Did you dare to look down on me?!
Katerina felt scorned, a surge of anger rising from the depths of her heart.
[Rage]!
[Soul Burn]! Stage 3!
Boom!
A surge of blue flame instantly enveloped Katerina.
Her long red hair billowed, floating slightly in mid-air, stirred by the continuously rising energy field.
[Flash Step]!
Katerina instantly appeared beneath a crab and kicked upwards fiercely.
At the same time, her long whip wrapped around the crab's body.
As the crab ascended, the whip's serrations tore it apart from mouth to tail!
Squelch!
A one-hit kill!
He's actually a dual-talent user, no wonder I felt something different about him when we first met!
Zhang Chen observed Katerina with his [Intermediate Insight Eye].
Dual talent, Advanced Awakener, Stage 2.
Zhang Chen knew how difficult it was for dual-talent users to level up.
Especially to maintain a level higher than ordinary survivors, the effort required had to be multiplied!
This woman is truly ambitious...
Bang!
Katerina violently blasted a crab near Zhang Chen, then landed gracefully beside him, saying triumphantly:
You're welcome!
With another flash, she kicked another crab into the air.
Zhang Chen had killed a crab at the entrance of the Bear Country survivor camp, and now Katerina had killed one beside him.
It was a case of returning a favor, regaining the face she had lost earlier.
The Bear Country people cheered loudly at Katerina's actions.
You're welcome?
What the heck?
Zhang Chen frowned.
You're welcome for what? These are my crab roe rice and upgrade materials!
Zhang Chen looked at the spirited Bear Country survivors around him, as well as Little White and Fatty Two joining the fray.
Coupled with Xiao Guanghan and the others also joining the battle.
Instantly, a sense of crisis overwhelmed him!
How many crabs would be lost!
No more time to waste!
I need to get serious!
Zhang Chen's expression turned grim.
[Soul Burn] Stage 9!
Originally consuming 256 energy cores per second.
Now, for a Transformed One, the consumption doubled, reaching 512 energy cores per second!
It was like burning money!
The total energy cores in the bottom right corner of the interface, which had been increasing slowly, now began to decrease rapidly.
[Rage]!
[Furious Slaughter]!
In an instant, a massive energy field erupted around Zhang Chen.
Golden lightning flickered within the blue aura.
The sand on the ground, affected by the energy field, detached from gravity's pull and floated slowly in the air.
Gusts of wind rapidly spread outwards from Zhang Chen as the center.
[Holy Burn] activated!
[Darkness Drain] activated!
Still not satisfied, Zhang Chen quickly swung his Thousand Bone Blade, charging into the crab ranks and slashing indiscriminately.
What a powerful energy field, what rank is this guy?!
Is he also a rare dual-talent powerhouse like Katerina?!
I didn't expect Dragon Country to have such a strong individual. I thought it was a bloodline exclusive to our Bear Country warriors...
If I'm not mistaken, he's activating Soul Burn at Stage 9...
Stage nine? I doubt he can maintain this state for more than a few minutes. Instead of using skills to kill the crabs, he's just hacking away wildly? This is too reckless!
The crucial point is that with such high amplification, he's just slashing randomly. Why isn't he using skills? Is this guy crazy?
As everyone watched in confusion.
Suddenly, Zhang Chen, who had been fighting alone, transformed into three.
These three figures were identical, all activating Soul Burn, Rage, and Furious Slaughter.
Maintaining the same peak condition.
This... this is a clone?
Everyone was stunned.
Zhang Chen, who appeared to be slashing wildly, was actually waiting for his Thousand Bone Blade to trigger Level 4 enhancement.
Activating the hidden attribute: [Illusion Slash]!
[Illusion Slash]: Illusory figures that appear during combat, possessing 30% of the host's attributes. Unless killed, they will persist throughout the entire battle (after summoning two illusions, further summoning is impossible until both illusions are dead or the battle ends).
Zhang Chen activating Soul Burn at Stage 9 meant his strength increased eightfold!
Coupled with the buffs from Rage and Furious Slaughter.
Even a single illusion possessed about four times the combat power of Zhang Chen in his normal state.
Furthermore, the Soul Burn on the illusionary clones did not consume energy cores.
This was why Zhang Chen had activated his skills to the maximum before summoning the clones.
Now that his objective was achieved, Zhang Chen reduced his Soul Burn back to Stage 3.
Fighting crabs at his limit?
That's too wasteful!
What if, due to excessive force, he spilled or wasted the crab roe? That would be too regrettable!
Heh, now I can finally let loose and go all out!
Zhang Chen smiled faintly.
[Death Storm]!
Zhang Chen and his three clones unanimously chose [Death Storm] to confront the swarming crabs.
Buzz! Boom!
Clatter!
The three Zhang Chens charged forward, spinning in three different directions.
Under the overwhelming power of the Transformed Ones.
The sturdy crab carapaces were easily crushed and torn apart, like brittle egg rolls.
Leaving trails of white mist behind Zhang Chen and his clones...
Witnessing mutated crabs that required two or three strong survivors, or even five or six survivors working together, to barely kill.
Before Zhang Chen and his illusions, they were utterly vulnerable!
This... this strength is too terrifying!
This is my first time seeing clones with attack power, and... my combat power seems to be less than that of a single clone...
The strength of these clones... seems even more formidable than Katerina's... this... this is too outrageous!
Katerina is a dual-talent user, her strength is double that of her peers, but... she's still no match for an illusion...
The Bear Country people's expressions turned grim in an instant.
At the same time, a sense of respect for Zhang Chen welled up from the bottom of their hearts.
This was an instinctive worship of strength!
Damn it... I angered him, so he's getting serious?
Katerina stood on a small mountain of seven or eight mutated giant crab corpses she had killed.
Watching the berserk Zhang Chen rapidly slaughtering the crabs on the beach like a whirlwind, she couldn't help but feel awestruck.
Are there really such powerhouses in this world?!
Effort, become stronger!
I must become stronger!
With that thought, Katerina collected the crab corpses and slightly moved her somewhat sore arm.
She then charged back towards the crab horde...