Chapter 149: Stage Three, Nightmare Devotee
After analyzing everything, our perspective shifts back to the Wind God.
And then… the audience erupted in outrage.
“What kind of pathetic live stream is this?! Who’s casting Holy Light?!”
“Seriously, who even made Paladins? Are they just waiting for New Year’s to kick in?”
“Sure, keep an eye out for sneaky attacks, but you’re preventing the gentlemen too?”
But there were dissenting voices amidst the chaos.
“Don’t you think the Holy Light makes things even weirder? I can totally imagine Little Loli’s clothes disintegrating, leaving just that tiny little body…”
(You have been muted)
In reality, not using Holy Light wouldn’t have been so weird; Yuliya just lost a bit of her outer robe – there’s still more underneath.
The main purpose of the Holy Light was… to cover faces.
Back to Yuliya, her analysis of the situation matched her inner thoughts perfectly.
The only difference was that this time, Yuliya never even considered playing it safe… she was going all out to finish this BOSS!
Even if this move didn’t work, she’d think of other ways!
Fortunately, it seemed this move was highly effective.
As the smoke cleared, she had already locked onto the positions of the Abyssal Worm and Sogriede.
At that moment, Sogriede was hiding beneath the worm’s body.
And their health bars stood at:
Abyssal Worm: /
Sogriede: /
Unfortunately, this round didn’t manage to instant-k*ll the worm; things like this have surprising vitality! Even with its body nearly blown to bits, a small chunk of fat still held on, and it was somehow still alive.
Although it wasn’t dead, it was no longer a threat.
It had a serious injury debuff, with its health recovery speed basically at zero.
As for Sogriede, he was slightly recovering some health hiding inside the worm’s body.
No worries.
At that moment, Sogriede finally stood up again.
He stared at the wheezing worm, trembling all over, his bony hands on its body, and a murky tear squeezed out of his eyes.
He let out a venomous curse, “d*mn it! You should d*e! I will torment your body and soul a million times!”
Yuliya scoffed at this, “If you care this much about the worm, you shouldn’t have summoned it, right? If it’s more important than your life, then you better protect it, even if it means dying!”
“If it’s not that important, then what are you crying about?!”
“You!!! Ah!!!”
Sogriede let out a mad howl.
“My path to godhood! You’ve ruined my hopes of becoming a god! Aaargh!!!”
Yuliya was now certain; this guy was completely insane, totally off the rails.
Trying to become a god through a worm? What an idiot!
Then, to Yuliya’s shock, Sogriede bit down hard into the Abyssal Worm, devouring the gooey, decaying flesh that seemed like it could ooze black bl**d at any second.
After one bite, even Sogriede couldn’t suppress his urge to vomit.
But he didn’t stop; he kept gnawing.
Yuliya immediately sensed trouble. Sogriede had a devour-type skill; eating the worm might trigger some mutation—she had to stop him!
Yuliya flickered and appeared beside Sogriede, delivering a fierce kick that sent him flying far away.
Then she rushed in and punched him in the gut, forcing him to regurgitate the worm meat he hadn’t swallowed yet.
But Sogriede just laughed maniacally.
“Useless! Useless! Hahaha! I will definitely become a god! Definitely!”
Hearing this, Yuliya turned back to see the Abyssal Worm’s health plummeting.
Its body began to transform into black mist.
“Tsk!”
Yuliya quickly flipped him over, slamming him headfirst into the ground.
She stood there with her hands on her hips, watching him.
Fine! Since I can’t stop this, let’s see what else you can pull off!
After all, this guy is definitely going to d*e today! I swear! Even the Goddess of Life can’t save him!
As the worm’s health hit zero, its massive form completely turned into black mist.
The mist sank into the ground, but Yuliya could clearly sense all the mist underground converging toward Sogriede.
Not only the black mist here but even more distant, drifting in the air, was rushing toward this spot.
She suddenly realized that this might be the reason why the four major arrays needed to be destroyed in advance.
If those arrays weren’t destroyed, the gathered black mist would probably be just as much as the Abyssal Worm.
But at the same time, she understood that this was Sogriede’s last power, his final struggle.
Stage three, huh? Bring it on! Whoever backs down is a total wuss!
She watched as Sogriede’s power grew stronger.
As for why she wasn’t rushing in to punch him?
Because that guy was recovering. It’d be a waste of effort to hit him.
BOSS stage change, you know the drill—healing is a common operation, and who knows, he might even trigger a forced dispel.
Sure enough, with a thud, the ground collapsed around Sogriede, and black mist rolled, repelling everything.
Yuliya leaped lightly to a distance.
Once the roiling black mist settled and was sucked back into Sogriede, her field of vision returned.
The live stream commentary got excited again.
“The battle isn’t over yet! The Wind God’s BOSS fight continues! This will be the final effort of the BOSS, let’s once again expect a miracle from the Wind God!”
“This time, we’ll refrain from making judgments. We all know, given the Wind God’s character, he’ll keep fighting, but we don’t have to worry about his safety—he’s steady enough.”
“‘Phew~’”
The commentary’s reluctance to judge got a chorus of sighs from the audience.
If you don’t make a judgment, wouldn’t our Wind God be missing a buff, which wouldn’t be too good?
And on screen, the final BOSS battle began.
After devouring the Abyssal Worm, Sogriede seemed to merge with it, turning into a monster with a worm’s body and a human head.
Seven meters long, and standing at a height of 2.5 meters for the head.
This size was already gigantic for Yuliya, but compared to the Abyssal Worm’s original size, it was a bit small.
But no matter how big or small he was, Yuliya had a plan.
At the same time, Sogriede had completely lost his sanity; his eyes were blank, muttering “Becoming a god, becoming a god.”
“A senseless monster, reduced to this in his quest for godhood. How pathetic, how detestable.”
Yuliya glanced at Sogriede’s status panel.
Name: Sogriede (Blue Boss, Nightmare Devotee)
Level: 36 (Gold Initial Stage)
Health: /
So there was another unclear status.
But whatever, it looked similar to the combination of the previous Sogriede and the Abyssal Worm.
That’s fine! The preliminary tactic is the turtle strategy.
Magic to lock his head, similar to when fighting Sogriede before.
Although the current size didn’t quite fit a g*n into his mouth, it seemed like he didn’t have much brainpower left—who can say if that’s good or bad?
The most troublesome part was that, despite the stage change, he leveled up.
And that level-up was crucial; it required extra consideration for level suppression.
Forget it, thinking about it won’t help. Let’s try out the feel first.
Yuliya looked up and fired a simple d*ath… well, actually a space b*llet.
Headshot!
-3214!
That was effective!
