Chapter 246

Wow—

Being squeezed by the immense power bound to himself, Ji Huai, whose face already lacked much color, spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Release the martial maniac!" Chang Jinze shouted in shock and anger, the Special Affairs Group side seethed with fury, wishing to strike immediately.

"He is my servant." Daralesa Yi said indifferently, "According to the rules of our Half Demon Clan, this is the fate of the defeated."

Ji Huai gave Chang Jinze a "don't act" look.

He remained silent, his gaze toward Daralesa Yi especially solemn.

Inside the dungeon passage he fought with all his power, yet still ended in defeat; now, having left the dungeon passage, the dungeon talents and title bonuses are unusable, making it even less possible for him to be a match for the opponent.

Even now, Ji Huai still cannot judge the opponent's strength.

The opponent's strength clearly exceeds the normal Epic range, but if the opponent truly exists above Epic, why can they ignore the limit and enter the dungeon passage?

"You... what exactly is your strength?" Ji Huai said in a low voice.

At the same time, the leader of the American supernaturals shouted, "Damned otherworldly creature, let us drive it back to its homeland!"

The moment his words fell, he already brought the several supernaturals behind him to act together, rushing to kill Daralesa Yi.

"What you want to ask is, why can I pass through the dungeon's limit?" Daralesa Yi curled the corner of his mouth, "The limit of the dungeon is absolute."

"Even if one suppresses their strength, as long as their own strength rank is above the limit, they cannot enter the dungeon passage."

"Unless, one truly lowers their strength rank to the dungeon limit."

While speaking, Daralesa Yi flicked a finger, instantly turning several American supernaturals into blood mist; he never glanced at the crowd, yet had already plunged the whole scene into silence.

"The strength range of the Legendary tier is 40w to 100w." Daralesa Yi grinned, "As long as it's below Legendary, it's Epic."

"But under normal circumstances, the strength range of the Epic tier is 10w to 25w."

"So... I only need to reduce my strength to 399999, and then I can easily crush the Epic tier while smoothly passing the limit."

Dale Salai's voice was not deliberately lowered; not only did Ji Huai hear it, but the large number of supernatural beings sealing the passage entrance layer by layer also heard it clearly.

"How could it be?" The leader of the SunNeverSet Nation had no time to be shocked by the fact that the American supernatural being had just been instantly killed; hearing this, he couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment, "How could you possibly control your own power so precisely?!"

The Spirit Beast's species value is a fixed value at each rank during its progression; the player's supernatural value is the sum of the Spirit Beast's species value multiplied by affinity, likewise a discrete value, where even the slightest change is calculated in tens or hundreds.

Like Dale Salai, precisely controlling one's power to be only an infinitesimal amount below the Legendary rank is unimaginable in the eyes of Blue Star's supernatural beings.

"Is it difficult?" Dale Salai tilted his head, "For every race of the Heavenly Stairway, this is merely the most basic ability."

"When you reach that point, you will likewise be able to master it."

"Of course, the premise is that you have that opportunity."

Looking around, Dale Salai opened his mouth and emitted a strange syllable.

In the next instant, the ocean beneath everyone's feet suddenly trembled.

In their shocked gaze, countless ferocious demon beasts rose from the seawater.

They frenziedly prostrated themselves before Dale Salai, then shattered beneath his feet.

Their flesh and blood swiftly converged before Dale Salai, while grim white bones rapidly constructed a majestic bone throne at his feet.

He condensed the flesh and blood of a great number of ocean demon beasts into a pill, which Dale Salai swallowed; his aura instantly crossed a certain threshold, causing the expressions of everyone present to grow increasingly solemn.

The information revealed by many dungeons indicates that the Half Demon Clan possesses the ability to control certain beasts.

But no one expected that this ability would also include the demon beasts of Blue Star.

Dale Salai leaned back and sat upon his bone throne.

"Now, call for help with all your might."

"Let me see, what qualifications does the new race called humanity have to stand upon the Heavenly Stairway?"

——

"What exactly is this ominous thing?"

Sitting on a roadside chair within Yan Da's campus, Qin Chuan revealed a contemplative expression.

After exiting the S-rank dungeon successfully, his mind still held the anomaly within Time Stop.

Even Time Stop cannot completely freeze it; the terror of the ominous aura has already surpassed Qin Chuan's expectations, which is why no race can escape the fate of being eroded when faced with the ominous.

Fortunately, Time Stop can still suppress the ominous aura.

If Qin Chuan hasn't guessed wrong, that seven-colored radiance that annihilates the ominous aura entirely should also be somewhat related to Time Stop.

With the update of Blue Star version 2.3, Time Stop seems to have begun showing him more unusual aspects.

Qin Chuan recalled his experience in the Screaming Demon Lake.

He took the ominous crystal core from the Soul-Departing Corpse·Tree Deer, then directly brought it to the Lakebottom Death Devil·Kasakaban.

After the "core" of the previous Lakebottom Death Devil fell onto Kasakaban, it directly turned Kasakaban into the new Lakebottom Death Devil.

He actually carried such a thing on his person, and yet nothing happened?

Just thinking about it gave Qin Chuan a lingering sense of fear.

Now it seems that he was not eroded in this process, not because he was particularly lucky, but likely because of his Time Stop ability.

So is it possible that, possessing Time Stop ability, he would not be eroded by the ominous aura?

Thinking of this possibility, Qin Chuan felt a strong urge to try it out by running a few low-level ominous dungeons.

Coincidentally, after obtaining an SSS rating in the Maze Tower, he gained two more attempt counts.

As he opened the dungeon list, Qin Chuan was about to make a choice when a sudden burst of urgent ringing interrupted him.

Seeing the caller ID, he froze for a moment, then quickly answered, "Feng Yin, what's up?"

"Luo, congratulations on successfully clearing the S-rank dungeon." Feng Yin spoke at an extremely rapid pace; although he said "congratulations," his tone lacked much joy, "but now, I'm sorry I have to interrupt your continued progress."

"Earlier, the Descent B-rank dungeon Silent Toxic Gas Lake had some issues." Feng Yin spoke in a low voice, "From within it emerged a Half Demon that was just one step away from the Legendary rank, i. e., the next stage after Epic."

"Ji Huai was defeated by that opponent; he has now been captured alive and cannot be rescued for the time being."

"That opponent possesses the ability to control demon beasts; after exiting the dungeon passage, he devoured a large number of demon beasts and, in front of everyone, broke through to the Legendary rank."

Next, I will set out for the location of the instance passage; I hope you can also come with me. Now you are probably the only one who has a chance to defeat the opponent.

Ji Huai was captured alive by the opposing side?

Thinking back to that figure who had been giving him pointers on his memories every night over the past month or so, Qin Chuan's eyes drooped slightly, and a deep, cold light flickered.

Legendary tier?

Quite a coincidence; he just killed one.

"Send someone to pick me up."

(End of chapter)