Chapter 228: Change (2/2)
I kept my sword pointed toward the coffin as I slowly approached it. Suddenly, the entire Devil Sealing Tower started shaking as a ray of bloody light burst out of the coffin!
Thud!
A huge hand that was covered in metal pushed away the lid of the coffin. Then, an intimidating giant slowly rose to his feet and stared at me. The boss was a mighty-looking general with a thick and bloody cape draped over his shoulders. He was holding a glowing sword that matched his size—most likely the Devil Suppressing Sword—and his armor had jagged lines and edges that resembled draconic armor. He looked ridiculously cool in that outfit.
I hurriedly took a couple of steps away from the boss. I was shocked that I couldn’t see its stats at all.
Purgatory Devil Sovereign (Dark Gold Rank Boss)
Level: 85
Attack: ???
Defense: ???
HP: ???
Skills: ???
Introduction: Purgatory Devil Sovereign was a Holy Dominion warrior. His soul succumbed to darkness because he had murdered countless people in his life. He was summoned back to life as a bloodthirsty general by a Night Creature leader hidden deep within the darkness. Tens of thousands of years ago, a human empire successfully defeated him and sealed him inside the Devil Sealing Tower in exchange for the lives of 21 Holy Dominion warriors and 14 dragon horsemen. Today, Purgatory Devil Sovereign has lost most of his strength to the passage of time, but is still an incredibly scary foe.
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I sucked in a deep breath. If there was one thing I was certain about, it was that this boss had incredible stats!
Fortune favors the bold, and it was do or die in this tower!
“Die!”
I activated Charge and hit the boss like a lightning bolt. Then, I swung my Outstanding Purgatory Sword straight at its head!
Bang!
MISS!
2275!
Fuck! Even after Pardon had mitigated most of the boss's Defense, I was only able to deal around 2000 damage or so. Worse, 2000 HP was barely a tick in the boss health pool! He was way tougher than that Gargoyle King I had fought earlier!
I contained my shock and gritted my teeth. A sinister smile spread across the dark face beneath the helmet. “Hehe, die, you lowly undead adventurer!”
He swung his sword at me as he spoke. I hurriedly backed away from him and raised my sword defensively!
Clang!
Unbelievable! The attack actually broke my defensive stance and caused it to mitigate a lot less damage than usual! Not only that, the boss's level was so high that my Deterrence was completely ineffective against it!
1298!
It was bad. The boss was far stronger than I initially imagined!
The Dark Wasp flew forward to buy time for me, but all it took was one casual swing from the Purgatory Devil Sovereign to send it back to my pet space!
It was clear that I couldn’t fight this boss head-on. Worse, his movement speed and turn rate were absolutely higher than mine. Unlike the Gargoyle King, he couldn’t be dealt with by just quick maneuvers!
I kept backing away while observing the terrain around me. Suddenly, my eyes lit up. I think I found an exploitable area!
There was a window where a bit of light entered from outside. It was only big enough to fit a human, and there was no way Purgatory Devil Sovereign could squeeze through it.
I was delighted. As the saying goes, never give up hope and one will find a way eventually!
I ran toward the window and leaped into the opening. Now, I was surrounded by thick walls on both sides. A boss NPC would never damage the building, right?
But Purgatory Devil Sovereign disappointed me and swung its sword horizontally. The bricks collapsed under his swing easily like he was cutting tofu!
I immediately raised the Purgatory Sword and activated Thousand Mirage Slash!
It was my only chance. I had to kill it with Thousand Mirage Slash before the boss could get his hands on me!
But was that even possible? One hit from Thousand Mirage Slash only dealt about one thousand damage. It wasn’t even enough to nullify his regeneration...
“Die! Die!”
The boss continued to hack away at the walls like crazy. Bits of stones were flying all over the place. Suddenly, he stopped swinging and grabbed my arm with his big hand!
……
Suddenly, something completely unusual happened!
Swhoosh!
A magnificent red light illuminated the entire hall, and my little skeleton suddenly appeared behind the boss. She raised her spear and spoke in a shockingly melodious voice, “Let him go… let him go!”
Swhoosh!
She thrust her spear forward and hit the Purgatory Devil Sovereign squarely in the back!
127984!
It was a ridiculous amount of damage to say the least. At that moment, I found that I didn’t know that little skeleton at all. What on earth is she?
Enraged, the boss turned around and retaliated with a mighty swing of his own. NPC battles had always been intense!
Clang!
There was a shower of sparks, and the little skeleton’s helmet was knocked off her head.
The night’s breeze carried her black hair into the air, and her beautiful face came under the moonlight. Her blood-red eyes were full of sorrow and anger.
……
My knees buckled and hit the ground before I realized it.