How Do We Play If This Boss Isn't Nerfed?

Chapter 282 - 154: Advancement Quest, Meridian Opening Perfection

Unlike Lin Ye’s massive thirty-thousand-point health pool.

If Dongfang Zhen’s life force were converted into a health bar, it would be nowhere near as long.

Therefore, every strike from Lin Ye tangibly weakened Dongfang Zhen’s current combat strength.

Dongfang Zhen shook his arm, flicking blood from the gash left by the Star-Piercing Spear. Feeling the drain on his Qi and Blood, his face showed no sign of dismay. Instead, he grew even more exhilarated.

"Mr. Lin, I never imagined that at the Vein Opening Realm..."

"...you’d be able to push me this far."

"Again! Again!!"

Dongfang Zhen let out a wild laugh.

The next moment, with a backhand motion, he plunged the menacing halberd in his hand straight into the arena floor!

RUMBLE...!!

The halberd striking the ground was like flipping a switch.

Countless terrifying bolts of lightning erupted wildly from Dongfang Zhen’s body, channeling down the halberd into the ground before bursting forth from every crack in the arena floor!

To Lin Ye, it felt as though the Dongfang Zhen before him had transformed into a nexus of pure energy, completely enveloped in lightning!

At the same time, the entire arena and an area of nearly a hundred square meters around it were completely transformed into a purple Thunder Domain.

Countless serpents of electricity slithered wildly across the ground, crackling loudly. The air filled with the acrid stench of something burning.

A blast of scorching heat washed over Lin Ye, forcing him back several steps!

Lin Ye looked down to find there was almost nowhere left to stand on the entire arena.

Just standing on it sent waves of numbing sluggishness shooting up from the soles of his feet, severely hindering his movements.

Dongfang Zhen had turned his halberd into a makeshift Thunder Attraction Needle, pouring the surging lightning from his body into the battlefield and creating his own home-field advantage!

The very instant Lin Ye’s movements faltered, slowed by the lightning, Dongfang Zhen’s figure appeared before him, moving at a terrifying speed that was nearly as fast as a bolt of lightning!

A massive fist, wreathed in dense Gang Sha and crackling lightning, slammed directly into Lin Ye’s chest!

BANG!!!

Lin Ye felt his sternum crack and collapse from the force of the blow. His body was sent flying backward uncontrollably as he spat a mouthful of blood in mid-air.

Before he even hit the ground, a storm of phantom fists was already upon him.

In the spectator stands.

Nie Cang and Su Yunjin’s expressions were completely frozen.

"The traditional martial arts passed down in the Dongfang Family have never included halberd techniques."

Yin Liulan’s quiet voice drifted over, answering the biggest question on their minds.

"Their family’s Body Technique is the Thunder Sound Step, and their fist technique is the Thunder Shock Fist."

"And Dongfang Zhen has truly mastered them!"

Her words made Nie Cang and Su Yunjin’s jaws drop.

So it turned out that the impossibly domineering halberd Dongfang Zhen had been using wasn’t even his main weapon!

Nie Cang now recalled that while Dongfang Zhen’s halberd style was powerful and heavy, there had always been a certain stiffness to his moves. It didn’t seem like a technique that had been honed through countless hours of practice.

’To think, he’s not a halberd wielder at all. He’s a fist fighter!’

On the arena stage.

Lin Ye felt he had been completely cornered.

With lightning flowing across the entire stage, he had nowhere to run, and the numbness paralyzing his body grew stronger.

Meanwhile, Dongfang Zhen’s Body Technique was incredibly refined and in perfect sync with his Martial Arts Spirituality. Every movement was as swift as a bolt of lightning, coming without any warning.

His fist techniques were leagues beyond those of Xue Wangshu, whom Lin Ye had faced before.

Though Lin Ye wielded a long spear against the bare-handed Dongfang Zhen, he couldn’t gain the slightest advantage. In fact, he was being steadily suppressed and forced to retreat.

A fierce glint flashed in Lin Ye’s eyes. He took the full force of one of Dongfang Zhen’s punches on his shoulder, and in the same moment, thrust his Star-Piercing Spear toward his opponent’s heart!

Trading an injury for an injury!

The combination of his Protective Gang Sha and heavy battle armor instantly deflected most of the force for Dongfang Zhen.

But the power behind Lin Ye’s spear still managed to pierce through all his defenses.

However, the expected sensation of the spear tip piercing flesh never came.

There was only an even more intense numbing sensation that surged back up the spear’s shaft!

Lin Ye’s pupils contracted sharply.

’This is...’

’Thunder Elementalization?’

He clearly saw that where his spear had struck, the flesh over Dongfang Zhen’s heart had momentarily transformed into a ball of unstable, violent plasma, completely dissolving the force of his attack.

Dongfang Zhen had once said that the development of Martial Arts Spirituality had different levels, and that he was already approaching the fourth level: Mimicry.

’Can the fourth level allow one to briefly turn a part of their body into an element?’

WHOOSH!

Dongfang Zhen’s figure instantly retreated, using his Body Technique to create distance.

But he didn’t immediately launch another attack.

Lin Ye was certain of one thing: even if Dongfang Zhen could use Elementalization, it could only be for a single instant.

One could tell just by looking at his slightly pale face and nearly bloodless lips.

That move took an enormous toll on him!

Fighting through the numbness in his legs and body, Lin Ye leaped forcefully.

HUMMM!

The jet-black Shadow Scales covering his body instantly receded.

The next moment, a sheet of ethereal amethyst materialized out of thin air where he landed, completely insulating him from the currents of lightning below.

Sure enough, the lightning surging across the ground could no longer penetrate the amethyst to reach his body.

Lin Ye felt a measure of relief.

Then, with a series of quick steps, he generated sheet after sheet of amethyst in front of him, paving a path on which he could move freely.

Freed from the paralyzing effects of the lightning, Lin Ye could finally re-establish some distance from Dongfang Zhen and fight using the advantage of his weapon’s reach.

However, Dongfang Zhen immediately demonstrated his own extremely high level of mastery over Thunder Attribute Source Energy.