Armipotent

Chapter 1752  Donʼt Anger Dragons

Everyone received the same notifications. That left everyone speechless that the boss was angry because they attacked first. It specifically mentioned dishonorable tactics as well.

”Keep the formation and attack them! Use your stronger skill!”

Zhang Mengyao pushed away the notification and commanded. Her voice prevented everyone from getting distracted. They used the stronger skill for the third attack.

A barrage of spells and arrows flew above the vanguard. The skeleton knights were no longer passively receiving the attack. They raised their shield, and that simple movement formed a barrier above them. The barrier that shielded them from attack came from above, front, and sides.

The barrier was destroyed, and could not hold the barrage of attacks. However, the barrier weakened the attack. Only a few skeleton knights were killed.

The skeleton knights then moved up, spread out while maintaining the formation, trying to encircle the intruders. At the same time, the tomb guardian jumped off from the altar.

Boom!

The Tomb Guardian landed ten meters away from Zhang Mengyao. Her eyes widened in shock, not expecting the boss to come out right away. She looked up at the boss and used [Detection].

[Detection Failed!]

Looking at the feedback made her heart jump. Her breath became erratic as she sensed the tomb guardianʼs aura. Her legs and hands were shaking, and finally understood why Lu An fell on his knees when he tried to probe Tang Shaoyang.

Even though she could sense the difference, it was different when she experienced it herself. The despair from the disparity between her and the God Rank.

The sensation did not last long as a hand touched her shoulder, ”Calm down! Thatʼs not for you to fight, not yet.”

Then the tomb guardianʼs aura was nullified and her mind was getting clearer with it. Her back and face were soaked in cold sweat, but her breathing got better.

Ophelius and Ophelia broke away from the formation. The twins rushed toward the tomb guardian in anger. They were angered because the tomb guardianʼs aura scared Li Na. Without Tang Shaoyangʼs order, they rushed toward the skeleton.

The tomb guardian was much bigger up close. It was five meters tall, wearing full black armor with a helmet.

 ”Bad guy must be punished!” Ophelia screamed as she returned to her realm form. The little boy and little girl turned into Chaos Demonic Dragon Calamity.

Their angry roar echoed as they both headbutted the five-meter-skeleton. They dragged the tomb guardian, trampling over the skeleton knights. They dragged to the altar, destroying the altar.

The twins then held the tomb guardian up, pinning it to the wall. Ophelius held the right shoulder and Ophelia held the left shoulder. Then both continued headbutting the tomb guardianʼs head which was protected by the helmet.

It was a way for the twins to vent their anger to the tomb guardian. The clanking sound of the helmet getting crushed as well as the sound of the helmet hitting the wall echoed in the room. The ground shook each time one of them headbutted the boss.

Zhang Mengyao was left speechless with the way the twins fought. Thanks to them and Tang Shaoyang, she regained her composure.

”Our God Ranks will take care of the boss! We clean up the skeleton army.”

It was not just her that got affected by the tomb guardianʼs aura, but everyone else. The skeleton knights also kept rushing toward them. Zhang Mengyao raised her shield and readied herself for the clash.

However, an unthinkable thing happened. As the skeleton knights approached the ten-meter range. All of them suddenly fell to the ground. They were confused at first, but then the notification rang.

[You have defeated the first tomb guardian, Tomb Guardian Arkin!]

Only then did they look toward the end of the room, where the twin dragons kept banging their heads into the skeletonʼs helmet.

The scene left everyone speechless. The helmet was no longer in the shape of a helmet. It was more like a slab of metal, meaning the twins crushed the skull inside the helmet. That was how the God Rank died.

It was a tragic way to die, getting crushed along with the helmet because two angry dragons kept banging their heads. The thing that scared everyone died in a silly way.

Even now, the two dragons kept banging their heads against the slab of metal. That was how angry the twins were.

”Enough!”

If not for Tang Shaoyang, they would not stop even if the wall was destroyed. The twins returned to their human form and rushed back to Li Na.

Both were boasting about how they beat the bad guy to Li Na which received praise from her. If no one saw what the twins just did, everyone would think the twins were adorable. But they could not unsee what they just had witnessed. Everyone made a mental note not to upset the twins in the future.

Zhang Mengyao clapped her hands twice, ”Letʼs pack up! You can take a set of the Demi-God Rank and Legend Rank Skeleton Knightʼs armor. The rest of the loot will be taken into the treasury!”

She then walked toward the dead boss. The boss dropped an item, a treasure chest. He recognized the color of the treasure chest. The blue-golden glow around the chest, meaning it was Legend Treasure Chest.

To her surprise, there was more drop next to the chest. It was the same armor used by the boss, but of course in a smaller version. She picked up the sword and was surprised to find it was a Legend Rank Sword.

”Itʼs a Tomb Guardian armor set, Legend Rank!”

The sword was Tomb Guardian Sword and so were all the armor parts, from the helmet down to the boots.

”Itʼs a decent drop.”

Zhang Mengyao turned around. Tang Shaoyang was behind her, and she rolled her eyes, ”Itʼs more than just a decent drop. This is the best equipment rank we have right now.”

Tang Shaoyang smiled and took out his [Azure Dragon Blade]. He handed the sword to her, letting her see the best equipment.

Zhang Mengyao looked at the sword, hesitating. But she still took it from him and her eyes widened in surprise.

”Thatʼs what I got from winning the Trial of God. If you received the invitation just like I did. Join only if you are confident to win the trial. If you are not confident, then you better delay it until you are ready.”

Zhang Mengyao handed back the sword, but then she saw him taking out another weapon. It was his favorite weapon, the big battle axe.

”I got two God Rank weapons from the trial. Not just weapons, the territory in the God Realm as well as Administrator Class.”

Zhang Mengyao chuckled, shaking her head, ”Letʼs see if I can gather the maximum God Shards first. Isnʼt that how you received the invitation to join the trial?”

Tang Shaoyang took back the weapon, ”You donʼt have. There are a lot who donʼt get the invitation as well. Maybe I will look into it later.”

He remembered how people from the same factions joined the same trial. Maybe there was a way for him to get his people to join the trial without needing to gather the maximum number of God Shard.

Thanks to the twins, cleaning up the loot was longer than actually beating the boss. Because of the two, the party did not get to fight as well. Putting aside the reward, they gained nothing from the first gate.

It took them more than ten minutes to sort out the loot. They left behind the armor from the Primordial Skeleton Knights.

The gate was opened once more, and everyone left the room. Whilst they did not get to fight, they were exhausted. While the God Rank boss was defeated easily, it left a deep impression on everyone. They gathered around the pond, drinking the water and washing their faces.

Zhang Mengyao gave them a ten-minute break. They must defeat each boss in one hour, but they were given twelve hours to kill all nine Tomb Guardians.

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[Guardian Francio]

Objective: Kill Guardian Francio

Reward:???

Time: 1 hour

- All gates will be sealed for 24 hours for failing to kill Guardian Arkin in an hour.

- Upon opening one of the gates, players have twelve hours to kill the remaining tomb guardians.

- The remaining gates will be sealed for 24 hours if players fail to kill all nine Tomb Guardians in the designated time.

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Zhang Mengyao had decided on the next target. It was the gate to the right of Guardian Akin. The engraved figure was wearing armor with a cape, raising his sword to the sky.

The engraving was the reason he chose this gate for the second gate. Of all the remaining gates, this one looked the weakest among the eight guardians. The figure had a sword with heavy armor, a bad combination in her eyes.

That was why she thought the boss might be weaker than Guardian Arkin. If the boss was weaker, the skeleton knights might be weaker as well. Of course, it was just an assumption. It was not like the order mattered anyway.

The ten-minute break was over. Zhang Mengyao called the party over to gather at the Guardian Francioʼs gate.

Zhang Mengyao and Tang Shaoyang opened the gate just like before. This time what awaited them behind the gate was different. It was not a portal gate instead of a room. Meaning they had to enter the portal.

Tang Shaoyang entered the portal gate first, the same as when they entered the dungeon. He frowned when he arrived at the designated area.

He was in the open field with nothing but red soil on the ground. But then he found a big fort, a thousand meters away from where he was. Through his Chaos Eyes, he got to see what was inside the fort, a bigger army of skeleton knights.

”I donʼt think this will be easier than Guardian Arkin.”