I'll Be Back

Xiao Yu could feel the elemental power within his body surging, as if a huge energy was pulling him toward the Unstable Chaos Elemental in front of him.

"Such immense power!" Xiao Yu was shocked. This 'Unstable Chaos Elemental' was clearly an elemental creature, an elemental creature unlike any he had ever seen before. Although it was only level 29 and merely a mini-boss template, the terrifying pressure emanating from it was something he had never seen even from a skeleton-level boss. It was the purest form of energy. If he could obtain this power and maintain its independent characteristics, his path to becoming the strongest boss would be absolutely guaranteed.

It seems that Amalarui's theory is correct. As long as the process of the Big Bang is reversed, the four elemental beings of wind, fire, water, and earth can be re-condensed into a unique Chaos Elemental. The only question is, who is the soul of this Chaos Elemental? Is it one of the four elemental beings from before? Or is it the sum of them? Or is it a completely new soul? What if it's a player? Could several people share one body?

This wasn't unprecedented; he had encountered a two-headed ogre boss before, which was played by two players together.

However, it seems that someone else is more concerned about this issue than he is.

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "Hey, wake up, buddy, time to get up!"

'Unstable Chaos Elemental': 'Who am I? Where am I?' the Unstable Chaos Elemental asked in a strange voice, like the sound of a distorted recording.

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "You are Chaos Elemental, and I am your master."

The unstable elemental hybrid cried out, "No, you are not my master! My name is... my name is—!" His voice suddenly became shrill, "I am the fire elemental Edros!"

But the voice immediately became a hoarse echo, "No, I am—I am— Feralas the Wind Elemental, that voice, get away from me!" His voice was intermittent, and his body began to tremble as if he could no longer maintain his balance.

The surrounding arcane crystals began to tremble, as if sensing the powerful force, their light flickering. The Arcanist who had given the Arcane Crystal their functions involuntarily retreated.

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "Staying still, you idiot! Healer, what are you standing there for? Heal him now!" the old Undead roared.

A series of healing spells immediately fell upon the Unstable Chaos Elemental, but they had no effect whatsoever, as if they had sunk into the ocean.

"No, it seems to have magic immunity; spells can't affect it at all."

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "Damn it!" He kicked aside the Priest blocking his way and stood in front of the Chaos Elemental. "Calm down, calm down, you bastard!"

But it was no use. After struggling for a while, the Unstable Chaos Elemental suddenly let out a painful shriek. Just when Xiao Yu thought an extremely huge explosion was about to occur, it suddenly froze, as if it had been frozen and turned into a statue. A crack appeared on its surface. The old Undead walked over and gently touched it. With a whoosh, it immediately shattered into tiny fragments on the ground like broken glass.

Some slaves came up and pushed the scum into a corner, along with the previous scum. Now Xiao Yu finally understood where that huge pile of scum came from.

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "Damn it, another failure! So close! We were so close to succeeding!" he said to Amalarui.

Amalarui: "No, it's far from it. If we can't resolve the elemental repulsion and the effects of the soul fusion rejection between elemental beings, we'll never succeed."

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "It's a pity that the souls and bodies of elemental creatures are one; otherwise, we could extract their souls and experiment on their bodies separately. That would probably be much easier to hide from."

Amalarui: "That's right. However, although we can't extract the souls, we might be able to torture the elemental creatures continuously, driving them mad and irrational. In this state, they might be able to fuse better. I think the souls of four mad elemental creatures are more similar than the souls of four conscious elemental creatures."

Alfred (the Great Warlock): "Should we begin the experiment immediately?"

"Of course, we are very pressed for time. After completing this last experiment for today, we can then torture the remaining elemental creatures."

Xiao Yu felt a chill run down his spine. Although it was just a game, and he was certain that he wouldn't die even if he was fused, the scene before him still made him break out in a cold sweat (literally, imagine a Water Elemental covered in water).

Were those fused elemental creatures dead? Logically, they shouldn't have died. You can't truly kill a summoned creature in the Prime Material Plane; that's one of the game's basic mechanics. However, it's not uncommon for game developers to contradict established rules.

The elemental beings were indeed fused together, but could they return to their own plane? Xiao Yu couldn't be sure, and he didn't want to risk it. The power of the Chaos Elemental was indeed tempting, but the risk was too great to be worth it. He couldn't place all his hopes on a futile stroke of luck.

He had to leave this place, he had to escape! With this thought in mind, he had already made up his mind. But how could he escape? Even suicide was impossible now. Forced offline was useless; the system would take over his body and he would be merged with it anyway.

Wait a minute! Suicide! Xiao Yu suddenly had an idea. The level 25 fire elemental skill is Body-Burning Blast, which theoretically allows for suicide. Unfortunately, he was only level 24. If only he had leveled up before coming here.

"Are you regretting it now? You were summoned here for a rare material. Do you still find this cage laughable?" Leah Bloodmoon smiled at him and said Taunt. Although this woman was extremely beautiful, she was particularly terrifying in Xiao Yu's eyes at this moment.

Xiao Yu ignored the Blood Elf's Taunt. A sudden inspiration flashed through his mind: materials! That's right, he had accumulated quite a few materials before. Those things could be directly converted into experience points, but since he could level up by fighting monsters, he hadn't used them. He opened his inventory and saw that he had quite a few: Mysterious Water Pearl, Frost Essence Ore, and Elemental Spirit Stone. Some were rewards from responding to the summons, and some were collected in the Water Elemental Plane. He checked his experience points and realized he was still 30% short. That should be enough. Without further ado, he got to work.

Without hesitation, Xiao Yu picked up a piece of Mysterious Water Pearl and began absorbing it.

System notification: Absorbed the Mysterious Water Pearl, gained 4897 experience points.

Seeing his experience points increase slightly, Xiao Yu was greatly encouraged. One after another, in no time he had absorbed all the materials. Finally, with a flash of golden light, he leveled up to level 25.

System notification: You have learned a new skill. Please configure it in your skill interface.

He quickly opened the skill bar.

Skill 1: Elemental Absorption - Absorbs free water molecules in the surrounding air, restoring 20% of health over 10 seconds.

Skill 2: Body-Burning Blast - Detonates the remaining health within the body, creating a violent explosion. The power of the explosion is equal to the amount of health you Ignite, and the power decreases as the explosion distance increases. Can be used when health is below 20%.

Skill 3: Boiling: The water and fire energies within you are activated simultaneously, causing your entire body to Boiling. In this state, your casting speed and spell power are increased by 30%. While in the Boiling state, you will continuously consume elemental energy.

It has to be said that this mutation skill is really good. It increases casting speed by 30% and spell power by 30%, which is equivalent to a more than 50% increase in output in a short period of time. Unfortunately, it cannot be selected now. To get out of the current predicament, the only option is to choose the second skill.

Choose Body-Burning Blast.

System notification: You have learned the Body-Burning Blast skill.

Seeing that Xiao Yu hadn't reacted, Leah Bloodmoon found it somewhat amusing. "What's wrong? Are you too scared to speak?"

Xiao Yu, now confident, snorted coldly upon hearing the Blood Elf's Provoke.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Foolish Blood Elf, do not attempt to Provoke beings you do not understand. Some things are far older than this world, and even your master could not wield such power. Your actions are nothing but a futile attempt to hasten your own demise."

The Blood Elf was stunned by Xiao Yu's sharp retort. After a long while, she suddenly smiled charmingly, "Interesting fellow, I hope you can remain this witty after the experiment begins."

After she finished speaking, she snapped her fingers, and several slaves came over.

Leah Bloodmoon (High Elementalist): "Send them to the transmutation circle!"

Four magic-suppressing cages were placed in four circles by a huge crane. Xiao Yu looked at the faces of the other three elemental creatures around him and could clearly feel their fear. Only then did he notice the names of these elemental creatures.

Kaladar (Fire Elemental Elder), Level 33 Intermediate Boss.

Gondorak (Granite Giant), a level 32 beginner boss.

Cecilia (Spirit of Hurricane) is a level 28 beginner boss.

They were all of a higher level than him, yet they were all trapped here just like him.

These elemental beings also reacted differently to the apocalypse.

Kaladar (the fire elemental elder) sighed, and said with a resigned tone, as if he had seen through life and death, "It's hard to believe that one day I'll say this to a Water Elemental. Good luck, buddy, and good luck to me too."

Gondorak (the Granite Giant) said in a low voice, "Gondorak is going to die, Gondorak is very unhappy."

Cecilia (the Spirit of the Hurricane) looked utterly panicked. She appeared as a woman formed from whirlwinds, and her voice was unusually shrill. "Oh my god, this isn't real, this can't be real, I must be dreaming, right?"

Leah Bloodmoon (High Elementalist): "Have you forgotten, Cecilia? Elemental beings don't dream." She chuckled, amused by her own humor, and the experiment began.

The power of Elemental Decomposition relentlessly bombarded his body. With each strike, Xiao Yu could feel a part of his body disappear. The body of an elemental being is a whole; theoretically, even if only a small portion remains, it can be restored by absorbing elements. However, if the elemental core is damaged, recovery becomes much more difficult. Xiao Yu continuously adjusted the water and fire energies within his body to repair the decomposed parts and protect his core.

These people clearly didn't know that a Water Elemental could have the skill "Body-Burning Blast." They deliberately controlled the fire elemental elder's health to prevent him from unlocking Body-Burning Blast, but they didn't pay too much attention to Xiao Yu. As his health dropped below 20%, the Body-Burning Blast skill was finally unlocked, and at this moment, his core was almost exposed.

Thank goodness, they didn't know I had the Body-Burning Blast skill. Now, it's time to leave, Xiao Yu thought. But as a BOSS, he naturally had to say a few harsh words before leaving.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Prince): "Foolish mortals, you think you've captured me? Hah, how naive! Your trapping of me was merely a facade I created for you. Now it's time to leave, but I will return. When I return to this world, it will be your day of destruction. I hope that then I will face some worthy challenges— the Immortals, eternally living, forever existing!"

The next second, a dazzling light suddenly emanated from his body, followed by a loud bang and a violent explosion. In the flames, Leah Bloodmoon's shocked face was reflected.

When the explosion ended, one-third of the magic circle was completely destroyed, and the remaining part was also severely damaged, leaving the entire Smelting Hall in a mess.

"How is this possible!?" Leah Bloodmoon said in an incredulous tone. A Water Elemental that could self-destruct completely destroyed the knowledge she had acquired over the past few decades.

"As he said, there are things in this world that we don't understand."

Amalarui spoke, his face, hidden in the shadow of his hood, suddenly burst into silent laughter.