Chapter 8

Boom!

Blinding blue lightning fell from the sky!

Mu Yi easily dodged, thank goodness, and the spell of Goblin Leader Beast Disaster Espirin and that of the Goblin Mage are not much different—they're just things one knows how to do but not why.

So Mu Yi could leave the spot before the Goblin Leader finished casting his lightning spell.

"So-called Goblin Leader is actually a combination of Goblin Warrior and Goblin Mage?"

Mu Yi stared at the obviously larger Goblin Leader, somewhat puzzled, wondering if this was a genetic mutation or an atavistic throwback.

Gah-gah hiss!

Seeing the spell fail, the Goblin Leader let out a sharp, frenzied howl, and the surrounding goblins all rushed at Mu Yi.

"Damn, no honor, they're ganging up on me!"

Mu Yi complained, then launched a counter-charge at the goblins.

A single sweeping strike cut several goblins at the waist; Mu Yi's attributes were so inflated that common sense couldn't measure them, and his casual attack was utterly unbearable pain for these goblins.

However, just as Mu Yi was sweeping through the goblin crowd with unmatched prowess, he saw the Goblin Leader raise his staff, reveal a ferocious expression, his pupils constrict sharply, and his heartbeat seemed to stop.

Without any warning, a blinding blue lightning bolt fell from the sky.

"Damn it! This guy actually has a magic item!"

Mu Yi instantly understood the situation; he should have thought of this earlier—the gem‑inlaid staff in the Goblin Leader's hand was clearly not the same as the fire‑sticks the other Goblin Mages held.

In an instant, Mu Yi's mind was flooded with chaotic information.

But the chaotic information was quickly overtaken by a single thought: he did not want to die.

Although he had already died once, he still did not want to die.

But no matter how fast his body was, it couldn't outpace the already‑formed lightning.

Boom!

The lightning struck, and under the strong current's stimulation, Mu Yi's body seemed to lose control, but then a surge of power welled up inside him, helping him regain control of his body and offsetting part of the electrical damage.

"I'm not dead?" Mu Yi was somewhat surprised.

Although he could now clearly smell the scorched hair, he miraculously withstood this magical attack.

On the Zongwang Panel, his HP had dropped to thirty percent, only a step away from instant death.

Mu Yi saw the discarded staff, pulled out a greatsword, and charged at the Goblin Leader rushing toward him—but just as he tried to move, he felt a numbness far stronger than a leg‑asleep tingling.

However, Mu Yi laughed and said, "No more magic, huh!"

Next, let you taste the fury of the Terrifying Upright Ape!

Gritting through the numbness, Mu Yi launched a counter‑charge unlike any of his previous steps, and he could faintly hear the wind howling.

"You've provoked heaven and earth, but you shouldn't have provoked me!"

The Goblin Leader saw a pair of eyes, a pair of blood‑red eyes that gave an intangible sense of oppression.

Within those eyes, the Goblin Leader saw a blood‑red monster emanating endless killing intent.

It froze, as if being stared down by the apex predator of the food chain, its body going numb.

Sizzle!

With a faint, scalp‑tingling sound of metal piercing skin and flesh, the Goblin Leader was run through the chest by the Mountain Cutting Knife.

Gah!!

Intense pain brought the Goblin Leader back to reality; it let out a painful shriek, struggled desperately, and instinctively tried to free itself from the weapon in its chest.

However, this struggling only widened and worsened the wound, draining its strength bit by bit.

Mu Yi is a soft‑hearted person; he couldn't bear to see such struggling, so he kindly pulled out an engineer's shovel from behind and slammed it down in a lightning‑fast strike.

Thud!

You could tell it was a good head just by the sound.

The Goblin Leader was dizzy, but before it could recover, another engineer's shovel came down from above.

This time the Goblin Leader couldn't hold on; intense internal shaking flung it to the ground like a salted fish, and the massive blood loss quickly took its life.

【You have slain the Goblin Leader and gained 100 points of slaughter experience reward!】

【The leader has been slain; the remaining goblins begin to flee (racial trait), giving you about 10 minutes to hunt them down.】

Mu Yi did not go after the ordinary goblins; he looked at the Goblin Leader's corpse before him and felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

Cleared!

That inexplicable sense of accomplishment filled his whole body, like the first sip of an ice‑cold cola on a midsummer day.

"Refreshing!"

Mu Yi came to his senses, laughing and sighing with emotion.

This is an experience no game could bring, and it fascinated him.

At that moment, he also realized that from the instant he was chosen by Zongwang, his life seemed to have completely diverged from that of ordinary people.

However, the feeling wasn't bad; on the contrary, he liked it very much.

The steel jungle, the orderly living environment—perhaps they simply aren't suited to a boy like him who comes from the fields; what suits him is endless adventure and challenge.

When Mu Yi came to his senses, a dungeon‑clear notification appeared before him.

【Dungeon Notice: Boss defeated, the current new‑player dungeon Goblin Disaster (Simple) has been cleared, will reset after 24 hours.】

【You cleared the dungeon: Goblin Disaster (Simple Difficulty), you received a base reward of 100 Zongwang Disaster Coins and 100 points of Universal Experience】

"Clearance reward? What a pleasant surprise!" Mu Yi's eyebrows lifted with joy; how could something taken for free not be delightful?

After scanning the area and finding nothing worth lingering over, Mu Yi chose to exit the dungeon…

………

Having exited the dungeon, Mu Yi wasn't in a hurry to claim the reward; he was more interested in the miracle that he survived being struck by lightning.

After a brief flip‑through, Mu Yi found the cause in Zongwang's battle records.

【Zongwang Prompt: You were struck by the Goblin leader's lightning spell, you took massive lightning damage, and you fell into a tingling/electrified state.】

【You consumed Inner Qi, mitigating part of the damage】

"Inner Qi?"

Mu Yi was startled for a moment, then opened his panel and found this entry in his attributes.

"Inner Qi: 5/5 (Generals can enhance themselves by consuming Inner Qi)"

I originally thought it was just a decorative thing before I encountered any technique energy, but I didn't expect it to have such depth?