Chapter 229
The long-awaited crossbow bolt was released, claiming the last sliver of health from the small group of mutated horned demons.
The territory warriors who dealt the final blow shared their experience of defeating monsters beyond their level, with personal levels rising by 3 to 5 levels across the board.
The team surged forward, their average level climbing from 40 to around 55 by the time they stood before the BOSS. Among them, Felix leveled up the fastest under the template of the Serpent Demon Lord, reaching level 58, not far from his third job transfer.
"Is that a creature or a statue?"
Blaize looked up at the towering figure ahead, a giant made of stone armor and flames, standing a full thirty meters tall, and couldn't help but murmur.
Felix, hearing this, hesitated, "It should be an elemental creature, perhaps mutated. I remember the nameless teacher mentioned it in class."
"Good job, Felix. You haven't forgotten what I taught you."
The familiar voice startled both of them, and they turned to see the figure of the Lord.
"He's right here." Ye Bai coughed, pointing to the life branch hanging from his waist.
"Nameless teacher..." The two widened their eyes, finally noticing that on the leaves of the branch, there was indeed a tiny figure made of leaf veins waving at them.
"For the next assignment, analyze the composition of today's elemental creature—"
As he spoke, the voice of the paper figure faded with Ye Bai's footsteps.
The final BOSS before them was a Hellfire Elemental, the evolved form of a fire elemental. Its primary attack methods were various fire magic spells, and as an elemental creature, it was immune to fire magic damage. Conversely, water magic could inflict significant harm on it.
With insight, they could see that this Hellfire Elemental was currently level 62, equivalent to a weakened Hell Lord.
As Ye Bai approached, the battle was about to ignite.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Hellfire Elemental was a quintessential magic-based creature, a true embodiment of fire magic. Its blue mana bar seemed almost endless, and as the battle unfolded, high-level fire spells were hurled at Ye Bai one after another.
However, Ye Bai had undergone a transformation since their last encounter.
Since the Hellfire Elemental was immune to fire magic, she naturally wouldn't use the effects of the Spellbreaker to reflect its skills. Instead, she utilized Breakpoint Leap combined with rolling, effortlessly dodging the giant's fiery attacks.
In the eyes of the territory warriors nearby, the Lord's figure was incredibly agile, darting around while unleashing attacks with his energy crossbow and various spells. The terrifying fire giant appeared clumsy and slow, completely outmatched in the rhythm of battle.
The scene before them ignited the warriors' blood, filling them with a sense of "I can do that too."
Of course, as they witnessed the Hellfire Elemental's missed attacks wreaking havoc on the environment, they quickly recognized the illusion and focused on appreciating the Lord's performance.
"Roar!"
When the Hellfire Elemental's health dropped to 30%, it let out a furious roar, entering the BOSS's unique second phase.
"Rumble..."
The thirty-meter-tall elemental body of stone and fire roared before collapsing, transforming into fiery meteors that fell to the ground.
"Watch out!"
Ye Bai shouted to the territory warriors behind her, while she swiftly dodged a massive firestone that was plummeting down.
This [Earthfire Meteor] was an area-of-effect high-damage skill; anyone below level 60 hit by it would have their health bar completely wiped out.
After a tremor, over a dozen firestones, each two to three meters tall, smashed into the ground, creating a large crater. But it didn't end there; these firestones exploded moments later, transforming into small fire elementals that attacked enemies while continuously converging in the center.
This was a characteristic of the Hellfire Elemental: when its health dropped below 30%, it would unleash [Earthfire Meteor] and then split into small fire elementals.
If these small fire elementals weren't dealt with promptly, once they all reassembled, the Hellfire Elemental would restore its health to 100%, coming back to life.
In such a situation, the normal response would be to delay their gathering while trying to eliminate the fire elementals.
But Ye Bai didn't have the luxury of time. After downing a mana potion, she chose to "go all out."
"Whoosh..."
In this waterless place, the sound of waves rolled in from afar, quickly growing from small to large, a half-solid, half-illusory tide crashing down from the sky, sweeping toward the gathering fire elementals.
Ye Bai's Petrifying Gaze had no effect on the Hellfire Elemental, which was composed of elements and stone, but another legendary water spell completely countered it.
Having already restored her [Petrifying Gaze] through [Time Rewind], she naturally used the same method to retrieve [Tidal Surge] when the cooldown for her second skill was up.
Every legendary spell was complex; the recently "ignited" fire giant was completely engulfed by the massive wave.
"Fire!"
In the face of such overwhelming power, the territory warriors stood in awe until Ye Bai's command snapped them back to reality.
They all fired their energy crossbow bolts into the tide, each of them feeling deep down that even without this wave of attack, this terrifying magic was more than enough to deal with the fire giant before them.
As the health bar of the Hellfire Elemental vanished completely, the tense atmosphere in the space dissipated.
Ye Bai approached the BOSS's corpse and reached out to touch it, causing a burst of golden-purple light.
【Acquired 'Third-Stage Skill Book' X1】
【Acquired 'Hellfire Elemental Core' X1】
【Acquired 'Earthfire Meteor' Scroll X1】
【Acquired Gold X100】
Using her insight to scan the arriving warriors, Ye Bai had deliberately controlled the final blow's experience to be shared with them. Coupled with the extra experience reward for clearing a high-level dungeon without losses, this wave directly brought Blaize and all the archers present to level 60.
Without special talents or unique opportunities for a boundary breakthrough, this was already the highest level a territory could cultivate its warriors to.
As for Felix, who had obtained the core of the Serpent Demon Lord's profession, he broke through level 60, reaching level 62.
Additionally, a system prompt rang in Ye Bai's ears:
【You have successfully occupied this Void Rift, and a new resource point (Chaos) has been added to Bai Ye City!】
With a thought, Ye Bai's remote lord page updated with information about the current resource point.
【Fire Elemental Purgatory】
Resource Level: IV
Faction: Chaos
Status: Unexploited
Potential Resources: Dove Blood Stone, Fire Element Essence, Diamonds, High-Temperature Coal, Sulfur...
Remaining Resource Amount: 100/100
"Not bad, a level four resource point." Ye Bai nodded in satisfaction upon seeing the information.
The Void Rift after clearing the dungeon was akin to a dimensional mine, completely safe. Once outside, Ye Bai could have Kali, the high-level engineer, construct Void mining equipment to extract the resources within. Once fully mined, this Void Rift would automatically disappear.
The resource point level represented the proportion of high-level resource reserves; the higher the level, the more high-level resources it contained, and vice versa.
This resource point, named [Fire Elemental Purgatory], had a level of four, with the most precious Dove Blood Stone having a reserve proportion of about 8%. Large Dove Blood Stones were legendary gems, favored for crafting jewelry for the nobility and various magical items.
The other Fire Element Essences were pure magical materials, with diamonds being slightly less valuable, but still highly sought after.
Meanwhile, on the lord leaderboard, the first-place entry had undergone a new change, different from the past.
Bai Ye City's territory score had increased by two thousand points, and in the territory score section, a new line appeared: 'Occupied Resource Points: 1'
Once again triggering the dungeon key, a spatial rift tore open, and Ye Bai, along with forty-nine others, reappeared in the territory barracks' square.
At that moment, just as Ye Bai had calculated earlier, the sun over Bai Ye City had just set.
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