Enduring the intense pain, it stood up straight.
Its consciousness had already begun to blur.
With a violent tug, it ripped out the stone spike from its rear, tearing away a massive chunk of flesh that practically deserved to be pixelated.
Next, it clawed at the bloody hole in its chest, reaching through the opening to find its scalding stomach.
It then tore the stomach open and pulled out the half-congealed mass of lava within.
In an instant, blood, minced meat, and internal organs spilled out together, presenting a horrific sight that sent a shiver through Li Xiuman.
“Roar!!”
Covered in blood and driven mad by the agonizing pain, the troll let out a sharp, piercing shriek.
Slouching its body, it gripped the iron club.
Ignoring the entrails trailing behind it and the blood spraying from the wound on its chest, it frantically attacked any moving object in its sight.
No matter how it was attacked, it didn't bother to defend itself at all.
Its body, covered in wounds of all sizes, was left entirely exposed to incoming strikes as it unleashed its pure, unbridled violence.
It was like a final deathbed struggle.
Li Xiuman could only back away, sending the remaining goblins and Golems forward to draw its attention while he bombarded it with magic.
And so, by the time the troll finally collapsed, there was not a single uninjured spot left on its entire body.
Even after Li Xiuman found an opportunity to blind both of its eyes, the troll still relied on its sense of smell and sharp perception to launch attacks.
It was absolutely terrifying.
If he hadn't prepared in advance by rotating and reinforcing the goblins, the outcome of this battle would have been highly uncertain.
At this moment, only two battered zombie goblins remained on the field, and all the Golems except for Number Zero had been completely wiped out.
The Goblin King had lost an arm, and his entire breastbone was caved in.
Even Number Zero had sustained damage; its two arms had become sluggish and warped, and the mana circuit in its chest cavity seemed to be damaged as well.
Fortunately, there was no catastrophic damage.
Otherwise, repairing Number Zero back home would have been a massive expense.
With his own mana almost completely depleted, Li Xiuman struggled to his feet and walked toward the troll.
Carrying the King's Shield, Number Zero guarded Li Xiuman's left.
The Goblin King shouldered his bone club, standing on Li Xiuman's right.
At this moment, the troll was not yet dead. It had merely lost the ability to move—or rather, it was completely exhausted.
Enduring the pain racking its entire body, it had held out until the very last moment before collapsing from severe injuries and exhaustion.
“I will give you a swift end.”
Li Xiuman stepped onto the troll's chest, his feet treading upon viscous blood and shredded internal organs.
Locating the position of its heart, he raised his Rib Sword and plunged it down with all his might.
He then sliced open the flesh, thrust his hand into the scalding chest cavity, and pulled out a massive, blood-stained magic stone.
And with that, the troll finally died.
Its breathing, which had sounded like a heavily damaged bellows, finally ground to a halt.
[Ding! You have slain...]
[G-07 Dungeon Floor 30 Floor Boss Guardian, Tyrant Giant!]
[EXP +10,000. Obtained special reward: Blue Chest x2]
[You have completed the Demon King side quest.]
[EXP +10,000, Lava Floor Creation Authority, Special Troll Creation Authority, Flame Goblin Creation Authority.]
[You have obtained partial authority over the G-07 Dungeon.]
Orbs of light of various sizes floated out from the troll's corpse, alongside two blue-glowing chests, hovering in front of Li Xiuman.
The EXP bar that Li Xiuman had just leveled up earlier was suddenly filled halfway.
“Are these orbs of light the authority?”
He reached out to grab them, but his hand passed right through.
These light orbs lacked physical form, slipping through his hands.
[Please take out your Dungeon Core]
A new pop-up window appeared before him.
I see, so I have to receive these permissions with the Dungeon Core.
Li Xiuman took out the bead-shaped Dungeon Core from his storage space and carefully brought it close to the light orbs.
Once it was within a certain distance, the light orbs seemed to be drawn in, surging toward the Dungeon Core one after another.
The Dungeon Core accepted them all without exception, absorbing every single orb.
[Dungeon Core] The core of the dungeon, only controllable by the Dungeon Demon King.
[Quality] Blue (Upgradable)
[Special Effects] 1. Teleportation (Can teleport to any location within the Z-01 Dungeon, or to any floor within the top 30 floors of the G-07 Dungeon)
2. Projection (Project images of any floor of the Z-01 Dungeon and any floor within the top 30 floors of the G-07 Dungeon)
3. Terrain Modification (Modify the terrain of any floor of the Z-01 Dungeon; can create Lava Floors)
4. Monster Creation (Can create monsters in the Z-01 Dungeon; added Flame Goblin and Unique Variant Troll)
After absorbing the light orbs, the blue Dungeon Core seemed to darken in color slightly.
Now, he could not only teleport within his own White Bone Dungeon but also teleport anywhere within the first 30 floors of this dungeon.
Is this... is this the partial dungeon authority that one gets by defeating a floor boss?
In that case, does it mean that as long as I completely conquer this dungeon, I can obtain its full authority?
Not only that.
In the future, as long as I conquer up to the 30th floor and defeat the floor boss in every city I visit, I can unlock the teleportation authority. I'll be able to teleport to that city's dungeon whenever I want.
With this ability, combined with my storage capacity...
If I transport cargo between cities, just how much money will I make?!
I'll achieve complete financial freedom!
No, I shouldn't be so short-sighted.
With this ability, my survival capabilities will receive a qualitative upgrade, and I won't even have to pay city entry fees.
Dammit, didn't I just say I shouldn't be so short-sighted?
In the future, I won't even have to pay for lodging in other cities. I can just teleport straight back to my nest in White Bear City where it's comfortable.
...Well, actually, I should probably just pay the lodging fees obediently. Teleporting back and forth is too much of a hassle.
Unless the lodging fees are ridiculously expensive—like here in Iron River City, three silver coins a night! Isn't that just shamelessly treating people like absolute suckers?
Excited, Li Xiuman stopped fantasizing about the future.
He hopped down from the troll's chest and walked over to its head.
Gripping his Rib Sword tightly, he pried off the troll's pair of horns and put them into his storage space along with the massive magic stone.
The horns of a floor boss were the most valuable materials on this troll, second only to its magic stone.
“It's a pity about the hide, though.”
Li Xiuman looked at the troll's hide with some regret; it had been shredded to pieces during the fight.
He managed to find a few decent patches and carved them off.
By the look of it, he could barely scrape together enough to replace his fire crocodile leather armor.
As for the remaining corpse...
Li Xiuman thrust his sword into the troll's chest and sliced it open, revealing the stark white bone beneath.
Next, Li Xiuman detached his entire left arm bone, activating Bone Manipulation to transform it into a bone spear.
Exerting his strength, he forcefully stabbed the bone spear deep into the troll's breastbone. He then activated [Bone Manipulation], controlling the bone spear to gradually merge and integrate into the troll's entire skeleton.
After that, Li Xiuman activated [Vampirism], a technique he had barely ever used.
At a visible rate, the troll's corpse began to shrivel rapidly as all of its blood was absorbed, bit by bit, by the bones.
As time passed, the troll's entire body withered away.
Once more, he activated [Bone Manipulation].
All of the troll's bones began to shrink and condense, surging toward his left arm bone.
Soon, the left arm bone burst through the shriveled flesh, rapidly consuming the other bones of the body.
Once all of the troll's bones had merged into the left arm bone, the entire left arm bone swelled significantly, fully exposing itself.
Straining, Li Xiuman controlled the arm bone to compress continuously. Only when it had shrunk back to its normal size did he pick up the heavy left arm, align it with his left shoulder, connect it, and activate [Bone Manipulation] to fuse them together.
Instantly, a surge of violent energy rampaged through Li Xiuman's entire body.
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