“Go on, do it now, kill him!” Nanami shouted.
The calm she’d had earlier had vanished without a trace. At this moment, Nanami had completely lost her composure.
Lu Ran’s steadiness, his invincibility—it all gave her goosebumps all over.
Even the Yamata no Orochi’s attack had no effect?
The Yamata no Orochi, clearly annoyed by Nanami’s shouting, was very unhappy about it.
But for now,
it too felt that this undead mage from Longxia was a bit unsettling.
And then, remembering the resources Nanami had promised it in exchange for its help, the Yamata no Orochi twisted its massive body toward Lu Ran again.
The movement of that mountain-like body was absolutely earth-shattering!
It was so huge that it couldn’t even see the blood spear forming in front of Lu Ran.
Of course,
Nanami saw it.
But she didn’t take it seriously.
“A blood spear…” Nanami murmured.
Even though a blood spear can be charged, it can only be charged for a few seconds. No matter how weird this Lu Ran might be, it shouldn’t be able to do much damage to the Yamata no Orochi.
Right now, the biggest issue was: why wasn’t Lu Ran losing any health?
Poor Nanami still naively thought that Lu Ran had some way to make himself immune to damage for a short time.
As for Lu Ran’s own skill damage—maybe it was high, but it couldn’t be that high.
After all,
he was going up against the Yamata no Orochi!
This was a level 100 boss-class shikigami that no class holder at this stage could challenge, or was even qualified to challenge!
Otherwise, Nanami wouldn’t have reversed the contract, sparing no expense in selling her own soul and body just to get the Yamata no Orochi’s help.
But just as she was thinking that—
Whoosh~
That blood spear silently pierced the body of the Yamata no Orochi.
In an instant, the great serpent froze in place, motionless.
Its enormous body seemed hit by a paralysis spell, completely still!
Nanami was stunned.
She urged, “Don’t mess around. This undead mage is weird. Don’t underestimate him. Finish it quickly, and don’t forget what I promised you—”
Before she could finish, her words cut off abruptly.
It was as if someone had grabbed her by the throat, the rest of the sentence stuck in her windpipe.
She looked up at the Yamata no Orochi’s health bar.
It was gone!
The Yamata no Orochi’s HP had been emptied!
For a moment she even wondered if she’d seen it wrong, and quickly opened the serpent’s status panel.
But sure enough,
the Yamata no Orochi’s name had turned gray, and its health was zero.
It was dead!
And then, as if to confirm what Nanami had just realized, the serpent’s lifeless body slumped down heavily, crashing onto the ground!
Nanami was dumbfounded.
Back then, it was Lu Ran who had pushed her step by step in the Endless Tower, until she couldn’t bear the enormous psychological pressure anymore, couldn’t stand her craving for overwhelming combat power. That’s why she’d ended up selling her body and soul, reversing the contract to bind the Yamata no Orochi.
In her mind, as long as the Yamata no Orochi agreed to fight for her,
she could rely on its power to stand at the top of class holders worldwide!
But now…
The very first time she came to Longxia and ran into Lu Ran,
the Yamata no Orochi’s attacks—which she had been so confident in—couldn’t deal a single point of damage to Lu Ran’s health.
And not only that—Lu Ran didn’t act unless provoked, but the moment he did, with just one simple blood spear,
the Yamata no Orochi was… dead!
“You… you… y-you…” Nanami stammered, nearly biting her own tongue.
“What about me? You came all the way to Longxia with just this? You really thought this thing would be enough to kill me?” Lu Ran asked, raising an eyebrow.
Nanami opened her mouth, but her mind was buzzing.
Lu Ran was right. She really did have only this one trick.
But still…
Wasn’t this enough?
This was the Yamata no Orochi!
She looked up at the mountain-sized corpse of the serpent, but it was already dead, completely worthless now.
There was one upside, though:
once the serpent’s body was broken down by the world’s data system, her reverse contract with it would be voided.
She would become a free agent again.
But Nanami couldn’t find any reason to be happy.
Facing Lu Ran, this deep sense of helplessness made her realize, for the first time ever, just how huge the gap between them really was!
This wasn’t something she could overcome with hard work or any other trick.
The gap between them was as vast as heaven and earth!
Then,
Lu Ran said slowly, “But hey, this Yamata no Orochi of yours is pretty good. I like it. From now on, this thing belongs to me.”
Huh?
Nanami snapped back to reality and looked at Lu Ran.
What did he mean?
Did Lu Ran want the corpse of the Yamata no Orochi?
Was he going to harvest materials from it?
But then, she realized something was off.
Lu Ran extended his other hand,
palm open, and a book-like object appeared, surrounded by a gray-green energy.
Then, from that magical book, streams of green energy flew out like fireflies, scattering over the serpent’s body.
“The undead mage’s Raise Dead…” Nanami murmured.
She was fairly knowledgeable and recognized it at first glance.
Then,
Nanami sneered. “Heh… Raise Dead only works on regular enemy units. It can’t control class holders or bosses. And this is the Yamata no Orochi. You think you can control it? You—”
She had meant to boast about how powerful the Yamata no Orochi was as a level 100 boss-class shikigami,
but the words got stuck in her throat.
What kind of level 100 boss-class shikigami was it, anyway? Lu Ran had taken it down with a single skill!
Lu Ran chuckled but didn’t respond.
He just kept his eyes on the serpent.
Nanami wanted to say more,
but suddenly,
she saw the Yamata no Orochi’s health bar instantly fill back up!
No, this wasn’t just healing.
The serpent was already dead—no skill could restore its HP. This was resurrection!
Lu Ran could actually resurrect the Yamata no Orochi?
His Raise Dead skill worked on bosses!
Nanami’s hair stood on end.
If that was true, Lu Ran would be even more terrifying inside dungeons!
Controlling one boss to attack the next.
Of course,
judging by how he had killed the Yamata no Orochi earlier, he didn’t even need to go through all that trouble.
“Shouldn’t you be thanking me? You had a contract with this serpent. It would’ve been a shame to let it die. I brought it back for you,” Lu Ran said with a smile.
“What good is that? Raise Dead only lasts one minute. After that, the Yamata no Orochi will disappear completely!” Nanami said coldly.
Then,
she looked at the serpent.
But she couldn’t sense its thoughts anymore. Instead, all of the serpent’s attention was focused on Lu Ran.
That was normal. For this one minute after resurrection, Lu Ran could control the Yamata no Orochi!
At that thought,
Nanami’s face turned pale.
She was the serpent’s subordinate. The Yamata no Orochi could control her!
And now that Lu Ran was controlling the serpent, didn’t that mean he could control her too?
