Chapter 86: Unyielding Battle Soul, Growth-Type Skill
[Unyielding Battle Soul]
Grade: Platinum
Category: Growth-Type
Growth: Accumulate 1,000,000 damage taken to advance to a higher quality, up to Star-grade.
Description: A battle soul possesses the body, granting an unyielding will.
Effect: Increases attack power by 40%, defense by 60%.
"Huh! It's actually a growth-type skill!"
This was the first time Zhou Han had seen this type of skill.
As long as he takes damage, it can be upgraded to a higher grade.
Reaching Star-grade would already be extremely powerful.
But the current bonus was a bit pitiful—
only 40% attack and 60% defense.
It was indeed somewhat shabby.
However, skills that increase both offense and defense at the same time were quite rare.
If it reaches Star-grade, the effect should become much stronger!
Zhou Han didn't bother thinking too much and directly started strengthening it.
"Enhance it 6 times!"
[You have successfully enhanced it 6 times.]
[New attributes have been generated. Please check!]
After opening it, the attributes were clear at a glance.
[Unyielding Battle Soul +6]
Grade: Platinum
Category: Growth-Type
Growth: Accumulate 10,000,000 damage taken to advance to a higher quality, up to King-grade. (0/10,000,000)
Description: The battle soul possesses the body, strengthening the soul, granting an unyielding belief and will.
Effect: Increases attack power by 200%, defense by 300%.
After reading it, Zhou Han nodded in satisfaction.
Not only did it strengthen the will of his soul, but the effect increase was also very obvious.
Attack power increased by two times, defense increased by three times.
Zhou Han would now become even more terrifying!
As for the growth attribute, although it could grow to King-grade,
it required accumulating 10,000,000 damage taken.
That number was a bit terrifying.
Of course, there was also a cheating method—finding someone to deal damage to him repeatedly.
And they would need to be strong fighters.
That would cost quite a bit of money, and others might not even have the time to do something so boring.
"Take it step by step! Anyway, upgrading the skill isn't urgent right now!"
Zhou Han kept this idea in mind.
When he returns to the Sword God Hall, he could look for Nie Tianchen.
Maybe he would have a solution.
But for now, all of that had to be put aside.
Since he had already reached the deepest part of the Skeleton Cave,
according to the map, the Nether Evil Swordsman should be here.
But the other party hadn't shown himself for a long time.
The commotion from his battle with the Skeleton King just now was so huge—
it was impossible for the other party not to notice.
Then there was only one possibility: the opponent was hiding.
Thinking of this, Zhou Han was just about to use the Qi Sense skill
to detect the opponent's presence.
Suddenly, a fluctuation came through the air.
Zhou Han sensed a cold sword aura, like a venomous snake launching a fatal strike,
silently attacking him.
Although it didn't look powerful, its might was anything but small.
From this single move alone, one could see how exquisite the opponent's swordsmanship was.
His identity was already obvious.
After using Identification, the information displayed
was exactly as Zhou Han had expected.
[Nether Evil Swordsman]
Level: 75
HP: 36,600
Attack: 7,200
Defense: 2,950
Weapon: Nether Evil Sword
Equipment: Shadow Set
Accessory: Stealth Ring
Cultivation Technique: Evil Soul Sword Art
The Nether Evil Swordsman had reached level 75, and his attributes were quite strong.
Seeing the final details, Zhou Han understood.
The opponent possessed the Shadow Set and the Stealth Ring,
both of which had stealth and concealment properties.
No wonder he was able to betray the Sword God Hall and remain uncaptured for so many years.
He clearly had his own extraordinary abilities.
"No sense of honor, huh? You actually dared to ambush me?"
Although the opponent's attributes were strong,
they were still inferior compared to Zhou Han.
And the opponent's skill damage wasn't even on the same level as his.
So this posed no threat to Zhou Han at all.
"Today, in the name of the Sword God Hall, I will take your head!"
Before absolute power, all tricks and schemes were meaningless.
Zhou Han's expression didn't change as he drew the Golden Snake Sword.
Golden sword energy surged into the sky, instantly dispersing the opponent's skill.
"Heh heh, you really are someone sent by the Sword God Hall!"
"Those old geezers just won't give up, huh? They insist on killing me."
The Nether Evil Swordsman's hoarse voice rang out, a sinister smile on his face.
From Zhou Han's words, he quickly deduced his origin
and guessed his intention.
"They actually sent a kid to kill me? Those old fools sure are bold!"
"When I was dominating the world, you were still drinking milk!"
"Watch my Evil Soul Sword Art—die!"
Although he spoke arrogantly, a trace of seriousness flashed in his eyes.
He had personally seen Zhou Han instantly kill the Skeleton King with a single strike.
While he couldn't do it so cleanly, he believed he wasn't too far behind.
That was why he chose to ambush—
trying to land a heavy blow on Zhou Han and gain the upper hand.
But he didn't expect Zhou Han's strength to be so overwhelming, far beyond his imagination.
So while speaking arrogantly,
he was secretly thinking of a way to escape.
As the Nether Evil Swordsman released his skill,
within the black sword aura, a semi-transparent evil soul formed.
It opened its cold eyes and released several soul threads,
attempting to bind Zhou Han's soul and drain its power.
"Hmph, an evil soul? Try my Shadow Soul Spike!"
Three soul spikes shot out instantly.
The evil soul didn't even have time to react before being pierced.
"Ah! Ah—!"
A miserable scream echoed through the empty cave—pain that pierced straight to the heart.
The originally semi-transparent evil soul became almost completely transparent,
as if it would dissipate at any moment.
"Hiss! It hurts!"
The evil soul seemed to be connected to the Nether Evil Swordsman,
and he also felt intense pain.
At that moment, Zhou Han's golden sword energy swept over again—
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The Nether Evil Swordsman's body was blasted away, embedded into the stone wall,
leaving him with just over 5,000 HP.
At this point, he didn't dare to move at all.
His breathing and heartbeat ceased—
he entered a feigned death state.
"Heh, trying to play dead?"
"I'm here to take your head. Playing dead won't save you!"
Zhou Han saw through this trick instantly.
Not only could he see the opponent's HP,
but even if the opponent were truly dead, he would still take the head.
Because Awakening Mission 5 required exactly that.
"Are you really going to wipe me out completely?"
"Don't you want to know the secrets of the Sword God Hall, and why they're hunting me?"
Seeing that he had been exposed, the Nether Evil Swordsman grew flustered.
His thoughts raced as he quickly spoke,
trying to distract Zhou Han
and find an opportunity to escape.
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