The eerie voice wasn't loud, yet it lingered in everyone's mind.
It was as if someone was whispering softly and clearly by their ears.
"Who is it?"
Qian Xingtianxia was shocked, looking around, but he couldn't find the source of the voice.
"Did we see a ghost?"
Zainxia Faye looked panicked, realizing that the surroundings hadn't changed at all—still the same dark red airflow, the same strange and disgusting corpses and flesh.
"If only it were just ghosts."
Jiang Chen's expression was grave as he spoke slowly, "Ghosts are nothing compared to the Undying Clan!"
He knew very well that the appearance of this voice likely meant a BOSS was present here.
Because ordinary small monsters of the Undying Clan wouldn't speak.
However, this guy hadn't shown up yet.
After all, who would reveal their trump card right away?
"Is it that scary?"
Late-night Fairy gripped her staff tightly, looking at Jiang Chen and asking, "Mortal World, do you have a way to handle this?"
"I don't know."
Jiang Chen shook his head.
He hadn't even seen the opponent yet and didn't know what they would face.
Then, he looked at Qian Xingtianxia and asked, "Is your treasure map gold-level?"
"Yes, gold-level."
Qian Xingtianxia quickly replied and then seemed to realize something, saying, "Right, it's just a gold-level treasure map. With Mortal World's ability, there must be a way to handle it!"
"Gold-level isn't too difficult, but if it's the Undying Clan, that's a different story."
Jiang Chen knew that the existence of the Undying Clan was extremely peculiar, in a sense, they were unkillable!
Especially the BOSS, you couldn't judge the difficulty with common sense.
However, as long as it was still gold-level, it shouldn't be too outrageous!
"They're coming!"
Late-night Fairy shouted in terror as she looked ahead.
Everyone turned to look.
Three headless corpses charged at them in a bizarre manner, moving incredibly fast.
Once they reached a certain distance, their information became visible.
[Headless Corpse: LV25]
[Undying Body (Common): After death, it will degrade into a lower form, existing in another way, waiting to recover.]
[Life Wither (Common): Each normal attack reduces the target's maximum health by an equal amount, lasting 30 seconds.]
Seeing the detailed information of the headless corpses, Jiang Chen felt a headache coming on.
Even though there were only three small monsters, Jiang Chen knew it was far from simple.
Quickly, the three headless corpses reached a distance of about ten meters.
"Prepare!"
Qian Xingtianxia shouted, raising his long sword and charging forward.
With only three small monsters, he thought he could handle it easily.
He couldn't let others think he was really incapable of fighting, right?
Besides, he had said that whoever killed the monsters would get the loot.
These disgusting things might drop something good, who knows?
As he thought about it, he approached one of the small monsters and slashed with his sword.
-570! (Critical Hit)
A damage number appeared on the headless corpse, reducing its health by exactly 5.7%.
The small monster had ten thousand health points.
Regardless of his technique, Qian Xingtianxia's damage was indeed considerable.
Although not as good as Jiang Chen's, it was definitely top-tier, after all, his equipment wasn't bad.
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Then, the small monster raised its slightly decayed hand and slapped down!
Qian Xingtianxia quickly dodged, barely avoiding the hit.
Before he could celebrate, another headless corpse had already reached him and slapped down.
-115!
Qian Xingtianxia didn't have time to dodge again, and a damage number appeared on him.
Moreover, his total health decreased by 115 points!
He was still at full health, but his maximum health had decreased!
This was a 30-second [Life Wither] status, reducing the maximum health cap!
In other words, the damage Qian Xingtianxia took from the headless corpses couldn't be healed, and potions were useless!
"Reducing the health cap directly, this is so troublesome!"
Qian Xingtianxia cursed angrily, swinging his long sword again for a downward slash.
-265!
The small monster's health decreased by another 2.65%.
At this moment, the third small monster also arrived, attacking together with the previous one.
Facing a single attack, Qian Xingtianxia could consider dodging, but now with two small monsters attacking from both sides, he couldn't dodge them all.
Trying to dodge all attacks like Jiang Chen would result in not being able to dodge any of them.
-112!
-116!
Two damage numbers appeared above his head one after another.
His maximum health cap decreased by another 228 points, leaving him with just over 900 maximum health.
And the most terrifying part was that the 30-second [Life Wither] status refreshed with each attack from the small monsters!
"If I don't kill these small monsters, I can't recover my health at all!"
Qian Xingtianxia was shocked, realizing the severity of the situation.
At first, he thought that as long as he dragged it out for 30 seconds, the [Life Wither] would end.
Now it seemed that wasn't the case at all.
He had to avoid being attacked by the small monsters and wait another 30 seconds to restore his maximum health!
But how could he avoid attacks for 30 seconds?
"Young Master Qian, your health is at 100%, healing skills are useless!"
Late-night Fairy shouted.
"I know!"
Qian Xingtianxia replied angrily.
He held his sword with both hands and suddenly used the skill [Crescent Slash]!
The blade swept from left to right, forming an arc-shaped afterimage with a crescent-shaped cold light, hitting the three small monsters in front of him.
-435!
-438!
-442!
Three damage numbers appeared above the heads of the three small monsters.
This was Qian Xingtianxia's two-star skill, dealing area damage to all enemies in front of him.
Although the damage was decent, the large sword swing meant a longer attack time.
As Qian Xingtianxia used this skill, the three small monsters all raised their hands and slapped down.
-114!
-117!
-116!
His total health decreased by over three hundred points again.
"Ice Vines!"
"Fireball!"
Zainxia Faye came to his senses, quickly waving his staff as a pale blue glow appeared on it.
A layer of white ice vines immediately covered the ground beneath the three headless corpses.
-168!
-165!
-171!
The ice vines slowed the three small monsters and dealt damage to them.
Then, a large fireball crashed down, hitting the three small monsters.
Unlike the Fireball spell, the Large Fireball was an area skill.
Although the area was small, the three headless corpses, standing together, were all hit by the fireball.
-280!
-281!
-278!
Three damage numbers appeared above the heads of the small monsters.
And Qian Xingtianxia continued attacking.
However, after this round of skills, the small monsters' health had only decreased by less than two thousand points.
Meanwhile, Qian Xingtianxia's maximum health was down to less than 500 points.
If they had healing, they could easily handle these three small monsters.
But without healing and unable to use potions, the difficulty was too high.
"Mortal World, help!"
Qian Xingtianxia had no choice but to shout loudly.
"Healing Ray."
Jiang Chen murmured, and a white healing ray quickly connected to the three small monsters.
Qian Xingtianxia clearly saw a layer of fine arcs covering each small monster.
The sound of crackling electricity was continuous.
Moreover, the small monsters' movements noticeably slowed!
At the same time, three terrifying damage numbers appeared on them.
-4799! (Double Cast)
The three headless corpses instantly lost 48% of their health!
One second later.
The second wave of damage from the Healing Ray took effect.
The same damage numbers appeared above the small monsters' heads again: -4799!
Their health was emptied, and they fell to the ground!
"Finally dealt with!"
Qian Xingtianxia breathed a sigh of relief, now having a deeper understanding of Jiang Chen's terrifying power.
This wasn't human; it was practically a humanoid BOSS!
"Amazing, Mortal World!"
Late-night Fairy cheered from the side.
"Don't celebrate just yet."
Jiang Chen said expressionlessly, "Look at the ground."
Immediately, everyone looked down.
The fallen small monsters hadn't disappeared but instead leaked a pool of blood.
Then, from their decaying skin, emerged lumps of extremely disgusting rotten flesh.
Soon, their bodies shriveled completely, turning into sheets of human skin.
Moreover, the blood and flesh that emerged from their bodies, along with the sheets of human skin, moved rapidly across the ground.
These were very similar to the flesh and human skins in the distance of the underground palace!
"So those disgusting things were all transformed from these small monsters?"
Qian Xingtianxia felt a wave of nausea.
"No, the flesh and human skin of these three small monsters are different."
Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly as he said softly, "They have a certain level of consciousness!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
The three sheets of human skin and three lumps of rotten flesh crawled rapidly toward the similar flesh that had existed before.
Two lumps of flesh met and quickly merged.
The human skins did the same, merging upon contact.
Then, a larger mass of flesh and a more complete sheet of human skin intertwined.
After forming a whole, they quickly absorbed a pool of red viscous blood nearby.
Then they reformed into a humanoid shape.
Immediately, three headless corpses appeared, charging rapidly toward Jiang Chen.
"Small Holy Light Apocalypse Array!"
Without hesitation, Jiang Chen activated the hexagram magic array.
-5759! (Double Cast)
Under the intense white light, a massive damage number appeared.
The three small monsters only lasted two seconds before falling to the ground again.
However, they once again turned into human skin, blood, and rotten flesh.
And they quickly moved toward other flesh and human skins in the distance, attempting to merge again.
"What does this mean? These headless corpses can merge with other flesh and revive after death?"
Looking at the ground full of flesh, human skin, and red blood, Qian Xingtianxia felt his scalp tingle.
"They can absorb flesh to revive every time they die?"
Zainxia Faye was extremely unsettled, trembling as he said, "There are so many pieces of flesh here, they could revive hundreds or thousands of times!"
"This is the Undying Clan!"
Jiang Chen frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "The flesh and human skin everywhere can become their nourishment, allowing them to revive again. It's indeed troublesome!"
"However, blood, rotten flesh, and human skin seem indispensable."
Jiang Chen thought as he quickly moved forward.
Soon, he discovered that the pools of viscous blood, sheets of shriveled human skin, and lumps of rotten flesh all had health bars.
Having health bars meant they could be attacked.
He immediately cast a Healing Spell, and a white light fell on a pool of dark red blood.
-5598! (Double Cast)
"Hiss!"
The pool of blood seemed to be roasted by fire, evaporating completely, with dense red mist rising from it.
"These flesh and human skins can all be attacked?"
Seeing this, Qian Xingtianxia was pleasantly surprised, but then he frowned and said, "This area is large, and the flesh is almost countless. It's too difficult to handle!"
"Even if it's difficult, it must be dealt with, or the headless corpses will keep reviving!"
Jiang Chen said quickly, "Hurry and eliminate these flesh and human skins; they can't attack people!"
"Yes, Mortal World."
Qian Xingtianxia immediately said, "Old Mage, let's get to work!"
With that, he charged toward a pool of blood, slashing with his sword.
-556! (Critical Hit)
A red mist rose from the blood.
Its area shrank a bit.
"Physical attacks work too."
Seeing this, Jiang Chen murmured softly.
He looked at the vast underground palace, taking a deep breath.
Countless pieces of flesh and human skin were scattered throughout.
He knew they had to clear the area!
Then, Jiang Chen quickly ran toward the center of the underground palace.
He needed to use area skills to cover the ground like a carpet, destroying all the human skins, eliminating the rotten flesh, and evaporating the blood!
"Small Holy Light Apocalypse Array!"
"Angel's Hymn!"
...
Every time Jiang Chen used a skill, he quickly moved to the next area to use another skill!
Soon, large patches of dense red mist filled the central area.
These were all formed by the skills clearing the flesh and human skins.
At the same time, holy angelic illusions and starlight, along with hexagram magic arrays emitting intense white light, appeared one by one on the field.
Illuminating the center of the underground palace brightly!
Qian Xingtianxia and his group watched this scene, completely stunned.
"He actually has two large-area skills, and both have such high damage. Are they all five-star? And this cooldown, could it be any faster?!"
Zainxia Faye couldn't comprehend.
Wasn't the mage supposed to be the representative of large-area output?
Clearly, this priest was the true firepower coverage!
"This is more outrageous than a BOSS. A BOSS's skills at least follow logic, but Mortal World's skills are purely unreasonable!"
Qian Xingtianxia felt numb from the shock.
In less than ten minutes, the entire underground palace looked as if it had been washed by a flood, with all foreign objects purified without a trace.
Except for the dense red mist that slightly obscured the view, nothing remained here!
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