Chapter 38: One Touch Instant Kill
"System, I want to use the Vaccine Man Card!"
After receiving information about the Demon Level Monster, king's spirit lifted, and his whole body's cells became excited.
"Ding! Vaccine Man Card used successfully!"
"Ding! Due to the host's level being too low, only a portion of the experience points can be obtained."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 12306 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for leveling up to Level 9, gaining 20 Attribute Points and 4 Skill Points."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for using a Four-Star Card. As this is the first time a rare card has been used, the System specially grants an additional skill point, and also grants the host all of Vaccine Man's skills. Please keep up the great work, host."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for comprehending the Vaccine Man skill: Flight!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for comprehending the Vaccine Man skill: Explosive Energy Blast!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for comprehending the Vaccine Man skill: Enhanced Transformation!"
At first, king felt a surge of power and other attributes throughout his body, feeling utterly refreshed. Then, he was bombarded by a series of continuous notifications from the System, practically dizzy with happiness. The Vaccine Man Card should really be called the "Big Gift Package Card" or the "Surprise Card," because it truly brought king too many surprises.
The experience points were, of course, a highlight. Although he had encountered the legendary, ridiculously unfair System intervention where a low-level character wasn't allowed to enjoy high-level benefits, and the System forcibly suppressed the experience points he should have received, for his current low level, over ten thousand experience points was already a very satisfying amount. The previous one-star and two-star cards only gave a meager one to two hundred or one to two thousand experience points; they couldn't compare to the generosity of a Four-Star card.
However, the biggest surprise was the System's unprecedented generosity in granting him a huge gift package—comprehending all of Vaccine Man's skills! My goodness, according to the System's rules, unless he stepped on dog shit (meaning, had extremely good luck), he would never be able to comprehend three skills at once. This time, he really struck it rich.
So satisfying!
"Hmm? King is actually spacing out? And there are more openings on his body? Why? Why?" Sonic stared at King, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. "Could it be that he sensed my presence? Is that why he deliberately revealed more openings before the fight to try and lure me out? Heh, King, you underestimate me! As an excellent ninja who has trained since childhood, I will absolutely restrain the impulsive demon in my heart and patiently search for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to you until the optimal moment to strike."
The Assassin Commander clearly didn't think that. He scoffed coldly, his voice solemn: "Spacing out? Humph, more like the state of a stunned chicken, right? Seemingly wooden, yet in reality, his gaze is focused, his mind and spirit unified. If an outsider dared to attack at this moment, they would surely suffer King's hundred-fold retaliation. King, I didn't expect your mental fortitude to have reached such a terrifying level."
Sonic slowly regulated his breathing, doing his best to conceal his presence, avoiding being discovered by King.
king, however, paid no mind to what Sonic was thinking. After receiving the System's big gift package, he eagerly opened his attribute panel to check it:
Attribute Panel:
Name: king
English Name: King
Level: 9
Experience Points: 1633/4000
Stamina: 5
Strength: 4
Speed: 14
Defense: 12
Luck: Hidden attribute, cannot be viewed, cannot be changed.
Attribute Points: 20
Skills: 1. Liquid Spray Lv. 1: Sprays liquid to attack enemies.
2. Explosive Energy Blast Lv. 1: Gathers surrounding energy to fire an energy blast similar to a laser cannon.
3. Enhanced Transformation Lv. 1: Enhances one's own abilities, making the power of one's skills even greater.
4. Flight Lv. 1: As an envoy of Earth, one can fly freely within Earth.
Skill Points: 9
Cards: Four-Star Mysterious Being: Vaccine Man, Four-Star Mysterious Being: Desiring Arbiter.
Gentle Reminder: 1. Each attribute for a normal person is 5! The max value is 100!
2. The power of skills is determined by level. It is not affected by the character's own body, but the number of times skills can be released is affected by the Stamina attribute!
king was overjoyed. He had finally accumulated a few skills! What was even more perfect was that he had already reached level 9. If he leveled up just one more time, his long-idle skill points would finally be put to use, allowing him to upgrade his comprehended skills to level 2. Then, he would barely have the strength to fight against Tiger Level Monsters.
"Run!!! A Monster is attacking!?"
"The Monster's gone crazy! The Monster's gone crazy!"
"This is a lunatic Monster, everyone run!"
Just as king was momentarily stunned, the panicked citizens' shouts jolted him awake.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill all humans!"
On the S City street, a Monster with a leopard's head and a demonic face, its entire body covered in brownish skin and sharp spikes, was rampaging wildly.
The Monster's eyes were bloodshot, its expression crazed. From its appearance, it had already lost its rationality; its mind held nothing but slaughter, its killing intent overflowing.
"This thing... went mad in prison?!" king thought, looking strangely at the rampaging Monster. Normal monsters, no matter how fierce, at least retained some rationality and acted with some logic. This Monster before him was like a toddler throwing a tantrum, smashing everything around wildly. Its eyes only held slaughter! Destruction! Slaughter! Destruction! It destroyed everything in its path, even tearing apart other monsters of its kind.
"Kill! Kill! Kill..."
The Monster slammed its palm into the building wall, and with a powerful heave of its entire body, with a "rip," it tore the building wall in half as if ripping paper.
The building lost its support pillars and collapsed with a rumble. The Monster swung its arms, tearing the crumbling building into scattered fragments, continuing its charge forward only after completely destroying it.
"Heh, whether you're crazy or psychotic, please enjoy my energy blast to your heart's content!"
king took a deep breath, slowly raising his hands in a cupped gesture. Above his palms, he freely absorbed the energy of heaven and earth, gradually forming two spheres of energy light.
At this moment, looking from afar, king appeared like a lamppost, with two large light bulbs hanging on his body, their radiance dazzling. It could be confirmed that these light bulbs were high-powered!
"Heh, is the battle about to begin? King, prepare for your death!"
Sonic's eyes flashed with excitement. His hands gripped the katana behind his back, his entire being condensed with spirit, his gaze fixed on king, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.
...
Meanwhile.
"Boss, what you said was indeed correct. As long as we followed that Demon Level Monster, we would definitely find King. Now, King is about to engage with the Demon Level Monster. I think their battle will begin very soon."
Sniper put down his binoculars and reported the observation situation to the Assassin Commander.
"Mm."
The Assassin Commander nodded slightly and commanded remotely: "Leng Feng, Li Ren, Shadow... check if the special weapons we prepared for King are problematic. If there's an issue, report it immediately. If not, prepare for sniping now."
"Yes, Boss!"
"Leng Feng received."
"Understood!"
Several cold voices emerged consecutively from the Assassin Commander's communicator.
"Very good. The fireworks celebrating King's assassination have already been set off in advance this evening. This time, we absolutely must eliminate King, otherwise, our reputation and standing in the assassin world will be completely lost."
Sniper smiled cruelly: "Boss, rest assured. Your meticulously designed trap for King is perfectly flawless. Even if King had three heads and six arms, he would absolutely not escape."
The Assassin Commander solemnly said: "Don't be careless. King is no ordinary person; he is... the strongest man on Earth."
"Yes, Boss!"
(end of chapter)