Chapter 160: 160 Chapter 160: A Life-or-Death Battle Without Any Artistry Lin Moyu’s eyes showed a strange look. This humanoid mage monster in front of him not only could speak and called him over, But its first words upon meeting were to tell Lin Moyu to kill it. Under Lin Moyu’s gaze, the mage slowly stood up. Though also a humanoid monster with a pale blue transparent form, its appearance and features weren’t much different from a normal person. Very different from the other humanoid monsters. It wore a mage robe, also formed from energy. As it stood, it even unconsciously adjusted its robe. All its actions indicated it had consciousness and wasn’t an ordinary monster. This was the first time Lin Moyu had encountered such a situation. A staff appeared in the mage’s hand. Lin Moyu’s pupils contracted slightly. The staff wasn’t formed from energy, but a real equipment weapon. The mage raised its head to look at Lin Moyu, "Want to know why? Kill me and I’ll tell you." This sounded very odd no matter how you heard it. After being killed, how could it speak? Can dead people still talk? But it didn’t give Lin Moyu time to think. The staff raised high, a huge fireball shot out of thin air, carrying scorching heat, rushing towards Lin Moyu at an alarming speed. The skeleton warriors quickly blocked in front of Lin Moyu. The fireball crashed into the skeleton warriors and exploded with a boom. Flames shot in all directions. Bone Armor flashed brightly, blocking all the scattered flames. "Such strong attack power." With just one hit, the skeleton warriors were heavily injured. This mage was far stronger than the Elemental Panther King earlier. After he eliminated the Elemental Panther King, most of the energy in the dungeon concentrated on this mage. Not only that, even the energy of the humanoid monsters was now concentrated on it. It had gathered almost all the energy of the entire dungeon. No wonder it was so strong. "If you can’t kill me, I’ll kill you!" The mage’s voice sounded again, then its staff hummed. The entire dungeon shook. Lin Moyu’s face changed drastically. The dungeon exit beside Ning Yiyi disappeared, and dungeon escape talismans were also forbidden. They couldn’t leave the dungeon. Either kill the opponent, or be killed. If he lost, not only would he die, but Ning Yiyi wouldn’t survive either. The skeleton warriors and skeleton mages also launched attacks simultaneously. Detection flew out. [Elemental Archmage (Hell Dungeon Boss)] [Level: 39] [Strength: 10,000] [Agility: 10,000] [Spirit: 40,000] [Constitution: 10,000] [Skills: Wind Shackles, Explosive Flames, Meteor Apocalypse, Silence, Magic Shield] [Trait: Greatly Enhanced Vitality] A level 39 boss with mediocre strength and agility, but 40,000 spirit. The level 27 skeleton mages’ spirit attribute reached 45,000 after amplification, seemingly higher, but were completely outmatched in skills. The opponent’s skills were very powerful. The skeleton warriors were heavily injured from just one hit earlier. For career holders, strength wasn’t just about attributes, but also skills. This Elemental Archmage boss must have been a mage-type career holder before. After death, it was reconstructed by dungeon energy, still retaining the characteristics of a mage career holder with extremely powerful spirit. Its 40,000 spirit attribute had surpassed the Elemental Queen, the highest single attribute boss Lin Moyu had seen. Plus these five skills... Lin Moyu had a headache. But now there was no way to retreat, it was life or death. Since that was the case, they would fight. The skeleton warriors had already charged up, raising their blades high, skills bursting! Blue light flashed as a blue barrier appeared around the boss. Skill: Magic Shield! Several skeleton warriors’ skills landed on the magic shield. The shield flashed with dazzling light, distorting. But half a second later it returned to normal. The magic shield was extremely strong, the strongest Lin Moyu had seen. He didn’t know what level the opponent’s skills had reached, but they were very powerful. Flames burned in his palm. Skill: Soul Fire! A flame ignored the mage’s protection, instantly appearing above the boss’s head. The boss showed a pained expression, its whole body shaking violently, but it didn’t make any sound. Skill: Slow Curse! Lin Moyu’s skills activated in succession. Amid red light, the boss’s speed suddenly slowed. It seemed not to expect the curse skill. Its expression changed, showing surprise but also a hint of satisfaction. The skeleton mages’ attacks followed, massive attacks engulfing it. Fire: Explosive Flames! Water: Ice Storm! Wind: Tornado Storm! Lightning: Five Thunderbolts! For a time, wind and fire raged, thunder and lightning flashed. Four elemental attacks fell on the magic shield, dazzlingly brilliant, distorting and deforming the shield constantly. The magic shield shattered with a boom. The skeleton warriors’ attacks also landed on the boss. Beams of light shot out, hitting the skeleton mages. Skill: Silence. Silence could make mages enter a silent state, unable to use any skills. Even the skeleton mages weren’t spared. Control-type skills... Were what Lin Moyu hated most. Light beams kept firing, silencing the skeleton mages one after another. Unable to use skills, the silenced skeleton mages could only watch helplessly, unable to do anything. Seeing this, Lin Moyu immediately recalled the unsilenced skeleton mages. The skeleton warriors’ blades kept hacking at it. It quickly retreated, but affected by the curse, its retreat was very slow. Lin Moyu continued casting Soul Fire simultaneously. Each Soul Fire attack caused it pain. The skeleton warriors caught up, its speed no match for theirs. A gust of wind blew past, and the frontmost skeleton warriors suddenly stopped. Chains appeared on their bodies. The skeleton warriors were trapped in place, unable to move. Skill: Wind Shackles! The boss kept activating skills, trapping several skeleton warriors each time. The skeleton warriors couldn’t get close to it. Blue light flashed as the magic shield appeared again. This way, even if a few skeleton warriors caught up, they couldn’t break through the magic shield. In the blink of an eye, over half the skeleton warriors were trapped, standing like wooden stakes unable to move. It was troublesome enough that small monsters had control skills, but the boss too... This was truly a headache. Skeleton warriors bound, skeleton mages silenced. Corpse Explosion... no corpses. Lin Moyu knew he could only rely on himself now. This was the first time he had to fight a boss purely by himself. Soul Fire was his only skill. Fortunately the magic shield couldn’t block it. Soul Fire activated again and again repeatedly. The boss’s expression twisted in pain, its body shaking non-stop. It raised its staff high. Complex, profound star patterns formed under its feet. Quickly becoming a five-pointed star array. Skill: Meteor Apocalypse! Meteor Apocalypse was a skill level 40 mage-type career holders could master after completing second transition. A large-scale area attack skill. The sky turned red, then countless blazing meteors rained down. Both range and power far surpassed that mage who ambushed them earlier. The skeleton warriors were all controlled, Lin Moyu couldn’t recall them and could only endure the attacks. Bone Armor flashed brightly, defending Lin Moyu against the attacks. The skill range was too large, there was nowhere to dodge. So he didn’t bother dodging. He also ignored the skeletons. Lin Moyu steeled himself. They would fight head-on and see who could last to the end. Enduring the blazing meteors, he kept using Soul Fire. He refreshed Bone Armor every so often. The boss had strong vitality, not easy to kill. Even surrounded by skeleton warriors, it would take one or two minutes to hack down. Let alone now with only Lin Moyu attacking. Spirit power was rapidly depleting. When it was half consumed, he took out a recovery potion he had prepared and drank it. Before entering the dungeon, he had brought recovery potions just in case. He didn’t expect to actually use them. Meteor Apocalypse lasted a full minute before stopping. A beam of light shot from the boss’s staff. Skill: Silence! It wanted to restrict Lin Moyu’s skills. Silence had no effect, blocked by Bone Armor. Bone Armor was immune to all control and negative effects. After trying twice, the boss stopped attempting. It didn’t continue using Meteor Apocalypse, but switched to Explosive Flames to attack Lin Moyu. Though the single-target skill’s overall power was less than Meteor Apocalypse, it was faster and could be used continuously. Its power was much higher than Meteor Apocalypse in one-on-one combat. Explosive Flames kept landing on Lin Moyu, fireballs exploding before his eyes, brilliant like fireworks, booming in his ears. Relying on Bone Armor’s super strong defense, Lin Moyu didn’t dodge, taking the attacks head-on. At the same time he used Soul Fire at maximum speed, continuously attacking the boss. The boss’s magic shield couldn’t block Soul Fire. But Bone Armor could block its Explosive Flames. Lin Moyu knew he had the advantage in this aspect. Now it was a test of who could hold out longer. He took out another recovery potion and drank it, always keeping his spirit power above half. The two sides battled with no technique like this... Trading blows back and forth, mutually damaging each other. Though it was a life-or-death battle, it looked so boring. Finally, the boss reached its limit, suddenly letting out a pained scream. This was the first time it had screamed since the battle began. Lin Moyu knew how painful Soul Fire was. None of the boss monsters he had killed along the way could endure it unless they had no sense of pain. Amid the screams, its skills were interrupted. Lin Moyu’s eyes lit up as he intensified his attacks.