Powerful relics, tens of millions of damage
World-Class BOSSes also vary in strength.
For instance, this Merman King BOSS, which is twice the size of the Fish King Pool's, Lin Xuan could confirm that its strength was definitely a cut above the one in the Fish King Pool.
Of course, this hundred-meter-tall Merman King was still a bit weaker than the hundred-meter-tall buddha statue.
With two World-Class BOSSes appearing simultaneously, almost all the professional players present turned ashen.
In fact, most of them had been to the Relic several times and could be considered battle-hardened.
But today, they were truly in trouble.
A group of people fled along the river, but now they were intercepted by the Merman King, leaving them with no choice but to dodge skills and curse.
“Damn it! It’s all the Masked Man’s fault at the entrance!”
“If my thousand-man squad were here, would this BOSS even dare to be so arrogant?”
Someone cursed with resentment but was quickly interrupted.
“Keep your voice down, look over there, doesn't that look like the Masked Man from the entrance?”
“What are you talking about? What Masked Man? That’s my idol!”
“…”
Flash allowed Lin Xuan to dodge a falling rock skill attack, and he had already reached the back of the buddha statue.
His Lich King Form had disappeared, but he had no fear of this hundred-meter-tall buddha statue.
If they continued running along the buddha statue, they would quickly reach the Fish King Pool, and then the entrance.
The terrain there would be even worse, with nowhere to hide even if they wanted to.
So, many people began to change direction and run.
They had only one thought: to survive.
They would wait until their large groups re-entered the Relic, then launch a counterattack.
Lin Xuan’s thoughts were naturally different from theirs.
Since arriving at the Relic, in less than eight hours, he had already leveled up twice.
This was thanks to the special rules of the Relic.
Under normal circumstances, if a monster's level was more than nine levels higher than a professional player's, the professional player would not gain experience.
However, it was different inside the Relic.
In these replicated Relics, the experience penalty mechanism was extended to nineteen levels.
This was only a replicated Relic.
If it were a true Relic, the penalty mechanism would be even more lenient.
Some Relics even allowed professional players to gain experience from monsters fifty levels higher than themselves.
Of course, the difficulty of such Relics was also extremely high.
The more famous ones included the Journey to the West Relic in China and the Garden of Eden Relic in the European Continent.
The monsters within these could be said to be capable of stirring up the winds and clouds of Blue Star with just a single small monster.
Fortunately, for unknown reasons, these regional monsters had never left their respective Relics.
However, even if they didn't leave, almost all forces on Blue Star were extremely wary of them.
These powerful Relics were like executioner's blades hanging over everyone's heads.
They had to be guarded against.
Fortunately, such incredibly powerful Relics that could make one explode just by looking at them were few.
Most Relics could actually be entered from their outer perimeters.
Abundant experience and extremely high drop rates.
Relics greatly accelerated the growth of professional players.
Therefore, compared to the hard-to-obtain Secret Realm Scrolls, many strong professional players would form elite teams and go to various parts of the world to conquer Relics.
“Perhaps I can try a few real Relics in the future as well.”
Lin Xuan’s current level fifty-two was only considered upper-middle among professional players of the same level.
Even with twelve times experience, the main benefit was due to Teacher Li Ming’s National Server First Shaman Badge.
Thinking of the badge, Lin Xuan’s desire to level up increased even further.
“Level sixty unlocks the Arena, then I can play the ladder.”
“I remember the Main City-level Honor Badge has a two-times experience bonus.”
“At that time, I’ll try to become the Jianghai City First Undead.”
Thinking to himself, Lin Xuan reached the foot of the buddha statue.
There were now at least three hundred, if not five hundred, professional players scattered and fleeing.
If they joined forces, they could completely block this hundred-meter-tall great BOSS.
But now there was also a Merman King.
Everyone could only flee.
Lin Xuan was different from them.
To him, the two BOSSes were just larger monsters.
“A World-Class BOSS has at least fifty million health.”
“My current health is seven million nine hundred thousand, and Splitting Mount Hua can amplify physical damage by seven hundred ninety times.”
“If I use Reversal of Qiankun and then transform into the Lich King Form, my attributes will double, and my damage will double.”
“Then with this one strike…”
At this moment, the enormous buddha statue discovered Lin Xuan at its feet.
It lifted its foot and pressed down.
Lin Xuan used Flash to dodge the attack and Summoned Skeleton Soldierss.
Rumble—
The damage from Corpse Explosion was like an itch to this buddha statue.
Lin Xuan didn't care.
After releasing attack skills like Soul Fire, he quickly took out his Mana Gourd to restore his status.
Then he dodged another attack and repeated the same trick.
In less than two minutes, Lin Xuan's rage value was full again.
“Lich King, descend!”
A low whisper in his heart.
In an instant, the surrounding sky turned dim.
Snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
Then, the professional players fleeing through here saw a Flash.
The world seemed to have turned into an ice lake.
Beneath the ice lake was a Death Knight in dark armor.
Above the ice surface of the lake was a young black-robed mage.
Before everyone could clearly see the face hidden beneath the mage's hood, the entire world rapidly spun.
In a trance, the black-robed mage and the Death Knight merged into one.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
The blizzard began to rage!
“Such powerful strength!”
Lin Xuan had already used Reversal of Qiankun to adjust his attributes to Strength.
Now, with the double attribute amplification from his Lich King Form, his Strength attribute reached a terrifying six hundred twenty points!
“Although I modified my attributes, my profession is ultimately a mage.”
“The physical damage amplified by Strength is probably between seven and ten points.”
“That means the damage is between four thousand three hundred and six thousand two hundred.”
“Splitting Mount Hua can be enhanced seven hundred ninety times, plus the double damage from the Lich King Form.”
“The maximum damage can almost reach nine million eight hundred thousand!”
“Hiss—”
Lin Xuan calculated the damage, couldn't help but gasp.
This value, he felt that even a Tier 2 or even Tier 3 professional player would have to kneel.
“Level one Splitting Mount Hua has a cooldown of sixty seconds.”
“My current cooldown equipment is fully optimized, reducing it by seventy percent.”
“That means I can deal nearly ten million damage every eighteen seconds.”
“Too slow.”
“Upgrade!”
After entering the Relic, Lin Xuan obtained a total of six skill points.
Adding the three points saved from previous dungeons, he had a total of nine skill points.
Currently, among all skills, Summon Undead had the highest level, reaching level seven.
If he were to upgrade it, it would require eight skill points.
However, level eight Summon Undead unlocked the Undead Knight as a troop type, which was a tank-type front-line unit.
Lin Xuan hesitated then, not rushing to upgrade it.
Now, he could use them to upgrade Splitting Mount Hua first.
[Consumed Skill Points × 2, Splitting Mount Hua Level + 1]
[Consumed Skill Points × 3, Splitting Mount Hua Level + 1]
[Consumed Skill Points × 4, Splitting Mount Hua Level + 1]
With his skill points consumed, Splitting Mount Hua's level increased to four.
The cooldown was reduced to thirty seconds.
Subtracting the seventy percent cooldown reduction from his equipment, Splitting Mount Hua could now be cast every nine seconds!
“That’s enough!”
Lin Xuan’s heart stirred, and he unleashed a powerful palm strike towards the giant foot that was about to press down on him!