Goblin Heavy Dependence

Chapter 279 The End
Xia Nan witnessed the entire process of the mummified corpse's physical transformation.

The desiccated head, with its graying, sparse hair, still lay quietly on the ground, while its equally paralyzed body began to convulse violently.

Accompanied by an increasingly clear hissing sound in the air, a fist-sized, bloody, spherical outline slowly rose from the severed neck at a visible speed, like a sprout.

"Plop."

The purplish-red rotting flesh was squeezed open by the foul-smelling pus and blood, and the flesh ball exploded instantly.

What came into view was a long, powerful, dark green snake head covered with fine, dark scales.

The bright yellow vertical pupils were almost identical to the murky snake eyes of the desiccated corpse's head on the ground in front of it.

scoff-

Like some poorly assembled toy, the corpse's left arm, which twitched the most, was severed cleanly from the gruesome wound on its shoulder.

The severed arm, engulfed in thick pus and blood, thrashed about like a fish out of water.

The severed arm, like the head, had swollen into a gradually expanding ball of flesh.

Unlike previous games where cutscenes could only be viewed or skipped, cutscenes in this game were not simply "watch" or "skip".

Xia Nan certainly couldn't just stand by and watch the other party transform without doing anything.

In fact, the moment he turned around and noticed the changes in the corpse, he had already rushed towards the mummified body, carrying a wooden sword wreathed in flames.

However, the indescribable sense of deadly danger emanating from his heightened perception forced him to stop.

His adventurous career is still short, and even though his improvement speed far exceeds that of others, his accumulated experience is still not very deep.

Each combat skill is useful and of high quality, but the number of combat skills one possesses is very small.

Faced with this situation, Xia Nan, lacking long-range attack methods, could only resort to throwing incendiary bombs as a way to probe the enemy.

"boom!"

Dust and grease, under the burst of a spark, transformed into raging flames, instantly engulfing the writhing, shriveled body in front of it.

The flames burned, almost turning the figure into a human-shaped torch.

Yet there was not a single sound of groaning or crying out in pain.

zizi——

The scorching heat evaporated the mucus dripping from the snake scales and wounds, turning it into plumes of purulent green mist that were clearly ominous to behold, which spread outwards.

Even though the concentration has been greatly reduced due to vaporization, the purulent green mist still possesses an extremely astonishing corrosive ability.

Wherever it passed, not only the broken metal objects around it, but also the marble floor and the walls on both sides sizzled and melted.

He was relieved that he had tested the waters with the fire oil bomb; otherwise, if he had directly attacked with his sword at close range, the poisonous mist vaporized by the high temperature of the [Green Pine] would have caught him off guard.

At the same time, concentrate your mind.

【Gravity Control】Works silently, creating gravitational pull points in mid-air above your head and on both sides.

The poisonous fog that was rushing towards him in the air seemed to encounter some kind of invisible barrier, naturally sliding away to the sides and upwards, and being shut out.

The shriveled flesh could hardly serve as fuel to sustain the burning flames; it was like water without a source. When the dust and grease from the flame bomb were consumed in the breath, carrying a thick toxic mist, it completely completed the "second stage" transformation, and its bloated and deformed figure was revealed in front of Xia Nan.

First, there was the slippery snake head that protruded from the severed neck, replacing the original head.

Its dark green scales are more complete and finer than those on other parts of its body, giving it a cold, pure reptile texture.
The bright yellow, snake-like vertical pupils were no longer cloudy and empty; instead, they possessed an unspeakable coldness that was chilling and devoid of any emotional fluctuation. Looking into their eyes, one could absurdly sense a strange sacredness within them.

At this moment, it is tilted upwards at an awkward angle, swaying gently with the flickering firelight in front of it.

Secondly, there is the mummified body's left arm.

No, perhaps it's no longer appropriate to use the word "arm" to describe the current state of his left arm.

It is not the human-like structure that people usually imagine, consisting of "shoulders", "forearms and hindarms", "elbows and wrists", and "fingers and palms".

Emerging from the sarcoma at the severed end of the left arm were three snake-shaped heads, also covered in dark green scales and with bright yellow vertical pupils.

They intertwine and collide with each other, bending and intersecting in the air, while the flesh at their ends mutates and fuses together tightly.

The overall impression is that the mummified corpse in front of you seems to have been parasitized by some kind of terrifying creature.

The humanoid body merely serves as a fertile ground for absorbing nutrients and providing a habitat for flesh and blood; the long snakes extending from the severed limbs are its true form.

At first glance, it gives one a nauseating feeling, a blasphemous sense of flesh and blood forcibly mixed with foreign substances, a personification of curse, distortion and suffering.

Eight vertical pupils, four pairs of snake eyes.

Almost simultaneously, they all turned to look at Xia Nan ahead.

Goosebumps rose on his skin, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he swallowed hard.

When he first encountered such a bizarre being, his scalp tingled with fear.

Only the scorching heat of the wooden sword [Green Pine] in his hand brought Xia Nan a sense of security.

hold head high--

The howl of wolves suddenly rang out in the air.

The thick-maned, jet-black winter wolf pounced swiftly on its prey, its sharp teeth wreathed in flames determined to tear its flesh to shreds.

The [Fang Hunt] skill, when trained to its maximum level, possesses an explosive power that far exceeds the reaction range of ordinary adventurers.

Whether it was a sudden advance or a feint followed by a retreat, Xia Nan was invincible.

But at this moment, as he sped through the air, he clearly saw the snake's eyes that had been staring at him all along, turning slightly with his body's movement, and the snake's head that shook accordingly.

"It... realized what was happening?"

The mummified snake-scale corpse proved Xia Nan's conjecture through its actions.

The black winter wolf failed to catch its prey, and all that remained under its fiercely biting fangs was air.

The enemy displayed an even more exaggerated reaction speed and instantaneous movement ability than before.

Even with Xia Nan's current eyesight, he could only catch a fleeting, dark green shadow that flashed quickly past the corner of his eye.

Sensing subtly activated, his hands instinctively gripped the wooden sword, and he used it to block to his side.

"Fuck!"

The scalding hot flames forced the snake's head, which was aimed directly at its vital points, to retreat.

The thick poisonous mist that spewed from its throat enveloped Xia Nan on the other side.

Most of them were blocked and melted by the scorching flames on the surface of the wooden sword, and the remaining small portion was also drawn away to other places by the [Gravity Control] function that it had activated in an emergency.

But a small cluster still landed on Xia Nan's plate chainmail armor on his chest. *Sizzle*

A purulent green mist, accompanied by the noise of objects eroding and dissolving, lingered on the surface of the plate armor.

Having already suffered heavy damage in the battle with Terry William, his defensive capabilities were greatly reduced. The metal armor he was barely wearing, hoping to repair it when he returned, was corroded in the blink of an eye, leaving several large, extremely bad-looking holes that quickly spread to the surrounding area and inside.

With swift eyes and hands, the flaming blade precisely and quickly touched the joint between the plate and the chain, causing the connection to become brittle.

Xia Nan reached out, grabbed it, and pulled hard, tearing off his iron armor as if it were falling apart.

Upon landing, the plate and chainmail armor that had shielded him from countless attacks from goblins and adventurers melted at a visible speed, quickly turning into a pool of molten iron that blended silver and green.
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255 gold.

"grass!"

Cursing inwardly, Xia Nan swung his wooden sword, melting away the last wisp of poisonous mist around his body.

Instead of retreating, he continued charging towards the mummified corpses ahead.

Now that things have come to this, the battle has reached a fever pitch, so there is no reason to give up.

If your armor melts, so be it; you can just replace it with a new one.

Moreover, given the way the opponent attacks, if you are hit, unless you have armor with special resistance, it makes almost no difference whether you have one more piece or one less piece.

Extremely low tolerance for error!
The only way is to attack, to keep attacking, to attack like a torrential downpour!

Using the [Green Pine] wooden sword, which specifically increases damage against mummies, as the core of his combat strategy, he forces his enemies to constantly dodge, thereby compensating for the difference in physical attributes between them and truly seizing the initiative in the battle.

Buzz-boom——

The highly versatile basic combat skill, [Whirlwind Slash], unleashed an unprecedentedly violent strike when enhanced by the wooden sword.

The scalding flames, propelled by the sword, left a dazzling crimson arc in the air.

My forehead was covered in cold sweat; my mental energy was completely depleted.

In return, the snake-headed, mummified corpse remained stiff in place.

A flash of light, and falling from the sky was a snake's head, still spewing poisonous mist, its wounds charred.

However, it wasn't the largest one on her neck, but one of the three protruding from her left arm.

At the same time, he extended his right leg and kicked out suddenly.

Using the enemy's body as leverage, the wolf's howl suddenly burst forth from the air.

The pitch-black wolf-beast phantom carried Xia Nan's body away from its original position, while the snake-headed corpse, due to the momentary release of gravity control and the explosive force of the legs when [Fang Hunt] was activated, was kicked so that its feet left the ground and flew backward.

good chance!
The backward momentum of his body was countered by the effect of [Tidal Shaping]. Xia Nan landed as quickly as if he were in water. Before his feet could even get a firm footing, he unleashed another [Fang Hunt].

You only get one chance!
At their level, with such high-frequency and fast-paced battles, every decision made in a single second can determine the outcome of a normal battle.

The opponent's strengths and weaknesses are very obvious, and so are our own.

With one of their cards already used, if Xia Nan fails to seize this opportunity, the enemy could survive this round of attacks.

Those mummies who have become accustomed to the effects of [Gravity Control] and have developed ways to deal with their own [Fang Hunt] and [Green Pine] will become exponentially more difficult to deal with.

He must draw his sword!
Right now, let's unleash all our power and bring this enemy, who has just transformed and is not yet fully adapted to the changes in his body and has not yet fully mastered his strength, to an end!
Ignoring everything else, the wooden sword, its blade wreathed in crimson flames, transformed into a perfect arc of light and, empowered by the phantom of a black wolf behind it, slashed fiercely at the enemy in front.

Seemingly sensing Xia Nan's determination, or perhaps because the severed snake head had finally made this mentally confused enemy realize the danger posed by the black-haired youth before him.

The two remaining dark green snakes on the left arm hissed as they coiled and intertwined, their fine, smooth scales gleaming with a cold light.

"Ding!"

It was the crisp sound of a wooden sword striking scales.

Having taken precautions against the Yang Flame Power of the Green Pine Tree, and with two snake bodies superimposed, the dried corpse barely withstood the scorching blow of the surging heat wave.

Although the wooden sword cut through the snake's scales, it was slowed down by the cold energy and the snake's writhing muscles.

It wasn't entirely useless; one could clearly see the edge of the wooden sword scorching the snake's body at a visible speed, gradually cutting deeper into its body.

At the same time, the mummified corpse, which had also gained an opportunity to attack at the cost of serious injury, also took the chance to have the two long snakes on its left arm climb up the sword while in an indescribable, intense burning pain.

The ferocious snake's mouth opened wide, spraying venomous mist as it lunged to bite down on Xia Nan's neck.

Pupils shrink suddenly.

With such a brief window of opportunity, there was no room for further thought; all actions were simply instinctive reactions of the body.

It is the fighting spirit nurtured by the combination of soul and body, and accumulated experience.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Nan completed a series of complex and difficult operations.

First, it uses gravity to disperse the poisonous fog in the air that was enveloping his body to both sides.
At the same time, he maximized the output of gravity, causing the two long snakes that were biting him to shift their bites from his neck to his right arm and shoulder.

He then used the last bit of his mental energy to activate the [Tears of Spring Breath] necklace beneath the lining, releasing "Spring Pulse Healing" in advance to resist the impending snake bite.

Finally, he made a decisive move, removing his left hand from the hilt and switching from holding the sword with both hands to holding it with his right hand.

His left hand bent upwards, reaching for the decapitation sword behind him.

"Hiss," "Buzz," "Sizzle"...

The next second, a complex sound composed of multiple superimposed sounds echoed softly in the spacious church.

It was the sizzling sound of flames burning flesh, the thud of snake fangs piercing skin, the hum of natural energy transmission...

And finally, the decapitating sword pierced down the throat of the largest snake skull, the mummified corpse emitting a painful groan involuntarily due to intense agony.

The enemy is powerful, possessing not only exceptional physical attributes but also astonishing physical resistance.

However, for Xia Nan, the scorching heat of the wooden sword was not the only thing that could cause him real damage.

As a trump card he always kept hidden, [Meteor Blade Hunter] is his accompanying combat skill.

The noble force field damage, which could ignore all physical defenses and cause exaggerated effects like "true damage," became the key to ending this battle.

The hilt of the sword in the left palm is swaying slightly due to the twitching of the muscles inside the snake's throat;

Ahead, there was a small section of the sword blade protruding from the ground, and the snake's snout stretched open and closed by the blade.
Further inside, the blade had been plunged deep into the serpent's throat and completely disappeared, only the ochre-red glow of the decapitating sword could be faintly glimpsed from its surface covered by energy.

Thoughts moved slightly.

[Gravity Etching] is then released.

"Buzz... Boom!"

(End of this chapter)