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Chapter 782: Aerial Combo! One Hundred Thousand Times Damage Boost!
It's likely that even the massive whale lord, with its colossal body stretching tens of thousands of meters, never imagined it would one day be lifted into the air by a tiny human.
Logically speaking.
The 'Uppercut' skill can knock any monster airborne, except for those fixed or rooted in place.
But the size of this whale lord is truly overwhelming, with a body length of tens of thousands of meters. From this, it's easy to deduce that its weight must be terrifyingly immense.
In such a situation.
Almost no Professional below level 150 could lift it into the air.
The strength attribute simply wouldn't be sufficient.
Even the previous Merman Emperor couldn't possibly lift this whale lord airborne.
However.
Ling Zhan, a non-specialist, managed to achieve it!
With the simplest of skills, he accomplished a feat unprecedented in history!
He knocked the whale lord into the air!
And it fell directly into a state of mid-air rigidity!
Since the monster had been knocked airborne, the crucial combo phase had arrived!
Holding two katanas, Ling Zhan's eyes radiated sharpness, and his sword energy was terrifying beyond compare.
In the next moment...
'Dual Blade Flow Ultimate Art: Petals in Storm'!
Swoosh!!
Ling Zhan's figure completely vanished.
Yet, this deep-sea domain instantly turned into a cage of sword energy!
The razor-sharp sword energy relentlessly slashed the enormous body of the whale lord, leaving behind horrifying, jagged wounds!
The excruciating pain made the whale lord let out a deafening wail of agony!
But if you think a Mythic dungeon boss could be killed so easily, you'd be dead wrong.
Despite the continuous slashes creating numerous wounds and being tainted by the black flames from Ling Zhan's 'Sunday' skill.
These wounds kept regenerating.
This wasn't a healing-type life-saving skill.
It was a time-based life-saving skill!
Every inch of the whale lord's skin was infused with a profound time-based order.
Each time Ling Zhan tore a wound, time within that space would flow back to before the injury occurred.
No wonder the black flames from 'Sunday' had no effect—this boss possessed an extremely troublesome time-based life-saving skill!
But so what!?
If I can knock you into the air once, I can do it a second time!
And time-based life-saving skills merely rely on the opponent not being able to kill you instantly, thus showing impressive results!
The next time I knock you airborne, it will be a one-shot kill!
With that thought, Ling Zhan immediately withdrew his hand!
The effect of the Blood Sacrifice still had 32 seconds left!
More than enough!
Buzz!!
The twin katanas in his hands vanished, replaced by an incredibly heavy black war halberd!
This was the previous City Breaker form of the Thousand Mechanisms Ring!
Now, transformed by the Thousand Changes, its City Breaker attributes were naturally more powerful!
Without any hesitation...
Swoosh!!
Under the astonished gaze of onlookers from the outside world, Ling Zhan gripped the war halberd with both hands and delivered a second 'Uppercut' to the whale lord, just as it was about to recover from its mid-air rigidity!
"Roar!!"
The whale lord was knocked airborne once again. Feeling the state of mid-air rigidity, where it was unable to retaliate, filled it with extreme rage!
"Damn human!"
"If you've got the guts, keep knocking me airborne!"
"If I manage to land, I will tear you to shreds!"
This level 165 Mythic dungeon boss let out an enraged roar.
It speaking human language was perfectly normal.
Monsters of this level had long developed intelligence comparable to humans.
"Don't worry! You won't get the chance!"
Ling Zhan's handsome face was cold and indifferent.
Next...
The skill he was about to use was very simple!
Yet, it was a general skill that beginners found extremely difficult to execute!
'Aerial Combo'!
[Aerial Combo (SS): After using the 'Uppercut' skill to knock an enemy airborne, you can perform continuous strikes on the enemy. Each hit increases the damage by ten times compared to the previous strike, with a maximum damage boost of 100,000 times.]
Notes:
1. Attacks during Aerial Combo are considered normal attacks (basic attacks), not skills.
2. This skill only works on monsters knocked airborne by the 'Uppercut' skill. (This means monsters knocked airborne by other skills won't receive the damage boost from Aerial Combo.)
...…
The damage multiplier of F-grade Aerial Combo was naturally nowhere near as terrifying.
But when used by beginners against low-level monsters, successfully executing it could instantly kill monsters of the same level.
However...
The difficulty was incredibly high.
The height at which beginners knocked monsters airborne usually only allowed them to land two to three consecutive strikes.
But as your level increased.
The monsters you encountered grew stronger.
Especially as most monsters were generally large and heavy, making it nearly impossible to knock them airborne with 'Uppercut'.
As a result, the skill 'Aerial Combo' had long been abandoned by everyone.
But for Ling Zhan, with the system granting him Almighty talent, this skill remained incredibly effective!
Moreover...
This was likely Ling Zhan's most explosive close-combat physical skill!
In an instant.
The spear thrust like a dragon!
Gripping the black war halberd, Ling Zhan's arms continuously swung, unleashing sparks of cold light accompanied by overwhelming, unstoppable force, ruthlessly piercing the massive whale lord before him!
Splat!
The first strike triggered a tenfold damage boost!
Splat!
The second strike triggered a hundredfold damage boost!
Splat!
A thousandfold!
By the fourth strike, the black war halberd in Ling Zhan's hands radiated dazzling golden light, and he seemed like a god of war, triggering a damage boost of ten thousand times!
This strike resembled a brilliant golden pillar descending from the heavens, piercing straight through the whale lord's body!
Do you think it's over!?
No way!
The fifth combo strike was unleashed.
One hundred thousand times damage boost!!
Crash!!
The entire deep sea was split in two by this terrifying strike!
An absolute vacuum space formed!
Of course...
Not only was the sea split, but the whale lord could no longer withstand such a devastating piercing attack!
Its massive body was forcibly torn into pieces of flesh!
The time suspended in mid-air was incredibly brief.
But Ling Zhan remained composed as he executed five consecutive strikes.
More importantly...
Five consecutive strikes weren't his limit.
If needed, he could even unleash a seventh combo strike!
However, the additional two strikes would only benefit from the one hundred thousand times damage boost, without further increases.
Boom!!
The impact of the fifth strike was earth-shattering, causing the entire underwater space to tremble!
Under the incredulous gazes of the onlookers, the ancient undersea city collapsed inch by inch. Even the ancient buildings engraved with magical runes, preserved for countless years, disintegrated into dust amid the chaos of this strike.