Chapter 76

“No wonder no one has cleared the Purgatory-level dungeon for so long.”

For ordinary professionals, the only way to deal with these monsters is ‘kiting.’

Pull all the monsters away and engage in guerrilla warfare in the forest.

But this requires a very high Agility stat for the professional; they must adjust their equipment stats so that their Agility is significantly higher than these Goblin Vanguards.

Running while outputting damage—

the output efficiency is low.

Plus, after switching to Agility gear, their damage output drops.

Dealing with this group of monsters would definitely take a lot of time.

However, that’s for ordinary professionals.

“Azure Bird.”

In an instant,

the surrounding air froze.

Countless magic power gathered toward the Azure Bird, visible to the naked eye.

The temperature plummeted.

With the terrifying Spirit stat, the power of [Glacier Storm] underwent a qualitative change, actually directly affecting weather patterns.

Clouds gathered, and cold winds swept through.

The chill was biting; all the Goblin Vanguards raised their heads simultaneously to look at the sky.

Snowflakes drifted down, landing on a goblin’s head, instantly frosting it.

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“Roar, roar, roar!”

Piercing wails rang out.

One spread to ten, ten to a hundred; all the Goblin Vanguards swept their vicious gazes toward Li Yao.

The next second, the Goblin Vanguards let out strange shrieks and charged toward Li Yao.

“Well come!”

Li Yao laughed out loud.

Blue light exploded from the Azure Bird.

A wall of ice crystals, dozens of meters long and taller than the trees, appeared, blocking the path between the goblins and Li Yao.

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Li Yao could clearly perceive that

the Azure Bird could control the size of the ice wall at will; the current wall was far from its limit.

If it consumed more mana, it could be even bigger!

Seeing the wall suddenly appear, the Goblin Vanguards were clearly stunned, then attacked the ice wall frantically.

Countless spears pierced it, but the ice wall didn’t budge.

And at this moment,

the clouds belonging to [Glacier Storm] grew larger and larger.

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[-8102 (Weakness Attack)]

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Dense damage values flashed frantically at a frequency of once per second.

These were level 25 enhanced elite monsters; they were stronger than those encountered in Nightmare-level, but not by much, with HP just barely over 30,000.

Every time they took damage, a large chunk of the Goblin Vanguards’ health bars was shaved off.

Li Yao looked at the skill range of [Glacier Storm] and muttered softly:

“That’s about it.”

As soon as he finished speaking,

a deafening roar came from the direction of the pyramid.

The snowflake range reached the Goblin King located on the throne, activating it prematurely, and it charged toward this side at an extremely fast speed.

“Azure Bird, that’s enough.”

Li Yao ordered.

At this point, the Goblin Vanguards’ health bars were left with only a thin layer; these were all stat points, and Li Yao didn’t want to waste them.

He would wait for the Void Mantis to finish dealing with the Goblin King and then come back to harvest them slowly.

Meanwhile,

the charging Goblin King met the Void Mantis, which had been waiting for a long time.

The Void Mantis, ruthless and efficient, ignored the six summoned Great Generals and appeared behind the King out of stealth.

[- (Weakness Attack)]

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The Goblin King didn’t even have time to open its Protection Shield before a third of its health bar was shaved off.

Just as it prepared to counterattack, the Void Mantis entered stealth mode again.

The Goblin King and the few Great Generals could only roar in frustration like headless flies.

When the Void Mantis appeared again, the cooldown for Taste of Fear had already ended.

Another combo, and then it used Void Leap to vanish from the spot.

The strength of a Leader-level creature was completely insufficient in front of the SSS-rank Void Mantis.

It hadn’t touched the Void Mantis once, and its own HP was down to one-third.

At this time,

the Goblin King finally realized it should activate its Protection Shield skill.

The Void Mantis, located far away, didn’t intend to continue the attack and turned to run toward Li Yao’s direction.

The Goblin King just prepared to chase after it, but discovered

a behemoth walking tremblingly toward it from the forest.

Soccer-ball-sized pupils stared at it, as if it had seen some peerless delicacy.

Saliva dripped onto the ground along its mouthparts.

“Gaba!”

Devour Evolution is noble true damage; even the Protection Shield couldn’t escape it!

[- (True Damage)]

[Leap-frog kill of Leader-level creature, Goblin King, EXP +8%]

[Void Predator completes Devour Evolution, gains maximum HP.]

Looking at the information coming from the system panel,

Li Yao chuckled, not surprised.

With the Void Mantis’s current stats, dealing with a level 25 Leader-level monster was not simple at all!

Of course,

being able to resolve the opponent in such a short time, the passive skill [Goblin Slayer] was also crucial.

Li Yao let the Predator bring the treasure chest back on its way, then sat down on the ground, waiting for the Void Mantis to finish cleaning up the Goblin Vanguards.

The Void Mantis used a displacement skill and appeared on top of the ice wall.

It wasn’t in a hurry; it just used Void Spike whenever the cooldown ended.

In less than ten minutes,

this group of goblins had turned into loot covering the ground, lying quietly.

Li Yao checked his EXP; including the Goblin King, he had gained a total of 14 percent.

He muttered casually: “After level 20, the leveling speed is really slow.”

Letting the Void Mantis and the Azure Bird collect the loot, Li Yao walked slowly toward the pyramid.

It was precisely at this moment

that the entire earth began to shake violently.

The source of the tremor was clearly the pyramid structure not far away!

In an instant, a massive aura surged out, shrouding the entire dungeon.

However,

Li Yao at this moment was no longer the level 14 professional he once was.

This aura had a negligible effect on him.

He walked straight toward the pyramid structure.

At the same time,

the three major Chess Pieces returned to Li Yao’s side, lined up.

The aura usually hidden on their bodies was released with a boom at this moment!

The two auras intertwined and collided in the air.

In just a moment, the momentum emitted by the three Chess Pieces completely overwhelmed the opponent.

“Just this?”

Li Yao’s expression was cold and stern.

To think they could push their luck with this little strength—wasn’t that a bit too delusional?

“Boom!”

A sound of a giant object landing rang out.

The Dark Wing Black Dragon, ten meters long with black scales all over, descended behind Li Yao.

Six wings spread, dragon head looking to the sky.

“Roar, roar, roar!”

The violent dragon roar whipped up a gale, sweeping toward the pyramid.

A majestic momentum surged out!

Originally already in a precarious state from being suppressed by the three Chess Pieces, now with the Dark Wing Black Dragon emitting dragon might,

that evil aura was directly blown away, disappearing completely.

“Azure Bird, seal the path!”

An ice wall appeared, blocking the gate of the pyramid structure.

The Dark Wing Black Dragon took flight and landed behind the ice wall.

Scorching dragon breath sprayed into the interior of the pyramid.

The Void Mantis landed at the back of the team, the Dark Wing Black Dragon at the front; both enjoyed [Distance is No Barrier].

The Dark Wing Black Dragon’s Spirit stat had already broken 1,000, and with the Void Mantis’s 75% Strength stat, it directly broke through the 4,000 mark.

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Countless shocking damage numbers rose inside the pyramid.

Through the light of the dragon breath, Li Yao saw the full picture inside.

Ten goblins of various shapes and sizes, known as the Ten Goblin Elders.

Eight Leader-level, two Lord-level.

“In terms of monster level, the Goblin Nest is stronger than the Feeding Nest.”

“In terms of monster strength, these two Lord-level Ten Goblin Elders are clearly not as good as that Tongue-Ripping Empress.”

Li Yao scanned the stats briefly and then retreated behind his Chess Pieces with peace of mind.

With this level of strength, there was no need for him to make a move.

Let alone the several Chess Pieces attacking together; even a single Dark Wing Black Dragon triggering [Distance is No Barrier] would be enough to slaughter them all.

After handing the interior of the pyramid to the Chess Pieces, Li Yao’s attention fell on a small sea worm in front of him.

When the Dark Wing Black Dragon appeared, it triggered the Void Bond with the Void Mantis and the Predator.

Thus, this little thing was summoned.

Li Yao cast Appraisal on it.

[Void Creature · Sea Worm]

[Level: 21]

[Grade: Special]

[HP: Infinite (Cannot be killed while three Void creatures are present)]

[Strength: 210]

[Spirit: 210]

[Agility: 210]

[Stamina: 210]

[Skill 1: Dash: As a creature at the bottom of the food chain in the Void, the Void Sea Worm has evolved unparalleled escape abilities for survival. Agility increased by 1000%. Duration: 15 seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds.]

[Skill 2: Charm: The Void Sea Worm’s hunting method; attracts the attention of creatures whose main stat is lower than its Agility. Duration: 5 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds.]

“Oh? This little guy is quite interesting!”

Li Yao looked at the Sea Worm’s stats, finding them refreshing.

He didn’t expect the taunt skill he had been longing for would come from this little thing.

Being unable to be killed had a similar effect to his Chess Player talent.

The difference was that the Void Sea Worm would show HP loss, which could deceive opponents.

Plus the [Charm] skill, this little thing was born entirely to take a beating!

In this way,

as long as he opened the population slot of the Nightmare Contract and recruited an auxiliary-type Chess Piece,

his short-term lineup configuration goal would begin to take shape!

Li Yao was just about to let the Void Sea Worm enter the pyramid to test the effect of the taunt skill

when the system notification sound rang out.

[Leap-frog kill of Lord-level creature, Ten Goblin Elders, EXP +20%]

[Obtained Purgatory-level first-clear exclusive drop, Flame Elephant Hoof (S-rank skill)]

“So fast?”

Li Yao was startled.

But thinking of the Dark Wing Black Dragon’s terrifying sustained damage, he felt it was only natural.

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Li Yao walked into the interior of the pyramid, and a burnt smell immediately hit his nose.

He put the loot treasure chest into his storage ring.

“Hmm?”

Li Yao frowned.

“No clear notification, and no vortex leading to the outside world.”

“Could there still be monsters?”

Li Yao turned around abruptly, looking at the very center of the room.

A two-meter-long deep red coffin, with rotten wooden edges, looked ancient at a glance.

Just at this moment,

a bold, red message refreshed on his panel information.

[Professional killed all monsters in Purgatory-level difficulty, time taken: 37 minutes, less than 60 minutes.]

[Professional killed Ten Goblin Elders, time taken: 3 minutes, less than 10 minutes.]

[Hidden BOSS trigger conditions met!]

[Goblin Ancestor - Dogretooth is waking from its slumber, wake-up countdown: 4:59]

[You can leave the dungeon before the countdown ends to claim the Purgatory first-clear reward. Do you wish to leave?]

[Note: Dogretooth is extremely strong, please proceed with caution!]