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Chapter 700 - 216: Tragic Hero - King of Omens!_1

Chapter 700: Chapter 216: Tragic Hero - King of Omens!_1

The daredevil Danmu brother, not admitting defeat, actually started a live stream.

Then, before the eyes of a few dozen onlookers,

he embarked on the lengthy journey of suffering through the Holy Tree.

Starting with the lowest branches of the Holy Tree, where he was mobbed by a bunch of bubble-blowing denizens of Honey Snow Ice City and kept slipping and dying.

Descending further into the midsection of the branches, he encountered a horde of giant ants capable of spewing crimson rot, leading to repeated and explosive deaths.

Even upon finally reaching the built-up areas of the Holy Tree’s city district,

and finally treading on solid ground,

he began the endless clash with the Pure Gold Soldier Guard + Noble House Knights.

As the final area of the whole Elden Ring, the Holy Tree’s monsters are terrifyingly high-level and come in a wide variety, each with unique attack patterns.

Clenching his teeth, he traversed the rooftops of the buildings, and via ladders, arrived at the ground level.

There, Mr. Tough boldly scoffed, ’Is this all?’

Next, he was greeted by no less than five Omen Master Yip Mans.

The Royal Ghosts lay in wait underground, bursting forth from behind the moment the player passed by.

A combo of Eighteen Touches + Poison Fog nearly disoriented Mr. Tough completely.

After repeatedly facing death and fighting on, he finally managed to defeat them one by one.

But not a moment was spent mourning the fallen Royal Ghosts, for what was coming next was... he forgot.

In any case, the three Crystal Men + the Golden Tree incarnate at the main gate once again nearly had Mr. Tough coughing up blood.

With experience painfully accumulated through countless deaths, Mr. Tough finally overcame the ordeal, descended layer by layer, and reached the root area of the Holy Tree.

Compared to the glitz and glamour of the structures above,

the decay in the root area was significantly more severe.

There, he encountered the Rotten Tree Roots lurking in small pools of rot.

Any player who’s made it this far will have encountered them more than a few times.

The difference, however, was that this particular Rotten Tree Root was situated in the pool, forcing the player to withstand the continuous pressure of the debuff from the crimson rot, and drain health at an alarming rate.

Finally, with the reminder from the Danmu, Mr. Tough clung to the rocks above the pools of rot, using a combination of magic + bow and arrows to laboriously grind it down.

He then reached the last Blessing Spot of the entire Holy Tree area—the base of the Holy Tree.

Up ahead was the final boss of the whole Holy Tree area, the fog door of Valkyrie Malenia.

Mr. Tough had heard countless tales about Malenia on his way here.

But it was his first time facing this BOSS head-on.

He didn’t know how tough the BOSS would be.

But what he did know

was that the Danmu started streaming a bunch of incomprehensible phrases the moment he stepped through the fog door.

Phrases like ’Boom boom bang!’, ’Hey, hey, brace yourself, bro’s coming’, ’Feel the edge of Mikaila’s blade!’, and ’No questions, ask and it’s double trouble at Omen!’ along with other jumbled words.

Having finally passed through the fog door and watched the cutscene CG,

Mr. Tough was instantly thrilled.

For standing before him was a humanoid BOSS.

Aside from being slightly taller than the Fading One, there was none of the oppressive aura that those giant-level BOSSes have.

"Is a humanoid BOSS difficulty worth all your hype?"

"I may not be a top player, and ’Elden’ is indeed a tough game, but the one thing I don’t fear is humanoid BOSSes."

"These bosses always have a weak spot; just circle round to their back, and it’s game over, ridiculously easy to beat."

"Eh... just like this!"

As he spoke, Mr. Tough tried to shield up and sneak round to Malenia’s back right at the start.

To him, Valkyrie’s moves seemed quite easy to read.

Raise the sword, slash, sweep; all her preparatory movements were very clear.

Dodging and then hitting her from behind a couple of times was the strategy—not too greedy, quickly backing off after.

This Valkyrie liked to show off as well, holding her sword and walking slowly.

By the time she approached the player, their computer graphics card would be out of warranty.

"Almost no pressure at a...," Mr. Tough couldn’t even finish his sentence.

His pupils suddenly contracted sharply.

He saw the Valkyrie suddenly leap into the air.

Hanging silently in midair for a few seconds,

suddenly, she dove down in Mr. Tough’s direction!

Her slender blade seemed to slash countless times in an instant, the chilling Sword Qi even creating concentric satellite tail trails around her, but as ephemeral as they were, the cold light was imminent.

Waterbird · Chaotic Dance!

Mr. Tough, sensing something was amiss, reflexively raised his shield in an instant.

But under Valkyrie Malenia’s Waterbird onslaught,

the relentless clanging of sword against shield was cacophonous.

In just one second, all the Fading One’s stamina was exhausted.

Boom!

A deep guard break alert sounded.

After being guard broken, a player would be briefly paralyzed.

And at that moment, Valkyrie Malenia landed, positioned behind the Fading One.

Without pausing for breath, the second phase of Waterbird came at him!

There was barely any interval before she charged from behind, heading straight for the Fading One!

Amidst the blur of blades, she took away the entire health bar of the Fading One!

"Ah... what the..."

"This..."

With a mind gone blank, Mr. Tough stumbled over his words for several seconds before painfully forcing out a complete sentence.

"What the hell is this?????"

The Danmu, never missing a chance to mock, were already floating continuous waves of laughter.

"Hahaha! I can’t help but burst into laughter!"