28: Defeat the [Heavy Rain E] monster

Three consecutive Light Arrows shot towards the monster.

With nowhere to hide, the monster could only watch as the attacks landed on its body.

Even so, it still didn't disperse the gathered rainwater; instead, it aimed at Cheng Yang, ignoring the Light Shadow Crossbow's attacks, and charged straight ahead.

As long as he closed the distance!

As long as he could close the distance!

He would win!

Cheng Yang seemed to read the monster's thoughts from its crimson eyes.

But Cheng Yang was also waiting for this opportunity.

As long as the monster desperately charged at him, abandoning defense and evasion,

He would be able to defeat it!

At this moment, both the monster and Cheng Yang were nearing exhaustion.

The monster's bone armor was already covered in cracks and scorch marks.

Now, it definitely couldn't block his attacks.

These waters also couldn't hinder the Light Shadow Crossbow's attacks!

Then!

Cheng Yang quickly drew two cards.

Light Shadow Thorn F and Light Fist F.

"Click! Click!"

As the two cards were inserted into the Summoner's card slots, a powerful surge of light energy quickly emanated from the armor, pouring into his arms.

The Light Shadow Crossbow also seemed to awaken, its bowstring trembling incessantly, golden light condensing into an arrow on the string like liquid.

His lungs had gone numb.

Scalding blood, accompanied by the Basic Breathing Technique, circulated throughout his body, making him feel as hot as if he were burned.

Shining Form, Instant Flash!

"Light Shadow Thorn, Light Fist!"

Under the amplification of the Instant Flash Form, the power of both F cards was fully applied to the Light Shadow Crossbow.

The golden light-infused arrow, breaking free from the Light Shadow Crossbow's restraint, trembled its light string and shot straight towards the monster.

Like scalding lava splashing on snow,

The monster's resistant bone armor was rapidly melted and penetrated by the scalding light arrow.

Its entire defending claw arm was pierced through, followed by the bone armor and muscles in its chest.

"Roar! Roar!"

The monster wailed, swirling water, trying to block the attack.

However, all of this was futile.

The light arrow, twisted and condensed from light, could not be resisted by the water flow at all.

The monster, already at the end of its rope, also lacked the stamina to block this attack.

It could only watch as the light arrow pierced through its body, melting a large hole in its chest.

The intense pain caused the monster to tremble continuously, and its limbs began to contort.

And at the pierced wound, the power of light continuously permeated, surging throughout its entire body.

Until the monster, under Cheng Yang's gaze, exploded into a cloud of black smoke with a bang.

And the surrounding accumulated water spheres also completely disintegrated the moment the monster exploded, crashing to the ground with a loud splash.

Cheng Yang stabilized himself and crashed to the ground along with the water spheres.

The flowing water struck his armor like a heavy hammer, but it only made him sway slightly.

He straightened up and walked step by step towards the spot where the monster had exploded.

This time, the monster did not leave behind a monster crystal.

All that remained was a black-backed card quietly floating on the ground, not carried away by the flowing water.

Looking at the card in front of him, Cheng Yang extended a finger and gently pinched it.

Nothing unexpected happened; the card was easily pinched by him, simply held between his fingertips.

Turning over the card's black underside, the front depicted a torrential rain.

The rainstorm was extremely realistic, as if the next second it would break through the card, bringing a gust of wind laden with rain directly to his face.

And in the upper right corner of the card, there was a letter "E", representing the card's rank.

Torrential Rain E, natural card.

This was the first "E-rank" card Cheng Yang had obtained.

At the same time, it was also an extremely valuable natural card.

Just by holding this card, Cheng Yang could feel the power of the rainstorm within it.

He felt that even if he didn't transform, holding this card would allow him to manipulate water flow and rain to a certain extent for attack.

Of course, Torrential Rain E's true purpose was not these.

Instead, it was to be inserted into the Summoner, like the previous monster, to drive and amplify the armor.

Allowing the armor to gain the power of Torrential Rain E, upgrading the armor, and causing the armor to change.

This armor upgrade was not about increasing the armor's basic level, but rather an effect that amplified the armor's power and endowed the armor with the power of Torrential Rain E.

The higher the compatibility, the stronger the armor's upgrade effect.

At the same time, it could also bestow the [Water] attribute upon the upgraded armor.

If dealing with a [Fire] monster, inserting this Torrential Rain E card could counter the [Fire] monster.

However, the compatibility between this Torrential Rain E card and the Armor of Light could not be high.

If it were a Water-type armor, it might be able to reach 100% compatibility, achieving a perfect armor upgrade.

Putting away the Torrential Rain E card, Cheng Yang walked towards the huge core, which was the monster crystal.

Then, he deactivated his transformation and took off the Summoner.

As he deactivated his transformation, a sense of weakness and bodily pain surged out.

The drizzling rain in the air fell on his hot, red skin, and was rapidly evaporated, steaming up.

Causing a layer of white mist to constantly float around his body.

And with each breath, he actually exhaled bloody mist.

High-intensity operation of the Basic Breathing Technique had already caused severe injury and bleeding in his lungs.

The blood was then evaporated by the high temperature and exhaled through breathing, which is why it formed crimson steam.

Gritting his teeth, he endured the pain.

Cheng Yang tremblingly took out the Potion F card from his embrace and aimed it at the Summoner.

"Potion F!"

As the card inserted into the Summoner was activated, a golden light flashed, and a tube of potion was summoned.

Cheng Yang endured the pain that made him tremble, his red and swollen hand gripping the potion, inserting it into a blood vessel in his other hand, and then injecting its contents.

As the Potion F was fully injected into his bloodstream, Cheng Yang could feel a gentle healing energy quickly sweeping through his body, soothing his injuries.

The bleeding in his lungs was stopped, and the muscles melted by high temperatures were cooled.

His scalding skin remained red, but the high temperature began to recede.

His heart also began to beat normally.

However, his entire body had turned purplish-black.

The subcutaneous bleeding throughout his body was stopped, but a layer of bruising remained, not completely dispersed.

Causing his entire body to turn purplish-black.

At this moment, if Cheng Yang were to cosplay Thanos, he might win the best cosplay award.

This injury was too severe; even though Cheng Yang's recovery ability and physical quality had long surpassed human limits,

At this moment, one injection of potion only stabilized the injury.

To fully recover, he would probably need several consecutive days of potion injections.

During this intervening period, he estimated he could only give up training.

Of course, paying such a price was not without reward.

This extraordinary exertion of the Basic Breathing Technique, although it severely injured Cheng Yang's lungs, greatly increased the proficiency of the Basic Breathing Technique.

It was almost reaching the third layer, about to unlock the skill Mind's Eye.

At the same time, his body also broke through its limits; it was estimated that once he recovered, his strength, physique, and spirit would all increase by one point.

Not only that, the proficiency of Basic Stance also greatly increased, changing from Basic Stance (Mastery) to Basic Stance (Proficient).

Battles between life and death, though dangerous,

Can break through the body's limits and rapidly increase strength.