Chapter 17: System Sanctions, S-Tier Skills
The battle continued fiercely. Meanwhile, some professionals arrived at the forest surrounding the cave camp.
"The two are fighting the boss?!"
"The winged black lizard doesn't seem to have much health left... Hey, do we have a chance to pick up some kills?"
"This blood angel's hand speed is insane!"
"Don't worry about it so much, brothers, rush together and kill the boss!"
Since they were too far away to use skills like detection, they mistook the blood angel form of Lin Kong for the boss. The crowd quickened their pace, eager to get in on the action. Soon, they rushed over and saw the Lizardman lord's health was below 50,000. The battle was nearing its end.
As they approached within 300 meters, the professionals used their skills to inspect the situation. The information panel popped up.
[Lizardman Lord·Lord·Demonization]
...
[Y035622·Eternal Night LV9]
Status: Blood Angel
...
"Blood angels have numbers?"
"Yongye? Isn't that the ID of the guy who completed the regional mission?"
"So, the blood angel isn't a boss but a professional."
Everyone looked at each other, relieved. They had no intention of challenging Lin Kong for the boss kill. Anyone could see that Lin Kong was dominating the lizardman lord, dealing tens of thousands of damage per second. Provoking him would be suicidal. They decided to watch the battle from the sidelines.
Boom—
The sound of explosions filled the air.
Thwack, thwack, thwack!
Lin Kong's arrows, wrapped in blood, flew like lightning, tearing through the lizardman lord's body. Black blood splashed, and scales shattered.
-448! -448! -448! ...
After two waves of attacks, the lizardman lord's health dropped below 10,000.
"Respected Lord of Darkness, I am willing to sacrifice my soul in exchange for immense power!" The lizardman lord prayed to its demon god as its vitality waned.
A dark gate's phantom appeared in the sky, with black energy merging into the lord's body.
"Hoohoo!!"
It roared mindlessly, a fierce demon pupil opening in its chest.
Demon Resurrection!
Roar!
The lizardman lord's body twisted grotesquely.
[Hint: Affected by unknown forces, the lizardman lord is evolving, expected evolution target: S-rank Dark Dragon Demon.]
"An S-rank boss? Impossible!"
"The novice area of the D-rank should only have B-rank monsters!"
Lin Kong was startled. He had never heard of such a situation. In his dream, the lizardman lord had been killed normally, with no immediate changes.
Of course, Lin Kong was confident he could handle an S-rank boss, but this violation of the "Zhutian" system's rules surprised him.
"f**k, the S-rank boss is about to be born."
"Something's wrong, the textbook doesn't mention this."
"Are we witnessing history?"
The professionals were puzzled, many of them recording the event with the system's built-in recording function to share online later.
Suddenly, another change occurred.
[System prompt: Unknown power detected interfering with the novice area trial. Sanctions system activated, source of unknown power removed...]
Golden radiance covered the sky, and countless particles transformed into the Sword of Judgment, destroying the dark gate's phantom. The system's power dissipated, forcibly interrupting the lizardman lord's evolution.
[Lizardman Lord Dark Dragon Transformation]
Level: 5
Rank: B~S
HP: 60,000/300,000
Attack: 1850
The boss had evolved to a state between B-rank and S-rank, with significantly improved attributes.
"I didn't expect the system's will to intervene," Lin Kong thought, his face complicated. "Is the world behind that dark door where the demon resides?"
"Roar!!"
The boss attacked violently.
"Forget it, let's kill it first."
Lin Kong resumed his attack, launching a rain of arrows. After a few waves of attacks, the boss fell from the sky, hitting the ground heavily. A treasure chest appeared.
[Ding! You kill the lizardman lord and get: 2400 experience points, A-rank medal +1, Silvermoon City faction points +101.]
[Congratulations to the professional "Y035622" for killing the lord monster, the four-dimensional attribute of the professionals of the Silver Moon City camp +2 (temporary).]
[Current temporary attribute bonus: 7.]
In addition to Lin Kong killing one boss and one lord, four others had killed bosses, each granting temporary attribute bonuses.
Seeing the reward, Lin Kong's eyes lit up. "An A-rank medal for killing the boss? Will there be an A-rank reward in the treasure chest?"
He quickly flew to the ground and canceled his blood angel state. Lin Kong walked over and picked up the treasure chest, opening it immediately.
[Items you get: Plane Coin x3000, Demon Recovery·S Rank, Eye of Kazette·S Rank, Demon Bone Hand Crossbow·A Rank.]
He received two S-rank items.
[Eye of Kazette]
Quality: S
Effect: The pupils of a dark dragon containing powerful dark magic.
S-rank materials typically had special magical effects. "This item was brought by the old wizard; he should know what it is," Lin Kong thought, putting it away.
Another S-rank item was a skill book.
[Demon Recovery · S Rank]
Requirement Level: 1
Occupation: General
He could learn the skill immediately but remembered the last mutation of the lizardman lord. Lin Kong resisted the urge to learn the "Demon Revival" skill. Unknown skill books were too dangerous. He couldn't afford to gamble.
Lin Kong decided to use his talent [Arrow to Carry Dao] to devour the skill book.
[Ding, your archery gets effect 8: After the arrow kills the demon, the physique +1, upper limit 1000 points.]
[Ding, your archery gets effect 9: Arrows deal +20% damage to demons.]
He gained two powerful bonuses.