Chapter 162: Triple Kill

The rare Divine Thorn skill had no effect.

Lin An wondered, could the Rat King before him, like the Spider Maker, also be an aggregate?

What he currently lacks most is area-of-effect means; facing this monster aggregate, killing it is too laborious.

Although Divine Thorn can split into mental power attacks, the split attack power is not high.

Blasting the heads of ordinary people or zombies is no problem, but for a Second Level Mutant, the Divine Thorn scattered into a hundred strands is still lacking.

Controlling the splitting of Divine Thorn itself consumes mental power, so it cannot be considered an area-of-effect means.

Moreover, his mental shock, when it hits the monster, is always strangely dispersed, as if only needing to kill part of the small mutant rats to offset Divine Thorn's damage.

The doubts in his heart did not hinder his offensive.

Since mental power attacks are ineffective...

Then I'll just slash you to death!

A white light flashed, and the second Tang Sword from the Space Ring was again in hand.

"Swish!"

Silver light suddenly appeared; after activating Combat Instinct, with a vast amount of combat skills bolstering, Lin An's figure burst forth.

Black shadow and silver light intertwined.

One person and one rat, both engaged in killing at high speed; the speed was so fast that Liang Shaoguang could only stand dumbfounded, unable to intervene.

Helpless, he gave an embarrassed smile.

After experiencing Lin An's battle aftermath, the Moon Wolf simply roamed the battlefield edges clearing scattered zombies.

He dared not rashly rush into battle, for the force bursting from the fight scattered like strong explosives.

If he even brushed against it, he wouldn't die but would lose a layer of skin...

The people in the battle couldn't help but frequently turn their heads.

In their view, Lin An and the Rat King's speed became afterimages, briefly lingering on the retina before moving again.

Wryly smiling in their hearts, they actually didn't even have the qualification to watch the battle...

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The ground collapsed, and along the path where the person and rat fought, explosions occurred one after another; each clash caused an invisible shockwave.

Along the way blood mist exploded, and the Tang Sword in Lin An's hand had already become the third one.

With his current strength, the Rat King poses little threat to him.

But...

When he again sideways reversed and slashed, exploding the Rat King's head, he could only watch helplessly as the monster's head writhed and restored itself.

Tens of thousands of mice, like flowing sand, filled the slit opening, and the dead mouse carcasses along the way fell to the ground.

In the gap cleaved by a single strike, a monster with its flesh and blood stripped away could be faintly seen hiding within.

This monster's strength is definitely not just Second Level; it's not much weaker than a Sand Worm.

Unexpected.

Lin An's heart jolted.

The Rat King before him is not only an aggregate of over a thousand Zeroth-Level Mutants, but even inside this monster other Mutants are wrapped!

The strange symbiosis of the two Mutants is why, although it is merely Second Level, it is so hard to kill...

Such a rare situation is still the first time he has seen it.

Cannot waste time.

Lin An slightly frowned, his expression turned stern.

Without Wen Ya present, his mental power could only support Combat Instinct for a few seconds of consumption.

The talent after advancement is useful, but it consumes too much mental power.

Although it can be turned off at any time, not wasting the skill's duration.

But after successive battles, he also tentatively used the Divine Thorn skill.

Now his remaining mental power is not much.

The mutant before him is somewhat strange; dragging on will easily cause an anomaly.

Without hesitation.

Lin An, out of the corner of his eye, saw Gao Tian about to complete a lethal attack; his right hand instantly pressed on the long sword that had been nurtured for less than half a day.

Turning off Combat Instinct, he also had confidence to slowly wear down the Rat King before him, but...

As the Captain, he cannot possibly be slower than his subordinates in killing, right?

Nor is it too wasteful...

He muttered to himself.

At the instant of drawing the sword, Lin An poured all his remaining mental power into the Soul-Consoling Sword Sheath; for nurturing to increase power, he was more curious how much the damage would increase after infusing mental power.

After all, the equipment manual did not clearly give data on infusing mental power.

Leaving a breath of Combat Instinct, mental power was violently injected into the sword sheath.

White radiance suddenly brightened, and the pattern on the sword sheath was slightly filled with a thread.

"Clang!"

The sword draws a dragon roar!

In a daze, however, after the most ordinary alloy long sword was drawn, a clear dragon roar sounded.

The Black Dragon on his wrist, upon hearing it, suddenly opened its eyes, then, puzzled, continued to snore loudly.

Lin An focused his gaze on the three-foot long sword in his hand; the tip of the alloy-forged blade actually spat out streaks of white light like a serpent's tongue.

This is!

Sword gleam!?

The writhing, swallowing white radiance was extremely sharp; each time it touched the ground, it was like a hot knife cutting butter, easily slicing the cement ground.

The sword gleam extended one foot from the sword's tip; merely looking at it with the naked eye caused a stinging pain.

The rat king shrieked sharply as it lunged again; the battle frequency between them was calculated in milliseconds.

In Lin An's slight daze, it saw it as a perfect attack opportunity.

Just in time.

Lin An let out a cold snort, his figure instantly breaking free from the high-speed state, waiting for the rat king's close-range attack.

A black shadow loomed before him.

"Down Flash Slash!"

"Hiss!"

The sword light burst forth, and the slash augmented with sword gleam easily shredded thousands of mutant rats, together with the mutant encasing the rat king, cutting them all in half.

Although the amplified power was less than 10%, with a large infusion of mental force, the sword gleam conjured out of thin air was like an indestructible divine spur.

At the instant the sword gleam touched the enemy, it transformed into a violent sword energy blast that shot out wildly.

Man and rat crossed in opposition; Lin An stood calmly with his back to the rat king, slowly sheathing his sword.

"Thud."

A heavy object fell to the ground; a blood line split open from the rat king's crown, the bisected corpse toppled to either side.

The small mutant rats struck by the sword gleam were directly shredded, leaving no time for them to reassemble.

As the massive corpse split open, the mutant within the rat king gradually revealed itself.

It was a mutant resembling a flayed human.

Its eyes were tightly shut, and a straight blood line likewise appeared on its crown.

"Ding, killed Second Level: 【Mutant Rat King】"

"Ding, killed First Level Superior Mutant: 【Dominator】"

"Ding, assisted in killing Second Level Mutant: 【tank】"

Three system alerts sounded almost simultaneously.

In Lin An's peripheral vision, the spot where 【tank】 had stood was left with only a pile of powder drifting in the wind.

Zhang Tie, puzzled, poked his head out from behind his shield.

Where did that huge monster go?

Gao Tian's face was pallid, his eyes betraying unavoidable fatigue.

He slowly lowered the composite bow in his hand, seeming to feel a slight regret.

"Lin bro, it seems... I'm still a bit slower than you..."