Chapter 637: Blade of the Earthen Soul (2/2)
I continued to sort through the items Buffett had dropped. A sudden burst of light caught my eye and I looked down to see a dark-gold book radiating a yellow light near the Mad Warrior’s feet.
I picked it up and yelled with excitement. Yes, we got something awesome!
Purgatory of Ice and Magma: Unleash sword energy imbued with the power of the earth five times. Imbue your sword energy with power of the earth to attack all targets within a 4x15 yard area five consecutive times. Every strike will deal 75% of your attack power in damage. This skill will also summon the power of ice and frost to freeze your opponents, greatly reducing the movement speed of any target hit by this attack. Level Requirement: 140. Reputation Requirement: 50000. Cost: 10000 gold. Reputation Cost: 5000. Class Requirement: Warrior, Magic Knight, Wanderer.
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Blood started to rush to my head as I read the skill description again. An AoE attack that hits five times! This was an absolute gem of a skill! The way this Purgatory of Ice and Magma functioned was different from the Purgatory of Ice and Magma that Buffett had been using, but it was still very strong. I believed that skills would also start to change as players reached new heights of power, and this Purgatory of Ice and Magma might very well become the same as Buffett’s one day—a hundred-yard AoE skill that chewed up everything caught in its path!
He Yi laughed. ”That’s awesome! Can you learn it, Lu Chen?”
I tried to learn the skill but a system notice told me that I couldn’t learn this skill because it conflicted with my Burning Blade Slash. Damn, such a pity! This skill covered far more ground than my Burning Blade Slash did and it would be excellent for grinding. Of course, this skill only did 75% of its user’s base attack power in damage, so its overall damage would be lower than that of Burning Blade Slash. It would also be ineffective against opponents with high Defense.
As a result, I tossed the Purgatory of Ice and Magma skill book to He Yi and said. ”Eve, I can’t learn this skill. I’ll give it to you. I don’t think you have any flurry skills yet, so this just so happens to fit you…”
He Yi’s damage wasn’t very great when it came to boss-killing. She was deathly afraid that this great skill would be wasted on her. It was only when she saw that I couldn’t learn it that she reluctantly accepted the skill book. She raised her head toward me in a most adorable manner as she whispered, ”Can I… really learn this skill?”
When I saw how timid my beautiful boss was acting, I couldn’t help but let out a chuckle. I reached out to grab her shoulders in a reassuring manner. ”It’s fine, just learn it. This is something that Sister Mingyue definitely can’t learn anyway.”
”Okay.”
A beam of light soared into the air and the Purgatory of Ice and Magma skill book disappeared from He Yi’s hand and transformed into a skill inside one of her skill slots.
Murong Mingyue giggled. ”Alright! Can we have a demonstration please?”
”Okay.”
He Yi raised Whirlwind, a determined expression appearing on her perfectly beautiful face. She slashed her sword through the air, causing many earth-colored radiances to erupt from her body. Countless beams of sword energy shot out five consecutive times, hitting everything fifteen yards in front of her. The ground started to crack apart as the energy sword sliced through the air. Magma started spurting up from the ground as blades of ice started to pour down.
”Wow!” Murong Mingyue exclaimed. ”It looks so cool…”
I also gave a vigorous nod of my head. The attack looked nearly exactly the same as the one Buffett had launched at us. It was just that the area of effect was much smaller than the version Buffett had been using.
Yeah, from now onward, He Yi would truly transform from a turtle knight with high Defense and HP to a beautiful knight who could attack and defend with equivalent finesse!
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”Alright, this is perfect!” I laughed as I held up the Mad Warrior’s head. I said, ”Let’s go and turn in our quest. Eve should hit Level 143 after that. As long as you work hard tomorrow, you’ll definitely be able to hit Level 145 and equip the Blade of the Earthen Soul!”
”Okay!”
All of us left the palace in high spirits. After our battle with Mad Warrior Buffett, we saw that his super Purgatories of Ice and Magma had truly turned the palace into a ruin.
We walked out of the devastated palace and arrived in front of the stone wall. Even though we were still far away from him, we could see Knight Captain Mengchuan’s body lying powerlessly on the ground.
However, Mengchuan’s eyes started to shine the moment he saw Buffett’s head firmly grasped in my hand. He struggled to stand as his voice shook with uncontainable excitement. ”Brave young adventurers! Your power and skill have simply left me astounded! You actually managed to kill that devil Buffett!”
I simply nodded my head and tossed Buffett’s head toward him. It hit the ground and rolled until it came to a stop at Mengchuan’s feet.
As he stared at Buffett’s head, Mengchuan’s eyes filled up with fury. He stretched out a hand to slap the head as he shouted, ”You damned devil! How many brave warriors of the empire fell to your terrible axe? To think that a bastard like you would actually be reduced to this. Heh, I knew that justice would descend upon your head one day!”
As he said that, Mengchuan raised his head to look at us. He continued, ”Brave adventurers, I thank you for everything that you have done for me. Come and receive the reward you so greatly deserve!”
I heard the ”ding” of the system notification, but we didn’t get any equipment reward. We did, however, get a lot of experience!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Everyone went up a level! Even I had managed to gain one! This was great, I was only one step away from finally hitting Level 150!
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He Yi leaned against the wall, a trace of exhaustion on her face. After she made a delicate yawn, she said, ”Lu Chen, I’m done for the night. I’m going to head to bed. How about you?”
”Get some rest. I’m going to bring Mengchuan’s body to the God Domain. Xinran is waiting for me there. I’ll continue grinding away at this quest.”
”Okay, then we’re heading to bed first.”
”Sweet dreams!”