128: Chapter 128 Killing the Dharma Image! Huge Drop! Ten Million Experience Points! The Final Dance!

"Come here."

The Fierce Beast King spoke.

Its gaze was devoid of sorrow or joy, even though that Divine Intent giant rat had sacrificed its life for it.

In its eyes, this was only natural.

After all, this species had been catalyzed into existence solely because it needed to escape.

Its mountain-like body trembled as it extended a hand, placing it before Lu Qingyun.

That arm was like a road reaching toward the heavens, stretching straight up, and at its end lay the Fierce Beast King's emotionless gaze.

With a slight shift of his thoughts, Lu Qingyun's body briefly floated before landing on its open palm.

Standing in that massive palm, he appeared extremely insignificant.

"Clear your mind. Do not resist the intrusion of my consciousness."

The Fierce Beast King raised its hand to the level of its head, allowing Lu Qingyun to see its hideous, massive skull up close.

A ripple of energy emanated from its skull.

As it washed over Lu Qingyun, a powerful emotion suddenly surged within his heart!

His vision seemed to be covered in a mist, and in his mind, an ethereal voice kept repeating one sentence over and over.

It was not the oath mentioned before, but... obedience!

This was enslavement!

It wanted to turn him into a complete slave!

The moment he sensed this trend, Lu Qingyun's gaze suddenly turned icy cold!

His Psychic Power instantly transformed into a sharp blade, severing the connection!

"Oh?"

The Fierce Beast King clearly had not expected Lu Qingyun to sever its control so easily.

Could its state really have deteriorated to such a degree?

It couldn't even forcibly control a Sky-Surpassing Level Psychic Master!?

That shouldn't be!

But since its little tricks were ineffective, it didn't try to force it again.

Seeing Lu Qingyun's murderous expression, it remained indifferent.

So what if he was angry?

What could he do even if he was unwilling!?

At worst, it would just have to set up a proper restriction later.

Otherwise, after going through all this,

it certainly wouldn't let Lu Qingyun leave without any binding constraints.

It could even turn the tables and say in an unfriendly tone: "That was just a normal process; you are overreacting."

The Fierce Beast King opened its eyes, casting a highly oppressive gaze upon Lu Qingyun.

Its eyes held a hint of mockery.

It seemed to enjoy watching Lu Qingyun's impotent rage, standing there like a little daughter-in-law, stomping his feet...

Though, the force of that stomp was a bit too much.

For some reason, its head was starting to feel a bit dizzy...

Above the Fierce Beast King's head, a notification popped up.

[ HP-1 ]

[ Ding! Detected that target's HP is below 20%. Criteria met. Can execute kill regardless of level! ]

[ Ding! Killed one LV52 Phantom Sea Giant Rat. Over-level kill! Rewards significantly increased! Level EXP +18,200,508, Max HP permanently +2,031,421, Disposable Dharma Form (Phantom Sea Giant Rat) ×1. ]

[ Ding! Level up! Current level is LV37! Please increase your cultivation technique proficiency level to break through the level cap. The remaining 15 million EXP has been stored in the EXP pool. ]

[ Ding! Killed the quest giver, allowing its soul to be freed and at ease. Quest completed! Rewards issued: Initial BOSS mechanism (Final Dance), Second Health Bar unlocked! ]

[ New BOSS mechanism: Final Dance. When your HP bar drops to 20%, your HP will be locked, and you will enter an invincible state (cannot be controlled, clears all negative effects). All attributes significantly increased! Skill power and range increased tenfold... Duration: 10 minutes. Note: No... I cannot fall yet! My companions need me, the Heavenly Court needs me, the Human Race needs me... Three Qi Returns!!! ]

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Loot! Huge loot!

A series of notification sounds echoed in Lu Qingyun's mind.

At this moment, he stood atop the Fierce Beast King's lifeless skull.

He did not make a move to dig out the Fierce Beast King's beast core.

Because he could feel that during the long years of imprisonment, the energy within its beast core had long been exhausted, used by the Fierce Beast King to sustain its life.

Of course, there was another reason...

That was, with Lu Qingyun's current strength... he couldn't break its defense.

The defensive power of a terrifying fierce beast comparable to a Dharma Form Grandmaster was such that even if Lu Qingyun used his teeth, he wouldn't be able to leave a white mark.

If not for his attack causing one point of forced damage,

he likely wouldn't have been able to do anything at all to this terrifying beast!

But even so, the harvest this time was truly massive!

His HP bar had directly doubled in length!

Once he had time to raise his cultivation technique level, he could definitely go up another two levels with the stored EXP!

Of course, these were just the most basic gains.

What Lu Qingyun paid more attention to, naturally, was the new initial BOSS mechanism!

Final Dance.

It could also be abbreviated as... Power-up!

A BOSS in this phase could be said to be the most dangerous!

Well, for both sides, that was the case.

Lu Qingyun was naturally extremely satisfied with having such a desperate counterattack method.

However, when he turned his gaze to the other reward, the Second Health Bar...

His expression immediately became exceptionally strange.

[ Second Health Bar: Can be swapped in when the first health bar is depleted. The HP is added on top of the first health bar, increasing by the total HP of all defeated targets at or above the current level (extra HP cannot be recovered once consumed). Note 1: The Second Health Bar is an independent health bar and also enjoys all BOSS mechanisms like Final Dance. Note 2: When swapping the Second Health Bar, you can autonomously choose the entry method and timing/position. ]

"This... isn't this a bit too cheap?"

"But, I like it!"

Lu Qingyun was all smiles, habitually baring his teeth to let them cool off.

He could even imagine a huge crowd of people finally grinding his HP bar down, only for him to suddenly surge in power and become unkillable.

After they managed to drag it out until his state ended, killing him with great difficulty,

they would then realize... he was alive again!

Surprise!

Congratulations, you've won the prize!

The prize is another round! Surprised? Unexpected, right!?

Just thinking about this scenario made Lu Qingyun chuckle foolishly.

However, Lu Qingyun didn't chuckle foolishly for long.

He searched the hollow for a while, and after failing to find a single Spirit Crystal that the Fierce Beast King had promised, he couldn't help but spit on its corpse.

He also took the opportunity to whip the corpse for a while to vent his anger.

Although he had expected it, after all, if there were any Spirit Crystals, they would surely have been swallowed by it long ago to replenish itself.

Why would it intentionally leave them behind?

But it felt just like missing out on a huge fortune, which was very unpleasant.

"Sigh—there's no such thing as perfection. These gains are passable, I suppose."

Lu Qingyun looked greedy and unsatisfied.

After scavenging the place and finding absolutely nothing, he left with a look of disgust.

But not long after, he turned back.

It wasn't because he was afraid the Fierce Beast King would suddenly reanimate.

Rather, it was to clean up the traces he had left behind.

After all, this fierce beast being suppressed here was clearly the work of someone.

Since he had killed it, it was hard to say if someone would follow the traces and come looking for trouble.

"But... killing a fierce beast, I should count as a hero who does good deeds without leaving a name, right? Sigh... pity, I'm still a wanted man, otherwise I might have been able to get some kind of reward."

Lu Qingyun muttered to himself.