Chapter 133: Derivative Skill, Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash

Chapter 133: Derivative Skill, Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash

25th floor, the New World of the Dungeon. Currently, Liam's team has arrived at a cold, ice-field cave.

The ground was a layer of ice over thirty centimeters thick, and the temperature had dropped to several degrees below zero.

In the distance was a massive mountain fissure, as if it had been attacked, a hollow area forcefully carved out.

And on these mountain walls were tough vines.

These vines even pierced through the ice layer, delving deep into the ice pool.

The scope of the ice layer was extremely exaggerated. A rough estimate put its diameter at several kilometers at least.

The breaths of Liam and the others directly turned into white frost mist.

Fortunately, they had prepared in advance; otherwise, their condition would have rapidly declined before they even fought.

Just by getting slightly closer, they could see the numerous shadows under the ice layer.

They were all aquatic monsters, and there were many of them.

Mikoto had never thought that she would one day reach the lower levels and conduct an exploration adventure.

The lower New World, a place like this, was already beyond consideration for her, a Lv2.

But they had Liam. Even the 25th floor, or even deeper, should be achievable, right?

If Mikoto were alone, she probably couldn't even reach the twentieth floor.

As the number of Dungeon floors increased, the strength of the monsters also increased significantly.

Mikoto secretly glanced at Liam. He was currently sizing up the ice surface, thinking about something.

This was clearly the New World, where a moment's carelessness could lead to serious injury or even death.

But just by being by Liam's side, she felt very at ease.

Lili and the others had already changed into winter clothes. Facing this environment, no one would be careless.

Putting everyone's thin outer coats into her backpack, Lili reminded the group.

"The 25th floor is already the deep entrance of the Dungeon. According to existing intelligence, the environment is mainly a mix of ice and fire, dark corrosion, and strong magic interference.

The main monsters are Crypt Lizards, Demon Vanguards, mutated Hellhounds, Ice Layer Fish Monsters, etc.

Of course, it's said that the floor lord, the two-headed dragon Amphisbaena, also has an extremely low probability of appearing on this floor.

But the other party is Lv5. It's more likely to be active in the deeper, wider ice sea."

One could only say that as expected of a supporter, her information channels were rich.

As Liam looked at these fish monsters, he tried to integrate the dragon-shaped sword aura into his other skills within his body.

No longer limited to releasing skills in a rigid, step-by-step manner. But as much as possible, to develop the skills on a deeper level.

This was an attempt he had been making all along.

He tried to fuse the dragon-shaped sword aura with Thrusting Smash.

The result was a stunning success!

"Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash"

"Level Requirement: 40"

"Cost: 50 SP"

"Skill Effect: Maintains the dragon-shaped sword aura and performs a high-speed displacement slash. Can change direction in mid-air and can be released continuously."

It still required 50 SP, but he had acquired a second level-forty skill from scratch.

Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash, compared to Thrusting Smash, had at least a three-stage dash.

Of course, if forcibly released, the number of dashes would increase, and the stamina consumption would also increase dramatically.

He had a premonition that the dragon-shaped sword aura could even continue to enhance other skills.

This was truly exhilarating. After reaching level forty, the qualitative change in his strength became even more exaggerated.

"Rumble..."

Liam and the others were clearly only at the edge of the ice layer, but the ice layer directly shattered.

One by one, fish monsters over two meters long opened their ferocious fish mouths and bit towards them.

"Oh, they're actually coming to me?"

These fish monsters were so proactive. Liam was no longer polite either.

He directly used Secret Sword Art to start the battle.

A sharp sword aura was released from Liam's side. Silver light flashed, and one by one, the fish monsters were easily cut open.

A dozen or so fish monsters broke through the ice layer and jumped towards Liam on the land.

What greeted them was an even swifter sword aura slash.

Controlling the angle of the slash, the attack Liam released, upon hitting the monsters' bodies, directly turned them into smooth chunks.

Chunks of flesh and blood spurted out, yet not a single drop landed on Liam's body.

And after dealing with the fish monsters that had broken through the ice and jumped out of the water, the blood contaminated the ice layer here.

And so, more fish monsters smelled the scent of blood and locked onto Liam.

Through the ice layer and the ice pool, Liam also saw a large number of black shadows rapidly ascending from the depths at high speed.

"Very good, this is how it should be."

In the continuous battle, Liam's comprehension of the dragon-shaped sword aura also grew deeper and deeper.

Maintaining the dragon-shaped sword aura consumed more stamina than maintaining Selfless Sword Aura and skills like Flowing Stance.

Therefore, Liam was not prepared to release the dragon-shaped sword aura on small fry.

"Rumble..."

To hunt more efficiently, Liam even went directly onto the ice layer, then accelerated towards the fish monsters that had crashed out of the ice, delivering sword aura slashes.

Liam lost track of time. He just focused all his attention on these fish monsters.

After the battle ended, the entire ice layer had been completely contaminated.

Lili looked at the ice layer with some regret. Mikoto and the others going over during the battle just now would have been more of a hindrance than a help.

"The magic stones and materials can't be recovered. No, at least the materials can be salvaged."

Having made up her mind, Lili quickly took off her winter clothes and jumped directly onto the ice surface.

Liam looked at Lili with some surprise. Had she also become so desperate?

He continued to rest for a while, checking the basic condition of his weapons and ingesting food to recover his stamina.

The enemies to come would be even more difficult to deal with. In the gaps between each battle, he had to restore his own state to its best as much as possible.

With this thought, Liam sat down on the spot and took out the bento from Lili's package. The other few immediately started a fire, waiting for Lili to come up.

A few minutes later, Lili had salvaged the materials that could float on the water surface and quickly sat by the fire to warm up.

Liam handed her a portion of heated food, then continued to eat.

Lili softly said thanks, her whole body shivering as she ate with a complicated expression.

Not a few minutes later, a group of goat-headed monsters with crimson eyes approached them.

Their dashing speed was abnormally swift. A distance of several hundred meters was covered in just a few breaths.

"Be on guard!"

After a brief command, Liam excitedly went to meet them.

These were even stronger than the fish monsters just now, faster, with higher intelligence.

And there were nearly a hundred of them. This was a heart-pounding test!

Liam simultaneously condensed Selfless Sword Aura on both sharp blades in his hands and activated Flowing Stance.

The distance between the two sides was instantly reduced to only twenty meters. A large group of deer-headed monsters dashed at high speed simultaneously.

This was a group of fast-attacking monsters, known as invisible attackers.

Liam's eyes could naturally see their movement trajectories clearly.

And so, two semi-circular Drawing Sword auras, one after the other, were released towards them.

"Swish..."

The sharp sound of breaking wind seemed to carry a faint dragon's roar. And so the sword aura produced by Drawing Sword swept across a large number of deer-headed men at an even more exaggerated speed.

The foremost group of deer-headed men barely dodged, while their comrades behind them were cut in half at the waist by the sword aura.

Liam continued to release Triple Slash.

A sharp wind-breaking sound, Liam's speed climbed again.

The speed of those deer-headed men had already reached a ridiculous level, even approaching the speed of Liam's Triple Slash.

It should be a similar dashing skill, right? Liam could see them releasing a straight-line, high-speed dash every few seconds.

While Liam was attacking, a full ten deer-headed men approached his teammates.

This put Liam in a somewhat bad mood.

"Did I say you could leave?"

Flowing Stance skill continued to be maintained. Thrusting Smash was instantly released.

A dashing skill even more exaggerated than Triple Slash, it approached at a speed far exceeding that of the deer-headed men.

A sharp Selfless Sword Aura turned into a sky full of moonlight, sprinkling down on the earth.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Like cannonballs bombarding the ground, one sword aura after another cut open the bodies of the deer-headed men and carved huge craters in the ground.

The deer-headed men who were preparing to disperse and surround Mikoto and the others were directly annihilated by Liam.

The remaining deer-headed men looked at each other, as if confirming something.

Then they simultaneously closed in on Liam.

Dragon-shaped sword aura, Selfless Sword Aura, Flowing Stance, all activated.

Triple Slash released!

The pattern of dragon scales, the moment Liam released Triple Slash, coiled around the sword aura.

Liam was like a stream of light, weaving back and forth among the numerous deer-headed men, bringing up a large amount of blood rain.

He slew all these enemies.

The dead deer-headed men immediately seemed as if they were burned by flames, their corpses turning into a cloud of black smoke, dissipating in the air.

Then on the ground, many magic stones and materials fell.

Not bad. Although some stamina was consumed, the harvest was equally astonishing.

Lili quickly got up from the fire, and with the most nimble movements, put all the magic stones and materials into the backpack she had just picked up.

Having only reached the 25th floor, Lili's backpack already had such a large harvest.

She felt that if she continued to maintain this efficiency, the magic stones and materials obtained later might be able to fill her entire backpack.

Even, she would be very pained to throw away the relatively less valuable, low-level magic stones and such.

Or hide them?

Hiding them should be the last resort.

The ground began to tremble. The group, who had just been preparing to rest, immediately stood up.

And so, Liam and the others directly saw a Crystal Giant Dragon monster appear from the ground. Standing on all fours, its shoulder height exceeded five meters.

Its whole body was almost translucent, sparkling all over, looking like a very hard type at a glance.

And the oppressive feeling it exuded was full of deterrence.

"Oh?"

Liam had no interest in knowing its name, so he might as well just call it the Crystal Giant Dragon.

The five-second meeting time was up. The battle began!

Thrusting Smash approached. The Crystal Giant Dragon, with its exaggerated physique, was hit by Liam. Its four feet even left the ground, floating more than a meter high.

The next moment, dragon-shaped sword aura condensed on Triple Slash, and then he launched a high-speed slash towards the opponent.

A battle of a few seconds ended. The massive Crystal Giant Dragon, having just made its debut, was already covered in wounds.

The Crystal Giant Dragon fell, letting out a huge roar.

At this moment, it was enraged. It opened its large mouth, and a roaring storm mixed with crystal fragments spewed towards Liam.

Liam quickly released Triple Slash. A transparent crystal storm breath plowed a huge deep trench in the ground.

Forcibly releasing Triple Slash again, he faced the breath, dodging while continuing to attack head-on.

Countless crystal fragments spread towards the surroundings. Although each one was only the size of a small fingernail, each shot was like a cannonball, smashing large pits in the ground.

Have to solve this quickly, this guy is too tough. If he continued to fight, his weapon durability would decrease severely.

"This dragon is too tough, isn't it? But it's being completely suppressed by Liam."

Lili exclaimed. Mikoto and the others were even more shocked, cold sweat running down their backs.

The Crystal Giant Dragon, its torso was covered with special crystals and ferocious spikes.

Around its head and along its spine grew transparent dragon horns and dragon spines, and in several special places in its body, there were tumor-like flesh lumps.

And its whole body was covered with gorgeous, translucent scales.

Mikoto and the others couldn't help but widen their eyes. In front of such a strong opponent, they, at Lv2, even began to lose control of their breathing.

Is this the oppressive feeling brought by a dragon-shaped monster?

Liam became even more excited. Then he might as well use the new skill he had comprehended.

Derivative skill, Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash!

Selfless Sword Aura, dragon-shaped sword aura, Flowing Stance all activated simultaneously.

Release Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash!

A golden dragon head appeared in front of Liam, and his movement speed increased dramatically.

And the golden dragon head sword aura in front of him opened its dragon mouth and let out a deafening dragon roar.

The Crystal Giant Dragon was just about to release its breath, but Liam's attack had already arrived.

"BOOM!"

The dragon head sword aura opened its giant mouth and tore at the Crystal Giant Dragon. An explosion occurred at the moment of contact.

The dragon's mouth spewed out a large number of dense, sharp sword gleams.

That massive body was directly knocked back a dozen meters by Liam's figure.

The Crystal Giant Dragon, weighing at least several tons, or even heavier, its body directly lost its balance, and a large amount of blood, scales, and minced flesh spurted from its wounds.

It seems I can kill it quickly?

The corners of Liam's mouth couldn't help but lift. Immediately after, Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash was released again.

Each attack would inflict an abnormally exaggerated wound on the opponent. Those ferocious tumors were also smashed one by one.

Liam continuously released it a full four times, and the Crystal Giant Dragon was directly beaten into a heavily injured state.

Then, let's finish it with the youth edition of Illusion Sword Dance.

Dragon-shaped sword aura was attached to Secret Sword Art. Golden dragon scales were attached to the released Selfless Sword Aura.

And so, one after another, pale golden sword auras slashed onto the Crystal Giant Dragon's entire body.

One after another, the sword auras completely immobilized the Crystal Giant Dragon. The other party couldn't even counter-attack.

Then, an even more exaggerated sword aura slash sent the opponent flying, dismembered, and decapitated.

Then it turned into countless crystal scales, minced flesh, materials, and a massive magic stone.

「Exp +2333」

"Is this a joke?"

Daphne was so shocked she couldn't speak. You have to know, this was a dragon.

This was no small character.

Of course, Cassandra, Mikoto, and the others' expressions weren't much better.

"Captain Liam, has your strength already entered the next dimension?"

In Mikoto's heart, besides admiration, there was still admiration.

This was the composure of a strong person. Every dragon-shaped monster was abnormally powerful, yet he killed it so cleanly and decisively.

"Now, let's rest for a bit."

The experience reward Liam received this time was too generous!

Subsequently, the group found a relatively safe place and began to rest.

The group, who had been tired for a long time, entered dreamland one by one. Liam, as the captain, proactively took on the first night watch duty.

"Danger, run quickly? Liam, I'm sorry…"

Cassandra's face was not looking good, and she was saying something about danger.

Was she having a nightmare?

Liam moved closer to her and wiped the sweat from the young woman's forehead.

He thought of Cassandra's prophetic ability, so he simply held her hand, patiently waiting for her to wake up.

(End of this chapter)

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