Chapter 60: Speedrun
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 60: Speedrun
Facing dozens of dungeon bosses of various shapes and sizes, Xie Bai instantly manifested from her Spirit Form and swung Funeral Rites.
In a flash, an Echo carrying a massive amount of damage erupted, frantically reaping every boss present.
-7.04 Trillion
-7.04 Trillion
-7.04 Trillion
-7.04 Trillion
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[Killed Red Gold Ancient Dragon Lv.102]
[Killed Deep Sea Leviathan Lv.108]
[Killed Aberrant Archangel Lv.104]
[Killed Mist Sea Slaughterer Lv.105]
In less than a moment, the dozens of ferocious-looking bosses were completely harvested by Xie Bai, leaving only the strongest one in the very center.
[Dusk Titan Lv.150]
[HP: 192.96 Trillion / 200 Trillion]
"There’s actually a Level 150 boss here?"
Looking at the behemoth before her, Xie Bai immediately re-entered her Spirit Form.
Facing a Level 150 boss, Xie Bai had to be careful; at the very least, she couldn't just rush in and try to tank it head-on.
But compared to Xie Bai, the Dusk Titan was clearly the more panicked one.
In its vision, it could only see a few small white dots flashing back and forth. Every time one appeared, it dealt a slash before instantly vanishing again.
In moments, the Dusk Titan's health had been hacked away by more than half.
And this was even with Xie Bai taking the time to move to a different location for each attack every time she entered or exited her Spirit Form.
If Xie Bai were to abandon this conservative playstyle and simply rush up to swing with everything she had, the Dusk Titan's health wouldn't have lasted even half a second.
After multiple rounds of attacks, the Dusk Titan grew increasingly agitated.
As a mythical creature capable of trading blows with a Demigod, the Dusk Titan was born with over 90% damage reduction to all attributes and a high-speed health regeneration of 4 trillion per second.
Combined with its heaven-defying HP of 200 trillion, it should have been the most death-defying existence on the battlefield.
But in this situation, the Dusk Titan felt like it had seen a ghost.
The attacker could not only ignore its damage reduction but also suppress its health regeneration.
Add to that the opponent's almost nonsensical, absurd damage, and it was pushed to the brink of death in just a few seconds.
More importantly, Xie Bai's only opening was the split second she attacked.
The problem was that the Dusk Titan was naturally poor at speed and reaction time, let alone facing Xie Bai, who possessed over a trillion points in Agility.
She attacked from a different spot every time; it was impossible to predict where her next strike would come from.
Trying to spot and hit Xie Bai the moment she struck was practically a pipe dream.
In a short time, the Dusk Titan's health plummeted toward 30 trillion.
Realizing it was impossible to land a direct hit on Xie Bai, the Dusk Titan immediately unleashed its only area-of-effect skill.
[Dusk Incline]
The next second, a massive radiance shone down.
It was a deathly afterglow composed of every Demigod the Dusk Titan had ever slain. As long as one was touched by the light, they would suffer hundreds of billions in continuous damage.
Logically, this kind of continuous AoE damage was the perfect counter to Xie Bai.
Unfortunately, the move came too late.
Even though this was the reaction it made only three seconds after discovering Xie Bai had entered the dungeon.
-7.04 Trillion
-374.4 Billion
-7.04 Trillion
[Judgment Triggered!]
[Killed Dusk Titan Lv.150]
The moment the Dusk Titan died, the effects of Dusk Incline dissipated along with it.
Watching the Dusk Titan collapse and fade away, Xie Bai put away Funeral Rites.
Xie Bai's attack just now had still been a bit slow.
In less than a fraction of a second, she had lost several trillion HP from the light of Dusk Incline.
However, in the face of Xie Bai's three-hundred-plus trillion HP, this tiny wound was nothing.
Furthermore, that small gap in her health was immediately filled by the life-steal effect of Bloodlust upon killing the unit.
"Encountering a Level 150 boss outside the Void... I guess there really is some pressure.
"Right now, I not only lack damage reduction methods, but my resistance attributes are actually negative.
"And three seconds was still too slow; I almost let the opponent fully deploy its AoE damage. As I thought, am I still not strong enough?"
After the battle ended, Xie Bai sensed her power once more.
Aside from the Dusk Titan, the other bosses in the early Level 100s were only at a similar level to the previous Chaos Demigod.
Killing them all had given Xie Bai another boost in attributes.
It pushed her Strength directly up to over seven hundred billion.
But more important than these attributes were the gold coins dropped by the bosses.
Including the Dusk Titan, Xie Bai had harvested over two trillion gold coins from this battle.
Now, Xie Bai's gold reserves had reached over nine trillion, just a hair's breadth away from breaking the ten-trillion mark.
"Wait, is that the end of the level?"
Thinking of this, Xie Bai looked toward the gate on the opposite side.
Upon reaching it, the moment Xie Bai touched it, she received a notification.
[Congratulations on passing the Strength Test. Now entering the Intelligence Test. Complete the following mini-puzzles, and the gate will automatically open for you.]
Before Xie Bai could react, a long list of puzzle questions appeared before her.
They were densely packed; at a glance, there were about three hundred of them.
Glancing at the bottom right corner, there was a five-minute time limit for completion.
"This... why is there a puzzle segment..."
Looking at the long string of nonsensical, strange questions, Xie Bai immediately felt a headache coming on.
These questions were so bizarre that she suspected even a True God wouldn't be able to figure them out.
"By the way, do I have to solve the puzzles? Can't I just push this door open?"
With that thought, Xie Bai tried placing her hands on it and pushed hard.
Clang—
Under Xie Bai's exertion, the several-hundred-meter-high gate was forced open by her raw strength.
"I can actually push it open?"
Though it felt a bit strenuous, this small obstacle was negligible in the face of Xie Bai's seven-hundred-billion-plus Strength.
"Compared to Gamie and the others, this gate feels just right. It feels like if my Strength were any lower, I wouldn't be able to push it. Was the creator's design too conservative? Well, at least I don't have to solve puzzles."
With that, Xie Bai entered the interior of the gate.
At a glance, the room was empty, save for one thing—
A black ribbon bow.
Xie Bai: "?"
The next second, the information for this ribbon appeared before her.
[Flowers Wither, Leaves Fall]
[Quality: Divine Artifact]
[Headwear Equipment]
[Requirement: Unable to equip (Ignored)]
[Luck Bonus: 2]
[Legacy: Causes one curse of the Ring of Seven Curses to be disabled for 300s. Cooldown: 24h.]
[Someone's favorite decoration. Originally just the most ordinary ornament, but after being worn by that person for a long time, it became a Divine Artifact.]
"This is actually a Divine Artifact too? And this effect..."
Xie Bai could feel that this was a specialized artifact prepared entirely for her.
Whether from the requirements or the effect.
Only she could perfectly meet the criteria.
After a moment of thought, Xie Bai tied it to the back of her head.
It was slightly on the larger side, but it fit.
Once equipped, the dungeon's completion notification popped up.
[Successfully cleared "This is a Very Simple Trial." Time taken: 12s.]
The speed was lightning-fast; she had speedrun it with almost no obstacles. It really was very simple.
After leaving the dungeon, Xie Bai reappeared in the empty plain from before.
Seeing Xie Bai suddenly appear, The Two Little Ones, who had just lied down to rest, jumped up in shock.
"Gua! You... you, didn't you just go in ten seconds ago? How did you come out so fast!"
"And what's with that ribbon behind your head? Isn't that That Young Lady's!"
Facing the interrogation of the two blue-white-haired girls, Xie Bai rubbed her head awkwardly.
"Uh... if I said the monsters inside were too easy, would you believe me?"
"Gua! Who are you kidding? The monsters there were already weak as anything. The key is the puzzle segment! That weird puzzle—even I couldn't possibly finish it in five minutes!"
"Exactly, exactly! How on earth did you pass!"
"Actually... that gate can be pushed open with just Strength. Have you guys never tried?"
"What? It can be pushed open directly?"
"Didn't Lady Big Sister say it could only be opened by solving the puzzles?"
For a moment, the two Gamies, who had guarded the dungeon for an unknown amount of time, fell into a state of utter bewilderment.