Chapter 269: Starry Marks
From the moment the Pollution Lord was formed, the rate of change in the progress bar began to accelerate alarmingly.
In less than 3 seconds, it had changed from 50:50 to 53:47.
At this rate, in just a minute, Hedy would completely lose control.
She seemed to hear the words of the Pollution Lord, and in a daze, she lowered her body, hugging her head and muttering, “It’s over… everything is over…”
Tan Chen couldn’t say anything comforting; this was a critical moment for revival. If there was too much commotion, it could lead to memory fragmentation, like with Butterfly Dance.
For now, they could only rely on Starry.
………
On the Crimson Plain, where there had once been a multitude of contaminated creatures, now only a solitary figure remained.
He looked at the distant retreating batch of contaminated creatures and couldn’t help but laugh, “Little Hedy, you don’t need to resist anymore. Everything is already set. Don’t worry, you count as my half successor; I won’t harm you. Moreover, I will nurture you with care. Of course, the choice is yours, but… you must understand one thing: futile struggles are just a waste of time.”
After he finished speaking, he waved his right hand, and part of the contaminated creatures controlled by Hedy turned against her, swinging to 60:40!
This was bad; if the control over the contaminated creatures was completely lost, the Pollution Lord’s strength could potentially recover to its peak.
They had to eliminate him while he was still coalescing!
【Starry】approached this self-talking guy to check his attributes!
Pollution Lord Walwa (Leader-level Boss) (Weakened):
Rarity: Diamond Grade
Level: ???
Health: ???
Physical Attack Power: ???
Magical Attack Power: ???
Physical Defense: ???
Magical Defense: ???
Skills: ???
Description: Once personally slain by the Unyielding Sword, Aima, now reborn through contaminated creatures, the Pollution Lord excels at controlling contaminated creatures and preventing all restoration effects. Remember not to get injured!
With a panel similar to the Lord of Scarlet Flame, the name also had an additional weakened attribute.
As expected, his current state was not good.
With this clarity, Starry decisively activated Charge, her body transforming into an afterimage as she shot out to strike first!
Crash!
She accurately hit the target, but no damage numbers appeared, and the sensation felt a bit odd.
Upon focusing her eyes, she realized that the Pollution Lord was surrounded by a faint shield.
This was the mage’s signature skill—Magical Shield.
The Charge only knocked off 1% of the magic shield’s resilience; it seemed remarkably thick.
The Pollution Lord Walwa turned around, realizing what had happened, and laughed, “So, an adventurer from another world… this is the first time I’ve seen it, and it appears to be nothing special.”
“Oh really… then let me show you.”
［Starry］simply withdrew her weapon and took a few steps back.
She raised her right hand, lifting the Qiu Yue Sword to its highest point, and a blue beam shot into the sky, surging with energy that broke through the heavens.
System Notification: Self-created skill completion rate reached 95%, skill creation successful! Acquired skill “Starry Marks”!
Starry Marks: Consumes 75% mana, invokes the power of the stars, deals 1000% damage to all enemies within a 50-yard attack range, and counters protective skills such as shields. Cooldown time: 1 day. After use, enter a 50% weakened state, reducing all attributes by half, lasting 1 hour (still exists after death).
This is… Starry! The ultimate skill that had previously failed multiple times—Starry Marks!
Perhaps her attributes had barely met the requirements for use, and now she could unleash it.
With a twist of her hand, the blue beam fell down, colliding with the Pollution Lord’s magical shield.
Walwa looked at the rapidly depleting resilience of the shield, momentarily unable to process what was happening!
What is this situation!?
It previously could only scratch the shield, and in an instant, a beam of light was launched!?
“Get… down!!”
Starry shouted, gripping the Qiu Yue Sword tightly, smashing it downward!
Whoosh!
99% of the resilience was wiped out, and the blue beam crashed down onto the Pollution Lord, revealing an astonishing number,
-126730
-6337
The accompanying Starry Marks hit for a terrifying output of 120,000, but it didn’t crit; otherwise, it would have reached 250,000.
The boss’s health bar dropped to 87%.
This meant a total health of only 1,000,000, less than the Shadow Lord, likely due to the weakened state.
In any case, Walwa could not summon for a short time now; this was the best opportunity to output damage!
“Alu, stop dawdling, lead your people to attack, quickly!!”
The goblins had been so stunned by Starry’s Starry Marks that they couldn’t move, and she had to shout.
“Oh, yes, since that shield has been broken by the hero, now it’s our turn!” Alu replied hurriedly, then looked back, seeing 200 Snow Feather Goblin warriors!
“Listen to my orders, everyone attack that dark figure now, fire your arrows!!!”
“Wow!!!”
In the next moment, arrows flew out in unison, and in under 5 seconds, the Pollution Lord was turned into a frozen hedgehog.
Unfortunately, perhaps due to the disparity in panel rarity, almost all goblins could only deal 1 in mandatory damage.
Such damage would not form a suppression effect.
The only output came from Goblin Clan Leader Alu and the former Gray Wolf King.
Besides them, there was a goblin controlling Battle Puppet No. 2 from a full 200 yards away, moving toward the Pollution Lord.
Taking a glance at the information, a 40 Gold Grade quasi-boss level—good servant, not much worse than Alu.
Pori manipulated a remote-like device, stammering, “I’m just messing around… Pollution Lord, you have plenty of others to deal with…”
In addition, Butterfly Dance saw the Battle Puppet and had a flash of inspiration, copying one for herself.
The two awkward puppets charged forward one after another.
【Starry】saw this and sighed; the consumption of releasing Starry Marks was greater than anticipated. Combined with the negative effects of reduced attributes, she might not be able to help much anymore.
Suddenly, a popping sound came from the ice block below.
Bang!!
Countless ice shards scattered, and the Pollution Lord shook off the water, looking extremely disheveled.
His expression lost the earlier calmness, and he gritted his teeth, “Is this your reliance, Hedy!? If you think these weak magic creatures and adventurers can defeat me, you are sorely mistaken!”
Before he could finish, numerous jelly-like purple liquids coalesced in his hands.
At this moment, the controlled copy puppet directed by Butterfly Dance had arrived in front of the Pollution Lord.
“Phantom No. 2, take him!” exclaimed Little Butterfly angrily.
“…” Walwa looked up and unhesitatingly threw the contamination.
The flying contaminated blob made contact with the copy puppet, its jelly-like body adhering tightly and enveloping the entire puppet like a slime!
-10000
-10000
-10000
…
Soon, this fake puppet fell to the ground, unable to rise again.
As for the real puppet, it had long since been redirected by Pori and was running away—was it even worth fighting?
“Hmph, next up is you, damn adventurer.” The Pollution Lord turned toward the motionless Starry, launching a second round of contaminated blobs.
Starry wanted to move away, but she felt tremendously fatigued. The moment she tried to move, she lost her balance and fell to the ground.
“Sister Starry!!” Butterfly Dance shouted anxiously.
“Hero!” Alu and the goblins called out nervously.
But… this time, there was probably no escaping.
“Curse it!” Zane could only silently curse; it was all her fault for trying to take shortcuts, which led to Starry in this situation.
Just when she felt despair, the ground beneath Starry became loose, and she fell into a pit.
The contaminated blob missed and lazily floated out.
