Using the Sword Shadow Storm, Luo Chen perfectly severed the connection between the larva and the surrounding poison bugs, preventing it from devouring them to recover HP.
Inside the storm, Luo Chen went all out, striking the larva with everything he had.
Under his relentless assaults, the larva's HP bar dropped visibly, bit by bit.
No one could figure out how, despite being the same level 155, wearing the same golden gear, and using SSS-grade skills, Luo Chen's power was so far beyond theirs, so overwhelming.
What was even more shocking was that throughout the entire battle, Luo Chen's power was still rising.
The most obvious sign was his damage.
At first, Luo Chen's damage was already terrifying. But as time passed, the damage he dealt to the larva kept increasing. By now, it had tripled compared to when he first started.
Now, with just a single swing of his sword, he could chop away one percent of the larva's total HP.
And it wasn't only his attack power.
The damage he took from the larva kept decreasing, while both his attack speed and movement speed were increasing rapidly.
All the signs pointed to one thing, Luo Chen was undergoing a full attribute boost.
"What… what's going on with Vice Luo Chen's power system? How can he just keep getting stronger and stronger as he fights?"
"Look closely, it's an all-around stat boost, something like a total attribute amplification effect."
"Wait… this effect feels kinda familiar."
"Isn't this exactly like the Wrath God Set that the Guild Master's girlfriend, Chen Zijin, owns? They say that as her rage value rises, all her attributes increase proportionally. That's why we always see the Guild Master acting like an idiot in battle, deliberately pissing her off just to boost her Shadow Dancer power."
The crowd's suspicions deepened.
"Wait a sec! Now that you mention it, I suddenly remembered. A few days ago, the Guild Master stored a mythic-tier treasure, the Desire Source Stone, and a growth-type set, the Desire God Set, in our guild warehouse. Don't those have the same effect?"
"Ah right! I've seen that set's stats, it strengthens all attributes based on the wearer's desire value!"
"Don't tell me…"
When the members of the Heavens Hall looked again at Luo Chen, a storm of doubt and awe swirled in their hearts.
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On the battlefield—
Luo Chen's power had reached an unbeatable level.
Even the Emperor-tier boss larva seemed utterly helpless before him.
As its HP bar fell to around 10%, the larva realized things were going bad. It knew that if this continued, it would die in this human's hands.
So, it stopped trying to fight and started preparing to flee.
But the Sword Shadow Storm surrounding Luo Chen had already formed a cage, leaving the larva no escape.
It began to call for reinforcements.
ROAR! ROAR!
With thunderous roars, countless poison bugs responded to the larva's summons and swarmed toward the battlefield.
At the nest's entrance, the 4th and 5th squads of the Heavens Hall spotted the massive incoming horde, an endless tide of bugs rolling in like a flood.
They quickly raised their weapons and charged to intercept.
But the swarm was far too massive, hundreds of players couldn't hold them back.
In just moments, the tide broke through their defenses, slaughtering over a dozen Temple members, trampling their corpses as it poured into the nest.
A dark wave of poison bugs flooded in, blanketing the entire nest, as if determined to devour Luo Chen whole.
The scene made everyone's scalps tingle.
Inside the nest, Yaoshi Wushuang frowned, "Looks like they're going all out for a final stand."
Overlord Blade gripped his weapon tightly and shouted, "Hold the swarm back as best you can! Give Luo Chen an opening! Once the larva dies, the rest of the bugs won't matter."
Just then, Luo Chen suddenly glanced over his shoulder at them and said calmly, "No need. I'll handle this."
"Damn, you show-off!", Wu Haotian couldn't help cursing, "Now's not the time to act cool! How the hell are you gonna deal with that many bugs?"
Luo Chen didn't answer. He simply stood there, sword in hand, channeling power into the blade.
All around him, under the larva's command, the endless tide of poison bugs rushed toward him like a living sea.
The sheer number was staggering, so overwhelming that even the Sword Shadow Storm couldn't completely stop them.
After all, the storm attacked a limited number of times per cycle; it wasn't an infinite field.
When there were too many enemies, some would inevitably slip through.
So even as countless bugs were cut down by the storm,
many others managed to break through, swarming toward Luo Chen's position.
In an instant, the mass of poison bugs closed in from every direction.
Just as they were about to engulf Luo Chen—
WHOOSH!
Luo Chen drove his sword into the ground and unleashed a blinding wave of light in all directions.
That light burst outward with world-shattering force, spreading in an instant across the entire area, at least a full kilometer radius, and pierced through every single poison bug in its path.
All the level 155 poison bugs struck by that wave were instantly annihilated.
The destructive power was beyond comprehension, devastating enough to wipe out everything.
In the blink of an eye, the entire nest fell silent.
The ground was covered with the corpses of poison bugs, scattered in piles across the cavern floor.
And not just the smaller bugs—
Even the larva itself, struck by that same devastating light wave, had its remaining 10% HP completely erased in an instant.
For a brief moment, the enormous battlefield went utterly still.
Inside the nest, everyone stood frozen, staring blankly at the sight before them.
"Holy crap! What kind of attack power is that?"
"What skill was that? The range was massive!"
"And that damage! This is insane! The larva had 10% HP left and just whoosh! gone?"
Everyone gasped in shock.
Outside the nest, Ouyang Ling'er sensed the enormous burst of power and rushed in.
When she arrived and saw the sea of bug corpses, she couldn't help looking toward Luo Chen, a deep light of awe flashing in her eyes.
After a long pause, she softly sighed, "Looks like the Guild Master was right… You really are the perfect host."
Outside, the onlookers from other empires were equally stunned.
"Why'd it suddenly go so quiet?"
"Don't tell me… the larva's actually dead?"
"You've gotta be joking! That was a Emperor-tier boss! Who could possibly kill something like that?"
"But… there's no movement at all…"
As the chatter rose, suddenly, a system-wide announcement descended from the heavens—
[[System Announcement] (Otherworld): "Ding~ Congratulations to Dragon Nation player [Luo Chen] for slaying the Level 155 Emperor-Tier Boss [Hell-Swallowing Serpent – Zart]!"]
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