Chapter 246 - 161: Epic Skill: Shadow Splitting
Chapter 246: Chapter 161: Epic Skill: Shadow Splitting
Its massive body, like a small mountain, bore down on Lin Mo.
Lin Mo took a deep breath, his expression unchanging.
[Resilience]
[Rock Shield Technique]
[Giant Shield Charge]!
Unleashing three skills in succession, Lin Mo charged his opponent with his Rock Shield.
The Giant Goblin’s Curved Blade hacked down upon the Rock Shield. Instantly, numerous cracks spiderwebbed across its surface. The force pushed Lin Mo back, his arm going slightly numb.
CRACK—!
Finally, the Rock Shield shattered completely. Lin Mo swung with the Sword in his right hand.
[Blood Qi Blade]!
A blood-red Sword Qi knocked back the nearly exhausted Giant Goblin. As the aftershock continued toward the creature, Lin Mo darted forward, his figure vanishing for an instant before reappearing.
[Sword Charge Strike]!
Several streams of Sword Qi flew out in succession, all aimed at the same spot, leaving bloody gashes on the creature’s body.
At that very moment, a petite figure suddenly appeared, closing the distance with extreme speed. A Flying Knife in her hand precisely pierced the Giant Goblin’s neck, severing its spine.
The massive body instantly froze, then collapsed powerlessly to the ground.
Lin Mo saw it all clearly. His attacks hadn’t been fatal to the Giant Goblin—at best, they had severely wounded it. But Shefilya had effortlessly finished it off in a single move.
And she hadn’t even used a powerful Technique. It was just the "Shadow Assault" she had taught him earlier.
This Superior Level Skill was a completely different beast in Shefilya’s hands compared to his own. Her movements were so fast they blurred. Even though Lin Mo knew she was going to make a move, he still couldn’t follow her actions at all.
’Shefilya’s strength is definitely not as simple as having just reached the Senior Level.’
’She can’t be Level 6. She has to be at least Level 7, maybe even Level 8!’
[Invisibility]Skill Level +38!
[Sword Storing and Continuous Slash]Skill Level +38!
The Skill Level points from a Level 5 Giant Goblin were quite substantial. There was a reason he chose to apply the gains to these two Skills.
It had been some time since he’d acquired his first Excellence Level Skill, [Invisibility]. Since then, the number of Skills and Professions he had had increased. While his power grew faster, his focus had become scattered, so he still hadn’t maxed out a single Excellence Level Skill.
Therefore, Lin Mo planned to focus on grinding the few Excellence Level Skills that were close to Full Level, so he could obtain their corresponding Epic Skills sooner.
The increase in a Skill’s power wasn’t a gradual, step-by-step ascent, but a massive leap.
Superior Level Skills weren’t much stronger than Ordinary Level Skills, but the gap between Excellence Level Skills and Superior Level Skills was already very obvious.
One could only imagine how much stronger Epic Skills would be compared to Excellence Level Skills.
Lin Mo was very much looking forward to it.
With the addition of these 38 Skill Level points, Lin Mo’s [Invisibility] Skill reached Level 6 (282/300), bringing it extremely close to upgrading and evolving!
As for [Sword Storing and Continuous Slash], because he had been using it less frequently, it still had a ways to go. Its current progress was Level 5 (143/180). While it was close to Level 6, it still had the most demanding level left to clear.
’I can only take it one step at a time...’
’At least [Invisibility] is about to evolve.’
Lin Mo hacked off the Giant Goblin’s head to make sure it was truly dead, then looked toward the main battlefield.
After he had taken care of the Level 4 Goblin Ranger, Lute was freed up to help Landon. The two of them, working together, had completely suppressed the Level 4 Mage. Most of the Goblin Guards had also been killed, and the tide of battle had completely turned.
’I should hurry up and get a couple more "kills" to max out the Skill Level for[Invisibility]...’
Just as Lin Mo was thinking this, a chill suddenly ran down his spine, from head to toe.
He turned his head and met a pair of empty eye sockets, seeing the eerie green flames floating within.
It stood some distance away from Lin Mo, deeper in the Cave where it was pitch-black.
CLACK—CLACK—
The skull, nothing but white bone, moved its jaw, making a chattering sound.
It looked like a very common, ordinary Skeleton Monster, but those bizarre green flames meant Lin Mo didn’t dare to be careless in the slightest.
’An Undead Creature?!’
’How could one appear in a Goblin Cave?’
"Watch out!"
With no time to think, Lin Mo hastily retreated at Shefilya’s warning. The next moment, the green fire suddenly flared violently, growing larger and larger, swelling in size...
’This is bad—!’
As he scrambled back, he seemed to realize something and quickly cast [Rock Shield Technique] to protect himself.
For an instant, the world seemed to fall completely silent. This moment of tranquility was followed by a ferocious eruption, like a volcano.
BOOM—!!!
A massive explosion rang out, shaking the entire Cave.
Lin Mo had retreated quickly enough, and with the protection of [Rock Shield Technique], he was still hit by the aftershock, causing him to spit up blood. His internal organs were severely damaged, and for a moment, he couldn’t get back up.
’Such incredible power!’
’And...’
The explosion seemed to have triggered some kind of mechanism. The entire Cave suddenly began to shake as if it could collapse at any moment.
"Not good!"
Landon, who had finally killed the Level 4 Goblin Caster with Lute’s help, also realized what was happening. He hurriedly shouted, "Don’t get tied down! Retreat immediately!"
Torren froze for a second. "But what about the girls who were captured?"