Chapter 100: Blade Demon (1/2)

“Ow ow…”

My head smacked onto the stone floor while my arm was being hugged by Lin Yixin. Her situation was even more miserable than mine, since she had smashed into a nearby stone pillar and was yelping in pain.

Swhoosh!

An electric light suddenly flashed on the ground below me!

Not good!

I sprang up and used all my energy to roll away with Lin Yixin in my embrace!

Crackle!

Lightning fell and the Fire Blade let out its dying throes. It had instantly died. My Dark Wasp had thankfully escaped that calamity because it had followed me.

Lin Yixin struggled to stand. With a bright red face, she said in an annoyed tone, “What’s going on?”

I pointed at the charred ground. “You almost got struck by lightning…”

“...”

I walked several steps forward before retrieving my Beast-faced Turmoil Helmet. My equipment had actually been forcibly sent flying by a monster. I wondered what sort of thing had that kind of strength.

Lin Yixin gazed up at the end of the steps and deeply breathed. “The second floor’s mobs seem really strong!”

“Did you see what it was?” I asked.

Lin Yixin’s lips moved, but she only gave a vague answer. “I don’t know how to describe it. It’s just really ugly, as ugly as a ghost. It was holding two sharp blades in its hands so it shouldn’t be too low-leveled!”

I nodded, then ran back up to the second floor with my sword and swiftly struck at the black figure in front of me!

Ice Ray!

Puchi!

My longsword that became a cone of ice tore through the black figure’s Defense. Blood splattered as a layer of frost condensed on my opponent’s body. At this time, my field of view had also cleared up. Due to my arrival, the area had lightened up and the thing before me was truly as Lin Yixin described, ugly. But it wasn’t your typical ugly!

A triangular head and two eyes brimming with cruelty. Skin akin to fish, clad in scale armor. Though its head wasn’t too large, it had a long neck and a stooped body with a back full of barbs. Grasped in each hand was a sharp blade glinting with cold metallic sheen. It seemed to be a valiant general carrying an army banner, but it was just that it was disastrously hideous.

I glanced at the little beauty behind me. Lin Yixin’s eyes were fraught with killing intent, shockingly beautiful. I looked to my front again. This monster was just so damn ugly. The contrast between beauty and ugliness was huge. Love could turn people crazy!

Blade Demon

Level: 59

Attack: 250~480

Defense: 300

HP: 5700

Skills: Cleave, Brutality

Introduction: Guardian of the Ancient Thunder Temple’s second floor. Ever since they were tamed by the Thunder General, these strong Blade Demons have become emissaries of death, the nightmare of all adventurers.

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“Fuck, whose brain got knocked out…”

I lifted my sword and jumped into fray. The Ghost Ice Soul was flooded by dense blood-red energy and abruptly smashed onto the Blade Demon’s head. A powerful strike, right after I used Pardon.

2219!

Lin Yixin was left speechless. She swung her Snow Shadow Sword, snowflakes following its wake, and hacked away a chunk of its remaining HP. My Dark Wasp charged forward and stung thrice, followed by the Fire Blade’s one attack, ending this Level 59 Blade Demon’s life. It collapsed to the floor with a wail, only having attacked once before its sudden demise.

I stepped on its corpse and used Death Plunder but came out empty-handed. “This Blade Demon’s Attack is really strong but its Defense is inferior to the first floor’s Hellhounds. It’s a glass cannon type of mob so I don’t think we should split up. Attacking together will help us minimize damage taken!”

Lin Yixin nodded. “Mn, okay!”

The Blade Demon had low Defense so it would basically die under one round of attacks from me and Lin Yixin. Luring another one over wouldn’t be an issue either, and the experience gained from it would be amazing. My experience bar rose by 1% after 2–3 Blade Demons, a satisfying leveling speed indeed.

After a while, Lin Yixin stopped, then sighed softly.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“I told Zi Chuanyu, Qingqing, and the rest to form a party and come here but I didn’t expect that they wouldn’t even be willing to stay at the first floor. They think that the lightning formation here is too complicated, and that leveling here is too hard if a moment of carelessness can spell their doom…”

“Haha, I guess so!”

Lin Yixin raised her head to look at me and then suddenly said, “It’s 1:30 pm already. We should be having lunch at this time. Always trying to dodge the lightning is a bit tiring. Let’s log off and continue after lunch?”

I nodded. “We’ve pretty much killed almost all the mobs on the second floor. Let’s kill two more and get me to Level 54 before we go.”

“Mn, alright~”

In the blink of an eye, two Blade Demons fell to the ground, followed by a pillar of golden light. I actually reached Level 54 after killing these two!

Lin Yixin followed the second floor’s map to a corner and was searching around for a while before she suddenly said with a happy smile, “Lu Chen, over here!”

“What, found the boss?”

Lin Yixin pointed at a smooth spot on the stone floor. “No, look. There are no signs of this spot being hit by lightning at all. Mn, we can set up a tent and log off right here!”