Absolute Death Game

Moreover, with his own reaction ability and combat strength, the Lava Red Python at best couldn’t have more than ten thousand health points. Plus, given its huge size and slower movements compared to Xiao Buli’s agility and mobility, Xiao Buli was very confident in his reaction ability and was certain he could wear it down to death.

However, upon reaching the cave entrance and before starting the battle, Xiao Buli stopped for a bit, wanting to be cautious. He quickly went through all his skills in his mind. Since he planned to fight fire with ice, he would, naturally, use Ice Element Spells.

Currently, Xiao Buli had several Ice Element Spells at his disposal: Mysterious Ice Slash, Freezing Cloud Skills, Summon Torrential Rain... As long as he had enough True Origin Points, he could definitely be considered the python’s nemesis.

Besides Ice Element Spells, Xiao Buli summoned the Talisman Soldier again, and Yi Xuan, following suit, also summoned a Rune Beast. Although these two could essentially be ignored in terms of combat strength, they could at least soak up some damage, which was better than nothing. As for the Rat King, although Xiao Buli was quite fond of its burrowing ability, in a situation like this, it would probably just become food for the python, so Xiao Buli had no intention of summoning it. He shook his neck and limbered up, ready to rush out.

Yi Xuan watched from behind, finding it odd—since when did characters in the game need to warm up? Seeing Xiao Buli about to dash out, something came to his mind, and he immediately called out, "Wait, Xiao."

Xiao Buli, bracing himself for action, was interrupted and turned around, looking at him quizzically.

Yi Xuan said somewhat embarrassingly, "My Mana isn’t much, so if I run out, I’ll signal you. Please don’t overlook it."

Hearing this, Xiao Buli replied, "No worries, I have some Elixirs here. Take them, and if things get tough, just pop them. Don’t worry about any resistance."

Having said that, he took several Mana-recovering Elixirs from his bag and gave them to Yi Xuan. These had been distributed back when he was with the Qilin Studio, but now they were of little use to him. Since True Origin Points combined Stamina Points, consuming food could recover True Origin Points, so there was no need to use the expensive Mana Elixirs.

Yi Xuan, upon receiving the Elixirs, was quite touched; after all, they were worth quite a bit of money.

Seeing that Yi Xuan had no other concerns, Xiao Buli didn’t hesitate and sprinted out. Yi Xuan trailed far behind, casting Rune Armor on Xiao Buli. Xiao Buli also cast the Five Elements Spirit Armor Technique on himself, then ran toward the Lava Giant Python.

As he got within Casting range, the Lava Giant Python spat a mouthful of lava directly at him. With a bang, the lava completely burned away a Defensive Rune facing it. But immediately, another rune moved into place, shielding Xiao Buli in front of him. A sense of stability surged in Xiao Buli’s heart—if it could take the hit, that was good enough.

Freezing Cloud Skills! He launched an AOE attack that enveloped the great serpent, which clearly found it very uncomfortable, as red numbers indicating damage, -3, -4, kept popping up.

Once again, as it spat out a stream of lava, Xiao Buli dodged with Shadow Clone, and then continued casting. This time, he used Summon Heavy Rain, and as the raindrops pitter-pattered onto the red-hot body of the Lava Giant Python, they hissed upon contact as if evaporating on a furnace, sending up plumes of white steam.

The giant’s size became its disadvantage now, as its large body meant a larger area for attacks to hit, with each droplet of water inflicting 1 point of damage. Red numbers, -1 -1, popped up densely like rain.

The Lava Giant Python was even more uncomfortable now, and it simply stopped blocking the cave entrance and charged at Xiao Buli.

Mysterious Ice Slash! A white Sword Qi slashed head-on, creating a gash in the body of the Lava Giant Python, -195, Ice Element spells indeed powerful. The Lava Giant Python was nearly immune to Fire Element spells, which meant it would take almost double damage from Ice Element spells.

In just a moment, the Lava Giant Python had already lost four to five hundred health points, but compared to its massive 9000 health points, it was still far from being defeated.

Xiao Buli’s heart surged with joy, as his tactics appeared to be working. However, he dared not stay in the same spot. Although he could withstand nearly a thousand points of damage, Xiao Buli didn’t dare to take on the giant python head-on. Who knew if the physical laws of reality would apply to him? If he received an overpowering hit, no amount of health would save him.

While thinking, Xiao Buli quickly moved his body, utilizing the speed effect of Skimming Shadow Steps to swiftly weave through the giant stalactites in the cave. He took advantage of the moments when the serpent couldn’t turn around to turn back and launch another Mysterious Ice Slash. The giant python lost its temper, no longer caring about the rocky cave, moving continuously within the lava, its huge head crashing around, breaking the stalactites formed by the cooled lava into pieces. Talisman Soldiers and Talisman Beasts barely had time to confront the python head-on before being instantly killed by the splashing lava and shattered rocks. But in spite of this, under the effects of the Ice System spells, the python’s movements became slower and slower. Xiao Buli noticed the fiery red that seemed ready to spew out from those dark scales within its body began to cool down. The entire serpent’s body was no longer as frightening as it was when he first saw it. It seemed not just the loss of health but mainly the Ice System spells that had seized its Yuan Quan, the power source inside it. Once its movements slowed down, the giant python couldn’t get at Xiao Buli at all.

After much difficulty, the serpent cornered Xiao Buli, flipping its body in an attempt to crush Xiao Buli alive. He immediately—Cloud Thunder Leap! Ever since he used this move with great effect against a group of skeleton soldiers in the cave with Gu Yuexuan, Xiao Buli had made it even more flexible and adaptable. At this moment, with a loud bang, rocks came tumbling down from the ceiling of the cave, and given the serpent’s large size, there was hardly any need to aim. It was instantly hit by several large rocks, causing its health points to plummet rapidly.

Seeing an opportunity, Xiao Buli decided not to use the Mysterious Ice Slash anymore but kept using Cloud Thunder Leap instead. Whenever he lost health from afar, Yi Xuan would rush up and cast a Regeneration Skill on him. After a while, the Lava Giant Python, dragging its broken body, gradually became unable to hold on.

Xiao Buli was secretly delighted, as he watched the Lava Giant Python’s health drop to a third. Xiao Buli executed another Cloud Thunder Leap, and with a loud boom, this time the descent of rocks lasted unusually long. Suddenly, with a loud crash, something dark fell from above.

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