Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 577 - 514: Duel to the Death

In the palace of the Purple Crystal.

Kane watched the platinum fish swimming around him.

"You, as the Red King, why is there not a single attendant in this palace, only these crystal creations?"

The Red King still maintained that high and mighty stance, saying: "How can those filthy ants be worthy of entering the king's palace? Only these beautiful creatures created by the king can move freely within the palace."

A beautifully crafted purple crystal fish slowly circled by his hand.

"I really want, I really want to speed up, to give them life; the perfect race I envision is about to appear."

"Unfortunately, you won't see such a spectacle. I'm tired of this; you can die now."

With that said, the Red King waved his hand, and a mass of crystal blades flew toward Kane.

Seeing this, Kane's lips curled slightly.

A seat made of steel appeared behind him, and he sat on it.

The seat floated up, rising to the same height as the Red King.

Beside the seat, with the gathering of magic power, floating spheres appeared, forming floating cannons.

The protruding muzzle sprayed flames, and the bullets and cannon fire shattered the incoming crystal blades one by one.

This scene made the Red King's eyes widen in anger, as he turned his head towards the nearby mecha piloted by Yu Yu.

The mecha dissipated right before the Red King's eyes, leaving only Yu Yu floating in the air with a propeller on top.

"You're toying with me!"

Watching this scene, the Red King realized he had been deceived; it was just Kane all along.

Kane did not respond to him but started speaking to himself, his words exceptionally mocking.

"Pushed to the brink by one person, how did you earn the title of the strongest among the kings?"

"Is it because... your strength is immense?" Kane squinted slightly at the Red King.

"No, that's not right."

"The team of subversives previously annihilated by the Black Monarch should have been the strongest, leading many rebels and yet being completely destroyed by the Black Monarch, though the Black Monarch paid a heavy price."

"Yet, the team of explorers that attacked you a hundred years ago was weaker than the previous one, and still forced you to the brink, making you open that so-called arena of honor to evade, only to crush them one by one."

"And even then, you let one escape."

Kane stared at the Red King, observing his face filled with intense anger, and cursed harshly.

"What an idiot!"

"How did you earn such a title? Could it be because your authority can suppress your siblings?"

Seeing a hint of uncertainty flash across the Red King's face, Kane laughed and said, "What did your authority create? Without its suppression, you might have been devoured by your siblings already."

"Shut up! Die!"

The Red King seemed finally provoked by Kane.

He stood up and directly launched an attack at Kane.

Countless spikes flew from the ground, while swarms of crystal fish appeared in the air with the wave of his hands.

Various swords and weapons were also formed and shot forward, clearly showing magic power enchantments glowing on them.

Facing such an attack, Kane once again took out the jade token in his hand.

With the flicker of the light on it, the virtual avatars of LiluLu and Raphael appeared beside him.

Kane purposely left these two behind.

As for why Raphael's avatar was there, it was because their team had cleared a dungeon earlier and recently was resting, so they were often seen in the Guild Hall.

Kane happened to retrieve the jade token then, thus conveniently transferring Raphael's avatar into it.

Although Raphael's team was defeated by Kane, he had to admit Raphael's origin skill was quite impressive under his use.

As soon as LiluLu appeared, he waved his magic staff, and numerous rainbow-colored beams shot swiftly at the Red King.

Forcing the Red King into the turtle shell state again.

And as the crystal blades and fish were about to hit Kane.

A mass of white feathers emerged around Raphael, swirling madly. All the surrounding crystal creations were sucked in and reduced to fragments that scattered down.

Ultimately, Raphael transformed into a mass of white feathers, swirling rapidly around, turning all the crystal creations in its path into fragments.

Their avatars fired full force upon emergence, after all, they only had three minutes, and being avatars, they had no other wisdom besides battle.

Completely disregarding any cost.

At this moment, Kane consumed a bottle of Meizike's classic creation, Potion of the Crown of Valor.

Even more fitting than the previous Crown of Valor, this bottle was tailored to his physique.

A burning energy crown appeared above Kane's head.

Gaia's Fist materialized beside him, and under Kane's control, smashed down onto the Red King's turtle shell.

But the single strike barely disturbed the turtle shell, prompting three consecutive punches.

Finally, stacking the combo strikes shattered the Red King's crystal turtle shell after the third explosive hit.

Seizing this opportunity, Kane quickly dispersed Gaia's Fist and rapidly switched to a pre-prepared set of skills.

The iconic dragon horns extended from the top of his head once again, and his body immediately entered a golden energy state, while the representative halo appeared behind him once more.

A layer of intricate mechanical structure was directly equipped, beginning to unfold.

In an instant, Kane was wrapped up again.

This time, the mecha created was less than 5 meters in size, but it was clear from every angle that this was a highly mature work.

This was another masterpiece by Kane after the Curse Dragon Armor.

On the back of the mecha was an energy ring, instantly absorbing energy from the golden ring behind it.

The elbow area ejected several golden, spider silk-like threads shooting out.

Of course, these threads were also created by Origin Skills, but modified by the mecha.

The threads moved extremely quickly, winding around the Red King in the blink of an eye, preventing him from continuing to use the authority of creation to shield himself with a turtle shell.

The creation of the turtle shell was less than halfway complete and was instantly halted when entangled.

Taking this opportunity, Kane's new mech flew over instantly, moving at extreme speed,

revealing that the propulsion was not from the feet or the jet port on the back as before, but generated by the golden ring on the back.

The energy ring structure on the back of the mecha could be seen resonating with the floating golden ring behind it.

Kane had studied the Demigod State for a long time; it's a skill that Kane found increasingly useful the more he used it.

However, the presence of the golden ring on the back was rarely utilized, except for the earliest and most perfect creation, 'Curse Dragon', which could only slightly use a few runes on it.

There were no more results after that.

Until, the Finger of the God of All Machines appeared.

The golden ring behind the Demigod State was essentially a manifestation of divine power, as this was only a demigod state and naturally couldn't fully exert divine strength.

That's why the auxiliary golden ring on the back was needed.

However, Kane's utilization rate of this so-called godly energy was extremely low, with almost no understanding.

The Finger of the God of All Machines was an artificial god, created by the combined effort of Mechanical Magic, and had successfully ascended to godhood.

This was a realm Kane could comprehend, finally allowing him a glimpse of direction.

For him to fully grasp this energy method, credit must be given to the skill Kane had acquired earlier.

[Energy Shaping]

Although this skill was extremely unfit for Kane, he wasn't entirely without benefits.

With it, Kane finally managed to research the method of utilizing godly energy through the Finger of the God of All Machines.

Hence, Kane's current mecha was designed to be used with assistance from the Demigod State.

Kane called it the 'Divine Envoy'.

Using the energy of the ring behind him, Kane instantly came right in front of the Red King.

With the crystal long spear in hand, he thrust it towards the Red King.

However, just as Kane was about to strike, the Red King couldn't hold back any longer, and the purple crystal enveloped in platinum beside him shone brightly.

A large swarm of crystal fish appeared beside the Red King, biting through the golden energy threads and firmly fending off Kane's golden spear attack.

These crystal fish were different from before, their entire bodies flashing with purple light; Kane could even sense a trace of danger from them.

The freed Red King quickly tried to move away from Kane, revealing his discomfort with close combat.

Yet as he attempted to retreat, he crashed into a wall.

An invisible wall was blocking him.

Not only from behind, but this entire narrow space was completely enclosed by Kane using Origin Skills.

Moreover, it was used to the most extreme level of solidity.

Although it couldn't block Red King's attacks, it was enough to make him expend some energy when trying to leave, buying Kane enough time in this confined space to intercept him.

The Red King was now trapped.

The mech piloted by Kane emitted countless threads that interlinked throughout the space, radiating golden light.

The threads interlaced randomly, visibly vibrating at high speed.

Anything trying to touch or pass through the golden threads would be shredded rapidly.

The moment these threads appeared, the crystal fish were immediately cut open in slashes.

Some crystal fish tried to open their mouths and bite the golden threads, succeeding only in perishing alongside the threads.

The Red King also realized he had no chance of escaping now; all he needed was to destroy Kane with full force.

Standing still, the Red King's hands faced Kane, and the platinum-encased purple crystal that had been floating on his shoulder floated automatically to the center of his hands.

Purple energy was wildly emanating.

The fish swarm around increased drastically, not just fish, but various lions, tigers, and beasts, most of which Kane had never seen, but their appearance alone suggested they were not to be messed with.

These hordes of beasts were all made of purple crystal, constantly charging toward Kane.

Encountering the golden threads, they opened their mouths to bite, eager for mutual destruction.

Around Kane and beneath him, countless fire platforms appeared, tightly packed gun muzzles aimed at the creatures, firing.

Explosions and the sound of bullets piercing were heard all around.

Like the sound of breaking glass, the beasts made of crystal kept shattering.

But at the same time, new beasts continued to appear.

Kane attempted to charge toward the Red King's location, but had no chance, as these beasts were too numerous.

Faced with the current situation, the scene entered a stalemate.