Chapter 151: First Kill of the Crown, Gold-Level Trophies! (Subscribe)

Chapter 151 [Grand] First Kill, Gold-level Trophy! (Subscribe)

Volcano, inside the wide mountain passage.

Lian flew past like a slippery loach, and behind him was the [Grand] Sword Dragon that was chasing him relentlessly.

"Roar!"

The roar of the [Grand] Sword Dragon was full of rage. After all, being attacked from a distance from time to time, although not fatal, was enough to annoy him, not to mention that the [Grand] Sword Dragon was always known for his bad temper.

However, although he was very angry, the [Grand] Sword Dragon could not catch up with Ryan in the winding mountain passage - every time the long-range sneak attack crossbow arrows landed on him, he felt cold all over and could not speed up.

Under the effect of [Joyful Frozen Aura], the speed of [Grand] Sword Slayer Dragon decreased by 17%, while Ryan's speed increased by 20% under the effect of [Food War·Black Roar Dragon's Sorrow]. This reduction and increase made Ryan, who was originally slower than [Grand] Sword Slayer Dragon, faster.

Of course, keeping [Grand] Sword Slayer Dragon in a "real freezing" state at all times is the top priority.

The dragon roared, and a ball of flaming lava flew from behind.

Ryan raised his hand and threw a blood spear backwards, accurately hitting the lava ball. Although it failed to pierce it in the air, it also delayed it for a moment.

With this delay, Ryan has already escaped from the attack range of the lava ball.

"Boom!"

The ground collapsed and melted. Even if it was just a simple long-range lava ball attack, the power of the explosion was still far greater than the explosion caused by the gathering of a large number of small spiders by the [Upper] Princess Blazing Spider in the past.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5..."

"Now, explode!"

Counting silently in his heart, when the "Mark of the Gospel" was stacked to five layers, Ryan directly detonated it.

"Bang!"

A low explosion sounded again from the body of the [Grand] Sword Dragon. It screamed, and its body was like a "blasted" cannon, emitting purple mist from the inside to the outside.

At the same time, Ryan's face turned slightly pale, and he felt a tingling pain deep in his brain.

Although [Joyful Frozen Aura] and [Gospel] were not clearly stated in the introduction, they actually consume energy.

It consumes spirituality, physical strength, and even spirit. Although the amount is not large, it can't withstand Ryan's long maintenance time and frequent use.

Stuffing a large piece of steak into his mouth, chewing it quickly, restoring the "satisfaction" and relieving fatigue, Ryan did not dare to stop and continued to sprint forward.

"Roar!"

Behind him, the angry dragon roared, shaking the sky and the earth.

The [Grand] Sword Slayer that got up from the ground was bleeding all over, and most of its shell was broken, but even with such injuries, it still had no intention of giving up.

In this way, one chased and the other fled, and some time passed.

Ryan rushed out along the end of the mountain passage, and what he saw was an extremely spacious lava cave.

But Ryan frowned, because this lava cave had no other exit except the passage he entered, which was a dead end.

The roar and vibration behind him followed closely, and Ryan had no time to think. He gritted his teeth and rushed into the lava cave.

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

The hot magma flowed, and the magma bubbles burst. Ryan stood in the center of the lava cave, looking at the [Grand] Sword Dragon that was chasing him, and shouted without hesitation:

"Explode!"

In an instant, purple veins once again covered the whole body of the [Grand] Sword Dragon, and the "real explosion damage" from the inside out made it scream and fall to the ground.

Ryan took a deep breath, and took advantage of the precious time when the [Grand] Sword Dragon fell to the ground, and fired the [Light Crossbow·Ice Crushing] in his hand one after another.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!"

Although the crossbow has high accuracy, it needs to pull the string after each arrow is shot, and the speed is slow. It was not until the [Grand] Sword Dragon got up from the ground that Ryan shot three arrows.

"Roar——!"

The [Grand] Sword Dragon, who suffered three "joyful explosions" and reduced 60% of its vitality, was still as imposing as a rainbow.

In addition to the innate racial advantages, the special species that can grow and transform into the "Crown" needs an indomitable fighting spirit.

Amid the roar, the body of the [Crown] Sword Dragon began to change dramatically.

The flame-shaped shell on its back turned red, and it really became a "flame". The surface of its body was covered with red spots, which extended all the way to the tail blade behind it, forming regular red veins on it.

The scorching heat spread in all directions with its body as the center, causing the air to twist and tremble.

——Red Flame Frenzy!

The overwhelming breath rushed to Ryan's face, making him even feel a sense of difficulty breathing.

Such power...

Worthy of the title of the Crown!

Ryan knew very well that his strength was far from reaching the "Crown" level. If it weren't for the two skills [Gospel] and [Joyful Aura], he would have died tragically under the tail blade of the [Crown] Sword Dragon.

Obviously, before his career promotion, Ryan had already defeated the "upper three stars" Princess Blazing Spider, but after his career promotion, his strength increased greatly, and he still could not reach the realm of "crown".

The gap between the two is really too big, just like the "fourth-level extraordinary" and "fifth-level legend" in the world.

But now, here, at the end...

In the end, it still depends on hard power.

Ryan tried to pull the trigger of the [Light Crossbow·Ice Crushing] in his hand, and watched the flying crossbow arrows being burned into slag by the "Scorching Field" around the [Grand] Sword Dragon when they approached it, and there was no luck in his heart.

Having suffered three losses, the [Grand] Sword Dragon, with its rich combat experience, seemed to have vaguely guessed the mechanism of [Gospel] and was unwilling to let Ryan's attack hit its body again.

This means that except for a head-on confrontation, Ryan has almost no chance of stacking the "Gospel Mark".

Staring at the [Grand] Sword Dragon that was walking step by step and entering the "Red Flame Rage", Ryan felt very heavy in his heart.

Unlike the previous monsters, even if the [Grand] Sword Dragon entered the "Red Flame Rage", there was still rationality in its eyes, rather than being completely dominated by animal nature.

It seems that as the level of strength rises, the more rationality the monster can retain in the "Red Flame Rage".

This is undoubtedly bad news.

Of course, there is also good news - "Red Flame Rage" is both the most powerful moment of the special species and the most vulnerable time. At this moment, they have been forced into a dead end.

This means that if you can detonate the "joyful explosion" again, using the "killing" damage triggered by less than 20% vitality, you will definitely be able to successfully defeat the [Grand] Sword Dragon.

And this is also the only possible way for Ryan to succeed at the moment. If it comes again next time, the [Grand] Sword Dragon, who is prepared, will never be beaten so easily to less than 20% vitality.

"Huh..."

Ryan exhaled lightly, his eyes were deep, and the fighting spirit was hot and scorching. He raised his hand and grasped the hilt of the greatsword behind him.

Since there is no way to retreat, there is only one way to fight.

The "despicable" hunter is only a secondary job. His real main job has always been a greatsword hunter!

[Grand] Sword Slayer walked forward step by step, leaving footprints covered with golden red magma along the way. The temperature in the environment rose rapidly. If Ryan did not have the special skill [Nullify Heat Damage], he would be burned by the high temperature and continue to "lose blood" just standing here.

Two "blood cores" appeared on both sides of his shoulders. After this period of chasing, Ryan has refilled the blood of [Relic·Embrace of Blood].

A white amulet shaped like a one-handed sword appeared in his hand, and the sharp tip of the sword cut the skin on his fingertips.

The blood-stained fingertips crossed the blade of the greatsword, leaving a winding and weird blood line on its surface.

——[Meteoric Sword Amulet], sharpness +30%.

Facing the [Grand] Sword Slayer whose power far surpassed his own, the power increase brought by the increase in weapon weight was no longer significant. On the contrary, the heavier the weapon, the slower its movement speed would be. Therefore, in this situation, improving the sharpness of the weapon is a better choice.

A faint golden flame danced on Ryan's body, which was the manifestation of the full activation of [Secret of Fire] and [Liberation of Power].

In the decisive battle, Ryan used everything he could to improve his strength to the peak.

"Kill!"

With a loud shout, "Morale Boost" was added to his body. Although the increase in morale boost was negligible with Ryan's current [Physique], a mosquito leg is still meat.

The ground under his feet spread with terrifying cracks, and his body turned into a phantom, bursting towards [Grand] Sword Dragon.

Although he was full of fighting spirit, Ryan's heart was as calm as an ice lake - he knew his purpose very well, which was to leave two more "Gospel Marks" on the body of [Grand] Sword Dragon.

There are only three ways to do this.

1. His attack hit [Grand] Sword Dragon twice.

2. He was hit by [Grand] Sword Dragon twice.

3. He hit the [Grand] Sword Dragon once, and the [Grand] Sword Dragon also hit him once.

If possible, Ryan certainly hopes for the first case, but he also knows that it is just a fantasy.

All he can do is to hit the [Grand] Sword Dragon once before the [Grand] Sword Dragon's attack falls on him.

That's enough.

Facing Ryan's explosive attack, the [Grand] Sword Dragon roared loudly, and the "scorching field" surrounding it emitted an increasingly dazzling light, and the temperature in the environment also rose sharply in the process.

The shock wave wrapped in high-temperature heat waves forcibly blocked Ryan's forward steps.

Just at the moment when Ryan's footsteps paused slightly, a burning red blade cut through the sky, and wherever it passed, the air exploded layer by layer, forming a cone-shaped sonic boom cloud.

Everything became extremely slow in front of this supersonic slash, and even the air became a solidified liquid.

As the "Scorching Field" unfolded, the [Grand] Sword Dragon Slasher, no longer affected by the [Joyful Frozen Aura], showed the true terror of the "Grand"!

In front of such a slash, even the tank armor plate would probably be as thin as paper, right?

Without time to make a defensive move, Ryan just instinctively opened the "Blood Barrier" and then used [Special Sword Skill-Attack Collision].

The blood barrier with full blood was instantly shattered in front of the slash of the supersonic scorching blade. The two "Blood Cores" exploded into powder all over the sky, and the tail blade with slightly reduced power continued to slash towards Ryan.

The "Hegemony Blood Film" emerged on the body surface, and froze with the Burning Blade for half a second, and also fell apart.

After breaking through the "Blood Barrier" and "Hegemony Blood Film" in succession, the power of the Burning Blade still remained above 70%.

From this, we can see that when Ryan and [Grand] Sword Dragon first fought, the opponent's slash was just a "normal attack" with less power.

The feeling of death was stronger than ever before. Ryan's pupils shrank little by little. With the precious time gained by "blood barrier" and "dominant blood film", he adjusted his posture, completed the initial accumulation of power, and slashed with force, facing the burning red blade.

"clang——"

The terrifying force instantly shattered Ryan's arms. The burning red blade pressed down the sword and directly embedded into Ryan's chest armor.

"click!"

A crisp cracking sound suddenly sounded, and a large hole was broken in the chest armor of [horned dragon armor].

Ryan's body was like a golf ball that was hit and flew up high, flying hundreds of meters away and smashing into the rock wall.

"cough cough..."

Blood flowed out from all seven orifices unstoppably, and Ryan's sight turned light red because of the blood staining of the retina.

The gap is too big...

Looking at the [Grand] Sword Slashing Dragon standing at the end, like a peerless swordsman who gracefully put away his sword after completing the slash, Ryan's face pulled up a slightly ferocious arc.

"It's over..."

In the distance, the [Grand] Sword Slashing Dragon seemed to sense something and rushed towards Ryan, with its whistling red tail blade cutting through the sky.

But even a supersonic slash would take time to cross a distance of hundreds of meters.

In contrast, Ryan only needed a thought to complete the attack, which was undoubtedly much faster.

"Good news, explode!"

The sound of a light thought came from Ryan's mouth, and the next moment, the [Grand] Sword Slashing Dragon not far away was covered with dark purple lines all over his body.

Unlike before, this time, these dark purple lines intertwined and coiled, forming a sickle-like shape, appearing behind the [Grand] Sword Slashing Dragon and slashing through it.

"Ding——"

Indistinctly, Ryan heard the sound of liquid dripping onto the lake surface, rippling endless ripples.

The integrity of life was completely shattered at this moment.

[Grand] Sword Dragon's eyes showed fear, and it burst out all its red energy to try to resist, but a ray of purple light appeared in the center of its dragon eyes, and in an instant, it occupied everything.

"Boom!"

The supersonic burning red blade, because it lost the control of its owner, slashed down more than one meter in front of Ryan, and the ground instantly cracked and shattered, forming a huge gap, and the surface was full of red lava.

The collapse of the ground involved the shattering of the rock wall, and Ryan's body was dragged into the rubble. For a while, dust flew.

After an unknown period of time, the rubble pile shook, and a hand reached out from it.

Ryan, who had barely recovered some of his physical strength, pushed away the gravel and solidified magma on his body. He stood up and walked to the front of the [Grand] Sword Dragon, which was still swinging its tail blade.

Even though the breath of life had died, the swordsman holding the "Burning Blade" still maintained his pride in his life and was unwilling to fall.

——[Grand] Sword Dragon, the subjugation was successful!

"Hahaha!"

Ryan leaned on the ground with his great sword, and could no longer suppress his smile.

Although the process was a bit tortuous and his methods were a bit "despicable", as a hunter, as long as he could subjugate the prey, any means would not be shabby.

In a head-on confrontation, he is definitely not the opponent of the "Grand". Even if he is promoted to the next level, whether he can defeat the [Grand] Sword Dragon is still a matter of debate.

But how can it be so simple to upgrade?

If you don't subjugate the "Grand" monster, you only need to subjugate the "Upper Three Stars" and at least four or more monsters to have the hope of upgrading.

And the four "upper three stars"... Ryan even doubted whether he could find so many "upper three stars" monsters in the volcanic area.

After all, monsters are not cabbages. The more powerful the monster, the rarer the number.

Ryan swallowed a piece of meat steak, and the "Heart of Gluttony" was running wildly, recovering the injuries of the body. Thanks to the warm current brought by the upgrade, the two promoted each other, and Ryan's injuries were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In today's battle, the operation of the "Heart of Gluttony" has never stopped. If it were the CPU, it would probably be smoked.

"Huh..."

Ryan exhaled lightly and cast his eyes on the scales of the [Grand] Sword Dragon that were suspended in the air one meter and a half above the ground and exuded a dazzling golden luster.

With full expectations, Ryan walked forward and reached out to touch it.

——

[Trophies: Sword Dragon's Sky Scale]: Gold-level trophy, the crown material of the Sword Dragon, if used in equipment, it is said that it can be made into a dreamy rare item that dominates the world.

With special skills [Concentration lv.1], [Craftsmanship lv.2]

——

"Golden-level trophy!"

"And it comes with a level 3 special skill!"

More importantly, the level 3 special skills are all very useful to Ryan.

The effect of the special skill [Concentration] is to shorten the charging time of the greatsword. Before this, Ryan already had two levels of [Concentration] through the trophies [Crown of the Fire Umbrella] and [Red Fang].

And the special skill [Craftsmanship] is also attached to the first trophy Ryan obtained, [Crimson Horn].

When these are superimposed, what you get is:

——【Concentration lv.3】: Greatsword charging time is reduced by 20%, special energy bar accumulation speed is +20% (the corresponding ability is not mastered at present, so this effect cannot take effect).

——【Craftsmanship lv.3】: weapon sharpness +4.

The third-level 【Concentration】 reduces the greatsword charging time from the original 10% to 20%, which is undoubtedly a huge improvement for Ryan. If the greatsword charging time can be continuously reduced, maybe one day, his casual "normal attack" will be a charging attack.

This is not a dream, because the lv.3 【Concentration】 does not prompt that it has reached the maximum level, and there is still potential for further improvement.

Although the third-level 【Craftsmanship】 is not very impressive, the effect of this special skill is unquestionable.

The first-level 【Craftsmanship】 is only sharpness +1, and at the third level, it is increased to sharpness +4.

The "sharpness" attribute does not seem to have such a big effect on heavy weapons such as greatswords, but in fact, it is still indispensable.

If the sharpness of the weapon cannot break the enemy's defense, the damage caused will be greatly reduced.

The "Sharpness +4" panel does not give specific amplification data, but according to Ryan's feeling, it is stronger than the 30% of the [Meteoric Sword Amulet], and the amplification should be around 40%.

In other words, for every +1", the amplification is roughly "10%".

With [Craftsmanship lv.3] and [Meteoric Sword Amulet], a full 70% sharpness blessing, even if the main material of the [Great Sword·True Red Crown Horn] is only forged with the material of the [Upper] Unicorn, it is enough to break the defense of the "Crown" monster.

Ryan thought of the [Crown] Sapphire Behemoth. Although he didn't know the specific name of this crown monster, there is no doubt that it was not difficult to drive away the [Crown] Sword Dragon, and the body was only slightly injured after resisting the slash of the burning red tail blade, indicating that the defense of this monster far exceeds that of the [Crown] Sword Dragon. Stegosaurus.

If it weren't for [Craftsmanship lv.3], Ryan would have to consider getting a new weapon.

As for now...

Ryan looked down at his cracked [Ceratops Armor] and sighed.

The most urgent thing is to get a set of protective gear with stronger defensive performance. At the last moment of the battle with [Grand] Stegosaurus, if it weren't for the protection of [Ceratops Armor], Ryan would have been chopped into pieces without even the chance to detonate "Joy Burst".

Ryan raised his head, looked up at the behemoth in front of him, and began the hard work of collecting.

An hour later, Ryan sat in front of a lit bonfire, Quietly grilling the "Dragon Slayer Steak".

Although he can no longer obtain the permanent blessing of "Gluttony Pleasure" by increasing "Gluttony", as a foodie, tasting the flesh and blood of monsters hunted by himself has become his habit.

While waiting for the steak to mature, Ryan checked the panel.

After successfully defeating the [Crown] Sword Dragon, many prompts popped up on the panel.

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[With a weak body, you defeat the "Crown", and your body and mind feel the ultimate joy...]

[[Pain Tide]'s "Joy after Pain" is perfectly achieved! Obtain 25% of the fit degree of professional bonus: Spirituality +1, Physical Soul +1]

[Get the following permanent gains: Special skill [Dragon Power (beginner)] - When performing actions, including but not limited to jumping, attacking, blocking, etc., the strength judgment is +1 (there is a rank judgment, one rank higher than the owner can only take effect halfway, and two ranks higher will be completely ineffective)]

[You have completed the first "pain after" joy, you can continue to accept "pain" and improve your professional compatibility. ]

[Personally challenge the "uncontestable" existence, [Storm Fighter] professional compatibility increased by 25%, and obtain the following professional bonuses: Spirituality +0.5, Physical +0.5]

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"Special skill [Dragon Power]? Skills in the same series as [Dragon Helmet]?"

Ryan's eyes showed curiosity.

"Strength judgment, what does it mean?"

From the literal meaning, Ryan roughly guessed.

He stood up and tried to jump high on the spot, and found that the so-called "strength judgment +1", the most intuitive manifestation is that the strength increased by 10%.

Maybe different, but it's roughly like this.

"An unexpected surprise. "

Ryan smiled.

Strength is undoubtedly the most important attribute for the power of the greatsword.

As for completing the "joy after pain", this did not surprise Ryan.

For hunters, what could be more "joyful" than successfully defeating a prey that is far stronger than themselves?

"After returning to the body, find a safe environment, and you can increase the professional compatibility to 50%..."

It must be said that the second-level hidden profession [Apostle of Joy] has improved its compatibility. As long as you find the right way, The method is really too worry-free.

As for the improvement of the compatibility of [Storm Warrior], it was beyond Ryan's expectations.

But compared with the 25% compatibility of the two professions, Ryan couldn't help but sigh:

"Compared with the hidden profession, the ordinary profession is a bit too 'stingy'..."

According to such a professional bonus, the spiritual limit of the second-level professional of the normal "Pirate Path" will be 10.0 when it reaches 100% compatibility.

And the second-level spiritual limit of the "Original Sin Path" will be around 15.0.

Of course, the spiritual limit mentioned above refers to the premise that no additional means of increasing the spiritual limit have been used.

Ryan looked at the total attributes of the panel of the travel clone.

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[Level]: 16 (2%) → 17 (1%)

[Spiritual Value]: 722635 → 1222635

[Spirit]: 25.8 → 27.3

[Physique]: 169.3 → 219.1

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The slight improvement of [Spirit] is not worth mentioning.

But [Physique] increased from 169.3 to 219.1. Such a huge increase made Ryan feel the feeling of uncontrolled power for the first time in a long time.

With such a strong force, plus the "Strength Judgment +1" of [Dragon Power (Entry Level)], Ryan is confident that if he fights with [Grand] Sword Slashing Dragon again, he will not be so ugly when facing the slash of "Scorching Blade"... At least, the "Blood Barrier" and "Hegemony Blood Demon" with stronger protective performance will not be broken by a single blow.

After summarizing the harvest, the "Dragon Slashing Steak" is also grilled.

Ryan picked up the steak and ate it while heading towards the cave of the "Hidden Dragon Man".

He was going to collect the reward.