Chapter 317: Poison Star Ring Is Sometimes Scarier Than Corpse Explosion
The Tetrawing Bull King saw that Lin Moyu was silent and spoke again in his deep voice, “No matter who you are, but surviving my punch is an accomplishment. After you die, I’ll erect a monument in your honor.”
"This guy sure talks a lot." Lin Moyu mused, "I’ve already had a tombstone erected for me once, and now he wants to put up a second one..."
"Screw your monument." Lin Moyu snorted, then activated the Enhance Troops skill.
In an instant, the undead troops and Lin Moyu reached their peak state.
Skill: Damage Curse!
The curse unleashed immediately. At the same time, the half-dead Demon Lin Moyu brought with him perished. Together with the one he brought with him, there were now two corpses, which the skeletons flung into the air.
Their target wasn’t the Tetrawing Bull King. Lin Moyu wasn’t arrogant enough to think two corpses could kill a Demon King, even if it was just an avatar. However, with Enhance Troops, the power of Corpse Explosion increased by 500%—not a simple additive boost, but a multiplicative one.
"You dare make a move in front of me?!" The Tetrawing Bull King roared, hurling both fists forward.
A pair of massive bull fists materialized in the sky, crashing toward Lin Moyu like the sky was collapsing. At the same time, the high-level Demons charged toward his undead troops.
Ignoring the incoming fists, Lin Moyu detonated the two corpses. Thunderous explosions ripped through the battlefield, instantly annihilating the high-level Demons in the blast radius, their corpses falling down like rain dropletsA top-level Demon leading the charge quickly retreated, injured by the explosions, black blood gushing out from his wounds.
Under Enhance Troops, Corpse Explosion had become incredibly potent.
As the explosions echoed, the bull fists slammed into Lin Moyu, shattering his Bone Armor. His undead troops took damage, but the Lich Generals healed them almost instantly.
“Hm?” The Tetrawing Bull King was surprised again. Surviving the first strike was one, but enduring this far stronger one was entirely unexpected.
Lin Moyu paid no mind to this. The first wave of explosions had already wiped out a group of high-level Demons. His Skeletal Warriors quickly seized the fallen bodies and hurled them at other high-level Demons. At the same time, the Skeletal Warriors unleashed their skill, their blades glowing ominously red as they slashed at the Demons.
Meanwhile, the Skeletal Mages unleashed a barrage of magical attacks, nearly overwhelming the Demons. Under the influence of Enhance Troops, the skeletons' power was on full display.
The relentless assault forced the high-level Demons to scream in agony. Even level 60-plus Demons struggled to withstand the skeletons' onslaught, while only the top-level Demons could fend them off with ease. In turn, killing the skeletons was no simple task—between Summon Health Link and the Lich Generals providing support, such a feat was impossible for just a few top-level Demons.
Corpses flew overhead, exploding in thunderous booms, killing more high-level Demons.
The entire sequence unfolded in an instant, barely lasting half a second. Lin Moyu moved swiftly, enduring the blows while delivering devastating counterattacks.
The Tetrawing Bull King let out a furious roar. A beam of light shot from the 200-meter spiral in the distance, forming a massive magic formation in the air.
Lin Moyu recognized it immediately as a Summon-Sealing Spell.
As the magic formation formed, Lin Moyu flicked his finger, and a pure white light enveloped him.
Skill: Blessing of Light!
Under the white light, Lin Moyu became immune to all negative statuses, including the Summon-Sealing Spell. Blessing of Light patched up the last weakness in his Bone Armor, rendering his defense flawless.
Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Moyu detonated more Demon corpses, obliterating another batch of high-level Demons.
"Why isn’t the Summon-Sealing Spell working?!" The Tetrawing Bull King bellowed, "What level are you really? There's no way you're just level 30! Die!" With a furious roar, the Bull King charged at Lin Moyu.
A dangerous gleam flickered in Lin Moyu's eyes—this was exactly what he had been waiting for. If the Tetrawing Bull King hadn’t come down, he would’ve had no way to deal with him. But now…
Lin Moyu paid no mind to the Tetrawing Bull King’s attacks. With a mere thought, over a hundred corpses—each from a level 60-plus Demon—were hurled toward the Demon King. In just three seconds, half of the Tetrawing Bull King's forces were already dead.
The Tetrawing Bull King launched lightning-fast punches, delivering dozens of strikes per second. Though not as powerful as before, the sheer volume of strikes was overwhelming. Lin Moyu’s Bone Armor shattered within a second, but all the damage transferred to his undead legions, shared among his troops.
The Lich Generals worked tirelessly, casting healing spells to keep the skeletons alive. As long as the skeletons stood, so did Lin Moyu. He didn’t even bother to reapply Bone Armor—there wasn’t time, and it was pointless. The flying corpses around him were his most potent weapon, far surpassing Soul Blaze and Bone Fangs.
Enduring the Tetrawing Bull King's lightning-fast punches, Lin Moyu detonated the corpses with explosive force. Each blast sent shockwaves across the battlefield. The Tetrawing Bull King groaned in pain, but he gritted his teeth and continued his relentless assault. His stance was clear—he intended to fight to the death.
As a mighty Demon King, he couldn’t believe he would be outlasted by a mere human. Even though this was only an avatar, it should still be able to overpower a human class user who hadn’t reached the god-level. Yet despite landing hundreds of punches, Lin Moyu hadn’t even groaned once, as though he felt nothing.
In contrast, it was Lin Moyu’s explosive skill that caused the Tetrawing Bull King to cry out in agony.
Determined and stubborn, the Tetrawing Bull King fought on, unaware that Lin Moyu had 50% physical immunity. Coupled with his passive Physical Resistance skill and the 40-fold amplification from his talent, Lin Moyu enjoyed an eightfold damage reduction against all physical attacks.
In other words, a strike dealing 80,000 points of damage would only inflict 10,000, and that 10,000 would be further shared by his undead troops. With the Lich Generals' quick and efficient healing, killing Lin Moyu was no easy feat.
To Lin Moyu, the Tetrawing Bull King’s avatar was less of a threat than the top-level Succubus he had faced on the Immemorial Battlefield. Even the strongest strike from the Archaic Luanniao had been more fearsome. As more corpses exploded, the Tetrawing Bull King’s injuries worsened, and his attacks grew weaker. After holding on for over ten seconds, the Tetrawing Bull King's avatar was finally blown to pieces.
But as the avatar perished, Lin Moyu sensed a terrifying aura approaching from the distance—it was the Demon King’s main body, speeding toward the Demon King city. At this pace, he would arrive within a minute.
Lin Moyu acted swiftly, commanding a Skeletal Warrior to grab him and rush toward the city’s center. The Skeletal Warriors abandoned their opponents, gathered the corpses scattered on the ground, and followed Lin Moyu. As they hurled the corpses, Lin Moyu continued detonating them.
The city was soon filled with chaos—buildings crumbled and Demons were blown apart. Amidst the explosions, Lin Moyu tapped the air with his finger, repeatedly casting Damage Curse, its red glow flashing across the battlefield. With Damage Curse in effect, there was no place to hide, not even within the buildings.
Simultaneously, Lin Moyu unleashed one Poison Star Ring after another. With the Enhanced Troops skill still active for a few seconds, the power of Poison Star Ring was staggering. Within moments, a poisonous aura spread across much of the Demon King city, inflicting damage equivalent to hundreds of thousands of points of strength per second, lasting for 1,560 seconds. Few Demons could survive such an onslaught.
Lin Moyu was startled to realize that in some ways, Poison Star Ring was even more terrifying than Corpse Explosion. With Damage Curse and Enhance Troops in effect, the skill’s range and duration had dramatically expanded, transforming it into a weapon of mass destruction.
Just then, the Tetrawing Bull King's main body arrived, unleashing an oppressive, overwhelming aura across the entire city. The once-proud Demon King city was now unrecognizable, reduced to rubble and strewn with corpses.
"I’ll kill you!" The Tetrawing Bull King roared, completely consumed by rage. His aura surged, forming a massive spectral bull hundreds of meters tall in the sky.
Skill: Bull Rush!
The enormous bull charged at Lin Moyu, accompanied by deafening thunder and lightning. But Lin Moyu simply smiled—he had no intention of battling the Demon King head-on. That would be suicidal. Instead, he calmly activated the Abyssal Teleportation Stone in his hand.
In an instant, Lin Moyu vanished like a burst bubble, just as the colossal bull smashed into the ground. The impact caused the earth to cave in, further obliterating the already-ruined Demon King city.
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Back in the White God Courtyard, Meng Anwen quietly remarked, "Young Lin has returned."
Shortly after, a wave of billowing murderous aura surged through the air.