156: Chapter 156 Mythical-Level BOSS Awakens! A Follow-Up from Xuanji Zi!

Zhang Jian's body flashed with golden light once again.

“Wow, Brother Jian is so handsome!”

The crowd on the city walls exclaimed in awe.

Wang Fei glanced at them with disdain.

Look at these spineless people!

Is this 'handsome'?

This is clearly 'mighty'!

After entering [God-Slaying Mode], Zhang Jian's punches were indeed much more powerful.

Although the base damage hadn't increased much, the resulting corrosion damage caused the black light he hit to change expression.

He could actually deal damage to it?

This black light was exactly what Luo Dong's Soul had transformed into.

After possessing a monster on Water Blue Planet and failing to challenge Zhang Jian as an epic-grade BOSS, his Soul form had successfully escaped.

Originally, he hadn't cared much.

But after some experimentation, Zhang Jian had actually managed to produce such an attack, leaving him terrified.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't human Professionals need at least their third job advancement to have means of attacking Souls?

Luo Dong felt both confused and panicked.

He wanted to flee, but he was completely unable to move.

In the 10 seconds that [Divine Punishment lv1] lasted, Zhang Jian threw countless punches.

The corrosion damage under [God-Slaying Mode] caused his Soul to gradually dissipate.

He endured the longest 10 seconds of his life.

Fortunately, his decades on Water Blue Planet hadn't been for nothing.

Although the BOSS he possessed earlier was restricted to level 50 by the job advancement city defense quest,

His own Soul strength far exceeded that of a typical third-advancement Professional.

Even during the 10 seconds where Zhang Jian acted as an Incarnation of a Heavenly God, he still failed to completely annihilate his Soul.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief,

Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged as he continued to swing his fists.

Soon.

Another 100 punches passed.

Several buff effects of [Combo Resonance] upgraded accordingly.

Even the final [Divine Punishment] reached lv2.

The effects improved once more.

Activate [Divine Punishment lv2] buff after every 100 consecutive basic attacks: Attack Power/Critical Rate increased by 40% for 15 seconds, includes area splash damage, and every attack carries [Gale], [Heavy Strike], and [Deterrence] effects; during this time, immune to control skills and reflects 30% of damage taken.

Although attacks under this effect couldn't deal substantial damage to Luo Dong's Soul form,

The effects of [Gale lv7] and [Deterrence lv6] allowed Zhang Jian to land even more attacks within those 15 seconds.

Along with that,

After [God-Slaying Mode] was randomly activated,

He outputted even more corrosion damage within those 10 seconds.

At least half of the black light's glow had dissipated, and it looked much less condensed than before.

Zhang Jian's spirits rose as he continued his hard work.

And after the third double activation of [Divine Punishment] and [God-Slaying Mode],

The affix [Shaking the Gods with a Mortal Body] had accumulated 1,000 unarmed attacks and successfully upgraded!

After rising from legendary rank to epic-grade,

The base effects in all aspects saw their limits increased.

The power of the corrosion damage also increased greatly.

With just one punch, the black light's expression changed.

In just 10 seconds, Luo Dong's Soul form suffered massive trauma.

As the time was about to end, he was finally blasted into thin air by one of Zhang Jian's punches, vanishing completely.

“You have successfully killed a Soul form. [King of Affixes] activated. You have obtained the achievement affix [Kill Even Without a Body]!”

[Kill Even Without a Body] (legendary rank)

When facing non-physical Soul forms, every one of your attacks is guaranteed to deal corrosion damage equal to 0.1% of your own Attack Power.

(To upgrade affix effect: Use this affix to kill 0/1 monsters 10 levels higher than yourself)

(To upgrade affix quality: 2 epic-grade mental-type skill books)

Seeing the effect of this affix, Zhang Jian's heart stirred.

He had gained another means of offense.

His hard work just now hadn't been in vain!

Phew~

Zhang Jian finally let out a long breath.

He felt a massive wave of fatigue instantly wash over his body.

Driven by a surge of energy earlier, he didn't know how many punches he had thrown.

Every punch was a huge shock and drain on his physical body.

He hadn't felt it much at the time.

Now, however, he felt an extreme exhaustion.

His body was swaying, and he could barely keep his eyelids open.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying inside Ye Tianchen's mecha.

The rest of the group was standing around him.

Zhang Jian found it a bit strange. “What is everyone doing?”

Seeing Zhang Jian wake up, Wang Fei moved to help support him.

But he was pushed away.

“Get lost, you're acting like I'm about to die!”

He sat up and, following everyone's gaze, discovered that they were at the previous battlefield, deep outside the city, where a series of mountain peaks met.

There was a massive ball of black light flickering slightly.

[Void God Race Elite]

A mythical level ultimate BOSS transformed from a suspected unknown creature of the Void God Race. Successfully killing it will increase the job advancement quest quality and double the rewards.

Reminder: Once this creature successfully gestates, it will possess terrifying power sufficient to destroy the entire city. Please increase your strength as soon as possible.

Gestation Time: 5 hours and 40 minutes.

Zhang Jian's heart tightened.

A mythical level BOSS?

The epic-grade BOSS from before was already that hard to deal with; how could he handle a mythical level one?

And...

This gestating creature and the epic-grade BOSS he just killed both had the word 'Void' in their titles; it should also be a so-called Soul form.

Since even the System gave such a warning, it would likely be very difficult to handle.

Zhang Jian fell into deep thought.

When he came back to his senses,

Hai Mengen and Yun Haiyi approached him.

“Is there anything you need help with?”

...

Deep within the Galaxy Academy.

Xuan Jizi slowly opened his eyes.

Feeling the changes in his body, he nodded with satisfaction.

As the Dean of the Galaxy Academy, he had given away many good things to nurture various promising young people, rather than pouring all resources into himself.

As a result, he hadn't been the strongest on Water Blue Planet before.

But he had one advantage over others: while others blindly pursued comprehensive and powerful skills,

He focused more on increasing his basic five-dimensional attributes.

Consequently, as one of the level 99 third-advancement Saints, his total base attributes were nearly double those of others.

Although this advantage didn't play a decisive role when fighting others,

He always felt that the time for it to shine simply hadn't come yet.

This time, Zhang Jian had appeared out of nowhere and broken the original Rank cap.

This allowed him to increase his Rank by 3 levels in succession.

And each time, his body received an all-around enhancement.

With his mind specializing in Spirit, he could instantly feel it and calculate it precisely.

The magnitude of each increase was roughly around 5%.

This number didn't look like much.

But after three consecutive times, it had increased his strength by a full 15%.

One had to realize that this was a percentage increase on a base that was twice as strong as others.

If others' base attributes were measured at 100, his was 200.

Increasing by 3 levels similarly,

Others would only increase to 115.

He, however, would be at 231!

The gap was clear at a glance!

Furthermore.

This gap would grow larger and larger as the Rank cap continued to be broken and raised!

He might even.

Reach the conditions for transcendence one step ahead of everyone else.

Or rather.

If they transcended at the same time, his own base would be stronger, and his final strength would be significantly superior.

The more Xuan Jizi thought about it, the more excited he became.

With a thought,

The Reception Envoy appeared shortly after.

Seeing his Aura, which seemed to have grown even stronger, the other person said in pleasant surprise,

“Dean, are you completely awake now?”

Xuan Jizi waved his hand.

“Don't worry about me.”

“I'm asking you, what is that Zhang Jian doing right now?”