Chapter 245: Servant, your resistance ends here

Only SS…

Qin Chuan glanced around; his gaze finally landed on a weird mask on the ground that seemed to both cry and not cry, laugh and not laugh.

After the cursed remnant Lanso was easily slain by him, the mask seemed to lose its restraint, sliding off Lanso's face to reveal his deep-green dwarf demon visage.

From the lingering memories of Lai Li'an, Qin Chuan already knew that this mask could be said to be the source of the dwarf demons' tragic appearance, and also a major cause of the Maze Tower.

Looking at this mask, he seemed to hear the eager cries of countless dwarf demons who had perished within the Maze Tower.

Destroy it!

Destroy it!!!

Qin Chuan raised his hand, and the sweeping water flow seized the mask from afar.

If this is the final advanced attack requirement to be met, then…

"Crack—"

He clenched his fist tightly around the mask full of ominous and eerie aura, crushing it instantly.

A phantom figure quickly appeared—it was the Maze Wraith Lai Li'an that he had already eliminated.

At this moment, Lai Li'an's face lost its madness and became calm; its huge, twisted body split into various dwarf demons, who gazed at Qin Chuan with gratitude before turning into countless points of light and vanishing.

Until the last dwarf demon vanished, Lai Li'an's distorted, ferocious body returned to normal, becoming a female dwarf demon.

The woman gave a deep look at the fallen Lanso, then stepped into the dust of her kin.

Qin Chuan suddenly realized what the Maze Wraith Lai Li'an actually was.

It was a creation born from the fusion of all members of the dwarf demon clans in despair.

【Congratulations, player achieved advanced attack requirement: Destroy the ominous crying-laughing mask, dungeon attack rating raised to: SSS】

【Current dungeon attack rating: SSS】

【Current attack rewards: 【Red】 Lanso's Battleaxe, 【Red】 High-Grade Dwarf Forging Essence, 【Red】 Title: Fearless Conqueror】

【Extra attack rewards: today's attack count +2】

【Claim attack rewards】

Seeing the lines of text appear before him, Qin Chuan released the Spirit Descent state, his expression relaxing a bit.

Lanso's Battleaxe and the red title are available at SS rating, while the red-item High-Grade Dwarf Forging Essence is newly added upon obtaining SSS rating.

Besides that, receiving an SSS rating on an S-level dungeon also grants two extra attack attempts, which likewise delighted Qin Chuan.

No delay—let's see what the rewards of an S-level dungeon are.

【【Red】 Lanso's Battleaxe: Weapon of the brave dwarf demon warrior Lanso; users can feel the strong's conviction through the weapon, greatly boosting resistance to negative states and increasing attack by 70%】

【【Red】 High-Grade Dwarf Forging Essence: The refined essence of the dwarf demons' creative power; applying it to any purple equipment upgrades the equipment to red】

【【Red】 Title: Fearless Conqueror: When worn, grants a 40% attack increase; the effect doubles when facing multiple foes】

Qin Chuan fell silent for a moment, then picked up the battleaxe Lanso had just used.

The equipment is good, but it's not especially suited to him.

The remaining two, however, are good stuff.

High-Grade Dwarf Forging Essence is a small vial of shimmering splendid liquid; just sprinkle it on equipment to upgrade it.

Qin Chuan hesitated little, directly pouring it onto Salas's Dragon-Slaying Blade.

This piece of equipment is the one he currently handles most smoothly.

The purple light blooming on the Dragon-Slaying Blade's surface gradually brightened, then swiftly transformed into red.

【【Red】 Salas's Dragon-Slaying Blade: Attack increased by 35%, ignores 35% of target's defense, reduces target's recovery by 50%, effect doubled against dragon-type beings】

Seeing the Dragon-Slaying Blade's greatly enhanced effect, Qin Chuan nodded in satisfaction, replaced his original purple title with the newly acquired red title, and prepared to click 【Exit Dungeon】.

In the next instant, his expression drastically changed.

The 【Exit Dungeon】 button that should have lit up was instead covered with a gray-black sheen, showing no response to Qin Chuan's click.

Qin Chuan startled, quickly looking at the mask shards scattered across the ground.

On those mask shards surged a thick aura of ominousness, nearly liquefied.

At the moment Qin Chuan looked, the ominous aura turned into an indescribable monster that lunged toward him.

【00:00:37】

Everything around froze in an instant.

Facing the sudden crisis, Qin Chuan hesitated not and activated Time Stop.

Then, in the next instant, his pupils contracted sharply, and a tremendous surge rose in his heart.

In Time Stop, the ominous aura was like mired in mud; the motion that had been fast enough to leave only an afterimage instantly slowed, and the lunging momentum stalled.

But it did not stop!

This was the first time Qin Chuan saw something that Time Stop could not completely halt.

【Exit Dungeon】 remained gray-black, and Qin Chuan's expression grew solemn.

The ominous aura seemed startled by Time Stop, its perception blankly scanning the surroundings; in the next instant, as if realizing something, its manifested mouth opened as if wanting to say something.

"Hum—"

The halted world shuddered violently at this moment; in the next instant, Qin Chuan's world contained only dazzling seven-colored light.

When the light faded, one second of Time Stop ended.

In the arena, not a trace of ominous aura remained, and even the shattered mask had vanished.

Seeing the 【Exit Dungeon】 button light up again, Qin Chuan's expression kept shifting.

——

Outside the A-level dungeon passage, Silent Poison Lake.

Besides the Indonesian officials' superhumans and the Yanhuang Nation Special Affairs Group members who came to assist, there were also figures from other forces and nations here.

After realizing they were outmatched, Indonesia's call for aid was not directed solely at Yanhuang.

Regardless of whether those they sought aid from intended to help, at least they have come.

At this moment, a large number of transcendent beings of at least elite rank are closely watching the dungeon passage, their expressions grave and cautious.

"Chang, are you sure the martial fanatic of your Special Affairs Group can handle this?" A transcendent being from the Ever-victorious Nation glanced toward the Special Affairs Group and asked.

"He can't do it; could it be that you lot can?" Chang Jinze, who had been worrying about Ji Huai's safety, furrowed his brow. "Zephina isn't someone from your Ever-victorious Nation? Why didn't she come?"

"You should know that half an hour ago, a C-rank dungeon descended upon our Ever-victorious Nation." The commander of the Ever-victorious Nation shrugged. "Zephina is taking action."

"Moreover, this place is too far from our Ever-victorious Nation; even we few had to use transcendent means to hasten our arrival."

Chang Jinze fell silent for a moment.

He truly hadn't known that a C-rank dungeon had descended upon the Ever-victorious Nation.

It seems the only thing we can hope for is…

Boom!!!

Inside the dungeon passage, Ji Huai was flung outward, crashing heavily into the sea and stirring up towering waves.

Chang Jinze stared for a moment, then his face turned an unprecedented shade of grim.

Amid the astonished gazes of the crowd, Dalai Saiyi walked out slowly, holding a white bone long fork, the bloodstains on his body healing at a visible speed.

A jet of water shot up, pulling Ji Huai out of the sea and tightly binding him.

"Servant, your resistance ends here."

(End of chapter)