55: Lotus petals

“Finally, it’s out.”

Li Si let out a sigh of relief as his panel refreshed, showing his accuracy. The first step is always the hardest; though it was only a small amount of accuracy, it proved there was hope.

“There’s still plenty of time.”

4000 attacks took over ten minutes, and there was still a long time before the deadline given by Kaiyang God-Lord.

Li Si continued with his bow, not wanting to waste even a second.

“Swish, swish, swish....”

Phantom Sword Dance was used as soon as it was ready, and his Limiter was constantly triggered. Gradually, his attack speed slowly increased....

3.06....

3.07....

3.08....

His accuracy also increased steadily and orderly.

Half an hour later, Li Si’s accuracy attribute stacked to 10 points. However, it seemed to have no effect, as his attacks still couldn't hit Kaiyang God-Lord.

During this time, his attack cap rose from 276 points to 294 points.

“Holy crap!”

He wouldn't spend an entire hour unable to hit Kaiyang God-Lord, would he?

Li Si was a little panicked.

But just then, during the release of a Phantom Sword Dance, a number silently appeared.

-290!

A damage number popped up above Kaiyang God-Lord’s head.

Damage was dealt.

It meant Li Si’s attack had hit.

Hahaha!!

He succeeded.

Heaven Rewards Diligence!!

At this moment, Li Si’s mood was incomparably joyful.

“Ding!”

“Heaven Rewards Diligence. Where there is a will, there is a way. Bravely face an unbeatable opponent, and luck will always favor you. Luck increased.”

“Luck permanently +5.”

Current luck value: 25 points.

An unexpected delight, a double blessing.

Li Si was even more joyful.

At this moment, Kaiyang God-Lord, who was almost asleep, slowly opened his eyes, looked at Li Si, and then said, “Descendant, your courage, your luck, and your perseverance all astound me. Now, you may take the petals of the seven stars treasure lotus.”

“Buzz!”

A brilliant flash.

Kaiyang God-Lord’s juvenile projection disappeared from the tomb chamber.

“Ding!”

“You have defeated Kaiyang God-Lord’s juvenile projection. Experience increased by 60,000 points. Defeating a target 29 levels higher grants an additional 120,000 experience points.”

180,000 experience points instantly entered his account.

This was just a negligible gain; the real reward was the petals of the seven stars treasure lotus.

Li Si stepped forward, walked to the center of Kaiyang God-Lord’s tomb chamber, gently raised his hand, and collected the treasure lotus petals.

“What attributes will they have?”

His heart was filled with endless anticipation.

He then lowered his gaze and checked with his mind.

“seven stars treasure lotus Petal - Kaiyang” (??)

Type: Consumable Item

Effect ①: Use directly to obtain the Mythic-grade profession - Kaiyang Phantom.

Effect ②: Collect all petals of the seven stars treasure lotus and fuse them to obtain the complete seven stars treasure lotus.

Description: An Ancient Artifact, one of the petals of the seven stars treasure lotus, with brilliant effects.

“.....NB.”

Li Si was dumbfounded, marveling that the Seven Stars Mausoleum truly lived up to its reputation as the head of the 100,000 Novice Village and millions of treasures.

Just one-seventh of the reward was a Mythic profession.

And there was also the ultimate grand prize after fusion.

“Tsk tsk....”

Li Si licked his lips, becoming even more excited.

However, there was also a regret: Kaiyang God-Lord did not drop any spoils of war. But that wasn’t important; having the seven stars treasure lotus was enough.

“Swish!”

Light flickered.

Li Si disappeared from Kaiyang’s tomb chamber and returned to the mausoleum hall.

Which tomb chamber next?

He’d just pick one, “You’re the one.”

He quickly took a few steps forward and entered a tomb chamber.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations! You have arrived at a hidden area: Seven Stars Mausoleum – Kaiyang God-Lord’s Tomb Chamber (Level 30).”

The same tomb chamber, the same environment, the same seven stars treasure lotus petals, even the entrance method was the same. The only difference was the God-Lord; this time it was Kaiyang.

Clad in dark heavy armor and wielding a blood-red spear, Kaiyang God-Lord's aura was blazing, like the scorching sun at noon.

“Junior, what year is it?” Kaiyang God-Lord caressed his spear, as if gazing at the most beautiful treasure in the world.

“Greetings, Kaiyang God-Lord. It is currently the 349,999th year of the Kyushu Calendar.” Li Si recalled briefly and found the answer Kaiyang God-Lord wanted from the official background story released by the All Heavens Game.

“Has it been 60,000 years already? The chaotic era is about to begin again.”

At this moment, starlight bloomed in Kaiyang God-Lord’s eyes, seemingly reminiscing, perhaps regretting, or possibly looking forward to the near future.

Chaotic era?

The chaotic era mentioned by the God-Lord?

Li Si’s heart pounded.

The Seven Gods of the Big Dipper were definitely not ordinary righteous gods. For them to call it a chaotic era, Li Si could hardly imagine.

Could it be the Fallen God Disturbance from the vision? Endless fallen gods, vast as the universe, chaotic fallen divine power sweeping across the world, overturning heaven and earth.

“Junior, the opportunity is at hand. Come, fight, defeat me, and take the petals of the seven stars treasure lotus. Strive to become stronger, only then can you survive in the chaotic era.” Boundless battle intent surged in Kaiyang God-Lord’s eyes.

“As the God-Lord commands.”

Li Si bowed slightly, then activated the system scan and looked at Kaiyang God-Lord. “Swish,” a translucent attribute panel refreshed before his eyes—

“Kaiyang God-Lord’s Juvenile Projection” (Purple Lord)

Level: 30

Health: 500,000

Attack: 380-390

Armor: 200 (Physical damage taken reduced by 66.6%)

Magic Resist: 200 (Magic damage taken reduced by 66.6%)

Talents: [Kaiyang Battle Intent] [Lord's Power]

Skills: [Penetrate] [Charge] [Sweep].....

Description: A righteous god from ancient times, a projected juvenile phantom with terrifying combat power.

Not bad.

His health and armor were higher than Kaiyang’s, but his attack was slightly lower. However, this small attribute difference wasn't important; the main thing was to look at his talents and skills.

Kaiyang Battle Intent.

This talent was most likely Kaiyang God-Lord’s main source of combat power.

“Boom!”

The tomb chamber vibrated.

Kaiyang God-Lord stirred his spear and charged forward mercilessly. His speed wasn’t fast, but his aura was extremely oppressive.

But thankfully, it hadn’t reached a terrifying level.

“I can try to trigger the Limiter.”

Judging this, Li Si used his bow as a sword, directly clashing with Kaiyang God-Lord.

-1150!

-2280!

It's fine.

Kaiyang God-Lord’s damage wasn’t too high.

Normal attacks dealt 1100 damage, and skill damage was less than 2300, which was within Li Si’s tolerance range.

After a brief skirmish, he could trigger the Limiter.

“Taking one normal attack every 10 seconds and one skill attack every 20 seconds, I should be able to stabilize my health.”

Li Si silently calculated his health regeneration and Kaiyang God-Lord’s damage.

The reality was not far from his prediction.

With 60+ automatic health regeneration per second, plus the high-grade blood potion obtained from the quest, which restored 50 health per second in combat, his total health regeneration was 110+ per second.

1100 health regenerated in 10 seconds, which equaled Kaiyang God-Lord’s normal attack.

2200 health regenerated in 20 seconds, which equaled Kaiyang God-Lord’s skill.

“Awesome!”

Li Si’s damage taken frequency was very low, and the Lord-grade BOSS had a very high chance of triggering the Limiter. Combining the low and high frequencies, the Limiter triggered about once every 40 seconds.

That was already very good.

Li Si was quite satisfied.

Time passed, and after about five minutes, the situation seemed to change. Kaiyang God-Lord’s aura suddenly surged much higher, and his spear moved like a dragon, wide and sweeping.

It was clearly the same attacks and skills, but the feeling was just different.

Kaiyang Battle Intent!!

After a moment of thought, a guess arose in Li Si’s mind.

It should be that the God-Lord’s talent was triggered, and at the same time, Li Si also had a preliminary guess about the effect of Kaiyang Battle Intent.

The effect of Kaiyang Battle Intent was most likely: continuously increasing damage output as the battle progresses.

As for when it increased, Li Si predicted it was every five minutes.

Every five minutes, the damage output would increase once. As for how much damage increased each time, and how much damage it could increase at most, Li Si didn’t know.

He decided to try it.

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