Chapter 243: Rapunzel Vivian (5000)

Chapter 243: Rapunzel Vivian (5000)

The attributes of the [Blue Copper Orb] are extremely formidable.

Cao Xing really wanted to inlay it into his [Ice Dragon Crown].

However, this required expert-level forging skills.

In Cao Xing's territory, the blacksmith Harold's forging skills had just reached advanced level, still a distance from expert.

This made him feel somewhat regretful.

However, before leaving, Cao Xing had given him many purple and gold quality materials.

He believed that it wouldn't be long before Harold could reach expert level.

With this thought, he felt satisfied and put these gains into his backpack.

At this point, the loot from the second floor was fully counted.

Cao Xing thought to himself: "Next, we need to head to the third floor of the castle."

"Based on the story the Old Witch told me,"

"The monster we're about to face is probably that Rapunzel."

"The Ogre on the second floor was already at the level of a level 45 mutated leader."

"I estimate that this final Rapunzel will be even more powerful!"

So, Cao Xing led Isabelle and Sarah out the door.

He called out, "Gather up."

Hearing Cao Xing's voice, the others who were searching the second floor quickly gathered around.

"Sarah, lead us to the passage."

Sarah nodded slightly, then led everyone deeper into the passage.

Following the winding passage, they finally reached the end of the road.

In front of them appeared a black door.

Likewise, this door was not locked.

Braum and Assam quickly stepped forward and forced the door open with brute strength.

"Rumble!"

A stone staircase leading to the third floor appeared before them.

Seeing this, a smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

He directly said, "Assam, Braum, lead the way."

The two obeyed the order and quickly walked forward.

After confirming there was no danger inside,

Cao Xing said, "Let's go, we'll head up too."

The group quickly stepped onto the stairs.

"Step… step step…"

They climbed the stone steps, ascending one by one.

After climbing over a hundred steps, they finally reached the third floor of the castle.

At this moment, as the scene before them changed,

a system notification appeared in front of Cao Xing.

[You have entered a special area: Witch Castle Third Floor…]

…

The third floor looked much simpler than the second.

There weren't that many rooms, just a vast hall.

The space was empty, not even a piece of furniture in sight.

At this moment, Liu Muxue tugged at Cao Xing's sleeve and pointed into the distance.

"A Xing, look over there."

Following the direction she pointed,

Cao Xing noticed a window over a meter tall at the edge of the tower.

Leaning by the window was a lonely figure.

She gazed out the window, her phoenix eyes slightly lowered.

The tower's third floor was already over a hundred meters above the ground. Moonlight streamed through the window, falling upon this woman.

Adding a touch of holy radiance to her.

From Cao Xing's angle, he could only see her profile.

But just a profile was enough to tell that this woman possessed a stunningly beautiful face.

Cao Xing slowly approached.

The other seemed to notice Cao Xing and his group.

She slowly turned her head.

The next moment, a beauty capable of eclipsing the moon appeared before them.

Under delicate features was a small, palm-sized face.

Her eyes were like deep lakes, shimmering with lively light, long lashes like black feathered fans.

A delicate and straight nose, and pale red thin lips, like newly bloomed roses.

Her appearance was flawless.

What drew more attention was her golden hair cascading down outside the window.

No one knew how long her hair truly was.

At this moment, the beautiful woman before them parted her thin lips slightly.

Her slightly red pupils fixed on Cao Xing and the others, as if appraising them.

Then, a voice like flowing mountain spring water sounded.

"Intruders, you actually managed to come here…"

"It seems you've dealt with the big bad wolf and that pitiful creature below."

Cao Xing nodded, not denying it.

The beautiful woman asked, "What is your purpose?"

"We want to see the witch of this castle."

Hearing this, the woman before them curled her lips into a smile.

"That won't do~"

"The witch is conducting a crucial experiment and forbids any disturbance."

Hearing this, Cao Xing wasn't surprised and continued to ask, "Experiment? What experiment?"

She covered her face with a light laugh, then asked, "Do you think I would tell you?"

Cao Xing shrugged.

He indeed hadn't expected this woman to speak up willingly.

After all, from his understanding, this woman, along with the two creatures below, were guardians of the castle, dedicated to protecting the witch.

The long-haired girl asked softly, "How about you play a game with me?"

"What game?"

"The game is called, count how many strands of hair I have…"

"If you win, I'll let you see the witch."

"If you lose, you'll have to stay in the castle with me forever~"

Hearing this, Cao Xing rolled his eyes.

"You might as well ask me to count the trees in this forest."

"Hehe~"

The long-haired woman chuckled, "If you don't play this game with me, I won't let you see the witch, you know~"

Cao Xing didn't waste words with her.

"Maybe I can find the witch another way."

"For example, by killing you directly."

Hearing this, the long-haired woman's eyes flickered.

Her long black lashes fluttered again.

"You're the first man in all these years to say they'd kill me…"

"I wonder if you have the ability?"

Cao Xing didn't speak, but answered with actions.

On the field, everyone was ready for battle.

The atmosphere in the castle changed.

As the woman slowly descended from the windowsill, a cold and powerful aura burst forth from her.

Cao Xing quickly scanned her attributes.

[Rapunzel: Vivian]

[Race: Human]

[Level: 50 (Fifth-order Mutated Leader)]

[HP: 732719/732719]

[Attack: 6832~6953]

[Armor: 1145~1276]

[Skills: Spirit Hair Control (Vivian controls her hair like an extension of her body, able to perform various attack moves.)

Hair Sweep (Vivian manipulates her long hair to sweep away all enemies in front, dealing 133% sweeping damage. Cooldown: 20 seconds)

Envelop (Vivian controls her hair to bind 1-3 nearby enemies and pull them to her side. Cooldown: 50 seconds)

Thousand Strands Dance (Vivian enters a berserk state, all her hair attacks surrounding enemies. Cooldown: 3 minutes)

Wraith Shield (When taking any attack, a wraith shield is raised, reducing 30% of physical and magical damage.)

Puppet Control (Vivian controls the puppets she has refined to help fight.)]

[Talent: Infinite Growth (Vivian's hair grows infinitely. It is said that even if you cut off her head, her hair would continue to grow.)]

…

"Wow, a level 50 mutated leader!"

"Just a little more, and this monster would break through to the sixth order!"

Cao Xing was startled.

If he hadn't just reached level 31, he might not have been able to see her attributes!

Clearly, this was also a formidable enemy!

Or rather, this was the most powerful enemy they had ever encountered.

After all, there was a level gap of 19!

And she was a mutated leader-level existence.

The gap between them couldn't even be described as a chasm!

At this moment.

Rapunzel, barefoot with delicate white feet, gracefully walked toward them.

She wore a light purple gown, looking elegant and noble.

Behind her, her long golden hair was dragged up from the window.

It stretched for over ten meters, still without an end in sight.

When she was about eighty meters away from Cao Xing and the others, Rapunzel stopped.

At that moment, Cao Xing finally saw the length of her hair!

At least a hundred meters!

Meanwhile, her hair behind her seemed to come alive, moving on its own and quickly coiling together.

Like a hundred-meter-long golden snake, coiled behind her.

"Wow, that hair really can grow!"

And Cao Xing realized something.

That is—

If her hair was that long, it meant her attack range must also be extremely terrifying!

At this moment, Cao Xing immediately realized the threat of this woman.

At the very least, they needed to maintain enough distance.

[part:gemini-3.5-flash-lite]

Thus, he quickly gave the order: "All ranged units, fall back and open up your attack distance."

"Braum, Assam, Jonard, Josent, Rabb, you guys go over and pin down the opponent."

"Andrew, Moonkin form."

"Everyone else, attack with full force!"

This should be the last powerful enemy they would face in the ancient castle.

After killing this long-haired princess, they could proceed to the top floor of the castle and meet that legendary witch!

At the same time.

Following Cao Xing's command, Braum, Assam, and the other melee fighters instantly rushed forward.

Meanwhile, a faint smile still lingered at the corner of the long-haired princess's mouth.

The next moment, her head moved slightly.

Then, her golden hair instantly transformed into a giant golden dragon, sweeping towards everyone!

"Whoosh—"

A strong gust of wind hit them right in the face.

Over a hundred meters of golden hair swept past Assam and the others!

Even Cao Xing and the others, who didn't have time to create distance, were struck by the hair.

"Crack! Crack!"

The sound of Holy Shields shattering was endless.

The Holy Shields on everyone present shattered by a layer.

Seeing this scene, a hint of slight astonishment appeared in the long-haired princess's eyes.

"Eh? Everyone actually has this kind of weird shield?"

Before she could even react,

the attacks from Cao Xing and the others had already landed on the long-haired princess.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

The Frost Orbs and Holy Light Orbs exploded simultaneously.

Nightmare arrows, gale arrows, and freezing arrows instantly assailed her!

However, just at this moment,

the golden hair behind the long-haired princess split into several strands, blocking the attacks of those arrows like arms.

All the attacks they unleashed stirred up a layer of blue shield, neutralizing a massive amount of damage for the long-haired princess.

[ – 1157 ]

[ – 2387! ]

[ – 3733! ]

[ – 2315 ]

[ – 1232 ]

Seven or eight damage numbers appeared.

Most of the arrows and magic attacks among them were blocked by the long-haired princess's golden hair.

Her golden hair seemed to have completely become her weapon, moving as smoothly as her own arms.

This wave of attacks from everyone only chipped away around ten thousand plus HP from the long-haired princess.

Seeing this, Cao Xing's heart sank slightly.

Obviously, given the long-haired princess's over 700,000 HP, this was going to be another hard-fought battle!

However, the only good news was that

she didn't have as high an evasion rate as the Ogre hunter downstairs.

As long as she could be kept under crowd control, she would be pinned in place by Cao Xing's chain of control skills and left at his mercy!

Cao Xing quickly gave the order.

"Dabai! Rush up and ram her!"

Receiving the command,

Dabai flicked its trunk and let out a resounding cry.

"Moo—"

The next moment, it charged out instantly like a fired cannonball!

However, seeing Dabai charge over, the long-haired princess was not afraid in the least.

She directly split off a small strand of hair and instantly wrapped it around Dabai's hind hooves.

Dabai, which was sprinting forward at high speed, suddenly felt its center of gravity become unstable, its figure stumbling.

Although it didn't fall, its charge was interrupted.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing was also somewhat surprised.

This was the first time Dabai's charge skill had been interrupted by an enemy.

However, even though she blocked Dabai's charge,

Braum, who had already arrived by her side, had spotted the opportunity.

He directly slammed his shield fiercely into the ground.

Bang!

The next moment, a glacier rapidly began to spread from beneath his feet.

It was precisely [Glacial Fissure]!

The long-haired princess retreated a few steps with 'thud, thud, thud', but it was already too late.

Frost had already covered her little feet, reached her fair calves, and was rapidly spreading across her entire body.

Soon, she was directly controlled in place!

Cao Xing praised, "Braum, well done."

Braum rubbed his bald head and laughed out loud.

Cao Xing quickly gave the order: "Attack with full force!"

On the field, everyone's attacks rained down frantically on the long-haired princess.

However, just when Cao Xing thought that she was controlled and would lose all ability to resist,

the golden long hair on the long-haired princess's head began to wave wildly.

"Whoosh— Whoosh—"

Strips of golden spirit snakes possessed powerful reaction capabilities.

Many of everyone's attacks were blocked by this hair.

Only a small portion landed on the long-haired princess.

[ – 1132 ]

[ – 3374 ]

[ – 4183! ]

[ – 3123 ]

[ – 2042 ]

…

This wave still only knocked off a little over ten thousand health points from the opponent.

Seeing this, Cao Xing was stunned, and then exclaimed in surprise: "Good grief, how outrageous is this?"

"She can still resist even when she's controlled."

"As expected, these castle creatures are all very weird; not a single one of them is weak!"

However, even though the long-haired princess could resist, it didn't have much of an impact on Cao Xing.

At least, they still had some attacks that could deal damage to her.

As long as the control time was long enough, they could still deal massive damage to her!

Next was the familiar chain-control segment.

Divine Ring of Shackles, Ice Dragon Spear Break, Mammoth Trample, Heavenly Roar Drop, Spiderweb, and so on…

Various control skills were thrown out in succession.

Even though the control duration of each subsequent skill became shorter and shorter, the long-haired princess was still hard-controlled in place by Cao Xing for a full 24 seconds.

It directly knocked off 300,000 of her HP!

And the long-haired princess finally broke free from the control state.

She took a deep look at Cao Xing and the others,

"As expected of the ones who killed the Great Wild Wolf and the Ogre…"

"You truly possess powerful strength."

"In that case, let my friends come and play with you."

Clatter…

Bursts of eerie sounds appeared above everyone's heads.

It was as if something was crawling right above their heads.

Subconsciously, they raised their heads and looked up into the air.

Before their eyes, an eerie scene appeared.

Over a hundred desiccated corpses that looked like they had died from hanging were suspended mid-air.

And around each of their necks was wrapped a single golden strand of hair.

This scene instantly made the hearts of everyone present tighten.

At the same time,

as the long-haired princess split off thousands of hairs and pierced them into the bodies of these desiccated corpses,

they seemed to awaken, instantly opening their eyes.

And with a fierce gaze, they looked towards Cao Xing and the others.

The long-haired princess gave a gentle wave.

"Go, my puppets."

"Turn these people into one of you."

As her words fell, the golden strands of hair around the desiccated corpses' necks vanished, and they all smashed down from the air.

"Thud! Thud!"

Bursts of heavy flesh impacts sounded out.

After those desiccated corpses landed, they seemed unable to feel any pain.

Like ferocious beasts, they swarmed toward everyone!

Cao Xing didn't panic, but instead quickly glanced at the attributes of these desiccated corpses.

[Elite Corpse Puppet of the Long-Haired Princess]

[Level: Level 43 (Tier 5 Elite Creature)]

[HP: 143288 / 143288]

[Attack Power: 3125 ~ 3277]

[Skills: Corpse Puppet (Will not feel pain, only the desire to attack remains, faithfully executing Vivienne's commands), Life Link (When the corpse puppet deals damage, it will absorb 30% of the HP from this attack and feed it back to Vivienne), Self-Destruct (When the corpse puppet's HP drops below 10%, it will explode in place, dealing 188% blast damage to surrounding enemies)]

[Talent: None]

…

[Corpse Puppet of the Long-Haired Princess]

[Level: Level 44 (Tier 5 Normal Creature)]

[HP: 98623 / 98623]

[Attack Power: 2231 ~ 2289]

[Skills: Corpse Puppet, Life Link]

[Talent: None]

…

The more than one hundred desiccated corpses before them were all Tier 5 creatures.

Among them, there were over 20 elite corpse puppets, and the rest were normal corpse puppets.

Cao Xing pondered, "The HP of these Tier 5 creatures is quite terrifying."

"It seems that going from Tier 4 to Tier 5 is also an important transformation."

"And most importantly, the skills of these corpse puppets will also restore health to the long-haired princess."

Obviously, if they didn't clear out these corpse puppets on the field, the health points they had managed to beat down would recover very quickly.

Rumble!

Over a hundred desiccated corpses lunged forward fiercely.

Seeing this, Cao Xing quickly gave the order.

"Braum, use Giant's Roar!"

"Dabai, use Elephant Herd Stampede!"

"Assam, you, Rabb, and the two Centaurs, go over and stall the long-haired princess first."

"Everyone else, clear out these monsters with full force!"

As Cao Xing's orders were issued one by one, everyone on the field sprang into action.

Braum and Dabai let out an angry roar at the same time.

"Roar! Get over here!"

…