Chapter 44 : Chapter 44
Chapter 44: Trait Fusion! Killed the Instant It Showed Itself!
A single boss gave 9,000 experience!
Ye Ze could barely suppress his delight. For a moment, he even suspected he had read it wrong.
But after thinking it through, it made sense. A Level 20 Outstanding-grade Commander had already given 1,600 experience.
So for a Level 30 Epic boss to give several times that amount was hardly strange at all!
And this was one of the final bosses of a Hell-Difficulty Group Dungeon!
If it had been any other team, they would have needed at least eighty or more Class Users with fine equipment, solid skills, and decent levels to siege it, and they would have had to do so at any cost.
Even then, the experience gained would have been split across the entire team.
Compared to that, the way Ye Ze solo-cleared a Hell-Difficulty boss and took all the experience for himself was enough to make other students cry with envy.
But at that moment, a blood-red system prompt appeared:
【You have slain the Fiends’ inside agent and enraged the Fiend General - Bloodsea Fiend! It is about to begin hunting you down!】
【Clearance condition changed: Survive for 3 hours!】
“A Fiend General’s pursuit...?”
Unlike Fiend Soldiers and Fiend Lieutenants, Fiend Generals varied tremendously in strength.
As the textbook put it: Even among generals, there were differences.
Although Ye Ze had no idea how strong this Bloodsea Fiend was, he had no intention of wasting even a second. He immediately began increasing his combat power.
A Fiend General was at least not weaker than the Storm Dragon King.
And if he wanted to deal with one... he would probably need a little luck!
Ye Ze first used up the mantis’s evolution chance. He still chose to evolve the Arm Blades.
They had now reached 【Arm Blades +4】!
The level of Void Slash rose from 9 to 10, and its damage coefficient surged to 2000%!
Right after that, Ye Ze immediately scooped the squirrel into his hands.
He took two deep breaths of the lucky aura from Fortune Smiles Upon You!
Time to draw the eleventh Trait!
If he could draw a powerful combat-type Trait, dealing with the Fiend General might go a little more smoothly.
With that thought, Ye Ze held the squirrel and drew from the sea of Traits!
【You have drawn a Golden Legend Trait: Transcendent Ancient Martial Arts!】
【Transcendent Ancient Martial Arts: Ancient martial cultivation brought to the pinnacle of perfection, allowing one to glimpse the threshold of transcending the mortal realm on the path of martial arts.】
Ancient martial arts, like Taiji Grandmaster, were also a kind of martial path skill, only much broader in scope.
Ye Ze had often heard legends about ancient martial arts. Supposedly, some families still carried the inheritance of ancient martial Class Users!
“Not bad at all...”
Although it overlapped a bit with Taiji Grandmaster, it was still a combat-type Trait.
No sooner had Ye Ze said that than another prompt appeared:
【A combinable Trait has been detected!】
“Traits can actually be fused?”
Ye Ze was stunned. He checked his talent, and there really was a small line noting that Traits could be fused.
But because Blue Star had developed to this point without ever producing anything above Legend...
Ye Ze had never taken it too seriously.
Now, however, it seemed that he was about to become the first person to touch something beyond Legend!
Ye Ze excitedly looked at the possible fusion target:
【“Taiji Grandmaster” + “Battlefield Legend” + “Transcendent Ancient Martial Arts” (Can be fused!)】
Three into one!
And all three were combat-type Traits!
Ye Ze hesitated for half a second. Once fused, those three Traits would disappear. Would the result be stronger or weaker?
But with an opportunity like this... how would he know unless he tried?
Without hesitation, he chose, “Fuse!”
The three golden Traits flared together across Panda’s body and finally erupted into an especially powerful aura.
【Golden Legend · Higher-order Trait fused successfully: Martial Saint!】
【Martial Saint: The pinnacle of martial arts. Speed and strength reach their peak, combat techniques attain saintly perfection, and one becomes the absolute ruler of the battlefield!】
Martial Saint!
Just seeing the name of that Trait, Ye Ze already felt that he had almost certainly profited from this!
At the same time, because all three Traits had been bestowed upon Panda, Panda’s aura also surged drastically after the fusion.
【Summoned Beast: Jiuli War Beast (Golden Legend☆) evolved → Jiuli Martial Saint (Golden Legend☆☆☆☆)】
After evolving again, Panda seemed a little leaner.
Its muscles, bones, and fur were constantly being tempered by a current of martial inner force.
Even with how difficult it was to gain stars after reaching Legend grade, this evolution still raised it by a full three stars!
Its attributes surged as well:
【Strength: 285 → 365】
【Constitution: 256 → 316】
【Agility: 260 → 340】
【Spirit: 239 → 299】
【Skill: Jiuli Edge → Martial Saint Aura (Legend · Higher-order)】
【Skill: Battle-Hardened → Martial Dao Mastery (Legend · Higher-order)】
【Gained skill: Martial Saint Domain!】
At Level 11, Panda had reached stats like these...
If word of it got out, it would scare people half to death!
Ye Ze did not understand higher-order skills above Legend very well, but he could tell that their effects had been greatly enhanced!
Martial Saint Aura, in particular, could condense outside the body and be used for both offense and defense, uniting the two as one.
Martial Dao Mastery greatly amplified martial damage, bringing combat power to the absolute extreme!
And besides that, the newly gained Martial Saint Domain was even more terrifying:
【Martial Saint Domain: Once activated, the Martial Saint suppresses all enemies with its aura, lowering the enemy’s four attributes by an amount equal to 50% of the Martial Saint’s own four attributes!】
How terrifying was that?
Panda now had 365 Strength. That meant enemies within the domain would directly lose 182.5 points of Strength!
Once Constitution dropped, tanks became fragile.
Agility and Spirit suffered the same fate...
Within the domain, the Martial Saint was the absolute ruler of the battlefield!
Seeing Panda gain such a massive boost, Ye Ze felt utterly refreshed. “Amazing!”
Then, for good measure, he pulled the squirrel close and took another deep breath of its lucky aura.
As expected of Fortune Smiles Upon You!
At that moment, only half a minute had passed since the pursuit order had been issued.
Inside the Dragon Nest, the Abyss Blood Pool began continuously gushing blood from its base, gradually condensing into the shape of a Fiend.
【Bloodsea Fiend (lv.35)】
Type: Fiend General
Attributes: Strength 430, Constitution 400, Agility 460, Spirit 430
Trait: Boundless Bloodsea — Can freely control blood for attack, defense, or skill enhancement.
Skills: ...
With one quick sweep of the information before him, Ye Ze had only one thought in his head:
“You call this hunting me down?”
“Open the domain and kill it instantly!!”
The Bloodsea Fiend was still in the middle of forming its body. Only half of it had emerged.
Ye Ze was not willing to wait even the slightest moment!
A sharp tearing sound rang out as Panda charged over in an instant!
A pattern like a Taiji array disk lit up beneath Panda and the Bloodsea Fiend’s feet, spreading outward in interlocking waves.
【Martial Saint Domain】!
In that instant, an invisible tide of inner force converged like an army closing in from all sides, swallowing the enemy like a mire.
The domain took effect, and the Bloodsea Fiend’s attributes plummeted at once. Its Constitution alone dropped straight to 242!
Within a single breath, Panda punched, and the mantis slashed.
【Martial Saint Aura】【Void Slash】!
Under the domain and those two ultra-fast attacks, the Bloodsea Fiend did not even last half a second before it was blasted apart and cut to pieces!
A terrifying Fiend General had only just shown its face— and was instantly killed on the spot!
【You have slain the Fiend General - Bloodsea Fiend. The clearance mission ‘Survive for 3 Hours’ has been completed automatically!】
【Congratulations! You are the first to clear a Hell-Difficulty Group Dungeon and will rank first on the China Group Dungeon Clearance Rankings!】
【Congratulations! You have cleared ‘Fallen Dragon Valley’ and obtained the reward: Experience +5000!】
【Congratulations! You have obtained MVP (Most Valuable Member) and received the reward: Group Dungeon MVP Treasure Chest!】
【Generating your first-clear rewards based on your personal performance...】