NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 140: Spell, Snowfall.
"Boom!!!"
Accompanied by a deafening thunderclap, Chen Qiu's Thunder Summoning Technique shot into the Year Beast ahead of others. Except for a few Divine Sense Attacks that were slightly faster than his Thunder Summoning Technique, the other cultivators' attacks hadn't even reached the Year Beast yet. And the Year Beast had already burst into a shower of blood, dead on the spot!
A single strike, an instant kill on a Golden Core Stage Six Year Beast!
If it weren't for the entry "All Techniques Combined," he could have killed the Golden Core Stage Six Year Beast as well—but not nearly as quickly.
After all, tens of thousands of Thunder Dragons engulfing the Year Beast and tens of thousands of Thunder Dragons exploding inside the Year Beast's body made a significant difference.
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"You inflicted 93% damage on the third round Year Beast, earning one 'Merit Defense Order.'"
"You dealt the final blow to the third round Year Beast, earning one 'Merit Attack Order.'"
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"..."
Chen Qiu looked at the two tokens that appeared in his "Heavenly Dao Ring," virtually identical in appearance, except for the different inscriptions—one was a Merit Defense Order, and the other, a Merit Attack Order.
Both were one-time use.
The effects were straightforward.
Upon activating the Merit Defense Order, it would block all attacks for the next hour, and the consumption of merit would be decided based on the power of the attacks. If the merit was depleted prematurely, the token would shatter early.
Or after an hour, the Defense Merit Order would automatically shatter.
The Merit Attack Order,
was even more straightforward and brutal. Depending on the amount of merit you chose to consume, it would launch an extremely powerful strike. The power of the strike depended on the amount of merit you spent.
After the strike was used, it would shatter again.
And his merit...
Chen Qiu looked increasingly odd as he gazed at the merit leaderboard, and with his staggering 9.8 billion merit, he uncontroversially stood at the top. Unless something unexpected happened, no one could dethrone him for thousands of years.
With his nearly ten billion merit, activating a Merit Defense Order practically made him invincible for an hour; even a Nascent Soul would likely not be able to do anything to him within that time.
And if he were to activate the Merit Attack Order with nearly ten billion merit, he felt he could probably annihilate several provinces of Da Xia with one strike, or even more... perhaps the entirety of Da Xia?
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"I really want to try it..."
He sighed regretfully, knowing the token itself was one-time use, and since his merit wasn't unlimited, he definitely couldn't waste it like this. These two items would be his two ace cards, hidden away.
One for absolute life-saving in a short time.
One for a devastating attack.
Pretty good.
This Year Beast came just right.
It gave him two top-grade Heavenly Dao Retrospective Talismans, which was like having two more entries, all at the Golden Core Stage. One should know that Golden Core Stage entries are generally blue and yellow.
He had never seen blue and yellow Jade Scrolls being sold in Da Xia.
Or perhaps such items are so rare that they simply cannot appear at an auction.
The value of a low-grade Heavenly Dao Retrospective Talisman used during the Qi Refinement Realm and that of a top-grade Heavenly Dao Retrospective Talisman cannot even be compared, as the selectable entries are not on the same level.
Add to that a life-preserving Heavenly Dao Escape Talisman and a Heavenly Dao Spiritual Treasure.
And those two Merit Orders.
Absolutely worth the journey.
Just then—
When all the cultivators thought it was over and were preparing to disperse, a lion enveloped in dense flames leaped from the dark clouds and landed heavily on the ground, its cultivation boldly at the Golden Core Stage Seven!
There was still a hidden Year Beast!
This Year Beast was clearly much stronger than the previous three, with more violent fluctuations of spiritual energy, its Golden Core Stage Seven cultivation impressively intimidating everyone.
Just as Chen Qiu, who had just replenished his spiritual energy and was also preparing to retreat, saw this scene, his eyes lit up instantly, and without the slightest hesitation, he released all his spiritual energy, locked on with his Divine Sense and shot a Thunder Ball directly, hitting the lion-like Year Beast!
"Boom!"
Just like before.
The fire lion Year Beast had barely touched the ground when it was struck by this nearly fatal blow; however, being a hidden Year Beast with the cultivation of Golden Core Stage Seven, it was still much stronger than the previous three beasts.
Tens of thousands of Heavenly Thunders exploded inside its body, instantly perforating its skin and even blowing off half its head.
But even then,
it didn't die immediately but fell heavily to the ground, on the verge of death.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding people who were about to disperse instantly had their eyes turn red. If not now, then when? This was the last hit on a hidden Year Beast; the rewards would be immense.
But almost the next moment!
Everyone suddenly froze in place, because all present felt Chen Qiu's Divine Sense had firmly locked them down, the implied threat was clear.
But... there are always those who don't believe in curses!
Or rather, there are always those who believe in the safety of numbers.
An obviously Exotic Realm cultivator from the Hundred Countries, his face flushed with excitement, held his Flying Sword and turned into a streak of light, rushing towards the dying hidden Year Beast!
At the same time, he deliberately changed his voice and bellowed.
"Fellow Daoists, charge together! There are so many of us, Chen Qiu can't possibly kill us all, right?"
However,
just as this Exotic Realm cultivator from the Hundred Countries had not yet reached the dying hidden Year Beast, he noticed the hidden beast suddenly let out a wail and then fell dead on the ground.