Chapter 57 - Epic (Pseudo) Rank
Chapter 57: Epic (Pseudo) Rank
Through God View, Wei Huo watched the Lillend skeleton float in the air, and two spirit flames appeared in its eye sockets. The spirit flames radiated continuously as if they were blinking.
Wei Huo scrunched his brows upon reading everything about this Lillend skeleton on the Information Feed.
‘Name: Unknown
‘Sex: Unknown
‘Race: Lillend
‘Rank: Epic (Pseudo)
‘Relationship: Hostile
‘Favorability To Humans: -14’
Wei Huo was a little worried upon seeing the term Epic. He had never met an Epic-ranked creature, but now that he had met one, it seemed as if creatures of Epic (Pseudo) rank were quite powerful as well. Wei Huo did not expect that even after their death and being sealed in a coffin… They could still be alive.
Wei Huo thought about a famous quote, ‘Some people live, but they are already dead. Some people died, but they are still alive.[1]’ and wondered if this person encountered a zombie?
This skeleton was still alive somehow. ‘If you could stay alive even as a skeleton, why did you seal yourself in the coffin?’
The Lillend skeleton seemed as if it had yet to make sense of its surroundings. The spirit flames in its eyes continued radiating, and there was a necklace around its neck. A blue gem was embedded on it.
Wei Huo understood it at that moment. The blue gem must be the key to unlock the metal gate!
Wei Huo charged towards the Lillend skeleton. He had a plan in mind. If the enemy was too strong to handle, he would use his Shadow Blade. With the invincibility effects from wielding Shadow Blade, it was sufficient!
Wei Huo rushed over with a Dragon Spear appearing in his hand, and was about to land on the Lillend skeleton.
Surprisingly, the Lillend became terrified as it turned around and ran. It hid under the altar, and its skull peeked out of there to watch Wei Huo cautiously.
Wei Huo was confused. “???”
Wei Huo was puzzled as he stood on the altar. ‘Why are you running? Aren’t you the superboss?’
This boss was acting unusual.
It could be that the superboss could not understand what was going on given that mankind’s time halt had yet to end. The game was not online yet, and it had been sleeping soundly. However, Wei Huo forced it out with explosives.
Seeing that Wei Huo was human, the Lillend skeleton opened its mouth. “Kakakaka… Kakaka!”
Wei Huo was confused. ‘What are you saying?’
Although Wei Huo did not understand Lillend Language, he could still sense its hostility towards humans. Wei Huo saw its claws extending, and it seems as if it was about to attack Wei Huo. Its fingers were longer than an average human’s.
However within the next moment, the Lillend skeleton was shocked by its own skeletonic hands and took a huge jump backwards.
Wei Huo was speechless. “…”
Wei Huo understood it at that moment. This Lillend did not know that it had turned into a skeleton!
The Lillend skeleton was confused. It continued staring at its own skeletonic hands and torso as if it could not understand how it turned into this.
Wei Huo approached it silently. The Lillend skeleton was still in a sluggish state. Wei Huo silently went behind its back and tried to take the necklace off.
At this moment, the Lillend skeleton snapped out of it and slapped Wei Huo. Although Wei Huo blocked it with his hands, he still flew over ten meters before crashing into a wooden wall.
Such great strength!
Wei Huo finally learned the strength of an Epic-ranked creature. Although there was a ‘Pseudo’ description attached to the rank, this strength should not be underestimated. Nonetheless, it was still possible to resist it.
Wei Huo pulled out his Dragon Spear and got ready for another attack. Meanwhile, the Lillend skeleton stared at its own hands in confusion as it was surprised about its own strength.
Wei Huo was no longer hesitating. He charged forward again since he now knew the capabilities of the enemy after testing it out just now. Moreover, he needed the necklace to get to the next floor of the ruins.
Wei Huo’s Dragon Spear was aimed at the Lillend skeleton’s skull. The Lillend clenched its fists, and released a fist punch at Wei Huo’s Dragon Spear. As a result, Wei Huo’s Dragon Spear was bent. It’s next fist was aimed at Wei Huo’s head.
Wei Huo dumped his Dragon Spear and clenched his own fist immediately, countering the Lillend’s fist. Both fists clashed into each other, triggering a terrifying shockwave. The dust and sawdust that had just settled was instantly blown away again. The ground now became clean.
Both of their strengths were at extraordinarily scary levels. Wei Huo used his muscle strength, while the Lillend skeleton only had a skeleton. It could not speak either. Nonetheless, it was still on par with Wei Huo which only proved how powerful it was.
Wei Huo’s brows scrunched, and an electric field instantly circled his body. As the snake-shaped electric field surrounded his body, crackling sounds could be heard.
The Lillend skeleton eyes’ spirit flames flickered before it charged towards Wei Huo with its fists were aiming for him.
The Lillend started acting like an actual superboss this time around.
Wei Huo was not one to be outdone. He rushed over and became entangled with the Lillend skeleton. The electric field on his body was radiating, and every punch he threw caused great damage to the Lillend skeleton.
Wei Huo could see the damages he caused to the Lillend skeleton from his Social Feed.
‘Mild damage to the Lillend skeleton’s left hand.
‘Mild damage to the Lillend skeleton’s right shoulder.’
Wei Huo had the Massacre Mode and God View allowing him to predict every single move of the Lillend and counteract them. Meanwhile, the Lillend’s battle skills which seemed ordinary only made it harder for the Lillend to hit Wei Huo.
However, Wei Huo’s fear grew as the battle went on. Is the Lillend’s defense ability that strong? His fist which could usually kill a Rare-ranked creature in one punch, now only caused mild damage to the Lillend skeleton.
A normal person with guns would not be able to kill it. The Lillend skeleton could probably survive against tanks with heavy machine guns as well. One would probably need to strike it with a missile to kill it!
Just as Wei Huo was deep in thought, the Lillend slithered over and wrapped itself around Wei Huo. His legs were locked in by the Lillend’s tail as its ribs pierced Wei Huo’s arm, causing blood to begin flowing out.
Superbosses were indeed powerful!
Wei Huo was impressed. However, in the next moment, lightning began rumbling throughout his body and formed an electric field around him. There were countless flashes from the electricity, and terrifying electric currents were everywhere. It was as if he was a mortal God of Thunder.
Terrifying electric currents began splattering over the Lillend’s bones. The electricity caused severe damage to the Lillend, but given that it was in the state of a skeleton, it could not feel any pains. It continued tightening its binding around Wei Hu as if it wanted constrict Wei Huo to death.
Wei Huo became enraged as he started growling and released the Lightning Force from within him. His hair began standing, and a Lightning Armor formed around his body. The terrifying Lightning Force instantly broke several bones of the Lillend.
The Lillend could no longer coil around Wei Huo and loosened its grip. Wei Huo threw a punch at the Lillend’s head, and the Lightning Force struck the insides of its skull. In the next moment, the Lightning Force exploded in its skull — blasting it into pieces.
A spirit flame floated out of the broken skull and Wei Huo grabbed it without hesitation. Immediately after that, blinding flashes of electricity could be seen from his palm.
[1] Excerpt from ‘Some People’, a poem by Zang Kejia.