Golden Life Star, Air-Piercing Sword Dance!
The moment the golden Life Star appeared, Grinya's figure suddenly vanished from the spot.
The abyss guard's claws swung through the air once more, and its massive body stumbled forward a few steps due to its own momentum.
Immediately after, a sky full of golden sword qi enveloped it.
Compared to the purple Life Star, the golden Life Star's Air-Piercing Sword Dance not only received a significant boost in damage, but every strand of sword qi could also weaken the enemy's defense by 1%, stacking up to 100%.
Faced with those dense, overlapping strands of sword qi, the bloated and sluggish abyss guard had no possibility of dodging at all!
The sword qi tore through its thick bone armor, and the monster, which had been silent from the start, let out a roar of agony, actually uttering syllables of human speech.
"Die... Die for me!"
Its roar was more like a scream of helpless rage.
It desperately tried to find Grinya's figure, but it couldn't see her anywhere; she seemed to have vanished from the world into thin air.
The abyss guard, heavily wounded and on the verge of death, collapsed to the ground, and the golden sword qi merged back into Grinya in mid-air.
Finding its target again, the abyss guard trembled, and after letting out a tyrannical roar, it lunged at her.
Grinya's expression was cold and merciless as the Sword of Honor in her hand burst with brilliant golden radiance.
Her figure was as fast as a flash of lightning, streaking through the air as a stream of pure white light, and her blade pierced precisely into the abyss guard's body.
The abyss guard didn't even manage to fully launch its attack; it remained in that posture, motionless.
Then its body suddenly exploded, bursting into a cloud of pitch-black smoke that slowly dissipated.
Life Crown Talent: Sword Stream.
Its effect was to execute enemies with health below 20%, and if the enemy's defense was completely shredded, the threshold increased to 35%.
It was simple and easy to understand, but it provided the most grand and violent stats and mechanics.
As the second Life Crown Talent Lu Xun obtained after the Peerless Fencer successfully broke through to the spirit-rank, he knew the moment he saw it that this talent was definitely an overpowered skill.
A Peerless Fencer with a built-in Elder Dragon execution buff was already self-evidently powerful.
And that was indeed the case; a monster as tanky as a meat shield was instantly killed by his golden Air-Piercing Sword Dance combined with the double damage from Life Crown Talent 1: Duel and the execution effect of Sword Stream.
Too strong, he, Lu Xun, was simply too strong!
He had actually pulled off such a brilliant and unparalleled operation; it could be said that there was no one before him and would be no one after him. Lu Xun was practically a modern-day gaming god, the strongest mechanical monster in the world!
You ask what he actually did?
No way, you don't actually think that locking onto an enemy with the middle mouse button, then pressing a skill key while keeping your eyes on the health bar and monitoring your mana, and finally quickly zooming in the camera to observe how much pain was on the enemy's face was a simple operation, do you?
A person must have self-awareness regarding their own skills.
Someone who isn't a gaming expert really couldn't pull off this kind of play.
After defeating the abyss guard, the Plague God's pinky finger floated in the center of its dissipating body.
Upon approaching and making contact, the three buff options appeared again.
But this time, the buffs were significantly more powerful than the last.
【Power of Faith III】
【Effect: Gain 15 levels. This level increase ignores breakthrough limits, up to a maximum of level 70.】
【Destined Blessing III】
【Effect: Your basic attacks gain a significant damage increase and range enhancement. Every time you attack, it is treated as having a second attack. This second attack can carry special effects and can trigger critical hits.】
【Bloodthirst III】
【Effect: Every successful attack has a chance to restore a percentage of your health.】
Once again, there were three effects that made it difficult for Lu Xun to choose, and he was even more conflicted this time than the last.
All three buffs were level 3, and each had its own advantages. The first buff was the simplest stat boost, which was extremely important for Lu Xun, whose current level was only 20.
However, the second one, which provided a significant damage increase and range enhancement, was a great tool for clearing maps. If the later stages involved a large wave of zombies, it would be a bit tiring to hack through them all by himself.
Not to mention the third one, which provided the most direct and simple sustain capability.
Although Lu Xun could take health potions, the effect of a Basic Health Potion was far too weak, and it wasted his Source Crystals. If he was interrupted while fighting, it would be a net loss.
In that case, a stable enough sustain buff was very necessary.
Which one should he choose?
He would go with the first option. After all, his lack of raw stats still made him feel very insecure.
He had already suffered twice because of his level: once when he was pinned down by that bastard Duke Daggs, and once when he was insta-killed by Gexi, who entered her second phase without a word.
Oh right, the person who had insta-killed him had actually become his teammate now, though she wasn't putting in any effort at all, making Lu Xun wonder if she was just trolling him.
"Hiss—it hurts so much."
Gexi, lying in the deep pit, finally regained consciousness. She felt as if every bone in her body was about to break, and the cold wind seeped into her battered body, bringing a sharper pain.
This kind of feeling was something she hadn't experienced in many years.
She grimaced as she crawled out of the dirt pit, and without caring about her disheveled appearance, she immediately looked around.
To her surprise, the surroundings were quieter than she had imagined.
That tyrannical abyss guard seemed to have disappeared.
"Where is that magic creature?" Gexi asked Grinya while enduring the intense pain throughout her body.
Grinya had just finished selecting her buff. Her body suddenly emitted a clear chime, accompanied by a golden light rising from her head.
Gexi froze for a moment, then rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
But when she looked again, the number "35" was still clearly marked above Grinya's head.
"You... you leveled up?" she cried out in surprise.
However, this exclamation immediately triggered a protest from her entire body, and the sharp pain almost made her faint again.
"It is only a temporary level," Grinya said with a cold expression, seemingly not blinded by the joy of leveling up.
"What about the abyss guard?" Gexi asked again, looking around warily for fear that the opponent would suddenly leap out from some shadow. But the atmosphere was too quiet, so quiet that Gexi realized something in just a moment.
She snapped her head around, staring at Grinya in disbelief.
"You killed the abyss guard?"
"What's the big deal?" Grinya glanced at her indifferently.
"Isn't this easy enough for anyone?"
Rate on N.U.
