Mighty Lord

Chapter 1067: 427

NPCs actually did just that, setting up a barrier on the last underground space layer that even an emperor-level boss couldn’t break through, under the assumption that Bone Demons wouldn’t be able to break such a barrier, perhaps ever.

Even Zhou Tian could be said to have lost face against that barrier. He had planned to shatter the barrier with sheer strength, but to his surprise, it remained unaffected by his assault. Seeing the Bone Demons witness that performance, Zhou Tian naturally felt rather embarrassed.

For a typical emperor-level boss, given the barrier’s capacity to withstand such force, it probably really had no way to deal with it. Faced with such a barrier, I reckon that nine out of ten monsters would choose to give up.

However, although Zhou Tian had already unleashed his emperor-level boss attack power, this didn’t mean he had used all his strength. At least at that moment, after being unable to breach the barrier, he quickly thought of a method to solve the problem.

Perhaps the barrier’s defense was indeed strong enough to stop an emperor-level boss, but so what? Zhou Tian had more tactics than that, and even if his previous punch failed to break the barrier, once he truly set his mind to it, there was no way the barrier could withstand his methods.

Indeed, after his punch failed to breach the barrier, Zhou Tian gritted his teeth and drew the Demon-Slaying Short Sword at that moment.

Given Zhou Tian’s situation at the time, no other method seemed as direct and effective as using the Demon-Slaying Short Sword! After all, the barrier was not a natural force and the ability of the Short Sword could certainly affect the barrier’s energy. Should the barrier weaken, Zhou Tian’s subsequent attack would likely shatter it.

Sticking to his plan, Zhou Tian didn’t hesitate to plunge his Demon-Slaying Short Sword into the ground where the barrier stood.

Everything happened just as Zhou Tian had conjectured. As soon as he stabbed the Short Sword into that spot, its disruptive power began to take effect immediately. Though the energy of the barrier did not decrease, its stability certainly did, and significantly so. freёweɓnovel.com

Needless to say, with the barrier’s fluctuating energy, its defensive power was seriously compromised. If things took a turn for the worse, the barrier might not only fail to maintain its prime state, but it would be hard-pressed to even retain half of its strength.

If things really turned out that way, Zhou Tian’s plan was unlikely to encounter any accidents. With the Demon-Slaying Short Sword weakening the barrier, another strike from Zhou Tian would likely shatter it.

And in fact, there were no surprises.

After all, Zhou Tian was only attacking a barrier—a lifeless object. The abilities it possessed were laid out for what they were, and it didn’t know how to counter an adversary’s actions. Without the strength to match, enemies couldn’t trouble them, but given the power, smashing such barriers would naturally pose no problem whatsoever. freewebnovёl.ƈom

Firstly, Zhou Tian used the Demon-Slaying Short Sword to weaken the barrier’s defensive power, followed by unleashing nearly the ultimate attack power a barrier could face. With the combination of these two forces, the destructive power that resulted inevitably shattered the barrier.

With a loud bang, the barrier that had trapped the Bone Demon Clan underground for centuries finally broke under Zhou Tian’s attack. And as the barrier fell, Zhou Tian and his Beastmen had little thought on the matter, but the Bone Demons were instantly boiling with excitement.

"We are free now!"

Indeed, to the Bone Demons, the breaking of the barrier felt like liberation. For them, to be trapped in a small area from birth to death was already miserable enough, living constantly under the threat of players, and with the looming, certain demise—it was more agonizing than death itself. Therefore, once Zhou Tian shattered the barrier that held them for centuries, how could the Bone Demons not be thrilled?

Of course, Zhou Tian merely broke through a barrier, which did not mean the Bone Demons could now roam freely in their territory. Upon escaping the underground space they inhabited, the Bone Demons found the players who had come for monster hunting in the upper space.

If they were other living beings, the excited Bone Demons might truly have ignored the players, but given how terribly the players had treated the Bone Demons before, the moment they spotted players in front of them, no matter how exhilarated they were, they would set aside everything to kill the players first.