48: Chapter 48 Goblin Champion - Skull Severance, A Bountiful Harvest!

Shangguan Yunshu suppressed the surging thoughts in her heart, her cold and stunningly beautiful face maintaining its usual calm expression, and simply said, "His Soul Talent is even stronger than you imagine."

Hearing this, Blake's pupils shrank slightly, and a hint of shock appeared in his eyes.

In Blake's original thoughts, Lu Yang's Soul Talent was most likely at the Demigod Rank.

After all, although a Golden Legendary-Rank Soul Talent was rare and powerful, it was extremely rare throughout the history of the Blue Star Alliance.

However, a mere Golden Legendary-Rank Soul Talent was not enough to make a top human Prodigy like her own commander act as his guardian of the Dao.

Only a Red Demigod-Rank Soul Talent had this qualification.

Yet now her own commander actually said that Lu Yang's Soul Talent was even more powerful than she had imagined?!

Could it be... a Divine-Grade Soul Talent??

But... how is this possible??

That was Divine-Grade!

A Soul Talent of this Rank could only possibly appear in those inherently noble and powerful races.

For ordinary races, it was basically impossible to give birth to beings with Divine-Grade Soul Talents!

Based on the history of the Milky Way that Blake understood, Red Demigod-Rank Soul Talents had appeared a few times in the Milky Way, but they were all killed by hostile factions before they could grow up.

As for Divine-Grade Soul Talents, throughout the history of the entire Milky Way from ancient times to the present, they had never appeared even once!

If it truly was a Soul Talent of this Rank, what heights could Lu Yang's future reach?!

Blake only felt his scalp go numb, and his entire body trembled slightly with excitement.

He instinctively rubbed his fingers and found that a thin layer of sweat had already broken out on his palms.

Just as Blake was pondering, the kill records on the recording stele changed once again.

In the boss kill records, a new name popped out.

[Goblin Champion · Skull-Breaker]

For a moment, the hubbub of voices across the entire plaza was endless.

"The fifth one!"

"Isn't this too fast?! So fast and it's already the fifth boss??? Their team has only entered for a short while, and their trailblazing progress has actually rushed to first place! That's simply outrageous!"

"This instance is so huge. Lu Yang and his team have already beaten five bosses, and they still haven't cleared it?"

"We went in before. The area inside is at least as big as a small city. There are a lot of Goblins inside, and the outermost perimeter consists of Goblin elites organized in squads. We almost died fighting the first wave of monsters here and hurriedly retreated."

"Now we're just waiting for the trailblazing team to come out with a strategy guide. Otherwise, for newbies like us, going in is just courting death."

"It should be soon. With Lu Yang and his team moving so fast, they must have recorded the boss's skill mechanics, as well as the types and distribution of the mobs."

"..."

The crowd discussed animatedly, a hint of anticipation appearing in their eyes.

For professionals with a certain level of strength, this kind of giant Nightmare-Rank instance was a massive Treasure Trove!

Even if they couldn't kill the boss, as long as they killed some elite monsters and boss-tier monsters inside, the drops wouldn't be too bad.

You must know that in the Universe, although there were many digitized monsters, it was still somewhat difficult to encounter groups of elite and boss-tier monsters.

And because it was a public area, everyone still had to compete for monsters.

In comparison, the monsters inside the instance were much more stable and much more appealing.

Deep inside the Goblin Lair.

Lu Yang and the others were currently standing inside a vast and huge cavern.

This place was different from all the areas they had passed through before. Faintly glowing crystals were embedded in the surrounding rock walls, and the interweaving of deep blue and pale green lights illuminated the cavern much brighter than the other areas. Even the textures on the rock walls and the gravel on the ground were clearly visible.

In the center of the cavern was a circular clearing about a hundred meters in radius. Six thick brazier pillars stood at the edge of the clearing, with flames burning fiercely inside the basins, illuminating the central area as bright as day.

This place didn't look like a Goblin camp; it looked more like a gladiatorial arena.

Smooth stone slabs were paved on the ground, and many slabs had dark brown dried bloodstains remaining on them. The air was filled with the burnt smoke smell of flames and a faint rusty scent.

At this moment, a Goblin's corpse was lying in the circular clearing.

This Goblin's height probably reached over 2.3 meters, and its body shape was incomparably huge, resembling a small green-skinned giant.

Its dark green skin was rough and thick, and its muscles bulged in lumps, looking powerful and sturdy.

This Goblin was naked from the waist up. Around its thick neck hung a necklace strung with various biological teeth, and its waist was wrapped around a battle skirt sewn from the face skin of different races, looking ferocious and barbaric.

At this Goblin's feet also dropped a double-edged giant executioner's axe.

This axe was similarly incomparably huge, with the axe face being wider than a door panel, and the blade reflecting a chilling cold light under the firelight.

This was [Goblin Champion · Skull-Breaker].

This guy's mechanics were quite special.

The circular clearing where he was located was his dueling arena.

If a professional launched an attack against him from outside the dueling arena, he was immune to damage.

Only by entering the dueling arena could one fight him.

And Skull-Breaker himself would not leave his own dueling arena.

Therefore, when Lu Yang and the others came over, all the Goblins wandering near the hall were already dead cold, and only Skull-Breaker was still holding the giant battle axe, standing in the center of the hall.

Upon seeing Lu Yang and the others, this Skull-Breaker arrogantly issued a duel invitation to them.

According to Skull-Breaker's words, there was only one passageway to the throne hall where the Goblin King was located, which was the steel gate behind his dueling arena.

Only by killing him could they open this steel gate and enter the throne hall.

Regarding this, Lu Yang naturally directly satisfied Skull-Breaker's request.

He walked into the dueling arena alone and killed Skull-Breaker in just a few moves.

Although Skull-Breaker was a Level 10 Hero template boss, his attributes were not weaker than Gu Feng's.

However, Lu Yang's current strength was much stronger than when he faced Gu Feng previously.

Skull-Breaker's attacks couldn't even break his defense at all.

And even if Lu Yang just stood here, relying solely on the damage effect of the dual Auras, it was unbearable damage for Skull-Breaker.

Thus, Lu Yang simply stood right in the center of the dueling arena, motionless, letting Skull-Breaker hack and slash at him.

The red and blue lights of the dual Auras intertwined and flowed in the clearing, popping out exaggeratedly huge damage every second.

From roaring to fury to unwillingness to despair, Skull-Breaker swung his giant executioner's axe faster and faster, and the sound of it smashing onto Lu Yang became louder and louder, but Lu Yang didn't even lose a layer of skin, whereas Skull-Breaker's own HP frantically plummeted.

In the end, Skull-Breaker aggrievedly fell in his own dueling arena, the whole process taking only a few seconds in total.

For Lu Yang, there were no fluctuations in his heart, and he even wanted to laugh a little.

However, the things this guy dropped were quite good.

With Lu Yang's lucky value blessing, it directly dropped his two-handed battle axe.

[Axe of Skull-Breaker (Legendary)]: Two-handed axe, Attack +135, Strength +20, Endurance +15, Agility +5, Required Level: 10

Compared with the wanghai black scythe that Lu Yang was currently holding, this Axe of Skull-Breaker had two more points in attack, and the main gap was still in strength and agility.

The Axe of Skull-Breaker's strength enhancement was extremely huge, but its agility basically didn't improve much, merely increasing by 5 points.

The attribute bonuses of the wanghai black scythe were relatively more balanced.

Lu Yang didn't hesitate at all and directly equipped this Axe of Skull-Breaker.

After all, for him, the use of the agility attribute wasn't that big. Having a few more points of attack, after the bonus of full-stack War Frenzy, the actual return was quite considerable.

The giant axe fell into his hands, and a heavy sense of weight was transmitted from his palms. The axe face was wide enough to be used as half a shield, looking quite imposing with great Aura.

In addition, it also dropped a piece of heavy armor leg armor.

[Champion Battle Skirt (Legendary)]: Heavy armor greaves: Defense +45, Strength +15, Endurance +18, Agility +6. Required Level: 10

This was more than one tier stronger than the fine-grade greaves on his body, so he directly equipped it.

The dark metal skirt armor covered his legs, and both his defense and HP rose a notch.

[Blood Rage Gem Fragment (Legendary)]: Ring, Attack +20, Strength +12, when HP is lower than 50%, Damage +15%. Required Level: 10

A top-tier ring for the warrior class, which not only added attack and strength, but also had an extra damage boost when HP dropped below half.

There was nothing much to say; it was still equipment very suitable for Lu Yang.

He directly equipped it.

Besides the three pieces of equipment, there was also a legendary skill book for the warrior class.

"Blood Rage Execution (Legendary)": After use, learn the Blood Rage Execution skill. Learning conditions: Warrior class occupation, Level 10, Strength ≥ 50 points.

Lu Yang didn't say a word and directly learned it.

The skill book turned into a dark red stream of light and merged into his glabella, unfolding in his mind with a scorching and fierce killing intent.