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Chapter 208 - 178 Harvest_1

Chapter 208: Chapter 178 Harvest_1

Now, he was enjoying a buff that doubled his damage and halved the harm he took, but he was still helplessly chased by his opponent.

What could he utilize to fight once this buff wore off?

The black-robed man seemed to be able to envisage the dismal state he would be in...

The black-robed man, who originally showed little resistance, abruptly started struggling violently as if a dying man caught a second wind, shouting and attacking all creatures around him. At this moment, he was not a mage, but a berserker, desperately trying to break through with his physical strength.

Unfortunately, such chaotically aggressive tactics, even if one were to indulge with the idea of becoming a divine being descending upon earth, would not have any effect on reality.

Mu You led his summoned creatures in a chaotic brawl, leading to the black-robed man’s HP rapidly dwindling.

This death caused the black-robed man to drop to level 18, instantly losing nine attribute points.

This was like opening the floodgates, with the speed of the black-robed man’s deaths and drops in levels accelerating.

Upon his sixteenth death, the black-robed man dropped another level, down to 17.

After his seventeenth death, he dropped directly to level 14, completely losing his level advantage over Mu You.

The most frightening part was his eighteenth death. The experience punishment of over one million, made the black-robed man plummet to the lower limit of level 10, becoming a common man who had not evolved yet.

Moreover, at the black-robed man’s eighteenth death, three pieces of equipment exploded from his death location: a chest armor, a pair of leg-guards, a belt, all sparking dazzling purple light.

Three pieces of epic equipment!

Mu You’s eyes sparkled at the sight.

The next instant, the black-robed man resurrected and tried to rush over to pick up the equipment. However, Mu You quickly seized all the equipment before he could even start.

Mu You didn’t have time to check the equipped attributes, but he quickly realized that these equipment probably had level requirements. The black-robed man’s consecutive level drops would have brought him below those requirements, hence his gear fell off.

He glanced again at the black-robed man’s attributes: Strength 11, Agility 14, Intelligence 54, Physique 10, HP 1000, 0/5400 Magic Points.

These attributes were only four points above a level 10’s standard attributes.

And Mu You recalled this man previously had nearly 20 additional attribute points, so these extra points mainly came from the three pieces of equipment...

Instantly, Mu You looked forward to these purple-rated items more than ever. However, he prioritized dealing with his opponent first.

The black-robed man’s eyes were bloodshot. He watched as Mu You picked up his most precious equipment, but he didn’t dare to take it back, instead, he hurriedly tried to run towards the entrance again.

Unfortunately, with his now weakened attributes and being suppressed by the level difference, Mu You could crush him with just one hand without even using any magic.

So at this time, Mu You also temporarily stopped accepting magical aid from others. After all, aid drained others’ lifespan and also divided his experience.

Sharing experience six ways would never be as good as keeping it all for himself.

This kill was quicker than any before. The black-robed man, now with only one thousand HP, had his HP bar emptied by Mu You with just two scratches.

After resurrecting again, the black-robed man was completely desperate. Even if he was to regain full magic power, he no longer had any possibility of turning the tables.

What followed was a long process of consecutive killing.

The black-robed man initially tried to struggle a few times, but it was to no avail. As his energy depleted, his struggling force subsequently weakened.

On Mu You’s end, though he didn’t have the help of the two giant ice and fire titans anymore, he still had a Netherworld Demon Child.

This summoned creature, like the Battle Eagle, belonged to the category that could exist for a long time. It had the talent of Flash Assault and Backstab with considerable attacking power. Especially when facing the black-robed man who now only had a thousand HP, a backstab could deal nearly five hundred damage points, two strikes were enough to instantly kill him!

Mu You also used the magatama given by the Blood Emperor, another tool for crushing weak opponents.

In the chaotic fight with the Netherworld Demon Child and the Blood-colored Magatama, the speed at which the black-robed man was killed became faster and faster. It took half a minute to kill him at the start, then ten seconds later, five seconds...

Mu You did not know how much lifespan this guy had, he was prepared to grind overnight.

Who would have thought that merely after the 421st kill, the black-robed man seemed to realize something and his body started to shudder.

"Wait, hold on... You can’t kill me anymore!"

The black-robed man lay weakly on the ground, pleading hoarsely.

Mu You was slightly stunned at his frightened expression, then he couldn’t help but say with an odd expression, "Don’t tell me, for a level 19 like you, you only have a little over four hundred years of lifespan? I thought you would have at least a couple of thousand years stashed up..."

The black-robed man nearly spat blood after hearing this. Who would hoard so much lifespan...

After speaking, Mu You quickly realized that when most people get lifespan, they will quickly convert it into strength. As for lifespan stockpile, a few hundred years would be enough.

If you found yourself in a situation where you can’t fight back, no matter how much lifespan you have, you are just giving others lifespan and experience.

Just like the current battle, it seemed like they both had a little over four hundred years of lifespan, but it was not an intense battle of attrition that lasted a few hundred matches.

The victory of their battles had been already decided within the first dozen matches or so. The battles that followed were entirely a one-sided crushing by Mu You.

This was the norm in battles amongst the masters in the Star Spirit World, lifespan was never a measure of combat power. Magic power, physical endurance, and experience penalties were the real restrictions. Whoever managed to kill their opponent first down to tenth level, held the keys to victory.

"What are you trying to say?"

The Demon Child’s knife was already at the opponent’s throat, and Mu You wasn’t in a hurry to make a move, opting to first listen to the man’s last words.

"Let... let me go..."

"Let you go? Do you think that’s possible?" Mu You found it amusing. How naive one must be to say such a thing at a time like this.

"I’m serious, most of my wealth is stored in the Wizard Association, you won’t get much profit by killing me, but if you capture me and turn me in to the Wizard Association, I can ensure you’d receive multiple times, no, dozens of times the profit!" The black-robed man quickly retorted.

"Sorry, I’m not a big fan of leaving threats behind." Mu You shook his head, unmoved by his words.

"Wait, my mentor is Master Quigley, one of the Vice Presidents of the Wizard Association! If you bring me to him, I can assure you, you’ll get everything you want!" The black-robed man struggled further.

"Quigley?"

Before Mu You could respond, Vivian suddenly emerged from his backpack, flew onto his shoulder, and looked down at the black-robed man with a scoff. "I wondered why there was such a nauseating aura. Turns out it’s someone taught by that old geezer."

"Hundreds of years have passed, and those old geezers haven’t made any progress. Still so cowardly, none of them dared to plunge into the unknown world, only sending you youngsters out to show your faces. Haha..."

With this sudden tirade from Vivian, Mu You began to understand her implication. No wonder the Ten Commandments, backed by the Wizard Association, had no masters above the 20th level.

The real fossils of the Wizard Association, usually they hold their lives dearer the longer they live. Folks like them wouldn’t dare come to Earth, where resurrection isn’t an option. Even the mightiest are afraid of unexpected disasters.

"Who... who are you? Do you know my mentor?"

The black-robed man stared at the canary in astonishment, not minding her insulting his mentor at all. Instead, a glimmer of hope surged in his heart.

It might be a turning point if it’s someone his mentor knows!

Vivian didn’t respond to the black-robed man’s question. Instead, she suddenly asked something else: "It’s been so many years, I wonder if your mentor’s Sunflare Syndrome has improved?"

"Um..."

The black-robed man was stunned for a moment after this, then his eyes widened in disbelief while looking at Vivian.

"Could you... could you possibly be..."

The black-robed man’s mouth began to tremble. He looked at the harmless canary as if facing something extremely terrifying, "No, it can’t be... you... you... supposed to be dead already!"

"Haha."

Vivian scoffed and stopped speaking.

Mu You didn’t hesitate anymore, and with a swing of his Bone-Breaking Knife, he ended the black-robed man’s life with a single strike.

[You killed a level 10 Mysterious Man, received +10 experience, +1 lifespan, +10 evil camp reputation.]

[You’ve completely killed the Mysterious Man, obtaining a set of ’Mysterious Human Skin’, one piece of ’Mysterious Robe’, one ’Space Expansion Ring’, and one ’Thunder Wand’.]

Seeing the prompt inside his mind, Mu You let out a sigh of relief and quickly sat down to restore his physical strength.

Physical strength was also something that couldn’t be restored immediately with a resurrection. After more than an hour of continuous brute force, it would be a lie to say he wasn’t weary. Didn’t you see that in the end, the black-robed man had run out of the strength to protest? Fortunately, Mu You had his summoned creature to relieve him and he didn’t have to expend much of his own energy, which allowed him to persist until the end.

While eating to restore his stamina, Mu You finally had time to carefully tally up his spoils from the battle.

Firstly, the experience points.

A total of 422 kills, except for the dozen or so from the beginning where part of his experience was taken by others, the experience from the four hundred or so kills afterwards all went into his bag. Of course, the experience deducted from the few times he was killed was also counted. All in all, he ended up with a net gain of 3880 experience points!

Including his previous experience, his current level status was: Level 11, with experience at 3026/5120.

Directly elevated to Level 11 with experience bar already more than halfway filled.

In addition, there were the 417 additional years of lifespan, and as high as 4363 points of evil camp reputation.

The lifespan gains from this time were undoubtedly abundant. From the original more than four hundred and fifty years, it doubled to 871 years. He could even foresee reaching the milestone of one thousand years of life.

Apart from these numerical rewards, what Mu You was looking forward to were the physical spoils of war.

After the black-robed man died just now, his body disappeared, leaving behind three things: a wand, a robe and a ring. The leftovers of the ’Mysterious Man’ went directly into Mu You’s body and could be switched out at any time.

Mu You checked the effects one by one.

[Mysterious Man: A specially selected batch of wizard apostles groomed by the Wizard Association. They often possess extraordinary magical abilities. Talent: Magic Inspiration, they can learn spells from others 50% faster. Privilege: 20% off when purchasing goods in stores within the empire.]

[Mysterious Robe: Wraps the wearer in a layer of phased energy barrier, preventing others from inspecting the wearer’s attributes. Only effective when worn with the skin of the Mysterious Man.]

[Space Expansion Ring: A ring that houses both ’Telekinesis’ and ’Space Extension Curse’, providing a miniature space of 3x3x3 meters. Items inside can be taken out directly with your mind, and it isn’t limited by dimensional constraints, but cannot hold living things.]

[Thunder Wand: A magic wand specially crafted for Thunder Element Mages. When casting Thunder Magic, inflicts 30% more damage and casting speed is increased by 30%. Comes with the spell ’Thunder Arc’: Instantly shoots out a streak of red lightning, inflicting 200 points of damage.]