirements: Basic Resources ×100,000,000, Equipment Enhancement Stones ×1,000,000, Fountain of Life ×1,000,000.]

John ignored the upgrade requirements and stared at the third effect for two seconds.

"Full-condition resurrection...?"

He couldn’t help laughing as he murmured, "This is excellent! It’ll save me a fortune in resurrection costs from now on."

Then John’s smile suddenly froze.

"But... I haven’t even started training Priest troops."

Only then did he realize a problem.

His army was growing larger and larger, and after every battle, the biggest portion of his gold coin expenditure came from resurrecting fallen troops.

Although his monthly income was considerable, in the long run, he was actually operating at a loss.

"Looks like I’ll have to start training some Priests."

John thought about it.

"Relying solely on resurrection after battles is too passive. Besides, even without resurrection skills, having Priests continuously healing the troops from the rear during large-scale army battles would greatly reduce casualties."

He made a mental note of the decision before opening the remaining three Mythical Equipment Chests.

"Open."

Three beams of multicolored light exploded simultaneously.

[Congratulations! You have obtained:]

[Shadowstalker’s Boots (Mythical · Boots)]

[Movement Speed: +300%]

[Trait 1: After entering combat, for every 100 meters traveled, your next attack is guaranteed to critically strike.]

[Trait 2: When attacked, has a 30% chance to instantly break target lock and enter Stealth for 1 second.]

[Trait 3: Attacks launched from behind increase critical damage to 300% and ignore 30% of the target’s Defense.]

John glanced at the item and immediately tossed it to Arno.

"These are yours."

Arno reached out and caught them, a rare smile appearing on his face.

"Thank you, my lord."

The second item was a water-blue necklace covered in ancient dragon-scale patterns that shimmered with a dark golden glow.

[Azure Dragon’s Inverse Scale (Mythical · Necklace)]

[HP: +10,000]

[Physical Defense: +2,000]

[Trait 1: All attacks deal additional True Damage equal to 50% of your Attack and restore HP equal to 20% of the damage dealt.]

[Trait 2: When receiving fatal damage, negates that instance of damage and grants 2 seconds of invincibility, followed by an immediate restoration of 30% of maximum HP. (Cooldown: 3 minutes)]

[Trait 3: Dragon-type skills and troop damage increased by 100%, and skill cooldowns reduced by 30%.]