Underground Palace Lower Level (2-in-1)

"Don't laugh, this search method is still quite effective in confined spaces," Bai Xiaowen coughed.

Of course, this is all predicated on having a large number of summoned creatures, all working together to make friends and leaving the invisible boss with nowhere to run...

However, after sifting through the entire hall from the entrance to the opposite wall, Bai Xiaowen still found nothing.

This is a bit awkward.

Bai Xiaowen stroked his chin. "Could it be that the BOSS isn't in the lobby? That doesn't make sense..."

Bai Xiaowen kept glancing at the Doom Bracelet on his left wrist out of the corner of his eye. Suddenly, he noticed that the expression on the face on the Doom Bracelet had changed, turning into a panicked one.

"Tsk."

Without any warning, Li Shuyi activated the team's Tether skill, and Bai Xiaowen was lifted into the air and dragged to Li Shuyi's side. Almost simultaneously, the ground beneath Bai Xiaowen's feet cracked open, and a slender figure in white robes burst from the ground, wielding a sharp blade and rising into the air like a spinning top!

If Bai Xiaowen had stayed where she was, she would be singing "Chrysanthemums Wither" by now.

"I never expected they would sneak in from underground. No wonder my experience was flawed..."

The white-robed man, High Priest Ahmose, returned empty-handed, his face grim. "How did you evade me? My stealth is flawless; no one has ever been able to anticipate it!"

Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "Excuse me, speaking of precognition... I seem to be a prophet of a continent, a continent much larger than Egypt..."

Taking advantage of the conversation with the BOSS, Bai Xiaowen unleashed a powerful Insight.

[Ahmose (Level 7 Boss Tier)]

[Race: Human Species / Human Race]

[Class: Subterranean Serpent Priest]

[Attributes: Strength 37, Agility 68, Constitution 29, Spirit 24]

[Skill 1: Burrowing Ambush: Burrow underground to approach the enemy, then burst out from beneath their feet, dealing physical damage and launching them into the air.]

[Skill 2: Poison-Coated Dagger: Passive. Each successful hit on a target deals sharp damage and inflicts Snake Venom effect, reducing the target's all attributes by 10% for 10 seconds. The Snake Venom effect can stack, up to a maximum of 5 layers.]

[Skill 3: Whirling Twin Blades: Omitted.]

[Skill 4: Rain of Venomous Fangs: Throws a swarm of small venomous snakes into melee range, dealing initial poison damage and spawning a certain number of snakes that slow and attack enemies within melee range. The number of snakes is equal to the number of enemies within Ahmose's melee range.]

[Skill 5: Edjo's Gift LV2: Increases Life Value by 400 and grants 40% tenacity.]

Ahmose is an agile assassin boss. He just dodged the summoned creatures' filter and approached Bai Xiaowen's skill, which is clearly [Burrowing Ambush].

To be fair, Ahmose possesses considerable combat intelligence, knowing that Bai Xiaowen is the summoner's true form, which is why he chose Bai Xiaowen as his first target. However, after his Burrowing Ambush skill missed, his threat level plummeted.

Of course, the threat level has dropped sharply for Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi's elite team, the BOSS terminator.

For awakened individuals of average strength, the increased attack speed from the Whirling Twin Blades and the reduced attributes from the Poison-Coated Dagger complement each other perfectly. Combined with Ahmose's high agility, a few glancing blows are enough to cripple a powerful melee fighter.

The Poison-Coated Dagger works in a snowball effect; the more times it hits, the greater the attribute reduction, and the higher the chance of being hit again.

Bai Xiaowen's Palm Talisman shimmered with light, eventually drawing a blue streak.

With Bai Xiaowen's current level 6 Meditation, the maximum offset angle reaches 30 degrees, which is no problem to hit an agile BOSS. Ahmose tried to move, but the blue Spell Talisman slightly changed direction and still hit him with a whoosh, instantly trapping him in place.

After casting the Spell Talisman, Bai Xiaowen ordered his summoned creatures to surround the boss. The priority was not to attack immediately, but to establish a proper encirclement formation, ensuring the boss had no escape.

However, Ahmose's body surface flickered with a faint light, directly releasing him from the Imprisonment.

Spirit Realm Rules Message:

"Based on your innate Insight, you have obtained the following combat information..."

"The Subterranean Serpent Priest Ahmose used food: Dried Fig (additional priority 3), the overall control removal priority is 7, which is greater than or equal to the priority of the Binding Talisman (7), the Imprisonment status is lifted!"

It's a long story, but in the blink of an eye, Ahmose had already bypassed the summoned creatures and was rushing towards Bai Xiaowen again.

Standing next to Bai Xiaowen, Li Shuyi bent down and charged forward with all her might, Savage Charge!

Just before colliding with Ahmose, Li Shuyi swung her blood-red longsword in her right hand, and a fountain of blood gushed from Ahmose's body, pouring onto the longsword. The Redleaf Lord's Glory Sword, with the added skill "Blood Drain," was unleashed!

Ahmose's strength dropped by 12 points, while Li Shuyi's strength increased by 12 points! With this shift, Li Shuyi's strength surpassed that of the level 7 agility-type BOSS Ahmose, knocking him into the air!

Bai Xiaowen's gunshot rang out. Although Ahmose's Life Value wasn't full, this shot didn't trigger the Blood Essence Stone's First Blood effect, and his Critical Hit rate hadn't reached its maximum...

However, this shot hit an undefendable target, firstly striking a vital point, secondly having Penetration Effect, and finally, luckily triggering Critical Hit, resulting in astonishing damage!

Blood splattered between Ahmose's brows, and he let out a painful roar, but before he could land, Li Shuyi followed up with a dual-sword basic attack, followed by Triple Slash skill!

With a series of swift movements, Ahmose's body was covered in several wounds.

After landing, Ahmose snorted angrily and began his counterattack. With the passive Melee Specialty of the Whirling Twin Blades, his attack speed was extremely fast. Moreover, as a high-level BOSS, his Swordsmanship Specialty were also extremely high. Li Shuyi ended up defending more than attacking.

The reason is simple: Li Shuyi doesn't want to be hit by the opponent, because if she is hit, all her attributes will decrease by 10%! So she must constantly Parry and Block the opponent's attacks.

This is the power of the Poison-Coated Dagger skill; even if it doesn't hit the opponent immediately, it will make the opponent wary and dare not use a desperate fighting style to exchange blows with you.

Fortunately, Li Shuyi was not fighting alone. The Skeleton Champion wielded his greatsword and Charge forward with Whirlwind Slash slash, directly knocking back Ahmose was still under the negative effects of the "Blood Drain" and "Power Siphon" effects!

Taking advantage of this small opportunity, Li Shuyi followed up with two sword thrusts, managing to steal a little damage.

The Rageclaw also pounced on Ahmose's back, slashing its Claw repeatedly. The Shadow Assassin appeared behind Ahmose, delivering a Assassination to the back, further reducing the BOSS's health.

"Intruders must all die!"

Ahmose roared and unleashed his ultimate move, Rain of Venomous Fangs. Screeching sounds filled the air as all enemies around Ahmose, including Li Shuyi, were slowed down. A venomous snake coiled around each enemy and slithered upwards, ready to bite.

Taking advantage of this opening, Ahmose dashed out, his speed increasing dramatically as he charged towards Bai Xiaowen.

His target has always been Bai Xiaowen, and that has never changed!

However, Bai Xiaowen had already Insight that Amos possessed this powerful group slowing ability, so he didn't send all his summoned creatures over in the first place! Two Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier went to meet him, and together with the Ghost Path skill of the Bone Warlock, they controlled Ahmose once again.

The Ghost Path skill depends on the relative strength of the two sides. Targeting Ahmose, it could only control him for a moment. However, this successfully reduced Ahmose's speed significantly, and then Bai Xiaowen Headshot, triggering the Blood Essence Stone effect!

Ahmose fought valiantly to kill the two Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier, but by then Li Shuyi, Rageclaw, and others had already broken free from the venomous snakes' entanglement and rushed over.

Ahmose collapsed to the ground with a thud.

As an agile boss, Ahmose's Life Value is less than 700 points even with the bonus from the Advanced Boss skill, and his armor and magic resistance are also low. His failure in the first Ambush essentially sealed his fate, and he wouldn't pose any real threat to Bai Xiaowen's group.

A Golden Treasure Chest materialized on Ahmose's corpse.

"Let's not open it for now..." Bai Xiaowen put away the treasure chest. "I have a somewhat immature idea... Hmm, let's finish this Elite Tier quest first."

Li Shuyi nodded, obediently refraining from asking further questions at this critical juncture. After retracting their summoned creatures, the two swiftly traversed the upper levels of the Serpent God Dungeon, quickly finding the hall of the last priest's name marked on the map— Moaitaihe.

However, this time they were truly disappointed; the hall was completely empty.

Another group of Elite Tier believers arrived, this time numbering as many as 14.

"Don't let these sinners escape!"

"They killed Lord Ahmose! They must pay for this in blood!"

Faced with the rising and falling shouts, Bai Xiaowen took a breath:

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry."

Ten thousand Psionic Points instantly flowed into the Kusanagi Sword, and Bai Xiaowen's right hand once again ignited with its signature flames. He slashed with his left hand and struck forward with his right, unleashing the ultimate technique, Super Orochi Nagi, which roared and surged forward, engulfing the fourteen Elite Tier cultists in a sea of fire once more.

Once the Super Orochi Nagi was over, it was time to happily pick off the enemies. The cultists, whose attributes were reduced by half due to the Burn Status, had no chance to fight back and were killed one after another.

Having collected all the treasure chests, Li Shuyi asked, "What should we do now?"

"Moaitaihe should be on the lower level of the Underground Palace. Let's go."

Bai Xiaowen scanned the hall with his Mental Scan, then led Li Shuyi out the door. After turning left and right on the upper level of the Underground Palace, they soon arrived at a spiral staircase that extended downwards.

As Bai Xiaowen ran down the stairs, she simply said:

"According to the priests' testimonies, the upper level of the Underground Palace was mainly for defense against enemy invasion, so it was riddled with traps and had many dead ends. However, the lower level of the Underground Palace was where the Golden Snake Disc was placed, so it didn't have as many winding passages..."

In the short time it took to exchange a few words, the two had already arrived at the lower level of the Underground Palace.

The first thing you see is a spacious underground hall with serpentine reliefs and patterns on the walls. In the center of the hall is an altar, a pure white mirror-like surface with a golden serpent coiled around it, suspended in the air above the altar.

The disc emitted a soft glow, clearly indicating it was no ordinary object. This must be the mission objective: the Golden Snake Disc.

At the other end of the Golden Snake Disc, surrounded by light, was a tall, burly man with half of his chest muscles exposed. At the man's feet lay a giant python, which, judging by its size, was even thicker than the pythons that Tiya had possessed.

"This man must be High Priest Moaitaihe, right?" Li Shuyi whispered. "The Golden Snake Disc should be on the altar. What should we do?"

"Go, take him down."

With a wave of his hand, Bai Xiaowen unleashed his Rageclaw and Skeleton Champion.

Bai Xiaowen himself fired a shot at the Golden Snake Disc.

With a Pure Note hum, three snake-shaped marks appeared on the surface of the Golden Snake Disc. Two of the marks had dimmed, while only the middle mark still shone brightly.

The shot did not destroy the Golden Snake Disc, and Bai Xiaowen received further clues:

"The Golden Snake Disc is connected to the spiritual imprints of High Priest Moaitaihe, Ahmose, and Tiya. You must erase these three spiritual imprints to destroy the disc."

"Just as I expected..." Bai Xiaowen looked at High Priest Moaitaihe.

At this moment, Rageclaw and the Skeleton Champion had already rushed over, and the High Priest Moaitaihe, who had been praying with his eyes closed, had now opened his eyes and let out a roar.

"Submit to the majesty of the Snake God!"

[Moaitaihe (Level 7 Boss Tier) / Might Prayer State]

[Race: Human Species / Human Race]

[Class: Serpent Priest]

[Attributes: Strength 83 (73+10), Agility 35 (25+10), Constitution 48 (38+10), Spirit 29 (19+10)]

[Skill 1: Python Pact: Passive: Giant Python Basha has signed a contract with Moaitaihe and will fight for him. Activating the Python Pact allows Moaitaihe to merge with Basha, gaining 20% of Basha's Strength and Agility attributes, as well as all remaining Life Value. The merge will automatically dissolve when the Life Value lost during merging reaches Basha's remaining Life Value.]

[Skill 2: Earth-Shattering Strike: Omitted.]

[Skill 3: Corrosive Strike: Select a target within melee range, Corrosion 20% of their armor and dealing physical damage equal to a normal attack. Corrosive Strike has no cooldown.]

[Skill 4: Counterattack Storm: Passive. After Moaitaihe receives a certain amount of physical damage, he will trigger Counterattack Storm, dealing physical damage to all enemies within melee range. Actively activating Counterattack Storm will make Moaitaihe immune to physical attacks or skills of priority (7) or lower (including 7) for 3 seconds, and after the skill ends, it will deal physical damage to all surrounding enemies and stun them.]

[Skill 5: Edjo's Gift LV3: Increases Life Value by 500 and grants 50% tenacity.]

As for the "Might Prayer State," it's an additional buff with a very powerful effect: +10 to all attributes!

"This High Priest Moaitaihe must be the Boss Tier of the Silent Tongue Sect."

Moaitaihe was already very strong, at least stronger than Ahmose and Tiya. His universal Boss Tier skill "Edjo's Gift" reached LV3, which is definitely at the Leader Tier.

Moreover, with the Strength Prayer granting a +10 bonus to all attributes, Moaitaihe's total attributes reach a staggering 195 points, making him absolutely no weaker than a level 9 Boss Tier.