"Phew... killed him!"
After confirming that Red Anglerfish was thoroughly dead, Lin Yuan let out a long breath.
His victory might have looked clean and decisive, but it had actually been extremely dangerous.
Using A-rank transcendent energy to withstand Authority Power came at the cost of enormous consumption.
The slash he had just used to sever the path of light had consumed 100 energy points outright.
His next slash had looked unremarkable, but it had broken through several of Red Anglerfish's defenses along the way and completely extinguished this S-rank powerhouse's life force. That single slash had consumed 140 energy points!
Those two slashes had looked clean and decisive, but if they had failed, Lin Yuan would have been the one in danger.
"Good thing I didn't use transcendent energy to resist the light earlier and chose to tank it with my health instead. Otherwise, I'd have been in trouble."
"And he'd lost the will to fight, too. Otherwise, the outcome would still have been uncertain."
Lin Yuan spoke with some feeling.
If Red Anglerfish had not chosen to flee at the end and had instead kept fighting Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan would undoubtedly have been in much greater danger.
At that point, it would have come down to which ran out first: Lin Yuan's health and transcendent energy, or Red Anglerfish's Authority Power.
Looking at it that way, my chances against Red Anglerfish were actually fifty-fifty.
In other words, my current combat strength is roughly that of a one-star S-rank powerhouse.
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Of course, that was the result of a short burst of power.
If Red Anglerfish had managed to put some distance between them and escape, Lin Yuan would have fallen into a disadvantage once his opponent's expended Authority Power recovered and the Shell