Chapter 533: Chapter 51: Attack and Key
"Why are you here?!"
The Last Dragon Descendant, who was the last to enter the gate, was not the only one shocked by Xia Ye Yinghuo’s presence – he almost couldn’t believe his own eyes.
The dangers and difficulties they had encountered along the way had been truly terrifying.
Those horrific Magic Traps, even with his Mechanical Battle Armor comparable to Sixth Rank defense, he dared not let any attack even graze him.
And now, after all the struggles to finally enter the ultimate treasure vault, this ’lucky casual Player’ whom he remembered was already waiting inside before they even arrived?
Previously on the Floating Ship, he had a brief chat with Xia Ye Yinghuo, mentioning his plans to live stream the event.
In their conversation, he realized that she was merely a casual player, invited by Anvis mainly because she had known Anvis before and her teacher was the vice-president of the Empire Magic Research Institute.
The Last Dragon Descendant thought this was reasonable, envied her luck for a moment, but didn’t think much further. Instead, Xia Ye Yinghuo was quite surprised by his identity as a Professional Player and enthusiastically called him an expert.
Now, looking back, the Elf suddenly understood.
The clown is myself!
Meanwhile, the numerous Players watching the Last Dragon Descendant’s live stream were also in an uproar.
Watching your thrilling adventures and solving dangerous mazes all the way, only to find out someone has been waiting at the end for ages.
"What makes someone an expert? [Tactical lean back]"
"Fake Professional Player vs. True Professional Player"
"Mighty in moves but poor in score..."
The dramatic turn of events made many players tease the Last Dragon Descendant mercilessly.
"...Was this also part of your scheme, Sir Anvis?"
However, Prince Lanno did not believe this was due to Xia Ye Yinghuo’s own capabilities.
After the initial shock, the young man calmed down, only giving a sigh mixed with admiration.
"..."
Anvis was also speechless at this moment but unable to explain, could only maintain a mysterious smile and nodded to the prince.
If I said this is just her good luck, would you believe it?
But just at that instant, Anvis’s gaze suddenly sharpened.
The infamous red-name team member he had secretly locked onto with his spiritual power took advantage of the moment when everyone’s attention was diverted to the Player girl and unexpectedly made his move targeting Prince Lanno!
Unnoticed and now behind Lanno, he suddenly raised his arm, reaching towards Lanno’s back.
During this motion, his originally normal human arm transformed into a dark liquid material tinged with emerald green. Lanno’s Alchemy Armor, which he wore, was nearly as negligible as it was penetrated by the arm.
In a flash, an expression of horror just managed to appear on Lanno’s face, as two layers of differently coloured protective radiances lit up on his body, only to extinguish almost simultaneously.
But just as the arm was about to penetrate Lanno’s body unhindered, it was suddenly stopped by a pale white crystal Barrier that emerged out of thin air.
At the critical moment, Anvis timely activated the "Divine Eggshell," and the eerie arm of the team member was completely halted by this power.
"Divine Power?!"
But upon seeing the Barrier that thwarted him, the attacker shuddered violently, stopping his assault, showing an expression of utter shock.
"It’s you! The Blasphemer from the prophecy!"
At this moment, everyone realized the current situation. Lanno dashed forward several steps without turning back to increase the distance from the assailant, then turned around to assess the situation.
"You are doomed. The gaze of the Divine has descended upon this place. We will sacrifice you and your companions to the Divine, and your soul will be extracted to suffer eternal torment in the Divine Country!"
However, under the watchful eyes of everyone around, the unidentified attacker did not continue to make any attacking moves but instead spoke to Lanno with a sinister tone.
After finishing speaking, his entire body suddenly disintegrated, transforming completely into a large mass of dark green liquid substance. It then quickly dried up, turning into dark green ashes and dissipated into the air.
During this process, Anvis attempted to secretly hinder it, but discovered that the power causing the disappearance of the attacker was of a very high level. Hesitating for a moment, the ashing process of the opponent was irreversible.
Watching the ashes drifting in the air, Lanno’s expression was terribly grim at this moment.
This was just the first day of entering the Radiant Ruins, and they had already lost two members, he himself had even been attacked. If not for Anvis being present, given the strength demonstrated by the attacker just now, he would certainly have met a grim fate.
"...Thank you for your help, Anvis."
Now, although the opponent had disappeared, the word ’Blasphemers’ mentioned by them was still hard for him to let go.
After giving Anvis a meaningful glance, Lanno’s gaze returned to the others. Under his intimidating stare, his three remaining followers instinctively took a step back.
"Actually, there’s no need to worry too much, Prince Lanno. If the attacker has any purpose against you, they will surely attack again, worrying now is useless."
At this point, Anvis finally spoke up to soothe Lanno, and then clumsily shifted the topic under Lanno’s ’aren’t you going to explain something’ gaze.
"Speaking of which, is the ’Key’ you are looking for here?"
Glancing at the bare stone chamber, Anvis asked Lanno about his objective for this trip.
"Yes, it should be a spherical object made of Mithril material, with fine dark gold patterns on its surface, placed in the hands of a Silver Titan Statue."
Knowing that he would not get any further information from Anvis for now, Lanno naturally didn’t bring up the attack again.
After all, they are a team now, and when the enemy attacks again, Anvis will not be able to stay out of it either.
At this time, two players were muttering to each other nearby, quietly exchanging information about this Secret Realm. Of course, most of the time it was the Elf sharing information with her.
Learning that the other party entered the Secret Realm and appeared here without encountering any danger, the Elf fell silent directly.
Is this the kind of luck a normal human could have?
"Uh... Anvis, are you talking about this?"
In response to Anvis’s inquiry, Xia Ye Yinghuo searched and took out the ’Key’ from her backpack, obediently handing it to Anvis.
When she was trapped here earlier, she naturally did not miss the opportunity to loot. The Silver Titan Statue had already been collected into the Space Bracelet given by her teacher and was now quietly lying in her backpack.
"Yes, that should be it."
Receiving the core contentedly, Anvis smiled amiably at Lanno.
"Alright, Anvis, that is the key to the top floor gate of the Tower of Oblivion."
’...But if you want to know more information, you must tell me what you know about the previous attacker,’ Lanno explained, but the latter part was directly transmitted to Anvis’s heart via Spiritual Transmission.
Having received the information he wanted, Anvis casually nodded to Lanno and then cheerfully nodded to Xia Ye Yinghuo, handing her a piece of equipment resembling a waist belt.
"You did very well; as a Task Reward, this is for you."
Under the Last Dragon Descendant’s lemon-like gaze, a splendid crystal dress appeared on the player girl, its magical aura even comparable to Seventh Rank.