MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Chapter 1226  Fighting the Vessel of Envy (2)

"Haah!"

Though he felt both his health and energy reserves go down by a great chunk, a feeling of newfound strength soon enveloped Valyr's entire body, causing him to think that the playing field between him and the Vessel of Envy had evened out once more.

Catching the dark entity off guard, Valyr put all of his greatly increased strength into one of his thrusts, forcing the Vessel of Envy to take a few steps back as it did not expect his strength to undergo a massive increase all of a sudden.

"[Phoenix Piercing the Skies]!"

Screech!

Bang!

Making full use of the opportunity he'd given himself, the young man swiftly roused a part of the Prime Azure Energy before thrusting his spear outward, causing it to cry out like a phoenix as he aimed for one of the Vessel of Envy's vital spots.

However, just as his skill-empowered gaze thought that it would deal thrice the damage like his previous attack did, the dark entity quickly returned from the shock it felt, swerving its body at the very last second.

'-349,336'

"Damn." Though he briefly lamented over the fact that he missed the chance to deal devastating damage to the entity, Valyr struck out at the Vessel of Envy once more.

"[Tiger Sweeping the Mountains]!"

Swoosh!

Tightly gripping onto his blood-red spear, Valyr summoned all of his strength as he imbued Prime Azure Energy into it, briefly manifesting an image of an azure tiger as the tip made its way to where the Vessel of Envy stood.

Whoosh!

Unfortunately, the young man's previous attack reminded the dark entity that there was a chance it could be on the losing end.

With that, it took a few steps back amidst the movement speed debuff Valyr's previous attack on it, barely escaping a situation where it could've lost another chunk of its HP.

"Haah!" Undeterred by the failure of his second attack, Valyr closed the gap between the two as he sent out a flurry of strikes with his increased strength.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With its movement speed still affected by the debuff, the Vessel of Envy was forced to a defensive, nullifying the force behind all of the young man's attacks with attacks of its own.

Of course, the only reason why the entity was able to do so was due to the high disparity that existed in their stats.

'Surely the gap in our stats should've closed by now, right?' Watching the Vessel of Envy defend against all of his strikes with relative ease, a slight frown appeared on Valyr's face as he used [Superior Analysis] on the entity once more.

Ding!

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[Vessel of Envy (Ancient Elite)] (Level 130 | Mini-boss)

Class: Messenger of the Fifth Sin (Epic)

Subclass: Seed of Senseless Envy (Epic)

HP: 2,483,340/2,483,340

MP: 3,499,590/3,499,590

Attack: 108,815 - 120,906

Defense: 66,331 - 73,701

Stats: 6610 VIT, 10,525 STR, 10,723 AGI, 6824 DEX, 10,935 INT, 11,232 WIS, 6,838 PER, 1171 LUK

Concepts: [Concept of Envy (Stage 0)], ???, ???

Armaments: [Armament of Envy (Stage 0)]

Skills: [Sin of Envy], ???, ???, ???

Note: You're still super fucked.

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"You've got to be fucking kidding me." As if the Vessel of Envy had already taken his ultimate stat-boosting skill into consideration, its resurrection caused its tier to go up by one, allowing most of its stats to break through the five-digit barrier.

Though a single increase in tier may not seem like much in the lower class ranks, it had allowed all of the Vessel of Envy's most prominent stats to go up by a thousand points, while the others went up by a few hundred.

For reference, if Valyr's DEX or INT were to go up by a thousand points, without any additional modifiers, his combat strength would go up by 20%.

On the other hand, if those thousand points went towards his less prominent stats, his capabilities in that stat's area would immediately go up by around 50%!

Ding!

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Stats: 2731 (5631) VIT, 2140 (4413) STR, 2865 (5908) AGI, 4766 (9827) DEX, 5059 (10,432) INT, 1666 (3435) WIS, 2272 (4685) PER, 654 LUK

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'Yeah… there's no way I'm gonna win with the spear.' Briefly taking a look at his own stats through his mind, it did not take long for Valyr to begin feeling a hint of slight despair.

After all, most of his stats still hovered around half of the entity's strongest stats, even with all the stat-boosting skills he activated.

Thankfully enough, the same could not be said for either DEX or AGI, with both of them only a thousand points away from matching the Vessel of Envy. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Knowing that his current approach of relying on DEX would only last him for just a bit longer if he didn't change things up, the young man did not hesitate to start putting distance between him and the entity.

'The Vessel of Envy is already adapting to the changes in my strength anyway.'

'However… can it quickly adapt to a change in combat style?'

"Haah!" Putting all of his strength into an attack once more, Valyr was able to force the dark entity to distance itself, giving him enough time to make use of one of his movement skills.

"[Blink of the Azure Dragon]."

Whoosh!

Affixing the blood-red spear behind his back, the young man swiftly disappeared from the Vessel of Envy's vision, only to appear around a hundred meters away from where he previously stood.

"Expand the barrier, Riekan!" Taking out his magic staff from his spatial bracelet, Valyr quickly barked out a few commands to the man assisting him, hoping to tip the scales to their favor just a little more.

"Raaagh!" Nodding in response to Valyr's request, Riekan hastily summoned a decent portion of the energy within his body, only to then infuse all of it into the barrier surrounding them.

Continuing to keep an eye on both Valyr and the Vessel of Envy, the man was eventually able to expand the barrier to cover over 400 meters in radius, which he thought was more than enough space for the former to do what he needed.

"Buff me up!" As the gears in Valyr's mind worked on overdrive, the young man continued to keep an eye on the Vessel of Envy, seeing that it was still looking around its surroundings to find his traces.

By the time it was able to figure out what had happened, Valyr was already preparing his attack, conjuring a cloud of Prime Azure Energy above the Vessel of Envy the moment Riekan's buffs landed on his body.

"[Four Paths Azure Magic Arts]!"

"[Azure Phoenix's Lament]!"

Screech!

Just as the dark entity was about to swiftly close the gap that existed between it and Valyr, a loud cry of a phoenix began to resound from up above, causing it to stop in its tracks as it wondered what was going on.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Not long after, a maelstrom of azure phoenixes soon began to rain from the sky above it, most of which began to head straight for the Vessel of Envy.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

'-69,533'

'-145,518!'

'-68,487'

"…Wow." Expecting the Vessel of Envy to start destroying the azure phoenixes the moment at least one of them hit its body, Valyr was instead left at a slight loss for words as the sight of dozens of azure phoenixes surrounding the entity greeted him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

'-138,364!'

'-69,454'

'-70,039'

With the Vessel of Envy's status screen still up in his mind to keep track of how much damage he still had to deal, the young man watched as the entity's health plummeted down to a million within a matter of seconds.

Naturally, this caused Valyr to feel immense shock and confusion, wondering why the Vessel of Envy would willingly take on his attacks all of a sudden.

Fortunately for him, the answer to his question arrived not even a minute later, with the entity finally making a move the moment it only had less than 500,000 HP remaining.

Bang!

At the same time, that answer unfortunately came in the form of dark phoenixes, with the Vessel of Envy conjuring them by the hundreds to fight back against the azure phoenixes.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"…Wow." Expecting the Vessel of Envy to start destroying the azure phoenixes the moment at least one of them hit its body, Valyr was instead left at a slight loss for words as the sight of dozens of azure phoenixes surrounding the entity greeted him.

Bang!

At the same time, that answer unfortunately came in the form of dark phoenixes, with the Vessel of Envy conjuring them by the hundreds to fight back against the azure phoenixes Valyr's skill conjured.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In a matter of seconds, the two sides fell into a stalemate, with each azure phoenix generated having to fight against a few dark phoenixes just so it could get through.

However, with quantity also being a form of quantity, the number of dark phoenixes each azure phoenix had to fight eventually ballooned to a number it couldn't withstand, causing the cloud up above to disappear on its own as it quickly ran out of energy.

"…" Briefly staring at the spot where the cloud of Prime Azure Energy used to be, the Vessel of Envy soon shifted its gaze back at Valyr, its neutral face giving the young man the feeling that the entity was mocking its efforts.

"[Four Paths Azure Magic Arts]…" Though, with the scenario just now giving him an idea on what he needed to do to defeat the Vessel of Envy, Valyr ignored the entity's gaze, instead focusing all of his attention on casting yet another spell.

"[Four Paths Azure Zenith]."

Whoosh!

Imbuing the spell with the element of Earth, Valyr watched as the Vessel of Envy stood frozen in place as a great amount of Prime Azure Energy began to surround it.

Then, within a matter of seconds, the energy wrapped around the entity in the form of a cocoon, only to then absorb even more energy from the surroundings as it took on a shade that constantly shifted between dark blue and brown.

Bang!

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Eventually, after absorbing enough energy from the surroundings, the cocoon exploded with as much might it could muster, destroying a great portion of the buildings that made up the Caemelio clan estate.

"…" Though he could not help but feel immense heartache from having a part of his clan's history be wiped out just like that, Riekan pushed such emotions to the side for the meantime as he glanced at Valyr with curiosity.

"Is it… over?"

"…I think so." Looking at the Vessel of Envy's status screen in response, Valyr soon gave Riekan a faint nod after seeing its health bar go below zero once more.

"However, there's a chance that it might…"

Rumble…

"…Resurrect a third time."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

"…"

"…You know what? Fuck this."

"I'm calling Vaughn."