Chapter 498: The Primordial Rune Is So Useless, Yet Another Possibility

These days, Jiang Chen has not shown any slack.

His Lightning Undead Wings are also continuously training and gradually improving.

At this moment, the powerful pair of wings has already reached the fourth‑level state.

"Lightning Undead Wings (Level 4): After summoning, the user and the summoned entity gain 40 seconds of flight, cooldown 7 minutes."

The increase in skill level means the flight speed keeps accelerating, while the cooldown gradually shortens.

Right now, the flight speed of Lightning Undead Wings has reached an astonishing 800 meters per second, fast enough to let him cross vast terrain in a short time.

After Jiang Chen flies tens of kilometers, a multitude of monsters appear in his view.

To test the new skill, he knows real combat is the best proving ground.

After a search, Jiang Chen finally locks onto a BOSS as his target.

Judging from size and aura, it should be a Lord‑level BOSS, roughly Level 75.

Divine Dragon Continent, a relatively safe continent within the Lower Space, has monsters of limited strength.

The strongest monster is only a Level 80 World‑Class BOSS, while the others generally cluster around the 70s.

This Lord‑level BOSS naturally becomes Jiang Chen's test subject.

With his summons, the Undead Legion deploys in full force.

Skeletons, Berserkers, Great Mages, Divine Archers, a total of 32,670, each type of undead numbering 10,890, maintaining perfect numerical balance.

Jiang Chen thinks briefly, then summons all the Elemental Liches.

In the previous great battle he summoned an Ice Lich, so he replaced the Toxic Lich

with it.

Now, six Elemental Liches gather together: Flame, Storm, Frost, Earth, Thunder, and Undead.

Six differently colored auras flicker and rotate at the feet of the Undead Legion, dazzling and giving a powerful visual impact.

Apart from the reserve line of skeletons, Jiang Chen has already summoned every undead he can.

On the back of his right hand, the character "person" begins to glow.

Skill: Gather Power!

Using this new skill for the first time, Jiang Chen feels a little unfamiliar at first.

But he quickly adapts to the feeling.

In his spirit world, each summoned entity occupies a unique position and resonance.

This is equivalent to forming an enormous spirit network within his spirit realm, tightly linking all summoned entities.

For a Summoner, the spiritual connection with summoned entities is indispensable.

As the skill activates, countless light points begin to flicker in Jiang Chen's spirit world.

His spirit world becomes dazzling, and his whole being seems to shine brightly.

A massive force streams from all summoned entities.

Jiang Chen feels his power continuously increasing, agility improving, and both spiritual power and constitution being reinforced.

Not only the Skeleton Soldiers, but even the Lich General and the Elemental Liches' powers converge onto him.

He is surprised to discover he has mastered the Skeleton Berserker's Frenzied Slaughter skill.

Immediately after, the Skeleton Great Mage's Elemental Explosion skill, the Divine Archer's Precise Shot skill, the Lich General's Powerful skill, and the Elemental Liches' unique abilities…

All the skills are now under his control.

Suddenly, a thought flashes in Jiang Chen's mind: since he has the Lich General's skill…

"Does this mean I can also use a skill to neutralize corpse poison?"

He hesitates barely and instantly casts the corresponding skill on a monster.

The skill's light flickers in Jiang Chen's hand, and he feels both he and the Undead Legion are affected by the skill.

However, regrettably, the skill has no effect on the monster.

Although the Lich General's skill is inherited, it seems to work only on himself and the Undead Legion.

Nonetheless, Jiang Chen truly experiences the effect of an auxiliary skill for the first time.

Only…

He does not feel any increase in his attributes.

"The skill has already been released, why hasn't my power grown stronger?" Jiang Chen is somewhat puzzled.

He checks his attributes.

"Name: Jiang Chen (Gather Power State)"

"Level: 53"

"Strength: 1,000,000"

"Agility: 1,000,000"

"Spirit: 1,000,000"

"Constitution: 1,000,000"

Jiang Chen is shocked by his own attribute data.

His Four‑dimensional Attributes have all reached an astonishing one million.

With four balanced attributes totaling four million, this already rivals a Level 80 World‑Class BOSS.

As a mere Level 53 Human Race, he can attain such powerful attributes in a short time—truly unbelievable.

"If I use the 'Strong Soldier' skill again, won't my attributes increase by another 200%?" Jiang Chen feels a strong expectation rising.

"If that truly happens, each of my attributes will reach

three million, total attributes will hit an astonishing twelve million, wouldn't that let me stand shoulder‑to‑shoulder with Divine‑level Strongmen?"

Divine-level Strongmen, in Jiang Chen's understanding, are all strongmen whose total base attributes exceed ten million.

He, at this moment, seems only one step away from that realm.

Jiang Chen merely imagined a bit, and his heart was filled with excitement.

He no longer hesitated and immediately activated the Strong Soldier skill.

The skill's radiance fell, and the Skeletons' aura instantly became stronger.

However, Jiang Chen himself felt no change.

He checked his attributes and found each remained at one million, with no increase.

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, and gradually formed some conjectures.

"It seems a single attribute of one million is my current limit," he muttered to himself.

"Perhaps as my level rises, this limit will gradually increase."

Jiang Chen thought his speculation made sense.

"But even in this state, my strength is already very great."

A surge of bravado rose in him. With four million total attributes, plus skills inherited from the Summoned Entity, his burst power had reached astonishing levels.

Especially the Frenzied Bombardment skill inherited from the Skeleton Berserker, which can instantly unleash damage equivalent to 600% of his Strength attribute.

With his one million Strength, this strike can deal damage equivalent to seven million Strength.

Although the Strong Soldier skill cannot further raise his attributes, a 500% damage Amplify still applies.

Jiang Chen could not wait to try this mighty power.

He from storage.

He took a Platinum-tier axe from the storage space and, without hesitation, rushed toward the BOSS.

He quickly used Detection Technique to view the BOSS's information.

"Blood Fang Roaring Ape King (World-Class Boss)"

"Level: 73"

"Strength: 800000"

"Agility: 550000"

"Spirit: 550000"

"Constitution: 700000"

"Skills: Angry Roar, Powerful Attack"

"Traits: Wind element damage reduced by 50%, vitality enhanced, attack power enhanced"

This BOSS possesses single-element immunity and dual enhancements, making it only average among World-Class Bosses.

Yet even so, for ordinary players, this BOSS remains a huge challenge.

However, for Jiang Chen at this moment, he is filled with anticipation and confidence.

Jiang Chen felt this BOSS was not as legendary as said; many World BOSSes have unique passive skills.

Yet the Roaring Demon Spike Beast King before him seemed rather ordinary.

"Although a weakness, it can serve as an experiment," Jiang Chen smiled faintly and rushed toward the BOSS.

The Blood Fang Roaring Ape King, having detected Jiang Chen's approach via Detection Technique, leapt instantly, as swift as Lightning.

It let out a thunderous Roar, and countless spikes sprouted on its body, like a gigantic hedgehog.

"So there is a passive trait; seems I underestimated you," Jiang Chen felt a chill, yet remained unflustered.

He swung the Platinum-tier axe, and a strong Red Light burst from it, illuminating the entire battlefield.

This is him.

It is his first time personally using the Frenzied Bombardment skill, feeling completely different from watching a Skeleton Berserker use it.

Jiang Chen has deep knowledge of various professions and masters many combat styles. The axe is one of the Berserker's signature weapons, and he wields it with ease.

This swing of the axe is more powerful than when a Skeleton Berserker uses it, as if it could tear space itself.

He seemed to merge with the axe, feeling the raging power surging within his body.

The Frenzied Bombardment skill erupted instantly, and its massive impact made the Blood Fang Roaring Ape King emit a painful Roar.

Jiang Chen gripped the axe tightly, his gaze firm and cold. He did not cease, continuing the assault, each swing bearing thunderous force.

Though the Blood Fang Roaring Ape King is powerful, under Jiang Chen's raging attacks it began to falter.

Jiang Chen's heart brimmed with excitement and anticipation; he knew he was setting a new record, challenging his own limits.

And all this was only to better protect himself and those around him.

With a booming crash, Jiang Chen's axe sliced toward the Blood Fang Roaring Ape King's skull like a meteor.

The precise strike was flawless, as if even the air solidified at that moment.

With a crisp "crack!" sound, Jiang Chen seemed to hear bones breaking.

The Blood Fang Roaring Ape King howled in pain, and its spikes shot out like swords.

The spikes' speed was extreme, almost matching Lightning, leaving Jiang Chen barely any chance to dodge.

However, the spikes pierce Jiang Chen's body, but like a mud ox entering the Sea, they do not even raise a single ripple.

Jiang Chen's mouth curled into a smug smile, self

His Constitution reaches one million, while this World BOSS's Strength is only 800,000; breaking its defense is as hard as scaling a mountain.

He didn't even employ a damage transfer skill, yet easily withstood the attack.

In this moment, Jiang Chen truly felt his own greatness.

With a thunderous burst, elemental power erupted.

The Blood Fang Roaring Ape King let out another wail, blasted into the air.

However, despite its grand appearance, it actually sustained little substantive damage.

The power of the Elemental Explosion is ultimately limited, after all it is only a Level 50 skill. Although Jiang Chen's attributes are strong, the skill's power itself is still lacking.

The only advantage is that this skill combines the Sharpshooter's Soul Lock, guaranteeing a hundred‑percent hit on the target, making it slightly stronger than the Skeleton Great Mage's skill.

That's all.

Afterwards, Jiang Chen tried several other skills.

With the support of abundant base attributes, some skills such as Soul Burn were indeed enhanced.

However, skills like Bone Fang and toxic starburst showed no change at all.

Overall, although the "Gather Power" skill greatly boosted Jiang Chen's attributes, it did not significantly raise his overall combat power.

Even with the massive attribute boost, his combat power was only equivalent to a few dozen Skeleton Berserkers, and this state could only last five minutes.

This gave Jiang Chen a feeling of falling from the clouds, as if the prior anticipation and excitement had turned to bubbles.

Is the Primordial Rune skill really that useless?

Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel puzzled.

However, at that moment, he suddenly recalled the skill's

real purpose, and his whole being was stirred again!

This time was an aspect he had never previously considered.