"How is this possible?!"
"That's a Mythic monster we're talking about! How can a Tier 3 player like him break through its Defense Threshold?!"
Crimson Star and Wildfighter stared at the Six-eyed Giant Ape, which was rolling on the ground in the distance, in disbelief.
Not only had Shi Feng's attack broken through the Tier 4 Spell, but it had also dealt significant damage to the Six-eyed Ape. Although Shi Feng had only lost around 500,000 HP, this amount of damage was negligible to a Mythic monster like the Six-eyed Ape, which had over two billion HP.
However, Shifeng's attack had dealt far more damage than 500,000 HP.
There were two types of attacks in God's Domain. The first type dealt damage to a monster's HP, while the other dealt damage to a monster's Defense. If a monster's HP fell to zero, it would die. If a monster's Defense was broken, its body would be damaged, reducing its combat power and greatly reducing the difficulty of killing it.
Only, it was very difficult to damage a monster's Defense with an attack. The stronger a monster was, the higher its Defense Threshold would be, and the more Strength it would require to break through the monster's Defense Threshold. It was simply impossible for a monster of the same tier to break through the monster's Defense Threshold. The only thing a monster could do was accumulate damage to its body. However, the damage to one's body would have a negligible effect on one's combat power. Hence, God's Domain's players almost instinctively ignored this type of combat method.
With the Six-eyed Ape's Defense, it was practically impossible to break through its Defense without an attack at the peak of Tier 4. Yet, a Tier 3 Shifeng had actually done so.
How could they possibly believe this?
Meanwhile, when Sandstorm and the others saw this scene from afar, their jaws dropped in shock.
"Is he still a player?"
Sandstorm was indescribably shocked as he stared at Shifeng, who had landed on the treetop.
An attack that could break through a monster's Defense Threshold … Ordinary players might not understand what this meant. At most, they would think of it as a decrease in a monster's combat power. However, to peak experts who frequently fought high-tiered monsters, such an attack had a different meaning.
One could solo-kill a monster!
In God's Domain, monsters were born with high HP and Defense. This was especially true when it came to HP. Even if a player could deal over -1,000,000 damage to a high-tiered monster, that amount of HP would be negligible to a high-tiered monster.
Hence, in God's Domain's players' understanding, even if a player's Strength surpassed a monster's, they couldn't solo-kill a high-tiered monster. This was even more true for high-tiered monsters. This was especially true for Grand Lords and above.
However, there was a way to achieve this.
That was the critical value of an attack that could break through the defense!
An attack that broke through a monster's defense threshold would cause massive damage to its body. The more damage a monster suffered, the lower its combat power. When the damage reached a certain level, it would also cause a Weakened debuff, which would greatly reduce its Defense and HP. If the Weakened debuff reached a critical level, it would even cause a passive HP loss effect, which would completely nullify the monster's battle recovery.
Now that monsters no longer had the strongest battle recovery effect, it was no longer impossible for players to solo them. They could grind them down bit by bit.
Now that the Shifeng had broken through the Six-eyed Giant Ape's defense, it meant that the Shifeng had the possibility of killing the Six-eyed Giant Ape alone.
No one had ever heard of a player soloing a Tier 4 Mythic monster in God's Domain.
At this moment, let alone Crimson Star and Wildfighter, even the Shifeng himself was flabbergasted.
How did my attack's destructive power suddenly increase so much? Shifeng was confused as he looked at the Six-eyed Giant Ape's fallen arm. My attack's damage should've been slightly higher than a Tier 4 Spell's, yet its actual destructive power is no different from a Tier 4 Attack. Could this be due to the ancient environment's enhancement?
While Shifeng pondered, the One-horned Bear pounced at him. The bear's massive paw descended like a mountain, the phantom of a gigantic mountain even forming.
Tier 4 Skill, Mountain Crumbling!
Faced with the attack's 50-yard radius, Shi Feng did not give the matter much thought as he brandished the Abyssal Blade.
Saint Destroyer Combat Technique, Lightshadow!
However, this time, Shifeng focused most of his attention on sensing the surrounding Mana. He wanted to find out what had allowed Lightshadow to exhibit such power.
Immediately, he swung the Abyssal Blade, and a pitch-black wall rose from the ground. Not only did the wall shatter the descending mountain phantom, but it also pierced through the phantom and landed on the One-horned Bear's shoulder.
Roar!
When the pitch-black wall pierced through the One-horned Bear's shoulder, the One-horned Bear let out a pained cry as it lost over 620,000 HP instantly.
Although Shifeng's attack had not severed the One-horned Bear's arm, it had stopped the creature from moving its arm. After landing, the One-horned Bear could only crawl on its two legs and one paw. The One-horned Bear growled as it looked at Shifeng, fear filling its eyes.
This scene stupefied Floating Light and the others, who had been preparing to flee.
How is this possible?! Wasn't that move just now a Skill?! Floating Light felt as if his worldview had been refreshed when he saw the One-horned Bear not daring to move.
In his opinion, Shifeng's previous attack was most likely a special Skill Shifeng had learned. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so powerful. Yet, less than three seconds had passed, and Shifeng had executed the same attack again. This was simply impossible for a Skill or Spell.
In that case, the only possibility was that Shifeng hadn't used any Skill or Spell at all. Instead, he had used a special technique.
Yet, he had managed to injure a Tier 4 Mythic monster with just a special technique. Moreover, the monster was a Region Chieftain of an ancient secret land. Most likely, nobody would believe such a thing.
Meanwhile, after Shifeng repelled the One-horned Bear, he was similarly stunned.
So, this is the secret why the ancient secret land can help players get promoted to Tier 4? Shifeng could not help his astonishment as he watched the pitch-black wall gradually disappear.
In God's Domain, the greatest difference between Tier 3 and Tier 4 players wasn't the difference in physique. Rather, it was the degree of control and utilization of Mana.
Moreover, this wasn't just the control and utilization of one's own Mana. It was also the control and utilization of the Mana around one's body.
Although controlling and utilizing Mana around one's body was something that players could begin doing at Tier 0, this was only the most basic method. The efficiency of using Mana was extremely low. Hence, players had to rely on their fully unlocked Mana Body's Mana to guide the ambient Mana for their own use.
To put it simply, one had to integrate the ambient Mana into one's own. By doing so, one could exhibit the Mana's original power to its fullest potential.
Only, doing so was simply too difficult. There were no guidance or Legacies in the outside world. Players could only rely on themselves to figure out how to do so.
However, after Shifeng executed Lightshadow, he finally understood why it had suddenly become so powerful.
This was because the Mana in the Ancient Secret Realm would actively fuse with his own Mana, causing a great change in the Mana he could draw upon. As a result, the Light Shadow's power had been greatly enhanced.
However, as this was a passive Mana Fusion, he hadn't actively controlled it. Hence, the efficiency of using Lightshadow's Mana was still very low. Lightshadow's destructive power had only increased, but its Strength hadn't increased by much. This was akin to sharpening a weapon. While the weapon's destructive power had increased, the weapon's materials hadn't changed.
Even so, this was still an extremely valuable achievement. After all, there were no Legacies in the outside world that allowed players to integrate the ambient Mana into their bodies. They could only rely on themselves to figure out how to do so. Now that the ancient secret land's Mana had actively integrated with his own, Shi Feng could, more or less, provide him with some guidance.
Following which, Shifeng didn't give the matter too much thought as he used Lightshadow on the one-horned bear and six-eyed ape, cutting off one of the two Region Chiefs' legs.
"These two Region Chiefs' mobility has been greatly reduced. Let's go!" Shifeng said as he turned to look at Crimson Star and Wildfighter, who were still in a daze.
After saying so, Shi Feng made his way towards the ancient city, ignoring the two Region Chiefs on either side of him.
"That's it?"
Crimson Star and Wildfighter were at a loss for words when they saw the two Region Chiefs not daring to move recklessly.
This was an extremely dangerous ancient secret land. Moreover, there were two Region Chiefs here …
However, Crimson Star and Wildfighter didn't dwell on the matter for too long. They immediately instructed the others to follow after Shi Feng and Wildfighter, no longer paying any attention to the two Region Chiefs. After all, the Region Chiefs had lost one of their legs, and their mobility had been greatly reduced. It was practically impossible for them to catch up to Tier 3 players like themselves. They could easily shake off the two Region Chiefs before they fully recovered.
"Team Leader Sandstorm, are we still going to chase after them?" a Tier 3 Ranger from Mythology asked Sandstorm as he watched Shifeng's group leave.
"Chase after them!" Sandstorm glared at the Tier 3 Ranger. Gritting his teeth, he said, "I admit that Hei Yan's combat power isn't human, but at the end of the day, he's only one person. Even if we can't deal with Hei Yan, I refuse to believe that we can't deal with the others. So long as we take care of the others, no matter what Hei Yan's plans are, they'll go to waste. This is an ancient secret land we're talking about.
He can't do anything about it! "After saying so, Sandstorm led the 30-plus players from Mythology in pursuit of Shi Feng.
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