Chapter 718: One Strike

Where did they go!?

They were clearly just here!

Watching Lin An disappear right before their eyes, several people felt a jolt in their hearts.

No time to think further.

As the battle was about to erupt, Zhang Yong let out a roar, lowered his body, hoisted his shield, and charged toward the lead triangular monster.

"Hold off one strike, then focus fire to kill one first!"

His voice hoarse from exhaustion.

Even if I die, I'll kill a few monsters!

Although their strength is insufficient against so many monsters, they cannot withstand a single blow.

But nobody is willing to give up.

Now, perhaps the only hope is to activate the gene lock in battle.

"Boom!!"

The giant axe came down.

The sudden massive force was like facing a heavy truck head-on.

His throat felt sweet.

Zhang Yong lowered his head, his body trembling.

The power gap... is too great...

The two shields protected his entire body.

The number of monsters is too great.

If it weren't for the monsters continuously spawning from the strange phenomenon in the air, facing a hundred at once would truly leave them only waiting to die.

"Boom!"

Another axe came down.

He gave a grim smile.

Zhang Yong could feel his leg bones, almost about to snap under the pressure.

Can't even hold on for a few seconds?

"Hold on!"

Behind him.

Fei'ouna leapt forward, her war hammer whistling as it smashed toward the adjudicator's head.

"Arbitration!"

"Bang!"

The metal reverberated.

A milky-white ripple spread from the point of impact.

The adjudicator's large triangular head tilted slightly, its movement merely hindered.

Fei'ouna's eyes dimmed; the milky-white spiritual energy on her body again burst forth with skill effects.

The damage isn't enough; at least four or five Awakened Ones need to focus fire simultaneously.

My frontal combat strength is still lacking...

"Healing!"

Spiritual energy simultaneously flowed into Zhang Yong's body, alleviating his injuries.

After subtracting the will attribute, her healing effect can only reach this extent.

The pressure far exceeds the estimate by more than tenfold.

Even if she could suppress her emotions...

Upon discovering Lin An's strange disappearance, she couldn't help but a bitter smile appear on her face.

Lin An... did he deceive us...

Could it be that solving the mission requires someone to sacrifice themselves?

No time to focus fire.

The Awakened One behind Zhang Yong was about to release a petrified body to increase physical defense.

"Team Leader Zhang! Lin An ran away!"

"What are we going to do!?"

No time to answer.

A human-head spider hidden behind the adjudicator suddenly leapt out.

"Hiss!"

Sharp claws stabbed toward his head.

And the human head cradled in the spider's foreclaws also stared at him with resentment.

Their eyes met.

A deathly white gaze, shocking the soul.

An earthen-yellow light stalled; his whole body stiffened, leaving no time to dodge.

At the instant the spider's claws touched the top of his head.

A sword light flashed suddenly.

"Ahhhhh!!"

A painful shriek.

The Awakened One who had just released the rock-strengthening stared blankly at Lin An's back.

When did Lin An... appear before me?

His agility attribute shouldn't have been stripped, right?

On the ground, the spider cut into two sections hissed while waving its claws.

The human head cradled in its foreclaws, after screaming, a line of blood burst from the top of its head, and then slowly split apart into two halves.

It tilted a bit...

Lin An silently looked toward his right hand.

Due to lack of mental power control, his movements were still somewhat deformed.

He originally planned to split two heads with a single sword strike.

He casually thrust forward, piercing the struggling spider, and his eyes felt somewhat displeased.

His disappearance wasn't to wait until the last moment to strike.

"Lin Dui, that dangling compass is useless."

Xiong Hanzi, who appeared on the battlefield at the same time as Lin An, swung his giant axe in an arc with both hands, instantly smashing the approaching charred corpses.

"This monster can clearly see us."

Lin An nodded slightly.

At the moment the system mission began, he activated the compass illusion.

He was testing whether he could conceal the monsters' perception, and on the other hand testing whether the monsters belonged to some kind of abnormal real illusion.

But after the test results came out, it seemed not.

The Awakened Ones he had rescued were almost dumbfounded on the spot.

How embarrassing; just now he thought Lin An had fled, but didn't expect Lin An to instead save him.

For a moment, everyone who noticed Lin An instantly killing the monster felt a surge of surprise.

He didn't run away.

Was he looking for a suitable opportunity to strike?

Watching Zhang Tie charge into the monster horde like a war god, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity.

How is this bald strongman so much stronger than us?

And Lin An, after confirming he couldn't set up an illusion with the compass, simply drew Cain's Blade.

Destruction!

The skill effect erupted.

Amidst the exclamations, he actually dashed straight up into midair.

Taking advantage of the burst flash, he instantly killed the two adjudicators besieging Zhang Yong together.

Blood-red skill enveloped his whole body.

Even with the equipment effects weakened, the Epic Tier equipment's special effects still erupted with formidable combat power.

The ground monsters were intercepted by Zhang Tie.

For a moment, those who had just been facing the monsters were surprised to discover they no longer needed to face the monsters.

These two freaks almost surrounded the enemy.

Feeling the high-speed blood-red shadow flash past, Zhang Yong foolishly stretched his head out from under his shield.

Damn it.

How can he still burst out with such speed!?

Could it be that Lin An hasn't had his attributes weakened by the system?

Beside her, Fiona, who had been holding her war hammer high and was still preparing to help Zhang Yong break the siege, lowered her hand with a strange expression.

Even the adjudicator whose movement was merely hindered by her full-power burst was casually sliced apart by Lin An.

The huge contrast made her somewhat doubt life.

Like everyone else present, she couldn't understand how Lin An's strength could be so exaggerated.

"That dash just now must be an equipment skill!!"

His perception is a bit stronger than others'.

Fiona looked up at the blood-red shadow soaring into the sky and muttered to herself.

"His movements are somewhat deformed, indicating he is still affected."

"His speed surged; it must be an equipment skill!"

She muttered to herself, as if explaining to everyone.

Saying that, she still couldn't figure out what equipment could still provide such formidable skill even after being greatly weakened.

My talent... probably isn't even that strong.

For a moment, he actually had nothing to do.

Zhang Yong instinctively asked Fiona:

"What the hell is Lin An doing charging up into midair!!"

"What does he want to do?"

He raised his head and stared.

Fiona hesitated for a moment, watching Lin An weaving through the 'rain':

"He seems to be looking for the space where the monsters refresh."

Absurd.

Lin An, could it be that he actually wants to actively kill his way into the monsters' space?

After smashing the falling Arbiter in mid-air.

Lin An's eyes flashed a hint of silver.

His self-created combat preview activated.

Even if his mental power is weakened, activating the assist skill is still fine.

It would be great if it weren't weakened.

A single mental storm could shred these monsters.

He frowned slightly.

After activating Void Step, Lin An stepped on the 'Nurse' in midair, trampling her chest.

Using the force, he shot upward.

Relying on violent movement, he didn't sense where the monsters appeared from.

Almost the same as what Fiona thought.

He indeed wanted to kill into the space before the monsters spawn.

There, perhaps it is the deepest part of the inner world.

After searching in vain, he also didn't know if his current will attribute was too low.

He took a deep breath.

Ignoring the female corpse falling from the air that still wanted to attack him.

In an instant,

Lin An, falling together with the monster, burst out with a blinding light from his whole body.

Demonic Form!

Seed of Death!

Pour it into me!

A vast amount of mental power, almost like extravagant waste, was poured into the Soul-Calming Sword Sheath.

The accompanying sword breath effect almost instantly was bestowed upon Cain's Blade.

Unable to burst speed, unable to burst mental power.

Then let's settle the battle with one strike!

The sword glare surged.

A sword breath over ten meters long spread from the blade's edge, like a replay of a scene from the death battle.

Ring Slash!

A giant silver-white light sword swept across the sky, driven purely by power, smashing the surrounding monsters at the waist.

In an instant,

Shattered corpses fell like rain.