44: Chapter 44: Finally, the BOSS appears! What is the skill [Scrap Metal Sign]?

Rumble!

A cloud of dust rose up.

It revealed a chainsaw that was running frantically.

The blue overalls were stained with specks of blood, and there was only crazy killing intent in its eyes.

21st-Rank Thugs appeared one by one, grinning ferociously.

Behind them were Sharp-toothed Rats and Sharp-toothed Flame Rats.

They just looked a bit larger than the ones that appeared before, and their expressions were even more ferocious.

There were a full 60 ordinary monsters of various types, all different in form.

There were also 5 Thug Leaders, 5 Sharp-toothed Flame Rat Leaders, and 2 Night Butcher Elites.

At the very back.

In the middle of the monster group, there was a massive mechanical monster shimmering with cold light.

Zhang Jian and his companion couldn't help but hold their breath.

[Steel Tyrant: King of Scrap] (Legendary BOSS)

Rank: 25

HP: 500,000

Damage: 495

Defense: 392

Skills: Metal Absorption, Bullet Storm, Armor Overload, Omen of Scrap

Still the familiar name, still the familiar Legendary BOSS.

This metallic big guy looked almost exactly like the second form of the final BOSS Zhang Jian had encountered before.

But its base attributes were terrifyingly higher.

500,000 HP!

The attack power made Wang Fei feel a bit terrified.

"With this damage, if it hit me, I'd be dead in a few hits, right?"

Zhang Jian glanced at him.

"You're overestimating yourself a bit too much!"

"The BOSS's skills also have bonus effects. If you didn't have the temporary buff from the Medicinal Pill, you probably wouldn't be able to block even a single hit."

Wang Fei shrank his neck and subconsciously took a step back.

He muttered in his heart, 'Can't see me, can't see me!'

Compared to the offense.

The monster's defense was even more despair-inducing.

Forget about ordinary 9th-Rank Apprentice Professionals; Wang Fei estimated that even average 15th-Rank Professionals wouldn't be able to break its defense.

Not to mention, this guy also had the defense-strengthening status of Armor Overload.

Compared to his worry, Zhang Jian felt relieved.

Although its attributes were powerful, other aspects were the same old routine.

Isn't it just the three major skills?

Wait, that's not right!

Zhang Jian took another look.

There was an extra skill, [Omen of Scrap]?

He moved forward cautiously.

However, someone was faster than him.

The five Sharp-toothed Flame Rat Leaders raised the miniature staves in their hands.

Instantly, several status effects of different colors were added to each monster.

The Thugs' chainsaws swung faster.

The Flame Rats simultaneously released fireballs.

Bang!

Bang!

A few of them smashed into Zhang Jian, but were blocked one by one by his Sword Qi shield.

But a few others bypassed him and flew straight toward the furnace.

-325!

-325!

-325!

Just in one exchange, the furnace's HP dropped by a small chunk.

"Buff me!"

Zhang Jian shouted, preparing to rush forward.

Wang Fei was caught off guard, but he didn't panic.

Mana recovery speed, attack power, and skill cooldown speed—he had already applied these three major effects to Zhang Jian in the first instance.

As for the only Legendary skill, this was exactly the moment he had been waiting for.

He checked the panel; after the previous few rounds of clearing, a large amount of experience had been accumulated.

"Consumed 400,000 experience points, you have upgraded [Distance at Will] to Level 4."

[Distance at Will] (Legendary)

Wang Fei skimmed over the description in group form.

He looked directly at the upgraded single-target form.

[Lone Wolf Breakthrough]

Consumes 100 mana to concentrate the Formation energy onto a single target, increasing its attack range by 50% (+35%), and after each attack, returns 10% (+7%) of the damage dealt as a shield, lasting for 5 (+3.5) seconds.

If the number of team members is less than 3, this effect is increased by 20%, and the shield duration is increased by 20%.

Wang Fei nodded with satisfaction.

This effect is what truly demonstrates the strength of this Great Master of Formations.

After the skill upgrade, it could increase Zhang Jian's attack range by 102%.

And with the buff from the [Brothers Are Awesome] entry.

This number directly became 204%!

Zhang Jian just took a step, and he felt the desire of the weapon in his hand to attack.

[Sword Qi Slash], he suddenly raised his hand.

A Thug Leader roaring in the distance fell in response.

He raised his hand again and easily killed another one.

And between the two attacks, the 5 triggered critical hits brought a 70% progress increase to the critical hit entry.

Adding what was accumulated before, it reached exactly 100%.

Looking at the flashing entry, Zhang Jian did not hesitate.

"Bloom, [Whirlwind Sword Slash]!"

-29344!

-29344!

-29344!

The sword light whistled past, accompanied by extreme destructive power.

The ordinary Thugs, who only had 28,000 HP, were sliced in two by the sword light just as they were about to step forward.

One, two, three...

Fifteen Thugs were killed in an instant.

Three Sharp-toothed Rats also had only a sliver of health left, squeaking in terror on the spot.

The critical hit entry flashed again.

Zhang Jian took a breath, stepped two steps to the side, and changed direction.

He swung his sword again.

Dozens of Sword Qi streams swarmed over, bringing a bone-chilling impact to the monsters on the other side.

Another large area of monsters fell one after another.

Several areas were instantly cleared.

Although the skill could still be released, he didn't have enough mana.

Zhang Jian dashed forward and arrived not far from the Leader monsters.

[Sword Qi Slash]!

Now, with any random sword strike from him, the attached true damage Sword Qi could deal over 60,000 damage.

Just two strikes were enough to kill a Sharp-toothed Flame Rat Leader.

Taking advantage of the gap while recovering mana, he killed the remaining Leaders one by one.

As a max-level [Whirlwind Sword Slash], the area covered was extremely wide.

And when he released the skill just now, it had also surrounded the Legendary BOSS.

Although the damage dealt to it wasn't high, the Sword Qi attacking from left and right caused it to be hit by two Sword Marks and three [Hurricane Mark]s in succession.

Not to mention its movement was slowed.

The [Mark Tear] effect even appeared above its head.

-105638!

-105638!

...

It looked like the BOSS with 500,000 HP was about to be killed directly by this continuous several seconds of additional damage.

Crack!

The BOSS moved its massive body and swung the tentacles on its back.

Instantly, countless pieces of scrap were sucked in front of it, and its HP recovered rapidly.

After the [Armor Overload] skill was activated, its own defense also began to increase.

Zhang Jian glanced at it.

"It's not time to finish you off yet; let you show off for a while."

He turned back to grab a Night Butcher first and killed it with three consecutive [Sword Qi Slash]es.

-500!

-500!

Just as he was attacking, the other Night Butcher raised the long hook in its hand and hit Zhang Jian.

Continuous damage floated up from his head.

However, under Zhang Jian's continuous attacks just now, he had accumulated hundreds of thousands of damage values.

Under the effect of the [Lone Wolf Breakthrough] auxiliary skill, it brought him a full 180,000 shield value.

Although it could only last for 10 seconds, it was enough for him to run rampant.

And after the shield disappeared.

His next attack would reactivate the shield.

It could be said that it couldn't hurt him at all.

Seeing that this shield was so useful, Zhang Jian completely gave up on movement and tactics.

He stood directly in the pile of monsters and fought head-on.

Within a few minutes.

He had wiped out the monsters in the arena, leaving only the lonely BOSS.

At this time, the BOSS's HP had also returned to full.

Zhang Jian didn't care at all.

Instead, he stared at the newly triggered shield and rushed forward.

How could the BOSS let Zhang Jian ravage it?

It directly turned all the metal it had just absorbed into bullets and fired them at Zhang Jian.

Compared to the 20th-Rank BOSS before, which released group skills.

This [Bullet Storm] seemed to be somewhat different.

Sharp bullets poured down on Zhang Jian alone.

-1000!

-1000!

-1000!

...

This thing seemed to be fixed damage; the values were all the same.

The continuous bullets sounded like firecrackers.

In the blink of an eye, it dealt tens of thousands of damage.

The [Distance at Will] shield was instantly battered to the point of teetering.

Zhang Jian remained silent and just struck with his sword again.

Sword Qi marks kept appearing on the BOSS.

Its healing effect continued to drop.

The effect of [Armor Overload] was also continuously weakening.

Rip!

The BOSS's mechanical eyes instantly turned blood red.

The metal on its body suddenly exploded.

It quickly recombined in the air.

The next moment.

Three metallic monsters, slightly smaller than the BOSS, appeared in the arena.

Zhang Jian's heart tightened.

Is this... the [Omen of Scrap]?

He gripped the long sword in his hand tightly.