Chapter 131: The Identity of the Final Boss

After obtaining Lingyun's nod, Lingqi nodded happily and carefully held the little white cat in her arms tighter, preventing it from slipping out.

"Let's go. Our mission should be to eliminate all the monsters here and finally take down the final boss of this place," Lingyun said.

Lingqi followed by Lingyun's side and asked softly, "What could the boss of this place be?"

"There are some guesses now, but there is no further evidence to prove them. Perhaps we can find more useful evidence later!" Lingyun said. "The most important thing now is to clear out the small fry here. This type of commander-level boss will summon its minions to help during the battle most of the time. Let's clear out all the Crow Tengu here first; that can be considered disabling one of its skills!"

"Mm, then let's go!" Lingqi nodded slightly.

Over the next few days, Lingyun and Lingqi kept clearing the small fry in this Palace. After several consecutive days, the small fry here had been mostly cleared out. However, the Crow Tengu stationed in this Palace also began to sense that something was wrong. Too many Crow Tengu had disappeared recently, so they began to combine multiple squads together to prevent sneak attacks from the enemy. This also brought considerable pressure to Lingyun and Lingqi, and they were even almost discovered by the small fry a few times.

After clearing out quite a few small fry and venturing deep into the Palace, Lingyun and Lingqi also began to encounter some mini-bosses. Although they were called mini-bosses, their strength was quite formidable. By Lingyun's estimation, the combat power of these mini-bosses was likely not much different from the floor boss of the 55th Floor. Since these clearly subordinate bosses had such combat power, Lingyun became increasingly interested in the final boss of this mission.

"Damned outsiders, our Lord will absolutely not let you go!" In front of Lingyun, a tall Great Tengu lay on the ground and roared at Lingyun. "When you face my Lord, you will know what despair is—untranscendable despair!"

"Noisy!" Lingyun sneered. The Long sword in his hand drew a bloodstain across the Great Tengu's neck, taking away its last bit of HP. The Great Tengu's body trembled once, then exploded into fragments filling the sky.

"Phew, this should be the last mini-boss." Lingyun put away the Long sword in his hand and let out a long breath. "Moreover, I already have a fixed idea about who the final boss might be!"

"Lingyun, do you already know?" Lingqi asked curiously, holding the little cat.

The little cat in her arms had not woken up since it fell into a deep sleep last time. However, its HP was indeed recovering bit by bit.

"Being able to live in such a luxurious Japanese-style Palace, possessing eight Great Tengu as subordinates, and also having a large number of Crow Tengu minions—nine times out of ten, it is the Great Tengu that is the incarnation of Sutoku Tenno among the Three Great Yokai!"

"The Great Tengu that is the incarnation of Sutoku Tenno?" Lingqi tilted her head in confusion.

"It's nothing, just a Vengeful Spirit, nothing to make a fuss about!" Lingyun waved his hand. "Now that we have cleared out all the miscellaneous people in the Palace, it is time to go meet the owner of this Palace!"

The two came before a magnificent Golden gate. Looking at this gate, Lingqi could not help but click her tongue slightly: "How extravagant is this? The entire gate is cast from Golden!"

Regarding this, Lingyun also spread his hands: "After all, he is a Great Yokai, and he was an Emperor while he was alive. It is not strange at all to have a Palace like this."

Lingyun placed his hand on the gate and slowly pushed it open. On the throne in the middle of the hall sat a tall Great Tengu, and around his body, gray-white air currents were faintly lingering.

"This guy is not simple!" Seeing this boss for the first time, Lingyun reached this conclusion and simultaneously glanced at a skill on his character panel. "If it doesn't work, I'll stage its debut here!"

"Damned mortals, daring to trespass into this Emperor's Palace—truly seeking your own deaths!" Just as Lingyun was sizing up this so-called Great Tengu, the Great Tengu sitting on the imperial throne suddenly spoke.

"Is that so? Then let me see how much strength you, this so-called Emperor, have!" Lingyun raised his Long sword and aimed it at the Great Tengu on the imperial throne.

"Court death!" A roar erupted from the Great Tengu's mouth. It violently flapped the wings on its back and turned into a black shadow, swooping toward Lingyun's direction.

The Long sword in Lingyun's hand suddenly stood upright, and a shower of sparks flashed before him. The Great Tengu had actually rushed in front of them in an instant and swung its Samurai Sword to attack, but it was blocked by him.

Feeling the immense force coming from the Long sword, Lingyun frowned slightly. Just a casual strike could bring him such great pressure; this Great Tengu's strength was indeed extraordinary. Lingyun turned his Long sword, parried the Great Tengu's Samurai Sword, and then kicked it heavily in the stomach, sending it flying.

"You have some skills, but to think you can defeat this Emperor with just this much ability—you are truly wishful thinking!" The Great Tengu stopped its body in mid-air and lightly patted the armor on its abdomen.

"The strength is indeed very strong!" Lingyun said in his heart. At this moment, the Great Tengu had already lunged toward Lingyun again, raising its Samurai Sword to hack at him.

Lingyun's expression was solemn. He swung the Long sword in his hand, colliding heavily with the Great Tengu's Samurai Sword. With a "Crack!", a trace of cracks appeared on the ground under Lingyun's feet, and his body also pressed down slightly. Lingqi in the rear changed expression slightly, raised the gun in her hand, and fired a shot at the Great Tengu.

"Petty tricks!" The Great Tengu sneered. It flicked its Samurai Sword and actually knocked Lingqi's bullet away.

"How could this be?" Lingqi's expression became somewhat ugly. To be able to knock away her bullet with a Samurai Sword—didn't this mean her support would basically be of no use?

"Lingqi, protect yourself first!" Lingyun reminded her, then charged toward the Great Tengu while gripping his Long sword.

"Still haven't realized the gap between us?" The Great Tengu sneered and swung its Samurai Sword again.

Lingyun's sword had just touched the Great Tengu's Samurai Sword when it slid down the blade and hacked heavily onto the Great Tengu's armor.

"Hehe, interesting!" A sharp glint flashed in the Great Tengu's eyes. After retracting its long sword, it hacked out again. Lingyun swayed his body to dodge the Great Tengu's Samurai Sword and hit its body with his Long sword again, but this time, the gray-white air currents on the Great Tengu's body surged out violently, blocking Lingyun's Long sword.

"Interesting, interesting!" A sinister smile hooked the corner of the Great Tengu's mouth. The gray-white air currents surged out again, covering its entire body. With the bonus of the gray-white air currents, the Great Tengu's strength rose by a notch, actually surpassing Lingyun in speed.

It was seen swinging its Samurai Sword repeatedly, every strike aimed directly at Lingyun's vitals. Lingyun swung the Long sword in his hand repeatedly, resisting the Great Tengu's continuous attacks. However, every time he took a strike, his body would retreat a step, and the HP bar above his head would drop a little.

Lingqi fired at the Great Tengu repeatedly from the rear, but the Great Tengu relied on the Shield formed by the gray-white air currents on its body to take it head-on, seemingly determined to crush Lingyun first.

Seeing the battle situation gradually developing in a direction unfavorable to him, Lingyun's right hand quietly fell onto his character panel and clicked to activate a skill.

Lingqi in the rear also stopped shooting and pulled up her character panel. Looking at a skill on the panel, she hesitated, because she did not know if activating this skill would bring her bad effects. But seeing Lingyun gradually falling into a disadvantage in the battle, she still clicked that skill. After all, compared to herself, he was indeed more important!