Chapter 56: Three-Headed Corpse Tyrant

The aftereffects of Meteor Fire Rain had not yet dissipated, and the air still lingered with a charred scent.

Above the bone mountain, the shattered bones once again emitted a strange "crack" sound.

Countless pale green flames of Soul were reignited.

The second wave of corpse battle beasts actually condensed into form rapidly once again.

They let out a silent roar, their hollow eye sockets locking firmly onto Gandalf below, and then they pounced down like a tide.

Sharp claws, fangs, bone spurs.

All kinds of attacks came overwhelmingly.

But they were all blocked by the barrier flowing with Arcane Barrier runes on Gandalf's body surface.

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Dense damage numbers popped up from above Gandalf's head like raindrops.

The light of [Arcane Barrier] dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, more than sixty thousand shield points were consumed by nearly half.

Zhou Huai, however, was not anxious.

Controlling Gandalf, he just stood quietly in place, like a lodestone attracting moths.

Waiting until the surrounding awakened corpse battle beasts gathered more and more, numbering over a hundred.

Only then did he have Gandalf slowly raise the staff in his hand.

The ancient and profound syllables were chanted once again.

"[Forbidden Spell: Thousand Mile Ice Seal]!"

Hum——!

The extreme chill spread like ripples.

In an instant, the corpse battle beasts that had just been charging wildly instantly turned into crystal-clear ice sculptures.

The huge bone mountain, in a split second, turned into a grim iceberg.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, Clone 'Gandalf' Rank has increased to LV12!]

A golden light of leveling up lit up.

With the increase in Rank, Gandalf's consumed mana points instantly refilled.

His state was in its prime.

He didn't even need to drink mana recovery potions.

Beneath the iceberg, bones began to tremble again, as if endless.

But the thick ice layer bought precious time for Gandalf.

By the time those corpse battle beasts broke through the ice and emerged.

The cooldown time of [Forbidden Spell: Meteor Fire Rain] had long since ended.

The cooldown of [Forbidden Spell: Thousand Mile Ice Seal] had also passed more than half.

Next was a forbidden spell ground-clearing with no suspense at all.

Boom!

Meteor Fire Rain fell, melting the iceberg and burning the corpse battle beasts to ashes.

Hum!

Thousand Mile Ice Seal spread, freezing the newly born battle beasts and creating conditions for the next round of fire rain.

The symphony of ice and fire played the movement of destruction here.

The entire underground space was bombed beyond recognition; if not for its special structure, it probably would have collapsed long ago.

On the ground, not a single complete exotic beast skeleton could be seen anymore.

All the bones turned into the finest powder under the alternating bombardment of the forbidden spells.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, Clone 'Gandalf' Rank has increased to LV14!]

The golden light of leveling up lit up once more.

Looking at the empty field, Zhou Huai was still somewhat unsatisfied.

Is it gone just like that?

It is too underwhelming.

It only let Gandalf go up four Ranks.

As the vast number of corpse battle beasts were completely wiped out.

Behind the mountain-like piles of bone powder ahead, a new passage appeared in front of Gandalf.

Zhou Huai controlled him and strode through the passage.

The scene before his eyes suddenly opened up.

This place looked like a huge circular plaza.

On the plaza, skeleton frames were still scattered everywhere.

Only, the bones here were not just those of exotic beasts.

There were also many that obviously belonged to humans.

Zhou Huai even saw quite a few scattered, long-losing-luster pieces of equipment within the bone piles.

Here, it seemed that a cruel bloody battle between exotic beasts and humans had once erupted.

The ending was probably mutual destruction.

He controlled Gandalf to walk forward and casually picked up a battle axe stuck in the ribs of a giant beast.

The axe blade was full of notches, and the handle was rotten beyond recognition.

[Decayed Titan Battle Axe]

[Quality: epic-grade ☆ ☆ ☆ (Three-Star)]

[Rank: LV30]

[Attributes: ? ? ? (Damaged, unable to view)]

[Special Effects: ? ? ? (Damaged, unable to view)]

[Remarks: This was once a battle axe that had drunk divine blood, but the years have worn away its edge. Perhaps a true Divine Craftsman can restore its former glory.]

Epic Three-Star!

Zhou Huai's eyes lit up.

He searched around for a few more pieces of equipment.

A broken longsword, a shattered armor, a pair of boots full of holes.

Without exception, all were level thirty epic-grade equipment.

Unfortunately, they were all too rotten to be used anymore.

Yet Zhou Huai didn't let them go.

He put these pieces of junk one by one into his space ring.

When he turned back, he would let Ou Yezi study them; maybe they really could be repaired to regain their former glory.

Just as Zhou Huai was controlling Gandalf to pick up trash all over this ancient battlefield.

At the very center of the circular plaza.

In the eye sockets of a particularly huge exotic beast skeleton skull, two clusters of dim green flames suddenly emerged.

Whoosh——

A chilling wind whipped up out of thin air.

The entire plaza began to tremble slightly accordingly.

Zhou Huai immediately sensed something was wrong.

Judging by this posture, the boss fight was about to begin.

Indeed, that was the case.

Right in the center of the plaza, countless huge bones seemed to be summoned invisibly and began to assemble rapidly.

Soon, an enormously sized exotic beast skeleton slowly stood up from the ground.

It looked like a giant four-legged beast, but it had three hideous heads.

[Three-Headed Corpse Tyrant LV30 (Disaster-Grade BOSS)]

[Health Points: 100000 / 100000]

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Seeing this, Zhou Huai didn't say a word and directly had Gandalf raise his staff.

Striking first was an advantage.

"[Forbidden Spell: Meteor Fire Rain]!"

However, the reaction of the Three-Headed Corpse Tyrant exceeded Zhou Huai's expectations.

Facing the doom meteorites falling from the sky, the head on its left suddenly raised up and let out a high-pitched howl.

Countless broken bones rose from the ground, rapidly condensing above its head, actually forming an incomparably thick bone wall barrier!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Meteor Fire Rain fiercely smashed onto the bone wall, bursting out a deafening roar.

That bone wall forcibly withstood Gandalf's full-strength blow.

But it also became full of cracks, shattered with a bang, and turned into flying bone powder falling all over the sky.

Seeing this, Zhou Huai immediately realized that this BOSS was somewhat tricky.

Without hesitation, he exited the control of Gandalf.

Compared to himself, he now trusted the micro-control and judgment of the smart core ai more.

The BOSS seemed to have been offended because its defense was broken.

The head on its right abruptly turned towards Gandalf and let out a harsh roar.

An invisible sound wave instantly crossed space and swept toward Gandalf.

The speed was extremely fast, impossible to avoid.

Zhou Huai frowned slightly.

He didn't know what effect this move would have.

As a result, after Gandalf was hit by the sound wave, he acted as if nothing had happened.

Even the shield points of the [Arcane Barrier] on his body surface did not consume the slightest bit.

It was as if that was just an ordinary roar.

This scene not only dumbfounded Zhou Huai.

Even all three huge heads of the Three-Headed Corpse Tyrant appeared to pause briefly.

It seemed that it was also a bit dumbfounded.

What Zhou Huai didn't know was that this move [Soul Deterrence] of the BOSS could ignore any physical and magical defenses and directly attack the target's Soul.

Professionals with strong Mental Energy would fall into a long-term stun state.

Those with weak Mental Energy would even have their Soul annihilated on the spot and die directly.

However, Gandalf, who was out of Zhou Huai's control, had no Soul inside him at all.

What he had was only the cold smart core ai.

Soul attacks were completely ineffective against him.

After a brief astonishment was monstrous anger.

The main head in the middle of the Three-Headed Corpse Tyrant abruptly opened its grim giant mouth.

A sticky green flame exuding an ominous aura roared out like a breached torrent!

Gandalf, controlled by the smart core ai, made an evasive movement at the very first moment.

But the coverage area of the flame was simply too large.

Although he dodged in time, he was still brushed by the edge of the flame.

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A huge damage number popped up from above Gandalf's head.

Fortunately, he had [Arcane Barrier] on him.

Otherwise, this blow would have directly killed him in seconds.

However, that eerie green flame, although blocked by Arcane Barrier, had no intention of extinguishing at all; like maggots on tarsal bones, it kept burning on the surface of the shield.

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Continuous damage numbers popped up one after another.