421: Chapter 421 The Oppressive Force from Eastern Mythology

A pillar of blood-red light soared into the sky.

The obsidian floor of the arena cracked inch by inch.

Magma gushed out from underground, carrying the pungent smell of sulfur and a thick aura of death.

Two massive palms gripped the edges of the fissures.

Dark red muscles bulged prominently.

Two behemoths, over ten meters tall, crawled onto the surface.

The beast on the left held a battle-axe the size of a door, surrounded by a blood-red, violent battle aura.

The beast on the right held a bone staff; the magma beneath its feet was rapidly eroded by shadow power, turning pitch black.

A system notification popped up in Chen You's field of vision.

[Parker Brothers (Twin Lords)]

[Level: 60]

[Left: Grey Parker. Traits: 50% Physical Immunity, 30% Melee Lifesteal]

[Right: Brown Parker. Traits: 50% Magic Immunity, Full-Screen Shadow Curse]

[Bond Skill: Shared Life. Both must be killed within three seconds of each other, or they will instantly resurrect with full health.]

The three thousand players in the stands erupted in an uproar.

"How the hell are we supposed to fight this!" the Berserker "Tonight Wont Go Home" cursed loudly.

"Level 60 Twin Lords? And they have a resurrection mechanic?"

"Physical and magic resistance, one with lifesteal and the other with curses—is this even winnable?!"

"Those damn developers are teaching players a lesson again!"

Chen You stood on the floating disc, looking down at the two behemoths.

He wasn't angry.

He just felt that Augustus's perspective was too narrow.

"Flipping the table because you can't afford to lose, and then finding a high-sounding excuse for yourself."

Augustus snorted coldly.

"Trial-taker, your sword spirit indeed exceeded my expectations. But in this third round, you face the darlings of the demons."

"Ten seconds to prepare."

Chen You sighed.

He raised his right hand and swiped open the system panel in the air.

He clicked on the [war soul] tab.

On the interface, several glittering golden avatars lay quietly in their slots.

Chen You's gaze fell on the permanent SSR "War God Kuito."

Kuito's combat power was beyond doubt, and he was a perfect match for dealing with monsters from the Western fantasy system.

Chen You's finger stopped in mid-air.

"Twin Lords, Level 60, with a resurrection mechanic," Chen You calculated in his mind.

"Kuito is fierce, but if these two have some hidden health-locking mechanism and it takes longer than three seconds, I'll have to start over. I can't gamble."

To be safe.

Chen You shifted his gaze to the right.

It stopped on the card emitting a purple-gold glow.

The limited exclusive Mythical SSR—[Erlang Shen, the True Lord Manifested as Saint - Yang Jian].

Chen You's current level was 45, and his cultivation realm was the Early Foundation Establishment stage.

The attributes of a war soul are amplified by a percentage based on the player's own base attributes.

As for the Yang Jian card, because it triggered Mythic Descent and Heavenly Dao Resonance during the draw, it received a unique enhancement.

Chen You hadn't even dared to carefully calculate its attribute multipliers.

"Although Team Leader Sun said this is just a war soul simulated by the system with data, not the true divine essence that descended during the territory defense battle..."

"But to deal with these two bumpkins, overwhelming stats will be enough."

Chen You no longer hesitated.

He tapped [Deploy] heavily with his index finger.

"Ten seconds are up." Augustus's voice held a cruel smile. "Is there no one left?!"

Grey Parker let out a deafening roar.

Brown Parker raised the bone staff.

The air in the entire arena instantly became thick and viscous.

Chen You stood where he was, without even blinking.

"Boom!"

A clap of thunder exploded above the arena.

It wasn't a system-simulated sound effect.

It was real, space-tearing thunder.

Purple lightning struck down from the void, hitting Grey Parker squarely on the head.

Grey screamed; having just jumped up, he was slammed back into the ground.

A deep pit ten meters in diameter was smashed into the obsidian floor.

The thick curse formations filling the air dissolved completely the moment they touched the purple lightning.

The nebula vortex stopped spinning.

Augustus's aura showed obvious signs of instability.

"This power... Impossible! The Laws of Contract have no record of such an energy level!"

Chen You stood with his hands in his pockets.

In the center of the arena, an ethereal green lotus slowly emerged.

The green lotus bloomed.

The petals dispersed into specks of golden light.

A man clad in bright silver armor stood there.

He had a slender build, and his black hair was tied up with a jade hairpin.

There was a closed vertical mark on his forehead.

He carried no weapon, just standing there casually.

The temperature in the entire arena plummeted.

It wasn't cold.

But rather an absolute suppressive force naturally emitted by a high-level lifeform.

The magma on the ground stopped flowing, gradually solidifying into dark red waste rock.

The players in the stands fell silent as one.

"Holy crap..." I Am Big rubbed his eyes.

"This NPC... wait, this war soul, why haven't I ever seen it before?"

"God You still has a war soul like this?"

Yang Jian tilted his head slightly.

He looked up at Augustus high in the sky.

There was no emotion in his eyes, only pure indifference.

Chen You cleared his throat.

"True Lord, although this is a high-quality imitation, it should be enough to handle these two bumpkins, right?"

Yang Jian did not look back.

He reached out his right hand and made a grasping motion in the air.

A three-pointed double-edged halberd appeared out of thin air.

A piercing cold light flowed along the blade.

From the deep pit, Grey Parker scrambled up.

He was charred black all over, but his violent battle aura flared up again.

Brown Parker waved his staff, injecting his own life force into his brother's body.

Grey's injuries were instantly healed.

"Kill!"

The two brothers roared simultaneously.

Grey dragged his battle-axe, sprinting forward with large strides.

Brown followed behind, a compressed shadow ball over two meters in diameter condensing at the tip of his staff.

Yang Jian stood where he was.

He watched the two behemoths charging at him and raised his left hand.

He pressed his index and middle fingers together and lightly swiped across his forehead.

The closed vertical mark snapped open.

A beam of golden light shot out.

There was no sound.

There were no explosive special effects.

The golden light pierced straight through Grey Parker's chest.

It pierced through his proud violent battle aura.

It pierced through his 50% physical immunity armor.

Its momentum undiminished, it continued to pierce through Brown Parker's shadow shield and his skull.

The golden light finally vanished into the obsidian wall at the edge of the arena, leaving behind a bottomless hole.

Grey Parker maintained his running posture.

He looked down at the bowl-sized hole in his chest.

The edges of the wound were smooth, and not a single drop of blood flowed out.

Because all blood and life force had been completely annihilated the moment the golden light pierced through.

Behind him, Brown Parker didn't even have time to swing his staff before his body directly turned into a pile of ash.

Three seconds.

The time set by the system for the resurrection mechanic.

But the Parker Brothers' health bars had been completely zeroed out in the very first second.

The two massive corpses crashed to the ground, dissipating into a sky full of light specks.

Chen You glanced at the battle log.

[Your war soul (Yang Jian) dealt 999,999 points of True Damage to Grey Parker.]

[Your war soul (Yang Jian) dealt 999,999 points of True Damage to Brown Parker.]

Chen You gasped.

"This damage overkill is a bit excessive, isn't it?"

He knew Yang Jian was strong, but he didn't expect him to be strong enough to deal such high damage directly.

This is freaking ridiculous!