Chapter 263: Chapter 175: The Special Ability of the Three-headed Lion, Abyss Cave_2
With the debt of a divine item owed to his female boss weighing on Lin Xun’s mind, he left the Multivision Association and boarded a carriage.
[Please choose your destination...]
[1. The Polyvision School’s Dis Academy]
[...]
[5. The Ruins of the Direct View School Association]
[6. The Cave Leading to the Underworld Abyss]
[7. The Ruins of the Star Dome Tower]
"There should be no giant monsters in the city, so I must try my luck outside."
Having just visited the Star Dome Tower ruins, he isn’t sure if it is was due to bad luck or some other reason, but he didn’t encounter any giant monsters on the way.
Lin Xun planned to change his spot and head to the Underworld Abyss first, hoping to encounter a pleasant surprise on the road.
[The carriage races towards a certain direction in the mist...]
[...]
[The carriage begins to rattle gradually, you support the ’Refined Copper Box Filled with Eyes’ that’s wide open, and look outside the carriage.]
[Outside, the road beneath the wheels teems with puddles, telling you that you have left the town and arrived in the wilderness.]
[...]
[You faintly hear the muffled sound of footsteps from the mist outside the carriage...]
[The footsteps get closer and louder.]
[Recognizing the familiar rumbling, you realize a giant monster in the wilderness is approaching you!]
[Will you exit the carriage to fight, or will you close the carriage door and avoid the fight?]
With a grin, Lin Xun thinks, "Heaven rewards the diligent."
Finally, he has waited for the giant monster!
Since he last handed four complete divine items to the black-silk clad lady, he had two Rare+ items left in his pocket. As long as he killed this monster, he could acquire another complete divine item.
[The carriage stops moving forward, and you step out...]
[You gaze in the direction of the heavy footsteps and see a giant and terrifying silhouette gradually emerging from the dense mist...]
As Lin Xun expertly prepares to summon the Valkyrie, thereby completing the monster extermination process, he suddenly remembers that Tricephalic Lion recently underwent a transformation, and he’s unsure if it was successful or how effective it was.
Why not give the giant monster to Tricephalic Lion to test his strength?
If the Tricephalic Lion has not changed and its power remains the same, he could simply summon the Valkyrie and spare the Lion from death, thus avoiding the wastage of soul intensity.
[You blow the ’Bronze Whistle’...]
[Accompanied by a crisp whistle, you summon the mighty and robust ’Forsaken Tricephalic Lion’.]
Worried that the fool would attract a slew of monsters, Lin Xun immediately gave the combat command as soon as it was summoned.
[The ’Forsaken Tricephalic Lion’ looks at the giant monster gradually approaching from the mist, roars excitedly and charges...]
[Compared to the disparity in their sizes, the Lion appears like a toddler who has just learned to walk, charging towards a muscular man.]
"Go for it! You can do this!"
While Lin Xun encourages the Lion, his hand is ready to click on the ’Refined Copper Sand Hammer’ to summon the Valkyrie.
[The Forsaken Tricephalic Lion fearlessly charges towards the ’Mist Barrier Monster’, adeptly jumping and dodging the sweeping tentacles, quickly reaching the monster’s feet.]
[Its sharp claws leave bloodied wounds on the ’Mist Barrier Monster’s’ massive feet. The monster howls and raises its huge foot to stomp on it.]
[The ’Forsaken Tricephalic Lion’ pushes off the ground with its hind legs, raises its forelimbs, not dodging or hiding from the falling foot, but resists it with all its might!]
Lin Xun watched with gleaming eyes.
"This fighting strength, it’s almost comparable to an Earth Giant, right?"
He continued to follow the battle, expecting the Lion to give him more surprises.
[The ’Mist Barrier Monster’ roared in fury, resonating through the mist. Its foot fiercely stomps down, flattening whatever was under it.]
[Amid the flying flesh and blood, the ’Forsaken Tricephalic Lion’ was reduced to a pile of minced meat...]
[After annihilating the Tricephalic Lion, the ’Mist Barrier Monster’ strides towards you.]
The turn of events was unexpected, Lin Xun had yet to react when the Tricephalic Lion was defeated.
"What the hell? It fell after such a brief praise... Why did it try to match the monster’s strength? Doesn’t it know how to fight tactfully?"
The unnecessary loss of soul intensity made Lin Xun grit his teeth in frustration.
He was preparing to summon the Valkyrie, to avenge the three-headed lion.
[You take out the ’Refined Copper Sand Hammer’ and gently shake it...]
[You cannot summon two types of creatures at the same time!]
[If you forcibly summon ’Combat Angel - Valkyrie’, the ’Abyssal Three-Headed Lion’ will automatically cancel the summoning.]
[Do you want to forcibly summon?]
"Wasn’t the three-headed lion killed?"
Lin Xun suddenly thought of something. Although the monster had trampled the three-headed lion into a spread, the underworld game did not display the words [Your summoned creature ’Abyssal Three-Headed Lion’ is dead!].
"Could it be..."
[The heap of flesh and bone from the beast behind the giant monster is constantly wriggling, aggregating into the shape of a beast, and soon skin, mane, and claws grow... In the blink of an eye, a perfectly intact three-headed lion appears before your eyes.]
[The ’Abyssal Three-Headed Lion’ roars, and again pounces on the ’Mist Barrier Monster’!]
Lin Xun was astonished.
He never would’ve imagined that the three-headed lion, after undergoing flesh reconstruction, not only greatly increased its strength, but also obtained the deviant self-healing ability of the ’Star Demon Experimental Subject’.
From now on, he could call the three-headed lion an undying cockroach.
"You thought I was cheating, but didn’t think that the three-headed lion was the actual cheater."
Lin Xun continued to watch the battle.
The three-headed lion was still valiant, continuously dealing damage to the giant monster.
During the battle, it was occasionally trampled to death by the giant monster, but the speed of self-healing recovery was not weakened at all, still very persisting.
He quietly waited for the three-headed lion to grind the giant monster to death.
The ability to be reborn without interruption is deviant, as long as it’s not like the instantaneous death rule of the ’Death Demon Eye’, the three-headed lion can recover.
The more Lin Xun looked at the three-headed lion, the more he felt it was deviant.
As long as he, the master, did not die, the three-headed lion could persist in dealing damage. Even when encountering high-difficulty BOSS, the three-headed lion could still grind it to death.
[The ’Mist Barrier Monster’ is covered in injuries, its screams are no longer deafening like they were initially, but appear weak.]
[The giant monster uses its last strength and once again tramples the three-headed lion under its feet, crushing it into pulp.]
[Perhaps because the ’Mist Barrier Monster’ is too severely injured, after it tramples the three-headed lion to death, it doesn’t attempt to get closer to you, but instead lays down its massive body and starts devouring the blood and flesh left by the three-headed lion, attempting to recover from its injuries...]
[Your summoned creature ’Abyssal Three-Headed Lion’ is on the brink of death!]
"Damn! So here is the weak point of the deviant self-healing ability..."
If the ’Mist Barrier Monster’ completely devoured the three-headed lion, even the strongest self-healing ability would not be able to recover.
The three-headed lion could not possibly be reborn in the belly of the giant monster, could it?
Lin Xun quickly summoned the Valkyrie, taking the place of the three-headed lion.
Then, he released a ’Meteor Light’, successfully killing off the dying giant monster.
[You have defeated the ’Knowledge-Seeking Mist Barrier Monster’, and your experience points have greatly increased!]
[You have obtained the ’Eyeball of the Mist Barrier Monster’ (Rare+ Level Item)]
Through one giant monster, Lin Xun roughly understood the strength of the three-headed lion.
If it’s just about physical strength, the three-headed lion might not be comparable to the Earth Giant, but counting the self-healing ability that could be called a BUG-level, the Earth Giant is probably not a match for the three-headed lion.
During their death battle, the Earth Giant would probably be ground down by the three-headed lion.
"The self-healing ability is not as simple as being a meat shield, I have to properly develop and train the potential of the three-headed lion..."
Lin Xun returned to the carriage and continued advancing towards the Abyss Cave.
...
[The Refined Copper Carriage slowly stopped, you step down from the carriage...]
[Around you, there are sparse, withered trees visible through the fog. You are at the foot of a mountain in the wilderness, and where the mountain connects to the ground, there is a very large cave.]
[Inside the cave is pitch black, with the starlight you can only clearly see the scenery at the cave entrance.]
[You open your ’Eye of the Underworld Compound Eye Demon’, and immediately, your view becomes clear.]
[The passage inside the cave slopes downwards towards the depths of the earth. The channel twists and turns, and the end of your view is blocked by the corner of the tunnel’s wall.]
[Just when you are about to withdraw your gaze, you notice that in the depths of the cave, a shadow flashed past...]
[You look again carefully, but don’t see any abnormalities.]
[Do you want to enter the cave ’Leading to the Underworld Abyss’?]
