Chapter 167
Chapter 167
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 167
Chapter Title: Sword Clan's Necromancer
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Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Iron Golem and Death Stalker charged toward the boss magic beasts, shaking the ground with each step.
Meanwhile, Chiron, who had soared into the sky, began descending back toward the earth.
Screeech!
The sharp sound of air being torn apart.
Descending at near-sonic speed, Chiron impaled the 4-star boss magic beast, the Elite Deathworm, with its horn in one thrust.
Splurch!
Kieeeek!
In an instant, Chiron's horn pierced straight through the Elite Deathworm's body.
The Elite Deathworm writhed in agony, letting out a horrific screech as it twisted its form.
Whoosh!
But Chiron lifted the skewered Elite Deathworm high on its horn and took to the skies once more.
Krunch! Grind!
Soaring into the air, Chiron began rotating its horn.
Kiaaaak!
As the horn gnawed through the inside of its body, the Elite Deathworm screamed in a piercing wail.
And then, unbelievably, the Elite Deathworm's entire body started spinning along with Chiron's horn.
Kiiing!
Chiron then activated ultra-vibration waves.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Ultra-vibration waves pulsed like a heartbeat, exploding from within the Elite Deathworm's body!
Kehuk!
The vibrations ruptured its internal organs, and green blood sprayed from its mouth.
Soon enough, the Elite Deathworm went limp.
Fling!
Chiron shook its head, hurling the Elite Deathworm off its horn.
The Elite Deathworm plummeted from dozens of meters in the air.
On the ground, it would have been a tough opponent.
Burrowing freely underground made it tricky to hit.
But now, suspended in the air, it was like a shark flopping out of water.
Kiiiing!
As Chiron tossed the Elite Deathworm from above, blue mana began gathering on its wings.
The blue mana enveloping its wings grew longer and longer.
Moments later, wings of light made of blue mana formed over its actual wings.
Bang!
And then Chiron broke the sound barrier.
It had stepped into the hypersonic realm.
In that state, Chiron dove toward the Elite Deathworm and activated one of its unique skills.
Right after, Chiron grazed past the Elite Deathworm, its razor-sharp blue wings slicing through it countless times.
Slash! Slash-slash!
In an instant, chunks of the Elite Deathworm's body were carved away.
Its tough chitin armor was utterly useless against the wings of blue mana light.
After all, Scissor's Wing Blade was an S-grade unique skill.
Its power far surpassed ordinary skills.
That said, it didn't mean Chiron could take on far superior 6-star or 7-star foes.
The grade prefixed to skills indicated rarity and growth potential.
In other words, the host's own grade was far more crucial.
Higher host grades raised skill proficiency across the board, boosting power accordingly.
Simply put, higher skill grades meant greater growth margins.
Kiruk. Kirruk.
Its body shredded in moments, the Elite Deathworm groaned as it began plummeting toward the ground.
Boom!
When it crashed into the earth, the ground quaked, and dust billowed high.
Shieeek!
Not far from where the Elite Deathworm fell, the Iron Golem faced off against the Elite Centipede.
The Elite Centipede moved swiftly on its myriad legs, coiling its long body around the Iron Golem.
It seemed intent on crushing the Golem's torso.
And it had seized a favorable position too.
The Iron Golem's arms and upper body were now bound.
Creak.
In that state, the Elite Centipede repeatedly opened and closed its grotesque maw, glaring at the Iron Golem.
Soon, green toxic mist began seeping from its mouth.
Unable to move and forced to inhale the poison smoke? Death was inevitable.
Rumble!
Shik?
Suddenly, an overwhelming aura erupted from the bound Iron Golem, prompting a puzzled screech from the Elite Centipede.
It should have been coughing up blood and dying.
But that assumed a living opponent.
Crunch! Crunch-crunch!
Shik? Shiiik!
The Elite Centipede panicked.
Even amid the thick poison smoke, the Iron Golem strained against its bonds with its arms.
And gradually, the Centipede's coils were loosening under the Golem's power.
"Poison doesn't work on the Iron Golem. And a test of strength, no less."
Watching the clash between the Iron Golem and Elite Centipede, Shin Yu-hyun chuckled.
Poison had no effect on the Iron Golem.
Acid or corrosion might be another story.
Besides, the Iron Golem was a 5-star behemoth of raw strength.
How could it lose a contest of power to a mere 4-star boss like the Elite Centipede?
Crunch!
Shieeek!
Finally, the Iron Golem tore free, ripping off part of the Elite Centipede's body.
Seizing its flattened form with its massive hands, it slammed the Centipede into the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Iron Golem smashed it repeatedly.
The Elite Centipede couldn't regain its senses.
Keruk!
Under the relentless blows, it vomited blood.
Cracks spiderwebbed across its chitin armor.
And sensing its power waning from the daze of constant impacts, the Iron Golem acted.
Whoosh!
It didn't miss the opening, lightly lofting the Elite Centipede in front of itself.
Then it unleashed an uppercut.
Boom!
Shieeek!
A shockwave erupted, sending the Elite Centipede screeching skyward.
It traced a parabola, slowly descending back to earth.
Meanwhile, the Iron Golem twisted its waist to the limit, reeling its upper body back.
Kiiing!
Vast mana gathered in its fist.
Thump! Thump!
The blue mana pulsed larger and smaller, throbbing like a heartbeat.
The Iron Golem resembled a taut bowstring.
Soon, the arcing Elite Centipede positioned itself mere meters ahead.
About two seconds from impact—
Flash!
Blue light exploded from the Iron Golem.
It charged the Elite Centipede.
Like a streak of azure cleaving the darkness.
In a blink, it closed in and unleashed a straight punch. An immense shockwave detonated.
Boom!
A beat later, thunderous roar echoed, by which time the Elite Centipede was already hurtling away at tremendous speed.
"It packs a punch."
Shin Yu-hyun watched, impressed, flashing a satisfied smile despite clicking his tongue.
He approved of the power in Flash Drive, one of the Iron Golem's unique skills.
The impact site was devastated.
The single Flash Drive strike had cratered the area with its shockwave.
Psssh!
At the center, the Iron Golem vented heat from its body.
Armor plates on its back lifted, spewing thick white steam.
Rumble!
Kaboom! Kaboom!
A bit farther off, the 5-star boss Giant Elder Centipede clashed with the 5-star Unique boss-grade Death Stalker.
The 15-meter Giant Elder Centipede versus the 10-meter Death Stalker.
This fight was more spectacle than the 4-star boss battles.
'This is like watching a kaiju showdown.'
Shin Yu-hyun was awestruck.
The Giant Elder Centipede and Death Stalker collided head-on.
The Death Stalker blocked the former's forelegs with its massive pincers.
In that stance, the Giant Elder Centipede snapped its eel-like maw at the Death Stalker repeatedly.
Of course, the Death Stalker dodged by pulling back slightly each time.
No matter how thick its armor, one bite from those jaws would be fatal.
Inside, shark-like serrated teeth layered in circles upon circles.
'One chomp and it's over.'
Shin Yu-hyun grimaced at the roaring Giant Elder Centipede.
Meanwhile, the Death Stalker's attacks kept getting blocked.
Screeech!
Its tail whipped toward the head and first segment of the Giant Elder Centipede's back.
Clang! Clang!
But as a 5-star boss, its head and carapace were insanely tough.
Too hard for the Death Stalker's scorpion tail to pierce.
Kiaaaak!
Thwack!
Furious at the failed strike, the Death Stalker screeched and smashed its pincer into the head.
Kieek!
Thud!
The blow tilted its massive body sideways.
Seizing the moment, the Death Stalker hammered more pincer strikes.
Kieeeek!
Now the Giant Elder Centipede seemed enraged, gaping its already huge maw even wider as it lunged.
But the Death Stalker raised its pincers, clamping the jaw's edge and halting it.
Shraaa!
Simultaneously, the Death Stalker was shoved back several meters.
The charging force was immense.
Still, it held.
Kiiing!
Immediately after, blue mana concentrated at the Death Stalker's tail tip.
Ziiing!
A blue laser-like mana beam fired from the tail tip.
Shwooo!
The blue mana beam grazed the Giant Elder Centipede's back.
Right after—
Kaboom!
An explosion rocked the 15-meter behemoth's back.
Kiaaaaaak!
The Giant Elder Centipede thrashed its colossal body, screeching in rage.
Even its chitin armor couldn't withstand Scorpion Death Breaker.
The back-blast drove it berserk.
Shuk!
Then tentacles shot from the Giant Elder Centipede.
Whip!
They coiled around the Death Stalker's pincers, wrenching them wide apart.
Kiaak!
With pincers forced open, the Death Stalker glared and roared a menacing challenge.
The Giant Elder Centipede gaped its maw at it.
Kikikik!
And inside the yawning jaws, the circular shark-tooth serrations began spinning.
One bite wouldn't just tear—it would grind completely.
Kraaaaa!
Finally, the Giant Elder Centipede thrust its jaws toward the Death Stalker.
With both pincers bound by tentacles, evasion was impossible—a desperate do-or-die moment.
Just as the Death Stalker was about to be shredded inside the maw—