Chapter 259: Xerxus

Chapter 259: Xerxus



Above the draped figure, a name bar appeared.

[The King of the Night, Xerxus]

[HP: 100%]

Adam twirled his greatsword around as he approached the figure, but when he took his first steps on the platform, a figure emerged from a green mist right in front of him.

After the green mist cleared, the figure was clearly a skeleton with rattling bones, and it raised its bony arm to stop Adam from moving any further.

"Only one?" Xerxus raised his gaze, and narrowed it. "You dare challenge me, solo human?" "I dare," Adam said, cutting through the skeleton with a single swing.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Humans grow more foolish with each passing winter." Xerxus rose to his feet, and picked up his cane. "I remember all the fights I've been through. Hundreds of them. Some I win, some I lose, but this is the first time I've been challenged by a solo human."

Adam wryly smiled. 'This is a floor that is extremely difficult for solo players to clear. It's because his annoying ability.'

"I accept this foolish challenge, human!"

Xerxus tapped his cane on the floor, and dozens of skeletons appeared all around him.

Unlike the skeletons outside the boss room, these skeletons were holding weapons and shields.

The skeletons launched their attacks, but Adam cut through them like a hot knife through butter. They were all soon just piles of shattered bones.

Xerxus waved his cane, and all those broken bones began to reform into complete skeletons once again.

Just like that, the skeletons were back alive.

Adam's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, and he smashed his blade through them once again.

However, just like before, the skeletons rose back up and continued to attack.

This was one of the reasons why fighting Xerxus alone was extremely difficult.

With a party, Tank could easily attract the aggro of the skeletons, and keep them busy. It was quite easy since these skeletons were quite weak.

While Tank kept the skeletons busy, the other members of the party would attract Xerxus.

Now, he couldn't do any of that because he was all alone.

Adam backed off while parrying the attacks, and when the skeletons came close enough, he flashed past them all, and cut through them effortlessly.

The skeletons crumbled to a big pile, but Xerxus was already waving his cane.

However, Adam instantly used Little God's insane speed to cross the difference, and smashed his sword against the cane.

The spell got disturbed.

However, Xerxus didn't look surprised even the slightest and pushed Adam back effortlessly with a powerful force.

Adam rushed back at him, and continued swinging his heavy-looking sword, but Xerxus blocked all strikes with his cane. None of the strikes came even close to hitting him!

Adam flew past the skeleton arm, and slashed through Xerxus's chest with ease.

[HP: 88%]

Xerxus stumbled back, and looked at his bleeding chest, but it just frowned, and summoned more of the skeletons to attack Adam.

This time, there were about fifty of those skeletons, attacking Adam from all angles.

They surrounded him, and started tugging on his clothes, trying to drag him down on the ground, but Adam just took flight, took some of the skeletons with him, and then cut through their arms so they would let go of him.

Xerxus twirled the cane around him, and then summoned a skeleton-made chain from the

ground.

The chain shot through the air, and stabbed straight towards Adam, but he quickly placed his strong wings in the way, but the impact was still strong enough to push him back towards the double doors of the boss room.

"Argh..." Adam coughed out. 'How disgustingly powerful is he?'

He tried to use his Kiryoku to anticipate all the attacks, but his attacks just came so quickly

and unexpectedly.

'I don't want to give up yet. I'll try something crazy!'

Adam fell back to the ground, made the wings shrink back to his body, and then rushed

through the army of skeletons, cutting through them like nothing.

Eventually, he reached Xerxus once again, who gave off pressure so overwhelming that the

ground was almost shaking.

With his greatsword, he jumped to the air and slashed it down.

"Ground King!"

Xerxus placed his cane in the way, and as soon as the greatsword landed on it, the ground

under Xerxus broke and shattered.

While Xerxus was occupied by the greatsword, Adam slammed his feet against his chest and

shouted. "Chi Strike!"

The Chi Strike broke through Xerxus' defenses and wreaked havoc inside his body.

[HP: 83%]

The health was slowly, but steadily lowering!

"Heh." Adam grinned, but at the same moment, one of the skeleton chains smacked him away

like a fly, sending him flying across the room.