75: Chapter Seventy-Five: The Heaven-Opening Slash

The moment they saw the skill book, everyone revealed an expression of shock.

Compared to high-level equipment, the rarity of a skill book is undoubtedly several tiers higher.

And the boost a new skill provides to one's own strength is comprehensive; this is a fact known by all players.

However, the drop rate for skill books is truly too low; ordinary mobs, and even elite monsters, don't have the slightest chance of dropping one.

Aside from the fixed skills learned during class advancement, the standard way to obtain them is the negligible drop chance from killing bosses.

Of course, completing high-level quests also offers a chance to be rewarded with skills; Lin Feng's Hand of God was rewarded for completing an A-rank quest.

It can be said that at this stage, players who can possess new skills are absolutely rare; even for Lin Feng, getting a skill book to drop is a very rare occurrence.

Ye Weiyang stepped forward, his face full of excitement: "A pseudo-boss can actually drop a book? I've killed so many, and this is the first time I've encountered it!"

"Haha... who hasn't?" Lin Feng laughed heartily and stepped forward to pick up the dropped items.

After tallying the loot, besides the skill book, the boss also dropped 168 gold coins and a belt.

Judging solely from its external shape and luster, it was unsurprisingly a piece of the Mage God set.

After sharing the equipment in the party channel, sure enough—

[Mage God Belt] (Silver Grade)

Quality: Fine, HP: +280, Intelligence: +30, Constitution: +25, Required Level: 22, Required Class: Mage, Priest, Set Attribute: ???

Every time he saw this type of set, Lin Feng's heart felt like it had been pricked. It was painful! Too painful! When will my set finally come?

Seeing it was annoying, so he quickly opened the trade window with Zhang Qinhong and placed the Mage God Belt on it: "Sister Xiao Hong, keep it up! Only one last piece left for the set."

"Hehe, thanks." Zhang Qinhong smiled charmingly and accepted it without much fuss, though her level wasn't high enough yet, so she could only keep it in her inventory for the time being.

"Captain Brother, hurry up and look at that skill book!" Liu Qingqing said with a look of anticipation.

"You should all pray that it's a skill for your own class, haha!" Lin Feng laughed heartily, then shared the skill from his inventory in the party channel.

[Heaven-Splitting Slash] (Rare Grade Skill Book), Required Class: Assassin, Warrior, Type: Active Skill, Effect: Charges for 1.5 seconds to manifest three giant swords, dealing continuous damage equal to 260% of your own physical attack three times to targets in a straight line, with an additional 30% armor penetration damage bonus to targets. Cooldown: 120 seconds.

The moment they saw the skill description, everyone was dumbfounded, and Lin Feng was so shocked he even began to doubt life.

"Holy crap! What a freaking overpowered skill. Just reading the description almost made me pee my pants," Ye Weiyang exclaimed, revealing an exaggerated expression.

Liu Qingqing was full of envy: "Straight-line piercing AoE damage plus armor penetration; whether it's clearing small mobs or fighting bosses, it's a top-tier god-tier skill."

"Captain... what are you still dazed for? Hurry up and learn it, let us see its power in a bit."

"Alright." Lin Feng didn't dawdle, took the skill book in his hand, and learned it directly.

[Ding: Congratulations, you have successfully learned the rare skill Heaven-Splitting Slash!]

Haha, awesome! So awesome! Not only does it have long-range burst, but it also has continuous damage three times in a row. This is simply an ace combat skill for melee classes.

If he had learned this skill just now, the time they spent killing that Steelix would have been significantly reduced.

Calming his inner excitement, he cast the looting skill on the boss's corpse.

[Ding! Hand of God +1 trigger check successful!], [You obtained Primary Crystal x2], [You obtained Intermediate Crystal x1]

A very nice reward; compared to other materials, enhancement crystals are what he needs the most.

Now his inventory has 31 Primary Crystals and 11 Intermediate Crystals, but he wasn't in a rush to use them; he would wait until his gear was fully formed before enhancing them all at once. At that time, his combat power would surely see a huge boost.

At this moment, because of the commotion just now, several Steelix nearby came rushing over.

"Don't tell me all the ordinary monsters on this floor are these kinds of pseudo-bosses?" Liu Qingqing covered her small mouth, her face full of surprise, but there was clearly a hint of delight in her tone!

Ye Weiyang laughed: "Sister Xiao Qing, you guessed right! This situation is the same as what I encountered last time on the Red Moon map. If you don't believe me, ask Brother Feng..."

"That's right, if nothing goes wrong, it should be like this."

"Ah! Usually, it's hard to even find one, but there are at least a dozen pseudo-bosses on this fifth floor. We hit the jackpot!"

Zhang Qinhong said with pleasant surprise: "Doesn't this mean endless experience and equipment? I'm still quite far from level 22; it's perfect to use this group of monsters to level up."

At this moment! Liu Qingqing and Zhang Qinhong already had little stars in their eyes, fantasizing about the joy after leveling up.

Lin Feng nodded and said eagerly, "Ladies, what are we waiting for? Let's get started. I also happen to want to test the power of my new skill."

"Xiao Qing, use a skill first to lure one Steelix over alone. We'll take them down one by one, step by step. Everyone else, retreat to the entrance to clear some combat space."

Liu Qingqing understood immediately and nodded. She immediately pulled her longbow to its limit, and an Ice Arrow flew through the air, accurately hitting the leading Steelix.

After being attacked, the monster let out a low growl, immediately abandoned its companions, and charged in the direction of the attack.

Just as the Steelix was about to enter his attack range, Lin Feng gripped the Red Moon Demon Sword in his hand, ready for battle.

After Poisoning, he began to charge up.

At this moment, his entire body was enveloped in an invisible light, and three giant sword phantoms faintly appeared in front of him, the terrifying power contained within them making the surrounding air seem to tremble.

"Heaven-Splitting Slash!" The moment the charge was completed, the three giant swords broke through the air, transforming into a massive wave of sword energy that slammed fiercely towards the oncoming Steelix.

-3522!, -3588!, -8022! (Critical Hit)

Even though they were mentally prepared, when the damage numbers floated up, everyone was still shocked to the point of doubting life.

A single skill combo dealing 15,000+ damage; is this the kind of output that can be achieved at this stage?

For a moment, the way the three of them looked at Lin Feng was as if they were looking at a pervert! A huge pervert!

"Why are you all looking at me? Fight the monster!" Lin Feng called out calmly to them while retreating.

Although he appeared calm on the outside, his inner excitement was no less than theirs; the power of the Heaven-Splitting Slash skill far exceeded his expectations. It was simply a massive killer move!

Just imagine, if this skill combo were unleashed in a team battle, what a heavy blow it would deal to the enemies' fragile hearts. The image is too beautiful! I don't even dare to imagine it!

Twenty minutes later! After being devastated by ten consecutive rounds of Heaven-Splitting Slash, the pseudo-boss's HP was reduced to critical levels. The group tacitly chose to stop attacking, and after one Lightning Strike from Zhang Qinhong, the Steelix's massive body crashed to the ground, dropping a pile of gold coins and a piece of equipment!