The villain really doesn't want to steal the heroine.

Immediately afterwards, a crimson magic circle and an orange-red magic circle appeared above the octopus monster.

“Swish—boom!”

A huge white fireball descended instantly!

It hit the octopus monster's already scarred body hard.

The reactions of the others were also not slow. Just when the octopus monster was covered by the huge white fireball, various attacks arrived.

【Feng Yao Extreme Kill】!

Luo Ai'er cast a super-class wind-based single-target destructive spell. The [Winged Aeo's Sacred Staff] in her hand trembled violently, and a tiny, thumb-sized ball of compressed wind elemental energy instantly shot out. The air around it was actually distorted in its path.

Since the octopus monster's water armor had been broken by Xing Yi's multiple dragon breaths, and the octopus monster was now covered with wounds and was being burned by explosive magic, the wind element ball condensed by [Wind Yao Extreme Kill] easily penetrated into the octopus monster's body and exploded on the spot, causing secondary damage to its body.

Davilia continued to follow Wanxing's previous orders and constructed a new [Ice Crystal Illusion], adding a layer of insurance for the team's safety - Wanxing did not stop her, safety first.

Although her guardian knight Noranti lacks long-range attack means, he is not completely without them.

She stood firmly in a horse stance, made a very strange posture, pushed her hands forward, and a golden dragon head-shaped light wave condensed by fighting spirit gushed out from between her hands and hit the octopus sea monster hard.

The power is still satisfactory, at least it is safer than getting close to the enemy for close combat.

Even though the octopus monster was seriously injured, it was still easy to get killed by anyone who approached it casually - that's why Wan Xing had deliberately emphasized the use of long-range attacks when he was giving orders. He wasn't greedy for Norlandi's body, he just didn't want to let such a beautiful girl die.

At the same time, a strange light burst out from Claire's sword.

She poured all her fighting spirit into her wrists that were gripping the hilt of the sword, and generously and continuously poured in the [Power of Joy] that had accumulated in her body - after all, the wool came from the sheep, and at worst she could go back and have a few more intimate contacts with Wanxing to replenish it.

She raised her hands above her head and gripped the hilt of the sword tightly. In an instant, the green pillar of sword energy exploded into a giant sword that was thousands of meters tall.

As the extremely high-level [Divine Power of Joy] continued to be injected, the deep blue in the middle of the giant pillar of sword energy became deeper, as if even light could not escape from it; while the emerald green around it became more dazzling, so bright that people could not look directly at it - because the light was gathering, countless colorful lights that were invisible to the naked eye were densely appearing from the void, and then being pulled to the giant pillar of sword energy by the [Divine Power of Joy].

Amidst the radiant light, Claires could sense the [Joyful Divine Power] effortlessly connecting the energies of the earth, the sky, and all things. She was incredibly confident that with enough [Joyful Divine Power], the miraculous sword in her hand could slash through anything.

With this in mind, she took a step forward, and a huge shock wave was generated on the ground right below her feet. The water vapor in the air condensed into water droplets, which flew up against the sky, ignoring the gravity.

This move brought her aura to its peak, and its name was—"Sword of Joy!!!"

She swung her sword with all her might, and a thousand-meter-long pillar of green sword energy slashed down at the octopus sea monster in front of her that was covered by a huge white fireball.

“Swish—boom!!!”

The light is flowing.

The light roars.

This simple sword move, after being infused with a vast amount of [joyful divine power], burst into a dazzling light and pierced the sky. Then, like a laser beam, it was released from the front end of the downward-swinging sword in the form of sword energy and light waves, thereby destroying all things.

collapse! ! !

The body of the octopus sea monster was blown apart by the sword energy and light waves, the main body was split into two halves, and the tentacles were shattered all over the ground. The red tentacles fell everywhere, one by one, which made people's SAN value drop wildly.

Moreover, these red tentacles are still stubbornly wriggling and jumping towards the main body, as if they want to gather back and restore their shape with their powerful regenerative ability.

However, all these struggles were in vain. Xingyi seized the opportunity and moved directly to the side of the main body of the octopus monster.

Then she suddenly expanded into a giant blue screen, effortlessly swallowing the dying octopus monster into her stomach.

By sharing the perception of his familiars, Wanxing can "see" the process of the dying octopus sea monster being melted and decomposed in Xingyi's stomach, which seems like a different dimension.

As the octopus monster died completely, Wanxing also received a system notification that his experience points had been credited.

[Congratulations on surpassing two realms and killing the brilliant-level monster, the Octopus Sea Monster. Your experience bar is full and your level has increased!]

[Magician Level: LV49-LV50] (Current Experience Value 3%)

[Warrior Level: LV49-LV50] (3% of current experience value)

[Level of your familiar Xingyi: LV49-LV50] (3% of current experience value)

As Wanxing had anticipated, the experience points awarded by the octopus sea monster were truly formidable, successfully increasing the levels of both Wanxing and Xingyi. The immense magical power and fighting spirit gained upon leveling up significantly alleviated the void and lack of magical energy Wanxing had experienced after unleashing his explosive magic.

This unexpected surprise saved him at least half a month of development time.

Of course, this monster-killing mode, which is like a bug, will be difficult to replicate in the future.

First of all, as the level continues to increase, it becomes increasingly difficult to kill enemies of a higher level, not to mention jumping two major realms like this time.

After all, any strong person who can be promoted to the legendary or demigod realm does not have some special talents or means of preserving their lives. When they are at a low level, they may also be geniuses who can kill monsters above their level.

Secondly, this time the Wanxing team not only took advantage of the time and location, but also greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the octopus monster.

Moreover, after the fight started, the octopus monster suddenly lost its will to fight for some reason and just wanted to run away - Wanxing didn't know that the octopus monster was afraid of the dragon.

It is quite normal to win the battle against an enemy whose combat power has been weakened and who can only take beatings without fighting back.

In short, all of the above conditions are difficult to replicate.

Therefore, Wanxing is very self-aware and has not become so arrogant as to take it for granted that he can kill enemies who are two realms higher than him, nor will he seek death by randomly challenging stronger enemies.

Chapter 86: Artifact: Poseidon's Trident

After reading the system upgrade prompts, Wanxing turned his attention to the beach after the battle.

The battlefield was full of craters, just like the surface of the moon. There was also a huge gully across the battlefield, which was caused by the sword that Claire used all her [joyful power] to strike out.

Of course, Wan Xing’s focus is not on these things - nature has a strong ability to repair itself, and he doesn’t need to intervene at all. After years of violent storms and occasional tsunamis, the land will soon return to its original flat state.

The emphasis is on the recovery of loot.

Unlike monsters spawning in the maze, enemies killed in the outside world will have corpses, which means you can touch their corpses.

The first thing was, of course, the magic crystals. These were similar in nature to the magic stones dropped by maze monsters, and could be sold at the Adventurer's Guild for a lot of money. However, Wanxing wasn't short of money, so all of them were piled up in the [Space Ring], gathering dust. Perhaps in the future, when he established his own territory, he could use them.

The second is weapons and equipment. Monsters in the maze will not drop equipment. No matter how gorgeous the weapons they hold in battle, they will turn into ashes after death.

But the enemies outside are different, such as the fishman army that was just wiped out, their weapons and equipment all became trophies.

You don't have to pick up the rusty swords or anchors dropped by mid-level murlocs, as they are not worth much anyway.

But the halberds and armor dropped by high-level murlocs are all high-level equipment. Each piece can be sold for at least a few hundred gold coins, which adds up to tens of thousands of gold coins in total. Wanxing didn't think it was too much and collected them all.

The equipment of the two fishman leaders is even more amazing!

A full set of super-grade equipment, each piece costs tens of thousands of gold coins.

The most exaggerated thing was the trident they held. Through the power of analysis and identification, Wanxing saw the detailed attributes of the trident:

Trident

[Quality: Heroic] (In a split state, the main body is the artifact · Poseidon Trident!)

[Special Effect 1: Consumes magic power to summon a small tsunami (active).]

[Special Effect 2: Consume magic power to summon a giant water element (active).]

[Special Effect 3: Projection (Active) - You can project the trident to attack enemies from a distance. In ocean environments, it can automatically track enemies, significantly increasing your hit rate and inflicting massive water damage!]

[Special Effect 4: Recall (Active) - Allows you to retract the trident from a distance. On land, the trident will fly back in a straight line, potentially being intercepted by the enemy. However, in the ocean, the trident will instantly return to your hand, making it impossible for the enemy to intercept it!]

[Special Effect 5: Ocean Life Covenant (Active) – Sign an alliance contract with a sea creature. After signing the contract, you can summon that sea creature to fight for you! The prerequisite is that you can afford the sacrifice stipulated in the alliance contract.] (Note: The Ocean Life Covenant can only be signed with one sea creature at most, but the caster can unilaterally cancel the covenant and replace it with a new sea creature!)

After seeing this, Wan Xing understood why the merman leader could command such a giant octopus sea monster that was far beyond his own strength, and was not afraid of inviting a wolf into the house!

It turned out to be the ocean life covenant effect of [Trident].

Wanxing also understood why the merman leader chose the giant octopus to establish an alliance - because sea monsters have low IQs and are easier to fool, so the sacrifices written in the alliance contract would be simple, such as a human girl.

If an alliance is established with other highly intelligent creatures, the other party will definitely include extremely rare sacrifices in the alliance contract.

If the murloc leader cannot offer a sacrifice, he will not be able to command the other side to fight for him, so the alliance will be signed in vain!

[Special Effect 6: Pseudo-Size as You Want (Passive) – Able to change to a suitable size based on the user's body shape. In its current incomplete state, the change range is only between 2-20 meters.]

[Special Effect 7: Synchro Fusion (Active) - 3 tridents can be fused into the Sea Admiral Trident (Brilliant Grade), 9 tridents can be fused into the Sea King Trident (Sanctuary Grade), 27 tridents can be fused into the Sea Emperor Trident (Legendary Grade), 81 tridents can be fused into the Sea Emperor Trident (Demigod Grade), and 243 tridents can be fused into the Sea God Trident (Artifact Grade).]

[Equipment Requirements: Declaration, acknowledging the mermaids as the royal family of the ocean.]

Introduction: The Trident of Poseidon was originally a sacred artifact passed down through generations of mermaids. However, since most sea creatures lived deep in the ocean, forging weapons was difficult and generally lacked them. To vie for the throne of the ocean's royalty, the mermaids used the Trident's ability to split into 243 tridents, gifting them to 243 different sea creatures. Ultimately, they gained the support of the majority of the sea creatures and were elected the ocean's royalty.

[Evaluation: As a fragment of a divine artifact, the trident is also considered top-tier among heroic-level equipment. If 243 tridents could be gathered and fused into the Poseidon Trident, it would be able to manipulate vast swaths of ocean water, triggering apocalyptic tides, devastating tsunamis, and waterspouts, control weather (typhoons, thunderstorms), create ice, and grant the wielder the ability to fly...]

After reading the details analyzed and identified, Wanxing finally understood why the [Trident] was so hard - it turned out to be a fragment of a divine artifact.

No wonder he was able to withstand so many blows from Claire's sword energy imbued with divine power of joy in the previous battle without any damage at all.

Wanxing walked in front of the 20-meter-long trident. It looked even more shocking from a distance. This thing was thicker than him and was like a stone pillar in a temple.

He placed his hand on the trident and declared softly, "I, Wanxing Russell, son of Duke Russell of the Magic Empire, acknowledge that the mermaids are the royal family of the ocean, and I sincerely wish that the mermaids will forever occupy the position of royal family of the ocean!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wanxing met the equipment requirements for this [Trident].

The next moment, the trident automatically shrank to a length of 2 meters in proportion to his body size.

He was somewhat relieved that he had almost missed the artifact. Fortunately, he had the ability to analyze and identify, and was able to explore the details of the [Trident].

If it were any other adventurer, they would just stare blankly at such a huge trident.

Or wealthier adventurers who have storage rings can put the [Trident] back and sell it to the Adventurer's Guild.

If Wanxing didn't know the equipment requirements for the Trident, he would probably choose to sell it. After all, he couldn't use such a large weapon, and keeping it would take up space.

Wanxing put the shrunken trident into the ring of space, then ran to the body of another fishman leader and collected its trident in the same way.

Chapter 87: Ambition to Change the World

The reason why Wanxing put away the [Trident] instead of distributing it to his teammates was because there was currently no one suitable to equip this weapon.

[Trident] As an artifact fragment, although it has many effects, most of them are only suitable for use in marine environments.

For example, special effect 1 can summon a small tsunami. Although it can be summoned on land, every drop of water needs to be made up of magic power, and the magic power consumption will be very terrifying. It is better to use other magic with greater destructive power than to consume such a huge amount of magic power.

For example, the projection of special effect 3 and the recall of special effect 4 are good long-range attacks in the ocean environment, but they can only go straight back and forth on land. They are still pure physical attacks, and they can be easily intercepted when they are retracted, which is very useless.

For example, the Marine Life Covenant of special effect 5. Wanxing does not have that much time to go to the bottom of the sea to find sea monsters to sign an alliance contract. Even if he spends time signing the covenant, the combat power of the sea monsters will be sharply reduced after landing, and it will not be convenient to bring them back to Russell City. It is completely not worth it.

As for special effects 6 and 7, they can be ignored directly.

So for now, all the Trident can provide is the ability to summon giant water elementals and its own indestructible material.

On land, it's not even as useful as regular hero-level gear.

Loelle already has the heroic-level [Holy Staff of Winged Aeo].

The purple magic wand in Davilia's hand is also a heroic equipment - basically every prince and princess has heroic equipment for self-defense. The eighth prince has two pieces, and there is also a heroic magic scroll.

Relatively speaking, Davriya was relatively poor among the princes and princesses. Previously, the Witch of Annihilation's physique had been draining her magic power, severely impacting her cultivation. To this end, she expended considerable resources and tried many methods, but to no avail. It wasn't until she obtained the [Source of Mana] from Wanxing that she finally resolved her mana shortage.

The weapons that Nolandi and Claires are good at using are swords, and they cannot exert their full strength even if they hold the [Trident].

Maybe Xingyi could use it to hit people for fun, but to be honest, it might not be as useful as the dragon claws after she turns into a dragon - after all, the fighting skills inherited in the dragon bloodline are all developed for their own strong dragon bodies.

Although some dragons will collect some equipment in their dragon nests, those are just trophies obtained after killing enemies.

In short, no one can use them for the time being, so they can only be piled up in the [Space Ring] to gather dust, leaving them to accompany the magic crystals.

Soon, the five people and one familiar completed the task of recovering the spoils.

The mission to defeat the heroic monster was a complete success. The only thing that made Wanxing a little embarrassed was that the battle scene was too spectacular and the affected area was very wide, causing all the houses in Hailang Village to be razed to the ground, and the villagers were left homeless.

But it’s not a big problem. With the power of money, this situation can be easily solved.

Wanxing took Luo Ai'er, Xingyi, Dafuliya, Norlandi and Claire back the same way and caught up with the villagers of Hailang Village 20 kilometers away from the coastline.

The village chief of Hailang Village immediately came forward to greet them, bowed respectfully, and then asked in awe, "Do you gentlemen need any reward? As long as our village has it, we will definitely give it to you."

The village chief didn't dare to ask about the outcome of the battle, but directly asked about Wanxing's needs.

Wan Xing smiled and waved his hand. "The Adventurer's Guild will pay you. We've already wiped out the Murloc Legion and their backers. However, the fighting was so intense that the houses in your village were affected. Now, only a few ruins remain..."

"what?"

Hearing that his home was gone in the blink of an eye, the village chief stood there in a daze.