Chapter 156: Wang Tu's Arrival

Jiang Yan sheathed his saber, the frustration from earlier completely vanishing.

He challenged the Instance once more, this time approaching every strategy with extreme caution.

However, failure often accompanies a person throughout their life. No matter how invincible Jiang Yan was in the outside world, he sometimes felt powerless when facing the super creatures within the Battle Space.

Combat Power, the attack movements for each Puppet, and the clever coordination between the Puppets—only by overcoming these could Jiang Yan possibly clear the Instance.

[System Log Updated]

“You have died”

“You have died”

…………

Half a day passed.

“Congratulations, for enduring countless trials in battle, you have obtained the Purple Trait [Weapon True Understanding].”

[Weapon True Understanding]: When you use any weapon, each of your attacks has a 1% chance to gain the [True Understanding] effect.

[True Understanding]: Deals true damage, ignoring all defenses.

Upon hearing that he had obtained a Purple Trait, Jiang Yan felt a flicker of disappointment for a moment. After all, he already possessed many Orange Traits and even had one Red Trait.

But after carefully reading the Trait description, Jiang Yan realized he had been disappointed too soon.

“A probability-based Trait!”

At first glance, the function of Weapon True Understanding was terrifyingly powerful—it could deal the legendary true damage.

The only drawback was its excessively low trigger probability, a pitiful 1%.

But one must not forget, Jiang Yan still had the versatile [Four-Leaf Clover] as a safety net!

As long as [Four-Leaf Clover] was paired with [Weapon True Understanding], the originally ultra-low 1% probability would increase to 11%!

This meant that every time Jiang Yan used a weapon, he had an 11% chance to deal true damage to his opponent, ignoring any defenses during that instance.

The skill that best complemented this remained the ever-reliable Yan Thunder Destruction Slash.

Low consumption, minimal recovery frames, fast damage output—although its power wasn’t particularly impressive, it was effective at wearing down the enemy. Even if luck was poor and the Instant Kill Law didn’t trigger, it could still cause significant trouble for foes.

“Not bad.”

Jiang Yan continued to tackle the Instance. By now, he had become quite proficient at handling the coordination of the four Puppets, countering their moves as they came.

Hmm… he could survive a bit longer now.

“Yan Thunder Destruction Slash!”

……

“Congratulations, you have died.”

Jiang Yan, his face dark with frustration, exited the Instance.

“Just a little more, just a little more! It’s all because Xiu Xiu used Body Integration to repair Zhuangzhuang at the end, otherwise I would have met Wang Tu!”

With a surge of anger pent up in his chest, Jiang Yan ran to the custom space, dragged out the Sharp Ruler Tiger, and gave it a thorough beating.

A day later.

Jiang Yan had already condensed his fourth War Ruins Engraving. Under the protection of the Engravings, his margin for error when dealing with the Instance Puppets became much greater.

Finally, Jiang Yan’s luck exploded once more. [Pandora’s Box] directly inflicted a [Silence Effect].

With Xiu Xiu unable to use its skills, Jiang Yan seized the opportunity to eliminate it. Dealing with the remaining three Puppets then became much more manageable.

Buzz—

The space buzzed with an abnormal disturbance. Jiang Yan had sensed it early and directed a dazzling red light from his War Ruins Engraving toward his rear.

Thud!

The red light pierced through, followed by a dull sound.

Jiang Yan knew he had hit his mark.

A white Puppet gradually materialized—Ka Ka.

Without a word, Jiang Yan took advantage of its weakened state to deliver a fatal blow, directly activating Finality Unification to slice it in half at the waist.

With the remaining two Puppets, Jiang Yan fought with much greater ease.

Zhuangzhuang had immense health and dealt extremely high damage. Jiang Yan kited while looking for opportunities to attack Sha Sha, who was hiding behind Zhuangzhuang.

Sha Sha was an all-around type Puppet, but its attacks could ignore defense, bearing a remarkable similarity to Jiang Yan’s Weapon True Understanding.

Zhuangzhuang consistently used its broad, sturdy body to block Jiang Yan, creating favorable attack conditions for Sha Sha with its massive frame.

If Jiang Yan wanted to eliminate Sha Sha, he had to bypass the hulking Zhuangzhuang.

But… that was in the past.

Jiang Yan smiled mysteriously, pointing his Saber at Zhuangzhuang.

“In team fights, you take out the tank first. Do you really think you can tank this?”

“Yan Thunder Destruction Slash!”

“Slash!”

…

[System Log Updated]

“You triggered the [Pandora’s] Box. Zhuangzhuang gains Slow effect.”

“Zhuangzhuang gains one stack of Vulnerability effect.”

“Zhuangzhuang gains 0.01 seconds of Freeze effect.”

“You triggered [Weapon True Understanding] + [Four-Leaf Clover]. Your current attack will ignore defense.”

…

Boom!

Countless streams of Saber Qi poured down. Previously, Zhuangzhuang wouldn’t even bother dodging Jiang Yan’s attacks, as the damage dealt couldn’t outpace its automatic regeneration.

But now it was different. Because Jiang Yan possessed the Tetanus Blade, as long as the attack frequency was high enough, Zhuangzhuang’s regeneration speed could never catch up to Jiang Yan’s attack speed.

After enduring Jiang Yan’s third attack, Zhuangzhuang no longer dared to tank the hits outright and began evading frantically.

Its enormous body leaped and bounded across the entire Battle Space, causing tremors throughout the area, with continuous rumbling echoes.

Under such circumstances, Sha Sha’s position was completely exposed, leaving a huge opening.

“Perfect opportunity!”

“Terminus: Unification.”

A gray-black Saber Qi slashed down. Seizing the moment while Zhuangzhuang dodged, Jiang Yan struck Sha Sha with a single slash.

Four War Ruins Engravings simultaneously emitted beams of light, converging into a single point that accumulated all energy. An ultra-thick crimson ray instantly pierced through Sha Sha’s body.

Next, only the incredibly tanky hulk remained.

Jiang Yan rose into the air, Saber in hand, his transcendent Aura overlooking all things.

Chaotic Void Domain!

Soul Intimidation

Peerless Realm

Dual Casting

Above the Saber Saint

Blade Bearer

“Yan Thunder Destruction Slash!”

“Slash!”

…

Another seamless combo, and Jiang Yan began his relentless barrage of attacks.

The ground continuously erupted with explosion flares akin to nuclear blasts, the rumbling never ceasing. The terrifying might was like a Heavenly God descending divine punishment, annihilating the great irreverence of the mortal realm.

Countless Saber gleams shot downward.

Zhuangzhuang’s massive body was carved with numerous fine incisions, the explosion centers scorching its frame black.

As countless Saber Qi strikes landed, Jiang Yan naturally triggered effects from [Pandora’s Box] such as Slow, Healing Reduction, Stun, and Burn.

Although these effects were largely negligible against this behemoth, with the Healing Reduction in place, Jiang Yan’s damage far surpassed Zhuangzhuang’s regeneration speed.

The Slow effect made Zhuangzhuang’s already mediocre agility even more rigid.

After consecutively eliminating its three teammates, Jiang Yan unleashed a merciless barrage of attacks upon Zhuangzhuang.

As is well known, in all games, marksmen possess the strongest sustained damage output capability.

And Jiang Yan not only possessed the attack power of a mage but also the attack speed of a marksman.

Clang! Clang! Clang! It was like striking iron.

“You have slain Zhuangzhuang. Final BOSS: Wang Tu, will descend within thirty seconds.”

Suddenly, the Void ahead trembled, a spatial rift tore open, and from within the eerie darkness, a pale, bony hand slowly emerged.

A terrifying and mysterious Qi descended upon this Battle Space, causing Jiang Yan to feel as though his heartbeat had skipped a beat.

It was as if a hand had seized his throat, making even a single breath unbearably difficult.