Scourge Messenger

Chapter 384 Connecting to the Death Penalty
Along the way, another wave of eroding bats was fought, and the kill count on the Path of Flame quickly climbed to 522, but the "Night Pendant" did not drop.

Although Yan Qing didn't really think he would follow the fire-controlling style, and this milestone probably wouldn't play a key role after it was unlocked, it was still a milestone!

Moreover, the conditions are so good today, with Bunny Girl possessing limitless supernatural powers, and the bat monster horde in this secret realm being particularly dense!
This feeling is like when all the keywords "elementary school", "holiday during typhoon", "parents not home" and "computer games" are triggered, can you really resist playing games and choose to do your homework more rationally?

After defeating the swarm of bats, they arrived at the deepest part of the cave, where a gigantic, chicken-like, crimson bird with double pupils lay in a pool of cold water. There were no cracks or external light sources here, but the bird itself was the light source; every feather emitted a warm, blood-red glow, like a ruby ​​mountain.

As they drew closer, they discovered that beneath the giant bird was not a pool of water, but a pool of its blood! A gruesome wound, almost ripped open, ran across its abdomen, from which it continued to bleed profusely. Above its head was a crimson name: "Raging Erosion Bird"!
If the Demon King is still a difficult boss in the fourth tier despite such heavy damage, then how powerful was it at its peak?
“It probably won’t move,” Master Suolong suddenly said.

Yan Qing nodded silently; he thought so too, because the cave was too small, and the Chongming Bird was too big. It lay in the center of the cave, and its wingspan would touch the walls on both sides. If it could move, the space for the messenger to move would be too small.

The advantage is that it is not afraid of leaving the range of [Candle Tears Red], but the disadvantage is that they must actively approach and fight the enemy in the enemy's home ground.

After a brief discussion, the bunny girl unleashed the "Autumn Sword" with her "Candle Tears Sword Qi," using the flames to awaken the dying giant bird!

Without a cry or a roar, the Chongming Bird simply opened its eyes, its four purplish-red pupils coldly staring at the uninvited guests. Without a word, its killing intent and madness were enough to overflow the screen!
The candle tears ignited the blood pool, and the Chongming Bird straightened up, spreading its magnificent wings in the grand flames. The wound on its abdomen did not diminish its majesty in the slightest, but rather highlighted its brutal ferocity!
Sweep!

The Chongming Bird flapped its wings, unleashing a sweeping attack that could clear half the cave! The bunny girl couldn't dodge in time and was hit, her defensive barrier shattering five layers in quick succession, almost completely exploding!

Keep in mind that this is just the Chongming Bird's normal attack, and it's an area-of-effect attack, dealing over 5000 damage! Unless you have a healer or a tank class, it's impossible to stand a chance against it!
However, Master Suolong quickly turned the tide: whenever the Chongming Bird was about to launch a sweeping attack, the chains would always hit precisely at the moment of activation. Although they could not interrupt the attack, they were enough to allow the Bunny Girl to calmly retreat from the attack range.

Sweep! Slam! Pincer attack! Fan slap!
Master Suolong repeatedly deflected the Chongming Bird's attacks, his offensive rhythm becoming increasingly methodical. However, as the Candle Tears Fire Wall intensified, the blood-red light in the Chongming Bird's eyes grew ever more sinister. After yet another sweeping attack missed its mark, the Chongming Bird's health dropped to 75%. It let out its first cry, a melodious, plaintive sound, as pleasing as a phoenix's song, yet its aura was fierce. Its double pupils shot out four beams of blood-red light, focusing on the Rabbit Girl!

Even as Bunny Girl retreated, she couldn't shake off the blood-red light from the double pupils. When Pharmacist rushed over to try and block it, he actually pulled away one of the blood-red lights, but the other three were still on Bunny Girl.

Clearly, each streak of blood was a deadly attack, and when the Chongming Bird finished casting its spell, four deadly attacks were unleashed!
"Retreat!" Master Suolong's pupils shrank suddenly.

It wasn't until they exited the cave room and turned the corner that the blood-red light from the double pupils of the Pharmacist and the Bunny Girl was blocked by the stone wall.

"This is a killing move that would probably require four Foundation Establishment cultivators to safely withstand," said Master Suolong.

"Can we use offerings here?" the pharmacist asked calmly. "I just tried it. I was able to pull away a beam of blood light by going there myself. This secret realm can accommodate eight people. How about we find four people specifically to absorb the blood light?"

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the bunny girl again and added, "Don't worry, they won't be innocent people. Zhou has a population of tens of millions, and there are plenty of death row inmates in the prisons. They all deserve to die anyway, so we might as well use them as stepping stones."

“Perhaps it doesn’t even need to be human.” Master Suolong said thoughtfully, “Wait for me a moment.”

Soon after, Master Suolong returned, binding the four pigs with four chains: "Try again."

When the bunny girls re-entered the room to fight, they immediately discovered that the wounds the Chongming Bird had sustained from the candle tears had healed, and its health had returned to 90%. As it stood up, the blood energy in the blood pool continued to repair its wounds. The blood it shed formed the blood pool, which in turn replenished its lost life force… This was a demon king who could recover rapidly after disengaging from battle!
When the health dropped to 70%, the Chongming Bird was burned and let out a phoenix cry again. Its double pupils shot out four beams of blood light that focused on the bunny girl!

"Get out!"

Everyone immediately retreated, except for the four pigs controlled by Master Suolong, who stood in front of the Rabbit Girl, took the four streaks of blood light, and positioned them in four different directions, waiting with bewildered expressions for the wrath of the Chongming Bird.

Five breaths passed, and the blood-red light almost materialized. With a mournful cry, the four fat pigs were instantly vaporized by the blood-red light, and even the chains binding Master Suolong were shattered. The pigs didn't leave behind a single trace of flesh or blood, only four wisps of hazy blood energy. The Chongming Bird gently inhaled, drawing all the blood energy back, and its double pupils shot out blood-red light once more!
The three immediately left the room, their faces grim. Yan Qing understood; this was a death sentence delivered via teleportation.

If he's not mistaken, the standard setup for this difficult dungeon should be four shield classes, two red classes, and two green classes. The Linked Death Sentence must be taken by all four shield classes together; no one can die. If anyone dies, the Linked Death Sentence will immediately refresh and be activated again!

"We cannot use sacrifices to take the place of the dead, nor do we have enough foundation-building experts to block it."

Master Suolong said, "There are only two options now. The first is to abandon this Demon King and focus on attacking the Thunder Eagle in front of us. We are confident that we can defeat the Thunder Eagle. We can kill it several or even a dozen times today."

“The second one,” said Bunny Girl.

“I knew you were a troublesome brat…” Master Suolong sighed, “Then we can only slowly wear down the Demon King, retreating whenever it’s about to unleash a killing move. To be honest, this might not be effective, because it recovers quickly. If it’s bound to unleash a killing move when it’s injured to a certain extent, then we might never get through.”

"Let's give it a try." The bunny girl crushed the True Spirit Jade and quickly restored her spiritual energy.

Admittedly, Yan Qing knew that what Suolong Zhenren said made sense. After all, the bunny girl's time was limited. Rather than wasting time plotting against a demon king who might not even stand a chance, it would be better to hurry up and farm the Thunder Eagles ahead to maximize the benefits.

But Yan Qing knew even more that the bosses in the difficult dungeons had a chance to drop legendary items!

The "Desperate Situation" dungeon has a chance to drop Immortal Tokens, the "Extreme" dungeon guarantees a Legendary Token drop, and the "Hard" dungeon has a chance to drop Legendary Tokens. Even if Yan Qing farms the Thunder Eagle countless times and gets a ton of fourth-tier rare treasures, he can't exchange them for a fourth-tier Legendary Token. Because given the poverty of this world, a fourth-tier Legendary Token is like a family heirloom on Xianyu (a Chinese online marketplace) for all factions—it's absolutely impossible to trade it!

If he wants to obtain a fourth-tier legendary weapon, he can only do so through his own efforts!

And is it really not cost-effective to spend time defeating the Demon King? If he gets a fourth-tier legendary item and trades it, even if he asks for an exorbitant price, it will be satisfied!

This is not his imagination; the difference between legendary and rare tokens is indeed that great, both in reality and in games.

Because the Foundation Establishment Messenger needs to refine the token into the Dao Foundation to achieve supernatural powers! The token is not just a token, but also the foundation of the Dao path!

In order to go further, and to increase the chances of making money by even a tiny bit, even legendary items in the game have been inflated to a level that has caused players to complain. How much more so in this world where everyone is poor?

Therefore, Yan Qing will only give up on the idea of ​​fighting the Chongming Bird at least once, and only after seeing with his own eyes that it will not drop any legendary items.

“Then I need to loosen up my muscles a bit.” Master Suolong glanced at the wolf and rabbit sisters: “You two are not allowed to say a word about what happens next. Not even about your brother—or your lover or anything like that.”

The pharmacist blinked, her face slightly flushed, but she was not conspicuous at all because the cave was filled with red light.

Yan Qing thought to herself, "Don't worry, no one will tell anyone except the four of us."

The moment they made their move, they understood why Master Suolong had told them to keep quiet—within the chains that Master Suolong had launched, there was a small knife wrapped around one of them, which was none other than the "Lightning-Cutting Knife" she had just requested! As the chains danced like snakes and whips, the knife carved lightning marks on the Chongming Bird's body, and its output efficiency was surprisingly considerable!
No one expected that Master Suolong, who had always presented himself as a master of 'remote control' techniques, would possess such sharp and subtle ranged killing skills.

How many chains can she control? If each chain were wrapped with a weapon token, her burst damage would be even more terrifying than her control abilities!
(End of this chapter)