Upon hearing Qin Feng's agreement, the Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery, let out a sinister laugh.
He said menacingly, "Just a reminder, if you die during the challenge, the lifespan you drop will belong to me... Are you sure you want to proceed?"
Naturally, Qin Feng wouldn't back down. "I'm sure."
Once he confirmed, the black-robed figure of the Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery, slowly dissipated into a cloud of black mist, drifting upwards.
Wang Meng and the other three were pushed to the side of the hall by a force.
In the central area of the hall within the Tower of Divine Authority, a barrier field appeared, enveloping Qin Feng alone!
Then...
A mass of black, viscous liquid slowly began to coalesce in the center of the hall.
It was the 'Obsidian Skullsplitter Puppet'!
Qin Feng knew this creature was one of Vickery's summoned beings, and the fifth-tier difficulty was due to Vickery, as the summoner, being able to provide attribute enhancements to his summons.
500% was not Vickery's limit.
Its true power far exceeded what current players could imagine.
Of course...
To Qin Feng, this creature was nothing special, because in his previous life, he had already taken it down...
Once players acquire divinity, they essentially gainthe qualification to communicate on equal terms with 'NPCs'!
"It's said that many players triggered certain penalty conditions after obtaining divinity and then disappeared..."
"Rumor has it they were sent to game worlds of other civilizations, becoming NPCs guarding the Tower of Divine Authority..."
"But no penalized player has ever returned."
So, no one knows if the rumor is true.
At this moment, Qin Feng stood alone in the arena, wielding the Plague Blade.
Wang Meng and the other three, pushed outside the arena, watched with intense focus.
Even Wang Meng rarely got to witness Qin Feng's combat scenes firsthand!
"The last time I saw him fight a BOSS was back then..."
"In the small town, he helped us deal with a level 2 Swift Runner."
"But now it's a level 20 Gold-level BOSS! And its health, defense, attack, and cooldown speed are all boosted by 500%!"
"This intensity is probably even higher than a Platinum-level BOSS, right?"
"Definitely! Platinum BOSSes just have some forced mechanics, but the true values can't compare to this fifth-tier difficulty challenge of the Tower of Divine Authority!"
"I heard from a friend that Shadow took down the Platinum-level Steel Saintess in less than two minutes..."
"But this BOSS in front of us has even higher stats! Its health alone is probably close to a million!"
"Plus, with six times the skill release speed, even if the big guy can solve it within ten minutes, it's already extraordinary!"
Wang Meng and the other three's hearts were racing at their fastest.
They widened their eyes, watching the arena.
They were exceptionally focused on Qin Feng's battle.
The Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery, was also hovering in the sky, watching with a sinister gaze as his summoned Gold-level BOSS took shape.
"What a clown, daring to casually participate in the highest difficulty challenge?"
"Blue Star players are so eager to die?"
"This is just the early stages of the game, and they're already so arrogant..."
Vickery sneered.
As the 'Obsidian Skullsplitter Puppet' was halfway formed, a black mist flew out from his sleeve, wrapping around the puppet.
It enhanced its health, attack, defense, and cooldown speed by 500%!
In this state, the Obsidian Skullsplitter Puppet was like a flamethrowing turret!
The black viscous liquid, black fire jets, and various skills would be released at six times the speed, with one skill following immediately after another, leaving ordinary players no time to attack!
And with six times the attack, even Wang Meng couldn't withstand any of the BOSS's skills.
Not to mention an Assassin!
However...
When the Obsidian Skullsplitter Puppet was fully formed, Qin Feng's figure vanished from the arena!
Since it was a solo challenge, Qin Feng had already left Wang Meng's party.
So Wang Meng and the others couldn't see Qin Feng's figure anymore.
Suddenly.
Just as the Obsidian Skullsplitter Puppet's health bar appeared, a Venomous Dart had already hit the BOSS's split skull from behind!
-8019 (Weak Point Attack)!
...
As the damage numbers appeared, Qin Feng's figure reappeared in the arena, but then he vanished again.
Silent Concealment, followed by Gift of Liberation and Shadow Blink Slash!
-10138 (Weak Point Attack)!
-11521 (Weak Point Attack)!
-13364 (Weak Point Attack)!
...
The damage from Shadow Blink Slash increased with each strike!
This was because each slash from Qin Feng, along with the poison damage from the Venomous Dart, triggered the 'Black Flame Ceremony' effect on his leather armor.
It weakened the target's defense and all elemental resistances by 7%!
In just this moment, the BOSS took 10 hits, and its defense was reduced to less than 30% of its original value!
Even though this creature had its defense enhanced by 500%, at this moment, in front of Qin Feng, it was as good as nonexistent!
The first strike of Shadow Blink Slash dealt just over ten thousand damage.
But by the ninth strike, the damage had exceeded thirty thousand!
"No wonder it's the buff effect from the Ancient God Slate!"
"If it weren't for the Ancient God Slate increasing the stack limit of Black Flame Ceremony, my Shadow Blink Slash would only deal around eighteen thousand damage per strike at most..."
Nine slashes in total dealt around two hundred thousand damage.
This strike caused the Obsidian Skullsplitter Puppet's health bar to drop by a fifth!
It was clear that this BOSS's total health was indeed around a million, considering its base health, which Wang Meng's team had roughly calculated during their strategy, was between 150,000 and 180,000.
Multiplied by five, making it six times the original, wouldn't that be around a million?
"Holy crap? What the hell? A fifth of its health in one go?"
"What kind of skill is that, big guy?"
"It looks like a Silver-tier Shadow Blink Slash! But... the Shadow Blink Slash I've seen only has three strikes?"
"I couldn't see exactly how many times, it was too fast, but there were at least seven or eight strikes on the BOSS just now!"
"Could this be the legendary Shadow Blink Slash Plus?!"
This unbelievable scene left the Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery, flying in the sky, completely dumbfounded!
Because he had just observed Qin Feng's performance.
This Assassin seemed particularly cautious, never attacking if there was a chance of being hit by the BOSS's skill.
And his positioning was especially poor, always getting cornered by the BOSS's skills, unable to attack...
Even when he did attack, it was just some not-so-strong skills, each dealing only two or three thousand damage.
But now!
Qin Feng's skill, resembling Shadow Blink Slash, dealt a staggering two hundred thousand damage!
"What is going on?"
"Blue Star players should just be starting to develop, how can they have this kind of damage?"
"What level of talent does this person have?!"
Vickery stared intently at the arena!
However, what happened next shocked Vickery and Wang Meng even more.
Just a second after Qin Feng's attack...
The active 'Throat Slash' effect of Gift of Liberation was triggered!