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[Bloodthirsty Frenzy Slash].
One of the Berserker's signature skills.
Along with [Berserk], it was known as the Berserker's "suicidal duo."
[Berserk] put the user in a weakened state for 120 seconds in exchange for a thirty-second buff.
[Bloodthirsty Frenzy Slash] sacrificed 50% of the user's current HP to slash the enemy fifteen times in a row.
When Ling Zhan used this skill,
the greatsword in his hands burst with dazzling crimson light. His arms looked thin, yet he swung the massive blade with astonishing force.
After General Kevil was hit by the first slash,
he was instantly locked in place.
His enormous body was left completely unable to move as a tiny human figure struck him again and again...
Locked in place, General Kevil could only watch helplessly as the human before him, seemingly transformed into a frenzied demon, hacked wildly at him.
Splurt!
The first slash.
He sneered in contempt. This was nothing; it hadn't even broken his armor.
Splurt!
The second slash.
His disdain grew even stronger, as if to say, "That's it?"
Splurt!
The third slash.
He realized he still couldn't break free. And after three stacks of "Heavy Injury" had been inflicted on him, his expression changed.
Splurt!
The fourth slash.
Under the flash of crimson swordlight, his heavy armor cracked with a sharp snap! His HP dropped by 100 points!
At that, his expression began to change.
Splurt!
The fifth slash.
Crack!
The armor General Kevil had always been so proud of was cleaved apart. This defensive equipment was completely ruined, and its original 800 Defense fell to 500.
What's more, this time the damage reduced his HP by 200 points!
Splurt!
The sixth slash!
Splurt!
The tenth slash!
Splurt!
The fourteenth slash!
The fifteenth slash!
Like a demon gone mad, Ling Zhan unleashed a storm of crimson sword energy, slashing the elite monster that had lost its armor.
The elite monster's HP and Defense plummeted at a terrifying rate!
As the fifteenth slash landed,
splurt!
The greatsword's blade plunged deep into the lower half of General Kevil's body.
While under the Heavy Injury status, General Kevil took 90% more damage.
His armor was shattered.
Ling Zhan had gouged out his other eye as well. He could only prop himself up with his bony arm and his one remaining leg, keeping himself from collapsing to the ground.
Dark green blood splattered everywhere, reeking so badly that it turned the stomach.
His abdomen... the part that belonged to the poison crab, was covered in nearly ten deep, hideous wounds, blood dripping from them nonstop.
The immense force of that fifteenth slash sent General Kevil flying backward. Like a boulder crashing into the sea, he slammed into the palace wall.
Boom!
His massive body smashed a deep, jagged crater into the wall.
Crack, crack, crack...
General Kevil's aura had dwindled to its weakest point.
But his ferocity had been stirred to its peak!
Twenty seconds had passed by then.
Ling Zhan had spent four seconds on the first exchange.
He had spent sixteen seconds on the second.
General Kevil was still alive.
So Ling Zhan couldn't stop.
After the fifteen slashes, his already meager HP had been cut in half.
He had already lost a great deal of HP from using [Berserk]. Now, after using [Bloodthirsty Frenzy Slash], his HP was dangerously low.
The problem was that Ling Zhan was only wearing basic armor.
If General Kevil landed even one hit, Ling Zhan would be seriously wounded on the spot.
And yet,
he didn't retreat. Instead, he pushed off with his toes, triggering [Flash Step]. He turned into a blur and appeared before General Kevil in an instant!
He swung his greatsword down!
[Blood Slash]!
Ling Zhan remained enveloped in blazing crimson light. As he charged forward with [Flash Step], he seemed to draw a thin line of blood through space.
"Roar!"
General Kevil, gravely wounded, let out a furious roar.
He couldn't believe this human dared to try to kill him!
Although his body was covered in wounds, he still hadn't let go of the spear in his hand!
Facing the crimson slash, General Kevil bellowed and thrust straight ahead!
Boom!
A dark green beam burst from his spear.
It shot toward the crimson figure charging at him.
If that crimson figure was struck by the dark green beam, his death was all but certain!
His HP was already pitifully low!
And yet,
faced with such a terrifying dark green beam,
the crimson figure suddenly stopped dead. In full view of everyone, he raised the greatsword in his hands and charged right into it.
"Invincible Slide"!
Ling Zhan activated the skill almost instantly, timing it to gain a brief window of invulnerability.
He succeeded.
The invulnerability frames blocked all the incoming physical damage.
In an instant,
the dark green shock wave crashed against Ling Zhan's greatsword.
Ling Zhan wasn't affected at all!
He had mastered the use of invulnerability frames to perfection!
General Kevil was already too weak to use that attack skill again.
What's more, Ling Zhan seized the opportunity to swing his greatsword upward!
The blow knocked the spear right out of General Kevil's hands.
General Kevil's expression turned utterly grim. He gritted his teeth and immediately began chanting his trump-card skill!
"Heh! You think I'll give you the chance?"
Ling Zhan gave a cold laugh. The thick crimson light around him still hadn't faded; he was still at his peak!
Since he didn't know what his opponent's trump-card skill was, Ling Zhan would never let him finish casting it.
Besides, he would enter his weakened state in just a few seconds!
He had to use those few seconds to kill him for good!
"Die!"
Ling Zhan strode forward.
"Blood Crimson Thrust!"
The sharp, heavy greatsword, wreathed in thick crimson light, pierced straight through General Kevil's head!
His brain matter burst out in every direction!
The sight was revolting.
He had thought the white skeleton was hollow, but it turned out there was a brain inside.
General Kevil never managed to unleash the skill he had been chanting.
He fell beneath Ling Zhan's greatsword!
Clang!
Ling Zhan planted his greatsword on the ground.
A tremendous weakness welled up from deep within him.
It was here!
The debuff from [Berserk] had taken effect!
But General Kevil was dead, so Ling Zhan no longer had anything to worry about.
Outside.
On the podium, King Yama Zhou had kept his eyes fixed on the screen. The instant General Kevil finally died, he sprang to his feet, his face filled with shock!
"The final boss, Great Emperor Shanli, is dead!?"
What?
"Isn't this the boss of the second stage, the elite monster General Kevil?"
Why was he calling him Great Emperor Shanli?
That was the final stage's ultimate BOSS.
He bore the title [Evil Emperor Monarch], and his true form was the Supreme Poison Crab King.
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