Chapter 665 - 353: Wait... Is the Evil God Also a Monster?!

"You!"

"Your weapon is a Divine Artifact!"

Contrary to Lilith's mood, at this moment, the mood of Talin Association President Osber was the opposite.

The special glow suddenly erupting from the Warhammer, and the horrific damage it caused, all indicated that the weapon wielded by the young man named Raine before them was indeed a Divine Artifact!

But how could such a powerful Divine Artifact have gone unheard of before?

With his extensive experience and the intelligence system of the Talin Association, such a situation was almost impossible.

Unless... this Divine Artifact was newly forged!

Without time to think about the origins of this weapon, Osber immediately raised his own Magic Staff, also a Divine Artifact, the Sky Summoner, to cast Enhanced Defense on one of the Balrog Flame Demons. A black Energy Shield suddenly appeared on the body surface of the nearly twenty-meter-tall Balrog Flame Demon.

Providing a defense shield for the Balrog Flame Demon?

Witnessing this incongruous scene, everyone felt a sense of absurdity rising in their hearts!

Damn, that's really a sight for sore eyes!

After Raine killed the second Balrog Flame Demon, he saw the black Energy Shield on the third Balrog Flame Demon and couldn't help but smirk, decisively hurling the Warhammer in his hand.

"Bang!!"

Neither the newly augmented black Energy Shield nor the innate defense of the Balrog Flame Demon had any effect, as another semi-transparent demon's shadow was forcibly expelled from its body.

Accompanied by the demon's painful screams, Raine grasped the Warhammer flying back and, after unleashing several lightning-quick strikes beside the demon, the third Balrog Flame Demon fell to the ground.

"This is... true damage!"

Now, Osber clearly understood the special effect of the Divine Artifact in Raine's hand: it was the rare ability to ignore defense, commonly referred to by adventurers as 'true damage'.

It's important to note that even among Divine Artifacts, such special effects are incredibly rare.

"Life Link!"

Quickly, Osber raised his Magic Staff, and with a flash of black light, a transparent chain shadow appeared between him and the sole remaining Balrog Flame Demon, closely linking them together on some level.

The greatest function of Life Link is to allow damage sharing between the summoned creature and the summoner.

In other words, the damage that Raine inflicts on the Balrog Flame Demon will now partly be borne by Osber.

At first glance, this seems unwise.

In reality, Osber's confidence in this approach lies in the fact that, as the head of the Talin Association, he possesses more than one Divine Artifact.

The robe he wears is also a Divine Artifact—the Cursed Summoner's Robe.

One of the special effects of the Cursed Summoner's Robe is that it can further weaken the damage distributed through Life Link, by up to 80%.

Simply put, if the attack on the Balrog Flame Demon causes 10 damage, after being distributed through Life Link, both the Balrog Flame Demon and the summoner Osber each bear 5.

But due to the presence of the Cursed Summoner's Robe, this 5 is further reduced to only 1—remarkably powerful!

"Bang!"

As the Warhammer struck, Raine clearly felt a portion of the damage being mysteriously transferred elsewhere.

The damage wasn't blocked.

Each strike still ignored defense.

Yet part of the inflicted damage was transferred away.

But when Raine saw each hit still causing the Balrog Flame Demon's skin to crack, he was no longer worried.

Because as long as it's effective, there are still 18 seconds left; it's a matter of whether the opponent can endure more or Raine's damage is more potent.

Thus, Raine activated the Speed of Lightning, easily dodging the counterattacks of the Balrog Flame Demon's Flaming Whip or Storm Longsword, continuously hammering away with his Warhammer.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The Warhammer struck the towering Balrog Flame Demon as intensely as drumbeats.

At that moment, even with damage transferred by 50% and 80% offset by Osber, it was giving him a splitting headache, not to mention the Balrog Flame Demon.

"Bang, crash!"

Damage accumulation had finally transitioned from quantitative to qualitative change!

In an instant, after being hit by dozens of successive strikes, the Balrog Flame Demon roared and unwillingly fell heavily to the ground.

Thus, the four Balrog Flame Demons, top-tier entities in the demon hierarchy second only to Lord Level, newly summoned, were all slain under Raine's hammer.

Witnessing this scene.

The severely injured Duke Fortagen widened his eyes, staring in disbelief at the bodies of the Balrog Flame Demons on the ground, rendered speechless at the moment.

"That Warhammer in Raine's hand is a Divine Artifact?" Ilgerina was the first to regain composure, turning her head to ask Leonore.

"Yes."

"With such powerful attack power, why didn't Mr. Rein first target Osber himself?" Duke Fortagen couldn't help but ask.

This question had puzzled him for a long time.

Because if it were him—in fact, if it were any Combat Professional of Legend, even a lower-level Adventurer—everyone knows this tactic; they'd always choose to exploit the burst effect of a Divine Artifact to attack the summoner rather than his summoned creature.

However, having been shocked by Raine's combat power, Duke Fortagen's attitude in asking this question now was much more humble compared to at the beginning, making him appear like a student consulting a teacher.

"This... Raine must have his own reasoning."

Leonore also didn't know how to answer this question, as she couldn't understand either.

Indeed, if it were her, she'd opt for high-speed movement and frequent magic attacks on the summoner himself. How could one choose to systematically eliminate the opponent's summoned creatures without attacking the summoner?

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