Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 342: Revised - 254 The Boiling Combination Skill

Chapter 342: Revised: Chapter 254 The Boiling Combination Skill

Imagine this.

You are a talented worker, better than the average person, starting a job at a big company with decent benefits. The big boss is full of charisma, and you greatly admire him.

One day, you finally earn the boss’s favor and are assigned a delivery task that has an almost guaranteed success rate. The chance to rise to management is right in front of you.

But, you ruin everything just to satisfy your insignificant curiosity!

The goods are gone, the boss’s favor is gone, and your life is almost gone!

Losing your life isn’t important, but just thinking about that boss you admire so much showing a disappointed expression upon hearing of your failure...

Ugh, I can’t bear to imagine that, I can’t bear to!

I might as well just die!

This is Jed’s current mindset.

Heartbroken, crazed, he didn’t even notice the Lightning Tornado Slash about to hit his face.

Weapon gone, gone, gone...

"What the hell are you staring at!"

Spa’s shout suddenly turned from human voice to a deep, hoarse roar, with shadows projected by the fluorite on the rock wall, as if a giant beast appeared in the clearing.

Giant beast? Where did it come from, jumping out of the elf ball?

"What sound?" The adventurers present heard the noise and were about to turn their heads, but suddenly were hit by an unavoidable backstab, their bodies stiffened as surrounding exile soldiers delivered a final blow.

The Lost Land Knight’s dual swords slashed down heavily, the sound of flesh tearing echoed through the clearing, the massive bleeding covered the Lost Land Knight with a new spring-limited skin!

But the blood wasn’t Jed’s, it came from a huge creature.

It was... a three or four meters tall green giant with an octopus head?

He crouched down and firmly embraced Jed, forming a protective shield, while he took the heavy blow instead, his entire back almost cleaved in half.

If the wounds on the back are a warrior’s shame, then his injury should be shameful enough for him to commit seppuku instantly, but these scars were left to protect a companion, whether it’s considered shameful or not needs a good debate.

"Cough—" Spa’s voice came from below the octopus, he pushed Jed away, several tentacles simultaneously attacked the Lost Land Knight.

The Lost Land Knight naturally wouldn’t sit back and wait to die, a fierce dual sword shrimp battle against the tentacle monster ensued.

Jed was pushed awake from his daze, seeing Spa’s mutated body, he shouted, "Why did you transform here!"

"Nonsense, how could I save you without transforming?" Spa roared, "Since you’re awake, don’t just stand there, hurry up and help, look at the mess you’ve caused, let’s quickly get back to look for the weapons!"

Yes, since the weapons are lost, go back and search for them quickly!

He woke up as if from a dream, turned to look at the exit of the clearing behind him, unfortunately, once the fight started, it was shrouded by impenetrable fog, no one could come in or go out, the only way to leave was to defeat the leader here.

Without the Teleportation Crystal and weapons, the upcoming battle really means staking lives, so he couldn’t afford a moment’s hesitation, he immediately took off the necklace hidden under his clothes, hanging on it was undeniably a round Fallen Demon Egg!

Tightly clutching the Fallen Demon Egg, his body promptly mutated and surged in size, appearing more normal compared to Spa, only transformed into a minotaur covered in fish scales.

This was just a typical use of the Fallen Demon Egg to become a half-human, half-demon clan, like the humans previously transformed into the demon clan by Doslepo and Frog Head.

No, the Fallen Demon Egg used by these two mercenaries of Light Eagle Group was different from what the demon clan provided, though they looked identical, the aura after transformation was entirely different.

They were more like monsters, berserk and ferocious, yet retaining a certain rationality, totally lacking the demon clan’s Demon Qi.

They used something that only looked similar on the outside but was completely different inside!

"Catch."

Jed threw a bottle of red potion to Spa, who bit it open, and the injuries he just suffered healed at a visible rate, his body becoming more robust.

That was... Blood Healing Potion!

"Come on, Spa!" Jed moved, his steps made the ground rumble, using Barbaric Charge to hit the Lost Land Knight, Spa exploded with numerous sticky tentacles too.

Come on, this is our blood-boiling combination skill!

Just before crashing into the Lost Land Knight, Jed looked at Spa, whose eyes despite the octopus head showed trust for his companion and the thrill of executing a perfect combination move.

Both smiled, at that moment, they suddenly felt losing the weapons wasn’t a big deal, at least they didn’t need to act like life or death, after defeating the enemy here they could go search, even if they couldn’t find them...

"Jed, my dear family, with your ability, accomplishing the task is very simple, but if, if there’s even a one-in-ten-thousand chance you fail, don’t be discouraged, you and Spa returning alive to me is the most important thing."

The captain’s gentle and kind voice suddenly echoed in Jed’s heart, filling him with confidence, his gaze fixated intensely on the Lost Land Knight.

Just then, he noticed something different.

The Lost Land Knight’s body... has become somewhat transparent? He was clearly wearing heavy armor before, now looking like a spiritual body.

A powerful music surged, the Lost Land Knight evolved impressively into the top expert of Sol City!

"Hmph!"

The Lost Land Knight jumped up, grabbing the heads of the two men and smashing them together violently!

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"A weapon? Such a fantastical concept, it feels just like the manga I used to read."

Gong Qiying examined the treasure bead in front of him. This bead was the actual body of the weapon "Wind Walk," with the armband just serving as a carrier for convenience.

"It’s not surprising for a weapon derived from the Demon King’s Divine Artifact to have such requirements, but using it on a hero..."

He shook his head and hugged the Geng Ghost beside him, who was sticking out its big tongue, and rubbed it fiercely. Both of them let out satisfied laughs.

The next second, Gong Qiying suddenly appeared behind the Geng Ghost, and then started darting around the room like a whirlwind, causing chaos in the City Lord’s quarters.

Jade’s sacrifice had already filled this weapon with energy. Even Gong Qiying could use it freely now. In fact, he even felt that once transformed into the wind, he could wield this weapon to stir up a hurricane that could engulf half of Bed City!

He suddenly fell silent.

"...It feels less powerful than the Steel Dragon."

Thinking of how unbeatable the monsters in his own dungeon were, his recently ignited excitement quickly cooled down.

He knew this weapon wasn’t showing its full power. After all, it could be considered a golden-quality weapon in this world, so it was definitely not that simple.

"Just how many years does this world’s unknown history span, and how many such weapons are there?"

With this weapon in hand, Jade could already toy with most of the monsters in the dungeon. What about someone even stronger? And what if these weapons could be mass-produced?

"Stop it, thinking any more and I’ll end up fighting with thin air."

Gong Qiying recalled the two people from earlier. The reason he knew about the weapon’s settings was that the two of them had been chatting the whole way.

Thanks to Jade’s chatter, he now knew the weapon’s settings and that these two were planning to deliver the weapon to someone who would fight with the Sword Saint Gapar.

So that’s why Gapar had to leave, but was it really alright to ghost someone in Sain Dungeon for almost a month?

At first, Gong Qiying thought the Sword Saint was going to have a duel in the style of an ancient dragon with someone. But when he saw Jade and Spa transforming with the Fallen Demon Egg in hand, he guessed it was those trouble-making Demon Clan members up to no good again.

But would the Demon Clan truly invite the Sword Saint for an honorable duel? It all seemed so odd.

Moreover, Jade and Spa’s transformation gave off a different vibe compared to the Demon Clan he had encountered in the past. He had wanted to capture them alive for interrogation, so he ordered the Lost Land Knight to go easy on them.

After all, if he hadn’t given the order, those two would have been killed by the Lost Land Knight.

But Spa did something unexpected; he threw his Teleportation Crystal to Jade and then suddenly self-destructed!

The explosion happened in an instant, giving no one time to react!

The self-destruction affected the entire battlefield of the Lost Land Knight, even enveloping Jade, seemingly resulting in his death.

Considering he had the Teleportation Crystal, he should have been transported to the Resurrection House after his death, thanks to his companion’s sacrificial escort, right?

"..."

Gong Qiying looked at the half-remaining corpse of Jade on the ground and the Teleportation Crystal that hadn’t been activated, muttering to himself:

"This is a huge problem."

For some reason, the Teleportation Crystal did not recognize the transformed Jade as a target for teleportation!

Why? Clearly, the Teleportation Crystal worked on Dal’s giant wolf and the Beast Tamer’s various battle pets, so why didn’t it work for Jade?

Regardless of the peculiar reason behind this, he couldn’t capture those two alive, but the gains were still significant.

Obtaining the weapon was one thing, but knowing that Gapar was going to face some unknown character in a duel made him feel he shouldn’t just stand idly by.

No matter how you looked at it, Jade and his partner’s transformation seemed sinister, likely connected to the trouble-making Demon Clan.

The Old Sword Saint was an acquaintance of Sain, contributing almost five digits worth of spiritual power over the years—a valuable client.

Objectively speaking, the dungeon should remain neutral, but subjectively, Gong Qiying didn’t want Gapar to die. If he had to die, it should happen within the dungeon.

"All things considered, the Sword Saint’s level has just skyrocketed, and he has the Linked Star Sword. I can’t imagine how strong an opponent would need to be to defeat him. The enemy probably didn’t expect him to get so much stronger in just a month."

"So, I don’t need to give him an overpowered weapon. Just a life-saving item will do."

"Besides, I should throw Jade’s corpse outside where people can find it. Since this weapon is supposed to be used against the Sword Saint, he should be aware of the sacrifice aspect. Let it serve as a reminder for him."

The next day, someone discovered unknown bloodstains in a hidden grove outside Bed City and followed the trail, eventually finding the corpses of Jade and another adventurer.

At the same time, before departing, Gapar, who had specifically entered Sain Dungeon to bid farewell to the Undead Team, killed a Treasure Box Monster and found a potion inside.

[Goddess’ Blessing]

[Holy Water bestowed with the blessing of Queen Losric, capable of fully restoring life force and curing abnormal conditions]

[She was the wife of the former King Osroes and was regarded as the Goddess of Abundance and Grace, but she disappeared after giving birth to her youngest son, Osloret]

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