"Pah!"
Lu Ce spat out the sand, gravel, and blood in his mouth. With his strength depleted, he could finally perform the action of "spitting."
He shoved aside the stones on top of him, blood staining the gaps between his fingers as he pushed himself up from the ground.
He felt himself over. None of his bones seemed broken, so everything was okay. He would just pretend nothing had happened.
Chosen of Suffering, Pain +3!
"Ah, what does that mean? The boss's second phase, right?"
"It got triggered already? Feels like I didn't even take off that much health. This game's production is pretty shoddy."
"The story and character models are kind of mediocre too."
Muttering incomprehensible madness, Lu Ce transformed into a pill-popping warrior and poured another basic potion into his mouth.
Well, he should drink at least a little. His body currently seemed unable to withstand him pushing it too hard.
It looked like he would have to bear the title of pill-popping God of War for a while longer. In that case, the most important supplies for him in this game were probably medicines. He used a lot of them.
He would have to buy more next time he entered the game.
He casually fired a few more shots at Tom, blasting apart much of the metal debris Tom had gathered. But Tom's enormous body no longer dodged around. Instead, he began taking the attacks head-on.
With the stacks accumulated too high, he could no longer be blasted away.
At the point where the iron spike had pierced Tom's chest, a ring of electric arcs formed. The arcs flickered with an eerie light, creating a powerful magnetic field that drew in everything around it.
For some reason, the iron spike Lu Ce had driven into