novellk Chapter 336 Iron Rock Mountains
Chapter 336 Iron Rock Mountains
She paused for a moment, her gaze fixed on the mist rising from the depths of the swamp, as if examining a complex variable.
"Our primary goal is to advance. Someone like Lin Tian, as long as we avoid direct confrontation, might actually become a 'cleaner' for our region. Utilizing the situation and remaining flexible is our approach."
"Is everything clear?" Ye Yao withdrew her gaze and looked at the team members again.
"Understood!" the four answered in unison, their voices no longer filled with panic, but with calm determination.
"Then, let's begin." Ye Yao said no more, turning to walk towards the giant python's corpse. "Deal with the spoils as quickly as possible and return to the city immediately. Time is of utmost importance from this moment on."
The team members quickly got to work, their movements swift and efficient. The impact of the system announcement was being rapidly transformed into well-organized execution.
Ye Yao walked slowly to a slightly higher rock and quietly looked up at the gray sky.
She raised her hand, and the pair of dark daggers slid back into her palm. Her fingertips gently traced the blades, the touch cool yet familiar, the shadowy power flowing within them resonating with her own.
"Level 50... Ultimate advancement..." she murmured to herself, her lips beneath the mask slightly softened, revealing no sharp edge, only a calm and thoughtful expression.
"No matter who you are, or how fast you go," her eyes were clear and focused, like a deep pool reflecting the night sky, "the road ahead is long. Preliminaries...see you on the field."
The shadows flowed silently around her, not sharp, but profound, as if she herself was the calm backdrop to this changing situation.
Seven days later, the shadowy figure remained, walking gently yet resolutely towards the unknown arena.
.......
At this moment, deep within the "Iron Rock Mountains," about 100 kilometers northeast of Shixia City.
The mountains here are dark iron-gray, with rock layers as hard as steel, and are perpetually filled with scorching geothermal steam and metallic dust.
Hot magma occasionally gushed out from the cracks in the ground, scorching the surrounding rocks until they were charred and shiny.
The sparse vegetation consisted mostly of dark red ferns with sharp leaves, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur mixed with rust.
This area is a gathering place for lava creatures and metal constructs, and it is difficult for ordinary players to go deep into it.
In the middle of the Iron Rock Mountains, a fierce battle raged on a lava platform surrounded by giant rock pillars.
boom--!
A giant fist, wreathed in molten lava and metal fragments, crashed down, slamming heavily onto a massive shield as thick as a door panel, its surface engraved with reliefs of mountains and ramparts.
The shield's brownish-yellow light trembled violently, directing most of the impact towards the rock beneath its feet, but a cluster of lava still splashed out, scorching the shield-bearer's arm armor and emitting wisps of blue smoke.
The shield-bearer was a burly man over two meters tall, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, resembling a human-shaped giant rock.
His body was bulging with muscles, and he wore a set of dark gold heavy plate armor that covered his entire body and had ferocious protrusions cast at the joints. Even when he was kneeling on the ground taking heavy blows, his body remained as stable as a mountain.
Beneath the helmet appeared a rugged, bold face, slightly tense from the effort of blocking the attack, with thick eyebrows and piercing eyes.
"roar--!"
As soon as the attack landed, a colossal statue nearly five meters tall, its body pieced together from dark metal and cooled lava, with high-temperature steam gushing from its joints, appeared.
——【Molten Core Colossus Lord, Lv.33】——
It let out a deep roar, and another giant fist, dragging a stream of scorching lava, swept in from the side, distorting the air wherever it passed!
"Get the shield on me!" Chen Shan roared, neither dodging nor avoiding, his left arm muscles bulging as he switched the giant shield from defense to offense, forcefully lifting it from bottom to top!
"clang--!!!"
A deafening clang of metal clashing accompanied the scattering of sparks and lava! The giant shield and the lava fist collided violently.
Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the rock platform beneath Chen Shan's feet, and it sank several inches, but his body only swayed slightly, managing to withstand this violent attack and even causing the giant to pause its offensive!
"Now! Situ! Bomb its core!" Chen Shan roared without turning his head.
About twenty meters behind him, a mage dressed in a dark blue robe and holding a staff inlaid with a blazing ruby was already poised to strike.
He raised his staff high, and fire elements gathered wildly around him, the gem at the top of the staff shining like a miniature sun.
"Molten Explosion Array - Trio!"
Situ Zhen gave a low shout and swung his staff down.
Instead of attacking the colossus's torso directly, three blazing fire runes were precisely aimed at the ground beneath the colossus's feet, the metal seam connecting its chest and abdomen, and several floating rocks above its head!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three explosions were not intended to cause maximum damage, but rather to instantly trigger violent flame shocks and high-temperature overload!
Just as the molten core was about to unleash its next attack, the flowing lava on its surface suddenly became chaotic, and disordered steam spewed out from the core heat dissipation vents, causing it to fall into a brief "overload freeze" state!
"Brothers! Let's go! Take down this iron lump!"
Seizing this fleeting opening, Chen Shan leaped up like a cannonball, abandoning his defensive stance and gripping the edge of the giant shield with both hands.
Transform this heavy weapon into a giant hammer that splits mountains, and with an indomitable momentum, smash it hard into the relatively vulnerable waist and abdomen of the colossus!
Meanwhile, the other members of Chen Shan's team—two berserkers wielding heavy battle axes, an assassin relentlessly searching for weaknesses, and a bard chanting an inspiring battle song to boost the team's strength—launched a full-scale attack from all directions like beasts that have caught the scent of prey!
Axe beams, blade light, sonic blasts... along with Chen Shan's incomparably savage shield impact, all poured onto the stiffened colossus.
Crack! Bang! Boom!
The metal shell twisted, the molten outer shell cracked, and the scorching internal fluids sprayed everywhere.
The colossus emitted a deep, angry hum as it struggled, punching, stomping, and spewing molten liquid. However, under Chen Shan's iron-clad close-quarters suppression and Situ Zhen's precise secondary control spells, its counterattacks became scattered and powerless.
The team works seamlessly together, with Chen Shan serving as the absolute core and pillar, bearing the majority of the pressure and creating a perfect output environment for his teammates.
Situ Zhen, on the other hand, controls the overall rhythm, using her superb magic to perform key control and supplement damage.
The colossus's health was steadily decreasing under the team's focused fire, and it was about to enter its final enrage phase...
At this very moment—
[System Announcement Across the Continent] That cold and majestic voice, like an invisible vibration piercing through rock strata, bombarded the minds of everyone present without discrimination!
[…Level 50…Ultimate Advancement…Preliminary Rounds of the Battle of the Multiverse…Starting in 7 days…]
The instant the announcement rang out, Chen Shan was using his shield to deflect a powerful hammer blow from the colossus. The heavy force made his arm bones go numb, but his movements were slightly, almost imperceptibly, interrupted by the voice in his mind.