Chapter 278: Chapter 180: The Hermit Canyon of the Bamogo Mountain Range_1
[Soldiers in the Legion kept rushing into the bloody battlefield. In the face of the sea of Star Monsters, their courage and conviction seemed so pale and powerless.]
[Countless lives turned into corpses, all to halt the monsters’ advance, and to create an opportunity for the Scholars to escape.]
[You fight hard, with only one thought left in your mind — to charge forward, each monster falling under your feet...]
[You slowly lose touch with the soldiers behind you, mechanically brandishing the massive cudgel in your hands.]
[You have defeated the ’Unknown Star Monsters’, but you have gained no experience.]
[You have defeated the ’Unknown Star Monsters’...]
[You have defeated...]
[...]
[You feel extremely tired!]
Lin Xun furrowed his brows, sensing that something was amiss.
As the commander of the Covenant Legion, it was indeed fitting for him to be the last to retreat under the terms of the trial.
However, in the face of endless monsters, even with the sturdy physique of an Earth Giant, one could still feel the fatigue.
Ants kill elephants, being devoured by the monsters was the inevitable ending he was facing.
The game did not provide him with options, but he had two choices at this point.
The first was to use his Shell’s abilities to transform into a Giant Shell, activate ’Flowing Fire Burning Eye’, ’Insight into Weakness’, ’Blessing of Mother Earth’ and other skills for maximum output, aiming to carve out a blood path.
Second, he could conserve his energy, maintain his current form, and when the Giant Shell’s energy was about to be depleted, use the recently acquired ’Apizi Ore’ to recover his fatigue.
Going all out would undoubtedly increase the consumption of energy. Lin Xun didn’t think it was realistic to carve out a bloody path in the face of endless monsters on the battlefield.
He couldn’t help but recall the words inscribed on the obelisk, ’If you have a will as steady as a rock, unwavering and unflinching, please touch the obelisk’.
He exhaled and chose to persevere.
There were only four pieces of ’Apizi Ore’ in his inventory, and he didn’t know whether these could last until the tide of the battle turned.
[You continue to tirelessly swing your weapon. Wherever you go, there is a sea of monstrous corpses.]
[...]
[You feel extremely tired, even a slight movement of your feet feels like a luxury...]
He clenched his heart, knowing that his fatigue level had reached a critical point, and the Shell was about to pass out.
He quickly opened the inventory and clicked on the item.
[You take out a glowing ore and put it in your mouth, chewing it to pieces and swallowing it.]
[A warmth spreads deep within your body, and you feel an unending surge of power bursting forth from within!]
[Your veins bulge, your skin cracks, and the growing muscles underneath are knotted and twisted. Every pore in your body is bleeding.]
[You have used the ’Apizi Ore’, the Shell has consumed part of your life force, and all of the Shell’s fatigue has been restored!]
[You bask in fresh blood, your handheld weapon no longer feels heavy, and your whole body is filled with strength!]
[You stride forward, reentering the endless sea of monsters...]
[...]
Lin Xun couldn’t remember how many monsters he had killed.
He could only see the occasional red fatigue warnings amid waves of densely populated scrolling text.
Every time the Earth Giant was on the verge of giving in, he would use the ore to recover his fatigue.
Seeing the ore being consumed one after another, and the quantity nearing zero.
The only consolation was that the Earth Giant was tough and resilient, exchanging some life points for stamina wouldn’t deplete his health bar entirely, leading to a sudden death.
[You used the ’Apizi Ore’, the Shell consumed part of your life force, all of the Shell’s fatigue has been completely restored!]
The last piece of regenerative ore was nearly depleted.
At this moment, Lin Xun wished that he had 99 pieces of ’junk ore’ in his inventory...
"The difficulty of this trial is just too extreme!"
[...]
[You start to feel a little tired!]
He didn’t know whether it was a side effect of using the ore, or if it was his own imagination.
Lin Xun felt that every time he used a recovery ore, the text for fatigue displayed faster than before!
Not much time had passed, and the Earth Giant was already exhausted.
"I have to figure out a way!"
Lin Xun knitted his brows, thinking about how to hold out until the end of the trial.
Suddenly an idea hit him.
He quickly opened the Shell tab and switched to the Mage’s Shell.
[The ’President of the Direct View Association’ Shell does not meet the trial requirements, forcibly possessing the body would result in trial failure.]
[Are you sure you want to possess the ’President of the Direct View Association’ Shell?]
"Damn it!"
The underworld game didn’t give Lin Xun any opportunities to exploit the system.
Seeing the Earth Giant becoming more tired, he quickly made a plan.
All other Shells in the Shell tab are fully fueled.
The text says that the Mage’s Shell doesn’t meet the trial conditions, and the trial condition being ’developed limbs, simple brains’.
He gritted his teeth, spent 1 soul intensity to reconstruct the Knight’s Shell.
[You have successfully possessed the ’Blood Sun Church Law Knight’s’ Shell!]
It worked!
Lin Xun quickly equipped the Law Knight with the ’Thunder Dragon Staff Spear’.
[A ferocious monster is rushing towards you, its sharp limbs aiming right for your chest.]
[You hold the spear with both hands, golden thunder circling around the spear’s body. You use all your strength to give a fierce thrust!]
[The spear didn’t penetrate the monster’s hard shell, your full force thrust could only just manage to repel it.]
Lin Xun pulled a long face.
Attacking again...
The monsters that fell one by one in front of the Earth Giant were significantly harder to deal with using the Law Knight.
Even with the Epic+ Level ’Thunder Dragon Staff Spear’, it took him several consecutive hits to kill one Star Monster.
