For the merfolk emperor, the sudden plunge in all his attributes, along with the sealing of his skills, equipment effects, and Secret Realm talents, was undoubtedly abrupt and terrifying.
He could not understand at all why he had been targeted.
More importantly...
These sealing and weakening effects could not be dispelled!
At this moment.
This change forced him to withdraw his attack against Ling Zhan.
Although the passive effect of the Martial God class's unique Softening skill had been lost, this class still placed tremendous importance on personal combat technique.
Thus, this merfolk emperor's combat skill was likewise top-tier.
Promptly reining in his offensive was no difficult task for him.
What he needed to do now was quickly open up some distance and figure out what had happened in that lightning-flash instant!
But...
He was still thinking too naively.
Did he think Ling Zhan had charged over to target that useless merfolk Sixth Prince, who only knew how to hide behind his father and throw his weight around?
No!
From the very beginning, Ling Zhan's assassination target had been this merfolk emperor!
He had merely pretended to attack the merfolk Sixth Prince.
Now.
As the merfolk emperor, Ambrose, retreated, Ling Zhan's gaze turned incomparably sharp as he directly closed in!
His right hand curled into a claw, and like lightning, he fiercely seized one of the merfolk emperor's old legs!
At the same time, his left hand turned into a blade and slashed down at the merfolk emperor's old leg!
"Danger!"
It had been many years since the merfolk emperor had felt such a powerful warning of danger arise in his mind!
He had never imagined that, here today, a level 150 Jobless Freelancer would force him into such a state!
But he was, after all, a peak Martial God