Chapter 86 -86-New Trait: Chain Reaction

Chapter 86: Chapter86-New Trait: Chain Reaction

On the Human Realm’s front lines.

The name Baal was hardly unfamiliar.

Not because he was especially powerful in direct legion warfare.

But because—

He was an absolute nightmare to deal with.

His casting range was absurdly long.

During several major wars in the past.

Baal had never even truly entered the Human Realm forces’ field of vision.

Yet from an extreme distance, he had directly killed several low-ranking Human commanders.

Once the captains died.

The formations fell into chaos.

Then the Dark Realm legions would seize the opportunity and press forward.

The Human Realm had practically no way to deal with him.

Ordinary mages couldn’t reach him.

Even archers specializing in long-range attacks struggled to get within effective range.

Baal grinned.

"Since you know who I am."

"That makes things easier."

"Drop your weapons."

"The orders from above are to take you alive."

"Surrender now, and you’ll at least suffer a little less."

He spoke with complete confidence.

While John had been slaughtering the soldiers earlier.

Baal had actually been observing the entire time.

He had to admit it.

This human was strong.

His damage output was terrifying.

And his casting range was far beyond that of a normal mage.

But he still had weaknesses.

Range.

Speed.

As long as Baal remained outside his opponent’s effective control range at all times.

The outcome was already decided.

And Baal’s current position.

Was exactly fifty meters away.

At this distance.

He could attack if he wanted.

Or retreat if necessary.

It was perfect.

Otherwise.

If his superiors hadn’t explicitly ordered him to capture them alive whenever possible.

He never would have approached this closely in the first place.

He would have started bombarding them from several hundred meters away.

Aya clearly knew this as well.

She lowered her voice.

"Boss."

No response.

"Boss?"

John was still staring at [Sniping].

Aya became anxious.

"This guy’s casting range is ridiculously long!"

"And he’s fast too!"

"If we actually fight him, we’re at a huge disadvantage!"

"Boss!"

"Say something!"

John finally turned his head.

"Hm?"

Aya: "..."

He hadn’t been listening at all!

Seeing Baal already begin to raise his staff.

Aya gritted her teeth.

Then suddenly pulled an ancient parchment scroll from the innermost part of her belt.

The instant the scroll appeared.

Distinct spatial fluctuations began radiating from it.

Pain was written all over her face.

"Fine."

"I’m going all in today."

"This is my last-resort lifesaving treasure."

"Boss."

"When I throw this out, it should hold him off for a few seconds."

"We’ll immediately—"

A hand landed on her shoulder.

Aya froze.

John looked straight ahead.

"Put it away."

"Huh?"

John raised a hand.

And recalled Ice Rose into the Void Arsenal.

Then, to Aya’s disbelief, he started walking directly toward Baal.

One step.

Two steps.

Three steps.

Aya stared at him dumbfounded.

"Boss?"

Baal, however, smiled.

Approaching voluntarily?

Courting death.

He gripped his staff.

His five fingers suddenly tightened.

"Dark Realm Prison!"

Buzz—!

A black point of light suddenly appeared above John’s head.

The next second.

Six pitch-black magical barriers instantly closed in from different directions!

Bang!

A massive black cube appeared out of thin air.

Sealing John completely inside!

Aya’s expression changed drastically.

"Boss!"

Baal burst out laughing.

"Didn’t expect that, did you?"

"My binding spell, even in the Dark Realm—"

Before he could finish.

The smile on his face suddenly froze.

Directly in front of the black cube.

The air split open without warning, revealing a silver-gray rift.

One foot stepped through.

Then.

John walked straight out of the void.

Completely unharmed.

"You—"

Baal’s pupils contracted sharply.

A spatial skill?!

Danger!

Without the slightest hesitation.

Magical patterns instantly lit up beneath Baal’s feet.

Run!

But John had already raised his staff.

"Trying to run now?"

"Too late."

Buzz—!

Above Baal’s head.

A pitch-black point appeared out of thin air.

A second.

A third.

A fourth!

[Gravity Black Hole!]

[Multicast triggered!]

[Domain Expansion ×3 triggered!]

BOOM!!!

Terrifying gravitational force instantly engulfed the entire military camp.

Tents were ripped straight out of the ground!

Wooden stakes.

Weapons.

Corpses.

Massive boulders.

Even dozens of heavy wargs.

Everything left the ground.

And flew backward into the sky!

"What?!"

Baal’s body suddenly sank.

The acceleration skill he had just been about to activate was forcibly interrupted by the terrifying gravitational pull.

His feet left the ground!

His entire body was dragged uncontrollably toward the black holes.

He frantically swung his staff.

"Break!!!"

Magic power erupted.

But the moment he managed to break free even slightly.

The gravitational pull of another black hole dragged him sideways again.

The entire military camp looked as though an invisible giant hand had ripped it into the sky.

Baal was caught between several black holes.

Dragged east one moment.

Yanked west the next.

The speed he had always been so proud of was completely useless.

He was utterly dumbfounded.

Mages could fight like this?!

Wasn’t fifty meters supposed to be a safe distance?!

Why the hell was your mage’s control range bigger than the entire military camp?!

John watched Baal being tossed around in the sky.

Then lightly pointed his staff.

"Fire Dragon."

ROAR—!!!

Firelight illuminated Baal’s suddenly pale face.

"No—"

BOOM!!!

The Fire Dragon swallowed his body head-on.

All 600,000 HP vanished instantly!

[Ding!]

[You have killed Lv40 Ten-Thousand-Player Tier BOSS — Ranged Destruction Mage Baal!]

[You have gained a large amount of EXP!]

[You have obtained gold coins...]

John didn’t even look at the equipment first.

Instead, his attention locked onto another notification.

[Divine-rank Trait "Plunder" is determining the result...]

A brief silence.

The next second.

Golden light exploded!

[Ding!]

[Plunder successful!]

[You have permanently obtained the SS-rank Talent — Sniping!]

John’s eyes instantly lit up.

It actually dropped!

[Sniping]

[Effective casting range of all spells increased by 300%!]

The talent directly merged into his body.

At the same time.

Another long-unseen golden notification followed immediately afterward.

[Divine-rank Trait "Reality Merge" triggered!]

[Reality extraction complete!]

[This extraction: Base Attribute — Agility!]

[Reality Synchronization: Agility +200!]

John could no longer suppress the grin on his face.

One BOSS.

A 300% increase to spell range in the game.

And another 200 Agility in reality.

Baal.

What a nice guy.

The experience was also fully calculated at that moment.

[Ding!]

[Your level has increased to Lv36!]

[Free Attribute Points +5!]

[Unique Divine-rank Talent "Supreme Evolution" triggered!]

[Congratulations! You have obtained the SSS-rank Trait — Chain Reaction!]

John had already been in a pretty good mood.

But after seeing the trait description.

His mood suddenly became even better.

[Chain Reaction]

[Quality: SSS]

[Type: Weapon-Exclusive Trait]

[Effect: When a projectile-type skill kills a target, one hostile target within that skill’s effective attack range will be randomly locked onto, generating one additional identical projectile attack!]

[Additional attacks consume no MP!]

[Additional attacks inherit 100% of the original damage and attack effects!]

[If an attack generated by "Chain Reaction" kills a target, it can trigger "Chain Reaction" again!]

"..."

John remained silent for two seconds.

Then started calculating.

Suppose one Fire Dragon charged into a crowd.

And killed ten enemies.

Ten targets died.

That would generate another ten Fire Dragons.

And if each of those ten Fire Dragons killed another ten enemies...

The next wave.

One hundred.

And the wave after that?

One thousand.

In theory, as long as the enemies were packed densely enough.

This thing would keep chaining endlessly.

Until, within its attack range—

There wasn’t a single living enemy left.

And that wasn’t even mentioning.

His [Fire Dragon] already started with three [Projectile Split] traits.

Eight dragons in a single cast.

Then [Multicast] duplicated the entire skill once more.

Sixteen Fire Dragons at the opening!

"This thing..."

The corners of John’s mouth kept rising.

"It’s a pure mob-clearing god-tier skill."

Without the slightest hesitation.

He applied it to the Void Staff.