Online Game: I Started with Max Charisma and Caught the Goddess's Eye-Chapter 461: Origin Holy Grail Unleashed

Facing a complex battlefield, Luca maintained his intense focus.

With Sophia’s timely reminder, he swiftly devised a response strategy.

"Since the Soul Devourer possesses numerous skills, I can’t risk fighting it within complicated terrain. I must quickly find an open battlefield."

Having made up his mind, Luca advanced at top speed deeper into Morning Star’s headquarters.

According to his memories, there were several spacious halls deep within the Morning Star headquarters.

Battling the Soul Devourer there would prevent it from exploiting complicated terrain and its vast array of abilities to cause trouble.

Activating the Shadow Magic Runes, Luca immediately slipped into the shadows.

Hidden by darkness, he rapidly progressed forward.

His sudden maneuver caught everyone by surprise.

The Soul Devourer hesitated briefly.

But ultimately, it decided to pursue Luca.

With a flash of white light, the Soul Devourer vanished instantly.

Clearly, it had utilized a rapid teleportation skill acquired by absorbing a previous soul.

With the departure of the Soul Devourer, Drumph and the others were finally safe.

The remaining monsters were simply too weak without the Soul Devourer leading them.

It took Drumph and his subordinates less than fifteen minutes to completely eliminate them all.

While Drumph and his team dealt with the remaining ordinary monsters, Luca finally arrived at one of the expansive halls deep inside the Morning Star headquarters.

Originally, this large hall served as a training facility for Morning Star members.

Apart from a few basic training instruments, the hall was entirely empty.

This was precisely the battlefield Luca needed.

"Let’s have our decisive battle with the Soul Devourer here!" he said immediately to Sophia.

Sophia also felt satisfied with the battleground Luca had chosen.

Nonetheless, she reminded him again cautiously, "Even though the Soul Devourer won’t fully exploit its advantages on an open battlefield, you must still remain vigilant during the battle. Once your soul is devoured, it’s all over."

At Sophia’s reminder, Luca nodded solemnly.

Having one’s soul controlled by a monster was a fate far worse than death, a living nightmare.

He understood the gravity of this fight.

Therefore, before the Soul Devourer arrived, he decided to make some extra preparations.

The first, naturally, was setting up traps around the battlefield.

The Soul Devourer was exceptionally cunning, and ordinary traps would never succeed. Thus, Luca had to ensure these traps were extremely intricate and concealed.

He immediately took the Origin Holy Grail out of his pocket.

"The power contained within the Origin Holy Grail can be utilized! Only by harnessing its power can we have an easier time destroying the Soul Devourer!"

He was actually consulting Sophia.

Even though he now controlled the Origin Holy Grail, Luca still didn’t have as deep an understanding of it as Sophia did.

He knew that the Origin Holy Grail could absorb powers of almost all attributes, but he wasn’t certain whether a monster as powerful as the Soul Devourer possessed the ability to resist it.

"I think your plan is completely feasible!" Sophia quickly reassured him. "Unless it’s an existence as powerful as Zenobia, who has achieved divine rank, no other creature imbued with chaotic energy can possibly counteract the Origin Holy Grail."

With Sophia’s confirmation, Luca finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He swiftly moved to the edge of the hall, where he used Starseeker to excavate a deep pit.

After placing the Origin Holy Grail at the bottom, he covered the entire pit with Dreamweaving Mist.

This way, the Soul Devourer wouldn’t easily detect the trap.

Immediately after he finished preparing the trap, a flash of white suddenly appeared in the middle of the hall.

Then, the Soul Devourer, looking like an amalgamation of countless souls, emerged in the center of the hall.

The instant it materialized, the Soul Devourer immediately commanded the souls it had absorbed to launch an attack against Luca.

The entire hall abruptly became filled with the force of lightning; simultaneously, Luca’s own shadow launched an assault against him.

In such a scenario, Luca naturally wasn’t about to engage recklessly.

He planned to first pull back and evade the Soul Devourer’s initial wave of attacks.

However, his maneuver did not succeed.

Because during his retreat, he suddenly noticed his movement speed had drastically slowed compared to before.

In its initial attack, the Soul Devourer had immediately unleashed four high-level skills.

[Current Surging] filled the entire hall with an overwhelming surge of lightning.

[Shadow of Corruption] directly caused Luca’s own shadow to betray him; this skill posed the greatest threat to Luca.

[Space Compression] drastically altered the spatial structure around Luca, thereby reducing his agility.

Meanwhile, [Space Stagnation] significantly slowed down Luca’s movements.

This combined assault instantly allowed the Soul Devourer to seize control of the battlefield.

It immediately teleported right next to Luca, intending to directly devour his soul.

At this critical moment, Sophia took action.

She instantly unleashed the skill [Frost Storm].

The temperature around Luca rapidly dropped, and pale blue and white snowflakes appeared out of thin air.

These snowflakes formed a protective barrier.

The moment the Soul Devourer came into contact with these snowflakes, it felt its own soul power begin to weaken.

Without hesitation, it extracted one of the souls it had previously devoured.

It intended to sacrifice this soul in exchange for its own safety.

The extracted soul emitted a painful wail, and simultaneously, the other souls consumed by the Soul Devourer also let out mournful cries.

However, their lamentation was utterly meaningless, for no matter what, they were beyond salvation.

The Soul Devourer’s retreat gave Luca an opportunity to readjust himself.

He realized he couldn’t afford to waste any more time.

He had to quickly lure the Soul Devourer toward the trap he had prepared.

To ensure his plan’s success, Luca decided to feign an escape.

Using Starseeker, he created a barrier behind himself.

Then he began sprinting frantically toward the hall’s entrance at maximum speed.

His panicked appearance completely convinced the Soul Devourer that he intended to flee.

Therefore, the Soul Devourer immediately pursued him.

The distance between them rapidly narrowed.

Just when the Soul Devourer was about to strike Luca again, Luca suddenly changed direction, sprinting toward a corner of the hall.

The Soul Devourer hastily adjusted its trajectory and continued the chase.

Both sides arrived almost simultaneously at the location of the trap.

Luca immediately dispelled the Dreamweaving Mist.

The Origin Holy Grail, hidden at the bottom of the trap, was instantly exposed.

At practically the same instant, Luca directly activated the Origin Holy Grail using his own power.

The Origin Holy Grail began vibrating intensely, simultaneously starting to draw energy from its surroundings.

Luca had already gained control of the Origin Holy Grail, so it certainly wouldn’t draw energy from him.

And since the Morning Star headquarters didn’t contain much ambient power, when the Origin Holy Grail started siphoning energy from its surroundings, the Soul Devourer naturally became the primary victim.

Although the Soul Devourer could temporarily use its consumed souls as shields against the threat posed by the Origin Holy Grail, the rapid draining of its own chaotic energy didn’t slow down at all.

Under these circumstances, the Soul Devourer gradually began losing control of the souls it had previously consumed.

Its body, composed of countless souls, swiftly started collapsing.

Realizing the immense danger it was facing, the Soul Devourer decided to flee.

Yet, the moment it turned around, Luca stood behind it, gripping Starseeker with a confident smile on his face.

"I absolutely won’t let you escape!"

As soon as these words left his mouth, Luca charged directly toward the Soul Devourer, Starseeker firmly grasped in his hand.

Under normal conditions, the Soul Devourer certainly wouldn’t fear Luca’s direct attack.

But now, with the souls it had devoured slipping out of control and its own chaotic energy rapidly vanishing, it no longer dared to engage in direct combat.

The Soul Devourer immediately released all the souls under its control.

Instantly, countless souls flooded the hall.

The monster hoped this would overwhelm Luca’s senses, allowing it a chance to slip away unnoticed.

Reduced to nothing more than its own solitary soul, it swiftly fled toward the hall’s exit as a small shadowy form.

At this point, it was only a step away from escaping through the hall’s entrance.

Just then, countless blazing flames descended from above.

A wall of fire abruptly appeared, completely cutting off the exit from the Soul Devourer.

"Did you really think you’d disrupt my judgment that easily?" Luca’s voice echoed from behind it.

"You’re far too naïve! Moreover, you’ve released every soul you’d devoured, meaning you’re now restricted to your own innate abilities. And the only skill you truly possess—is devouring souls."

Luca’s voice was drawing steadily closer to the Soul Devourer.

The Soul Devourer’s fear intensified with every passing second.

It understood perfectly well that everything Luca had said was absolutely correct.

Right now, the only skill it could rely on was soul devouring.

But the precondition for that skill to work was that its own strength had to be significantly greater than its target’s.

The extreme terror it felt stripped the Soul Devourer of any remaining rationality.

In its panic, it desperately darted around the hall, frantically trying to evade Luca’s attacks.

However, its chaotic attempts at escape had no chance of success. Eventually, Luca cornered it, and with a flash of bright white light, the Soul Devourer was completely obliterated.