Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 576 - 513 Glory Competition

The elegant and beautiful space made entirely of crystal instantly turned into a battlefield of shouts and killings.

As Kreya and the newly summoned phantoms fought.

Kane and the machine he and Yoyo piloted were not idle either, as they directly launched an attack on the Red King sitting on the crystal throne in the sky.

Kane's hand directly manifested a large sniper-type launcher, firing a shot at the Red King in the sky.

The massive recoil unleashed an armor-piercing bullet, aimed at the Red King.

Detecting this attack, the Red King didn't continue sitting on the throne.

With a wave of his hand as he stood up, the seat beneath him transformed into a thick, massive crystal shield, blocking the bullet Kane fired.

The bullet created a huge notch on the shield, but ultimately didn't penetrate it.

This crystal's hardness exceeded Kane's expectations, much sturdier than he'd anticipated.

It seems that the Red King himself could control the hardness variation of the crystal.

The machine piloted by Yoyo waved its hand, immediately deploying a firepower platform nearby, continuously launching bullets and artillery at the Red King.

Detecting such an attack, the Red King directly transmuted the crystal shield into a spherical barrier, enveloping himself completely, blocking all bullets and artillery fire.

Crystals spiked up under Kane's feet one after another, forcing Kane to dodge around the area continuously.

Luckily, Kane possesses the Divine Martial Gaze skill, making these attacks relatively easy for him to evade, even allowing him to occasionally pull the trigger to attack the Red King in the sky while dodging.

The machine Yoyo piloted hovered mid-air to evade, also displaying cannons to continue its assault.

The firepower platform that was just created has been retracted, as failing to do so would see it shattered by the spikes.

Observably, despite dodging, the machine Yoyo piloted remained within a 10-meter distance from Kane.

Seeing Kane and the armored figure dodge while continuing to attack, the Red King changed his attack strategy.

In the air, crystal fish-like entities emerged, these crystal fish opening their large mouths, filled with sharp teeth and swimming rapidly through the air.

Visible magic patterns shimmered on the surface of these crystal fish.

Watching this scene, Kane couldn't help but furrow his brows. Who would've thought the Red King could create such biological-like entities?

These crystal fish charged toward Kane and the position of the machine piloted by Yoyo.

With a flick of their tails, a wave of magic light appeared, and the fish darted forth like sharp arrows.

Thanks to Kane possessing the Divine Martial Gaze, evading these swimming fish remained easily managed.

He's also able to use the small handgun at his waist to fire at these crystal fish, shattering them.

However, the machine piloted by Yoyo, no matter how nimble, couldn't reach such agility and was directly bitten by several crystal fish.

The bite force and sharp teeth of these crystal fish were terrifying, directly breaking apart the armor plates.

Watching this, the mocking smile on the Red King's face grew even wider.

Yet, those fragmented armor pieces were instantly restored, and additional gun barrels emerged from the machine Yoyo piloted, targeting the crystal fish for attack.

The bullets seemed to carry a tracking function, rendering the crystal fish's swift evasions futile, striking them directly and shattering them all over the place.

The number of crystal fish was increasing, with some crystal-like blades and swords mixed among them, launching attacks together.

The machine Yoyo piloted, after being struck by these crystal creatures, could instantly repair itself, making most of the Red King's attacks impotent. Eventually, Yoyo even tired of dodging, only doing so symbolically while continuously attacking the Red King.

The crystalline sphere around the Red King also fractured and rebuilt repeatedly under the assault.

However, Kane almost exhausted his focus evading these attacks and could only continuously dodge and move swiftly, having no time to further attack the Red King.

At this moment, the machine waved an arm in Kane's direction, coating him with armor, enveloping his entire body.

These armors could also rapidly restore during attacks.

This way, Kane could continue to launch assaults.

Kane and the Red King's battle lasted just under two minutes before the surrounding crystal humanoids shattered into fragments under the phantom's attack.

With freed hands, the phantoms began launching assaults on the Red King.

Under focused fire, within seconds, the crystal cover guarding the Red King shattered instantly.

Keep in mind, those launching attacks here are around 20 explorers of near silver pinnacle strength.

Among them was Kreya, an explorer at the unrivaled silver stage.

Like Bonona, those spirits of freedom were almost indistinguishable from explorers besides lacking origin skills, since they were already capable of donning equipment.

Longbei, over 5 meters tall, leapt directly, his arms growing to their maximum size, punching towards the airborne Red King.

The Red King reacted swiftly, summoning a large crystal shield around him, but was still hammered to the ground along with the shield by Longbei.

Slammed onto the ground, the Red King shattered a large portion of the crystal floor.

"Damn ants!"

Climbing up, the Red King lost all previous elegance and majesty, now only filled with fury.

However, just as he finished roaring, four phantoms with fiery red aura iron fists appeared around him, launching several punches at him.

The attack was so swift, yet the Red King still detected it.

Heavy crystal shields materialized before the Red King, but were shattered directly by the iron fists.

However, they managed to block the attack.

A feathered arrow enveloped in green wind attribute magic flew over at an incredible speed.

It appeared instantly by the Red King's side.

Held by the iron fists, the Red King couldn't react in time, merely managing to structure a thin crystal shield, pierced directly by the arrow.

The arrow struck the Red King's shoulder, becoming the first wound of the Red King's body.

"Ah!"

The scream had yet to fall when a throwing spear engulfed in black and white flames flew over.

The power of this spear was immense, and the black and white flames burning on it made the Red King feel a fear of facing death.

He abandoned other defenses outright, and a massive crystal shield materialized in front of him, layer by layer, blocking the spear's attack.

"You killed Matthias?!"

The Red King's shocked voice came from behind the shield.

Kane knew who he referred to as Matthias; it was the Black Monarch, one of the only kings Kane knew of.

The other was the Red King before him, Gulf.

The Black Monarch's name he learned from Kreya's correspondence, while the Red King's he understood from identifying the Rune Key.

The startling words from the Red King made Kane ponder even in this situation.

What made him mistakenly believe they had killed the Black Monarch?

In Kane's view, the Black Monarch's most notable trait might be the so-called authority over death.

From their recent attack coupled with the Red King's reaction, it could be deduced that Kreya's black and white flames were remarkably similar.

Unexpectedly obtaining a piece of critical information.

Then the shield dissipated, and the Red King, with a fierce expression, directly pointed at the armored Kane, shouting.

"Glory Duel!"

A thick, glowing line mixed with red and gold instantly connected Kane and the Red King.

The moment he was connected by this line, Kane seemed to hear the cheers of an audience, the roars of warriors around him.

This was the one-on-one skill of the Red King that he knew of.

At that moment, Kane swiftly dissipated his armor.

Just as he expected, the Red King would choose the target that appeared to be the weakest to duel first.

Once the line was connected, Kane could clearly see the Red King relax.

He began tidying up his appearance in front of them.

He brushed off the crystal fragments on his body, then frowned and pulled out the feathered arrow from his shoulder.

Under a burst of light, his previously disheveled appearance transformed into what Kane saw when he first encountered him.

Under Kane's control, Bonona's illusion bent the bow again and shot another feathered arrow.

However, this arrow passed directly through the Red King's body, nailing into the crystal floor behind him.

"Useless, ants, your strength has gained my recognition. Now I shall grant you an honorable death."

The Red King said disdainfully.

But hearing these words, Kane only felt amusement, silently watching him perform.

Then, a seat made of purple crystal appeared behind the Red King again.

He sat upon it once more, propping his chin with one hand as he stared at Kane.

"Now it's the duel between the king and you. Others may not partake in this glorious contest. Be honored, I shall grant you a dignified death; your corpse will be sealed within this beautiful crystal as part of my collection."

"Perhaps I will place you in the center position."

Yet, he did not attack, only glaring at Kreya, who had just thrown the long spear with burning black and white flames.

"Though I don't know where you gained the power of death, were they summoned by you? How much longer can they endure?"

"You should kneel, thanking the king for granting you respite."

As his words fell, the illusions summoned by Kane finally vanished like wind-blown sand after three minutes.

"It seems, the respite has ended."

With that, the Red King waved a hand toward Kane, and a purple crystal dagger appeared before him.

"I grant you a dignified death, do it yourself."

"Poof, hahaha."

Unable to hold back, Kane finally laughed aloud at the Red King's series of actions.

The Red King's performance made him laugh out uncontrollably.

However, the Red King seemed to take this laughter as Kane's inner fear.

Kane did not attack immediately but picked up the dagger from the ground, examining both sides and feeling its texture.

He asked casually, "Is this crystal the authority you created? Can you only shape these crystal things?"

"Ignorance!"

Hearing Kane's words, the Red King cursed directly.

The current situation put him in the mood. Facing the soon-to-die Kane, he even kindly explained.

"Of course not, but these purple crystals are beautiful, aren't they? These are items worthy of the king's identity."

He took the purple crystal wrapped in platinum that always floated beside him in hand, admiring it with obsessive eyes.

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a small fish made of platinum appeared before Kane.

These fish were purely ornamental, their surface reflecting a beautiful sheen, with exquisite patterns on the body. Unlike previous crystal fish that had gaping mouths.

The small fish swam about in front of Kane, as if they were truly alive.

Indicating that he was not lying.