Bang! The Wind-Gathering Cannon fired.
The raging wind blasted the air apart with incomparable brutality. At that instant, the world seemed to lose all sound.
Before the people beside Chen Nian could react, they were blasted off their feet!
Finally, the attack struck the stone giant in the chest.
The wind pressure burst through its back and punched straight through the hall's domed ceiling...
That incomparably hard mechanical heart went dark.
An instant kill!
[Congratulations on successfully killing the "Guardian Colossus"] [Genetic Energy +2100] [Level increased: 68-70] [Congratulations on obtaining the rare material "Energy Core"] [Congratulations on obtaining the skill scroll "Ten Thousand Swords Art"]
Chen Nian was delighted. Who would have thought this dungeon run would yield so much?
Energy cores were an important material for making teleportation arrays. When the Blood Moon Calamity arrived, the major cities would need to teleport reinforcements to one another.
Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Swords Art was a rare skill for sword-type talents, especially suitable for Xiao Qi!
It looked like he could find an opportunity to give that girl the Ten Thousand Swords Art.
Chen Nian was very satisfied. All that acting had not been for nothing.
At the same time, the Calamity Gem's reversal effect ended, and his defense returned to normal.
Everyone present stared at Chen Nian as though he were a monster.
"Th-this...?!!"
"A casually fired, common wind spell had that kind of power???"
Every last one of them was dumbstruck. Some were still lying on the ground, having even forgotten to get up.
That was absurd!
With the boss successfully killed, the doors opened again, but the bald man and his companions did not relax.
Because Chen Nian put even more pressure on them!
Their entire team of five elite players had tried every possible method and used everything they had, yet they had failed to shatter the boss's heart. He had succeeded with a single casual shot...
Qiu Ya was so frightened that she "came back from the dead" on the spot.
Her beautiful eyes wide, she sat on the ground with a hand over her mouth, "holy shit" written all over her face.
"Bro, you... your strength... y-you're this terrifying?!"
So he had been acting all along? His goal had been to get these people to lead him to the boss room and find the boss's weakness?
You're way too scheming, bro!
Only then did Chen Nian look at the bald man and his companions, smiling. "Shouldn't you be calling me godfather?"
His contemptuous gaze was like someone looking at a bunch of clowns.
Their hearts all lurched. This guy was so powerful. What would they do if he turned around and took revenge on them?
"Don't move!"
The bald man forced himself to calm down and said coldly, "Don't forget, my explosive talisman is still on your back. There's no way you'll get through a point-blank explosion unscathed!"
"Oh? Then what do you want?"
"Hand over everything the boss just dropped! And all the valuable equipment on you!"
"I saved you, and now you're turning around to rob me?"
"Don't forget the explosive talisman on your back! Don't let me catch you trying any tricks!"
The bald man was extremely agitated, ready to detonate the talisman at any moment. His nerves were clearly stretched to the breaking point.
Chen Nian spread his hands. "Then why don't you try blowing one up?"
Boom!!!
The talisman on Chen Nian's back exploded, and fierce flames and thick smoke instantly swallowed him.
"I told you not to push me. You brought this on yourself!"
The bald man panted, his forehead already covered in sweat.
But just then, a casual voice came from the black smoke. "Got any more? If not, it's my turn."
"N-no way!"
When the thick smoke dispersed, the pupils of the bald man and his companions suddenly contracted.
The explosive talisman had detonated right against his body, yet he was... completely unharmed!
Just how high was his defense, and how powerful was his physique? They dared not imagine it... Could anyone really do that at this stage?
Under the intense pressure, the bald man had gone completely mad. He roared himself hoarse.
"Stop! There's still her!"
"Take one step, and I'll blow her up!"
"You wouldn't want an innocent person dying with you, would you? Haha!"
Qiu Ya was not far behind Chen Nian.
There was still an explosive talisman on her back!
At that moment, Qiu Ya's little face had gone deathly pale. She had never imagined she would become a hostage used to threaten Chen Nian.
I don't even know him. How could he possibly care whether I'm safe?
It's over, it's over. I'm dead.
"I don't know her. Do you think I care whether she lives or dies?" Chen Nian pressed forward step by step.
Driven into a corner, the bald man roared, "Fine, then let her die!"
Word Spirit, Wind and Lightning Flash.
Chen Nian vanished from where he stood. The next second, he was beside Qiu Ya and snatched the explosive talisman into his hand.
A dazzling burst of fire bloomed in Chen Nian's palm.
But that was all. Like a dud firecracker, it failed to make so much as a bang.
"What?!"
Qiu Ya was stunned.
He actually grabbed the explosive talisman in his hand to save me?
Wait, how did he get to my side? I didn't see him move at all!
The bald man and his companions were even more horrified.
Was he even fucking human?
What kind of monster had we provoked?
"Run... run!"
They fled outside like madmen, but there was no way Chen Nian would let them leave just like that.
A pitch-black domain stripped away all color, dragging them into a cage called darkness.
Word Spirit-Death God.
Under Death God Possession, Chen Nian began his merciless Reaping.
With every person he killed, the Death God's Scythe's bonus attack power would permanently increase.
[Death God's Scythe attack power +10] [Death God's Scythe attack power +10] [Death God's Scythe attack power +10]
Chen Nian finished off all five of them.
Using the Death God Domain's remaining duration, Chen Nian picked Qiu Ya up and left the boss hall, sparing her the sight of that brutal scene.
The domain vanished. Qiu Ya remained in Chen Nian's arms, in a princess carry no less. She had been bewildered the entire time.
"No... I... you..."
She blinked, her mind utterly blank.
But if other female players knew she was being princess-carried by "Buyu" right now, they would probably go mad with envy!
"It's all right now. Off you go." Chen Nian set her down.
"Ow... bro... just who are you?!"
Having failed to react in time, Qiu Ya landed on her backside. When she tried to ask a few more questions, the person in front of her had already vanished.
She even thought it had all been a dream!
But... her level really had increased, and the dungeon had been cleared.
No matter how she thought about it, Qiu Ya could not make sense of it, so she went straight to the forum and posted a request for help.
[Can wind elemental mages turn the whole world pitch-black? He also instantly killed the boss with an ordinary wind cannon. So scary!]
But her post quickly sank. No one replied to something so unclear.
Most people were still discussing equipment, leveling, and killing monsters...
After waiting a long time, Qiu Ya suddenly received a private message.
"Could you tell me exactly what happened? Thank you."
The other person's ID consisted of only two characters.
Luo Xue.