After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Chapter 445: 344. Hulus loses his temper: My Magic Potion could never possibly go wrong.
 

“Group Healing!”

Lin Da raised his longsword, forming a verdant green magic circle.

Under the influence of the healing art, the skeleton soldiers twisted in agony as if scorched by fierce flames.

Their bones dropped one by one, gradually turning to ash and vanishing.

This was already uncountably the nth time Lin Da had used “Group Healing.”@@novelbin@@

It was useful, indeed.

But not extremely so.

It was like using a spoon to remove a chunk of water from a basin.

There was an effect, yet it was not significant.

Skeleton soldiers filled the cave almost to bursting.

The rustling sound of their bones grinding together merged into a continuous and relentless downpour.

Lin Da created a gap with Group Healing, but it was filled in the blink of an eye.

Hulus’s summoning of skeleton soldiers was like a long-overdue bowel movement—only after squatting did one realize it was going to be a torrential flow.

The ability to summon so many skeletons indicated that Hulus had abundant supplies; he probably spent his nights digging up people’s ancestral graves when he had nothing better to do.

These skeleton soldiers, some armed with curved blades, others wielding rusty spears, and some carrying dung forks or scythes and other such “villager skeletons” with agricultural tools.

Their fighting ability wasn’t strong, hitting Lin Da’s life barrier for only -3.

But their numbers were overwhelming.

Suddenly, a cold wind struck from behind.

Lin Da was momentarily stunned, shocked to realize that he had allowed an enemy to get close without noticing.

Since entering the cave and the onset of battle, nearly an hour had passed.

In that hour, Lin Da’s magic power and physical strength were severely depleted.

The former was still manageable—Lin Da had brought a bunch of mana recovery potions and could force himself to drink them, dealing with the damage to the magic circuit later.

But the physical exhaustion was hard to replenish quickly. The Earth Dragon Longsword in Lin Da’s hand felt as heavy as a massive column, lacking the ease he had when fighting Rhode.

Lin Da didn’t have time to turn and swing his sword; he braced himself with the Verdant Shield.

With a clang, the tall skeleton warrior fell backwards, its large sword shattered by the impact.

But Lin Da also staggered back a few steps.

He supported himself on his knees, his hands and legs trembling slightly.

Right now, Lin Da had only one feeling—exhaustion!

If there were a soft, large bed, he could immediately sleep for three days and three nights!

His lungs expanded to their limits with each breath, yet even so, he felt like he couldn’t breathe enough. Although his health points were still full and the Verdant Shield was thick, his body was gradually losing its combat capability.

A group of skeleton dogs surrounded Lin Da, barking furiously. Seeing Lin Da’s indifferent reaction, the soul fire behind their eyes suddenly turned blood red. They howled and lunged at Lin Da with open mouths.

The Verdant Shield flickered continuously, like a lake surface battered by a storm.

Lin Da watched as the skeleton dogs attacked him, yet he did not swing his sword.

A strange expression flickered in his eyes as he thought, “It’s been so long; if Bailuo hasn’t arrived yet, something must have happened.”

At this point, he had no choice but to resort to his last trump card.

Boom, boom!

The Verdant Shield, constantly struck by the skeleton dogs and warriors, emitted loud noises, changing from green to transparent.

Lin Da looked up at the skeleton soldiers clustering outside the barrier, staring at him like hungry beasts.

He pulled a deep red potion from his space ring.

The potion was stored in a long crystal test tube, the liquid inside extremely viscous, bubbling and rolling like a miniature lava pool.

It was an item Lin Da had chosen while purchasing equipment at a commercial firm.

[Item: Rage Potion]

[Quality: Epic]

[Level: Suitable for adventurers below level 40]

[Effect: Immediately restores 30% Magic Power, 30% Battle Qi, 30% stamina, and increases ability values by 10%, lasting for 3 minutes]

A magic potion with impressive and potent effects.

Equally, its side effects were also “impressive.”

After three minutes, the adventurer would immediately fall into a weakened state. According to those who had used it, it felt like a sensitive 11-year-old boy being assaulted by two 40-year-old Succubi.

In other words,

this was a wicked potion that could overdraft one’s physical strength to achieve a 30% full recovery instantly.

But it only lasted three minutes.

Afterward, the user would be completely devoid of fighting capacity.

Lin Da quickly calculated in his mind: there was still one use left of the Forest Dragon’s Rage Fang, to bind Hulus, then forcefully use the second ultimate skill, the Poison Dragon’s Roar, to finish off the opponent instantly.

This was the script if everything went smoothly.

If he still couldn’t kill Hulus…

The one to die would be himself!

The Verdant Shield was being consumed continuously, and every second dragged was to his disadvantage.

Lin Da’s gaze became fierce, and with a snap, he pulled the cork out of the Rage Potion.

A fiery and pungent smell burst forth from the bottle.

He frowned, held the potion to his lips, and mentally roared, “Let’s do this!”

“Beep beep beep~~~!”

Just as Lin Da was about to swallow the potion, a sharp noise from the magic guide instrument resonated about ten meters ahead of him.

Hulus paused in his movement of shaking the magic wand, took out the magic power detector from his waist, and looked intently.

Then, his aged face showed an ecstatic expression.

The magic power fluctuation graph soared like a sharp sword straight to the top, breaking through a red line.

This indicated that the magic potion was resonating with the test subject.

Behind the dense skeleton soldiers, an exceptionally evil magic aura arose.

It was like some kind of viscous filth, emitting a nauseating stench for ordinary adventurers, while also containing a chilling murderous intent, halving the temperature of the entire cave.

The nearby skeleton soldiers instinctively moved aside.

The soul fires behind their eye sockets flickered violently, expressing their terror.

Divine Gift golden lights fell upon the petite girl.

Hulus trembled with excitement all over.

He had waited far too long for this day.

To this end, he had sacrificed hundreds of young girls’ lives, the funding for Dragon’s Rest Tomb was exhausted, and the years of savings of the Specter Adventure Group were gone.

But at this moment, it was all about to pay off!

Hulus’s face turned flush, and he raised his arms high, tearing open his throat and shouting:

“Success, I have succeeded!

From now on, I will become a Moon Rank…

No, a Light Rank…!”

“No no no, I, the creator of the Artificial Witch, will become a legend whose name is passed down for a thousand generations across the continent, hahaha!”

In just a moment, that aura broke through from level 29 to Star Rank, and then 31, 32, 33…

With each breakthrough, Hulus grew even more exhilarated, more excited than if it were his own.

This meant that the Magic Potion he had concocted was a tremendous success!

There was still no sign of stopping as the surge broke through to level 34 and then stopped at 35.

The fierce battle finally welcomed a pause.

Both Hulus and Lin Da mutually ceased their efforts.

They knew that the curtain had fallen on the fight with no suspense left, no point in dragging it out.

Lin Da’s hand, holding the Rage Potion, froze at his mouth.

His fighting spirit, like a sandcastle by the shore, was smashed to pieces by the crashing waves.

The Artificial Witch created by the Magic Potion was transforming into a humanoid monster.

He wasn’t sure if his Witch Purification would work on these “inferior products.”

Even if it could, he’d need to tie up the opponent first.

Now, Monica had advanced to level 35, while he was completely drained of energy.

The last thing Lin Da wanted to see had eventually happened.

Hulus’s mad laughter was especially piercing:

“It’s a success, hahaha, my Artificial Witch has succeeded!”

“Lin Da, you are definitely going to die, the victor of this battle is me, Lord Hulus!”

“Little Monica, your dear grandfather now commands you, kill Lin Da!”

The Skeleton Soldiers split to either side, kneeling on one knee as if welcoming their princess.

Lin Da looked ahead, where a strangely unfamiliar young girl stood.

Monica had grown to about 1.7 meters tall, with brown hair flowing down to her calves, and bat-like wings unfolded behind her, lightly floating in the air.

Her filthy burlap dress could not hide the girl’s beauty.

On her pale neck, there was a black thorny flower, like a sharp rose etched on her delicate skin.

At the corner of her eye, there was also a small black heart-shaped mark, emitting a fatally alluring charm.

Lin Da was completely stunned.

Who was this girl standing one meter seventy tall, mature in appearance, with a heart-shaped “tear mole” at the corner of her eyes, and bat wings on her back?

She was so different from the obedient and gentle Monica he knew!

Lin Da’s Recovery Magic Power instinctively repelled Monica, feeling that she was filthy all over, wishing he could clean her thoroughly inside and out with foam.

The level of Monica also shocked Lin Da.

In a few seconds, she had risen from level 29 to level 35.

Could Hulus be a genius?

This Magic Potion developed by Lao Deng displayed power on par with that of real witches who have signed contracts with the Demon King!

But the Demon King can only entice witches with murmurs, unable to directly control them.

Hulus, however, could issue direct commands to Monica…

Does that not mean he is even more formidable than the Demon King?

Lin Da bizarrely thought if something was amiss.

On the other side, Hulus’s eyes widened as he stared at Monica, like an artist admiring a once-in-an-era masterpiece, trembling as he spoke:

“A masterpiece, a perfect masterpiece! A witch with hardly any demonization, I’ve done it!”

He ecstatically ran over, like an old father welcoming his daughter graduating from Adventurers’ University.

But Monica just looked at him coldly.

The next moment.

A brown magic circle formed in Monica’s palm.

Earth elemental magic power furiously converged, and dust floated in the air.

It was Monica’s signature skill: Earth Bombardment!

A thick brown beam of light shot out.

With a thunderous crash.

Hulus was blown back straight into a stone wall, deeply embedded within it.

For this carefully cultivated experiment of his, Hulus had no defense whatsoever, just as a master would not believe his own dog would bite him.

Struck directly by Earth Bombardment, his chest instantly caved in.

Every movement of his body felt as if it was being pierced by thousands of steel needles.

One of his right arms also turned to ash on the spot.

Hulus coughed continuously, the blood he spat out was extremely thick, mixed with small chunks of his internal organs.

He stared at Monica incredulously, his voice shrill,

“Why, why attack me?

My command was for you to kill Lin Da!

You useless thing, your target should have been that young man with black hair, not me!”

Hulus shouted frantically.

But Monica ignored him.

Her bat-like wings fluttered as she landed on the ground and walked lightly towards Lin Da.

This, however, gave Hulus a glimmer of hope.

It was just a small mistake by Monica, the magic potion he had developed couldn’t possibly be flawed!

The next Earth Bombardment would definitely hit Lin Da!

Hulus roared ferociously, “Quick, Monica, finish off Lin Da!”

As soon as he finished speaking.

On the ground directly in front of him, a massive brown array with a diameter of fifty meters lit up.

It was one of the exclusive skills of an Earth Mage, the Earthquake Technique.

The platform collapsed in an instant.

The ferocious earth elemental magic ravaged everything within the array, shattering the skeleton soldiers into fragments, turning them into a pile of bones.

Just one Earthquake Technique had destroyed thousands of skeleton soldiers.

At this rate, a maximum of three Earthquake Techniques would annihilate all the skeleton soldiers.

Hulus’s eyes bulged, his breathing trembled.

What was happening?

Why did Monica attack the skeletons he had finally summoned?

Couldn’t she hear his commands?

In theory, once Monica had fully absorbed the magical properties of the potion, he was supposed to be Monica’s only master, Monica’s dearest grandpa.

Could it be the dose was insufficient…

“Monica, grandpa is coming to get you, just stand still and don’t move!”

Hulus took out a syringe filled with an oil-like thick liquid. Facing her like a disobedient pet dog, he put on a kind and friendly smile and walked towards Monica cautiously, step by step.