114: The damage of this BOSS is too high!

Outside the elevator door was a magnificent temple suspended in the air.

The moment the door opened, an aura mixing holiness and coercion assailed them.

The interior of the temple was so vast it was silent, with massive stone pillars carved with angel reliefs.

The floor was paved with an unknown jade, emitting a soft white glow that illuminated the entire hall as if it were daytime.

At the end of their sight, on a high throne made of luminous crystal, sat a figure.

That person wore a luxurious white magic robe, held a staff inlaid with a huge blue gem, and surprisingly, looked no different from a human.

No, that’s not right.

Su Mo’s pupils suddenly constricted.

Behind that person, a pair of huge wings, condensed from pure light elements, spread out. Each slight flap of the light wings scattered specks of golden light dust into the air.

Holy Archmage Antonidas (LV25 · Lord)

A Level 25 Lord-tier BOSS!

And a mage-type, the most troublesome kind!

“Humble intruders, how dare you step into the temple of my Lord!”

On the throne, Antonidas slowly opened his eyes. They were a pair of blue eyes shimmering with wisdom, yet his gaze held the indifference of looking down upon ants.

“Your Lord?” Su Mo raised an eyebrow. “Aren’t you the final BOSS? Why are you working for someone else?”

“Ignorant mortals, you can never comprehend the greatness of the existence you face.” Antonidas stood up from the throne, gently tapping the ground with his staff.

Buzz—!

Golden magic runes, centered on where the staff landed, instantly covered the entire temple’s floor and pillars.

A powerful binding force enveloped the entire space.

“In my Lord’s temple, all shall return to nothingness,” Antonidas declared from above, as if judging sinners.

“So much nonsense.”

Su Mo couldn’t be bothered with his pre-battle speech and directly ordered his two generals behind him:

“Rehn, Fim, go! Tear those bird wings off him!”

“As you command, my Lord!”

Rehn and Fim let out earth-shattering roars, their bulging bodies transforming into a red and a purple streak, rocketing towards Antonidas on the throne!

However, just as they were about to reach the throne, Antonidas’s mouth curved into an undisguised sneer.

“Foolish beasts.”

He gently waved the staff in his hand again.

“Oh Holy Light, please punish these defiled creatures!”

Skill: Holy Light Judgment!

Boom—!!!

A massive pillar of light, more than ten times thicker than the previous Holy Light Priest’s, descended without warning!

It could no longer be called a pillar of light; it was more like a death waterfall condensed from pure light elements.

Rehn and Fim didn’t even have time to react before they were directly struck by the world-destroying pillar of light!

“Roar—!”

“Moo—!”

Two roars, filled with pain and unwillingness, emanated from the blinding light, then abruptly ceased.

The light dissipated.

Only two charred, smoking ox demon corpses remained on the spot.

One... one-shotted?!

Su Mo looked at the two Lord-tier subordinates who had fallen without even touching a hair on the BOSS, and the muscles in his face twitched involuntarily.

This… what kind of damage is this?!

At the elevator entrance, Su Mo stared at the two freshly made “steaks,” his mood complex.

His core employees, whom he had spent a full 24 million game coins to recruit, were supposed to wreak havoc, but they didn't even pass their probation period, getting scrapped less than three seconds into the battle?

This was too damn embarrassing!

“Hahahaha…”

From the throne, Antonidas let out a wild laugh, full of mockery for the weak.

“Do you see? Mortals, this is the insurmountable gap between you and the gods!”

“In the face of absolute power, your pathetic struggles are meaningless.”

His gaze at Su Mo was filled with disdain and pity, as if Su Mo was already a dead man.

“Gap?” Su Mo’s face darkened.

This Archmage’s damage was indeed ridiculously high.

But to make him admit defeat? What a pipe dream!

“My Lord, we… have shamed you…”

Rehn and Fim’s voices, filled with guilt, echoed in Su Mo’s mind through the soul link.

“It’s alright, it’s not your fault,” Su Mo comforted them in his mind. “This guy is cheating, he has no martial ethics.”

He looked at the two corpses, a thought flashing through his mind.

“Call of the Wage King!”

Ding! Detected that your Wage-Fire Servants ‘Rehn’ and ‘Fim’ have died. Do you wish to consume Netherworld Fire to revive them?

Reviving ‘Rehn’ requires: Netherworld Fire x300.

Reviving ‘Fim’ requires: Netherworld Fire x300.

“One costs three hundred points?” Su Mo glanced at his 1200-point Netherworld Fire limit, his brows furrowing even deeper.

This consumption was not low!

At his current Netherworld Fire recovery rate, it would take more than an hour to make up for this six-hundred-point deficit.

In other words, the “resurrection armor” for his two Lord-tier subordinates had a cooldown of an hour, and they only had two chances.

If two more “Holy Light Judgments” came, his two “core employees” would be completely laid off, with nowhere to claim severance pay.

“No, I can’t charge in head-on again, the loss rate is too high.” Su Mo immediately made a decision in his mind.

“Revive!”

As Su Mo confirmed, half of the Netherworld Fire in his body instantly evaporated.

At the same time, the dark black flames reignited on the two charred ox demon corpses.

In less than ten seconds, Rehn and Fim stood up again, completely unharmed, though their eyes clearly held a hint of lingering fear.

“Hmm? Necromancy?” From the throne, Antonidas looked at the two resurrected ox demons, a trace of surprise flashing in his blue eyes.

“I didn’t expect you, a mere mortal, to possess such evil magic that desecrates the dead.”

Undisguised disgust appeared on his face. “However, it’s useless.”

“Before the Holy Light, all undead shall be purified!”

The staff in his hand once again glowed with dazzling light.

“Come back!”

Su Mo, however, issued the command to the two ox demons through the soul link at the same time.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The figures of the two ox demons instantly transformed into two black streaks, returning to Su Mo’s side.

Boom—!

Another massive pillar of Holy Light descended from the sky, slamming heavily onto the spot where they had just stood, blasting a huge deep pit into the white jade floor, sending shattered rock flying.

“Your reaction isn’t slow, at least.” Antonidas looked at Su Mo, who had retreated into the elevator, and that mocking expression, like a cat playing with a mouse, appeared on his face again.

“But do you think you’re safe hiding in that iron box?”

“Today, I will show you what true despair is!”

He raised his staff high.

In an instant, all the light elements in the entire temple boiled, converging frantically towards his staff at a terrifying speed!

A destructive energy fluctuation, ten times more powerful and terrifying than before, emanated from the tip of his staff, and the entire temple space began to tremble violently!

“Su Mo, he seems to be preparing a big move!” Xiao Wu looked at Antonidas’s world-destroying stance, and a hint of solemnity appeared on her delicate, pretty face.

“I can tell, quite the show.”

Su Mo’s expression remained calm, but his eyes had grown cold.

This Archmage clearly wanted to blast them and the elevator into cosmic dust.

Too bad, he was thinking too much.

This elevator was absolutely safe!

Watching the BOSS outside put on a concert-like display of light and shadow effects, Su Mo even felt a little like laughing.

With such severe light pollution, wasn't he afraid of being reported by environmental organizations?