Fierce Battle Against the Alchemical Mechanical Giant

After leaving the warehouse, Lister's equipment had been greatly upgraded.

The set consists of three specially crafted alchemical armor pieces, two general alchemical armor pieces, and a pair of time-based arm guards, making a total of six new pieces.

His armor was predominantly black with red and black accents, which, combined with Lister's black hair and eyes, made him appear much more composed and mysterious than his previous silver armor.

In addition, Lister also discovered five "Radiance of Extreme Transcendence" gems among them.

He still had six "Crystal of Extreme Transcendence" in his backpack, and he intended to use the first-class "Radiance of Extreme Transcendence" on his Knee Strike.

He's finding the Knee Strike technique increasingly comfortable to use, and after knocking someone into the air, he unleashes a combo – currently his favorite method of attack.

"Failed! The user is currently in the process of changing jobs and cannot upgrade skills."

He had forgotten about that, and seeing this, Lister temporarily put aside his thoughts and headed towards the First District.

The first district is the true core area and the political center of the former Alchemy Royal City.

Finally, the system sent a server-wide announcement.

System notification: Act Two has ended. The game "Divine Revelation" will soon undergo maintenance. Act Three will open in three days! Please look forward to it...

"Notice: Players will be forcibly logged out soon! Countdown: 60, 59, 58..."

"Notice: Auction House service is now closed, player chat is disabled,..."

Notification: Congratulations on completing the Main Quest "The Rise of the Lucian Empire," you have gained 2 million experience points, 5 free attribute points, and 10,000 gold.

It has been more than two months since they entered the Alchemy Ruined City. The Kingdom of Lucian was already unstoppable, and its nobles were all eager to gain merit, as if they had been injected with stimulants.

It's normal for it to become an empire at this time, but unfortunately, the Kingdom of Lucian doesn't have much of a chance to catch its breath.

According to Wang Yue's orders to the Great Chu guard captain, the other party should have already led his troops back to the Great Chu Imperial Dynasty, and a new war is about to begin.

Lister flipped through all the announcements, and finally glanced at the experience points.

[Remaining experience points: 1,129,482,384]

A total of 1.1 billion. Even if the experience required to upgrade various skills increases significantly after the second job advancement, this amount of experience should still be enough for Lister to take a big step forward!

An hour later, as they continued through the passage, the view suddenly opened up before them.

A brand-new lobby area appeared before them.

Congratulations, you have entered Zone 1.

A mechanical reminder came to my ears, a reminder that seemed to have been repeated ever since I entered Zone 3.

The entire hall was completely sealed off and shrouded in an energy shield, suggesting there were no other entrances available.

The mechanical voice came again.

"According to the final amendments to Leader Hoffman's proposal, an assessment is required before entering the governing area."

As soon as they finished speaking, the very center of the area in front of them suddenly sank into the ground.

"Clang~ Boom~ Boom..."

The sound of movement, as if it were occurring within the building, came again.

Soon, a gigantic mechanical giant was teleported up.

The silver-gray metallic head was the first thing to appear, and the compound eye structure covered with dark gold patterns suddenly contracted into a hexagonal network.

The familiar energy crystal on his forehead flashed red, and soon dark red data flowed deep within the pupils of his compound eyes, as if he had finally found his target.

Its enormous, armor-like body is made up of countless movable alchemical alloy plates, and there are huge spiral heat dissipation structures on both sides of the waistline.

Compared to its body, the two mechanical legs appear much thinner, but they are also made of various complex composite metals and engraved with various patterns.

The moment Lister saw the giant, his pre-existing memories were immediately awakened.

In his memory, the final boss of Act IV— the Alchemical Mechanical Giant —how could he be in the first wing at this moment?

Logically, it should be outside the city!

He still had a deep impression of this mechanical giant and couldn't possibly have misremembered it.

It was a nightmare for almost all Act IV players back then.

It has extremely high defense and is incredibly fast. All its attacks are area-of-effect (AOE), and most players, even shield warriors, can hardly withstand a single hit.

More importantly, this Alchemical Mechanical Giant is the first time players have encountered a three-stage Overlord Tier boss.

It was only through the combined efforts of all the top players on the server that the opponent was ultimately worn down and defeated.

"Reconnaissance of enemy and friendly forces is underway... Reconnaissance results have been obtained..."

[Enemy Target: Contaminated Alchemical Type A Mechanical Giant]

[Level: Lv80]

[Health Points: 370313/370313]

[Stamina:128981/128981]

[Attributes: Strength 80, Stamina 80, Intelligence 80, Agility 80]

[Skill: Stage 1 (70% or more): Alchemical Heavy Cannon Barrage (A-level) LV80: Uses the powerful alchemy cannon on the user to bombard enemies within range, dealing 7919~8891 points of damage in an area.]

Magnetic Pulse (Rank A) LV80: Utilizes a powerful alchemical pulse to deal 7905~8204 damage in an area. There is a chance to stun enemies within the attack range.

Phase 2 (40% or more): Overload Operation (Grade A) LV80: For a period of time, increases own defense by 80%, greatly restores stamina, slightly restores health, all attacks deal 80% increased damage, and grants immunity to certain negative status effects.

Stage 3 (below 40%): Mechanical Potential Burst (S-rank) LV80: For a period of time, increase each of the four main attributes by 30 points, and all skill damage ignores defense.

Static Mark (S-level) LV80: All targets within a certain range will be marked. Marked enemies will enter a paralyzed state. After a certain period of time, they will be detonated by static electricity, dealing 24223~27332 points of damage that ignores defense.

...]

[Overall Rating: A (Lord Tier)]

Lister's face was full of doubt after seeing the information scanned by the system.

Shouldn't it be S-class?

Although he didn't remember the progress of the previous acts very well, he had a vivid memory of the boss in the fourth act.

Even though I managed to stay far away, I still died three times from area-of-effect (AOE) attacks.

Could this mechanical giant evolve further?

Or is the mechanical giant boss from his memory in Act IV not the one standing before him?

Fortunately, no matter what, although the mechanical giant in front of him is powerful, as long as it is at least A-rank, he can fight it.

The boss has no passive skills and its four-dimensional attributes are far inferior to his; its advantages lie entirely in its health, defense, and powerful active skills.

If it were an S-class Alchemical Mechanical Giant, it would be even more difficult to contend with than the alchemical puppet that Hoffman descended upon.

At the very least, the alchemical puppet can only withstand the power of level 71.

That alchemical giant is a fully upgraded S-rank combat power at level 80.

The alchemical giant is now fully activated, its primary target being Wang Yue is standing nearby.

Alchemical cannons were fired from its armored body.

Although the target was Wang Yue, within the enclosed space protected by the energy shield, the attack was virtually indiscriminate.

Fortunately, both of them had extremely strong senses, so the dense barrage of heavy artillery could not directly hit them. As for the afterglow of the explosions, it was all blocked by the brand-new alchemical armor they had just put on.

Lister swung his hand and Iai Slash.

The blade light emitted by the brand-new Black Leaf Laceration Blade had turned black, and its speed was faster, with the black light becoming even sharper.

The slash was accompanied by a tearing sound as if space itself was being ripped apart, passing by countless heavy artillery shells before exploding simultaneously in mid-air.

The black light finally sliced through the mechanical giant's breastplate, severing the firing ports of the two giant cannons. There was no more artillery fire in the thirty-degree area to the left of Lister.

Attack: Deals 1209 damage, 21712 damage ignoring defense, and 36186 true damage.

As expected, this mechanical giant has a very thick defense. Even with a newer, higher-tier sword, the base damage is only a little over a thousand points.

Only by ignoring defensive damage and true damage can you truly strike your opponent.

Wang Yue had also arrived beside Lister at this moment, in this rare safe zone.

Before the mechanical giant could even turn around, a large number of small robots suddenly appeared in front of Wang Yue.

Each small robot was about thirty centimeters long, and they swarmed towards the mechanical giant, exploding in droves.

"Boom!"

Attack: Deals 1011 damage.

Attack: Deals 1109 damage.

"Attack..."

A barrage of damage warnings popped up; Wang Yue, sporting Hoffman's face, was actually quite lucky.

It turned out to be a copy of one of Hoffman's S-rank attack skills— Alchemical Mechanical Frenzy.

The mechanical giant on the other side was stunned the moment it was hit by the small robot.

A few dozen seconds later, the mechanical giant's health was down to only 260,000 points, below 70%, entering the second phase.

Emerging from the dizziness, the energy crystal on his forehead Scarlet Blink.

Under the intense light of the explosion, the alloy torso appeared to have a molten, liquid-like texture.

Attack: Deals 209 damage.

Countless self-destructing robots were still charging forward, but unfortunately, their damage suddenly dropped significantly.

In other words, even with a sufficient number of units, the damage can still be considerable.

The mechanical giant swung its left arm violently, its speed not slowed down despite its enormous size.

In the blink of an eye, they were already in front of the two.

Unfortunately, against two enemies with extraordinary senses, the alchemical giant's attack speed was still insufficient.

Wang Yue took a step back, dodging the attack by staying close to the edge of the energy shield.

"Whoosh~ hiss~..."

Gasping for breath, the Alchemical Mechanical Frenzy, as an S-rank skill, actually required a huge amount of stamina to maintain.

After having their skill interrupted, they quickly began to recover their stamina.

Lister leaped forward, dodging the sweeping attack while getting even closer to the mechanical giant.

He slashed forward with his long sword in mid-air, and the next moment, the blade exploded, with countless fragments extending forward in an instant.

With ten times the attack range, the blade at the very top had already pierced through the mechanical giant's torso, and with the passive enhancement of the Sharp Blade, it sliced horizontally across the entire body.

Most of the internal long-range weapons were disrupted, but the external alloy surface was reattached in the next instant.

Attack: Deals 401 damage, ignores 23112 defense damage, and inflicts 38516 true damage.

"Ding-ding-dong..."

A series of sounds rang out as the blade fragments came together, and the once solitary hilt in his hand was restored.

Lister's expression changed; he hadn't paid much attention to the blade extension effect that increased attack range, but he hadn't expected it to be so easy to control.

It turned out exactly as he had hoped, and the effect was surprisingly good.

Especially when facing such a colossal opponent, even with random slashes, he could still manage to strike the enemy within this confined space, which was extended tenfold.