Chapter 129: Instant Kill of the Elder

Patriarch Tuo Gang’s expression was grim as he gripped his broadsword tightly.

Having seen it with his own eyes today, he realized the terror of this Fish Demon far exceeded the records in the ancestors’ murals.

Its entire body was covered in writhing schools of fish, dense and rotting.

It was as if it were a creature that had crawled out of hell.

"How strong were our ancestors back then to have successfully sealed this fierce demon?"

"Could it be that my Wuka tribe was once a prestigious clan?"

Tuo Gang frowned, pondering to himself.

"Forget it, no need to think so much!"

"Now that this fierce demon has been sealed by the ancestors' array for a century, its strength has long since waned compared to a hundred years ago."

"No matter what, I must completely exterminate it today so as not to waste the old ancestors' painstaking efforts!"

Tuo Gang let out a roar and charged forward violently!

He wrapped his tail around his thick horse-chopping saber and transformed into a green storm, rushing forward wildly!

Moving straight ahead without looking back!

Beside him, the ancient runes of the Lizardman tribe flickered, bolstering his strength.

These were the buffs granted to him by the elders!

Several of the elders were also Fourth-Turn.

Their professions varied.

There were support-type Array Masters and combat-type Elemental Mages.

They were all very old, nearly forty years of age, with faces full of wrinkles and white beards.

Forty years old was equivalent to sixty or seventy for a human; they were nearly at their limit, already in their twilight years!

Thus, the elders did not cherish their lives at all, following the Patriarch to charge out!

They were going to die of old age soon anyway.

Dying in battle was the most glorious way for a Lizardman to die!

The faith of these elders was extremely pure, purer even than the young.

So, no one retreated.

"Children, fight!" several elders shouted in unison, encouraging them.

They took the lead, fighting with their lives.

Streams of colorful skill light pierced through.

Su Ming stood to the side and did not strike immediately.

Instead, he scanned the BOSS's data.

It had entered the second phase; the fierce demon’s combat power had climbed, so he had to act with caution!

[Ice Lake Devourer · Ten Thousand Fish King (Second Phase Entered)]

[Level: 49]

[Current HP: 100%]

[Strength: 1800 points]

[Constitution: 1640 points]

[Agility: 829 points]

[Spirit: 1 point]

[Luck: 1 point]

[Skill: Air-Water Fluidity (Its massive body can swim through the air and treat air as water, generating water ripples out of thin air to amplify skill power)]

[Lord of Ten Thousand Fish (All fish monsters are controlled by a single shared consciousness; now that the ten thousand fish have gathered, it is powerful!)]

[Demon Fish Bloodlust (Every piece of its flesh is composed of numerous living poisonous fish, so its entire body is an attack organ, including its scales. When any fish bites into a class-advancer's flesh, it significantly heals the BOSS's own wounds)]

[Soul-Melting Poison (Its entire body is filled with potent poison; contact is almost certain death. The higher the player's level, the slower the poison takes effect)]

[Ten Thousand Scale Poison Rain (The BOSS's strongest skill: it separates tens of thousands of fish from its body to explode in mid-air, turning the poison-laden scales into a rain that falls, destroying everything)]

[Living Fish School Armor (Its body surface is covered in dense mutated fish schools that devour any attacks attempting to approach, weakening their power)]

[Tail Swipe...]

[...]

Numb. Su Ming was truly numb.

This HP and attack power were simply off the charts!!

Four-digit Strength and Constitution attributes—absolutely high HP and high attack!

Even if this BOSS stood in front of Su Ming without moving and let him hack away, he would have to hack for a while!

Constitution attributes don't just represent HP and defense; they actually influence the hidden attribute of self-healing.

As everyone knows, all living things have self-healing abilities; even ordinary humans will quickly scab over after a wound is opened, and then cells will autonomously heal the flesh.

Increasing the Constitution attribute also increases self-healing ability.

With the BOSS's Constitution at this level, it meant that even without blood-sucking skills, its wounds would automatically heal at high speed.

Its attack power was also terrifyingly extreme.

A single casual basic attack from it could potentially one-shot Su Ming.

After all, it was a Fourth-Turn BOSS.

It was originally meant to be challenged by multiple Fourth-Turn teams.

Usually, a single Fourth-Turn team couldn't take it down.

Normally, such a hidden BOSS requires a dozen class-advancers of the same realm working together to be defeated.

This is what is known as a raid BOSS.

For Su Ming, a Third-Turn, to get involved, it was truly a cross-level challenge—too difficult.

"The attributes are far more terrifying than I expected... This battle today will be very difficult."

Su Ming gripped his blade, gritting his teeth.

Looking around, the Wuka tribe's Lizardman warriors had been slaughtered, leaving only a hundred or so with combat capability.

The rest were wounded, crippled, or dead.

Green Lizardman corpses were everywhere.

This Fish Demon was considered a very terrifying type even among Fourth-Turn BOSSes.

Its level was the same as Patriarch Tuo Gang’s: 49.

However, the total attributes of the man and the monster differed by several, or even over a dozen, times.

After all, besides Strength, Tuo Gang’s other attributes were not high.

This was normal; at the same level, a monster's attributes are naturally enough to crush several class-advancers of the same level.

Su Ming knew this battle would result in heavy casualties.

"However... so what if you have high HP?"

Su Ming was fearless, his brows locked, his voice cold.

"I will slay you within ten minutes!"

"My goal remains unchanged."

"Four minutes have already passed; six minutes remain—that's enough!"

Su Ming stepped out with his Lingbo Micro-steps.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!!

The three temporary weapons beneath his feet—the Lizard Bone Green Blade, the Poisonous Fish Bone Sword, and the Fish Scale Soft Sword—acted as a suspended staircase.

Overlapping and advancing, they paved a path!

Allowing him to ascend step by step toward the Fish Monster BOSS.

Lingbo Micro-steps could indeed make the body lighter, making Su Ming’s speed extremely fast, drifting like flying close to the ground.

But ultimately, it was impossible to truly fly.

So, if Su Ming wanted to engage in melee combat with this BOSS swimming in the air, there was only one way!

That was to use the swords as steps and ascend to the sky to fight!

It was natural that controlling swords could not keep Su Ming suspended for long.

But supporting him in the air for a brief moment was still manageable.

This was the underlying logic that made this method feasible.

Su Ming flew into the air, stepping on the blades, holding two swords in a standard grip, while the Black Edge Sword and the Thought-Condensed Blade danced around him in the air.

One man, multiple swords, rushing toward the BOSS.

The Lizardmen saw this scene, their eyes trembling.

"This person... is truly not afraid of death."

The young warriors gripped their weapons, panting, yet no one retreated.

"My parents... have already died in battle; no matter what, we cannot let their efforts be in vain. We must slay this BOSS today!"

"My older brother and younger sister are dead too; I am the only one left in my family. We must win!"

"Even if we die, we must kill it!"

"We've finally entered the second phase; let's work together and attack!"

"Kill it, and we might level up significantly!"

"With the Patriarch and the elders here, we will surely win..."

Everyone cheered each other on, rushing toward the towering BOSS.

Like a group of ants.

But before they could finish speaking.

*Ssh!*

Suddenly, the fish school on the BOSS's body condensed into a spiral-shaped long whip.

Like a hundred-meter-long needle, it thrust out.

A female elder of the Wuka Lizard tribe did not dodge in time.

Her body was pierced directly!

That attack organ, condensed from the fish school, acted like a tentacle and exploded inside her body.

*Boom!*

Countless fish swirled up, spreading and exploding from within her.

In an instant, the elder was devoured and gnawed into nothingness.