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460. Wild bosses that buff themselves.

The flaming sword Levadin in Charles's hand

Gungnir, the eternal spear in Odin's hand

In a fraction of a second, the blades of the sword and the tip of the spear collided.

Then the sound vanished. At least to Liliana and Erica, who were watching from afar, the world fell silent after the blades and spear tips clashed. The shouts of the heroic warriors, the sounds of the Valkyries riding their mounts, the howling of the storm—all the sounds of the world disappeared after the clash of blades and spear tips.

Perhaps, even the entire world seemed to freeze at that moment. This deathly silence made Liliana and Erica, who were watching from the sidelines, feel an unbearable pressure. Their bodies were immobilized, their thoughts were frozen, and their consciousness seemed to have fallen into a bottomless darkness.

Clang!

Soon, with a crisp sound, the world was broken from its deathly silence. The sword blade and the spear tip both bounced off, and with the help of his mount, Odin appeared to have the upper hand. The Sharl was knocked back more than ten meters, and his feet left two tracks more than ten meters long on the ground. However, the Sharl seemed to be unharmed.

However, Odin was not in a good position. Judging from the fact that his right hand, which was holding the eternal spear Gungnir, was trembling incessantly, it seemed that the one who was truly suffering was this disobedient god.

Awooo!!!

The onlookers, the heroic warriors, roared wildly, pounding their weapons against their shields. Ancient Viking songs flowed from their mouths, cheering for the duel. Even the Valkyries soaring through the sky stared wide-eyed in disbelief at what was happening below.

In the exchange that just took place, the Shard suffered no losses whatsoever; Odin was the real loser. With the discerning eyes of these heroic warriors and Valkyries, it was clear that their god Odin's hand, wielding the eternal spear Gungnir, was now useless.

Unfortunately, almost everyone present could see the clues. But there were still two clueless bystanders, completely oblivious to the situation. That's right, it was Liliana and Erica, who appeared to be mere ornaments, and truly were. These two girls were still reeling from the 'aftershocks' of the weapon clash. This was only because the black-armored greatsword warrior had stepped in front of them. Otherwise, they would be dead by now…

As expected, they are two nobodies who can't even say "666" (a Chinese internet slang for "awesome")...

"Incredible, incredible!" Although his right hand still gripped the Gungnir, the spear of eternity, Odin knew that the muscles, bones, and nerves of his entire arm were completely necrotic. When the blade and spear tip clashed, a surge of internal force swept through, forcefully transmitting along the artifact Gungnir to his arm, instantly crippling it. "Incredible skill! No wonder it's called Dioche Morso. This must be an ancient martial art from the East. Even I, an old man descended as a heretic, had my arm instantly crippled… It's all thanks to my status as a god of war. An ordinary heretic god would probably have had their entire body pulverized!"

In response to Odin's praise, Sharl merely shrugged, leaning on his flaming sword Lyvadin and smiling silently at Odin.

'Holy crap! Is the amplitude of Pangu's Five Elements really that strong?'

Just now, when Shire was clashing with Odin's Gungnir while wielding his sword, he had a sudden inspiration and unleashed the Pangu Five Elements, copied from the Shennong Ruler in the world of divine weapons. Then, Odin's arm was crippled.

For Xia Er, the Five Elements of Pangu were merely an add-on in the world of divine weapons. His true core objective was simply the Primordial Demon. However, to Xia Er's surprise, although he had recorded the Five Elements of Pangu, he had never actually tried it out due to the art style. But in this world, he had a sudden inspiration and experimented with it, almost managing to instantly kill the rebellious Odin.

Although Odin in this world is not as powerful as the Marvel God of War, the Shire is currently only an avatar, not the original.

In the Eastern worldview, Pangu is a giant born from chaos, who cleaved the primordial chaos to create heaven and earth. However, in the world of divine weapons, according to Xia Er, Pangu left that world before the arrival of those alien gods and demons. He left behind only a peerless martial art – the [Pangu Five Extremes].

According to Xia Er, who recorded the past, this thing was simply created by Pangu to find a way to unleash his divine power. It wasn't a divine technique to help people break through to immortality, but rather a martial arts system created to truly unleash his boundless divine power. Just think about how tall Pangu was; a guy who could use a planet as a tennis racket with a single slap could create a martial arts system. So-called divine and demonic martial arts were just things that could continuously and explosively increase power…

That's not some casual world like Marvel.

It's said that the [Pangu Five Extremes] should theoretically be the strongest divine and demonic martial art. However, why is it that in the Five Incarnations of Dragon and Tiger, the Crimson Dragon awakened Pangu's past life, yet his power didn't increase much? Furthermore, he didn't continue awakening Pangu's power later on, instead going off to play with four-dimensional space and cosmic fire. After all, Xia Er estimated that if he could truly reclaim the full power of the Chaos Giant God Pangu, even a Five-Dimensional Celestial Venerable might not be enough to defeat him. Moreover, why is one-half of the Conqueror's soul Pangu?!

Or is it that the Pangu of the Dragon Tiger Five Generations and the Divine Weapon series are not the same person? It seems that the Crimson Dragon doesn't know the [Pangu Five Extremes] at all!

'Unfortunately, while this thing can unleash power beyond measure, it also leads to uncontrolled energy... No wonder the guy who refined it went mad; he was lucky to survive the energy rampage without instantly killing Anhura Abak.'

He had just instantly crippled Odin's arm that was gripping Gungnir; if Ciel had delivered the finishing blow, Odin would have been forced to retreat back into mythology. However, due to the uncontrolled energy, and to prevent his clone from becoming a continent-shattering bomb that destroyed Europe, Ciel had to stop and resolve the energy rampage.

Of course, outwardly, Ciel appeared to be a confident and pretentious figure.

And this appearance convinced all the spectators, including Odin, one of the contestants present.

“Ancient Eastern arts!” Odin sighed. “It seems my chances of winning aren’t great, relying solely on martial prowess!” As Odin spoke, beams of light appeared around him. These were runes filled with strange power—runes. “Then, I won’t hold back—fortunately, I am not only the God of War… but also the God of Magic.”

Then Ciel watched in bewilderment as Odin used runes to buff himself, because he was still short of energy to calm his rampage, so he couldn't stop Odin from buffing him in time.

With just one glance, Sharl understood what those rune-constructed buffs were all about! They were roughly things like rapid healing, increased defense, doubled attack, berserk mode, physical damage reduction, magical damage reduction, blessing of strength, blessing of courage, clear will, anticipating enemy moves, and so on…

What the heck is this world boss that can heal itself and give itself at least dozens of buffs?! Players will cry!

461. Dio che morso VS Odin (Part 2)

Do you know what kind of world bosses are the most annoying? It's not the ones with wide-area instant-kill skills, but those with extremely unique abilities. Back when I was a newbie, I created an Alliance character and one day I finally reached the Alliance capital city while climbing World of Warcraft. And then I saw… wow, so many people! Humans, dwarves, night elves… and even greenskins, tauren, Forsaken… what the heck are these Horde?! Are they just dropping by?!

Next, Xia'er's Alliance character died because, along with the Horde members like the Greenskins, Tauren, and Forsaken, a skeleton-level star player had also come to visit the Alliance. This star player unleashed a barrage of Shadow Bolts across the entire screen, instantly killing everything in sight. Xia'er then realized that now, basically, he would die immediately upon respawning.

After that, the former newbie, after careful consideration, abandoned his lowly warrior account and created a new SS account, thus falling into the bottomless pit of SS from which he could not extricate himself.

Now, if he weren't still unable to defeat the Dark Titan, who was hopelessly trapped in his chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur), then Ciel would definitely go and have a good chat with a guy whose last name was Ka and first name was Zach.

However, it seems that these wild bosses with special skills aren't the most annoying ones yet. In front of him, an old man named Odin, with a majestic and righteous look, first healed himself, and then, in a split second, he applied dozens of buffs to himself one after another, comparable to a skeleton who buffs himself up before a fight.

And this old man's buff-adding speed is much faster than that bone-bound one.

"Seriously!" This is the first time I've seen a wild boss so openly buffing itself. None of the opponents I've encountered before were this shrewd. They always buff themselves first when they realize they might not be able to win. "...Why does your appearance seem a little off?!"

"Is there something wrong with it?" Odin asked earnestly. Well, if you disregard the magical aura emanating from him, his explanation might be better. These spells, capable of providing him, a god of disobedience, with amplification effects, were obviously not commonplace.

"I think this is perfectly normal!" the man said. "...In the past, the Vikings would pray to me before battle, asking for courage and victory. And I, in order to gain 'wisdom,' sacrificed myself by hanging myself from a tree. So, can't I bless myself?!"

"Alright! Let's not talk about this..." For these 'righteous' guys, whatever they do is 'upright' and 'justified', so Charles wisely changed the subject. "Next round, let's finish this quickly, okay!"

“Then I won’t stand on ceremony.” Odin laughed, riding Sleipnis and wielding the eternal spear Gungnir, charging towards the Shard. Sleipnis’s speed was undeniable; in the blink of an eye, Odin had already spurred his horse to the Shard’s side, and Gungnir once again thrust towards him.

Even with Sleipnis's dash boost, Gungnir couldn't suppress Sharl. This attack was again blocked by Sharl's sword. However, this time, Sharl couldn't completely cripple Odin's arm. Firstly, he didn't intend to test the limits of [Pangu Five Extremes], and secondly... the series of buffs that shameless old thief had given him were truly disgusting.

With a few swift thrusts, it was now Ciel's turn to be pinned down by Odin. This 'upright' and 'righteous' old scoundrel, relying on Sleipnir's speed, shamelessly engaged Ciel in a mobile battle, charging at him on horseback and delivering a thrust at the last moment, never engaging Ciel in a prolonged stalemate.

Moreover, this old geezer most likely possesses a speed-like ability; at least no matter how much Xia Er stretches out his sense of time, this shameless old thief can definitely keep up.

As the fight progressed, Sharl grew increasingly fed up with this hit-and-run tactic. He attempted to retaliate with spells, but destructive spells were completely ineffective against Odin's incredible speed, easily dodged. Curses could be cast directly on the guy, but among his buffs were various triggerable spell counterspells and spell dispels, showcasing the shamelessness of a seasoned mage.

It's obvious that, in terms of spellcasting ability, Xia Er seems to be no match for this old thief.

"Enough!" Having reached his limit of patience with this attack, Sharl decided he was done playing with Odin. "It's just a mount, right? You have one, but I don't?!" Once again parrying Odin's charging thrust with his sword, Sharl raised his hand, and a torrent of darkness swept out from his shadow. Amidst the wails of countless wronged souls, the darkness spread, and then, to Odin's astonishment, a gigantic claw pierced through the darkness and emerged.

"Dragon!" Odin exclaimed, then quickly pulled on the reins of Sleipnis, causing the winged horse to leap into the air.

Just as Odin leaped into the air with Pegasus, a ferocious dragon head roared and opened its massive maw, full of sharp teeth, to bite down on Odin. However, Sleipnis was ultimately a step too fast, and the bite missed its mark.

The black dragon roared as its bite missed, scorching flames flickering between its teeth. Then, it unleashed a torrent of fiery breath at Odin. Facing the attack, Odin neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, a rune appeared before him, and an invisible wall materialized, deflecting the blazing dragon's breath.

However, Odin, having deflected the dragon's breath, did not relax. Instead, he thrust Gungnir forward, clashing with the Shar, who had teleported in front of him and was about to slash at his neck.

Sleipnis could levitate, but the Ciel merely teleported into the air and was then struck down by Odin's spear. Just as Odin was about to press his advantage, another Ciel appeared beside him. This was a semi-transparent phantom, but this phantom possessed real and unmistakable attack power.

The sudden appearance of the second Shire caught Odin completely off guard. The second flaming sword, Levadin, slashed down, its target Odin's mount. The Shire understood the principle of "capture the king first, shoot the horse first." Although Odin's counter-attack with Gungnir pierced through the Shire's phantom, the second flaming sword, Levadin, held by the phantom, still managed to sever Sleipnis's body before the phantom could be shattered by Gungnir.

With a fatal blow, Sleipnis let out a mournful cry and plummeted from the sky. He crashed heavily to the ground, shattering into countless points of light and vanishing. Odin, who had fallen from his horse, quickly leaped up and raised Gungnir. He was not defeated yet; at least, he hadn't used Gungnir's declaration or its guaranteed hit ability.

However, before Odin could activate the power of Gungnir, an unexpected event occurred. To his right, a plume of black smoke billowed out, and a gigantic wolf with black fur emerged from it, opening its mouth to bite Odin's right hand, which was holding Gungnir.

Odin was momentarily distracted by the pain, and by the time he realized what was happening, his chest had already been pierced by the Shar, who was wielding the flaming sword Lyvadin…

462. Dio che morso VS Odin (Final)

The flaming sword Levadin pierced through Odin, and the force of the impact knocked Odin's body to the ground. The sharp blade pierced through Odin's chest, emerged from his back, and pinned him firmly to the ground.

That wasn't the end of it. Odin's right hand was being relentlessly torn apart by the black wolf. Even with numerous defensive spells, they were being bitten open one by one in a short time. Once the defenses were broken, Odin's entire right hand was embedded in the black wolf's sharp teeth. The tendons severed by the wolf meant he could no longer grip the Gungnir. And unable to stop it, the Shire snatched the Gungnir away and plunged it into Odin's abdomen.

All the cheers ceased, and the heroic warriors summoned by Odin stopped their shouts and the clanging of their weapons. The Valkyries in the sky descended on their winged horses and surrounded Shire.

However, they did not attack. At this moment, watching Odin being impaled on the ground by the flaming sword Levadin and the eternal spear Gungnir, the heroic spirits and Valkyries all paid the highest tribute to the Shire.

The duel is over...

"...Hoo, cough cough cough..." Blood coughed up from Odin's mouth, but the old man, about to return to mythology, seemed completely unconcerned about his wounds, instead bursting into laughter. "Hahahaha, what a magnificent battle, absolutely magnificent! Cough cough hahahahaha..."

"I must say... heh... Dio che morso, that clone you just used was brilliant. I never expected that a clone would have the same combat abilities as the original body, and that it could actually knock down my mount before I could destroy it."

"...What's the point of saying so much? Just get back to mythology!" Releasing Gungnir, Charles sheathed the flaming sword Levadin and banished the black wolf. "The divine power is mine now, get out of here!"

"Hahaha, since I'm just a nobody anyway, let this old man ramble on a bit more!" Odin's body began to disintegrate into countless specks of light. Although he still wanted to say something, it was clearly too late.

"Really... I finally made it to the mortal realm, and now I'm going to slink back to Asgard like this? The gods will laugh at me!" Realizing he was about to return to mythology, Odin said with a wry smile, "...Alright! Dio che morso... You win. I didn't expect this! Even though I came to the mortal realm against my will, I still met my end at the hands of wolves! Hahahahahaha..."

"...Take your spoils and keep a close eye on them! Dio che morso...Don't let that witch steal them! Hahahaha...If we ever meet again, I wouldn't mind treating you to a drink in Valhalla! Hahahahaha!"

As he spoke, Odin's body completely disintegrated and shattered, turning into countless points of light that were absorbed by Ciel. Only the Gungnir, the spear of eternity forged from a branch of the World Tree, remained, stuck in the ground. Reaching out to grasp the Gungnir, Ciel then put it away. The heroic warriors and Valkyries who had descended with Odin also vanished like phantoms in the gentle breeze as Odin completely dissolved into light.

The storm subsided, and the blizzard dissipated long ago.

Even the atmosphere that Odin had initially breached began to close, obscuring the stars. Then the clouds dispersed, and the sky finally cleared.

"Ugh! I'm exhausted!" Coming to this world and immediately going to the battlefield to fight is incredibly tiring! But it's worth it, at least now that I have my ID card, this world can no longer just find an excuse to expel Xia Er from the country.

While rubbing his shoulder, Charles walked towards the location of the Farron Knights. He then waved, and the two hundred Farron Knights bowed to Charles before disappearing into the darkness of the shadows below.

The black-armored greatsword warrior was also taken back by Sharl. Aside from Midil, the black dragon Sharl had summoned that devoured darkness, only two girls remained: Liliana and Erica, both looking completely stunned.

"Hey! You two nobodies!" Charles said bluntly. "The sky has cleared up, what are you two standing here like idiots for?!"

"what?"

"what!"

"Eee ...

Startled, Liliana and Erica finally came to their senses and exclaimed.

"You..." The two girls stared at Ciel with incredulous eyes. "You actually, you actually... you actually!!!!"

“Well! He’s gone mad, there’s no cure…” Charles sighed.

"No, no, that's not it!" Seeing this, Liliana quickly waved her hands and explained, "...I'm so sorry, so very sorry." While apologizing, Liliana kept tugging at Erica's sleeve. Pulled by Liliana, Erica came to her senses.

Yes, they had finally recovered from the series of events that had transpired. However, they also had to realize one thing: the identity of the boy before them, whose looks and charisma far surpassed theirs.

They had never heard Surt and Odin, the two gods defeated by the Shard and reverting to their mythical, rebellious forms, refer to the Shard by those names. But they knew that this young man before them had summoned his servants and stormed into this mythical battlefield. And in this mythical battlefield, he had successively defeated two gods who had descended as rebels.

Surtr, the destroyer of the world in Norse mythology—ruler of the land of fire and waste.

Odin, the king of the gods in Norse mythology, who rules over the Aesir gods.

These two were not some obscure minor gods, but genuine chief gods renowned in European mythology. However, Charles single-handedly took on both of them, slaying these two disobedient gods one after another, and personally sending these two lords back into mythology.

The arrogant ones who slay disobedient gods are the representatives of miracles; those who have usurped divine authority are demon kings, overlords, and Campiones. Although Liliana and Erica were unaware that Ciel was not the kind of Campion who killed a disobedient god and obtained their remaining divine power and weakened concepts, but rather a being who directly slain Surtr and Odin's disobedience, completely devouring their divine power and concepts—Dio che morso.

But that didn't stop them from kneeling before this new demon king.

Therefore, Liliana, who was the first to realize this, quickly placed her right hand on her left chest and knelt down on one knee towards Ciel in a knightly gesture.

"Please allow [Bronze Black Cross] Liliana Kranichal to offer you her sincerest greetings, Your Majesty."

After saying this, Liliana glanced at Erica, who was still standing there without even bowing, and quickly winked at her, saying, "Erica, don't tell me you'll still be as willful and unruly as before when you meet the King!"