Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 1013: Chapter 422: The Majesty of the God_3

Wu Chang first used spiritual communication to tell Erin not to rush in, while continuing to pull out the Four-sided Age Fire Lamp and light it.

Hel’s rake could only attack half of his people, and his eight clones created by Electric Light and Thunder Shadow could help him attract enough firepower. Even if he missed, with the Four-sided Age Fire Lamp, he wouldn’t die suddenly, giving Erin time to intervene.

In the next moment, Hel swung the rake, and each tooth on the rake emitted a sharp aura, slashing towards Wu Chang and his Thunder Shadows.

The targets hit by the rake were...

All of them!

Including Wu Chang, nine figures were all struck by the rake.

Seeing this, Wu Chang cursed in his heart, wondering where the promise to leave half alive had gone.

Among them, eight Thunder Shadows shattered on the spot, while Wu Chang’s body used all its strength to swing a hammer to counter the incoming attack.

At the moment when the Light of Steadfastness struck the sword aura, or rather the rake aura, Wu Chang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, the temperature around him seeming to drop by dozens of degrees in an instant.

In the severe cold, the sharp aura was slicing through the Light of Steadfastness, pushing him backward, while the splintered aura cutting at him caused damage at an extremely fast frequency.

Beyond the frontal attack, whispers of countless vengeful spirits swirled in his ears, trying to drag his soul into the Netherworld.

The whispers of the vengeful spirits did as much damage to other targets as the rake aura attack, but to Wu Chang, it had no effect other than being annoying.

The rake aura pushed Wu Chang back thirty meters before stopping. The moment Wu Chang halted, he raised the Four-sided Age Fire Lamp first and activated the Illuminating Void skill.

The Age Fire had the effect of dispelling evil and driving away plagues and demon fiends. The vengeful spirits around him were instantly scorched by the Age Fire, igniting in flames. The burning vengeful spirits sparkled in the firelight, filling his surroundings with specks of red light, as if he were amidst a swarm of fireflies.

After the vengeful spirits were burned by the Age Fire, he swung the Soul Cleansing Banner to exorcise the near-death vengeful spirits and drive away the evil aura.

Countless vengeful spirits transformed into pure white light, with some ascending into the sky through a secret research lab and others entering the Soul Cleansing Banner.

「Item Skill: Soul Nourishment」

「Skill Description: Each time a Soul Cleansing is completed, the user can absorb part of the Essence Qi from the soul body, permanently enhancing their own soul.」

The influx of countless soul powers caused Wu Chang’s soul strength to soar, along with the Soul Cleansing Banner itself.

While strategizing the Midnight Graveyard Dungeon, he advanced the Soul Cleansing Banner from C-Level to B-Level by purifying the vengeful spirits in the Soul Light Cathedral.

The soul power from Hel’s earlier attack was equivalent to one-third of the soul power obtained from purifying the Soul Light Cathedral, and he felt the growth progress bar of the Soul Cleansing Banner move forward a bit.

The reason he personally battled Hel, besides verifying his ability, was to avoid wasting this soul power and use it to enhance the Soul Cleansing Banner.

Putting away the Soul Cleansing Banner, he began to check his own condition.

He glanced at the hammerhead, which took a direct hit from Hel’s rake, leaving a deep dent in the Light of Steadfastness’s hammerhead. At this level of damage, the hammer could at most withstand two more hits before being scrapped.

With the Light of Steadfastness blocking and the eight Thunder Shadow clones dispersing firepower, the damage Hel inflicted on him was far less than expected, depleting only half of his ”Knight Will Not Die Unarmed” regular shield.

Wu Chang let out a breath of relief, but also clicked his tongue at Hel’s damage.

Knight Will Not Die Unarmed can store up to three times his maximum Energy Value as a shield, and his normal Energy Value is 241.

Depleting half of his shield meant Hel’s strike, even when dispersed and blocked, while the vengeful spirits’ effect had no impact on Wu Chang, still caused 360 points of damage.

Adding the 30% from the Mamba Mark, this strike caused a terrifying 514 points of damage!

It’s worth noting that for an ordinary Desolate Realm player, once their total attribute reaches 300, they can enter an upgrade dungeon, and even if focusing solely on Life, plus temporary Life Attribute boosts from skills, it wouldn’t sum to 514 points.

This means that any Desolate Realm player, without exceptionally powerful survival skills, would certainly die from a hit by Hel’s rake.

Such terrifying damage was mainly due to Hel’s attacks containing Divinity.

Facing a true God capable of controlling Divinity, even players with Lord Level Power of Root would still be instantly killed.

The saying ”only a God can defeat a God” continues to gain importance!

Unfortunately, this saying does not apply to Wu Chang, because he is a Blasphemer.

After swinging the rake, Hel wasn’t well-off either. The consumption of Divine Power and the dispersion of numerous vengeful spirits by Wu Chang made Hel’s consciousness waver once more.

Taking advantage of Hel’s wavering consciousness, the Chaos Authority further eroded her, deepening the purple-light membrane condensing on her surface.

「Chaos Authority activated, Life +40, Energy +50.」

The Chaos Authority drew further from Hel’s attributes, boosting Wu Chang’s Energy Attribute to 395 points.

With this shift, he felt he had surpassed Hel in Energy Attribute.

As Hel’s Energy Attribute was constantly being drained, she struggled to resist the deep-water devouring surrounding her.

The Deep Water Bite effect not only inflicted poison damage and poisoning effects but also invisibly reduced the overall attributes of the target.

Chaos Authority drained Hel’s Energy Attribute, making Hel unable to resist the Deep Water Bite. As the Deep Water Bite took effect, it lowered Hel’s all-attribute cap, and the reduced Will Attribute combined with the poison effect further affected Hel’s spirit, allowing Chaos Authority to influence her further.

The two effects interacted, accelerating the breach of Hel’s defenses in a step-over approach.

Wu Chang stood at a distance, ensuring he wouldn’t get killed by Hel. Through two ongoing abnormal effects, he could wear down Hel to death.

Deep Water Bite caused the poisoned to lose control over their body, making Hel’s movements visibly slow down. The left half of her human-like face began showing signs of weakness and pain.

Hel’s status couldn’t detect the hidden Deep Water Bite nor the Chaos Authority, but instinctively she knew she couldn’t stall any longer.

Accompanied by another burst of gray-white light emanating, a massive three-legged white horse appeared beneath Hel.

Wu Chang clicked his tongue, the BOSS had entered the third phase.