Chapter 78 - 78 74 Evil Ritual, Cave Dweller Shaman! - Apocalypse Descent: Farming with My Harem

Chapter 78: Chapter 74: Evil Ritual, Cave Dweller Shaman!

“`

Cao Xing gathered the spoils from the ground.

[Acquired Large Dry Food *4]

[Acquired Viscous Liquid *9]

[Acquired Cave Dweller Totem *3]

[Acquired Power BookÂ·Weak *1]

[Acquired Stone Spear (White) *3]

The gains were quite decent, considering these were just three ordinary monsters.

Cao Xing nodded and said, “Let’s move on.”

Assam took the lead and advanced further into the cave.

The deeper they went, the wider the passage seemed to become.

At that moment, they seemed to have discovered a cavern.

From afar, a light appeared inside, accompanied by the noisy voices of cave dwellers.

“Oh!

Oh!

Oh!”

“Praise the great Mountain God, for providing warm caves and delicious food to the cave dwellers.”

Voices of agreement echoed inside.

“Praise the great Mountain God!”

Cao Xing furrowed his brow in confusion and said, “It seems like some kind of ritual is happening inside?”

He cautiously led the group closer.

At that moment, Cao Xing saw a cavern ahead.

This cavern was spacious, with at least a hundred cave dwellers gathered inside.

At this moment, all these cave dwellers were kneeling on the ground, continually worshipping.

The focus of their worship was an altar made of stones.

On the altar lay a young woman with snow-white skin and a graceful figure.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing’s pupils contracted instantly.

“Found her!”

Although he couldn’t see the woman’s attributes, it was evident that she was highly likely to be Nif’s sister, Juliette!

Liu Muxue’s eyes also showed excitement.

But she refrained from taking any action, knowing that they had to stay quiet to avoid alerting the cave dwellers.

Cao Xing continued to observe the situation inside.

He noticed that the tree spirit woman placed on the boulder was tightly bound with ropes, unable to move.

And above her head was a boulder over two meters high.

The boulder hung by a rope; if the rope snapped, the boulder would crush the tree spirit woman into a pulp.

At this moment, the group of cave dwellers was worshipping while making strange cries.

“Oh!

Oh oh oh!”

“Lord Priest!

Quickly perform the ritual and sacrifice this woman to the great Mountain God!”

Cao Xing glanced over; most of these cave dwellers were under level 10, mere minions.

The cave dweller warriors with combat power above level 10 numbered about twenty.

Among them were three elite-level cave dweller berserkers.

And that wasn’t the most troublesome part.

Ɲονǥօ.сᴑ

The trouble was, beside the heap of boulders stood a cave dweller shaman wearing a grass crown and smeared with blue paint.

This was a boss-level creature.

Cao Xing glanced at the shaman’s attributes.

[Cave Dweller Frost Shaman lv15]

[Rank: Second Order Boss Level Creature]

[Life Value: 6240/6240]

[Attack Power: 431~447]

[Armor: 74~78]

[Skills: Ice Arrow Rain (Summons a small ice rain in the target area, dealing 3~6 waves of 88% magic damage to enemies, cooldown 120 seconds)

Ice Cone Spray (Sprays an ice burst in a cone area forward, damaging enemies and healing allies, damage coefficient is 112%, healing coefficient is attack power*150%, cooldown 60 seconds)

Frost Totem (Summons a totem with a frost aura, reducing the move speed of enemies within range by 25%)

Mountain God Protection (Forms a layer of Mountain God Shield around itself every 30 seconds, shield durability value is attack power*1.2)]

[Talent: Cave Dweller Leader (When the number of cave dwellers on the field exceeds 20, skill cooldowns are reduced by 20%)]

…

This was a magic-type boss-level creature, extremely formidable.

The other three elite-level cave dwellers were purely melee, all level 15 creatures, slightly stronger in attributes than Assam.

However, Assam was enhanced with so many statuses that in practice, he was even more formidable than these three elite monsters.

Cao Xing analyzed both sides’ combat power, quickly formulating tactics in his mind.

At this moment, the ritual continued.

The cave dweller shaman spoke.

“Great Mountain God, accept the sacrifice and bless the cave dwellers to hunt more prey!”

The cave dweller shaman waved his magic wand continuously, seemingly ready to cut the rope and crush Nif’s sister into pulp.

The tree spirit woman lying on the boulders was filled with fear.

Cao Xing had almost finalized the battle plan by now.

He gestured to Sarah.

Sarah understood and nodded.

She vanished into the shadows.

In the dark cave, a shadow silently approached the cave dweller shaman.

Sarah, also a boss-level creature, was five levels higher than the shaman.

Even when Sarah reached its back, the cave dweller shaman remained unaware.

Silently, Sarah threw an Obstructive Dagger.

“Thunk!”

[-723]

A significant damage number floated up, sharply reducing the cave dweller shaman’s blood volume.

“Aw-oo!”

The cave dweller shaman shrieked and quickly alerted.

“Enemies!

Cave dwellers, arm yourselves!”

The sudden turn of events left all the cave dwellers bewildered.

They seemed utterly shocked that enemies could invade their stronghold.

Simultaneously, the cave dweller shaman quickly deployed a Frost Totem.

The frost power spread, revealing Sarah’s form.

“Desecrator!

It’s a damned Desecrator!”

“The Desecrator is here!

Cave Dweller Warriors, capture her!”

“Oh!

Oh oh oh!”

Twenty to thirty cave dweller warriors, armed with weapons, leaped at Sarah.

At this moment, Cao Xing ordered, “Begin!”

Assam, upon hearing this, rushed forward instantly.

And Renice, who had been ready, let loose an arrow from her bow.

Thunk!

[-473!]

An arrow deeply embedded itself in the back of one of the cave dweller berserkers.

“There are Desecrators behind us as well!”

“Damn it!

Our sacred territory has been invaded!”

“Kill them!”

The cavern’s atmosphere turned grim.

Dozens of cave dwellers charged toward Assam.

Although Assam was an elite-level creature, he couldn’t withstand an assault from so many enemies at once.

Naturally, Cao Xing wouldn’t let him fight alone.

He raised his magic wand and quickly used its special effect: [Summon Demon Spider].

A puff of black smoke flashed, and five Earth Cave Demon Spiders nearly a meter in size appeared before Cao Xing!

He didn’t rush these demon spiders to attack.

Instead, he gathered magic power and swiftly cast a skill: [Summon Frost Elf].

“Wandering frost elves of the world, I summon you in the name of the Peisi Goddess!”

After the chant, a surge of magic power appeared.

Before Cao Xing stood two Frost Elves about one and a half meters tall, their bodies entirely azure blue.

Like the demon spiders, these summon creatures were not in a buff status, so they couldn’t be enhanced by the Eternal Power talent and would disappear in due time.

Cao Xing said, “Muxue, buff up.”

Liu Muxue nodded immediately.

“May the Light of Courage bless you all!”

Instantly, the attack power of all demon spiders and frost elves increased significantly.

Then, Cao Xing cast Frost Magic Shield, Ice Healing Skill, Ice Armor Skill, and other statuses on one of the demon spiders.

At this moment, Assam was besieged by a group of cave dwellers, with numerous damage numbers appearing above his head.

Although the damage wasn’t high, there were simply too many cave dwellers attacking him.

Assam’s blood volume was like a flowing river.

Cao Xing ordered all five demon spiders and two frost elves to rush out and support Assam.

Rustle, rustle, rustle…

Then, he looked at the archer beside him, “Renice, help Assam fight and share the pressure.”

Renice didn’t hesitate and rushed into the cavern.

A group of cave dwellers, upon noticing Renice, their eyes lit up.

“There’s also a Desecrator here!

And it seems to be a woman!”

“Capture her, and sacrifice her to the Mountain God!”

Instantly, a dozen cave dwellers charged at Renice, including one elite-level cave dweller, relieving the pressure from Assam.

Meanwhile, the five demon spiders and two frost elves were also engaged in battle with the cave dwellers.

Now, Assam fought alone against two elite cave dwellers, plus a dozen ordinary cave dwellers, holding his own.

In contrast, no longer able to overwhelm Assam with numbers, this powerful knight fully unleashed his potential.

Assam gripped his longsword with both hands, positioning it before his chest.

“I swear to defend the Lord’s honor to the death!”

“Frost Sword Energy, slash!”

Swish!

Sword Qi swept through, causing a flurry of damage numbers, and cries of agony erupted among the cave dwellers.

Not only that, a surge of cold ice aura erupted from Assam, significantly hampering the cave dwellers besieging him.

Seeing this, Cao Xing felt assured.

“Muxue, protect me.”

With that, Cao Xing drew out the Barrett.

After buying 100 bullets from Hilton, he no longer worried about running out of ammunition.

Liu Muxue nodded earnestly, holding a shield, protecting Cao Xing.

And Cao Xing, after locking onto a target with Barrett’s sight, pulled the trigger.

“Bang!”

A gunshot rang out, and a blood hole appeared in one cave dweller’s head.

[-1374!]

Headshot!

The cave dweller’s life value instantly dropped to zero, dead as could be.

[Successfully killed Cave Dweller lv7, gained 70 Experience Points.]

Two seconds later.

“Bang!”

Another gunshot resounded!

[-1121]

Armor Break!

Once again, a massive damage number claimed another cave dweller’s life.

Bang!

In the empty cavern, gunshots echoed continuously.

With each shot, a cave dweller fell.

“Wuhu!

This feeling of firepower suppression is thrilling!”

In the rear, Cao Xing fired, a smile slowly forming at the corner of his mouth.

After all, these were live targets.

However, Cao Xing’s rampant slaughter inevitably caught the cave dwellers’ attention.

The cave dwellers began to focus on Cao Xing.

…

“`