Chapter 50: The Unstoppable Gold Content

Chi Yuan’s Daoist arts resonated with the dark clouds that had long been gathering above Huaigu Village.

Aided by the timing, countless flashes of lightning instantly filled Huaigu Village; the thunderous momentum was vast, appearing endless.

While it looked like majestic, irresistible heavenly might, in reality, most of the lightning was just for show, merely streaking across the sky without striking the ground.

After all, if Chi Yuan could truly command so much lightning, he wouldn't be stuck in a C-rank dungeon.

It was called "Summoning a Thousand Thunders," but in reality, it was just one bolt after another lining up to strike.

Yet even so, it made Wu Chang understand what the power of heaven and earth truly meant.

Before Chi Yuan used "Summoning a Thousand Thunders," Wu Chang had not been particularly wary of Chi Yuan’s lightning arts.

He was wearing Earth Lizard leather armor worth 6,000 Decayed Silver Coins; as the name suggests, the Earth Lizard has an Earth attribute and is naturally highly resistant to lightning.

Coupled with the fact that he was standing on the ground and had activated the item skill "Thick Skin," his elemental resistance was further increased.

Whether a Palm Lightning strike—which could insta-kill a Fog Demon—could even break his defense was debatable.

He had already prepared to smugly say after winning: "Attribute suppression, kid!"

But the moment the first heavenly thunder fell, it nearly shocked his soul right out of his body.

Although lightning is intangible, when it struck him, it felt as if someone had hit him with a dump truck.

With a boom, his entire body fell into numbness, his flesh and soul seemingly separated, causing him to temporarily lose control of his body.

After the brief numbness came an indescribable, intense burning pain and unbearable stinging.

He thought of the lamb leg he had roasted earlier.

It wasn't that he smelled like that now, but rather that he felt like a lamb leg being roasted.

The area struck by the lightning felt like it was being seared by flames, and the stinging from the electric current felt like someone was piercing his body with a giant iron skewer.

The pain Wu Chang was enduring at this moment was enough to make an ordinary person pass out, but for him, with 64 points of Willpower, the pain only made his mind clearer.

He quickly checked his physical condition.

The first lightning strike not only wiped out half the durability of the Earth Lizard leather armor but also penetrated it, knocking off 30% of his health.

At this moment, he was incredibly glad he had trusted the walkthrough and spent all his Decayed Silver Coins before entering the dungeon to buy the Earth Lizard leather armor, known as the "Newbie Guardian God."

If not for the Earth Lizard leather armor, the damage from that bolt would have been enough to kill him instantly.

The pain stimulated the secretion of adrenaline, making him exceptionally excited and ferocious; in his usual "old six" style, he would have fled the lightning's attack, trying to find a way to survive and planning after he was safe.

But under the pressure of a life-and-death crisis, there wasn't a single thought of running in his heart, only the word "desperate."

One's own fate is only most secure when placed in one's own hands.

He didn't know how many more bolts would fall; rather than hoping Chi Yuan would run out of energy, it was better to kill Chi Yuan directly and forcibly terminate his skill.

Even if he died, he had to make Chi Yuan go first!

Taking advantage of the moment before the second bolt fell, he took out a bottle of Healing Type I and took a deep gulp.

Healing Type I took effect quickly, instantly replenishing his depleted health.

Collapsed on the ground, he didn't bother to stand up, instead charging toward Chi Yuan on his hands and knees.

His eyes were wide, his teeth clenched, and his face was ferocious, like a beast struggling in its death throes.

The second bolt of lightning fell.

The second bolt was a fraction thicker than the first.

The lightning instantly pierced the Earth Lizard leather armor and slammed directly into Wu Chang.

The immense force slammed his body into the ground, then caused him to bounce up in a spasm.

There was one piece of bad news and two pieces of good news.

The bad news was that his Earth Lizard leather armor's durability was completely exhausted, turning into an unrepairable "Damaged" state.

6,000 Decayed Silver Coins had just evaporated.

Besides that, his health plummeted by 80%, and half his body was roasted to medium-rare. In his current state, let alone Liu Shan and Liu Wei, any capable hunter could easily finish him off.

The good news was that the pain from the first bolt had been so intense that he developed a resistance to pain, reducing the sensation of the second bolt.

The second piece of good news was that after bouncing off the ground, he didn't fall back down, but flew forward.

Before being struck by the second bolt, he had been close enough to Chi Yuan that the "Mamba Iron Elbow" skill lit up.

A great spirit permeated his entire body; even with lightning striking down, nothing could stop this elbow strike.

Do you understand what "unstoppable" means?

"Mamba!"

Pulled by his elbow, Wu Chang flew horizontally toward Chi Yuan; a flash of lightning flickered under Chi Yuan's feet as he retreated three or four meters, trying to dodge Wu Chang's desperate strike.

Yet this elbow seemed to be magnetically attached to him; no matter how he evaded or dodged, he was locked on tight.

He could only watch helplessly as the elbow passed through the electric light on his body and slammed fiercely into his face.

Effects like Blind, Stun, Bleed, Weakness, and Poison followed one after another, leaving his brain instantly blank.

Wu Chang took the opportunity to shift his position, controlling Chi Yuan with a chokehold and tucking his body behind Chi Yuan as much as possible.

The next moment, the third bolt of lightning fell.

This time, the one struck by lightning was not just Wu Chang, but also Chi Yuan, who was being choked after the elbow strike.

The third bolt was a fraction stronger in power than the second.

Boom! Facts proved that the user of lightning arts is not necessarily insulated while casting.

Being struck by the lightning one summons can also cause injury.

Chi Yuan, who had been struck by the Silver Dawn, was already severely wounded; now, being struck by the third bolt, he instantly lost consciousness and passed out.

Chi Yuan suffered massive damage, but Wu Chang didn't have it easy either.

Having taken two consecutive lightning strikes, his entire body was charred black, parts of his skin were carbonized, and tiny sparks were still burning on them.

With only 20% health left, he took another bolt, bringing his health to nearly zero.

But he stubbornly refused to die, tenaciously holding onto that last sliver of health.

This time it was different; he wasn't cheating, nor was he failing to close the game, but because there was a lit red palace lantern standing beside him.

"Item Skill: Age Fire."

"Skill Description: Lighting the wick when the Huaigu Village Year-End Array is activated can ignite the Age Fire that guards the human world. As long as the Age Fire does not go out, life continues. While the Age Fire is burning, it can slow the user's loss of life and grant immunity to most conventional deaths."

The cost of immunity to death was huge; after converting the Mountain Demon and Tree Demon trunks into lamp oil, the burning time of the Four-Direction Age Fire Lantern reached over 15,000 seconds.

Immunizing against one death directly deducted over 14,000 seconds, leaving only a hundred or so seconds.

But being able to live made the lamp oil worth it! At this moment, Wu Chang really wanted to summon Liu Shan with the Shadow Projection and give him a hug.

Although this old man wasn't exactly a saint, if not for the Year-End Array he led the creation of and this Four-Direction Age Fire Lantern, he would have really crashed and burned.

Besides Liu Shan, he also wanted to thank the dungeon plane's lenient judgment system.

Anyway, on Blue Star, being struck to death by lightning is hard to classify as a "conventional death."

Wu Chang used all his strength to move the unconscious Chi Yuan off his body and took out two bottles of Healing Type I, sucking them down greedily.

As a low-level recovery item, the effectiveness diminishes severely when used in a short period.

Used consecutively within half an hour, the healing effect is only half of the previous bottle; after two bottles, the recovered health isn't even as much as the first bottle.

It was a loss, but it allowed Wu Chang to recover basic mobility.

He looked at Chi Yuan, who had only one breath left, and slowly loaded bullets into the Silver Dawn.

As long as Chi Yuan was dealt with, the dungeon would be completely over.

(End of chapter)