Crash! Crash!
Two beams of divine light fell, and Zhang Yue and Athena instantly appeared in a domain shrouded in red light.
Although the domain was vast, being within it gave a very oppressive feeling.
At the same time, a system prompt followed along.
["Ding~ Welcome to the first layer of [Endless Abyss], challenge mission activated: please kill 100 monsters within sixty minutes!"]
Awooo!
From all directions came a chorus of wolf howls.
Looking around, countless demon wolves with eyes glowing red light were eyeing Zhang Yue and Athena like prey.
Within one hour, killing 100 level-111 [Blood Wolves].
This challenge mission, for Zhang Yue, was simply an insult…
However, considering this was just the first layer of the Endless Abyss, it was tolerable.
After all, there were a total of one hundred layers of Abyss, and the first layer was merely the most basic.
As long as someone entered the Abyss, the monsters inside would automatically pursue the intruders.
Around them, several blood wolves charged swiftly toward Zhang Yue.
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[Blood Wolf](Physical type · Normal monster)
[Level: 111]
[Physical Attack: 412,000]
[Physical Defense: 196,000]
[Magical Defense: 185,000]
[HP: 80,000,000]
[Skills: Blood Kill (Grade A), Blood Assault (Grade A)]
[Description: Have you seen wolves that feed on blood? If you do not have the strength to deal with Blood Wolves, please stay far away from them. Otherwise, if you're not careful, you may be drained of blood by the Blood Wolves and become a dried corpse…]
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Zhang Yue's 410% magic penetration effect was more than enough to completely break through the resistances of level-110+ monsters.
This meant that the damage Zhang Yue was about to deal to the Blood Wolves would all be true damage that ignored defenses!
Over 300 million in damage output, used to deal with these Blood Wolves with only 80 million HP each, was naturally a piece of cake.
Yet, even though he could use an AOE skill to end the battle in an instant, Zhang Yue chose instead to use single-target skills to perform focused kills.
Thunderous Might!
BOOM!
-320 million!
-160 million pursuit!
-81.25 million pursuit!
-40.63 million pursuit!
Triggering the SSSS-level unique skill effect of Shatter·Ghost Eye: when using single-target attacks to kill enemies, up to three pursuit attacks can be triggered, each dealing 50% of the previous attack's damage.
Equivalent to turning Zhang Yue's single-target skill into a group attack, instantly locking onto four targets, directly killing three Blood Wolves, and seriously injuring one.
Following that, using the wounded Blood Wolf as the next target, he instantly cast the second skill: Shatter Thunder!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Again a primary strike + three pursuit attacks—three kills + one injured.
Subsequently, following the same pattern, he continued using other single-target skills to attack a Blood Wolf, triggering pursuit effects through the kill.
A battle that could have ended quickly, Zhang Yue chose to savor slowly, carefully enjoying the thrill of pursuit granted by [Shatter·Ghost Eye].
He didn't even summon his pet.
Because if the Armageddon Black Dragon cleared the mobs, it would be like playing a match-3 game, one strike clearing a large group.
Once it appeared, where would Zhang Yue have the chance to show off?
Athena, watching from the side, was somewhat shocked to see that almost every single-target skill Zhang Yue used could trigger pursuit attacks, instantly dealing multiple hits to different targets, "This is… the passive effect of Ghost Eye?"
Zhang Yue was a bit surprised, "You know quite a lot."
After all, Shatter·Ghost Eye was a unique skill, meaning only one existed in the entire Otherworld.
Athena said, "When I was little, I saw it in a book from my father's collection. There was once a ranger from Lighthouse Nation who possessed this skill and elevated its strength to the maximum, so much so that as long as he could kill an enemy, he could trigger infinite pursuit within a certain range."
"Oh?", Just as Zhang Yue was feeling incredulous that such a unique skill could be owned by two people simultaneously.
Athena's next words successfully resolved Zhang Yue's confusion, "But later, that ranger from Lighthouse Nation died, and this skill disappeared along with him."
In the Otherworld, all skills that had previously appeared and were defined as [Unique] would, upon the death of their bearer, re-enter the Otherworld in another way.
Unique is still unique.
Fortunately, as Athena said, that ranger from Lighthouse Nation died, otherwise such a top-tier passive skill would never have fallen into Zhang Yue's hands.
"This skill once ranked in the top ten of the global skill rankings in the Otherworld, and its strength rivaled that of forbidden curse-level skills," Athena looked at Zhang Yue with astonished eyes, "Did you get it from the Ghost Tower?"
"Yeah, clear reward," Zhang Yue answered Athena straightforwardly.
Thinking of what Athena just said, Zhang Yue asked in return, "Can the passive effect of this skill trigger unlimited pursuit attacks without any count limit?"
"Yes," Athena nodded, saying, "I remember it was recorded in the books, this is one of the few skills in the Otherworld whose passive effects can be enhanced through means other than skill quality."
"The ranger from Lighthouse Nation hadn't fully maxed out the passive strength of the skill, but based on what he had, as long as the initial damage was high enough, it was basically possible to achieve infinite pursuit."
Hearing this, Zhang Yue's desire to upgrade the passive of [Ghost Eye] grew even stronger.
Unfortunately, only when a pursuit is triggered, and that pursuit successfully kills an enemy, can 1 experience point be gained per kill.
Zhang Yue had triggered six pursuit attacks in his last two skills, killing four Blood Wolves, only gaining 4 experience points.
But to upgrade the passive for the first time requires 10,000 experience.
The difficulty of leveling this is enough to make one's scalp go numb.
But thinking of what Athena just said, that this skill could eventually trigger infinite pursuit, Zhang Yue felt immensely motivated.
What kind of concept is infinite pursuit?
It's equivalent to the AOE splash damage effect of the Armageddon Black Dragon's [Radiant·Undying Demon Body].
For a magic cannon like Zhang Yue who focuses on burst output, it's simply wings on a tiger.
With Zhang Yue's damage, if all single-target skills could trigger AOE effects, the terror would be unimaginable.
The current 50% pursuit damage and at most three pursuits, far too weak.
To enhance this passive effect as quickly as possible, Zhang Yue deliberately used single-target skills to attack Blood Wolves, triggering pursuits to gain experience.
Athena also saw through Zhang Yue's intention and drew her weapon, "I'll lure the monsters!"
Saying so, Athena summoned hundreds of war souls to provoke the surrounding Blood Wolves.
Soon, from all directions, hundreds and thousands of Blood Wolves, with overwhelming momentum, launched a siege toward Zhang Yue and Athena.
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