Genius Chapter 81: Soul-Separating Four Symbols God

Chapter 81: Soul-Separating Four Symbols God

Translated by Karai of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Addis

Around 10:30 in the morning, the dim ice cavern gradually brightened up.

The increasing brightness illuminated the withered tree inside the ice layer more clearly, and Su Mo once again saw the withered tree within the ice layer, along with the central ice pillar, resembling the towering tree supporting the ice cavern. Without hesitation, he prepared to guide, “Focus on lowering its health directly!”

The summoned bear landed abruptly, standing in front of the boss before the Drunken Mirage skill appeared, providing a stable output location for the ranged professions.

Watermelon was still rushing forward with all his might, while the assassin and physical swordsman had already charged to the front of the boss. Taking advantage of the boss’s immobilization, they continued to press its health despite the accumulating risk of freezing.

At this moment, the first wave of Drunken Mirage began.

“Hold your ground, don’t retreat.”

The assassin and physical swordsman standing directly in front adjusted their positions simply, but still felt the piercing cold wind. Their hands holding weapons momentarily stiffened, and their frozen values skyrocketed by 10 points in an instant. Fortunately, they hadn’t accumulated too much frozen value before 50%, so after taking this hit from Drunken Mirage, their frozen value only reached 40 points.

Eternal Winter had incredibly thick health. Everyone in their team was striving to output damage, and the rate of decrease in the boss’s health was fast, but the boss’s health stubbornly remained above 49%.

Just then, the second Drunken Mirage struck, directly causing a 20-point increase in frozen value for the teammates who faced it head-on. The frozen value instantly reached 60.

“Damn, the second one even increases it?”

“The first one was 10, the second 20… Is the third one going to jump to 30???”

“Calm down, keep up the output.” Su Mo glanced at the situation and continued, “Our current frozen values are still manageable. As soon as this wave ends, use the fire seeds to reduce the ice.”

No one wanted to endure a third Drunken Mirage, so they directly ignored the boss’s fierce attacks, gritting their teeth through mouthfuls of ice debris. They managed to bring the boss’s health down to 49% just before the arrival of the third Drunken Mirage. When Eternal Winter truly entered the 50% health threshold, a noticeable change was its faster speed in freezing and unfreezing, so fast that ranged professions could easily miss the direction it entered the ice.

Fortunately, their commander was exceptionally adept, always reminding team members to make the most accurate responses at critical moments.

“After 48%, temporarily slow down the output. If it’s similar to Spring Realm, it might introduce new tricks or Drunken Mirage every 5%. Everyone should keep their frozen values around 40 points, and ideally, we shouldn’t have any casualties.”

The torches around them were gathered together, with ranged professions recovering from frozen status first, while melee fighters were slower to recover.

When the boss’s health reached 45%, as expected, another Drunken Mirage appeared. Everyone instantly became alert, unleashing all the reserved main skills on the boss at that moment. However, even so, they still endured two rounds of Drunken Mirage, causing their frozen values to fluctuate.

“Oh my god, does that mean there’s a Drunken Mirage every 5%?”

“Does this boss have a berserk mode? If not, should we slow down the pace?”

The Drunken Mirage skill was draining, much like the initial rescue mission in the Winter Realm, where the boss constantly sought ways to reduce their numbers.

“At 40%, use fire seeds to reduce the frozen values, keep it at 40 points, and continue with the output when ready.”

After deciphering the freezing skill, their current major challenge was indeed the Drunken Mirage, which rapidly accumulated their frozen values at an alarming rate, especially when closer or directly hit by the Drunken Mirage. The first round accumulated a maximum of 10 points, the second 20 points… but as the distance increased, ranged professions suffered less frozen values than these amounts.

Melee accumulated frozen values faster, while ranged had less.

After several rounds of reduction, melee had around 40 points of frozen value, while ranged hovered around 15 points.

“Damn, it’s getting faster.”

“To be honest, if it weren’t for knowing the direction, we would probably find it hard to stabilize at this stage.”

As the boss’s health decreased, players in the team gradually felt the pressure. The first time they fought Eternal Winter, they struggled because they couldn’t understand the skills and relied solely on endurance. Now, even with knowledge of the boss’s skill mechanics, they found it challenging because avoiding them was no longer effortless.

The skills had been dissected very carefully.

At 5%, there was another Drunken Mirage. They had to quickly reduce the boss’s health, restore their frozen values after the attack, and prepare for the next 5% Drunken Mirage.

“Damn, it’s coming again. Does 5% pass by so quickly?”

“Hurry up, hurry up.”

……..

The health rapidly dropped, 35%… 30%… 25%… 20%…

At 18% health, while dealing with the ice attack, teammates were using fire seeds to reduce their frozen values.

Su Mo said, “Let’s wait a bit this time. Reduce the frozen value to around 10 before pushing hard.”

Avoiding any casualties completely was challenging… Su Mo remembered that after 15%, the rhythm of the Spring Realm’s skills would accelerate, leaving them little time to recover from Drunken Mirage.

Everything was like the calm before the storm, tension enveloping everyone.

After reducing the frozen value, the boss’s health reached 15%. They continued to lower its health as usual, and the boss’s skill rhythm increased slightly. However, it was still manageable, and the danger hadn’t arrived yet. They dared not relax completely, maintaining vigilance until the boss’s health dropped to 10%. The Drunken Mirage at 10% ended, and they planned to regroup for the next 5%.

However, an unexpected event occurred. At 7%, another round of Drunken Mirage arrived.

At this moment, melee’s frozen value was still at 25 points. Despite anticipating the situation in advance, they didn’t expect this Drunken Mirage to come so suddenly. Melee could only grit their teeth and endure it. Everyone pushed hard to lower the boss’s health before the third Drunken Mirage arrived. Melee’s frozen value had accumulated to 55 points, causing their movements to become slightly sluggish, while the boss’s attacks became even more intense.

They passively retaliated, but the time to use fire seeds to reduce the frozen value was becoming increasingly limited.

Even when they wanted to stop attacking and rest momentarily, Eternal Winter didn’t give them that chance. Once they paused, the value reduced by the fire seeds wasn’t enough to counteract the frozen values produced by Eternal Winter’s attacks.

“Fuck! Is this boss doing it on purpose?” ClearWind narrowly avoided an attack, only to see the boss freezing them again immediately after.

Seeing everyone’s frozen values decrease, especially melee’s frozen value reaching about 35 points, Su Mo made a decisive call, “No more waiting, push the health directly.”

At 5%, with two Drunken Mirages, melee’s frozen value soared to 65 points.

Just as melee’s frozen value had barely returned to 55 points, at 3%, another Drunken Mirage appeared, directly accumulating the frozen value to 85 points, almost encountering a third Drunken Mirage. The frozen value caused a thin layer of ice to appear on the three melee fighters and the main tank, making them gradually slower in their movements. They even began to fail to dodge the incoming ice skills. Fortunately, ClearWindIsHere took the damage; sensing danger, he immediately activated a large sword array to reduce damage. Otherwise, that previous attack could have easily taken him out.

“Damn it, damn it! 2% left! I don’t want a wipe here!”

“It’s time to give it all, I’ll go first.”

“Don’t wipe here!! Please!”

However, at 1%, Drunken Mirage appeared again.

This time, luck was not on their side. With the slowing down of their output due to the high accumulation of frozen values, they experienced three Drunken Mirages within one percentage point for the first time. The entire melee team perished, turned into ice sculptures by the boss’s sweeping hand, rolling out with a thud. Su Mo immediately summoned the bear to take over aggro, realizing there was no way to save the four teammates. They were left with six people, and the boss still had 1% health.

After dropping to 1%, Eternal Winter changed its state, launching attacks against the players in an almost berserk manner.

Su Mo noticed cracks rapidly forming on the icy surface of the cave. The ice column at the forefront even began to emit light, as if something was sealed within the ice.

“Yellow Peach, focus on healing the bear. FireworksAndLanterns, summon the bear to shield against the wind. ScarletFruit, focus on healing.”

On the field, the array master’s arrays stacked up to four layers. The bear’s health fluctuated like a roller coaster, stressing out both healers.

The magical swordsman’s sword techniques were dazzling, and the summoner quickly re-summoned the frozen summon creature. Bit by bit, they pressed down on the boss’s health.

At 0.5%, ScarletFruit turned into ice as his frozen value maxed out, halving their healing output instantly.

At 0.3%, FireworksAndLanterns’ summon creature died, entering a long cooldown period. A sudden gust of wind accumulated everyone’s frozen values, with Apple’s skyrocketing to 95 points, halving their spell casting speed.

At 0.2%, Apple turned into ice. FireworksAndLanterns summoned another bear, but it couldn’t hold out for 5 seconds before being killed by the boss after being frozen.

At 0.1%, Yellow Peach died, and the main bear, due to a healing interruption, was killed. Only two summoners and the array master remained on the field.

At 0.05%, UnchainedWanderer desperately stacked 4 layers of defense arrays. FireworksAndLanterns shielded the two remaining players from the wind, but their small frame was blown away and turned into ice.

Only two players remained on the field, and the boss’s health was just a tiny sliver away. The permanently frozen teammates could not speak or disturb their remaining allies with messages, silently praying in their hearts as they watched the two players on the field.

Su Mo and Yu Zhen had 60 points of frozen value on them. Given the current situation, they feared they might not survive until they killed the boss. There was a high risk of being worn down by the boss’s wind and ice mechanics. Moreover, they had no retreat now. If they died here, they would face the consequence of a team wipe and be expelled from the dungeon. They would have to start all over again.

Just then, the boss froze them once again.

Yu Zhen decisively utilized the brief moment to stack a movement speed array on both of them. Without needing to speak, the two swiftly began running. By doing so, the probability of being directly hit by the lethal attack from above would be greatly reduced, avoiding the danger of being killed in one blow.

As they continued pressing the boss’s health down, their output did not falter.

Just then, Yu Zhen suddenly said, “Momo, I can’t move anymore.”

Su Mo then noticed that Yu Zhen’s frozen value had accumulated to 95 points. His heart sank as he realized Yu Zhen had been covering for him, staying behind to shield him all along. “Brother.”

“Got it.” The array master didn’t pause, using the last 5 points of frozen value to frantically stack arrays on the summoner.

At that moment, damage-boosting arrays, defense arrays, movement speed arrays… continued to stack until Yu Zhen was frozen by the boss, halting the array stacking. The entire team’s hearts raced as they watched the remaining 0.02% of the boss’s health. They then saw the summoner rapidly approaching using the movement speed array, summoning the bear once again during the approach. Not only that, but Black Tortoise’s damage reduction, White Tiger’s single-target attacks, and LunarFeline’s area attacks… Unbeknownst to them, these summons had been released by the summoner at a crucial moment, launching a fierce counterattack.

It was a feast of summon beasts, immediately targeting the boss as soon as it appeared after being frozen.

Just then, Momo swiftly moved forward, empowered by the damage-boosting array, his normal attacks becoming exceptionally powerful. He leaped up to a high point, swung his lantern staff forcefully, and pushed Eternal Winter back. His frozen value reached 85 points, but he didn’t retreat until he forced Eternal Winter to the edge of the high platform’s ice pillar.

With the array active for 8 seconds and a frozen value of 95 points, momo single-handedly reversed the situation, successfully grinding Eternal Winter’s health down to 0%!

“Awesome!!!” “Bro!!!” “Legend!!”

Suddenly, voices flooded the voice channel as the ban was lifted. Su Mo collapsed to the ground, with only 12% of his health remaining. Just then, the ice layer in front of them collapsed with a thunderous roar. Ice chunks fell from above, causing the ground to shake incessantly. In everyone’s sight, the central ice pillar suddenly disintegrated and melted away. A tender green shoot emerged where it landed, rapidly growing. The withered tree revived, bursting with vitality, as if the ice and snow had melted away in that instant.

The sprout grew into the Son of Spring, and the figure of Eternal Winter seemed to vanish along with the melting ice in front of everyone.

[Server Announcement] Players Momo, UnchainedWanderer, Milk Mixed with Bitter melon, WhatAHugeWatermelon… have successfully cleared the Departed Souls Realm, breaking the seal of the Four Spirit Gods. The Four Spirit Gods will descend upon the Celestial Horizon continent. Server-wide unlocking of the Four Spirit Gods’ biography quests has been initiated, and the server will open the final challenge “Looking to the Sky” (★★★) in one week, accessible to all players.

[Server Announcement] Players Momo, UnchainedWanderer, Milk Mixed with Bitter melon, WhatAHugeWatermelon… have cleared the Departed Souls Realm, successfully earning the first clear rewards: Departed Souls Four Spirit Gods’ Chest x1, Level 80 Gold Equipment Chest x1, Permanent Attribute Points +100, Departed Souls Four Spirit Gods’ Scroll x1, First Clear Gold Title (Departed Soul Four Spirits), Departed Souls Four Spirits’ God Limited Appearance Chest x1, Advanced Material Chest x3, Demon Points +5000.

[Server Announcement] Players from the Abyss faction have successfully cleared the Departed Souls Realm, unlocking the faction bonus system. The first clearing faction will receive a week-long full buff bonus (Spring God – Healing, Summer God – High Attack, Autumn God – Chaos, Winter God – Immortality), and the faction battle system will be activated. The Departed Souls Four Spirits buffs will become crucial resources in faction battles. Detailed gameplay instructions will follow in subsequent announcements.

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Nearly five announcements have been posted consecutively, listing the names of the first clearing players. The background of the Departed Souls Realm dungeon challenge will also become the subject of future “Looking to the Sky” tasks for players to explore. As first clearing players, they are granted priority access to the level 80 quest, meaning they can bypass the Departed Souls Four Spirits’ trials. Instead, upon reaching level 80 and completing prerequisite tasks, they can directly advance to level 80.

Su Mo and his group returned to the initial Spring Realm, where the Four Spirit Gods appeared before them. The four bosses retained their original appearance but now refrained from attacking, instead presenting rewards to Su Mo and his companions.

“Oh my god, these buffs are amazing!”

“We’ll definitely dominate in guild battles. The Eclipse faction is going down next week.”

“The rewards are so rich.”

“Momonewbie!” FireworksAndLanterns exclaimed excitedly, “My summoner finally has a place.”

As others received their rewards and were about to thank Momo, they suddenly saw their teammates vanish into thin air.

“Boss??? Disconnected?” Yellow Peach looked baffled.

ScarletFruit, accustomed to this, said solemnly, “My brother probably logged off to have a meal.”

Others: “Huh?”

At such a joyous moment, he actually logged off without a care?

Yu Zhen organized the treasure chests and added, “He’s offline.”

With that said, he too disappeared from sight shortly afterward. ScarletFruit was left speechless.

FireworksAndLanterns put away their excited expression. “Am I just inexperienced?”

Yellow Peach muttered, “Aren’t we supposed to be the first-clear team?”

Bitter melon, replying to the warm greetings from various friends in the friends list, calmly stated, “Dealing with things calmly, that’s the demeanor of a great general.”

Author’s note: General Momo looked at the alarm clock and breathed a sigh of relief: almost late.