Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops-Chapter 196: The Grinning Smile of the Lake Bottom Death Demon (April Bonus - for 3750 Monthly Tickets)

Perhaps it was because they had just been too close, or perhaps the transformed deer, restored to its original state by the "Owl Head," was stimulated by something.

Even though Qin Chuan had once again cast Shadow Escape to hide his presence, the deer did not stop this time.

Trailing behind it and observing its distorted figure, Qin Chuan hiding in the shadows showed a thoughtful expression.

According to his last experience tackling the Milian Demon Forest and the Special Affairs Group's experiences with other instances, there were normally only three types of instance creatures under regular circumstances:

Ordinary creatures, commander creatures, and instance bosses.

Their strength increased in that order, from weakest to strongest.

However, the situation before him seemed to break this pattern.

According to the strength levels corresponding to an A-Rank instance, the Servant of the Dead Soul he had just encountered should be at the level of ordinary creatures.

The deer was even weaker, barely reaching Hall Rank, but it was extremely fast.

Was this a new variation in an A-Rank instance, or did this particular deer, serving as an instance clue, have something special about it?

Furthermore, the deer's form of existence was also unusual.

It was very similar to the Crystal Clan, but according to information, the Crystal Clan should be humanoid.

Was this a unique type of Crystal Clan, or something else?

Qin Chuan's figure flashed once more, shifting to the next shadow. As he stepped out from the shadows, he closed in significantly on his target.

Having learned from the previous encounter, Qin Chuan struck much harder this time. The Wolf Teeth of the Dead Corpse swiftly sliced, dismembering the deer in just a moment.

Seeing that the deer still tried to heal, Qin Chuan stomped down, shattering the largest part of its body.

The deer went still.

The persistent prompts before his eyes proved that Qin Chuan had not yet obtained the instance clue.

With a thought, he began to shatter the remainder of the deer's body until there were only crystal fragments on the ground, no longer retaining any sign of the deer's original form.

Among the shattered crystals, a small piece of dark gray crystal tinged with a strong ominous aura caught Qin Chuan's attention.

He gingerly picked it up, his expression turning somber.

[Congratulations Player for obtaining the instance clue: Ominous Crystal Core]

In the next instant, Qin Chuan's expression shifted, and he instantly retreated into the nearest shadow.

"BOOM!!!"

An invisible giant claw slammed onto the shadow, as a creature with a vague outline emerged from the nihility, its blood-red eyes fixed on the shadow.

[Instance Creature: Soul Commander]

Emerging from the state of Dark Flame within the shadow, Qin Chuan's expression was solemn.

The aura emanating from the creature had reached the Epic Rank category.

Such a powerful being, and it also possessed a concealment that even he had almost failed to detect.

Truly befitting of an A-Rank instance, the commander creature was already this troublesome.

Qin Chuan shook his head slightly, emerged voluntarily from the shadow, and snapped his fingers the instant the creature pounced.

The Soul Commander was enveloped in darkness in an instant; whether it had a shadow or not, at this moment, darkness became its shadow.

Star·Shadow Erosion, activated!

"Argh—"

With a strange cry, the Soul Commander's vague outline was eroded away in an instant by the unanticipated attack. Being of Epic Rank, it was only severely injured from directly taking the hit from Shadow Erosion.

Without giving the Soul Commander a chance to react, Qin Chuan had already approached it within the darkness, his finger touching it.

A black hollow three-petaled flower appeared on the body of the Soul Commander; as one petal became solid, countless black slashes burst from within the Soul Commander's body, tearing it apart instantly, dissolving it into nothingness.

Star·Threefold Annihilation, first strike!

As the darkness dissipated, Qin Chuan, holding the Wolf Teeth of the Dead Corpse, looked toward the direction of the Lake Bottom Death Demon·Kasakaban, and soon disappeared into the dense forest shrouded in thick mist.

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Ten thousand meters... five thousand meters... two thousand meters...

Qin Chuan had been killing the instance creatures that attacked him, getting closer and closer to the instance boss.

Unlike the Milian Demon Forest he explored yesterday, the Horizontal Difficulty Rating of Screaming Demon Lake was only two stars, meaning it wasn't particularly hard among A-rank instances, with a lower proportion of leading creatures, most of the instance creatures being the Servant of the Dead Soul.

In fact, that was one of the reasons why Qin Chuan had chosen this instance.

Aside from the initial Soul Commander, Qin Chuan only encountered another Soul Commander on his way.

Unlike the first time, he had proactively killed this Soul Commander after detecting it with the Second Talent of the Sun Needle.

Compared to last time, the clues of the instance seemed to be even more hidden.

Up until now, Qin Chuan had only acquired the clue of the "Ominous Crystal Core" and had no idea when the next instance clue would appear...

[Instance Clue Discovered]

Well, right now.

Qin Chuan glanced at the direction indicated, then looked at the location of the instance boss locked on by the Third Talent of the Sun Needle and the current distance, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

So...

The instance clue is at the instance boss's location, huh?

In the last thousand meters, Qin Chuan suddenly accelerated.

With a denser fog enveloping him and the increasingly distinct, hair-raising screams assailing his ears, he charged fiercely into the demon lake hidden behind the thick mist.

The dense fog vanished in front of his eyes in a flash; the lake was profound and bottomless, the surface as still as a mirror.

Like an abyss, it induced a sense of dread in anyone who gazed into it.

Qin Chuan took a deep breath, leapt into the lake from the shore, and, under the control of the Star·Water Master, sank swiftly.

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Closer, and even closer.

Although pitch black below, with the perception of the Water Master, he could feel himself drawing nearer to an enormous humanoid figure below.

The lock-on by the Third Talent of the Sun Needle also confirmed this.

The scream, clear and lingering, echoed for a long time in Qin Chuan's ears. Even after spending over an hour in Screaming Demon Lake, he still found it somewhat difficult to adapt.

Second Talent of the Sun Needle, activate!

Scout for all hostile units within ten thousand meters!

Glancing at the results, Qin Chuan revealed an expression that said "Just as I thought."

There were two Soul Commanders hiding beside the instance boss.

Clenching the Wolf Teeth of the Dead Corpse in his hand, Qin Chuan's figure burst forth furiously, diving down to attack the lake bottom instance boss.

The two Soul Commanders quickly revealed themselves, brandishing their sharp claws and barreling towards Qin Chuan. In the dim, lightless depths of the lake, Qin Chuan raised his hand and violently pressed down; without the need for Dark Silence, the Shadow Erosion burst forth intensely, heavily injuring the two Soul Commanders while launching an attack on the boss chained at the lake bottom.

"Ah—"

Two screams from the Soul Commanders erupted one after another but were instantly submerged by an even more terrifying scream.

The attacked Lake Bottom Death Demon Kasakaban was as if truly dead, showing no response, only more horrifying screams surged from the bottom of the lake, generating violent dark currents sweeping towards Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan's expression changed slightly, activating Dark Silence and merging into the shadows while his body turned into Dark Flame, bracing against the terrible strike with a high 55% Damage Reduction, and then quickly reappeared, brandishing the Wolf Teeth of the Dead Corpse heavily at the opponent's body.

"Crack—"

Accompanied by a crisp shattering sound, a wound suddenly appeared at Kasakaban's waist.

Looking at the gray-black Crystal Stone fracture surface where an ominous aura was swirling at the wound, Qin Chuan's pupils contracted sharply.

Crystal Clan?

But the fracture surface of the wound matched the Ominous Crystal Core he had acquired?

A sudden surge of heart palpitations caused cold sweat to break out on Qin Chuan's back, and he slowly lifted his head to look at the face of the Lake Bottom Death Demon Kasakaban beneath its dispersing long hair.

That face, so handsome, yet the smile was hideously distorted like a malevolent demon!