Chapter 229: Purgatory Scepter (1/2)
Xinran’s pitch-black hair was glowing under the moonlight. She was staring at me wordlessly and emotionlessly while holding a bright spear. A long time ago, she had black eyes that looked like black jewels. But now, it was dyed completely blood-red in color.
Ding~!
System Notice: Your SSS Rank quest [Promise] has entered the next stage. Xinran has awakened from her hibernation, and 10% of her soul has been resurrected!
……
What? Soul resurrection?!
I stared wide-eyed at the beautiful girl in front of me, but her former innocence had been replaced by a kind of killing intent and pressure that only an elite undead creature could have.
Xinran stared back at me expressionlessly before saying, “Let’s kill him. Quickly!”
Although this Xinran clearly wasn’t the beautiful girl in my memories, we currently shared the same goal. I didn’t know why she wanted to kill this Purgatory Devil Sovereign, but I was going to kill him and loot his body anyway. One way or another, I was going to get the Devil Suppressing Sword and complete my quest!
……
“Hah!”
I activated Wild Roar, and both Xinran and I had our Attack boosted by 15%. The beautiful girl stared darkly at Purgatory Devil Sovereign, and the giant stared right back at her. Suddenly, he asked in a loud voice, “Who are you? Why do you have the power of the Dark Domain?”
Instead of answering, Xinran simply thrust her spear forward like she was unleashing a crazed dragon!
“Hmph!”
Purgatory Devil Sovereign snorted coldly before crouching slightly and raising his sword horizontally in front of him. Holy shit, he is assuming a defensive stance!
Naturally, I wasn’t going to let him succeed. Considering how much HP this boss had, it would probably take me months to kill the sonuvabitch the proper way. The main DPS of this boss battle was without a doubt Xinran. Also, I suspected that NPC battles didn’t take Attack or Defense stats into account, so it was possible they could deal hundreds of thousands of damage in just one hit!
Reacting as quickly as lightning, I activated the one skill that could interrupt the boss in time—Charge!
Whoosh!
I hit the boss in the blink of an eye, and this time Purgatory Devil Sovereign was stunned properly. Then, I flicked my wrist and unleashed Crushing Blow!
Bang!
My blade destroyed the boss's defensive skill and dealt a massive amount of damage—3219!
But my damage was nothing compared to Xinran’s. Purgatory Devil Sovereign failed to guard because of me, so the tip of her spear reached the boss’s chest without resistance and stabbed right through!
Puchi!
Furious, Purgatory Devil Sovereign summoned a rain of blades and shouted loudly, “I don’t care who you are, but I’m going to kill both you and that ant!”
Fuck! It’s an AoE attack!
Bang bang bang!
But Xinran blocked in front of me and took three hits in a row! Her HP instantly fell to less than 20%!
178434!
183948!
173446!
God damn, the battles between NPCs are just too scary!
Xinran smiled despite the savage expression on Purgatory Devil Sovereign’s face. “Hehe. He may be weak, but he is no ant. Die, you fallen devil!”
She abruptly raised her spear again and summoned lightning around it. The weapon instantly grew several times bigger before she stabbed Purgatory Devil Sovereign in the chest once more!
198042!
The deadly attack almost deleted all of the boss's HP. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to kill him, and his retaliatory strike turned out to be even stronger than her powerful skill! He swung his sword and struck Xinran squarely in the shoulder!
219843!
Xinran was powerful, but she had also only awakened recently. She let out a groan when her HP hit zero, and she stared at me with her blood-red eyes before she transformed into a ball of white light and returned to my pet space.
This was my last chance. It was either me or him!
I charged toward the boss in a straight line and swung my sword twice: Pardon + Desperate Gambit!
Crack!
MISS!
8904!
Fuck, I even got a critical hit?!
Even better, the attack was actually enough to end the Dark Gold Rank boss’s life. Once his gigantic body hit the ground with a loud thud, he exploded into a bunch of equipment drops and items, and to my pleasant surprise, my body was surrounded by a pillar of golden light twice in quick succession. I actually leveled up twice!
Very good, I had reclaimed the top spot in the Floating Ice City Heavenly Ranking. This is awesome!
I checked my pet space, but I couldn’t summon Xinran again. The credit for this kill was undoubtedly hers.
I bent downward to grab the items Purgatory Devil Sovereign had dropped. The first thing that caught my eye was a huge, bright sword. To no surprise, it was the legendary weapon I was looking for—