Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

Chapter 31: Chapter 34: Fully Armed Before Fighting the BOSS_1 Chapter 31: Chapter 34: Fully Armed Before Fighting the BOSS_1 [You have entered the Doomsday Chapter]

[Chapter 323]

After Lin Xun finished reshaping the Shell of the Yellow Bishop, he used the reward Li Xingyue gave him.

[Twin Tentacles of Saris’s Body (Epic Level Item): The tentacles carry Saris’s deformed divinity. After use, one point of Divinity can be obtained.]

[You have obtained 1 point of Divinity.]

When he opened the Apostle Panel, right behind the Thousand Faces and Million Forms talent, a plus sign appeared as expected.

Lin Xun clicked the plus sign without hesitation.

[You have consumed 1 point of Divinity, Soul Talent Level +1!]

[Soul Talent: Thousand Faces and Million Forms+2, your soul has a unique taste, embracing everything, and won’t reject anything. All Shells can be possessed easily. Talent Effect: Significantly improves compatibility with Shells (+35%), Shell slots +4]

Lin Xun’s eyes brightened. The rise in compatibility from +25% to +35% was as he expected but he did not anticipate that Shell slots would jump from +2 to +4!

Including the 1 slot given when starting the game, his Shell slots had reached 3/5 – an unexpected joy indeed!

With the increase in talent, Lin Xun felt a surge in his spirit.

Changes simultaneously occurred to his physical body in reality.

Everything within his field of vision became clearer, even the fine dust particles in the corner of the rest area could be seen very clearly. It was like adjusting a pixelated video from 480P to 4K Blu-ray.

His ears seemed more sensitive too, his hearing seemed to have amplified several times. The sound of car tires rolling on the road outside the window, the sound of pedestrians chatting, and the small voice of resentment from the rest area next door – “I lost again” – all seemed as if they were right next to him.

The muscle lines on his body looked fuller, the bicep on his arm had visibly grown bigger, and his chest was bloated. Even while wearing a short-sleeve shirt, the outline of his chest muscles could be clearly seen.

When Ye Xiaoqi sees this, she will feel inferior, right? Lin Xun thought to himself.

Pulling up the hem of his shirt, the eight pack abs on his stomach were strikingly clear and the lateral lines on his waist were also prominently displayed.

After experiencing the changes in his body, Lin Xun nodded in satisfaction.

A game prompt suddenly popped up.

[The Shell compatibility of ‘Fallen Yellow Bishop of the White Moon Church’ has increased to 100 (+35%), exceeding the threshold, and the Shell quality has upgraded to Rare+!]

[The Shell compatibility of ‘Blood Sun Church Law Knight’ has increased to 101 (+35%), exceeding the threshold, and the Shell quality has upgraded to Fine+!]

[The Shell compatibility of ‘Fallen Blacksmith’ has increased to 102 (+35%), exceeding the threshold, and the Shell quality has upgraded to Common+!]

Lin Xun opened his Shell panel to take a look.

The increase in compatibility brought by the talent upgrade made the compatibility of several Shells break through the threshold, resulting in a collective quality upgrade.

“This is truly a bountiful harvest. Team Leader Li has been good to me. I should repay her properly,” Lin Xun exclaimed.

Li Xingyue must have played a significant role in the organization giving him an epic-level item.

He gathered himself and continued the game.

Lin Xun had the Shell of the Yellow Bishop move from the Small Church all the way to front of the castle’s top floor.

[Above the staircase, through the crevices of the large door, you can faintly see the bright moonlight of the deep night. You hear the sound of a harp playing and a woman singing softly outside the door.]

[Do you want to ascend the staircase and enter the top floor of the castle?]

After moving forward and entering the top floor of the castle, you will find the boss, the Blood Poppy Demoness.

Looking at the remaining single sheet of “Enchanted Moonlight Sandpaper” in his open inventory, Lin Xun was a bit hesitant.

After enchanting the weapon with the power of the White Moon, there is a high probability that the Root Attack of the BOSS will be invalidated.

But it was already late at night, and the game text also indicated that the moonlight of the White Moon was shining outside the door.

Could he save this piece of sandpaper?

Lin Xun felt something was not quite right, he thought back to the first time he entered the castle.

The game text stated that the castle was shrouded by an unknown shadow.

He suddenly realized, wasn’t that shadow the one cast by the huge petal disk of the Blood Poppy Demoness?

The immense shadow could envelop the entire castle, not to mention the roots on the top platform.

If he didn’t use this sandpaper now, he’d probably get screwed by the game again.

However, Lin Xun wasn’t sure if the Blood Poppy Demoness relied solely on her root attacks.

If she had other forms of attack, his last piece of sandpaper would be wasted.

Lin Xun then turned his gaze to the summoning horn.

Right, who says only knights can ride horses?

During the previous fight with the Blood Poppy Demoness BOSS, the game text described that the dome of the castle was destroyed and the top floor had turned into an open-air platform, which obviously was perfectly suitable for riding war horses.

If a mage could ride a horse, the increased mobility might not allow him to dodge the dense root attacks, but he might be able to evade the BOSS’s other forms of attack.

The inner castle’s corridor was too narrow to summon a war horse.

He first went back to the castle courtyard and was about to use the summoning horn when he realized that his Turkmen Blood Horse had been blasted into ashes by a sunlight attack last time and restoring its physical form would cost 1 point of spiritual strength.

Currently, he had only 1/2 points of spiritual strength, not enough to reshape the war horse.

There was an important beheading task tonight, and he had to enhance his strength as much as possible before the mission.

After defeating the challenging Blood Poppy BOSS, he should receive a considerable reward.

He no longer hesitated and turned to the “Soul Saint Water” in his inventory, an item that could recover spiritual strength.

[You used ‘Soul Saint Water’, your spiritual strength has been restored to 2/2]

[You consumed 1 point of spiritual strength to reshape the ‘Turkmen Blood Horse’s’ shell.]

The text that appeared immediately after he summoned the war horse took Lin Xun aback.

[Accompanied by a high-pitched call from the horn, you summon the tall and sturdy ‘Turkmen Blood Horse’.]

[You mount the horse, the Yellow Bishop’s equestrian skills honed day and night are exquisite, the horse under you obeys as softly as a ‘Saint Lance Rose’.]

Ignoring the game text’s quirky humor, after confirming that Yellow Bishop could also ride and attack on horseback, he headed back to the top of the castle.

He opened the inventory and used the sandpaper.

[You used the ‘Enchanted Moonlight Sandpaper’.]

[Your weapon ‘White Moon Pure Silver Scepter’ gained ‘White Moon’ enchantment effect, which will disappear after you kill the monster or die.]

[Do you want to climb the steps and enter the top floor of the castle?]

Without any more hesitation, he fervently clicked “Yes”.

[You step on the staircases, the footstep sound echoes in the deep corridors, accompanied by a weirdly melodic piano singing, forming a melody that gives one chills.]

[You push open the door to the top floor of the castle, and the melody abruptly stops.]

[At the end of the platform stands a massive object that blocks out the sky and the sun, a whole sunflower slightly wilted under the bright shine of the new moon, casting shadows that conceal the proliferating roots on the platform and engulf the entire Fox Castle into darkness.]

After opening the door, on the top floor that has now become an open-air platform, the massive plant body of Blood Poppy Demoness – Selena – emerged once again.

Lin Xun seized the opportunity to click the summoning horn and summon the war horse directly.

[You mount the horse, the Yellow Bishop’s equestrian skills honed day and night are exquisite, the horse under you obeys as softly as a ‘Saint Lance Rose’.]

[You have become stronger!]

[…. A woman with an upper half body pushes her way through the dense skulls, revealing herself. Her face is stunningly beautiful, her chest full, and she holds a harp half her height.]

[The ‘Blood Poppy Demoness— Selena’ gazes at you with her scarlet eyes.]

[What will you do?]

The four familiar options appeared again: Do her, beg for mercy, flatter, and run away.

Lin Xun pressed the first option without hesitation.

[Fearless apostle, you raise your scepter and start to recite a spell….]