webnovelfull Chapter 454 Is it all about acting skills?
Chapter 454 Is it all about acting skills?
Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord held the dark golden Devouring Bag in both hands and slowly handed it to Chen You.
Its eyes were filled with reluctance, humiliation, and a deeply hidden greed.
Chen You stood there and nodded in satisfaction.
"Old Huang, that's right." Chen You stretched out his right hand, ready to take the Devouring Bag. "Harmony brings wealth."
Just as Chen You's fingertips were about to touch the edge of the bag.
The Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord's previously lowered eyes suddenly erupted with a terrifyingly fierce light.
Its left hand instantly retracted the Devouring Bag, while its right hand clenched in the void, and the short stick stained with the blood of countless living beings appeared out of thin air.
The lord's berserk demonic power was poured into it without reservation, and the short stick burst forth with a dazzling crimson light.
"Idiot! Die!"
The Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord let out a deafening roar, gripped his short stick tightly with both hands, and slammed it down on Chen You's skull with earth-shattering force.
This attack was something they had been planning for a long time.
The Devouring Bag couldn't harm its opponent, but as long as it closed the distance and took advantage of the opponent's relaxed state, a full-force attack from a Mythical-level weapon would be enough to smash it into mincemeat.
Those gold coins, and that terrifying flying sword, will all be its possession!
The short stick slammed solidly into Chen You's head.
"Bang!"
The dull thud echoed through the hall, sending shockwaves surging and blasting away the surrounding blue bricks.
The sinister smile on the face of the Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord froze instantly.
Chen You didn't even shake his head.
He stood still, his hair perfectly styled.
A highly insulting number slowly floated up from above Chen You's head.
-1!
The air suddenly became quiet.
The fierce wind inside the hall stopped.
The Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord's eyes widened, his eerie green vertical pupils contracting violently.
It stared at the glaring "-1", then at Chen You's unharmed head, and was dumbfounded.
It's a level 50 Mythical Lord!
A full-force attack, and it didn't even scratch this human's skin?
Chen You sighed and raised his hand to touch his hair.
"I already gave you money, why did you hit me?"
Chen You's tone carried a hint of helplessness.
With over 50,000 defense and 220,000 health, this kind of purely physical sneak attack wouldn't even scratch him.
The Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord made a gurgling sound in its throat. It tried to back away, but its body froze.
"No...this is impossible..."
"In my next life, I want to be a monster who keeps his word."
Chen You pointed his right hand like a sword and casually swung it.
The Jade Emperor Sword, hovering in mid-air, emitted a clear and melodious sword cry, transforming into a streak of light that instantly pierced through the Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord's brow.
The first hit deals double damage, plus a critical hit, instantly killing the enemy.
The massive body of the Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord collapsed with a crash, turning into countless data points.
[Ding! Congratulations on defeating the Mythical Lord Yellow-Eyebrow Evil Lord! You have gained 5000 experience points!]
[Quest 'Slaying Demons in the Western Frontier' Progress: 81/81.]
Chen You ignored the system notification sound, his gaze fixed on the spot where the Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord's corpse had disappeared.
The dark golden Devouring Bag, along with the death of the Yellow-Eyebrowed Evil Lord, transformed into specks of starlight and dissipated into the air.
Chen You was stunned.
He strode forward and rummaged around on the ground, but there was no sign of the Devouring Bag.
"Holy crap!"
Chen You launched into a tirade of curses.
"A companion artifact? The artifact perishes upon death?"
Chen You looked at his empty hands, his heart aching so much he could hardly breathe.
That's a mythical spatial artifact!
That's it, gone.
With a dark expression, Chen You put the gold coins on the ground back into his backpack, summoned the Jade Emperor Sword, and soared into the sky.
……
Hidden Star City, Supreme Tower.
Chen You kicked open the heavy door of the Supreme Tower.
In the lobby, NPC Hill was standing behind the counter, stacking Arhats with gold coins.
Hearing the noise, Hill looked up and flashed his signature fake smile.
"Wow, boss, you're amazing! You're back so quickly!" Hill put down the gold coins in his hand and crossed his arms on the counter. "Looks like those eighty-one lords didn't cause you any trouble."
Chen You strode to the counter and slammed the cyber-merit wooden fish onto the table.
"Don't give me that." Chen You pulled up a chair, sat down, and crossed his legs. "I've lost a lot of money on this stupid mission!"
Hill's smile remained unchanged: "Loss? Boss, you're the man who's about to receive a mythical-grade pill that will instantly boost you to level 50."
"This is a unique honor in the entire server, something that countless adventurers would kill for."
Chen You sneered.
"Honor my ass! Do you know how much I paid to complete this mission?"
Chen You began to count on his fingers.
"Compensation for emotional distress, lost wages, damages to the flying sword, and my mythical magic weapon that was stolen from me!"
Hill raised an eyebrow: "A mythical artifact that was stolen?"
"That's right!" Chen You said confidently, "The monster in the last level, named Huang Mei, was carrying a Devouring Bag."
"I thought that thing was pretty good, and I was thinking of buying it and handing it over... or buying it for my own use."
"And then he died, and the bag just disappeared!"
Chen You slammed his fist on the table, filled with righteous indignation.
"This is a design flaw in your system! It's a scam! You have to give me an explanation!"
Hill was taken aback; he hadn't expected there to be such a thing as "forcible acquisition."
"Boss, companion artifacts dissipate upon the death of their owners; this is a fundamental law of the Origin Realm. You cannot attribute your unfulfilled greed to a flaw in the system."
"I don't care." Chen You switched to his rogue mode.
He knew that reasoning with capitalists was futile; the only way was to use magic to defeat magic.
"If it weren't for your broken wooden fish providing terrible navigation, would I have even bothered fighting that weasel?"
"I don't care, you have to give me a Devouring Bag, or I won't complete this mission."
Chen You sat in the chair, his right leg crossed over his left, his toes dangling back and forth.
He crossed his arms, adopting a "I'm sleeping here tonight if you don't pay me back" attitude.
Behind the counter, Hill's professional fake smile froze.
She looked at the cracked cyber-themed wooden fish on the table, then at Chen You's self-righteous face, and her lips twitched uncontrollably.
"Boss," Hill took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly, "you're making things difficult for me."
"What's wrong with you?" Chen You sneered. "Don't you even know about consumer rights protection laws?"
"I paid money, accepted the task, and then followed your unethical navigation to waste time and energy. I finally found the target and fought tooth and nail to get there."
"And what happened? The system took all the loot! Where can I complain about this?"
Hill did not immediately refute this.
She lowered her head, and her shoulders began to shrug slightly.
Chen You frowned.
Is this NPC about to unleash a powerful attack? Or is he about to call for backup?
The next second, Hill suddenly raised his head.
Her once meticulously combed blonde hair was now somewhat disheveled, and her eyes even had bloodshot veins around them.
"Do you think I want to navigate randomly?!" Hill suddenly raised her voice, grabbed her collar, and her chest trembled.
"You think I designed this stupid mission?"