《Ascending》Floor Boss The Heavenly Monkey King
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[Ding!] The Host has unlocked the following
Error. No Name for Core; please wait while generating.
I have assigned the Golden Earthen Flame core name to the never created beast core. For creating something new to the System, I have awarded the Host four dungeon points.
Oh, that was generous that the System gave me dungeon points. However, I will assume that it would give dungeon points out by creating something the Systems have yet seen.
If the System database has seen most products and implemented them into itself, that would mean that the System has been in too many worlds to have such a storage collection of items. Is it possible that the system is a Celestial? Something far superior to a Celestial would be frightening.
It is more ancient than the gods. Is it possible it came from the beginning of everything? But I shook my head inside the core. There was no time to be distracted.
Summoning the new beast core I had absorbed, I called the leader of my monkey group in the middle of the room.
Stay still and endure the pain; you will become my first-floor guardian that will protect the dungeon family but protect the treasures and the core. I told him I pushed more of the Qi out of the core till the System warned me that if I was in the red zone.
My pack leader grew until he stopped growing at 8 feet. I felt that from the link connecting us; he was in pain.
I pushed my new core into his chest; his body rose from the ground. The golden fur that coated his body lit up and went on fire.
The flames grew into a raging, flaming, infernal tornado. On the dungeon floor, the pressure around my leader affected the earth. The torn-up ground shook and hovered towards my soon-to-be floor boss.
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The rocks moved and encased my boss in an earth-like egg. Then the flames of the tornado were sucked inside, making the Earthen egg look like a dried magma shell.
Noises stopped from all around. It encased my leader and made him released more influential spiritual essence in the surrounding area.
The earth entrapment dried up and flake apart, revealing bright golden light through the small dungeon floor. Then, with a loud bang, my boss showed his new form, and what a glorious sight to behold. Tall and vicious, with golden-covered fur with a mix of red. A golden, delicate metal crown rested on his forehead that held a reddish-golden beast core that pulsed off hidden power.
The System popped into my view, and I giggled; then, I let my manic laugh out. Oh man, it will be fun watching my boss whipping everyone up.
[Ding!] The Host made a changed version of the Heavenly Blessed Monkey. The Host has made this creature a boss. Would you like to use this blueprint? [Yes] or [No]?
Yes, I thought.
Congratulations to the Host for creating a rank 2-star unique creature. The Host can only use this blueprint once for the first-floor boss. Please see the status of the information and naming process.
[Heavenly King Monkey]
I pulled up the status of my new floor boss.
Status!
Heavenly Monkey King
Rank: 2
Qi: Fire, Earth, Air
Description: As a newly evolved version of the Heavenly Blessed Monkey, the boss creature Heavenly Monkey King can boost the stats of all monkeys in a 5-meter area. Due to a unique beast core implemented during its evolution process, the Heavenly King Monkey can harness the forces of Fire and Earth Qi. In addition, the Host’s Air Qi was implemented in the creature’s structure, so this beast has the power of Air Qi.
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Skills:
Heavenly Arena: when the boss is in low health, it will summon an arena where enemies cannot escape the stadium and are forced to fight in a death match.
Sky Walk: The boss can summon a cloud and ride on top of it like a godly King riding his mount.
Clones: The boss can summon four clones with a 100% accurate copy, making it hard for the enemies to identify which one is real. All the clones can access all the boss’s skills. The downside is the clones disappear faster the more clones are used. For example, the maximum number of clones will last shorter than just having one clone out.
Summoning weapon: The boss can call a contracted battle weapon from a spatial holding cell. If the boss lost or dropped the weapon during battle, he would be able to summon it back with just a mere thought.
Earth Manipulation: The ability to harness Earth’s element in any way that the boss’s mind could think of, either offense or for defense.
Fire Manipulation: The ability to harness Fire’s element in any way that the boss’s mind could think of, either offense or for defense.
My eyes would have popped out of my skull if I had any; this was too good and would make the perfect first boss. I could only imagine what goodies I could unlock from here and increase my new creature family.
“A.V. A, how do I name this boss?”
“Look at the boss as a whole and not through the System. If you look hard enough, you should see “NO NAME” on top of his head. However, if you focus hard, just picture the name you want to name this boss, and it should change the writing."
I did as she told me and focused on my boss’s head; at first, I saw nothing, then eventually, the words “NO NAME” faded into view. It looked like red hologram words that you could see straight through to the back of the cave.
I pictured that it would change the words into the name I picked out, Tiānwáng. But instead, the letters seemed to modify and spin into a language where it was unreadable. Probably the words were from the ancient language of the System or the creators of all dungeons.
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