166: Chapter 166 I'll kill the one who claims to be invincible!

The deepest part of the ancient city, Chaos Altar.

The air here was as thick as blood plasma, each breath carrying a mix of rust and rot.

The massive altar was built from some kind of dark obsidian, its surface carved with twisting, writhing Abyss magic patterns, currently emitting a heart-palpitating, gloomy light.

In the center of the altar, the body of The Ferryman with its octopus head appeared even more hideous.

One of its slimy tentacles was raised high, the tip curled around a struggling, terrified humanoid NPC.

Another tentacle, like the sharpest scalpel, precisely and cruelly pierced into the NPC's chest!

"Urgh—!"

The shrill scream came to an abrupt end.

A still-pulsing heart was ripped out, dark red blood splashing onto the altar's magic patterns, instantly absorbed, making the gloomy light shine even brighter.

Immediately after, a cold light flashed, and another tentacle swept across like a sharp blade!

A head rolled to the ground, extreme terror still frozen on its face.

The Ferryman casually tossed the headless corpse aside like garbage, its several tentacles dancing excitedly, preparing to grab the next NPC shivering at the edge of the altar, imprisoned by the power of the rules.

"Enough!"

A cold voice, like a polar wind, suddenly swept across the bloody altar. The Ferryman's movements halted abruptly, its several compound eyes turning toward the altar entrance simultaneously.

Lu Chen stood there, his black hair moving without wind, the killing intent in his eyes almost solidifying, causing the surrounding thick air to nearly freeze.

He walked over step by step, the god-slaying spear hanging low, its dark red tip dragging across the ground with a harsh sound, sparking a trail of fire.

"Tsk! Lu Chen, you brat, you're not dead yet!"

The Ferryman's several eyes narrowed simultaneously, emitting an overlapping, uncomfortable, hoarse laugh.

"Why, do you want to observe my art of sacrifice? Or do you want to... become the next offering?"

"I've come to send you to your grave."

Lu Chen's voice was calm, yet carried the terrifying oppressive feeling of a storm about to break.

"Send me to my grave? Just you?"

The Ferryman seemed to have heard a huge joke, its tentacles waving exaggeratedly.

"Look around you! Feel the power of the altar! Here, I am the Dominator! You can summon at most six pitiful beast pets; how can you fight the endless Chaos army under my command?!"

Before its voice faded, the space around the altar twisted violently, as if a gate to Chaos had been opened, and countless twisted monsters made of pure Chaos energy swarmed out, roaring!

They were diverse in form, each like a demon from Hell, extremely savage, and so numerous that they instantly filled the open space around the altar, like a tide of destruction.

"Roar—!"

"Awoo!"

Six powerful, peerless figures suddenly lunged out from Lu Chen's beast pen space, taking the initiative to meet the terrifying Chaos monster tide!

The eldest, Great Green, let out a heaven-shaking roar, its massive body sweeping across, spitting out Green Brilliance Poison Mist; wherever it passed, the Chaos monsters sizzled as if corroded by strong acid, dissolving in droves!

"Mere Chaos scum, you dare to block my master's path?!"

The second turned into a silvery-white lightning bolt tearing through space, wind blades and ice explosions interweaving; wherever it passed, the monsters were all torn apart and frozen! Killing intent soared to the sky!

The third let out a heaven-shaking cry, its wings scattering endless lava blood flames, like a rain of fire, burning large swaths of monsters into nothingness!

The fourth was like a moving mountain, its thick shell hard against countless attacks, continuously releasing vortex explosions, grinding nearby monsters into fragments!

The fifth, though small in stature, was the most cunning and tricky, turning into an ice-blue ghost, attacking the weak points of powerful monsters, freezing and biting, even freezing Chaos energy!

The sixth was the most violent. With a roar, the earth trembled, soil and rocks surged, and it instantly split into a large number of earth-element Clones, like wolves into a flock of sheep, crazily tearing and pouncing! Each of its lunges shook the earth!

The six main beast pets, like six red-hot blades, fiercely cut into the tide of Chaos monsters, actually carving out a vacuum zone leading to the altar!

Lu Chen's expression was grim, his pace unchanged, walking step by step along the path opened by his beast pets toward The Ferryman in the center of the altar.

Around him were deafening roars and explosions; Chaos monsters kept rushing over, but kept turning into fly ash before Lu Chen's beast pets.

Watching this scene, the playfulness on The Ferryman's octopus face finally faded, replaced by a hint of gravity and... rage at being provoked!

"Hmph! You have some skill! But with the blessing of the altar's power, I am an invincible existence!"

The Ferryman let out a shrill shriek, its massive octopus body beginning to inflate and deform violently!

Its black robe tore instantly, revealing the slimy, deep purple skin underneath; countless suckers became as large as millstones, and the eight main tentacles grew and thickened crazily, their tips splitting open to reveal dense, cold-gleaming bone spurs and fangs!

In the blink of an eye.

It transformed from a humanoid octopus-head into a giant Dark Octopus BOSS that occupied half the altar and exuded monstrous magic power!

The terrifying aura climbed step by step, shockingly reaching the horrifying level of a Tier 7 Quasi-World Dominator BOSS!

[Name: The Ferryman · Chaos Octopus BOSS Form]

"See that, Lu Chen! This is my true power! Here, my power is endless! In a one-on-one fight, I am invincible!!"

The Ferryman's voice became like thunder, full of confidence and arrogance, and its huge tentacles smashed toward the approaching Lu Chen with the force of destruction!

Facing this attack comparable to a mountain pressing down, Lu Chen just snorted coldly, and the god-slaying spear was raised suddenly!

He didn't block the huge tentacle, but pointed the spear tip at the flickering magic patterns at the core of the altar!

"Divine Light Break!"

Hum—!

The god-slaying spear erupted with unprecedented brilliant divine light, a condensed dark red spear beam like lightning tearing through the darkness, not shooting at The Ferryman, but blasting with extreme precision onto the core node of the altar's energy transmission!

[Equipment Effect +990%] triggered!

Forcibly suppressing all of the target's buffs and recovery effects!

"What?! How is it possible that you..."

The Ferryman's wild laughter instantly turned into horror!

It felt that the altar power that was originally pouring into its body endlessly, making it confidently "invincible," seemed to be abruptly cut off by an invisible gate!

Its massive body stalled abruptly, and that infinite recovery state instantly disappeared!

At this very moment,

Cold light flashed in Lu Chen's eyes, his other hand already raised, five fingers spread, aimed at the giant magic octopus that had fallen into a brief stiffness due to the sudden loss of power.

"Thunder Punishment World Destroyer!"

Rumble!!!

The sky above the entire altar was instantly swallowed by endless thunderstorms!

Hundreds and thousands of thunderbolts, like the wrath of a Heavenly God, poured crazily onto The Ferryman's massive body!

"No—!!!"

The Ferryman only had time to let out a desperate and unwilling roar; its powerful pseudo-Tier 7 magic body, after losing the support of the altar's infinite recovery, could not withstand the Forbidden Spell bombardment at all!

Its magic skin was instantly carbonized, flesh and blood turned into charred ash, and its massive body twitched and disintegrated crazily in the thunder!

The thunder dissipated.

The giant Dark Octopus that was just arrogant a moment ago had now turned into a huge, charred-on-the-outside-tender-on-the-inside... roasted octopus that was still emitting wisps of blue smoke and the smell of meat!

Occasionally, electric currents still crackled across the charred flesh.

"Invincible?"

Lu Chen carried the god-slaying spear, walked to the head of the giant roasted octopus, his tone carrying extreme mockery: "I kill those who claim to be invincible!"

As the words fell, the spear struck like a Dragon!

Puchi!

The god-slaying spear easily severed the large, well-cooked octopus head, which was then picked up by Lu Chen with the spear tip.

Meanwhile.

The surrounding Chaos monsters, with The Ferryman's death and the interruption of the altar's energy, seemed to have lost their source, one after another letting out wails, their bodies becoming unstable, and finally dissipating into the air one after another.

The six beast pets also ended the battle, returning to Lu Chen's side, their Battle Intent high.

Lu Chen shook off the head on the spear tip, walked to the imprisoned NPCs, and tapped lightly with the god-slaying spear; the rule imprisonment shattered at the sound.

The rescued NPCs were still shaken, kneeling down one after another in gratitude.

Among them, an elderly, scholar-like NPC trembled with both hands, holding up a broken chain that seemed to be made of twisted dark metal and constantly emitting a faint Chaos aura to Lu Chen.

"Hero... thank you for saving our lives... This is the chain The Ferryman used to connect to the altar and steal Chaos power... Perhaps it will be useful to you..."

[Ding! Obtained quest item: "Broken Chaos Chain" (1/1)!]

[Eighth Ring Quest: Altar Ritual (Completed)!]

[Ninth Ring Quest has started!]