Chapter 71 -71-The Kill! A Massive Haul!

Chapter 71: Chapter71-The Kill! A Massive Haul!

He fired a Fire Dragon into each of the other black holes.

Before long—

Several enormous, continuously spinning vortexes of flame appeared across the battlefield.

The ground shattered.

Flames surged into the sky.

Countless Dark Realm elites tumbled back and forth between the black holes, their bodies burning without pause.

John stood before several flaming black holes.

As he stared at the scene before him, he could not help laughing.

"Heh-heh-heh..."

The human soldiers atop the wall collectively shuddered when they heard his laughter.

The stone block in White_Bear’s hands fell to the ground.

"Guild Leader."

"Which one of them is actually the Dark Realm monster?"

Horus did not answer.

Because even he could no longer tell.

Several seconds later—

One final scream came from within one of the flaming black holes.

[You have successfully killed the Lv35 Legionbreaker-Tier Boss "Faceless Hunter · Nessa"!]

[God-Rank Affix "Plunder" is beginning its determination!]

[Determination successful!]

[You have successfully plundered the target’s talent: Darkblood Physique!]

[Darkblood Physique]

[Rank: SS-Rank Talent.]

[Effect: Permanently increases Maximum HP by 100%!]

A stream of dark-red energy flew out from the location where Nessa had died.

It instantly merged into John’s body.

[Your Maximum HP has increased!]

[Maximum HP: 12,450 → 24,900!]

John felt the sudden surge of vitality within his body.

The excitement in his eyes became even more obvious.

His very first Boss kill—

And [Plunder] had already triggered successfully.

That thirty-percent chance was far more satisfying than he had imagined.

Several Gravity Black Holes gradually dissipated.

The rocks and corpses that had been swept into the sky crashed back to the ground in a chaotic shower.

Rudy and Loki stopped where they were and did not take another step forward.

The two simply stood at the edge of the battlefield from a distance, staring in John’s direction.

As they looked at the battlefield around him, where an entire layer of earth had been forcibly ripped away, neither of them spoke immediately.

Rudy turned toward Loki.

Only then did he notice that the Commander-in-Chief of the Dawnstar City Garrison had reddened eyes.

There were even faint tears gathering at their corners.

Loki stared at John.

His voice trembled noticeably.

"It’s time to find someone to take over as Dawnstar City’s commander-in-chief."

"I can finally retire..."

By the time he finished speaking—

The veteran who had guarded Dawnstar City for so many years already had tears streaming down his aged face.

While Loki wept—

The flaming black holes behind John were still spinning wildly.

Although Nessa was already dead, the Dark Realm soldiers trapped within them had not yet been released.

Large numbers of damage values continued rising.

[-19,425!]

[-19,425!]

[-19,425!]

A Lightless Heavy Cavalry soldier had only just broken free from the edge of one flaming black hole when another gravitational force dragged him back.

Both rider and mount crashed into the rotating boulders.

[You have killed Lightless Heavy Cavalry Lv32!]

[You have killed Duskborn Blackguard Lv30!]

[You have killed Umberkin Warlock Lv31!]

[EXP +...]

[Military Merit +...]

Dense kill notifications continued refreshing without pause.

The next second—

Another pillar of golden light rose from John’s body.

[Ding!]

[Your level has increased to Lv31!]

[You have obtained 5 Free Attribute Points!]

[Unique God-Rank Talent "Supreme Evolution" triggered!]

[You have obtained the SSS-Rank Affix: Domain Expansion!]

A third [Domain Expansion]!

John invested the five Free Attribute Points into Strength.

[Strength +5!]

[Voidwalker Class Trait triggered!]

[Constitution, Agility, and Wisdom have each increased by 5!]

[Current Core Attributes: 1,250!]

He then immediately embedded the new Affix into the Void Staff.

[The Void Staff has obtained the SSS-Rank Affix: Domain Expansion!]

[Current number of Domain Expansion Affixes: 3!]

[The three Affixes take effect independently!]

Gravity Black Hole, which had previously covered an area of 400 meters by 400 meters, doubled in range once again.

Eight hundred meters by eight hundred meters!

John looked at the new range data, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose.

A single black hole could now cover most of the battlefield.

At this scale, it was practically a map-wide attack!

However, he did not immediately continue attacking.

A huge amount of loot was floating where Nessa had died.

With the drop-rate bonus from [First Legionbreaker Slayer], the sheer number of glowing loot orbs nearly covered an entire section of the ground.

John beckoned with one hand.

Every item automatically entered the Void Arsenal.

[You have obtained the SS-Rank Set: Faceless Hunter Set!]

[You have obtained the S-Rank Skill Book: Lightless Stealth!]

[You have obtained the S-Rank Accessory: Shadowbreath Pendant!]

[You have obtained the S-Rank Special Item: Fixed-Point Teleportation Scroll ×2!]

[You have obtained the Special Item: Faceless Token!]

[You have obtained the A-Rank Material: Shadow Marrow Crystal ×36!]

[You have obtained the A-Rank Material: Darkblood Core ×12!]

[You have obtained 38,000 Gold Coins!]

[You have obtained...]

John opened the set panel first.

[Faceless Hunter Set]

[Rank: SS.]

[Set Pieces: Faceless Shadow Garb, Shadowstep Cloak, Four-Blade Gauntlets, Silent Battle Boots.]

[Two-Piece Set Effect: Movement Speed is increased by 30%, and sounds generated while moving are reduced by 90%.]

[Four-Piece Set Effect: Grants the set skill "Shadow Leap."]

[Shadow Leap: Locks onto any shadow within 100 meters and instantly teleports to its location.]

[Base Cooldown: 20 seconds.]

An SS-Rank Boss set with a movement skill.

Although John already possessed Void Shift, there was no such thing as having too many movement skills.

Void Shift allowed him to enter the Void and evade attacks.

Shadow Leap allowed him to rapidly approach a target by using nearby shadows.

Their functions did not conflict.

He then looked at the two scrolls.

[Fixed-Point Teleportation Scroll]

[Rank: S.]

[Type: Single-Use Spatial Item.]

[Effect: Records a spatial coordinate at your current location in advance.]

[When used, tear the scroll apart to instantly teleport to the recorded coordinate.]

[Maximum Teleportation Distance: 5 kilometers.]

These scrolls possessed extremely high value in battle.

He could record a coordinate beforehand.

If he encountered danger later, then as long as he successfully tore apart the scroll, he could instantly escape the battlefield.

As for the final token...

[Faceless Token]

[Rank: Special.]

[Material: Unknown.]

[Function: Unknown.]

[Your current appraisal ability cannot obtain any additional information.]

The token was only the size of a palm.

There was no design on its front.

A constantly shifting black silhouette was engraved on the back.

John examined it for several seconds before casually tossing it into the Void Arsenal.

He could not determine its purpose at the moment.

That did not mean it would have no value in the future.

He would keep it for now.

While he inspected the loot, the remaining flaming black holes gradually dissipated.

The rocks, corpses, and war machines dragged into the sky by the gravitational force crashed back to the ground.

Thunderous impacts rang out without end.

However, Nessa and the elite troops at the very front had only made up one portion of the fifth-wave army.

Farther away—

Large numbers of Dark Realm soldiers were spreading toward both flanks.

They had already abandoned the idea of killing John head-on.

Instead, they were preparing to bypass the area and directly assault the wall of Defensive Sector Six.

John raised his head and glanced at them.

"I almost forgot about you."