Chapter 93—The Abyssal King.
Chapter 93—The Abyssal King.
The jagged obsidian canopy of the Primordial Forest slowly gave way to a desolate, scorched landscape dominated by rivers of bubbling black magma and roaring sulfur vents.
The sky above the central region of Floor 10 was painted a deep, bloody crimson, torn continuously by terrifying arches of void lightning. Towering over the ruined terrain was the Central Volcanic Pit, a colossal mountain carved from dark cosmic ore that rose over twelve thousand feet into the atmosphere, its gaping maw spewing plumes of toxic white ash into the clouds.
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[ZONE ENTERED: Central Volcanic Pit — Territory of the Abyssal King]
HAZARD RATING: TIER-SS+ (Extreme Thermal & Spatial Instability)
FIELD EFFECT: [Abyssal Blight] — All Non-Sovereign Targets Suffer 5% Max HP Loss Every 10 Seconds!
STATUS: Boss Lair Reached
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Kaelen walked calmly across a narrow bridge of hardened volcanic stone suspended over a canyon of pure liquid anti-matter. His long dark coat rustled softly against the intense thermal updrafts, completely unaffected by the extreme heat.
Lyra walked gracefully at his side, her hand tightly clasped within his, surrounded by the bright golden sphere of the Key of the Holy Grail that neutralized every environmental debuff before it could touch them.
Behind them, Tsubaki, Ignis, and Ren maintained a tight perimeter formation, their weapons drawn and eyes scanning the towering volcanic cliffs surrounding the canyon.
"My Lord, sensors indicate we have entered the nesting ground of the Obsidian Manticores," Ren reported quietly, her fingers tapping rapidly on her gauntlet’s interface to project a sleek, tactical holographic grid of the surrounding cliffs.
"There are over two hundred high-tier beast signatures hiding in the basalt caves above us."
"They’re waiting for an opening," Tsubaki murmured, his body melting partially into the shadow cast by a jagged basalt pillar. His right hand rested firmly on the hilt of his black katana.
"They smell the death of General Gorthok on us, yet their beastly hunger overrides their fear."
"Let them drop," Ignis grunted with a dark, eager grin, resting his heavy claymore across his broad shoulders while black dragon flames danced playfully along the dark steel blade. "I haven’t even warmed up yet."
Before Ignis could finish his breath, the basalt cliffs on both sides of the canyon erupted!
ROAAAAAAAAR!
Over two hundred winged beasts covered in pitch-black obsidian scales, featuring razor-sharp scorpion tails and lion heads dripping with acidic venom, dove from the sky!
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[AMBUSH DETECTED!]
HOSTILE ENTITIES: 220x Obsidian Manticores (Level 178 Elite)
SPECIAL ABILITIES: [Acid Rain Barrage] & [Tail Stinger Projection]
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A dense rain of glowing purple venom needles and acidic fireballs rained down upon the squad, threatening to dissolve the stone bridge into slag!
"Not on my watch!" Lyra declared softly, her bright blue eyes flashing with pristine divine authority as she raised her golden staff toward the sky!
"Divine Art: Sacred Sun Shield!"
A brilliant dome of pure solar light expanded instantly around the squad. The toxic needles and acidic fireballs slammed against the golden barrier, evaporating into harmless white mist upon impact!
"My turn!" Ignis bellowed, leaping straight through the golden dome into the middle of the falling manticore flock!
"Dragon Fire Art: Purgatory Whirlwind!"
Ignis spun his claymore in a massive three-hundred-and-sixty-degree arc, unleashing a devastating storm of black-and-gold dragon fire that swept through the sky! The intense dragon flames incinerated eighty Manticores instantly, turning their obsidian scales to ash before their bodies hit the canyon floor!
"Shadow Style: Crescent Flash!" Tsubaki materialized mid-air behind three Manticore leaders, his black katana flickering three times in a millisecond. Three Manticore heads detached cleanly, falling into the liquid antimatter below!’
"System Hack: EMP Web!" Ren deployed twenty mini-drones that wove an electrified laser web across the cliff face, immobilizing fifty more beasts and sending them crashing down into the fiery abyss!
Within less than sixty seconds, the entire horde of two hundred Obsidian Manticores was wiped clean from the sky!
Kaelen didn’t even slow his pace. He continued walking forward, leading Lyra off the stone bridge and directly into the gaping entrance of the Central Volcanic Pit.
"Impressive teamwork as always," Kaelen purred softly, his low, velvet voice carrying a cool, casual warmth that made Lyra’s heart flutter as she smiled up at him.
"They work well because they know their sovereign expects nothing less than perfection," Lyra whispered sweetly, leaning her head against his shoulder for a brief moment as they stepped into the vast subterranean cavern beneath the volcano.
The interior of the mountain was staggering in scale.
A subterranean cavern three miles wide opened before them, filled with lakes of bubbling dark magma and ancient dragon bones. At the center of the cavern, resting upon a massive throne made of crushed black crystals, sat the supreme ruler of Floor 10—The Abyssal Behemoth King (Level 188 Tier-OVERLORD).
The Behemoth King stood over fifty feet tall, possessing six muscular arms wrapped in dark obsidian chains, four glowing crimson eyes, and a massive crown of curved anti-matter horns protruding from its skull.
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[OVERLORD BOSS ENGAGED!]
TARGET: The Abyssal Behemoth King—Monarch of the Primal Wilds (Level 188 Tier-OVERLORD)
HP: 240,000,000 / 240,000,000
SPECIAL RULE: Primal Rage—Attack Power Increases by 2% for Every 1% HP Lost!
RELIQUE RESONANCE: Key of the Holy Grail (100% Operational)
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"MORTALS..." The Abyssal Behemoth King’s voice boomed like a subterranean earthquake, shaking the massive stalactites from the roof of the cavern.
He slowly rose from his crystal throne, his six colossal arms flexing as two massive magma-infused axes materialized in his upper hands. "YOU SLAUGHTERED MY GENERAL AND CLEARED MY FLOCK... BUT YOU STAND BEFORE THE UNTAMED OVERLORD OF FLOOR 10!"
The Behemoth King slammed his foot onto the stone ground, causing the surrounding magma lakes to erupt into towering pillars of fire!
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[OVERLORD DOMAIN UNLEASHED!]
FIELD EFFECT: [Primal Volcanic Domain]
EFFECT: Enemy Movement Speed Reduced by 40%! Physical Impact Damage Increased by 150%!
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"A beast claiming lordship over space," Kaelen purred smoothly, stepping forward to the edge of the crystal platform. His dark violet eyes gleamed with cold, triple-ringed golden authority as he gently released Lyra’s hand. "How delightfully tragic."
The Behemoth King roared in pure fury, feeling insulted by Kaelen’s calm, condescending tone. He lunged forward with explosive speed that shattered the sound barrier, his massive magma axes swinging in a devastating cross-cut aimed to flatten the entire platform!
"Primal Secret Art: Earth-Shattering Cleave!"
BOOOOOOM!
𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
A wave of concentrated seismic shockwaves and antimatter fire surged toward Kaelen at blinding speed!’
Kaelen didn’t dodge, nor did he instruct his squad to intercept.
He simply raised his left dark-gloved hand, opening his slender fingers wide toward the incoming wave.
HUMMMMMMMM!
A pitch-black singularity of absolute void origin flared into existence before him. The colossal seismic wave and antimatter fire struck the black sphere—and were instantly devoured, vanishing completely without causing a single vibration to the ground under Kaelen’s boots!
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[PASSIVE EFFECT: Void Singular Absorption]
DAMAGE RECEIVED: 0!
Behemoth attack: erased!
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The Behemoth King’s four crimson eyes widened in genuine, primordial terror. His six massive arms froze mid-air as he stared at the pitch-black sphere floating in Kaelen’s palm.
"MY PRIMAL FIRE... ERASED?!" The Behemoth King growled in disbelief, stepping back half a pace as a cold instinct of survival—a feeling he hadn’t experienced in three centuries—flooded his blood. "WHAT ARE YOU?!"
"I am the end of your food chain," Kaelen purred softly, his velvet voice carrying a freezing, god-like weight that echoed off the ancient cavern walls.
He smoothly wrapped his dark-gloved right hand around the hilt of the Void Blade.
The completed Key of the Holy Grail inside Kaelen’s soul core ignited, flooding his dark blade with a combination of pitch-black void energy and dazzling golden runic script.
He drew the blade completely from its sheath.
SHING!
The temperature inside the volcanic pit plunged instantly from thousands of degrees to below freezing as the dark steel drank every bit of heat and light in the cavern. The massive lava lakes solidified into black glass within a split second!
"Sovereign Secret Art: Spatial Extinction — World Severing!"
Kaelen delivered a single, effortless horizontal slash through the air.
SKRRRRRRRAASH!
A razor-thin, three-mile line of pitch-black spatial deletion expanded across the entire subterranean cavern!
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[CRITICAL HIT!]
TARGET: The Abyssal Behemoth King (Level 188 Overlord)
DAMAGE DEALT: 290,000,000 (Pure Spatial Eradication)
DEFENSE NEGATED: 100%!
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"AAARRRRRRGH!"
The fifty-foot-tall Abyssal Behemoth King let out a soul-shattering howl as his six arms, his crystal throne, his anti-matter axes, and his Level 188 Overlord body were cleaved cleanly in two! The black spatial line severed his core, erasing his physical form and soul wards instantly into glowing red experience particles!
BOOOM!
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[OVERLORD BOSS ELIMINATED!]
TARGET: The Abyssal Behemoth King — Monarch of the Primal Wilds
EXP RECEIVED: 45,000,000 Points!
WORLD SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT: FACTION ’SOVEREIGN’ HAS CONQUERED FLOOR 10!
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As the giant body dissolved into glowing dust, a colossal purple core suspended in the air floated toward Kaelen—the Floor 10 primal core.---
[FLOOR CONQUERED.]
ZONE CLEAR: The Primordial World of Beasts
WAYSTONE UNLOCKED: Floor 11 Waygate Access
REWARD: Primal Sovereign Mark & 1,000,000 Gold System Tokens!
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The Primal Core touched Kaelen’s palm and smoothly absorbed into his flesh, merging with the completed Key of the Holy Grail in his soul. A massive pillar of dark purple and gold energy erupted from his body, piercing through the volcanic mountain peak and blasting into the red sky above Floor 10!
Lyra stepped up beside Kaelen, gently wrapping her arms around his waist and resting her head against his chest with a warm, triumphant smile. "Floor 10 is conquered, Kaelen. The beasts have acknowledged their true King."
"This wild realm was merely a stepping stone, my light," Kaelen whispered smoothly, pulling her close against his side as he looked toward the grand spatial portal appearing where the crystal throne once stood—the gateway leading to Floor 11.
Behind them, Ignis, Tsubaki, and Ren cheered as they collected the mountains of mythic drops left by the Overlord boss, their absolute devotion to their sovereign higher than ever.
Kaelen closed his hand, feeling the power of Floor 10 flowing through his veins as he prepared to lead his faction into the next realm of the 500 floors.