Chapter 149: Battle Against the Underworld King

Lingyun carried Yui on his back, having no intention of attacking; before him, Luo Yexi and Busujima Saeko had already cleared away all the minor monsters blocking the path. Although these minor monsters possessed the strength of monsters in the 60th-floor Labyrinth Area, they were still not much to look at in front of Luo Yexi and her companion.

Watching Luo Yexi and her companion smash through all the monsters blocking the way as if they were chopping melons and vegetables, Yulier said with some disbelief, "Is this the strength of the God Squad?"

"Miss Yulier, no need to be so surprised; those two just have that kind of strength. Once you see it enough, you get used to it," Asuna explained with a smile. "However, we have been in the Labyrinth Area for so long, we should be near the end of the Labyrinth Area by now, right? Have you found Mr. Thinker?"

"Oh, let me check!" Yulier opened her private map; on the map, there was a red dot.

"It should be not far ahead. Thinker has been staying in that spot without moving; I reckon it's a Safe Zone," Yulier said.

After walking a bit further, Lingyun and the others saw Thinker not far away. Yulier greeted him with an excited face, only to see him issue a warning to them with a face full of terror.

"Miss Yulier, Asuna, you take Yui and go ahead first; there is still a battle to be fought here!" Lingyun handed Yui, who was on his back, to Asuna, and at the same time drew the Long sword from behind his back.

"What is the situation?" Asuna asked with some confusion.

"It's here!" Lingyun suddenly spoke.

From the shadows of the corridor, a giant Underworld King suddenly rushed out, brandishing the Scythe in its hand and slashing toward Lingyun and the others. The weapons in the hands of Lingyun and his two companions intertwined, slamming heavily onto the Scythe. Amidst a violent boom, Lingyun and his two companions each took a step back, and the Underworld King's Scythe was also knocked away.

"Th-this guy is?" Asuna looked at this suddenly appearing boss with a face full of astonishment, "I can't see its information at all. Could it be that it already has the strength of a floor-guarding boss above the 90th floor?"

"As expected, it is a very troublesome guy. No wonder the Underworld King of the End would arrange it here as a backup plan!" Lingyun looked at the mark on top of the Underworld King's head that had turned completely gray-white, and spoke slowly.

"Limit Break!" Lingyun activated his skill directly. With the increase in level, the duration of Lingyun's Limit Break had also continuously extended; now it could last for more than an hour. This meant that Lingyun had to end the battle within this time, but for Lingyun, this was not a very difficult thing.

After Lingyun activated Limit Break, Luo Yexi and Busujima Saeko also activated their own Limit Breaks. After the Limit Break, Luo Yexi's body was shrouded in a layer of golden-red radiance, while around Busujima Saeko was a layer of blood-red mist.

The three of them activated Limit Break simultaneously, and a powerful aura swirled across the battlefield; even the Underworld King could not help but retreat a little in the face of this powerful aura.

"Is this the Limit Break of Lingyun and the others? It is truly unimaginably powerful." Looking at the appearance of Lingyun and the others, Asuna, who had retreated to the Safe Zone, sighed slightly in her heart, "Lingyun said I possess strength no less than theirs—is he just joking!"

"Ugh-oh—" The Underworld King in front of Lingyun and the others let out a strange cry, waving the Scythe in its hand and slashing toward Lingyun's direction.

Lingyun held his Long sword horizontally, colliding heavily with the Underworld King's Scythe, sparking a shower of fire.

"Quite formidable power!" Lingyun felt the huge force coming from the Long sword and made an objective evaluation.

While the Underworld King's Scythe was slashing at Lingyun, Luo Yexi, who was beside Lingyun, had already launched an attack. On her Long sword, golden-red light swirled, and she slashed heavily at the Underworld King.

The Underworld King let out a strange cry, and the blood bar on its head dropped slightly. The most astonishing thing was that the Underworld King's tattered clothes were actually burning with golden-red flames. Although these flames were not very large, they were devouring the Underworld King's clothes bit by bit. The attacked Underworld King quickly shifted its target, and the Scythe swung toward Luo Yexi.

"Where are you looking?" A flash of bloodthirstiness crossed Busujima Saeko's eyes; her body leaped high, and her Samurai Sword, carrying a bloody glow, slashed heavily onto its head.

The Underworld King, having received a heavy blow, violently shook its head, throwing Busujima Saeko away, and raised the Scythe in its hand, lunging straight at Luo Yexi.

"It was just burning your clothes a little, and it makes you this anxious?" Luo Yexi smiled slightly, and flames swirled on the Long sword in her hand, forming a golden-red Light Ball. "Then, how about you take this strike of mine? Nine Suns Heavenly Art, First Form: Initial Sun Scorching the Sky!"

Luo Yexi swung the Long sword in her hand, and the golden-red Fireball flew toward the Underworld King's direction at a steady pace. However, the most bizarre thing was that although the speed of this Fireball was slow, no matter how the Underworld King dodged, it could not avoid this Fireball. In the end, the Underworld King had no choice but to swing its Scythe and slash heavily at the Fireball.

With a "Boom—" sound, the golden-red Fireball exploded instantly, and the golden waves of fire directly engulfed the Underworld King.

Watching the Underworld King's figure looming in the flames, Busujima Saeko gripped the Samurai Sword in her hand tightly; blood-colored mist continuously gathered on her blade, and a massive amount of power was constantly converging on the Samurai Sword.

"Ugh-oh—" The Underworld King in the flames let out a roar, and the Scythe in its hand tore the rolling waves of fire into two halves. The moment the Underworld King rushed out of the flames, Busujima Saeko swung the Samurai Sword in her hand and slashed remotely toward the Underworld King's direction; a blood-red blade aura carrying terrifying killing intent lunged straight at the Underworld King.

"Shura Slash!"

The Underworld King's eyeballs rolled continuously, and the Scythe in its hand flew horizontally, wanting to use this to block Busujima Saeko's blade aura. As the Underworld King raised its arm, Lingyun struck out with a Hundred-Step Divine Fist toward the Underworld King's direction, and a golden-silver fist imprint slammed heavily onto the Underworld King's arm.

The Underworld King's arm made a "Crack!" sound and was almost broken, and the speed at which it raised the Scythe also slowed down a bit. But it was precisely because of this slight delay that the blade aura sent out by Busujima Saeko passed through its defense and slammed heavily into its body.

The Underworld King let out a painful hiss; on its body, a huge wound appeared, and a blood-red light surged faintly on the wound, making it impossible for the wound to heal. On the Underworld King's status bar, a status called Laceration also appeared. Under this status, not only did the Underworld King have no way to recover health, but it would also continuously lose health.

"Roar—" The Underworld King, having received a heavy blow, let out a roar, and gray-white mist still spread on the Scythe in its hand, after which the Scythe in its hand manifested a flurry of Phantoms, killing toward Lingyun and the others.

"Comparing speed?" Lingyun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw at a glance that this flurry of Phantoms was actually caused by the Underworld King swinging its Scythe rapidly. "Then let's try and see who is faster!"

Facing the aggressive Underworld King, Lingyun met it without any fear, and the Long sword in his hand also manifested a flurry of Phantoms.

"Clang, clang, clang," the sounds of metal clashing rang out in a continuous stream; the attack speed of both Lingyun and the Underworld King far exceeded the limit that ordinary people's eyes could capture. Therefore, in the eyes of Yulier and Thinker, they could only see sparks flying continuously, completely unable to see the weapons of either side.

"I have already seen through your attack pattern!" A hint of a smile suddenly appeared on Lingyun's face, and the offensive of the Long sword in his hand slowed down abruptly, while at the same time, his body stepped forward.

After that, everyone saw the Underworld King's Scythe narrowly graze past Lingyun's side, slashing heavily onto the ground and sparking a shower of fire. At this moment, Lingyun was already almost leaning into the Underworld King's embrace; at such a short distance, wanting to swing the Long sword was a quite difficult thing.

However, Lingyun had no intention of using the Long sword in his right hand; instead, he pressed his left hand against the Underworld King's body. Golden light shone from Lingyun's hand, and accompanying the golden light was a dragon's roar! The Underworld King, which had just retracted its Scythe, was directly blasted away by a golden dragon-shaped Qi energy.