Outside the snow mountain cave, Chen Tian entered. The Fiery Sword Girl did not leave but quietly waited for Chen Tian to emerge. She wanted to see what kind of results this young man could achieve. This kid seemed not to have heard of her, which was strange. No one on the second floor did not know her. Seeing Chen Tian for the first time, she had a feeling that Chen Tian might be the person she was looking for. The other players, seeing the girl did not leave, also stayed. Furthermore, they intended to teach Chen Tian a lesson. How dare he speak to their goddess like that; he deserved a good thrashing.
A panel appeared in front of the cave: Challenger: Qing Feng, Challenge Stage: Endless Staircase.
"Holy crap, it's the Endless Staircase! Can this guy at level zero really do it?"
"The hardest stage. This guy has such bad luck. The stages and points in this snow mountain cave are completely random."
"I wonder what stage the goddess encountered?"
"Endless Corridor. The monsters inside were more than ten levels higher than me. I only managed because of my swordsmanship under suppressed stats. This guy will probably be out soon."
"I bet he was instantly killed and kicked out."
"I bet three seconds."
"One second, or even less than one second."
Instantly, bets started being placed around them. Chen Tian had not been forcibly expelled from the snow mountain cave for over ten minutes. This meant he was indeed in there, challenging a stage. How was this possible? A level zero player, and the stages inside were several levels higher than him. At this moment, Chen Tian was unaware of the shock outside. He wandered as if strolling through his backyard, casually exploring. The system had said "explore freely," but he hadn't seen anything so far. Where was he supposed to find points?
Fortunately, there was no time limit. If there were, Chen Tian might have had to get serious. He continued to stroll leisurely, thinking. Suddenly, a "crunch" sound was heard as Chen Tian stepped on something. A magic array appeared directly under Chen Tian's feet. Chen Tian's face lit up with excitement; finally, a target! He hoped the boss of this stage wouldn't be too simple. Chen Tian and the magic array vanished simultaneously. When Chen Tian opened his eyes, a colossal ice crystal phoenix appeared before him. The phoenix's body was composed of ice crystals. Upon seeing a human intrude on its territory, the ice phoenix roared in anger.
A interface appeared before Chen Tian: Hidden Boss: Ice Phoenix. Defeating the Ice Phoenix grants 90,000 points.
Ice Phoenix Information:
Ice Phoenix Emperor-class boss
Level: Lan Ling Level 99
Health: 23,000 Blue Points
Abilities: Ice Immunity, Ice Element Control, Flight, Ground Attack Immunity, Armor Break.
Strength: 6,500 Blue Points
Speed: 9,800 Blue Points (up to 13,000 Blue Points when flying)
Constitution: 8,500 Blue Points
Luck: 50 Points
Weapon Mastery: 9,500 Blue Points
Skill Mastery: 10,105 Blue Points
Skills: Ten Thousand Miles of Ice, Snowfield Spread, Cold Stream Rush, Wild Stream Scroll, Flowing Ice.
Chen Tian looked at the panel. This far exceeded the typical Emperor-class boss. Normal Emperor-class bosses didn't have so many abilities. Ice immunity, ground attack immunity. Fortunately, Chen Tian wasn't a normal player; he was a Sword Cultivator. Sword Cultivators had ranged attacks. Although Chen Tian's skill bar didn't show it, it didn't mean he couldn't create them. After all, what was the unique feature of the game "Epoch of Time"?
It was that players could create their own skills!
Chen Tian drew his sword. The Ice Phoenix attacked, flapping its wings. The surrounding ice crystals transformed into sharp swords and flew towards Chen Tian. Chen Tian's long sword danced, slicing through the ice crystal spikes one by one into fragments. Chen Tian's swordsmanship was enhanced by various memories; his sword skills were extraordinary. In terms of swordsmanship alone, Chen Tian could completely defeat this Ice Phoenix.
However, Chen Tian intended to research a few game skills. After all, a game character without skills wouldn't do. Chen Tian swung his long sword, and his body rotated with it. Streams of energy gathered in front of his sword. A pure white lotus slowly bloomed. Chen Tian slashed out with his sword, and the lotus attacked the Ice Phoenix. The pure white lotus flew towards the Ice Phoenix. The Ice Phoenix let out a cry, and a wave of energy surged forth, colliding with Chen Tian's move. The lotus exploded upon impact. Chen Tian willed it, and the exploded lotus transformed into petals, which flew towards the Ice Phoenix.
The Ice Phoenix's body crystalized even brighter. Chen Tian's move struck its body, displaying "MISS" repeatedly. Chen Tian sighed. This move had great power, but unfortunately, the level difference between him and the creature was too great. Chen Tian was level zero, and the Ice Phoenix was level ninety-nine. Chen Tian did not intend to use powers outside the game, only to fight as a game character. Defeating the Ice Phoenix as a game player would be easy, but that would spoil the fun of the game.
Chen Tian was here this time solely to experience the game. Chen Tian and the Ice Phoenix eyed each other. The Ice Phoenix's ability to fly and its ground attack immunity left Chen Tian helpless. However, creating a ranged move would suffice. Seeing the Ice Phoenix about to move, Chen Tian drew his sword, channeling power. A sword light shot out, a phantom sword light streaking towards the Ice Phoenix's body. This time, the Ice Phoenix did not defend, its eyes showing disdain. This move from Chen Tian wouldn't cause damage, so why bother defending?
Laughable, absolutely no need to defend.
The next second, the Ice Phoenix cried out in pain. Chen Tian's sword energy dealt a massive 100 damage. A portion of the Ice Phoenix's body was damaged. Its extremely high health regeneration rate immediately filled the health bar. Chen Tian murmured, "With my current level and stats, is this all the damage I can deal?"
Chen Tian was speechless. A hundred damage per hit. Was this like scratching an itch?
But there was no choice; he had to scrape away slowly.
Chen Tian's combat experience would not be stripped by the system. Nor would his memories. It could be said that Chen Tian could completely grind this behemoth to death. The Ice Phoenix roared, flapping its wings. Streams of cold air transformed into ice cones targeting Chen Tian. Each ice cone was as large as a small mountain, containing considerable power.
Skill: Cold Stream Rush.
The original Cold Stream Rush only involved cold air attacks. The Ice Phoenix possessed the ability to control ice elements. Cold streams were a type of ice element. In essence, ice produced cold, and cold mixed with airflow formed cold streams. Logically speaking, the Ice Phoenix could manipulate cold streams into any form.
Chen Tian knew this very well. He was almost tired of playing with his energy manipulation abilities. Such common knowledge would be wasted if he didn't know it. Facing the ice cones, Chen Tian's reaction was to spin his long sword in his palm, rotating hundreds of times per second. The speed was extremely fast. The long sword in Chen Tian's hand created an illusion; a circular shield appeared. It didn't look like a long sword anymore; it resembled a shield.
The ice cones collided with the shield. At the moment of impact, the ice cones were actually sliced into segments. Unbelievable, this shield had such a function. When all the ice cones were cut, Chen Tian stopped his sword. He shot out sword edges from his hand. With a "swish," several were released. After swinging a few times, more than a dozen sword energies shot out.
This time, the Ice Phoenix defended, its entire body glowing with ice crystal light. "MISS" numbers appeared.
"This guy's defense is truly strong."
Chen Tian was troubled. He had to break through the defense before he could deal damage. That was the most basic rule of playing games.