Although the 10-minute duration of Cloud Path was over and his movement speed had fallen back to 118 points, Xie Feng continued to run without stopping through the fourth floor of the dungeon.

What was lucky was the fact that the distribution of monsters on the fourth floor of the dungeon was not very dense. Xie Feng passed through the floor full of commotion but found no danger on the way.

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At the end of the long corridor, two dark holes appeared in front of him. Although the two holes seemed to be the same, anyone could see that the one on the left had a slight flash of light coming from inside.

Although the flash of white light was too faint, amid this bone-freezing darkness, it was extremely noticeable like a storm after so much dryness.

Xie Feng looked around the area several times before taking out a juice bottle and fruit from his inventory.

[Boblee: It is an exotic fruit, unique to the Adastreia Continent. It is a classic in every family's home. Effect: Eating reduces hunger by 10 points].

Only after making sure he was in top condition, with his health and magic bar complete and his hunger indicator at a relatively low level, did he enter the tunnel on the left side.

[Ding!.... You have entered the fifth and final level of Dungeon Rank A+: Darkness in Light]

*Tap*.... *Tap*.... *Tap*.... *Tap*.... *Tap*

This was a long tunnel. A heavy, suffocating, undead aura permeated the entire space. Although it was a dark tunnel, a perfect place for all kinds of living beings like; bats, poisonous snakes, or toxic insects to live, there was no sign of life.

After walking for almost 1 minute, a large amount of light appeared in front of Xie Feng. The light was so powerful that he could feel the heat and energy coming from that light even at a considerable distance.

Xie Feng could not help but think that if a sunlight ray appeared in the middle of a stormy night, it would be something similar to this.

Xie Feng thought for a moment and pulled out a teleportation scroll to Eminentis City. However, after hesitating for a moment again, he put it back in storage.

He was not very confident that he could defeat whatever was behind the tunnel. To get here, Xie Feng had to pass through hordes of skeletons level fifty or higher, and although he made it safely, there were several times when he came close to winning a free ride back to the main city.

But after remembering that on the other side was a little girl as young as ten years old, after remembering his promise to the girl's mother, he put the teleportation scroll back away.

As the light became brighter in front of him, Xie Feng's steps became lighter as his brows tightly knit together.

*Bang!*.... *Bang!*.... *Bang!*.... *Bang!*

He could hear the sound of loud banging from inside the tunnel. It sounded like a person hitting a hammer against a wall trying to destroy it.

*Bang!*.... *Bang!*.... *Bang!*.... *Bang!*

When he reached the end of the tunnel, Xie Feng lowered his body and pressed himself against the wall. Then, he looked into the tunnel—the real beginning and end of this dungeon's fifth floor and probably the deepest place here.

The first thing that caught his attention was a giant sphere of light shining on the side of the room. The light coming from the sphere was so vast that the whole room was lit up with no place for darkness to spread.

Inside the big sphere of light, Xie Feng could faintly see the body of a little girl on the ground, apparently unconscious.

[Bright Light Barrier: A barrier created by the object with the purest positive energy in all of the Samsara world, the Pearl of Light. Effect 1: Repels all attacks for a period of time. The amount of time depends on the strength of the attacks received. Effect 2: Debuffs all living beings with dark type energy that do not possess the Pearl of Darkness. Residual time: 9 hours, 48 minutes. Cooldown: 48 hours.]

Bright Light Barrier.... Pearl of Light....

That barrier was a Pearl of Light skill!

Returned to Beginner's Village 666, Xiao Lei, the mysterious older man who owned the potion shop, had one of the seven pearls, the Pearl of Earth.

(((A/N: For those who forgot, the Pearl of Earth appeared in chapter 28.)))

The effects of the Pearl of Earth were already too frightening, and even without seeing the properties of the Pearl of Light, just seeing this skill, Xie Feng was sure that it would not be much worse.

He never imagined that he would see the name of one of the seven mysterious and legendary pearls of the Samsara world inside this dark cave.

Darkness in the Light.... Light in the Darkness ....

Now it all made sense!

*BANG!*

*Roar!*

A strong blow followed by a bestial roar pulled Xie Feng out of his cloud of thoughts. He quickly looked to ..... the person who was attacking the bright light barrier without stopping.

Not a monster, not a beast. A person.

This person was of average height, wearing dark-colored clothing and a somewhat ragged cape. The most striking thing would be the thick layer of darkness that would occasionally fall from his body and the terrifying attacks that would hit the light barrier.

[Shui Xiu: BOSS]

[Level: 15 (Currently weakened by the Pearl of Light)]

[Grade: EMPEROR]

[HP: 100.000/200.000 (Currently weakened by the Pearl of Light)]

[MP: 25.000/50.000 (Currently weakened by the Pearl of Light)]

[Description: In the past, he was just a normal human being, father of Shui Wuhen, and husband of Yue Qingyu. For unknown reasons, he became obsessed with the undead magic and killed countless people. The Pearl of Light currently weakens him.]

(Skills):

[Undead body: Immune to all effects and attacks with the element of death.]

[Sickle of the undead: Invokes a scythe from any part of his body and takes the enemy by surprise. It causes 1100 points of fixed magical damage. Use Rate: High.]

[Summon: Summons a hand of bone to trap and stop the movements of the enemy 10 meters around him. Use Rate: High.]

[Undead Healing: When his HP falls below 10%, he has a 70% chance of activating this skill. Effect: Restores 100% of his HP.]

Xie Feng's eyes opened like plates when he saw the person's status window who was fiercely attacking the barrier.

He was an EMPEROR-grade NPC!

What's more, currently weakened by the Pearl of Light and by the amount of HP, Xie Feng made a wild conclusion...

Could it be that, if not for the Pearl of Light that this girl had, what he would have to face would not be a BOSS grade EMPEROR.... and would be a BOSS grade IMMORTAL!

Shui Xiu's skills lost much of their power after being weakened by the Pearl of Light. Even his automatic HP regeneration was canceled because he was in an environment surrounded by light. Otherwise, Xie Feng had no hope of victory.

Even so, because the system's Inspect skill is too simple, Xie Feng cannot exclude that there is a hidden skill.

What caused most despair is that Shui Xiu's Undead Healing skill has an extremely high chance of being activated.

A 70% chance of recovering 100% of his HP!

This means that even if Xie Feng fights for a long time to eliminate 90000 health points from Shui Xiu, there is a huge chance that all of Xie Feng's efforts will be canceled the next second!

Unlike his fight against the Guardian of Hell at the Shrine of the Fallen Angel, Shui Xiu has an undead body and possesses immunity to death-type attacks.

This means that Xie Feng can stop dreaming of activating the absolute death effect of the Ring of the God of Destruction!

A level 14 player against a level 15 EMPEROR grade boss...

This can no longer be described with the word insanity.... is simply suicide.

Even without counting the 1100 points of fixed magic damage caused by the scythes that could leave Shui Xiu's body at any time and take Xie Feng off guard, the physical attack will undoubtedly cause over 500 points of fixed damage.

Moreover, after seeing the Summoning skill, Xie Feng realized that he would not only have to protect himself against the scythes and physical attacks of this Boss. He will also have to be careful not to get caught by the bone hands coming out of the ground, or he could die at any moment!

However, when he paid more attention to the information, all the surprise and worry was gone.

Shui Xiu.... Shui Wuhen.... Father, daughter....

*Bang!*.... *Bang!*.... *Bang!*

The sound of Shui Xiu trying to destroy the barrier was extremely clear.... But Xie Feng did not seem to hear it.

"A father should protect his daughter... not try to kill her, bastard son of a bitch...". Xie Feng gritted his teeth and said in a low voice as if he were speaking that to himself.

*Bang!*.... *Bang!*.... *Bang!*

A gust of wind covered Xie Feng's body, and without warning, he started running towards Shui Xiu. With a speed of movement over 130, the hill was the distance between them in a very short time.

*Bang!*.... *Bang!*.... *Bang!*

Maybe out of self-confidence, possibly out of confidence in the high-level monsters guarding the place .... Perhaps out of anger for not destroying the light barrier after so long, Shui Xiu continued to attack and did not notice that a person was running towards him.