"Creak!"
The long blade cleaved through the air, making a sound like leather rubbing together.
A streak of dark purple abruptly appeared in the empty space before Ye Chenyang.
After being attacked, it revealed its full form: a wormlike tentacle.
Its tip split into three parts, exposing a dense array of backward-pointing barbs within, and it gave off a strong, fishy stench.
The slash landed solidly, even cutting a wound several meters long into it.
The flesh around the wound writhed, trying to heal.
But the golden particles left behind seemed to keep eating away at its flesh, hissing as they did.
The two forces canceled each other out, locked in a stalemate for the moment.
After reaching the Fourth-tier, Ye Chenyang had gained the skills [Breaking Dawn] and [Afterglow of the Setting Sun].
The former let him deal additional damage that ignored some defenses. The worse his opponent's condition, the greater the damage,
but its upper limit was still restricted by level and counter relationships.
Among the Calamity Sequence, the order of counters from strongest to weakest was Chaos, Nightmare, Silent Death, Slaughter, and Cataclysm.
Because [Cataclysm] was inherently special, the bonus was almost zero, especially against lightning and fire attributes.
[Afterglow of the Setting Sun] was a support skill that purified his teammates and could also enhance his own ability to fight for extended periods.
As for just how long it lasted...
If his life wasn't in danger, the skill wouldn't trigger its second stage.
Even with the bonus from [Breaking Dawn], which let him deal damage, it was nothing more than a scratch to this Calamity.
"King of Cysts? Why has it appeared now?"
Ye Chenyang knew that although this thing was only an extended tentacle, its main body was at least high-tier.
How could it...
Normally,