Chapter 457: Chapter 383: Linked Death Sentence
On the way, they fought another wave of the Mad Corrosive Bat Swarm, and the kill count on the Flame Path quickly climbed to 522, although the "Night Pendant" didn’t drop.
Although Yan Qing didn’t really think he would follow the Fire Manipulation School, this milestone probably wouldn’t play a key role, but... it’s a milestone!
And today’s conditions are so good, the Rabbit Heroine has Infinite Divine Power, and the bat monster swarms in this Secret Realm are particularly dense!
This feeling is like triggering all the keywords "elementary school," "typhoon holiday," "parents not at home," "computer with games"—can you really resist playing games and choose to rationally do your homework?
After defeating the bat swarm, they reached the deepest part of the cave, where a gigantic, chicken-like, double-pupiled red giant bird lay in a cold pool. There were no cracks here, no external light sources, but the giant bird itself was a light source, with each feather emitting a blood-red warm light, like a mountain of ruby.
As they approached, they discovered that beneath the giant bird was not a pool of water, but its blood pool! Its abdomen had a gruesome wound that almost split it open, still bleeding continuously, and on its head was a blood-red title: "Mad Erosion Chongming Bird"!
Even with such severe injuries, it was still the Demon King of the Fourth-Turn Hard Mode, so how powerful was it at its peak?
"It probably won’t move," the True Man of Locking Dragon suddenly said.
Yan Qing silently nodded, thinking the same. This cave was too small, and the Chongming Bird was too large. It lay in the center of the cave, spreading its wings to the walls on both sides. If it could still move, there would be too little space for the Messenger to maneuver.
The advantage was not needing to fear it leaving the range of "Candle Tear Red," but the disadvantage was having to approach proactively and fight in the enemy’s territory.
After a brief discussion, Rabbit Heroine unleashed the "Hengqiu Sword," slashing out the Candle Tear Sword Qi, using flames to awaken the dying giant bird!
No cries, no roars, the Chongming Bird merely opened its eyes, with four purple-red pupils coldly gazing at these uninvited guests. No words were needed; the intent to kill and madness overflowed the screen!
Candle Tears ignited the blood pool, and the Chongming Bird straightened up, spreading its magnificent wings in a grand blaze. The wound on its abdomen in no way diminished its majesty, merely underscoring its savage ferocity!
Swipe!
With a sweep of its wings, the Chongming Bird could sweep across half the cave! The Rabbit Heroine couldn’t evade and got hit, the defense barrier shattered in five layers, almost completely breaking!
This was just the Chongming Bird’s normal attack and an area attack at that, with damage values exceeding 5000 points! Unless there’s a Nanny with a shield feature, it’s impossible to withstand in front of it!
However, the True Man of Locking Dragon quickly turned the situation around: each time the Chongming Bird prepared to sweep attack, the Lock Chain precisely struck at the moment of activation. Although it couldn’t interrupt the attack, it allowed the Rabbit Heroine to calmly exit the attack range.
Swipe! Slam! Pincer! Flap!
The True Man of Locking Dragon repeatedly neutralized the Chongming Bird’s offensives, and the attack rhythm became methodical. But as the Candle Tear Fire Wall grew more intense, the Chongming Bird’s eyes became more sinister, and after another failed sweep, as its health dropped to 75%, it cried out for the first time. Its voice was melodious, mournful like a lament, as captivating and pleasant as a phoenix’s song, yet its momentum was equally fierce, its double-pupiled eyes shooting out four blood lights, focusing on the Rabbit Heroine!
The Rabbit Heroine couldn’t shake off the blood light from the double-pupiled gaze by retreating, and when Pharmacist’s Wish rushed forward to attempt to block, it actually managed to divert one blood light, but the remaining three still targeted the Rabbit Heroine.
Clearly, each blood light was a killing move, and when the Chongming Bird finished casting, all four would explode!
"Retreat!" The True Man of Locking Dragon’s pupils contracted sharply.
Until they exited the cave room and turned the corner, the blood light on Pharmacist’s Wish and the Rabbit Heroine was blocked by the stone wall.
"This is probably a killing move that requires four Foundation Establishment Zhenrens to safely withstand," the True Man of Locking Dragon said.
"Is it possible to use sacrificial offerings here?" Pharmacist’s Wish calmly asked. "I just tried, and if I actively approach, I can drag away one blood light. This Secret Realm can accommodate eight people, so why not find four people dedicated to enduring the blood light?"
She then glanced at the Rabbit Heroine, adding, "Don’t worry, it won’t be innocent people. There are millions in Zhou Kingdom, and plenty of death row inmates in prison. Since they’re doomed to die, why not use them as our stepping stones?"
"Perhaps it doesn’t need to be people," the True Man of Locking Dragon mused. "Wait here for me a moment."
Shortly, the True Man of Locking Dragon returned, dragging along four pigs with Lock Chain: "Let’s try again."
When the Rabbit Heroine and her team re-entered the room to fight, they immediately noticed that the wounds previously burned by Candle Tears on the Chongming Bird had already healed, with its health restored to 90%. As it stood up, the Blood Pool continued to relentlessly repair its wounds. The blood it shed formed the Blood Pool, which in turn replenished its lost life... This was a Demon King that recovers quickly after leaving combat!
When its health dropped to 70%, the Chongming Bird let out another phoenix cry from being burned, and its dual pupils shot four rays of blood light focussing on the Rabbit Heroine!
"Retreat!"
Everyone immediately moved back, with only the four pigs controlled by True Man of Locking Dragon standing in front of the Rabbit Heroine, taking on the four beams of blood light, scattered in four directions, looking bewildered and waiting for the Chongming Bird’s wrath.
After five breaths, the blood light almost became substantial, and with a mournful cry, the four fat pigs were almost instantly evaporated by the blood light, breaking the chains of True Man of Locking Dragon as well. Not a trace of the pigs’ blood and flesh remained, leaving only four hazy blood gas clusters, which the Chongming Bird inhaled lightly, and the blood gas was completely absorbed back, with the dual pupils firing blood light again!
The three immediately exited the room channel, their faces not looking good.
Yan Qing already understood, this was a linked death penalty.
If he wasn’t mistaken, the standard configuration of this hard mode should be four shield roles + two red roles + two green roles, and the linked death penalty must be taken by four shield roles together, no one can die, if someone dies, the linked death penalty will refresh and launch again immediately!
"Can’t use sacrifices to replace, nor is there enough Foundation Establishment to block."
True Man of Locking Dragon said: "As of now, there are only two paths, the first is we directly give up on this Demon King, only attacking the Thunder Eagle ahead. We are very confident dealing with the Thunder Eagle, we can kill it several times or more today no problem."
"The second path." The Rabbit Heroine said.
"I knew you little one are troublesome..." True Man of Locking Dragon sighed: "Then we can only slowly wear down the Demon King, retreating every time it is about to unleash a killing blow. Honestly, this might not work, because its recovery speed is not slow, if it surely casts its ultimate at a certain level of damage, then we might not get through anyway."
"Let’s try first." The Rabbit Heroine crushed a True Spiritual Jade, quickly restoring Spiritual Essence.
Indeed, Yan Qing knew True Man of Locking Dragon’s words made sense. After all, the Rabbit Heroine had limited time, rather than wasting time planning against a Demon King that may not be defeatable, it would be better to hurry and farm the Thunder Eagle ahead for maximum profit.
But Yan Qing also knew, the boss of hard mode has a chance to drop Legendary Tokens!
Desperate mode has a chance to drop Immortal Tokens, extreme mode is sure to drop Legendary Tokens, and hard mode has a chance to drop Legendary Tokens. Even if Yan Qing farms the Thunder Eagle many times for Fourth-Transformation Curiosities, he cannot exchange them for a Fourth-Turned Legendary, because in this world’s poverty, a Fourth-Turned Legendary is like a family heirloom on the flea market, absolutely impossible to trade!
If he wants to get a Fourth-Turned Legendary, he can only rely on himself to get it!
And is it not cost-effective to spend time strategizing against a Demon King? If he obtains one Fourth-Turned Legendary and takes it out to trade, even if he asks for a high price, it can be met!
This is not his imagination, but in both reality and games, the gap between Legendary Tokens and Rare Treasure Tokens is indeed this large.
Because Foundation Establishment Messengers, need to refine the token into the Dao Foundation to become Divine Techniques! Tokens are not just tokens, but also the basis of the Dao Path!
To move further forward, to increase the slightest chance of seeking gold, even legendary tokens in games are inflated to a level that causes players resent, let alone this world full of poor people?
So, at least try fighting the Chongming Bird once, only when he sees firsthand that it cannot drop a Legendary Token, will Yan Qing give up this notion.
"Then I have to loosen my muscles and bones a bit too." True Man of Locking Dragon glanced at the Wolf Rabbit Sisters: "Whatever happens next, you are not allowed to say a word outside. Including your brother—or your beloved brother or whatever."
Pharmacist’s Wish blinked, her face slightly flushed, but in the cave filled with red light, she wasn’t noticeable at all.
Yan Qing thought, rest assured, besides us four, there’s absolutely no one who will speak out.
Once they commenced, they understood why True Man of Locking Dragon wanted them to keep it secret—for in the chains shot out by True Man of Locking Dragon, one was coiled with a small knife, surprisingly it was the "Thunder-cutting Knife" she needed earlier! Under the snake-like and whip-like dance of the chain, the knife cut lightning marks on the Chongming Bird, and the output efficiency was quite impressive!
No one expected that the True Man of Locking Dragon, always presenting its style as ’remote restrictions’, also possessed such fierce and delicate remote killing skills.
How many chains can she control? If every chain is coiled with a weapon token, her explosive damage might even be more threatening than her control and Divine Techniques!
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