Chapter 195 It Comes from the Abyss
"Five of them, from the looks of it, are Abyss Walkers?"
Li Zheng stopped and watched the figures emerging in the thin black mist ahead, quickly identifying their identity.
The array lit up swiftly, with the thin black mist confined to the area just over the array, roughly the size of a football field.
The five figures spread out in the thin black mist, forming a fan shape with the center point directed at Li Zheng.
"Their manner really is that of Abyss Walkers." Li Zheng showed a peculiar expression; he was now certain that this instance had some connection with the Abyssal Monsters encountered during usual explorations.
It's just that those Abyssal Monsters shouldn't originate from here.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be a need to set up another summoning array in the instance.
This feels somewhat redundant.
"If they are Abyss Walkers then..."
Li Zheng smiled slightly, immediately activating the Flying Device, flying towards the figure on the far left.
In his hand, the Mysterious Declaration was held high, aimed directly at that figure.
"Just some fuel coming to me!"
...
Five minutes later, Li Zheng, holding the Mysterious Declaration, landed at the center of the summoning array.
Purple light filled the sight here, and the surrounding black mist had thinned to the point of being completely invisible.
Looking at the Mysterious Declaration in his hand, which had slightly increased in brightness, Li Zheng contentedly stored it in his residence.
Li Zheng felt fortunate to have previously encountered such a monster and had a tool that completely suppressed it.
When brought within one meter of an Abyss Walker, a vortex would appear at the center of the lamp, fiercely pulling at the opponent's ethereal body, devouring it.
If the remaining Abyss Walkers hadn't scattered everywhere, it wouldn't have taken Li Zheng five minutes to resolve the "combat."
This might have been the easiest Gold Level battle he had encountered.
"What is the origin of the Mysterious Declaration, why does it feel... like this thing is a bane for Abyssal Monsters?"
Although it can only one-hit-kill Abyss Walkers and not other Abyssal Monsters.
But for a non-weapon item to have such an effect is already very impressive.
Li Zheng guessed that this phenomenon was entirely due to the opponent's special structure.
If the Mysterious Declaration was a man-made item, the person who created it must have greatly despised Abyss Walkers.
While pondering, the purple light beneath Li Zheng's feet from the summoning array suddenly shot skyward, his eyes were filled with deep purple, seeing no other color.
This overwhelming purple light rendered Li Zheng temporarily sightless.
His intuition told him that this was the "entrance animation" of the final BOSS starting.
A prison-like, abyssal, violent aura suddenly appeared, causing Li Zheng to involuntarily close his eyes and retreat several steps.
At the same time, the Cutting Blade was put away, and two Salted Fish Spears appeared in his hands.
"Ice and Fire Attachment - Dual Element!"
The Genetic Ability was forcefully triggered, with each gun attached to a different attribute, Li Zheng could not see, so he fired blindly with closed eyes.
Ice blue and fiery red intertwined in front of him, forming a net that covered all the space ahead, shooting indiscriminately.
Ding ding ding~
A series of crisp sounds indicated the bullets indeed hit the target.
Yet, Li Zheng didn't feel joy, his expression slightly sank with some heaviness.
This impact sound equally indicated that his whole string of shots was in vain.
Otherwise, it should sound like bullets piercing through objects.
"Moo!"
A thundering roar resounded, and Li Zheng saw through his eyelids that the purple light suddenly dimmed, recognizing the BOSS had fully appeared.
He opened his eyes to watch, the summoning array's purple light dimmed, and the black mist above had completely dissipated, as if specially vacating a space for the final showdown.
An ugly feroçcio stood on the clearing, covered in red hair, with robust black muscles beneath the thick fur, towering like solid blocks of obsidian.
[Abyssal Frenzied Demon]
The system prompt in the instance was as brief as ever.
Li Zheng suddenly remembered he had an atlas, immediately opening the scan window, locking onto the figure.
[Beep: No relevant information found on the target, please supplement with other parts of the book.]
As the hint popped up, the Frenzied Demon's gaze also locked onto Li Zheng.
It sensed powerful battle strength in this frail creature.
Not much weaker than itself even.
At that moment, the Frenzied Demon's abyssal blood boiled with excitement, its fighting spirit soaring.
Li Zheng felt a shiver under that gaze, those copper bell-sized huge eyes showed a glint of excitement.
That was a look of a hunter delighted to find prey.
A combative gaze.
The Abyssal Frenzied Demon is among the most belligerent races of the abyss, born for battle from the moment of their inception.
Slaughter and death comprise almost ninety percent of their life.
You could say they are either fighting or on their way to a battlefield.
Living by war, dying by war.
Even in the actual abyss, few same-tier races are willing to provoke them.
To them, there are only strong and weak.
Only the strong can pique their fighting desire.
Conversely, facing the weak, they have no intention to act, nor do they desire too much interaction.
And standing in front of this Frenzied Demon, Li Zheng clearly fit the "strong" characteristics.
The strong, naturally, would become the Frenzied Demon's prey.
"Moo!"
The Frenzied Demon was extremely excited; it hadn't expected its first target upon arriving here to awaken its combat instincts.
Roaring loudly, it raised a leg bone from another strong race, swinging it horizontally.
This swipe was powerful and heavy, even stirring the air, air currents forming small tornadoes attached to it.
Li Zheng dared not slack, swiftly putting away the double spears, retreating and switching to a Platinum Level spear.
Li Zheng was unaware that his retreat instead provoked the demon's wrath.
In its eyes, a battle between strong ones should be faced head-on.
If one party shows any behavior of "retreat," it equates to an "insult" to the opponent.
"Moo roar!"
Eyes blazing, the demon decided to go all out to smash the coward who was clearly strong but dared not engage him head-on.
With fan-like palms gripping the bone cudgel, it stepped forward, wielding blow after blow, determined to crush Li Zheng on the spot.
The demon's cudgel swinging had no pattern but contained explosive force, which was definitely not to be underestimated.
With the spear in hand, Li Zheng didn't engage directly either.
He noticed that this demon's physical strength had surpassed ordinary Platinum creatures and may be approaching Diamond Level.
With his own physique, if he dared to collide head-on, he would definitely be taught a lesson.
"A simple-minded creature, strong enough, and a robust physique, but the shortcomings are also evident."
Li Zheng kept his eyes steady like water, dodging the demon's attacks from side to side, adapting to its attack rhythm.
Simultaneously, looking for the demon's weak points and vulnerabilities.
"The mismatch between speed and strength is definitely a fatal weakness."
"Yet having such an evident shortcoming also proves its defense sufficiently compensates for this flaw."
"Therefore, I must enhance my attack power, at least enough to break its defense."
Li Zheng dodged another swing, pairing with his Flying Device.
At that moment, the opponent's previous strength had not yet dissipated.
"First, test if the Platinum Level weapon paired with Ice Element armor penetration can breach its defense."
Changing his footwork, Li Zheng grasped the spear with both hands, seized this opportunity, directly advancing into the enemy's bone cudgel attack range.
"Ice and Fire Attachment - Ice Element!"
The spear turned into a blue-white dragon, lunging towards the demon's throat.
This was Li Zheng's first proactive strike; the demon was not frightened but delighted, thinking the target before it finally took things seriously.
"Moo!"
Bellowing excitedly, the Frenzied Demon didn't dodge or retreat; instead, it actively brought its neck closer to the blue-white dragon's jaws.