105: Chapter 105 At the Peak

Monsters filled the sky, falling one after another under the blood-colored blade light as foul-smelling blood soaked the entire wasteland.

As Lin Yan continued to charge deep into the fray, the final wave of the beast tide besieging The 23rd Stronghold had already been mostly cleared.

All the Contestants inside the stronghold finally relaxed their tense nerves, collapsing inside the protective barrier, gasping for air, their faces finally showing the look of survivors who had escaped a disaster.

With this mysterious powerhouse holding the line, this desperate situation, which had seemed certain death, was now completely secure.

Wen Xiaoyou stood in front of the altar, letting a constant stream of holy light rain down, healing the varying wounds on everyone's bodies, replenishing their exhausted stamina and spiritual power, and stabilizing the intact defensive line of the stronghold.

Everyone's gaze was focused on that blood-colored figure outside the field, filled with awe and respect, with not a shred of contempt left.

"He is too strong; one person is worth more than our entire team."

"It's fortunate he passed by our stronghold; otherwise, we would have certainly died today and been deducted five hundred thousand points."

"With him here, the remaining monsters won't be able to stir up any trouble. This defensive battle is a guaranteed win."

Everyone sighed with emotion in low voices, completely letting go of all their guardedness.

But just as the situation was completely stabilized and everyone thought the dust had settled—

Thump—

Thump—

Thump—

A dull, heavy sound of footsteps, like a mountain stepping on the ground, suddenly came slowly from the depths of the beast tide.

With every step that fell, the entire land trembled violently, cracks spread rapidly across the ground, wild winds howled, and the scent of blood in the air instantly became thick and bone-chilling.

The remaining monsters, which had originally been charging crazily and fearing no death, seemed to have encountered their natural nemesis; they simultaneously stopped their assault, lowered their heads in terror, and automatically split rapidly to both sides of the path.

The dense tide of monsters voluntarily cleared a straight path. The entire scene was deathly silent, with only the increasingly heavy footsteps echoing through the world.

A terrifying pressure, one that stood above all monsters—domineering, ferocious, and crushing everything—suddenly swept across the entire The 23rd Stronghold!

The stronghold's protective barrier shook violently, and the light that had just recovered dimmed once more. Everyone's expressions changed drastically, their hair stood on end, and extreme fear rose from the depths of their hearts.

"What's going on?!"

"What a terrifying sense of oppression; it's even scarier than all the previous monsters combined!"

"What on earth is coming?"

Everyone looked terrified, instinctively raising their heads to gaze toward the end of the beast tide.

A gigantic, pitch-black figure slowly stepped out from the black mist.

It was over thirty meters long, its entire body covered in hard, thick, pitch-black magic scales. Each scale shimmered with a cold light. Its thick limbs crushed the earth, its hideous fangs were exposed, and a pair of vertical pupils, scarlet as blood, indifferently overlooked all living beings below.

An Awakened in the crowd turned pale and immediately activated a detection skill. A data panel instantly appeared in mid-air, clearly reflecting in everyone's eyes.

[Monster Name: Dark Magic Rhino · BOSS]

[Level: Level 30]

[HP: 1,000,000]

...

[Skills: Rhino Horn Charge, Magic Rhino Trample, Dark Shockwave]

The instant they saw the values on the panel, desperate cries of alarm rang out one after another inside the stronghold.

"A Commander-level monster! It actually appeared!"

"1 million HP! Super high dual defense! This is simply not an existence we can contend with right now!"

"All the previous monsters combined don't compare to this one BOSS. We are in real trouble now!"

"It's over. The battle situation we worked so hard to stabilize is completely hopeless!"

"A Commander-level monster?! Doesn't that only spawn in super strongholds?"

"Are you kidding me?!"

The people who had just found hope instantly fell back into the abyss.

No matter how many small monsters there are, they can eventually be cleared slowly by relying on numbers, but a Commander-level monster is a qualitative crushing force!

With super high defense, massive HP, and area-of-effect skills, could even the mysterious powerhouse who was just invincible really block this BOSS?

Even though they had already witnessed Lin Yan's terrifying strength earlier, facing a monster of this level, everyone still instinctively felt uneasy.

Everyone's heart was once again in their throats as they nervously watched outside the field.

Meanwhile, in the center of the battlefield.

Lin Yan, who had been slaughtering monsters all the way, slowly stopped the action of swinging his blade.

He raised his eyes to look at the Dark Magic Rhino, whose size blotted out the sky and whose pressure was overwhelming. His expression remained calm and waveless, without the slightest tension; even his eyes did not show a hint of fluctuation.

He gently flexed his wrists, and his blood-colored long blade hung toward the ground, splashing up droplets of blood.

Lin Yan just slowly stopped his footsteps and glanced at the system panel.

[Physical-Magic Dual Cultivation: 6000 layers, increased magical attack power: 300,000]

[Magic to Physical Conversion passive activated, converting physical attack power: 345,000 points]

Looking at the constantly flashing data, Lin Yan gently flexed his wrists.

A look of satisfaction flashed in his eyes. The number of monsters present was simply too high, and the scale of the beast tide far exceeded his expectations. Every slash he made could stack several layers.

In less than an hour, Physical-Magic Dual Cultivation had stacked to six thousand layers.

This growth speed could be called terrifying.

Afterward, he looked up at the Commander-level leader in the distance, the corners of his mouth curving slightly upward.

"Finally, a decent one has arrived."

"Unfortunately, it's too late."

The six thousand layers of the passive were already fully stacked; this powerful Commander-level monster had arrived completely in vain.

He gripped his blood-colored long blade, locked his gaze on the Dark Magic Rhino, and spoke in a calm tone:

"Just right, I'll use you to test my newly acquired skill."

As his voice fell, Lin Yan no longer held back any of his strength.

The blood-colored baleful aura around his body exploded violently, all the patterns on the Crimson Abyss Blood Ember set lit up crazily, and a blood-red light shot into the sky.

[Active Skill · Peak State, activated!]

In an instant, the cruel cost of the skill was directly settled.

30% of his maximum HP limit was deducted, and 70% of his physical defense and magical defense were permanently reduced for the duration of the skill.

Hum—

The power within his body instantly boiled, his maximum HP limit plummeted, and a large amount of defensive stats were forcibly drained.

At the same time, terrifying power began to gather crazily. Blood-colored air currents swirled around his entire body, the long blade in his hand vibrated slightly, and its sharp aura continued to climb.

The surrounding air even faintly showed signs of distortion.

Many Contestants inside the stronghold suddenly felt a sense of heart-palpitating dread, even though Lin Yan hadn't started doing anything yet.

Yet they instinctively felt an extremely dangerous aura, as if what was standing there at this moment was not a human, but a prehistoric beast wearing human skin.

The Commander-level leader also discovered Lin Yan, its scarlet vertical pupils instantly locking onto the target.

The next second.

A deafening roar resounded through heaven and earth.

Roar—!!!

The sound waves rolled and spread, and a large number of low-level monsters were shaken into prostrating on the ground.

Boom!

The Commander-level leader erupted suddenly, its massive body charging crazily like a moving mountain.

The ground along the way kept cracking, and black waves of air swept in all directions.

If this strike were to crash into the stronghold, it would be enough to completely destroy the entire defensive line.

However, facing the Commander-level leader charging head-on, Lin Yan just gently took a step forward.

The next instant.

Boom!!!

The ground beneath his feet exploded with a bang, and his entire person turned into a blood-colored afterimage, shooting out violently at a speed too fast for the naked eye to capture.

"Where is he?!"

"He disappeared?!"