Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 1089 - 709: Ancestor Spirit Tribe’s Gatling

People of the Ancestor Spirit, a race living underground.

Their bodies are more robust than ordinary humans, dressed in rugged clothing made of animal fur, with headbands made of animal horns on their heads, resembling the stereotypical druids.

They are neither human nor followers of the Golden Tree.

Their faith comes from the "Ancestor Spirit," a beast-like entity that manifests in the world, and under its influence, they are close to nature. They once had a civilization but voluntarily abandoned metal products, returning to a primitive state.

It is because of this choice that every person of the Ancestor Spirit is skilled in savage combat and has mastered shooting techniques, whether using intricately crafted horn bows or soul lodging arrows imbued with the souls of small animals, they can unleash great power, able to pierce enemies with their eyes closed.

In the game Elden Ring, the archers of the Ancestor Spirit are one of the most annoying monsters with remote attack methods.

With extremely fast shooting speed, enormous power, terrifying accuracy, combined with their close proximity to nature that makes them hard to detect, they are elite assassins.

And the most unacceptable thing among them is.....

Once hit by a soul lodging arrow, the arrow is hard to pull out, making anyone hit look extremely stupid!

Compared to physical injury, the insult to one's dignity is indeed harder to accept!

But Tal now doesn't care about appearances; if he doesn't run, he'll either be shot into a sieve or directly sliced in half by the Calamity Shadow.

If there were only one Calamity Shadow, he could still handle it for a while by fiercely fighting amidst his Berserk rage, but he absolutely cannot fight against both the Calamity Shadow and a large group of Ancestor Spirit people!

He can't win, there's no way he can win! He's just a Berserker, not stupid; even Hulk wouldn't dare fight Thanos!

Hearing the royal greatsword whirling like a storm behind him, and soul lodging arrows swooshing through the air from behind, Tal was filled with black lines across his face, internally crying out for injustice.

Just now, he had knocked the Calamity Shadow into the distance, conveniently crashing right next to several Ancestor Spirit people.

Tal has Beastman heritage, and when he goes Berserk, he seems even more beast-like, so those Ancestor Spirit people stared at him for a moment and surprisingly didn't attack him immediately.

However, while entangled with the Calamity Shadow, he accidentally sat down and crushed a little deer running past him.

Then, the Ancestor Spirit's hatred value towards him was maxed out.

One of the Ancestor Spirit people blew a horn, and suddenly from who knows where, a large group of Ancestor Spirit people wielding bows and axes surrounded him. Tal had never faced such a formation alone and instantly exploded with golden spirit, turning around and fleeing.

Thus, the current scene unfolds.

"What are these guys, seriously!" Maru exclaimed again, grabbing Leon with one hand and pulling Drew with the other, running off into the distance, shouting: "Old man, we're counting on you!"

"Mm."

Gapar remained calm, unfazed by the scene.

He drew the Famous Blade Moon Concealment and horizontally slashed forward, the crescent-shaped blue Sword Qi immediately slashing towards the loudly running Ancestor Spirits.

The Calamity Shadow instantly leaped, its wild instinct perfectly predicting the attack's trajectory, and even maneuvered through the air to evade the second Sword Qi aimed specifically at it. In the next moment, it boldly activated the combat skill [Wolf Attack]!

The royal greatsword thrust straight at Gapar, who swung his sword to block it, "bang" he slid back a distance, and the cold aura instantly exploded in front of him.

The bright blue starlight flashed, and Gapar suddenly appeared in the air, the blade of the Famous Blade Moon Concealment extended into a long blade formed by starlight connections, slicing straight down at the Calamity Shadow without changing tactics.

He actually used the Famous Blade Moon Concealment's blade to activate the Linked Star Sword combat skill!

"Howl!"

The Calamity Shadow sidestepped the attack as its footsteps flickered, but in the next second, another attack slashed a long blood mark across its chest.

It let out a loud roar, throwing the royal greatsword at Gapar; the greatsword combined with its terrifying power was no less than a siege spear, and even gathered cold aura on it ready to detonate.

At this critical moment, Gapar still focused all his attention on the Calamity Shadow, the starlight gathered on the sword edge formed dense slashes, but the enemy accurately dodged each attack with wild running style, this evasive ability was truly surprising.

No need to be surprised, the Calamity Shadow's abilities must have dynamically balanced due to Gapar!

The royal greatsword finally rushed to the front, and Gapar only then sidestepped to evade at a subtle distance, the frigid sword edge almost grazing past his hair, instantly frosting his shoulder—

"Roar!"

In that moment the Calamity Shadow suddenly accelerated, a swift leap brought it abruptly in front of Gapar, gripping the forward-thrust royal greatsword with its claws, using its full strength to change the sword's trajectory forcefully towards Gapar!

It perfectly merged wildness into its battle style!

The last time Gapar faced such an opponent was Elo, but Elo didn't understand swordplay at all, so the Calamity Shadow was a completely new experience for him.

"Good, very good!"

A smile instantly appeared on his face, as Gapar immediately crouched, although he dodged the slash, the cold aura exploded overhead, completely engulfing him!

Ice covered his entire body instantly, his neatly tied hair fell like Shura, and Gapar's Famous Blade Moon Concealment pressed against the Calamity Shadow's chest.

In the next moment, countless dazzling combat skills burst forth from his chest.

He integrated the slashing techniques of Moon Concealing Blade, Linked Star Sword, and Night and Fire Sword into the Unique Talent [Slashing Domain] possessed by Gapar that could slash through everything.

This move, perfectly merging his lifelong mastery with the gift of Sain Dungeon, and containing his understanding of combat skills and his past aspirations for magic, was used for the first time in actual combat!

Magic Starlight outlined each slashing line, giving the naked eye an effect akin to dimensional... no, it actually looked like the special effects of Atomic Slash!

Every fine line truly blossomed on the body of the Calamity Shadow!

[The Calamity Shadow has left your world]

In the next second, the red figure vanished into nothingness, leaving only the ice that had frozen most of Gapar's back.

"Crack—"

He moved slightly, and the solid ice shattered instantly; Gapar rose up, moving his shoulders, appearing intact.

"It's been so long since I've felt such cold magic power. Damn it, when I get old, I hope it won't leave me with ailments. An old man's body can't take this kind of stress."

Although he seemed to be talking to himself in a relaxed tone, the power of that recent [Wolf Attack] indeed exceeded his expectations.

If he hadn't braced to withstand the damage and seized the opportunity to use the gesture for a normal attack to instantly unleash a big move, he might not have resolved the Calamity Shadow so quickly.

Or rather, it wasn't truly resolved, as the opponent suddenly fled.

The Calamity Shadow had great strength; if he didn't quickly eliminate it, Leon and the others would be in trouble. That guy felt even stronger than Blaze who assisted at the Battle Festival, could it be that he's actually stronger than Blaze, or was Blaze hiding his strength and playing the adventurer?

Speaking of Blaze, what connection does he have with the Calamity Shadow?

His body was still somewhat numb from the cold, yet his mind was unaffected, and it was at this moment that Gapar finally recalled an important matter:

"Did those monsters that look like druids get wiped out?"

Eagerly confronting the clustered Ancestor Spirits while releasing a combat skill of Moon Concealing, he had been wholly preoccupied with dealing with the Calamity Shadow, entirely neglecting the outcome of that move.

"Boom—Boom—Boom—"

At this moment, the ground suddenly began to tremble, no, it had been trembling all along, only he hadn't realized until now.

He looked up.

Appearing before him was a scene full of vitality and flourishing life.

Bears, deer, sheep, eagles... all sorts of animals in spiritual body form ran freely before him, forming a massive flood of the animal world.

The Ancestor Spirits stood amidst the animal flood, sounding a uniquely toned horn, commanding their animal companions!

As for Leon and the others...

Gapar tracked Leon and his companions with Fighting Qi, discovering a tragic truth.

"How did you guys get scattered..."

Meanwhile.

Pursued by a horde of Ancestor Spirits wielding horn bows, Leon ran alone through the forest, now practically fleeing.

No choice, he had to run; lacking a means to swiftly and simultaneously execute dozens of Ancestor Spirits, while their arrows packed immense impact, he reckoned he'd need a bottle of Iron Pot Fragrance Medicine to barely withstand the shooting without losing stance.

It meant facing the Ancestor Spirits' primitive Gatling formation, he couldn't even muster time for combat skill stance.

"I really miss odorous bombs and dung pots!"

With arrows whizzing at his back, Leon loudly voiced his true feelings.

He ran almost blindly through the forest until he heard an unusual breeze from the left, quickly switching direction to run toward it. Sure enough, a gap existed between towering rocks.

If I hang at that gap waiting for the monsters to leave, it should be a good plan.

Thinking so, Leon jumped fiercely toward it, unbuckling his waist hook and throwing it toward the cliff.

Yet, at the very moment he leaped toward the gap, a brand new scene unfolded before his eyes.

A complex of buildings resembling Nox Lorn's architectural style abruptly appeared in view... Is this another lost Eternal City?

But unlike the previous Nox Lorn, in the furthest, most centralized part of this complex.

A Divine Temple merged with the night silently sat there.