Chapter 45: Overwhelming Strength, Successive Slaughters!
Seeing the Fire Lizard King unleash its skill once again, Ye Chuyun's gaze turned icy.
Naturally, he had no intention of giving the Fire Lizard King another opportunity to use its skill.
If he didn't possess water-type skills to counter the creature, he would have been in for a terrible ordeal.
Watching the fiery meteor descend once more, Ye Chuyun did not hesitate for a second and activated his skill, [Berserk].
Boom!
Ye Chuyun's eyes instantly turned crimson, and a manic expression surfaced on his face.
His combat power began to skyrocket, surging from 4,400 all the way to 5,700, coming infinitely close to the 6,000 mark.
Glancing up at the falling meteor, Ye Chuyun completely ignored it, flashing forward a few times to arrive directly in front of the Fire Lizard King.
Without missing a beat, Ye Chuyun raised his blade with both hands and brought it down heavily upon the Fire Lizard King's head.
"Hmph, human, you cannot kill me."
A look of contempt flashed in the Fire Lizard King's eyes as its staff flickered, and this time, "three layers" of fiery protective barriers materialized around its body.
Although the Fire Lizard King talked a big game, its actions betrayed its true panic.
The next second, Ye Chuyun's long blade descended.
However, this time, the outcome defied the Fire Lizard King's expectations.
Crack!
A crisp sound echoed!
The three layers of fiery protective barriers, along with the Fire Lizard King's head, were cleaved clean in two by Ye Chuyun's single slash.
[Successfully killed Level 7 Fire Lizard King (King Class), obtained Double Energy Points +6,000, Reputation +10.]
[100% drop rate triggered, items have been automatically placed in your storage space, please check them.]
"Finally dead."
Finishing off the enemy with a single strike, Ye Chuyun felt an immense sense of satisfaction.
However, remembering that there were still four Fire Lizard Warriors left undefeated, he quickly turned around.
He saw that his clone was still locked in a chaotic battle with the four Fire Lizard Warriors.
As expected of his clone, even with only half of his combat power, it was still capable of holding off four opponents for this long.
Seeing this, Ye Chuyun immediately joined the fray.
His [Berserk] state had not yet worn off.
A combat power approaching 6,000 was enough to instantly obliterate the Fire Lizard King, let alone four Fire Lizard Warriors.
With swift and decisive movements, Ye Chuyun easily dispatched all four Fire Lizard Warriors in no time.
[Successfully killed Level 6 Fire Lizard Warrior (Chieftain Class), obtained Double Energy Points +2,000.]
[Successfully killed Level 6 Fire Lizard Warrior (Chieftain Class), obtained Double Energy Points +2,000.]
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Looking at the corpses littering the ground, Ye Chuyun let out a slight breath of relief and sat down in a clean spot.
Once the [Berserk] state ended, he entered a weakened condition, which required ten minutes to recover from.
Taking advantage of the rest period, Ye Chuyun opened his storage space.
First were the spoils from the four Fire Lizard Warriors, which had dropped numerous items.
[Rune Greatsword: Attack +45, Strength +20, Physique +10, grants 100% attack speed and 50% armor-penetration effect upon attack, Tier 2 Supreme grade. Equipment requirements: Level 8, Strength and Physique must reach 200 or above.]
[Rune Shield: Defense +40, Physique +30, comes with the skill Indomitable—reduces incoming damage by 30% based on own defense for one minute, cooldown 5 minutes, Tier 2 Supreme grade. Equipment requirements: Level 8, Strength and Physique must reach 200 or above.]
[Rune Pauldrons: Defense +30, Physique +20, Fire Resistance +50%, Tier 2 Supreme grade. Equipment requirements: Level 8, Strength and Physique must reach 200 or above.]
[Talent Imprint: Grants F-grade Strength Enhancement upon use.] *4
[Talent Imprint: Grants F-grade Physique Enhancement upon use.] *4
[Talent Imprint: Grants F-grade Fire Sense upon use.] *4
Ye Chuyun felt a pleasant surprise.
A 100% drop rate was truly overpowered, practically dropping every single item the Fire Lizard Warriors were capable of yielding.
He glanced at the Blade of Storms in his hand.
The attributes of the Rune Greatsword were clearly much superior to those of the Blade of Storms.
However, because the Blade of Storms had already been upgraded to Level 5, the Rune Greatsword's current stats still fell slightly short.
Furthermore, the enhancement stones he currently possessed were not enough to max out the Rune Greatsword's level in one go.
Therefore, Ye Chuyun decided to wait until he had upgraded the Rune Greatsword to Level 5 before replacing the Blade of Storms in his hand.
Although the Rune Greatsword could not be equipped just yet, the Rune Shield and Rune Pauldrons could be put on immediately.
Ye Chuyun eagerly equipped them.
He now held a blood-red long blade in his right hand and a large silver shield in his left, looking utterly imposing.
His status panel materialized in his mind once again.
Name: Ye Chuyun
Level: Level 9 (36,030/100,000)
Reputation: 70
Title: Favored by the Heavenly Dao
Strength: 504
Agility: 378
Physique: 637 (E-grade Super Physique, +127)
Spirit: 649
Combat Power: 4,641 (4,336 + 305)
His combat power had also surged significantly, reaching 4,641 points, coming within striking distance of the 5,000 milestone.
Next, Ye Chuyun took out the talent imprints.
He did not possess the F-grade Strength Enhancement, meaning he could add yet another talent to his arsenal.
He decisively learned it!
This brought his total number of talents to five.
They were: SSS-grade 100% Drop Rate, D-grade Water Fusion, E-grade Super Physique, F-grade Fire Sense, and F-grade Strength Enhancement.
All the remaining duplicate talent imprints were to be used for evolution!
[Ding, fusion failed!]
No worries, there were plenty more!
[Ding, fusion failed!]
Failure is the mother of success, continue!
[Ding, fusion failed!]
Damn it!
Ye Chuyun was dumbfounded.
Could it be that all his luck had been used up just to acquire the SSS-grade talent and rebirth?
Refusing to accept this, he kept going!
[Ding, fusion successful! F-grade Strength successfully evolved into E-grade Super Strength.]
"Phew, thankfully, there's still the last one, and it succeeded."
Ye Chuyun breathed a sigh of relief and proceeded to fuse the other talent imprints.
[Ding, fusion failed.]
[Ding, fusion successful! F-grade Physique Enhancement successfully evolved into E-grade Super Physique.]
Ye Chuyun was pleasantly surprised. It seemed his previous bad luck had run out, and good fortune was beginning to arrive.
Four F-grade Physique talent imprints had finally combined to form one E-grade Physique talent imprint.
It could now be fused with the E-grade Physique talent he already possessed.
Silently praying in his heart, Ye Chuyun carefully proceeded with the fusion.
[Ding, fusion successful! E-grade Super Physique successfully evolved into D-grade Physique Reinforcement.]
[Physique Reinforcement: Permanently increases physique by 40%.]
"Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!"
Ye Chuyun was overjoyed.
Now only the fire-type talent imprints remained.
To his pleasant surprise, the final fusion succeeded as well, and his F-grade Fire Sense successfully evolved into E-grade Fire Control.
Words could not describe how exhilarated he felt.
Lastly came the spoils of war from the Fire Lizard King.
This was the second King-class ferocious beast Ye Chuyun had ever slain, following the Iron Turtle King.
The items it dropped would undoubtedly be several times better than those of the Fire Lizard Warriors!