NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 73: A Daring Idea
[nonexnihilio42069 has donated a D-tier gift]
[You have received] Sacred Gem : Slightly coats the user in a protective holy energy just until the gem runs out of holy energy.
[nonexnihilio42069] : Streamer, you should've purchased holy-focused items with the coins you had earlier. Although it's nice that you're thinking about how you won't be able to make use of such holy items in the future, the situation right now is a now-or-never!
Seeing Nonexnihilio's comment, even the other viewers seemed to have realized that Adam may have made a mistake when purchasing.
[Disciple of Ice] : I don't think it was a mistake, it should be because of the peculiarity of Lord Varos' summons...
[Nalyd has donated an F-tier gift]
[You have received] +7 Soul Cores
[Nalyd says to have faith in Adam's actions and decisions]
Adam's glanced towards the comment before his eyes flickered with sharp focus.
He wanted to thank the analytic viewer for the gift, but he had to stop the chant-ability of Lord Varos first!
He activated [Crimson Dominion] in an instant.
Hundreds of blood blades shot out from him, slicing through the air as they headed straight for Lord Varos.
But just before they hit, Lord Varos raised his broken staff.
A blinding flash erupted.
The blood blades disintegrated midair.
A low hum echoed as the ground in front of Lord Varos cracked.
A figure emerged... fully armored in glowing white.
It was a skeletal knight, wrapped in holy energy.
Its armor pulsed like it was alive.
Adam's eyes narrowed.
That was one of Lord Varos' tricks.
Undead that used holy power.
'There should be numerous of these undead that uses holy power...'
This was exactly why Adam didn't bother equipping himself with holy resistance gear.
If he had, he would've only made these types of summons stronger.
In this world, holy energy worked oddly.
The stronger being always benefited from weaker holy energy.
If your affinity was lower, your buffs would only empower your enemy.
Adam clicked his tongue.
The system beeped in Adam's mind.
[Select Viewer Skill to Copy]
Disciple of Ice
[Temporary Copy has been activated...]
[Due to low level and low rank, skill picking will be randomized...]
The system beeped again.
[Temporary Copy is successful!]
[Temporarily Copied: Frozen Ocean!]
[Reducing Frozen Ocean to its F-tier version...]
[Frozen Ocean has been reduced to Ice Blast.]
[Temporary Copy] : Ice Blast (30 Second Duration)
[Ice Blast] : Release an ice-energy focused blast.
Adam exhaled. Cool air filled his lungs.
He focused, coating his limbs again with [Crimson Dominion]. Blood rippled across his arms and legs.
Then he moved.
He shot toward the knight, sprinting full speed.
The undead knight raised its broadsword and swung.
A wave of holy energy surged from the blade.
But Adam's body vanished.
A blur flickered in the air.
The holy wave hit nothing.
An illusion.
The real Adam came in from the side, already gathering energy in his hand.
[Ice Blast.]
A sharp burst of ice shot out, hitting the knight square in the chest.
The knight froze up— literally.
Its movements turned sluggish.
Before it could recover, blood shot up from the ground beneath it!
Razor-sharp and fast!
Like a trap that was waiting to be triggered, the blades pierced through the knight's armor in a flash!
It could barely even react to the enhanced blood magic!
[Undead Holy Knight has been slain]
[+2312 Exp, +0.84 Basic Soul Core.]
[+70 Gold.]
The surrounding suddenly grew quiet.
The chanting stopped.
Adam felt the shift in the atmosphere, the tension building as Lord Varos completed the final line of his spell.
"Go forth and beyond!"
Varos shouted, his voice thick with dark power.
In an instant, the air around him seemed to freeze.
The ground trembled as something unnatural began to stir.
Out of Lord Varos' body, thousands of souls exploded into the air.
They were twisted, ghostly faces... ghastly, hollow expressions that stretched and warped like floating creatures.
Each soul darted toward an object, an inanimate part of the environment, and then latched onto it, as if it was trying to invade its very being.
The effect was immediate and terrifying.
The walls, once sturdy and unmoving, began to twitch, as though they had a life of their own.
The stone surface rippled like water, and even the air seemed to grow thick, charged with a malevolent energy.
Adam's heart pounded.
He could feel the oppressive force closing in on him.
The souls had begun to possess everything around him, warping the battlefield into something twisted and alive.
This wasn't just a fight anymore.
It was an invasion of the world itself.
Without hesitation, Adam activated [Crimson Dominion].
A blood-red cocoon instantly enveloped him, hardening into a shield made of coagulated blood.
The air around him crackled as wind blades formed from the chaotic energy swirling through the environment.
The blades moved with precision, aiming to slice through his blood shield.
But Adam had already reinforced the blood to be tougher than steel.
His defense was solid, but the pressure was relentless.
He gritted his teeth.
'Just as I thought... I really can't beat this guy alone...'
The thought passed through Adam's mind like a cold shiver.
This wasn't something he could handle by himself.
From what Adam had learned, Lord Varos had countless undead summons.
The Undead Holy Knight was just the beginning, the weakest of them all.
And that didn't even count Varos' mastery over necrotic energy!
Without an affinity to Holy Energy, Adam couldn't even begin to fight back effectively.
His best shot was to use [Divine Edge], but even that would only scratch Varos.
The only chance he'd get would be if he could use the [Head of an Ancient Priest] at a correct time!
But with Lord Varos' power and level, he'd definitely notice the holy energy inside the [Head of an Ancient Priest] and do all it could to get rid of it.
This was the reason why numerous Stream Hunters and an army of orcs was required to fight this floor boss!
Adam narrowed his eyes as he glanced towards a reddish-black insignia burned into the side of his forearm.
It was a mark from Cael!
Adam had a daring idea...
He immediately sent a message to Cael.
[The Chosen Conduit]
: Teleport me to your location when I tell you to.
[The Atrocious One]
: Huh? No thanks... just kidding, alright.
Adam's lips twitched.
He didn't have time to waste on banter.
Suddenly, the blood coccoon shattered from the inside as Adam multiplied his figure with [Surreal Creation]
The environment seemed to respond as they all attacked the "Adam's" each one being killed almost instantly.
Luckily [Surreal Creation] was an A-tier ability, hence it wasn't a problem for Adam to create hundred of illusions of himself.
Lord Varos raised its broken staff again, tapping it against the ground lightly.
The action seemed almost casual, but the effect was anything but weak.
A massive wave of necrotic energy pulsed outward from Lord Varos' body, sweeping across the battlefield.
The energy was so dense and powerful that it obliterated all the remaining Adams in a matter of seconds.
But the real Adam had already acted.
Suddenly, it sensed a flunctuation as it immediately turned around.
A gigantic blood axe was hurling itself towards it!
But Lord Varos didn't panic.
Instead, it raised its bony, skeletal hand and pointed toward the incoming weapon.
The blood axe, held aloft by Adam's blood magic, began to decay before it even reached its target.
The blood magic sustaining the axe started to unravel, its coagulation melting into nothing.
The weapon fell apart, its form dissolving into liquid before it hit the ground.
Lord Varos wasn't done yet.
It was already preparing for another summon, its power beginning to surge once more.
But Adam wasn't done either.
A sudden shift in the air caught Varos' attention.
The moment it turned, a hand touched its shoulder.
It was Adam.
The instant Lord Varos turned, Adam activated his plan.
[The Chosen Conduit]
: Now!!
The reddish-black mark on his forearm flared to life, glowing with intense reddish-black flames.
The flames surged upward, spiraling around Adam and Lord Varos.
That's right, Adam was going to bring both him and Lord Varos' [True Body] away from the isolated space using Cael's ability!
There was no way Adam would fight this abomination alone!