Chapter 627 - 602: New System Function

CRACKLE!

The Speed of lightning was immense. There was no way a mere Tier Two Mutated Zombie could dodge it.

The instant Lin Xinghai unleashed his Celestial Thunder Strike, a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm tore across the hundred-meter distance and slammed precisely into the Death Claw’s right eye.

The eyeball instantly exploded. Countless arcs of electricity surged outward, charring a large area of the Death Claw’s head, with the right eye socket at the center.

Its body convulsed wildly—the direct paralytic effect of the electric current frying its brain.

After entering its berserk state, the Death Claw’s aura had reached the peak of the Second Level Late Stage. But now, that same aura plummeted catastrophically. It didn’t just fall back to its original Realm; it nearly dropped from the Second Level all the way down to the First Level.

It finally stabilized, barely clinging to the Second Level Early Stage.

Without a doubt, the Death Claw had been grievously wounded like never before.

Lin Xinghai’s sudden, explosive attack didn’t just stun the soldiers in Stronghold 231; even Little Fatty and the others were left completely dumbfounded.

They never doubted that Lin Xinghai could handle a Tier Two Middle Stage Death Claw. But in their minds, he would have to pilot his Rare Level Mecha to suppress a Tier Two creature like that.

But now, with just a single long-range attack, he had left the creature completely unable to fight back.

Anyone could see that the Death Claw was severely wounded. The charred ruin of its right eye and its feeble aura said it all.

If Lin Xinghai unleashed that attack just one more time to destroy its left eye and completely blind it, the Death Claw would be crippled, if not dead.

At that point, never mind everyone else—even Little Fatty would dare to run up and get a few swings in.

While the members of the Xinghai Squad were astonished, the people in Stronghold 231 who witnessed the scene were shocked into utter stillness.

Only a moment ago, they had been drowning in despair.

The Second Level Death Claw was simply too terrifying. Its thick, armored hide alone was enough to shrug off nearly all of their attacks.

Heavy Machine Gun fire, explosions from Combat Robot High-Energy Bombs, even suicidal charges from their own Mecha—nothing worked.

Even High-Energy Bombs, devastating weapons against other Mutated Zombies, were little more than powerful firecrackers against the Death Claw.

At best, a bomb might blast a wound a few dozen centimeters wide in its thick, armored hide.

For a Death Claw as tall as a three-story building, such an injury was trivial. Given a Zombie’s rapid regeneration, the wound would fully heal in a matter of seconds.

That was why all of their attacks, including suicidal charges in their Mecha, failed to inflict any "real" damage.

But just now, they watched the rescue team arrive, and one of them had unleashed a bolt of lightning from a hundred meters away, destroying the Death Claw’s right eye and grievously wounding it.

This damage was truly significant. Even with a Mutated Zombie’s regenerative abilities, a complex organ like an eye would take at least three or four hours to heal.

That meant for the rest of this battle, one of its eyes was completely useless.

Moreover, they could all sense the terrifying Energy contained within that lightning bolt, not to mention the Death Claw’s now-feeble aura. It was all undeniable proof of their rescuer’s incredible power.

If they hadn’t known in advance that it was students from East Sea Academy coming to their aid, they would have suspected a Divine Demon Realm expert had personally intervened.

While everyone else marveled at his power, Lin Xinghai himself felt the result of his attack was merely average, far from satisfactory.

’Considering the Speed of lightning,’ he thought, ’the Death Claw had no way to dodge. I even targeted a vital spot like its eye. To think I still couldn’t kill it in one shot... It would be a lie to say I’m not a little disappointed.’

’Of course, I know it’s related to the nature of the Celestial Thunder Strike. When lightning makes contact, only a small portion of the damage is concentrated at the point of impact; the rest is conducted throughout the body.’

’In other words, only a fraction of that Celestial Thunder Strike’s power actually hit the Death Claw’s head. The rest of the electricity spread to other parts of its body, causing widespread damage and paralysis.’

’If I could have focused all that power on its head, my fully-amplified Celestial Thunder Strike would have been more than enough to kill it instantly.’

’Still, this property of the Celestial Thunder Strike has its pros and cons. The paralytic effect is crucial on the battlefield, especially for long-range rescue operations.’

As for other methods of attack, Lin Xinghai had plenty.

After he unleashed the Celestial Thunder Strike, the Armored Vehicle’s Speed had been slashed to 200 kilometers per hour under the relentless attacks of the Abyssal Creatures.

Seeing this, Lin Xinghai gripped Mjolnir and leaped from the vehicle without a moment’s hesitation.

The swarm of Abyssal Creatures that had been assaulting the Armored Vehicle instantly changed their target the moment they saw Lin Xinghai land.