Chapter 172: Divine Physique! Dungeon Discontinued? (Three in One, 3/5)_2
"The Great Terrors are fearsome monsters naturally born within the Chaos Origin Land. They are shadowless and traceless, leaving no sign of their passage. If they attack you, it doesn't matter how high your Health is, how thick your shield is, how strong your damage reduction is, or how many abilities you possess—all of it will be ignored. Escape is impossible."
"That's outrageous! So, there's no way to see them?"
"There is, actually. If they are illuminated by the glow of a Chaos Source Stone, you can see their forms. However, even if you can see them, without Chaos Damage, you can't hurt them."
"Even true damage won't work?"
"It's not that true damage itself is ineffective, but rather you can't hit them with it. It's like how Physical Damage passes straight through incorporeal beings. Only Chaos Damage can touch a Great Terror."
"I get it. Do you have Chaos Source Stones here?"
"Don't even think about it. In this trial, the only way to evade the Great Terrors is by relying on your own perception ability to sense danger. There's no other way. And we don't provide Chaos Source Stones."
"Can you tell me the attributes of the Great Terror, then?"
"Its attributes?" The Guider chuckled. "It's better not to mention the Great Terror's attributes. Unlike its lethality, it's incredibly fragile. If you can deal Chaos Damage to it, it will almost certainly die."
"I get it. In that case, they shouldn't be too difficult to deal with."
"You're capable of inflicting Chaos Damage?" The Guider seemed somewhat surprised.
Chen Mo smiled mysteriously. "Let me try first."
He immediately activated the Almighty Converter, converting the damage type of all his units to Chaos Damage.
Since the Great Terrors kill in a single strike, the Skeleton Monsters' shields are never broken. Therefore, there's no way to reflect damage back to the Great Terrors through shield breaks.
In that case, the only option is to rely on the wide-area Chaos Damage from the explosions when the Skeleton Monsters die.
This way, even if I can't see them, I should still be able to hit them with the explosions, right?
The moment Chen Mo activated the Almighty Converter, he received a series of prompts from Heavenly Dao.
[The Heavenly Path's Hint: Your Skeleton Monster was attacked by a Great Terror and has died!]
[The Heavenly Path's Hint: You successfully killed a Great Terror! You gained 1 point of Chaos Source Energy!]
[The Heavenly Path's Hint: Your Skeleton Monster...!]
[The Heavenly Path's Hint: You successfully killed a Great Terror! You gained 1 point of Chaos Source Energy!]
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"Huh? What's Chaos Source Energy used for?" Chen Mo curiously asked the Guider before him.
"How do you know about Chaos Source Energy? Wait a moment…"
The Guider immediately closed his eyes. A moment later, he exclaimed in astonishment, "You actually killed the Great Terrors?"
Chen Mo gave him a look that clearly said, *Are you kidding me?* "Didn't you say there's no way to see them without a Chaos Source Stone? How do you know they're dead?"
The Guider shook his head and gave a bitter smile. "The Great Terrors in this area were created through special means, and I have a count of them. Now, all one hundred Great Terrors have been killed by you!"
"Is there any benefit to killing them?"
"As you mentioned, killing a Great Terror grants 1 point of Chaos Source Energy. If you are attacked by a Great Terror while possessing Chaos Source Energy, you won't die. Each attack will only consume 1 point of Chaos Source Energy."
"So that's how it's used. Is there anything else? Since it's called 'source energy,' it should be usable as a power source for something, right?"
"Yes, but you won't need it for now. You'll naturally understand when you reach your fifth-transition."
"That could take ages."
"Given your strength, I don't think it will take you long at all." The Guider gave Chen Mo an exasperated look. Others might be slow, but this guy's strength far exceeds those of the same tier. It'll probably be very quick for him.
Looking at the 100 points of Chaos Source Energy he now possessed, Chen Mo grinned, his smile bright and sunny. "If the Great Terrors aren't causing trouble anymore, I can easily explore this entire area, right?"
"Chaos Damage... technically, one shouldn't have access to it before the fifth-transition. You little fellow, you truly have many secrets. It seems you possess some god-grade abilities."
The Guider felt rather helpless. Chen Mo's current actions were tantamount to cheating. After all, the difficulty of this trial and its main test lay in how a resourceful, courageous, and capable leader could guide a team to explore the entire area while evading the instant-kill attacks of the Great Terrors.
Now, the Great Terrors had died too quickly; he hadn't even had time to intervene. Otherwise, if he had noticed this situation, he could have applied an effect to make the Great Terrors immune to area-of-effect damage, to counter this strategy.
With all the Great Terrors dead and unable to be respawned instantly, exploring the rest of the area would be no challenge at all for him. If this kid continues exploring, he'll definitely complete it. There's no need to waste any more time.
He could only look at Chen Mo with a sense of helplessness and say, "Congratulations, you have passed the final trial."
As the Guider spoke these words, Chen Mo promptly received a notification from Heavenly Dao.
[The Heavenly Path's Hint: Congratulations! You have gained the approval of the Mysterious Dungeon's Guider and have passed all trials!]
[The Heavenly Path's Hint: Your exploration progress in the God Forbidden Zone has reached 100%! The exploration reward has been upgraded to an Above SSS-level reward: 'Inactive Divine Physique'!]
"'Divine Physique'? What's that?"
Chen Mo immediately checked its information.
[Inactive Divine Physique]: Activates when your Divine Power reaches 1,000 points.