Chapter 229 - EXCEED!
-----
Ding!
[Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly] Bloodline Assimilated!]
[You learned the [Poisonous Exoskeleton] Bloodline Trait!]
[Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%]
Ding!
[Poisonous Devil Frog] Bloodline Assimilated!]
[You learned the [Poisonous Long Tongue] Bloodline Trait!]
[Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending through large ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%]
Noah had acquired two new Bloodline Traits, increasing his power even more while giving him strange new abilities which he didn't know if he would truly use one day or not...
By devouring whole beasts through his gluttonous soul and the shapeshifting of his body thanks to his Skills and control over his own flesh and blood, he acquired the bloodline of these two new types of monsters while charging monstrously against them.
To the eyes of these beasts, Noah, and everything he carried with himself seemed like a true calamity brought to life! He was death itself to them! Demise!
Noah was a complete killing machine, and this place was his playground, an S-Rank Dungeon!
However, he was not going off the rails, he knew that something was coming, and quickly stopped his tracks and told everyone to cease their charge.
CRASH!
After crushing the last Dragonfly Leader with an enormous Soul-Beast Claw, Noah noticed strange turbulences all around the group coming from the depths of the Poison Lake!
And then… just a few seconds after, something happened!
The Poison Pool began to tremble, as something gargantuan emerged from it, it had multiple heads, all covered in purple scales of metallic luster…
Each long neck was as big as a Poisonous Eel Leader, and they were all covered by purple-colored metallic scales! Just what were these things?!
Noah was startled as a malicious smile blossomed within his lips, glaring at the scene in front of him with utter joy!
Yes!
Finally!
An entity that could put some fight, at least, some sort of resistance!
Or at the very least that could live more than a few hits!
The creature had a strong resemblance to the Sea Snake that Noah had once fought in the Water Temple Dungeon long ago, but its scales were bright purple and it had several eyes spread through its face, alongside tentacles below their chin.
Based on sheer pressure alone, Noah immediately realized what it was!
A Boss!
A Hidden Boss!
"GGRRRUUUOOOOOOOHHHH…!"
The beast opened its crimson eyes, roaring ferociously at Noah and everyone around him.
It had more than one head, it had multiple of them!
It even surpassed Pride, who was fighting ferociously a few seconds ago while aiding his master.
It is the Hidden Boss, a Poisonous Hydra Emperor!
"Amazing… Such pressure, it is twisting the surroundings…" said Iris.
As Noah and Iris glanced at the beast, they noticed as its purple-colored aura twisted its surroundings, making everything strange and warped, it was as if it created its own domain!
"GGRRRUUUAARRR!"
The gigantic hydra suddenly opened its jaws, charging purple energy within and then firing dozens of beams towards Noah and everyone else!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Constant explosions began to happen everywhere, as Noah saw some of the Blood Servants being disintegrated by the purple beams!
"Oh? What a tricky one!" said Noah, as everyone around him extended their auras and souls, connecting them with him, already knowing what he was planning!
FLAAASH!
An enormous beam of purple energy reached him, it was enough to disintegrate them all!
But Noah smiled, she conjured several Spells and activated several Skills, his entire body flashed with an aura of dreadful crimson-red as his eyes flashed with malice and resolve at the same time!
He raised his blade as Excalibur started to exude an air of darkness and the abyss, fusing with his soul and the power shared by everyone! All of that in a were quarter of a second!
EXCEED: LUNAR SLASH!
FLASH!
Noah quickly sliced through the beam with a vertical slash of Excalibur, as a slash of pure crimson-red energy which then began to release all the other elements of his party around him exploded, slicing through the entire beam!
Noah continued flying towards the beast with everyone at his side, as they continued to push forward with more power!
Phantasmal flames emerged from Excalibur, cracking black thunder, flashing black light, abyssal shadows, purple flames, ice, and more!
"GGRROOAAARRRR!!!"
The gigantic Hydra kept unleashing its beam attack was the other heads helped on it, unleashing even more beams!
And then…!
EXCEED: EXECUTION!
Noah used the second move, EXECUTION!
SLAAAASH!
With a horizontal slash, space twisted as everything around him trembled, the beams sent to him were easily dissipated, as even the Hydra glared at Noah with surprise, charging a new series of beams continuously, but Noah continued to slash them through!
The charge continued as Noah's party continued to unleash their power, the Hydra repeatedly released poisonous energy beams until it finally decided to use something else, summoning large magic circles where gigantic beasts made of poison emerged, rushing towards the team while it continued to incessantly fire energy beams!
"KILL THEM!" roared Iris, as she commanded everyone around her to unleash a barrage of long-ranged attacks, blasting away the Poison Beasts as Noah could concentrate on what he was going to do!
He concentrated his soul, his vitality, and his mana all in one point, and then put that point right at the tip of the blade!
"Disappear from my sight!" roared Noah.
EXCEED: VAMPIRIC BLAST!
With another vertical swing of his blade, Noah unleashed a gargantuan beam of dark ad crimson-red energies twisting together chaotically, clashing against the Hydra Boss!
BOOOOOOOM!!!
"GRAAAAKKKHHH?!"
The Hydra Boss was shocked as it began to resist, but the beam was consuming its soul, vitality, and everything!
The beast continued to resist, unleashing its everything into the task!
For a single second, it seemed as it gained an advantage, but then… Noah smiled!
HOLY LIGHT BEAM!
By combining the innate Skill of Excalibur with the Vampiric Blast, the enormous blast of crimson-red power was enhanced, finally overpowering the Hydra as it consumed it with an enormous, blazing, and searing sensation, its entire body was being roasted alive!
"GGGGRRRRRRYYYYYYSSSHAAAA…!"
BOOM!!!
An enormous explosion happened, the entire poisonous pool trembled as the beast they were fighting whose presence was so overwhelming just got killed already! What might!
The smoke dissipated as Noah glanced at the pile of floating loot and the splattered corpse of the Hidden Boss with a smirk, he pointed his hands towards them and began to drain all the blood!
-----
[Noah Luna Noctem]
[Class(es): Warlock (II)]
[Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye]
[Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)]
[Blood Core Rank: Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Marquis]
[Vitality: 2620]
[Mind: 2560]
[Force: 2600]
[Skill Points: 37500]
[Bloodline Traits]
[Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh] [Poisonous Eel]
[Poisonous Blade Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs] [Poisonous Angler Fish]
[Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%] [Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly]
[Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending through large ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%] [Poisonous Devil Frog]
…