Chapter 181: Copybug

Chapter 181: Copybug

Before taking action, Lu Yao repeatedly inquired Sarina about the Curse Insect’s combat capabilities, assessing its strength over and over.

Sarina said, "That Curse Insect is known as the Copybug. It’s not adept at direct combat, but its abilities are tricky to deal with."

"It can create another me with equivalent abilities, but the only weakness is that it doesn’t last long."

"The Curse Insect has tough skin and excels in drawn-out battles. I can’t take it down quickly, and if it drags me into a stalemate, I’ll be at a disadvantage."

"Another of its abilities allows it to merge with its surroundings, just like the first layer of the Abyss, effectively covering everything with its body. It can perceive every move within."

"Lastly, the Curse Insect’s innate trait gives it strong resistance to the effects of the Flame of Faith, usually only suffering half the effect."

Lu Yao took note silently.

The Curse Insect’s three abilities: halved damage from the Flame of Faith, replication, and fusion.

Faced with such an opponent, Sarina’s advantages of high burst damage and speed are countered, leading to a war of attrition that puts her at a disadvantage.

With a clear understanding of the enemy’s capabilities, Lu Yao mobilized the instance squad and officially set out.

The units participating in the assault on the first layer’s Curse Insect included: the Blood Knight, Sarina, Isabella, and the Yeti.

The White God had gone to the Crown City, Phileas was stationed in Sanilo, and the Lord of the Deep Sea continued patrolling the seas. Someone needed to keep watch and maintain order outside.

Lu Yao opened the portal, and the instance squad entered the Abyss.

New ghouls had spawned on the first layer of the Abyss. Although not numerous, the squad eradicated them along the way.

They soon reached the sealed area.

Isabella applied the buff of the Sword of the Forest to each person in turn.

Lu Yao moved the mouse, beginning to unlock the seal.

Flames of Faith fell from the chains, turning into faith points in the upper right corner.

When all the light vanished, Lu Yao had gained an additional 31,000 points of faith.

At that moment, the golden chains shattered piece by piece.

The black vortex behind them suddenly swelled, and a white creature bulged out from within.

The creature was covered in dense white fur, resembling a large worm or some kind of reptile, with the fur concealing its entire body, making its feet invisible.

It had no ears or horns, and on its head was a red mask. The mask’s forehead bore black stripes, beneath which were two angry, large eyes, and below the eyes was a wide mouth baring its teeth.

Above its head displayed [Curse Insect LV92].

Lu Yao immediately summoned [True Sight Curse] to inspect it.



[Curse Insect LV92] Copybug

Health: 58375/58375

Mana: 14102/14102

Damage: 197

Defense: 181

Speed: 18

[Moving Cast]

Casting spells while moving, at the cost of reduced speed.

[Multiple Casting]

Able to use magical abilities faster and more effectively.

[Life Mystery LV50]



At that moment, Isabella, wielding [Nature’s Whisper] in the air, said, "My lord, [Spell Conjecture] can’t deduce the Curse Insect’s abilities, and extrapolation is not possible."

Lu Yao felt a slight regret.

He had hoped to let Isabella learn a trick or two with her spellbook.

Both [Replication] and [Overlay] were very practical skills.

Since it wasn’t feasible, he let it go.

Just kill the Curse Insect.

Lu Yao wasn’t in a hurry.

Initially, he was a bit apprehensive, as in the Tyrant Sarina’s words, the Curse Insect was a top-tier monster that fed on gods and wasn’t afraid of miracle bombardments.

But looking at the stats, it was just 50% damage reduction, not immunity.

A bolt of lightning could just take away 20 points of the Curse Insect’s health.

If he wished, he could kill the Curse Insect at any time.

Less than 60,000 points of faith, he could afford it now.

Including the 30,000 faith gained from unlocking the seal, the net expenditure was around 30,000.

He was set to take down the Curse Insect, so he decided not to use Isabella’s [Unstable Hat Trick], lest it inadvertently empower the enemy.

Lu Yao simply didn’t want to waste too much power of faith. He hoped the Apostles would push harder, reducing the Curse Insect’s health as much as possible. No one knew if killing the Curse Insect would break even.

It was a long-term investment, preparing to unlock the second layer of the Abyss.

While Lu Yao pondered, the Blood Knight had already killed the second batch of replicas.

And Sarina’s blade of moonlight continued to circle the Curse Insect, an old enemy with a particular grudge, never ceasing to slash, with red damage numbers popping above the Curse Insect’s head.

The Copybug’s health had dropped to around 37,000 points.

Lu Yao yawned.

Alright, play on, and if it gets tough, I’ll step in.

Consider it leveling up.

You can’t find LV92 monsters outside for these powerful Apostles to practice on.

Seconds later, Lu Yao realized something was amiss.

Above the Blood Knight Neville’s head appeared the status [Confusion].

He was still in a melee with the third batch of replicas.

Lu Yao clearly saw an additional line in Neville’s data panel.



[Overlaying]

Copybug (6417/12544)



Damn!

You dare to poach my Apostle right before my eyes!

Since you’re not playing fair, let’s end this game.

Lu Yao instructed the Tyrant to disengage, then clicked the mouse to select the target.

[Lightning] ×1900!

Die!