The Death List Novel - Chapter 682
Chapter 682 Halt One’s Steps
Compared to Qin Lun and the others’ scattered eggs, the battle on the other side was much more intense.
Wei Si, who was originally no different from an ordinary youth, now had a completely different image. His body was covered in a layer of pale white bone armor, protecting his body tightly from head to toe.
He wore a bone helmet in the shape of a water drop on his head. His nose and mouth were covered in a conical mask. There were two air holes on both sides of the mask. It looked like a science fiction mask, similar to some kind of high-tech oxygen mask.
The bone armor has serrated bone blades at the elbows, shoulders, knees, and other joints. Along with the occasional painful howls of the Terrorclaw Beast, the afterimages of Wei Si’s high-speed combat appeared around the magical beast, enveloping it.
What frightened Qin Lun was that every time the Terrorclaw Beast sprayed blood, a pale blue flame would be left on the wound. It was like a maggot of a tarsal bone that could not be extinguished for a long time.
This meant that Wei Si’s combat profession might not be limited to melee combat. It should also have high elemental damage, such as a Demonic Swordsman or a Paladin.
From the beginning to the end of this battle, there was basically no suspense. The Terrorclaw Beast’s thick carapace had high defensive capabilities, but its joints weren’t sufficiently protected. As time passed, the Terrorclaw Beasts facing Wei Si were almost dismembered. The ground was filled with small pools of blood filled with body fluids.
“Qin Lun, don’t drag it down!” Seeing that the battle over there was coming to an end, Hill couldn’t help but remind him.
“Cyberlas!” Qin Lun’s heart skipped a beat as he gave the summoned beast an order. Since he had agreed to one side, he wasn’t willing to wait for Wei Si to come over to help, otherwise, it would be inevitable for others to look down on him.
‘”Roar ~ ~” Upon receiving the master’s order, the Hellfire Demonic Dog roared. Its abdomen was clearly bulging. The dog on its right opened its mouth and a blazing lava sprayed out like a water spear, completely enveloping the Devilclaw Beast.
[Magma Breath]. This was Cyberus’ innate ability that he had awakened after advancing to a higher level. Compared to the Hellfire ability of the Abyss Devils, magma spit was purely elemental damage, lacking curses and shadow corrosion. Compared to the flame breath of the dragons, it lacked the explosiveness of the concentrated elemental energy, and its attack range was not long enough.
However, Cyberus was not a demon or a dragon after all. He had only just stepped onto the threshold of high rank. Neither strength nor potential could be compared to legendary creatures. Having such a breathing ability was already extremely precious.
Although it was not comparable to the fire breath of the dragons, the magma breath still dealt tremendous damage to the Devilclaw Beast. The giant underground beast carried the raging flames on its back and crashed into a huge stone pier like a madman. It powerlessly crawled on the ground, leaving only its last breath.
The Thief’s eyes lit up when he saw this. His bent body suddenly straightened his spine, transforming into a streak of light that pierced through the Terrorclaw Beast’s enormous body.
The dying Terrorclaw Beast trembled violently. A bloody line appeared on its neck covered in layers of scales. Its gigantic bird head quietly fell to the ground and was actually beheaded by the Thief.
Qin Lun and Hill raised their eyebrows. The burglar’s explosive ability surprised them.
Although the carapace and scales on the Terrorclaw Beast’s body had already been softened by the blazing magma and lost its original defensive ability, it was not so easy to decapitate, especially since the Thief’s weapon was a pair of light scimitars.
Apart from the sudden outbreak of the Thieves, Qin Lun and Hill had reservations in the battle, especially since Hill had not made a move. As for the other Wei Si, who had dealt with a Terrorclaw Beast alone, the two of them felt that he had quite a bit of leeway left behind.
This was where he could see the power of a high-tier Apostle. If it was Qin Lun, he wouldn’t be able to deal with the Terrorclaw Beast in such a short period of time even with Cyberlus’ help if he didn’t use his big move.
“These Terrorclaw Beast eggs seem to be able to be brought into the shattered starry sky.” The monkey took out a crystal stone and slapped it on the basketball-sized egg.
This kind of crystal was a Universal Fusion Crystal. Apostle’s low-grade missions basically had this kind of reward item, which was used to fuse with some of the world’s specialties that Apostle wanted to bring into the universe.
However, the limitations of this crystal were so great that most of the higher-quality world treasures could not be successfully fused together. High-quality treasures could only appear among the additional rewards for exploration after completing the mission. This was also the main reason why Apostle attached great importance to the exploration of the world.
Although the Terrorclaw Beast was a high-grade creature, it did not possess any magical talent. Its breeding and combat environment were harsh, so its eggs could not be considered high-quality items.
This thing reminded Qin Lun of the Napasar eggs they had seen in the Gospel World after they had taken down the arachne base. Napasa was a scout of the Cosmos Arachnid Race, and he was extremely powerful.
When Apostle picked up the eggs that could be carried into the starry sky to hatch, they were overjoyed. According to Napasa’s battle prowess in the universe, after hatching, he would undoubtedly be a high-grade or even a legendary summoned beast.
Unfortunately, his imagination was full, but reality was bone-chilling. The laws of the gospel world were different. When Napasar’s eggs were fused with the starry crystal, it meant that the introduction had directly turned into the highest to intermediate-grade eggs.
Thinking about it, of course, Napasa was already a cannon fodder species amongst the arachnids, so how could he directly become a legendary creature in another world? If it wasn’t for the fact that it could fly, Apostle probably wouldn’t have wanted it. At that time, Qin Lun had already distributed some broken crystals and didn’t ask for the eggs.
Only three out of the dozen or so Terrorclaw Beast eggs successfully fused together. According to their battle contribution, Wei Si and the monkey each took one, and Qin Lun and Hill shared one. However, Qin Lun already had Cyberlus and Venus, so he didn’t have much demand for summoned beasts. Hill gave him 20,000 fragmented stars and took away the eggs.
“Wei Si Guild Leader, you are indeed a high-level expert!” After a tentative battle, Qin Lun’s attitude towards Wei Si was much more respectful. Apostle could not be too cautious in dealing with people who were stronger than him.
“Your summoned beast is also very good!” Wei Si looked at Cyberlas with a strange light in his eyes. With his eyes, he could naturally see that this Hellfire Devil Dog was Silver-haired elf’s good supplement to his hunting profession.
No wonder he had no scruples about letting his team’s MT stay behind. With this Demon Twin-Headed Dog as a meat shield, their demand for MT was indeed dispensable … Unfortunately, the Terrorclaw Beast was still too weak to test out their trump cards and upper limit …
In the blink of an eye, countless thoughts flashed through Wei Si’s mind, and he finally suppressed them one by one.
Compared to Apostle MT, Cyberlus’ abilities were certainly inferior, but Qin Lun’s small team wasn’t going to fight head-on, so they could make do with it now.
“Let’s continue!” Wei Si waved to the thief, signaling him to continue searching for clues to the dwarves’ bloodstains.
After a slight delay, the group of people set out again and quickly crossed the Chaos Stone Beach.
“Wei Si Guild Leader, what is your changed profession?” Qin Lun curiously discussed the battle with the youth.
“It’s my unique profession-Bone Knights. They’ve been classified as a branch of Demon Warriors in the starry sky.” Wei Si did not hide anything and very generously introduced his new profession.
The skeletal armor on his body was not a variation of the bones in his body, but a special type of bone that he usually absorbed. The strength and performance of the armor depended on the various powerful magical beast skeletons that Wei Si normally absorbed. The strength of this profession required a long time to accumulate.
Some magical beasts had bones that were much tougher and tougher than steel. Although they weren’t as tough as Secret Silver or Fine Gold, the magic power contained within them wasn’t something that metal could compare to. Moreover, the weight of the bones was lighter than that of metal. It was very suitable for a dual-cultivation profession like the Demon Warrior, where strength and agility were equally important.
Hearing Wei Si’s introduction, Qin Lun nodded thoughtfully. As more and more high-tier Apostle became familiar, he slowly discovered another difference between high-tier Apostle and second-tier Apostle.
Second Grade Apostle basically followed the guidance of the starry sky for combat professions when it came to career advancement. However, most of the high-grade Apostle he had seen had their own career paths.
It was like Gan Luo, whom the Gospel World had met. Although Gan Luo and the Lost Kelly were both martial artists, their fighting styles were very different. Sometimes, it was almost impossible to connect their professions together. Each of them had their own characteristics in martial arts.
Thinking of it this way, Qin Lun’s previous choices weren’t wrong. Back then, the advancement profession he had planned for himself was the Demon Hunter, but in a few worlds, this combat profession had transformed into a Fallen Hunter. Melee warfare gradually shifted to magic, abandoning the Abyss Devil Hunter’s skill upgrade in physical melee warfare.
“Only by sticking to what I’m good at can I step into the higher realms.” Wei Si looked at Qin Lun and said meaningfully.
Although the mutual trust between the two sides was not enough, Wei Si was not stingy in discussing the combat profession. This kind of discussion was beneficial to everyone. Building cars behind closed doors was not Apostle’s way of learning. Hill and the Thieves quickly joined in.
The discussion on the guild channel finally came to a halt after half an hour. The thief who was searching for blood at the front lost his clue again.
“The environment in front of us seems to have changed a lot. There’s no trace of blood left.”
The few people behind them became vigilant and dispersed slightly, carefully searching the surrounding area.
Looking at the surrounding environment, Qin Lun and the others quickly understood why the thieves couldn’t find any blood. The ground ahead was covered in a layer of purple moss, and there was a shimmering mushroom growing on the moss.
The shimmering mushroom flickered faintly in this dark underground area. At a glance, it looked like Qin Lun and the others were standing in the starry sky of the universe.
Dwarves’s remaining blood was probably absorbed by the moss vegetation, so Qin Lun and the others had no choice but to stop.
“What should we do? Continue forward, or wait for the Dwarves exploration team behind us?”