Chen Tian watched the startling water bubble before him. Then, the black bubble exploded, and a long, black-green tongue shot directly towards Chen Tian. Chen Tian reacted swiftly, his divine fire transforming into a divine fire sword. With a light slash, his entire body was instantly sent flying backward.
As he retreated, Chen Tian clearly saw his opponent's figure. It was a poisonous sky toad with a full black-green body. However, compared to ordinary poisonous sky toads, this one was larger, clad in black-green armor that covered its entire body. Long blades grew from its claws, and curved blades extended from its arm.
Chen Tian activated his divine eyes, and instantly, information about the creature appeared in his mind.
Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor
Level: Fifty-five
Health: 65155894/65155894
Strength: 9900
Speed: 100 (Ground) / 9900 (Ocean)
Jump: 9900
Perception: 9600
Constitution: 9630
Luck: 0
Weapon Mastery: 9800
Skill Mastery: 9757
Armor: 1000
Weapons: Claws, Poison Water!
Traits: Poison Element Immunity, Poison Amplification, Mire Control
Skills: Poison Water Sword, Poison Tongue Pierce, Poison Fills the Sky! Poison Water Armor, Poisonous Mire Shroud.
Chen Tian gazed at the colossal figure before him, the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor, the ruler of the poisonous sky toad tribe. He hadn't expected this to be only the second wave of attack, and a level fifty-five boss, an elite boss at that, had already appeared.
Chen Tian summoned his twin divine fire blades. Then, his entire body was enveloped in divine fire. With the enhancements of Body Reinforcement and Fighting Spirit, Chen Tian was now on par with the opponent in terms of stats.
He then stepped forward, transforming into an afterimage. The afterimage flickered, and Chen Tian appeared directly before the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor. Due to the toad's massive size, its movements were easily targeted by Chen Tian's attacks.
The Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor didn't even bother to dodge. Facing Chen Tian's attack, its eyes held only disdain and contempt, as if it looked down on the human before it.
Chen Tian's divine fire twin blades struck the toad's armored arm, and instantly, Chen Tian's divine fire twin blades shattered in his hands. A black light continuously spread outward, creeping along.
Seeing this, Chen Tian retreated. The Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor's armor was permeated with potent poison, and that poison could even affect divine fire. Chen Tian had been caught off guard and was afflicted.
He then cast Purification, and the black dots on his palm turned into wisps of black mist that drifted into the sky.
While Chen Tian was healing, the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor decisively attacked, its massive claw carrying blades smashing towards Chen Tian.
Chen Tian looked at the sky-shattering giant claw before him and dared not withstand it head-on.
With a rumble, the muddy swamp churned, creating huge waves. Chen Tian found himself in the sky, his wings slowly unfurling. Chen Tian's expression grew solemn. He and the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor met gaze, then Chen Tian summoned armor, a shield, and a long sword.
The silver-white armor, a chest plate engraved with white lotuses, had swirling wave patterns on the vambraces. The leg armor had a tiled appearance, and the pauldrons were sharp and elongated. The silver-white armor looked like holy armor.
Gold-grade weapon: Saint Lotus Armor!
In Chen Tian's hand was a silver-white longsword. A lotus flower was carved on the hilt, a silver-white lotus embedded in it. The entire sword was seven feet long, snow-white, with silver-white patterns winding around its body. If one looked closely and connected all the patterns, the shape of a lotus could be clearly seen.
Gold-grade weapon: Saint Lotus Sword!
To Chen Tian's right was a silver-white, half-V-shaped shield. The two ends of the shield were also adorned with lotus petals, and a lotus imprint was carved in the center. The silver-white shield and its imprint lent it an air of elegance.
Gold-grade shield: Saint Lotus Shield.
At the same time, an interface appeared before Chen Tian.
"Ding! Congratulations to the player for using the Saint Lotus Set, equipping the Saint Lotus Armor, Saint Lotus Sword, and Saint Lotus Shield, triggering the set effect: All set levels +1, player's defense doubled, attack +500, speed +300, weapon mastery +1000!"
A smile played on Chen Tian's lips. In the game Epoch of Time, equipment naturally had set effects. This particular set was a gift from Gezi and Shuzi, but Chen Tian had never used it.
Chen Tian had mastered all professions, so he could naturally wield weapons from all professions. The Saint Lotus Set was no exception. Moreover, his Shapeshifting Orb could evolve into various weapons, which he had already recorded.
Chen Tian looked at the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor. Its energy attacks would be affected by its body's poison, so he would rely on physical attacks. He gripped the Saint Lotus Sword tightly and thrust it forward, placing his shield before him.
The Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor saw the human about to attack and slowly opened its mouth, firing countless poison water swords towards Chen Tian.
Chen Tian thrust out his longsword, slowly bringing his shield before him. The poison water swords struck the Saint Lotus Shield without the slightest impact.
The Saint Lotus Shield's trait was its ability to wear down all shields imbued with evil energy. It could not defend against attacks of pure energy.
Poisonous water, being a foul substance, naturally could not affect Chen Tian's shield.
Seeing that his poison water swords were ineffective, the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor immediately extended its tongue, striking towards Chen Tian. Chen Tian swung the Saint Lotus Sword. He dared not withstand the poison tongue head-on!
He swung the Saint Lotus Sword, striking the black-green tongue. With a flick of the tongue, Chen Tian's body was sent flying backward. Steadying himself in the air, Chen Tian swung the Saint Lotus Sword, unleashing a flurry of silver-white sword blossoms that shot towards the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor.
Facing Chen Tian's attack, the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor swung its poison tongue, and under its assault, all the sword blossoms exploded.
Chen Tian exclaimed impatiently, "This guy is a bit tricky! Its consciousness must be at the player level!"
Chen Tian found it troublesome. Although this was no longer a game, Qing Ling had told him that NPCs were programmed. Therefore, he shouldn't worry about their safety, as they would not have memories before awakening, only becoming monsters and NPCs according to the game's settings.
This allowed Chen Tian to level up without worry, and killing them was not like killing people or sentient beings. He felt no remorse; it was all voluntary in their world.
This was the best way to save the world. Chen Tian looked at the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor before him, then gripped the Saint Lotus Sword and raised his shield. He charged directly towards the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor.
The Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor saw the human charging towards it and instantly thrust its tongue towards Chen Tian's shield. The shield withstood the impact, and then Chen Tian swung the Saint Lotus Sword. White energy flowed from the sword, and with a flash, a mournful cry was heard as the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor's poisonous tongue was severed by Chen Tian's Saint Lotus Sword.
Simultaneously, the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor retracted its tongue. Chen Tian continued his assault towards it.
As the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor watched Chen Tian's sword approach its body, black bubbles began to rise from the poisonous mud beneath its feet, then floated upwards.
Chen Tian decisively abandoned his attack. He was on the verge of defeating the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor, but he chose to turn back. Instantly, countless streams of water shot out from the bubbles in the black swamp, rising towards the clouds across a radius of more than ten li.
Chen Tian plunged his longsword into his shield and hid behind it, entering the Saint Lotus Shield's second form.
Innumerable black water streams struck the Saint Lotus Shield, and Chen Tian gritted his teeth, holding on.
When the towering pillars of water disappeared, Chen Tian appeared before the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor.
The Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor roared, and countless black water bubbles shot out from the surrounding black swamp towards Chen Tian.
Seeing this, Chen Tian swiftly drew the Saint Lotus Sword and swept it horizontally. The incoming black water bubbles exploded.
However, black-green mist filled the sky. Chen Tian said, "The same move is ineffective against me."
A raging tornado appeared, instantly dispersing the surrounding mist. Chen Tian then looked at the Poisonous Sky Toad Emperor.