From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 417 Job Transfer
at the same time.

A fierce battle was also taking place on the ancient battlefield above the lava cave.

The moment the lava cave was sealed by the energy of the abyss, Su Muyu realized that the Azure Phoenix had lost contact.

This situation is rare, but it's not the first time it's happened.

When she first entered the ancient tree space, the Chongming Bird left outside disconnected.

However, there was no danger that time, so she didn't need to worry about what was happening outside.

Now things are completely different. Lu Heng and Tyrese are sealed in an underground lava cave, and no one knows what they will encounter.

She tried several times to reconnect with the consciousness of the Azure Phoenix, but failed each time.

She was very worried, but it was precisely in times like these that she needed to remain calm.

Her skill set is very strong, but she has one weakness: many of her abilities are contained in the Azure Phoenix. Losing the Azure Phoenix would greatly reduce her combat power and significantly weaken her reconnaissance capabilities.

Now, apart from a few elven dragonhawk knights, only three members of the team remain on the ground. Without their strongest fighter, they are in great danger if they encounter high-level targets.

Therefore, she quickly made a decision to abandon the Azure Phoenix in the lava cave and summon another one.

The Azure Phoenix spread its wings and soared into the sky, unleashing its reconnaissance capabilities to retake control of the battlefield on the ground.

Skeletons continued to gather around, but these skeletons were of relatively low level and posed little threat.

The real threat is that human in the distance, Ke Yiming, who possesses a fourth-class job.

Su Muyu was very worried about the situation inside the lava cave. She controlled the Azure Phoenix to circle above Ke Yiming's head and asked, "What's the situation in the underground cave? You'd better explain clearly, or I'll kill you right now."

Ke Yiming revealed a calm smile and said, "Without Lu Heng, are you sure you can really kill me?"

He is the only human to date to possess a fourth-tier class. Although his combat strength is not as good as Lu Heng's, he is still confident compared to others.

"Damn it, so arrogant? Believe me or not, I'll shoot you dead." Lin Zeyu stared at Ke Yiming's head through the sniper rifle scope.

If he hadn't been questioned, he would have already shot.

Ke Yiming spread his hands and said, "I already warned you before not to waste your time here, but you just wouldn't listen."

"What does this guy mean?" Lin Zeyu didn't understand.

When the team first arrived at the ancient battlefield, Ke Yiming did say something telling everyone not to waste time there. However, since the two sides were enemies, even if they understood the meaning behind his words, they wouldn't believe him.

Su Muyu understood what he meant, because before the underground cavern was sealed, the Azure Phoenix had already seen that the "Skeleton Monarch" in the black mist was Clyde Savile in disguise.

This is also why she didn't immediately take action against Ke Yiming; she had many questions to ask him.

"Where is the Skeleton Lord now?"

Upon hearing Su Muyu's question, Ke Yiming's expression remained unchanged.

Lin Zeyu and Xie Shien, on the other hand, looked surprised. They didn't know what had happened in the lava cave, so they naturally didn't know that the skeleton monarch below was fake.

"Wait a minute, isn't the Skeleton Monarch down there?" Lin Zeyu pointed to the ground beneath him.

“That was a fake; it was Clyde Savile in disguise. I had my suspicions from the beginning, and I’ve been following him all this way without ever seeing Clyde Savile. Apart from seeing him once in the Ice Rift, I haven’t seen him since. I never imagined that the Skeleton Lord we were tracking was actually him in disguise,” Su Muyu revealed this information.

Lin Zeyu and Xie Shi'en gasped in shock. If the skeleton monarch in the underground cavern was fake, then things were serious.

The location of the Skeleton Lord's true form will directly affect the course of the battle.

If the true form of the Skeleton Lord is lurking nearby, it means that the three of them will have to face an evil demigod head-on.

Given their current combat strength, the fact that they can hold out without being instantly killed is already considered an exceptional performance.

Su Muyu's initial concern was that the Skeleton Monarch was lying in ambush nearby, so the first thing she did after releasing the Azure Phoenix was to scout around a three-kilometer radius.

Moreover, according to normal logic, Lu Heng and Tyrese, trapped in the underground lava cave, would definitely try to find a way to break out.

If the Skeleton Monarch is indeed lying in ambush nearby, he will surely come out to kill the three of them immediately, and also eliminate the Dragonhawk Knights, before waiting for Lu Heng and Tyrese to come out for a final battle.

A period of time has passed since the underground lava cavern was sealed, and the Skeleton Lord has not yet appeared, so it is highly likely that he is not nearby.

If the true form of the Skeleton Lord is not nearby, the answer is already obvious.

"Did the Skeleton Monarch's true form go to the city of Kolos?"

Su Muyu guessed the answer and immediately took out the communication pearl to send the information back to Kolos City, reminding Queen Aureanna to be vigilant.

Ke Yiming sighed and said, "It's no use if you guess the answer. In the end, the Skeleton Lord won this battle. I originally wanted to observe for a while, but now I don't need to."

As he spoke, he slowly raised his right hand, and above his palm appeared the phantom of a blood-red scythe: "Don't blame me, who doesn't want to be the victor?"
"If you win, I won't make a move; I'll just hide and wait for the return time."

“But now that you’ve lost, I have to do something to earn the right to live.”

His fourth job advancement was given to him by the Skeleton Lord, but he himself is a recruit from the human world, not a traitor.

This makes his identity very special.

If the Elven race wins this Abyss Battle, then as the recruiter, he belongs to the victorious side and can receive the victor's rewards.

If the elves lose, the city of Kolos will fall, and the Skeleton Lord will rule the entire continent.

As a henchman of the Skeleton Lord, he can also reap huge benefits.

In other words, he could simply sit on the sidelines and see whichever side had the advantage.

A perfect strategy of self-interest.

"I don't have time to waste here. Sorry, you can all die."

As Ke Yiming spoke, he waved his right hand, and the blood-red scythe phantom above his palm suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, Su Muyu turned around and shouted in Lin Zeyu's direction, "Watch out!"

A blood-red scythe appeared above Lin Zeyu's head and immediately slashed downwards.

More than ten days ago, the elven cannon fodder who obtained the Crimson Scythe used this move, [Soul Harvest], and almost killed Lu Heng.

Fortunately, Lu Heng's mental attribute was high enough, and with the addition of [Mental Domination] which temporarily increased his mental strength by 5%, along with Su Muyu's [Mental Awakening], he barely managed to withstand the [Death Agent] class attack.

Now, Ke Yiming is using this tactic, targeting Lin Zeyu, which is a completely different situation.

Lin Zeyu is not a mental ability user, and his mental attributes are much lower than Lu Heng's, so he cannot withstand the soul harvesting of a fourth-tier class.

With this scythe strike, there's a very high probability it will instantly kill them, or at least leave them severely injured and on the verge of death.

The moment the scythe struck, spatial fluctuations erupted.

Xie Shi'en suddenly appeared behind Lin Zeyu, spreading his arms to block the blood-red scythe with his body, while maximizing his mental field and shouting, "Ah!"

Clang!
The blood-red scythe slashed down, the ethereal scythe cutting across Xie Shi'en's neck, leaving behind a phantom image.

Su Muyu quickly released [Mental Awakening] and applied it to Xie Shi'en.

Xie Shi'en roared loudly, forcibly holding on and passing the mental strength test, thus avoiding being instantly killed.

Although not instantly killed, it suffered a heavy blow from the [Soul Harvest], causing its attributes to drop drastically, falling below 50%.

He gripped his staff tightly, bracing himself against the ground with all his might, struggling to stay upright. At the same time.

Without hesitation, Lin Zeyu pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced through the air, traversed four hundred meters, and appeared in front of Ke Yiming, heading straight for his head.

With the enhancement of [Void Ballistics], the bullets were so fast that they arrived in front of him almost instantly, leaving him no room to dodge.

He roared, and a strange energy appeared on his body. The next instant, a bullet pierced his skull, and he exploded into a pile of bones.

The next instant, he appeared ten meters away and raised his hand again to release the blood-red scythe.

The bullet just now blew up a skeletal doll.

"Let's see how you stop me this time!"

Xie Shi'en managed to withstand the first scythe blow thanks to his high mental strength. Now, apart from Su Muyu, the mental attributes of the other two members of the team are insufficient to withstand the second blow.

In other words, apart from Su Muyu, Ke Yiming can now kill whoever he wants.

The combat power of a fourth-tier class is indeed terrifying.

Su Muyu reacted quickly. After the bullet pierced the skeletal substitute, she immediately controlled the Azure Phoenix to swoop down, preparing to release the solar wind.

However, the Crimson Scythe's teleportation speed was even faster, and the solar wind couldn't stop him from attacking.

At that critical moment.

The blood-red scythe phantom that Ke Yiming had just conjured suddenly began to fade and weaken before disappearing completely.

This time, his disappearance wasn't due to what he released, but rather the disappearance of his energy.

"What's going on?" Ke Yiming raised his hand to try to condense a blood-red scythe, but he couldn't do it no matter what he did.

His face showed a look of astonishment, and he quickly opened the character panel to look at the class column.

[Class: Spellbreaker (Third Job Advancement)]

His fourth job advancement, Death Agent, is gone.

……

the other side.

Inside the underground lava cave, Lu Heng gripped a blood-red scythe, cut his own arm, and was sucking blood.

Fresh blood gushed out, all flowing into the blood-red scythe, satiating it completely.

After the amount of blood absorbed by the Crimson Scythe reached the critical value, Lu Heng saw a new class name appear on his character panel.

[Class: Blade of Judgment (4th Job Advancement), Reaper's Agent (4th Job Advancement)]

Two fourth-tier job classes have appeared.

After learning that the [Death Agent] class was essentially a Crimson Scythe, Lu Heng had made this guess, but he had never confirmed it.

Under normal circumstances, a person with superpowers can only have one class, and a higher-level class will override a lower-level class.

Of course, even after the overwrite, the abilities of lower-ranking classes can still be used.

In addition, in some very special circumstances, a dual-class situation may occur.

Dual job classes are very rare, and they are not jobs that are normally obtained through source material.

For example, if a person receives a blessing from an evil god, they can temporarily acquire a class bestowed by the evil god. Once the blessing ends, the temporary class will disappear without affecting the original class.

During the period when the temporary class exists, the ability user will have two classes.

In addition, there is another situation, which is the class bestowed by a class-specific relic.

The [Death Agent] scythe is a class-specific relic, but it is a relic created by an evil god, and its class is obtained through blood sacrifice.

Therefore, even though Lu Heng already possessed the fourth-tier class [Blade of Judgment], he still attempted to sacrifice his blood.

The reason for doing this was that, after weighing the pros and cons, it was uncertain whether the teammates above could deal with Ke Yiming.

Having witnessed the Soul Harvest attack of the [Death Agent] before, Lu Heng knew very well that this move had the power to instantly kill the other three members of the team.

Even if Su Muyu and the other two manage to kill Ke Yiming in the end, he might still manage to take one or two of them down. Lu Heng cannot accept this outcome.

Therefore, when Lu Heng realized that he could not break through the seal of the lava cave in a short time, he made a decisive move and used his blood-red scythe to cut the skin on his arm.

From the moment Ke Yiming was captured in Kolos City, this scythe has been in Lu Heng's hands.

When Ke Yiming fled Xiling City, he was unable to take the scythe with him.

Therefore, although Ke Yiming has the fourth job advancement [Death Agent], the scythe is not in his hands.

Now, Lu Heng has sacrificed his blood and directly seized the [Death Agent] class.

Upon receiving the class rank, Lu Heng immediately handed the crimson scythe to Tyrese and instructed him, "I'm not sure if I have the ability to resist the control of the Skeleton Lord, so please take this scythe and act according to the situation."

Tyrese took the crimson scythe, put it into his inventory, and said, "I believe you can resist the control of the evil god, just like my teacher Santos."

Based on what happened to Ke Yiming before, it can be inferred that the Skeleton Monarch can control the class holder through the [Death Agent] class.

Therefore, Lu Heng's attempt to seize a rank was a very risky move. However, the special nature of this rank has a flaw: rank can be transferred.

As long as the Crimson Scythe is handed over to Tyrese, even if he is controlled by the Skeleton Lord, the situation can be kept under control.

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on the ground.

After losing his fourth job advancement, Ke Yiming's combat strength plummeted.

The reason he dared to be so arrogant in front of Su Muyu and the other two was because of the power bestowed by the Skeleton Monarch and the combat strength provided by the fourth-tier class.

Now, without the fourth job advancement, he has no ability to fight against Su Muyu and the other two.

The Azure Phoenix swooped down, pinning him to the ground, its claws digging into his back and almost piercing his chest, rendering him unable to move.

Lin Zeyu angrily pointed the gun at his head and cursed, "Damn it! I'll shoot you."

Panting, Xie Shi'en raised his hand to remind him, "Wait a minute, let's find out the true identity of the Skeleton Monarch and how to rescue Lu Heng. We're very pressed for time."

Lin Zeyu turned around and saw that Xie Shien was trembling as he walked. He quickly ran over, supported Xie Shien's arm with his shoulder, and helped him stand up.

Su Muyu walked over, squatted down in front of Ke Yiming, and threatened, "I can't guarantee who will win right now, but we can kill you at any time and make you reveal the secret of the Skeleton Monarch's true form, as well as the way to break the seal on the underground lava cave."

Ke Yiming said expressionlessly, "If I tell you, I'll die even faster, won't I?"

Su Muyu's gaze darkened. She raised her crossbow, pressed it against his head, and threatened, "I don't have time to waste with you. I'll give you three seconds, or I'll kill you."

"There's one thing you need to understand: even if the Skeleton Lord breaches the city of Kolos, we, as the Conscripts, will only fail to complete the challenge mission and will return when the time comes."

"If we wanted, we could easily hide on the continent of Quel'dorei until the battle ended. Our team's only loss would be missing out on the rewards, but you're dead."

(End of this chapter)