In the weakened version of the Purgatory dungeon, aside from minor demons as group mobs, other monsters like mutated horned demons ranged between levels 55 to 60.
Ye Bai took the lead. Having mastered ti magic after her third class advancent, her combat system now incorporated physical attacks as well. Without hesitation, she charged alone into the alert range of five mutated horned demons, with the large team following closely behind.
The horned demons raised their heads, baring their jagged fangs as they roared furiously at her.
In the next mont, their movents in Ye Bai’s vision nearly froze, as if they had turned into static sculptures. Even the sound waves from their roars could be discerned by her enhanced sight. The warriors from the territory behind her experienced the sa phenonon.
[Bullet Ti]!
In a computer ga, this effect could only be achieved by slowing down targets within a certain area. But in the fully imrsive World of Myriad Realms, it was no different from the superpower Ye Bai perceived in reality—granting her terrifying acceleration.
The true strength of this acceleration lay in its applicability to the attacks she unleashed.
Ye Bai equipped an energy crossbow in her hand, aiming at the group of mutated horned demons.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
A rapid volley erupted as the energy bolts struck the immobile "living targets" in succession.
Ordinary bolts would have lost the benefit of her Bullet Ti once fired, bound by the laws of physics. But the ones she wielded were composed purely of energy.
Their chanics were no different from the spell damage she cast.
The damage of the bolts was tied to attack speed, and the principle that "nothing is faster than speed itself" was demonstrated perfectly here. Before the monsters could even react, the energy arrows had already pierced their bodies, depleting over half their health bars in an instant.
Imdiately after, Ye Bai deactivated Bullet Ti and cast a simple Thorn Trap beneath the horned demons.
"Groooar!"
The mutated horned demons bellowed, struggling to tear through the sudden thicket of thorns beneath them.
‘-342’, ‘-352’…
Watching the damage numbers continuously pop up above their heads, Ye Bai swiftly gestured to the rear. "Fire!"
The waiting crossbow bolts shot forth, finishing off the last remnants of the small group of mutated horned demons.
The territory warriors who secured the final blows shared the experience from defeating higher-level monsters, each gaining between 3 to 5 levels.
The team advanced triumphantly, their average levels skyrocketing from 40. By the ti they reached the final boss, most had reached around level 55. Among them, Felix, benefiting from his Snake Lord template, leveled the fastest, already at 58—just shy of his third class advancent.
"Is that a creature or a rock?"
Blaze couldn’t help muttering as he gazed up at the towering thirty-ter-tall giant clad in stone armor, its body wreathed in flas.
Beside him, Felix hesitated before replying, "It should be an elental creature… maybe a mutated one. I think Teacher Naless ntioned it in class."
"Good, Felix. You haven’t forgotten what I taught you."
The familiar voice made both of them whirl around in surprise—only to see their lord standing there.
"He’s here," Ye Bai coughed lightly, pointing to the branch of life hanging at her waist.
"Teacher Naless…" Their eyes widened as they finally noticed the tiny figure woven from leaf veins waving at them from the branch.
"Next assignnt: analyze the composition of this elental creature today—"
Halfway through his sentence, the paper-thin figure’s voice trailed off as Ye Bai strode ahead.
The final boss was a Purgatory Fire Elental—an evolved form of a fire elental. Its primary attacks consisted of various fire-based spells. As an elental creature, the Inferno Fire Elental was immune to fire magic, but conversely, water-based attacks dealt extre damage to it.
Under [Insight], its level was revealed to be 62, equivalent to a slightly weakened Purgatory Lord.
The battle erupted the mont Ye Bai approached.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Purgatory Fire Elental was the embodint of fire magic, its mana pool nearly limitless. One high-tier fire spell after another rained down on Ye Bai.
But compared to before, Ye Bai had undergone a complete transformation.
Since the Inferno Fire Elental was immune to fire magic, she didn’t rely on her Spellbreaker ability to reflect spells. Instead, she seamlessly combined [Displacent Leap] with evasive rolls, effortlessly dodging the fla giant’s relentless assaults.
To the watching territory warriors, their lord moved with unparalleled agility, weaving between attacks while countering with energy bolts and spells. The terrifying fla giant appeared sluggish and clumsy, completely under her control.
The sight stirred their blood, filling them with exhilaration—and the delusion that "I could do that too."
Of course, witnessing the devastation caused by the Purgatory Fire Elental’s missed attacks quickly dispelled that notion, leaving them to marvel at their lord’s performance.
"Roar!"
When the Inferno Fire Elental’s health dropped to 30%, it let out a furious roar, entering its signature second phase.
"Rumble…"
The thirty-ter-tall body of stone and flas shattered, collapsing into a rain of fiery teors crashing to the ground.
"Take cover!"
Ye Bai shouted to the warriors behind her while swiftly dodging a massive flaming boulder hurtling straight toward her.
[Infernal teor Shower] was an area-of-effect high-damage skill—direct hits could instantly obliterate anyone below level 60.
After the tremors subsided, over a dozen two-to-three-ter-wide fire boulders left craters in the ground. But it wasn’t over. The boulders exploded again, transforming into smaller fire elentals that attacked while converging toward the center.
This was the Purgatory Fire Elental’s trait: at 30% health, it would cast [Infernal teor Shower], splitting into multiple smaller fire elentals.
If these lesser elentals weren’t swiftly eliminated, their eventual reunion would restore the Purgatory Fire Elental to full health, reviving it entirely.
Under normal circumstances, the strategy would be to delay their convergence while picking them off.
But Ye Bai had no ti for drawn-out battles. After downing a mana potion, she opted for the decisive approach—going all out.
"Whoosh…"
In this place devoid of water, the sound of surging waves grew louder, approaching from afar. In an instant, the sound swelled from faint to overwhelming as semi-solid, semi-illusory tides cascaded from the sky, crashing relentlessly toward the gathering fire elents.
Ye Bai’s Petrifying Gaze had no effect on the hellfire elents, which were composed of elental and stone constructs. However, another legendary water-based spell proved to be their perfect counter.
Having already restored [Petrifying Gaze] through [Ti Reversal], she naturally used the sa thod to reclaim [Tidal Surge] once its cooldown ended.
No legendary spell was simple. The recently "ignited" fla giant was completely subrged beneath the colossal waves.
"Fire arrows!"
Faced with the awe-inspiring might of nature, the soldiers of the territory stood frozen, staring in shock—until Ye Bai’s commanding voice snapped them back to attention.
They swiftly unleashed a volley of energy-infused arrows, riding the montum of the tidal wave. Though deep down, every one of them believed that even without this final assault, the terrifying magic alone would have been enough to vanquish the fla giant.
As the hellfire elent’s health bar completely vanished, the tense, dangerous atmosphere in the space dissipated.
Ye Bai approached the fallen boss’s remains and reached out, triggering a burst of gold and purple light.
[Obtained ‘Tier 3 Skill Book’ x1]
[Obtained ‘Hellfire Elental Core’ x1]
[Obtained ‘teor Shower’ Scroll x1]
[Obtained Gold x100]
Using Insight on the approaching soldiers, she noted that she had deliberately allowed them to land the final blow for experience. Combined with the bonus experience from flawlessly clearing a high-level dungeon, this single encounter had propelled Blaze and all the archers present to Level 60.
Without special talents or extraordinary opportunities to break through limits, this was the highest level a territory could cultivate its soldiers to.
As for Felix, who possessed the core of the Serpent Demon Lord profession, he had surpassed Level 60, reaching Level 62.
At the sa ti, a system notification echoed in Ye Bai’s ears:
[You have successfully occupied this Void Rift. White Night City has gained a new resource node (Chaos)!]
With a thought, the remote lord interface updated, displaying information about the newly acquired resource node.
[Hellfire Elental Domain]
Resource Tier: IV
Faction: Chaos
Status: Unmined
Available Resources: Pigeon Blood Stone, Fire Elental Essence, Diamonds, High-Temperature Charcoal, Sulfur…
Remaining Resources: 100/100
"Not bad—a Tier IV resource node." Ye Bai nodded in satisfaction.
A conquered Void Rift essentially beca a dinsional mine, completely safe. Once she left, she could have Carrie, the senior engineer, construct void excavation equipnt to extract its resources. Once fully depleted, the rift would vanish on its own.
The resource node’s tier indicated the proportion of high-tier materials. The higher the tier, the greater the abundance of valuable resources.
This [Hellfire Elental Domain] node was Tier IV, with the rarest material, Pigeon Blood Stone, making up about 8% of its reserves. Large Pigeon Blood Stones were legendary-grade gems, coveted by nobles for jewelry or enchanted artifacts.
The Fire Elental Essence was pure magical material, while diamonds, though slightly less valuable, were still highly sought-after resources.
Simultaneously, on the Lord Rankings, the entry for the top-ranked player underwent a new change.
White Night City’s territory score increased by 2,000 points, and a new column appeared beside it: ‘Occupied Resource Nodes: 1.’
Activating the dungeon key once more, a spatial rift tore open, and Ye Bai, along with the other forty-nine, reappeared in the military square of the territory.
Right on schedule, as Ye Bai had calculated, the sun had just set over White Night City.
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