Chapter 259

Luo Chenyu always felt he'd been tricked again; breaking the seal was bad enough, but now he had to resurrect the Dwarf King? Could a level-three newbie like him handle something like this?

But now that it had come to this, he had no choice.

After all…

The Dwarf King was a genuinely honest guy—he didn't even impose a penalty for mission failure.

The gap between the Lich God Andre and the Dwarf King was obvious at a glance.

How could he blame him?

"Senior Dwarf King, what should I do now?"

He had no ideas about the mission—he'd only found the Dwarf King's heart, with no leads on anything else.

Perhaps everything was inside the black treasure chest.

But…

Searching for a black treasure chest in the vast Dragon Abyss? It was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Southeast… direction… there's my aura… very close…"

"Alright, if I take the wrong path, Senior Dwarf King, please remind me!!"

Saying this, Luo Chenyu reached out and grabbed the Dwarf King's heart…

"Ow…!!"

Luo Chenyu: "…"

Ten thousand llamas stampeded through his mind.

He'd once tried putting a living thing into his space backpack—the scene… was utterly horrifying!

Now, the Dwarf King's heart was still beating—it was definitely alive.

He didn't want to act rashly.

Jump!

Barbaric Charge!

Instantly returned to the edge of the volcano.

The searing heat slightly faded; Luo Chenyu finally exhaled in relief.

Though falling into magma wouldn't necessarily kill him, humanity's innate reverence for nature still lingered in his heart.

Then.

He ran without pause toward the direction the Dwarf King indicated.

Not long after.

Two black dragons appeared in his line of sight, slightly smaller than the previous Black Dragon boss.

Luo Chenyu was overjoyed.

These dragons were all fuel for the 【Black Long Tuteng】!

They were also his mission targets.

Whether for the Dwarf King's quest or the second trial of the 【Dragon Abyss】…

He wanted them all!

Under 【Barbaric Charge】, the ordinary black dragons couldn't withstand Luo Chenyu's frenzied attacks—in seconds, one was pounded to death.

The other one couldn't escape Luo Chenyu's grasp either.

Soon after, it too breathed its last.

Killing elite monsters above his level.

Coupled with his high luck stat, the drops were excellent.

Though no equipment dropped, two items made Luo Chenyu ecstatic:

【Piercing Essence (Grade A)】 and 【Dodge Essence (Grade A)】.

It seemed…

After entering the Dragon Abyss barrier, these essences were common drops.

The corpses of the two elite dragons were likewise consumed by the 【Black Long Tuteng】, turning into piles of bones—but even the bones, Luo Chenyu refused to discard.

Dragons were extremely rare in the outside world.

These bones might fetch a good price.

Advancing onward.

Whenever Luo Chenyu spotted a Dragon Abyss creature in his view, he slew it with lightning speed.

As expected.

The drop rate for Gao Jie-tier essences was truly high.

Roughly one dropped per three dragons.

"Human… young… friend… ahead… is the place々｀!"

When Luo Chenyu reached a wasteland blanketed in magma, the Dwarf King's voice returned—clearer and deeper than before.

His power seemed to be slowly recovering.

"Great!!"

Luo Chenyu knew another great battle was about to begin.

As expected.

When he reached a lake of magma, he tossed a large stone into it…

Instantly, magma sprayed everywhere.

A massive red dragon emerged from the magma, its head rising high.

The dragon's eyes were icy and berserk!

"Roar!"

"Insignificant human ant, you dare disturb the great Nuor's slumber — you'll become the great Nuor's food!!"

The red giant dragon spoke in human tongue, and its massive body rose out of the lava lake.

Its whole body was dark red, wisps of black demonic energy coiling around it.

Ferocious, domineering!

"You oversized worm, voice that loud — if you've got the guts, come ashore, and this grandpa will smash you dead!"

Luo Chenyu's face was full of contempt, he even felt like laughing.

A proud dragon, even after falling into the abyss, still clung to its original temperament.

"Putting on airs in front of this grandpa? This grandpa's wolf-tooth club isn't just for show!"

Facing these proud dragons, sometimes verbal provocation works even better than the 【Taunt】 skill.

Take the red dragon before him, for instance.

Red dragons are naturally explosive in temperament — impulsive and quick to anger.

At this moment…

Hearing Luo Chenyu's words, it instantly flew into a rage, soared into the sky, then dove down, its ferocious maw gaping wide as if to swallow Luo Chenyu whole.

A scorching, foul stench washed over him.

Luo Chenyu was not alarmed but delighted.

【Steel Shield True Body】 appeared before him — a genuine 【Taunt】!

And then.

Luo Chenyu flashed, appearing behind the red dragon, wolf-tooth club in hand…

And then…

There was no "and then"!

Under the double assault, the red dragon simply couldn't withstand Luo Chenyu's attacks; from start to finish, apart from its domain skill, it had no effective counterattack at all.

In less than five short minutes, it was utterly slain.

Its death state was strikingly similar to the Black Dragon BOSS's.

"Ding! You have slain the Lv. 120 special BOSS 【Demonic Red Dragon · Nuor】, gaining 52,000,000 experience points!"

"Ding! Your pet 【Phantom Heart (Xiao Hong)】 gained 67,250,000 experience points!"

"Ding! Your pet 【Phantom Heart (Xiao Hong)】 has leveled up by 2, current level Lv. 33!"

……

As the Red Dragon BOSS died, Luo Chenyu was surprised to discover that not far from the lava lake, a high platform was slowly rising — and atop the platform sat a red treasure chest.