176: Chapter 176 Heavenly Dao Entry [The More You Fight, the Stronger You Become]! [Sword Qi Domain] Continues to Improve!

Zhang Jian's situation right now was not very good.

Originally, upon seeing this BOSS's Rank, he didn't take it too seriously.

In his view.

The BOSS in a Hell-grade Dungeon was also mythical level.

This one was just 3 Ranks higher.

Although the stats were ridiculously high, it was ultimately still equivalent to a Second Job Change Professional's level.

It should only take a little more effort to take it down.

But just as they started fighting, he realized he was wrong.

Simply dead wrong!

This BOSS's endless array of methods was truly too troublesome!

Wang Fei, who could support him, was disabled in one move.

Wei Donglai, who could help him recover health, was also forced to leave.

Even Ye Xun, who could help remove crowd control, was severely wounded upon meeting it.

In the blink of an eye, his teammates were wiped out and forced to return to the city.

Leaving only him alone.

But such hardship did not make him feel afraid.

His expression didn't even change.

Throughout this journey, although the time he had been a Professional wasn't very long, he had already experienced countless things.

Others at his Rank could learn at most six legendary rank skills.

But on him, just the passive-type affix skills alone exceeded this number.

And each one, even if only of legendary rank quality, after the transformation and upgrade of the affixes, was at least equivalent to an epic-grade effect.

And the remaining epic-grade or even mythical level affix skills far exceeded the highest level of this Rank and stage.

Since activating the first active attack affix skill [Sword Qi Slash].

He had always been fighting opponents with higher Ranks and stronger power than himself.

Whether it was monster BOSSes in the wild or in Dungeons.

Or fellow humans Li Zhihai and Wang Hongming.

He had dealt with them one by one through rapid growth.

Dungeons that required multiple people to challenge the lowest difficulty, he could easily solo the highest difficulty.

He could even activate Heavenly Dao-grade difficulty and obtain Heavenly Dao authority.

The Hell-grade Dungeon that no one on Water Blue Planet had been able to completely conquer for a hundred years, he was the first to reach the limit-grade difficulty, and he even raised the Rank cap for Professionals.

And it wasn't just a lucky Breakthrough once.

Twice, three times...

He had already accumulated six limit-grade evaluations.

Clearing the entire series of Abyss-type Dungeons.

It could be said that he had experienced hardships and obstacles that all Professionals on Water Blue Planet could not imagine.

Every single one was something others deemed impossible to complete.

He had done them one by one.

These experiences not only allowed him to accumulate countless rich harvests and constantly strengthen his own power.

What was more important was.

It tempered his firm will.

And the courage to face any difficulty!

Now.

Facing an unimaginable monster again, Zhang Jian was instead accustomed to it.

Hadn't he worked hard for so long just for this moment?

He was instead immersed in a mysterious feeling.

He didn't even notice several System notifications floating by.

"You have gained enlightenment in battle, [King of Affixes] effect triggered, you have activated the Heavenly Dao affix [Fighting Braver with Every Battle]."

"You have fought a monster with a higher Rank than yourself for over 1 minute, the [Fighting Braver with Every Battle] affix effect has upgraded."

"You have fought a BOSS-level monster with a higher quality than yourself alone for over 1 minute, the [Fighting Braver with Every Battle] affix quality has upgraded."

"You have..."

At the very beginning.

Zhang Jian held the [endless devourer] that had been upgraded to Rank 39.

Sword Qi crisscrossed, cold light radiated, truly majestic.

With every move, he dealt terrifying damage in the hundreds of millions.

But not long after.

The BOSS, which was an Incarnation of Ming Kong, was thoroughly enraged.

It could no longer rely on this temporary Incarnation to only exert its original power.

Instead, it had cast its consciousness into the Void Realm.

Completely resonating with its true body far away several light-years away, beginning to increase its power.

A beam of black ghostly light descended.

Zhang Jian discovered that [Sword Qi Slash] could not be released.

He simply used normal attacks instead.

But after only a few hits.

Ming Kong summoned another black light from the Void Realm.

Zhang Jian was stunned to find that the weapon in his hand was also shrouded in deep black light, losing its spirit.

The attack power on his panel plummeted.

Zhang Jian only paused for a moment before returning to normal.

He raised both fists, his gaze firm.

He charged forward.

"Seal my weapon?"

"Then I'll use my fists to fight you!"

The progress of the two affixes [Combo Resonance] and [Shaking the Gods with a Mortal Body] began to rise crazily.

His punch speed became faster and faster.

Also accompanied by various negative BUFFs, beating Ming Kong into retreat.

Seeing that it couldn't restrict Zhang Jian's attacks, Ming Kong's eyes became completely ruthless.

Several beams of black ghostly light descended from the sky, landing directly on its body.

The original transparent humanoid form became distorted.

Turning into a strange, octopus-like monster.

"Warning, Warning!"

"Task target has undergone unknown changes, suspected to have grown into a higher-quality BOSS-level monster, please proceed with caution!"

Following Ming Kong's transformation, a huge red warning prompt exploded in front of Zhang Jian.

And Ming Kong's attributes directly displayed garbled text, unable to be detected.

Zhang Jian was startled, wanting to retreat and observe the situation.

But found that the opponent's Void Realm had also become more condensed.

Even with his movement speed, which was dozens of times that of a normal Professional, he couldn't leave instantly.

Instead, the opponent's attacks began to become extremely bizarre.

Not only did it not display damage numbers, but it was also abnormally powerful.

The shield of [Sword Qi Field] was directly ineffective, directly attacking Zhang Jian's body.

Seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately operated quickly in his backpack.

Four epic-grade defensive skills disappeared instantly, turning into golden light and intertwining together.

[Sword Qi Field], Evolve!

After upgrading to epic-grade, the original multi-layered sword-shaped shield became more solid, and the coverage area became larger.

It even upgraded several levels in succession under Ming Kong's attacks.

But the opponent's attack that didn't display damage was truly bizarre.

Only a few seconds later.

Zhang Jian discovered that the newly upgraded defensive skill was actually ineffective as well.

He gritted his teeth and hesitated no longer.

Five mythical level defensive skills flew out of his backpack again.

This was almost all his stock of this type.

He originally thought about specifically upgrading a few more defensive skills.

But right now.

He couldn't care about the future anymore.

Evolve again!

Five colorful lights shot into the sky, erupting with a powerful aura.

Directly blasting Ming Kong's body, which was attacking, causing it to tumble.

And when Ming Kong climbed up in a sorry state.

Looking surprised.

The colorful lights had completely finished fusing, turning into energy and merging into Zhang Jian's body.

Looking at the skill that had its quality upgraded again, his eyes held a sense of calm.

No defensive effect appeared outside his body, but it caused Ming Kong, who was about to attack, to pause.

"This little guy seems a bit different now."