Chapter 124: The Mount Shows Its Might

After Chen Yun finished speaking, he immediately started to walk away. At that moment, one of the shrimp soldiers beside Prime Minister Turtle suddenly remembered something and shouted, “I just recalled—there’s a word in the mortal world, ‘dad,’ which means father. Prime Minister, he’s insulting us!”

What? ‘Dad’ means father? Then saying ‘I’m your dad’ would be... Prime Minister Turtle’s pale face instantly turned purple, a swarm of bubbles bubbling around him. Pointing at Ye Ming, who was trying to escape, he roared, “Seize that despicable fellow!”

He’s been discovered!

Terrified, Ye Ming quickly fled. These dozens of minions with 10,000 HP each, plus a boss with 100,000 HP, were far beyond his ability to handle. If the super big boss Dragon King were to be drawn out, things would get even worse. Anyway, the mission only required him to survive; it never said he had to defeat these monsters. If he couldn’t fight them, couldn’t he just hide?

Thus, Chen Yun dashed wildly in front of the vast Crystal Palace, chased by dozens of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, their cries incessant.

As a Gunner, Chen Yun’s speed was naturally a bit faster than the small monsters. This dungeon was designed for level 15 attributes. Although it was Nightmare mode, meaning the monsters’ stats were higher than the players’, the hidden Gunner class’s incredible agility made it difficult for them to catch up with Chen Yun.

Watching this, Prime Minister Turtle cursed loudly: “A bunch of useless trash!” With a wave of his hand, he cast a skill on Chen Yun.

“You have been hit by Boss Prime Minister Turtle’s Slowness Curse. Speed reduced by 100% for 60 seconds.”

Chen Yun’s speed suddenly plummeted, and the minions quickly caught up. In an instant, dozens of blades, spears, and swords thrust toward him—an extremely perilous situation!

“Damn it!” Ye Ming, scared out of his wits, rolled away like a lazy donkey, pulled out a lightness pill, chewed it, and immediately burst into tears.

Damn it, I forgot to buy water! This pill tastes awful!

“Player Chen Yun’s Slowness effect has worn off.”

Seeing Chen Yun shake off the slowness curse so quickly and escape, Prime Minister Turtle was furious, nearly bursting with rage. He no longer cared about his minions; his clothes billowed, water waves surged around him, and even the two copper hammers in his hands floated up. Chen Yun saw the boss’s posture—it was the prelude to a big move!

“Summon Wukong!”

Chen Yun realized this was an area-of-effect attack. The place was so wide and open there was nowhere to hide. His current health definitely wouldn’t last through it, so he quickly summoned his mount—the Sky Battle Vehicle—and dove inside.

“Raging Sea Storm!” Prime Minister Turtle pushed with both hands, sending countless surging waves crashing toward the Sky Battle Vehicle and the minions. The powerful impact immediately hurled the vehicle hundreds of meters back, and red numbers flickered above his head.

-4600
-4900
-5700
-6254
-8725
-17952!

Meanwhile, the total damage to the monsters caught in the big move exceeded 60,000!

Chen Yun, sitting inside the vehicle, was dumbfounded. My goodness, no wonder it’s the boss’s ultimate move—six consecutive hits, each stronger than the last, with the final one close to 20,000 damage. Altogether, it dealt over 40,000 damage! At this moment, he finally understood what a nightmare-level dungeon really meant—this was a nightmare! Without the 1,000,000 damage shield from the Sky Battle Vehicle protecting him, this move could have wiped him out dozens of times over.

“Player Chen Yun gained 50,000 experience points.”
“Player Chen Yun gained 50,000 experience points.”
“Player Chen Yun gained 50,000 experience points.”
...
“Player Chen Yun reached level 16.”
“Player Chen Yun reached level 17.”
“Player Chen Yun reached level 18.”

The system’s dozens of notifications left Chen Yun stunned. Where did all this experience come from? I didn’t even kill any monsters!

“Damn it, my advanced spell ‘Tornado Rain Strike’ can’t kill you. Who exactly are you, demon?” Prime Minister Turtle’s wrath boiled over. His ultimate move had wiped out all his minions, yet this guy had slipped into some strange shell and escaped. Furious, he cursed vehemently. That move was his most powerful spell, reducing all attributes by 30% for an entire month.

Chen Yun glanced at the status above Prime Minister Turtle’s head. The health bar was still full, but the mana bar was completely empty!

This guy’s out of mana!

I knew it—such a powerful ultimate must have a price, and that price was mana depletion. A classic burst skill.

Watching the dozens of monsters vanish into white light, Chen Yun finally realized that any monster dying in the dungeon—whether killed by himself or otherwise—would grant experience to him. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt reluctant to strike Prime Minister Turtle. This was a boss willing to sacrifice his own minions just to help him level up—a truly benevolent boss!

“Laser beam!”
“Bullet barrage!”

-1197
-98
-112
...

Without mana, the boss was just a sitting target. Chen Yun kept his distance and continuously unleashed skills. Unfortunately, his own damage output was too low. Thankfully, the Sky Battle Vehicle’s weapons were all continuous attacks, especially the bullet barrage—1,000 satellite missiles in a relentless bombardment. Even the boss couldn’t withstand it.

Gradually, the boss’s health dropped below 20,000. Chen Yun noticed the boss’s body turning red, and the words “Rage” appeared overhead—a sign that the boss was entering its final phase.

Generally, when a boss’s health falls below 20%, it gains a buff—either an instant health recovery or entering a berserk, enraged state, boosting attack power, defense, and attack speed for a limited time. Prime Minister Turtle was clearly entering the latter.

His movement speed suddenly doubled. Within seconds, he closed the gap from 20 meters to less than 10 meters and hurled one of his copper hammers at Ye Ming.

The hammer flew at incredible speed. The Sky Battle Vehicle hadn’t even reacted before being struck.

-1150!

Good heavens! Chen Yun was startled. The boss’s magical attack power was insanely high, but he hadn’t expected its physical attack to be so strong as well. Luckily, he was hidden inside the vehicle; otherwise, this hit could have killed him instantly.

Typically, magic-focused bosses have weak physical attacks. This Prime Minister Turtle’s physical attack was 700, but the enraged state doubled it to 1,400. After accounting for the vehicle’s defense, this damage was reasonable.

The boss, seeing that this strike hadn’t broken the shell, threw the other copper hammer. This time, Chen Yun was prepared—a laser beam shot out and knocked the hammer away.

With mana depleted and weapons lost, the boss was a lamb ready to be slaughtered. Under Chen Yun’s relentless assault, the Prime Minister Turtle’s health bar in the Crystal Palace dungeon finally dropped to zero, culminating in a magnificent explosion!

“Crystal Palace dungeon completion: 5%. You have reached the highest progress for your current level. Would you like to exit? Yes/No?”

Upon hearing the system prompt, Chen Yun stored all his items in the inventory, glanced once at the glowing Crystal Palace fading into the distance, and chose to exit the dungeon.