Chapter 199: Chapter 139: Divine Level Soul Dominator

It was like a mini-boss.

Actually, the number of King Level Demons in this cave was unusually high. Just a quick scan with my Perception revealed there were probably over a hundred...

The forks in the path were countless. Without using Perception to scout ahead, one could probably walk for three days and three nights and still not cover every route.

Lord Level demons were practically everywhere.

The weakest of the Tier Six Demons were Lord Level.

"Forget it... I’ll clear out this area up ahead first. There happens to be a room nearby that my Perception can’t penetrate, and a Guardian is wandering around. There’s probably a hidden treasure. I’ll leave that Guardian to you guys."

"Okay."

The moment Lu Luwei finished speaking, she drew her bowstring.

SWOOSH!

Thousands of streams of light curved and flowed from her bowstring!

They then struck the cavern walls, setting off thousands of ricochets!

The ricocheting Arrows shattered the trigger mechanisms of traps, destroying them. Then, in a continuous barrage, they bounced from the floor to the ceiling, piercing up through jaws and into brains, penetrating the heads of one Life Soul Hunter after another, each covered in corpse-like hair.

The Arrows passed through the gaps between bones and flesh.

Elegant and precise.

’There was none of the awkwardness from our past battle, where she’d spent ages shooting at me without landing a single hit.’

Lu Luwei looked at Lu Cang.

She saw the surprise in his eyes.

’I’m not the loser I was before. When it comes down to it, you can’t be certain you’d beat me again either.’

But as this thought crossed her mind, Lu Luwei remembered how Lu Cang had effortlessly dodged every one of her shots.

That had been her most crushing defeat as an Archer.

Losing to Chi Cheng at the Same Tier had just been a matter of being outplayed by a narrow margin.

He had already forged that Giant Sword, the world’s strongest, a weapon comparable to a Divine Artifact.

Meanwhile, she’d had no decent equipment to speak of.

Later, even when she had the Impervious Garment, she lost to a Mage a whole level lower than her. That was the most humiliating battle.

She had every reason not to lose.

And yet, the final result was a loss.

Lu Luwei was so angry that she couldn’t sleep well for days afterward.

She wanted to challenge Lu Cang, but he completely ignored her, turning her down with all sorts of excuses.

"Lu Luwei, that was amazing."

Praised by Lu Cang, Lu Luwei was so pleased her nose was practically in the air.

"As long as you know it."

’Oh~’

’Her Spirit fluctuations are so obvious. So this is what the emotion of happiness feels like.’

’You’re so easy to read, Lu Luwei.’

Tier Six Demons were by no means ordinary in strength...

...but then again, no one in my party was ordinary either.

Fighting above one’s tier was like a daily routine for everyone here.

After clearing out the Demons near the entrance, Lu Luwei headed deeper inside with the others.

Chi Cheng, meanwhile, went along collecting the Demon corpses.

There was no such thing as a useless Tier Six Demon; they were all excellent materials.

Besides, Lu Luwei’s attacks were precise, destroying only their weak points.

The damage was minimal.

"Whoa, Iz... there’s actually a Lost Magic Book here!"

Suddenly, Chi Cheng shouted.

He had turned over a corpse, and this Demon’s body was actually holding a Magic Book.

’Huh?’

’A Demon holding a Magic Book?’

’This is a first.’

’Demons aren’t just some monster from an online game, after all. The value you get from them is usually from harvesting their corpses for materials.’

"Ooh! A Lost Magic Book! My luck is great today!"

Iz pulled the Magic Book into her hand with telekinesis.

She flipped through a few pages.

Looking at Lu Cang, her eyes seemed to hold a hint of pity. "Too bad... it’s a Tier Five Magic spell. You can’t learn it."

’Iz, why do I get the feeling you’re gloating?’

’I can see your Spirit fluctuations, you know.’

’Sigh, maybe I should focus on raising my Mage Level first?’

’And then think about the second Root Source after that?’

’After all, Iz is already Level 6, and it didn’t take her long to comprehend her second Root Source. Maybe I should Upgrade first, then comprehend...’

’No, forget it... I’ll focus on comprehending it first.’

’You can’t really measure a person like Iz by the standards of a regular Mage. Besides, comprehending a second Root Source is already complicated enough. It’ll only get more complex once I reach Level 4.’

One fork in the path led to five more, and after choosing one of those, we faced another four.

An intricate maze.

Deeper in the cave, my Perception became muddled.

There were distortions and misdirections everywhere. If not for Lu Luwei’s powerful Perception and high Observer Level, just finding the right path would have been difficult.

’So this is a High Tier Dungeon?’

’It really is unbelievably complex.’

As Lu Cang passed by the corpses, he also extracted their souls.

’Just as I thought, I can also extract souls from those Lu Luwei kills.’

But that wasn’t the main point.

Continuing deeper, they finally saw the perception-shielded area Lu Luwei had mentioned.

A faceless creature, wrapped in bandages and shouldering a Giant Sword, dragged a Heavy Sword as it wandered about listlessly.

A King Level, Tier Six Demon.

Lu Luwei had already provided intel on it.

Its Perception Range is small; it relies more on its sense of smell and hearing to detect prey. Only when you get within its alert range will it start to hunt you down.

And behind it, bound by countless black chains, was a hanging corpse.

These chains seemed to be a Seal on the corpse.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Chi Cheng said seriously as he stared at the chains.

"Should we open it?" he asked, looking at Iz.

Iz also gazed at the creature bound by the chains and replied, "It shouldn’t be anything we can’t defeat. Let’s give it a try."

Lu Cang watched the two of them talk from the side, a strange feeling in his heart.

’Hey, hey...’

’Are you guys sure about this?’

’This feels like some kind of party-wipe flag.’

"Alright, brother. It’s up to you to deal with that Guardian."

Lu Cang nodded, and a Magic Staff appeared in his right hand.

"Mhm."

’As for my Extreme Battle Intent, I feel like I’m getting close. I just need some real combat against sufficiently strong opponents to hone my intent.’

’The focus of my Extreme Intent is more on fighting different types of enemies and Demons...’

’And here in the Cave of Desperate Wails, there’s no shortage of powerful Demons.’