110: Stopped at level 30! The Scourge of the Undead

Chu Yixing watched as the level of the BOSS guarding the gate jumped from level 29 on the previous floor directly to level 35 on this floor, and his mouth twitched. After seeing its attributes, Chu Yixing's mouth twitched again.

The green lotus immortal sword in Chu Yixing's hand hummed, and several streaks of sword qi transformed into streams of light, attacking the silent figure on the throne at an extremely high speed.

On the throne, the Lord of Annihilation, whose head was slightly bowed, raised it and turned towards Chu Yixing's direction, the starlight points in his eye sockets suddenly brightening.

Two rays, blacker than the deepest night, shot out from the Lord of Annihilation's eyes. All the sword qi silently vanished after the rays shot out, as if they had never appeared.

Wherever the Annihilation Ray passed, even space itself seemed to be completely erased, leaving behind unhealable scars of law.

After annihilating the sword qi, the ray ignored space and distance, instantly appearing before Chu Yixing.

Chu Yixing's pupils contracted sharply, and a strong sense of crisis instantly filled his mind. He utilized Basic Movement Technique to its extreme, forcibly shifting one meter to the side within that extremely short amount of time.

The Annihilation Ray grazed Chu Yixing's body, leaving an unhealable wound, and shot off into the unseen distance.

“Tap... tap...”

The Lord of Annihilation's fingers tapped gently on the armrest of the throne a few times, and three puppets emitting an aura of annihilation slowly rose. They were formed from pale giant beast skeletons, with eerie blue cold flames burning in their empty eye sockets, roaring silently as they pounced towards Chu Yixing.

Chu Yixing struggled to use his movement technique to dodge. The pressure emanating from the Lord of Annihilation made every one of his movements feel as heavy as a thousand pounds.

The attacks of these puppets carried the annihilation attribute, corroding his sword qi. Puppets that could previously be dealt with by two or three streaks of sword qi now required five.

After Chu Yixing dealt with the puppets, he looked at the still relaxed figure on the throne, unleashing all his skills. Sword Net and Ethereal Spirit Sword formed above the Lord of Annihilation at an extremely fast speed and launched an attack.

The Lord of Annihilation looked up at the attack above his head, and the hand resting on his chest opened. Above his palm, a constantly rotating Annihilation Vortex instantly formed. Space violently twisted as the vortex continuously expanded, rippling out visible transparent waves.

Wherever the ripples passed, Chu Yixing's sharp sword qi, massive Ethereal Spirit Sword, destructive Sword Net, and other attacks, like ice and snow exposed to the scorching sun, silently melted and disintegrated several feet away from the throne, breaking down into harmless specks of light and dust, then completely dissipating, as if they had never appeared.

The Lord of Annihilation raised his arm, his palm aimed at Chu Yixing. The vortex that had annihilated all of Chu Yixing's attacks instantly crossed space, appearing above Chu Yixing's head and pressing down on him.

Chu Yixing felt as if his entire body was bound in place by invisible chains, able only to watch helplessly as the Annihilation Vortex devoured him.

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Chu Yixing's health bar was instantly emptied, his consciousness blurred for a moment, and when he reawakened, he was standing at the position where he had first entered this floor. The surrounding scenery was also the same as then, and there was no terrifying figure on the throne. If it weren't for the timely system prompt, it would have seemed as if everything just now was merely a dream.

【Challenge failed. Exit Trial Tower / Challenge again.】

The level gap was too large. Every 10 levels, a BOSS's strength would undergo a qualitative leap. There was no need to continue, so Chu Yixing chose to exit the Trial Tower.

His figure disappeared from the thirtieth floor of the Trial Tower and reappeared outside the Trial Tower.

As soon as his figure appeared, someone patted him on the shoulder from behind.

“Old Chu, you're out. How was it? Which floor did you reach?”

Chu Yixing forcibly suppressed his reflex to counterattack, turned around, and looked behind him. Xu Bai and Ji Linghan stood behind him, and it was Xu Bai who asked the question.

“The 29th floor.”

Ji Linghan gave a thumbs up:

“The 29th floor, wow, that's amazing. You've already completed one of your assignments directly.”

“Did you just arrive or have you already challenged it once?”

“We just arrived, preparing to go in and try it out.”

“Good luck.”

Due to system restrictions, no information about the Trial Tower could be revealed to the outside. Chu Yixing could only offer a word of encouragement, then watched them walk into the teleportation tower.

On his way back to the dormitory, Chu Yixing once again reviewed the things he could do and remembered that he hadn't yet cleared his fixed Instance for levels 26-30. Chu Yixing decided to head to the Dungeon Hall to clear the fixed Instance first, then clear this week's experience Instance, and if he unlocked new skills, he would then clear the skill Instance to level up.

Chu Yixing arrived at the Dungeon Hall. The Dungeon Hall was bustling with people coming and going. Chu Yixing went to the public Instance area, selected the 26-30 level Instance, and walked into the teleportation gate.

【Instance: Undead Scourge】

【Level Restriction: 26-30】

【Description: All the undead in Undead Valley have revived and regained their strength.】

【Start? Yes / No】

【Confirm to consume Instance attempts to start Instance?】

Chu Yixing chose yes. With his current attributes and equipment, the fixed Instance was very easy for him. Minor monsters were dealt with by a single streak of sword qi, and elite monsters just required one more streak of sword qi.

【Experience full, level increased to 28.】

【All attributes +1, gained 5 free attribute points, affected by the talent Sword Heart, an additional 15 free attribute points gained.】

Chu Yixing pushed through, reaching the final Instance BOSS.

【Lord of the Undead】

【Level: 25】

【Health: 40000 / 40000】

【Physical Attack: 4000 / Magic Attack: 4000】

【Physical Defense: 3500 / Magic Defense: 3500】

【Description: Bone Scythe Harvest (deals high damage to targets in a frontal fan-shaped area, restores a certain percentage of its own health); Plague Outbreak (releases an area full of plague centered on itself, dealing continuous damage to targets within the area and reducing their movement speed); Bone Cage Bind (summons a bone cage from underground to trap the target, making it unable to move or attack for 10 seconds; destroying the bone cage can restore movement and attack earlier); Summon Undead (summons a group of undead creatures to assist in battle at regular intervals; these undead creatures have low attack power but are numerous and interfere with the target's actions); Shadow Impact (instantly dashes forward a certain distance, dealing damage and knocking back targets on the path, and simultaneously triggers a shadow explosion at the end of the dash, dealing additional damage to surrounding targets).】

The Lord of the Undead was tall, draped in a tattered black cloak that swayed slightly in the eerie wind, revealing the bones beneath that glowed with an unsettling, eerie blue light.

Its eye sockets were hollow, and within them flickered an eerie blue soul fire.

It held a massive bone scythe, its blade exuding a faint, wispy black mist.

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