nucmednet Chapter 10 "Level 9 God-Slaying"
Chapter 10 "Level 9 God-Slaying"
The moment the words "declare war" were uttered, the world changed.
This isn't rhetoric. Things have really changed.
Above Blackrock Canyon, a crack appeared in the previously gray-blue virtual sky. Golden light poured down from the crack, illuminating the entire canyon.
System notifications kept popping up.
[Warning: You have refused the summons from the Council of Gods.]
[Warning: Divine Punishment Protocol activated. The Weaver of Fate authorizes the First Sequence Judgment.]
[Judgment Details: The Divine Messenger, the Judge, will descend upon your current coordinates in 60 seconds.]
[Divine Messenger - Judgement Level: LV35 Quality: Rare BOSS (Divine Unit)]
[Kill Reward: Unknown. Escape Penalty: Permanent marker upgraded to "Wanted by the Gods".]
The world chat channel crashed.
"Divine punishment? The system can directly inflict divine punishment? This game even has this kind of mechanism?"
"A level 35 divine boss? He's only level 9! Isn't this an execution?"
"Oh no, this guy's gone mad, he's declared war on NPC gods."
"Wait, look at that word—divine unit."
After reading the system notification, Zhuang Bugui's smile vanished.
"A level 35 boss." He stared at the crack in the sky, his tone flat. "You're level 9."
The stewed goose in the iron pot, who had been hiding behind the rocks, collapsed to the ground. "Brother, can't you at least discuss this before replying? Declaring war? You're declaring war on God? Do we even have the right to do that?"
Wang Yan didn't look at him.
He was looking at the prototype of God-Slaying.
The red bloodline on the sword was pulsating violently, as if sensing something, and a faint silver light seeped from the hilt.
Godslayer: Deals 1000% extra damage to divine units.
The base attack power is 45 to 60, multiplied by ten.
It equals 450 to 600.
The level 35 rare BOSS has approximately 12,000 to 15,000 HP at this stage.
Wang Yan finished calculating the accounts.
"Zhuang Bugui".
"exist."
"No matter what happens later, take the two of them and run 300 meters east, find a recessed rock wall to hide in."
Zhuang Bugui was silent for two seconds. "You want a one-on-one fight?"
"It is a divine unit." Wang Yan raised the God-Slaying Prototype, its silver-gray blade gleaming coldly in the golden light. "This sword was created to kill it."
Zhuang Bugui stared at the sword.
He recalled Wang Yan's retreating figure as he jumped into the insect pit in the Bone-Eating Cave. The same posture, the same tone.
It's been calculated. Every step has been calculated.
"Let's go." Zhuang Bugui turned around, grabbed the iron pot of stewed goose by the collar, and nodded to Qi Qi.
The three figures quickly disappeared among the rocks on the east side.
Countdown: 00:00:31.
Wang Yan stood in the center of the canyon, looking up at the crack in the sky.
The golden light grew brighter and brighter. The void on both sides of the crack began to twist and deform, and the light shattered into dense specks at the edges.
He closed his eyes and recalled information from his past life.
The Arbiter. A low-ranking executor of the Council of Gods. Humanoid in form, wielding a sword of judgment in both hands, their attacks primarily consist of linear slashes. They are fast and deal high damage, but have a fatal flaw—
Its attack detection is single-target lock-on.
After locking onto the target, there is a 0.8-second pre-animation. During these 0.8 seconds, it cannot turn.
In its previous version, this boss appeared in a mid-game update as a gatekeeper monster in a 20-player raid. Even with 20 players level 30 or higher surrounding it, the raid would often wipe.
But no one has ever tried to fight it with weapons from the Godslayer series.
Because in the previous life, no one had ever found the God-Slaying First Embryo.
Wang Yan opened his eyes.
Countdown: 00:00:05.
The crack in the sky was completely torn open.
A golden figure plummeted from the crack, crashing ten meters in front of Wang Yan. The black stone ground was shattered, creating a spiderweb-like pattern of cracks, and fragments of stone flew everywhere.
The dust dispersed.
It was a three-meter-tall humanoid being. Its entire body was covered in platinum-gold armor, and its face was not visible beneath its helmet, except for two burning golden flames that served as its eyes. It held a lightsaber in each hand, the blades of which were covered with dense ancient characters.
[Divine Envoy·Judge LV35 Rare BOSS (Divine)]
[The Council of Gods has authorized its executors to adjudicate all beings who show disrespect to the gods.]
The arbiter straightened up, and two balls of golden flame locked onto Wang Yan.
It opened its mouth. The sound was like metal plates rubbing against each other.
"You insignificant mortal, you have rejected God's grace."
Wang Yan remained silent. He held the blade of the God-Slaying Prototype sword upright in front of him.
The red bloodline began to glow wildly.
The God-Slaying entry sensed a divine entity. The sword emitted a sharp hum, and a thirsty tremor traveled along the hilt into Wang Yan's palm.
The Arbiter raised his lightsaber in his right hand.
The golden blade traced an arc, slashing straight at Wang Yan's head.
Pre-animation time: 0.8 seconds.
Wang Yan counted them.
One.
He took a step forward to the left.
two.
The lightsaber grazed three centimeters from the outside of his right shoulder, and the shockwave lifted the corner of his clothes.
A two-meter-long slit was cut into the ground, the cut surface as smooth as a mirror.
If that slash lands, he'll be instantly reduced to ashes.
But it missed.
Wang Yan had reached the right rib of the Judge. The prototype of Godslayer was unleashed.
The moment the sword tip touched the platinum armor, a burst of red light erupted.
A huge damage number popped up from the Executioner.
"-4720"
The arbiter's health was reduced by one-third.
It let out a piercing screech, its left-hand lightsaber sweeping in a counterattack. Wang Yan had already anticipated this strike; he braced himself on his toes and rolled backward.
The lightsaber grazed his hair.
Wang Yan stood firm, his breathing rapid but his gaze steady.
The second lock-on began. The Arbiter's golden flames fixed their gaze on him.
0.8 seconds.
Wang Yan moved again. This time, instead of dodging to the left, he crouched down. The lightsaber slashed horizontally overhead.
His kneeling posture transformed into a forward charge, and the prototype of Godslayer rose from below.
The blade sliced through the gap in the armor at the Arbiter's waist, and another four thousand+ damage was deflected.
Health is down to one-third.
The Arbiter's attack frequency suddenly increased. The golden flames turned from orange to crimson—a berserk state.
The two swords slashed down simultaneously.
Wang Yan didn't have time to dodge the second sword. He used the God-Slaying Prototype to parry.
The clang of metal rang out. The immense difference in strength made his arms go numb, and he was thrown backward, crashing into the canyon wall.
My health has dropped by half.
But the moment the blade of the Godslayer Prototype grazed the lightsaber, a crimson line of blood burned into the Arbiter's arm. Golden blood seeped from the seams of the platinum armor, and a string of numbers indicating continuous blood loss popped up.
The passive effect of the "Godslayer" modifier. It inflicts burn damage upon contact with any divine unit.
"Boss!" A shout came from afar, accompanied by the sound of stewed goose in an iron pot.
Wang Yan slid down the rock face, landing on one knee. There was blood at the corner of his mouth.
The Judge caught up. He crossed his swords and charged in with a powerful slash.
This move has no 0.8-second wind-up.
This is a new move in the berserk state.
But Wang Yan smiled.
This is what he's been waiting for.
In Berserk mode, the Arbiter's Twin Swords Cross Slash is a full-force attack. There is a 1.5-second recovery period after the attack.
A longer waiting period than the pre-arranged lottery.
Wang Yan did not dodge. He fell to the ground, and his twin swords slashed down from above, cleaving the rock wall behind him in two pieces.
The blast wave pushed him so hard he rolled twice on the ground.
Blood levels are almost gone.
But he is alive.
1.5 seconds.
Wang Yan sprang up from the ground, and the red bloodline on the blade of the God-Slaying Prototype sword had reached its peak.
The Arbiter's health was less than 20%. The burns continued to devour its life points, and its platinum armor was covered with spreading charred cracks.
"The grace of the gods." Wang Yan took a step forward, his voice cold and clear.
"unnecessary."
The prototype of Godslayer pierced the Executioner's breastplate, its sword tip sinking into the divine core at the very center of its chest cavity.
All the red blood lines on the sword exploded simultaneously. Critical hit. Ten times the power of Godslayer.
"-14280"
The Arbiter's body froze. Dense red cracks spread across the platinum armor.
The golden flames went out.
Its massive body fell backward and crashed to the ground. Its armor shattered, turning into a shower of golden dust.
[Slay the Divine Messenger - The Arbiter (Divine - Rare BOSS)! Experience +125000!]
[Level Up! Current Level: LV15!]
[First Kill Reward: Heart of the Arbiter (Purple) x1, Divine Shard x3!]
[Causality plunder triggered! High-value causal line detected!]
[Plunderable Item: Talent "Divine Perception" (Rank B, Passive, allows perception of the aura of all hidden units and divine beings within a 500-meter radius) / All Attributes +20.]
B-grade talent.
The server has been open for three hours.
The first B-rank player in the entire server.
Wang Yan chose divine perception.
He sheathed his sword and stood amidst the golden dust from which the Judgement had vanished.
A server-wide announcement exploded in the center of every player's field of vision.
[Server-wide announcement: Player "Unnamed" has killed "The Arbiter," an executor of the Council of Gods! This is the first recorded instance of god-killing in the history of Eternal Plane!]
The Council of Gods has taken note of your presence. The Second Sequence of Judgment is being initiated.
[Hidden event triggered——]
The second observer, "The Abyss Gaze," has set its sights on these coordinates.
Wang Yan stared at the last notification.
The second observer.
In a previous life, this name appeared in the third year after the game's release.
It's the third hour now.
His fingers slowly tightened around the sword hilt.
The system message wasn't over yet. The last line slowly appeared, the font a jet black he'd never seen before.
"Interesting. This time, the god-slayer has gone even further than last time." — ???
Last time?
Wang Yan's pupils suddenly contracted.