Chapter 517: Ultimate Fear
As Sephlin parried with her sword, her body trembled violently the instant the Night Watcher's Sword clashed head-on with the Wildfire Spear.
The shockwave from the clash of guns and swords shattered all the remaining shadow tentacles in the black void, and the crystal chandelier on the dome shook violently, with the crisp sound of thousands of crystals colliding pouring down like a torrential rain.
Severine was forced to bend one knee by the force of the shot. The black void beneath her feet could not withstand the immense power and cracked open, creating a fissure several meters long from which dark purple energy surged wildly.
Lin Feng did not sheathe his spear. Taking advantage of Celine's parrying posture, he slid the Wildfire Spear down the blade of the Eternal Night Watcher, the spear tip scraping against the blade and creating dazzling sparks, pressing her sword firmly in front of him, preventing her from swinging it.
"Zhaoyue, now!"
Jiang Zhaoyue was already poised to strike. 【Moon Shadow Charge】 was activated, and she transformed into a silver streak of light, cutting in from the right flank.
The Silver Gleaming Greaves' 【Dawn Impact】 also erupts, dealing an additional 100% damage to Shadow creatures!
The Silver Moon Spear thrust out, its tip gleaming white light tracing a straight path in the darkness, precisely piercing the seam between Severin's right shoulder armor and breastplate.
The extra damage from Dawn Strike burst forth instantly, and Sefrin's health plummeted after that single shot.
At the same time, Jiang Yelan on the left wing activated 【Shadow Step】, appearing behind Seflin like a ghost, and slashed horizontally with his Shadow Moon Blade, striking her lower back armor hard.
After succeeding, she immediately retreated, her silent boots tapping three times in mid-air to barely dodge the sword energy that Seflin swept back.
Seflin's health dropped to 30% in an instant.
"roar!!!"
She let out a low growl, and the Sword of Eternal Night swept across, knocking Lin Feng's Wildfire Spear away.
She retreated rapidly, all the way to the throne platform, where she plunged the Sword of Eternal Night Watch into the ground.
The dark purple sword light on the sword surged into the black void like a tide, and the entire Eternal Night Domain began to shrink.
All the darkness, all the tentacles, all the void rifts were rapidly closing in on her.
Her health points continued to plummet during the shrinking process: 25%! 15%! 3%!
But her aura was rapidly rising to a suffocating peak.
Lin Feng held his Blazing Spear horizontally in front of him, with Jiang Yelan behind him on his left, and the black light on his Shadow Moon Blade re-condensed.
Jiang Zhaoyue was on the right, the tip of the Silver Moon Spear fixedly aimed at Severine's chest.
The three beams of golden light from the armor merged into one, echoing each other within the hall.
The light in the hall began to dim, and the warm golden glow of the crystal chandelier was replaced by a layer of gradually spreading black, like a drop of ink falling into clear water.
Severine raised her head, the dark purple light in her eye sockets even brighter than before, like two clusters of will-o'-the-wisps burning fiercely.
Her voice, hoarse and desperate, welled up from deep in her throat: "It's not enough...you haven't seen the real darkness yet."
She opened her arms, and the Sword of Eternal Night hovered in front of her. The ancient characters on the surface of the sword began to emit a light that was completely different from before. The light flowed from the hilt to the tip of the sword, like a flame burning backwards.
Dark energy emanated from beneath her feet, spreading outwards and covering the entire rear area.
The crystal chandelier in the dome swayed violently, and then the entire hall fell into a distorted, elongated sense of stillness.
The ultimate nightmare of terror took full shape in that moment.
The dark energy, like an invisible wave, swept towards Lin Feng, Jiang Zhaoyue, and Jiang Yelan simultaneously.
【Nightmare Ultimate Fear】 is activated, locking onto all units within the area.
Because the Demon King is sealed away, the ultimate terror of the Nightmare is amplified to an extreme degree.
Units with resistance below 100% will enter a state of fear for 30 seconds.
The fear effect cannot be dispelled in any way during the first 3 seconds.
During this period, you cannot move, use skills, or perform any actions.
The moment Jiang Zhaoyue and Jiang Yelan were caught in that energy, their movements completely stopped, as if they were being held down from the inside by an invisible giant hand.
The tip of the Silver Moon Spear stopped in mid-air, and the Shadow Moon Blade also stopped just before it was sheathed.
Lin Feng activated the 【Suppressing Power】 of the Golden Scale Suppressing Mountain Armor the instant the energy struck.
A pale golden light shone on his body, perfectly overlapping with the golden light of his armor. His negative resistance was instantly boosted to over 100%, crossing the absolute threshold between life and death.
When the dark energy touched the golden light layer around him, it parted to both sides like water encountering a reef, without passing through, without lingering, and without leaving any trace.
Lin Feng took a step forward, and the Wildfire Spear completed its final charge in his hand.
The tip of the spear condensed into a dark red dot in the dim light, piercing towards Severine's chest.
At the same time, he subtly activated the probability pool.
The light screen unfolded at the edge of the field of vision, and the two hundred points were instantly reset to zero, landing on the three options respectively.
Severine shifted her sword from a horizontal stance to a downward press in an attempt to parry, but the tip of her spear had already pierced through the seam in the center of the Dawn's Bulwark Armor breastplate and entered through a gap in the armor plates below her shoulder blade.
Severine's health bar dropped from 3% to 0% in that instant.
The Sword of Eternal Night's Watch slipped from her hand, its tip striking the ground with a crisp metallic clang that echoed three times in the hall.
The inscriptions on the sword's surface went completely dark and stopped glowing.
Severine's body leaned forward, her knees hitting the ground first, then her arms, and she fell sideways onto the marble floor, her armor making a dull thud.
The two clusters of purple light in his eye sockets were completely extinguished.
Five items floated where she disappeared; three shimmered with a golden luster, and two were surrounded by a dark purple halo.
Lin Feng walked over, bent down, and picked them up. The golden item felt warm to the touch, while the two purple items were a bit cool.
He checked the following items in order: 【Heart of the Ancient Builder (Gold)】, 【Ring of Imprisonment (Gold)】, 【Top-Tier Job Change Book - General (Gold)】, 【Top-Tier Job Change Book - Royal Court Shadow Blade (Purple)】, 【Memory Crystal - Despair (Purple)】.
After putting the five items into his pocket, he turned to look at Jiang Zhaoyue and Jiang Yelan, who were still frozen in place, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
Severine's final nightmare, the ultimate fear, is simply unsolvable.
If the resistance is not 100%, the person will be frozen in place for 30 seconds.
30 seconds is enough time for Severine to kill them several times over.
If you weren't a hero template, even with the imposing power of the Golden Scale Armor, your resistance could only be pushed up to 90%.
Sure enough, the so-called "greatly reduced difficulty during the sealing period" is probably a huge trap.
He still remembered the overlooked sentence in the system notification: Nightmare's ultimate fear is only this strong within the Demon King's seal.
Even if Director Zhou and his team were in charge today, it would still be a dead end.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "This nightmare world really is ruthless, devouring people without spitting out the bones..."