The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 200 - 143: Each with Their Unique Skills

Chapter 200: Chapter 143: Each with Their Unique Skills

The Flame Sword descended, emitting a massive roar that shook the entire Demonic Forest.

It was as if a volcano erupted, with crimson magma exploding in all directions, tongues of fire dancing intricately, waves of flame rolling and surging, engulfing all around.

The scorching wind enveloped every corner, its terrifying heat burning everything, evaporating moisture, twisting the air, roasting the earth, permeating every place without exception, including the Demon Tree King. All surrounding Demon Trees’ trunks ignited into splendid flames.

In just a moment, they were reduced to black ashes and dust.

This strike, the Flame Sword, was a skill stored in advance by Huo Yan Luo. Even a casual attack from a seventh-tier demigod could be considered world-shattering; combined with the special effects of the three major fire element types, its power was utterly terrifying.

As the scorching fire spread, a massive charred sword crater appeared on the ground, where brilliant flames roared within, turning into a vast sea of fire.

The Demon King’s Hound Knight knelt within it, half of its body charred and cracked, its luxurious metal armor melted into molten iron, flowing on the ground.

Its health bar was almost emptied in an instant, but if one looked closely, they would notice a small segment remaining.

Zhou Yuan was rather surprised, was it not a one-hit kill?

The Flame Sword stored by Huo Yan Luo was undoubtedly a seventh-tier skill, and the Demon King’s Hound was only at level 65. Logically, it should have been instantly killed... but considering that the game’s monsters’ strength had all been enhanced, it was not that surprising.

It was not a big problem, the blazing flames were swiftly reducing the remaining health of the Demon King’s Hound Knight, locked in a rigid state, inevitably suffering a few more seconds of burning damage.

This short time was enough for the flames to burn it to death.

Sure enough, three seconds later, the last drop of the Demon King’s Hound Knight’s health was burned away. It collapsed to the ground with a thud, its body gradually fading into nothingness, dropping two items, one glowing purple, the other golden.

Zhou Yuan’s game level instantly soared to LV57!

"Thank goodness for the equipment Huo Yan Luo gave me, otherwise, this time would have been dangerous." Zhou Yuan let out a sigh of relief, his back drenched in cold sweat.

Who would have thought one of the four kings under the Demon King would be lurking here? In that instant, he genuinely felt the shadow of death, almost thinking he needed to prepare for a revival match.

Luckily, his teammates were powerful, Bai Lang promptly took everyone into the air, avoiding an instant kill by the Demon King’s Hound Knight, giving him the chance to make subsequent moves. Otherwise, this time they would surely have failed.

The Demon King was truly insidious...

Zhou Yuan steadied himself and flew off into the distance, quickly finding his teammates scattered throughout the forest.

Due to the massive explosion’s impact, everyone was flung far away, avoiding the effects of the Flame Sword.

Huo Yan Luo directly leveled up to 52, as the gloves that could store fire skills were soul-bound to her, so she was considered to have participated in the kill and shared the experience points.

Jiang Wuming, Bai Lang, and Will were rather unlucky, not gaining a bit of experience.

However, with two heavyweights in the team, their leveling speed would surely not be slow in the future.

Huo Yan Luo controlled the burning flames in the forest, gradually extinguishing them. The place was charred beyond recognition, blackened earth emitting hot steam like a sauna, making it hard to breathe.

She stepped forward and picked up the two items.

[Hound’s Long Blade], [Sacred Crystal].

The former was the weapon of the Demon King’s Hound Knight.

The latter was a hidden item in the Demonic Forest, a golden legend tier, possessing powerful sacred purification power, capable of enhancing the divine power hidden within the princess.

"Logically, this Sacred Crystal requires players to enter the Demon Tree King and complete a side quest to obtain it."

Beastman Will adjusted his glasses, "But with one of the four kings under the Demon King blocking the newbie village, it’s apparent the game’s plot has long gone off the rails... Of course, even the chaos has its limits, as evidenced by the Demon King’s Hound not being able to take away the Sacred Crystal but only guarding here to kill all who come.

Places involving crucial items must be the same."

"You should take this blade." Huo Yan Luo tossed the Hound’s Long Blade to Zhou Yuan.

[Name: Hound’s Long Blade]

[Quality: Epic]

[Special Effects: Attacks inflict lasting slashes, bleeding effects. Possesses the skill ’Sea of Corpses and Blood’.]

[Sea of Corpses and Blood: Releases a bloody slash, causing massive damage and bleeding effect to the target, and the slash can be remotely detonated.]

[Cost: 3000 points of spirituality]

[Note: I smell the scent of blood!]

What a good item, though the skill consumption was too high. Zhou Yuan thanked her and stored the weapon.

At the same time, a system prompt rang in his ears.

[Exploration in this area has reached 100%, full collection completed]

[Quest "Demonic Forest" completed]

[Quest Rating: S (Experience points and Star Coins reward increased to 150%)]

[Comment: True players leave nothing alive, full collection is the way!]

[Quest Reward 1: Experience Points * 1800]

[Quest Reward 2: Star Coins * 7500]

[LV29 → LV30!]

[Experience Points: 750/1550]

[Distributable Attribute Points: 1]

Finally reached the third tier!

Zhou Yuan was delighted, though the feeling of the tier advancement was not very noticeable, as his game level had reached 57, equivalent to a fifth-tier extraordinary person.

However, the tier advancement in the game was evidently different from the real world. The level-up brought only various attribute increases, without the crucial elementalization.

Still, this was an invaluable experience, as being able to pre-experience the power of higher tiers would be very helpful for future cultivation.