32: On the list! The despair of S-level talent!
His finger slowly traced the shining IDs on the leaderboard.
Finally, it stopped on an S-rank emblem.
Titan's Grip.
Lin Feng's eyes reflected the cold data behind this ID.
Talent: S-rank - Giant God's Advent.
Effect: All troops can be sacrificed to summon a Titan Giant with terrifying attributes. The giant's attributes depend on the total value of the sacrificed troops. The hero can merge with the Titan Giant to further boost attributes.
A typical "single-core" playstyle.
All resources gambled on a seemingly invincible unit.
This was the perfect target to test his new tactical system.
Lin Feng's intent coldly landed on the [Life-and-Death Duel] button next to that ID.
...
"Damn it, another S-rank got butchered by that guy Heaven's Choice."
Inside a fortress, a burly man was pacing back and forth fretfully.
He was Titan's Grip.
Watching the blood-red announcements in the regional channel, his heart tightened uncontrollably.
That madman named Heaven's Choice was like a Sword of Damocles hanging over all S-ranks.
Suddenly, a crimson system prompt, like a clap of thunder, exploded in his ears.
Warning! Lord "Heaven's Choice" has initiated a Life-and-Death Duel with you!
The man's pupils instantly constricted into dangerous pinpricks.
He's here.
His worst fear had come true.
Panic, like a cold tide, instantly engulfed him.
But he quickly forced down this fear, replaced by a desperate madness and ruthlessness.
"What's there to be afraid of!"
"I have the S-rank talent [Giant God's Advent]!"
"My Titan is invincible!"
He roared, fiercely pressing the blood-red [Accept Challenge] button in front of him.
After a familiar sensation of weightlessness, he, as a hero wielding a giant hammer, appeared on his fortress.
Without any hesitation, he immediately sacrificed all the population in his barracks!
Boom—!
The entire fortress platform trembled violently, and an earthy yellow beam of light shot into the sky.
Within the light beam, a colossal entity, over ten meters tall, made of rock and steel, slowly rose.
Titan Giant!
Health: 20000
Attack: 1500
Armor: 500
The man controlled his hero and merged into the Titan Giant's chest without hesitation.
The giant's eyes suddenly lit up with lava-like red light, and its attributes surged again!
This scene, viewed from the spectator's perspective, instantly ignited the regional channel.
"Holy crap! It's Lord Titan's Grip! His fully formed Titan Giant!"
"This health, this attack, this armor! Who can withstand this?"
"Heaven's Choice has met his match this time. This Titan Giant can probably only be instantly killed by Little Devil's Hell Tower!"
"This is a sure win. I bet Lord Titan will finish the battle within three minutes. Quickly eliminate all these pressure monsters!"
Amidst the clamor favoring Titan's Grip, Lin Feng's troops finally appeared in everyone's sight.
A chubby Lava Giant.
Three elite giants following behind.
And four mages in robes, looking frail.
That was all.
The Titan Giant took heavy strides, shaking the earth, and charged towards those tiny units.
He raised his mountain-like rock fist high and smashed it down fiercely on the Lava Giant at the very front!
Boom!
-1500!
A shocking damage number floated above the Lava Giant's head.
Just one punch, and it took down nearly a third of his health.
Titan's Grip's face already showed a victorious sneer.
However, just as he was about to throw the second punch to completely crush this meat shield.
A slender, crackling blue electric light, faster than his attack, accurately struck the Titan Giant's head.
-250!
A respectable magic damage number popped up.
Even more bizarrely, the Titan Giant's second punch, which was about to land, suddenly paused in mid-air.
Stun 0.5s
Titan's Grip was stunned for a moment.
His invincible Titan Giant had an attack wind-up time of nearly a second.
This 0.5-second stun just happened to interrupt his attack rhythm!
Before he could recharge.
The second, third, and fourth chain lightning strikes followed one after another!
-250! Stun 0.5s
-250! Stun 0.5s
-250! Stun 0.5s
A bizarre scene unfolded.
That massive Titan Giant, large enough to make anyone despair, seemed to be under a stasis spell, just foolishly "standing at attention" in place.
He raised his arm again and again, and again and again, just before his attack was about to land, he was interrupted by that annoying electric light.
Dense damage numbers and stun symbols continuously appeared above his head, and he couldn't even move a single finger!
Meanwhile, Titan's Grip's crude arrow towers and catapults, whose attacks landed on the thick-skinned Lava Giant, caused almost negligible damage.
"No! This is impossible!"
Titan's Grip discovered with horror that the situation was sliding in a direction he completely could not comprehend.
He couldn't wait any longer!
He immediately disengaged the merge state of his hero and the Titan, controlling his hero with the giant hammer, leaping down from the Titan, and charging directly towards those damned mages in the back row!
As long as he killed the one who cast chain lightning, he still had a chance!
Lin Feng's lips curved into a cold arc.
His War Lord finally moved.
Cloak of Invisibility!
The hero's figure instantly vanished into thin air.
The next second, he appeared on the inevitable path of Titan's Grip's hero, drawing his dragon bone war bow.
Rage!
A blood-red aura exploded, and the War Lord's war bow was engulfed in blood-light, his attack power and attack speed instantly skyrocketing!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three extremely fast arrows tore through the air, accurately piercing into Titan's Grip's hero's chest!
-1500!
-1500!
-1500!
That hero, who had just been so imposing, didn't even let out a cry before his body exploded, turning into countless specks of light.
Seeing his last hope shattered, Titan's Grip completely succumbed to madness.
He gambled everything, partially canceling the sacrifice, attempting to overwhelm Lin Feng's mage position with a human wave tactic.
However, Lin Feng merely, indifferently, threw a golden-green intertwined aura at the feet of his giant.
Divine Grace Surge!
The Lava Giant, who had been on low health, instantly had his health fully restored, his attack power and attack speed surged, and with a backhand punch, he cleared out all the newly appeared smallMiscellaneous soldiers.
Finally, that arrogant Titan Giant, amidst endless electrotherapy and stuns, let out an unwilling wail, his massive body disintegrating with a crash, turning into countless specks of light.
And Titan's Grip, having lost his Titan Giant, could no longer field an army of such scale and was completely annihilated.
System Announcement: Lord "Heaven's Choice" has defeated Lord "Titan's Grip" in a Life-and-Death Duel, the fortress has been destroyed, and the Lord has been eliminated!
Gained Gold: 8000
Gained heavy oil: 4000
The regional channel fell into a deathly silence.
Then, it completely exploded.
"I... I didn't see wrong, did I? The Titan Giant... was stunned to death?"
"That Heaven's Choice, he... who exactly is he?"
"This is no longer just simple strength; this is toying! He's using an artistic way to tell everyone that S-rank talents are nothing before him!"
"A brand new playstyle... control flow... has been born..."