The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 217 - 151: Unknown Mutant_2

Chapter 217: Chapter 151: Unknown Mutant_2

"How about the Sunstone?"

Zhou Yuan sighed inwardly; it had to be this world’s fault.

"Let’s open a box first."

"Open!"

A flash of light.

[Skill Name: Hellfire for 1 Buck]

[Quality: Rare]

[Special Effect: Gain Hellfire effect. Hellfire: A demonic fire with extreme destructive and cruel properties against both physical and spiritual bodies, overflowing with Disaster Essence from the abyss.]

[Consumption: 1 point of Spirituality per second]

[Note: Seriously, bro, do you really mean it?]

"Not bad, it’s like having an additional fire-type Aoneng Power. Let’s see if I can control it freely..."

Zhou Yuan decided to try it out when no one was around.

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As Bai Lang’s level increased, her flying speed transformed qualitatively. It didn’t take long for the group to reach the area near the Magic Academy.

From the air, looking from afar, a dense and deep gray-white mist enveloped the Magic Academy.

Bai Lang raised her dragon head and took a deep breath.

The terrifying suction created a howling cyclone in the air, and as she exhaled, an even more violent dragon breath storm surged forth.

However, the powerful winds, which could raise massive waves on the sea, couldn’t disperse even a wisp of the gray-white mist.

"Let me try." Huo Yan Luo conjured a brilliant flame and tossed it downward, unable to ignite the mist.

"Still no good..." she clicked her tongue. This mist was indeed peculiar.

According to the game’s lore, the Magic Academy was the first entity attacked by the Demon King. All the mages were unknowingly corrupted by Demonic Qi, turning into terrifying, insane monsters loyal to the Demon King.

This mist was emitted by an imprisoned ancient beast within the academy and had strong corrosive abilities, which couldn’t be dispelled by ordinary means.

To disperse this corrosive mist, a rare stone called a "Sunstone" must be collected.

This stone, like a miniature sun, could emit a faint light to dispel the poisonous mist.

Some mages, realizing the disaster before losing their sanity, activated the academy’s barrier to isolate it from the outside world.

To enter the Magic Academy, one must carry a Sunstone and slowly navigate from the outer edges of the mist, finding three fragments needed to unlock the academy’s main gate, piecing them together to form the gate key.

Due to Demonic Qi corruption, many creatures in this land mutated, gaining the ability to coexist with the corrosive mist, making it extremely dangerous to explore the poisonous mist rashly.

Thus, except for Zhou Yuan’s high-level, self-assured adventuring party, no other squads were willing to take this risk.

"If we can’t blow away the poisonous mist, let’s start exploring according to protocol first," Huo Yan Luo said.

Bai Lang gradually descended to the edge of the mist.

The group immediately donned the pre-purchased Sunstones. A warm glow enveloped them; Zhou Yuan took a few steps forward, and the poisonous mist dissipated like snow meeting a blazing sun.

In no time, an area of ten meters around them became visible.

"Everyone, change formation, keeping six to seven meters apart, this way we get more illumination area."

For them, six to seven meters was almost within arm’s reach, allowing quick reactions if danger arose.

Forming a line, the mist dispersed over a large area. Following a memorized direction, they soon reached a ruin.

This was a town near the Magic Academy. After the Demon King’s invasion, the towns lost their guardians; residents were either killed by monsters or corroded to ashes by the poisonous mist.

"Grrrrr..."

A creepy growl echoed, and several broken bodies clawed their way up from the ground.

[LV57·Skeleton]

"Whoa, classic mobs, and high-level classic mobs at that!" Jiang Wuming exclaimed.

As expected of a high-level dungeon, even skeleton mobs were of such high levels.

Zhou Yuan drew the [Backwater Sword] and tested the damage on a skeleton, cutting it twice. Unexpectedly, the skeleton shattered into pieces, its health bar hitting zero.

While he was stunned, the shattered bones began to automatically assemble, reforming into a skeleton within moments, fully restored, slashing at him with sharp bone claws.

Zhou Yuan dodged and struck twice more, shattering the skeleton’s head this time. The skeleton didn’t revive again.

"The weak point is the head." He reminded his teammates, then sheathed his weapon and watched the show.

At his current level, killing these mobs didn’t grant much experience, better to let those needing experience to level up handle it.

After easily dispatching a few skeletons, the group continued onward.

Despite being in ruins, the town still showed signs of its former prosperity. Many shops selling magic scrolls and artifacts lined the streets, suggesting even ordinary residents had access to advanced magic.

Raiding the shops yielded nothing; everything had been corroded into debris by the poisonous mist.

Thud!

Suddenly, the ground trembled.

In the distance, the mist churned, revealing a giant, constantly morphing shadow.

Zhou Yuan and the others quickly hid and cautiously observed.

Thud, thud, thud...

The creature stood over twenty meters tall, its every step heavy as a mountain. As it emerged from the mist, they saw it clearly.

A mountain of countless purple-black tentacles intertwined, with numerous twisted faces underneath. These faces had their eyes gouged out, blood streaming down as they screamed in anguish, seemingly cursing and wailing in despair.

[LV67·Unknown Mutant]

At that moment, the Unknown Mutant abruptly halted.

Countless eyeless faces turned, and empty, pitch-black sockets eerily stared in their direction.

Everyone held their breath.

"███——!!!"

Like the roar of thousands of wailing undead, an ear-piercing scream exploded around them like thunder, darkening their vision and assaulting their spirits.

Zhou Yuan staggered, nose bleeding, immediately casting an [Intermediate Mind Barrier] to block further spiritual shocks.

"Do we fight it?" Jiang Wuming hurriedly asked, the monster’s level was even higher than the Big Four Bosses!

Moreover, this thing didn’t appear in the game’s monster encyclopedia, likely a special mutant, exceptionally fierce.

"Fight!"

Zhou Yuan confidently replied, "I’ll distract it, you guys cover me."

Boom, boom, boom!

The next moment, countless tentacles lashed out, reducing their hiding place to powder.

Draped in blazing fire armor, Huo Yan Luo charged out of the dust, her fiery red waves of hair flowing like a majestic Valkyrie. She summoned the Sky Burning Flame Sword and fiercely slashed at the Unknown Mutant.

Bai Lang snapped her fingers and cast her divine skills from afar. Icy blue frost raged, freezing the flying tentacles into ice sculptures in an instant.

With a fiery swipe, the flame sword shattered the frozen tentacles like foam, sending icy rain cascading down.

Splat!

The splendid flame light left a long, charred wound on the Unknown Mutant. Flames danced and high-temperature fire began to burn its injury.

"███——!!!"

The Unknown Mutant let out a pained scream laced with spiritual shock, but this time, everyone was prepared and unaffected.

Simultaneously, while the teammates distracted the monster, Zhou Yuan stealthily crept to the Unkown Mutant’s feet.

Crimson light flickered.

Equal Life Barrier activated!

Being over level 60 was still within the realm that Equal Life Barrier could affect.

Thus, the Unknown Mutant’s level instantly dropped to match Zhou Yuan’s!