50: Chapter 50 Real Combat Unleashed: Skills and Power Beyond Rank

"Gotcha."

This sentence echoed in the empty cavern, sounding like the ravings of a madman.

The Spider Queen's beautiful human face twisted into a knot, huge fangs dripping with venom, clawing at Lin Qi's head.

Half a meter away.

For ordinary players, this was a countdown to character deletion.

But for Lin Qi, this was the optimal attack distance.

Hum.

Lin Qi's muscles suddenly began to vibrate at high frequency.

That wasn't fear; it was the "Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound" unique to the Flesh Refining stage.

The tendons all over his body tightened like bowstrings, then snapped outward violently.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

The spider silk wrapped around his waist was tough, but it couldn't withstand this internally explosive Inch Power.

Three of the dozen or so threads snapped.

The restraint loosened.

Lin Qi didn't break free completely; he exerted force from his core, using the recoil to turn himself into a pendulum.

His body swung violently upward.

The fangs, which were a guaranteed kill, bit into nothing but the remaining fabric of Lin Qi's shirt.

In the next second, Lin Qi appeared directly in front of the Spider Queen's face.

"Look at my eyes."

Lin Qi grabbed the Spider Queen's black hair with his left hand and clenched his right fist, middle knuckle protruding.

This was the Phoenix Eye Fist.

It was specifically designed for striking cartilage and Acupoints.

"If you have any."

Bang!

This punch landed solidly on the Spider Queen's high-bridged nose.

Crack.

A deep crater caved in right in the center of the beautiful face.

Purple-black blood sprayed out like a fountain.

"Aaaah—"

The Spider Queen let out a shrill scream, its eight legs kicking wildly, trying to shake off the bug in front of it.

Lin Qi didn't give it a chance.

His legs locked like a python, strangling the Spider Queen's slender human neck.

Riding on the boss's head.

This was true face-riding damage output.

"Mutated, huh?"

Lin Qi slammed his left fist into its left eye socket.

Slap!

The eyeball burst.

"Doubled all attributes, huh?"

He smashed his right fist into its chin.

Click!

The jawbone shattered, and the mouth, still spraying venom, was twisted to the ear.

"Long health bar, huh?"

His fists wheeled, moving so fast they left only a blur of afterimages.

Ora, ora, ora!

There was no technique; it was just the purest release of violence.

Every punch carried Penetrating Force, with the power reaching directly into the skull.

The Spider Queen's massive body swayed on the web like a drunkard, smashing the surrounding rocks to pieces.

Wang Kai lay on the ground, mouth wide open, forgetting to close it.

"Is... is this the Knight class's taunt skill?"

Zhang Wei wiped the cold sweat from his face and muttered: "No, this is called 'Wu Song Beats the Tiger'."

"This is too brutal..." Zhao Xiaoyu covered her eyes, but the gap between her fingers was wider than her eyes.

In the livestream.

The barrage paused for a second, then exploded.

"Holy crap! Treating the boss like a punching bag?"

"Is this the gold content of a 'whiteboard' player?"

"I just want to ask, doesn't your hand hurt?"

"To the one above, that's an S-Rank mutant monster, this guy is giving the monster a makeover!"

Inside the dungeon.

The Spider Queen's struggle grew weaker.

Its proud, high defense was all in that thick spider carapace, but Lin Qi specifically targeted its human head, which had no armor.

The red damage numbers determined by the System connected into a waterfall.

Although the single-hit damage wasn't high, the frequency was too fast.

Five punches per second.

Every punch connected with flesh.

The Spider Queen's health bar dropped like a broken dam.

"It's time to end this."

Lin Qi felt the monster beneath him slow down.

He took a deep breath, his lungs heaving like a bellows.

He raised his arms high, fingers locked, as if holding a heavy hammer.

"Moving-Blocking Punch."

Although there was no Internal Energy, this body, with Skin Refining at Perfection and Flesh Refining just begun, was the strongest weapon itself.

All his strength gathered into this one blow.

Boom!

This punch slammed heavily onto the center of the Spider Queen's crown.

In that instant, everyone seemed to hear a crisp crack.

Like a watermelon hitting the ground.

The Spider Queen's beautiful yet hideous head was driven directly into its chest cavity.

The massive body stiffened suddenly, then collapsed with a crash like a broken puppet.

The huge black shadow fell onto the sticky web, stirring up a cloud of dust.

It twitched twice, then turned into data particles scattering into the sky.

[System Announcement:]

[Congratulations to Group 44 for successfully killing the Mutant Lord: Cave Spider Queen (LV.15)!]

[Clear time: 18 minutes and 24 seconds!]

[Broken the historical record of Tianhai City!]

[This practical assessment score: SSS!]

Three blood-red "S"s glittered, almost bursting the livestream screen.

Outside, at the Tianhai No. 3 High School playground.

The whole audience stood up.

Even the students who had mocked Lin Qi the hardest were silent now, their faces blank.

The principal was so excited he spilled the goji berry water from his thermos all over the table.

"SSS Rank... It's actually SSS Rank!"

Instructor Su Qing stood in front of the control console, looking at the blood-soaked figure on the big screen, the corners of her mouth finally curling into the faintest arc.

"This kid, he really hides his strength well."

And in the dark basement.

Ying Wan looked at the prominent SSS on the screen, his face looking terrible.

The magic scroll in his hand had been crushed into powder.

"The mutated attributes... were actually beaten to death by him."

Ying Wan was a professional assassin.

Since the task was impossible, he would retreat immediately.

This Lin Qi was definitely not some lucky "whiteboard" player as the dossier said.

This was a monster in human skin.

"Mission failed, must re-evaluate the target's Rank."

Ying Wan didn't hesitate, crushed the teleportation stone in his hand, and his figure disappeared into the darkness.

Inside the dungeon.

The data particles slowly dissipated.

Lin Qi landed from mid-air, his feet planting firmly on the solid ground.

His shirt was completely ruined, his bare upper body covered in red welts and abrasions, caused by the spider silk and venom earlier.

But he stood very straight.

As his Qi and blood circulated, those small wounds were stopping bleeding and scabbing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This was the recovery power brought by a high Physique.

"Hoo..."

Lin Qi exhaled a breath of turbid air, his body temperature beginning to drop slowly.

He looked down at his fists; the skin was broken, and the knuckles were red and swollen.

"The bones are still not hard enough."

Lin Qi shook his head, somewhat dissatisfied.

If it were his Martial Saint body from his previous life, the spider would have exploded with the first punch, and there would be no need to hit it so many times.

"Brother... Brother Qi?"

Zhang Wei poked his head out from behind a rock, his voice still trembling.

"Is it dead?"

Lin Qi turned around and wiped the blood from his face.

That action, combined with his current look, made him seem even more like a villain than the boss just now.

"Dead."

Lin Qi walked over to Zhang Wei, reached into the fat guy's backpack, pulled out a bottle of water, drank half of it, and poured the rest over his head to rinse off.

"Clean up the loot, don't forget to pick up the dropped Materials."

Hearing the word "loot," Zhang Wei's merchant instinct instantly overcame his fear.

"Got it! You rest, I'll do the dirty work!"

The fat guy ran happily toward where the boss had disappeared.

Wang Kai, Zhao Xiaoyu, and Chen Huo walked over, supporting each other.

The way they looked at Lin Qi had changed.

It was no longer questioning, nor was it simple gratitude.

It was awe for the strong.

"Lin Qi... thank you." Wang Kai lowered his head, his face flushed red.

If it weren't for Lin Qi just now, they would have been forcibly ejected by now, and might even have been left with psychological trauma.

"Don't thank me."

Lin Qi tightened the bottle cap and threw the empty bottle into the trash can.

"I said, those who want to win, follow me."

At this moment, the surrounding space began to ripple like water.

That was the sign that the dungeon was about to close and force a teleportation.

Lin Qi picked up his school uniform jacket from the ground; although it was torn like a rag, it could at least cover him up.

He looked up at the Void Realm, his gaze seemingly piercing through the data layer, looking at the assassin hiding in the shadows.

"Time to go out and collect the prize."