skorch82 plays Brave Fencer Musashi - Part 17 of 70

In this entry, we liberate the Earth Crest, as well as find out what is going on behind the scenes in the Thirstquencher Empire...

Head back to Hell's Valley. It's the path to the right after you enter the road to Twinpeak Mountain. Use the Earth Scroll to roll the boulders into the spike pit to continue on. You'll also be able to rescue Knitter Lunchetta. She'll tell you about the Legendary Cloth, which has magical powers.

Once the door to Hell's Valley is opened, you'll enter the arena and face the Skullpion. Avoid the stomp, the charge attack and the earth breath attack. Your four helpers will put things in a basket, such as bombs and rocks. When the basket is directly above Skullpion, you'll want to use the Earth Scroll to bring the objects down and hurt Skullpion.

After enough of this, the Skullpion will be stunned and you can hit the blue sphere in its mouth with Lumina.

If Skullpion climbs the walls, use the Earth Scroll to knock him back down to the ground or else he'll hit one of your helpers. If any of your helpers are hit, they'll be temporarily stunned, and you won't be able to get bombs and rocks in the basket unless everyone affected recovers.

Sometimes Skullpion will spin its tail around and dig into the ground. If its tail hits you, you'll be poisoned, as indicated by Musashi's face turning grey and purple in the lower-left. Use an Antidote to cure Posion. If you don't have one, you can use one of the herbs that your helpers will put in the basket from time to time.

After enough damage to Skullpion's core, Skullpion will be defeat. You'll get Skullpion's core, liberate the Earth Crest, increase your stat limit level, increase your BP by 25 and restore all of your health.

After the battle, the Thirstquencher Empire will be irritated that you've liberated the Earth Crest. Fuhrer Flatski is irritated with Rootrick, but Bubbles tells him that Mission Vambee will not fail. Her sister Gingerelle teases her, but Flatski is in with the plan and hopes that Bubbles and Colonel Cappriciola will not let him down.