Chapter 881: Can You Defend Against It?
Alchi's 'King of Beasts' talent is indeed very powerful.
It allows her to infinitely increase her attributes when taking damage, and also grants her a massive damage reduction BUFF.
But there's a prerequisite here.
That is, it must be in a 'charging toward the enemy' state.
When you stop charging.
That means the damage reduction BUFF granted by this talent will also disappear.
Of course...
The all-attribute bonus gained during the charge will still last until her battle ends.
It's just that Alchi noticed this non-specialist didn't intend to keep attacking her after firing three shots, so she stopped as well, intending to completely shatter the space and leave this non-specialist with no place to hide.
She just didn't expect that at the moment of punching out.
The other party would actually choose to face her head-on.
What's more unexpected, the other party not only succeeded in clashing head-on but also hit Alchi with an execution skill!
Execution skills generally come in two types.
The first type deals more damage the lower the enemy's health, making it very easy to trigger a finishing blow.
The second type deals fixed damage, but it's not ordinary damage—it's true damage.
There are also some extremely rare execution skills that not only have the low-health finishing effect, but also deal true damage.
Ling Zhan's successful block granted him an execution on the opponent.
This execution, after being upgraded to SS rank, causes enemies below 30% HP to die instantly, with the effect being 'low-health execution'.
At the same time, if the enemy's HP remains above 30%, the damage becomes true damage instead.
Additionally.
The execution after a successful block varies depending on the weapon the caster is using.
The longsword's execution is two-stage damage.
The halberd's execution is one-stage damage.
The warhammer's execution is also one-stage damage.
If Ling Zhan wanted to execute Alchi, then choosing the longsword as the weapon would be the obvious choice.
Because the execution has two stages of damage.
The first stage, since Alchi's HP is above 30%, would definitely deal massive damage, forcefully reducing her HP from 100% to below 30%.
Then the second stage detects that Alchi's HP has dropped below 30%, thus triggering the 'execution' effect.
At that point, Alchi would definitely be dead.
This is also why Ling Zhan didn't choose the longsword as the blocking weapon.
These guys may be a bit self-righteous, but their intention was ultimately to prevent Ling Zhan from leading the Demon-Slaying Legion members to their deaths.
Plus, as a top-tier special ops team, they had been fighting on the frontlines for years, also considered to be fighting for the various Kingdoms and races around the world.
They're considered meritorious generals.
And Ling Zhan had no grudges with them.
So there was no need to go for the kill and cause them to lose levels.
Thus, Ling Zhan showed mercy at this moment.
He swung the halberd.
Blood splattered everywhere.
Alchi's HP dropped directly to 10%.
At the same time, Ling Zhan swept out a powerful kick, landing a heavy blow to Alchi's head, causing her to completely fall unconscious from the immense shock.
The tier-4 Holy Spirit Sage Jana, upon seeing this, also raised her staff to heal Alchi.
But Ling Zhan, with a cold expression, directly stabbed the halberd next to Alchi and looked indifferently at Jana, "Don't break the rules."
One sentence.
Was enough to make Jana stop her actions.
David, who was fleeing, and Elbert, standing beside Jana, both looked grim.
They naturally understood what Ling Zhan meant by those words.
Ling Zhan could've directly killed Alchi.
He could've even completely destroyed her life-bound spirit, leaving her with no chance of resurrection—total death.
But the reason he spared Alchi's life was because this was a sparring match, not a deathmatch.
Likewise...
I spared Alchi, so none of you are allowed to save her.
Otherwise, it would break the rules.
Mm...
This kind of rule can be considered to reflect martial virtue.
And it's a universally acknowledged and accepted rule for sparring.
Especially in team sparring matches.
When someone spares your teammate, it doesn't mean you get to revive them.
It merely signifies your teammate's elimination.
At this moment.
Elbert also stopped chanting his spell.
He allowed the staff members to enter the battle realm and carry the eliminated Alchi out for treatment.
Losing a key member.
Left this top-tier special ops team with only three people remaining.
And the first one eliminated was the frontline fighter, Alchi.
Elbert, David, and Jana all felt immense pressure at this moment.
Before this, they never imagined the four of them would be pushed this far by a single person!
The key point is, they're now nearly at the peak of lower realm combat power.
Yet against this non-specialist, not only were they suppressed from the very start, but now they've even lost a member.
What's even harder to accept is...
From beginning to end, the guy didn't even use any big moves!
He just fired a few shots with a sniper rifle—bang, bang, bang.
And now only used one blocking skill.
Mockery!!
They were completely and utterly toyed with!
Even though they were unwilling to admit such a humiliating fact.
"I don't think there's any point in continuing this spar anymore. You've got a mage god who hasn't even allocated points to Agility, a Holy Spirit Sage who can't put up any resistance, and an assassin who still can't escape from the effects of my two bullets…"
"Let's not even talk about whether I use big moves. Just by diving into space, the initiative falls back to me. I can slowly toy you all to death."
"Also..."
"Let me remind you—go ahead and touch your necks."
Ling Zhan just stood there, even canceling the skills attached to the two bullets tracking David, and looked at them with utter indifference.
Hearing that.
Elbert, David, and Jana were all startled in horror.
Then hurriedly touched their own necks.
"This…"
The three of them were completely dumbfounded.
Because they felt a soft, fleshy, transparent little bug!
Gu insect!!
This was actually a Gu insect that only Gu Masters can control and raise!
As seasoned frontline warriors, they had decent knowledge of various classes.
Moreover...
When did the Gu insect crawl onto their bodies?
They didn't even notice it at all!
Hiss!!
Thinking of this, the three of them paled and gasped in shock!
They quickly looked at Ling Zhan in terror.
Ling Zhan could only shake his head and sigh.
Mm...
How should he put it?
The opponents sparring against Ling Zhan were all trapped by fixed mindsets.
The enemies they usually faced always had fixed classes.
For example, when facing a Sword God, they would know all the opponent's skills are sword-based.
When facing a Poison God, they'd know the enemy only uses poison.
Once they knew the opponent's tricks, it became easier to defend.
But Ling Zhan's combat style is precisely the nemesis of all class-changers.
Flexible and ever-changing, limitless in variety.
His arsenal of methods—if you can imagine it, he can use it.
You not only have to defend against Gu insects, but also poison, traps, hidden spell formations…
Can you really defend against all of it?