174: Chapter 174 Sacrifice
Several flashes of white light burst from Thomas's body.
In the next second, his combat power began to climb rapidly.
Bang! Bang! Bang!—
A series of explosive sounds echoed around him.
"Damn monsters, today I'll show you what I'm capable of!"
Thomas stepped forward rapidly, charging with his longsword held high.
"Holy shit, this idiot!"
Xie Yunzhou cursed loudly and rushed out right after him.
"cheat system, protect Old Xie. Don't let him die."
[Understood]
At this point, Jiang He didn't care whether they could win or not.
He'd fight first and worry about the rest later.
"Stack the buffs."
[Top-up successful]
Jiang He and the other two were the first to charge toward that Yaksha.
Their appearance didn't provoke the BOSSes.
On the contrary, the corners of their mouths curled into a smirk.
It was as if they were mocking them.
Bang—
The steel trident in the Yaksha's hand suddenly thrust out.
It slammed heavily into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
But in the next second, the Yaksha's eye twitched.
With a single charge, Thomas actually knocked her straight to the ground.
The Yaksha's face was filled with disbelief.
Where did this tiny human get such immense strength?
Before she could react...
Thomas leaped into the air, gripping his longsword with both hands.
An illusory phantom of a giant sword materialized in mid-air and hacked down fiercely toward the Yaksha.
Bang—
He thought it would be a killing blow.
But this strike was blocked by the Ghost Concubine standing nearby.
"Wretched humans, do you think you're worthy of attacking us? You're courting death!"
"Ha... ha... ha..."
The Ghost Concubine then opened her bloody maw and let out a series of sharp, shrill laughs.
The sound was extremely ear-piercing.
It shook Thomas so much that he hurriedly covered his head, unable to even stand steadily.
The Ghost Concubine's laughter grew louder and louder.
Blood even began to seep from the corners of her eyes, trickling down her cheeks.
"Fuck, I can't take it!" Xie Yunzhou cursed, clutching his ears.
In the next second, there was a loud boom.
His entire body actually exploded on the spot, sending flesh and blood flying in all directions.
[Top-up successful]
As the cheat system's notification rang out...
The blood mist in the air reconsolidated, and Xie Yunzhou came back to life.
This eerie scene caused the Ghost Concubine's laughter to falter.
And she didn't know that Jiang He had already quietly snuck up in front of the Yaksha.
"Fuck, this is exactly what I've been waiting for!"
A red light descended.
The Ghost Concubine and the Yaksha were instantly frozen in place.
Jiang He charged at the Yaksha, the styx fang in his hand emitting a dense aura of death.
It frightened the two BOSSes into screaming simultaneously.
"Save me..."
At that moment, the Ghoul on the side flew into a rage.
It had originally disdained attacking these filthy humans.
But now, it couldn't just stand by and watch its own kind be killed.
"Damned human, stop right there!"
Whoosh—
Despite its massive size, its speed was not slow at all.
In a flash, it rushed in front of the Yaksha.
But it was a step too late after all.
Jiang He's strike was fully stacked with buffs.
The styx fang flashed with a cold light.
The Yaksha's head fell to the ground.
Jiang He pressed his advantage, turning to attack the Ghost Concubine.
"Damnable!"
The Ghoul let out a roar, its thick arm swinging out violently.
Bang—
Before Jiang He's dagger could even touch the Ghost Concubine, he was swatted away by the Ghoul.
"Go to hell!"
Just as Jiang He thought he had missed his chance...
He didn't expect that Thomas had somehow circled around to the rear.
A longsword was thrust fiercely into the back of the Ghost Concubine's neck.
The entire sword sank into her, causing the Ghost Concubine to let out a miserable shriek.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—
Jiang He immediately unleashed the Blood Speech Technique.
Combining Dark Injury Poison, the Blood Speech Technique, and the heavy wound inflicted by Thomas...
It was a series of perfect combos.
The Ghost Concubine finally died right in front of the Ghoul.
"Damn you... damn you..."
The Ghoul was furious, slamming a palm toward Thomas.
Jiang He hurriedly shouted: "Get out of the way!"
He had just taken a hit from the Ghoul.
Even though he had buffs protecting him so he wouldn't die...
That terrifying attack power still left him with lingering fear.
He was one hundred percent certain that without the cheat system's protection...
He wouldn't even be able to take a single hit.
Just as the Ghoul's giant palm was about to land on Thomas's head...
An afterimage suddenly flashed by.
Thomas was violently knocked aside.
But Xie Yunzhou was snatched up by the Ghoul.
In the next second, he was actually thrown directly into its mouth.
Crunch, crunch—
The scene before him caused Jiang He to instantly collapse.
Although he knew this was a virtual world...
The pain was no different from reality.
Xie Yunzhou had just experienced such cruel torture.
[Top-up successful]
Xie Yunzhou's chewed-up body reconsolidated once again.
But unexpectedly, he actually resurrected right inside the Ghoul's mouth.
"Fuck, did you even brush your teeth? Blegh..."
As soon as he revived, a foul stench hit him in the face.
It was so bad that he started gagging on the spot.
But after struggling for only a few seconds...
The massive teeth crushed him once again.
[Top-up successful]
Seeing this, Jiang He rushed forward.
"Fuck, spit my brother out!"
Swish, swish, swish—
He unleashed a series of strikes, each one a critical hit.
He directly shaved off two hundred thousand of the opponent's health points.
But Jiang He was completely despairing.
This two hundred thousand health was practically nothing to the Ghoul.
Its health bar barely showed any change.
Bang—
He was kicked away once again.
Misfortunes never come singly.
The notification sound rang out again.
[BUFF time limit reached]
While still in mid-air, Jiang He was kicked by the Ghoul, exploding into a blood mist.
Meanwhile, Xie Yunzhou was suffering even worse treatment.
He died and lived, lived and died, repeatedly enduring the agony of being chewed to pieces.
"Wuwu... I beg you, just swallow me. I really can't take this anymore..."
A flash of white light.
Jiang He resurrected on the spot.
That previous hit had left him in a cold sweat.
With the cheat system's fully stacked buffs, he had already reached the peak of the Second Awakening.
But before this Third Awakening Legendary BOSS, he was weaker than an ant.
He couldn't imagine that the difference of a single rank could result in such a massive disparity in strength.
"Fuck, let go of my brother!"
At this moment, Thomas was half-kneeling on the ground.
He looked completely deflated.
He stared fixedly at Xie Yunzhou in the Ghoul's mouth, witnessing him experience the pain of death over and over.
He endured the pain and stood up.
He raised his longsword once more.
"Ah—" he let out a roar.
A blood-colored aura began to permeate from Thomas's entire body.
A cluster of dark clouds quickly gathered above his head.
Bolts of lightning struck him one after another.
Jiang He watched, dumbstruck.
With every lightning strike...
Thomas's body underwent a transformation.
Thomas, who was originally about the same height as them...
Actually began to grow continuously.
Two meters.
Three meters.
Six meters.
Ten meters.
After several rounds of lightning strikes...
Thomas had become almost as massive as the Ghoul.
His entire body had also undergone a massive change.
His originally bloated and fat body had completely disappeared.
In its place was a burly giant.
"Holy shit? What's going on?"
[Kid, hurry and stall the BOSS, he's performing a Sacrifice!]
"Sacrifice? What does that mean?"
[No time to explain, stop the Ghoul first!]
Jiang He looked up.
The Ghoul, its face full of rage, was charging toward Thomas.
He didn't have time to think and rushed forward to block it.
Bang—
Unfortunately, the size difference was too great.
He couldn't even block it for a single second.
"Fuck!" Jiang He cursed as he charged up again.
He was knocked away again.
He charged again.
He was knocked away again.
Until the fifth time.
The Ghoul was completely enraged and grabbed Jiang He.
Next, he and Xie Yunzhou were staring at each other inside the Ghoul's mouth.
"Holy shit, Big Brother, how did you end up in here too?"
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