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Chapter 1605 Chen Luo: I just want Liu's body, I'm so horny!

Zagnat is the monster who wiped out all members of the Astrea Familia except for Ryu in front of her.

The condition for the appearance of "Zagnat" is: causing serious damage to the maze.

When a living dungeon suffers excessive damage, it develops a defense mechanism, summoning Zagnat, which acts like an immune system.

In other words, the purpose of the Destroyer is to slaughter the pathogens in the birth floor—all the adventurers.

There are other adventurers on the 27th floor, but Zagnat descended despite not meeting all the summoning conditions, and without any unusual activity.

This is, of course, also thanks to Chen Luo's control over the underground city.

With this control, Chen Luo could use the power of the dungeon to create monsters that did not match the strength of the floor at any time.

"Zagnat! Jhara!" Seeing his two greatest enemies appear before him at the same time, Ryu's entire body trembled.

It was the Rudra Familia, to which Jala belonged, that attempted to ambush the Astrea Familia, which triggered the massive explosion. The explosion caused irreversible damage to the current dungeon floors, leading to the birth of Zagnat.

It was the birth of Zagnat that led to the near-total annihilation of Astraea, except for Ryu.

Looking at his two great enemies, Zagnat and Jaluo, Ryu gripped the wooden sword tightly in his hand.

Wooden Sword - Elf Radiance: A sacred sword made from the branches of the sacred tree in the Fairy Forest. It has a high degree of compatibility with the magic of the elves and possesses the attributes of a "magic wand".

Although Ryu was very excited, she knew she couldn't get excited because she might not be able to defeat Zaronat in front of her.

As a killer that specializes in eliminating adventurers, Zaronat itself does not possess magic stones, which means that this monster has no fatal weaknesses.

High attack, high agility, low defense, and comes with anti-magic armor. It can acquire the abilities of other monsters by preying on them. The level of the Zagnat is proportional to the floor it spawns on. If it appears on the 27th floor, it is roughly equivalent to a LV5 floor master. Moreover, it does not have any magic stones. It can only be destroyed by smashing it to pieces.

Zagnat is such an overpowered monster, but it also has limitations: its lifespan is very short, and it will disappear in two or three days if left unattended. Furthermore, its purpose is to kill all adventurers on the current floor so that the dungeon can quietly repair itself. Therefore, once adventurers escape the current floor, it will stop pursuing them… normally, that's how it works.

However, Ryu cannot avoid this flaw, because what Ryu has to do is kill it!

The good news is that since Ryu already has experience dealing with Zagnat, the monster's first-encounter kill attribute is useless against her.

If they hadn't lacked even the most basic understanding of this monster, the Astrea Familia wouldn't have been wiped out so quickly.

This is similar to Homura Akemi's ability. If you don't know it beforehand, you can easily be defeated or killed. But if you do know it, someone with an extremely keen sense of combat can minimize the impact.

"Don't be afraid." Chen Luo placed his hand on Liu's head again.

“The monsters like Zagnat become stronger on deeper floors. The floor you encountered was the deep zone, and now it's only the 27th floor, so their strength is much weaker than before. Moreover, after so many years of training, your strength has already increased.”

"It's a pity that your main god isn't here. Otherwise, with your experience and ability over the past 5 years, your level would probably have increased by two levels and you would have advanced to LV6."

"And I will help you too."

Under Chen Luo's gentle head-patting therapy, Ryu, whose mentality was somewhat unstable due to Zagnat's past annihilation of her clan, gradually eliminated all negative emotions, leaving only calmness.

The "God's Grace" stat needs to be updated, and what's even more amazing is that if you don't update it, the current attributes will remain in the state they were in the last update...

Chen Luo could directly give Liu to "Niu" through puppetization, and then use his river god authority to unleash her divine grace, but Liu herself probably wouldn't agree, nor would Astraea.

Chen Luo was indeed quite interested in tempting Liu to convert to another religion, but such a conversion would be meaningless if it wasn't Liu's own choice!

Chen Luo's interest in Ryu was largely due to his desire to form his own familia. However, if the familia consisted of Paradise Warriors, it would be utterly uninteresting. Therefore, Chen Luo was more interested in the locals.

而且眷族身份任务的要求是由10万成员，其中要有1万LV2，1000LV3，100LV4，10个LV5以及一个LV6

The higher the adventurer's level, the harder it is to level up.

Coincidentally, Ryu is the one with the potential to become a Level 6!

Although Chen Luo wouldn't go so far as to steal members from other gods' clans to quickly complete the clan's mission, he wouldn't mind completing the mission as soon as possible.

You're just lusting after her body! You're despicable!

Ah, yes, yes, yes. But if you accept my weaknesses, then I am invincible.

Jaluo was clearly not deaf; Chen Luo's advice to Liu had reached his ears.

But right now, all that's on Jal'gnat's mind is on him. Agnat is invincible, and with Ryu's current LV4 strength, there's no way he could kill Agnat!

Jhāra's confidence was overflowing.

The reason we haven't acted rashly is that since Chen Luo could so easily hand over command of Zagnat to us, he could probably just as easily strip him of it.

Jaluo now understands Chen Luo's code of conduct: Chen Luo just wants to have fun, to see him and Liu recreate their battle from 5 years ago...

What a twisted sense of humor these gods have.

"As the referee in your destiny duel, I will maintain a fair and impartial stance to grant you both assistance," Chen Luo said, looking at Zagnat and then at Ryu.

What? Jhara? Isn't that Zagnat's accessory? No, he's of no help to Zagnat.

The destined showdown refers to Zagnat and Ryu.

Jāra is not qualified yet.

“Zagnat, born from the 27th floor, probably has the combat power of a LV5 floor master, while Ruri only has LV4 ability value because she cannot update her God's Grace. So I will give her assistance.”

Upon hearing this, Liu looked at Chen Luo.

Compared to Zagnat, Ryu knew Chen Luo better because, according to information she received from the chief goddess Astrea, Chen Luo was not some kind of god of fairness.

With each gentle pat on the head, Liu's trust in Chen Luo gradually reached its peak.

"First, let's strengthen the weapons." Chen Luo gestured to Liu, who then handed over her wooden sword and two small katanas she had received as a gift from a friend to Chen Luo.

After Ryu took over his weapons, they had already been upgraded to gold-level weapons.

In fact, Chen Luo would prefer to summon the golden Liu directly and have her fight in his place, but that would not achieve the effect of allowing Liu to resolve her inner conflict during her continuous battles with Zagnat.

After grasping her enhanced weapon, Ryu felt her whole body brimming with power.

"It's not over yet." Seeing Liu's eagerness, Chen Luo grasped Liu's shoulder.

You are a human puppet.

Temporary dollification

The reason for giving her this buff is the two-piece set effect of Chen Luo's Puppet Master stigmata: increases all damage dealt by her summoned creatures by 60%.

This effect is imperceptible to Ryu; you can only know it when you actually fight.

In her excitement, Liu had long forgotten that Chen Luo had been touching her skin.

Ryu was unusually calm; all she wanted was to kill Zaronat! Kill Zaronat and kill Zaronat!

Jāra? Kill him while you're at it!

Despite Liu's angry glare, Jaluo remained unfazed and even felt a little amused.

Are you kidding me? How can you lose when a dragon is charging right at you? Tell me, how can you lose?

Looking at the arrogant and unyielding Jaluo, Chen Luo's eyes flashed with a hint of mockery.

"Take this." Chen Luo handed a golden lightning dagger to Liu.

All talismans must be broken.

“This item can dispel Zagnat’s magic reflection armor once, but only once,” Chen Luo said.

"And... a pincer movement!"

Don't misunderstand, Chen Luo didn't intend to use Liu as a sacrifice to directly kill Zagnat...

It's not impossible if Ryu is willing, but that might not necessarily resolve Ryu's inner conflict.

In reality, the true form of the pincer formation is a miniature magic circuit super accelerator... which briefly super-enhances one's own forces, thereby granting them super attack power.

Chen Gong turned this thing into an evil sacrificial artifact, but this artifact can actually enhance others.

This time, Chen Luo enhanced Liu to the limit, almost equivalent to the level of a LV5 adventurer.

The price to pay is that Ryu will likely have almost no health left after the battle ends.

"Alright, the match officially begins." Chen Luo took two steps back and immediately entered a stealth state. After Chen Luo finished speaking, Liu jumped backward almost without stopping, creating distance between herself and Zagnatra.

"The forest and sky are now far away. The endless night sky is studded with countless stars. Respond to my foolish voice, and grant me the protection of starlight once more. Light and mercy to those who have abandoned you..." Ryu directly held the wooden sword and began to chant the spell.

Seeing that Ryu had begun chanting magic, Jhara immediately commanded Zagnat to attack Ryu.

Zagnat glanced at Jalal, then swept her aside with its tail before charging toward Ryu.

Having that player on the field will only limit Zagnat's performance.

Simultaneously performing four actions—attacking, moving, dodging, and chanting—Ryu's parallel chanting technique allowed her to handle Zagnat with ease... Just run away, as long as she doesn't get hit before the magic is cast!

This is how Liu has grown over the past 5 years!

Seeing that the scales of victory had tipped in Liu's favor, and that Liu's parallel singing technique was very skillful, Chen Luo gave up the idea of ​​taking out his erhu.

Chen Luo had originally planned to play Medea's theme song on the erhu to give Liu a high-speed divine spell buff.

To be honest, High-Speed ​​Divine Words are practically a divine skill for magic users!

High-Speed ​​Divine Incantation: Chanting time reduced by 80%

Chapter 1606 Will you serve me like a slave or repay me with your body? You tell me! Ryu, don't die yet!

As Ryu dodges Zagnat's attacks and chants the spell "Wind of Light," there is no turning back!

The foundation for victory has been laid!

As the incantation ended, countless cyan light beams appeared behind Ryu. Instead of immediately using the magic after summoning it, Ryu, wielding a golden dagger, charged towards Zagnat.

Zagnat is practically a perfect monster template, designed specifically to slaughter adventurers. Aside from its somewhat low defense, its agility, attack speed, and its active skill called Magic Reflection Armor are all extremely deadly to adventurers.

Zagnat does have a skill called Breaking Claw that can directly shatter an adventurer's armor, but Ryu isn't worried at all because she doesn't have any armor. So what she needs to deal with now is the skill called Magic Reflection Armor.

After countless exchanges of offense and defense, the Mantra of Response Strike pierced Zagnat's body. Although its outer shell was not destroyed instantly, the magic reflection armor effect disappeared and it could not be used for a period of time. This is the effect of the Golden Mantra of Response Strike - Gold - the ultimate magic-breaking technique!

However, as a price, Ryu also took a slap from Zagnat and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Zagnat was extremely fast, and if it weren't for the strategy of trading blows, Ryu wouldn't be able to guarantee that her golden lightning-shaped dagger would hit him.

You only have one chance!

This golden lightning dagger is very fragile.

As Liu was sent flying backward, he waved his hand, and countless blue light bullets rushed towards Zagnat at lightning speed, stirring up a cloud of dust and allowing him to escape Zagnat's pursuit.

According to the law that smoke doesn't cause harm, Zagnat burst out of the smoke and dust, flying directly onto the wall of the 27th floor, grabbing the ceiling and looking down at the elf.

"Sparashi!" Jaluo exclaimed with delight upon seeing the powerful Zagnat.

"Don't think it's over! I know your speed best!" But there was no disappointment in Liu's voice. Chaluo followed the gaze and found that Liu had been floating in the air at some point, surrounded by half of the light bullets.

Floating in the air?

Upon closer inspection, Jaluo discovered that Liu was standing on two orbs of light, using them to float in the air.

Light Wind is a wide-area attack magic of the light and wind attribute. It can create a large number of light bullets to attack the opponent in front of it, and Ryu can freely choose the number and method of firing the light bullets.

Looking at the blue light orbs surrounding him and the opponent named Zagnat in front of him, Ryu inexplicably had the illusion that he was still fighting alongside his comrades.

Even though Ryu knew it was just a delusion born from her own self-satisfaction, it still dispelled her previous sadness, and she flew towards Zagnat with an air of no return.

With the [You Are a Puppet] buff increasing damage by 60% and the massive boost from the pincer attack, Ryu unsurprisingly dealt a lot of damage to Zagnat with her light projectiles, knocking him off the ceiling.

But at this moment, only three light bullets remained beside Ryu.

A blue light bullet moved directly behind Ryu and then exploded. Ryu used the explosive force in a near-self-destructive manner to propel himself, performing a high-speed maneuver in the air, flying towards Zagnat, who had lost his footing and was falling from the ceiling of the underground city.

As Ryu rapidly approached Zagnat, a light bullet also arrived in Ryu's hand.

In the final instant that Ryu and Zagnat were close, Ryu pressed the light bullet in her hand directly into the other's body.

This is an attack method that Ryu created by imitating the Flame Blossom of her former captain, Alisha. It involves shooting one of the light bullets summoned by the Wind of Light into the opponent's body at close range and detonating it.

Zagnat has no magic stones, which means he won't suffer fatal wounds, so the only way to kill him is to pulverize him.

"Starlight!" As the light blast was poured into Zagnat's body by Ryu, the massive explosion scattered Zagnat's ashes!

Zagnat's defenses were already relatively low, let alone detonating the magic bullet from his body.

However, as Zagnat turned into endless ashes, Ryu's body also lost its support and plummeted downwards in free fall.

Seeing that the powerful, beautiful, and ferocious Zagnat had died at Ryu's hands, Jhara, who had previously trusted and idolized Zagnat, panicked. His eyes darted around frantically, searching for an opportunity to escape.