Chapter 78 - Blood Shadow Violent Bear, Unlocking a New Skill
"Advance? That fast?"
He didn't expect that just by eating a strengthened pill, he could advance!
Maybe it had already accumulated before, and now it just broke through all at once.
Hearing the system's prompt, Zhou Han's face lit up with joy.
Overall, this time he made a huge profit—he got a diamond-grade Golden Snake Sword,
and after strengthening it, it could actually summon a Teng Snake princess, such a powerful sword spirit.
The most important thing was that she could continuously evolve.
Zhou Han didn't even know what to say—he could only say that SSS-level infinite strengthening was insanely powerful.
"How long will it take for her to wake up?"
[Time unknown. Please wait patiently!]
Even the system couldn't give an exact time,
Zhou Han still had tasks to complete, so naturally he wouldn't just sit around waiting.
[Do you want to recall her into the Golden Snake Sword?]
Zhou Han didn't answer immediately.
Instead, he took out a robe from his spatial inventory and wrapped Ao Zhen's body in it.
Just in case when he summoned her next time, if other people were around,
that would be a huge loss if they saw her like that.
"Recall the sword spirit!"
After handling it, Zhou Han spoke.
As his voice fell, a golden light enveloped her and pulled her into the world inside the sword.
[Sword spirit recalled successfully.]
From what he understood, Zhou Han knew
that the sword spirit could also be nourished within the sword's world,
so there was no need to worry too much.
Collecting his thoughts,
Zhou Han slung the long sword onto his back
and directly used the [Levitation] skill to cross over the river.
He headed toward the second wild monster stronghold—Violent Bear Forest.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
When he was still a few meters away from the territory,
he could already hear furious roars.
The magical beasts in front of him were crimson all over, their bodies covered in explosive muscles,
filled with a violent aura.
[Blood Shadow Violent Bear]
[Grade: Platinum]
[Level: LV53]
[HP: 6800]
[Attack: 2300]
[Defense: 1500]
[Skill 1: Falling Boulder Technique (Summons massive rocks, dealing 3.9× attack damage to all enemy units within a 10-meter range.)]
[Skill 2: Blood Shadow Frenzy (Possessed by blood shadow, stimulates body potential, increasing all attributes by 100% for 150 seconds.)]
[Description: A strength-type magical beast, skilled in earth elements and close combat. Weakness: water element, lightning element.]
After quickly appraising them,
Zhou Han found that whether it was attributes or skills,
the Blood Shadow Violent Bears were much stronger than the Stone Pattern Giant Pythons.
When dealing with the Stone Pattern Giant Pythons, Zhou Han could handle them easily,
thanks to the [Wind Thunder Dance] skill,
which happened to counter their water-element abilities,
allowing him to finish them quickly and effortlessly.
"Looks like this will take more effort and time!"
The Blood Shadow Violent Bears had a very strong territorial instinct.
Seeing Zhou Han approach, they charged over aggressively like mountains of flesh,
launching their fiercest attacks.
"Eight-Direction Sky-Splitting Slash!"
Zhou Han didn't hesitate and rushed forward,
channeling his strength into a single slash.
As his voice fell, the ground within an 8-meter radius shattered,
and fierce sword energy erupted from the cracks,
instantly killing all nine Blood Shadow Violent Bears charging at him!
"The skill's attack range is still too short—only 8 meters!"
Zhou Han shook his head. The current [Eight-Direction Sky-Splitting Slash] really lacked output,
and didn't match its domineering name at all.
"Roar… ah!"
Before he could think further, the remaining Blood Shadow Violent Bears instantly activated their frenzy skill.
Looking up, the sky suddenly darkened,
and countless massive rocks floated in midair, blocking out the light.
Then, at the same moment, they all came crashing down.
Even Zhou Han felt his scalp go numb—there were too many of them,
and each rock probably weighed no less than a thousand jin.
More than two hundred Blood Shadow Violent Bears cast [Falling Boulder Technique] at the same time—the power was obvious.
Luckily, Zhou Han reacted early,
or he really would have been smashed into meat paste.
"Cangchen Tyrant Blood! With my blood, I shake the heavens!"
Zhou Han activated the god-tier technique without hesitation.
-320
-315
+2500
...
With 90% damage reduction, he was nearly invincible.
Each boulder could only deal a little over 300 damage,
and Zhou Han could recover 2500 HP per second.
There was absolutely no pressure at all.
This was the strength of a strengthened god-tier technique.
Even this rain of massive rocks couldn't shake him.
Instead, damage numbers began to float above all the Blood Shadow Violent Bears.
-4485
-4329
-4136
With 50% damage reflection, they were already heavily wounded.
"Die! Tonight I'm eating roasted bear paws!"
Zhou Han rushed out from the dust,
his cold voice pronouncing their death sentence.
The Blood Shadow Violent Bears were stunned.
Their combined attack of over two hundred warriors couldn't even harm this human in the slightest.
They were instantly terrified and scattered to flee.
If they couldn't win, they would run—there was no shame in that.
Their intelligence was very high. They wouldn't fight to the death like low-level beasts.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived in the Thunder Ruins for so many years without being wiped out.
"Perfect, I can grind the proficiency of Eight-Direction Sky-Splitting Slash!"
You had to know that the Lin Family Sword Art had three skills,
and currently only [Air-Splitting Slash] and [Eight-Direction Sky-Splitting Slash] were unlocked.
Thinking of this, Zhou Han shot forward like a cheetah,
beginning to harvest the Blood Shadow Violent Bears.
His movement speed was extremely abnormal now.
The bears specialized in strength and had pitiful agility.
In Zhou Han's eyes, their movement was nothing but slow motion.
With every flash of sword light,
several massive bear bodies would collapse to the ground.
…
Meanwhile, the Berserk Blood Adventure Team cautiously avoided danger
and finally arrived at the Giant Python River area.
But soon, they noticed something unusual.
"Brother Hu, why is there such a strong smell of blood ahead?"
"There must have been a battle! Let's go take a look!"
When they got closer, their eyes were filled with shock.
In front of them lay over a hundred Stone Pattern Giant Python corpses,
the blood thick in the air—it was clearly a recent kill.
"All killed in one strike, clean and decisive. This is definitely an expert!"
"This is terrifying! We struggle even against a single one. Now there are over a hundred—just imagine the combat power needed!"
"With this kind of strength, only those big figures with power and status in Azure Thunder City could do this!"
"But that doesn't make sense! Why would someone of that level lower themselves to come to Thunder Ruins to gather materials?"
"Strange… who could it be? Who else entered this place?"
Everyone in the Berserk Blood Adventure Team looked uncertain,
their minds full of speculation.
"Now that you mention it, I just thought of someone! Could it be that handsome guy we met earlier?"
"Maybe he's a hidden expert!"
The only female member of the team spoke up.
"Xiao Hong, are you just fangirling because he's handsome?"
"That kid was probably eaten by magical beasts already!"
"Exactly! Even with the eight of us, we've been moving cautiously the whole way. That guy is probably doomed!"
Hearing this, Xiao Hong's face turned red.
She did have a good impression of Zhou Han because of his looks,
and had formed some unrealistic fantasies.
Now that it was exposed, she was too embarrassed to argue back.
"Alright, stop guessing. Business comes first."
"These snake gallbladders and skins are worth a lot. Hurry up and collect the materials."
The leader, Fat Tiger, stepped forward and spoke.
In fact, he had also briefly suspected Zhou Han's strength,
but quickly dismissed the idea,
shaking his head and laughing at himself.
After all, the other party was just a teenager.
How could he possibly possess such terrifying strength?
"This is a huge windfall! We just picked up free loot!"
"Such good materials left behind—what a waste!"
"What do you know? Would an expert care about this stuff?"
"Exactly! Do you think an emperor farms with a golden hoe? If you haven't reached that level, you won't understand!"
The team members got busy,
happily collecting materials.
…
[Your skill Eight-Direction Sky-Splitting Slash has reached maximum proficiency.]
[You have successfully unlocked the skill Ghost Slash. Please check it!]
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