Reincarnation Paradise: Master is lucky

Chapter 368 The Source of the Black Mist
“Gebardo————”

As the golden snake-headed mummy roared, the two snake-headed statues that were fighting with Old Baal and the Umbrellaless Brother suddenly stopped and then began to shake violently.

Click—click—click-click-click—

The stone shells of the two snake-headed statues also shattered, revealing two huge snake-headed mummies. However, they were dressed in silver armor, and even though they were huge, their imposing presence was far less than that of the golden snake-headed mummy in the stone coffin.

Chi Yao casually tossed the dice and summoned the Law to detect them. The black and white dice spun endlessly in mid-air, creating layers of overlapping images. The numbers displayed kept changing between 5 and 6, and finally settled into a twisted "5" that resembled a "6" but was not completely closed.

[You have activated the Observation of Fate, comparing the luck attributes of both sides... Comparison complete. Our luck is 5 times that of the enemy. Determining...]

[Warning: This enemy unit is a dominant unit in the hidden area. Due to the suppression effect of the dominant unit in the hidden area, this reconnaissance will yield 25% of the enemy's strength.]

[Detected that the passive effect "Insight" of the Law has been activated; additional checks are underway. This reconnaissance will obtain 50% of the enemy's data.]

The information is as follows:

Name: Source of Black Mist - Balord (This unit forcibly broke the seal and is now in a weakened state)
Category: Necromancer - Overlord-level creature
Health: 55% (Weakened state)
Mana: ? ? /? ?
strength:? ?

Agility: 42
physical strength:? ?

intelligence:??

Charisma: 2
Luck: 5
Skill 1, Overlord Form (Passive): Increases health by 5000, strength by 10, and stamina by 10. (This Overlord unit is currently in a weakened state; the effect of this skill has been significantly reduced.)
Skill 2, Source of Black Mist LV.?? (Passive): All attacks inflict Source of Black Mist: Erosion, which lasts for 10 seconds, dealing 1 point of true damage per second. Stacks can accumulate infinitely, each stack extending the duration by 5 seconds. The true damage doubles after 30 seconds of being affected by Source of Black Mist: Erosion. After 120 seconds of being affected, the target will be instantly killed every five seconds. (This dominant unit is currently in a weakened state; this skill's effect has been significantly reduced.)
（如：30秒后每秒2点真实伤害，60秒后每秒4点真实伤害，90秒后每秒8点真实伤害，120秒后每秒1点真实伤害并每5秒进行一次即死判定。）
Skill 3, Extreme Cold Corruption Body LV.25 (Passive): The mummified body loses its self-healing ability, but its resistance to damage is greatly increased, with body defense tier +2. It has extremely strong adaptability and resistance to ice and cold attribute damage, with ice and cold damage resistance +50.

Skill four, ?

Skill 5, Black Mist Domain LV. ? ? (Active): Deploys a black mist domain, greatly enhancing dark abilities and forcibly applying a black mist erosion check to all creatures within it every second. The instant-death probability of the black mist erosion effect is tripled. (This overlord unit is already in a weakened state and cannot use this skill normally while weakened.)
Skill 8, ?
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The difficulty level of the Law approaching "6" and the information detected on the panel made Chi Yao's heart sink a little. The source of the black mist, Balod, in front of him was a genuine overlord-level creature!

The only good news is that Chi Yao's previously passively triggered "precognitive intuition" brought him a turning point. Chi Yao's forceful rush into the coffin forced the source of the black mist, Balod, to break the seal, thus leaving him in a weakened state.

Even with this turn of events, the weakened Overlord-level creature remains a formidable enemy for Chi Yao, requiring him to fight with everything he has to have any chance of victory. If he were facing a fully-fledged Overlord-level creature, Chi Yao would probably need to consider making a hasty retreat.

While Chi Yao pondered for a moment, Balod launched the first attack. It raised its bone claws high, and the black mist around it condensed and rose continuously. Then, the torrent of black mist cascaded down like a waterfall. The surging tide of black mist eroded everything it touched. The stone bricks it touched gradually shattered and collapsed, and even the air was twisted and deformed with a hissing sound.

Chi Yao chose to test the waters first. As he retreated, he stretched out his left hand, and five balls of lightning condensed in front of each of his fingers, which burst forth in an instant.

"Lightning Strike - Starburst!"

sizzle-

Five bolts of lightning shot out straight out, crashing into the black mist like wild stars. In an instant, a strange reaction occurred between the two – the black mist boiled and exploded like hot oil hitting water, and the lightning bolts made a series of resounding noises as they collided, continuously purifying the black mist.

Chi Yao understood that light magic would be more effective against undead creatures like Balor, but he wasn't very skilled with light magic and usually used auxiliary spells like "reflection shield".

Moreover, the light element in this ruin has become so thin that it is difficult to cast a lighting spell. Chi Yao guessed that this was deliberately arranged by Balord, as the dense dark element would be more conducive to the exertion of its power.

Now, after testing the waters, Chi Yao confirmed that lightning magic does indeed have a certain "evil-repelling" effect on attacks like black mist that carry dark energy.

However, the corrosiveness of the black mist far exceeded expectations. Chi Yao could clearly see that every time the lightning purified a wisp of black mist, a tiny bit of dark energy seeped into the center of the lightning and collided with and annihilated the golden destiny energy, causing the brightness of the lightning to gradually dim.

If it weren't for the preordained energy used by Chi Yao to greatly enhance the stability of the lightning, ordinary lightning spells would probably have been instantly swallowed up by the black mist after the initial collision. The black mist surged continuously in the hollows of Balod's eyes, seemingly puzzled by the scene before him. His black mist had always eroded and disintegrated everything, but he never expected to encounter such a tough nut to crack right after awakening.

Baldr spoke, his voice sharp and hoarse, like a broken bellows being blown by a howling wind.

"What... is your magic...?"

"you guess?"

Chi Yao casually replied, having already decided on his strategy. He gripped the Reverse Cycle in his right hand and swung it. As magic power was injected, golden patterns lit up on the dark blade of the Reverse Cycle, and lightning struck down along the blade.

"Lightning Blade: Moon Slash!"

Nourishing——

As Chi Yao moved, the condensed lightning element transformed into a crescent-shaped blade of light and flew out. Like a hot knife through butter, the highly condensed lightning blade rushed into the black mist, cutting through the surging black mist in two with unstoppable force.

Just as Raikiri Moon Slash was about to fly in front of Bald, it raised its right hand, which was like a black bone claw. The movement was slow but carried a mountain-like oppressive feeling. More black mist poured out from the gaps in its shroud. This time it was no longer aimless, but condensed into a huge bone claw and grabbed at Raikiri.

boom!
The lightning blade and bone claw exploded apart, and the dense black mist was blasted apart and then quickly contracted to completely envelop Balod. The dense dark elements in the black mist also strongly interfered with Chi Yao's perception spells, making it impossible for Chi Yao to see clearly.

'What is it doing? That slash shouldn't have hurt it, or is it—'

Chi Yao was suspicious of Balord's actions, but remained vigilant. However, he quickly realized what was going on.

'Is it deliberately obstructing my view while preparing a powerful attack?!'

laugh!laugh!laugh!
Baldr's attack came almost without warning. The ground exploded, and three spikes formed from black mist attacked Chi Yao's lower body. Chi Yao reacted immediately and jumped up, the three black mist spikes grazing the soles of his shoes.

Within Chi Yao's perception range, the dark elements became increasingly active, and the flow trajectory of the black mist was as clear as a candle flame in the night. He knew that the attack was not over yet. The exhaust nozzles behind him accelerated their ascent, while his hands moved downwards in reverse.

"Wind wall!"

A cyan light flashed from the scythe, and the air below and in front of it was instantly solidified and strengthened. As Chi Yao cast his spell, dozens of black mist spikes suddenly shot out of the ground, forming a black thorn forest that reached up to the wall of air.

The surging black mist spikes were trapped in the wind wall, their speed decreasing sharply. Taking advantage of this, Chi Yao spun around and pulled back, his scythe drawing a full arc of light. Compressed golden lightning burst from the blade, slicing through the black mist spikes like a hot knife through oil. The severed parts of the black spikes evaporated in the thunder, but the remaining parts continued to approach.

At the same time, not only did the black thorn forest rise from the ground, but a thick layer of black fog also filled the sky, creating a scene reminiscent of "a storm brewing."

'Are you going to rain too?'

Chi Yao couldn't help but complain in his heart. Immediately afterward, the dark clouds formed by the black mist surged and began to rain down black thorns!
Swish swish————

Chi Yao erected a wind wall around himself to block the black mist spikes, and looked at the black mist sphere that enveloped Balor, understanding dawning on him.

'It seems this must be Balrog's undetected fourth skill. It's a large-scale spell similar to "channeling," which, as long as it's not interrupted, can create a continuous offensive, and each wave of the offensive will be stronger than the last.'

'We can't afford to delay any longer. Fighting a war of attrition against a dominant creature that has the advantage of territory would be suicidal.'

　happy New Year!
　　New year, new look! Ready to officially resume updates. Here's the first chapter. It's been so long since I've written anything, and this is still a boss battle! I need to revise the second chapter. Going to sleep now, more to come when I wake up.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)