Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 737 - 330: The Upright Wu Chang (Part 3)

Relying on the Undying Sacred Fire and the Pure Battle Armor, she temporarily stood on equal footing with the Master of the Deep Sea.

The reason it’s temporary is that the Great Saint Mother is too weak; the Undying Sacred Fire she condensed now is only enough for Erin to deliver a single complete strike.

Erin has only one chance; she must gather all her strength and explode in an instant, deciding victory or defeat with one strike!

Feeling the formidable power Erin gathered on the hammerhead, the Master of the Deep Sea’s eyes were filled with terror.

The threat of death made His gaze clear, and driven by His cowardly nature, He wanted to flee.

But the Lost Continent had already become only the Lost City due to the fleet’s collision, and His Divine Hall was devoured due to the replenishment of divine power.

At this moment, He had nowhere to hide.

Just when the Master of the Deep Sea had nowhere to retreat, Erin swung the Light of Steadfastness and had already struck.

Boom!

The golden warhammer smashed on the Master of the Deep Sea’s head, golden light pierced through His skull, and platinum sacred fire poured in, turning the Master of the Deep Sea into a burning liquid mass.

The Master of the Deep Sea roared and struggled in the flames, desperately escaping towards the ocean, but His movements became slower and slower, and before He could try to return to the ocean floor, the flames erupted from every pore.

Wu Chang’s gaze moved away from the Master of the Deep Sea engulfed in flames and looked at the Great Saint Mother he was supporting, asking:

"You previously let Erin fight the Master of the Deep Sea, using pressure to break through, was this the method you thought of to deal with the Master of the Deep Sea?"

The Great Saint Mother said proudly, "Of course."

Wu Chang asked, "What if Erin couldn’t break through?"

The Great Saint Mother replied matter-of-factly:

"Only by becoming a Principal Angel, capable of touching the power of rules, can she borrow my power. If she can’t break through, then both she and you will die, it’s just a matter of sooner or later."

Wu Chang shook his head, puzzled:

"If we die, wouldn’t it be just as you wanted?"

The Great Saint Mother, not holding back, said bluntly, "If you can perish together with the Master of the Deep Sea, I would surely bless all the believers on the plane, allowing them to celebrate for seven days and nights non-stop."

"But if you die, then Briff Island would be taken over by the Master of the Deep Sea; not to mention competing for faith, even the survival of humanity would be uncertain."

Wu Chang seized the moment to compliment, "Your Holiness Great Saint Mother, you truly are the embodiment of mercy. On behalf of all humanity on the plane, I express our gratitude to you."

"And what about you?" the Great Saint Mother countered, "I also saved you and Erin’s lives, how do you plan to thank me?"

Wu Chang laughed heartily, "We are comrades fighting side by side, isn’t it distant to talk about thanks?"

As they spoke, Erin used the warhammer as a cane and walked back from the battlefield.

To seize the sole chance for victory, Erin used all her strength in her final attack.

Now she was exhausted, even needing the support of the Light of Steadfastness just to stand.

Upon seeing Wu Chang, she completely relaxed, and her body softened, about to collapse to the ground.

Seeing this, Wu Chang hurriedly tossed aside the Savior of all humanity and swiftly ran to Erin, catching her before she fell.

Erin revealed a bright smile and said, "I succeeded."

Wu Chang gently replied, "Congratulations, I knew you could do it."

He took a rocking chair out of his portable space, placed Erin on it, and stood behind her, massaging her shoulders.

"Miss Erin, you’ve worked hard. Relax for a while, once you feel better, let’s go see what treasures the Master of the Deep Sea has hidden."

Erin looked at the Great Saint Mother lying on the ground, unable to get up, and said worriedly:

"The Great Saint Mother’s status is very poor, let’s send her back first."

Upon hearing Erin mention the Great Saint Mother, Wu Chang remembered the Savior he threw on the ground. Facing the Great Saint Mother’s resentful gaze, he apologetically helped her to a small stool.

"Sorry, I only brought one rocking chair, please make do for now."

Great Saint Mother: "You!"

Before the Great Saint Mother could complain, Wu Chang returned to Erin’s side and continued relaxing her shoulders.

"Your Holiness Great Saint Mother seems very spirited, surely she can hold on. Compared to going back to rest early, she definitely wants to see the Master of the Deep Sea’s treasure trove more."

"After all, we have a divine contract."

The Great Saint Mother, thinking of the divine contract, decided not to bother with Wu Chang, closed her eyes, and focused on recovering her body.

Wu Chang was right, the divine contract signed by her, Wu Chang, and Erin had defeating the Master of the Deep Sea as just a process, the real goal being the treasures of Briff Island and those guarded by the Master of the Deep Sea.

He was giving Erin time to recover her physical strength.

Damn that human, at least he had some conscience; if he had ignored Erin and searched for the Master of the Deep Sea’s treasures by himself, she could only watch.

Considering the opponent’s integrity, she was willing to overlook his previous rudeness.

In the divine contract signed by the Great Saint Mother and Erin, concerning the distribution of spoils after defeating the Master of the Deep Sea, the distribution rule was simple.

After the Master of the Deep Sea died, all His belongings were unowned items, finders keepers, each relying on their abilities, with no snatching allowed.

Upright Wu Chang strictly adhered to this divine contract.

Each relying on his skills.

So while his true self stayed with Erin and the Great Saint Mother to rest, his true self, with the All-Knowing Crystal, was madly looting in the Lost City.

Of course, before plundering, he didn’t forget to deliver a final blow to the dying Master of the Deep Sea.

He devoured the Master of the Deep Sea’s vitality in one gulp, and a prompt appeared before his eyes.

"Strength Attribute +150".

Wu Chang rubbed his eyes, repeatedly verifying if he was seeing correctly.

Before devouring the Master of the Deep Sea’s vitality, his strength attribute was stacked to 330 points, even with the Violator title, it reached the limit of the Desolate Realm Barrier.

All his strength attributes stacked through the Sea Giant were reduced by 30%.

When his strength attribute exceeded 400, a further 30% reduction was applied based on that.

With such a handicap still being able to increase by 150 points of strength means the vitality provided by the Master of the Deep Sea surpassed 200 points!

The amount of strength gained from devouring vitality is proportional to the target’s strength when alive and the strength attribute gap between the target and him.

This means that even with his 330-point strength as a reference, the Master of the Deep Sea could still allow him a 200-point strength increase.

Even disregarding this fluctuation value, before this, the most strength attribute Wu Chang absorbed in a single instance was just 70 points.

This massive disparity was enough to prove the terror of the Master of the Deep Sea.

If not for the Wooden Carving of the Martial Star Monarch, he and Erin might not have been able to take down the opponent.

While marveling at the Master of the Deep Sea’s strength, he scavenged throughout the Lost City following the inspiration.

With the most valuable Divine Hall of the Deep Sea being devoured by the Master of the Deep Sea, any further scavenging could only start from the larger divine halls in the city.

All the most valuable items of the once Xilan Country were placed on the offering table as tributes, waiting for the Deep Sea Alien Species to collect.

Each time Wu Chang entered a divine hall, he headed straight for the offering table, making the scavenging quite easy for him.

It must be said, Xilan Country, once the overlord of the plane, had extremely advanced forging, alchemy, and mysticism, allowing him to find many valuable items on the offering tables.

Unfortunately, no matter how good an item is, it requires careful maintenance, and most items had already decayed after prolonged immersion in seawater.

For instance, a B-level treasure sword, just a simple flourish shattered it at the base.

Many gem items also lost their original luster, with item suffixes having (damaged) added.

After some careful selection, only the special precious metals blessed by Wish Power were worth storing in his portable space.

"Item Name: Deep Sea Sinking Iron"

"Item Type: Consumables"

"Item Effect: A precious metal capable of absorbing faith, rare and expensive, can be exchanged at the system’s recycling merchant for ten thousand rotten silver coins, or used to forge weapons and stabilize the foundation of a Divine Kingdom."

He collected twenty-five pieces of Deep Sea Sinking Iron, each worth ten thousand rotten silver coins, in one fell swoop.

After checking several times to confirm there wasn’t more Deep Sea Sinking Iron in the Lost City, he reluctantly left the Lost City, jumped into the sea, and prepared to enter the real treasure vault of the Master of the Deep Sea.

The All-Knowing Crystal told him that the truly good items were hidden beneath the deep sea.