In Chen Tian's eyes, countless pieces of flesh and blood converged, and a blood-red ocean directly formed a giant cocoon that enveloped all the flesh and blood. As the cocoon exploded, a colossal figure appeared before Chen Tian.
The figure that appeared before Chen Tian was a giant centipede-shaped ant. The blood-red ant's body was even larger, reaching hundreds of meters in height. Its antennae extended from its head all the way to its body, coiling around its blood-red exoskeleton. Dozens of ant legs gleamed sharply, and above the exoskeleton were two cracks, as if the shell could open.
Chen Tian's Divine Eyes opened, and information appeared in his mind. He was stunned. This guy had a hidden attribute that even his Divine Eyes couldn't see.
Small Boss: Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant
Level: White Blaze Grade 45
HP: 2000 White Points
Strength: 1500 White Points
Speed: 8500 White Points
Luck: 90
Vitality: 9001 White Points
Armor: 300
Weapons: Claws, Mouth, Antennae, Wings
Weapon Mastery: 6500 White Points
Skill Mastery: 7100 White Points
Skills: Blood Sea Sword, Scythe Hand, Blood Wing Gale, Blood Red Kill
Abilities: Energy Absorption
Traits: Energy Conversion, Tenacious Will
Hidden Attribute: ???
These were the stats of the boss before him. It actually had a hidden attribute, a stat that players couldn't scout. Players who didn't know what this attribute was would easily suffer a disadvantage. Who knew if this attribute was overpowered or just normal.
Chen Tian had to be cautious. The Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant charged at Chen Tian with a centipede-like gait. With over a dozen scythe-like legs and its massive body, Chen Tian on the ground was like a weak ant. He spread his cyan and red wings and soared into the sky, evading the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's charge into the heavens.
This time, the trees in the sky did not shoot out countless fireballs. Chen Tian let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, if he didn't have the advantage in the sky or on the ground, there would be no way to fight.
The "Fighting Spirit" buff had reached 170% completion. Chen Tian would have a harder time facing the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant. As time went on, Chen Tian would eventually kill it.
The exoskeleton on the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's back slowly opened, revealing eight blood-red wings that resembled those of a dragonfly. A buzzing sound echoed as its entire body flew into the sky. The Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's antennae coiled and spun, heading straight for Chen Tian. Facing the antennae's attack, Chen Tian summoned his Divine Fire Twin Blades. With a swish and a whoosh, the antennae were cut in half. The severed antennae quickly began to regenerate.
Chen Tian had to marvel at the opponent's recovery ability. It was too powerful!
As the antennae attacked Chen Tian's body, Chen Tian wielded his twin Divine Fire blades, swinging them continuously. He gradually fell into a disadvantage, as his current combat power was inferior to that of the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant.
Chen Tian struggled to hold on. The Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's eyes emitted blood-red points of light, and its wings flapped wildly. Blood-red winds swirled around its body, gathering in front of the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant to form a giant tornado. As its wings continued to flap, the tornado grew larger. The Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant opened its mouth and let out a breath. The tornado swept towards Chen Tian, shattering the space in its wake.
Chen Tian spun at high speed, summoning Divine Fire, Divine Ice, and wind elemental forces. A tornado formed around Chen Tian, and the two tornadoes collided, causing a massive explosion. Chen Tian was sent flying backward, a trickle of blood appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Chen Tian wiped the blood from his lips and said, "This guy's skills have also increased significantly in power!"
Even with the addition of three elemental forces into his tornado, Chen Tian was still no match for the opponent's move. The Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's skill damage was a bit too high. At this point, most of Chen Tian's self-created skills were becoming impractical.
As Chen Tian's level and stats increased, some of his low-level self-created skills were simply unusable, dealing too little damage. Even though they scaled with his attributes, low-level skills remained low-level skills and could not compare to high-level skills. Chen Tian's ability to achieve a draw was already quite good.
Chen Tian was still not satisfied. He decided to research his self-created skills after his level increased this time. Chen Tian and the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant stared at each other. The Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant opened its mouth and spat out countless blood-red light orbs, obscuring Chen Tian's vision.
Chen Tian spread his hands, and thousands of Divine Fire orbs appeared behind him. The fire orbs collided with the blood-red light orbs. Chen Tian found his opportunity, straightened his arm, and raised it high. In the sky, starlight and star rivers appeared, gathering the power of the stars to condense his arm. His arm seemed to transform into a starlight drill. Chen Tian clenched his fist, the starlight drill spinning. He then horizontally swung his arm into an L-shape. The starlight drill, carrying Chen Tian, charged at the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant, transforming into a beam of light.
Spell: Starlight Flowing Cloud Drill!
This was a spell from the immortal cultivation world. Chen Tian had fused the power of starlight with his Starlight Spiritual Seed, making the spell several times more powerful than a normal Starlight Flowing Cloud Drill. The starlight shone brightly, then faded.
A beam of starlight, like a shooting star, pierced directly through the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's body. The Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's exoskeleton and body began to crack and explode. This attack was enough to instantly kill it.
The unbelievable happened. The exploding exoskeleton and body immediately regenerated, and the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's body grew even larger.
With a roar, a blast wave sent Chen Tian staggering back hundreds of meters as he spread his arms and activated an elemental barrier. Chen Tian exclaimed, "Damn it, I forgot! This guy absorbs energy. Energy attacks are useless against it."
Chen Tian had forgotten about this ability, being too focused on the hidden attribute. This attack could have been fatal to the opponent.
The Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's aura and body grew even larger. Chen Tian summoned weapons in both hands, transformed from his Shapeshifting Sphere. This time, Chen Tian used equipment of White Star Grade 23 quality. Energy attacks were ineffective, only physical attacks could work. To penetrate the opponent's armor, Chen Tian's equipment needed to be of high grade. Other equipment wouldn't suffice. Chen Tian was confident that equipment of this quality could break through the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's exoskeleton.
He brandished his long sword, a white long sword in his hand. At the hilt, a pattern made of feathers spun. Wings were etched on both sides of the blade, and a beautiful angel seemed to be sealed within the sword, exuding a captivating beauty.
White Star Grade 23 Weapon: Angel's Sword!
Chen Tian didn't hesitate. He couldn't let the opponent attack first. If the opponent attacked first, he would have no chance. Strike first, strike hard. That was the way. The "Fighting Spirit" effect had now stacked to 200%, and Chen Tian's aura was on par with the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's.
His figure flickered, his footwork agile. The scythe-like legs on the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's legs were all severed and spun like boomerangs, dozens of them flying towards Chen Tian. Chen Tian swung his long sword, and with a series of clangs, all the boomerangs were batted away. After being batted away, they still managed to drift and attack Chen Tian from behind.
Chen Tian placed his long sword vertically behind him, swept it horizontally, and a blade shot out, severing the boomerangs into two pieces. What shocked Chen Tian even more was that the severed boomerangs could still spin, and their numbers had increased.
Chen Tian was forced into a defensive stance, unable to advance an inch.
Chen Tian clearly perceived the trajectory of the boomerangs attacking him. His eyes glowed, and wings appeared on both sides of his long sword, fitting snugly against the blade. The entire long sword transformed into a greatsword. Chen Tian gripped the hilt with both hands, spun his body, and a light wheel appeared, confronting the boomerangs with its own rotation, canceling each other out.
Destroyer of Swordsman Profession Skill: Light Wheel Sword Slash.
Chen Tian's body became like a light wheel, white light wheels colliding with the boomerangs, like spinning tops colliding. After a fierce collision, the boomerangs' rotation slowed and eventually stopped.
Chen Tian's figure returned to normal. The long sword flashed, and the boomerangs were all reduced to powder. He spread his wings and soared towards the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant.
Scythe-like legs grew from the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's body. Its terrifying regenerative ability made it fearless. The scythe-like legs detached from its legs once again. This time, instead of spinning like boomerangs, they combined to form a blood-red giant scythe sword, its tip pointed directly at Chen Tian.
Chen Tian extended his long sword, spun his body, and five elemental forces, along with starlight and black and white airflow, intertwined. The giant scythe collided with the long sword. A beam of light shattered the giant scythe, and below the giant scythe, blood fell to the ground.
Chen Tian's figure appeared before the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant, and his long sword plunged directly into its abdomen. With a 'plop', the long sword pierced through, and the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's exoskeleton shattered. Chen Tian's long sword also exploded into fragments.
Chen Tian clenched his right hand, and a spear of the same quality appeared. The spear struck the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant. As the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant died, it let out a roar towards the forest in the sky.
Chen Tian was repelled by the roar's blast wave. Chen Tian said, "This time, you should be dead, right!"
Chen Tian couldn't believe that the opponent's armor could withstand the damage from a weapon exceeding his level limit, and three times at that. It was impossible; its HP was completely depleted.
No prompt sound appeared in Chen Tian's mind, making him even more confused. This time, it was truly dead.
While Chen Tian was pondering, a fireball flew towards the Blood Sea Flying Horn Ant's massive corpse and engulfed it.
Chen Tian activated his Divine Eyes, trying to figure out what this fireball was. Information appeared in his mind.
Chen Tian was shocked and exclaimed, "It's actually a symbiotic hidden attribute! No, I have to stop them from merging!"
He acted decisively. If a small boss was already this difficult, another one merging with it would be insurmountable for Chen Tian.