Chương 339: Now, the Worry Is Hitting Too Hard…

Undoubtedly, from a long-term perspective, Dionysus had been the single greatest hidden threat that needed to be dealt with first.

But looking purely at the current battle on the 49th floor… it was clear that, compared to Dionysus who was already thoroughly dead, the seven Balors—each parasitized by a Demi Spirit—posed a far greater threat.

To put it in context, Filvis had been transformed into a "monster" years ago, and despite consuming countless magic stones, she had only strengthened herself to the equivalent of an Upper Lv.7. Even then, she could not defeat Ottar, who was at the peak of Lv.7.

But the Balors?

All five of their Base Ability attributes—except for Magic—were rated S, with Strength and Endurance maxed at S-999.

Ottar, already adept at endurance battles and growing stronger as the fight continued, clearly possessed the ability to challenge enemies above his level.

Yet even he could not defeat a floor master with a potential ability of Lv.7.

Not to mention that the newly appearing Demi Spirit were already super-enhanced mutants with a potential ability of at least Lv.8—seven of them in total.

Truthfully, in the past, facing such an overwhelming threat would have led everyone to simply walk away from their keyboards, surrendering outright, and declare "Orario is completely doomed."

But today…

But now…

As someone who had once attempted to solo a floor master, Ottar provided extremely valuable reconnaissance for their team.

According to him:

The Evil Eye referred to the large eye on Balor's head, normally closed. When it opened, it emitted countless dark purple beams capable of obliterating even the finest equipment with "indestructible" properties.

In short: you can only dodge—it cannot be tanked.

The last time Ottar had tried to defeat Balor, he failed due to being poor in aquatic conditions, and had to retreat when he lost footing.

"Ottar also tried soloing the floor master, so this ability likely has similar activation conditions to Udeos' sword."

"In other words, it probably won't be used right now."

But Renjiro knew that while the seven Black Balors might not activate the tower giant, each had been parasitized by a Demi Spirit.

This meant they needed to watch out for newly gained fairy abilities, especially the devastating elemental fairy magic.

"Fortunately, many on our side have teleportation abilities."

Earlier, when Lumine and Paimon captured Dionysus by coordinating against the Banshee, it was the Xiao and Aether's Dominion Clones interrupting spellcasting.

Now…

"Ooo~"

Balor's cries were not traditional roars, but more like… well, a ship's horn back on Earth.

At this moment, Amber, Fischl, Ningguang, and the others with area-clearing capabilities were still handling the gathering Fumul Beast Barbarians, clearing a zone suitable for the rest of the team to fight freely.

Meanwhile, Ottar and the others, with Xiao's assistance, were surrounding one of the Demi Spirit.

"Time to start."

Renjiro's plan was to create a scenario for the Eight Heroes to attempt their "feat," so leaving just one Evil-Eye Fairy was sufficient.

The remaining six…

Suddenly, without warning, the dome of the 49th floor transformed.

A dark sky curtain appeared, resembling a massive spatial portal, and from it fell a meteor shaped like a lock.

"BOOM~"

The resulting tremor encompassed almost all the Demi Spirit, but Ottar and his companions remained unharmed.

In their astonished eyes, all seven Demi Spirit were petrified, frozen in place.

"Looks like even dungeon floor masters aren't immune to petrification."

Renjiro, observing from behind the scenes after summoning the Three Gods, commented lightly to himself, "The system's judgment criteria are really weird… but fine."

"Since these Demi Spirit can be petrified by Zhongli, I don't have to worry about accidentally obliterating all monsters with a single strike."

With that thought, Renjiro temporarily took control of Raiden Shogun.

"Humm~"

A massive Eye of Thunderous Punishment opened on the 49th floor.

This giant eye, condensed from enormous Raiden elemental energy, dwarfed Balor's Evil Eye in sheer presence.

It extended outward like a spatial gate—or rather, like the hollow circles from Bleach—and manifested a massive puppet arm.

The arm gripped a giant katana and swept downward…

"Kah~"

Space shattered.

Renjiro calculated the distance perfectly. Six of the Demi Spirit were cut cleanly in half.

Their forms were obliterated, yet the six enormous mutated magic stones remained intact.

"Phew~"

Far above the surface, a certain black-haired youth exhaled deeply.

He looked at his hands, adorned with ten pure black mythril rings bearing golden cracks on each finger…

"Finally… I'm not a 'one-move wimp' anymore!"

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