As he spoke,
Lu Chen's eyes suddenly brightened, emitting a pale light.
Immediately after,
the Shadow Nightmare Beast, which had already merged into the shadows, was suddenly Petrified, revealing its form.
Although the Shadow Nightmare Beast could avoid physical attacks with its C-grade Shadow talent,
it still couldn't become immune to Lu Chen's B-grade Petrification Gaze.
The pitch-black battle blade arrived instantly.
"Crack—!"
With a crisp sound,
stone chips flew everywhere.
The Shadow Nightmare Beast's Petrified, ferocious head was instantly severed.
In its vertical, cat-like pupils,
there was only shock and confusion.
It couldn't understand
why a mere fifth-order insignificant existence could Petrify it.
Moreover,
it was at the ninth-order realm!
To think it was instantly killed by a single strike from a fifth-order being,
where was the logic in that!
【Ding, you have killed a Shadow Nightmare Beast (Ninth Order), gaining 6000 points of life energy】
(After giving half to the Little dumpling, Lu Chen gains 3000)
【Ding, you have leveled up to Level 6】
【Level: 6 (2000/20000)】
【Strength +20】
【Agility +20】
【Constitution +20】
【Perception +20】
【Free Attributes +10】
【Ding, you have discovered a dangerous area - Seal Altar. It is recommended that 50 tenth-order Evolutionists form a team to explore. (This is my suggestion, but I feel you might not listen to it...)】
Leveled up!
A surging, powerful energy swept over.
A look of joy appeared in Lu Chen's eyes.
Dangerous area.
The last time such a prompt appeared
was on Giant Lizard Island.
That time,
he had killed the Lizard Overlord Gorgon,
gaining immense benefits.
Jack also successfully evolved into a Boss-level creature.
As another dangerous area,
the monsters on this Seal Altar must also be numerous.
Not only did the Shadow Nightmare Beast possess the C-grade Shadow Fusion talent,
the life energy it provided was also quite considerable.
If he could grind monsters here,
the gains would undoubtedly be enormous.
After all,
Lu Chen's Stealth talent was only D-grade,
not even as high as the Shadow Nightmare Beast's.
"Guji~"
The backpack on Lu Chen's back trembled slightly, and a small opening quietly appeared.
A pair of large, curious eyes peeked out from the gap.
The Little dumpling had sensed the fluctuations of battle,
and couldn't help but use its tentacles to pry open a corner of the backpack.
In an instant,
the towering giant tentacle statue came into view.
"Guji~~~"
A sense of closeness was revealed in the Little dumpling's eyes.
The tentacle statue before it,
to her, radiated a strange sense of familiarity and intimacy.
...
"So... so powerful. That Human is so powerful. A ninth-order Shadow Nightmare Beast was instantly killed by one move..."
High in the sky,
a female Winged People couldn't help but cover her lips, her eyes flashing with shock.
For her, who only possessed fifth-order strength,
a ninth-order Shadow Nightmare Beast was undoubtedly an unshakeable overlord.
Seeing Lu Chen's immense strength,
a glimmer of hope also appeared in Yun Ting's eyes.
"Prophet, this Human is extraordinary. His talent can actually counter the Shadow Nightmare Beast's talent. This way, he might truly be able to help us open the seal and find our only turning point."
Prophet Feng Lie stroked his long beard, his voice low.
"Let's hope so. Our Storm Wing Clan truly can't wait any longer..."
As he spoke,
Feng Lie's thoughts seemed to drift back to that unbearable past.
A trace of sadness flickered in his eyes.
Several years ago, the Storm Wing Clan still had over two thousand clansmen.
Just because he prophesied that the Storm Wing Clan's turning point was located at the Kraken Statue,
he eagerly mobilized the entire clan,
launching a fierce attack on the Seal Altar.
However,
those elusive Shadow Nightmare Beasts gave them a harsh lesson.
They could merge into shadows and were immune to physical attacks.
They were terrifying beyond compare.
Ultimately,
after that battle,
the number of Storm Wing Clan members plummeted from over two thousand to just over two hundred,
almost to the point of extinction.
And such a heavy sacrifice,
failed to yield any valuable information.
The turning point in the prophecy remained nowhere to be found.
Our over 2000 fearless warriors of the Storm Wing Clan couldn't pose a threat to those terrifying Shadow Nightmare Beasts,
how could this single, weak Human possibly succeed?
Thinking of this,
Feng Lie couldn't help but sigh.
...
"Wow wow wow~, Captain, you've advanced!"
Jack felt the continuously rising powerful aura from Lu Chen's body,
his eyes instantly lit up.
The Captain leveled up,
doesn't that mean I can also level up?!
Suddenly, right at this moment,
a series of bone-chilling roars echoed.
Immediately after,
a horrifying scene unfolded.
Dozens of Shadow Nightmare Beasts, completely black and emitting a chilling aura,
slowly materialized beside the two of them.
Their scarlet long tongues extended from their mouths,
with saliva constantly dripping, clearly having regarded the two as delicious prey.
"Uh oh~, Captain, this situation... seems not so good..."
Jack managed to force a smile, secretly complaining in his heart.
Those monsters that could become invisible and were immune to physical attacks,
one was already troublesome enough.
Now, nearly 50 of them had suddenly appeared all at once.
Lu Chen waved his right hand,
a surge of pitch-black death energy instantly flowed into Jack's body.
"Stop joking around. There's one hour left until the United Sea Area opens. Kill them all within one hour!"
"Hehe, with the Captain's support, I won't hold back. You little runts, prepare to die, hehehe!"
Jack felt the surging energy within his body,
as if he had turned into a big villain from a cartoon, and he looked up and laughed loudly.
However,
his laughter had only just begun when the surging energy suddenly disappeared.
"What's going on? How come I didn't reach level six???"
Jack stared blankly at his hands, his face full of surprise.
No,
you have to do the whole thing,
did it end just as I started??
"Not enough death energy, that's all there is."
Lu Chen glanced at Jack indifferently.
Ever since this guy got the Boss template, the death energy required for leveling up has increased dramatically.
To level up from five to six,
it actually required a full ten thousand plus death energy.
And the two thousand seven hundred points of death energy he had left now were simply not enough.
It seems,
besides the Little dumpling, he had another "gold-swallowing beast" under his command...
One eats life energy,
the other eats death energy.
"Ah, I forgot that I'm a Boss,"
"That's right, I'm a Boss! You bunch of runts, prepare to die!"
Jack roared, and the dark energy within him suddenly erupted,
surging out like a tide, instantly condensing into a wisp of eerie demonic flame,
which fiercely swept towards a Shadow Nightmare Beast.
The Shadow Nightmare Beast reacted quickly, immediately merging into the surrounding shadows,
attempting to evade Jack's attack.
"Ow—!"
But accompanied by a mournful wail,
the Shadow Nightmare Beast's body was still tightly entangled by the dark demonic flame,
instantly engulfed by the flames, rolling and struggling painfully on the ground.
"Hehe, do you really think that I, Master Jack, as a Boss-level creature, only know how to use brute force attacks?"
A cruel smile curved up Jack's lips, and a cold light flickered in his eyes.