Chapter 19: Iron-Eating Demon Ape! Golden Iron Body!

The shadow wasn't a skill, but the monster’s massive size, blocking the sunlight in front.

The monster was a black giant ape, twenty or thirty meters tall, its bulging muscles like small hills.

Its body shimmered with a steel-like texture, as if it were wearing heavy black iron armor.

Extremely oppressive!

In front of its massive size, Su Liang’s figure was like a tiny ant.

"Rumble——!!!"

The giant ape’s iron fist smashed down, and Su Liang, who had been prepared, quickly retreated to dodge.

The ground was directly smashed into a large pit by the giant ape’s punch, dust filled the sky, and the earth shook!

【Monster】: Iron-Eating Demon Ape

【Grade】: Dark Gold BOSS

【Level】: Lv40

【Skills】: Giant Ape Earth-Shake, Savage Roar, Berserk, Mountain-Crushing Iron Fist, Full-Power Strike...

【Talent】: Golden Iron Body (A-Grade)

【Description】: A demon ape that eats metal, its personality is moody, and its constitution is extremely formidable.

『Golden Iron Body』 (A-Grade): Increases Constitution attribute by 20%, reduces damage taken by 20%.

After dodging the attack, he cast an inspection skill and looked at the panel before him.

Su Liang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

How long had he been walking, and he already encountered a Dark Gold BOSS.

A Level 40 Dark Gold BOSS was a very rare existence.

Especially this kind of monster with a talent...

Should he say he was lucky, or unlucky?

However...

This talent seemed pretty good.

It could, to a large extent, compensate for the weakness of an assassin being a "glass cannon."

A flash of brilliance passed through Su Liang’s eyes.

"Damn bug, daring to covet my food, you're seeking death!!!"

The Iron-Eating Demon Ape spoke in human language, its body full of violent aura, its huge eyes staring fixedly at Su Liang.

It was determined to tear apart this little bug that coveted its food.

Little did it know...

Never mind the food, even its talent was being eyed by Su Liang.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

The palm swiped down again.

Su Liang did a big jump and roll, easily dodging it.

"Food?"

"Hehehe, don't talk about food; including your talent, I want it all!"

Su Liang revealed his signature villainous smile, greed showing in his eyes, as he said arrogantly.

『Instant Stab』!

Space fluctuated, and Su Liang instantly appeared above it.

In mid-air, Su Liang thrust his sword down toward the Iron-Eating Demon Ape’s back.

Clang!!!

The sound of metal clashing rang out.

The Iron-Eating Demon Ape’s body was already as hard as metal.

The greatsword didn't pierce into its body, but it still knocked off a significant amount of health.

Without the slightest pause.

Clang, clang, clang——!!!

Su Liang swung his cross-greatsword continuously again, the greatsword turning into a phantom.

Relying on his agility and the attack speed bonus from the Shadow Walker talent, in the blink of an eye, he had already slashed three times...

"Roar!!!"

The Iron-Eating Demon Ape felt the pain, roared angrily, and swiped its palm toward its back.

『Shadow Consecutive Slash』!

Su Liang activated the skill without hesitation, turning into a shadow stream of light, dodging the attack.

Within one second!

The shadow passed through the Iron-Eating Demon Ape’s body continuously.

Poof, poof, poof, poof, poof!!!

Five dark rays exploded simultaneously!

Then, a pentagram woven from shadows spread out!

The Iron-Eating Demon Ape’s health dropped continuously...

【Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the 『Empty Hands』 passive 『Light-Fingered』, stealing: 『Full-Power Strike』 (Skill)!】

His luck was very good!

In less than ten attacks, he had stolen a material and a skill.

『Full-Power Strike』: Unleash a full-power strike, dealing 200% attack damage to the target and stunning the opponent for 2.5 seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

Not bad.

Su Liang curled his lips, using the greatsword to activate this skill without hesitation, the greatsword blooming with white light.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

The whistling sound of tearing air resounded, the greatsword slashed through the air and landed on the Iron-Eating Demon Ape’s body.

Using your own skill to attack your own body.

A stun icon appeared above the Iron-Eating Demon Ape’s head.

However...

Su Liang didn't swing his sword to attack.

Instead, he raised his greatsword and began to chant.

『Thunder Purgatory』!

For a moment.

The heavens and earth changed color, lightning flashed.

"Rumble——!"

"Rumble——!"

A thunder domain was generated, ten thousand thunders roared!

"Roar!!!"

By the time the Iron-Eating Demon Ape recovered from the stun and wanted to interrupt Su Liang’s skill chanting, it was already too late.

Nearly a hundred thunderbolts poured down from the sky.

Striking the Iron-Eating Demon Ape’s body.

Although the total damage didn't add up to as much as two of Su Liang’s normal attacks.

But...

The number of attack hits calculated was high!

【Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the 『Empty Hands』 passive 『Light-Fingered』, stealing: 『Refined Mithril Metal』 (Material)!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the 『Empty Hands』 passive 『Light-Fingered』, stealing: 『Giant Ape Fur』 (Material)!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the 『Empty Hands』 passive 『Light-Fingered』, stealing: 『Broken Demon Ape Fangs』 (Material)!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the 『Empty Hands』 passive 『Light-Fingered』, stealing: 『Talent · Golden Iron Body』 (A-Grade)!】

A whole series of prompts flashed out directly.

The talent was successfully obtained!

(Event period: October 1st to October 7th)

"Roar!!!"

The Iron-Eating Demon Ape, whose talent had been stolen by Su Liang, activated its berserk state, its eyes blood-red, venting its anger wantonly, "Damn bug, what did you do? Go to hell!!!"

『Berserk』!

『Savage Roar』!

『Mountain-Crushing Iron Fist』!

『Giant Ape Earth-Shake』...

Soon, large pits appeared on the ground, and the surroundings became devastated.

The Iron-Eating Demon Ape’s constitution was terrifying; when it had its talent, the constitution bonus combined with damage reduction made the Dark Gold BOSS comparable to a glass-cannon Epic BOSS.

Now,

it was also among the top existence of Dark Gold BOSSes.

But its attack and speed were not good; under Su Liang’s attacks, with his speed maxed out,

it had absolutely no power to fight back.

Except for the low-damage area-of-effect skills that could hit Su Liang, other attacks were easily dodged.

It could only rage impotently, watching its health drop crazily.

15 seconds later...

"Want to run?!"

Su Liang used an Instant Stab, followed by a few sword strikes.

"Rumble——!!!"

The Iron-Eating Demon Ape, filled with unwillingness, collapsed like a small mountain, making the ground tremble.

Then, it exploded with a pile of materials and equipment!

【Ding! You have killed the Iron-Eating Demon Ape (Dark Gold BOSS), gaining 10 million experience points!】

Ten million experience points, all stored in the experience pool.

He picked up the loot dropped on the ground.

【Ding! You obtained material: Refined Mithril Metal...】

【Ding! You obtained equipment: Refined Metal Bracers x1!】

【Ding! You obtained equipment: Refined Metal Boots x1!】

Seven or eight types of Dark Gold materials and two Level 40 Dark Gold equipment pieces.

【Refined Metal Bracers】 (Dark Gold)

【Level】: 40

【Attributes】: Strength +260, Constitution +320

【Requirement】: Constitution 500 points or above

【Refined Metal Boots】 (Dark Gold)

【Level】: 40

【Attributes】: Constitution +310, Agility +280

【Requirement】: Constitution 500 points or above

Another two...

group of heavy armor equipment.

Su Liang’s mouth twitched.

However...

Fortunately, the attributes were top-tier, so he could make do with them, but he needed to be Level 40 to wear them.

He could only temporarily leave them in his backpack to gather dust.

After organizing the loot,

Su Liang continued toward the location of the Corrupted King, encountering many ordinary monsters and secret realm resources along the way.

Herbs, ores, and rare materials.

Basically,

they were all guarded by Bronze and Silver BOSSes, and he didn't encounter any existence at the level of the Iron-Eating Demon Ape.

Two hours later...

A tall, dilapidated city wall came into Su Liang’s view.

This was the royal city of this secret realm, the ancient kingdom.

The surrounding land was completely devoured by dark desolation, signaling that this ancient royal city had completely turned toward corruption...

【Monster】: Corrupted Royal City Soldier

【Grade】: Elite

【Level】: Lv40

【Skills】: Spear Thrust, Shadow Triple Stab, Dark Sweep, Death Charge

【Description】: Dead ancient soldiers, they follow the King’s will, reborn in corruption!

【Monster】: Corrupted Royal City Soldier Captain

【Grade】: Bronze

【Level】: Lv40

【Skills】: Shadow Triple Stab, Dark Sweep, Death Charge, Spear Phalanx...

【Description】: Captain of the soldier guard, follows the King’s will, reborn in corruption!

At the gate of the dilapidated royal city.

Two squads of soldiers emitting dark auras and holding long spears were patrolling.

Each squad consisted of one Bronze BOSS and 20 Elite soldiers.

This was just the monsters at the entrance...

After going inside, the city guard would be even more terrifying.

The whole city was full of Elites or higher!

Su Liang’s eyes narrowed slightly.

If he had to kill his way through, all the way to the "Corrupted King · Alakes," without area-of-effect skills before the assassin’s second turn, he didn't know how long it would take!

And the quest time limit was only 24 hours.