72: [Super Boundary] Expertise! Old Man Chen chooses to play all in!

Hobart slowly looked up, meeting the old man's emotionless eyes.

“You dare…”

“Lightning Spell!”

Boom—

Cold Blooded!

True Damage -48472, -36354.

Hobart’s eyes were wide as his last sliver of health was cleared!

Broken Power and Lucky Strike hadn't even had a chance to trigger...

His body crashed to the ground, and an orange light pillar lit up!

[Ding! You have killed a Silver-tier BOSS [Super-boundary Archer Hobart lv40] by over-leveling, gaining 12300 experience points!]

[Ding! God Thief triggered! You have obtained the BOSS Specialty [Super-boundary]!]

[Ding! Your level has increased to 36, gaining 3 free attribute points!]

[Ding! Skill - Lexical Entry Assignment takes effect, gaining the Golden Lexical Entry [Chain Reaction]!]

“I got it!!!”

Chen Beixuan: \(^o^)/~

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After a moment of excitement, he calmed his emotions.

He first checked the newly acquired lexical entry.

[Chain Reaction]: Golden Quality

Effect Description: When a skill kills a target, the skill will be cast again on a random target within the attack range. This can be triggered repeatedly, with no additional cost, and is limited to single-target skills.

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“Single-target skills... that would be Lightning Spell or Chaos Spear...”

He only considered Freezing Spell as a control method, so he didn't need to think about it.

His first thought was to give it to Lightning Spell.

Killing 5 targets simultaneously, then casting it 5 more times consecutively, killing another 25 targets, and casting it 25 times!

This cycle would be [Automated Group Lightning Spell]!

And giving it to Chaos Spear would also have an explosive effect.

Killing 1 target would release an additional 11 spears; killing 11 targets would mean 121 spears!

As long as there were enough small monsters and they could be killed.

Then, relying on automatic target lock-on and tracking, it would be [True · Myriad Spears Return to Ancestry]!

“Who should I give it to...”

Chen Beixuan rubbed his chin, falling into contemplation.

Finally, he decided to give it to Lightning Spell first!

Lightning Spell was true damage after all, and had no restrictions, making its application range the widest.

Since the lexical entry was not unique, there would be other opportunities in the future.

At worst, he could just use his prodigal son again.

He found that this trick was truly tried and true, always effective.

Recalling his thoughts, he clicked on the Super-boundary specialty to view it.

[Super-boundary]: Basic attack range and skill casting range increased by 300%.

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Basic range 20 × 300% = 60 meters, plus the passive skill's 40% increase, for a final total of 84 meters.

Absolutely terrifying!

He happily closed the panel.

He stepped forward two paces and picked up the dropped items.

[You have obtained Orange Equipment [super-distance magic ring]!]

[You have obtained Purple Equipment [Crimson Robe] [Spirit Gauntlets]!]

[You have obtained Blue, Green, and White Equipment × 28 pieces!]

[You have obtained Skill Book [Demon Flame Raging Sky]!]

[You have obtained Orange Item [melting stone]!]

[super-distance magic ring]: Level 40 Orange Legend

Effect 1: Magic Attack +720

Effect 2: Intelligence +110

Effect 3: Skill Final Damage +20%.

Effect 4: When dealing damage to targets beyond 20 meters, Effect 3's boost is doubled.

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[Crimson Robe]: Level 40 Purple Epic

Effect 1: Health +2000

Effect 2: Constitution +80

Effect 3: Damage Reduction +10%

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[Spirit Gauntlets]: Level 40 Purple Epic

Effect 1: Health +1800

Effect 2: Constitution +65

Effect 3: Dual Resistance +10%

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He kept the magic ring and the robe; the gauntlets' attributes were mediocre.

He bundled them with other equipment and mailed them to Lu Ziming.

The two pieces of equipment were still 4 levels away from being equippable, so he temporarily put them in his backpack.

Then he took out the skill book to examine it.

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[Demon Flame Raging Sky] ★

Description: Releases raging demon flames to form a sea of fire, dealing 100% magic damage per second to enemies within a 300-meter radius, lasting 10 seconds. Cooldown 1 minute, Mana Cost 300.

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“Large-area sustained damage skill, the cooldown is a bit long, but it’s not a big problem...”

Chen Beixuan decisively chose to learn it.

[Ding! You have learned the skill [Demon Flame Raging Sky]!]

Under the bonus of Chaos Power, the 100% damage per second directly soared to 400%.

Just as he was about to check the melting stone item.

Pedro’s cry for help suddenly came from his ear!

“Master Chen—save me!”

Chen Beixuan immediately slapped his forehead.

“Oh no, I was so busy looking at my gains, I forgot about him!”

He hurriedly put away his things and turned to run back...

In the military camp.

Pedro was piled up by a bunch of demon soldiers, his health ground down to half.

Although the Level 30 demon soldiers couldn't break his defense, there were always some strange skills with true damage.

For example, the demonic suspender chickens, each peck would chip away dozens of health points.

They couldn't kill him, but they were annoying!

He finally managed to stick his head out and shout, but he didn't know if Master Chen heard him.

Or... was Master Chen already in grave danger?

He tightly clutched the scroll in his hand, feeling a bit nervous.

“Wait one more minute...”

If Master Chen still didn't come back, then he would have no choice but to run...

Just then, he suddenly smelled the scent of burning chicken feathers.

Immediately after, he looked through the gaps in the bodies and saw a shocking scene!

High temperature struck!

Whoosh—

Black-purple demon flames descended from the sky, engulfing all the demon soldiers, including Pedro!

-13056, -13098, -13021, ...

Dense damage numbers appeared simultaneously, shining brightly!

If this were any other game, it would definitely crash!

Pedro only felt his body lighten, and the demon soldier brutes pressing him down turned into flying ash one after another.

Then a white light spot appeared in front of him again.

The light bloomed!

Shockwaves spread out!

The sky full of demon race ashes were swept away, vanishing into thin air...

It was still that wrinkled hand...

Pedro was slightly stunned, then smiled and reached out to grab it.

Standing up, he looked around and said.

The raging demon flames had already annihilated most of the entire military camp, and all the demon soldiers were wiped out.

Master Chen being able to come back alive meant that Hobart must have died.

The Super-boundary Archer Hobart, who made the human race tremble with fear, was killed by Master Chen just like that.

For a moment, he didn't know what to say...

Chen Beixuan ignored him, instead taking out the melting stone to examine it.

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[melting stone]: Can double the effect of any Golden Quality and below lexical entry. One-time consumable.

Note: Application scope includes skill lexical entries and equipment lexical entries.

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“Upgrade Golden lexical entries, double...”

His eyes lit up as he looked at the effect.

Highly flexible in its use...

If given to Powerful Strike, the extra 200% damage bonus would become 400%.

If given to Lead the Thunder, it would be 50% becoming 100%.

If given to the 'Flying Man', it would be a 200% movement speed bonus.

But what if the probability also doubled?

Lucky Strike would become 200% combo +2, 100% combo +4, 50% combo +6, 25% combo +8, ...

To gamble or not to gamble?

Chen Beixuan held the stone, weighing it and thinking for a moment.

Suddenly, he grinned.

“All in!”

At worst, it's a one-time increase; just do it!

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