novelraw Chapter 727 - 695: The Final Key Moment
Chapter 727 - 695: The Final Key Moment
Huang Yi still had life-saving skills, one of which was Bloodthirsty Slaughter, which allowed him to exchange Rage Value for Health Points. However, this was a non-combat skill and could not be used!
The criteria for combat skills are simple: anything that can enhance one’s combat power is a combat skill! For example, Huang Yi’s previous Attribute Borrowing, Demon God Fusion, and Colossal Beast Transformation all belong to this category and can greatly enhance his strength.
Moreover, his Last Stand, although a life-saving skill, could increase his Attack Power, Critical Hit Rate, and Critical Hit Effect by 15%, providing both life-saving and combat power enhancement, thus also qualifying as a combat skill.
But Bloodthirsty Slaughter was different—it only had a life-saving effect without enhancing Attack Attributes. Furthermore, skills like Invisibility and Teleport, which do not increase combat attributes, are not combat skills and cannot be used by Huang Yi.
At this moment, in the eyes of countless viewers around the world, Huang Yi was basically on the brink of demise. Emperor Gu Xing was so powerful that he had nearly reached the status of a Primary Heaven Domain expert—such a person was virtually unbeatable!
"Demonize!" Just then, Huang Yi unleashed another strength-enhancing combat skill!
His body suddenly emitted a puff of black smoke that enveloped him completely. His Giant Beast form turned pitch black as if covered in ink, emitting dark smoke and Demonic Qi as if undergoing a second transformation!
This skill, Demonization, was a Racial Skill he acquired after evolving into an Eyeless Demon. It turned all his attacks into Dark Attribute attacks, which ordinary people could not resist.
Huang Yi had previously killed many monsters beyond his own level and stored 500,000 points of Dark Breath, allowing him to sustain his Demonization for 50 seconds!
He seized the time and attacked Emperor Gu Xing once again.
At that moment, his Bloodstained War halberd also turned black, and in comparison to the golden light of Emperor Gu Xing, it seemed insignificant, barely visible in the darkness of night.
"Pff!" The black Bloodstained War halberd completely ignored Emperor Gu Xing’s defense, stabbing viciously into his body—even the Cross Blade cut in a bit.
Then, Huang Yi forcefully twisted the Bloodstained War halberd, churning Emperor Gu Xing’s insides, causing unprecedented massive damage!
"Ahh!" Emperor Gu Xing’s face twisted in pain as he staggered backwards, hastily pulling his body off the Bloodstained War halberd!
In a flash, blood spurted from his wound, spraying across the sky!
Although he had used the Protection of the God of Life Potion to increase his Health Points tenfold, he had converted many of his Health Points to Attack Power and was already in a Bare Life State. After receiving Huang Yi’s powerful assault, his Health Points plummeted to 54%!
With this attack, Huang Yi’s Health Points were instantly replenished, once again turning from a Bare Life State to a full Health State!
"You must understand, there is an insurmountable level difference between you and me!" Emperor Gu Xing lost his previously calm demeanor and became wildly enraged. Clenching his teeth, he glared at Huang Yi, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his complexion grew even paler.
Quickly, the blood spread out, sweeping in all directions, enveloping everything in a blood-red circular area—it seemed to be a domain-type skill!
This skill put Huang Yi in a negative state. Against people above his own level, all his Attributes were halved.
In this domain, the conditions for Emperor Gu Xing were the exact reverse. Facing Huang Yi, an enemy lower in level, all his Attributes doubled!
This skill, named "Class Domain," could simulate the effect of a Status Hierarchy!
It was Emperor Gu Xing’s trump card skill, with the power to completely shift the tide of battle!
However, this skill was extremely draining, requiring the sacrifice of 10% Health Points and the cost of dropping one Level 1 Experience Point. Emperor Gu Xing, who initially had only 54% Health Points left, suddenly dropped to 44%, and his level went from Level 195 to Level 194!
"I must admit, you are indeed strong, forcing me to use this skill! But this is as far as you go!" said Emperor Gu Xing, brimming with boundless rage, he charged aggressively toward Huang Yi.
Huang Yi knew that Emperor Gu Xing was about to launch a frenzied attack on him and instantly activated Godslayer’s Star’s new skill—Blood Slaughter: within a minute, Health Points he lost would cause double the loss to Emperor Gu Xing.
"Boom!" Emperor Gu Xing’s massive fist, like a cannonball, smashed into Huang Yi’s body, emptying his Health Points once again!
Huang Yi lost more than 4 million Health Points, but his Blood Slaughter state had also caused over 8 million Health Points loss to Emperor Gu Xing!
However, for Emperor Gu Xing, this number wasn’t much; continuing this way, Huang Yi simply couldn’t kill Emperor Gu Xing within the time of Last Stand!
Huang Yi hastened his attack on Emperor Gu Xing, and the black Bloodstained War Halberd once again stabbed into the opponent’s body!
But this time, his attack seemed feeble, drastically reducing the damage inflicted on Emperor Gu Xing. He was now within the powerful Class Domain of Emperor Gu Xing, and the suppression on his strength was extremely severe!
Almost in an instant, Huang Yi found himself at an absolute disadvantage again!
The two of them went back and forth, each only able to maintain a short span of dominance before the other would overtake them, their power alternatingly rising.
"Huh? You actually dropped a level!" Just then, Huang Yi finally noticed Emperor Gu Xing’s Level had dropped by one, to 194, and he revealed an extremely delighted smile!
He turned his hand over and produced an exquisitely carved storage ring, then he took something out from that storage ring.
It was a bead, only the size of a thumb, black and semi-transparent, and under the moonlight, it looked unremarkable.
But this bead had attracted the attention of the whole world!
"That is... a Demon Core!" Some sharp-eyed reporters suddenly exclaimed!
"Dear audience! At this critical moment, Godslayer has actually produced a Demon Core! A Demon Core can raise a person’s level by one. Is Godslayer going to level up now? But how could he have a Level 163 Demon Core? How did he acquire such a high-level Demon Core?" Quickly, countless reporters came up with a series of questions!
During the previous martial arts tournament, the vanguard of The Seven Archdemons had invaded some countries, and upon death, those of the Holy Domain Rank of the Demon Clan would drop Demon Cores. But all the Demon Cores known to the world were of the Junior Holy Domain Rank; a Demon Core of Level 163 had never been seen!
What’s more, that vanguard force of The Seven Archdemons had never invaded the Hero’s Continent. They were stopped by a mysterious person in the ocean. To this day, that person’s identity has not been discovered, and no one knows who was responsible.
These reporters couldn’t figure out where Huang Yi had got a Level 163 Demon Core from!
But by this time, Huang Yi had already swallowed that Demon Core, and his Level had jumped from 163 to 164 in an instant!
And after leveling up, Health Points would be fully restored. Huang Yi originally had no Health Points left, but now he was back to full Health!
"Do you think you can use leveling up to restore your Health Points? Useless! There is an insurmountable level gulf between you and me! My domain can simulate a difference in Status Hierarchy!" Emperor Gu Xing saw Huang Yi’s behavior as if he was in his death throes and sneered!
After that, he threw another punch, easily sending the full-Health Huang Yi back to Bare Life State!
But Huang Yi did not panic; he calmly utilized a brand-new Trump Card Skill—Level Up!
On his person, he had three pieces of the Ancestral Jewelry Set, each able to raise his level by twenty; all three pieces together immediately boosted him by 60 levels!
In the blink of an eye, Huang Yi soared from Level 164 to 224! Lasting for 10 seconds!
Emperor Gu Xing’s domain suddenly lost its effect, as Huang Yi’s level had now surpassed Emperor Gu Xing’s. Not only was he not weakened, but his strength also increased several fold in an instant!
At Level 224, he was in the legitimate Heavenly Domain Level, while Emperor Gu Xing was still in the Holy Domain Phase. The two were separated by a rank in Status Hierarchy!
When the Celestial Realm faces the Holy Domain, All Attributes are doubled, and when Holy Domain faces the Celestial Realm, All Attributes are halved!
Not only that, but Huang Yi’s Martial Saint title also had an attribute that increased his Status Level by +1, making Huang Yi now at the Intermediate Heaven Domain Level!
Moreover, within the God of Slaughter’s Bestowed Attributes, his All Attributes increased by +1% for every level his strength surpassed the enemy’s, and the enemy’s Attributes were reduced by 1%...