Chapter 112 - 109: Melee in Front of the Boss Hall

Chapter 112: Chapter 109: Melee in Front of the Boss Hall

"TAP—"

Yu Zhun’s footsteps faltered slightly. "Almost there..." he murmured. Looking at the sky-piercing pillar of Light not far ahead, he narrowed his eyes slightly, a sharp glint flashing in their depths.

After the first pillar of Light had changed from Golden to white, five more pillars successively turned from Golden to white. This meant that only four of the twenty-third-floor Bosses remained alive.

The good news was that his initial choice—the pillar of Light closest to him—was still Golden. However, Yu Zhun didn’t have much time left.

His gaze fell below the pillar of Light, where a castle stood. The pillar of Light rose from the tallest palace right in the center of the castle.

There were over two hundred Demons of various Professions in this castle. To enter the final Boss’s palace, he had to break through their blockade.

However, Yu Zhun intended to do more than just that. He glanced back at the Demons relentlessly pursuing him. Their numbers had steadily grown, and by now, nearly a hundred of them trailed behind him. He hadn’t kept them around solely to farm shields. And, of course, it wasn’t entirely to maintain his disguise as a Warrior, either.

"My name is Yu Zhun." He smiled faintly, raising [Nether’s Sigh]. "Now, lend me your lives."

[Equipment Effect [Asura] Buff: All Attributes +95%]

Killing as he walked, Yu Zhun finally charged into the castle with a massive 95% All Attributes buff.

As soon as he entered the castle, Demons appeared before him one by one, letting out strangely accented roars as they charged at him.

"Perfect timing!" Yu Zhun rapidly dashed forward, his dagger dancing continuously.

He didn’t kill these Demons the moment they got close. Instead, he killed them at intervals, ensuring that there was always at least one Demon attacking him. This maneuver was to prevent himself from ever leaving combat. Only by remaining in a continuous state of combat could the tens of millions of shield points he had farmed along the way, as well as the [Asura] Equipment effect that was about to break the 100% All Attributes buff mark, be preserved.

After the thrilling encounter where he was nearly instantly killed by Belorn’s strike, Yu Zhun had grown even more cautious. He realized that merely increasing his shield was useless. If his Life Value didn’t increase, encountering another ruthless character like Belorn who could ignore shields would put him in grave danger.

Therefore, [Asura] had to be stacked!

Looking at his Life Value, which now exceeded 200,000, Yu Zhun finally felt a modicum of security.

Watching the Demons continuously appearing ahead, Yu Zhun skillfully swung his blade, but his brows gradually furrowed.

The numbers were wrong. Fewer Demons were appearing than he had expected. There was only one explanation for this situation. Someone else had entered the castle, and they had done so before him!

Yu Zhun’s speed increased even more.

As the distance to the Boss’s palace grew closer, the Demons appearing ahead grew fewer. Yu Zhun continuously killed the Demons trailing behind him and soon arrived in front of the Boss’s palace.

The heavy doors of the Boss’s palace remained tightly shut. Outside the doors, two players were engaged in fierce combat.

Seeing the situation clearly, Yu Zhun’s pupils shrank slightly, and he instantly stopped in his tracks.

However, it was too late. The two battling players had already noticed Yu Zhun’s presence and looked over simultaneously. Without the slightest hesitation, the two who had wanted nothing more than to kill each other a second ago instantly turned from enemies to allies and charged at Yu Zhun.

This was a simple matter of logic. If they continued to fight, regardless of who won, Yu Zhun would be the third party who swooped in to reap the spoils. Therefore, Yu Zhun had to die before they did!

"Sigh..." Yu Zhun let out a breath, swiftly bringing his blade down to End the life of the last Demon, and looked at the two rushing toward him. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Yu Zhun."

Because the two players had not yet entered combat range, and all hostile targets within combat range were dead, Yu Zhun entered an out-of-combat state. But the very next second, the approaching players brought Yu Zhun right back into a state of combat.

Having been out of combat for less than ten seconds, the All Attributes buff from [Asura] and the shield gained through the Healing Transformation of [Pure Land] had not disappeared.

[Equipment Effect [Asura] Buff: All Attributes +187%!]

[Equipment Effect [Pure Land] Shield Volume: 32.42 million!]

Furthermore... As Yu Zhun re-entered the combat state, all Equipment effects that "only activate once per combat" were fully refreshed!

[Praise of the Black King] Equipment Effect [Conquest], activated!

All Attributes increased by 50% for 10 seconds!

"Now... I shall bring you death!"

Carrying over 300,000 Life Value and Physical Defense and Magic Defense exceeding 50,000, Yu Zhun charged at the Warrior who had activated [Charge] to attack him.

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[Rooney, Lv30]

"An Assassin?" The gaze revealed through Rooney’s helmet carried deep vigilance. As a fellow melee Profession, he naturally wasn’t unfamiliar with Assassins.

But the Assassin before him seemed completely different from a conventional one. The opponent showed no signs of concealing his tracks, appearing bluntly in front of the two of them. Even now, he was attacking directly, and even claiming he would "bring death"?

What kind of talent did he have to be so confident?

Knowing full well that there were no weaklings in the [Nether Abyss], and having killed other players before arriving here, Rooney was acutely aware that the opponent’s suspicious behavior must be directly related to his talent!

Could it be... a top-tier Output Talent that ignored defense?

If it were that kind of talent, the opponent indeed had no need for Lurking.

But if it really was that kind of talent... he had absolutely nothing to fear!

Because Rooney’s own talent was equally powerful!