Chapter 55: Just Keep Going, Underestimate the Enemy and You Will Die
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Yi looked at the number of scorpions that came his way and immediately took down the illuminating gem above his head, throwing it into the distance.
As expected, a large number of Yin Poison Scorpions immediately headed towards the source of the light, completely ignoring the player who was close by.
Li Yi immediately charged forward. For a moment, the bottom of the broken God's cliff could be seen to be filled with a bloody storm, and it was indeed a bloody massacre.
…
After a long while, the moss-covered road was covered ny the corpses of the Yin Poison Scorpions.
This place was simply heaven for Li Yi. There was no need to worry at all. All he needed to do was to focus on his damage output.
Li Yi quickly rose to level 14 by doing so. This kind of monster grinding efficiency was something that no one could catch up to!
He glanced around and found that there were no more Yin Poison Scorpions around. He had to find out where the final boss was.
After walking for about a minute, he saw a huge green monster lurking in front of a moss-covered rock. The main reason it was not with the tinier scorpions was that the monster was too big. The boss tried to blend in with the rock thinking that it would be easily discovered.
Li Yi walked about 20 yards towards the boss. The boss thought that it had not been discovered, so it did not attack!
"If you don't attack, then I will!"
Li Yi raised the magic weapon in his hand, and a huge black-gold sword aura slashed at the huge scorpion in front of him!
"Critical Hit!"
"13,400."
The scorpion that was attacked immediately jumped out and glared at the person who attacked it. It did not feel embarrassed at all that it had been exposed!
To be honest, this giant scorpion looked to be quite intimidating.
It was about three meters tall and had two large steel-like pincers. It looked strong and sturdy. Its entire body seemed to be covered in iron armor, giving off a green luster. The most terrifying thing was the poisonous stinger that was raised high up at its tail. It emitted a dark green glow. No one was sure if the feeling of being stabbed would be very pleasant!
[Boss: LV16 Yin Scorpion King]
[Rarity: Gray-silver]
[HP: 70,000]
[Physical Attack: 700]
[Magic Attack: 500]
[Physical Defense: 550]
[Magic Defense: 250
[Boss Skill: ???]
[Special Skill: ???]
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"Roar!"
The Yin Scorpion King let out a loud roar. It stomped its powerful legs and rushed over in a hurry. Its two large pincers clamped in the air, emitting the sound of metal clashing against metal.
Li Yi moved in an arc and quickly dodged the boss's advances. Then, he activated Charge and crashed into the boss.
"-11,013."
The stun was successful. Then, he circled between the two pincers of the boss as a layer of burning black flames appeared on the magic weapon and stabbed the mouth of the boss.
"Blazing Stab!"
"-4,750! Weak Point Damage!"
"-290! Burn Damage!"
The mouth of the boss was the weakest point. The other parts of the boss were protected by the thick carapace, so the probability of causing high damage was very low.
The boss that was stunned immediately recovered. It raised the two large pincers in its hands and was ready to smash Li Yi down once again.
Li Yi moved even quicker than before to dodge the attack. A black-gold energy surged out from his body and spread out in all directions, interrupting the boss's attack. The two large pincers were suspended in the air, just like that.
"Raging Blood Roar!"
"-13,410."
"Combo! Heavy Strike!"
Li Yi smashed all his skills onto the boss's vital points. Then, the boss's HP was instantly reduced by more than half!
After his attack, the boss's pincers immediately swung down, bringing with it the sound of air being torn apart.
Li Yi did not retreat at all. He raised the shield in his left hand abruptly, and a blue ray of light appeared in front of the shield.
"Indestructible!"
"-167."
Sparks flew from the shield and Li Yi's feet were dug deeper into the ground. As expected, it was better not to compete with the boss in terms of strength. The boss's strength attribute was definitely several levels higher than the players'.
Li Yi wanted to finish off the boss as soon as possible and see what would happen when the other half of the token fused. He was too lazy to continue dodging knowing it would just lead to nothing, so he directly tried to counter the boss's attacks.
However, at this moment, the boss suddenly crashed into him again. The ground was covered in slippery moss so he immediately lost his balance. The boss also seized this opportunity and stuck out his rear to quickly swing its tail, and the poisonous stinger quickly pierced through his shoulder.
Fresh blood splattered everywhere and a numbing sensation immediately hit him. His body began to feel paralyzed on the spot.
"-300! Poison Damage!"
[System Notification: Yin Scorpion King has used its Poison Stinger attack on you. The damage of poison entering your body will be increased by 10 tenfold. Each attack will increase the damage by 10 tenfold! Lasts for 30 seconds!]
The boss had finally taken its sweet revenge and carried on with its attack. Although the damage of the boss was not high, its attacks could stack poison damage!
"-600! Poison Damage!"
"-900! Poison Damage!"
"-1,200! Poison Damage!"
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Li Yi had already broken free from the paralysis and immediately retreated backward. He would be an idiot if he did not run now.
Right now, the poison damage had already reached the speed of reducing 1,500 HP per second. He knew he could still hold on for now. His perfect-grade belt could increase a large amount of HP recovery speed as it was very powerful. Therefore, Li Yi was not that worried yet.
The Scorpion King immediately rushed over. It was obvious that it did not want to give too much of a chance for Li Yi to catch his breath!
Li Yi also began to dodge the attack of the boss. The attack method of this skill was unreasonable. Even if one used a shield to block it, he would still lose damage from the poison.
Li Yi focused his attention on dodging the boss's attack for now. It seemed that even with such a powerful recovery speed as support, he could not recklessly fight this boss head-on.
It seemed that his short period of smooth sailing battles had caused him to forget just how terrifying the later generations of creatures were. This boss's skill was just the tip of the iceberg for the later game creatures!
This boss seemed to be giving off a certain warning to Li Yi. He must not be careless. Otherwise, his career would end right then and there. The loss outweighed the gain in Li Yi's eyes as he dodged the attacks and lost a large amount of HP!
…
The Poison Stinger effect finally ended and Li Yi felt more at ease.
"I've slipped up and underestimated the enemy, I must do something about it!"
Li Yi's heart slowly calmed down. He moved quickly and with a beautiful S movement as he dodged the attack of the boss's Poison Stinger. At the same time, he managed to arrive in front of the boss.
Black-gold energy poured out and stunned the boss on the spot.
"Raging Blood Roar!"
"-12,911."
Immediately after, the flames on the magic weapon started to burn and he stabbed at the boss's mouth.
"Blazing Stab!"
"-4,854! Weak Point Damage!"
"-290! Burn Damage"
Li Yi followed up with another attack as the magic weapon in his hand moved swiflty. The moment the boss was about to recover from the attack, he raised his shield and smashed it on the boss's body.
"Charge!"
"-23,200! Critical Hit!"
Li Yi's gaze focused as he looked at the outcome of his attack, it was a success!
Li Yi jumped into the air and used Combo in an instant. Then, he quickly equipped and unequipped his ma magic weapon to use Heavy Strike as the following attack to increase the damage.
Three large damage numbers appeared above the boss's head.
If someone was nearby, they could see that the magic weapon disappeared for a moment before the damage was directly dealt. Many people knew of this basic combo, and most people knew how to use it. This combo took about one second to use it.
The set of moves that Li Yi used only took less than 0.5 seconds!
Li Yi's unique talent was his extraordinary reflexes and control abilities.
It could be said that no player in the entire Divine Revelation game could compare to him.. This was why even if his grade talent was not as strong in his previous life, he was still able to reach the peak!
Chapter 56: Kill the Boss, Complete the God Severing Token!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Yi's Combo and Heavy Strike caused a huge amount of damage to the Yin Scorpion King.
The Yin Scorpion King cried out in pain from the sudden attack.
A pair of huge pincers that were as strong as armor then gave off a pitch-black metallic clipping sound. The Yin Scorpion King's steel-like pincers then smashed fiercely towards Li Yi with intense hatred.
Li Yi gave the Scorpion King a cold glance and easily twisted the pincers in a zigzag pattern.
"Boom!!"
The giant pincers smashed deep into the ground with a loud sound, almost as if it was stuck.
Li Yi's eyes lit up. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the magic weapon in his hand was constantly flashing with black and golden light, as if it was waiting for this very moment of slip up. He aimed at the vital points of the Yin Scorpion King; backhanded with Combo and Heavy Strike as extra damage.
"-2,304! Weak Point Damage!"
"-3,876! Weak Point Damage!"
"-4,291! Critical Hit!"
Li Yi raised his sword and slashed down with a flurry of attacks. In an instant, the health of the Yin Scorpion King was rapidly reduced.
"-21!"
"-159!"
Li Yi used his shield to block the Yin Scorpion King's pincers. As he launched his attack, he took a look at his health.
"Charge!"
"11,231!"
After blocking the Yin Scorpion King's pincers, Li Yi immediately seized the opportunity to use his Charge skill.
With a bang, the Yin Scorpion King was knocked back a few steps. Immediately after, the Yin Scorpion King's body emitted a scarlet glow.
Right then, Li Yi knew that its HP had already fallen below 10%.
Li Yi's eyes narrowed, and he hurriedly took a few steps back.
The Yin Scorpion King roared angrily from the assault. Its pair of barbell-sized eyes emitted a violent red glow. Suddenly, its already huge body doubled in size!
Li Yi frowned slightly and whispered, "It's going to go berserk."
He retreated at a further distance again. At this moment, Li Yi felt as though that he had the worst luck in the world.
The Yin Scorpion King was not a special type. Therefore, the probability of it going berserk was actually really low. However, not only did this Boss go berserk, but he had encountered Bosses going berserk one too many times to call it a coincidence. So Li Yi really did think that he had the worst luck!
"Roar!!!"
An earth-shattering roar rang throughout the area, causing Li Yi's eardrums to be pricked.
The Yin Scorpion King's pitch-black carapace was now dyed with a faint scarlet color. It turned its head to look at Li Yi and raised its stinger. Its tail was suspended above, and dark green poison dripped from the sharp ends.
"Sizzle…"
The violent poison corroded the contacted ground and emitted billowing smoke.
Li Yi's gaze turned sharp. From the rich experience he had in his previous life, he could understand that the Yin Scorpion King's tail was extremely dangerous. If he was pricked by it, it may lead to him compromising his safety.
The Yin Scorpion King's tail, which was emitting a sharp scarlet aura, began to spin rapidly, creating a hurricane. While the tail spun, the eyes of the Yin Scorpion King stared straight at Li Yi.
Seeing this action, Li Yi held the weapon in his hand tighter. His expression turned serious as he carefully observed the Scorpion King's actions.
He guessed that the Scorpion King's HP was very low at the moment, and his Raging Blood Roar and Charge were still on cooldown.
Therefore, he needed to carefully observe the Scorpion King's movements to make a prediction and avoid the attacks.
This was the basic skill of any old player. Li Yi was a Demigod Berserker in his previous life, and this skill had long been honed to perfection.
The Scorpion King's spinning tail came to a halt.
"Woosh!!"
A violent wind-breaking sound rang out, and a black-red light shot towards Li Yi at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to comprehend.
Fortunately, Li Yi had prepared for this. The moment the Yin Scorpion King stopped, Li Yi started moving.
"Bang!!"
"-161!"
The stringer that carried the violent poison heavily struck the shield, when it came into contact with the shield, its friction burst into flames.
The enormous force pressed down half of Li Yi's body.
Li Yi roared angrily, and he suddenly gained the energy to exert force to lift up!
The tail of the Yin Scorpion King was repelled by him in an ingenious when Li Yi defended himself successfully!
At this moment, the opening in front of the Yin Scorpion King opened up!
Li Yi naturally would not let go of such an opportunity. He took large steps forward and with the movement speed provided by his equipment, he quickly arrived in front of the Yin Scorpion King.
The eyes of the Yin Scorpion King shone with bright red light. A pair of large pincers that were as hard as steel swung down mercilessly at Li Yi.
Li Yi laughed coldly. Without even looking at it, he evaded the attack and took a step closer.
The black-gold aura that was wrapped around the magic weapon in his hand whistled as it rushed towards the Scorpion King's vital points.
"Critical Hit!"
"Ding!!" The sound of metal clashing against metal rang out.
"-21,102! Critical Hit!"
The number that was displayed on the Scorpion King's head was quite a large sum. After it let out a shrill scream, it collapsed to the ground and turned into specks of light before dissipating.
[System Notification: You have killed Level 16 Scorpion King (Boss). Obtained 30,000 experience points.]
[Talent Trigger: Obtained 700 HP, 7 HP Recovery/second]
As the system notification sounded, Li Yi's body flashed with a blinding light.
"I've leveled up. As expected, the experience gained from fighting a Boss would always be much more.
"Thank goodness that the Boss's berserk skills were not as scary as I thought it would've been."
Li Yi said casually. Although, he did realize that the attack of the venomous Scorpion King after the berserk skill had directly hit his body, and this resulted in half of his HP being deducted.
However, this kind of skill was still too weak. To a player like him, it was basically child's play.
Li Yi walked forward and looked at the items that dropped.
He went to where the Scorpion King had disappeared, there were a few gold coins that glowed with a golden light. There was a pair of leggings, a helmet, and half of a token that had a flame symbol on it.
Li Yi's eyes lit up, and he quickly picked up the items.
[Equipment: Scorpion King's Leggings]
[Rarity: Flawless]
[Physical Defense: 30]
[Magic Defense: 20]
[Flawless Attribute: Stamina +19, Strength +5]
[Equipment Conditions: Level 10]
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[Equipment: Scorpion King's Helmet]
[Rarity: Flawless]
[Physical Defense: 29]
[Magic Defense: 19]
[Flawless Attribute: Strength +17, Spirit +18]
[Equipment Condition: Level 10]
After checking the attributes of the two pieces of equipment, Li Yi nodded his head in satisfaction.
Right now, all he had equipped was a simple helmet, and his pants were still of excellent quality. The two pieces of equipment that dropped were good enough to be replaced.
Li Yi replaced the two pieces of equipment and kept the old equipment in his backpack. When he returned back to the city, he would pass them to Little Merchant to deal with.
After making some changes, Li Yi checked out the token in his hand.
The information on the token popped out.
[God Severing Token: Records the remains of an expert. Once you collect the other half of the token, you will be able to find these remains and obtain unimaginable power.
This power could only be obtained by those who were fated to have it.]
"As expected, it's the other half's token."
Li Yi's heart was filled with joy, and his eyes were burning with desire. He then quickly took out the other half of the token.
The moment the other half of the token appeared, the two halves of the token began to shake when they were going to be connected.
Immediately after, they flashed with a fiery red light and floated to Li Yi's chest.
The two halves of the token emitted wave after wave of a mysterious aura.
The token trembled. It was like two magnets that were being pulled to each other, it began to approach each other and slowly merged together.
After a while, the token that gave off a faint golden-red holy light quietly hung on Li Yi's chest. Li Yi reached out and grabbed it.
"It's a little warm."
Li Yi felt the warmth coming from his palm and carefully examined the brand-new merged token. The flame symbol on it looked lifelike, it was like a burning ball of fire.
Then, a bullet screen with red words appeared in front of him.
[Soul Severing Token: This token is the key to a certain mysterious location. The space contains the remains of an expert.]
After reading these words, Li Yi began to flip through the token.
According to what he knew in his previous life, there should be clues on the item for such a crucial mission.
"Is this for… the broken God's cliff?"
Li Yi flipped the token to the back, and a mini-map was clearly carved on it.
The mini-map recorded the location of the broken God's cliff, and there was a red mark etched on it..
Chapter 57: Space Altar, Star Fragment Battlefield
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Yi looked at the conspicuous mark above and frowned.
According to his memories from his previous life, the broken God's cliff did not have such a place.
After some thought, Li Yi looked at the token and whispered to himself, "Is this the hidden map of the mission?"
In Divine Revelation, there were some special missions that could unlock hidden maps. Obviously withstanding that there was always a huge amount of pros and cons in these maps.
Without stopping for too long, Li Yi began to move along the direction of the map on the back of the token.
This kind of marking was usually very easy to find.
As long as he used the current location and compared it to the marking on the top, even without the guidance of the map mission, he could quickly find the direction.
Li Yi began to move deeper according to the token, passing through layers and layers of thick poison barriers.
"-500!"
"-800!"
"-1,000!"
The poison barrier made Li Yi lose more and more HP every second. Fortunately, it did not sum to enough when compared to his quick HP recovery.
However, it was also strange that he did not encounter any monsters along the way. Logically speaking, this kind of dense poison barrier should be the place with the highest concentration of monsters.
Although he felt that it was a little strange, Li Yi could only choose to quickly pass through the poison barrier to reach the location.
After walking for a long time.
Li Yi compared Divine Revelation's provided map with the token's map.
"I've arrived at the location."
After Li Yi carefully confirmed it a few times, he raised his eyes and looked around. He noticed that other than the poison fog, there was only a thick moss stone wall that was filled with the stench of something repulsive.
"There should be a hidden mechanism somewhere."
Li Yi understood the situation the moment he saw it.
In Divine Revelation, special missions would require a different set of skills before being unlocked. After one finds the location, one would have to find a hidden entrance from the surrounding environment.
If one did not observe carefully enough, one might not be able to find anything even if one searched for many days and nights.
Li Yi walked to the left side of the stone wall and touched it from time to time. He tapped on it with his fingers and walked for more than ten meters.
When he was about to go beyond the red marking on the map, Li Yi ran to the right side of the stone wall and used the same method.
Because he was surrounded by stone walls, if there was an entrance, the texture of the stone would feel different, and the sound of knocking would also be different.
This was one of the easiest ways to find such a hidden entrance in his previous life without any exploration skills.
"Dong dong dong!"
"Dong dong dock…"
Li Yi knocked all the way over, and when he heard a different sound, he stopped in his tracks.
"It should be here."
Li Yi knocked on the mossy stone wall again and a 'dock' sound emanated. Then, he pulled out his magic weapon. He flipped his wrist and slashed the sword in a downward motion.
Immediately, stone chips flew everywhere. A monster-like health bar appeared on the stone wall.
However, the monster's health bar was red and yellow. The red was the top layer and the yellow was the bottom.
Seeing this health bar, Li Yi knew that he had found the right place.
Without wasting any more time, Li Yi raised his hand and used Combo and Heavy Strike.
With a boom, the health bar above the stone wall was quickly depleted, and it immediately exploded, revealing a deep, dark hole.
Li Yi glanced at the stone cave, took out the glowing stone from his backpack, and attached it to his helmet. Holding the token in his left hand and the magic weapon in his right hand, he carefully walked into the stone cave.
When it comes to these special mission ma maps, there was always danger, so Li Yi did not dare to be careless.
Li Yi walked into the cave, and the sound of his footsteps echoed.
He did not know how long he had ventured in, but a ray of light finally appeared in front of him. With this indication, Li Yi slightly quickened his steps.
Not long after, he came to the light. It was another cave, and Li Yi walked in without hesitation.
"This is the altar?"
Li Yi was slightly taken aback when he saw this place.
This place was very spacious. Torches were hung on the surrounding stone walls in an orderly manner. There were also some strange divine inscriptions that emitted a faint blue light. Those divine inscriptions even extended all the way to the center of the cave.
In the center of the cave, there was a large round stone plate. The large round plate was also engraved with strange divine inscriptions.
The divine inscriptions on the stone wall extended to the large round plate and connected to it. The divine inscriptions on the large round plate seemed to be alive, with an extremely mysterious carving. Everything looked to be connected to each other in some way.
In the middle of the large round plate, there was a small stone platform that was also — to no one's surprise — filled with divine inscriptions.
On that stone platform, there was a notch, as if something had been originally placed there.
After Li Yi carefully observed it, he knew exactly what was going on.
If nothing unexpected happened here, it would be the same as the altar in the Demonic Domain. It should be used to communicate with a certain space altar.
It was just that this place did not have spatial fluctuations like the altar in the Demonic Domain. Most likely, it had lost some sort of medium.
With this thought in mind, Li Yi held his weapon and token tightly as he slowly walked to the side of the small stone platform.
Looking at the notch above, he then looked at the token in his hand. It looked to fit perfectly into the spot.
Seeing this, Li Yi understood what he needed to do. Then, he put the token into his backpack and logged out of the game.
He had already stayed in Divine Revelation for too long today, and he needed to rest for a while.
In his previous life, this kind of special mission required the activation of the spatial altar. It was absolutely impossible to activate it unless it took more than ten hours.
Moreover, Li Yi had been online for a long time. It was time for him to go offline and rest for a while.
After all, the Divine Revelation world had not officially merged with reality. That was the only reason why Li Yi was able to stay in there for so long thanks to the nutrient solution in his game pod.
Although he could also place the token on top to activate it before going to rest, who knew what would happen if he did not look at it.
Therefore, the safest way was to rest for a while and recover his energy before coming back.
…
After he left the game pod. Li Yi sat up and stretched his body slightly. After lying in it for a long time, his body had become a little stiff.
"Let's find something to eat."
Li Yi stood up and went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator. He looked at the remaining two eggs, a carton of milk, and bread slices.
"Are these the only things left? I should go grocery shopping when I have the time."
Li Yi casually said as he took out the food inside.
After that, he heated the milk and fried the eggs. Then, he covered them with the remaining bread slices and hastily ate a meal.
After that, he returned to the bedroom and lay down on the bed to sleep.
…
A few hours later, Li Yi woke up. The moment he woke up, he once again lay down in the game pod and connected to the game, Divine Revelation.
Within the cave that was filled with strange divine patterns, Li Yi's figure appeared once again.
He took out the token from his backpack and walked forward to place it into the notch of the stone platform.
The moment the token returned to its original position, the divine patterns in the surroundings seemed to come alive. Those divine patterns burst forth with blue light!
The rays of flowing light looked like small agile fish. They followed the divine patterns as they wantonly and rhythmically floated on the stone walls.
In the blink of an eye, the entire cave was filled with blue light, as if someone had stepped into the deepest part of the ocean.
Following that, the space behind the stone platform rippled slightly, and an illusory door slowly materialized.
Li Yi nodded when he saw this. It was just like the steps of the special mission in his previous life.
After these spatial altars were opened, they would have to wait for a period of time before one could enter the hidden space.
Li Yi sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes to rest.
After more than ten hours, the spatial fluctuations behind the stone platform became more and more intense.
With a buzzing sound, the door completely materialized. The token on the stone platform shot out and turned into a ray of light that flew directly into Li Yi's backpack.
At this moment, Li Yi opened his eyes. He looked at the deep and mysterious door that led to an unknown place. Without much hesitation, he stood up and walked into it.
As the area spun, Li Yi stood on something that was filled with scars and broken armor.
He was surrounded by endless darkness. In this darkness, there were countless stars too.
It looked to be like the night sky in summer, simultaneously dark and bright out.
Li Yi rubbed his swollen temples and looked around.
With the help of the starlight, he could vaguely see that there were many huge rocks in the darkness, drifting aimlessly like rootless duckweed.
"It's actually the star fragment battlefield…."