47: Efficiency Kill

"Holy crap! Look at the system prompt!"

Northern Mad Blade shouted in utter astonishment after coming online.

"This..."

"I'm first on the level rankings?"

"I'm second?" Northern Heavy Sword was equally astonished.

"What happened while we were offline eating? How did high-level players like Qian Duoduo, Qian Miaomiao, and Wang Dapao all fall off the ranking list?"

"Quick, look at the quest interface, the ultimate main quest!"

A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Northern Mad Blade's rugged face.

"Brothers, the main quest is here."

"The location is within Black Flame Valley!"

"Hahaha... This is truly heaven's help."

At this moment, the Northern Five-Person Team all showed expressions of great joy. The top-ranked expert players in Mingyue Village had fallen, so the main quest would naturally fall to them.

"Go!"

With Northern Mad Blade's enthusiastic shout, the five immediately rushed deep into Black Flame Valley, heading straight for the Inferno Demon King's coordinates.

......

"Swish!"

Li Si appeared in the tomb chamber of the Inferno Demon Prison.

Near the corpse of the gate-keeping boss, the Three-Headed Hound, a blood-red light gate now appeared.

【Inferno Demon Ridge】

Level: 20

Description: A level 20 hidden area. The level scales with the Inferno Demon King.

Not bad.

Within expectations.

Closing the light gate's attribute description, Li Si stepped into the gate, and his figure vanished from the tomb chamber.

The scene changed.

He arrived in a mountain ridge.

The vast ridge had many trees with lush branches and leaves, sparkling under the moonlight. Under the influence of the Inferno Demon King, the entire mountain ridge was filled with black flames.

Creatures moving in the ridge were constantly subjected to the invasion of black flames.

【Ding!】

【Affected by the geographical environment, you are in a burning state, losing 50 HP per second until you leave the burning environment.】

-50!

+56!

-50!

+56!

Numbers kept popping up.

Li Si's HP remained stable; the burning damage was covered by HP recovery before it even took effect.

HP recovery was greater than burning damage!

"The Inferno Demon King should be at the peak of the ridge."

Looking up at the mountain peak, Li Si saw a figure, a large dog with black fur and red eyes, which was the Inferno Demon King.

Without any hesitation, he directly rushed forward, climbing the mountain with swift steps.

【Ding!】

【Heaven Rewards Diligence, Black Flame Body Forging, our generation shall rise, unafraid of black flames.】

【Burning damage below 60 points is reduced by 100%.】

A system prompt popped up.

The black flame environment of Inferno Demon Ridge could no longer cause negative effects to Li Si.

"Comfortable."

Without the black flame burning, Li Si felt much more comfortable.

Soon after, he reached the summit of Inferno Demon Ridge, facing the Inferno Demon King directly.

【Inferno Demon King】(Purple Lord)

Level: 20

HP: 100,000 / 100,000

Mana: 30,000 / 30,000

Attack: 220-230

Talents: 【Heart of Black Flame】【Lord's Power】

Skills: 【Dark Blast Flame】【Black Flame Clone】【Black Flame Summon】【Black Flame's Wrath】

Description: The absolute monarch of the Inferno Demon race, once a god-level existence. Currently severely wounded, its strength is less than one ten-thousandth of its peak. Please kill it within 23 hours, otherwise the Inferno Demon King will regain its god-level power.

Not bad.

The Inferno Demon King's stats weren't particularly exaggerated.

Its HP was several times that of a blue Boss, but its attack didn't exceed a blue Boss by too much.

However, Li Si didn't let his guard down.

Because he knew that the Boss's output damage was never determined by its stats, but by its talents and skills.

Lord's Power.

Definitely stronger than Boss Power.

"Ant, it's you!"

The Inferno Demon King slowly opened its red eyes, and cold killing intent burst forth from them.

"It's me!"

Li Si immediately took action, vibrating the Great Wilderness Sun-Shooting Bow, starting with a single-target skill.

【Desolate Arrow - No Edge.】

"Whoosh!"

A massive elemental arrow struck the Inferno Demon King's dog head.

-8486!

The damage number popped out, and the Inferno Demon King's HP bar plummeted by 8%.

"No!"

The aura of Desolate Arrow - No Edge terrified the Inferno Demon King.

The aura of this arrow was too similar to Barren Arrow.

"Ant!!!"

The Inferno Demon King broke free from its fear, releasing Black Flame Clones and summoning several black dogs.

The black dogs' appearance was identical to its main body.

"Woof woof!!!"

After the black dogs appeared, they roared, intending to attack Li Si.

Seeing this, he decisively activated Ghostly Swift Steps, rushed in front of the black dog pack, and unleashed Phantom Sword Dance.

In an instant, sharp sword energy attacked, covering the black dog pack, then simultaneously striking the Inferno Demon King. With the increase in attack speed and the skill level being max, Phantom Sword Dance could now strike 45 times.

-424!

-424! -1279! Life Spirits Punishment

-424!

-424!

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Dense damage numbers popped out, 45 sword energies triggered Life Spirits Punishment 15 times. A single Phantom Sword Dance accumulated over 38,000 mixed damage, eliminating the black dog pack while also depleting 38% of the Inferno Demon King's HP.

"....BT."

Li Si was endlessly amazed.

Phantom Sword Dance was becoming more and more abnormal; was this really a gold skill? It was even more incredible than a Mythical skill.

"Roar! Human ant!!!"

The Inferno Demon King was both shocked and enraged; at this moment, it began to fear Li Si.

"Boom!!!"

Black flames shot into the sky, sweeping towards Li Si.

"Let's be safe."

Li Si, for once, didn't choose to tank the damage to farm the Limiter. Instead, he used Flash to dodge the Inferno Demon King's attack. Because the situation was too important, he didn't want to take any risks.

Who knew if the Inferno Demon King would suddenly evolve?

Figures flickered.

Li Si appeared 30 meters away.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh...."

The Great Wilderness Sun-Shooting Bow exuded a cold killing intent.

-424!

-424!

-424! -1279!

-869! Critical Hit

-424!

......

Life Spirits Punishment was continuously triggered. Li Si could deal a large amount of damage to the Inferno Demon King even with just normal attacks. As time passed, the Inferno Demon King's HP bar rapidly decreased.

Like a waterfall on a high mountain, it plummeted unstoppably.

"Brave warrior, spare me, I am willing to offer my treasure!" With less than 10% HP, the Inferno Demon King completely panicked and begged for mercy.

"Your treasure my ass, die for me!"

Still, the Inferno Demon King's threat was too great; letting it live for another second would make Li Si restless. He mercilessly fired a Desolate Arrow - No Edge, clearing the Inferno Demon King's last sliver of HP.

-8486!

"Woof woof~~"

The black-furred, red-eyed big dog, the Inferno Demon King, died with a mournful howl.

【Ding!】

【You have killed the Inferno Demon King, experience points increased by 20,000. Killing it 19 levels above your own grants an additional 20,000 experience points.】

【Congratulations on killing -- Inferno Demon King (Purple), becoming the first player in Mingyue Village to kill a Purple Lord. A regional announcement will be made soon. Do you wish to hide your ID?】

Does he need to hide?

Li Si felt there was no need anymore.

So, he chose to show his ID.

The next second, the Mingyue Village announcement popped up in front of the players.

【Ding!】

【Mingyue Village Announcement: Congratulations to player -- Lawless Madman, for the first kill of a Purple Lord, obtaining item -- skill comprehension book x1.】

【Mingyue Village Announcement: Congratulations to player -- Lawless Madman, for the first kill of a Purple Lord, obtaining item -- skill comprehension book x1.】

【Mingyue Village Announcement: Congratulations to player -- Lawless Madman, for the first kill of a Purple Lord, obtaining item -- skill comprehension book x1.】

The system prompt echoed in players' ears ten times consecutively.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The currently online players were dumbfounded.

"First kill of a Purple Lord?"

"Isn't the Inferno Demon King a Purple quality Lord?"

"Holy crap, could it be... Crazy God killed the Inferno Demon King?"

"Awesome! Crazy God's efficiency is unmatched."

"This speed is absolutely defying the heavens."

"......"

At this moment, the players of Mingyue Village were speechless, hardly daring to believe their ears. Because the speed was too fast; one had to know that the Inferno Demon King had only been downgraded to a Purple Lord ten minutes ago!

【Ding!】

【Unique Ultimate Main Quest completed. Congratulations, you have received a reward: Attack permanently increased by 10 points.】

This quest prompt appeared before all players.

"Haha, not bad! My first job advancement only increased my attack by 20 points, and this single quest gave 10 points." Many online players laughed heartily.

In Black Flame Valley.

Northern Heavy Sword and Northern Mad Blade's smiles suddenly froze after seeing the system prompt: "Damn, that's disgusting. That Lawless Madman is too much. We haven't even reached the quest location, and the Boss has already been killed by him."

"Is this... are we even playing the same game as him?" Northern Milk God complained helplessly.

"It's fine, Lawless Madman can't level up and can't leave Novice Village. The future glory belongs to us."

"Brothers, let's work hard. Only by working hard enough can we rise."

The Northern Five-Person Team turned and left Black Flame Valley, quickly returning to Mingyue Village.

Their levels hadn't dropped. Now that the main quest was completed, they could leave Novice Village and head to the nearby main city.

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