Chapter 628 - 602: New System Function

But no matter how fast they were, Lin Xinghai was faster.

He immediately unleashed the only group-attack move in the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique: Thousand Thunder Stab.

Previously, when Lin Xinghai used Thousand Thunder Stab, it would at most create a flurry of spear afterimages, but the actual damage it dealt was fairly low.

Its main purpose was to attack the enemy from all angles at the highest possible Speed to find their weak spots.

However, after Lin Xinghai raised his mastery of the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique to Great Success, his old moves not only improved dramatically but even developed new characteristics.

Take Thousand Thunder Stab, for example. The lances of light it used to produce were formed from Blood Qi Power, and its range was limited to the physical reach of his spear.

But now, the lances of light released by Thousand Thunder Stab could attack from a distance, extending out about a meter.

Of course, that was under normal circumstances.

But Lin Xinghai was different from others. At its core, Thousand Thunder Stab was a type of Thunder Element Technique, which meant it could be amplified by his Divine Demon Body, his Thunder Control Physique, and even Mjolnir.

With these many amplifications, the Thousand Thunder Stab that Lin Xinghai unleashed, much like his Celestial Thunder Strike before it, had undergone a complete transformation in terms of power.

In terms of range, the Thousand Thunder Stab’s spear projections, which could originally only extend one meter, now reached a full five meters thanks to the numerous stacked effects.

As for the move’s power, the increase was even more outrageous. Previously, the lances of light from Thousand Thunder Stab could, at best, only kill Intermediate Zombies.

But now, every lance of light Lin Xinghai unleashed packed the power of a full-force blow from someone in the Blood Qi Realm Early Stage.

In that instant, countless seemingly solid lances of light erupted outward with Lin Xinghai at the center.

Without exception, every Abyssal Creature swarming him—whether it was an Abyssal Corpse Ghost or a Petrifying Spider—had its vital points, like its eyes or mouth, instantly pierced by the lances of light.

Once inside their bodies, the lances of light detonated, causing the Abyssal Creatures’ heads to explode, leaving them dead beyond dead.

Throughout this process, Lin Xinghai was still moving at high speed.

Everywhere he passed, the heads of all Abyssal Creatures exploded.

One had to understand that if Thousand Thunder Stab was pushed to its limit, it could unleash a full 1,000 lances of light in just a few seconds.

In other words, Lin Xinghai had killed a total of 1,000 Abyssal Creatures in a mere few seconds.

The people in Stronghold 231 stared blankly at the scene before them.

The shock of this sight was even more staggering than when Lin Xinghai had heavily injured the Death Claw with a single move.

After all, although a Second Level Middle Stage Death Claw was terrifyingly strong, sending a powerful martial artist at the Peak of Body Shaping Realm would be enough to suppress it.

But there was absolutely no way a martial artist at the Peak of Body Shaping Realm could kill 1,000 Abyssal Creatures in just a few seconds.

Such a wide-area group attack was something only a powerhouse in the Divine Demon Realm could accomplish.

Of course, Lin Xinghai had no interest in what these people were thinking. After unleashing Thousand Thunder Stab, he had not only cleared out 1,000 Abyssal Creatures but had also charged right up to the Death Claw.

And the Death Claw, truly worthy of its title as a top-tier Mutated Zombie, had already recovered from most of the convulsions and other adverse effects of the electric shock in just a few seconds.

Its aura climbed once more, returning to the Second Level Middle Stage.

Seeing Lin Xinghai charge before it, it wasted no words, swinging its sharp claws at him in a swift, precise, and vicious attack.

Faced with such an attack, Lin Xinghai should have been able to easily dodge and counterattack.

But he didn’t, because his test wasn’t over yet.

Gripping Mjolnir, Lin Xinghai once again mobilized the Blood Qi Power in his body. Lightning burst from him, then poured into the spear.

The dense lightning had just been released from his body when it was compressed into the tip of his spear.

That’s right. Lin Xinghai was using the most powerful move in the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique: Thunderstorm!

This was also his strongest offensive ability to date.

And now that the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique had reached Great Success, the power of Thunderstorm had risen with it. As a continuous stream of Thunder Power poured into the spear’s tip, the point of Mjolnir grew brighter and brighter.

At the same time, the amplifications from his Thunder Divine Body, Thunder Control Physique, and Mjolnir all stacked on top.

As countless bolts of lightning were continuously compressed into the spear tip to their absolute limit, the surrounding air began to fill with fine, roaming arcs of electricity. These arcs gradually formed a distorted electromagnetic field centered on the spear tip, enveloping Lin Xinghai completely.

Lin Xinghai charged the attack for a full ten seconds this time—though, of course, under the effect of Time Acceleration, he had actually completed the charge in just one second.

Once the charge was complete, Lin Xinghai leaped up without hesitation, his spear tip meeting the Death Claw’s furious, descending strike head-on.

This was the first time Lin Xinghai had clashed head-on with a Tier Two Mutated Zombie.

And he had chosen a high-attack, high-defense target like the Death Claw, no less.

Such a direct confrontation was something that not even a typical martial artist at the Peak of Body Shaping Realm would dare to attempt, let alone a Marrow Tempering Realm Martial Artist like Lin Xinghai.

BOOM!

The instant they collided, a muffled thunderclap erupted. The blinding light forced the onlookers to shut their eyes; all they could see were countless arcs of electricity completely shrouding the two figures.

SWOOSH!

Suddenly, a figure was sent flying backward, crashing straight into a nearby house.

Seeing this, the hearts of the hopeful crowd sank.

The members of the Xinghai Squad on the Armored Vehicle were especially shocked. They had watched Lin Xinghai sweep through his enemies all this way and had never once seen him get sent flying.

After a brief moment of stunned confusion, the group sprang into action, panicked but orderly.

"I’ll get the Rare Level Mecha to hold off that Death Claw!" Little Fatty was the first to jump up, shouting loudly.

"I’m going to rescue him," Yan Feijie said, immediately using his Superpower to transform into a swift.

"Take me with you! I can heal him!" Liu Miaomiao cried out immediately.

Just as everyone was reacting, the massive corona of lightning surrounding the Death Claw finally dissipated.

Only then could everyone see the Death Claw. Its sharpest claws were completely shattered, its palm had been pierced straight through, leaving a large hole, and its entire body was covered in scorch marks from the electrical arcs.

Evidently, although the Death Claw had sent Lin Xinghai flying, it had paid a terrible price to do so.

And just then, they saw Lin Xinghai walk out from the collapsed house, completely unscathed.

Although his Combat Suit was torn in several places, he himself didn’t seem to be injured—at least, they couldn’t see any wounds.

"This..."

The group, who had been about to launch a full-scale rescue, stopped in their tracks, watching the scene with a mixture of surprise and confusion.

Lin Xinghai let out a long breath. ’At full power just now, my Attack Power definitely reached the level of the Divine Demon Realm.’

The Death Claw’s pierced palm was the best proof of that.

’Unfortunately, I don’t have the Defense Power or Physique of a Divine Demon Realm expert.’

So, in that moment of collision, even though he had pierced its palm, the Giant Strength behind that palm had traveled through Mjolnir and into his body, sending him flying.

Furthermore, his Physique was simply not strong enough to withstand such Giant Strength; his right arm had fractured the instant he was knocked away.

Crashing into the house had also caused multiple injuries. Although he hadn’t lost his ability to fight, he was definitely in a state of severe injury.

However, since Lin Xinghai had dared to clash head-on with the Death Claw, he naturally had the confidence to handle the consequences.

And the source of his confidence was the system.

The system, after all, issued main quests. Of course, the rewards for previous main quests had been pretty terrible, but ever since his strength broke through to the Blood Qi Realm, the system’s rewards had changed to unlocking new functions.

After he broke through to the Blood Qi Realm, the system had added an Energy purification function.

And this time, by successfully breaking through to the Marrow Tempering Realm, he had also completed a main quest, and the system had added another new function.

High Level Self-Healing!