49: Chapter 49 Pushing Through the Dungeon

When Lin Muyang brought Succubus Maiden Elabess and quietly stepped into the "Burial Ground" secret realm under the absolute protection of the "Divine Concealment Aura", a chilling death Aura that seemed capable of freezing the soul immediately rushed towards them!

The surrounding temperature plummeted, and the air was filled with a thick, fishy stench of mixed rotten soil and rusted iron. Beneath their feet lay soft, muddy black earth, as if soaked in the blood of countless dead.

Fortunately, he and Elabess had already replaced most of their Diamond-grade equipment, so their base attributes were vastly different from before, and their innate resistance was sufficient to withstand the discomfort brought by this environment.

Looking ahead, there was a boundless, desolate graveyard.

Crooked tombstones stood in disarray like decaying teeth, while damaged coffins were half-buried in the soil, with the white of bones faintly visible.

There were no sun, moon, or stars in the sky; only a crescent moon emitting a pale, ominous green light hung high, casting an eerie glow over this kingdom of death.

Clearly, within this secret realm, eternal night and death were the only main themes.

In the safe zone at the entrance of the secret realm, eleven powerhouses from Tianqi Tower, led by Sun Wenyuan, were gathered together, their faces showing varying degrees of unease and trepidation.

When they saw the number of people in the secret realm jump from 11/20 to 12/20, everyone instinctively perked up, scanning their surroundings with sharp gazes, attempting to find the traces of that mysterious reinforcement.

However, as far as their eyes could see, there was nothing but desolate graves and withered bones.

Sun Wenyuan shook his head with a bitter smile and muttered to himself: "As expected, they still refuse to show their true face."

He steadied himself and spoke loudly into the air, as if addressing that invisible ally: "Friend, the small monsters in the area between the Dungeon entrance and the first BOSS have already been cleared during our previous two visits, so they won't respawn for a short time."

He pointed towards the more open, desolate plain in the distance where the death Aura was even denser.

"We will go directly to challenge the first stage BOSS, 'Skeleton General Malcas'! The rest will depend entirely on you!"

Following the direction he pointed, Lin Muyang focused his vision.

Sure enough, in the center of the wasteland, an exceptionally tall figure stood.

It was a skeleton general clad in tattered black heavy armor, holding a massive, rusted machete!

Ghostly blue soul fire burned in its eye sockets as it vigilantly "patrolled" its territory, radiating a terrifying pressure that made one's heart palpitate.

This was the first iron wall blocking the Tianqi Tower team!

Its HP was as high as a shocking 150 million!

Furthermore, it possessed various large-scale, high-damage terrifying combat skills, and its attack patterns were unpredictable and extremely difficult to deal with.

Previously, two full elite teams carefully organized by Tianqi Tower had suffered defeat before this Skeleton General.

The main tank, Augus, had only managed to save his life from its butcher's blade by relying on a priceless life-saving potion, which had become an indelible shadow in his heart.

However, all of this posed no threat whatsoever to Lin Muyang, who possessed God-Tier Auras.

【Frost Erosion】— Activate! The movement speed and attack speed of all enemies within range are reduced by 90%! (Fully effective against the BOSS)

【Weakness】— Activate! The physical and magical attack power caused by all enemies within range is reduced by 90%! (Fully effective against the BOSS)

Several major combat-support God-Tier Auras were instantly activated by Lin Muyang, and an invisible force field covered the entire BOSS area like mercury flowing across the ground!

The effects of the first two Auras were heaven-defying, capable of weakening the BOSS's threat level to an outrageous degree.

With both speed and attack power plummeting by 90%, it meant that the BOSS, originally as swift as the wind, would become stumbling, and its attacks, once capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, would become weak and powerless.

In addition to these core Auras that directly affected the battlefield, for his own absolute safety, Lin Muyang also maintained the 【Divine Concealment Aura】 and kept the newly unlocked 【Holy Hourglass】 in standby mode.

After all, his own level was too low. Even if the BOSS had its attack power reduced by 90%, the aftermath of any random area-of-effect skill could pose a fatal threat to him, so he had to ensure everything was foolproof.

"You may begin."

Elabess simulated her "sister's" magnetic, ice-cold older sister voice, and through the 【Deep Surround】 Aura, clearly transmitted the command to every corner of the secret realm.

Upon hearing this, Sun Wenyuan perked up and waved his hand vigorously: "Brothers, attack!"

The eleven powerhouses approached Skeleton General Malcas with a mix of nervousness and anticipation.

However, when they actually entered the BOSS's alert range and habitually checked the BOSS's status, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then uncontrollable ecstasy erupted on their faces!

"My god! This BOSS... this BOSS has been slowed by 90%? Did I see that right? What kind of slow effect can be effective against a Sovereign-rank BOSS?"

"It's not just the slow! Look at its attack power attribute! It's also been weakened by 90%! Holy crap! This... this is simply a miracle!"

"Attack and speed are only at one-tenth? Then isn't this BOSS just a toothless tiger? This... we can beat this with our eyes closed!"

"It's not just a toothless tiger, it's basically a plush ball waiting to be squeezed! I feel like I could go up and solo it by myself right now!"

Cries of surprise rose one after another.

They never expected that the iron-walled Skeleton General, which had previously been like a nightmare and had crushed their team twice, would now be weakened to such a pathetic state!

"What are you waiting for? Attack! Properly 'entertain' this old friend!" Sun Wenyuan suppressed the excitement in his heart and ordered loudly.

The eleven people rushed towards the Skeleton General, whose movements had become abnormally sluggish, like tigers released from their cages. Various long-prepared, powerful skills poured onto its massive skeletal body like fireworks!

One had to admit that as a level 97 Sovereign-rank BOSS, Skeleton General Malcas had an extremely solid foundation of base attributes.

Even with a 90% slow, its movements were still swift in the eyes of ordinary people, and its swordsmanship still carried the ruthlessness and precision of a veteran of the battlefield.

However, Sun Wenyuan and his group were, after all, battle-hardened veteran Class Transferees with levels around 95, and their own reactions and speed far exceeded those of ordinary people.

With the BOSS severely slowed while they remained in peak condition, they found dodging the BOSS's attacks effortless, and could even predict its attack trajectories.

What made them feel even more at ease was that after the BOSS's attack power was weakened by 90%, even if a tank occasionally failed to dodge and took a hit, the damage numbers were pathetically low, barely able to break through their armor, and the healing classes didn't even feel any pressure.

For a time, the entire battle scene became extremely "magical".

What should have been a tense, thrilling, and life-or-death Sovereign-rank BOSS battle had now seemingly turned into a relaxed and pleasant "hitting a wooden dummy" practice session.

Everyone felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration and unreality.

At the same time, everyone felt an indescribable sense of admiration and curiosity towards the mysterious powerhouse who had never shown their face.

They were also incredibly impressed by the decisiveness and connections of their Guild Leader, Shen Yanshan—where on earth did the Guild Leader invite such a true god capable of "turning the impossible into the possible"?

Lin Muyang, invisible at the edge of the battlefield, calmly observed the battle.

The dazzling lights of the Tianqi Tower members' skills landed on the BOSS, with the damage numbers popping up mostly maintaining between tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand, with occasional bursts of over two hundred thousand from some ultimate moves with longer cooldowns.

"Master, their overall DPS is hovering between 100,000 and 120,000."

Elabess observed for a moment and reported to Lin Muyang via telepathy, her tone carrying a hint of imperceptible... disappointment?

These powerhouses in their nineties didn't seem to have the world-destroying damage output she had imagined.

"This is already quite good," Lin Muyang explained with some helplessness. "Don't forget, you are enjoying the bonuses from the 【War Aura】 and 【Eye of Lethality】. They are achieving this damage entirely based on their own attributes and skills."

At this output efficiency, it would take a little over three minutes to clear Skeleton General Malcas's 150 million HP.

Lin Muyang was not in a hurry; he took this opportunity to carefully observe the skill effects, combat rhythm, and team coordination of these high-level Class Transferees, all of which were valuable combat data.

Three minutes passed quickly in an atmosphere that was almost "humiliating" to the BOSS.

When Skeleton General Malcas's HP bar was completely emptied, it let out a soul-piercing wail filled with unwillingness, and its massive skeletal body collapsed with a crash, scattering into a pile of withered bones that could never be pieced together again.

"Loot! It dropped loot!" An assassin class member who was closest to it quickly looted the BOSS's corpse, and then excitedly shouted, "It's a Sovereign-rank 【Stalker's Bracers】!"

In high-difficulty secret realms of Sovereign-rank and above, even stage BOSSes no longer have a 100% equipment drop rate.

The higher the quality of the item, the more "touching" the drop rate becomes.

Being able to loot a piece of Sovereign-rank equipment directly this time was already a good start, a good omen.

However, for Lin Muyang, the real main event was just beginning.

He was just waiting for these eleven people to leave this area contentedly and head to the next BOSS point, and he would immediately switch Auras and start his "corpse-looting" feast!

Under the combined effects of 【Heavenly Blessing】, 【Wealth Rolling In】, and 【Loot Extraction】, it was equivalent to forcing the Skeleton General that had just been killed to perform ten additional drop determinations!

"By then, what I loot won't just be Sovereign-rank equipment..." Lin Muyang's eyes flashed with anticipation, "but the next higher tier, Emperor Level equipment!"

Any piece of equipment of this grade that flowed into the outside world would cause a bloody storm.

For those with top-tier attributes, their value could reach the astronomical figure of tens of billions of magic crystals!

Just as the battle inside the secret realm was in full swing, outside the secret realm, in the canyon of the Tianqi Hunting Grounds.

Shen Yanshan appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was far from as calm as he looked.

His own level had long exceeded level 100, so he could not enter this level 97 secret realm and could only wait anxiously outside for news.

However, what he, and all those waiting, never expected was that the good news would come so quickly!

A member responsible for communication almost scrambled to get to Shen Yanshan, their face full of excitement and disbelief, their voice slightly distorted with excitement:

"Guild Leader! It's cleared! The first BOSS, Skeleton General Malcas... is down! And according to the news from inside, it was very easy, it was basically a steamroll! And a Sovereign-rank Hunter's Bracer dropped!"

This news was like a thunderclap, instantly spreading throughout the entire Tianqi Tower guild!

Those members who had originally been sitting on the sidelines, scattered around the canyon, all showed expressions of shock and ecstasy.

And the heavy knight Augus, who had originally been sitting on a large rock, arms crossed and sneering, preparing to watch Sun Wenyuan and the others flee the secret realm in embarrassment, stood up with a "whoosh" the moment he heard the news, as if struck by lightning!

On his shiny bald head, every scar seemed to twist from extreme shock, and his face was written with "This is impossible"!