Chapter 29: The Easiest Boss Battle
[Reminder: You have entered Source: Divine Realm.]
[Current Area: Earth Palace: Outer Gate.]
In a dim environment, Su Xiao sat on the ground, which felt soft beneath him.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang, whom Su Xiao was sitting on, let out a bark. Clearly, the ground wasn't soft.
"Help... me~"
Ryu's weak voice came from the very bottom, sounding as if she might suffocate at any moment.
At this moment, Ryu was at the lowest point, with Bubu above her, and Su Xiao on top of him.
After nearly ten days, traveling from Bamboo Village to Tower Forest, from Tower Forest to Mist Swamp, they had finally entered Source: Divine Realm. During this time, Su Xiao had also participated in a King Blood Battle.
Su Xiao jumped to the ground and looked around. This was an underground palace, with luminous plants growing on the walls and ceiling, their blue glow preventing darkness from taking hold.
There was only one path forward, a rock-hewn passage about ten meters wide and fourteen meters high. The blue fluorescence had limited illumination, leaving the area ahead pitch black.
Su Xiao walked at the front. According to Reincarnation Paradise's earlier prompt, after entering Source: Divine Realm, if he could find the Blind Old Man, he could exchange rare items using "Ba's Soul."
Currently, Su Xiao had a total of 40 Ba's Souls, but he had no idea where the Blind Old Man was.
Su Xiao moved forward at a moderate pace. The route through Earth Palace was simple, remaining straight so far. The Giant King had also entered Source: Divine Realm, but his location was unknown.
Not only had Su Xiao not seen the Giant King, but Amu, Baha, and Qifu were also missing. Amu and Baha were outside the real-time communication range of the team channel.
Based on Su Xiao's estimation, Source: Divine Realm shouldn't be too large. It felt more like a prison—the ancient gods had lost and were thus imprisoned here, with the Giant King as the warden.
What puzzled Su Xiao was why the Giant King had also entered Source: Divine Realm. Did this mean the "Divine Realm Gate" no longer needed guarding?
More importantly, the old Tower Keeper had said that something inside the Divine Realm was about to come out, though what exactly remained unknown.
Su Xiao concluded that for the Giant King, guarding the "Divine Realm Gate" was no longer meaningful. He needed to enter the Divine Realm himself to eliminate whatever was inside.
As he pondered, Su Xiao noticed the underground palace corridor had ended. The area ahead opened up, and the air became fresher. He should reach the surface soon.
Jingle~
A metallic clang sounded. Su Xiao stopped and took out an item resembling a signal gun. Pulling the trigger, a short arrow shot out, embedding itself in the ceiling over a dozen meters high. The arrow's tail emitted a bright light, illuminating this underground space.
In the thousand-square-meter underground area, a massive creature huddled in a corner. It stood about six meters tall, humanoid in form, but with four claws gripping the ground and its hind legs bent. Its forelimbs bore two large claws, each with ten metallic talons at least half a meter long, covered in engravings and gleaming coldly at the tips.
This monster had gray-black fur, not short but seemingly soft, though in reality, the fur provided strong defense.
Most striking were the three glass pillars on the monster's back, each half a meter thick and deeply embedded into its flesh. Each pillar was filled with light blue liquid, secured to its body with rivets and iron bands.
The gray-furred monster's nose twitched, and its blue vertical pupils suddenly snapped open. The liquid in the glass pillars on its back began to churn, turning from light blue to blood red. In response, the vertical pupils in its eyes grew even bluer.
"Is this... an ancient god?"
Su Xiao looked at the monster ahead, feeling quite surprised. Based on his perception, the creature before him contained divine energy and Source Power within its body.
More importantly, an iron ring was fastened around the monster's neck, clearly indicating it had been imprisoned before. Now freed, it was tasked with guarding the exit of Earth Palace.
To confirm he hadn't misjudged, Su Xiao activated his Apostle's Eye.
[Comparing intelligence attributes... Comparison complete. 100% enemy data acquired.]
Name: Ayega
Category: Ancient God: Dire Wolf
Health: 91.7%
Divine Energy: 26000/26000 points
Source Power (Infusion): 34000/34000 points
Strength: 165 (True Attribute, will increase upon Source Transformation)
Agility: 167 (True Attribute, will increase upon Source Transformation)
Endurance: 153 (True Attribute, will increase upon Source Transformation)
Intelligence: 62
Charm: 23 (Significantly declined)
Skill 1, Mid-Tier God (Passive, Lv.5): Health +3500 points (Due to Source Power erosion, this skill level has significantly declined).
Skill 2, Source: Erosion (Passive, Lv.70): Gains moderate self-healing ability. Immune to mental-type charms, controls, etc.
Skill 3, Infusion (Exclusive Passive, Lv.50): Melee attacks against enemies deal an additional 470 points of damage ignoring physical defense, and create a damage amplification effect, dealing percentage damage based on maximum health, initially 6.3%.
Note: Damage amplification can stack up to three times, with a maximum effect of 18.9% of the enemy's maximum health per attack.
Skill 4, Heaven's Domain (Passive, Lv.1): This ability can no longer be used.
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Skill 12, Dire Wolf (Active, Lv.1): This ability can no longer be used.
Skill 13, Source Transformation (Ultimate Ability, Lv.75): After Source Transformation, this unit's overall combat power will significantly increase.
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The Ancient God: Dire Wolf slowly straightened its body. It was trembling, and the blue light in its eyes gradually dimmed.
With a loud crash, the Dire Wolf collapsed to the ground. The blue light in its right eye completely vanished.
"Kill... me. I am... a god, not... a guard dog of the Source."
The Dire Wolf's claws sank into the ground as it struggled to suppress its Source Transformation. But judging by its eyes gradually turning sky blue, it wouldn't hold out much longer.
Encountering such a fortunate situation, Su Xiao naturally wouldn't hesitate. Even if it were an enemy trap, he still had Dragon Shadow Flash available and could retreat immediately.
As Su Xiao charged forward, he drew the Dragon-Slaying Flash from his waist. Azure Steel Shadow energy coiled around the blade, with arcs of electricity surging.
Puchi!
The long blade pierced into the Dire Wolf's eye socket. The Dire Wolf winced in pain and let out a roar.
After one stab, Su Xiao used his forward momentum to kick the Dire Wolf's head while withdrawing the blade.
Bang.
A shockwave spread as Su Xiao's kick sent the Dire Wolf's head reeling backward. Just as it raised its head, the muscles on Su Xiao's right arm holding the blade slightly bulged.
'Blade Path Sword: Extreme.'
Zheng.
A pale blue slash passed through the Dire Wolf's neck. The Dire Wolf had originally been a boss-level unit, but under the severe erosion of the Source, its various abilities had been greatly weakened. Coupled with its deliberate suppression of Source Transformation, Su Xiao severed its head with a single slash.
A massive head fell to the ground. The Dire Wolf's entire body bulged with flesh, as if explosives had been ignited inside. Blood and shredded flesh exploded outward.
Bang, bang, bang!
The once imposing Ancient God: Dire Wolf was now reduced to scattered gore. The only relatively intact part was its head, though even that had exposed bone.
The Dire Wolf's eyeball rolled, looking at Su Xiao.
"Human."
The Dire Wolf's voice spread, transmitted through mental waves. This once-powerful being wanted to know one last thing before death.
Su Xiao hesitated for a moment but didn't shatter the Dire Wolf's head with another slash. This pseudo-boss's behavior puzzled him—it didn't resist and, after being decapitated, immediately used its own life force and Source Power to neutralize each other, as if afraid it wouldn't die.
"Is the outside... still okay? Are Tower Forest and the Holy Guardian Kingdom still there?"
Su Xiao didn't understand why the Ancient God: Dire Wolf would ask this. According to Tower Forest's records, the ancient gods had once enslaved humanity.
"The outside is normal."
"That's good. We... once did wrong things. But we've already paid for them. Don't let them out. Sorry... Edri: Dewin, I couldn't fulfill... our agreement..."
The Dire Wolf's aura dissipated as it died here.
[Reminder: You have killed the Ancient God: Dire Wolf.]
[This is the last ancient god.]
[You have gained 17.3% World Source.]
[Because you have killed the last ancient god, you have triggered the hidden quest: The Dire Wolf's Last Wish.]
[Due to triggering the hidden quest: The Dire Wolf's Last Wish, you have obtained Moon Tree Seed (Special Item: ???, cannot be taken out of this world).]
Su Xiao raised his hand. The [Divine Judgment] ring on his finger emitted a faint glow, indicating that the Dire Wolf was indeed an extremely evil god that had committed many atrocities. [Divine Judgment] was absorbing divine energy to grow.
The Dire Wolf's dying words were thought-provoking. It was actually concerned about the Tower Forest Kingdom and the Holy Guardian Kingdom, which had once been its opponents.
Moreover, based on Reincarnation Paradise's prompt, there were no more ancient gods left in Source: Divine Realm. This was the last one. Something had occupied Source: Divine Realm and slaughtered the few remaining ancient gods here.