Chapter 102: Terrifying Real Harm [New Book, Seeking Subscriptions]

To be honest, Yi Shen had already planned to launch a follow-up attack, but he never expected that a single Wind Blade Technique would slice this weird creature to death. Although Yi Shen’s attributes had undergone another round of reinforcement recently, the straightforward slashes combined with everyone else’s firepower still created a stark, visual contrast.

“Real damage is that powerful?”

After gaining the effect, Yi Shen had tried a few skills, but normal white damage had always been far greater than real damage when he cleared monsters, so he had never paid it much mind and simply regarded it as an extra effect.

Yet he hadn’t anticipated that the basic damage he dealt was only a little over four thousand, while the real damage reached a full twenty thousand, dealing fatal blows straight to the red giant.

The fighting sounds inside the blockade zone continued as usual, but the entrance to the Heaven Alliance Chamber of Commerce side suddenly fell eerily silent, like a ghost.

Sun Hai was stunned. Before Yi Shen appeared, they had been holding the line for over two minutes, but the creature’s defense was terrifying; they couldn’t land any effective hits, and two of his teammates had already been beaten into critical condition.

Just as he was pondering how to ramp up the damage or call for backup, he watched in horror as Yi Shen cut it down in one stroke.

He was one of the players closest to the red giant.

So he saw the Wind Blade Technique hurtling toward it.

When the spell arrived, he realized this Wind Blade Technique was unlike any he had seen before—clearly larger and more imposing than the mages’ usual versions.

He never imagined Yi Shen’s attack would be so overwhelming; it instantly wiped out the red giant’s health bar.

A special red shadow clung to its body, but this time it didn’t even bounce up. It simply shrank and vanished on its own.

From afar, Wei Shu fell into another daze.

Earlier, when he had seen Yi Shen venture into the zone, he had wanted to warn him to be careful. After all, he had already eaten Yi Shen’s food that day and harbored the desire to befriend this big shot.

But… an instant kill?

Holy shit… Is this… a big shot?

Wei Shu was completely bewildered. He had always viewed Yi Shen as a second-generation young master. Today, while playing, he had even thought Yi Shen seemed a bit shy.

When Yi Shen went into the blockade zone alone, Wei Shu had sensed something was off. Now, watching with his own eyes as Yi Shen single-handedly slaughtered the red giant that had stumped the entire group, a lightbulb went off in his head.

This wasn’t about not knowing how to play at all; this guy simply refused to play! So young, with such terrifying strength—could he be one of the national team’s seedlings from the legend of China? No wonder he had heard that talent scouting was intensifying in the central and southern regions, with promising recruits emerging. He never expected that he had just come to earn a little pocket money and run into such a god.

Of course, Wei Shu still harbored some doubt.

He wondered if Yi Shen had simply been lucky and landed the final blow.

This red giant had originally been a new recruit for the Heaven Alliance Chamber of Commerce, hastily pulled in to run cargo. Its level wasn’t high, and its sudden transformation was totally outside Wei Shu’s expectations. If Yi Shen had just gotten lucky, it was entirely possible to cause such a situation, which only made his thoughts more tangled.

The monster’s elimination had been far too unexpected.

Yet the battle inside the blockade zone raged on.

Sun Hai and the others didn’t rush to reinforce; they held the line and blocked other explorers from peering in.

Yi Shen entered the blockade zone again. This time Sun Hai didn’t dare stop him.

The fight inside was fierce. Upon entering, Yi Shen saw with his own eyes a red giant collapse, then transform into a shadow from its body. That meant the red giant was actually the precursor to the shadow; Yi Shen had killed it along with the shadow when he took out that thing earlier.

Yi Shen didn’t act because he saw Li Rong Sheng move. Li Rong Sheng was also a mage. Strange ice crystals had condensed on his body, and during attacks they would greatly restrain the monster’s movements.

Moreover, Li Rong Sheng released every skill with perfect timing. He was juggling three monsters at once yet handling them with effortless grace, even suppressing them.

Beyond the skills, Yi Shen could sense a special ice magic shadow lingering around Li Rong Sheng’s body. This feeling didn’t come from the spells but from Li Rong Sheng himself, as if he were a natural-born ice mage.

Watching a big shot fight was a joy. Of course, constrained by skill cooldowns and the park’s unsuitability for large-scale magic, Li Rong Sheng’s combat prowess didn’t exert quite the same overwhelming pressure as the battle fish.

When Yi Shen entered last, he only managed to help a small team take down one shadow. This time he readied an Arcane Impact; the same basic damage plus real damage, it blasted the shadow right out of its host and killed it instantly.

With the battlefield cleared, the area finally fell quiet.

From the current evidence, many clues had been severed. These people, after obtaining some activation, had all gone berserk and turned into monstrous beasts.

Yet Li Rong Sheng was still surprised by Yi Shen. He had witnessed firsthand how Yi Shen dealt with one monster, and from the reports below, Yi Shen had also slain an uninvestigated red giant outside.

“Can you hurt these shadows?”

“Yeah.”

Yi Shen gave a slight nod.

He quickly changed the subject, saying he only wanted to retrieve his own materials.

More people had gathered outside. Yi Shen had no desire to be watched.

Because Yi Shen wasn’t under Li Rong Sheng’s command, the latter couldn’t ask too many questions. He could only thank Yi Shen profusely before seeing him off.

The loading process went smoothly. Not only did Li Rong Sheng clear the path for Yi Shen, but Wei Shu’s side had also noticeably shifted in attitude compared to their first meeting.

Wei Shu and the others seemed to have been detained by Li Rong Sheng for questioning regarding Heaven Alliance Chamber of Commerce members. In the end, Li Rong Sheng arranged people to escort all the materials to the warehouse Yi Shen had prepared in advance.

Zhu Qing might have been frightened, her face pale. Yi Shen thought it over, first sent her home, and could only wait for a better opportunity later to be intimate with her. He had more forbidden spell research ahead, and having her there would be inconvenient.

Finally, as midnight approached, Yi Shen returned to the warehouse alone, staring at the mountain of materials and letting out a breath of relief.

A few seconds later, Yi Shen finally heard the prompt sound he had been waiting for.

[ Ding, you have completed a spell research. The absorbed materials have converted into 102 research points, and you have additionally gained 20 flame element research points.]

[ Ding, your flame element research points have reached 5,000. Congratulations, you have learned the beginner-level fire system forbidden spell: Flame Gate.]

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